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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

All aboard for a positive August part two

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trace2 · 07/08/2006 14:41

the other threads to long

OP posts:
Babymad4num3 · 11/08/2006 10:29

I'm 25 i was wondering how old/young are you all?
Not being rude just wondering!

coggy · 11/08/2006 10:31

babymad - we have a stats thread with people's details on it...I'll bump it up and then you and tryingfortwo can put your details on it and have a good old nosey at the rest of us!!!!

mimi1uk · 11/08/2006 10:31

coggy? did af show her ugly face

Sexonlegs · 11/08/2006 10:33

Morning all. Wow, lots of posting activity on here in the last few days!
Fingers crossed to all who have af's due esp to all those who have been ttc for soooo long now.
Welcome timeforanother. Dh and I are ttc number 2 - we have a dd who is 3.2. Only been ttc for 4 months, but feels like an eternity after dd was conceived after sex twice!
CD21 today - nothing to report. Cannot think will be a bfp as have only bd'd 3 times!
Hey ho.
Anyway, need to head as loads to do. Keep smiling everyone. Big Hugs to all. xx

coggy · 11/08/2006 10:34

Not yet Mimi.......if nothing today I will do a test tomorrow (CD28)....here's hoping!!!

How are you getting on SOL?
Still away from home?

wannaBe1974 · 11/08/2006 10:54

hiya all

oh coggy and trace (((hugs)))

I know all to well how you both must be feeling as I've been there so many times before.

Coggy I'm not going to patronise you by saying I know what you're going through at the moment, I've been there in terms of the ttc element, but everything else you've been through and must still go through every day, esp when you see your friends who were pg at same time as you pg again must make this so much harder for you. I know that for you, even when you get that bfp you will enter a different stage of worry, until you hold your baby in your arms. You deserve to have your baby now, after everything you've been through it's time life gave you a break and gave you something positive to look forward to. I am still keeping everything crossed that you get your bfp today, or tomorrow, or next week, while af still isn't here it doesn't mean the end of this month yet, stay positive, and keep smiling, because there's a lot to be said for positive thinking. Your baby will happen, I am absolutely confident of that. I don't know how or why, I just am. You can email me any time at [email protected]

Trace, your m/c last month has proved to you that you can fall pg. You should take this month as a positive thing not negative, the fact your temps are normal, that you know when your af is going to arrive is a pointer that your body is recovering after the m/c and getting itself ready to carry another little one. Next month you have another chance to try, and as your body will be back to normal it may just give you that chance of hope again. Email me any time.

I don't know what anyone's beliefs are, I'm not really religious, but I like to think that your baby, and coggy's ds, and all the other babies that weren't meant to come into the world yet, must be somewhere, playing in a beautiful place, because surely little ones must be taken away for a reason.

I'm waffling now.

Natty1806 · 11/08/2006 11:10

Hope you don't mind wannabe but i agree with everything you have just said. x

MrsMcJnr · 11/08/2006 11:17

Hello ladies, hugs to all today, everyone seems a little low and fed up of the TTC roller coaster. At least we can all talk freely about it on here, must be awful not being able to talk about how you feel.

Ohh Coggy ? well done hanging in there before testing! Don?t let things get your down, keep that excited feeling for as long as you can. . Plus remember that fabby weight loss! (still very envious!) better the knickers fit better now !

Hi Trace, sorry to hear you are under the weather, hope you feel better soon. When you don?t feel well everything gets on top of you and you are sleep deprived too. Hope everything seems better when you feel better.

I am on CD27 today and my chart predicts AF tomorrow. Think I OV on CD17 and only managed to BD on CD11 & CD19 in fertile period so my chances are very slim. My temp went down from 36.3 to 36.05 on CD25, then down to 35.75 on CD26 and back up to 36.15 today. Confusing. I haven?t been well though so I don?t know how that impacts. Have very slight spotting so I guess it is likely that she?ll turn up tomorrow as predicted.

Fingers crossed for you Babymad4num3, seems like a long time since we had a BFP on here.

Welcome Tryingfor2, lots of people like minded on here.

Your post made me shiver Wannabe1974, it was lovely.

Babymad4num3 · 11/08/2006 11:30

I've started the temp thing but i'm taking it befor i've even got out of bed and waking myself me at the some time everyday, i'm i doing it right?

MrsMcJnr · 11/08/2006 12:13

Sounds like it to me BabyMad it is meant to be the very first thing you do but it is ok to sleep in sometimes as long as you take account of that in the figs (for example, the software recalculates your temp if it is 30 mins before or after your normally time by dropping it .5 if you are early or .5 up if you are late). Hope that helps!

coggy · 11/08/2006 12:51

wannaBe...you made me cry....thank you.

