Thread for the fanjo-furkling, red-fecker-hating, ramekin-peeing JSers

[takethatlady]

The (updated) '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). Horse-riding and other dangerous activities are also actively encouraged.

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

Keep acronmyage to a minimum! EWCM is now to be referred to as 'pant snot'. Try not to get sucked in by Fertility Friend (at least for a while), but knowing where you are in your cycle and furkling for pant snot is most definitely allowed. If you're a midwife, you can even get other midwives to furkle for you

Keep us up to date with gossip!

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Most of these rules are well and truly 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

Part 3 Graduates
Bonkerz - BFP
Kitten - BFP
Cowboylover - BFP
takingtheplunge - BFP

Shout if I've missed anyone.

GP rining me back with blood pg test results after morning surgery. I know what the results will be but feel sick anyway.

Hge hugs Brassica

Good luck brassica. All my fingers and toes are crossed.

josie PMSL at the mushroom craving :) You sound like Alice in Wonderland! V excited for you and your day of fecker-avoidance. brassica I haven't tested again as I'm out of tests!!! Feck. Working from home and the Tesco in my village has the cheek not to sell pg tests, so I'm stuck til later. I'm also going out for cocktails ... But last night's line is still there. DH agrees the line is there. He says I'm not pregnant and to stop being mental. Then he says I'm not allowed cocktails

My only symptom, which I've had before and not been pg, is sore boobs. Actually, my boobs are HUNGRY. Does anyone else have this? My tummy is hungry at the moment, and it feels empty and sore, and my boobs feel exactly the same, like there's a little hungry stomach filling up each one of them. Maybe I'll slap some mushrooms on them, see what happens

Anyway, aside from hungry boobs and a promising-looking test I'm still reserving caution. It could definitely be that I am not pregnant as I have cocked up many a test in my time - barely a cycle has gone by without me thinking I'm pregnant when I'm not.

Grapefruit juice is only allowed if you slip a vodka shot into it!

brassica. We're here for you

Glad I've given you all a laugh. Woke up this morning convinced the red fecker was here. Sore tummy and I thought I felt activity down there, if you see what I mean . anyway false alarm, which is just as well as it's only CD23

TakeThat was it you who used to take tests apart? Just remembered that

Oh nelly I forgot to respond to your post :) You cracked! You can hit me with a kipper again but what you need are Superdrug tests - they're 10 miu/ml.

I really deserve a slap.

Hey josie, yep, once I took a test apart and got a positive. Believed for a day I was pregnant, even went to the doctors and had blood tests.

The next cycle I took a test I thought was positive apart and it immediately went more positive. It was a BFP that time though (though it didn't stick).

Confession: once I'd peed on the second stick yesterday I took apart the first one. Sometimes you can't tell if it's a shadow or a line!

But I promise I won't take apart the one with an actual line on it

Now I deserve another slap

Ha ha, well TakeThat you can slap me too, I am going to ask which tests I should buy at asda tonight should ERTD stay away

They do their own, plus the usual digi ones but don't know which one is best

Right, well, having just used Superdrug and got my LSP I do not trust it so am going to buy a digi for tomorrow morning.

Reckon you need a pack of cheapies to begin with. If that's a BFP though you're gonna need a digi on top.

I promise I don't work for the preg test companies

Woke up to Red fecker this morning. Not much of a surpise as hadn't really done much JSing at the crucial time as DH had to abstain for 3-5 days so his Semen Analysis would be as accurate as possible. Spotty chin and feeling dog-tired gave the red one's game away yesterday really.

At least i've got the fertility clinic apmnt on 28 OCt to look forward to.

Did i mention my younger brother told me recently he's going be a father? It has devastated me. He's younger and had no trouble conceiving and i've being TTC to five and half years. Where's the f*ing justice? I guess i'll always be the aunt and never the mother. I keep asking DH if he's consider us adopting if we keep having ICSI failures. He makes a face and srhugs his shoulder and says "I don't know, I don't think so". When i ask why he says cos it's not the same. Should I press him to talk about his views on adoption more? He's not one for heart-to-hearts.

Hungry boobs takethat?! You have finally lost it girl!

Sorry for red fecker KC

Hello,
wondered if i could pop in for a cuppa if any ones putting kettle on

As you can see from my name, my ovens broken, 5 mcs and trying now for about 4 years. Last mc was last Decemebr been really trying since then. just lots of lurving every other day, no opks or pant snot checking nothing like that, just doing what nature intends....month after month...nothing.

We are giving it 6 more months, (5 left) then we are throwing in the towel and stopping. this is for many reasons.

have lost a stone in weight, on decaff everything, no alcohol, good diet vits & folic acid. is there anything else i could do?
What days are the best to bds?
I get ovulation pains and a change in pant snot at about 14-20 days after my period, have timed things around this and still...nothing.
What else do you recomend?

Sorry for the red-feckers arrival KC, can't really advise on talking to DH I'm afraid. And sorry about your news on bro, but I'm sure you won't always be the aunt. Hugs x

TakeThat I don't get hungry boobs (funnily enough) but I do find that when ERTD pains start it feels similar to being hungry and having that empty stomach feeling

Did I mention that I'm definitely getting hair chopped? Ringing hairdresser for an appt asap then will either have it cut into a bob or get a bit of length taken off anyway

Brassica thinking of you x

takethat I don't think I've ever heard that before :o but I knew I was pregnant on wednesday because even just wearing my clothes were setting my nipples off . I remembered that from dd's pregnancy.

