Posifrickentivity all round, with a good healthy dash of project desperate. New thread, new luck, new BFPs and Summer 2014 babies all round please! TTC after MC

[Sal1977]

Our brand spanking new thread full of luck, baby dust, BFPs and a few choice swear words.

The Rules...

(1) A lady may only POAS on a Friday.
(2) Friday means the day that everyone calls Friday in the time zone where you spent the night.
(3) Rule (1) does not apply to POA-OPK-S, UNLESS they are being illegitimately used as surrogate HCG detectors, in which case Rule (1) most definitely does apply
(4) Rule (1) does not apply following a BFP because if you want to waste £25 a day POADigiS that's your prerogative
(5) Rule (1) does not apply if a lady is POAS in an attempt to get a BFN to prove she can start DTD with intent
(6) Rule (1) does not apply if a lady wants for unknown reason to pee on an actual stick, like a twig or some such, if that lady is unexpectedly caught short whilst tramping in the forest looking for bears.
(7) These rules (including Rule (1)) are subject to the change at any time if the ladies of the Posifrickentivity thread decide on a whim come up with empirical evidence to prove that it is luckier to POAS on any other day of the week
(8) Violators of Rule (1) shall be subject to fish throwing.

And as a grand finale, why not pledge to NEVER POAS before 14DPO?

Don't think I can convince dh to dtd

Hi *Seaside" - I took Maca before I got pregnant with my DD. I also took Soy Isoflavones on CD 3-8, 1/4 aspirin every day, Evening Primrose Oil pre-ov, progesterone cream post-ov, folic acid and Vit B6 every day and had acupuncture! Was pretty religious about all this for about three months, and something worked, cos I got pg. Could have been any one of these things, a combination of all of them, the placebo effect and slightly lower stress levels due to feeling like I was doing something about it, or simply coincidence. But I'd say, go ahead and take the Maca (might start again myself actually).
Waves to everyone. x

Definitely ov'd last night - very painful one-sided cramps, bad enough to need a hot water bottle, and cf was very thin and watery. So of course, this morning OH was too tired to dtd! We did dtd yesterday morning and Wednesday night, but given that OH is 46, I have been wondering if perhaps his sperm is a bit on the lazy side or just isn't hanging around long enough so I really wanted us to have another go this morning. Wasn't particularly in the mood myself, but I do want to get pg and the sperm's not going to magically get there by itself! Hopefully he'll feel more in the mood later on.

Hi eveyone, can I join you? This thread was recommended to me on the mc board (where I was having a good old rant about ttc after mc and how emotionally draining it is!) Hopefully some of the posifrickentivity will rub off on me.

Had a mc in July and started ttc again straight away. Last month was particularly crappy as I had a cp in the same week as a family bereavement. AF due any day now and the cramps have started. I had cramps when I was pg too so never sure whether they're a bad sign or not!

Hi everyone and welcome newcomers!

Yesterday and today have been a bit odd. I have ulcerative colitis and yesterday I thought it had starting flaring up. In the evening I had quite painful twinges - but couldn't quite tell if it was colitis cramps or other pelvic pain. It did subside. Was also very tired last night and this morning, and today I felt quite sick in the morning but only after I'd eaten.

No idea what's going on but realised I just haven't felt quite right for weeks now. I am beginning to wonder again about a cyst - but it could be any number of things. Want to be in good shape to get cracking properly again if I ever get another period...

alyant. Neither gp or consultant concerned at all about short luteal phase. They are pretty sure that's the way it has always been and managed to carry DD. so that's good.
I tried vit b6 supplement but my face went numb and my eye still twitches 2 months later so going to give that a miss. (I dont think other people notice the twitch!!! Lol.

nerdy I had horrible pains when I was pregnant with DD and it turned out to be a cyst that popped. Best to get checked out.

Hi and welcome moomin. Fingers crossed that AF doesn't arrive for you!

thanks missp that is good news. I will continue to try and not worry about my short luteal phase. I suspect that, like for you, it's probably always like this and I have managed to get pg twice (successfully once), so i SHOULD be able to manage it again.

On that front though, this month is looking completely rubbish. Day 17 and still no sign of ov based on my temps. It's usually around day 14 so I don't know what the fuck is going on.

nerdy are you going to the doc about your funny pains? sounds worthwhile

Thanks. Still hasn't arrived but I was VERY hormonal yesterday so I'm trying not to get my hopes up. Also have stocked up on chocolate in preparation!

Probably not going to go to the doctor just yet. The pains only lasted for a short time and haven't come back. Have felt sick again today though, and bloated. If I get it again I'll make an appt. Don't want them to think I'm a hypochrondriac!

What is maca??!

chocolate = great idea moomin
daft i was wondering the same thing.

realised that I forgot to say welcome to tannyloo. shame on me

Currently stuffing my face with cadburys heroes after another devastating bfn today. This is after prosecco and red wine this pm!!

