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Hoping for a May BFP?

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curiousgeorgie · 01/04/2012 10:37

Had a search for a may BFP thread and couldn't see one (please correct me if there is!) so thought I'd start one..

curiousgeorgie - TTC #2 - Testing April 29th

Anyone with me?

OP posts:
EmpireBiscuit · 10/04/2012 22:11

Marking place - waiting for the old bint to appear so I can start obsessing diligently counting days and taking temps.

Humph.

CostumeDramaQueen · 11/04/2012 09:37

Hello - AF just arrived, so popping in here to mark my place for next month

Has anyone tried accupunture? I heard it can be a help when TTC, am tempted to give it a go as I always seem to be stressed and wondered if that was affecting things

Hai1988 · 11/04/2012 12:21

hi costume sorry to hear about af arriving, hoping you get your may bfp Smile

I don't like the idea of needles being stuck in my skin, how it is stress reliving is beyond be Confused B
But if you think it can help you then go for it.

Think AF has attually stopped now after stopping sunday night/monday morning but then reappearing yesterday Confused

But think she has gone now

Am on CD6 and very much ready to get down to SWI Grin

Hai1988 · 11/04/2012 12:21

thats meant to say beyond ME!! not Be Hmm

PandaWatch · 12/04/2012 14:46

Hello! Just parachuted off Santa's sleigh for a new year baby!

Curiousgeorgie - TTC #2 - Testing 1st May
Too breathless- TTC # 2- Testing 1st May
littlemiss - TTC #2 - Testing 1st May
Dexi - TTC#1 - Testing May 1
winkle2 - TTC #1 - Testing 2nd May
Persuasion - TTC #1 - Testing 2nd May
Hai1988- TTC #2 - Testing 3rd may
Figaro82 - TTC#1 - Testing 4th May
Cejay8 - TTC#2 - Testing 7th May
CraftyGirly - TTC#1 - Testing 7th May
Tedmundo - TTC#3 - Testing 8th May
OpenMindedSceptic - TTC#2 - Testing 9th May
RightUp - TTC #2 - Testing 11th May
PandaWatch - TTC #1 - Testing 12th May
Geeklette - TTC#1 - Testing 19th May

LittleMissSnowShine · 12/04/2012 22:47

hello everyone, great to see so many of us on here for a bit of support :) Only a couple of weeks to go until the first ladies on the list starting poas!!

Well, because DS came along so quickly and unexpectedly, this is the first time i've tried charting/taking temp every day...and either i'm doing it wrong, i'm very messed up or i need a new thermometer because my chart is all over the place lol So anyway, scrapping that for the time being and since I'm supposed to be OV in roughly about 3 or 4 days, SWI begins in earnest tomorrow night. Me and DH have both had horrible chest infections which have just cleared up, so between the DIY blitz over last few weeks, various work streses, looking after DS and recuperating, haven't really been 'in the mood', but going to have to get that way. Where's the Barry white CD? Wink

Cejay8 / Craftygirly - I'm not really an expert on this, but because I have PCOS my cycles have been erratic in the past and before I got preg with DS I had been going to my GP and the PCOS clinic at my local hospital to try and regulate my cycles/manage my symptoms a bit, and one of the things they told me was that just because you are getting your AF and your cycles are fairly regular, it doesn't necessarily mean that you are OV. there's a test they can do called a '21 day test', where you get bloods taken roughly a week before AF is due and that helps the dr determine whether you are OV or not, because you can have AF/regular cycles which are anovulatory (ie, you don't OV). Of course, most women with regular cycles are OV, but I'm just mentioning this in case you want to get it checked out or anything

Costume - Nope, never tried acupuncture. Had reflexology a couple of times tho, a friend of mine was training as a reflexologist and i thought it was brilliant, really relaxing. And then I got preg with DS, so possibly there was a connection? Good luck with the accupuncture if you go for it tho, let us know what it's like!

morecoffeewantsmorechoccie · 13/04/2012 09:25

Hi girls!

Well,as some of you know, after my bfp on good Friday all subsequent tests were bfns :(

Not sure yet if it was a false positive, chemical pregnancy or faulty test (first response).no AF yet and getting possible Ov symptoms, sooooooo, I could still be in with a chance of a may bfp! I am maxing my place and will catch up on this thread.I have added my self to the list again. I notice Georgie hasn't been on here for a while?

