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Planning ahead for Christmas! December bus starting far too early...

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barmybunting · 30/10/2013 18:42

Hi All,

Anyone else around for the Dec bus yet? I think AF has managed to kick me off Nov already as she has arrived a few days early, and my cycle will probably mean she is next due at the beginning of Dec rather than Nov.

So does anyone else want to climb on board and help me hang tinsel and drink mulled wine to while away the time until that bfp in Dec?

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barmybunting · 01/12/2013 18:22

BFPs!! Keep them coming!
Howly - Nov
DorotheaHomeAlone - Nov
ItsSoFluffyImGonnaDie - Nov
Nulanoo - Nov
Natweb79 - Nov
Kirstyd1 - Nov

Lining up for our Bfps!
TanwyddRocket Cycle 15 TTC #1 BFP due any day
greentealeaf ttc #1, cycle 1, AF/BFP due 30/11 - 01/12ish
Owlie84 ttc#1, cycle 7, BFP 30th Nov / 1st Dec
BexBoo12 TTC#1 cycle 1 bfp due maybe 1 dec?
Catface cycle 2 ttc #1 bfp due early Dec.
Littlebear88 ttc#1 1 cycle AF due 1 December
SaraRB123 ttc#1 cycle 1 bfp due 2-4 December
Lime19 ttc number 1, cycle 3, bfp due dec 2
Littlemissy BFP on the 3rd Dec after a mmc last month
Kt1991 Cycle 4 ttc #2 BFP due 3/4th December
woodwaj TTC no.1 cycle 15 bfp due 4th December
DuPainDuVinDuFromage TTC #2, cycle 4, bfp 4th dec
Polkadot1 ttc number 2, cycle 3, bfp due 4-5th Dec roughly
PunkyPod Cycle 1 ttc #2 BFP due 5th December
DaisyDoo44 ttc #2 cycle 11 BFP 5th dec
Missvaughan85 Ttc #2 cycle 5 bfp due 5th dec
kirstyd1 ttc#2 cycle 4 bfp due 6th dec
EverythingInMjiniature Ttc #1 cycle 4. Bfp due 6th December
Onelifeonechance, ttc#1, cycle 6, BFP due 6th Dec
barmybunting cycle 2 ttc #1 bfp due around 7th Dec
ThoraNomiki TTC #2 cycle (maybe 4?) too early to tell but will be month 12 by Dec
wispywoo due 8th Dec, ttc #1, cycle 1
crazylady2013 tcc#1 cycle 4 BFP 8 Dec
Finnable TTC #1, hoping for a BFP 8th Dec
ImNotAFlower cycle 2 ttc # 2 BFP due 9th (ish) December
booisgreat 42 ttc #3 cycle 2 mmc sept 13 bfp due 10th Dec
LittleOwlie TTC #1 Cycle 1 bfp due 10 Dec
MovingOnUpduffed ttc #2 cycle 5 bfp due 10th December
Findingme ttc#2 cycle 5 bfp due 10th Dec(ish).
LePetitPont Ttc #1, cycle 5. bfp due 11th Dec
LemonDrizzler TTC #1, cycle 4, BFP/AF due 11 December
allchatnicknamesgone TTC #2 cycle 7. Bfp 11th dec
SoMuchFruit ttc#2. Cycle 5. BFP due 10/12
Cottonwool4brains ttc#2, cycle 9 (chem cycles 4 and 7) Bfp due 12-15th Dec
mama31 TTC #2 Cycle 6 (meh!) BFP due 12th December
millsy105 TTC #1, 7 months bfp due 12th Dec
Karmalaa TTC#1, cycle #2 since mc, BFP due 13th Dec
Cherieblossom Ttc #3, cycle 1, BFP due 13 dec
lucyfluff TTC4, cycle 2 post mc, bfp 13th dec..
Kitkat1985 cycle 1 ttc #1 BFP due 13th (ish) December
Witch25 TTC #1 Cycle 4 Bfp 13th December
skybluegirl33 ttc#1 cycle 5 BFP due Dec 14th
MundayCakes85 ttc #1, cycle 5 BFP due 15th Dec
mumtoacub ttc#2 about to start cycle 7! bfp due 16/12
rubyshoe Cycle 3 ttc #2 Bfp due 17th Dec
JustMarriedBecca TTC#1. BFP due 18 December. Cycle 1
mssleepyhead TTC#1 cycle 2 BFP due 18-19 Dec
ThingsThatGoHumpInTheNight, Cycle #1 TTC #1, BFP due 18th Dec(ish)
crashbandicoot ttc #1 cycle 5-7 bfp due dec 19th
hudyerweesht ttc no3 cycle 5 BFP due 19ish Dec
lessonsintightropes cycle 4, TTC#1, Bfp due 19 Dec
JennyOfOldstones TTC #1 cycle 4 BFP due 19th December
babyspice2501 bfp due 20th Dec
Moffit TTC#2 Cycle 2 BFP 21st December
ImaginaryHat, ttc#1, cycle 7, bfp 22nd December.
Charlie343 cycle 2 TTC #1 with AF/BFP due 23rd December
laravh TTC #1 cycle3 (technically 4, but we're living in different countries for cycle 3) BFP dec23
Spinningirl10....ttc#3 cycle 1 post mc, bfp due 24th Dec!
Aisha18 ttc #1 cycle 3 BFP due 24th dec
Sazzlehopes ttc#2 cycle13 bfp 25th December!
Minnieheehee cycle 14 ttc #2 bfp 25 December
akachan cycle 1 ttc #1 bfp due 25 December (!)
Pocopearl Cycle 4 ttc #2 bfp due 25 December
KnottyKnitter ttc #1. cycle 1 should start 24/11. so bfp due Christmas day if pill hasn't made ovaries misbehave!
Honeybear30 TTC #1, cycle 1 or 2, bfp due 25th December!!
EllisIsland ttc#2 bfp due 25 Dec
flymo79 bfp due 25 Dec
Chumbies cycle 1 ttc #1 bfp due 27th Dec
m33r Ttc #1; cycle 12 - bfp due ?
Thingsthatgobump Ttc #1 cycle 2 bfp New Year's Eve
Newlywed2013 Ttc #1 cycle 2 after mc AF/ Bfp due 30 Dec
newforest Trying for baby no. 1, cycle 2(tried in September, though not very well timed) BFP due 31st December.
BeigeBuffet cycle 1 ttc #1 bfp after new year.
Ohfourfoxache TTC #1 bfp due ?
Wineandchoocy ttc #1, cycle #5, bfp December ??
Cherieblossom Bfp Due ??
NurseSapphire bfp due ? Dec
Snowballs bfp due hopefully now!
Monstorsaurus bfp due?
mammabear4 cycle 1/2 bfp due New Year!
MissingBun ttc #1 cycle 3 bfp due 31st Dec
rockin20s 28yrs, TTC cycle 1, AF Due January 8th
DearDinah TTC # 1 Cycle 6 BFP due ?
Doodlekitty TTC number 2. Dc1 just turned 1. Cycle 2. bfp due ?
musicalmrs TTC #2, cycle one.
Gingerpanther27 ttc #2 bfp due ?
Kittyrose1 bfp due ?
Hyland Cycle 25 ttc #2 BFP due late December

