The August Bus

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The August Bus departs tomorrow....

Come and join me if you are TTC an August baby [hgrin]

This is my first bus and I think I am being brave in starting the engine.

I'm trying so hard not to get my hopes up too. AF is due tomorrow assuming I have my usual 30 day cycle but I do sometimes have 35 day cycles so really I know I should hold off testing until Wed. And as long as I haven't tested and AF hasn't turned up I have a little bit of hope. I am going to feel totally crushed this month if I'm not pregnant.

I managed to get out in the snow today, and guess what I did? Went and bought a pregnancy test (actually two, a superdrug one and a clearblue one). Now all I've got to decide is which one to try first

Oh, and my boobs are sore now. But they always are a few days before AF so I really shouldn't let this get my hopes up.

Is anyone going to test tomorrow?

i can't test, because i don't have any in the house. The earliest I will get near a shop now to buy one is Monday.....

aghhh stupid computer -

Huge congrats aurorasky - that's such fab news!! And welcome Northeastmummy.

Well I have a confession to make, similar to yours Mrsden. I too got out of the house today for the first time in days. I headed into town. Boots has a 2-4-1 deal on First Response tests...so I bought two! Maybe getting slightly ahead of myself I think. Oops.

I have been having all sorts of random pains all over my body - which of course, I'm classifying as symptoms. I think I may be going slightly mad here!

Good luck to those who are nearly test-ready!

queenrollo in an attempt to help you not get your hopes up: I had the world's most sore (sorest??) boobs last month. We were on holiday and I could barely tolerate wearing my bra. But BFN all the same. No idea what was going on there.

TCOYF has arrived! Something for me to obsess over. Congrats surorasky!

KLou111 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 29-35 AF due 30 Nov
AlpinePony TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 28 AF due 1 Dec
Northeastmummy - AF due 2 Dec
Bexxaa TTC#3 Cycle 1 UCL 31-33 AF due 3 Dec
kayjayel TTC#3 Cycle 2 UCL 25-28 AF due 3ish Dec
kat2504 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 3 Dec
Wombat33 TTC#1 Cycle 2 (post MC) UCL31 AF due 4 Dec
Mrsden TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL30ish AF due 4 Dec
Jilko TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL35 AF due 4 Dec
littlemisslozza TTC#3 Cycle 3 UCL 29-35 AF due 1-7 Dec
DoFliesHaveKnees TTC#2 Cycle 9 UCL27 AF due 5 Dec
jaggythistle TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL26-28 AF due 6 Dec
Queenrollo TTC#2 Cycle 9 UCL 33 AF due 5/6 Dec
Lindy100 TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 28-30 AF due 9 Dec
HmRo - AF due 10 Dec
Eskarina TTC#1 Cycle 4 UCL 28-41 AF due 11ish Dec
Fel1x TTC#3 cycle 2 UCL 26-28 AF due 12 Dec
MrsP81 TTC#1 Cycle 7 UCL 29 AF due 12 Dec
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 Cycle 4 (round 3) UCL 25-30 AF due 13 Dec
emsiedoodle TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL ?? AF due mid-ish Dec
Rugbywidow TTC 1 cycle 1 UCL 30 AF due 15 Dec
Teds77 TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 26-27 AF due 21 Dec
ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 8 UCL28 AF due 22 Dec

Graduates

ddas - BFP 17 Nov
PixieOnaLeaf - BFP 18 Nov
Buttonmoon78 - BFP 21 Nov
aurorasky - BFP 2 Dec

Moved on to catch next bus, do keep chatting to us though, gets all quiet and lonely at the end otherwise!

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my friends have rearranged the holiday they had booked so they can come to our wedding
it's cost them money and it means that several friends in our extended social circle (who are not invited) have had to re-book holiday from work and travel plans/childcare etc just so our two friends can be there on the day. (it was a group weekend away for a birthday)

eskarina - thanks.....i keep looking at myself in the mirror and saying 'stop it! stop reading 'pregnant' into every little twinge'

queenrollo that is great re you friends!

Only CD11 here, managed to SWI twice so far. Meant to POAOPKS last night but forgot so will start all that fun tonight. Am trying some reverse psychology on myself. "I don't actually want to get pregnant this cycle because then I won't be able to drink at all my Xmas bashes, and will have to tell white lies to friends and family, and will have to watch what I eat and probably be sick on Xmas" Therefore sods law means this will prob be my month. Hop it works!

I cracked and POAS this morning. BFN I feel really sad, I thought we did everything right this month but I shouldn't really be surprised because I have no symptoms to make me think I might be pregnant. There is no sign of AF yet though so I am going to cling to a tiny bit of hope. Maybe I ovulated later than I think and it would be too early to show up yet. Ughhhh, I hate TTC!

When is your AF due again mrsden? It's not over till it's over you know! When I got pregnant with my first I had a BFN around about when my AF was due but then got a BFP a week later.

I can really relate to what everyone's saying about there being an upside if we have a BFN for the obvious festive reasons ... but like you all, would prefer the alternative. I seem to have all the symptoms of AF being on the way, but still no sign. I've been really irritable, have a random spot, sore boobs etc ... no idea what's going on.

What's TCOYF?

Also, can anyone give me any tips on getting to this thread quickly when I come into MN. At the moment I'm going into Talk then through all the options to get here and it seems a bit ... long winded.

TCOYF is taking charge of your fertility, it's said to be a bible for people TTC, I have not yet got it, but if I carry on waiting for a BFP I will end up getting it, having a few months of relatively chilled out SWI first though.