MrsMc...yes...knickers are fitting better...although they are coming up and down a lot today as I keep checking!!
Got bad AF cramps this morning so we'll see.....

coggy · 11/08/2006 12:52

Any news from you today?
How are you feeling?

Babymad4num3 · 11/08/2006 13:06

My dig-thom go's up in 10's dose it matter? also i wake up at 8am take temp, sometimes i go back to sleep is this okay?

Sexonlegs · 11/08/2006 13:34

Oh Wannabe, your post brought tears to my eyes - beautifully written.
So Mrs McJnr, not long until you test eh! Fingers crossed for you.
Coggy, still staying with parents - now into week 3! Could be here a lot longer!!
Had a panic today thinking that I was ov'ing as had ov pains, but peed on a stick and nothing. I say I paniced (sp?), in that dh is away all weekend so no chance of any action. Also ov sticks did actually say I was oving last weekend . What a bloody waste of a wee stick!
Hope everyone is ok. See ya later!

coggy · 11/08/2006 13:38

Makes you feel better to wee on something sometimes tho doesn't it??!!!

pendulum · 11/08/2006 13:44

Hi Babymad, I am coming to thed of my first month of temps and have read an awful lot about it in the last few weeks!

It doesn't matter if you go back to sleep as long you take the temp at the same time and after at least 3 consecutive hours sleep.

Increments of 0.1 degree C in your thermometer is accurate enough, mine goes to hundredths but I round up or down.

As for variations in the time, as MrsMac says you can adjust the temp for this (I think its +0.1 perhalf hour late, -0.1 per half hour early). But if possible I would recommend being strict and setting your alarm to do it at the same time every day. I have been a bit sloppy this month (maximum 1 hour late a few mornings) and ended up with a confusing chart that doesn't tell me whether or not I ovulated. It's quite frustrating as don't feel I have any particulalry valuable data so I will be much more scientific next month.

HTH

wannaBe1974 · 11/08/2006 13:49

coggy im not doing to bad, went shopping this morning and resisted the urge to go into boots and buy a test - keep telling myself that it's the diet/exercise making my periods much lighter and that if I keep all that up I'll just spot lightly for a couple of days rather than heavy period, might test over the weekend if no proper sign but if bfn then will resign myself.

Have ILs coming at weekend - imagine my joy. And after I've been sooo good on my diet have too cook up chocolate mousse/carrot cate... I shall try to not let it all go out the window lol.

Sexonlegs · 11/08/2006 13:50

Peeing on sticks is actually listed as one of my hobbies on my CV!!!!

coggy · 11/08/2006 13:56

LOL SOL!!!
wannaBe...how nice to have an excuse for eating yummy things!!

If AF comes later I will find it really hard not to have a glass of wine or three....that's how I usually console myself!!!!

Babymad4num3 · 11/08/2006 14:03

Thanks pendulum you've been very helpful, i've been setting my alarm for the same time every morning for taking temp. I've only started doing it this week but needed more info i dont know nothing about any of this.
I've been doing is lots off BDing and ov-test's, but i want to try something else as i've not got anywhere in the last 13mths.

Is there anything else i should be doing?

pendulum · 11/08/2006 14:29

Some of the girls on here use grapefruit juice to thin cervical mucus and special sperm-friendly lubricants (pre-seed) but I haven't done any of that yet. Only on month 2 though so shall probably be trying everything over the next few months!

One of the reasons I started temping is that apparently if you go to doc with fertility prob the first thing they tell you is to go away & do 3 months' charts. So I thought I might as well do them in case I am still having no joy later this year.

BTW how do you manage to lie in until 8 with 2 kids?

Babymad4num3 · 11/08/2006 15:09

Two Very good kids

But want three very good kids

wannaBe1974 · 11/08/2006 15:21

hiya all

Have just been on to the company where I "bought" the fertility plus for men to find out why I haven't received my order despite the fact they have taken my money. It appears I've been ripped off as the numbers given are not those of the company on the email. One is a business supplies company, one is some agency that is moving offices and although they given an alternative number for this company the man answering was answering his personal phone not in a company name. The company is called natural alternative discoveries - do not order anything from them.

It was the only place I could find fertility plus for sale, and besides I'd already forked out £29 for a supply which I haven't received. So that was that idea - now I really am starting to think it just isn't meant to be.

Natty1806 · 11/08/2006 15:34

You must be very when i was searching the web the other day i did find a site that tests you hair and can tell you what you are lacking in vits etc and what you should be eating more off - thought this might be of interest to you but can see why you would be wary now.

You can buy zinc and seline (sp?) tablets in most supermarkets, maybe CAT booboo to see if she can help you on what he needs to eat etc to improve.

Keep trying don't think that it is a sign or anything, it will happen for you i am sure of it.

coggy · 11/08/2006 16:05

That's terrible wannaBe.....is their website still there...can we all send them emails for you or anything?