TTC a 2012 baby, this is (still) our year!!!

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New thread as Weimy's original thread is about to go BOOM!

We have coffee & cake for all, plus a small mountain of chocolate brownies and a stash of for when AF comes a calling.

New passengers very welcome, especially those with sugary treats for all!

morningcoffee bravegirl Shonajg - any updates? :)

I've moved some people we've not heard from for a while into MIA - please shout if i've put you there incorrectly though and you're still about!

Stats!

MorningCoffee (29) TTC#3 cycle 1 UCL 28 days AF due 4th July
BraveGirl (37) TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL 39 daysish (if the last was anything to go by) AF due 9th July
Shonajg (36) TTC#2 Cycle 11 UCL 28 days AF due 11th july
Freedom2011 (33) TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL 32-45 days AF due 15th July
Carlitawantsababy (29) TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 30 days AF due 17th July
Lugsie (26) TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 30-32days AF due 18th July
Babybrain3 (28),TTC #3, Cycle 3, UCL 28 days, AF due 20th July
Tw1nkle (34) TTC#2 Cycle 17 UCL 32 days AF due 24th July
Peapop (28) TTC #1 Cycle 4 UCL 28-35 AF due 24 July ish
Eurochick (35) TTC#1 Cycle 8, UCL 25-30 days, AF due 29-30 July(ish)
Toddle (20) TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL 20 days AF due 30th July
Wouldbemum (32) TTC#1 Cycle 7 UCL 26-34 days AF due 28th-30th July(ish)
Trope (32) TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 27 days-ish AF due 6th August ish

Not Counting

Summerbird73 TTC#2 Awaiting next AF after recent MC - will then update
Levana (31) TTC#1
Vegasmum ttc#3 cycle 3 (post mc in feb)
Weimy 35 TTC#1
RosyRosie?

MIA

JustShaggingForNow (28) TTC#1, Cycle -1 UCL 29/30 days, AF due 15th April
EsmeWeatherwax (39) ttc #3, cycle 1, ucl 31 days, AF due 19th April.
MickyLee TTC#3 Cycle2 UCL-28days AFdue-22nd April
BabysadeTTC#1 cycle 4,UCL 31-33 days, AF is due 24th april (ish).
Kittycat(25) TTC#3, cycle 1, UCL ?, AF due 24h April
75sarah (35) ttc#1 cycle 3 UCL 28 days AF dues 27th April
Byrnsie30 (30) TTC #1, AF due 28thcle 4, ucl 26-39, AF due April 30th??
Liliana (31) TTC#1 Cycle 5 ucl 28 (ish) AF due 1st May
Naynay80(30)ttc baby 2 circle 2 ucl28 days AF due 3rd ma
Dreamingofabump (28) TTC#1 Cycle1 ucl27days Af due 5th May
Woody17 TTC#1 UCL36days AF due 7th May
Orangehead (33) TTC#3 cycle 4 UCL 25-27 AF DUE 10th May
Fr00tbat TTC#1, Cycle ? ucl 31-38 due 12th May.
Treaclechops (25) TTC #1 Cycle 2 UCL GOD KNOWS AF due 25th May (as i have noticed luteal phase, i think!)
BoogiesBunny (28) TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL 30 days AF due 2nd June
Emmaloupolman (28) TTC#2 Cycle 21 UCL 28 - 45 day due 19th June
JamaicanSunshine (?) TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL 30-60days AF due 1st July
Gonerogue TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL-28 days AFdue-?
Shobbs (24), TTC#1, 33DY Cycle,
Molly Defoe (31), TTC#1, Cycle 3, UCL 32 days, AF due ?
Poppyjen (29) TTC#2 Cycle 1 post mc UCL ? AF due ? (will update later)
Mememummy (23) TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL ? AF due ASAP

Graduates

Poulette
D0gface
Ghosteditor
Tanif
UtterlyMonkey
Bun
Dizzy
TiredTrout
Worldgonemad
Stuffthenonsense

So sorry to hear about your loss red - thinking of you.

FX freedom!

Thankyou Lugsie :) x

Good morning! How's everyone getting on??

