Let's make some May babies

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The end of July is drawing near; SWI with DP hasn't been as frequent as hoped; and I've decided to err on the side of caution.

So. Here's a thread for anyone else hoping to make a beautiful May 2012 baby.

I am 27 and TTC #1. Been on pill for an age so unsure of cycles. Only been trying for a couple of weeks - the more I type the more I note my wild optimism!!

Anyone else who knows more about this business than I do? Please come and give me some hope that a May baby might be at all possible :)

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th August (ish??)
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th August ish
Festiemum 37 TTC #4 AF due 18th August
AstroNess 28 TTC #1 AF due 19th Aug ish
Mildertduck 28 TTC #1 AF due 20th August (ish)
Missuswife (31) TTC#1 AF due 20 Aug
Orangehead (33) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
LadyGrace (29) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug(ish)
Pillow (28) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug
KinkyDorito (32) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
Harryan (30) TCC #3 AF due 25th Aug
Buggerlugs82 (28) TTC#1 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Cosmic Mouse (28) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug ish
Mama5isalive (35)#DC3 AF due 27th Aug!!!!!!!!!!!grin
Quenelle 42 (eek!) TTC #2 (DS Jun 09) AF due 29 Aug
MuckyHighChair (24) TTC #2 AF due 31 Aug
Puzzletree (34) TTC#3 AF due end of Aug
Kveta 29 TTC #2 (DC1 Sep 09) AF due around end of aug
Piglet28 (29) TTC#2 AF due 1 Sept
HorseyGirl (39) TTC#1) AF due 1 Sept
Minshu 36 TTC#2 AF due 3rd September (ish)
imisswhitewine 29 ttc#1 AF due 3rd Sept (ish)
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due Sept 9th
Clandy (23) TTC #2 AF due ?
Tibbycat (30) TTC #1 AF due 31st Aug
Louloubella 27 TTC #1 AF due ?? (soon pleeease)
JoInScotland 38 TTC #2 (DS Jan 10) AF due ??
Lindsell29 ttc#2 no idea on AF as never have it when on pill! grin

Evening all . I've posted on another May thread, but that seems pretty quiet at the moment. I'm ttc DC3. Well, actually, that's a bit of a fib. I had some unprotected SWOI on CD11, and now think another baby is a blummin good idea, so we'll see what happens this month. If nothing happens then I will certainly be ttc properly next month. DH will be a very happy man.

DS took a while to get. In the end I gave up trying, and had one fun night around CD8, and fell pg when I wasn't expecting to. I want to try to stay relaxed about this . It isn't a great time to be having a baby, but I get the feeling I could be waiting forever for it to be 'right'.

Thanks festiemum, that's pretty much what I guessed.

I'm confused now when I ov'd because I had a twinge around the 1st or 2nd (like cramps, low down) and thought I was ov'ing and the online ov calculator said I should ovulate between 3-8/8. But then I got a cramp on my left side for a day either on the 5th or the 8th so not sure when I actually ov'd. My friend gave me a OPK so will try that out next month if we're not lucky this month.

I've been really feeling uncuddly this week. I had to apologise to DH because I didn't want him to think I was mad at him or something. Normally we have epic cuddles at bed time (with or without BD) so I don't know why I'm not into it right now.

Keep us posted all you POASers!

Hello, I've been on this thread but fell off the list so I will add myself back if that is ok:

