Late October/early November Superbus!!!

[Zara1984]

Hello all waves madly

Well my body decided to be play silly buggers the past couple of months. On my first cycle TTC, no less! AF arrived today, on CD46. HARRUMPH. Har har good joke, ladybits!

But I am very delighted to see her in fact because I means my two months of confusion is over and I can now get cracking on this shiny new cycle!

Who's with me???? This is a glorious Superlux Superbus (the kind you'd see US presidential candidates rolling about in), with all de mod cons (dedicated champers fridge and shiny chrome margarita blender).

Zara1984 - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 24 Feb

Zara I didn't give up caffeine to get pregnant first time & carried on drinking LOADS of it until the BFP when I was already 5wks... I have read in MN that the concern is that it is a diaretic & therefore contributes to dehydration, which doesn't help with CM & healthy eggs. If you could cut down and/or switch to decaf it might be easier to cope once you get that BFP!!!

Pipbin hate that aspect too. We have 1.5hr lessons & I always think they should make progress from the start to the end of that, not just in 20mins. So you end up in an artificial situation, where you're assessing for learning & re-capping content every 10-15mins in the hope someone sees!!! Stupid.

Boo! I think AF is here, right on time. .

Oh panzee :( I'm sorry to hear that. have you got a treat planned? Like or cheese or cycling?!

Testing today. As soon as I think I have 10 seconds worth of pee. Superdrug tests are quite demanding!

Panzee that's not good. Have a HUGE glass of & some pate!! :)

PrimalChic know the feeling - did a test this morning to reassure myself that Tuesday's wasn't a fluke and despite being the 1st of the day, I couldn't manage the full 10s & the line was still quite faint... Still one more in the packet though, so will try again tomorrow to make it a nice dark line, after LOTS of fluids today :o Good luck with the POAS

Well another day, another AF no show, another POAS, another BFN. Not quite sure what's going on - presume its just my cycle settling down or something as the BFNs are really really that, I mean no ghost of a line or anything. Arggggh! I just want to know one way or the other!
Good luck to all those testing today x

Sorry to hear that Stickle but silver lining, you can at least get a handle on your cycle so if AF does show (& let's face it, it ain't over until the fat aunt sings...) you can track your fertile period better & have better luck then!! Fingers crossed for you x

Just found out that a friend of the family in RL has announced her pg after IVF. Feeling a bit better about our future announcement (all being well) as they were trying when we had DD.:)

I just fail at peeing on the stick. I seem to find it so hard to actually get the stick in the stream.
I have taken to peeing in a pot and dipping the stick in. I'm doing that for my Internet opks anyway.

If I could have found a pot in time, I would have done that too Pipbin but I was a bit desperate & didn't fancy doing it in my drinking glass...

I managed 7 seconds! BFN though :( still, it's 2 days before AF is due so there's a chance for a positive... So I think it'll just be the one cocktail. Wouldn't it be nice if cycles were aligned to social lives? I could do with AF being due on a Friday so that if she arrived, I could spend the weekend commiserating with

I think you should relax PrimalChic & have as many drinks as you can handle... Afterall, if it still says -ve then you've not got a properly buried bean yet, so no placenta etc. If you get AF, you'll prob think 'could have had more...' and if you don't, it won't hurt yet. Have a good time :o

Can I join you ladies? Hate the waiting bit. On CD17 here, 28 day cycle. Ttc no.3.

Hey Belgrano love the name. How long have you been trying? How old are your DC?

Funny story... Went to the loo, saw a speck of red. Thought Looked closer. Realised it was red fluff Can't believe how nervous I am every time I go to the loo... When will I relax and believe I'm pg??!!! :o

ok, I just had a bit of blood.. not tiny but not red either, more pinky. Now this week I "should" have been ovulating, but my cycle seems to have been a bit erratic and last months period was very light (but I got a BFN thou). Could this be implantation bleeding or what could be going on. If it is, how soon can I POAS?

