The September BFP Bus - 9th time is the charm...

[DisneyDiva87]

Fingers crossed for the number 9 bus.

Passengers on board
DisneyDiva87 TTC#1 Cycle 4 (I think) BFP due 2nd

Im convinced my cramps were ovulation now from beginning of week, app tells me its this week tho so il carry on doing td!!

Been taking folic acid for about three wks, was actually going to ask do you think I should get some iron supplements as im prone to low iron and read somewhere it can stop conception?

I'm just hit my 'I'm not pregnant this month' moment. I think it's from all the bfp's on the August bus...

Feeling rubbish but on the plus side hubby is stopping his tablets for the foreseeable future so hopefully we'll be able to DTD more next month

No idea when I ov'd, dtd saturday and sunday, noticed what I think was ewcm tuesday and dtd again last night (think here was still som ewcm yesterday too) tuesday would have been cd 15 and oh was to tired for any dtd grr... Hopefully I haven't missed it
2ww's now hitting the September bus with a vengance-i'll be on hols with family when AF is due

I just don't understand how it can not happen if there's no protection and neither partner has any issues?

I'm probably alone and have a limited understanding of the science behind it all, but surely, if there's and egg right there and a whole army of sperm flying towards it...it should work right?

I think that's why I get frustrated with it. All through puberty and that everybody urges you to use condoms and go on the pill and everything and tells you how you can get pregnant from the very first time you have sex and then you fuss about making sure you don't forget you pill and the condom doesn't break.

And then you stop using anything and you just think..wtf, man? No baby.

Needed a little rant about that.

I know what you mean Chubby

-sigh-

TTC sucks all the time sometimes when it just doesn't result in a BFP. Although I know we aren't DTD'ing enough cause of stupid medication but no more!! Woohoo! (at least for a little while, hopefully long enough for me to get upduffed)

Know exactly what you mean chubby. A friend was ttc from January 2013, nothing wrong with either of them, started ivf drugs last year and took the last ones in December. Due to have ivf in April, they came to us for dinner one night, we finished off quite a few bottles of wine, she did a pg test the next day and she was pg!
Then she felt really bad as she had drank a lot
Anyway, they came to see us a few weeks back with a scan piccy and it was twins!! We all thought it was the drugs she had been on, but turns out they're identical boys so nothing to do with the drugs!
Just goes to show, it will happen eventually, and then 2 turn up at once!
She's due 30th December, going to be a fab Xmas this year for them

Anyway, back to it. I bought my folic from healthspan online, was about £6 for about 360 tabs.

these are the tests I have, and had last time, test to your hearts content

January 2011 not 2013!!

Yay I finally have stats as af FINALLY showed up!

WillowsTree ttc #1 cycle 1 bfp due 20th sept.

Only annoyance is I'm away prob on most fertile days...typical!

I am taking pregnacare conception vits. The pack has a nice encouraging picture of a sperm racing towards a healthy looking egg.

Chubby I know exactly what you mean. This month is our first proper ttc, but last month we did it a couple of times without protection...and wonder of wonders ...didn't get preggers. I have learnt a lot about ov and the right days etc. in the one month since then...but the statistical chances of pregnancy in normal circumstances still leaves me baffled. It's a bleeping miracle that there are 7 billion of us.

Oh feck, totally ballsed that up...

WillowsTree ttc#2 cycle 1 bfp due 21st

Was so excited to actually have an estimated bfp date I pressed the wrong number for ttc# !!

chubby I was just saying that to a friend yesterday, I spent 12 years trying not to get pregnant and worrying when I missed a pill etc now 3 months down the line where is my baby bump eh? lol

I agree and I just don't understand who are these people, who get pregnant by 'accident' by just doing it the once without condom!!

purple fingers crossed for you, hope it is nothing serious. Do you know what exactly is wrong with the full blood and liver function test? (presuming that's what you had done)

His all, just wanted to check in and see how everyone was doing. I am on CD 9 now and started using my OPKs. Had a 65 day cycle last time so have no idea what to expect this time. Fx I ovulate soonish so can stay on the September bus with you all rather than getting booted off to the October one :-( xx

Can I climb aboard the September bus? I'm being stubborn and not testing until at least 14th Sept...or if AF gets me this weekend, I'll wait it out until 5 weeks after that so may get two shots at a Sept BFP.

Refoca Ttc#2 cycle#1 BFP (I hope!) Sept 14th

Misty - If we could average our cycles, maybe we'd both be happier...I have a long, light 8-9 days every 3 weeks, sometimes spotting in between. Drives me to distraction! Can imagine 65 days is stressful too. Fx for ov soon.

Hi refoca. Welcome aboard. I'm testing 1st September if A.F doesn't arrrive, she's due 31st. xx

All the women around me bar one are these women! It's mental. Poor DPs getting worn out by the disappointment too, I can tell and each new announcement takes its toll on us both.

I don't know why I'm so positive for this month though. I'm already preparing my speech for my dad heh.

