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The August Bus

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100years · 24/10/2010 21:07

Beep Beep

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.

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Spirita · 07/11/2010 12:17

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MrsP81 · 07/11/2010 14:10

Hello ladies

May I join this bus please? I fell off the July bus on Friday and thought I'd have a couple of days sulking before I caught the next bus. So here I am, sulking complete and all ready to start again!

passthechocs TTC#3 cycle 3 UCL 28-30 AF due 16 Nov
PixieOnaLeaf TTC#6 Cylce 4 UCL 28ish AF due 15h Nov
ddas -TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL28/29 AF due 21 Nov
Whywait TTC#1 Cycle3, AF due 22nd Nov(ish)
GetDownYouWillFall TTC#2 cycle 2 (post MC) UCL 28-45 AF due 25 Nov
ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 7 UCL 29 AF due 26 Nov
BabsH TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL30 AF due 27 Nov
Spirita ttc #1, cycle 1, ucl 28-30 AF due 27 Nov (ish)
Buttonmoon78 TTC#4 cycle 2 UCL 35 days AF due 29 Nov
kat2504 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 29 Nov
KLou111 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 29-35 days AF due 30 Nov
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 Cycle 4 UCL 26-30 AF due 30/11 - 04/12
AlpinePony TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 28 AF due 1 Dec
aurorasky TTC#1 Cycle 3 (post MMC)UCL 25-30 AF due 2 Dec
Bexxaa TTC#3 Cycle 1 UCL 31-33 days AF due 3 Dec
MrsP81 TTC#1 Cycle 7 UCL29 AF due 3 Dec
100years TTC#1 cycle 2 - AveCL 34days AF due 4 Dec
Wombat33 TTC#1 Cycle 2 (post MC) UCL31 AF due 4 Dec
littlemisslozza TTC#3 Cycle 3 UCL 29-35 AF due 1-7 Dec
Eskarina TTC#1 Cycle 4 UCL 28-41 AF due 11th ddec?
Broodywantcoilout TTC#3 Cycle -1 UCL 28 AF due 1st/28th dec

sillybillymummy ttc#3 cycle 7 UCL 29 AF due ??
MorayRose TTC#1 Cycle ? UCL ? AF due ??
Jilko TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL35 AF due ??
Gobolino TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL32/3 AF due ??
QOTCW TTC#1 Cycle 2- UCL27 AF due ??
Lindy100 ttc#3 cycle 1 ucl 28-30 AF due??

GetDownYouWillFall · 07/11/2010 15:00

You're allowed to sulk MrsP81 I think most of us feel a bit sulky TBH. I'm still sulking a little bit over my MC... feels so unfair that I was actually pregnant, and now I'm not Sad

Ah well we must press on! I am going the whole hogg this month... have got 4 litres of fresh grapefruit juice in the fridge, a stack of 50 cheapy OPKs and I'm not afraid to use every last one of them! Have also got myself some pre-seed , am charting, doing FF, and the icky business of checking my cervix Blush

My last concerted effort for a summer baby.....

buttonmoon78 · 07/11/2010 20:08

EWCM arrived today ladies!

TBH, I'm not sure when I'm due on. My last cycle was the first post-contraception and I was poorly when I was expecting to ov so it was 3 weeks between AF and OV.

Now, however, I'm OVing 14 days exactly after AF started so maybe I should amend the stats thus:

passthechocs TTC#3 cycle 3 UCL 28-30 AF due 16 Nov
PixieOnaLeaf TTC#6 Cylce 4 UCL 28ish AF due 15h Nov
ddas -TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL28/29 AF due 21 Nov
Buttonmoon78 TTC#4 cycle 2 UCL 28-35 days AF due 21-29 Nov
Whywait TTC#1 Cycle3, AF due 22nd Nov(ish)
GetDownYouWillFall TTC#2 cycle 2 (post MC) UCL 28-45 AF due 25 Nov
ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 7 UCL 29 AF due 26 Nov
BabsH TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL30 AF due 27 Nov
Spirita ttc #1, cycle 1, ucl 28-30 AF due 27 Nov (ish)
kat2504 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 29 Nov
KLou111 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 29-35 days AF due 30 Nov
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 Cycle 4 UCL 26-30 AF due 30/11 - 04/12
AlpinePony TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 28 AF due 1 Dec
aurorasky TTC#1 Cycle 3 (post MMC)UCL 25-30 AF due 2 Dec
Bexxaa TTC#3 Cycle 1 UCL 31-33 days AF due 3 Dec
MrsP81 TTC#1 Cycle 7 UCL29 AF due 3 Dec
100years TTC#1 cycle 2 - AveCL 34days AF due 4 Dec
Wombat33 TTC#1 Cycle 2 (post MC) UCL31 AF due 4 Dec
littlemisslozza TTC#3 Cycle 3 UCL 29-35 AF due 1-7 Dec
Eskarina TTC#1 Cycle 4 UCL 28-41 AF due 11th ddec?
Broodywantcoilout TTC#3 Cycle -1 UCL 28 AF due 1st/28th dec

