The late November/ Early December Transatlantic flight!

[Pipbin]

Welcome aboard ladies.
Please be seated, you may undo your seatbelts as soon as you see the SWI sign light up.

I'll be coming round with cake, biscuits and wine.

Come on girls, we can do it this month.

Heads held high and legs akimbo, off we go.

I know the feeling Cherry, I keep getting twinges in my boobs and I've had cramps almost constantly since 5dpo.

AF is due Saturday if it hasn't shown by Monday I'm going to test Tuesday, have no idea how I'm going to wait that long

I'm 6 DPO (I think) and have an appointment today to have my hormones checked plus a scan done. Do I assume correctly that it would be far too early for the doctor to detect any signs of pregnancy?

Secretly hoping that while checking other things we just happen to discover I'm pg although I know it's a long shot.

I'm only cd11, started using the cheapy OPK sticks yesterday to a) check I ov this month and b) see whether day 14 is actually the day as it seems to be. I'm already desperate for a week to have passed and be in the 2WW!!!! Madness.

I've also got it into my head I want a boy, so want to DTD on the day of ovulation to give us the best chance of that but equally know that a BFP is a BFP regardless of 'flavour' & don't want to risk missing a chance by reducing the number of times we DTD iykwim. I am sending myself loopy

pipbin it's got to be implantation!?! didn't it start on day 21? Everything crossed for you!

chunky we have been thinking the same about when to DTD as I really want a boy, then we swing to the other extreme of just SWI whenever we can so that we can get pg with either flavour!

Stressful business. They made it sound so easy at school "just say no as condoms aren't even 100% effective, you don't even have to have sex to get pregnant" Pah! They build false hopes for adulthood!

In a great mood today, it's amazing what a bit of spring weather can do!

I'm not sure Primal. I'm trying not to get my hopes up.

Spotting has completely dried up now.
AF expected tomorrow. If I shout loud enough at her may be she will go away.

Pipbin, just noticed your previous post. I spot quite a bit but it always gets heavier instead of just ceasing like yours has done. Fingers crossed it's implantation.

Hello everyone! I'm ttc # 1, on cycle 3, AF due around 16 March (although could be a couple of days either side). This is my first plane (skipped the buses) so am hoping to both contribute and benefit from lots of positive baby-making thoughts! Getting a bit so it's nice to have some company!

Chunky and Primal - apparently if you're aiming for a boy you should be eating lots of bananas as the potassium is meant to make you more boy-sperm friendly. Check here for the science bit.

ooh alot of us with AF due 16th/17th!

Also hoping for a boy. Didn't realise that bananas helped, but I already have a smoothie each morning so I'm definately getting my fair share of potassium already!! might have to munch on a few more just to be sure

Getting ready and packing for my pamper week away next week and DH has banned me from taking anything conception related. meanie! tried to point out that surely that would me he had to pack condoms if I couldn't take my books but he's not relenting lol!

MrsTwinks can he ban the fertility friend app?

Although af "due" for me on 11th march, because of my really irregular cycle I won't actually test to 18th march at the earliest. That will be cd44 for me. My last cycle was 41 days so could well be that long this time round. It's annoying as I haven't had the excitement of testing, but I guess on the plus side it's saved me money and I haven't had to face a BFN.

Looks like there will be quite a lot of us testing round the same time. Very exciting and hopefully there will be a lot of BFPs to celebrate.

Am loving this weather, hope it lasts for a while. Everyone seems so much happier when the sun is out. Enjoy

And all that vitamin d shining down is good for the baby-making! link

I've honestly not been spending every waking minute looking into things to help for conception... this is a lie

pipbin he is treatening to conviscate my phone! luckily he doesn't know i have contraband books on my kindle

And you can get online with the kindle so you might still be able to post here.

Wow pandawatch that's some helpful research - and I thought the constant eating stuffing my face full of cake/choc/anything going was just for fun, but now I know it helps with the boy thing, there's no reason to stop!! :o Will eat more bananas & have cereal every morning, come rain or shine. Already on a strict alternating regime of different preg vits to get the diff proportions of diff vits & mins, so something else won't hurt. :)

Did you see the research on the BBC about sleep? Apparently mid-sleep nookie is the way to go. As DH has been waking me in the middle of the night every other night lately, before knowing that, I think his body is trying to tell us something!!!

pipbin I like your style!!

Balls, false alarm. AF just showed up in full force.

That means that this cycle has been 30 days which is better than the usual 35. LP only 10 days though.
I shall just amend the flight list accordingly.

