We're not obsessing, we're Just Shagging! Part III

[BrassicaBabe]

The 'rules' from our Just Shagging Originator

Maintain a relaxed attitude at all times - drink if you want too, especially on your birthday. Thread precedent dictates if you drink to excess you will get a BFP (but not recommended)

Covet thy husband and enjoy every minute. Shag at ever opportunity - shag-capes and awesome superpowers optional.

Resist the lure of ovulation predictor kits, Taking Control of Your Fertility and the dreaded First Repsonse. Knowing where you are in your cycle is entirely permissible though!

Going to the doctor is permitted if you've had a stupidly long cycle but beware of the dildo-cam-scan.

Keep acronmyage to a minimum! EWCM is now to be referred to as 'pant snot'.

Keep us up to date with gossip!

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Although all most of these rules are well and truely broken!! But we try to chill - honest

Part 1 Graduates:
Tanmu82 - BFP
PrivetDancer - BFP
OnlyWantsOne - BFP
Frankenfanny ? BFP
Notso - BFP
knittakid - BFP
loopeylu - BFP
PinkFondantFancy - BFP
Grannyapple ? BFP
Fuzzywood - BFP
canoe - BFP
janedoe - BFP
StarflowerGirl - BFP

Part 2 Graduates:
ihaveaplan - BFP
lovemylulu - BFP
shitforbrains - BFP
gormers - BFP

Shout if I've missed anyone.

Oh, and I wonder if he'll be pissed off if I get pg this month because the JIAJ will be in vain!!

I get to drive the sample into the hospital when he's finished

brassica. Hope your DH fills that jar up good and proper!

PMSL Brassica, don't you wish you could put things like that sometimes! Hope th JIAJ does the trick!

Good morning ladies :)

Finally got to see the doctor this morning (had to queue at 7.45am!) he's signed me off work for a week due to work related stress issues ... also said if 3 tests are positive, no matter how faint, then he's not needing to do another, as they're all the same, so confirmed me as 5 weeks pregnant! Oh heck, aged 38 and 11 years after the last one, it's all starting again - I really must be mad

So I have a shag cape going, free to a good home, hardly used!

OH and I are getting our daughters (mine aged 16 and 10, his 14!!) together at the weekend to tell them the good news. They knew we were trying - we wanted to sound them out about it, make sure they'd not be upset or grossed out at the fact that their mum and dad shag at our age They're excited and keep asking if it's happened yet, so they'll be pleased!

Greedily taking some of Crows good vibes and putting them in my shag cape pocket.

I also saw the Dr this morning (only had to queue since 9.15 though). He's not concerned about things at the moment nor was he trying to dismis me out of hand. Obviously if this keeps happening then they can start poking and proding me to find out what's wrong, but for now just lots and lots of JSing for DH and I (my words not the Drs!). I'm happy and annoyed all at the same time.

Take as much as you like NoMore there's plenty to go around!

I was expecting my doc to tell me he'd refer me to a midwife at the surgery - as I've had before (11 years ago though!) but he told me I need to take myself off to the local Sure Start centre and see someone there ... I can tell everything is going to be SOOO different now

I think I got lucky and managed to get in a last minute shag after I thought my OV window had closed, if my implantation bleed is anything to go by. I'd tested two days before that and got BFN, thought the game was up when I started to bleed (28 days after last period) so maybe my cycle is a little longer than I thought? I never really took much notice of it before as it was our first month TTC. So I'd just keep on JSing at all different times to cover all bases

I'm so sorry for constantly complaining but I've just suddenly realised why I have been stressing about tiny little things. Everything at my job has changed so much recently and it's all about targets and our new manager disciplines people for the smallest stupid things so everyone is stressed out but as admin we're bottom of the food chain and get made scapegoats for everything. Just now I nearly started crying because I've just had enough of being talked to like I don't deserve respect. Every time the phone rings I flinch in case someone is complaining about something I have or haven't done, I'm totally paranoid. I work my fingers to the bone every day but never get recognised.

I'm really really sorry all I've done is complain recently but I needed somewhere just to get it off my chest, feel free to attack me with the thread kipper!

Phew, well now that's out I can go back to writing a business plan to get my ass out of here!

Bagsy crowette's lucky shag cape. Hate the 2ww.

Good and bad about the docs nomore. I'm sure there's no problemo and it's just bad luck. I wish I had a time capsule though so I could just zip forward and check I'll be either preggo or baby-ed up a year from now. Bet you feel the same.

Snotty over here, and not in a panty kind of way.

Congratulations crowette! Send some of those baby vides this way!

