anyone trying for a big fat positive in January 06?

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Right then girlies..........I know i cant be the only one! If you cant wait to get Christmas out of the way so you can start ttc in January, sign up here! all our ttc threads seem to have gone v. quiet lately, im drummng up business for the luckiest, most hopeful, positive thread for 2006 babydust essential if you can do it! Come on, get your names down, January is a long dark month you know!

hi there hellomamma.... sorry to hear you feeling down too, but for diff reasons by the sound of it. Just remind me , are you the family planning/fertility nurse? Where are you living at the mo and where would you like to relocate to?

Hi Ladies

Have Dd aged 7 months and are TTC hopefully in the next few months as i would like a small age gap between them.
First day of last period was christmas day, i am regular as clockwork to the day each month so when would my most fertile days be?

The thing is Dd was concieved only 2 days after period so i am confused and think i may be ovulating earlier in the month? or even twice?
Can this happen?

hi butterfly , welcome to the friendliest nicest thread around
theres not many of us here at mo , but you are more than welcome.
some of the others might be able to answer your "technical" questions.... imo i am sure you only ovulate once per cycle, in fact am sure.
peachy is a good expert as is trace, when they are on.

Yes I am the sexual health nurse woman! I currently live in oxfordshire but want to go back home to Devon near our families.

Butterfly girl, assuming you have a normal 28 day cycle:

The day you first start bleeding on your period is day 1 of your cycle. Most people bleed for between 4-7 days. You would then release an egg on about day 14 and this egg lives for around 48 hours. This is the time when you are most fertile. Male sperm can live up to a week, so if you have sex on day 10 of your cycle, assuming you release an egg on day 14, you could still get pregnant, even if you haven't had sex for 5 days. My advice though to any woman wanting to get pregnant is to have sex at least once a day on days 10-17 of your cycle, to give yourself the best chance of success.

HTH. Let me know if any of that is confusing. You are probably on day 16 of your cycle now, so you have probably already ovulated (again, assuming you have a 28 day cycle).

HI
I am here but a bit in and out. The tea is herbal - caffine free and is supposed to taste like normal tea. It come from Souh Africa and we have several SAs at work so I'll ask them about it.
Hi Butterfly welcome to the thread How long is your cycle? The question I ask everyone is How is your cervical mucus - a bit personal when weve only just met, but this gives a good indicator of fertile times (homemamma will back me up on this! I posted on the other thread but congrats again.)
Pussycat Sorry about AF

hi hmama you are a mine of information!
can i just ask 1 ickle question?
I think i have started my af really early, about 5 days early, but at the moment am still at the "brown" stage, not the bright red blood stage (god, im - sorry if tmi)
Am i right in thinking the first day of red is day 1?
nearly sent myself round the bend this month, thnkin it was implantation bleeding, wishful thinking im afraid. Does everone get implantation bleed if they are get pregnant, if they do, how much like a period is it??
btw, Devon is beautiful part of world to live, how come you in oxford?

also is it ESSENTIAL to get egg white cm, if none does this mean not ovulating? i have never yet to this day found any cm which is very clear and wet, let alone stretchy to a couple of inches as per Zita West specifications!!!

Thanks for the advice.
I do have a regular 28 day cycle. Dd was just a stroke of luck then as she was concieved after just one occasion of unprotected sex in that month !! but like you said sperm can live for a few days so it must have been timed well.

If nothing happens this month i will remember days 10-17 being good days next month.
Thanks

Hello all! I'm here now. SIL just left with her 2 kids and I've just put ds to bed. Settling down with my horlicks and mumsnet! [saddo emoticon]

hiya northy, we are all saddos together then, im in my pjays with the last remaining choccies from the christmas roses tin [guilty but not bovvered emoticon!]

Yes I'm in my PJ's too! Watching popstars/soapstars thingy.

much as i would like to be able to watch soapstars p*ssing about, does anyone know about eggwhite stuff, see prev post?? northener!

