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.

Welcome to crazy symptom spotting Choco Fingers crossed for you!

PMSL NoMore! . I have been known to use that one too, usually works!

I have spoken to NHS direct who reckon that the antibiotics shouldn't cause a problem with JSing TTC or getting pg whilst on them, and were more concerned about my over-use of paracetamol/co-codamol as you apparently can't take both, not that I have been, and said paracetamol is the painkiller of choice during pg so harmless, but they don't know what the implications are of co-codamol during pg, but hopefully I'll not need them much longer and only take one before bed to help me sleep.

Takethat I feel your pain, not having ovulated since the early '90s.....

I'm on the 3WW..that is the time for my consultant to come back from hols...I really do pick 'em...

Brassica, aim high! If you can't say that you'll hold of on CD9 you really are in trouble!

You poor thing Josie Antibiotics are fine with TTC - you are given them after a HyCoSy and after egg collection with IVF! Mix paracetamol with ibuprofen (extra strength)

Miffles - interesting guidelines. I was under the impression from elsewhere you should only take clomid for 6 cycles...bloody Google, more hindrance than help. Nice to see I am bucking most of the guidelines Ovarian drilling has been one (of the many) things recommended to me....just thinking about it makes me cross my legs and cry a little Like I say. I am over it all and provided they don't think I am completely insane I am going to go straight to 'go' as it were and push for IVF, though god knows how they are going to get me ovulating for that. Probably something horse strength.

Am currently trying to work the NHS/private system. I need to have HIV/hep B/hep C/Clymidya(sp?)/gonnoreah(sp?) screenings which I am trying to get my doctors to do to save time/money.

HTK go for the test - any one else here would have given them a full work up by now! If they are normal, great and if not it's better to know sooner rather than later!

Evening viroids, glad to read some more upbeat chat for the start of the week. I bought a digital thermometer today so I can start to chart my temps and check for OVing, I know this is not in the spirit of JSing at all but really feel I need to gain some sort of control.

Miffles that looks like a good choice of treatments on the NHS for you. Brassica I have a friend who has been TTCing for almost 2 years and is on month 9 of clomid with PCOS. She had an initial 6 months and although not pg, she is OVing on it so they've upped the dose, continued with the scans and she's keeeeeeeping shagging! My fingers are always tightly crossed for her.

Josie nice weekend you have planned. Sounds like your Mom is going to have a fabulous birthday!

I'm off to watch Masterchef and drool over the lovely meals! Catch you all tomorrow.

Think I'm OV'ing! If I really am it's a whole 2 days earlier in my cycle than the last several months, meaning my luteal phase will be in the safe range. Looks like a shitty day is finally getting better.

Mr NoMore better leave his pants off again tonight, cause I'm getting lucky!!

Hello lay-dees! I am so unenthusiastic right now but don't really know why. I am sure I ov'd Sunday and we were shagging every other night for a week up to that. I even got a wee bit excited about the fact I had my new shiny gooey preseed to make the difference but I just can't muster up the mentalness excitement of this 2ww. Bah!

Hooever, you all sound very upbeat! Love the sound of the plans for your mum josie you are showing great 'soldiering on' skills which are very useful for when you have a baby and you feel sick/are hungover

Truffs good luck with the temping. It all seems a bit scary but I might join you in that soon (taking my own temps of course. Is it to see when you ovulate or does it tell you more stuff?

HTK test, test, test! Just do it - you'll save time later when the docs ask you to do it anyway

Brassica Shall I test at 9 dpo instead?

Vallinna good luck with your working of the system - hope it goes in your favour but I think you are right to go straight to the hard stuff. fingers crossed for you!

ItalianMama I'm doing it to check for signs of OVing as we've been shagging in what I believe to be the right times (and usually about 4 times a week so that should cover all bases) but no joy. I think the real reason is to feel like I'm doing something and learning more about my cycle as I hate feeling so clueless. Also, I've been preggers before (mcs) so am concerned at nothing so far when on paper we're doing it right

Come join me so I have a partner in my mentalling!

I should be checking for signs of ov'ing about now too, no 'pant-snot' I think is the appropriate term yet so a bit in the dark. No pains yet either, which I normally get so hopefully I do normally ov

Just gonna wing it for now

Back to dentist today as it appears (to me anyway!) that because the top wisdom tooth is coming out at a funny angle so it's pressing into the sore tooth/gum beneath it. Would normally hang on and see if it sorted itself but because it's mam's celebrations this weekend I want something done so that I can join in! Can they file the pointy bit down like they do with horses teeth , even as a short term solution it's be great iof they could, then have something more permanent done later.

