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 :)

I have found the most hilarious solution to my cough. Benylin Chesty Coughs doesn't sound that hilarious, but wait: there's more!
The active ingredients are levomenthol (a decongestant, apparently safe in pregnancy I think) and guaifenesin (an expectorant).
Here comes the hilarious bit.
That particular expectorant works by thinning out the mucus in your lungs so you can cough it up. Graphic, sorry, but worth it for this next bit!
...
It works on ALL the mucus in your body.

:o :o :o

LMAO as I write this, but I brought it home and checked online, and apparently some women are using it to ensure EWCM lasts a bit longer when ovulating.

Isn't that the most awesome thing ever?

So even if I do end up with a BFN, it's worth having in the cupboard. :)

Run out and tell all your friends!

Rusulka I've seen Robitussin recommended for people on Clomid before, as that has a similar effect on the EWCM (which Clomid can deplete rather, apparently!). Hope the Benylin works on your cough, and that you are just testing too soon to get a BFP!

Sorry you got a BFN notnow...

Have a good holiday Loulou!

Can I join? I was lurking obsessively on the April baby bus thread but I think it will drive on without me.

Just had my implant out 4 weeks ago (to the day) and no period yet. Was SWI excitedly especially when some EWCM showed up.

Now I feel very definite cramps in lower tummy, nausea/dizzyness but took a test today (early response) and was negative. Its been 14 days since I thought I was ovulating (just from mucas state) so should have been picked up on that! Got a commiserations chippy in for dinner. It's just that I was CONVINCED I was feeling symptoms that makes it a bigger disappointment.

Now I just have to sit and wait for AF to arrive (4 weeks since implant removed and no sign?) so I can work out dates to try again.

Good luck every one and lots of baby dust hun's

A chippy tea and all these holidays. You're all making me jealous.

Interesting about the cough syrup

Hello everyone! Please may I join you all, me and my oh have been discussing the possibility of trying for baby number 2 setting our sights on starting to try in October however broodiness has got the better of us and as of today we are ttc!

I am 23 and have an 18 month old dd xx

Another BFN.
Why do I keep doing this to myself?
Good job I bought a bulk pack...

Going to have a cup of tea, make some jewellery and sulk until the postman gets here then yell at him for not doing his job properly wait patiently for the post.

I'm glad it's raining, I can't be arsed to water the plants.

Still no bloody temperature rise on my chart, though feeling bloated and belly-achey, and have EWCM, so possibly ov today (day 14 of usually 23 day cycle). DH now refusing to SWI any more this month because he doesn't want me to get pg if there is a problem that could cause me to mc again...

Just spoke to my very lovely GP on the phone, and he has ordered a big load of Day 3 blood tests, and will refer me depending on the results of the tests.

So hacked off. I'm 38 years old, and every month feels like a step closer to the menopause, especially / mainly because of my seemingly ever decreasing cycle.

Sorry about the BFN Rusulka.

Hello and good luck SWI to all the newbies!

Hi all,

Welcome newbs!

Sorry to hear about your repeated BFNs Rusulka - I am the same with POAS - think most people are; so you're not alone!

Well, I am well and truely hacked off this morning. Had great EWCM yesterday, so was well up for some productive SWI, but dp was "too tired". Must admit I (very immaturely) got into a strop, and did the old cold back in bed. But really - no bloody commitment to the cause! And it seems to have dried up this morning, so we may well have missed the boat this month because he was too fecking tired!!!! Grrrr!!

Sorry Catsy cross post there.... Sorry to hear your DH isn't playing ball either! Hope you get some answers from your Doc/bloods. :)

Thanks festie. Hope you haven't missed out this month - was reading somewhere this morning that sperm can live "quite happily" up your fanjo (sorry) for up to 5 days, so any previous groundwork could still pay off... :)

Ha ha! No apology necessary! Yes, I think you're right, so you never know. But sometimes I think that DPs/DHs don't get how psycho obsessed single minded we get when ttc!!

