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Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

May we have a positive May!

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skerriesmum · 07/04/2006 18:57

I hope nobody else has started a May conception thread; April isn't going to be it for me, so onwards and forwards ladies!

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wannaBe1974 · 24/04/2006 20:54

hiya all:)

yes coggy increased cm can mean pg, it's because the mucous plug starts to form that protects the baby, I remember having loads of it when pg with ds, but thought nothing of it, it's only recently I've read that you do notice it. I also have lots of spots, and I never get those, did break out when pg with ds though, although being very careful not to compare simptoms.thoue, did break out when pg with ds though.

trace2 · 24/04/2006 20:55

hi wannbe how are ?? peachy just told me about your thread carnt find it

coggy · 24/04/2006 21:14

It's hard not to read into things isn't it?
I suddenly went very spotty with achy boobs last month ...but nothing.
Going to try my hardest not to test this month - only 3-4 days left before af due.
Another quick question for anyone who knows...
how common are implantation bleeds and, generally, if you had one with one pregnancy is it likely with another (or just random like everything else seems to be!!)
Thank you - you are all my experts! Grin

klou · 25/04/2006 00:29

pussycatmomma, i am on the same day as you - for me no sign of ovulation! been ttc for 1 yr now, one m/c in december 2005. i am not doing the ov.sticks this month. nor the temping, i just got fed up with it all, so just trying to BD every 2-3 days. i've the problem of a tired husband, he wants a baby as much as me but seems like he is not prepared to put in the hard work - and our sex life is not spontanoius anymore to say the least!!!

wannaBe1974 · 25/04/2006 06:41

Morning all

Lol how sad am I up and posting at 6:00 in the morning? Truth is that dh left his keys when he went out and rang the bell so he could get them. Needs his keys as has some secure thing on them that gives him a code to log into his computers at work – dunnow how it works but he can’t log in without it. So as I had got up I thought I’d pop online J.

Klou I think your situation is all too familiar. I tried for 13 months before I fell pg with ds, and it’s already 11 months this time round. Didn’t have any m/c’s though so definitely started to lose heart after some months of trying. Never went in for temp charting or ovulation prediction though, even though I bought an isisscope this time round but it’s still in the box and unused.

I think that dh’s feel it more because once they manage to get you pregnant their work is done so to speak. I think it’s all too familiar to see posts on here saying that “dh think he’s just a sperm doner”, and I think that we can often become more insensitive at the time when we want a baby, and aim to get pregnant without thinking that we’re trampling all over our dh’s in the process. And I think that sex so often becomes a chore then, and then it’s important to put things back in perspective.

If the spontaneity has gone out of your sex life, then put it back, remember, the baby you are meant to have is in there, he/she will be made when he/she is ready. I know I’ve said this so many times before but it’s true. If you have a loving relationship, then chances are you’ll make love often anyway, so you aren’t reducing your chances of conceiving because you’re not dragging him to bed every night, cook a romantic dinner, suggest going to bed early, lie there and talk about your days, and let nature take it’s course, don’t have sex, make love.

TuttiFrutti · 25/04/2006 09:47

Well I am now well and truly ttc, as of last night!!! Only on day 9 though, and I don't have high hopes for this month as dh is away between days 11-17. Terrible timing, but you can hardly cancel a business trip because you are trying to have a baby!

Have posted on a different thread about ovulation and I now know it can happen outside the core middle cycle, so will start temping from today and see what it tells me. I feel really excited but am trying not to be.

Hopecat · 25/04/2006 12:10

Afternoon. Mad busy day today, and it's hard, as I feel knackered and spaced out. Still got niggling cramps, and now very faint nausea too. Also sore nips.

Feel just like last month, in fact, only more so and earlier.

Skerriesmum: I'm not testing till May 5th either (if I get that far). How about lotta & mummytojake?

Coggy: implantation bleeds only happen to a minority of women, so you can look out for them, but you're definitely not out of the game if they dont happen. None of my friends with kids had them.

Wannabe, how you doing today? Any changes?

laughalot · 25/04/2006 12:29

Hi hopecat I had a 35 day cycle last month so will test hopfully after the 8th of may, had my niggiling cramps but they have gone now and I feel pretty normal the only symptom I have now is a shooting pain in my boobies if that is a symptom.

laughalot · 25/04/2006 12:30

Hi hopecat I had a 35 day cycle last month so will test hopfully after the 8th of may, had my niggiling cramps but they have gone now and I feel pretty normal the only symptom I have now is a shooting pain in my boobies if that is a symptom.

Hopecat · 25/04/2006 12:59

Sore boobs can be a symptom, but then some women get them before their AF. Are they normal for you?

It makes this so much easier having Cycle Buddies. Grin

laughalot · 25/04/2006 13:14

Well sometimes I get ache boobs but this is like a shooting pain every now and then

maazaa · 25/04/2006 13:31

I get sore boobs most months so it will be hard to tell if any when it happens. If my calculations are correct, I am on CD 8 and therefore next week will be my optimum time for conception. Anyone else similar or are you all much further on in the cycle?

