Elderberry Pavlovas Unite - the over 30s TTC number 1

[Bunnygirlie]

Hi y'all, Welcome to our new meeting place :-) Let's refresh as usual -

Bunnygirlie - 32, married, TTC since June, due to OV this week according to app

Sorry you are out and down winkle. Get it all out on here, we are all sympathetic old gravidas.

Janey we are POASing buddies again this month. I will be away from DP (and abroad, again - I sound well jet-set don't I!? I'm not, promise) so am a bit nervous about it. Pipbin when are you looking at POAS action?

Quod - you really do seem to be living a glam life! And yes we are POAS buddies again - when is your AF due again, and when are you going to break and start POAS? You going to try next Friday and Saturday, and Sunday, and probably Monday too with me too?

Quoid my AF is due on the 30th, which is half term, hurrah. That is the Tuesday and my appointment is on the Wednesday. I'm going to wish for that mythical 'found out I was pg on the morning of my appointment'.

I'm sorry winkle.
I've been SO bad today, had a HUGE sugar binge.

Janey I will be staying with my cousin in Crete but probably surreptitiously trying to pee on Internet cheapies. Not the easiest thing to do in someone else's house!!

Pipbin yes! You are definitely due the mythical happy ending. I hope so!

Well today I have mostly been trudging miles around London suburbs in the pissing rain looking at flats. It's so depressing how expensive everything has got!

Ello! Just been for a massage, she said my shoulders were the knottiest she's seen in a while. I guess the stress of busy work, work on house and TTC is taking it's toll :-(

I have been inputting my dates into 2 different apps and they say AF due 30th Oct. Anybody else due around that time?

Quoid buy my house. £105,000 and only an hour from London on the train.

I'm a bit
A lot of zombie related user names lately, -or maybe I'm just noticing them more since I changed my name to a zombie related one!

I'm due on the 30 Bunny.

Just reading back through the thread, it was interesting what you said Rache about spotting. I now know that a bit of spotting is not the end.

So quod, pip and bunny - we're all due BFP (fx ) or AF () at about the same time... Starting to POAS at the weekend?

I'm making up a whole lotta symptoms this time - boobs getting sore from prodding again...

I'm ignoring all symptoms. Honest.
Due to test on the 30th which will be 14 dpo.
After 15 cycles I can manage to not POAS until AF is due.

Me too pib. My app says af due on thu 25th but my cycles have been a little longer after mc so I'm not poas until Sunday at least. If af not here by then.
Was it on this thread we were talking about being ginger??? Cause I'm one too!!!!

Pipbin I have never ever spotted until these 2 cycles TTC! Who knows how our really complicated plumbing actually works??!!

On a slightly different note, have any of you lovely ladies been laying off the booze and if so can anybody recommend an alcohol-free red wine and where I can buy some? I can't face spending the next 36 weeks without my beloved red.

Oh, I spot every single cycle really.
I've found that my cycles have been 6 days shorter since my HSG. Our bodies are odd.

POAS buddies yay :-)

I shall def wait till 1st nov to poas! AF shall prob appear by then anyway :-(

Rache, i don't drink that much so haven't changed my drinking habits yet but if I ever get that elusive BFP I will stop!

Hey ladies, yeay on the bfps, Boooo hisssss to AF.
I've been lurking but not posting much, don't feel I've much to contribute tbh as you're all far more knowledgeable!
Quick question- I've got fairly bad ov pain today, is it ok to use heat pad or take any painkillers? Battling through ATM and counting down the minutes days til I can poas!
Thank you for any advice.

Paah yeah I'm sure either is fine to use.

I've got one sore booby today - only one! Very odd.

Pipbin where do you live that's an hour from London and £105000?!! Some of the suburbs we were trudging round the other day would have taken almost an hour to get into the centre of town once you've schlepped to the station...

I will be staying with my cousin and her family when AF is due- trying to surreptitiously POAS in someone else's house isn't going to be easy especially with Internet cheapy dipsticks!! I may just wait until I'm due and then use a proper test if AF doesn't show up.

East Anglia Quod. Main line to London is a walk away. Will get you in at Liverpool Street.

Briefly, stabby pains and vaginal cramps. Could this be a sign of impending ovulation?

That is, stabby stomach pains. All gone now.

Hi all, I had to skulk off for a couple of days and try to think about something else, but that just doesn't work, does it? Also, my parents have started doing that hinting-they-would-like-to-be-grandparents thing, which is really awkward and painful, and I will have to tell them what's going on soon, and then my dad will be sending me lots of medical research articles, because that's how he is, and this will lead to icky conversations..

Good luck to all POASers - looks like there's quite a few coming up. Fingers all crossed for you. I'm in a bit of a quandary this month - really had written this cycle off as DH is totally utterly knackered so no action. Then yesterday got random EWCM - maybe I'm having a really late OV? (I'm on CD 20), and - miracle - DTD last night, so now I'm thinking, maybe, just maybe at the same time knowing it's highly unlikely that this will be my month. I will have to exercise extreme self control and not POAS until/if I'm actually overdue.

winkle I think you suggested getting some tests? I just had the first round of blood tests last month - so far, so normal, but the doc said I had to be trying for 2 YEARS!! before I could get any serious help. Now I have to persuade DH to go and DTD into a plastic cup which is going to take some persuading!

Rache huge congrats - sorry my last post was a bit of a downer on mums-to-be - I was having a bad day.. It is also really encouraging to hear of people getting BFPs. Hope it's all going well so far!

Here's a query for you all - has anyone tried that special lube for people TTCing? I've heard rumours of its success but it is really expensive. Does it actually help?

Good luck all!
xx

Hi captain yes I am using conceive plus. It is expensive but you only need a tiny bit so it goes a long way. First month and didn't even use a quarter of it. Think if u but on amazon it's about 12 quid.
Still not sure it works however for me it helps me feel in the mood when I'm actually tired or wanting my bed!

I didn't pick up on any mum-to-be downers Captain but thank you. We have been using Conceive Plus this month (which I bought off Amazon relatively cheaply), so I can only give it a 5* review. No idea if it actually made the difference or not but it certainly seems not to have done any harm.

Zombies I usually get small stabby pains around the time of OV so you should jump on your fella ASAP

I have been using concieve plus for a couple of cycles. It's not got me a BFP so far, but it has made the job easier.