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

Okay, someone tell me I am going mad considering sore boobs as a sign of pg this early on.... I mean, it must be a hangover from ov but man, are they sensitive!!! I'm only cd17 I think and no idea of ov day. Far far far too early I KNOW but it is beginning to get my hopes up undefined false pretexts. TTC bonkers-ness :o

^ under not undefined - stupid predictive txt!!!

I'm seeing a vision of the future for me ladies with all your symptom spotting. Waiting for my clearblue monitor to tell me I'm on a high day/peak!

Randyness hormones going through the roof so I must be getting close to ov. Having very very impure thoughts about our very very hot and buff Polish neighbour (and DH too of course!)

So lovely to see our shiny lux bus full of TTCers! Big hugs to stetson

Thanks ladies. I'm trying to be philosophical about it, but I just keep wanting to weep. I'll keep in touch, just in case things go really well on the job front and I manage to catch up at any point. And I want to see What I Could Have Won

Hi everyone! Sorry not posted much this shuttle been too busy SWI of an evening!

chunky I'm a bit like you with regards to not quite knowing what cd/od I'm on! My cycles are regular but I go 28days then 31days, 28, 31 etc I'm on a 28day this month I reckon so we DTD every other day around what I thought was ovulation time so fingers crossed!
I'm also convinced that I have super sensitive boobies this week AND my coffee tasted funny at work the other day!!!

Stetson I'm so sorry to hear your news. I hope you have a fab package which means not only can you keep trying but that you don't have to go back to work until well after the baby is born. We can all live in hope right?!

ChunkyChicken, with #1 my first symptom was weird feeling in my boobs (not sure if saything this is making matters worse!)

I think am in thje 2 week wait but not 100% sure. I haven't done temps or sticks. Just winging it! Still, got the tests out to check how early I can test! Pathetic really as think my period is due 10/11 feb!

Ho Hum, this TTC and waiting is fun isn't it?!

sunshine exactly what I was thinking! Think I'm due on around 9th and was wondering when I could test!! Mad. A colleague on the Dukan has just had beef and cottage cheese for breakfast and that made me nearly be sick so I was like ooh sickness yey! But then again it just could be such a disgusting breakfast that it would make me do that anyway! I am going to be good and wait til 9th to poas. Honest.

Thanks Sunshine - when I had my first, I got such painful boobs & it felt like they doubled in size overnight!! But that was happening over a week after the assumed date of conception and about the time AF was due (my cycle was really irregular then too, with the cycle before DD being conceived only 25 days long, so who knows when AF would have arrived had I not been up-duff).

Long story short, I'm determined not to assume any 'symptoms' are pg until AF is due & even then, will wait until I'm late before I test. That way I hope I can avoid getting my hopes up. I don't want to be crushed when I get the BFN again & spend hours working out when 'the right time' should have been!!!

I'm trying to be like its a lottery ticket - you're a little bit hopeful & imagine 'it could be you' but know its v unlikely...

Silver lining for AF arriving this month - I'll know my cycle better & be able to drink at a birthday party.

Of course, its all easier said than done. Remind me of this post on/around 10/2!! :)

Morning all! how's everyone doing? Anyone close to testing?!? Who's going to be the first BFP I wonder?!?!

Righto I'm a few days into my 2ww, I did my sums properly last night and I think AF is actually due around the 11/02.. So far nothing to report

(well.. My boobs are tingly but I got that last month and no BFP so but other than that definitely nothing to report.. Except Ive got a runny nose this morning! Grr! )

Zara
That reminds me of my old flatmate who always knew when she was ovulating cos she, and I quote, 'felt like doing it with just about any man'!!

Stetson - sorry to hear about your situation. FX things get better soon, like they say, you never know what's around the corner, one door closes, another one opens. Hope you get to hop back on the bus soon, I'll save a seat for you!

Using cheapo sticks in the evening and have used CB digi in the morning twice now. Just getting big fat O's. AF normally pretty regular (26 - 30 days max, mostly exactly 28) so according to my calculations Friday might be the best day for DTD...
Last cycle was absolutely convinced I was pg (this started as soon as AF left, even had to take a day off work as I was so poorly, spent it watching One Born Every minute and crying buckets ). Had every symptom possible. Like ChunkyChicken, this month I'm trying to be much calmer. Darn AF always shows up on time, so haven't even had a chance to POAS (and will only test if I'm late!).

