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Might be a bit early but..... Jump on the December bus! Thread for those that (if we crack it!) will have a Christmas Baby due date!!!!

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Oceynorm · 26/02/2011 00:04

Hi people,

Join if your planning on reciving a BFP just in time to give yourself and everyone of your family the best christmas present ever!!!

We've just started TTC and just missed last months CD so we're hoping for a Christmas baby now :)

Good luck people!

OP posts:
blushingm · 23/03/2011 09:37

tanif - you and your dh must have amazing stamina!!! - are you trying for DC1?

iknowanoldlady · 23/03/2011 09:39

Grin at Tanif.

Poor DP.... Wink

Was weak this morning and did a cheapie test, AF not really due til Saturday but slightly irregular cycles and know I am 12 dpo... faint line. eek.

Swinging between not testing again until at least Friday, have some CB digital ones in the drawer.... but probably not that strong.

Tanif · 23/03/2011 09:40

Congrats London excellent news :)

And Blushing yes we're trying for number 1. It's becoming somewhat of a competition in my competitive mind. My mam, nana, aunties, cousins and sister in law all love to tell anyone that'll stand still long enough how they conceived straight away so don't want to feel like the weird one among a bunch of hyper fertile women.

sevendwarves · 23/03/2011 09:43

Welcome blushing and massive congrats to LG!

MickyLee · 23/03/2011 09:52

Tanif You do know if you were to post about your DH on AIBU, you would be charged with abuse don't you Wink

What is quite funny with my DH is he was a complete sex pest and because he was never a challenge to shag, I just got bit bored with him on that front. Now I am the one always trying to jump on him and the tables are turned. He is so making excuses that he needs to check emails at bedtime etc Grin He likes being fancied so much really I'm sure!

iknow Sounds very exciting :) Maybe I should test since I am due AF on sat too.

Tanif · 23/03/2011 10:28

'Sex pest' lol, love it!

maybebabyR · 23/03/2011 10:38

Haha tanif, brilliant Grin

Congrats london and iknow keeping FX for both of you!

spidookly · 23/03/2011 10:40

blushing - add yourself to the stats. When is your AF due?

Cramps can't be trusted. They can mean one thing or the other Confused

I think I might have been a little premature in moving to the back of the bus. AF hasn't really arrived. I've already had two days of feeling sorry for myself and needing to do lots of "resting" (I am very nice to myself on the first day of my period :o) but nary a tampon has been required.

I'm sort of expecting it to arrive today, but who knows. I'm still BFing so not sure my cycle is fully back to itself. Although given that AF came back at 6 WEEKS Shock post-partum, you'd think it would have settled down by now.

Anyway, I'm staying at the back, but I'm going to have to review that AF due date whenever AF shows up.

BlueCrane · 23/03/2011 10:44

Morning all...huge congrats londongirl and sounds good iknow Grin

seven hope all goes well with the smear

spidookly Smile and brown goo and no real flo yet...there's still a chance!!

I'm feeling pretty fed up this morning...didn't manage SWI last night as I had to keep studying so couldn't pick DH up from work so by the time he got home I was soooo tired I just couldn't keep my eyes open and was zzzz far too quickly for even a quickie SWI Sad but then I don't think I'm oving yet anyway so maybe not so bad. Work's pretty pants at the moment and I'm shattered from studying in the evenings as well...looking forward to my week off at the end of next week...though fear that may be tainted by the second week of the 2ww and trying not to POAS Hmm Anyway...moan over and off for a Brew

Iggly · 23/03/2011 10:55

spidookly with all that SWI I don't know how you can't be pregnant. TEST. I know you won't though Grin

iknow that sounds promising girl!!!

blushing maybe step away from POAS until the cheapies arrive?

spidookly · 23/03/2011 10:57

Iggly - no way will I test :o

Someone has to keep the BFNs down. I'll just wait AF out. There'll be no BFN tests coming from me.

