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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.

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Trying to Conceive Thread . . . .3!!

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Mum2Ela · 23/01/2004 14:30

Right oh.

I thought the TTC Thread no. 2 was getting a bit depressing and we all need cheering up with extra sprinkles of babydust, so I thought I would start a new thread.

I also have a motive - having looked back at the last 4 ttc threads I have noticed (being the sad person I am) that the thread originators all became pg during the life of the thread.

So . .

Here's me:

24 years old, DD 16 months, ttc since September.

Anyone joining me on this nw, happy thread?

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harman · 09/02/2004 20:26

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Quackers · 09/02/2004 20:32

Bunny, I woke up this morning and thought I bet Bunny ov's today - I know I'm sad. I was working out when you had your surge and thought well today would be the day really that you get your rise!!!! I was right!! Hope you managed to get some sessions in!!!!!!!!! The clomid worked then!! xxxx
Harman, don't panick, you're in good hands here! Hope you are successful, you'll be able to test soon!!!

futurity · 09/02/2004 20:45

Harman: With First Response you can test three days before your period is due so not long before you can test. I hate all the waiting as well

bunny2 · 09/02/2004 21:11

Quacks, you do make me laugh! I got about 5 sessions in, dh thinks all his Christmasses ahve come at once!

Harman, I am 5 days behind you. Day 23 is very early to test, how long are your cycles?

bunny2 · 09/02/2004 21:12

Quick question Quacks, you are the expert around here. Will my temps stay elevated till af? And what happens if I am pg?

jellycat · 09/02/2004 21:50

Hello folks. Fisil and futurity, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that AF does not visit.

Harman, it's so hard having to wait isn't it. As mentioned, First Response might give you an early result and I think M2T got an early result with a Boots test (have a look on one of the earlier threads). But it's very unusual to get such an early result I think, so I'm afraid if you test too early you'll probably just end up wasting your money .

I'm on CD 20 ATM and driving myself mad wondering. Maybe Persona isn't such a good idea - since I'm certain that I ovulated this month I'm just more desperate than ever to know!

Bunny, to confirm ovulation occurred I think you should see elevated temps for at least 3 days. Then if you are pg you may see an implantation dip followed by elevated temps again. Have a look at the chart galleries on fertility friend or on the tcoyf site

harman · 09/02/2004 22:02

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CountessDracula · 09/02/2004 22:14

Sorry Fisil, but maybe it's just too early

M2T · 09/02/2004 22:17

Harman - I did indeed get an early positive with Boots own.... I bet everyone's really fed-up with me saying this.... but..... .... I did one 9 days after bd'ing (yes our sexlife is THAT sporadic!), that was 5/6 days before my AF was due. I got a faint positive about an hour after I threw it in the bin! I did another the next night.... and the next. All faint, but definitely positive.

Good luck. ..fingers crossed Fisil.

bunny2 · 09/02/2004 23:46

I was going to bed, went for a wee and have been bleeding a teeny amount. Now in a flap, could it be an implantation bleed? Or is it an ovulation bleed (o'd yesterday I think, maybe the day before).

bunny2 · 09/02/2004 23:48

Jellycat, so it's at least 3 days past ov for implantation?

jellycat · 10/02/2004 09:14

Bunny, it sounds like an ovulation bleed to me. Sometimes a bit of blood is lost when the egg bursts out from the ovary. Is it just a tiny smear? It won't be an implantation bleed, that would be 7-10 days after ov.

The 3 days of elevated temps is just to confirm that you ovulated. If you had a rise on one day and then the temp went down again the next then it would just be taken as a blip on your chart. Since you used OPKs as well and are pretty sure you ovulated then I'd expect your temps to stay high, but if you were using temping on its own you'd need the 3 days of high temps to be sure, IYSWIM.

I dreamt last night that I had an implantation bleed! I also dreamt about going to visit my friend, who is expecting a baby this week. Definitely getting obsessed here.

Quackers · 10/02/2004 09:24

Hi Bunny, only just seen this. Agree with Jelly cat, it's probably ov bleed, I've had them a couple of times and it is just a spot. So don't worry, either that or it's too much sex!!!!! Just kidding!
When I was at this point waiting to know if I was successful I was looking at the charts on fertility friend and comparing to mine - getting a bit obsessed as you do!!! It's really hard to tell from your chart for a while if you are pg as sometimes people can have an imp dip and still not be pg, However, your temps will stay high or maybe even go to a new level and rise again - triphasic and this is likely to mean a pgcy! I will be logging on and seeing how you're doing everyday and of course giving my opinions!! I'm just really please that the Clomid has worked and you have every chance now of getting pg, even if it takes a few months, you just don't mind as much when you know you can!!!!xx