Had a 'lie-in' with DH this morning and left him wanting more so we have a 'date' tonight

Ooo-er Josie you know how men's minds work, don't you! Hope that tooth finally gets righted!
Truff don't temp me

I have none of the signs of post-ov which would normally be boobs so sore it hurts to put on a bra amongst other things. Of course now I ask myself "is that good?" or does that mean i didn't even ovulate FFS????!! I'm only 3 dpo (maybe) so it's just a tad early for symptoms... wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Oh poor you Milano , you sound a bit like me when I'm at that stage . Wasn't sure if I ov'ed last time at ll so this time round I'm keeping a very very close eye out for symptoms!

Takethat I love Strictly! Can I watch it with you?! Dh won't watch it and it's sooo dull without someone to shout insults at the telly with.

Nice naked DH nomore And congrats for the grand Ov occasion

Thanks for the Nice guidelines Miffles. I'm NHS, but am continually offering to go private if it would change anything. The consultant doesn't think there is a need. I'll finish this month on 100mg of clomid and see what the day 22 blood tests say. If they crash and burn I'll be back making myself a PITA! Ovarian Drilling though?! Sounds bloody awful!

Milano temping is dead easy and takes some of the stress out of things. It tells you when you'ved ov'ed (past tense) and tells you when AF is about to arrive. You have to look for other ov signs to time JSing as your temps only go up after you've ovulated. Have a look at my chart for last baby-fail month.

Josie one option is for the dentist to cut the flap of skin away which is trapping the infection and being pressed on. It's not as bad as it sounds and is def better than having the tooth out.

We've not JSed for nearly a week now. Getting rather here. DH worked until about midnight last nigt (I think), I was asleep. CD5 for now. Glad it's someone else's turn for 2ww mentalness!

See Brassica that's why I'm going to a prefessional, I'd never have thought about that and I'm sure there are options I've not thought about. That does sound horrendous but if it lets me eat on sat and sun I'm all for it! Even if I can just get short term relief for this weekend then look at something more long-term later on I'm fine with that (despite being terrified of dentists!) Thanks

josie good luck for the dentist.

Glad to see there are plenty of naked DH's and DP's around the place. Still no pant snot for me but keeping up the pace just in case

vallinna sorry to have been insensitive about the ovulating thing. I'm just sooooo bad at waiting for stuff.

Still consistently being identified as a member of staff and not a student at work, which is most distressing. So yesterday I went out and spend £200 I don't have on new clothes in a confusing mixture of very smart (I am a grown-up now and not a student and don't want the students being annoyed they've been assigned a child to teach them) and sexy (I AM STILL YOUNG. I AM STILL YOUNG. I AM STILL YOUNG). Two people have said I look nice today though, so that's good.

brassica YES you can watch Strictly with me! My DH has been converted. He quite often cries when people get kicked off . I love it though. Always make resolutions to learn to dance but eat so much crap while watching the telly I never quite muster up the energy to get off the sofa. Except to go to the fridge.

Ooh good luck with ovulation NMCB :)

Ha ha TakeThat, I like watching Strictly but am banned by DH . Good luck with the wardrobe, if two peoplehave commented you must have got it right.

Dentist can't do anything for me in the short term except more antibiotics as the infection isn't totally cleared up, and advised painkillers and anti-inflammatories for the weekend. She thinks the gum is sensitive as the infection is still there so once it gets better hopefully the teeth won't catch as much, but she reckons I'll need the top one out. Have had a rather successful sarnie eating lunchtime though as the top one that was hurting isn't as bad now so by sat/sun I should at least be able to chew on one side

Phew, can you all keep up! Promise I won't go on about my teeth anymore! (unless they all fall out )

Hmm, I find myself being rather nervous as I approach my Window. (Only on CD5) The last 2ww was soo mental I am already dreading the next one. Sorry, don't want to sound melodramatic. I wonder if the clomid has side effects for the rest of the cycle once I've stopped taking them which is affecting PMT moods.

Glad the tooth is going to be okay josie

Well my DH was one of them .