At the top of the page there is above the title of the thread there are some links, one is WATCH this thread, click on that and then when you log in you click on threads I'm watching and it will be there in the list.

Well, not a lot to report here, still no AF and still BFN as of this morning!! am now on day 32 of an expected 28 day cycle. Not a happy bunny as I just want to know either way, it's dragging too much this not knowing!!

Sounds promising KLou!

Thanks 100 - will give that a try x

northeastmummy there is also an option at the top when you log in for 'threads i'm on' it will bring up a list of recent threads you've posted on.

Nothing new to report here, still very painful boobs.....spot on chin settling down......

can i resist testing until after Weds? I doubt it

I'm off the bus - feel quite chilled about it as it was first month of trying (took 12 months last time) - and ms would've been right in the middle of my ski holiday!

I just took a test and got a BFP! My DH is still sleeping and I feel terrible - like I know something he doesn't (which I do - but you know what I mean!).

I knew this was going to be a short trip on the August bus, but I didn't think for this reason!

AlpinePony - sorry you're off the bus and glad you're feeling ok about it.

Everything is crossed for everyone else still on the bus xx

Brilliant news northeastmummy!

Fab news northeastmummy!

Also congratulations to aurorasky!

7dpo here and nothing to report. I feel quite relaxed about it this month, not doing my ususal obsessing. No idea how I have managed this but it feels good!

northeastmummy that's lovely news! really pleased for you.

We're off into the city to meet friend/sis for lunch and look round the shops. This means i'll buy a test while i'm out but testing tomorrow morning will probably still be too early won't it?

It's always these last few days of 2ww i find hardest.

congrats Northeastmummy

Brilliant news northeastmummy! Good luck alpinepony and enjoy the skiing holiday.

KLou111 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 29-35 AF due 30 Nov
Bexxaa TTC#3 Cycle 1 UCL 31-33 AF due 3 Dec
kayjayel TTC#3 Cycle 2 UCL 25-28 AF due 3ish Dec
kat2504 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 3 Dec
Wombat33 TTC#1 Cycle 2 (post MC) UCL31 AF due 4 Dec
Mrsden TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL30ish AF due 4 Dec
Jilko TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL35 AF due 4 Dec
littlemisslozza TTC#3 Cycle 3 UCL 29-35 AF due 1-7 Dec
DoFliesHaveKnees TTC#2 Cycle 9 UCL27 AF due 5 Dec
jaggythistle TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL26-28 AF due 6 Dec
Queenrollo TTC#2 Cycle 9 UCL 33 AF due 5/6 Dec
Lindy100 TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 28-30 AF due 9 Dec
HmRo - AF due 10 Dec
Eskarina TTC#1 Cycle 4 UCL 28-41 AF due 11ish Dec
Fel1x TTC#3 cycle 2 UCL 26-28 AF due 12 Dec
MrsP81 TTC#1 Cycle 7 UCL 29 AF due 12 Dec
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 Cycle 4 (round 3) UCL 25-30 AF due 13 Dec
emsiedoodle TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL ?? AF due mid-ish Dec
Rugbywidow TTC 1 cycle 1 UCL 30 AF due 15 Dec
Teds77 TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 26-27 AF due 21 Dec
ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 8 UCL28 AF due 22 Dec

Graduates

ddas - BFP 17 Nov
PixieOnaLeaf - BFP 18 Nov
Buttonmoon78 - BFP 21 Nov
aurorasky - BFP 2 Dec
Northeastmummy - BFP 5 Dec

Moved on to catch next bus, do keep chatting to us though, gets all quiet and lonely at the end otherwise!

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BabsH
Valbona
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Spirita
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Monkeyblonde
Broodywantcoilout
passthechocs
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Whywait
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GetDownYouWillFall
MSLK
myweeangel
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy
AlpinePony

Huge congrats northeastmummy - that's great news for a Sunday morning and fab to have another graduate to add to the August bus list! V exciting!

I have sore boobs, which is unusual for this point in the month.

I'm about 5dpo I think - though the pains started 3 days before that, so not quite sure.

Sorry to see you're leaving the bus Alpinepony.

A huge congratulations northeastmummy, another BFP woo hoo!!

Sorry you're leaving Alpine :(

Still no AF here. Will test again Tuesday as that will be 35 days, and that has been my longest cycle length so far.

Went to friends house hast night with another couple and said was on antibiotics for an ear infection and couldn't drink.
Later on, one of the ladies asked 'so when's the baby due' and I said 'ugh don't say that, bloody hope not' Felt like total shit saying it, but don't want to tell anyone we're trying. It really is not a good time of year to start trying in the 'drinking' respect as everyone thinks it's odd if you don't have at least 1!!

*last night

That sounds pretty tough KLou - it really is the worst month to not be drinking!

Does anyone have any information on Pre-seed please? Is it widely used? Only just found out about it and wonder if it would help...

Rugby I am on the pre-seed this cycle. Heard lots of positive stories about it - on these threads - but no real proven evidence about how it can help TTC. You can only buy it online from what I can tell and it is expensive (£15 for a tube that lasts for 9 SWIs). Have used it for one cycle already and still not pg but I am giving it a go again as don't really have a lot of CM and have heard that it kind of simulates fertile CM.

Can't hurt I say!

Bit easier for me on the drinking thing as everyone in my RL knows I am TTC as had very public late MC and afterwards I did say we would try again as soon as we had the all clear - so am going to say that we have kicked the booze in an aim to get pg - which is true but only since the last 2 weeks. But you can bet that people will sercretly think I am in my first trimester and/ or try to persuade me to drink a little 'cos it is Xmas'.