Ok, that's it. I've changed my mind. DD is being an absolute monkey (for her anyway) and fed up with husband working all hours... Can't cope with another DC!!!! She's now wrecking the place so gotta go...

Got back on here to catch up with all the ttc-ing

Been busy so not posted for a while. Did have a mini wobble as well as some of you ladies. Had to really think about whether ttc when I am weeks away from 36th birthday, haven't had to deal with nappies for nearly 2 years, am trying to start a business and dh is very happy to stop at 2 dcs.

Did some pros and cons and decided that it's what I want. Am sure I'll question my own judgement at some points, but overall I know I need to at least try for dc3 even if it doesn't happen.

Also like magneto have been dreading thought of ms. I was very nauseous with both dcs up to about 20 weeks. Only vomited a handful of times with each one but spent a lot if time dry retching. After 20 weeks it calmed down to feeling mildly sick all the time but was a lot more bearable.

While pregnant I went off coffee, White bread and orange juice. All of which I normally love so am having lots of them while ttc

Supposed to be swi every other night from tonight but am so not in the mood. I wish Zara's neighbour lived next to me...

Sorry about your news Stetson. Happened to me while I was on mat leave with ds. Dh got made redundant when dd was 8 months and I wasnt working! Something tells me your ttc plans will survive the redundancy one way or another. very sure of positive developments in your future emoticon

chunky you'll change your mind again once your little darling has changed mood

My dcs drive me up the wall half the time he he

I'm sorry to hear that stetson hope things are looking better for you soon.

I've been having wobbles about whether this is the right time too, but mainly because of financial worries. We can afford another baby, just not for me to have more than my paid leave off work (which is the second best bit about having a baby after the baby of course!)

I need a certain amount saved in order for me to take the max amount of mat leave possible and so far I have £26 of that final figure. In the last 2 months I've had to rehome and provide furnishings for my sister, dh wants to do a college course in september to better his career chances in and we've had to practically replace every single fucking part of dh's car (and it's still not working!!! ) so I am a bit broke at the moment.

However i am thinking positively and I have at least 9 months to save. I haven't sold or given away a single thing I bought for ds so I already have most of the big baby things, will just need another cot and matress and maybe a few pink clothes if I have a girl dont plan on getting a double buggy either as I have a variety of slings to choose from.

Ttc will give me the kick up the arse I need to get saving. I'm doing extra training in work so I can get some regular overtime done too to try and bump up the savings. Also hoping the extra work will mean I don't have time to symptom spot!

I knew the day af was due that I was pregnant with ds because even though i still felt the same way as when af is about to start, my boobs looked different - can't be certain how much of that was all my head though

Thanks again everyone .The more I think about it, the more I realise that my bosses have handled it completely incorrectly so far, so if I don't get a good payoff, I'll put the wheels in motion to take it to a tribunal.

Thereisa - I absolutely love your name Hope you're a good psychic.

Magneto, the reason we were going to start ttc this month is that it gives me 9 months of full time work to save enough to pay back my loan early, which would free up abou £160 a month. That's literally the only way I could afford mat leave. The only new thing I planned to buy was a sling . Sorry your hard earned savings have taken a battering.

Stickle - beef and cottage cheese?

The reason I 'knew' first time is because I was really crabby. DH was fed up of me shouting at him so got me a test to do. I wanted to wait until day 40 of my cycle - they were reeeeeeally long back then. But on day 35 he'd had enough. He was right But I'd also borderline narcoleptic in the evenings, and couldn't smoke at all (yes, I know it was a filthy habit). We just knew

Sorry to hear about your job, Stetsons.

I can drive myself absolutely crazy with symptom spotting, so have resolved not to do it this month (although that's what I say every month...) Early testing is a horrible letdown too, so that's out. In my ideal TTC world, I'd just be totally calm until my period was at least 3 days late... but of course I know I'm going to get anxious yet again, sigh.