I now have 2 chances left for 2012 as AF showed up yesterday - boo hiss! I'm feeling ok actually and not as bad as last month, despite all over body aching today! I had a lot more 'symptoms' last month so I think it was more of a come down. Feeling quite proud of myself for being more chilled out :)

Trying some new vitamins this month, the CBFM and will carry on with the Yes Baby! lubricant - still trying to convince myself I'm not obsessed...

I was reading somewhere that the tannin in tea can affect fertility which was annoying as I have been drinking more tea to avoid coffee! Also does anyone know why peppermint tea is a no no in pregnancy?? Should I just stick to hot fruit juice!?!?

Despite not being invited to my TTC party, AF turned up fashionably late on Friday/Saturday so I am back to 41 day cycles and square 1 for this month. I am going to have to just tell her bluntly we need some time apart and she can't keep turning up like this.

ImpatientOne sorry about AF :-(
Babybrain Ready to add yourself to a fresh graduates list on our stats?

SleepyCaz (32) TTC#3 Cycle 18 (but have had 2 MC's in that time, so Cycle 7 since last one) AF due in 6 days time
Babybrain3 (29) TTC#3 Cycle 9 UCL 25 days, AF due 21st Jan
freedom2011 (33) TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 41 days AF due 10 March
ImpatientOne (31) TTC#1 Cycle 4 UCL 27 days AF due 29 Jan
RedRobin36 (20) TTC#1 Cycle 12 UCL roughly 35 days, AF due start of Feb
bella2012 (28) TTC #2 cycle 2 AF due 10th feb
Lugsie (27) TTC#1 Cycle 10 UCL 31 days AF due 20th Feb
eversomuch (39) TTC #2 cycle 2 AF due 08th Feb

Bah! Just realised stupid long cycles = One chance left for a 2012 baby. So to prevent myself sinking into self-pity, here are some things I am happy and grateful for

DH is wonderful, we are both healthy in mind and body, we have money to eat and a roof over our heads, we have lovely friends and families.

Have a good week everyone. Carry on carrying on.

Sorry to hear about af arriving impatient & freedom

freedom you're so right - we have so much to be thankful for, for reasons you have mentioned. I had dreamt of becoming a mother this year but if it doesn't happen then its not the end of the world - 2013 will be my year instead, which is absolutely fine! Thanks for the positive thoughts!

impatient I had no idea that tea could affect fertility?! I drink the stuff by the gallon!

Well I don't know if it's worth worrying about Lugsie ? I think of all the people who drink tea and make babies and think it's a load of rubbish but then when you are struggling and looking for reasons you'll try anything won't you!?! It was on an American forum where this lady listed all of the different supplements that she took and things she avoided when she conceived but the list was huge !! It's not just 'normal' tea either there's lots of herbal teas with high levels of tannin...

Anyway I have updated the stats list - hope that's ok with everyone it's now in AF order, thought I would take the chance while not on my phone! Didn't want to steal Babybrains thunder so left where she is for now

SleepyCaz (32) TTC#3 Cycle 18 (but have had 2 MC's in that time, so Cycle 7 since last one) AF due in 6 days time
Babybrain3 (29) TTC#3 Cycle 9 UCL 25 days, AF due 21st Jan Update Needed!
RedRobin36 (20) TTC#1 Cycle 12 UCL roughly 35 days, AF due start of Feb
eversomuch (39) TTC #2 cycle 2 AF due 08th Feb
bella2012 (28) TTC #2 cycle 2 AF due 10th feb
Lugsie (27) TTC#1 Cycle 10 UCL 31 days AF due 20th Feb
ImpatientOne (31) TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 27 days AF due 24 Feb
freedom2011 (33) TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 41 days AF due 10 March

Thanks for the positive thoughts freedom you are so right, despite AF showing up have had a lovely weekend with my DH working on our house :)

I agree with impatient I drank loads of tea while I was ttc-have gone of it now though, makes me feel sick!! It's what I think my friends at work will notice first and start to wonder why I'm not drinking it!!! I will update the stats when I get on the pc- just tried on my phone and it's not working?