Feel a bit drunk and annoyed abi got through the X factor. Yes I'm sorry to admit I'm watching it but I don't like her voice at all!!

Welcome lovely new ladies.

Sorry about the missing ov aly hope it appears soon. I had a real slow riser which did my head in and ending up shagging much more than I needed too, nightmare!

Sorry to hear that fedup. After my cp last month I promised myself I wouldn't test until I was at least a week late. But as I haven't really got used to my cycle yet (and have zero willpower) I've tested for the last few days. I'd have been better off spending the money on chocolate and/or wine instead

If you add up all the hpt's and opks I must have spent a few hundred quid since my mmc in feb. I've got to stop it! And at least stick to the 'sort of' thread rule of not testing til 14 dpo.
Sorry to hear about your cp :(

Thanks for welcoming me to the thread.

I'm driving myself bonkers trying to symptom spot, and then thinking I missed my ov by being too eager. I hate the two week wait!

I might have got it wrong, as I don't use opk or temp, just look for egg whites and how horney I feel. It is usually pretty accurate though, tbh..

If I did ov, it would have been early in my cycle, about day 9, and I should be 9 dpo, so waiting for af seems a long long time.

Oh well, time to stop obsessing and get to work...

fedup i was wondering if I could have just had a slow rise, but I think instead my body tried to ov but failed. I had the normal dip in bbt that I usually get pre-ov, then my temp rose over the next two days (but not high enough) and then dropped again to somewhere between those two temps and has stayed there.
grumble grumble grumble. I can't maintain high shagging levels for too much longer so i hope ov comes soon!

tanny I usually try to use ewcm and horniness as my major indicators too, with temping as back up - and to me honest, they were both much lower than usual this month so I guess that fits with the lack of ov.

Hello

It's a sunny start to the week here, although it rained overnight. Not quite so exhausted today (so far) and haven't felt quite so sick today either.
My temperature went up quite high yesterday morning, but has dropped down a bit now. Nothing to compare it to though, as this was my first time temping and it's turned into a wtf cycle...CD 61 and counting, possibly 11dpo but by no means certain!

Maca is some kind of herb and the root is supposed to promote fertility, particularly in men (doubling motility in some cases) but also for women. Farmers use it for breeding animals! If you Google it there's lots of info and you can get capsules from health food shops or Ebay.

Somebody please persuade me that opening up the FertilityFriend app several times a day will not actually make the 2ww tick by any faster.

Welcome all newbies!

Aly I have no idea what has gone on with this cycle for me either. I had ewcm from day 12 and a + opk on day 15. I had a temp drop too on day 14 just before the + opk and then a steady rise to today 23 and ff still doesn't think I've ovulated! So frustrated, dtd daily from day 12 to 17 then gave up as ewcm dried up and I was quite frankly knackered! Starting to get pmt symptoms so I don't think all the shagging is working anyway!

I've got a scan on Saturday to check that everything is ok and there isn't anything Undiagnosed going on eg endometriosis etc. I've got a feeling all will be ok, like my 21 day bloods which is good but doesn't make me any wiser as to why nothing's happening in the baby dept!

Hello there ladybees!

CD11 here today so about to start shaggamuffin week tomorrow....can't be arsed wait!

Off to the quacks in the morning to get chromosome blood results and 2nd lot of sperm results for DH, to see what the next step is for us. Am optimistic about the bloods, not so sure about his swimmers though!

He's done my head in today. Been sat in B&Q and Bathstore for a total of 4 hours today after he decided to pretty much rip our bathroom out on Friday (you have to sit/squat in the bath to have a shower - great) and after spending £1500 on a new bathroom, I came home to measure for tiles and he's measured it wrong so the whole thing won't bloody fit! What a knobhead!! I feel like battering him not shagging him!! Lol.

Welcome newbies, sorry you find yourselves here but you're in good company.

Good luck at the docs tomorrow Sal, hope it goes okay and you get some constructive help....keep us

4 weeks post mc and still no signs of af!! Don't you just live these wtf cycles?!

Oh yeah, and our quiet Christmas with no family that we've been planning for the last year, has now somehow ended up with us hosting Christmas Eve 'drinks and nibbles', I have to cater for 14 people, including 2 who don't eat carbs or sugar, 2 coeliacs and a vegan who doesn't like vegetables!!!

Keep us 'posted' Sal!!

sundance was feeling v miserable this morning then your catering task did make me chuckle!! Hope you get af soon.
Good luck sal let us know how you get on
Re those with charts showing you haven't ovulated, mine did that but I 'discarded' one anomaly temp (morn after excessive wineage) and it decided then that I did in fact ovulate... If I now undiscard that temp it's still decided I've ovulated! Temps been on decline last few days so just waiting for af now...

Well AF has arrived, I've got period pain and there's no paracetamol in the house. It's also raining. AIBU to wish I could just stay in bed?! Fed up of the disappointment. I wish I could go back to a time where all of this didn't matter so much.

Good luck today Sal.