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 :)

Hope you get sorted Rusulka, how frustrating.
Glad you had a good holiday loulou
Welcome chocolate and duke
Sorry you got chucked of bus Sassy,I always sulk at the back of bus for a day or two then Im back in full swing. Here have a and cake. I think you need some too cosmic, I had a day like that a couple of days ago, hope you feelng better soon.
mildertduck
I do the parkruns too Badger and Quenelle

Hey, I've been lurking a bit tryin not to get to into it as it always ends in disappointment but thought I'd post now

Im on CD 11 ttc 1 so SWI starts tonight every other day for the foreseeable! not doing opk's as I have pcos and when I have done them in the past they said I ovulated I didn't so best to leave it.

Had 6x Clomid and have an apt on the 30th so if this cycle is unsuccessful theyshould move me onto something else... Fingers crossed it works tho I have had enough now

Welcome pinkapples, sorry you having difficult time

Ah sorry to hear you're having a rough time of it cosmic and Rusulka - sending a glass of your way - and sounds like you could both do with drinking it in a nice hot bubbly bath. Hope you get the chance to chill out and take the pressure off TTC a bit. Sometimes it's good just to step back and not beat yourself up too much about it. Or if in doubt; beat up a pillow - works for me :)

Hey pinkapples - hope it turns out well for you.

orangehead and others - don't want to turn this into a parkrun thread; but do you enjoy it?? I signed up well over a year ago but have still not hauled my lazy ass to one yet - shameful!

Hi all,

Can I have a seat on the May bus plz? Missed the April one so am currently enjoying a nice big glass of

Have added my stats below.

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August - BFP
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug - FBP
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th Aug-FBP
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th Aug - FBP
Festiemum 37 TTC #4 AF due 18th August
AstroNess 28 TTC #1 AF due 19th Aug ish
Missuswife (31) TTC#1 AF due 20 Aug
ChocolateWindmill TTC#1 AF due 20th/21st Aug ish
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
Kduke748 (32) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Mama5isalive (35)#DC3 AF due 27th Aug!!!!!!!!!!!grin
Mildertduck 28 TTC #1 AF due 20th August (ish)
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
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due 9th Sept
MoominGirl TTC#1 (31) AF due 11th Sept
mskatemc (35) TTC#1 AF due 12th September
Sassymk (27) TTC#2 AF due 16th Sept (allegedly!!)

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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

Good luck everyone :)

Hi cosmic and rusulka, can I join you in being rather fed up??? Another BFN this morning, AF was due today, but the old witch has obviously gone somewhere else.... Am convinced this was a chemical pregnancy, because I had 2 faint but definite positives from two different makes / types of test, then BFNs every morning since, added to the late AF, it doesn't look good :(. Feel crampy, boobs nearly exploded last night, weeing lots but probably down to the Dukan diet! Weight loss has slowed too, which always happens when dieting and coming up to AF, even though I have kept to the diet absolutely to the letter and am actually enjoying it .

Now just waiting for AF to start so I can have the day 3 tests, and hopefully start ttc again. At least my GP is back from his hols after the bank holiday, so can talk to him about whatever is happening...

Hello and good luck to the newbies - hope you will get the May babies you want!

Yes love the parkruns Loulou, recommend them. I think they have really helped increase my speed rather than just plodding along by myself.
Welcome MoominGirl
Oh catsy I dont know what to say. Hope you get answers soon

Thanks for the welcome and fingers crossed for everyone waiting on inconclusive results

festiemum you're next on the list.. AF due in a few days according to the info... are you still having the symptoms you were earlier? Have you tested again... any sign?

Fingers crossed for you!

Hi Heidi. Thanks for the crossed fingers!

The crampy bloaty, weeing a plenty continues! I have been testing. All BFN so far, but only 10 DPO, so still in the running. Will TRY to give it a couple of days till I try again, but I have NO self restraint!

Getting married on Weds; would be cool to get a good result before then!!

Oh and Hi to all! We're quite a merry band now!

