Jump on the Polar Express to August / early September 2012

[Whysoserious]

TOOT TOOOOOOOT!!

All aboard the very festive Polar Express to Ausgust / early September. Come aboard for some mulled wine, Christmas cheer and lots of festive fun to get us all relaxed and up the duff by the end of 2011.

I shall be your conductor aka Tom whysoserious Hanks so tickets please! Dress code is snuggle PJs or Christmas jumpers.

As well as lots of TTC support we can share in Christmas fun, gift and decoration ideas. We need to be good though to Saint nick brings us our BFPs!

Who's with me?

sneaky internet trick if you don't want your DH / DP's knowing that you are researching cervical positions / cervical mucus and other unromantic stuff... in your browser select tools, InPrivate Browsing. Everything will be hidden in a new window until you close it! then it disappears not in your history or anything! simples :)

alos got a question about temping... if i need a wee at 5:30 or 6:30 and I don't get up normally til 7:30 when do i take my temp? Can i just still do it at 7:30 when my alarm goes off?

as promised an update from my GP appointment. I have an upside down cervix (kind of links into the conversations previous about how to find it!! I couldn't for a reason) which surprisingly shouldn't be causing a problem and have to have blood tests. One on first day of cycle and then days 21,28,35 and so on so they can check for ovulation. GP took whole thing very seriously as floydie suggested.
Thanks all for the support in going.

jencd according to my GP you have to take your temperature, before you get up and after you've had at least three hours of uninterrupted sleep. So if you wake up and go for a wee less than 3 hours before your actual get up time it makes sense to take the temperature then..

Wow flamingo an upside down cervix? That's an interesting one. Is that common? Will it have any effect on your chances of conceiving?

Totally agree re Internet search history, esp on the iPhone. When you do a search in google and it brings up all of the most recent things you've been searching for - you do have to be careful who is looking!

I am about 10 dpo and trying to hold off on testing but I'm getting itchy feet as always. I stocked up on tests this month so I have a load of cheapies, 2 clear blue digis and also some superdrug ones left over from last month. I think that should be enough!

I had a blood test on day 21 and got my results today. Apparently the one that measures for ov should be 40 or over and mine was 37. So not too low, the Dr didn't seem concerned. Just waiting for results of dh sperm sample now.

This month though my boobs are really tender and do seem to have got bigger. I keep getting sharp pains in the same area of my stomach. Im telling myself I'm trying not to read too much into it but I actually am reading a lot into it of course!!

How many dpo do you try to get to before testing?

Aw, Spud, that sucks. So sorry. You take it easy and be kind to yourself. New start in the New Year. Good luck.

I have a laptop and DH has a computer with many screens that runs a sound and entertainment system in a room all of his own which I frankly find too daunting to do anything in other than dust so no chance of him seeing what I'm looking for.

Just Googled what BFN stands for. My sympathies to all x

Its my first month temping, so I'm new to all this. I still don't know if I have ovulated yet as my thermometer is not showing any sharp rise in temperature and it's cd22 already. My period is a little irregular with cycle around 34 days, but I would have thought I would have ovulated by now? (I got my thermometer only has 1 digit - have been to boots and superdrugs that's what they have - where do you get 2 digits ones from?)

Stomach is feeling funny but that could be becoz I skipped lunch (way too busy at work )

Sorry for the BFN, Spud. Hope you get a BFY next time! Good luck everyone!

Someone give me a slap around the head please I have jut about convinced myself I am pg

Sorry about your bfn spud head up girl

Mmm what else are you hiding from DH jen ?? hahahaha

MrsC slap withheld - why've you convinced yourself you're pg? And why couldn't you be?

Sorry about bfn spud

DH at work. Stinking cold - no mission of SWI tonight. Not been trying long but DSis trying for third, DAunt trying for second, BF's OH pg with twins (!) - self pity and beckon.

Thanks for the cervical position info squirrel -think I'll start trying to get to know myself a little bit better after Christmas !
We're going away for Christmas today starting with a boozy lunch with friends, I'm very excited - and because have AF, can have some guilt free!
See you all in the NY for some 2ww and symptom spotting.

Ha Ha! All my online shopping of course! :)

Actually DH's dad was staying with us for a bit last month and I learned the trick then... didn't want him getting ideas about my cervical mucus! LOL!

Don't worry too much about the BFN spuddy bean... have to keep optimistic and at least you can have a sherry or two over Christmas and lots of tipsy SWI.

flamingo keep us posted on the blood tests! good luck :)

OK, so my last three days temping must have been crap seeing as I got up to wee most mornings but was too blurry eyed and scared I'd fall asleep and choke on thermometer to do the temping then. And maybe it's why I was .1 degree lower than the lowest body temperature on the chart my doctor gave me this morning. Or maybe it's just freezing in my house!

Setting off for my mum's tonight... gonna feel like a teenager over the next week trying to get up to rumpy pumpy every time my parents backs are turned!!!