I POAdigiS this morning 2-3 weeks! I think that's a good sign considering I can't be more than 2 weeks. Have phoned here and there for doc appointments and such so it's starting to feel real but I'm going to hang about for a while if you can bear it don't mind. I loves you all.

Sorry for all the red feckers.
Nelly - I know what you mean - i feel it's such a private thing or something. I think though I'd be more embarrassed about the ramekin than the testing :o
xx

brokeoven :( welcome -everyone's very nice hee so we'll look after you!
I'm going to ask an obvious q but have you been to the docs and had stuff checked out? Is there no chance of IVF or anything?

Have you been using Opks to see when you are ovulating?

Welcome KC11 - and sorry to hear the red-fecker got you. At least you know why it wasn?t likely this month, with the SA at the wrong time. Why do they always manage to fall at the worst time of the month!?! And that is rotten to hear about your younger brother . It is completely natural to feel the way you do ? but don?t write yourself off on being a mother just yet. Like you said, you have the appt later in the month and there is always that ray of hope. I think it would be helpful to have a conversation with your DH about adopting?though in my experience, our men haven?t often thought things through much! Mine will spend ages choosing a new downstairs loo, but won?t really have thought through the implications of what is going on with our TTC journey. My advice is rather than trying to force a deep conversation on him, would be to give plenty of warning. Like??I?d like us to talk some more about my getting pregnant, and if this cycle is not successful maybe consider adoption. Maybe you could have a think about it and we can talk about it on Sunday evening?.? My DH would then know that he needs to think about it properly and not either brush it aside or be flippant.

BB - more to you too. You?re keeping your chin up, well done. I really hope you get an answer either way soon.

Loving the LSP TTL - although know what you mean about not trusting it. I have had one and got so over-excited. Was definitely a faint line there ? but so faint. And the digi test didn?t confirm it. I wasn?t. So don?t know what happened with the line. . You?ll know soon enough?make sure DH brings some home with him! He sounds like he?s got you sussed?.trying to convince you you?re not pg, but also not allowing you cocktails! Don?t tell him about the hungry boobs though ? I fear he may have you committed!!

PMSL at Nelly and her furtive PIAR?know just what you mean!! It does seem like something to be ashamed of, but no idea why!! Did anyone see Ugly Betty last week ? hilarious!!

Thank you for the many reminders that you?re going on holiday HTK?. So need some sun. That is guaranteed to bring on the red-fecker.

Vallinna - maybe give your DH?s sperm mini sat-nav?s to make sure they find your eggs . It must seem very strange to be back on the pill. Hope the nurses appt goes well and you manage to write everything down!

And I love mushrooms too?.is that a symptom?

Welcome Brokeovwn, and yippee Milano!

I am tapping my foot on my news too! No signs as of yet but that doesn't mean anything knowing me. Last time I had slight pains through the day then it arrived the moment I got home. If there's pains today I am throwing in the towel for this cycle, if no pains I might allow myself to get slightly excited. Just slightly mind

Crossed posts with most of you - at work, so typing in stealth and so missed loads of posts!

Welcome brokeoven - settle in and have a cuppa. Or wine, if you're "cremegg"!! That is only worthy of exclamation marks as it is midday here but she claims it is evening for her. Give us another few hours and there'll be wine all round!

I agree with milano - have you seen a doc about your lack of baby? So sorry to hear about the mcs.

I don't think loving mushrooms is a symptom on its own but it could be for me as I really hate them normally but have a big craving for them. Either I'm pg or I'm growing up (mushrooms are an adult taste, as are onions, which I also hate )

I'm getting very confused as to who is pg and who's not and why might be! Things are moving too fast for me at the moment!

I'm not....but thought I'd try symptom spotting just for the fun of it!!

I got a whole bunch of opk from a pal so began testing the day after th evil red fuka.
That first month i was very curious. I got nothing until about day 20 then it was a very faint + however it said on the pack that this was in fact a -.
So i stopped all that milarki there and then, it didnt tell me anything.

had various blood tests including progesterone day 24 (i think??) That came back as about 9 as i recall, The Dr suggested Clomid.
I do get pregnant, takes between 8-14 months which i think is not an unreasonable amount of time, but i miscarry.

They have no answers, no explanations and no idea why. Bloods for me & dh are all normal. including kariotyping.

Based on one blood test, based on the fact that i have never gotton to speak with any one expert in the field and given the horrendous side effects of the Clomid, i decided to not go down this route.
IVF i definitely do not want to do, i am too old, have a child (ds aged 7) and it is all too much and too overwhelming, far too invasive with not much of a chance of success.

So here i am, on countdown and not holding out much hope.
Thinking i am doing everything in my power to make things happen...without doing too much different, i jsut need reassurance that i am doing what i need to do.
So i have turned to you all and your experiences and wisdome. I hope that you can help x

dagnamit..."wisdom" rogue "e"

(I think we may have made it to most active....we've appeared in the box to the right up the top)

brokeoven Bless (hugs) I think you win the prize for best effort after the trials you've been going through.
It sounds like you are doing everything you can to be honest. I used pre-seed last cycle and am currently 2 weeks pregnant but I don't know obviously if that's the reason! I never had a whole lot of ewcm so I, erm, thought it might help.