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New thread..... let's get going!!

Fingers crossed that is a BFP for you then Elderberry, certainly sounds like it. Keep us posted!

AF arrived for me at around 5am. So that well and truly woke me up. How annoying on a sunday! Afternoon nap might be in order later! Not surprised as really didn't feel it this month. Might be time for me to join the 10 months plus thread

This is my 2nd month using CBFM & the length of my LP has been the same both months so feel like I'm learning more about my cycle more anyway.

JN I have exactly that conversation with myself every month too

Welcome pinkflipflop

Ratata I?m exactly the same ? always have to have something to look forward too, a project on the go, something like that. I?m a weekend shagger too

Oh no Raspberry, I hope you feel better soon, I hear pleurisy is awful! But also fab news for the house!

Fingers crossed Elderberry!!! I hope you are pg otherwise you?re just mental

Despite having AF about 2 weeks ago, I have decided I am pg It?s because I?ve been wearing my leggings to work and for some reason I associate leggings with being pg (perhaps because I can see my belly sticking out after everything I eat instead of it being squidged into jeans) and then I was paranoid that people would see my belly and think I was pg, but then I decided I and would enjoy ?feeling pg? for a bit, hence I rubbed my belly a lot (only when people weren?t looking) and pretended I was, just to myself of course Anyway, it was fun. I?m bored of it now though. I?ve been a bit run down this week, been drinking lots of water and eating lots of veg (which I usually only do when I?m run down) and I?ve been sleeping really deeply but stillfeeling exhausted all day. Now I?m having belly pains and feel like I?ve pulled the muscles running down my sides Anyway, I just don?t feel well. And I was baking 24 cupcakes for my dad yesterday and because I had my hands in and out of water all day, the skin on the back of them has gone really dry and I have a rash, this happens when I bake, but it?s very painful, and I put cream on it yesterday and they stung like mad.

Anyway,enough rambling, hope you?re all well, hugs and hi to anyone I?ve missed

Oh my goodness I just realised how rude my message to Elderberry looks!! I meant to put a after saying you were mental, thereby implying I meant it in a jokey way and was in no way simply stating a fact 'you're mental'!

Hello all, sorry I've been off radar for a bit! You've all been very chatty without me

Not a lot to report from me, CD14 so we're SWI-ing away. I'm using the CBFM but haven't had any peaks yet. It's been reading "High" since I started using it on CD9 (advised not to start on CD5 because of the Clomid). Last cycle I ov'd on CD14 and the cycle before that CD17, so who knows when I will this time!

Welcome to all the newbies

raspberry congratulations on the house! It's a great feeling getting your first place.

elderberry congratulations on your BFP! You are so lucky to get pg so fast :)

Still holding out hope for you nearly

Sorry to hear about your AF JNO18 but good that your are learning more about your cycle :)

Lol josie I do that too, decide that I'm pg even though I have no idea if I am. Perhaps sheer determination of saying we are pg will work to make us pg?! Totally gonna do that this month lol.

I think I'm supposed to ovulate next week but I don't know a lot about my cycles yet as only had one period since coming off pill and it took 6 weeks to arrive. So not sure about things yet but trying to SWI every second day. Bit sore just now in abdominal area but I think it's the home made soup I made as it has cabbage in it...

Hi guys! I've not been on here for weeks so no idea what's going on with you lot. Seems we have a pregnant newbie (congrats!) and lots of people that are convinced they are pregnant due to crazy symptom spotting....so glad I'm not alone! I decided to give myself a month off to reclaim some sanity and check back in to the real world (pretty sure I thought about ttc at least once every day though! haha!). Suddenly however I am convinced I am pregnant..the miraculous bloody conception! We shagged a few days before I was due to ov (remember the drunken 5am handstands on NYE?!) but when I was due to ov I didn't seem to have as much pant snot as usual (sorry!) and for the last week I've been knackered.....Jesus, I am officially insane. I'm due on today/tomorrow (typical as it's my birthday today!) so will wait and see if AF shows her ugly face....Aaaaargh,I'm going mad!

Happy Birthday Dessie Here's hoping you get a lovely Kate birthday surprise

Josie, you sound so like me!

I think we have yo add a couple more things to the " mental" list now.

A. Turned sideways and looked In the mirror and arched your back, sticking your tummy out to see what you might look like a little bit pregnant.
B. Bought our acquired some baby things already and have them stashed away for"some day"
C. POAS even though you know it's probablyo early too early to tell anyways , or were using contraception bet were sure that you had conceived anyway somehow, only to get BFN
D. caught yourself rubbing your belly.
E. Went shopping for clothes and wondered if what you were trying on would fit for a while if you got pregnant, or bought or tried on a size bigger.
F. All of the above

Guilty?

