Just MC and ready to try again? Pack your cake, wine and tightie whities and join us for more ranting, weeping and most of all, laughing. All welcome (Part 7)

[MamaPower]

A comfy little corner for those who need company in the post mc ttc journey!

To POAS or not to POAS? That is the question!

All welcome

That actually should read love to all xxx

I read cockathon too! dirty mind, i have. Aw, skelly, your ds sounds lovely and caring. what a sweetie. ((hugs)) for you. Well done on the cooking, and general domestic godessyness of you! I did roast dinner and cupcakes

getdown I'm convinced thatI didn't ovulate the first cycle, maybe 2. I don't know why really. My forst wft cycle was 8 weeks long, with a 10 day super heavy period, before I used to be 3/4 days max, and then the next was 40 days, and then 38, then 33 ish?? And tunnocks all mine have been 9 days at least post erpc, when i used to tend towards 3 days. And very heavy [hsad]

inbetweener I have only refrained from poas ing so far as told myself that it would only work with fmu, and then not using it day by day!! It's a daily struggle [hconfused]

mummya How goes it? 3 more days left on the pill now? 5 till a bleed, I reckon.

Waves to velvet enjoying her half term, hopefully, apple pretty tigger jolls jam urban izzy apple and everyone i've undoubtably missed, I love you all!

Evening all :)

I'm still trusting the CBFM but that's mainly cos the first month I used it when I look at the sticks (and yes, I looked at every day in a row from when it started telling me high) I could see the one bar fading and the other bar suddenly increasing - which matched the OPKs I was doing.

Okay, too many sticks.

Nicks brazil nuts are a bit gross, aren't they, too greasy for my liking. Been eating them anyway (not that it's done anything at all). Might start on the grapefruit juice this month, just for the hell of it. :)

Been visting the in laws for the last few days; what a horror. Am disappointed that we've had no bfps in my absence!

Hope everyone's well & enjoying the last few shreds of the weekend :)

Glad I am not the only one with a dirty mind!
GetDown, I also read that the more weeks advanced into pregnancy you were the longer it takes for cycles to resume, sorry cant remember where though or I would post the link.

Have you read this? Lots of info here about cycles coming back. Mine never did unfortunately... I would say go and see the doc if you dont have period after 7 weeks. I know lots of women on here got AF at 10 or 12, but going by my experience its better to get checked out as soon as you are officially "late" Statistically speaking, very few women dont get their cycles back, and I have nabbed that place on this thread so you should be fine!

youremindme Yup, I take my last pill on Wednesday. Feeling dead nervous about everything, as it means throwing myself back into investigations/tests and generally hoping everything is alright and worrying a lot. At least these last couple of weeks has been a bit of a break from that. I know my gyne will be happy with a bleed and just leave it at that, but I need proper answers now, after all this palava I really want to know WHY all this has happened otherwise I feel that there is every chance that I have a problem that will cause an mc again. It just seems plain silly to ignore this much "non standard" operations from my body. Bleeding is definitely better than no bleeding though. FX for me. xxx

Everything crossed for you mummy xxx

Evening all, hope you're having a good Halloween! [hgrin] wow impressed with the levels of domesticity and baking amongst you lot. I managed an (orange) butternut squash soup for the week.

That month has gone so quickly mummya, really hope your body is kick started into af as planned and good things start happening for you.

Hope you're doing ok during the 2ww cycle buddy pff

And hello to everyone else x

I have read a bit about grapefruit, and might give it a whirl, even though I hate the stuff. Do I need to drink it all month long or will the first two weeks do? Presume it has to be the proper fresh juice and not the cheapo tetra packs?

first 2 weeks kat, it does seem to help cervical fluid somewhat!! I drank concentrate, only cos i bought the wrong stuff, and that worked, but think fresh stuff is much better.

Interesting fact for the day/... Just read in tcoyf that ov bleed/spotting can be an indicator of high fertility at that time! Thought I would share that golden nugget of info!! [hgrin]

Sad I know!!

mummya fx for you. Hopefully AF will turn up next week. I understand where you're coming from re needing answers but I'm sure it would be reassuring to see some normality returning x

Sounds like we might have a few people POASing over the next few days - am hoping we see some good news soon!

I've got myself some cheapie OPKs from Amazon to try next cycle - plan is to SWI every other day and then try for every day from positive OPK until temp rise. I don't know whether to forget the CBFM completely or carry on for comparison - still cross that it's been lying to me, and I'm another one that's never had a 10-stick cycle so it's getting expensive! But anyway I feel happier with the plan for next month.