Curiousgeorgie - TTC #2 - Testing 1st May
morecoffee - ttc #3 - testing 1st may
Too breathless- TTC # 2- Testing 1st May
littlemiss - TTC #2 - Testing 1st May
Dexi - TTC#1 - Testing May 1
winkle2 - TTC #1 - Testing 2nd May
Persuasion - TTC #1 - Testing 2nd May
Hai1988- TTC #2 - Testing 3rd may
Figaro82 - TTC#1 - Testing 4th May
Cejay8 - TTC#2 - Testing 7th May
CraftyGirly - TTC#1 - Testing 7th May
Tedmundo - TTC#3 - Testing 8th May
OpenMindedSceptic - TTC#2 - Testing 9th May
RightUp - TTC #2 - Testing 11th May
PandaWatch - TTC #1 - Testing 12th May
Geeklette - TTC#1 - Testing 19th May

StephieFranks · 13/04/2012 10:54

Hello - New girl alert!! Can i join pls? Not sure how to add my details!

TTC#1 Testing May 8th ish

Driving myself stir crazy as DH already has DD & DS, at 30yrs old i'm newcomer to it all and had been on cerazette for 3 years and only been off it since end of Feb, AF visited 1st April. So this is first real month of ttc - using cheapie internet opk nothing yet though.......I'm so bloody impatient!! I'm already starting to do my own head in, but i suppose it didn't help when DH said it has always happened quickly for him before......

So here's to a May BFP??!

RIBS · 13/04/2012 13:03

Hi everyone,

Some familiar faces I see from April Thread.

Will stick your details in Steph, il add mine but il leave testing date off til I ov as no flipping idea when that'l be. If this months anything to go by, i may ov on day 21 - which is when DP will be off on a long boozy weekend. Ararrrrrr!

Any1 who doesnt know me - im on clomid, ive got pco's and ive just got bloody awkward misbehaving lady bits. And this cycle im going to be stressed as usual and in dazed confusion as to whats going on relaxed about it, as I now know the clomid works very slowly

Im only on CD1. But the question for today is .....
Pre-seed? Heard a lot about it, never used it. I understand the concept of it (obv!) Does it actually aid pregnancy or does it just get you wet???

Just wondering, as looking at a picture of David Beckham in his pants may do the same trick???? Blush who am i kidding Grin

Curiousgeorgie - TTC #2 - Testing 1st May
morecoffee - ttc #3 - testing 1st may
Too breathless- TTC # 2- Testing 1st May
littlemiss - TTC #2 - Testing 1st May
Dexi - TTC#1 - Testing May 1
winkle2 - TTC #1 - Testing 2nd May
Persuasion - TTC #1 - Testing 2nd May
Hai1988- TTC #2 - Testing 3rd may
Figaro82 - TTC#1 - Testing 4th May
Cejay8 - TTC#2 - Testing 7th May
CraftyGirly - TTC#1 - Testing 7th May
StephieFranks - TTC#1 Testing May 8th ish
Tedmundo - TTC#3 - Testing 8th May
OpenMindedSceptic - TTC#2 - Testing 9th May
RightUp - TTC #2 - Testing 11th May
PandaWatch - TTC #1 - Testing 12th May
Geeklette - TTC#1 - Testing 19th May
Ribs - TTC#2 - Testing Mid to late May (keeping it vague)

On another note as its CD1 - wine tonight for me whoop whoop!! Grin

StephieFranks · 13/04/2012 13:37

I've heard it aids more effective swimming for the sperm?

I'm on CD13 an don't have much of a clue when will ov as only had the one visit from Auntie since being off cerazette, although unlike most i did used to have a regular bleed with that POP - so if any cycle info from that is to be reliable i average 35 days. A week or so b4 i need to swi although it can't hurt to dtd just in case my actual cycle is shorter off the pill - can it?? Even though all opk have been negative, shall i wear my DH out?!

RightUpMyRue · 13/04/2012 14:09

RIBS preseed and conceive plus mimic fertile cervical fluid, helping sperm to reach the fallopian tubes and survive until the egg is released. They have fructose and special ions and stuff which nourish the sperm.

