Learner driver is charting a May minibus for the April drop outs

[Bleats]

Let's face it May 2012 is full of bank holidays leading up to an extra day off thanks to the Queen. We are all bound to get updiffed and miss the time off -(where we should be in the pub) looking after our new babies.

A bus for those who find it difficult to remember new names. Ting ting - no getting off untilk a BFP.

Starting the stats Bleats (31) TTC#1 af due 31st Aug ish

Morning Ladies! I'm feeling more positive today; DP is on his way home (he will be home for a whole month till 10 Sept! Hurrah) and i have new saucy undies from agent provocateur!

So poor DP's going to be in for it this month

Haha that's the1st place I headed when we decided to ttc!! For the first ever time I got told "do we have to, I'm tired" think I am wearing the poor man out and I'm not even sure it's the right time yet!

Well i have always had a higher sex drive than DP so i find ttc especially frustrating. tmi warning: He would be happy with 1 long session on a weekend afternoon and 1 (non penetrative) fool around mid week. Whereas i want full sex every day.

So we have agreed on every other day and every day on the fertile time. But it takes a lot of effort from me to get him in the mood (he just has to look at me and i'm up for it!).

Haha that made me chuckle oh would be up for it every minute of the day if he could.. Or so I thought! Think he is prob secretly hoping I don't get pregnant straight away as my sex drive almost disappeared after dd1 an now it's 3 times a day (tmi )

Hey all,

TMI ALERT! I am having a very unusual AF. Not as crampy as usual, a lot lighter than usual (although it's increasing-I think!)

Done a bit of research and it's too late for implatation bleeding. 15DPO yesterday when AF arrived. It could be the following type of bleed, but I think I'm clutching at straws!

Hormones that control your menstrual cycle triggering bleeding when your period would have been due. This is called breakthrough bleeding. You may have this more than once, around the times you would have had a period if you weren't pregnant.

I've added my stats below as I'm pretty sure it's just an unusual AF. Had a mini, emotional breakdown about the whole thing yesterday - oh dear!

MorningCoffee (29) TTC#3 Af due 27th August
Bleats (31) TTC#1 af due 31st Aug ish
FloydieDoydie (32) TTC1, CD6 AF due 3rd Sept (aprox)
Pipbin (36) ttc#1 AF due sept 3 (aprox)
Spuddybean (34) ttc#1 AF is due 5 sept.
MyCatLikesToHideInBoxes (37) ttc#2 AF due 5th Sept(ish)
Byrnsie30 (30) ttc#1 OV due 21/22 Aug, AF 7th Sept
Clandy (23) ttc baby 2 af due.. Erm no idea
Imustbecrazy26

Also, does anyone have any experience of this? AND does anyone continue to take folic acid when AF has arrived? I never know whether to continue or just leave it 'til Ov time again?!

I have enjoyed and cheese the last couple of days - woohoo!

byrnsie i thought you took your folic acid daily regardless of what time of the month it was. I have been taking it daily for about a year. Am i overdosing myself?

Hi spuddy, I have no idea!

I was taking pregnacare for conception when I first started ttc in Jan. I kept taking it even during AF. That got a little expensive, so I was just taking it from OV to first day of AF.

I'm now just taking cheaper folic acid and I'm debating if I should take it continuously?! Probably won't do any harm, but is it necessary? E.g. do I need to build up a stock of it in my system?

I've also been told I may have irritable bowl syndrome, and I wondered if vitamin supplements would irritate that?!

My understanding was you took it consistently for at least 3 months before you ttc to build up stocks.

I don't know about ibs but i read sometimes the coating on vit pills can affect peoples stomachs/bowels. So you have to make sure they are the ones which don't irritate you - not sure if this is just capsules tho.

Sorry for not helping at all there!

MorningCoffee (29) TTC#3 Af due 27th August
Bleats (31) TTC#1 af due 31st Aug ish
FloydieDoydie (32) TTC1, CD6 AF due 3rd Sept (aprox)
Pipbin (36) ttc#1 AF due sept 3 (aprox)
HorseyGirl1 (39) ttc 1 AF due Sept 3 (approx)
Spuddybean (34) ttc#1 AF is due 5 sept.
MyCatLikesToHideInBoxes (37) ttc#2 AF due 5th Sept(ish)
Byrnsie30 (30) ttc#1 OV due 21/22 Aug, AF 7th Sept
Clandy (23) ttc baby 2 af due.. Erm no idea
Imustbecrazy26

Well AF got me yesterday - had a good cry then thought I'd jump on the May mini-bus. Good luck all xx

Hello HorseyGirl welcome to the bus. Love a good cry but now that is done it is time for the sexy pants .