To those of you who use OPKs - a couple of questions. I was thinking of doing two per day as don't want to risk missing surge and they were very cheap, but wondering what would be the best time(s) of day if you're doing twice? Also I suspect one of those "best" times is going to be 2pm because I'm sure I've read that somewhere but three days a week I would be at work then and can't see how I'm going to manage the stick-dipping there - any suggestions of how to get round this or would 3.45pm be ok?

Sorry not been around much over last few days, been staying at my parents, but will catch up properly tomorrow.

I did twice a day this cycle and it was a bit of a waste of the sticks. I'd only bother with twice on the two or three most likely days according to your recent cycle lengths.
I expect 3.45 is just fine. I did 6am and 4pm and on the actual day, I got a positive at both those times.
If you need to stick-dip in public places I have two tips ;)

1. The little paper pots supplied in McDonalds that have places for serving yourself with ketchup and mayo. Very useful but they can leak a bit if you are not speedy enough.

2. The plastic cellophane wrapping of a non-applicator tampon. Holds just enough!

Both of these can be easily disposed of in the sanitary bin next to the toilet. Alternatively you can just keep a sample pot in your bag and wash it at home!

I do think 3.45 would be fine. The advice is to ensure your sample is not too diluted so don't drink masses in the 2 hours beforehand.

I'm feeling smug - we just managed an easy peesy last minute Halloween celebration.[hsmile] DS still fitted into last years pirate costume and so we dashed down to a lovely restaurant that has kids play section, they had a witch giving out toffee apples, and prizes for fancy dress. Not bad for a country that doesnt "do" Halloween. Good time had by all and DS's "ooh arrrGgh" pirate impression broke hearts.

Izzy I revved up to two a day when cervix checking seemed to suggest ov was approaching. I did first wee of the morning and 2pm. I would suggest a sample pot with a screw top lid and take it home to test at your leisure. Its not really the weeing or dipping that takes a long time, its the staring at it for ages afterwards pondering the result! You need a nice quiet place for that.[hsmile] So, now I am curious, does CBFM ask for first wee of day? If so, why not the afternoon wee same as OPK's? maybe CMFM has been missing your LH surge as its not been the right time of day??

and the award for Ability To Pee Into The Smallest Containers goes to... Kat!! (I'm really impressed by the tampon wrapper!!!)

[hsmile][hsmile][hsmile]Happy Halloween everyone [hsmile][hsmile][hsmile]

Hahahahah kat you genius [hsmile] If only maccy d's had any idea of what use people have found for their ketchup pots...... That is definitely my amusing thought of the day. Also, tampon wrapper - that is so ingenious!!!

Good point about CBFM mummya, it does only ask for first wee. Grrrrrrr to the CBFM, how can it eat more than 15 sticks a cycle and still miss the critical day??!? I am starting to think I need to be brave and try out the cervix checking next cycle - sounds like combined with temps it tells you everything you could ever need to know

Have a good day everyone, pinch punch first of the month

PS thanks all for chart help - temp is still going in the right direction today so I am starting to feel confident now about chilling out and stopping mentalling for a couple of weeks.......! [hgrin]

Thanks kat - good advice. It's amazing how resourceful ttc can make you

MONDAYS LIST

Pinkie08 TTC#3 UCL 30
Lottiecrump UCL 27/30
cheepz TTC#2 (round 4) UCL30
Littlemiss72 TTC#1(post MC#2) UCL 30 BFP
PrettyVacant1 TTC#1 Cycle 6 (round 7)UCL 28-31
Loola2shu TTC#3 Cycle 2 (post nmc#1) ucl??? (PCOS) CD49
Freezingmyarseoff TTC#2 cycle 3 UCL28 CD44
DachshundsRule TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL28 CD37
getawiggleon TTC#2, MC#1, UCL28, CD33
MamaPower TTC#1, cycle 4 (post MC#2) UCL 25- 27 CD29
kat2504, TTC#1, cycle 2 UCL 26, CD28
urbanlolly TTC#2 Cycle 1 (post MMC) UCL29 CD28
choccybick TTC#1 (post mc1) cycle 3 UCL 27 CD27
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 cycle 3 UCL26-28 CD27
Wombat33 TTC#1 Cycle 1 (post MC) UCL 31 CD27
RunForTheHills TTC#1, cycle 1 UCL28 CD25
youremindmeofthebabe TTC#2, Cycle 3 UCL33 CD25
Inbetweener TTC#3 Cycle 3 UCL 29 CD23
pinkfondantfancy TTC#1, cycle 3, UCL 28 or 35 CD21
Jamface TTC#2 cycle 3 (post MC#2), UCL 27 CD19
LadyBee TTC#2, cycle 3 (round 3) UCL27 CD16
velvetcu TTC #1 Cycle 3 UCL 35, CD14
sunchild77 TTC#3 cycle 5, UCL 24-28, CD14
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2, (round 3) cycle 2 UCL 30 CD13
Tunnocksteacake TTC #2, cycle 1, UCL28 CD10
Nickstermum TTC#2 cycle 2 post MC UCL 30-40 CD7
GetDownYouWillFall TTC#2 Cycle 1 (post MC#1) UCL 27 - 44 CD6
Tigger15 TTC#2 cycle 20 UCL24-9 CD 4