No more sorry to see your news. I know what you mean happy and annoyed. But hopefully your Dr not being too concerned means you'll be able to get the good news you're looking for soon without any poking or prodding except from your DH!

I'm at CD 12 now and had some nice JS to welcome DH back from stag night. Was good so happy to continue as much as possible

May also furkle over next few days to see state of pant snot!

Josie that's how I feel about my job at the moment, so you have my sympathies. I work in a supermarket and was supervisor for a dept - no actual manager for that dept, jusy my boss above me who expected me to manage everything while doing 37 hrs a week shopfloor work. I was doing well, improving the availabilty and waste (which is what I was told had to happen) but due to things out of my control (people going sick, not able to get cover until last minute due to overtime cap etc) I was getting disciplined and picked at by my boss. I was getting the blame for things that went wrong when I was off for a week - stuff he was equally to blame for, and I HAD asked for support and warned of the upcoming problems. I was getting no praise for the things that mattered.

In the end I decided I just wanted to go home at the end of my shift and forget about work, not wake up at 2am worrying about it - not worth it for £6.84 and hour!!! But the stress has already built up and I'm suffering now Doctor asked me how much it'd affect me financially if I had to give up work - maybe I should have got him to sign me off til I'm due to take maternity leave

Phew! I finally made it to the end! I try to only read MN at work (hmm, I have a strong work ethic I promise...) so it's taken me a little while. I may have also succumb to the addiction and be reading from home right now.

So, CD21 today. I have been swinging back and forth between pg and AF symptom spotting. I frustrate myself, since how much I think about becoming pg does not actually help me get pg. As long as I ov'd around when I thought I did, I should have shagged enough to make the time frame. Fingers crossed . If AF doesn't arrive by 22 then I'll let myself piar on 23rd. Not that confident though :(

Vallinna, congrats on your AF. I really hope that this is the starting point of predictability to your cycle, and even more of a BFP.

NoMore I'm so sorry for the way things have been going for you. Keep that sparkly shag cape on! (Mine's in the wash at the mo, otherwise I'd lend it to you for double shag cape luck.)

Crow congratulations! Keep the grads thread warm for us, please.

Congratulations crow Are you hanging around with us lot or heading off to the sunny climes of the graduates thread?

I've had 2 days now of "early pg symptoms vs cold coming on". So far no cold!

Glad things are ok nomore

The JIAR got delivered safely. Only had a quick peek. They lie when they say it's only a teaspoon full!

Comeon takethat share some of your 2WW mentalness with me! I need to feel that I've got some mad comany in this!

Fecking bored at work today. Too much google time on my hands!

Hi Brassica my 2ww finishes on friday but 99% sure I'm not pg this time around so not getting worked up about it unless it doesn't arrive, sorry I can't help with the mentalness this month (makes a nice change) . I'm bored too but that's becaus eI've been dragged through the s***r today and I refuse to put any effort in today as I know it won't be appreciated so instead I am currently researching possible suppliers and emailing them about my new business venture.

I figure all I have to do is get some stock in, start a website, then sell sell sell! Obviously there's more to it than that but that's the jist of it.

hurrah crow - that's fantastic!

nomore I feel your frustration. AF arrived this afternoon after POASing twice today because the first one didn't work - no control line - what a waste of ?12!! So i had to go to mcdonalds en route to my dental appointment involving x-rays and POAS in their toilets... nice, eh?! negative of course although we defo did everything right this month so i'm a bit peed off and hoping this cycle will do it. Thinking of sitting down and having a chat with dh to explain that we are actually ttc-ing "properly" and that time is of the essence and that 5 or 6 months of just Jsing might not be enough and that i might have to do things like stick my legs up in the air after etc etc. Otherwise he'll be wondering what the feck ì'm up to.

Brassica and TTL please distract me with your 2ww mentalness

Josie, what about horsey things? Or maybe there's a market for actual shag-capes...?

How did I not think of that Milano, there'd definitely be a market for shag-capes

Horsey things is what I'm looking into, have emailed some of the bigger names to see if they'd be interested in sending me some stock, don't know how it really works so thought I might as well just be upfront about it and ask outright! . Sorry AF arrived, I've had that chat with DH too, had to explain to him that there's only a small timeframe each month in which I can get pg so we have to shag-away! I can't remember if I told you but a while ago after we had JSed I stuck my legs in the air and when DH asked what I was doing I shouted "I'm making baaaaabies!!" which made him laugh more than embarrassed him!

Good arvo one and all,

Crow - congrats! Now stop PIAR!

