Hop aboard the Santa sleigh for a festive baby (late Dec /early Jan)

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Jingle jingle....anybody joining me? I figure this HAS to be my month if I'm starting the thread :o

Evening all. I've been mostly offline the last couple of days so am a bit behind and need to read through to catch up.

Hello Equimum welcome!

Pipbin I can't see your charts from this computer as it has some glitch so I'll take a look tomorrow to see, but I think you're right that your travel has thrown your temping off balance this month.

Right I'll be on CD 8 tomorrow so shag week is about to start! On that basis I am officially trying for a January Sales baby (due date would be 16th Jan).

Flighty- here's ice&a slice to go with your gin : )

Homeaway- that's pants! If you have to do it before you move around&also at the same time,I'd have to set my alarm for about 6 (as I do during the week normally)&temp at that time on a weekend.is that what most people do?I'm not impressed with that idea at all.hopefully opk will work for my so I can ditch temping if that's the case. I'll keep at it for the moment as 36.4 seems to be my standard and 36.6 when have af.

Welcome aboard eqimum! Would your dates mean you would like a crimbo sherry on the flight or would you rather some champers for a new year date?x

ooh pour me a [champagne] Wiggy! Although 10.20 in the morning is a bit early, I might have to save it until later.

Pipbin - I think it's only not sure because it needs 6 pre-ov temps to compare to, and you don't have enough. But I'm fairly sure it must have been CD17 - esp. as your EWCM dried up.

Now on 7DPO - just beginning to wonder...... Got a long weekend to get through before I feel ready to poas. fortunately it's a busy one, so that should take my mind off things.

i'm either 6 or 7 DPO . Had a temp dip yesterday and back up today, maybe the elusive implantation dip? scoff all you like , i googled and implantation at 5 DPO not unheard of- and it may have been 6 DPO anyway.

Had the tiniest bit of spotting today at 6dpo. Which I tend to get every month, so at least that has confirmed to me that I have ov'd if nothing else.
Also, if I am 6 dpo then at least this will be a short cycle.

Higher temps today, but then I realised that I had been sleeping with my mouth open.
Might fanjo temp next month.

Don't think I'm having a festive baby. My trusted first response test was negative and as I'm 10/11DPO I think that seals the deal for me. When I tested with my DS (early) the line flashed up almost as soon as I'd finished pee ing on it.

< harbours bad thoughts of grabbing fertility reindeers by antlers, whirling them around like a shot put and launching them into the snow head first, followed by lobbing several mince pies at them>

And as I'm writing this I can feel a pre period pimple appearing. Arse! I haven't felt mildly murderous this week drivers not indicating when driving in front of me excluded so thought that was a good omen for AF not arriving

Hey all- missed loads, going to pour a glass of vino and catch up now.

DH arrives back tomorrow night and will be pounced upon ASAP. Not holding out much hope for this month though as he is working away a lot.

Ooops, scratch that - I am meant to be working in my PMA. Of course immaculate conception is possible

What's that you say Empire...? Immaculate conception? Surely an omen if ever there was one for a 'true' Christmas baby? If the reindeers manage to pull the second coming out of santa's sack I'd be very impressed! : ) (pops cork&pours everyone a cheeky glass of bubbles).

Haha, just realised how crude an image the reindeer pulling a second coming out of santa's sack is! Sorry about that, honestly didn't mean that when I typed it.

Bugger. Suspiciously EW looking CM and DH away til Sunday.

Remember that ov happens when EWCM stops.

Red spotting today at 6 dpo. Fed up now.

Pip - is this normal for you? I often have strange spotting around that time too. Was meant to see my GP about it this past month but appointment was cancelled. Do you have any history of fibroids or PCOS?

Hi - Crazy don't get too disheartened yet. After reading the info posted (by Spring, I think) upthread, it makes you realise that testing at 10 / 11 dpo, even with clearblue, isn't very accurate. Fx for you anyway.

pip If you are pg, the spotting could be implantation (that would be great), but if you're not, what could it be? I agree with lastbox that it might be worth getting checked.

blackcats low temp could be implantation dip (hope so) bur I have noticed I often get a lower temp about 7 dpo in most cycles, and had false hope because of it.