I give folic acid a miss during my period a (very long) hangover from when I was on the pill. I kind of go on a Byrnsie's style cheese and wine blowout for the period and then get back on it. I had assumed that folic acid kind of built up, unlike vit C, but this is based on absolutely no research. On the other hand everything I have seen on taking folic before ttc suggested that you only need to build it up for a month and then keep it up for the first three.

Well ive had some cramping today and felt like i was going to get af at any minute but still nothing so i may still be in wih a chance of an april one but not sure, so can i keep one foot on both buses for the time being?

MorningCoffee (29) TTC#3 Af due 27th August
Bleats (31) TTC#1 af due 31st Aug ish
FloydieDoydie (32) TTC1, CD6 AF due 3rd Sept (aprox)
Pipbin (36) ttc#1 AF due sept 3 (aprox)
HorseyGirl1 (39) ttc 1 AF due Sept 3 (approx)
Spuddybean (34) ttc#1 AF is due 5 sept.
MyCatLikesToHideInBoxes (37) ttc#2 AF due 5th Sept(ish)
Byrnsie30 (30) ttc#1 OV due 21/22 Aug, AF 7th Sept
Clandy (23) ttc baby 2 af due.. Erm no idea
Imustbecrazy(26) ttc#2 no idea at the min as still not had Aug af!!!

Well fingers crossed Imustbecrazy that you do not need this bus, but I am very happy for you to keep your seat warm.

I bet that this has been said before on MN, but DH always calls it frolic acid .

Welcome aboard Horsey

Hi Crazy, will be happy if you join us, even happier if you don't.

Aha Bleats - I do indeed have cats but my name is actually from one of my favourite toddler books (My Cat Likes To Hide In Boxes) Bummer about the garden, Bengal's are gorgeous and soooooooooo super silky soft. My two are just bog standard rescue tabbies but I love them dearly and so (to their horror) does ds.

I just take folic acid every day Byrnsie but then I have to take thyroxin every day too so it's just habit now to wake up and take my tablets. As I understand it the reason they say to take it every day from a month before conception is because your body can't store much folic acid up but it's the first two to three weeks of pregnancy that it's really key for so with your system you'd still be getting it at that crucial time.

Spuddy & Clandy - it's a good job dh doesn't get to see this, all this talk of sexy undies would raise his expectations way too high!

Hey all! Cheered my face up a bit and ready to get back in business. I've been taking Pregnacare Conception (or the Boots own brand type) every day when I get up. I even keep a box of B Vits in work just in case I forget to take it at home. The cycle before this last one was 25 (short for me) and I took the B vits in addition last month and I'm back to a more usual for me 28 days so it maybe helped. I think I'll just take the B vits from now on once I finish the conception vits for a while - can't do any harm. Now where are those pretty pants! x

Hello all is there still space on this minibus?

I was chucked off the April bus yesterday by a particularly nasty AF (hot water bottle and lots of chocolate needed) so no way of kidding myself it was just an implantation bleed!

Seems my cycle has now settled down to a regular length - unfortunately it's a long one, 32 days, with ovulation very late on about CD19/20. Not helpful!!

Imustbecrazy fx for you that AF never appears properly and the April bus was the one!

I've been taking folic acid when I remember regularly all the time I've been TTCing and about a month before that. I don't think you can overdose can you? I think the only thing to be careful about is Vitamin A, some regular multivits have quite a lot of that and it can be harmful in pg.

spuddy I'm with you on the ttc frustration... DH needs to have had lots of sleep before he's in the mood so it's hard to persuade him midweek! But I think the recommendation is every other day anyway since every day can mean he has less effective sperm or something .

