Home of the very brave TTC after MC-ers. Advice, understanding and a variety or food based euphemisms. Pull up a pew, ladies!

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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?

I wish I could carly I live in Dubai and for some reason they appear to be on the banned import list (but you can buy them for double the price!)

Hey everyone,

Nothing much to report here, CD11 and hubby has been on a sex ban for the last week (his idea!) so he'll be raring to go when the time is right! I don't seem to ovulate till at least day 19-20, and I think we've been starting our dtd too early in the month so he's exhausted by day 20!
Fingers crossed this month we'll get it right!

Does anyone take supplements at all and what prenaral a do you take? My progesterone was low with my ectopic, not sure if that's just a sign of ectopic because it hasn't moved along the tube or it was low which caused it to be ectopic. So many questions. X

Hi all
I seem to lose track of where everyone is, only have time to skim through sometimes...
welcome patience
*50degrees" shame about the cost of opks... See how you get on with them, it might be that they give you a good indication the first month and they you can go by that previous experience and temperatures maybe, so won't need any more?
So I'm back in the game too after a month's rest. CD1 today, so restarting my folic acid, Ca+Mg, antioxidants, vit D, etc, etc. and will book in for acupuncture again. Good luck everyone!
Btw, my counselling appointment didn't go ahead last week after all, they had got the wrong time... Ah well, maybe it was for the better

Hello everyone. Sorry I have lost track a bit.

sebs glad that things are sorting out themselves and that you have a plan. I will also be starting clomid cycle after 2-3 natural bleeds post mc. It's worth a try really.

gail that's a good plan. It's nothing like peaking too early. Hopefully this will be the cycle for you.

tranquility we are all on various concoctions! You can decide what works for you. I am on vitamin d, calcium, pregnacare, omega 3, zita west anti oxidants. I was also on coq-10 for 7 weeks, but haven't replenished my supply.

Ladies I have great news. I am pretty sure AF has arrived today ie nearly 8 weeks post mc!! Yay. So I'll be poa-opks in a couple of weeks if my cycle returns to normal.

triple that's great news! Must feel so good to get out of limbo and feel like your body is re-setting itself

Welcome patience!

Hope everyone has had a good bank holiday! Well my few drinks turned into a lot of drinks and now feel very bad but had a very good night. Am having AF pains so am preparing myself :(

Has anyone tried vitex??

I have a vomiting toddler. Bleurk.

On the plus side only 9 days until my period and then we're ttc properly

yay

Honestly little miss don't worry- so many women don't find out until much later and have had a few drinks with baby turning out just fine. Vitex is agnus castus right? I did and actually on the cycle I got my BFP - but have been a little wary to use again as I though best let my cycle do its own natural thing for a while. What would you be taking it for - encouraging earlier ov?

Thanks littlelady I've been reading two week wait website and a couple of women said they had taken it when they had conceived so didn't know if it was worth a try but don't know much about it??

Eatcake it's strange wanting your AF to appear isn't it now I'm back to hoping it doesn't show!

Question... should I be worried...? One thick dark hair on my back. Naturally I am assuming menopause or werewolf! Any ideas? Its a one off... :)

Ha! I get one in between my boobs. Attractive...especially as I only notice it when it's an inch long! Xx

lol, Sal, thanks

Feeling today. Beginning to think that its never going to happen.

Morning ladies! Hope you all had a good weekend.
Sal & Just - I also get a random dark one between my boobs! Mortified!!

AF will be arriving tomorrow, started spotting and temp has fallen. Just hope my body continues to play ball and I don't fall back into those weird anovulatory cycles again.
Fucked off.

Hugs English

just down days are the worst and they get you from no where hugs I know this won't make it any better today! but remember we all have these horrid days when it all seems totally unfair! well it actually is unfair isn't it? We went holiday shopping this weekend but although I had been looking forward to it for weeks I just kept looking longingly in every baby shop window thinking I shouldn't have even been going on this holiday and would be spending ALL my wages in baby shops :( life's cruel sometimes x

I'm sitting here waiting for the phone to ring to give me some pointless blood results. I pray they didn't double as I can't bare to hear the doc being all optimistic and hopeful only for me to tell him the news is actually crap.