Fingers crossed and legs open to everyone!

And so to bed! Night all! :)

hi all! congrats to all the BFPs and others who may have BFPs!

nothing new here except DS has had a run of such bad nights there has been no SWI, so think we'll be lucky to get a May baby - will probably end up trying for a June one now! pretty sure I've been ovulating over the weekend too, but who knows. will be testing next week sometime anyway, think I'm technically du next weekend (not this weekend), so prob test from tuesday onwards in anticipation! have 3 cheapo tests and 2 clearblue ones I got last time I had a scare. not sure about peeing on a stick that costs £7 though!

Fingers crossed for Rusulka, cosmic and catsycat - here's hoping for good news!

Duly demanded SWI from husband yesterday; fortunately after several years of my not having any libido to speak of he is only too happy to oblige, bless his wee cotton socks. Am in a very jolly mood today. My cheapo 25-pack of tests from Amazon arrived this morning; really want to have 'a go' cos I haven't used this type before but that would be a terrible waste.

Actually, I have a question: vitamins - are the stonkingly expensive Pregnacare ones worth it or should I just stick with folic acid? I eat a pretty good diet - lots of veggies and my idea of a good time is a packet of spinach to myself - so I don't think I'm deficient... anyone got any advice?

mildertduck - I always used the supermarket own brand ones. I had quite shocking morning sickness with DS and probably did need the vitamins at least for the 1st trimester! but sainsburys do a 'mum and bump' packet which is pretty much the same as the pregnacare formulation, but cheaper - I would not be surprised if Boots, Tesco etc do the same thing. (I used Wal Mart ones to start with, then Sains, and DS is pretty normal, so from my sample size of 1, I'd say they are fine :o)

I also think all the shite about the omega-3 fatty acids has been MASSIVELY oversold to the vulnerable pregnant woman! most statistical surveys, so far as I'm aware, show basically fuck-all difference in intelligence between kids who were exposed to RDA quantities of Omega-3 compared to those who weren't. and it can make the head bigger too*. which is NOT desirable if you plan a vaginal birth :o [wince]

*I think. I may have read this online somewhere that wasn't peer reviewed though :o

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August - BFP
Rusulka (31) TTC #1 AF due 9th Aug - FBP
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th Aug-FBP
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th Aug - FBP
Festiemum 37 TTC #4 AF due 18th August
AstroNess 28 TTC #1 AF due 19th Aug ish
Missuswife (31) TTC#1 AF due 20 Aug
Mildertduck 28 TTC #1 AF due 20th August (ish)
ChocolateWindmill TTC#1 AF due 20th/21st Aug ish
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
Kduke748 (32) 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
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due 9th Sept
MoominGirl TTC#1 (31) AF due 11th Sept
mskatemc (35) TTC#1 AF due 12th September
Sassymk (27) TTC#2 AF due 16th Sept (allegedly!!)

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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 repasting and hoping all is gong well with the SWI all that are in that window of ov-ing and all who are waiting I pray for quick fast BFP!!!!!
Catsycat - how is it going with you?

Hi everyone. BFN again this morning, now on day 25 of my usually regular 23 day cycle. Still feeling bloated/crampy, and weight loss still seems to have frozen (though I got into my size 16 jeans for the first time in months this morning - only with a loose shirt!!!) My boobs are still tender, and if weeing was an Olympic sport, I'd be a favourite for 2012.

Maybe the ERPC has just messed up my regularity? I just want one more baby, then sod it, the menopause can take me.... If I am not pg then I wish AF would come back so I can have the tests and then have another go.

Bloody hell, I just thought the cat was choking - turned out it was Lorna on Tikkabilla pretending to blow up a balloon. Gave me quite a turn that did!!!

Just had to share to people that will understand...away with work in London (live in the NewForest) today and tomorrow and driving home tonight as ovulation is tomorrow or Wednesday ready for some bonking!

