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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

Brooking No Argument for Positive Pee Sticks, Healthy Pregnancies and Home-made Cakes!!!

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TheLittleFriend · 08/10/2011 12:33

And so it begins again.....

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NinjaChipmunk · 23/10/2011 12:11

ok, just ad to pop back to say
when was your last af?
are your lines very positive on the opk?

NinjaChipmunk · 23/10/2011 12:12

my last af was on 23 sept and i got a + last tuesday.........do you have any tests?

possiblemaybebaby · 23/10/2011 12:14

It is possible to ovulate early Munk....

DrMunkenstein · 23/10/2011 12:16

Ahhh you lot! Grin

Just cracked open a cheapie and as predicted negative.

Just think my hormones are acting strangely!!

possiblemaybebaby · 23/10/2011 12:21

Oh Munk, I am a terrible influence Grin

Maybe do another ov test in a few days time and see what it says?

NinjaChipmunk · 23/10/2011 12:24

sorry to hear thank munk but you know what the other answer is....go shag like your life depends on it!

Solars · 23/10/2011 12:44

Arghh that crazy lady AF, can't believe she's dared to show her face again to you Popcorn & Stasi. Hope you're both ok Thanks

Welcome back Generic glad you had such a lovely holiday and looking forward to you confirming next week!

Thanks for the banana loaf Shiny just what I needed.

Hope you're better today Biscuits

DrMunk strange about those opks, it could be just that the hormones are just hanging about, not sure what to say. I got a positive on my opk this morning, however I forgot to test yesterday. This is the first month i've used them after quite a while and when I previously used them as soon as I got a positive I used to stop using them, but I'm going to test again tomorrow out of curiosity now! As Ninja said I think you just need to shag like your life depends on it. Glad to hear you're doing ok Ninja

On the drinking debate I agree with Scream & Maybe. I don't drink a great deal anyway but I have had the odd glass in the 2ww.

Solars · 23/10/2011 12:46

Oh yes Stasi how exciting with your wedding coming up, I love a bit of wedding chat too!

musicalmrs · 23/10/2011 13:03

Afternoon preggos!

Welcome Stasi and Beedle. This is truly one of the nicest threads on MN! I'm also slightly biased as I got my BFP on my first full month on the thread.. :)

Farfalla, so pleased your results were great!

Stasi, how exciting about your impending wedding!

Off to see lots of old friends from uni today, then off to a wedding reception - looking forward to it! Feeling very achey and crampy though, so not looking forward to the late night. What's with all the aches/cramps going round at the moment..?

shinyblackgrape · 23/10/2011 13:53

Right ladies - the pee-aholic is back!

We are going to DH's parents next Friday night. Wont be home til Sunday.

AF is due on Sat or Sunday.

DH thinks we should wait and see if AF turns up and then test if not. [hhmm]

I, on the other hand, want to test before we go. DH thinks it could be too early and best to wait. I don't want to be an MIL and PILS constantly running to the loo to see if AF has arrived.

Thoughts please? What would be the earliest day do you think I could test and be reasonably sure that it was correct? DH thinks that the First Response tests don't seem to be very accurate (understandably) so no point testing 6 days before period is due, which I think would be Wed.

I soooooooo wish I had not handed those tests over to him!

Solars · 23/10/2011 14:14

Shiny I would say the longer you can hold out the better but if you do want to test before you're away I would suggest friday, anything earlier could just give you a false negative (personally I'm inclined to agree with your DH, but then I've been ttcing for quite a while now:()

Loooopy · 23/10/2011 15:55

shiny not everyone gets a positive that quickly anyhow. I know for a fact i conceived my DS following sex on Feb 14th 2010. I did my first test on Wednesday 3rd March (17 days after sex) and got a BFN with first morning urine. I then did a second test on Tuesday 9th March mid morning as still felt odd (sore boobs, lots of cramping - which i didn't realise was stretching pains as i'd not really read up on symptoms like those!) and got my BFP!!

This was our first month of trying, so please don't worry too much as whilst some people do take a while, equally some people don't take long at all! But just because it is referred to as a 2ww, it doesn't mean you will get a BFP early or dead on the 2 weeks.

Re drinking, i stopped as soon as we decided to start trying, and the same with not eating things that you shouldn't eat when pregnant, as i thought i should just in case, and i was glad i did given that i fell pregnant on our very first attempt. But if it had taken months and months, then i am not sure i would have the willpower to still cut things out. (no booze, rare meat, dippy eggs, halloumi, i don't like most of the other things that you shouldn't have anyhow!)

Now want DC number 2 but still no sign of AF's returning...but nice hearing the positiveness of this thread until i can become a fully fledged member of the rat smackers, and enjoying practising in the meantime lol

possiblemaybebaby · 23/10/2011 18:05

Shiny I think it very much depends how you would feel if it were to be a BFN (not to say it won't turn into a BFP if you wait a few days). I myself got so sick of seeing them when I tested early that I now try to wait until I am late.