See Carly I know that feeling too. I looked longingly down the baby isle in Tesco 11 days ago thinking once I had my scan I could hopefully buy a few bits, how wrong I was eh. Also going to the states this summer so was hoping to go mad at the outlets but again, can't even TTC again until August now. :( that sucks.

Hey Seb it's not over yet you know. Keep positive of you can you just never know. Xxx

Hi again everyone. Thanks for the welcome :)

Thought I would tell my story briefly, then join in.

I am 36 yo and remember starting to really want a baby when I was about 27. However, due yo a series of lovelife disasters (commitmentphobe followed by cheating twunt ex's) I haven't been in a position to ttc til this year (I met my lovely DP a couple of weeks before my 35th birthday - and day after making an appointment at London Women's Clinic to discuss AI via donor).

Anyway, I conceived last month in cycle #2. Total shock but we were delighted. Then at 5+1 I miscarried. So very early days but we are gutted :( I feel like a bit of a fraud. Like I imagined my BFPs. And I know it would have been worse if it was further along.

I felt so happy when I got the BFP - after years of longing to start a family. I also felt relieved that it happened quickly because in an ideal world we will have more than one DC so I'd had anxieties around it taking ages to get pregnant, if at all. Now we are back to square 1. We were aware of the miscarriage stats though, but still, it knocks you for six.

I feel like everyone I know has started, if not completed their family, except me. Yesterday, DP and I went to the coast for a walk and it was teaming with pushchairs and pregnant ladies - which I am good at dealing with my feelings on - but yesterday it stung.

I think I am going to have to delete FB and keep a low profile while I try and build up the strength to start again.

Sorry, that was longer than expected, but good to get off my chest.

Hope you're all doing okay and enjoyed your bank holiday weekend (if you're in UK) as much as possible x

Just popping in to offer to all those who need them. It's utterly shite some days but try to hold onto the thought that you will have a better day soon. It's like being on a bloody rollercoaster, just clinging on for dear life some days and enjoying the crazy ride on others.

Welcome to patience, may your stay here be short and fruitful

sebs thinking of you today x

justone that made be laugh out loud werewolf lady I have a white hair that grows out of my neck! texture feels quite dog-like there needs to be an icon for sick too.

Well it's cd22 here and I have a cunning plan for when AF is due - we are off on holiday with friends, will be miles from anywhere and so I'll have neither the means or opportunity to poas until I get home. I'm certain this won't be the month as we are not officially trying just not preventing this cycle, but I know if I was home I'd be all ridiculous and tempted to poas when AF wasn't even late. Can't wait to get away for a nice break and plenty of and

Hi all and welcome Patience.

Well am in the 2 week wait now. AF due on 17th May so just waiting impatiently! We DTD the day before ovulation and on the first day of ovulation but didn't manage to do it any more so not that hopeful but we'll see.

Sorry to see so many of us are feeling down. It's so hard and just hits you out of nowhere

Morning all, I hope everyone had a nice bank holiday weekend. Sorry some of you are feeling down today, we all have those days but hopefully tomorrow will be better! In the meantime, treat yourselves to some or (or both).

sebs any news on your results?

Welcome patience and sorry for you loss.

I got my smiley face on the CB just now and a +ive on the IC, which is a bit earlier than I expected (CD17) but actually works out really well. We had some TITH on CD14 & 16, and will go again tonight and possibly tomorrow. Hopefully we'll catch the bastard egg this month! AF should be due around 21/22 May.

I've tried to upload a pic of the tests to my profile page for anyone who's unsure of what a +ve looks like on the IC opks, but I'm not sure it's worked... anyone know how to add pics to the thread?

No news, GP hasn't bothered phoning me this morning. You've got to laugh really.

Morning everyone, hope you all enjoyed the bank holiday, that's something I miss.
sebs sorry to hear that the Dr has not called yet. That use to infuriate me, one time I remember screaming down the phone at a poor nurse demanding my results ( I look back at some of my behaviour and it was appalling but apparently having out of control HCG levels can turn you in to a mad demented hormonal woman)

In my hunt for opk I have found some today which don't have smiley faces but a line will appear so I picked these up as they were a bargain at only 12 pounds for 5! (I can see my obsession with pregnancy tests will be replaced with opks)

For everyone having a down day I hope tomorrow is better at one stage I really couldn't see any light at the end of the tunnel but things do get better......slowly and I find wine and vodka helps greatly :-)