Anyway, yesterday we went to s spa to try to chill out a bit. Didn't realise until I got home and looked online that DH shouldn't have been lounging in the hot tub for ages.! Really hope it doesn't affect him too much.

Also, ovulation due yet no change in VD! Not like 'egg white' yet. Anyone find theirs changes suddenly? It's one thing I've never tracked before.

X

Tibby I think the heat is a bad thing if it prior to dtd, so should be ok.

Evening all.

Sorry to share bad news, but it's what we're all here for, so here goes. I just found out why it wasn't showing up on tests in the worst possible way- straight after an argument, on the toilet.
Feel really gutted.
Would have been 5 weeks on Wednesday. I don't subscribe to the maybe baby on this one, I think, now that it's happened. It was a baby to me. I expect I'll see it at some point and go to complete bits again, but I'm telling myself that it wasn't meant to be, and there was obviously something spectacularly wrong with it, so it's a good thing really.

DH is being very supportive, and is promising that we'll nail it next time.

And so, to the back of the bus (or the crow's nest on the yacht, or basement, or whatever. You know what? f**k it. I'm waterskiing from the back and thinking about how I have at least another 10 days to carry heavy shopping and do DIY without feeling guilty. Go me.

NotNowImReading (34) TTC?, AF due 3rd Aug
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August - BFP
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 13th Aug-FBP
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th Aug - FBP
Festiemum 37 TTC #4 AF due 18th August
AstroNess 28 TTC #1 AF due 19th Aug ish
Missuswife (31) TTC#1 AF due 20 Aug
Mildertduck 28 TTC #1 AF due 20th August (ish)
ChocolateWindmill TTC#1 AF due 20th/21st Aug ish
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
Kduke748 (32) 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
Tipp2chicago 31 TTC#1 AF due 4th September
HeidiHole TTC#1 (25) AF due 9th Sept
MoominGirl TTC#1 (31) AF due 11th Sept
Rusulka (30) TTC#1 AF due 11th September
mskatemc (35) TTC#1 AF due 12th September
Sassymk (27) TTC#2 AF due 16th Sept (allegedly!!)

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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

Looks like this puts me in with a chance of a definite May baby now, as opposed to a legs-crossed-for-an-extra-2-weeks May baby.

I'd better get more definite results on pg tests next time or I will go spare.

Congrats to the ladies who managed it this time, and fingers crossed for the rest of us for next time- there's so many of us on this yacht, with such varied due dates, I'm expecting a full-on mexican wave of pg results over the next month. Fingers crossed.

Hi everyone - just back from holiday. Just place marking so I can find you all again.

So sorry to hear that Rusulka

Quick check please for those who have had a mc before- do we need to wait a few months to give any left over tissue from this one a chance to come out? Not that it would affect future tests, as I now don't really believe I ever had a positive one, but I don't want to have this go wrong again.

Thanks.

Oh sorry Rusulka. I cant really remember, my last mc was 11 years ago and after each of mine I waited at least 6 months just because I didnt feel ready. Think you need to wait till at least negative test. Docotors normally say I think till after your next af but I think that just to make dating easier

Rusulka, thinking of you x

Hi Rusulka. I'm so sorry this has happened. It is a very sad and hard thing to go through at any stage, and IMO the baby becomes "real" as soon as you see that + result on the test, with all the hopes and plans that implies. Take care of yourself, and give yourself permission to go to pieces and grieve, however you need to.

In answer to your qustion, hopefully everything will come out fully over a couple of days, but if you continue to bleed for a long time, then go to the GP. If tissue is left behind you can get an infection, so I would go and have it checked out after a week or two (if bleeding is period like). If you bleed very heavily (soaking right through heavy flow pads in less than an hour) then you may need to go to A&E. Hopefully it will be straightforward for you, and not too heavy, because it is early on. You may want to consider going to your GP anyway, so this can go on your medical notes.

You can try again straight away really. Some people are advised to wait for one period before trying again, but that is for dating purposes rather than anything else.

I'm really sorry, and thinking of you.