Thinking of all of you in the 2ww. X

I'm off to take DS to the hospital today for some tests - really nervous.

Ooh limeleaflizard - pleased to hear about your low temps at 7dpo. Was feeling a bit pooh because I've had two lowish temps in a row and thought it was probably a bad sign. But I'm 8dpo today, so maybe it's just a routine thing.

In fact, just looked at last month's chart and 8dpo was a low before two higher temps. Feeling better now - thanks for that Hope everything goes OK for your DS today - nothing major I hope.

Lots of little things going wrong over the last 24 hours (travel to work, irritating colleagues - nothing major), but I find I don't have the resilience to cope with everyday stresses like I used to, and have got quite teary. Who's to say that it's not actually PMT though? or pregnancy hormones

limeleaf hope your son's tests results were ok (I do know from personal experience with my DS how horrible it is waiting for tests results so I fully sympathise) hope things went well.

AF rocked up this morning. 2 days earlier than expected so quite pleased in a way to be put out of my misery sooner and onto the next cycle.

Good luck to you ladies still in the 2ww

limeleaflizard hope your son's tests show good things and set your mind at rest.
Hmm i've now read that some people do get temp dip most months. I've not noticed it before and i didn't get it the month i got pregnant.

May I tentatively step aboard?

4DPO, and long haul flights to South Africa booked for November - I figure I may as well tempt fate, as playing nicely with the fates has got me nowhere so far...

Not feeling at all optimistic, though we did SWI our little bottoms off this month (happy conincidence of ovulation around a weekend, which meant we were both less knackered so actually did it for fun as much as anything - sigh I remember those days)

Im pretty sure i am out for an Xmas baby, no AF yet but still bfn, just wish AF would hurry up now so we can start again.

Good luck to all those testing soon x

Limeleaf-Hope today wasn't too awful and you don't have long to wait for results.

Crazy- what a pain but like you say, on wards and upwards with the next.

I'm in a bit of a dilemma as realised friend's hen do is actually weekend before AF is due, so too early to test. Do I just enjoy myself or be more cautious just in case? I've asked around my friends and generally they said I should just enjoy a drink as I don't drink through the week and rarely at weekends (probably once every few months) and it could be months before we conceive. What do you guys reckon?

Wiggy Its my birthday party tomorrow, 8dpo and I'm thinking the same thing. I'm thinking I'll drink, but not get drunk. If implantation has happened I don't think that there is a shared blood flow so it won't make a difference.

Wiggy / Pipbin I have been in that situation many times - there seems to be a reason to drink socially every month that I am TTC (says much about my life?!). I agree that the answer is to have a drink or two but not more, just in case.

blackcats, need to credit you with the interesting info upthread that persuaded me it was pointless to test before AF is due although I will still do it

Crazy sorry you're out . It is disappointing every time, I know. Take the Xmas decorations down and get ready for the January sales.

Rudawakening I hope you find out soon one way or another. The waiting is so frustrating.

Treats sorry you've had all those nigglesome things lately. They stack up sometimes, so don't feel bad about being teary.

Chair, welcome, good name!

And thanks all for the good wishes for DS. The tests went OK. He was very good and sat still-ish with all the wires etc attached to him for nearly 2 hours. We won't get the results until mid May.

It was actually quite nice to spend a day with just him - being the middle child it is rare that I get time with him 1-1. It was a long slog into London and back though. The worst moment was when we had lunch in a cafe surrounded by City suited types and he had a major tantrum because there was lettuce in his chicken sandwich!

Hello ladies I have been snoozing for a long time. Took a bit of a break after af. However now another friend pg and after feeling blue about it i have brushed myself off! Will try and catch up with all the recent events.

I'm 2 dpo today and tried preseed for the first time rhis month. Fx - feeling positive, odds are it must happen soon right?

Hey roxy good to see you again. Hope you're ok.

What was the pre-seed like to use? I've never tried it. Where do you get it from?
Yes, keep playing the odds! I have my fx for you too.