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

No Rach I've resisted all temptation to POAS again so far. Feel like AF is on her way now as well so convinced this isn't my month. Manchester and cycle 2 here I come!

Quod, just started on conceive plus this past week as we need a liitle lube and after reading label on normal lube I was quite annoyed with myself when it says may slow sperm down, why didn't I realise this before?!? Doh!

Hubby exclaimed today ' why can't you ovulate on a weekend' hmmmm don't think he really gets this process lol Anybody else's OH taking an interest or just leaving us to it?!?

Pipkin that made me chuckle!

Happylass I've had a few pre-AF twinges tonight so now i'm doubly convinced that she's on the way. Not over yet so fingers crossed for us both.

Bunnygirlie My DH is taking minimal interest in this whole process apart from being pleased that I want his 'contribution' quite regularly! I think he feels like he would rather just let it happen naturally rather than BBT charting, OV testing, symptom spotting, online forums, etc., whereas I am far too impatient to just wait for it without doing everything in my power to get up the duff as quickly as possible.

The men really have a difficult time getting it I think or maybe they choose to ignore it
DH has clearly told me not to share anything with him about the cycle and the days and the CBFM etc. I thought he would be ok but it turns out he is like every other male apparently the sense of mystery is gone.
Heck. This whole 2 ww (3 in my case!) and the whole am I- am I not thing, waiting for ov to happen thing is not even something one could try to explain I think. Thank goodness for MN! I would've imploded in RL. As it is I sulked surreptitiously last night because we didn't DTD.

My DH was quite clueless about the whole thing, but has been reading a lot recently and is actually getting more excited than me. Was always asking if it's time to test yet and very happy when the CBD showed us 2-3 weeks this morning
Rach early pregnancy cramping can be exactly like AF about to make appearance, so fingers crossed!

Ah hazle bless your DH getting so excited! And glad you got your 2-3 weeks this morning - all progressing in the right direction. Will keep fingers crossed for you...

zombie - I KNOW. For some mad reason I decided this month that I felt 'fertile' (whereas last month I didn't) so think the 2ww is going to be more unbearable than ever. Do you like the fact I think I can tell if I'm fertile or not?!

rache - hazle is right. When I was pg last year (had a mc at 12 weeks unfortunately) the very early cramping feelings do feel very much like the onset of AF, kind of weird shooting pains and crampy feelings. It's apparently 'just' your uterus stretching and moving so you never know... Fx for you.

And finally pipbin - that is AWESOME. Well done you for patenting such a brilliant invention. Presume we'll see you on the next series of Dragon's Den?!

I am sooooooo impatient! My BBT this morning shot up to an astronomical figure (which I am reasonably sure means death is about to occur), so I tested with a FRER. While waiting I was wondering how I would break the news of a positive to DH and decided I would politely wake him up with a coffee and then pass him the stick and we would have a lovely moment. When the two lines appeared DH was woken up with shrieks from the bathroom along the lines of "OMG OMG OMG WTF AAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!" and came running naked along the landing to see who was violently attacking me - not the lovely moment I had hoped for!
So, I got a BFP Now the shock is subsiding a I have mixed views about it. I am obviously overjoyed that we have managed to conceive and that I appear not to be infertile (one of my previous worries), but I am still a few days off AF being due so I am worried about it being chemical and all of the other problems which may occur over the next 9 months if I get that far. I spent the weekend of the 5/6/7 pretty much plastered for all of it and last weekend I went to a Day Spa and spent all say in Jacuzzis, Saunas and other activities not recommended for pregnancy so in the 2 weeks since conception I really haven't been the best example of motherhood

Congratulations!!!
See, we told you so

Congratulations Rache!!! That's brilliant news!

Oh Rache that's amazing news!! Don't worry about what's happened - you can't change that, and to be fair I'm not changing my behaviour in the 2ww at all - it's all about what you do from this point on . And try not to worry, yes, things sometimes go wrong - but odds are in your favour that they won't. And, as you say, at least you now know all your bits are indeed working!

Don't you go leaving us all now though - you and Hazle are in for the long haul with the rest of us I'm afraid

hazle - am feeling a little smug, we DID tell her so, didn't we?!

Thanks guys - and can you believe I did it without any help from Babydust? Yes Hazle and janey you did tell me so and I refused to believe it! I have been spending so much time looking at charts on FF this month that I was convinced that you had to have loads of symptoms to be preggers because all the BFP charts on there seem to have. I spotted on 2 occasions which were 4 days apart (still unexplained), my temperature chart looks like an erratic ECG and aside from that I have no symptoms other than my usual PMS so I really wasn't expecting it!
Still it's very early days though and no, I won't be leaving this thread - I want some more Summer baby buds so I look forward to all your BFP's

Congratulations Rache.

Unfortunately DH fell asleep last night, no no DTD.
I'm fairly sure I OVd on Monday and we DTD on Sunday night so I'm hoping that was it.
DH was so apologetic this morning. He said that he doesn't want to contribute to making me sad each month.

Pip - are our men the same person?! I think I ov'd on mon too, and DTD sun and mon. Last night he was fast asleep too - we've worn them out

Turns out Dh has not been paying attention that well. Asked him to call the doc, as while the doc speaks English, the receptionists do not (and I've only just started French classes). He gets back to me complaining that they didn't quite understand him. Apparently he had told them I'm 2-3 weeks pregnant, like the CBD said, but that last AF was mid-September. No wonder they were confused

Congratulations Rache1, what brilliant news!

And congrat Hazle to making to to the 2-3 mark. I hope you are able to start to relax a little about it now.

Pipbin, I am loving your patented method! However, how do I tell what is a Conceive Plus contribution please tell me?

Quod - I can help with this one. Conceive plus is a special type of lube that unlike other lubes doesn't harm sperm. In fact, more than that, it's meant to help them on their way, and I think even contain stuff that might help them hand around/live longer. It's not cheap (£19 or something?!) but I've invested in some (having never ever used lube before!).

Prepared to try almost anything!

there you go Quod:
www.amazon.co.uk/Conceive-Plus-Fertility-Lubricant-Tube/dp/B002V0ZJ4Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1350485224&sr=8-1

Ha, hang around, not hand around!

Woohoo Rache1S fantastic news!! Congratulations.
Come on ladies, I feel we're on a roll now. Who's next?

Hello hello can I join you ladies please? You all seem a lovely positive bunch and it's nice to know I'm not the only person in the whole entire world who's left ttc until their 30s! Congrats to the BFPers :)

I'll introduce myself properly I'm kitten, just turned 33, married, ttc since May. Currently on CD3 and awaiting af to piss orf!

Hi Kitten! And welcome.
I think we are all feeling positive - and I'm hoping Hazle and Rache are going to be our fertility gurus until we're all at long last knocked up pregnant!

Thanks happylass, aren't you next on the POAS rota? Are you still holding out until Friday like I should have done if I wasn't so impatient?

I would also like to chip in on the subject of Conceive Plus. We have been using it and it doesn't appear to have slowed the swimmers down This combined with the age old technique of the pillow under the arse after DTD seems to have worked for me.

Hi Kitten and welcome. That 2 week pre-OV wilderness seems to go in slow motion but you'll be in the 2WW before you know it

May POAS Saturday Rach if AF doesn't show up before then. Just not feeling it though. Already planning the next round of TTC!!
Welcome Kitten .

woo congrats rache!! v exciting!!