MissMedusa TTC#1, cycle 7, AF 29 Feb
ddas TTC#2, AF 27 Feb/8 March
Cherrypiew3 TTC#4, cycle 5 AF 3rd March
MrsC ttc no2 cycle 6 af due 5/03
QTPie (38) TTC#2, cycle 1, AF 2/9 MAR (most likely due 05/03)
Elizadoesdolittle TTC #2 cycle 3 AF 11th March ish
ChunkyChicken TTC#2 cycle '3', AF 12-13 March ish
MrsTwinks TTC#2, cycle 2, AF 17 March
combatqueen TTC#1, cycle 3, AF 17th March ish
Cejay8 TTC#2, Cycle 4, AF due March 17th
PickledHegg TTC#2, AF 20 March
Sticklebricksuk TTC#1 Cycle 3 AF due 20th March (best guess!)
knickyknocks TTC #2 AF 21 March
Chair TTC#1 Cycle 3 AF Due 23 March (ish)
Rudawakening TTC#1 AF 24 March (if not earlier)
Pipbin TTC #1 cycle 9 AF 29th March
Beakersbelle TTC#6 Cycle 3 AF 30 March (but could be later)

pipbin that's rubbish, so sorry to hear AF came. Big

Sorry the aunt is visiting Pipbin but at least you can enjoy those prohibited pleasures for a couple of days, forget the 'is it isn't it' feeling & crack on with a fresh new cycle :) better luck with this go around...

Thanks ladies. TBH it would have been a bit rubbish if I had won a baby this month as we are going to San Francisco at Easter. I don't fancy a 10 hour flight at 11 weeks. I can see that ending badly.

If (fx) I get a BFP this month then it'll be just before we go, which still might be tricky, but lovely as it's our 10th wedding anniversary.

Ahhh sorry pipbin. Glad you don't feel too down about it. You have a fantastic holiday to look forward to. I went to sanfran when I was 15 and have always wanted to go back. I don't think I fully appreciated it at that age! You'll have a fab time.

Well I have had very weird vivid dreams for the last couple of nights. But that's really not unusual for me. I don't think I've even ov'd yet so bit early for the ss!

Happy Friday everyone

Chunky I completely missed the mid-sleep nookie research in my hours scouring the internet! DH often comes in late from work things and is usually in the mood but if it's a week night I usually semi-consciously bat off his advances as I'm rubbish if I don't get enough sleep but now I'm going to positively encourage it - DH will be very happy!

Clearly you are very intuitive about baby-making, given you instinctively knew you should be eating lots (all in the name of boy baby science!) and already having mid-sleep nookie .

Boo to your AF Pipbin but glad there is the upside of being able to enjoy a fab holiday!

Just adding me in as I've dropped off somewhere. I said I wouldn't google pregnancy stuff, butl I'm going to treat myself to a wee half hour of 'fertility boost' googling. Will let know you know if i find any magical tips (apart from the obvious SWI tip).

MissMedusa TTC#1, cycle 7, AF 29 Feb
ddas TTC#2, AF 27 Feb/8 March
Cherrypiew3 TTC#4, cycle 5 AF 3rd March
MrsC ttc no2 cycle 6 af due 5/03
QTPie (38) TTC#2, cycle 1, AF 2/9 MAR (most likely due 05/03)
Elizadoesdolittle TTC #2 cycle 3 AF 11th March ish
ChunkyChicken TTC#2 cycle '3', AF 12-13 March ish
MrsTwinks TTC#2, cycle 2, AF 17 March
combatqueen TTC#1, cycle 3, AF 17th March ish
Cejay8 TTC#2, Cycle 4, AF due March 17th
bettergetamoveon (36) TTC #2, cycle 2, AF due 18th March (ish)
PickledHegg TTC#2, AF 20 March
Sticklebricksuk TTC#1 Cycle 3 AF due 20th March (best guess!)
knickyknocks TTC #2 AF 21 March
Chair TTC#1 Cycle 3 AF Due 23 March (ish)
Rudawakening TTC#1 AF 24 March (if not earlier)
Pipbin TTC #1 cycle 9 AF 29th March
Beakersbelle TTC#6 Cycle 3 AF 30 March (but could be later)

Just realised I'm not on the passenger list either

MissMedusa TTC#1, cycle 7, AF 29 Feb
ddas TTC#2, AF 27 Feb/8 March
Cherrypiew3 TTC#4, cycle 5 AF 3rd March
MrsC ttc no2 cycle 6 af due 5/03
QTPie (38) TTC#2, cycle 1, AF 2/9 MAR (most likely due 05/03)
Elizadoesdolittle TTC #2 cycle 3 AF 11th March ish
ChunkyChicken TTC#2 cycle '3', AF 12-13 March ish
PandaWatch TTC#1 cycle 3, AF 16 March ish
MrsTwinks TTC#2, cycle 2, AF 17 March
combatqueen TTC#1, cycle 3, AF 17th March ish
Cejay8 TTC#2, Cycle 4, AF due March 17th
bettergetamoveon (36) TTC #2, cycle 2, AF due 18th March (ish)
PickledHegg TTC#2, AF 20 March
Sticklebricksuk TTC#1 Cycle 3 AF due 20th March (best guess!)
knickyknocks TTC #2 AF 21 March
Chair TTC#1 Cycle 3 AF Due 23 March (ish)
Rudawakening TTC#1 AF 24 March (if not earlier)
Pipbin TTC #1 cycle 9 AF 29th March
Beakersbelle TTC#6 Cycle 3 AF 30 March (but could be later)

Anyone with a short luteal phase might find this article interesting. Encouraging me to eat more low GI foods. Chinese Medicine but with eating tips also:
www.acudenver.com/_docs/ArticlesRL8.pdf