AF was early for me but I'm like mrsmellow and happy about it. Looking forward to lots of mulled wine, sherry trifle and gorging on foods I hope will soon be banned (prawns, chicken liver pate, unpasteurised cheese).

But I'll be front of the line with my ticket and eagerness for good behaviour come January

Sorry to hear about all the BFNs Relax and enjoy Christmas and fully indulge in all the festivities.

MrsC any updates on your thoughts?? Very intriguing and I hope you're right.

I am 6 or 7 dpo. Woke up feeling slightly nauseous this morning and had a big temp rise...unfortunately this is because it was my Christmas party last night and I had a few glasses of wine (naughty I know... Although I did restrain myself it was only 3 I think and had I have been pre O I would have sunk a lot more than that!)

Anyhoo, no symptoms whatsoever. Don't feel remotely like I could be pregnant. I anticipate pre-AF spotting to start in about 3 days and I get cramps before that. Haven't noticed much crampage yet today but that's probably because I haven't moved much yet.

Off to get DHs Christmas presents now with lack of inspiration. I'll see if moving around brings on the cramps

Good luck whysoserious and mrsC, hope you'll get a BFP!!

waiting and mrsmellow commiserations. At least you can enjoy some wine at Xmas

jencd I'm new to temping too, my temperature isn't really showing a trend and I wonder if that's because of the thermometer I got from superdrugs, which is single digit as I can't find any double digit ones.

Have a great Xmas everyone and fingers crossed for more BFPs

Hi all - a quick word before I head to work - jennilondon - look on Amazon for a BBT (basal body temperature) thermometer. The one you have now won't work for this purpose - it needs to be two decimal places as your temp throughout the cycle only goes up and down a little bit and the one you have now isn't accurate enough - good luck!

jennilondon I've started temping this month too and it is all very confusing. Trying to take it at the same time is the most stressful! This morning DH woke up to go to the toilet at 5am and when he got back in bed her dared to snuggle up to me with his cold limbs and woke me up with a start. Poor thing was greeted with "oh well done! You've woken me up and completely ruined my temperature taking. I'll have to to it now because I won't get 3 hrs sleep now you idiot!!" Temping makes me evil

But I second what squirrel says - if you get one off amazon it'll be better. Mine is called babymad and cost about £4.

Right now mrsC where are you after your very enigmatic message? any news????

Thanks all! I thought about getting it from amazon but because I wanted to start ASAP (at that point it's around 8 days after last period) so I thought I'd go get one from superdrugs rather than waiting for one to arrive in the post.

How wrong was I... Didnt realise how inaccurate it is. I generally take it for a few times to hope to get same number but i rarely do. Eg today first reading is 36.8 then i thought, is that the shift i have been looking for? (generally temp is around 36.6) then took again, 36.4. Hm. Then its 36.6. All these are within 5 minutes of me lying in bed. Oh well... We shall find out if the SWI this cycle worked at all in early Jan!

To be honest that happens to me with my 2 decimal point one. I don't get the whole temperature thing. I guess you have to do it for a couple of months before you get a feel for it.

hi guys

well here are some of my symptoms that i seem to be having that have been making my imagination run away with itself !! yesterday i was thinking to myself should we tell our parents on christmas day or just wait a few weeks ?? wtf not even got bfp yet !!!!! anyway ive been feeling super tired , moody (fell out with dh last night for not eating his pizza !! wft ??!! haha ) , have been having strange and random bouts of nausea and heartburn (only ever get heartburn when i drink certain alcohol) and been quite contstipated the past few days. and in the pst 7 days i have had 3 very weeeeeird dreams !!

to be honest whyso i think any symptoms up to implantation are probably imaginary anyway so you are probably better with no symptoms you are less likely to drive yourself crazy wondering what they mean.

good luck to everyone else testing over the christmas weekend !!

Yay MrsC I've been desperate for you to come back and update (as you can probably tell haha!)

Interesting symptoms - hope it's a Christmas Day BFP for you! You could wrap the HPT up and give it to your parents

I'm trying to decide if i'm getting AF cramps or not. I had cramping for a couple of days and then it went yesterday and the day before. Today I'm getting sharp pains in my, errr...how can I put this...umm.. undercarriage? What's that all about then?! I also have a warm Gucci feeling in my lower abdomen. And I felt knackered when I walked upstairs - but that's probably standard because I'm way unfit at the mo.

That was supposed to say a warm fuzzy feeling haha!! Gucci???? Clearly I must be pregnant with a chavvy designer baby

Ahahaha whyso made me laugh there !!

Well af should arrive at any point from now until Christmas day so I'm constant knicker checking

Yip whyso I did realise !! Havent been on since I left that message I have been soooo busy !! So when I saw your messages I had to jump on the laptop haha (iPhone wouldn't let me post) didn't wana leave you hanging any longer haha !!

I kinda wana test today i am too impatient . Who wants to talk me into just waiting until Christmas day as I gad planned !!

Ps everyone whyso is having a Gucci babyyyyy

Fuzzy Gucci feeling. Hahaha lol