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babyspice2501 · 01/12/2013 18:23

Dichotomous fingers crossed its not your mind! Good luck for friday! Sometimes our bodys just 'know' dont they! Lets hope this is the case for you :)

: love the xmas smiley!

barmybunting · 01/12/2013 18:24

6 Bfps before we left the depot for December, let's see some more of those in the next few days please!!

We are off, a few people due bfps over the next few days - good luck!

Mince pies, Christmas carols and the tree is going up so we can put those bfps underneath!!

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barmybunting · 01/12/2013 18:28

I'm trying very hard not to convince myself that I need to test tomorrow or Tuesday. Originally, I thought AF was due yesterday, but I ovulated sometime between Thurs 21st & Sun 24th as far as I can work out, so I guessed AF was due sometime later this week. On Friday, I had random spotting of dark, old blood (Sorry!) but only a tiny amount, but I thought that was AF on her way. Absolutely nothing since though. I have been feeling randomly dizzy since Friday as well. No signs of AF, but some severe symptom spotting going on in my head though! I think I'm about 8-11dpo just now, and AF normally arrives around 10dpo...

Stupid symptom spotting! I wish there was a quicker way to just know. It would be much easier to just get on with it if you knew within a day or two. This 2ww takes forever!

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DichotoMous · 01/12/2013 18:38

Barmy tell me about it! When do you think you might test? You sound like it won't be too far in the distant future...!