blushingm · 23/03/2011 11:01

I have just C&P and added myself - i hope that's right

Blushingm TTC#3 cycle 1 UCL 28-32 AF due 14-18 March
Daiso TTC #1 cycle 1 UCL 28 AF due 16 March - BFP
XNickyPX TTC #2 cycle 2 UCL 28-29 AF due 19-20 - BFP
Sassymk TTC #2 cycle 1 UCL 28 AF due 20 March
Shelbury TTC #3 cycle 3 UCL 27 AF due 23 March - BFP
Karbea TTC #1 cycle 5 UCL 22-26 AF due 24 March
LivinInTheMoment TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 28 AF due 25 March
Donkir TTC #2 cycle 6 UCL 26 AF due 26 March
Iggly TTC #2 cycle 3 UCL 29-31 AF due 26 March - BFP
mickylee TTC# 3 cycle 1 UCL - AF due 26 March
iknowanoldlady TTC #2 cycle 2 UCL 24-25 AF due 26 March
Thinking11 TTC #1 cycle 3 UCL 25 AF due 27 March
Googietheegg TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 29 AF due 27 March
LondonGirly TTC #1 cycle 1 UCL 32 AF due 28 March
Youremindmeofthebabe TTC #2 Cycle 7 UCL 35 AF due 28 March
ThePippy TTC #2 cycle 3 UCL 24-26 AF due 28 March
MollyDefoe TTC#1 cycle 1 UCL 31 AF due 28th March
PopsyWind TTC #2 cycle 3 UCL 28-32 AF due 30 March
75Sarah TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL 27-28 AF due 30-31 March
MrsMcJnr TTC #3 cycle 3 UCL 28 AF due 31 March
Poppyjen TTC #2 cycle 1 UCL - AF due 31 March
wiglovessheep TTC #1 cycle 1 UCL 28 AF due 1 April
Nell799 TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 35 AF due 1 April (MC Jan)
WaitingforStork TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 28 AF due April
Pink13 TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 30 AF due 2 April
BlueCrane TTC #1 cycle 3 UCL 30-37 AF due 2-9 April
MaybebabyR TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 35 AF due 3 April
xstitch TTC #2 cycle 4 UCL 30-31 AF due 4 April
Tanif TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 28 AF due 5 April
Sevendwarves TTC #2 cycle 4 UCL 33 AF due 5 April
LB1982 TTC #1 cycle 1 UCL 29-31 AF due 5 April
Mermummy TTC #2 cycle 4 UCL 27-29 AF due 7 April
Caramelgirl TTC #2 cycle 4 UCL 26 AF due 7 April
TheCake TTC #1 cycle 4 UCL 28-33 AF due 14 April (ish)
Orangehead TTC# 3 cycle 3 UCL 25-28 AF due 15 April (ish)
Olismum TTC #2 cycle 1 (post m/c) UCL 30-31 AF due 17 April
spidookly TTC #3 cycle 3 UCL 28 AF due 18 April
Peapop TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 28-32? AF due 18-22 April
Whitegold TTT #1 cycle 2 UCL 30 AF due 19 April
Cookiemonster100 TTC #1 cycle 7 UCL 28 AF due 20 April
Weimy TTC #1 cycle 5 UCL 28 AF due 21 April (ish)

Iggly · 23/03/2011 11:12

Worth a try spidookly! I'll be hitting refresh every few seconds hours to see your result come Friday :) I know what you mean about BF and cycles - I had a few weird ones before it settled down.

Tanif · 23/03/2011 11:36

I wish I knew what was going on. I can't be sure that I've ovulated which has left me worrying about PCOS. I got my first period 30 days after the start of my last synthetic pill bleed which people keep telling me means I shouldn't worry but now I'm worried that was just the pill working it's way out of my system. I know people with PCOS conceive naturally and that poppy is living testament to this, but I'm convinced I'm going to have the worst case in the world and never be able to have kids. Is this a normal emotion?

MickyLee · 23/03/2011 11:55

What makes you worry about PCOS? do you have it? tanif
Don't worry to much, athough I know it is hard not too

Tanif · 23/03/2011 11:58

Not that I know of Micky. I had acne before going on the pill 2 years ago, although two months on and it hasn't reared it's ugly head again so kind of keeping my fingers crossed that I outgrew it. I'm overweight but I don't struggle to lose it when I diet so again, I don't know if that's a factor or just a sign that I'm fond of cake. I'm not sure the doctor would be interested in testing me unless DP and I had been ttc for a year but I'm tempted to go along and ask for it because I have a couple of symptoms.

spidookly · 23/03/2011 12:03

Tanif
"I'm convinced I'm going to have the worst case in the world and never be able to have kids. Is this a normal emotion?"

Yes.

I think some of it comes from Daily Mail headlines about what selfish women who "wanted it all" finding out that they can't have children and how it serves them right for waiting too long/getting an STI/being too fat/not finding a husband

There is a culture of barely concealed hysteria around women's fertility and a lot of women are VERY, VERY afraid.

It's one of the reasons I'm so down on early testing and Internet cheapies and getting all wound up about 2ww and stuff. TTC (before you have any reason to suspect a problem) should be fun.

And it's why I think this bus is so great - it is genuinely fun and despite various frustrations and confusions I think most of us here are enjoying ourselves and feel supported. That's not always the case. Some of these little communities can be profoundly negative and wind up the obsessiveness rather than encouraging each other to chill out like we do here.

So yes, your reaction is normal. I know enough couples trying to fit two children into sports cars bought in moments of despair to know that it is both entirely normal, and almost certainly unjustified. So have the thought, feel the fear, but then just do it anyway.

This is your first month. There can be no pressure on the first month. It's really just a practice. It's month zero :)

:) :) :)

MickyLee · 23/03/2011 12:06

TBH I don't know much about PCOS but I remember in training for hair removal that sometimes it can give you more facial hair Hmm
But that is just some woman I suppose.

I'm sure you are worrying over nothing. I know you SWI all through CM1 but maybe you didn't ovulate that month at all with just coming off the pill.

Sorry you feel down about it today.. think those days just happen at time to time :(

maybebabyR · 23/03/2011 12:12

spidookly you are so wise. That is why I love this bus. Yes, we may all be slightly obsessive, but there is always someone here to bring you back down to earth, or give you the reassurance you need.