NMCB - hmmmm, doctors....9/10 I want to hit them with more than a kipper...that's the arse about really TTC, you get a BFP as early as possible. However if you then have a chem PG you notice it, where as those who are blissfully ignorant just think it's their period. Fingers and toes crossed for next month. I can give you a 101 in 'Doctor Assertivity'. I always use to think they knew what was what, 100%. Now I realise they know sweet FA, if you have done your research and are honest with them (all my converstations seemed to start with 'I read this on google....') they tend to listen to you. I have definitely taken this approach with the fertility clinic, although those conversations start with "I don't care if this sounds cheap...." before I wangle myself out of (what I deem to be ) an unnecessary scan or blood test! One nurse now splits the difference with me....they wanted me for an day 8 scan, I said nope, last time it was Day 10, she got me on 9

milano, Josie I had The Chat with DH where I had to explain about shagging windows and one ov per month etc. I'm sure he thought that ov could happen at any point during the month.

I agree vallinna you can't let medical types dicate all of your options. I sometimes get the impression they deal with stoopid types all day so that when someone arrives informed and keen to be involved with the decision making they are quite relieved!

AF got me this morning. :(:(:( Let another month of madness begin!

I'm giving it another go and if the next fbp I get fails I'll be back down the drs demanding a) a different dr and b) they check my progesterone levels.

Looking like there'll be some serious but quiet JSing this month as the window will likely occur whilst the parents are here (rolls eyes)

Ok, I am slightly concerned as I just seen a thread about thyroids. Mine is under-active so had a quick look. They know everything about their levels and what they should be for being pregnant etc...I have no idea?! My doc said it would mean some extra blood tests if I get pg, but not a factor in getting pg. Might need to book an appointment. Or do you think this falls under the js guidelines and its best not to stress about it?

Nomore I don't think I have had an ov window where people havn't been staying...nightmare, but kind of exciting as it's risky

Sorry it got you B2B, maybe next month and I'm afraid I don't know about thyroids but it wouldn't hurt just to ask dr I suppose. Otherwise you'll be worrying about it, which obviously won't help TTC. Anything that'll put your mind at ease. It might just be that they're worrying too much and you don't need to, but until dr says as much it'll probably prey on your mind.

I felt much better when I went home last night (probably as I was away from work) but I couldn't bring myself to talk about work with DH as I got upset so avoided the subject. I was absolutely shattered and fell asleep in the car on the way to the yard, then couldn't bring myself to ride so DH walked horsey out to exercise her for me, then I fell asleep on the comp chair at about 8pm and DH sent me to bed at 9pm. I haven't been that knackered in a loooong time. I think I'm getting a cold though so that would explain it (is it possible to comfuse pg symptoms with a cold? )

Hope everyone else is doing well this morning

Right, squirt me with kipper-juice, I PIAR this morning at 9DPO. Maybe even 8DPO. Obviously BFN. Plus it was a digi I had left over from last month, so it was a total waste of money.

NMCB I'm with you on going back to the doctor's. btw, you know everyone says a chemical pregnancy is like a normal period? Do you agree? If I was expecting a normal period and it happened like that I'd be furr-eak-ing o-u-t. Grey clots and veins anyone? [tmi].

2ww mentalness includes PIAR and dunking an expensive stick a week too early, constantly stroking my boobs (even in front of strangers), abstaining from alcohol (yes, really - though tbh, my body is bruised and broken after last week's drunken debacle), and furkling for my cervix at every opportunity. Plus I had a lemsip and I've been worrying I've poisoned the child I am not pregnant with ever since.

Told DH my back was aching. He just raised his eyebrows and said, 'here we go'.

Yesterday a fly landed on my hand, and when it flew off I couldn't see it anymore. I actually thought I had hallucinated the fly. If I don't get a BFP soon, I'm going to looooooooose it.

So, I'm pretty sure that DP has absolutely no idea how ttc works technically. I'm fairly certain he doesn't know that you only ov one day a month, or what it's like to go through the tww. So, I thought I should come up with a way I could tell him how it works that he'll understand. What do you viroids think of this...?

Okay, so imagine that Newcastle United only play one game a month. The team spends two weeks training, and you spend those two weeks reading everything you can on the players, the coach, the sponsors. The it's game time, and every single month, for the only game of the month, it comes down to a shot taken in injury time. The ball leaves the players foot, it's arcing towards the goal but the keeper might just get to it in time. You're on the edge of your seat, eyes glued on the ball... Then the screen goes blank and you don't hear whether they won or lost FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS.

That is how it feels to be a woman ttc.

What do you think Viroids, does that describe it well enough?

Sounds pretty good to me Snow, assuming your DH is a Man U fan . Simple language usually works with men (rolls eyes emoticon).