I'm not due AF til 9th Dec (Mon) but my parents are coming to visit at the weekend so think I'd like to know either way beforehand.

j200 · 01/12/2013 18:42

Hi ladies please can I join? TTC#1 month 8 (but month 1 on Clomid as wasn't ovulating) BFP due Dec 17th x

DichotoMous · 01/12/2013 18:51

OK this is going to be a bit TMI but literally just after my last post I went to the loo and I have definite spotting. I have never, ever, ever had spotting before. Weird. [tchconfused] I am 7dpo I think judging by CM.

Feels a bit strange telling random internet people that but I just needed to share.

barmybunting · 01/12/2013 18:53

DichotoMous if I'm honest, if I had some ICs sitting around, I would be POAS just now! I purposely don't have any ICs around though, so I'm trying to hold off. I'm very tempted to try tomorrow but having looked at it sensibly, AF is probably only due mid week so tomorrow is a bit early probably. I was determined not to test until 6th Dec (Fri) but that random spotting last Fri, topped off with this dizziness has got me very hopeful so I'm now thinking I will end up testing earlier.

I know what you mean about wanting to know. Are you hoping to tell your parents next weekend if the bfp shows up in time? When do you think you will test or are you trying to hold off?

I'm off work tomorrow & Tues which makes not thinking about it a lot harder, and really want to know before next weekend as it'd be my last chance to tell my parents before they leave to go away for 8 weeks over Christmas. I just want to know either way at this stage!

But this is only cycle 5 off the pill for me, and my cycles have been all over the place since then. The last 3 lps have been 10 days, and my cycles have been getting shorter to around 34 days, which is tomorrow.

I'm going to hold off tomorrow if I can, and hope AF doesn't turn up and then POAS on Tues I think. I'm not sure I can hold off any longer. Next weekend would be more sensible, but sense goes out the window in this process I find.

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DichotoMous · 01/12/2013 19:03

Barmy that is so true - I am normally such a normal person! I think Tues sounds like a sensible date for you to POAS, going by what you've said - you will be 'late'-ish and then you only have one day of not being at work to get yourself through!

I had sort of thought about testing on the Fri so I could have a bit of a mental break over the weekend and concentrate on something else for a couple of days. Otherwise I won't be able to test until Mon afternoon or Tues AM using FMU (I think it would be a bit weird to POAS with my parents in the house!).

Missvaughan85 · 01/12/2013 19:36

Bar my in the same, five months off pill, last 2 cycles have be long for me, 1 week late, then 2 weeks late. Then its month orangey pink cm last Monday and then twitchy pains in lower abdomen. Which I've never had before. So I'm hoping this is a lucky month. X x x

MundayCakes85 · 01/12/2013 19:46

Look what I've just discovered [tchgrin] Nothing else to report here. Approx 2dpo so in the 2ww now. Didn't DTD on O day but did the 2 days before so hoping for a Christmas miracle.
Hope everyone's tucked up inside. I'm about to go to work and it's cold!!

barmybunting · 01/12/2013 19:53

Dichoto Next Friday sounds like a plan for you, lets you check but still have the back up plan for later in the weekend if it's too early to show. Fingers crossed for you! And I totally get what you mean about POAS with your parents in the house, just a tad off putting! This process feels like madness. I'm glad it's not just me.

Let me know how you get on!

Tuesday it is for me I think. It seems more sensible, I won't be able to hold out until next weekend and I don't want to POAS on a work day (don't know why!) so Tuesday it is. Fingers crossed AF doesn't show up!

Missvaughan that is sounding hopeful! Are you holding out until AF is late to test? I think you are 5th Dec, is that right? Were your other 3 cycles normal before these 2 longer ones? Good luck!

My 2nd cycle was 52 days long, but the next 2 were 36 & 34 each with spotting before hand, I'm cd33 today so fingers crossed it is a bfp and not just more silly cycle changes! I'm not 100% sure when AF is due as I didn't temp this month, wanted to take it a bit less obsessively but I wish I had now!

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BexBoo12 · 01/12/2013 19:58

Ok ladies I think full flow may have finally arrived so I'm sort off off the bus but only til end of dec...

