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All aboard for a positive September

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Natty1806 · 31/07/2006 17:10

I know its only just the start of August but my next AF is not due until 5th September ish.

Sorry to hear AF has arrived for others that have to join me but here's hoping for lots of BFP's this month.

OP posts:
wannaBe1974 · 16/08/2006 14:39

hiya all

well miracles do happen - the fertility plus for men arrived this morning! So now we'll see if it helps or not - im pretty blasay about it all now as think that things happen for a reason and it's just not meant to be.

melrose · 16/08/2006 14:39

Started using persona again this month (after months of meaning too) I used to use it for contraception before having DS. Ov was day 20/21 this month and cycle 35 days (I know i am not meant to use persona if cycle ois that long, but don't see it is going to do any harm) So guess it is lots of sex for me and DH (i have warned him. Friend said she and her DH resorted to going to bed at 8pm with their dd when trying to fall with number 2, otherwise they were too knackered, so may try that!!

Sexonlegs · 16/08/2006 19:48

Hi all, and welcome Melrose. Me and dh hadn't had sex for months either before ttc. It was quite an effort to start with, which I know sounds awful, but now I am really enjoying it! We just tried to make it fun with a durex vibrating ring, and some tingly lubricant! Also went out and bd'd in the woods while dd was at nursery!!
How naughty.
Good luck to you all. xx

NattyandThomas · 16/08/2006 20:15

hi just need some help with your threads! cant understand all the TTC's etc on posts.. im new to this site, would love to understand what was being said! please list any you know so i can join in!

i am also trying for a baby, a little brother or sister for my thomas, it took over a year last time, but then i dont have a clue if that was because of the pill or problems with me.

anyways thanks for your help!

coggy · 16/08/2006 20:21

NandT...if you scroll up to the top of the page...you'll see "Acronym List".

This should give you most of the abbreviations....

most important on here probably are....

ttc - trying to conceive
BD - baby dance - sex
CD - Cycle Day
AF - auntie Flow - period

coggy · 16/08/2006 20:22

And ds - darling son
dd - darling daughter
dp/dh - darling partner/ husband.
HTH

Babymad4num3 · 16/08/2006 22:00

Hi all
Nothing much to report, CD5, planning the baby dance thing, getting more info on things like cough meds and stuff, still temping, I'm going to start paying attention to CM, Bding on CD8 then every other day until pos ov-test then three days in a row, then back to every other day one last time "seal the deal" as a link I looked on said lol. Hoping it will work this time, I've got a good feeling about September month and it's all thanks to you great people!

Hope this month is a lucky month for us all

andi0411 · 17/08/2006 00:01

Hi everyone- I agreee with babymad- got a good feeling about Sept...can't say why- and I don't 'do' feelings- IYKWIM..
Anyway cd16 today- feeling a bit off colour, very bloated and twingey- boobs a bit sore- can't get my hopes up though.
Good luck ladies.

Babymad4num3 · 17/08/2006 00:36

Any way i concived 2ND DS around september 3rd child luck and alland september could be my luck month for a 2nd time, all good!

The best thing for us all is hope and thinking pos (and lots of pos test's) !!!

wannaBe1974 · 17/08/2006 07:45

hiya all

cd 6 today, yesterday dh's fertility plus arrived so he's started taking that and we'll see if it gives any results so to speak. Am still a realist though and know i'm unlikely to conceive, but I have other things on my mind atm - weight loss going well, we're thinking of moving to essex to be closer to dh work, and might be going to south Africa in March to record an album. So my life is not consumed by ttc at the moment which is good.

hope everyone else is ok?

coggy · 17/08/2006 10:24

I am very about South Africa.
Whereabouts?.....I loved my time there.

Glad the vitamins have arrived.
Give them 3 months to really kick in....although my DH seemed to improved far quicker than that.
X

MrsMcJnr · 17/08/2006 11:10

Morning ladies, nothing much to report from me but think I'd better get on and buy that cough mixture and the pre-seed if I intend to use them this month as AF has now departed. CD6 for me today and DH still off work due to bad back! I agree, September might just be a lucky one for us on here.....

wannaBe1974 · 17/08/2006 11:38

coggy will be Clerksdorp in the transvaal, not the greatest part of the country as we lived in cape town and cape town is just unbelieveable, but this will be a chance for me to potentially make something of myself musically.

Babymad4num3 · 17/08/2006 11:55

Could someone tell me about this "pre-seed" i think there's lots of things i dont know about ?

Cream1 · 17/08/2006 13:47

Hello everyone!

Ok according to Clear Blue Digital Ovulation Sticks I ovulated on Tuesday of this week. Since the week started baby danced on Monday, Tuesday and wednesday. Do you think should baby dance tonight as on the packet it states "make love up to 48 hours after getting smiley face". So as I was testing at 9pm every night do you still think I may have a chance. Just a little bit extra may do the trick! Was great ovulating on Tuesday as had a new king size bed delivered that day and made full use of it!

