Let's make some May babies

[louloubellamozzarella]

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 :)

Gah Badger sorry about appearance of AF. That sucks. I get bloody heart palpitations anyway, so that would be a really unreliable symptom for me to look for, as would moodiness (have bipolar), itchy skin (eczema), spots (I've had them worse in my 40s than I ever did in my teens - how unfair is that?!)!

Definitely onwards and upwards...or backwards and legs upwards :o

Getting the hopes up is a bitch, ain't it? I'm getting all sorts of weird and wonderful symptoms at the moment, but you can pretty much guarantee that next Wednesday, ,the Old Hag will arrive, right on time. I'll be crushed, obviously...

Mind you, if she doesn't, I'm going to be have a VERY interesting conversation with my new psychiatrist if he suggests any dodgy medications - and they're ALL dodgy for us mentalists! :(

Oh bad luck Badger I did not know about the heart palpitations

RIBS I love that you got DP sausage on sex night. Very symbolic Next Op KUMQUAT I may present DH with a huge salami, or a cucumber.

I may have just got a BFP!

Ridiculously faint...but there!

Oooh that's fantastic news Cosmic. That's without FMU? How many DPO are you?

Yup, just took that one.

Have taken a total of 4 today, all with faint, barely there lines...but this 4th one is sort of unquibbleable (if that were a word).

I'm 11DPO. I did get a clear BFP at 12DPO with DD too.

Congratulations Cosmic! How exciting

Congratulations Cosmic - wonderful news :o

hiya, I'm anxiously symptom spotting now. feeling very wibbly and nauseous, which is very reminiscent of last pregnancy. not testing until sunday though, as period not due until next week, and sunday is our wedding anniversary (1st one!). we shall see.

congrats cosmic mouse!!

Congratulations Cosmic

Hi Kveta. Very promising signs there. Well done waiting until Sunday. That would be a lovely first anniversary present.

Well another opk for me hmmm cd 15 now so will see may ovulate in te ext couple of days SWI every other day just in case progesterone test next week so that will tell me for sure whether it happened hmmm... I wonder... Congrats cosmic x

Oh well done cosmic, that's lovely news.

Sorry about AF (the old witch) badger.

RIBS, there's nothing like a nice scab. DH was terrified of me when he had chicken pox - I even gave one of them a name! Enjoy your sausage dinner, and your - ahem - sausage dessert!!!!!

Woohoo Cosmic how exciting! What would your due date be?
Sorry Badger, hope this next cycle is the lucky one for you.
RIBS I'm spotty too at the moment, my whole chin was throbbing the other day, I can still feel something lurking deep down under the skin there but luckily it seems to be going down rather than emerging, it would be a whopper if it did!
I'm going to be rubbish with symptom spotting as for me pregnancy symptoms are normally pretty similar to pre-AF symptoms. With my first two I had some achey cramps and was convinced AF was coming, and it was only when it didn't that I tested and got my BFPs. This last pregnancy (the miscarriage) I was really bloated for a week or so before AF was due, which was a bit weird, but other than that just felt normal. More symptoms like metallic taste came soon after though each time.
This time regardless of symptoms I doubt I'll be able to wait til AF is due now I'm armed with my cheapy preg tests! Feels like ages til I can justify testing though....

Mm, mm, loving the spot chat that's been going on ladies

I am so bad with leaving the blighters, esp if painful/prominent - they get squeezed to death as soon as poss. I'm a dermatologist's worst nightmare.

Sorry to hear this cycle's been disappointing badger. Wishing you luck for next time - stick with us!

Congrats cosmic!! Woweee great news.

Bad news, good news; it's all starting to come through - but at least it's news, I guess, so we can all start to feel like we're making some kinda progress (gosh I feel like I'm writing the 'summing up' part of Jerry Springer).