I had to persuade DH last night - but as I pointed out to him 'this baby won't make itself!!' and as he's more broody than me, he rose to the challenge (so to speak :o)

Well done kveta, that's the spirit.

I forced coerced persuaded dp the other night. But he wasn't having it last night; he just kept falling asleep!

I should probably add that he had a heart attack in April, followed by a quintuple bypass, so, although, he's well and truly mended; he does still get tired.

God, now I really do sound like a right psycho obsessed harridan!!!

Good work kveta!

Oh, your poor DP, festie. But it's not as if you were asking him to lift a piano up the stairs or anything, so don't feel bad! Definitely agree that DPs / DHs really don't get how stressful this whole ttc business is (wild generalisaton there, but feeling quite cross with mine at the moment).

Morning! Disgusting day. My lovely (in as much as he is encouraging, sweet natured and generally prone to call a spade a spade, rather than as in actually helpful) doctor said that it's a good idea to shag every third instead of every other day because the sperm build up for that long then start to die off, so theoretically if you are shagging on day 2 they haven't got to full strength and, ahem, volume, but if you are shagging on day 4 they are a bit knackered and can't be bothered to swim that far. However, they like the nice warm old vag so will nest for three-five days. I ovulate on day 14 so he said to shag on days 10, 13 and 16 for max effciency. I'm not sure how we're supposed to keep the 'product' in for the three days they're meant to live though. Gross question, but do you think would it be worth wearing a mooncup and then lying down every so often to keep the boys in?

Have to say that the one time we actually did get pg we did stick to the system. However, have been swi for a long time now.

Hi notnow. Not convinced the Mooncup idea would work, as don't the boys need CM to keep them alive? (and the idea of ultimately emptying a mooncup full of product puts me off a bit!). Have read on Dr Google this morning that enough of them should just stay up there (not sure how, maybe held in by the magnetism of one's cervix?). You could try walking on your hands instead .

How long have you been swi? Sorry if you already said earlier in the thread...

A year and a month. Got married last July and was fully convinced that I'd be up the duff immediately when we started trying the month before the wedding. Chuh!

Anyway, the mooncup idea was too disgusting to really contemplate.

Hi everyone, marginally cheerier now.

notnow if that's true, then I'm buggered for this month- after swi every day for 5 days, presumably they all just stopped halfway up the hill complaining of exhaustion and altitude sickness! Lazy sperm.

If we were designed the other way round, girls' sperm would just get the job done with no whingeing, and multiple successes. Grump grump.

Sorry to hear of your problems catsycat, I'm sure things will work out.

Sorry it's been a long time for you. Just found your original post, BTW. Has your GP done any tests yet?

Don't blame you for thinking of the mooncup idea. I did also read that after DTD, you could cycle your legs in the air to try and haste their swim toward the target. This was presented in the light of "if it doesn't work, it'll give you and DP a good laugh".

We did the day 21 blood test and my husband had a sperm test - so far all clear. Just no frickin' babies. Sucks. I'm sorry to hear about your struggles too - sounds like we are in roughly the same boat. It's a shit old boat. Wish I was yare!

LadyGrace my friends and I often laugh bitterly at how desperately we tried to avoid getting pg in our late teens / early 20s. We were all convinced that we'd be instantly pg if we so much looked at an un-condomed member (not sure what the male equivalent of "fanjo" is for MN purposes). Oh, how things change.... You'd think our DHs/DPs would be grateful for all the sex (if not all the accompanying mentalling).

My previous message was aimed at notnow by the way - x-posted with a few others.

x-posted again!!!! Yup, it is definitely a boat o' shite.

I agree with you Lady Grace re the 'if you have sex you will immediately get pregnant' message from school. Mine was coupled with 'the Pope will know and he will get you'. I'm not actually catholic, despite the school (it was the only school in town with a proper science lab), but the message sticks with you.

TTC in your 30s after 15 years of TNTC makes you feel like your whole life's work has been a mistake!