Now just hoping and hoping and more hoping!!!

Good luck everyone for positive Sept!

MrsMcJnr · 17/08/2006 14:11

Wannabe, how exciting! tell us more, are you going to be a pop star with a bump?

Babymad - the pre-seed is sperm friendly lubricant that mimics what your own EWCM does in helping the sperm travel. I don't seem to have much EWCM (sorry TMI) so thought I'd get some and give nature a helping hand.

Hi Cream1 - sounds like you are off to a great start this month. In my view, what is the harm in having one more baby dance tonight? it might give you an extra chance. Good luck! Might try those sticks myself.

melrose · 17/08/2006 14:42

OK think you need a lesson in acronyms before koining this board, what is EWCM, is pre-seed a good idea and if so where do you get it from and what is this think with cough syrup???

Day 5 for me, not sure when to start BD-ing s last month ov at day 20/21 and cycle 35 days long, no idea if that is usual as first month I had checked

ShowOfHands · 17/08/2006 14:56

Afternoon ladies.

Only on CD5 today so AF not quite departed. I agree with lots of others that I have a feeling about this month. I feel very positive and am determined to make the extra effort, especially since we could be doing a bit more bding than we have in previous months. It's hard because we both work full time, DH works about 65hrs a week and he's often too exhausted for anything else. To that end I have just had lunch with DH and bet him that he can't muster the energy to bd at least once a day from CDs 6-16. I figure I'd appeal to his competitive side and if that doesn't work I'll use a bit of reverse psychology. You know the sort of thing "oh well never mind dear, gone are the days when you could manage 7 times a night and bring me breakfast in bed. Every other day's probably the best we can hope for now. It's age ...[pregnant pause]... probably". Guaranteed to spur him into action.

So, lots of luck to everybody for this month. It's going to be a lucky one...

desperate2bmum · 17/08/2006 16:42

hi girls

hope everyone is doing well.
i have caved in a little this month and have been to sainsburys and brought 2 cartons of grapefruit juice...when and how much should i drink?
was soo funny queing at the checkout the lady had scanned all mystuff and then i went to lift the bag into my trolley and realised i had picked up pineapple juice instead of grapefruit so i explained to her id picked up the wrong one and she buzzed for a supervisor..(queues were building) it actually took 5 mins for sum1 to come and needless to say i got rather a few nasty looks and tuts from other customers..if only they knew the reason why i wanted it and not just to sip over breakfast!!

melrose · 17/08/2006 17:16

Now I am confused, what is the grapefruit juice for??

MrsMcJnr · 17/08/2006 18:03

Hello Ladies - LOL Desperate2bMum at the perceived Diva behaviour in the Supermarket.

I too have just been on a TTC trip to Tesco and came home with OPKs, grapefruit juice and Venos as it had the highest dose of guafinessin and nothing else (I don't think - very confusing). Now I am wondering when to start using all this stuff, better go and work it out (cycle wise)! Think a glass of grapefruit juice a day in the lead up to and a few days after ovulation is the idea.

Melrose - both the grapefruit juice and the cough mixture are meant to help create better EWCM. I have not bought any pre-seed yet but you can get it on www.bioonigyn.com and www.accessgiagnostics.co.uk. It seems a good idea in theory, if you don't have enough EWCM, it can take its place and allow the sperm to travel to the cervix.

Babydust to all...................

MrsMcJnr · 17/08/2006 18:05

whoops - www.accessdignostics.co.uk

Babymad4num3 · 17/08/2006 18:19

Now I'm losing it, in a funny way, right this "pre seed" where do I get it from?
When do I start and stop taking the cough syrup and how much do I take??
And how do I use the grapefruit juice and when????????

My head hurts!!

Hubby is now laughing at my shopping list and wondering why I have,
Bread
eggs
per seed lubrication
cough syrup (when I haven't got I cough)
milk
grapefruit juice (no body likes the stuff)
dog food.

And I was thinking this morning I had I really really bad cough and cold when I fell pg with both my DS but I cant remember taking anything for it, I'm sure I would have thow!

Babymad4num3 · 17/08/2006 18:29

Thanks MrsMcJnr just broght my "pre seed" off one of them webbsites! One thing i can cross off my shopping list

MrsMcJnr · 17/08/2006 18:30

LOL Babymad at shopping list - call me weird but I actually like grapefruit juice, great hair of the dog with a slug of vodka!

Ok - testing what I have just read here -

Pre seed - see my last thread for 2 sites I have heard of.

Cough syrup - taken for a few days before and after ovulation. Take 2 teaspoons 3 times a day.

Grapefruit juice - glass a day few days before and after ovulation.

Those seasoned TTCers out there, is that right?

Interesting re your bad cough and cold when you fell with DSs maybe you did assist yourself without knowing!

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