Just met my advisees. They're all really sweet, and split between the ones who say the came to this uni to do English because they are ambitious and wanted to be at the best place (debatable ) and the ones who came because people were nice to them on the open day :)

The meeting was meant to last an hour. I managed 30 minutes. What am I meant to say except 'My name is TakeThatLady, I'm your advisor. Tell me a bit about yourselves and why chose to study English Lit at the University of Take That'? Gave them all the info they needed, failed to answer their questions (a student who had transferred from law knew all the answers, luckily ), and buggered off. One of them told me she saw a dead rabbit, which she seemed pleased about.

brassica you'll be okay. Is there something you can throw yourself into like work? I know work is a pain in the arse but that's what I'm trying to do. Keeping myself on a TV/work/social life timetable and trying to focus on the next thing in my calendar every day rather than what cycle day I'm on. Taking a monumental effort though. Especially as today I was making a list of stupid professional development courses I've got to do this year and came across 'Baby!' written on April 24th (when I would have been due). Then all I could think was stuff like 'I'd have been doing this course when I was 8 months pregnant, right before maternity leave' etc. I've scribbled it out. It's Easter Sunday so I may book a weekend away then so the date is replaced by something nice.

Anyway, back to making 18-year-olds think I'm an old nerdy weirdo with not a lot to say for myself.

Brass, totally feel your pain. After the madness of last month I seriously thought about trying to put off TTC as it was just doing my head in.

Do you think it is because last cycle is the first time you were convinced it was going to happen? Before, you were spotting mid-cycle, then to the docs, investigations, and now finally your are on Clomid and ready to go, and you thought it would really happen last month? I know last month I really really thought I was pregnant and my desperation to get this confirmed let to mental madness and early testing. I mean I was CONVINCED and not in a calm serene "I KNOW I am, let's just wait for a BFP" but in a mental wild-eyed, mouth-frothy "PASS me that motherfuckingfirstresponse I know I'm pregnant IAMAIAMAIAMAIAMMM!!!!" and it was WEIRD.

I think a mental month like that can be excused under the circs. If you are like me you will be so worn out form last cycle that this one will be a bit like, yeah, whatevs.

COPIOUS EWCM this morning. Three days after suspected OV. None since though. Weird body.

HTK that might explain my apathy this cycle (minus the Clomid of course) but I too was convinced last cycle that it was 'the one'... meh.

Oh takethat I took no offence what so ever! Sorry it came across that way ((hugs)) I don't care if people have been trying a month or a year, it's shitty when it doesn't happen how and when you want it to!

Brassica sorry about the anticipation anxiety...I don't really know what to suggest. I would say try and relax etc but I'm the worst person ever.

Had a good docs call today (GP that is, all fertility doctors are the devil ) They will do my STD screening and blood tests and repeat my hormone bloods....ahhh, so glad I have been paying my taxes now!

V V quickly, as meant to be having a date night with DH....but had to share...

Drove past a lorry today with "BFP Wholesale" on the side!!! I wanted to pull it over and get a BFP for all of us!!

Instead got the BOFOF on FR from Boots.

Nearly the same.

Still on AF, so unlikely.

People really shouldn't be putting BFP on the side of vans. We'll crash!

Hugs hugs hugs vallinna didn't think you'd taken offence - just wanted to make sure

Just a quick one - off for a JS sesh. If I can keep my eyes open. Or maybe even if not...

HTK and Milano think I'll join you on the apathy bus. Despite my joy at apparent earlier than usual ov, I just don't know how much I really care to lose it again. It doesn't help that I over ate on holiday and now look about 4 months pg. GAH.

All quiet over here. It seems like a long long week at work this week. Very little JS going on over here. We hardly seem to be in the house at the same time. It's too early to be thinking about ov yet, but some attention would be nice!

Aw Eskarina (hugs). I know how you feel.

I was a bit, yeah whatever, about it last cycle but making a real effort this cycle so I'll probably be mad and convinced this time round.

Not much to report here, no SWI last night as we were both so tired we just fell straight asleep. But I have a cunning plan ? I am going to set half a job Harry a challenge every day (todays is to do the dishes, but also put them away and clean the draining board) and if he figures out all of what I want him to do, then I will repay him Plus it will take my mind off where I am in cycle

Hope everyone's ok

Right, I'm back, ready to stop moping and back on top of things.

I've put on about 4lbs during AF/2WW madness. It's time to put down the carbs and get back on the scales. Which means I've got about 10lbs I want to lose now instead of 6! But the fridge is now full of healthy things and I'm ready for a new day!

Blime we've all had a rough ride recently havne't we.

Well done on the NHS tests vallinna. Although it should have been a no-brainer that the NHS would cover it shouldn't it!

Bugger! I just managed to pee on my cardigan! Clearly the POAS addiction has gone too far.

My waterfall cardigan had just had a golden shower .