They also help to keep it all moist down there so when you're DTD every day or every other day and you're perhaps not interested anymore as wet as you could be they do the job for you.

I've got some conceive plus for next cycle should this one prove fruitless. We've used it once, it was a lot wetter than I thought it was going to be and colder!

I don't think there are any proper studies which say it really makes a difference to conception rates but it can't hurt to try can it?

RIBS · 13/04/2012 14:53

Sound advice rue. Its worth a go. Will have to either remember to brace myself or warm it on the radiator before hand.

steph Go go go. You dont want to miss it. I would Swi from CD10 tbh. Keep checking the sticks so you know when to relax and even then - a couple of goes for luck!! (did i say luck???) Grin

morecoffeewantsmorechoccie · 13/04/2012 15:12

Been using conceive plus this cycle.its very runny and agree, very cold!

I have got some more plus preseed on the way as well.

Curiousgeorgie - TTC #2 - Testing 1st May
morecoffee - ttc #3 - testing 1st and 15th may
Too breathless- TTC # 2- Testing 1st May
littlemiss - TTC #2 - Testing 1st May
Dexi - TTC#1 - Testing May 1
winkle2 - TTC #1 - Testing 2nd May
Persuasion - TTC #1 - Testing 2nd May
Hai1988- TTC #2 - Testing 3rd may
Figaro82 - TTC#1 - Testing 4th May
Cejay8 - TTC#2 - Testing 7th May
CraftyGirly - TTC#1 - Testing 7th May
StephieFranks - TTC#1 Testing May 8th ish
Tedmundo - TTC#3 - Testing 8th May
OpenMindedSceptic - TTC#2 - Testing 9th May
RightUp - TTC #2 - Testing 11th May
PandaWatch - TTC #1 - Testing 12th May
Geeklette - TTC#1 - Testing 19th May
Ribs - TTC#2 - Testing Mid to late May (keeping it vague)

I have updated list again.have put 2 dates down to test depending on what the hell happens in the mean time!

RightUpMyRue · 13/04/2012 15:42

You'll be slipping your way to a BFP with all that lube morecoffee Grin

Due to new cycle guessing calculations I'm moving myself further down the list.

Curiousgeorgie - TTC #2 - Testing 1st May
morecoffee - ttc #3 - testing 1st and 15th may
Too breathless- TTC # 2- Testing 1st May
littlemiss - TTC #2 - Testing 1st May
Dexi - TTC#1 - Testing 1st May
winkle2 - TTC #1 - Testing 2nd May
Persuasion - TTC #1 - Testing 2nd May
Hai1988- TTC #2 - Testing 3rd may
Figaro82 - TTC#1 - Testing 4th May
Cejay8 - TTC#2 - Testing 7th May
CraftyGirly - TTC#1 - Testing 7th May
StephieFranks - TTC#1 Testing May 8th ish
Tedmundo - TTC#3 - Testing 8th May
OpenMindedSceptic - TTC#2 - Testing 9th May
PandaWatch - TTC #1 - Testing 12th May
Geeklette - TTC#1 - Testing 19th May
RightUp - TTC #2 - Testing 19th May
Ribs - TTC#2 - Testing Mid to late May (keeping it vague)

RIBS · 13/04/2012 16:17

Well girls, we've arrived from the April thread and made ourselves all comfy with our irratic cycles and wierd goings on.

Lets hope this is everyones lucky month. Much better to be due after xmas than before or even on xmas day I reckon. No one will buy you presents, they'l all go on the bambino!!

New year baby anyone???

That'l do me.. Smile

morecoffeewantsmorechoccie · 13/04/2012 16:31

Yes here we are :) new year new baby! May will be our month!

rue with all this ewcm I have suddenly got, lube has been made redundant at the moment!

Still haven't caught up on this thread since I was last here. Will do later.

RIBS · 13/04/2012 16:38

TMI morecoffee TMI.

We dont want to bring down the tone of the thread already now do we.

Have a good weekend every1. And assume the winkle morecoffee (legs in air, cushion underneath and phone in hand to advise DTD)

tedmundo · 13/04/2012 16:47

Hello new ladies, not sure if any of you are interested but our May bfps would give us babies born in the year of the dragon. I sadly lost a pregnancy that would have been a sept baby and thought I was out of luck for a dragon.