It could be implantation bleeding - it usually takes 7-10 days for the egg to travel the tube & implant. You should really wait at least 11dpo before testing, as that's the earliest a test will pick it up, but if you can leave it until 15+dpo before testing, the result is more likely to be accurate.

Ooooh exciting though!!! :o

chunky good advice! Espresso martinis were smashing as was the dancing like an idiot to the wee small hours! And I didn't have much so no hangover, hurrah. Exhausted, mind. All that caffeine before bed time is a bad idea!

Still no early AF or pg signs. Does anyone else give their boobs a grope to see if they're hurting yet?!

Glad you had a good time PrimalChic & fingers crossed AF stays away... :)

thanks chunky

I promised myself I wouldn't symptom spot (mainly as most mornings I feel alittle sick when i force myself to eat breakfast, I get tired alot, do have days when I need to pee alot etc normally) but I'm thinking yeah it might be as no more spotting but some cramping. Now if AF decides to rock up early after all it will not be cool.. but....

It's hard not to do that though MrsTwinks!!! I was exactly the same first month, but this month I deliberately forced myself to think of a non-pg reason for every symptom, so that when I finally caved & POAS I didn't think there would be a chance... Almost fell of my chair when I saw it was a faint but def +ve!!! I hope it works out for you. The waiting is the hardest part!!

And yes, PrimalChic I do keep groping mine (or waiting for DD to headbutt them) to check they're still tender

I started SWI last night! Yay! Off for more now...TMI sorry!!

I'm determined this month! We are going to do it every day for the next 10! Hmpf.

Its CD10 for me!

CD18 for me and according to OPK I am in my fertile window. I also had a positive OPK on CD16(Friday) and we TWI most of the week until Friday night. But a positive on day 18 of a 28 day cycle? I must say I'm a bit worried about the short time from ovulation to projected CD1.

We're both feeling tired and under the weather today so I can't see DH willling to SWI tonight tbh. The last time we were TTC it took 9 months and it was only the last month that I got the OPK. I think previously we had a rest for a few days when I thought I was in the 2ww, but looks like if I was anyting like I am now, I was missing the boat. Maybe the swimmers weren't surviving long enough?

Congratulations to those with the BFP's so far, good luck the rest of you and hope those of you going through worrying times are given good news.

Hi all! Just checking in to see how everyone's getting on and looking for more BFPs!?!

Chunky I tested again yesterday 'just to be sure' (and because I think I'm secretly addicted to P'ingOAS!) lovely strong 2nd line this time soooo I can finally believe I'm pregnant.. 4weeks today! Major panic last night tho bout 2am when I went to loo, then once finished I saw pinky red on the tissue!??! Turns out it was my lipstick that I'd wiped off earlier, thrown in the loo n not flushed!

Hey celebmum I POAS again yesterday but don't think I had the full 10s required so it was only a faint line but a line is a line, I guess... Feeling still a bit uncertain - until I get a nice strong line, I'll prob still be a bit unsure. Never did the stick thing this early before, always when pretty certain and after AF is late, so maybe its just the way it is for me?

Did you see my stupid 'red in the pants' incident above??!! Seriously, are we living the same life or what??!

Ha chunky!! Just read it yeah!! Talk about parallel lives! I knew this early with DS1, but it still doesnt feel real until you've missed a period so I totally get where you're coming from! Im going to go to docs this week, my last pregnancy resulted in a pulmonary embolism so I'll prob be under consultant care on this one.. No idea what that means/how it helps really tho!!

Celebmum Poor you!! Hopefully this one will run more smoothly.

Have told a few family members this weekend, more because of circumstances rather than desire - initially one family member guessed (I can't be showing already surely??!!!) and then had to treat all the rest the same...
:o Just hoping I don't have to share any bad news any time soon.

'Spose I better get myself down to the GP soon too. Get myself signed up for the midwife booking appointment etc :)