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[EnglishGirlAbroad]

Roll up! Roll up! The Penis Dragon bus is now accepting passengers for June. Bring your positivity, opks, pom poms and any other paraphernalia and get ready for a BFP-fest!!

Congrats misstiggiwinkle !!! I am delighted for you! Hip hip horray!

Treaclepie19 I am so so sorry about your MC... ..I bought Agnus Cactus Saturday, in the hope that it will lenghthen my luteal phase...I asked the health shop owner about it & she said it does lengthen the luteal phase, but that it also boosts LH in the body so helps ovulation. I have an accupuncture appointment this Friday so I can ask the accupunturist more about it, as truly there isn't a thing he doesn't know about the body & herbs...I am lucky also because he specialises in women's fertility...fingers crossed xx I hope it helps, perhaps you could find out more about for yourself too x

Welcome Fox..

Thanks laura, my luteal phase was only about 9/10 days before my mc. Hoping it doesn't matter but I think I may look into a remedy for it. Thanks for the info :)

Treaclepie19 Your luteal phase was about the same as mine so! I will hopefully have the results of my 10dpo blood tests soon.. I will let you know what acupuncturist says on Friday about Agnus Cactus...Implanation typically occurs between 7-10 dpo...so in my case if the corpus luteum stops too early at 9 dpo...it doesn't give enough time for sucessful implantation & the release of HCG..then I get AF ...sick of it really! I really hope the Agnus Cactus works, as talking to my ovaries hasn't! If I could lengthen the luteal phase to 12dpo I would be happy TBH! xx Take care of yourself xx

I will also be keeping an eye on my LP this month - the last two I've had 10 dayers. I have read that disturbances to the LP can be caused by stopping the pill though, and frankly that's also to blame for my long cycles, so I'm going to leave it and see if it sorts itself out. I wish i'd read this link when I first came off the pill as it is relatively reassuring:
www.fertilityfriend.com/Faqs/Fertility-After-Oral-Contraceptives.html

Kitty - so glad you're getting some ov signs again!! Us long cycle ladies need to be thrown a bone every now and then!! What day are you on? I'm now on CD23 and my CBFM sticks are starting to show the LH line faintly AT LAST, woop!! Will be following up with OPKs in the afternoons to keep an eye on things.

Despite this excitement DH just went off on a work trip (worst timing ever, especially when you have 40 day cycles!!!) so I was forced to attack him today before he left - poor thing was late for his flight!! And when he gets home in the middle of the night in 36 hours, he knows what's coming!!!! (anyone else starting to feel a wee bit rapey?!!!).

Random post alert: was just looking at an email from fabric (the club in London... I miss it dearly from over here! Lol) showing this weekend's line up and there's a DJ playing on Saturday night called Auntie Flo!!!!!

Surely not!!!!!!

Af arrived this morning :-( but then it also reminds me that I no longer have gestational trophablastic disease :-D so not all bad.

My stats, 50degrees,ttc#2,cycle 3, complete molar pregnancy and 4 cycles of chemo last year, bfp 25th june

Hi 50degrees! I really hope that you get your second bundle of joy on this bus

Chandlers - I haven't been to Fabric in years, that is pure genius!

I'm a very hopeful "long cycle" lady today- had a big temp dip a whole centimetres worth on my ff chart so praying today is ovulation day on CD16. This would be 4/5 days earlier than it has ever been. Other SYMPTOMS include left ovary ache, EWCM and random waves of nausea.

The BastardSticks, however, still evade me. Only half a second dark line on OneStep cheapie yesterday (the length ways half).

Definitely right approach to look at the positive 50degrees and sounds like its a big positive to remember.

kurama I had one of those pregnant types on my fb "my life is so crap I can't get in to my jeans" and "ok I have changed my mind can it stop now" - I unfollowed!

Ok, so I am truly in the madness of the 2ww now and at 7dpo I have been convinced for last two days I am definitely pregnant because I have a blocked nose which I had the last twice I was pregnant ignoring dh's cold and slept constantly since Saturday not surprising after 8 days solid of dtding and now today I have decided AF is definitely coming as I have a couple of spots they have been here for a week and I have subtle cramping which I do actually think is the start of my AF as I have endometriosis which causes me cramps a week before. All in all at 7dpo, I shouldn't be symptom spotting at all!!

Hope everyone is doing better than me with the craziness

I laughed at your response on FB kurama! I get both sides of the superstition behind buying baby things before arrival.

However, I am one lucky lady who has a loft full of items left over from neices and nephews I know first hand how getting that BFP doesn't mean you'll get a baby at the end of it but having baby clothes and prams etc. won't make a blind bit of difference to the outcome!
Good on you!

