Jump on the Polar Express to August / early September 2012

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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?

< Jumps on after running after train for half a mile >

I've next to no chance of conceiving this cycle as I'm ovulating now but get married at the weekend (we're TTC as of then) but I thought I'd say hi before starting on earnest next month unless sperm was living in me waiting for my coil to come out on Tues and made a dash for an egg and I'm actually pregnant now

WaitingForMe (29) TTC#1, 1st cycle, af due 22nd Dec

Welcome, Mistress, and Waiting, and congratulations on the wedding for the weekend. How exciting! Are you going on honeymoon straight after? Often a good time to get pregnant!

Huge congratulations to Maccy, wow!

Huge congrats on your BFP Maccy.

Welcome waitingfor me and have a wonderful wedding. Very exciting!

Well not much news my end. I'm slowly starting to drive myself mad with this ttc business and we've not really been trying too long! I think it's cos I feel so out of control with it all. Feeling totally convinced that I won't get a BFP this month considering DH and I have hardly seen each other due to work things/xmas do's and doesn't help that he will be away most of next week.

But not to put a dampner on things I am getting into the xmas spirit. Put our tree up today and been writing xmas cards. Am pretty much done with my xmas shopping so am going to start wrapping presents. I love doing that. I am very lucky I have my DD to run me ragged keep my spirits up so just going to concentrate on making this xmas a special one for her and partake in a few cherrys for myself

I think I'm gong to treat myself to a CBFM next cycle so hopefully that will help me feel like I'm taking charge a bit more and may also join the irregular's amongst us in going to the doctors.

Have a great weekend all.

Thanks ss I'm not worried yet -come March (the cut off in my head!) I might make an appointment..
Wow waiting so exciting - have a wonderful wedding weekend and then it's Christmas - what an exciting time for you!
eliza I finished my Christmas cards yesterday (virtuous ) - but have some way to go on the Christmas shopping. My sis lives in the US and is coming home so I've ordered some stuff for her to carry - may need to pay her excess baggage too, but will still have saved some cash !
Just always find men harder to shop for -my Dad has everything already!

Cannot wait for end of tomorrow...

Hey ladies, alright to hop aboard?

Im new to all this and told myself i was going to stay calm and relax for the first few months but ive gone a bit baby mad and could really do with some peeps to talk to!

Details are (29) TTC#1, 1st cycle, AF due 31st Dec.

Doh! Im not 29! Im 28! Sorry, i have a bad habit of saying my next age a few months before my birthday and then i automatically think im that age! Oops!

Welcome Newbies

Af is due tomorrow is anybody else due over the weekend if so when are you thinking of testing.

On the christmas shopping topic so far I have not done very much and really need to get a move on with it.

Hope all you Ladies are having a lovely evening.

Can anyone clarify this for me - when does 2WW start??? Is it from when you DTD or from OV?

Thanks for any replies

Haha bumblebee, I do that as well. Makes a nice surprise when you realise you aren't as old as you thought. Need all the help when you get to my age!

Penguin, I think it's from ov but am sure someone else who is a bit more tuned into these things than me can confirm.

I think the 2ww is from when you ov (if you know when that is!)

Very blue and grumpy today (pretty sure AF is on her way, usually have mood dips for that)... On the upside, will be able to drink over Christmas making family more tolerable

Hi all,

Congrats to the BFPs and commiserations to those for whom AF has paid an unwelcome visit...

Does anyone have any advice?

DH and I SWI-ed on last night and the night before, but still no clear signs of ovulation, although I have a feeling it might happen tomorrow. I think he's completely worn out from all the shagging (as am I, TBH!). I thought I would ovulate today and said to him last night that doing it tonight might be too late...so I think he thinks it's all done for the month...

How can I seduce him for one last time tonight? Last night's session was decidedly un-romantic. He is on late shift and doesn't get home til 11:30, but which time I'm pretty tired. I just don't know what to do, as I don't want to miss out on the egg!

As you can see I've gone a bit completely mad! I don't want him to feel like he's a sperm donor but want him to get the message it's really important that the timing is right....arrghhh - advice welcome....

Hey squirrel
From what I understand, sperm lasts for up to 3 days in the womb, so if it is there, it will still be there tonight and you don't have to dtd on the day of ovulation. I think you should take it easy tonight and have a lazy morning in bed tomorrow and one thing may well lead to another - and the sperm tomorrow will also have another chance. In fact from what I understand, even if you don't have sex until tomorrow night, the egg should still be wandering down the fallopian tube looking for something fun to do and you should still have the possibility of fertilisation. It isn't a 'now or never' thing.
And having sex on demand is a bit miserable, despite what porn films try to portray!

I hope that helps!

why didn't my smile work? - well you get the gist!

Squirrel I think Mrsmellow is right don't think it will hurt if you miss dtd tonight if you did it last night the sperm will still be alive and kicking in there.

Well AF due today and so far she has not turned up.

Thanks for indulging my madness and sorry for hijacking the thread with it. I'm going to try and seduce DH in a low key way (hmmm, not great at that - it's more like a shark attack) but try for tomorrow otherwise.