BFPs so far
N/A

Awaiting BFPs
SuzB83 ttc#1, cycle7, bfp 1st
JosiePosiePuddingAndPie ttc#2, cycle2, bfp 1st
Onelifeonechance ttc#1, cycle2, bfp 1st
PinkHat1 ttc#1 cycle 2 BFP 1st
nettle86 ttc#1 cycle 1 bfp 1st
DisneyDiva87 ttc#1, cycle4, bfp 2nd
Monkette ttc#1, cycle11, bfp 2nd
clareyfarey ttc#1, cycle 3, bfp 3rd Sept
Lucyfluff TTC 4 (yes im mad)!!, cycle 1, bfp 4th
Kemie ttc#1, cycle6, bfp 4th
Kirstoll ttc #2, cycle2, bfp 5th
Hendricks ttc#3, cycle2, bfp 5th
Chubbykitty ttc#1, cycle3, bfp 5th
VickyVix TTC #1 cycle 1 bfp 5th
Keepswimming1 ttc#1, cycle2, bfp 6th
PurpleGeekyGirl ttc#2 (#1 with new partner), cycle13, bfp 6 Sept
RaRaZ ttc#1, cycle4, bfp 7th
mama31 ttc#2, cycle1, bfp 7th
Positivementakattitude ttc#1, cycle2, bfp 7th
Nulanoo ttc#1 cycle 1 bfp 8th September
Gingerandcocoa ttc#1, cycle3, bfp 9th
GinandStripes ttc#1, cycle 3, bfp 9th
Purplegeekygirl ttc#2 cycle 13 bfp 9th
Flame40s TTC #3 (#1 with my new husband) Cycle 2 Bfp 9th
Dontsqueezetheteabag ttc#1, cycle1, bfp 10th
Englishteacher78 TTC#1, cycle 2, BFP 11th
Owlie84 ttc#1, cycle 4, bfp 11th
Jaykay987 ttc#1, cycle1, bfp 13th
CoffeeGuzzler ttc 1 cycle 1 bfp 14th
Refoca Ttc#2 cycle#1 BFP (I hope!) 14th
Charleslingus ttc#3 cycle 3 bfp due 15th
Snoozysleeper ttc #1 cycle 2 bfp 16th
Mistyautumn ttc#1 cycle 4 BFP 18th
Italianwilking84 ttc#1, cycle3, bfp 18th
Worried - ttc dc#2, cycle 18sad cd1, af/bfp due approx 19th
coco808 ttc # 1, cycle 2, BFP due 21st
Bambi27 ttc #2, cycle10, bfp 24th
ExactlyWhat ttc#3 cycle 1, bfp 25th
Willows tree ttc#2, cycle1, bfp?
Theborrower ttc#2, cycle2, bfp?
M33r ttc#1, cycle9, bfp?
Seatfor5 ttc#4, cycle5, bfp?
internationallove985 ttc#?, cycle?, bfp?
Choccywoccydodah ttc#?, cycle?, bfp?
ThoraNomiki TTC#2, cycle 3, AF?

Ladies I was that person! My little boy is 12 yrs old now and was very much a surprise!!! Also my friend is preggers at the min as she was taking antibiotics which cancelled out her pil....so another little surprise!!

But sure as hell I ttc....well we will see what happens its early days!!!

Off on my hols for a long wkend with hubby today....and it just happens to be my ovulation wkend also!! :) :) :) have a great wkend everyone!!! I will be officially walking like john wayne next week!! Haha!!!!!

Finally got a smiley face on my ovulation stick at day 12 ...Yay! Its funny but at my age it was a nice confirmation for me that its all working. Tested on Wednesday evening so have been dtd 3 times since then. Problem is hubby feels under pressure to perform so no sperm in sight so far!!!! Will try again tonight as we need that missing ingredient right?

Anyone else having the same issue with their oh or is it just me?

flame I have cancelled my order for the cheapy opk's as oh didn't want the extra pressure! There have been months when the ingredients have been missing also! This month has been much better, I think more relaxed, I let him know when it's just for fun when not near that "time of the month" as he calls it, not that he believes me though, I get a lot of "you just want a baby".... It can be hard, but it's getting better. I think a lot of us are in the same boat, which it's why coming on here's so reassuring.

Yup I hear you ladies!

I don't tell hubby that I'm doing the opk's so he doesn't feel the pressure, we've had issues with this as well.

Hubby keeps saying how I wasn't interested in him before and all I want is a baby but he won't listen to the fact that my sex drive was suppressed from the pill. Will have to make it up to him now he is off his tablets.

Hi Disney doing them in secret's not on the agenda, he just thinks it's decietful and wants to be able to talk about it (but with no pressure) his argument is that people have been getting pregnant for centuries before using 'technology' so why should we be any different, he's got a point but it is frustrating. He's also convinced himself he's firing blanks which is just plain annoying

It is so reassuring to read your posts ladies about the impact ttc has on our OHs. I thought it might just be us but think my DH felt so much pressure last week when i think i was ov that the 'ingredients' as you so politely put it Kemie weren't there. Our prob is we were perfectly in tune and happy with our sex life before deciding to ttc but that mostly consisted of great fun at weekends! But now i know all about timings etc. i've been telling him when we need to get cracking and the pressure to 'have' to do it can sometimes seem too much and it's all a bit mechanical or the end result doesn't happen (which i find worse than not even attempting to dtd...)

Not sure what to do about opk's. i'm half way through my 2ww but i'm having a 'it's not worked this month' feeling like you Disney. Thinking of trying them next month as keen to know i'm actually ov but think DH will find it too much. Arggggghhhhh the pressure of it all!!!!!

Awh ladies I think the pressure needs to be taken off the men (as easy as that sounds I know it wouldn't be) but I have not been using ovulation tests and hope to avoid using them if at all possible! He is aware of when I'm ovulating but I ensure that we have lots of fun prior to and after ovulation times so that its not all baby related!!

Keeping the spice in the relationship is also a good idea I find! Wee msgs during the day and wearing something nice for him (in the bedroom) as a surprise is also a good way to treat him and will distract him from feeling any pressure as it will be more of a treat ;) give it a try!! :)