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th August (ish??)
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th August ish
mskatemc TTC #1 AF due 14th August ish
Festiemum 37 TTC #4 AF due 18th August
AstroNess 28 TTC #1 AF due 19th Aug ish
Mildertduck 28 TTC #1 AF due 20th August (ish)
Missuswife (31) TTC#1 AF due 20 Aug
Orangehead (33) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
LadyGrace (29) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug(ish)
Pillow (28) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug
KinkyDorito (32) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
Harryan (30) TCC #3 AF due 25th Aug
Buggerlugs82 (28) TTC#1 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Cosmic Mouse (28) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug ish
Mama5isalive (35)#DC3 AF due 27th Aug!!!!!!!!!!!grin
Quenelle 42 (eek!) TTC #2 (DS Jun 09) AF due 29 Aug
MuckyHighChair (24) TTC #2 AF due 31 Aug
Puzzletree (34) TTC#3 AF due end of Aug
Kveta 29 TTC #2 (DC1 Sep 09) AF due around end of aug
Piglet28 (29) TTC#2 AF due 1 Sept
HorseyGirl (39) TTC#1) AF due 1 Sept
Minshu 36 TTC#2 AF due 3rd September (ish)
imisswhitewine 29 ttc#1 AF due 3rd Sept (ish)
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due Sept 9th
Clandy (23) TTC #2 AF due ?
Tibbycat (30) TTC #1 AF due 31st Aug
Louloubella 27 TTC #1 AF due ?? (soon pleeease)
JoInScotland 38 TTC #2 (DS Jan 10) AF due ??
Lindsell29 ttc#2 no idea on AF as never have it when on pill! grin

I don't know if I've already fallen off the bus anyway: I have POASed twice with a FR and had a BFN but attempting to wait until Monday to try again... Was totally convinced I was preggers as have had terrible heartburn and odd aches but probably wishful thinking, it is only my first proper month of SWI in terms of working out ov date etc. So I will probably have to be patient... may be a challenge!

So nice to read all your posts and feel like I am not the only one going through all these crazy thoughts and feelings.

Name - Age - ?? no.DC - AF Date =

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th August (ish??)
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th August ish
mskatemc TTC #1 AF due 14th August ish
Festiemum 37 TTC #4 AF due 18th August
AstroNess 28 TTC #1 AF due 19th Aug ish
Mildertduck 28 TTC #1 AF due 20th August (ish)
Missuswife (31) TTC#1 AF due 20 Aug
Orangehead (33) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
LadyGrace (29) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug(ish)
Pillow (28) TTC #1 AF due 24th Aug
KinkyDorito (32) TTC #3 AF due 24th Aug
Harryan (30) TCC #3 AF due 25th Aug
Buggerlugs82 (28) TTC#1 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Cosmic Mouse (28) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug ish
Mama5isalive (35)#DC3 AF due 27th Aug!!!!!!!!!!!grin
Quenelle 42 (eek!) TTC #2 (DS Jun 09) AF due 29 Aug
MuckyHighChair (24) TTC #2 AF due 31 Aug
Tibbycat (30) TTC #1 AF due 31st Aug
Puzzletree (34) TTC#3 AF due end of Aug
Kveta 29 TTC #2 (DC1 Sep 09) AF due around end of Aug
Piglet28 (29) TTC#2 AF due 1 Sept
HorseyGirl (39) TTC#1) AF due 1 Sept
Minshu 36 TTC#2 AF due 3rd September (ish)
imisswhitewine 29 ttc#1 AF due 3rd Sept (ish)
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due 9th Sept
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Clandy (23) TTC #2 AF due ?
Louloubella 27 TTC #1 AF due ?? (soon pleeease)
JoInScotland 38 TTC #2 (DS Jan 10) AF due ??
Lindsell29 ttc#2 no idea on AF as never have it when on pill! grin

just doing some admin and arranging list in AF Date order!!!!!!!!!!

Rusulka and puzzletree try good luck for your stick pee'ing. From what I've read, a line is a line...full stop.

For the moment I've bought a cheapo pack of p-tests from the 99p shop (3 in a pack). Do you think they're less reliable? The price would indicate so but my marketing head says the likes of clearblue just love a huge mark-up!!!

Happy weekend bonking all! My fertile day starts today and we have people over this weekend. I've warned hubby that quiet (ssshhhh) swp us in order. Xx

How many of your dp/dh will swi even though they might not be in the mood? I am getting really pissed of with dh. Think I am on the verge of being an irrational cow and exploding at him. I have been trying to be relaxed with him about it, but as we are now on month 8 as it is not looking very hopeful for this month I am getting really annoyed. We have had some months where we have done everything we could but also some months that it has been a bit hit and miss.