Sorry Pussycatmamma THere's me banging about about singing soapstars when there's serious business going on here!

Don't know anything about implantation bleeding so am interested to hear the answer on that. Regarding CM, not quite sure, have read it should be egg whitey. Mine is. However, surely having periods means you are ovulating though? If you don't ovulate you don't get periods do you?

Not much help am i Sorry, quite new to this and not very knowledgable.

The cervical mucous is v important, but it will appear different to different women. Its purpose is to act like a straw, or ladder, for the sperm to travel up, directly into the womb.

The brown blood you're seeing would be classed as the first day of your period pussycatmomma.

I think implantation bleeding is a bit of a phenomenon, and in my experience it isnt that common. It can be anything from a bit of brown blood to red spotting, but only a bit.

As for Oxfordshire, we moved here to get out of London due to the old chesnut, needing a bigger place to live and wanted a nicer place to raise a family. But we have shot ourselves int he foot as it is just as expensive here and not as fun as lOndon!!!!

Like a ladder for sperm! I didn't know that.

Hellomamma I've never been to Devon but it sounds great. Do you have any children or are you ttc no 1?

Your job must be very interesting. Bet you've got som estories to tell

thankyou v. much hellomamma, i am thinking i now have to re-calculate my dates a little bit....
dont worry northener! we are all on a steep learning curve here!!!!
hellomamma....sorry to go on, but if my cycles are sometimes different lengths, does this indicate that ovulation would not always be same time each month?

hmmm, yes the cm.....
is there anything that can make us produce more of the good-ladder type stuff? if its snakes and ladders, think mine must be acting as a big slidy snake, sperm obv not getting very far

You can have periods and not ovulate. A period doesn't mean an awful lot taken on its own merits - for example you have 'periods' when taking the pill and the way that works is to stop ovulation. It just demonstrates that there has been a decrease in particular hormones.

Temperature charting, cervical mucous and periods all put together all give you an accurate picture about what is happening in the cycle. Being aware of all these things will give a better chance of pregnancy. Although it is true that the 14 year old will almost always get pregnant first time she has sex wherever she is in her cycle - because that is sods law!!!

God I'm learning lots tonight!

me too....
i know its only our first foray into ttc.......my dh thinks i should "relax" "dont think about it" and that we should just do the biz as and when and if i get pregnant marvelous, if not, it will happen when its ready.
Cor isnt life simple when you are a MAN.

It doesnt really matter how much / big / long / stretchy the cervical mucous is as long as its there as the cervix also acts as a sucker, slurping the sperm up the straw-like mucous when the time is right (yes our bodies really are amazing!). I dont think there is anything you can do to change your lot but dont worry, because everone has it to some degree whether you can see it externally or not!

If you have cycles of different lengths, then it generally means that you will probably be ovulating at different times of the month which does make things a bit tricky. You could try using one of those ovulation kits, although they are v expensive (about £25 i think ) and I think you should try for at least 6 -12 months first before resorting to that (unless you are loaded) as the average time to conceive is 6-12 months for the average, healthy couple.

If you have a regular, but longer cycle than 28 days, then as a rule, it is only the first part of the cycle that is longer - from ovulation to the next period (first day of bleeding) it is virtually always 14 days. So: if you have a 35 day cycle, you would ovulate on around day 21.

Yes, life is so simple for men. Maybe we should take a leaf out of their book.

easier said than done though eh , we can but try
thanks hellomamma, you have been mega helpful.
sorry i sort of took over tonight with my going on and on.
im away to bed now, (((((hugs to all)))))
(pusscat yawns, leaves , and goes off to dream of one day having a baby)
x x x chat tomorrow. night night

No worries! I'm off to bed now too - we have 18 month old dysfunctional sleeper already! Any questions please ask, I do check the thread as often as I can. Sleep well x

Night all.

PCM you line about dreaming about having a baby really touched me. You will one day.