the September bus is coming, hop aboard..

[broodywantcoilout]

hi, this is probably a weee bit early for some ppl, but im waiting til end of this month to ttc (the desperation, brooding over other peoples babies and feeling jealous of pregnant women , thinking of names and waiting 2 symptom spot kicks in)
so come along and join the journey to motherhood!

MrsDen really sorry about AF. I was really miserable (again) when AF last arrived and despite endless baby comments from relatives over Christmas (which made me feel throughly worthless) I feel much better this week .

I've definitely started thinking something must be wrong and whilst I can't get that out of my mind there isn't anything I can do about it at this stage. So will just keep trying.

Don't know if that helps, but lots of hugs for 2011 - it will be our year!

Sorry to hear that MrsDen, has AF definetly come?

I was so upset last month, but am doing my best to be positive and try again this month, but I will be even more upset if AF arrives in a couple of weeks.

If you are worried about things, best to visit the gp, if just to start getting things underway.

Thanks ladies, you are all right. 2011 will be our year!

I think I'll leave it a couple more cycles before going to see my GP. I mentioned to her that I was TTC last time I was there and she said that as we are fairly young (DH and I are both 29) that we should just give it time. I got the impression that she wouldn't do any investigations until we'd been trying for much longer. Although 6 cycles feels long, I suppose it isn't really.

I've just looked at the length of my last 6 cycles:
29
30
28
34 (I was very sick with flu this month and fairly sure it delayed ovulation)
32
29

As it's not the same every month, does this mean it is irregular? I think I might start charting. I'm going to look online for a thermometer, is there a particular one to get?

I got one from Boots, along with a charting booklet, but I dont use the booklet, just an andriod app called my days, tis very good and easy to use. Have you recently come off the pill or other contraception? That might be the reason why you have varying cycles, but apart from that I'm not the right person to advise, my cycles are a bit all over the place too, but had been on depo and then a very short period on the pill.

I'll update the list, hopefully things will settle down and that next month will be your month, after all september babys might be very over rated!!!

OutIntoTheBlue TTC#2 Cycle 3, UCL 25-29 days AF due 29 Dec-ish
AlpinePony TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL 28 R2D2 due 1 Jan
louby86 TTC#1 Cycle 1, AF due 1 Jan ish
nannyl TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL 28 AF due 3 Jan
Wombat33 TTC#1 Cycle 3 (post MC) UCL 31 AF due 3 Jan
Bumpsadaisie, TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 3 Jan
jaggythistle TTC#2 Cycle3 UCL 28-30 AF due 6 Jan
TeaBaggy TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL??? AF due 6 Jan (possibly)
HmRo TTC#1 UCL 29 AF due 7 Jan
Tomatoplantproject TTC#1 UCL 24 AF due 7 Jan
Conkertree TTC#3 Cycle day 13ish UCL 28 AF due 7 Jan
GetDownYouWillFall TTC#2 Cycle 2 (post MC) UCL 27-45 AF due 9th Jan ish
TheCake TTC#1 UCL?? AF due 10 Jan or 27 Jan
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 Cycle 7 (round 3) UCL 28-31 AF due 11 Jan
Queenrollo TTC#2 Cycle 10 UCL 33 AF due 13 Jan
TwoJackRussellslostinthesnow TTC#1 Cycle 7 UCL 28 AF due 14 Jan
PrincessScrumpy TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL 28 AF due 14 Jan
gimmegimmegimme TTC#3 Cycle 1 UCL 28-32 AF due 16 Jan-ish
Teds77 TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL 26-27 AF due 16 Jan
EnglishCountryGirl TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL 29 AF due 18 Jan
ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 9 UCL 28 AF due 18 Jan
dietcokesholidaysarecoming TTC#2 cycle 1 ucl 28? AF 18th jan
Spirita TTC # 1 Cycle 3 UCL 26-30 AF due 18 Jan
MrsHende TTC#1 Cycle 10 UCL 25-39 AF due 19 Jan ish
monkeyblonde Cycle 3 UCL 28 AF due 19 Jan
shoopshoop TTC#1 Cycle 1
Fingerscrossed1 TTC#1 Cycle 2
Brasso4 TTC#2 Cycle3 UCL 28-49
LaughingLemons TTC#1 CD 4 UCL 27

Graduates
Jojay BFP 1st Dec
jimmijam BFP 25th Dec

Moved onto the next bus
CMD83, MrsB33, Tamashii, Goblino, MSLK, chocolatebuttontheif, arabella36, IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy, MrsSatsuma, mrsden

Missing in action, hopefully with a BFP
MorayRose, kat2504, tutormummy, level

vegas I think there still is hope with those symptoms. How does this compare to previous cycles when you have got AF?

Teds my ol' pal! How are you getting on? Sorry you had insensitive relatives over Xmas. Luckily mine all kept it buttoned. We have the same CDs this month. You Ov'd yet? I am gearing up - some EWCM today, but just got a negative OPK.

Hi there Vegas, I was going to message you with similar symptoms. I am having constant twinges low down, like cramps/tweaks.

I don't have the sore boobs though, although have been inspecting them minutely several times a day! Although, I'm not really a boob girl, and they never get sore before AF.

