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

so what are the SWI strategies your all using?

last month we DTD when we thought i was ovulating, according to my period tracker app. we were aiming for every other day, however as we were really tiered one day we ended up with no SWI for 4 days during our window.

also unless i temp or POAS i wont know when exactly if deff ov, and i have read quite a few post where ladies mention they ov very late or very early.

im not sure i want to start investing in sticks or temping and take this too seriously [who am i kidding].

so this time we have decided we would go for every other day from the day i wave good bye to AF. hoping this will be effective... also feel like we need to have more Sex! more fun sex!

Hello All,

I have been lurking for a while and am ready to make it official, (as if the actual trying doesn't count!), we are trying for #2.
Like @magneto I feel slightly panicky! And we also got preggers first time last time. I doubt that will be the case this time as I suspect I am ovulating this weekend and DH is away. I am also still breastfeeding, although DD is a toddler so it isnt effecting my periods.

So, I add myself to the list!

ddas - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 7/2
Sticklebricksuk - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 9 Feb
Lyftidust - TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 9th Feb
Kelbells - TTC#1, cycle 3 post mmc 24/11, AF due 9th Feb(ish....)
Chunkychicken - TTC #2, Cycle 2, AF due 10/2
Sunshinejanuary - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 11/02 ish
Panzee - TTC #2, AF due 11/02
notthehippopotamus - TTC #1, Cycle 2, AF due 12/02
Celebmum - TTC #2 AF due 14/2
floatinglotus - TTC #1, Cycle 7, AF due 15/2
Bluetinkerbell - TTC #3, cycle 5, AF due 15/2 ish
TooMuchRumba79 - TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 16/02
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
Cejay8 - TTC#2 cycle 3 AF due feb 20th
Lugsie TTC#1 Cycle 10 AF due 20/02
Thereisalight- ttc #3 cycle no.2 af due 21/2
TuesdayNightClub - TTC #1 Cycle no5 AF due 22/2-ish
bettergetamoveon - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 22/02ish
Chairofthebored - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 22 Feb ish
Zara1984 - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 24 Feb
GTbaby - TTC#1 cycle 2 AF due 25/2
StetsonsAreCool - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 25/02 ish
Pipbin - TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 27/2
MrsTwinks - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 1/03
RunningKatie - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 16/02
BlueX - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 24/02(ish...)
Jencd - TTC #1, Cycle 5, AF due 2/3(ish)
Magneto - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02

Welcome aboard everyone! (said as if I own this superbus )

GTbaby - I think we're going to aim for starting SWI a week after AF finishes, then aim for every day for a week [exhausted already]. That seemed to work when we conceived DD - on holiday so we had the opportunity and energy. I won't let myself buy ovulation kits either, as then I'll definitely start putting too much pressure on myself as if I haven't already.

Sunshinejanuary - I'm also BFing a toddler. My cycles seem to be working, I've been timing them ever since they returned in the summer.

Himmmmhmmhph

Hi all!! DH & I have had a lovely toddler-free afternoon and getting busy...

GTbaby we conceived our DD w/out even 'trying' so this time, having made the conscious decision, I'm already obsessed, esp as didn't hit the magic day last month clearly... I have PT on my fone but set as a standard 14 ov (although averages cycle length for me, which is handy) so trying to DTD everyday this weekend, then prob back to every other day until about a week before AF is due. I'm also keeping a vague eye on my CM so I can guess when the fertile window is finished and big just when through birds in the window on my app have gone!!! If 2 cycles on we're still having no luck, I'm going for OPKs. Don't think I can handle temping when my DD might get me up s couple of times in the night. Too stressful all round.

Stetson you must be one of those lucky women who don't get their AF til baby is down to like no feeds... Mine came back when DD was just 4mths and still feeding like mad!! [Hmm]

GTbaby - so far we've just been having swi at least every few days throughout the month, I've got the period tracker app too which tells me OV is day 18 of my cycle (have no idea how accurate this is though!) so we try for at least every other day around that time. Sometimes though life gets in the way and its just not possible, but we're doing our best!