Adding myself to the stats:

MorningCoffee (29) TTC#3 Af due 27th August
Bleats (31) TTC#1 af due 31st Aug ish
FloydieDoydie (32) TTC1, CD6 AF due 3rd Sept (approx)
Pipbin (36) ttc#1 AF due sept 3 (aprox)
HorseyGirl1 (39) ttc 1 AF due Sept 3 (approx)
Spuddybean (34) ttc#1 AF is due 5 sept.
MyCatLikesToHideInBoxes (37) ttc#2 AF due 5th Sept(ish)
Byrnsie30 (30) ttc#1 OV due 21/22 Aug, AF 7th Sept
minipie (31) ttc#1 AF due 7 Sept
Clandy (23) ttc baby 2 af due.. Erm no idea
Imustbecrazy(26) ttc#2 no idea at the min as still not had Aug af!!!

Hey all,

Thanks for the folic acid advice. I have sorted myself out since mini break down and lots of crying on Saturday! (I crunched the car a bit in a car park as I was in a 'I'm still not pregnant' daze!)

Don't know what is going on with MN. It posted my message and logged me off before I'd finished!

Anyway, I'm not due to ovulate for 2 weeks, but decided we will dtd every other day this month . Had planned to do that last month, but didn't get round to it. As this is the last month of trying before I head back to the doctors and demand some tests, I should give it my best shot!

All I need now is for AF to bugger off and we can get started!

Well i just got a bfn and had some more pink stuff but feel very afish now so think af will be here by the moring am feeling down about it right at this minute

Oh crazy, so sorry - I know it must be hard when you'd got your hopes up but we're all here for you with cyber hugs and a large .

poor you crazy, hopes getting up is the cruelest part. i hate the week before AF. Poor DP has been working away (was supposed to be back yesterday but had to work an extra day) and he just got back after a horrible long flight and he is tired. Instead of being nice to him i started a row about something silly and he suggested we 'call it a day' :(

We sorted it out and both apologised and had a cuddle but this stress is making it really hard. i hate the maniac i have become!

we both got our hopes up this month :(

By the way does anyone know where to get a bunny girl outfit? DP is making sexy grumblings about them so i think i owe him that after my ridiculous behaviour tonight.

Better to be a bunny girl than a bunny boiler!!

Aww sorry to hear so many are having a bad time at the minute! I can't exactly speak from experience so have no wonderful words of wisdom to offer I am afraid. Although in an attempt to lighten the mood.. I have been baking a yummy chocolate cake (and will offer it round with mugs of tea) and as I am new to ttc I have just learnt about ewcm and can now never look at an egg again in the same way (I had a right good feel to see what it should feel like )

Hope everyone is feeling much more positive soon!!

Oh n spuddy, Ann summers do bunny girls or type in bunny girl fancy dress in google if your not feeling so confident loads of results

Hello Minipie jump on board.

Sorry to hear that crazy : (

Clandy I am happily chomping on your cake. However too much and we may end up turning into slightly plump bunnies more suited to a pie.

Cats I grew up with lots of rescue moggies and miss them. This kiddy idea isn't a kitty substitute.

Hiding indoors until the riots blow over.

Hi all - can I have a ticket for this bus? I'm hoping I'm not here under false pretenses...

I spent 2 cycles on the March bus (waves at Pipbin)got BFP but sadly had MC,so now waiting for AF and then hoping I will get BFP in time to be a May girl - hope that makes sense!

Sorry and pleased to see some familiar names,IYSWIM, and FX for everyone this time!!

Adding myself if that's ok

MorningCoffee (29) TTC#3 Af due 27th August
Bleats (31) TTC#1 af due 31st Aug ish
FloydieDoydie (32) TTC1, CD6 AF due 3rd Sept (approx)
Pipbin (36) ttc#1 AF due sept 3 (aprox)
HorseyGirl1 (39) ttc 1 AF due Sept 3 (approx)
Spuddybean (34) ttc#1 AF is due 5 sept.
MyCatLikesToHideInBoxes (37) ttc#2 AF due 5th Sept(ish)
Byrnsie30 (30) ttc#1 OV due 21/22 Aug, AF 7th Sept
minipie (31) ttc#1 AF due 7 Sept
Clandy (23) ttc baby 2 af due.. Erm no idea
Imustbecrazy(26) ttc#2 no idea at the min as still not had Aug af!!!
bridgieboo (35) ttc #2 no idea about AF

Hello bridgieboo delighted that you have come on board, pull up a seat and grab yourself a cuppa