I think I might try cutting back on the sheer amount of tea I drink throughout the day - but its hard when a colleague asks who's having one! Can't give up my first thing in the morning brew though, not a chance!

babybrain how did your meal go on saturday?

While we're updating stats I thought I would find the most recent grads list (sorry if anyone from the grads thread is missed off, its the most up to date I could find!) - it shows us just how successful this thread has been, and although it sucks to be last to graduate we will all get there in the end babybrain will wait for you to move yourself over to the grads list (can't wait till I can do that for myself!)

Anyone heard from sleepycaz? red - you're next!

Stats

SleepyCaz (32) TTC#3 Cycle 18 (but have had 2 MC's in that time, so Cycle 7 since last one) AF due in 6 days time
Babybrain3 (29) TTC#3 Cycle 9 UCL 25 days, AF due 21st Jan Update Needed!
RedRobin36 (20) TTC#1 Cycle 12 UCL roughly 35 days, AF due start of Feb
eversomuch (39) TTC #2 cycle 2 AF due 08th Feb
bella2012 (28) TTC #2 cycle 2 AF due 10th feb
Lugsie (27) TTC#1 Cycle 10 UCL 31 days AF due 20th Feb
ImpatientOne (31) TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 27 days AF due 24 Feb
freedom2011 (33) TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 41 days AF due 10 March

Graduates

Poulette
D0gface
Ghosteditor
Tanif
UtterlyMonkey
Bun
Dizzy
TiredTrout
Worldgonemad
Stuffthenonsense
Carlita
RosyRosie
Esmeweatherwax
Frootbat
MorningCoffee
DavinaAddict
Gonerogue
Trope
Piggymad
Cosmic
Foolserrand
elliebug
BatsInTheSnowglobe
Levana
Mrsshears
MammaInTheMaking
Toddle
Kayzr

Sorry this has taken me ages to get round to girls!!! The meal was really nice, no question yet though!! Will have to keep guessing!!!

Here you go!!! Hope someone hurries up and joins me....

SleepyCaz (32) TTC#3 Cycle 18 (but have had 2 MC's in that time, so Cycle 7 since last one) AF due in 6 days time
Babybrain3 (29) TTC#3 Cycle 9 UCL 25 days, AF due 21st Jan Update Needed!
RedRobin36 (20) TTC#1 Cycle 12 UCL roughly 35 days, AF due start of Feb
eversomuch (39) TTC #2 cycle 2 AF due 08th Feb
bella2012 (28) TTC #2 cycle 2 AF due 10th feb
Lugsie (27) TTC#1 Cycle 10 UCL 31 days AF due 20th Feb
ImpatientOne (31) TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 27 days AF due 24 Feb
freedom2011 (33) TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 41 days AF due 10 March

Graduates

Poulette
D0gface
Ghosteditor
Tanif
UtterlyMonkey
Bun
Dizzy
TiredTrout
Worldgonemad
Stuffthenonsense
Carlita
RosyRosie
Esmeweatherwax
Frootbat
MorningCoffee
DavinaAddict
Gonerogue
Trope
Piggymad
Cosmic
Foolserrand
elliebug
BatsInTheSnowglobe
Levana
Mrsshears
MammaInTheMaking
Toddle
Kayzr
Babybrain3

YAY BABYBRAIN!!

I'm sure the question popping will come soon - keep us updated!

Only 7 left on the ttc list - come on girls, lets kill off this thread (in a good way!)

Ooops forgot to take myself out of the actual stats list-could the next person updating do it for me please??? Thanks

Hia ladies! Well the bad news is af showed up today :( but good news is its getting more normal as this cycle was 31 days! thats virtually normal isn't it?? only taken a year to get there! lol, i'm fine though..feeling slightly bummed but i knew it was on its way so it was expected. However i either ovulated earlier than i thought or i had a relatively short LP this month which isn't the best, oh well!

