We laugh in the face of OPKS and stomp on our thermometers! Don your customised shag capes, ladies; it's Just Shagging Thread 15

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Ladies, Fred title says it all; we are the ones who shag as much as our men can cope with in order to get upduffed without the stress of scientific whatnots!

Fred rules (copied from previous Fred)

1. Thou shalt shag as much as humanly possible in order to get upduffed.
2. Thou shalt not partake of OPKs, temping, or charting.
3. Thou shalt keep symptom spotting to a minimum.
4. Thou shalt share and with your fredmates where needed.

JSing lingo;

ERTD = Evil Red Tide of Dooooooommmmmmm. Or AF to most others.

Pant snot = Egg white cervical mucus.

Doing a kitten = Getting upduffed soon after joining (warning: may induce in other posters).

Viroid = This is you, dear poster. This is from the first JS thread when someone tried to type 'ladies' and it autocorrected to 'Viroids' - so there you go!

POAS = Pee On A Stick (of the pregnancy detecting kind, not from a tree). Also known as PIAR (Pee In A Ramekin - cos we're posh birds innit). Or PIATLH (Tea light holder) PIAWG (Wine glass) or anything else you care to pee in!

Shagging like something = JSing like a teenage nymphomaniac.

Giving a hooya = Giving a much needed slap to a fellow poster in danger of slipping into ttc obsession.

Contraband = Of COURSE none of us EVER partake of any silly OPKs or temp charting. They are Contraband.

The link to Part 14 is here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1674505-Out-with-the-OPKs-ban-the-body-temping-heres-Just-Shagging-thread-14

The link to the latest grads thread is here:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1699553-Shagged-Out-Viroids-7th-Thread-From-conception-to-birth-living-proof-that-JSing-really-does-work

Happy shagging shaggers!

Thanks lil, I went with that approach in the end and it worked. Very well actually! Haha.

Back to the working week then everyone. Booooo!

Hello!

Looking to join up after a lonnng wait and fertility treatment for pfb's arrival, we've just decided to start ttc for #2.

Fingers are crossed but legs are certainly not

Welcome Mehrida

Hiya mehrida!

Well I'm bad, I have just bought myself some contraband! Don't kick me off please. Just want to check everything is in full working order. No chance I would get Dh to take a home sperm test! Although this month he is taking it more seriously and trying to eat better.

I am very stressed at the mo with a local club I am involved in and I know it's doing me no good! Why oh why do I give myself so much to do? Just want everyone except dh to bugger off and leave me alone. Had enough and convinced the stress is lowering our chances of conceiving!

Hope you all enjoyed the sunny weekend. How is everyone's week so far?

Hi Mehrida. Pull up a pew.

Quark - if we kicked you off, we might need to kick a lot of the rest of us off, including moi!(And I ain't going nowhere, bud.) I think it's good to check all is in order, as you said.

Quark - I know what you mean about having too much to do. I just spent my day off, literally all day, working. It's been pretty shit to be honest and I'm no looking forward to going back to full time in Sept. if this is what awaits me, but I'm signed up now.

I'm not totally convinced by the stress argument about it hindering TTC otherwise women in some countries, e.g. war-torn places, would never have babies and they do. I think though, that it's like most things in the murky TTC world; some things affect some people, but don't affect others, or sometimes not so much, etc. argggghhhh which is why science seems to have a hard time explaining some people's problems; it's all so individual. I know this is a massive oversimplification, but it's the general wisdom I have gained while twiddling my thumbs lurking around cyberspace and TTC these last couple of years. Sorry it doesn't help much. Quark - you do probably need to de-stress yourself if you're feeling it though. I find hiding to be the best option. In fact, my boss practices it loads and he's positively thriving on it!

Hello all!
I've had a very lazy day, took today and tomorrow as holiday on a whim - figured this might be all the summer there is!
I have been feeling quite smug & shagged up having been DTD lots over my predicted OV zone (according to iPhone app that tracks ERTD) and then had a proper panic today when spotted what looked very much like EWCM! It'd be quite late if it was, I'm on day 19, and my cycle is usually 26-28 days. I'll be peeved if I have OV'd late because I've just been away from the DH for two nights, which gives much less chance of a happy result. So we could definitely do with an insurance shag tonite (oh god, the romance!!), but he's a teacher with Offstead turning up tomorrow, so I think the chances of romancin' are slim. We'll see!
Hello Mehrida - welcome to the crew

Oh yeah, I caved today, PIAWP and unsurprisingly got a BFN. Currently CD 24 and about 10 dpo. Sigh. It just isn't going to happen for us. I know it. Still got over a month to wait for our referral too. Buggery.

Totally forgiven on the contraband Quark - I think I'll have to indulge myself next month if there's no BFP on the horizon. Speculation about OV is driving me mental!!!

Hello hello hello all

Cookie - I love how you breeze in with your little hellos. So laid back. Makes me feel it too.

Hola amigas!
Officially in Mexico mode. All packed and ready to jet off tomoz where lots of romance and snuggles will hopefully ensue. I get wifi in room so I'll check back often but may not post unless I see loads of BFPs then I'll be congratulating. I just want to relax, eat, drink, do a little dance, make a little love and pretty much get down tonight (and for the next 11),so I'll catch you girls later.
Happy shagging.
Adios!