Someone brought a baby into work today.....so broody!!!!!

wannaBe1974 · 25/04/2006 13:48

hiya all :)

cd36, no af, nothing else to tell really. Not going to test until Friday before gp apt.

Coggy implantation bleeds can happen but they don't happen to everyone. I had a bleed when pg with my DS, in fact I thought it was my af and only thought about it when I fainted two weeks later, something just told me to test, and I remember my DH saying "what for, I ain't paying another bloody 8 quid for a test that's gunna be negative!". I did the test and he read it and he said "so what's it supposed to look like?" to which I replied "one line if not, two lines if pregnant" and he said "well there's two lines?" I was in shock, lol.

Anyway, that bleed is what's made this time so much more difficult, I had very slight bleed on cd28 but it didn't even last a day, and never resembled an af, and that's partly why I'm so unsure as this is similar to what happened with DS. anyway time will tell :)

sideways · 25/04/2006 14:12

Hi everyone, hope you don't mind me butting in.

I have been ttc since January with no luck. I have a 2.10 yr old who still has one bf at bedtime most nights. I think there is hardly any milk there at all, but wondered if this could be affecting my chances at all - and if so, how much?

I'm 39 btw.

Thanks

wannaBe1974 · 25/04/2006 14:57

Hello sideways and welcome. I don't know much about bf, but do know that it can delay periods, are you having regular periods? if so there shouldn't be any problems with conceiving.

In the grand scheme of things, 3/4 months isn't that long to be ttc, on average it can take a healthy, fertile couple as long as a year to conceive. There are many on here who have been ttc for up to a year and beyond, just relax, and it will happen when it is meant to. Easier said than done I know.

pussycatmomma · 25/04/2006 15:08

hi to everyone Smile
just another quickie post from me, am trying not to get too addicted to posting!! v. difficult not to want to share stuff though and get some support Blush
just wanted to say thankyou to Klou for posting, think we are on same day Klou. How are you doing??
Wannabe, so sorry about neg tests babe.....you must wonder what your blummin body is playing at!!! v. frustrating, but you are going to drs soon, yes? Poor you having all signs but then bfn, nature is cruel, why make pgt symptoms so close to those which mean af is on her way??
Quick update on me, cd 12, got egg sign on persona today. am happy about this. we bd so far on cd 7,10,11. So you never know, i might be in with a chance. Gonna convince dh that it is a good time to try tonight too, without mentioning the egg sign on persona at all. Am keeping mouth shut, because the more i go on about it the worse he feels, so i will just try to work a bit of wifely magic without mentioning ovulation, babies or getting pregnant at all tonightWink By the way, i have also been using isiscope, but no ferning patterns at all!! very annoying, glad i am not relying on the stupid spit and check method, although in back of my mind i am now worrying my persona is wrong! Sweet Jesus, caring for a newborn will be a piece of pie compared to all this ttc business!!!!!!! [said in jest emoticon!]
hugs to all x x x x x

laughalot · 25/04/2006 15:20

Pussycat try the kitchen floor that worked for me first time round Grin

sideways · 25/04/2006 15:50

thanks wannabe Smile. Af is normal, so that's not a worry.

gemmaseascout · 25/04/2006 16:16

Hey
can anyone help me?
I wann know if you can ovulate whilst still bleeding. I am on CD19 and am still bleeding. Please help.

wannaBe1974 · 25/04/2006 16:22

hiya pussycat :)

Well, I dunnow about the kitchen floor, lol, but maybe a nice dinner will do it, :O. Try not to worry about different signs on different charts etc, tbh I'd just bin the lot and be done with it, if two means are showing different things then one of them is wrong, although I've been reading up on the net and haven't read very positive things about ovulation microscopes as apparently there are so many things that can influence the result.

Well am seeing gp on Friday, and meanwhile am totally trying to forget about any kinds of simptoms, no point reading anything into anything, if tests are negative then simptoms have to relate to something else right? most likely to the imbalance in my hormones, lol.

wannaBe1974 · 25/04/2006 16:30

Hiya Gemma

Basically, yes, I googled this and found

\link{http://www.babyhopes.com/articles/pregnantduringperiod.html\this}

actually pussycat this might explain some of the bleeding you experienced last cycle as well?

hth

pussycatmomma · 25/04/2006 17:33

hiya wannabe! thanks for that fab article!! have been outside cutting the grass, and now while tea is cooking thought id just have a quick peek to see if anyone was "in". Thats a really good site you linked to, you are a clever lady . Thanks hun!! x

peachygirl · 25/04/2006 17:35

Hi pussycat I'm here if you still are

pussycatmomma · 25/04/2006 17:38

hiya peachy!! not seen you for ages , how are you honey??

peachygirl · 25/04/2006 17:42

I'm good, although I've had a terrible day at school, the children have been vile and it was all witnessed by a visiting psychologist!
I'm ready for a big glass of wine later!
How are you? we do seem to have missed each othe recently
is there any movement on the meet up front?

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