I'm guilty of A. C. (in the past, not so much now) D. and E. Technically I've done B. but I didn't buy anything, I was given it by SiL (although it's now in MiL's loft because I'm convinced it brought us bad luck) So really, I come under F.

Happy birthday Dessie, hope you get a good birthday pressie in the form of a BFP

Have to confess to A and E beeble, haven't really indulged in the others although seriously tempted on occasion!

Congratulations Elderberry that's two BFPs on the thread so far so it's looking like a successful one :)

Happy belated birthday Dessie

Ratata lol at the cabbage soup. eeewww I don't much think I'd fancy it for the same reasons ..... purpy tummy

Happy shagging Cave

Josie wearing leggings automatically makes you feel pregnant, I try to avoid them because I then get tempted to A as described above

Sorry AF got you JNO

How's that revision going Little

No news here, I'm still symptom spotting but yesterday I did a two hour pole tricks masterclass and can barely move today and I am covered in the most awful bruises, I look like I've been beaten half to death, especially the backs of my knees.

Also - I just realised that AF is due next week either on Friday or Saturday and now I'm stressing that I'll have AF when I got for the appointment at the hospital so will that mean he is unable to do the pelvic examination? Perhaps I should ring and just check I'm really not sure? Any experience anyone?

I confess to E in that list slightly - wondered what would fit me if I got upduffed, but not bought anything deliberately that would fit! I'm sure I might be confessing to a few of the others as time goes on.

So it's now around a fortnight since my post-pill withdrawal bleed started, and I've been having a few weird pains in my lower left abdomen. Any ideas? Or could be a bit of IBS, but they're not like the usual IBS pains I get. Definitely not pregnant, so I'm suspecting it's just a symptom of coming off the pill. Bit uncomfortable though. And I'm now so conscious that every twitch or pain is a sign of something!

Congratulations elderberry! Good to see good news! Hope the rest of you are doing OK at the moment.

I definately come under F on your list beeblebear! How is it that otherwise intelligent women turn into an irrational slightly psychotic mess when ttc?!
Thank you for the happy birthdays...didn't do much as his nibs wasn't feeling well. Men are such drama queens when they're ill, how on earth would they cope with the monthly agony of AF?!
Speaking of AF.....there's been no sign so far. Was due on Sunday/Monday (I normally come on overnight). Shall I wait another day? I don't actually have any tests in the house so will have to order some on the internet. Anyone recommend a website? Part of me thinks if I order some tests I'll jinx myself and AF will appear within seconds of me entering my payment details!

right girls. Tell me if I am being over sensitive or am I being sensitive :)

We had training at work today and one of the exercise was to choose three cards, we were given a pack with lots of different pictures on and we had to choose a card on which the picture represented our learning style, one for our attitude to change and one for our management style. I chose a rocky path, a construction site and a child's painting. Now, loads of people chose the child's painting. I was the only recently married woman of 'child bearing' age in the class. Everyone had to explain to one another the meaning of each. Well, I talked to lots of people, all going well until I got to one woman, I explained the first two then showed the child's painting and explained my thinking behind it and all I got was a 'awwwww, are you feeling a ickle bit maternal'? What the actual fuck? I felt like saying 'umm, no but do you not feel you are being just a ickle bit sexist making the assumption that because I have used the child's picture means I want children, did you say the exact same thing to the FOUR men who also chose that picture?'. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

That'll be all. As you were.

(AF must be on its way!!!)

Hello everyone!

This is my first ever post so forgive me for stepping blinking into the light looking rather shell shocked. I have no/very little idea what you're all talking about or indeed whether I have even posted this in the right place - eek! Must study the acronyms section. But hello anyway and please be nice to me, am hoping to conceive first child over the next few months. V.Excited!

A,C and D beeble! Lol.

raspberry I was due an examination and said I would have my period and was told to wait until it was finished. Also, with the sensitive think I think the woman made a weird comment, to say something like that to an adult?! Ickes bit maternal?! Sounds weird lol.

marshmallow I have had abdominal pains for the last few months and have suspected IBS so could be linked? I have also heard that your cycle can be linked to IBS, did you get pains last month? Could also be pill related.

dessie if you are past the day you are due your period then I think you should test :) exciting!

Welcome whatsinthebag I'm still getting used to the acronyms as well :) nice to have you with us, I just joined in December.

Well I've been using ovulation sticks and got a faint line today so I think tomorrow may be my surge and will make sure we get on it tomorrow night. Assuming I get a darker line tomorrow. So glad to know that I will be ovulating as its second cycle off pill and I worried that I might not ovulate for some reason.