Even though some tests detect HCG early, they are not all that reliable.

Musical how are you doing?

Hope all is well with you to solars

TheLittleFriend · 23/10/2011 19:23

Shiney maybe is right that if it's a bfn,, you might feel really miserable, even if it is not correct. And it wouldn't stop you running to check for af at your pil's. However, if you were to wait until Monday you probably could be pretty sure of the result.....
But if you are confident that a bfn on Friday wouldn't faze you, then of course go ahead.
Whatever you decide, we're brooking no argument for a happy outcome!

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DizzyKipper · 23/10/2011 19:56

Sorry to hear the evil witch caught up with you stasi, however a honeymoon baby does sound perfect. It was what me and OH had originally planned (before our lives went haywire that is), although we are now talking about the possibility of a wedding again (though on a much smaller scale) before the little one arrives. Also I used pre-seed last cycle and it's also the cycle I got my BFP - so I personally have a bias towards it Wink.

Munk waiting until CD40 before cracking open a cheapie sounds very restrained indeed, what day are you on currently?

Also I concur with scream, until your little one has implanted there is no way alcohol can get into its system. Knowing when s/he's implanted is another matter - I think it can range from anywhere between 3-12 days after conception has taken place, but on average is around 9 days (don't hold me to those numbers though!). At first I abstained, but it's hard to do this when life keeps getting you down and conception is not being fruitful, so then I tended to avoid the 2ww in the end instead. However the important thing to me is knowing that 1 drink or 2 is not ultimately going to cause irrevocable harm to your little one - so long as you're not knocking it back like there's no tomorrow then you shouldn't beat yourself up about it.

Hi there, life does get busy doesn't it? I found when trying to arrange my midwife booking in appointment that the surgery won't schedule it until 6 weeks after I called them, so I have to wait 'til I'm 10 weeks before seeing her (I'm hoping there'll be a scan at the same time!). I'm assuming it's to give all us pregnant women who phone them time to MC first so we don't unnecessarily waste their time (which I get the thinking behind but still felt a little Hmm at the thought of it). It might be worth phoning your surgery to see if they have similar policies.

Hope you have a good time at the wedding reception musicalmrs, and I'm also in the crampy club.

shiny seeing as you're going to your inlaws in the evening I think you should just test Friday morning. That's only 1-2 days before AF is due so with a FR you have a reasonable chance of getting an accurate result.

possiblemaybebaby · 23/10/2011 20:32

Dizzy! How are you? Lovely to see you Grin A wedding? Lovely.

All is very quiet in here today, where is everyone?

Solars · 23/10/2011 21:38

Things are good with me (now) Maybe thanks, I had some horrible crampy type pains coming from the left side of my lower abdomen earlier. DH said it could be ovulation pains and considering I tested positive this morning on my opk I have to agree with him. Has anyone else suffered from ovulation pains? This was my first time and quite likely because of the clomid, hope that means it's working and I'm producing lots more eggs, now the tricky part of getting them fertilised!!

Oooo Dizzy another wedding!!

possiblemaybebaby · 23/10/2011 21:40

Wohoo Solars I do indeed get them (though I was starting to think I was imagining this until my results came back ok)

What are you doing on here!!! Get thee and DH to bed Grin

Solars · 23/10/2011 21:48

ermmm DH is lying asleep on the sofa, I'm going to have to entice him somehow...Confused

GenericDietCola · 23/10/2011 21:50

Solars I get them too - particularly badly this month so I did an opk that day and got a positive, so I'm sure they were ovulation pains and not just my over-active imagination

11 dpo here and no af tra la la!

I bring apple and pumpkin cake to add to the groaning table of baked goods.

By the way, have Dizzy and Ninja given us their tutorials yet? Hmm?

Sorry about AF Popcorn and Stasi - this month though.

Biscuitsandtea · 23/10/2011 21:52

I have had ov pains too Solars. I never had then until Jan, and never realised what they were for months. Periody type pains but just on one side. Mine were always on the right side, whichever month.

Because I didn't know what they were and it was mid cycle (and we'd been ttc for a year already) I went to the doctor and 2 different doctors never thought it might be ovulation! In fact they sent me for a scan in case this was my ttc problem!

I am however sure it was ov pain (now I know they exist) but weird how they suddenly started from nowhere! Maybe my busy was getting fed up of no baby and trying to make it all blatantly obvious to me?

Given your clomid, it sounds very likely that this would be what it is - stands to reason if your ovaries are working harder?

So go forth and fertilise!!

Biscuitsandtea · 23/10/2011 21:53

Work it Solars WinkWink

Solars · 23/10/2011 22:01

I can't believe so many of you get them, mine were really painful so much so that I had to take painkillers (which I hate doing anyway!) Will try to work it Biscuits

Right I'm going to nab a slice of your apple & pumpkin cake Generic and try to drag DH to bed....

DrMunkenstein · 23/10/2011 22:16

I get ov pains as well too. Felt very nauseous today, and sore boobs.

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