Azure · 10/02/2004 10:15

Things are sounding promising on this thread - good luck to those nearing the end of their cycles. I am on day 9 and had a strong second line on my Persona stick this morning (although no "o" ), so hopefully a nice, healthy egg is about to pop out of my tired, ancient ovary. BD'd last night, so may give tonight a rest and resume tomorrow. The strange thought going through my mind at the moment is: given that a pregnancy timescale is calculated from the first day of the last period, I could already be 9 days pregnant, before any fertilization has taken place!!

jellycat · 10/02/2004 12:53

Wow Azure, that was quick after that last bleed. Happy bd'ing!

Yes, I always thought it was odd, counting the 2 weeks before ov as part of the pregnancy (so I'm nearly 3 weeks gone by now!!). It's only because date of LMP was the only certain date the docs could go on (before the days of Persona, OPKs etc).

harman · 10/02/2004 15:31

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eyelash · 10/02/2004 17:15

fisil - so sorry you didn't get the expected result but still early days.

Jellycat - are you due in October as well?

Bunny2 - sounds like an ovulation bleed but confirms you have ovulated.

Best of luck everybody.

bunny2 · 10/02/2004 17:39

Harman, it is really early days, dont give up hope yet.

Thaks Jellycat and Quacks for your advice. My temp stayed up today so that was a good sign. I am still bleeding though, it's not like the spotting I get before AF, it is very fresh blood and it has been like that for ovwer 24 hours. Isnt there a chance it might be an implantation bleed?/? Just a teeny chance ... pleeeeease.

Azure, you made me laugh with your tired ancient ovaries!

bunny2 · 10/02/2004 17:39

Eyelash, how are you doin'?

harman · 10/02/2004 17:42

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eyelash · 10/02/2004 19:58

bunny2 - thanks for asking. I am feeling fine. Tiredness and massive boobs have started so good sign. First scan seems to confirm I ovulated on day 19 so technically just over 6 weeks. I have another scan on Friday, and hopefully every two weeks after that until week 14 when I get discharged to the ordinary midwives. On a positive have gotten further that last 3 misses but had first at 8/9 weeks so still feeling a bit nervous. But so lucky it happened again without any stress in terms of ttc or testing as didn't realise until past af was due.

Thinking of you all.

Kay1 · 10/02/2004 20:58

harman - i think its ok if you have a drink whilst waiting for AF, just probably not a good idea to get completely bladdered!

bunny - this is only my second month of temping so very new to it all, unfortunately not so new to ttc and wishing i had discovered it ages ago. after having what seemed like textbook temps last month (except no pg!)I don't know whats happening to me this month - my temp is all over the place at the moment - did wee test yesterday and negative so went out to pub, had 2 pints of beer and decided to eat toast and watch tv when i got back rather than demand sex from sleeping dh! (This am he said i should have gone for it anyway - just for the practice!!) Am still doing OPK's so will see what happens later in week. I'm still learning about it but your temp chart sounds good Like Quackers i have been checking out all the pg charts on the ff website and comparing them - part of my campaign to discover what is happening - it's really lovely to know that other people do that too - i had thought i was going a bit mad!

jellycat · 10/02/2004 22:25

Sorry eyelash, I didn't mean I was actually pg, it was just a joke about the fact that the 40 weeks of pregnancy start from before you've even ovulated.

Bunny, that sounds quite heavy for an ovulation bleed actually (IME) but it's also too early for implantation (IMO). Sorry! How many dpo are you now? I think we are almost cycle buddies so at least we can agonise with each other during the last few days (I am 6 dpo I think).

Harman, I hope you had a good night out! Drinking in the early stages isn't supposed to be very harmful (can't remember where I got that info from though). I have given up trying to stop drinking I have just cut down a bit (probably needed to anyway )

fisil and futurity haven't posted today - how are you girls?

ChaCha · 10/02/2004 23:58

Evening all,

Hope you are all okay.
Well today was CD7. Keep your fingers crossed for me please.

fisil · 11/02/2004 06:25

Hi ladies. Was lying low yesterday - just wanted the day to pass. Bit more blood too. Was going to do the same today, but couldn't resist it when I got up.

DP says it's a negative, but a better one than Monday's - "must piss harder" is his verdict.

How can it be a "better negative". Surely that is what is known as a positive?

So I say that it was positive. Very faint, I admit, but definitely positive.

Mind you, then had another little bleed between doing and reading the test. So not getting too excited!

Not really sure what to think. I suppose it's "welcome back to worry"