Got the doctor on monday as my back and abdominal pains have returned. I went shopping yesterday, I think that set it off. Was buying baby items actually as putting a little gift basket together for my brother and his partner. So excited as she is due in 6 weeks! I will get to see him/her in March and April and sooo can't wait!

Argh so many typos: Also, with the sensitive thing I think the woman made a weird comment, to say something like that to an adult?! Ickle bit maternal?! Sounds weird lol.

Welcome whatsin!! Good luck!

Ratata she is an odd person anyway, gets on my nerves at the best of times but hey ho. So did you have to give up the appointment? Im really not willing to do that. I've already had one internal with the gp which was pretty basic would it be like that or wud it be like a scan? I'm really worried now :(

I didn't have the appointment booked at that point, I was basically given choice of an appointment that week but postponed til week after. I actually can't remember what scan that was, had so many docs appointments over the last few months! Maybe call to explain the situation and see what they say and if being on your period will be a problem? I have had a gyne exam (vag opened with speculum and swab so just like smear and then she had a feel about for abnormalities, none felt). Had ultra sound which is probably fine if you are on period. And had X-ray too. Nothing found. Health issues suck, they are so worrying! Gotta keep positive though :) hugs x

Raspberry is it your first appt at the fertility clinic? If so, I had an internal scan and swab and was on day 5 and still bleeding, the consultant just said she didn?t mind if I didn?t, but they didn?t do an actual pelvic exam, so I would probably ring them and ask. The early you mention it, hopefully they can fit you back in earlier if you do have to re-arrange

Not a lot going on here. I?m slightly worried my kidneys are playing up though ? still feeling run down, and weeing a little more than usual, and slightly getting that uncomfortable feeling I get with kidney problems, like I need to pee, but I don?t. It?s only very slight so I could easily be imagining it Work is extremely busy so I probably won?t be on for a while, two people off, one unexpectedly and I?ve been lumbered with literally everything because the one other person in the office is pretty much incapable of doing anything (she?s lovely, just hard work!) She asked me how my IVF was going (I?m wasn?t aware I was having IVF), that?s how much attention she pays [not impressed face]

Thanks for the welcome all. Does anyone here have hypothyroidism? I was diagnosed around 4 years ago. Take thyroxine and everything has been fine ever since. Saw my gp the other day to tell her we were planning to get pregnant. She just said I would need to be under a consultant rather than midwife led care and gave me folic acid and that was that! Any other experiences?

Hi everyone, just dropping in to prove I'm still here! Still no sign of being pregnant, referral to the infertility clinic has all been fine although having to go and see the consultant was a bit interesting. Who thought having the infertility clinic in the maternity hospital was a good idea? On our way in we passed a woman being wheeled down the corridor, newborn baby in her arms. Still, I managed not to cry.

I'm having an HSG tomorrow, and an ultrasound in a couple of weeks - I'm almost hoping there's something wrong, so we've got something to fix, or at least an explanation! I have a horrible feeling though that there's going to be nothing physically wrong, and we'll never get to the bottom of it. I'm starting to feel like a "rare case example", what with trying for 25 months now, and me and DH still not yet thirty and neither of us with any health problems.

Can anyone tell me what the HSG is like? I'm getting quite wound up about it! Do you think I'll feel alright enough to go to work afterwards?

Hi evil, nice to see you back around!

The HSG is not that bad, undignified and uncomfortable yes, but not painful. I went straight back to work after mine, make sure you take a panty liner with you to help soak up any fluid that decides to take its time leaving. I also bled a tiny but, but that's normal.
The sensation was strange, kind of like period cramps, but I was more concerned by the Dr (male) attempting to make conversation whilst faffing about "down there"

No sign of ov here yet, should be any day now. We've dtd on Saturday, Sunday and last night and will do it again tonight, tomorrow, Friday and Saturday to make sure all bases are covered! Thank the lord for lube, is all I can say!!

Welcome whatsinthebag, hope you're stay here is a short one!

Stupid autocorrect! You're = your!

Hey josie I have similar symptoms but they haven't checked my kidneys yet (is there a test for that? Only had bloods, lower abdo ultrasound and X-ray done). I feel like I need to go to toilet but not much comes out. Doesn't feel like cystitis. Feels more internal. Also have upper and lower back pain which appears to have been brought on by a shopping trip...don't understand that. I go out shopping for an hour and I'm dying of back pain next day.

Did ov stick today and faint line again. Will kee testing to see if dark line comes up, SWI every second day just now anyhoo.

Ratata, it could be kidney stones. DH had very similar problems last year and turned out to be a 3mm kidney stone. He ended up passing it (ouchy) but did find that drinking lots of water helped a bit. He was told if he got anymore pain to go straight to A&E so that they can X-ray him.
Make a nuisance of yourself with your Dr.