Cherrypie that sounds promising - fingers crossed! And MrsMellow I hope AF has stayed away from you as well!

I am out AF showed up this evening

I wish you all lots of luck and that santa brings you all those much wanted BFP very soon .

Although just worked out my next cycle and if I conceived this month I would still be due in September so will stay on this bus till the next stop.

getovaryit (36) TTC#1 cycle 7 years on and off! CD22, AF due 8/9th Dec
Mrsmellow (33) TTC#1, cycle 3, CD19, AF due ? 16th Dec
LauraM20 (25) TTC#? cycle 7, AF due dec 16th
OptiMumPrime (37), TTC #2, cycle 6, AF due 19 Dec
Chuckaluck (29) TTC #1, cycle 4 number 1 using ov sticks, AF due 21 Dec
secretsparkle (26) TTC #1, Cycle 2, CBFM Cycle 1, Af Due 21st Dec
JNO18 (31) TTC#1 Cycle 8. CD2. AF due 24th December
MyDaydream (23) TTC #1, cycle 2, AF due 24th December
MrsC (25) TTC#2 cycle 4 AF Due 23-25 Dec
VeniVidiVino TTC#1 Cycle 1, AF Due ? 25th
Squirrel77 (34), TTC#1,cycle 3, AF 25th Dec
Signet (28) TTC #1 cycle 11, AF due 25th Dec
Minshu (37) TTC#2 cycle 9 AF due 26th Dec
Whysoserious (31) TTC#1 cycle 4 (3rd using CBFM) AF due 27th Dec
Elizadoesdolittle (37) TTC#2 cycle 1 AF due st Jan
northeastofeden (30) TTC #1, cycle 1, Af due?
Teapig ( ) TTC#?, Cycle ?, Af Due hopefully soon so she can't start again :-)
Flamingo (34) TTC#1, cycle 8 AF overdue by several days but no blue line
Winkly (30) TTC#1 cycle 1, AF due 3rd Dec
83Bumblebee (28), TTC #1, cycle 1, AF 31st Dec
FloydieDoydie (32) TTC1, cycle 1 after MC, AF due 24 Dec
Ilovehenryboy ttc no.2 (Ds 1 is 3 and a half).. cycle 1, af due?
piggyboo (29) TTC#2, 1st cycle, AF due 12th Dec
flipflopper (32) TTC#3, 1st cycle, af due 4th Jan
Zara1984 (27) TTC#1, cycle 1, AF due around 5 Jan
Spellcheck (38) TTC#4 cycle 1, AF due 22nd/23rd Dec
Jencd (29) TTC #1 cycle 4, AF due some time soon....
penguinpenguin (25) TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due around dec 12th???
cherrypiew3 (30) TTC#4 cycle 3, AF due 6th Jan

Sorry to hear that Cherrypie

maccy congrats!!! It's very encouraging and exciting to see a BFP!

squirrel I wouldn't worry too much about doing it on the day of ovulation, I know when I conceived DS it was 2-3 days before ovulation, those little guys can have quite a bit of stamina! Plus the experts reckon it's better to do it alternate days rather than every day so the sperms are stronger, it's more about quality than quantity.

Well I don't think I'm up the duff this month, I'm now 10 dpo and no implantation cramps like I had with previous 2 pregnancies

Can I be added to the list please?
TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 13/14 DEC

Is it really bad of me that I'm hoping I am preggers this month so baby will be born August and therefore I would save a years worth of nursery/child minder fees? lol
I wouldn't have even thought about it before having DS1 but now I'm a woman speaking from experience

hi can i join you? and can i ask anyone who uses cheapie ebay opk, i got 2 red lines yesterday and today, both as dark as each other, is this right? i thought they were only both dark for a fleeting couple of hours?

Can I just ask a question about opk's please?
Am I correct in thinking that they show after you have ovulated? My cycles are pretty regular and I think I'm pretty good at spotting the signs so not sure if there's any point in me using them?

Welcome newcomers!

Updating my stats as AF arrived today (50 days this cycle!) so I am happily moving to cycle 9 ..bring it on!!

squirrel advice from the experts is sex every other day so you can happily hold off until morning without any worries.

Speaking as a person who has been trying for a while I can tell you that once I started letting my DH know about my madness concern about making sure we dtd at the right time it became more of a joint venture and I felt a lot less like I was working alone. He now keeps a log of dates and has just started updating my charts on his Ipad ( boys love apps and science it appears).

dame aww wish my OH was so supportive. He's so laid back with everything in life, I on the other hand am not.
Once I've decided I want something, I go out and get it, unfortunately pregnancy isn't something I can buy online. He takes a much more laid back attitude of 'it'll happen when it happens'.
I should really take a leaf out of his book and chill out about it more but it's easier said than done, after all we're the ones looking for signs and analysing every twinge.
Last time I had trouble TTC I saw GP and she told me to stop trying, and she was right, as soon as we genuinely stopped trying I got pregnant.

helloooo ladies

can i join you? AF due xmas day (how shit!) been away from these threads for a while as i got too disappointed!

But i'm ready to start trying again.

DP and i have done it every other day since day 5. if been eating manuka honey and done a headstand after every shag - what could fail!!??