BexBoo12 ttc#1 cycle 2 bfp due 27 dec

babyspice2501 · 01/12/2013 20:46

Oh no bexboo :( we will still keep our fingers crossed for 27th for you :)

Missvaughan barmy and dichoto good luck girls it all sounds pretty good from where im sitting :)

Missvaughan85 · 01/12/2013 21:12

Barmy, I stopped pill at week break. Had period like I normally would then next af 28days, then another 28 then the next 2 were longer than normal, the last one at 2 weeks late was the worst. Terrible backache from mid way through cycle. Went to te doctors at one week late, he wasn't concerned. Told me to test again in a week. But then af came. Yeh af is due 5/6 that is what app is telling me. And my cycles are normally 28 days. I can time af to the hour usually. I was only on bc for 6 months. I can't believe I've had this much trouble with it!! Worst thing is the hair in my face has come back with a vengeance!!! I might test Thursday. Don't want to get my hopes up though x x

Missvaughan85 · 01/12/2013 21:15

Thanks babyspice. Not feeling hopeful here. I've been feeling a bit out of sorts ttc this month. Feeling obsessed with it then feeling a bit like I can't be bothered and is it the right time.
On a brighter note, that bit closer to finishing the Christmas shopping!!! I've got one that's hard to buy for. My DH dad's wife. She's Thai, and hard to know what to buy for her!!!

TwerkingNineToFive · 01/12/2013 21:28

I was on the November bus but got a BFN on the day I was due on (28th of November). Tested again yesterday when AF had not arrived and again BFN then this morning I looked at it again, it was left out on the windowsill, and there was the faintest line in the world. So I tested again and in really bright light there is a tiny faint line. Not sure if its evaporation lines or its an early possitive so I'm going to test again tomorrow.
So BFP due 2nd of Dec.

TwerkingNineToFive · 01/12/2013 21:30
  • Oh and a Pashmina is my suggestion for missvaughan thai mil. [tchgrin]
woodwaj · 01/12/2013 21:53

Good luck for tomorrow twerk!

barmybunting · 01/12/2013 22:03

dichoto just spotted your post about spotting, that sounds familiar. I'm taking it as a good sign so fingers crossed it is for you!

Twerking, that sounds very positive. Let us know how you get on tomorrow

Missvaughan I know what you mean about ups and down in this ttc business. What a pain to have such an influence on your cycles from 6 months of the pill! I'd been on it for about eight years but am still annoyed!

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Missvaughan85 · 01/12/2013 22:09

Thanks tweaking, but she isn't that type. She's into beer and whiskey, wears men's cologne, She described my wedding in June to one of her friends as casual. I wore a ivory lace dress, every one was in Suits, apart from her, she wore white jeans, a black vest top and rain coat!! She is unconventional in every sense!!! Lol sorry for rant!!
Barony it's amazing isn't it how much of an effect something so small can have in your health!! I've just been for a bath, but it was in the cool side because I was worried that if there is a little bean in there I didn't want the water to be too hot!!! I am now officially crazy!!

HollyBen · 01/12/2013 22:25

Hi all. Can't wait to hear of the first December BFPs.

After 79 days of waiting post MC, AF has finally arrived [tchgrin] so I can officially board the bus - way hey!!!!
hollyben ttc#2, cycle 1 post MC, BFP due 29th Dec

greentealeaf · 01/12/2013 23:06

Hi Ladies,

Congrats to Kirsty on your BFP and best of luck to Twerking for tomorrow AM. Sorry to hear you're definitely off this early Dec bus Bex but FX the end of Dec is lucky for you Smile

I was due AF on 30/11 but she still hasn't arrived. Got a BFN yesterday but didn't test today as received some really bad news last night and was helping family out so a bit preoccupied. I'm hoping tomorrow brings some joy, although I'm not exactly confident with the crampy feelings I've been getting for the past few days. It kind of feels like AF but different...? It's so confusing coming off BC - my body is so different now.

Lots of mince pies all around and best December wishes too Grin

BexBoo12 · 01/12/2013 23:20

Thank you everyone!! I'm hoping this festive bus proves lucky in bringing me my bfp, as it was lucky enough to bring my first AF post pill so I'm very pleased with this bus so far Grin greentealeaf I'm sorry to hear you've had bad news, a bit of lovely news to even it out I'm sure would be welcomed so I've got everything crossed for you xx and for whatever is going on at home, I'm sending you a big hug too xx

Gingerpanther27 · 02/12/2013 00:34

af finally buggered off congrats to the bfps :) for the stats think my bfp is due 21stish normally have 28 day cycle but had 27 day and can't remember before that. Add in post baby and cerazette equals??

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