Heartfelt rant over Grin

Youremindmeofthebabe · 23/03/2011 12:13

london and Iknow Congratulations! A big woop for you both.

spidookly · 23/03/2011 12:45

Just adding London's BFP to the stats.

iknow - I get the feeling you're still a little nervous of yours, so in case you'd think it was tempting fate I won't put it on yet.

blushing - your AF was due on Friday at the latest? and you're getting BFNs? :(

Yuck, poor you, how frustrating.

Blushingm TTC #3 cycle 1 UCL 28-32 AF due 14-18 March
Daiso TTC #1 cycle 1 UCL 28 AF due 16 March - BFP
XNickyPX TTC #2 cycle 2 UCL 28-29 AF due 19-20 - BFP
Sassymk TTC #2 cycle 1 UCL 28 AF due 20 March
Shelbury TTC #3 cycle 3 UCL 27 AF due 23 March - BFP
Karbea TTC #1 cycle 5 UCL 22-26 AF due 24 March
LivinInTheMoment TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 28 AF due 25 March
Donkir TTC #2 cycle 6 UCL 26 AF due 26 March
Iggly TTC #2 cycle 3 UCL 29-31 AF due 26 March - BFP
mickylee TTC# 3 cycle 1 UCL - AF due 26 March
iknowanoldlady TTC #2 cycle 2 UCL 24-25 AF due 26 March
Thinking11 TTC #1 cycle 3 UCL 25 AF due 27 March
Googietheegg TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 29 AF due 27 March
LondonGirly TTC #1 cycle 1 UCL 32 AF due 28 March - BFP :)
Youremindmeofthebabe TTC #2 Cycle 7 UCL 35 AF due 28 March
ThePippy TTC #2 cycle 3 UCL 24-26 AF due 28 March
MollyDefoe TTC#1 cycle 1 UCL 31 AF due 28th March
PopsyWind TTC #2 cycle 3 UCL 28-32 AF due 30 March
75Sarah TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 27-28 AF due 30-31 March
MrsMcJnr TTC #3 cycle 3 UCL 28 AF due 31 March
Poppyjen TTC #2 cycle 1 UCL - AF due 31 March
wiglovessheep TTC #1 cycle 1 UCL 28 AF due 1 April
Nell799 TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 35 AF due 1 April (MC Jan)
WaitingforStork TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 28 AF due April
Pink13 TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 30 AF due 2 April
BlueCrane TTC #1 cycle 3 UCL 30-37 AF due 2-9 April
MaybebabyR TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 35 AF due 3 April
xstitch TTC #2 cycle 4 UCL 30-31 AF due 4 April
Tanif TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 28 AF due 5 April
Sevendwarves TTC #2 cycle 4 UCL 33 AF due 5 April
LB1982 TTC #1 cycle 1 UCL 29-31 AF due 5 April
Mermummy TTC #2 cycle 4 UCL 27-29 AF due 7 April
Caramelgirl TTC #2 cycle 4 UCL 26 AF due 7 April
TheCake TTC #1 cycle 4 UCL 28-33 AF due 14 April (ish)
Orangehead TTC# 3 cycle 3 UCL 25-28 AF due 15 April (ish)
Olismum TTC #2 cycle 1 (post m/c) UCL 30-31 AF due 17 April
spidookly TTC #3 cycle 3 UCL 28 AF due 18 April
Peapop TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 28-32? AF due 18-22 April
Whitegold TTC #1 cycle 2 UCL 30 AF due 19 April
Cookiemonster100 TTC #1 cycle 7 UCL 28 AF due 20 April
Weimy TTC #1 cycle 5 UCL 28 AF due 21 April (ish)

blushingm · 23/03/2011 12:49

well my cheapie tests arrived and still no AF..........................i might be tempted to try one out later.............

MollyDefoe · 23/03/2011 12:49

Hi all!
Tanif I'm afraid I don't know about PCOS but I do entirely sympathise with the fear of never being able to have kids. I'm also TTC #1, and for me, because I've never been pregnant before, I can't imagine it - I have no idea how it will affect my body, and no idea of how it feels to be pregnant. This sounds entirely obvious. But it means that, for me anyway, it's very difficult to "think myself" into being pregnant, or to imagine what it feels like. It's much much easier to imagine myself as not pregnant, because that's how I've always been. And that leads onto a fear that I'll always be not pregnant, simply because I find it so hard to imagine being any other way. Does that make any sense? perhaps it's best to try not to over-think things, as spidookly advised. Just to try and be as patient as possible, and see what happens. It's easier said than done, I know. Personally, I like to live my life in quite a planned orderly way, and it's very difficult accepting that this is something that can't be planned or ordered at all!

Tanif · 23/03/2011 13:06

Molly I have been pregnant. Fell pregnant whilst taking the pill in December but sadly it didn't take and two weeks later I started bleeding.

MollyDefoe · 23/03/2011 13:07

Oh, I'm so sorry Tanif. I didn't realise. I'm really sorry.

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