We haven't used any ovulation kits or anything so far because, like stetsons mentioned, we didn't want the added pressure - swi is supposed to be fun after all! However, we've been trying for a while now with no joy, so that might be something we look at if nothing happens soon. I am determined to get pg this year!

So far our TTC strategy has been SWI as near as possible to every other night. But we havent totally managed this as we are knackered! It isn't like the first time round that's for sure. Though DH is happy to be having regular action again, pretty sure that is half the reason men in long term relationships agree to TTC ;) he he.

Our swi strategy is pretty much whenever we can ATM, considering that's what worked with ds! I have the period tracker app but thats all I use use it for.

Anyone else irrationally (or not) afraid of the thought of morning sickness? With ds I was throwing up every half hour from I was 6-12 weeks and while that is nothing compared to some women, for me it was horrific!

Only thing is, while first time round dh was driving me to work and my desk was literally next to the toilets, this time I have to get the train and I'm seated on the far side of the office!!!

magneto morning sickness is a big worry for me. I was bring sick until about 32 weeks and felt sick all the time - including it waking my up in the middle of the night!! I was even sick in labour too!
I am hoping it is true that every pregnancy is different but not holding out much hope as all the women in my family are sick sick and sick!
I am at home with my toddler which might mean i can eat when i need and rest etc. He he, who am i kidding, i think i had more relaxation when i was working!

Hi ladies! Adding myself to the bus, I had started a thread without realising this shuttle was here so would love to join you all please! Fingers crossed for everyone!

ddas - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 7/2
Sticklebricksuk - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 9 Feb
Lyftidust - TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 9th Feb
Kelbells - TTC#1, cycle 3 post mmc 24/11, AF due 9th Feb(ish....)
Chunkychicken - TTC #2, Cycle 2, AF due 10/2
Sunshinejanuary - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 11/02 ish
Panzee - TTC #2, AF due 11/02
notthehippopotamus - TTC #1, Cycle 2, AF due 12/02
Celebmum - TTC #2 AF due 14/2
floatinglotus - TTC #1, Cycle 7, AF due 15/2
Bluetinkerbell - TTC #3, cycle 5, AF due 15/2 ish
TooMuchRumba79 - TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 16/02
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
Cejay8 - TTC#2 cycle 3 AF due feb 20th
Lugsie TTC#1 Cycle 10 AF due 20/02
FrenchLimeBlossom TTC#2 Cycle 1 AF due 20/2
Thereisalight- ttc #3 cycle no.2 af due 21/2
TuesdayNightClub - TTC #1 Cycle no5 AF due 22/2-ish
bettergetamoveon - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 22/02ish
Chairofthebored - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 22 Feb ish
Zara1984 - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 24 Feb
GTbaby - TTC#1 cycle 2 AF due 25/2
StetsonsAreCool - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 25/02 ish
Pipbin - TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 27/2
MrsTwinks - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 1/03
RunningKatie - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 16/02
BlueX - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 24/02(ish...)
Jencd - TTC #1, Cycle 5, AF due 2/3(ish)
Magneto - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02

Just adding myself to the list.

ddas - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 7/2
Sticklebricksuk - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 9 Feb
Lyftidust - TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 9th Feb
Kelbells - TTC#1, cycle 3 post mmc 24/11, AF due 9th Feb(ish....)
Chunkychicken - TTC #2, Cycle 2, AF due 10/2
Sunshinejanuary - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 11/02 ish
Panzee - TTC #2, AF due 11/02
notthehippopotamus - TTC #1, Cycle 2, AF due 12/02
Celebmum - TTC #2 AF due 14/2
floatinglotus - TTC #1, Cycle 7, AF due 15/2
Bluetinkerbell - TTC #3, cycle 5, AF due 15/2 ish
TooMuchRumba79 - TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 16/02
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
Cejay8 - TTC#2 cycle 3 AF due feb 20th
Lugsie TTC#1 Cycle 10 AF due 20/02
FrenchLimeBlossom TTC#2 Cycle 1 AF due 20/2
Thereisalight- ttc #3 cycle no.2 af due 21/2
TuesdayNightClub - TTC #1 Cycle no5 AF due 22/2-ish
bettergetamoveon - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 22/02ish
Chairofthebored - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 22 Feb ish
Zara1984 - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 24 Feb
GTbaby - TTC#1 cycle 2 AF due 25/2
StetsonsAreCool - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 25/02 ish
Pipbin - TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 27/2
MrsTwinks - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 1/03
RunningKatie - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 16/02
BlueX - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 24/02(ish...)
Jencd - TTC #1, Cycle 5, AF due 2/3(ish)
Magneto - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
AlexEliza - TTC #1, Cycle 2, AF due 22/02 ish