Sorry to hear yours also showed up freedom and impatient, but loving the PMA Freedom i think some has rubbed off onto me :)

I also drink lots of tea Lugsie and 'who wants teeeaaa?!' is a regular saying at work (we even have our own mugs with our own photo on, think we need to get out more ) so i'll try cutting down aswell, thanks impatient its worth a try. Do you know if decaffe tea is the same?

Wow that grads list is so long! That must feel amazing being on there finally babybrain!! I'll take you off ttc list :o. Glad you had a nice meal, i bet the big Q will come soon!

SleepyCaz (32) TTC#3 Cycle 18 (but have had 2 MC's in that time, so Cycle 7 since last one) AF due in 6 days time
eversomuch (39) TTC #2 cycle 2 AF due 08th Feb
bella2012 (28) TTC #2 cycle 2 AF due 10th feb
Lugsie (27) TTC#1 Cycle 10 UCL 31 days AF due 20th Feb
ImpatientOne (31) TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 27 days AF due 24 Feb
freedom2011 (33) TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL 41 days AF due 10 March
RedRobin36 (20) TTC#1 Cycle 13 UCL roughly 31 days, AF due 1st March (my birthday!)

Graduates

Poulette
D0gface
Ghosteditor
Tanif
UtterlyMonkey
Bun
Dizzy
TiredTrout
Worldgonemad
Stuffthenonsense
Carlita
RosyRosie
Esmeweatherwax
Frootbat
MorningCoffee
DavinaAddict
Gonerogue
Trope
Piggymad
Cosmic
Foolserrand
elliebug
BatsInTheSnowglobe
Levana
Mrsshears
MammaInTheMaking
Toddle
Kayzr
Babybrain3

Aw sorry it showed up Robin but hopefully it means those cycles are settling for you I think the tea thing is the same for decaf as it's the tannin levels not caffeine, which is why it's also in herbal tea.

I will try to find the place I read it before we all go cold turkey on the humble brew!

Sorry to hear about af robin but like you and impatient say at least you have more of an idea about your cycles now so that will hopefully make things easier for you in the future. How exciting that af is due on your birthday - really hope she stays away, what an amazing birthday present a bfp would be!

Right! I think I have found the answer to the vicious tea rumours that I started

Apparently tannin can reduce the efficacy of folic acid/iron supplements. So don't take your folic acid or pre-natal vits with your tea - or red wine I suppose
It all starts to get a bit more serious if you know that you have an iron problem that may be contributing to things such as LP defects, early mc which is why I guess it's very important that some people avoid tannin.

Well that kept me occupied a while waiting for AF to clear off! Hoping for some news from those ladies awaiting AF (or hopefully not!) in early Feb - any signs???

So sorry to hear about the loss of your supergran, robin. Sounds like she had an amazing life, though that doesn't make missing her any easier.

Sorry, too, that AF made an unwelcome appearance -- also for you, freedom and impatient.

I've got one week to go before mine is due. Fx. DH has been knocked flat with the flu but luckily it struck post-ovulation, so we've done our best for this month and now will just have to wait and see what next week brings. :) Sooooo grateful, btw, that I had the foresight to get my flu jab back in September -- I'm feeling fine nearly a week after exposure, so doubt I'll get it. Yay! (Poor DH, though.)

Oh, and about tannin -- yes, it definitely can cause problems with iron absorption. I was very aenemic during my first pg and advised not to take supplements with tea, coffee, etc. I think decaf tea away from supplements is ok, though. I have 1?2 cups/day but am trying to phase it out. It's just such a comfort, isn't it? Especially with this freezing cold weather.

Thanks for clearing up the "tea-gate" issue impatient & ever - as far as I know I have no iron problems so don't think a couple of cups a day should make much difference

FX for next week ever - have you had any symptoms yet?

No real news from me, except for that OV should be this weekend... luckily DH & I have loads planned this weekend including a nice meal on sat, so the swi will hopefully come with a little romance for a change, rather than something we MUST do because I'm ovulating, if you know what I mean! Although it will still be in the back of my mind, just don't tell DH

Hi Ladies! Hope you are all well and have nice plans for the weekend?