On the other hand I have nothing new to report. For the next week, you'll be able to find me mostly eating (indian takeout tonight - yum) and prodding my boobs/googling innocent twinges for signs of upduffness. Join me anyone? :)

I'm already there loulou - on the googling etc. Everytime I think I have a symptom, it buggers off, turns into something else, and then comes back a day or two later, just to start me off again!

If we're going to go all Jerry Springer, there ought to be a fight really, oughtn't there? Not that I'm offering to start one - I'm quite peaceable really (except on Wednesday when I was calling everyone 'higher up' the organisation than me a c**t, obviously!) :o

Maybe we could try spot squeezing at dawn in lieu of an actual fight?

Have you ever had one pop out so far it hits the mirror, BTW? Happened to me in a French campsite once and made a big smear on the mirror when I tried to wipe it off . I have had to slow down the picking and squeezing of spots and scabs, as it turned out I really did have a minor skin condition and had to see a dermatologist!!!!

Enjoy googling and symptom spotting, everyone!

Ooh those projectile yellow spots are the best! Haven't had one in a while

No... the one I referred to at the campsite was about 23 years ago, and still a fond memory... at the time it made me lol!!!

I've not clocked in for 24 hours and there's so much I've missed! Loving the chat.

Someone once said to me 'love is.....squeezing a spot on your loved ones body' lol! It's always stuck with me.

Today I OV. I'm 99% sure as I can always feel it and looking back at my diaries, its bang on schedule. We've been at it every night for the last 8 days so fingers crossed.

I too read everything I can get my hands on and ttc is no exception. Anyway, today I stumbled across a wonderful website which lists potential symptoms and the timings. I'll pop on the next post above (or will lose my post on the iPhone).

www.babymed.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms

Happy reading :) x

Thanks for the commiserations. And as much as I wish you lot weren't in the same situation, it is reassuring that i'm not the only one obsessed with periods, ovulation and the contents of my pants!

How exciting cosmic! Congratulations!

--Results are in -------
MammaInTheMaking(26) TTC? AF due 4th August - BFP
Threecurranntbuns TTC#4 AF due 14th Aug - FBP
POAS - & Just Waiting Crew- -
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
7 days + till testing -COME ON !!!!!!!- ----
Buggerlugs82 (28) TTC#1 AF due 26th Aug (ish)
Cosmic Mouse (28) TTC#2 AF due 26th Aug ish ( FBP) YEHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
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
Mrsshears (32)TTC3 AF due 29th Aug( welcome)
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
---September aint that far either ------
NotNowImReading (34) TTC#1, AF due 1 Sept
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
Catsycat 38 (Joining Quenelle in an eek!) ttc #3 AF due 8th September (ish)
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!!)
Sn0wgoose (27)TTC1 AF due 16th Sept ( welcome)

-- waiting for a sign, any sign - ----
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
Cacacaz ttc#1 no idea as been on the pil for the past 9 years!
RIBS(37)TTC2 AF - 22nd - 12 Sept ????? vague dates!

Hi all - just updated Stats for the Newbies - Mrsshears,GTR2882,Sn0wGoose, RIBS - glad you have jumped aboard!
add yourself GTR2882!

well done Cosmicmouse on the FBP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow and only 1 day away from my AF date so maybe just maybe nahhhhh im holding off dont want to build up my hopes, but been having abdo cramping all day!!!! so

Congratulations cosmic
Welcome RIBS
Oh catsy sorry the gp not much help. So af not fully arrived yet?
Sorry badger hope you ok.
The week before af my boobs are normally really painful but nothing this month. Not sure what to make of that. Im geting to that point that I want t test.

Desperateoldie67 TTC#1 AF due 23rd August

:)

Been having weird cramps in my stomach since 8DPO...so WTF

And can we stop talking about projectile spots?! Bleurgh! Making me feel queasy :o

FX xx

Thanks chicken. But I'm desperately trying to tell myself I'm not pregnant - not that I don't want to be, just that the disappointment is going to be crushing if I'm not. Mind you, given the current state of my relationship with DP, it could open up a whole can of worms if I am...stress is bad for relationships! :(