Oh orange, I do sympathise! As I mentioned earlier in the thread; my dp was 'too tired' on a couple of occasions this month at a fairly crucial time! I don't think they get it frankly. I've been a stroppy cow at times because of it!

In my world; ' operation 'convince yourself you're up the duff' continues apace. I seem to have every bloody symptom going, but I'm only 8dpo, so far too early to test (hasn't stopped me though ).

Honestly, if I'm not pg, then I fear for my sanity if I'm able to conjure up this many convincing symptoms!

Hope you are all well this morning - ov-ers are getting in plenty of SWI ; TWW-ers are managing to stay on just the right side of crazy (that's me out then!) and POAS-ers get a definitive result soon! :) :) :)

Im so mad I feel like going to buy a jug and a turkey baster, throwing it at him and telling him if he cant be arsed with me at least provide a sample. Staying on the right side of crazy festie think am out too.
[disclaimer: Im not actually going to do this just feel like it]

Morning all.

Hi kinkydorito so you got updiffed on CD8 before? Was that just a freak cycle or is that your usual ov date? Good luck this month anyway.

mskate the heartburn sounds promising, waking up with it in the middle of the night was one of my very early signs with DS. Still a few days to go until you have missed AF so plenty of time for a BFP.

orangehead DH tried saying he was too tired once but got short shrift I highly recommend Preseed if you haven't got the energy for a full-on bonkfest. I guess it's important to make the effort to have the bonkfests at other times in the cycle so it's not always just 'climbing on' for the sake of TTC. I can't say we have the energy for them often though, DS still keeps us pretty short of sleep.

Tibbycat I have only ever used CBDs but am not one for frequent testing (I don't cope with disappointment well). I might try a cheapie this time, but not before AF is about a week late. I never test early in case it's a chemical pg.

We have conceiveplus which I think is very similar. However Im always up for action, I have quite a high sex drive but dh doesn't. I am angry about the baby thing but also upset as it makes me feel rejected and like he doesn't want me

x-posted festie. Glad your symptoms and craziness haven't abated. still a few days until you have missed your AF I see.

Yes I think it's the same stuff orangehead.

TTC is a bugger for putting us all under pressure and I think men often have even more trouble than us dealing with it. They are quite fragile things after all.

Good morning - Oh orangehead - i do hear you with the SWI mission when your soilder is not preparing for battle!( DH was sleeping but then surprising he just got the energy to see in the Battle!!!!!!!!!
i suppose the pressure sometimes can really spoil the "mood" but dont worry just explain and tell him how your feeling about it all.
T.C - when i tested i did get results from the cheapies but couldnt believe it so still went out and bought CBd - and was in about the results-

Our codes are -

1. TTC and to get on that bus!
2. SWI and then legs in the air for 3 mins!
3. to try not to test too early to avoid seeing the bfn.

4.to relax and wait for it to happen so we can sing " im pregnant" in glee style! 5.to avoid all negative thoughts and sit back and enjoy the ride!

im still feeling these pains and now wondering if i should go gp or wait for it to pass, 2 days rolling into 3 of ov-ing style pains aint funny no more!!!!!
SWi was a mission Dh came bed with headache but after 1hrs managed to
" do it for the team" ahhh bless him! room was so dark dont think he even noticed my legs where up in the air!!!!!!!!

Thanks Quenelle. I must say, I admire your restraint! I don't think I've ever waited till after AF was due. I think sometimes it's easy to forget that TTC puts our OHs under a lot of pressure, and they have performance related issues that we don't even have to think about. My ex (father of my DC) had terrible trouble 'producing the goods' all three times we TTC; he obviously felt the pressure!

Mamma5; glad your little soldier was able to rise to the occasion!! :o

Rusulka i hope i'm one of these people you speak of. Or someone who needs to be a week late to show up on a test. I'm praying that the internet cheapies will have plopped through the letterbox when i get home coz i'm desperate to test!!! Felt very negative about it all on the way into work. A woe-is-me moment where i felt so bl**dy annoyed that my 'set the clock to it' cycle has decided to go haywire the first month we agree we are going to start trying. I've wanted a baby for sooooooo long, get the green light and BANG! loads of uncertainty and confusion. ggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Have been off the pill since November last year so definitely nothing to do with that.