Hello there, adding myself to the list. trying to conceive our 1st via donor sperm (am in civil partnership). It's taken 3 years of fighting NHS admin to get to this stage . . . I'm rubbish at paperwork, and it takes a lot of form filling . . . Anyway, is there any advice about what you're supposed to do in the 2 weeks before you know if you're pregnant? Didn't really think we'd get this far so haven't really thought about about anything beyond starting treatment . . .

ayemess - ttc #1, cycle 1, af due 16/02
ddas - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 7/2
Sticklebricksuk - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 9 Feb
Lyftidust - TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 9th Feb
Kelbells - TTC#1, cycle 3 post mmc 24/11, AF due 9th Feb(ish....)
Chunkychicken - TTC #2, Cycle 2, AF due 10/2
Sunshinejanuary - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 11/02 ish
Panzee - TTC #2, AF due 11/02
notthehippopotamus - TTC #1, Cycle 2, AF due 12/02
Celebmum - TTC #2 AF due 14/2
floatinglotus - TTC #1, Cycle 7, AF due 15/2
Bluetinkerbell - TTC #3, cycle 5, AF due 15/2 ish
TooMuchRumba79 - TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 16/02
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
Cejay8 - TTC#2 cycle 3 AF due feb 20th
Lugsie TTC#1 Cycle 10 AF due 20/02
FrenchLimeBlossom TTC#2 Cycle 1 AF due 20/2
Thereisalight- ttc #3 cycle no.2 af due 21/2
TuesdayNightClub - TTC #1 Cycle no5 AF due 22/2-ish
bettergetamoveon - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 22/02ish
Chairofthebored - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 22 Feb ish
Zara1984 - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 24 Feb
GTbaby - TTC#1 cycle 2 AF due 25/2
StetsonsAreCool - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 25/02 ish
Pipbin - TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 27/2
MrsTwinks - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 1/03
RunningKatie - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 16/02
BlueX - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 24/02(ish...)
Jencd - TTC #1, Cycle 5, AF due 2/3(ish)
Magneto - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
AlexEliza - TTC #1, Cycle 2, AF due 22/02 ish

Morning sickness! Argh. Something else that stresses me out (even tho I'm not preg!) I work in school and loo is across a wide open space where I will be seen by millions (or may be tens in reality) of ppl running across. Really hope I don't get it . .

GTbaby - plastic basin in your cupboard

Ayemess not really sure what ur mean to do in the 2ww. There is a questionable behaviour thread on here tho. And that might give u some ideas of how to fill the time! Or maybe just give u a giggle.
My fav is considering being preg when out clothes shopping and buying jersey dresses as they will stretch.

Oh backward. The thought of chucking up in front of 25 kids ( 11 to 16 year olds ). I wish I had a cupboard or office attached to my room I could step into. And again I take a step back and think... Ur not preg yet! Stop stressing lil

I'm quite lucky in that my classroom has a wee cupboard attached! I was never ill with DS, thankfully, so never had to use the plastic bin that is in there!

Ok so at least I won't be surrounded by children, but seriously what is the etiquette for vomiting at 6.45am every morning on a train full of commuters? Last time the first wave of the day would get me while dh was driving me to work, going round roundabouts with your head between your legs while you throw up into a carrier bag (carefully selected to ensure there are no holes) is an experience I can tell you!