Argh, don't mean to be a downer, but honestly TTC stopped being fun after about cycle 3. Now I'm just determined! :)

If it hasn't work this month, I'm not sure we'll continue to actively 'try' next month (I'll have to ignore my apps & MN etc as they feed my TTC addiction!!) as DH is working far too much & it makes it impossible to be romantic/loving/awake... He may be getting a job closer to home so if that happens, we'll keep going. Otherwise we'll just have 'unsafe' sex when we feel like it until we can work something out, because I don't think I can cope with 2DC when he's out of the house at least 13-14 hrs a day and getting up at 5am. It just doesn't make,sense - our relationship will suffer. :(

Hi all! Is there room for me on the superbus? I was clinging on at the back if the shuttle but AF arrived today :(

Ttc%231. Cycle 3 AF due 7/3

Good luck all :) x

I know what you mean about the working long hours chunky, both me and DH do and he has to go overseas for about a quarter of his time. It's hard working SWI around his diary and my long hours!

For those who already have a DC, or even those TTC #1, how've you handled having a busy day job with long hours and a pregnancy? I know I'll have to think of another way of bringing the money in after my maternity leave is over but I'm really worried about trying to get all this work done while I'm pregnant.

Hi puggy, lots of ex-shuttlers here!

Welcome puggy - sorry to hear AF got you.

Primal I'm not sure how I'll manage to do my job while pregnant, although plenty of people do - I'm exhausted as it is. Also joining those who are worried about morning sickness - I'm a teacher and there's a flight of stairs and two long corridors between my classroom and the ladies'. And no cupboard.

I know what you all mean about not seeing enough of DH. Although TTC has been positive for our relationship so far, I'm not sure it will stay that way if we have to keep trying too carefully for many months.

I guess that's the diff between TTC #1 & #2+... I'm a teacher and I taught a full timetable until 36+ weeks (thankfully my maternity leave worked well with the school hols). I just decided what had to be done & focussed on what was absolutely necessary. I chose me (& baby) over work, which is a lot harder to do if you feel like you're being selfish... I could 'blame' baby for my selfishness.

Now I feel like I'm being pulled in a million directions; DD, teaching, DH, selling house, TTC... It's too much & I really can't imagine being pg & doing all that. It's not like I can come home & nap for an hr like I did 1st time around.

Being very eeyore-ish at the moment, sorry. Feel like all this stress is making sure nothing is going right, least of all TTC. Love my DD & wouldn't change that part of my life at all. Just want to give up teaching!!! :(

Need things to get easier life if DC#2 ever going to come along. Anyone want to buy a house/give me a winning lottery ticket??!! :o

Well I'm off the bus. Af came today- 4 days early!!! So who knows what's going on. Cycles have been off since ds. Used to be 28 days without fail but last 2 have been 33 & now 24. Got a positive opk so guessing at least I'm ovulating but worried as cycles not as regular as before it'll be harder this time round. Ds conceived first cycle. Oh well will just try harder to dtd more frequently this month lol. Good luck to everyone else!!! May avoid mn this cycle as think it makes it harder & me more obsessive!!

Oh dear ddas, for you.. Damn that Af!! Have you been ttc long? Hope to see you somewhere next month!

Sorry to hear that ddas I feel your frustration as my cycles are all over the place after starting out at a nice 28 days. Good luck next month.

Sorry to hear your news ddas.

Thanks to all for the advice about temperature taking. DH was cklose to suggesting I should take his too - I don't think he really gets it, though I put him off by discussing CM. A lot.

Quite how this is supposed to inspire him for a weekend of SWI I have no idea...

ddas that's rubbish :( best of luck for the next month.

Think I'm going to ask for another member of staff so that I can at least get down to normal working hours. Hard because we are making so many cuts at the moment, like everywhere else I guess. Fewer staff, same amount of work, thanks a bunch mr c. Hmpf. Also in an eeyore mood! Doesn't help that I have no kitchen, no heating and no hope of a decent night's kip for another 3 weeks! And I don't think I ovulated this month, not much CM at all around the normal time. Hmpf hmpf hmpf.

Can't imagine what MS is going to be like either. My office and the loos are at opposite ends of the building. Think I'll invest in a bin and some paper bags just in case!

Must try to stay calm and not get obsessed this month. Cheeky g+t tonight and some tomorrow I think. If in doubt, self-medicate!