Argh!

Quenelle def agree with you on not testing early. It just sets us up for disappointment. Do you think a week late because that means something is defo going on? Is there chances for a test to still be negative after 2-3 days late? I'm trying to cling onto a bit of hope here!

Mama5 Just imagined me sticking my legs in their air in the dark without DP noticing has made me giggle. :o

orangehead the only reason we managed epic sex 5 days in a row is because DH had some holiday from work. When he's working, he says he's too tired and not in the mood for sex- so if we haven't managed it this month, it's going to be a bloody nightmare trying to conceive!

I get really pissed off with him all the time, and usually end up saying something to put him off- last night I was feeling quite amorous, but stupidly pointed out that his boys don't match in either size, weight or consistency, so naturally now he thinks he's infertile (and no, he wasn't in the mood). Whoops.

Really hope we've managed it, if for no other reason than to stop his paranoid obsessing!

AF overdue by 3-4 days now, was feeling quite confident until I checked my diary and realised the same thing happened in May (d'oh), but if I get through today ok..... EeEeEeeeeE!

Managed not to POAS or POABOS this morning so feeling well chuffed at my resolve.

Ooh! Piano's here!

Mammaitm - liking the name!!!!!!
i remember in may was due the 27th May 2011 tested a day after the royal wedding and real dark lines appeared - 1st morning pee so its undiluted.
I actually saved mines and had to go out and buy mines had none in my home.
as soon as i tested the lines came fast that was on the £1 shop cheapies and then the CBd test!!!!!! all crossed for you xxx

Well done for holding out on poas, dont think I have ever waited longer than 1 day late and often poas before af due. But a few of my pregnancies I have had bfp 4 days before af due. So I often think well it showed up early then it should do now. Thank goodness for ebay cheapies otherwise it would be a expensive addiction .
Feeling more calmer and rational now, spent most of the morning crying think they might be a bit of hormones going on as well. Or at least I will blame it on that

I caved and tested yesterday - 'twas a no. On the bright side, I'm far less crampy following more SWI last night. So that's good news.

MITM I sympathise - I have wanted kids for ages and now we are trying and I have no idea what is going on with my body. I don't take kindly to feeling this out of control... quenelle I'm impressed with your resolve!

It's not often I'm impressive at something so am feeling proud of my resolve now It's only because I'm such a wuss about being disappointed.

MammaITM if I was a week late I would know there was something up because I'm very regular. I have heard plenty of stories of people getting BFNs after AF is due but they were in fact pregnant.

POAS this morning and got a line. PO Another S (different make) and got another line. Not the darkest lines, but lines all the same, DH could see them too.

Feeling :) and :( all at once.

Am 7 or 8 DPO and not due on till Sunday (23 day cycle). Was planning to have day 3 blood tests next cycle... Stopped ttc about 3 days before ov! Have been weeing like crazy for the last few days, have had quite a bit of CM and then felt very mildly queasy yesterday morning and this morning, so decided to test.

Hoping a line this early is a good sign, and not a false + (tests were from Home Bargains, the first one I did was a 3 for 99p job!!!). Will retest when I have more tests - I've run out now (did tests wednesday and thursday too which were BFN)!

I know there is so much that could go wrong at this point - am terrified after my mc (6 weeks ago). I only picked up the remains from my mc from the hospital on Tuesday - haven't even buried them yet! When I saw her on tuesday (not thinking I had any chance of being pg) the EPU mw said to phone her at 6 weeks, and make an appointment for an 8 wk scan. So if this really is a pg, not just dodgy cheapo tests, I am telling myself it is only another 5 weeks to wait till the scan. Hope I can avoid going insane before then.

Am expecting to test tomorrow and get a BFN though...

Wowee catsycat this is really exciting news. I have lots of fingers crossed for some really happy news for you and your family xxx