The October bus is here!!!

[AmandaCooper]

Ding ding ding all aboard! I've been waiting for this bus since November 2009!!!

AmandaCooper TTC#1 CD1 UCL 31 days

baby I've not started temping yet as thermometer not here. If I don't get lucky this cycle I will be next time bur only because I'm worried my cycles are funny post MC. have started using ovulation sticks but have already forgotten to use them one day! Doh.

Thanks Tallie I have heard of that book, will keep it in mind.

Thanks for other replies, I am not trying to sound flippant about TTC, I am all for charting and OV kits (found myself in chemist today very tempted to stock up!) but as this is our first cycle of TTC no. 3 I haven't started thinking about all that yet. My DH is like yours, morayrose, if he knew I was doing all that he'd be telling me I'm getting ahead of myself since we've just jumped on the bus at all.

Another reason is that my older sister is TTC her first, is on about her 7th cycle, she is starting to worry a little but for now she's stopped charting etc because, like you Doflieshaveknees it was stressing her out a bit. I don't want her to think that I'm doing the charting or using OV kits and therefore make her think she should be, IYSWIM? She is trying acupuncture to help her try to stay "relaxed" about it (if that is possible)

iggly sorry to hear about your MC. I don't think the temping I did a few months back was effective anyway because I was only using ear thermometer which I now have learned is not really accurate enough! doh for me

Sorry for tardy response, am in a different time zone. Still raining here in sunny Queensland.

baby i'm not, i tried before and it didn't do anything, with a toddler temping was too unreliable and all my ov tests came back negative. now post mc dr advised not to bother as might make me more stressed.

AF started today first post mc, so added to list.

Tallie123 TTC1 CD28 UCL29
InnocentRedhead TTC1 CD1 UCL30
Yoshimigalloway TTC1 CD17 UCL27
QOTCW TTC#1 Cycle 3, UCL 27
CrazyAlien TTC1 CD12 UCL 28-3
MrsB33 TTC2 CD11 UCL 28 (AF due Jan 18th)
AuntieDoris TTC1 CD10 UCL28
Iggly TTC#2 CD8 UCL 28
Arabella36 TTC2 CD8 UCL28-29 (AF due Jan 22nd)
WhyWait TTC1 CD8 UCL 29
CMD83 TTC2 Cycle4 (AF due Jan 23rd)
Soundofherwings TTC1 CD5 UCL 27(AF due Jn23rd)
Snakeears TTC1 CD5 UCL26-27 (AF due Jan 23rd)
Babylanguagelearner TTC3 CD5 UCL27
Chocolatebuttontheif TTC2 CD3 UCL36(AF 5/2/11)
Iwish TTC1 CD2 UCL25-32 (Cycle 6)
Tamashii TTC2 CD11 UCL33-35
marthamay TTC2 BFds8months CD2 UCL?
xstitchfirstfooter ttc #2 CD1 UCL 31
DoFliesHaveKnees TTC2 Cycle 11 UCL 27(AF due Jan 28th)
Mrsden ttc1, Cycle 7, CD3, UCL 30ish
MorayRose TTC1, Cycle 4, UCL 28-30 (AF due 17th Jan-ish)
jaggythistle TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 28-30 AF due Feb 3rd
Newgolddream TTC4 CD 18 UCL 21-26 Cycle 7
CEP ttc #2 cycle 1 post mc cd1 ucl 24-28

Gosh this bus is getting busy now, hi to all of the new ladies! This will be a lucky bus!

To all of those not who don't want to chart or use ov sticks, try just being aware of your body. Last month I certainly trusted EWCM and the light spotting I had a lot more than the cheap OV sticks I got from eBay!

Hey guys, well hope your all ok and enjoying the ride!

I know many people have bigger problems and i know that these things can take time, 2 months into TTC atm, but i am really finding it hard to come to terms with being on at the moment. It's so hard because my body wasn't telling me AF was going to arrive and really got my hopes up. I have being inconsolable and it hurts. I'm sorry for just, you know, unloading about something that may seem trivial to many other women but i am cut up inside at the moment. I keep having dreams that im pregnant, and then i wake up.

I'm just gonna lie back and enjoy the ride, gonna start things like temping in march i think

I'm sorry innocentredhead. Don't worry about unloading, it always makes me feel better!

I know what you mean though. I'm only on cycle 2 but with DS we were ttc for such a long time(2yrs). Some months I was devastated when AF came, usually symptom spotting had convinced me I was pregnant! I'm really trying not to get too carried away with symptom spotting this time. Of course I'm always hopeful but I refuse to believe I might be pregnant until I get a BFP!

sorry vegas hope the Oct bus is the right one for you

chocolate - I agree, I've started to really notice the signs my body gives me throughout my cycle, things that I was previously completely clueless about even though we are TTC no. 3 (you would think I might have worked these things out before now)

Lets all hope Oct is your month Vegas! :)

And chocolate, you are right, just hard i supose, but i am slowly coming to terms with that it hasn't happened this month. Theres always this coming month, with having AF early in month means i don't have to hop off this lovely bus quite yet. FIngers crossed.