sillybillymummy ttc#3 cycle 7 UCL 29 AF due ??
MorayRose TTC#1 Cycle ? UCL ? AF due ??
Jilko TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL35 AF due ??
Gobolino TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL32/3 AF due ??
QOTCW TTC#1 Cycle 2- UCL27 AF due ??
Lindy100 ttc#3 cycle 1 ucl 28-30 AF due??

It doesn't seem like quite such a long wait to test if I do that!

ravenlocks · 07/11/2010 20:42

Envy at your EWCM button, I don't get that stuff which is v annoying!

Good to see some more July bus rejects if you know what I mean. Friendly faces. mrsP I am with you on the sulking, I wonder if I am perma-sulking at the moment.

getdown leaving nothing to chance I see, love it, you go girl.

If it was all about effort we'd be preggers with multiples by now. Xx

Eskarina · 07/11/2010 21:23

Sorry you fell off July MrsP I think sulking is entirely appropriate.

Grin at Getdown's preparations. I thought I was bad enough with my grapefruit juice (it's on 3 for 2 in Tesco!) evening primrose capsules and charting. I only have 10 OPK's though. Think I might have to do another ebay trip much to DH's dispair Grin

MorayRose · 08/11/2010 11:03

Morning everyone,

Hope you all had a great weekend.

I'm not holding out much hope for this month. I'm trying to be really cool and laid back as this is only my second month TTC but have hardly had any action this last week.

We've both had a manic time at work and have hardly seen each other. Think I might be taking a leaf out of Getdown's book shortly!

Things should be back to normal from this evening though but I think it's too late.

Spirita - my DH has said exactly the same.

TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL 28-30 AF due 21-23 Nov

mrsden · 08/11/2010 11:51

Hello! Can I join this bus? I got kicked off the July bus when AF arrived and like MrsP81 have been sulking for a few days. AF is on the way out now though so feeling more positive.

My stats are:

Mrsden TTC#1 cycle 5 UCL 30ish AF due 4 Dec

KLou111 · 08/11/2010 12:26

Hi mrsden recognise you from July. Welcome aboard. Hopefully this bus will be more successful for us all :)

GetDownYouWillFall · 08/11/2010 12:34

Welcome to all new passengers! Nice to see some familiar faces on the bus ride Smile

I am seriously having to kerb my tea drinking? this 4 hours before doing an OPK is killing me Angry !!

I am on CD13 today, I have ov?d this early before, but post-MC who knows what my body is doing? The latest I?ve ever ov?d is CD 32 Shock so I just don?t know. Hoping the OPKs will give me something to go on this month. Have not used them before.

Temps have taken a bit of a dip yesterday and today, so don?t know if perhaps only now has all the HCG finally left my system? In which case OV could be many days away yet Sad

Hope we are all doing well today! It?s so wet and windy today, hard to not feel dreary, but trying to be positive Smile

queenofthecapitalwasteland · 08/11/2010 13:47

Just adding myself to the list, hadn't realised how close it was! Not holding out a lot of hope for this month but at least i can expect to see some friendly faces on the next bus (unless everyone gets lucky Wink )

passthechocs TTC#3 cycle 3 UCL 28-30 AF due 16 Nov
PixieOnaLeaf TTC#6 Cylce 4 UCL 28ish AF due 15h Nov
QOTCW TTC#1 Cycle 2- UCL27 AF due 16 Nov
ddas -TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL28/29 AF due 21 Nov
Buttonmoon78 TTC#4 cycle 2 UCL 28-35 days AF due 21-29 Nov
Whywait TTC#1 Cycle3, AF due 22nd Nov(ish)
GetDownYouWillFall TTC#2 cycle 2 (post MC) UCL 28-45 AF due 25 Nov
ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 7 UCL 29 AF due 26 Nov
BabsH TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL30 AF due 27 Nov
Spirita ttc #1, cycle 1, ucl 28-30 AF due 27 Nov (ish)
kat2504 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 29 Nov
KLou111 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 29-35 days AF due 30 Nov
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 Cycle 4 UCL 26-30 AF due 30/11 - 04/12
AlpinePony TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 28 AF due 1 Dec
aurorasky TTC#1 Cycle 3 (post MMC)UCL 25-30 AF due 2 Dec
Bexxaa TTC#3 Cycle 1 UCL 31-33 days AF due 3 Dec
MrsP81 TTC#1 Cycle 7 UCL29 AF due 3 Dec
100years TTC#1 cycle 2 - AveCL 34days AF due 4 Dec
Wombat33 TTC#1 Cycle 2 (post MC) UCL31 AF due 4 Dec
littlemisslozza TTC#3 Cycle 3 UCL 29-35 AF due 1-7 Dec
Eskarina TTC#1 Cycle 4 UCL 28-41 AF due 11th ddec?
Broodywantcoilout TTC#3 Cycle -1 UCL 28 AF due 1st/28th dec