WTTC

Sillyness TTC#1 post MC1 WTF cycle
Jollster TTC #2, MC3 conf 16th Aug
BackOnceAgain TTC#3, MC 17th Aug
Shitforbrains TTC#3, MC 1st Sep
Sarahmia TTC#2, MC2
MummyAbroad TTC #2,(MMC#1 31 Mar, ERPC 7 Jul)
? KT
Mousebacon TTC#2 MC#1 4th Oct WTF cycle
barrenbrook TTC#1, MC#4 Oct 2010
Lemonsherbet TTC #1, ERPC 15 Oct 2010, WTF cycle
Jollster WTTC#2 after 3MMC
Batteryhen MC conf Oct 2010
Digitalgirl TTC#2, MC#3 Oct 2010

MIA
pippaandpolly
Honeywitch TTC#1
Curlylox TTC#3
delilahbelle TTC#1

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Kat, tampon cover? You must have a precise aim! Ingenius:)

Fondant, get yourself a little peeing pot with a lid, capture it then analyse later? I would agree first thing then 2 pm? Tho I got a pos at 4pm too! I think I will follow advice of pot too, tho not easy to do when in car....... :)

I went for morning and after work (about 6pm) Izzy - was tending to get the peak late in the evening so would see it coming on the 6pm stick then see the proper peak the next morning before it went down again. Twas not a very long peak - without 2 OPKs a day I'd have missed it altogether.

CBFM seems to pick it up though - although I do suspect it's picking up the big morning peak which is actually the surge on the way down hence I've always assumed it's right about the second day of peak being ov day.

Hi PFF, it probably depends on what OPK sticks you have but mine tell me to not use early morning pee as the LH is produced in your body in the morning for a few hours after you've got up. I test around midday and then again at 7.30pm. When I got a pos OPK this month it didn't show up on the midday one, but did in the eve and then was gone again by the next day, so would definitely recommend using twice a day. Mummya's idea of a little screw lid pot is good - pee during the day and then test when you have a chance. For me the OPK, CM watching and cervix checking have allowed me to be pretty sure of what my body is doing when x

thanks so much for that link MummyAbroad I've seen that site, but not actually read those pages before.

Very useful information, thank you

Hope you are all doing ok x

kat I thought I had a good aim, but clearly you are a master

Just to add my tuppence worth to the opk chat: when I did them I would get two days of positives, which I could catch quite late in the day (7/8pm). But my cervix would stay wide open and EWCM would continue for another 2-3 days after that which suggests that I wasn't ovulating immediately after the surge.
In fact the four times I've had a BFP I've not done OPKs and relied on other methods (charting temps or ewcm). I wonder if it's because we keep going till I've definitely ovulated.

So not going to bother with them this time.

I am however going to order a shedload of cheap hpts after my appointment at the epu tomorrow. I ordered 20, wasted 12 on non-pregnant cycles and did 8 of them with the bfp just gone, just to watch the line get darker (didn't make any difference to the outcome) which provided a few moments of reassurance. Desperately want to be PG again, but already know that it will be an incredibly stressful time if I do. It's quite nice not worrying about anything at the moment.

Can I do a quick poll and ask how long it took everyone to get their AF after their last MC? (I know you're still waiting for yours mummyabroad so you can sit this one out!)

Hi digi it took me 6 weeks, both times. Good luck tomorrow x

Digi I mc aug 10th, got bfn on 31st aug, Af arrived sept 20th and boy didn't I know about it. 5 weeks ish from day of finding out!

Hi thanks for welcome back.
So you don't think I'm totally bonkers, I only had a 6 month break from TTC, as we planned a rather fabby (pregnancy unfriendly) holiday that have just returned from :)
Back to being sensible & 'bean' friendly now

Digi mine was exactly 5 weeks after ERPC and 21 days from last bleed.

Am in lurking mode at the mo. We are at the SWIing stage but sort of pretending we aren't. We are in the midst of trying to get planning permission to build our house and I am trying to find work (found out my assignment was finishing up in the same week as mc .) .... it seems a bit much to add to the pressure about SWIing.

Nix Kat I drink huge amounts of grapefruit juice just because I am odd and actually really love it .... this thread has explained a lot for me!!!
MummyA your little pirate sounds adorable. I have just learnt how to make a tutu (incredibly easy) and so I have two princesses running arouns ... feeling very crafty!