I don't know about on the train Magneto as always managed to hop off first but I have been sick in the park i had to cross to get to the station in front of pretty much every person who would regularly walk that way. Not to mention by parking meters (no time to move) down drains in the street (everyone thinks you are drunk) and my personal favourite, whilst standing next to colleagues in a car park in the dark and no one noticed!! I think I had becone a pro by then - 32 weeks of vomming for me! Hope I have served my time!

ayemess during the two week wait I usually become obsessed with symptom spotting while trying to convince myself that I am imagining it all. It's a fun time. :o

Ladies, can I join? 2nd month of trying and I have a feeling that this is the month! Come on October baby, it's still close enough to start mat leave early and take the Olympics off...

ayemess - ttc #1, cycle 1, af due 16/02
ddas - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 7/2
Sticklebricksuk - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 9 Feb
Lyftidust - TTC#2, cycle 1, AF due 9th Feb
Kelbells - TTC#1, cycle 3 post mmc 24/11, AF due 9th Feb(ish....)
Chunkychicken - TTC #2, Cycle 2, AF due 10/2
Sunshinejanuary - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 11/02 ish
Panzee - TTC #2, AF due 11/02
notthehippopotamus - TTC #1, Cycle 2, AF due 12/02
PrimalChic TTC #1, cycle 2, AF due 13/2
Celebmum - TTC #2 AF due 14/2
floatinglotus - TTC #1, Cycle 7, AF due 15/2
Bluetinkerbell - TTC #3, cycle 5, AF due 15/2 ish
TooMuchRumba79 - TTC#1, cycle 3, AF due 16/02
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
Cejay8 - TTC#2 cycle 3 AF due feb 20th
Lugsie TTC#1 Cycle 10 AF due 20/02
FrenchLimeBlossom TTC#2 Cycle 1 AF due 20/2
Thereisalight- ttc #3 cycle no.2 af due 21/2
TuesdayNightClub - TTC #1 Cycle no5 AF due 22/2-ish
bettergetamoveon - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 22/02ish
Chairofthebored - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 22 Feb ish
Zara1984 - TTC#1, Cycle 2, AF due 24 Feb
GTbaby - TTC#1 cycle 2 AF due 25/2
StetsonsAreCool - TTC#2, Cycle 1, AF due 25/02 ish
Pipbin - TTC#1, cycle 8, AF due 27/2
MrsTwinks - TTC#1, Cycle 1, AF due 1/03
RunningKatie - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 16/02
BlueX - TTC#2, Cycle 2, AF due 24/02(ish...)
Jencd - TTC #1, Cycle 5, AF due 2/3(ish)
Magneto - TTC #2, Cycle 1, AF due 17/02
AlexEliza - TTC #1, Cycle 2, AF due 22/02 ish

Hi please can I join? It's my first bus!!! But need some support now as DH and I have been ttc since our wedding in sept and I don't want to send him crazy with all my symptom spotting in the 2ww.

My details are: TTC#1, cycle 6 (usually 25 days), AF due 18/2.

Good luck ladies!!! We will be having lots of swi over the next 7-10 days! Here's hoping this is our month!

Chunky, you guessed right - AF came back 2 actual weeks after I dropped DD down to morning/evening feeds on her 1st birthday. Coincidence? I don't think so

Ayemess - congrats on getting your NHS stuff sorted. I know a couple who have just done the same thing - they have just given birth to a gorgeous DS. As far as I'm aware they had a similar battle, but I don't know all the details. But they only got married last year, so they either planned it way in advance, or she was very lucky to conceive very quickly. Good luck!

As for what to do... it's easier said than done, but try not to think about it too much. If it's worked it's worked, but there's not much that can be done now. Take your mind off it, somehow. I've no idea how though [sorry].

When will we start having our first testers?

GTbaby & backward this must be the teacher thread!!! I really got gentle morning sickness, more like slight travel sickness that eased with snacks & drinks and stopped at 14wks, so never had to worry about up-chucking in front of my applied sci lot or what have you. Not something I had thought about much this time but now I'm worried... Now I'm part time & move about a lot, I don't tend to eat or drink as much, so may well be sicker just because of that!!! Good job I won't be preggo any time soon then huh??!!

Thank you for the nice messages, I will go and check out the unsuitable behaviour thread and consider clothes shopping . . .

Sorry, just re-read. Questionable not unsuitable. Am quite new to this whole mumsnet thing :-)