BUT if if if it happens this month it will still be in the Chinese new year dates. I have Chinese family members by marriage and know they will be very excited if this happens ... Especially as this is DC #3 and no one is that interested any more!!

Waiting for my af to fully finish now, and reading with interest about these special gels you are all discussing. Although really girls, you are not convincing me by saying it is COLD!!!

morecoffeewantsmorechoccie · 13/04/2012 17:15

Tmi ribs?! Really?!

Although it was and still is such a shocking amount and so unexpected that I had to share with someone! plus if I mentioned anything about my incredible ewcm to any RL people they would think I was weird!

Dh has text me and asked if ee should dtd again when he gets home?!just in case......

Grin

Hi ted . That's interesting about the year of the dragon. Maybe we will all be lucky and get our bfp's just in time :)

Question for everyone about ovulation-

Do you normally get tenderness on the side you are ovulating? I have had some cramping on and off yesterday evening and today on left side, lots of ewcm (tmi) and when I press gently on the left side, it feels quite sore/tender in an area roughly the size of my (fairly average sized) hand. Is this normal? Is this ovulation?

Persuasion · 13/04/2012 19:22

Could someone move me down the list too? Probably to the I have no idea what's happening but there must be some indication one way or the other by the end of may position bottom.

Today there is bleeding. Coil out 2nd April (CD15), think I may have ovd next day. Withdrawal bleed (from the mirena) 4th-6th april. Ewcm last 3 days. No idea what the bloody hell my bits are up to despite this a tiny voice in my brain is whispering it may be implantation I guess at worst it's first proper AF. In which case who knows when the next is due (as it's early in that case).

Clearly I'm loosing the plot. Still, a new year baby would be good! [Grin]

morecoffee that's what my ov has always felt like, so maybe! Good luck...

Sorry it's all me me me, on my useless phone and can't see back far excuses excuses Blush

tedmundo · 13/04/2012 19:38

morecoffee I swear by the legs in the air technique. It does help if you have a handy sleigh bed style headboard....

persuasion I also have a hard time referencing people as I don't like to skip bold but am yet to find out how to do an asterisk quickly with iPad. Making a huge effort here.... Wink

Is taking folic acid with a glug of wine acceptable behaviour from someone who is ttc?

Still a week away from the fertile window so even the thought of poas seems unreal.

OpenMindedSceptic · 13/04/2012 19:51

hello to all newcomers!

Ribs and morecoffee I was really hoping not to see you here! Good luck for May BFP.

Anyway, CD8 for me so I am twiddling my thumbs as ovulation not due for another 2 weeks or so...

StephieFranks · 13/04/2012 20:52

Ted - yes folic acid with wine is perfectly acceptable while ttc at this stage! Well at least i think so.......

CraftyGirly · 13/04/2012 21:11

Hi to everyone joining us from the April thread, so sorry to see you here though (in the nicest possible way!)

Interesting to hear about the chinese year of the dragon! Dragon babies sound Firey though lol Grin I'm an Ox and DH is a Dog. not that I really think about it that much!

currently on CD 5 twiddling our thumbs wishing the next week away until we can start SWI. DH works quite long hours so tends to be tired a lot and don't want to wear him out until it's necessary!

so lots of killing time on MN at the moment ;)

LittleMissSnowShine · 13/04/2012 21:30

Hello everyone, hi new ladies and thank god it's flippin friday :)

Wine is the only way to wash down your folic acid! I've been really bad about taking my supplements over the last week or so - I'd been taking those Sanatogen ones last month where it's one EFA tablet and one folic acid one, but I really hated the EFA one, I kept feeling like I could taste cod liver oil or something after I'd taken it ack ack ack

So even tho my feeble attempt at charting has gone by the wayside this month, OV ought to be happening around Monday time so I guess it's SWI weekend. Really can't get in the mood tho, wrecked! And had DS in bed with us with a sore ear a lot of last night so bit sleep deprived zzzz

Also, just noticed a very little bit of blood earlier when I went for a wee. AF's been gone for a week now...what gives?? Anyone else had this? What could it mean??

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