Whether icing, twotting, or in need of a dip in the pity paddling pool, come stroke the friendly orange cave unicorn with us. (Chocolate pretzels are on the house). It's JUST SHAGGING THREAD 17!

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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 16 is here

The link to the latest grads thread is here

Happy shagging shaggers!

Sorry girls, had to go have a nanna nap, tested on waking.... BFN
Oh well.

Ur still not out tho min

I have officially reached the part of the twot where I become a crazy person. 9dpo. the yo yo between "that could be a symptom" and "its not going to happen this month" is exhausting. how am I going to survive the next 6 days?!

a seeerious hooya may be required

Hi all! Sorry I haven't been around.

Sorry to hear about the bfn minion.

In fertile week here doing eod JSing. Having a bit of a down month though. Just want to be up duffed!

Thinking what I thought was a late oestrogen surge was in fact me icing 5 days late, but confused as to why I had sore boobs and cramps 2 days before I thought I was icing.
Maybe I will come on, on Wednesday and if I do then I'll know for sure that's what it was.
Crazy.

I'm due tomorrow -ish and I have some faint cramping....I'm not saying I'm out, but I'm not holding my breath for a BFP.

Breadsticks still hard and big but less painful so, yep, she's on her way. This is the problem with my job, I'm always on bloody longhaul, holed up in a hotel when I'm icing away.

for min and zing

I stupidly caved to the need to oias this morning. bfn of course. I keep getting weird twinges tho a bit like icing but not quite. trying to ignore it and not read too much into it. I'm not convinced this is our month. but the waiting game continues...

nothing yet!
and I've just realized that Aug was a 31 day month, so in theory I was due-ish yesterday!
I really want to POAS now. but I told DH I'll do it on Friday as he'll be working from home, so I can do it after the school run and keep it hush.

that is if the "curry cramps" don't turn into AF.

is that synchro-peeing happening?

Good luck for your syncro pee! Still lurking and crossing my fingers for all of you! This thread is due a flurry of bfps!

coffee I won't synchro pee unless someone else is happy to join me on Friday.

I don't want to play "spot the symptoms" but I have another minor nosebleed which is suspicious.
plus the cramps could be either AF lurking or implantation pain so I'm really none the wiser.

it's FDOT - Four Days Of Torture.

3 days late but AF is here. Bit of a relief to be honest. Everyday it didn't arrive I was getting what little hope I had dashed with a BFN.

Bring on the next cycle!

fifi

I'm definitely getting uncomfortable cramps. I don't know what to think.

and on cue the bitch has arrived.
Zing's out

Hi viroids, sorry to hear about the tide of ERTDs. Mine was a loooong one, which was annoying and still spotting a bit but cape going back on tonight as we've got this week off so going to try and get a head start!

I feel absolutely dire though, totally drank waaay too much at the weekend as had friends over and we all stayed up far too late, and I am definitely too old for that now. New rule is max 2 glasses of wine per event, full stop, otherwise I write off the next day which sucks. What an old fogie.

Who's doing the next fred? Sorry this one wasn't lucky. :(

Thought we had conquered jet lag but woke up at 1.30pm which took us by surprise... Uh oh.

Made my first docs appointment for this afternoon though. Time to get some professional help!

Sorry about the ERTD zing. Hope it's a quick one to get back on it!

Hi ladies, just back from Boston and catching up on the fred. So sorry zing was really hoping! I still have my fingers crossed for all of you lovely twotters. We need a BFP! Essie I am in that boat totally with drinking - 2.5 beers and I have a hangover to end all hangovers? How sad.

I could start the next fred (I have certainly been hanging around here long enough ) but don't wait for me if I am not around! I have my HSG tomorrow morning and I am getting nervous now that I'm reading about it more on the bastard internet. Oh, and I have to give myself an enema. This is so glamorous. Methinks I might take the whole day off sick.

Hubby went for his sperm analysis and blood work, and we are still awaiting the results. My blood work came back almost entirely normal except for my insulin levels, which were way elevated. They've put me on metformin, a drug for type 2 diabetes . I am pissed for letting my health get away from me! I've been told to cut out 3/4 of my carbs and I've been walking. Down 3 pounds since the consult. Determined to not have to stay on metformin.

Red 3lbs down is brilliant and they also reckon even a small amount of weight loss can help with a BFP

I on the other Hand had last week off work and this week with OH and we have eaten, definitely drunken and definitely got down and merry all week; still goin with the idea of tricking myself I don't want a baby so sod turns up and works his magic! I have also put on 5lbs :-/ but that's ok as I don't want to be pregnant so I don't need to worry really tempted to use OPKs just to check so OH has put them in the garage

curly good for you - we all need to let loose once in awhile, especially on a week off! I did not start the metformin until I got back from Boston because I wanted to be able to have wine and pasta

I've classed it up for the 2 weeks I'm off with a box of wine :-) haven't got to the point of ridiculously drunk but have had a few glasses and good times feel abit bad but then think well during the war and other times women were given guiness while pregnant so alcohol can't be too bad as long as your not paralytic :-)

Also has anyone else given up smoking TTC or cut down etc? I've gone from 20 a day to an occasional if we're out and having a drink

Its really hard to break the cycle!

curly the fact Ur down to social smoking only is fan. that will be much easier to give up when Ur upduffed than the whole 20 a day!

I keep having odd twinges. kinda like ov pain but not the same. I'm hoping its a symptom. also been feeling a bit bleugh today. keep telling myself its nothing!

been to test drive Audi's tonight. well dh has. sooo nice!

curly I'm currently sat puffing on an e cig.... Started them today to try and help this TTC business... Hadn't cut down at all til this point

Sorry Zing and Fifi

Hi to everyone!

Good luck for tomorrow Red. Will be thinking of you.

Sorry this is brief, but started my new job today and I'm shattered. Suffering from info overload and sore face from smiling too much. More of the same tomorrow so need a good kip now!

Bye shaggers!

fifi

having tried it a few times I don't like smoking. and I actually hate it.
but I tell ya, I fancy a fag right now!

Thanks, .

I have never smoked but having smokers in my family (mom, grandmom) I know how tough it is to quit (neither have been able to). Good luck cutting down, girls. Eat more instead?

lil Audis are gorgeous but I will tell you that DH had one when we first met, and it was a total lemon! Could just be it was built during Oktoberfest....