Hang in there, you never know. As Ravenlocks says, I'd not give up hope yet.

evening all. got to confess to early testing too at only 9dpo. bfn of course.

am clinging on to hope though as i had a negative at 9dpo and positive 2 days later last time. i am not going to buy any more internet cheapies once I've run out, they are really encouraging me to test early! will try to wait till Tuesday now...

have looked at my chart on ff from last time and cramps and tender boobs were symptoms i got then so it could be a good sign for you ladies.

i am definitely feeling some wee cramps, i don't normally get them till just before af either. can't decide if boobs feel funny or not, maybe harder to tell when bf i suppose.

good luck everyone testing soon.

meh.

failed to resist and bfn again.

temps looking a bit less promising too.

had just about convinced myself as well...

Hi vegas

Well I/we have completely given up hope here - total PMT meltdown last night, proper "where's my pick axe?" time. Its bang on schedule for proper PMT, 9 days before, so its pretty convincing.

It feels all right though, we've accepted its not our month, and at least I'm spared another week of being on tenter-hooks. And every cloud has a silver lining OH has now realised how much he wants this, and I have too, so we'll be able to have a more concerted effort next month.

Fingers crossed for everyone else

xxxx

Y do you all want September babies? When it comes to 3 ye old funding they will miss out by a mere few days and you will have to pAy nursery fees till Christmas :-)

pinkapples

I doubt many people are bothered what month their babies would be born in, they'd just quite like one

Never quite understood this September is bad thing

Hi Vegas

I'm going to test on Friday and saturday because OH needs help on Saturday with the sheep. It'll be a bit early to be exactly conclusive, but since its going to be a BFN then it will just be confirmation for us.

I'll tog up well & wear gloves, just to be sure....

I do feel calmer now, almost like we've let this one go. Not sure whether I can quite reach your very healthy attitude yet - but will work on it!

Morning ladies,

sorry to hear that AF is coming, you never know till the fat lady sings :)

I would point out to Pinkapples that we are not deliberatly trying for September babies, its just that if this is our month thats when they would be due. Have been trying for long enough that I just want a baby, dont care when it comes!!! And breathe.....

Have a good day ladies, am off for a long walk with friends, trying to stop thinking about this baby malarky!!!

I know how you feel been trying to conceive myself for quite some time... Sorry to offend anyone, just seemed like you were all wanting septemeber babies... :-)

Ok, fed up at work, thinking of trying to see if some of the Really Bad Smells in here make me want to boak like when I was pregnant.

Had enough of 2ww now!

Hi Pinkapples, I think that it all seems to be about September babies because that is the thread we're on! Look on the October Bus and they're all trying for October babies! We're all just trying for a baby, not for a month! We're not offended .

Good luck to Vegas, Jaggy and Daisy - fingers crossed here for you! It's so confusing isn't it that pg and af symptoms are the same! I know it all makes sense biologically but it's still torturous!

Ravenlocks and Twojackrussels, I hope you are both doing well, we're at roughly the same stage in our cycles. Enjoy the SWI before the dreaded 2ww kicks in!

I got a +OPK yesterday but then DH had a slight mishap last night when we were BD...TMI so won't share the details...suffice to say I was furious but trying hard to be fine about it all.

I realised that I was stressing him out when he knew all the details of my cycle and was losing the romance rapidly so didn't tell him this month. ARGH!

What do you guys do? Tell your DP the details or keep it to yourself and just use your womanly charms! My lovely DH is just as desperate keen as me to get pg so can get a little performance anxiety when he knows its important.

(He'd be SO delighted at me saying all this!! Thanks goodness for MN or some poor pal in RL would be hearing all this!! :))

Well.... if we're all going for TMI here....

My OH knows that its THAT time of the month because I pounce

The only issue we have is that he has two 'styles' (oh god, I can't believe I'm typing this....) Either it takes ages as he's 'holding back' which can mean that the, err, crucial part doesn't happen at all... Or what we term the '30 second wonder'

I just need to convince him that at THAT time of the month, I'm only interested in the latter variety....

Hello everyone, I am tentatively stepping aboard the fun bus, having just found out I am 4 weeks pregnant.

I have just joined mumsnet; we have recently married and this was our first 'timed' attempt at conception. Feeling lucky and nervous as it is such early days.

I just want to tell everyone- how long are you all waiting to tell nearest and dearest?

Hi all, just trying to catch up!

Vegas, Daisy and Jaggy hope you're staying a little bit hopeful.. And staying away from the tests

raven hope all is going okay with you this month. I got a +ve opk on cd12 and have been getting busy. Not sore yet but sounds like we've both adopted a back to basics strategy this month when all else has failed! Haven't had much EWCM this month but have some really odd shooting pains early yesterday and very sore boobs so fairly sure I've ov'd now.

Grr annoying limit on post lengths via phone! Anyway raven hope you got a +ve opk today?

MrsDen your cycles don't seem really variable compared to some on MN plus they are not really short or really long - but I'm no expert. I think I'd give it a couple more months before going to GP - that's my plan. I figure that even if I get turned away there's no loss in going. But let's hope it doesn't come to that!

MrsHende I've told DH bit more each month as we've been trying for longer...

.. But inevitably sometimes I do seem to upset him about expecting extra performances at some times of the month because a want a baby rather than just a steamy sess with him etc. But we always make up pretty quick. Don't know if that helps- don't think there is any ideal way to do it!

exciteddotcom congrats on your news! We're all still trying over here but there will be a thread for those expecting September babies on the ante-natal forum. Hopefully a few more of us will join you soon.