Sounds great Minion Have a wonderful time!

Ahhhh thanks Bear

Hola Minion

Minion, have a muy bueno trip!

So for what it's worth, I'm reading a book right now that says stress has absolutely no negative impact on fertility, according to tests and studies. Some of the things that come along with stress - bad eating habits, drinking too much -- might, of course, but not the stress itself. Who knows what's true anymore, but that made sense to me. I guess it's all about how you manage the stress? I do tend to turn to and chocolate rather than carrot sticks and water. I mean, really....

Sorry for the BFN, bear. Chin up -- no reason why you can't be another success story.

Welcome, Mehrida!

DH hasn't mentioned the mantraband yet today. I wonder if he's conveniently forgotten that 48 hours have passed and he can now take the test. If we do that this evening, a full report will follow. Cross your fingers for good news.

Fingers duly crossed Red
I missed your post before Bear, sorry to hear about the BFN
I know we're not supposed to encourage speculation, but surely it isn't over til the ERTD rolls in? If you've implanted late (9-10 days) it can take another 3-4 days for enough hormone to be produced for the test to pick 'em up. Hang in there anyway, sending positive vibes your way

Hi all, long time no chat. Bear sorry about your bfn, but if you're only 10 dpo, surely there's still a chance?

I have to confess to having a pure, nay, virginal if you will, knowledge of all things relating to ovulation. I've only in the last month learned about cycle days, and I had no clue that there was only a 25% each month of fertilization! WTF?
I think I'm just coming into my fertile period, so DH and I are trying to DTD every day until this Friday which should more than cover it. Seriously, if anyone told me that I'd have to find time to shag DH's brains out 5 years ago I'd have laughed at them.

Weirdly enough, after last month of driving myself totally batshit crazy thinking about cycle days and then frantically symptom spotting for 2 weeks, I think my brain isn't allowing myself to do that this time, which is probably why I haven't been posting as much, I think the 2ww completely screwed me up!

Minion have a fantastic time over in Mexico - I'll give you a big Ole! across the water the next time I'm at the beach, you're only a few hundred miles away! I reckon you're probably well pissed up right about now, enjoy all that shagging!

So DH apparently hurt his foot (not sure how?) and is quite pissy about the whole thing; I feel bad for him really, and rubbed it for a bit and put a bag of frozen peas on it. No mantraband tonight, since we know a man's world grinds to a halt at the slightest illness or injury! Guess he'll have to make love to the plastic cup another night.

On that note, hope you are all sleeping tight!

Stroke - i'm still clueless about it all! Sticking to the Just Shagging ideology for the next few months. If no BFP by my return to work (August) I will probably learn a bit about windows and what have you. All I'm doing is writing down the first day of ERTD. Am not clockwork regular and have never monitored it before. One step at a time!

Happy hols Minion!

Hey guys, still no ERTD for me, body is still messed up from the pill, I did POAS and got a BFN so now the waiting game I was 15 days past OV so don't think it'll change just a matter of waiting for her to roll in. Take out shares in Cadburys I need chocolate!

I am trying really hard not to fall into the trap of tracking days/temp/ovulation as I drove myself batty with it last time.

But then the other night when we agreed to 'stop not trying' my mind already started counting. I'm pretty sure putting so much pressure on last time didn't help so hoping you will all help stop me going down that road again!

Hi lovely viroids! I brought you all back some ouzo!!

Hol was fab and I did sod all except read, eat and laze by the pool/beach. Oh and shag obviously. Very proud of DH and I as we managed every day all week and I think I ovved somewhere slap bang in the middle ish. Hopefully. I didn't take any contraband with me and didn't look at my phone app once.

Resort was spectacular though, despite inlaws, though initial impression was not good as I don't think I've ever been anywhere with such a high concentration of pregnant woman parading about with bumps out in their bikinis. SIL1 and I were not amused (she's just broken off her engagement as her fella turned out to be a bit of a nob and she is also mid 30s and feeling like there is no hope, poor love). SIL2 waited for us to get settled onto our sunbeds with a caipirnha before telling us she was also upduff. However the place was so lush I managed not to let the fact that every other woman there was pregnant get to me too much and managed to have a fab time.

Anyway, back to RL now. Thought this fred would be awash with BFPs on my return as feels like I've been away months. Sorry for all the BFNs and ERTDs :(

Hi to the newbies.

Love to all xxxx

Sounds great Essie! Maybe your turn for a BFP?!

Hi Ice, hope so. If that doesn't do it then I'll be very despressed (prepare for me to be depressed in 10-14 days time!). In other news though, just been for a smear (sorry tmi alert) and she couldn't 'find' my cervix and it took several attempts, rather a lot of lube and me contorting myself into all sorts of shapes before she could do her bit. WTF is that all about?!

Haha essie that sounds awful! As if the situation isn't bad enough!

Essie could your lost if found please return cervix be causing TTC issues? How long have you been trying?