Trying to conceive thread Number 2

[dejags]

Hi Girls,

I thought I'd start a new thread the old one was getting a bit long.

I am feeling a lot more relaxed this month. We have been BD'ing but more for the fun of it than for babymaking. DH (bless him) has bought me a separate present for each the 12 days of Xmas - one a day. He has bought me some lovely things - which are very useful in "getting us in the mood"...

I am such a lucky girl!

Here's hoping Santa is kind to us all...

[jacksmumto1]

I know M2T I know!!! I was convinced it wouldn't be this month and lo and behold! No signs either just pmt and cramps which are normal for me!!

Actually can someone help? I thought I was due sept 9th but I then realised that my cycle length is 30 days not 28 - does that mean I am due sept 11th? (first day last period 4th dec).

Also I will be so interested to know the sex of this baby!!!! We 'did the deed' 4-5 days before I concieved - and I can be accurate on this - which fits in with 'trying for a girl' theory.... what will I have?! Not that it actually makes a difference though dh would love a girl!!!

[mears]

jacksmumto1 - you add on 7 days then 9 months to get your EDD, whatever length of cycle you have. Pregnancy lasts 37 - 42 weeks so there is plenty of room for manoeuvre regarding date of delivery
Your EDD is 11th Sept.

[M2T]

lol Jacsmumto1 - I have a 30 day cycle, but it didn't make a difference to how the GP and the midwife worked out my due date. So it's the 9th for now. It'll probably change after your 12 week scan anyway.

Sounds like you have probably conceived a girl. We did the deed a couple of days after ovulation (I think!).... so it's most likely to be another boy.

[mears]

Sorry, meant to say add that time to date of last period starting.

[SpringChicken]

Congratulations Pollingfold and Jacksmumto1

Get yourselves over to the September thread right away - Well done

[mears]

Midwife/doctor might use obstetric wheel to calculate date in which case it might be different by a day or so.

[pollingfold]

Thanks everyone. Will probably stick around here for a while if you don't mind until it feels a bit more real.

I totally understand all the feelings of envy. 2 days after my m/c I found out that my sister was expecting, totally unplanned with a much older family already.

Hoping all your Bd'ing pays off in the very near future.

Hana good luck with all the tests, have they confirmed whether you can start taking the baby aspirin

[hana]

pollingford - I need repeat blood tests on the 29 of this month and after that I'll know if I need the baby aspirin. I decided not to take them afterall....I did for 3 days and then stopped. It's not too long a wait now I suppose. Is this your second or third? Best wishes for a wonderful pregnancy, and I hope to join you soon!
hana

[fisil]

Glad I'm not the only one left.

Sometimes I feel really envious, sometimes I am really happy for people. I think it just depends on where you are in your cycle.

First possible AF day today - nine to go.

[Moomin]

I think the pmt kicked in with a vengeance today - had a vile day at work, feel ugly, fat, bloated and utterly, utterly jealous of pregnant people. Feel useless that I'm still here after a year and have got to the stage that I feel it just WON'T happen for me now. The other day I was so happy for my friends and everyone here who had been successful but now I just feel like crawling into a hole. God I'm horrible...
sorry

[hana]

no you're not moomin, we all feel like that sometimes. I have such a range of emotions towards being pregnant (or not) on a daily basis. We'll get there. And what a feeling it's going to be

[fisil]

I definitely feel like that sometimes Moomin. Agree with what hana says, and your description of yourself is wrong wrong wrong (but right when I apply it to myself, of course )

[BeckiF]

I'm the same, normally delighted, ecstatic for pregnant friends/family. Then there are the days when I hate myself, and am jealous to the point of crying about it. Sit there moaning to DP about how THEY don't deserve a baby, how WE'VE got SO much love to give, how we'd be complete with a baby. And then I remind myself that I'd rather be in an utterley adoring relationship and without children, then miserable WITH children. Every baby deserves to be in a family where the parents are as much in love as me an dp are. So, I'm lucky to be with my gorgeous, understanding dp who wants babies as much as I. I could be childless AND in a terrible relationship I spose.

[fisil]

Which reminds me - when I moan to dp "why is it taking so long" he says "no it isn't"

Well, to those of us whose input is a monthly shag, maybe it doesn't seem like much hassle. To those of us who have a week of AF, then a week of working out dates then two weeks of waiting before the whole damn thing starts over (and of course, not drinking throughout all of this), even one month would seem like a long time.