On the AF note, i have being suffering BAD with my moods, probably along with the devastation AF is here too, i cried in Sainsburys just becuase the woman ID'ed me for fags and i didn't have it. And i mean i was in bits all because i wanted a cigarette!
Stupid huh?

babyLL - i am starting to become more body aware, well i thought i was anyway. fingers crossed next month i am more aware x

Good luck ladies, enjoy x

Sorry Vegasmum, I hope I didn't talk that up!

Sorry to hear af came along vegas.

innocent - hope you're feeling better about af. Tiny consolation but at least it means can get to know your cycle a bit more and fingers crossed october is your month.

I don't know what's up with my body this month - feeling bloated but would expect to be ovulating around now (if everything was normal). Keep forgetting to use the ovulation sticks so that's a waste! Also forgot to take my temp this morning. Doh

Hello all! Anyone at the top of the list doing any sneaky tests yet?

Hi Ladies, started TTC December and currently keeping everything crossed that it works first time (hugely optimistic as just gone 40 and 3 stone over weight, but hey ho)but would appreciate being let on the bus. Any top tips?

memsahib all i can suggest is get to know your body and enjoy the ride. welcome and goodluck.

Well Im convinced AF is on her wicked way, Im only on CD 20 but FF has me down as ov on Day 8 - and I have a short LP of 10-12 days, did a test yesterday and it was BFN, theres a surprise sadly.

Well I shouldnt be surprised because it took nearly 2 years to conceive DS2 and I was 10 years younger then. DS 3 took 6-7 months and now Im 40 and hoping for 1 lst BFP, fingers crossed.

I know you need a decent length of LP for a succesful pregnancy, does anyone think my short cycles (have been 22-24 days since I got my mirena out last Summer) will be not helping either?

Im not obsesssive but I do chart, simply so I can time the deed properly and my charts do show Im ovulating.

Memsahib - hi, Im 40 to and overweight - so odds probably stacked against me to! As cep says get to know your body - I temp and monitoir my CM for signs of optimum fertility. Ive been timing it right just not happened yet.

Welcome memsahib and good luck.

Newgolddream, hopefully you've just tested too early, fingers crossed!

Hi all, new to this board as missed aug/sept bus!

Added my stats to below...

Tallie123 TTC1 CD28 UCL29
InnocentRedhead TTC1 CD1 UCL30
Yoshimigalloway TTC1 CD17 UCL27
QOTCW TTC#1 Cycle 3, UCL 27
CrazyAlien TTC1 CD12 UCL 28-3
MrsB33 TTC2 CD11 UCL 28 (AF due Jan 18th)
AuntieDoris TTC1 CD10 UCL28
Iggly TTC#2 CD8 UCL 28
Arabella36 TTC2 CD8 UCL28-29 (AF due Jan 22nd)
WhyWait TTC1 CD8 UCL 29
CMD83 TTC2 Cycle4 (AF due Jan 23rd)
Soundofherwings TTC1 CD5 UCL 27(AF due Jn23rd)
Snakeears TTC1 CD5 UCL26-27 (AF due Jan 23rd)
Babylanguagelearner TTC3 CD5 UCL27
Chocolatebuttontheif TTC2 CD3 UCL36(AF 5/2/11)
Iwish TTC1 CD2 UCL25-32 (Cycle 6)
Tamashii TTC2 CD11 UCL33-35
marthamay TTC2 BFds8months CD2 UCL?
xstitchfirstfooter ttc #2 CD1 UCL 31
DoFliesHaveKnees TTC2 Cycle 11 UCL 27(AF due Jan 28th)
Mrsden ttc1, Cycle 7, CD3, UCL 30ish
MorayRose TTC1, Cycle 4, UCL 28-30 (AF due 17th Jan-ish)
jaggythistle TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 28-30 AF due Feb 3rd
Newgolddream TTC4 CD 18 UCL 21-26 Cycle 7
CEP ttc #2 cycle 1 post mc cd1 ucl 24-28
Hils74 TTC1 CD11 UCL27

I'm struggling to note signs in my body as my body seems to behave differently every month. I have bought OPK and think day 13 is the right day to start testing.

Its xstitchfirstfooter btw, dropped my new years name.

I got a peak today on CBFM but DH not feeling well so I'm hoping we don't miss out this month because of that

xstitch - good luck with the ovulation sticks, are you sure you shouldn't start using them a bit earlier than day13 just in case you ovulate a day or 2 earlier?

I was just going by the table in the instructions arabella, based on my cycle length.

Sorry arabella, although if you've been SWI in the last few days you might still be lucky this month!

I've got a peak today too arabella (well just using the sticks). But theres no EWCM so confused have been feeling achey and bloated though so maybe the stick is right! My cycle might be longer this month than normal

xstitch might be worth getting some cheap opk sticks from eBay and trying earlier?

stitch do you have any idea when you usually ovulate?

A website I looked at said to start testing from CD10. Last month I got a positive OPK on CD19 so this month I'll start testing a few days later.