So...a week until my AF is due and for some reason I feel convinced that I am not pregnant. Last month I was disappointed (stupidly!) that I hadn't fallen pregnant in the first month of trying as DS was a happy accident. But now that I have realised how tricky it can be, I think I have swung in the other direction! Ah well, time will tell!

FX for you ever! Only a few more days to go. Any symptoms?

Hi everyone :) hoping for some good news soon!

I have now done 2 days of testing on my Clearblue Monitor, I like having a stick to pee on everyday and ! It's still showing low fertility which makes perfect sense as it's day 7 for me and I reckon I ovulated on day 15 last month however I am fast convincing myself that my fertility is beyond low and not registering I know I'm being silly! Had to remind myself that just because I'm not super fertile atm we can still DTD

Actually admitted to a friend that we are TTC yesterday - the first person who knows. She asked if I had 'any news' (because obviously being married for over 2 years means I should've popped one out by now) so I told her I'd come off the pill last year but no news yet. I thought she would understand given that it took her 7 years to conceive

Right here's to a good weekend with some for me - making the most of it!

Have a good one everyone :)

Thanks lovely ladies! Sorry i've been AWOL i've had a busy few days.. long days at work, breaks went on my mini..all 4 of them! so had to have them all replaced grrr, and then gave my s.gran a lovely send off yesterday, it all went really well! Thanks ever :) I have annual leave all of this week now though so going to have a nice relax..possibly a shopping day!

Well done on avoiding the flu ever you were very organised! hope your DH is feeling better, and big FX for you for the next couple of days!

Thanks again for clearing up the tea issue impatient! (i say as i have a nice hot one by my side ) i think i will purchase some decaf teabags this week just do cut down on caffeine anyway. I forgot that you had your shiny new gadget to play with!..how exciting, so you will be getting your peak soon in the next week or so!..and getting to pee on a stick everyday..you must be in heaven :o. Well done on being brave telling your friend, it must help that it took her that long..she needs a medal! Did it happen naturally for her? I told my closest friend in work a couple of weeks ago as she is planning on coming off her pill in a few months and was asking me all sorts of questions and i couldn't lie to her, shes only the second person i've told!

Hope you enjoy your romantic meal tonight Lugsie and your s(without)i ..kind of i know exactly what you mean! I won't tell Mr Lugsie!

Good luck Bella big FX for you also, maybe it will work in the other way this time and you will get your bfp! I'm having a lazy day today with DF..he fiiiinally starts his new job as a CDO for the police on monday..its taken 3 months for all checks, medicals and what not to be sorted! So making the most of him :) Hope your enjoying your weekend!

Jeez i've written yet another essay..this is what happens when i'm away for a few days..i must learn my lesson!

and to all! xxx

Hey Robin ultimately my friend did conceive naturally although she had been for a tube washout before getting pg which may have helped. The thing that happened directly before her BFP was losing weight though she had a bmi around 40 but when she lost a couple of stone she got pg.... May be a coincidence?

CBFM still on low -CD9 - but started SWI anyway as per medical advise My DH (who has been fairly blasé so far) just said 'I can't wait for you to be a Mummy' it was sooooo sweet!

Right off to have a productive day - I hope - icy walk and clearing out junk room/future nursery!

Hi impatient, Oh thats brill i bet that was an amazing feeling for her after 7 years! I have no idea what my bmi is although i know i'm a normal weight for my height (5ft2) DF is 6ft3..so maybe our children will turn out normal height! :o

Awwww bless him, thats so lovely :), loving the future nursery..very exciting! That does sound like a productive day.
We are watching the rugby at the mo..well i say watching..DF and FIL shouting at the telly!

P.S Has anyone been watching call the midwife? I love it!

I haven't seen Call the Midwife but everyone is raving about it at work so must watch it this Sun!

Are you having a nice holiday so far Red? Hope so! I am having a crazy busy week at work as it is our school show, but I am quite glad to be so busy as it means that I don't have quite so much time to obsess. (Still doing a fair bit of obsessing sadly!) But not really holding out much hope. I gave in and did an early test this morning which was BFN, but AF not due for another couple of days so it is still possible. Ah well.

Hope everyone is having a good week :-)