Oooh, that felt good to get off my chest!

[cazzybabs]

Maybe we should put this on the why we love mumset thread - because it helps us see that we are only human. God I thought I was the only bitch who, when people told me they were preganant, I was like why can't it be me and would look at them with green eyes. I can't stand my sil talking about her preganacy and this is really awful I really didn't want to have to see her over Xmas because all I could think about is why not me!!! See I am worse than you all. I am terrified of not being able to have any more children - my mum could only have one. I can't decide if its worse to only have 1 or none at all. Anyway I hope it will happen for you all soon - the more I read about it the more I think its a miracle its happens at all.

[Moomin]

I remember having this conversation with my next door neighbour who was trying 18 months for her dd1 and 12 months for her dd2. She said when she was trying for dd1, she even became insanely jealous of Sarah Platt on Corrie and could hardly bear to watch her. Jealous of a fictional 13 year old who's up the duff!! mad, isn't it?
I booked my appt to see my gp on Monday. AF is due Sat, so I've booked it in defiance - I'm not stringing myself along this month. I need to feel pro-active. THing is, I'm pretty sure I'm ovulating (due to the egg white every month, plus during a vaginal ultra-sound in the summer they said they could see the egg ready to "pop". I'm now worried that dd's super-sperm might not be so super any more . What checks will they do first? Does anyone know?

[Moomin]

THat shouldn't have been a winky after "pop"!! PLus, I didn't mean my neighbour was mad in a horrible way; I meant we all drive ourselves mad with this whole ttc malarky.

[futurity]

I did a pregnancy test today..even though AF not due until the weekend! It was negitive. I then read up and found out that they don't work (Tescos own brand) until day of period due. OOPS! Waste of test! I just fancied peeing on that stick just to see what happened!!!

[BeckiF]

I have a gf who when alreadhy having had one sone would complain and sob that she'd been trying 3 whole months to conceive a 2nd baby! (how little she knows!) On a weekend visit to me we discussed her cycles and found out she'd been doing the deed too early in her cycle! She left my house Sunday night, the most fertile day of her cycle (as suggested by me!), had the big reunion with her hubby and yes, you've guessed it ... GOT PREGNANT! Now I can help OTHERS get pregnant and STILL can't get MYSELF pregnant! How funny is THAT?

[bluestar]

Congratulations to those with recent positives. I'm coming up for ov time and have decided to stop temp testing and just use ov tests and the dates when I should be fertile (which is how I got pg last time). Trying not to stress too much about it this month and occupy myself with other thoughts (not easy). Good luck to all, let's hope we can get some more positives soon on this board.

[M2T]

Goodluck Bluestar.... and everyone else!

Futurity - I got a positive (4 to be precise)with Boots own 6 days, then 5 days, then 4 days before my AF is due (I kept testing coz I didn't believe it). It does state that it doesn't work until day AF is due.... I must've been produding HCG nice and early. Why don't you try a Boots one. Only £8.99 for 2....

[futurity]

Tempting...but I will wait! I have promised myself that I will not buy any more tests until next Tuesday which will be day 32 of my cycle..my cycle is about 31 days (not too sure as only came off pill in early November.) If I am going to get AF symptoms they tend to appear from day 28 which is tomorrow so we shall see what the weekend brings!

[steppemum]

Hello everyone, I haven't been online for a while, and look SO many people got pregnant! It's fantastic, congratulations everyone, what a great start to the year.
AF is due on Saturday (but since I had ds, it is sometimes a week late) but I have been feeling sick for the last week, and I couldn't decide whether it was ridiculously early symptoms, or a tummy bug. I did a test and it was negative, but then it is a bit early.

[steppemum]

Hello everyone, I haven't been online for a while, and look SO many people got pregnant! It's fantastic, congratulations everyone, what a great start to the year.
AF is due on Saturday (but since I had ds, it is sometimes a week late) but I have been feeling sick for the last week, and I couldn't decide whether it was ridiculously early symptoms, or a tummy bug. I did a test and it was negative, but then it is a bit early.

[steppemum]

WOW I've been offline for a few days, and when I got back, loads of people are pregnant!! Huge conratulations everyone, what a wonderful way to start the year.

AF is due on Saturday, but I've been feeling really sick for the last week, and couldn't decide if it was ridiculously early symptoms, or just a tummy bug, so I did a test but it was negative, but then again AF isn't due til Saturday, so who knows. (isn't that the same day as you moomin?)