We are jolly well going to get preggers this month and keep it with some Rat smacking, pom pom waving, baking, visualising and brooking no argument. JUST FERTILISE!

[farfallarocks]

Ladies, here we are.
Let's crack on.

generic, i have absolutely everything crossed and am on tenterhooks... And can't stop smiling about scarlet's BFP- the happiness is certainly catching!

ooh, yes please maybe daily folic acid reminders- and maybe vit b complex for those on that too- would be very helpful.

Just to make it clear, this month i am BROOKING NO ARGUMENT and WILL be getting a BFP

Oh Dream it goes without saying you will be getting your BFP. Tis only a matter of peeing on a stick (or in a ramekin)

Of course Dream

Yay Generic I'm just hoping hubby is compliant in the rat smacking this month as he has a stressful interview on monday. I've never had a cycle buddy :)

scarlet glad your appt went well, continue with the pom poms and fingers crossed for a sticky bean!

Dream Have you tried putting your vits in the way of something you use every day? If you have to move them to get to what you want, that will be your reminder to take them. I'm useless at remembering too but I've taken mine every day for the last week since buying them so fingers crossed I will continue to do so

Well my last cycle buddies were Scarlet and Dream so maybe I'm a good luck charm!

Yes, jen, thats what i should do. I didn't take them before i got pg with DD but did take some though not every day when i was actually pg!!!! They need a new home!!

I have mine on my bedside table Dream and take them before I go to bed.

its the 'take them with your main meal' bit on mine that gets me- i remember them in the day, and think 'oh i mustn't forget' and then at tea time- no hint of memory!

Right gals, could it be AT ALL possible to be preggers if the last time you did the deed was on CD8 and you ovulated on CD14. It is impossible isn't it? The swimmers can't live that long, can they?
Just that I really miss my monthly POAS ritual and AF due on Friday and, and, and.........

ps my folic acid is by the kettle, take it with my first coffee and brekkie and have to hide it when friends come over for dinner!

I would say there is a chance Farfalla if they are determined little swimmers

Swimmers that are BROOKING NO ARGUMENT, I like that

farfalla my DH says they can live 7 days. maybe a strong swimmer did hang about. I don't know how evidence based that is. Though the odds must be lower i don't think its impossible.

As the thread starter farfalla you have made sure that the swimmers were long life and are therefore preggers.

we've got drawers in our kitchen table so i put my vits in there so they are handy.
Its making me how many of us will now rush ut and buy vit b complex.

I have a question about ewcm if i may. I use ov sticks (when i remember) which show up the surge in hormones before you ovulate. I also get ewcm. How long after the surge in hormones do you usually ovulate and do you have ewcm on the day (i know you have it leading up to it but not sure how to detect what actual day ov happens and don't want to start charting or shell out for cb monitor). Like this month I got the hormone surge on day 10 on my ov stick which makes me think i prob ov'd on day 11 or 12. But I do find that once swi starts it is v difficult to tell when ewcm stops and its just the backwash of the previous night if you get my drift? Just wondered if there is a way to tell...

I say if you want to poas, pee on that stick farfalla it could be possible. I don't think it would for me as I never really get ewcm and I think the little guys like the right climate in order to hang around any length of time

My vits are also on the kitchen surface in a prominent position and get quickly shoved in a cupboard when people come to visit!

My vits live in the breakfast bowls (I know you're meant to take them wityh main meal but that is just too much to remember). Also DH is like a monkey in that I have to train him to have something in his routine. As long as the vits are on top of the pile of bowls, he'll take them. In fact, he'll probably never stop taking them now...... I also hide them when people come round just in case they should happen to be looking in that cupboard......

7 days! Blimey, so there is hope, hmmmm.
ninja I usually get the EWCM about 2/3 days before I ovulate according to the shag dictator.
However, my accupuncture lady is sceptical about ov sticks and things and says the body is a more reliable indicator, i,e EWCM is very near OV time.
I would say go for it when you get EXCM and continue for the next few days just to cover the bases!

I know what you mean about back wash, I find I get a massive glob of it though as opposed to just a bit of backwash.

Have ordered First Response on amazon so hopefully that will stop me POAS until at least Friday before they get here and I won't use the stashed internet cheapies in the bathroom, oh no

Arg, you have to take folic acid with a main meal?? I take mine first thing in the morning when taking my temp! Is that 8 months worth of folic acid down the drain then??? What happens if you don't take them with a main meal? Do they erode your stomach or something

Ninja - not sure on the OPK bit, but I always have EWCM on the day of ov itself but it dries up by the next day. Do you take your temps? I'd heartily recommend it as it gives certainty as to ov day plus I'm a bit of a geek I always get really happy when I see my temp shift, regardless of whether I'm in the running that month or not!

I am a bit geeky and just remember to take my Folic but then again I have been TTCing for 16 months Now ( ) so I guess it has just becomes routine...

Ninja Re: Ov sticks i think it sometimes tells you on the box that once you get the positive surge that you are likely to ovulate within the next 12 to 36 hours I think??? I don't have any around to check for you.

Farfalla I think anything is possible in the world of pregnancy! I've read too that the swimmers can hang around for 7 days at the most, so you're in with a chance! I think these buggers can be quite strong too, a friend of mine got a surprise pregnancy whilst still having the implanted contraception thingy in her!! For 4 months she didn't realise she was pregnant!!!

Well I'm going to be offline for a couple of days as I'm off up norf (well to the midlands actually)

Will be thinking of you Dream and hoping to hear some good news on my return. Is someone else testing soon too? Good luck and keep those visualisations going!

Hope i'm your good luck charm too Generic

Maybe my cousins husband almost got onto the Great British Bake Off, I think he has in the last 20, but I missed it last night! I would be tempted by all the baking too!

Generic not insensitive in the slightest. I know you're right and I really am hoping this is the one.

dream I've been taking folic acid every day since last September! Try and do it at the same time every day then it will become a habit. I have my vitBcomplex with my breakfast and my folic acid is taken before bed. I can't be doing those Pregnacare things, they're massive! Are you testing tomorrow then?

Farfalla you're still in the game. If you see a stick? Pee on it!