sillybillymummy ttc#3 cycle 7 UCL 29 AF due ??
MorayRose TTC#1 Cycle ? UCL ? AF due ??
Jilko TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL35 AF due ??
Gobolino TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL32/3 AF due ??
Lindy100 ttc#3 cycle 1 ucl 28-30 AF due??

BabsH · 08/11/2010 18:17

Evening ladies,

so what does Grapefruit juice do? I really dont like the stuff but I might be missing a trick!!!

My hubbie is the same about trying, just wants to relax and see what happens, but there is always the bit just before AF when we start noticing all the symptoms and get a bit hopeful, every month it gets a bit harder to be positive :)

Lets hope this is our month!!!

KLou111 · 08/11/2010 19:32

I was thinking about doing the grapefruit juice thing too BabsH. Apparently it does something good to your EWCM, especially if you don't currently have it.

I've not had it since I came off the pill the end of August so going to try at least.
Think blood orange juice and pink grapefruit does the same thing, and probably will taste better, but none of it can be from concentrate, it has to be pure.

mrsden · 08/11/2010 19:41

I bought some grapefruit juice today, I had to get pink grapefruit juice because it was the only one they had that wasn't from concentrate. Do you think it has the same effect? Are you supposed to drink it throughout the whole cycle? I hate grapefruit so I'm going to have to hold my nose to drink it, yuk. I hope it works!

KLou111 · 08/11/2010 20:45

Apparently pink grapefruit is the same as long as it's not from concentrate :)

Think you're only meant to drink up to ovulation. I don't think it does any harm or anything, but it's just meant to get your juices flowing lol Grin

BabsH · 08/11/2010 20:49

What about just eating it? Or does it have to be fresh juice? Interesting!

MrsP81 · 08/11/2010 20:51

Hello to new passengers! It's nice to see so many familiar faces from the July bus but also sad that so many of us seem to have swapped buses.

I'm going to have to try this grapefruit juice thing. I actually like the stuff which is a bonus as I don't know many people who do!

broodywantcoilout · 08/11/2010 21:02

im sure this isnt what anyone wants 2 hear, but when i was pregnant with my 1st i had cravings 4 grapefruit, i eventually ate one-and it came back up looking exactly the same!! havent been able 2 eat 1 or dring its juice since!

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kat2504 · 08/11/2010 21:31

ha ha spirita does that mean you are trying to furtively hide and pee on the opks anyway? I am great at concealing my obsession but now I have graduated to the cbfm it will be a little harder to hide. Are the two nights he is away in a row? If not you should be fine anyway, every two days is good enough apparently.

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kat2504 · 08/11/2010 22:08

I go on mymonthlycycles.com to track my periods, it's free and very handy and it emails me a few days before ovulation and also emails me if my period is late. It has a link to a site called whenmybaby and you can transport your cycle stats there and it helps you determine your window of opportunity. My monthly cycles can also store your temps but I can't get the hang of temping. consistently forget to do it in half asleep haze more often than I remember.
iPhone app sounds good, what is it called?

queenofthecapitalwasteland · 09/11/2010 08:04

I've been using the andriod app 'My Days' to keep track of my cycle as I used to be really irregular. It's very basic but it does a little countdown to either AF or ovulation on your homescreen which I found helpful.

ddas · 09/11/2010 08:17

Wow our august bus is getting big-think we need a double decker lol-welcome aboard. I think I'm starting on the 2 wk wait from today. Since last Wednesday was getting what felt like ovulation pain and ewcm with increasingly darker line on opk till darkest sun evening with it starting to get lighter yest.also had sore boobs yest so can really put it together as seems like quite ling duration of ovulation sx but guessing I ovulated yesterday ????? SWI sun morning and mon night so fingers crossed!!!!:) bought some cheap Internet preg tests so all ready !!!! Now just need some more willpower to not be tempted to test too early-when do u guys start testing from?