Cava-I am the same!! Was convinced I might be a few days ago but then any signs seemed to go and now I am convinced af is on it's ways I can get signs a week before it's due!
Gah just keep swinging back and forth...the wait really does drive you bonkers!

Cava, you can definitely symptom spot at 7dpo, I had nausea at 1dpo! Maybe the cramping is implantation...

Actually are any of you ladies interested in what my symptoms were in the run up to my bfp?

If so here goes -

1dpo - waves of nausea
2dpo - definite nausea and loss of special awareness - I nearly crashed the car
3dpo - nausea, a pulling sort of butterfly feeling in my uterus, loss of special awareness
4dpo - nausea and running a slight temperature, I thought I was coming down with a cold
5dpo - coldy symptoms disappeared, nausea, slight cramping
6dpo - nausea, dizzy spells, cramping, sudden need to pee 27 times that day when I'd barely drunk anything, tiredness, cried in the supermarket over cheese
7-10dpo - need to pee, slightly tingly boobs, complete exhaustion, cramping, mood swings
11dpo - need to pee, skin breakout, heavy feeling in my uterus with a couple of sharp pains, itchy scalp, heightened sense of smell, very tearful, off my food
12dpo - faint bfp on ic's
13dpo (today) - unmistakable, can see it from the other side of the room, no need to hold it to the light, BFP on a super drug first response

You are a star misstiggi, we love all the stats and info we can get! Did you get any unusual cm (as in unusual for you in that part of the cycle) during the two week wait?

Nothing really unusual in terms of cm, I had nothing after ovulation until about 6dpo when it was a little watery and then turned creamy and has stayed that way

Congrats Misstiggy, what fantastic news.

I ca't keep up with you guys. I was on busses when trying with no 1 and no2 but just can't seem to do it now (maybe something to do with having 2 kids!).

Quick question re lubricant though. Are normal lubes compatible with ttc or do I need the special ttc stuff? Ever since having no. 2 I've been ahem, dry so we usually use lubricant. Seen various comments on here about preseed and conceive plus. I'd never thought of using something to aid conception, but I've suddenly realised I have no idea if what we have could hinder it. ANd the label came of so I have no idea! Thanks for any advice ladies!

CD15 here. I have no idea when I ov though so we're just having sex as much as poss. But of course around now is likely to be the all important time, and DH goes away for 4 nights tomorrow. Boo.

laura at least I did manage to get pregnant so that's a good sign for us and my mc wasn't really early either it was 8+3. I'll be going to the doctor at some point to talk about it all.

flowery normal lubes can hinder conception. I use preseed :)

Chandlers I am off the pill since September 2012...20 months...I saw a prof. of Gynaecology in Hungary last October & he said the pill is responsible for so many problems..It disprupts the natural hormonal balance. He said he deals with the problems the pill caused everyday... The docs where I live said my short luteal phase is nothing to do with the pill...just a gynaecology issue totally unrelated! Anyway I am never taking the pill again.

Kitti I hope you ovulate early !! Your symptoms sound promising!! Yay! I ovulate CD18 every month! I too am hoping that I ovulate CD 15/16 this month, oh fingers crossed...I just wonder how it will affect the luteal phase if I do ovulate earlier.

Cava & Rainbow fingers crossed for a shiny BFP!

Treaclepie19 that gives me hope xx We will get another BFP...FX
I have spoken to my doc at length about it! That's why he allowed me get a hormone test at 10dpo, to see what's happening hormonally..I think it's a good idea to get to discuss it all with the doc...it made me feel better anyway xx

Dives head first onto new bus. I bring and

I am starting a new cycle with positivity and hope! Hello to those familiar names and not so familiar.
Going to read back and catch up on all the goings on.

my stats are:

ttc#1, cycle 6, bfp due 26 June.

To the fertility gods and penis dragons out there - Please please please let this be my turn. 6 months later and we are so ready for this.

Definitely! I've started temping again today. It really upset me actually.
Supposed to be doing something to celebrate my birthday today (it was last week but at the start of my miscarriage). Not really feeling it.

First question - I am trying cough medicine this month.
do you take it a few days before ov or as soon as AF has hit the dust? Those from you that take it - do you have a couple of spoons a day?

Treacle so sorry try to throw yourself into doing something nice, even if not really feeling up to it. I might take your mind off things a bit, if anything!
genni I started about 4 days before ovulation and carried on up to ovulation day. Had 10mls three times a day. Not sure if it did anything but will find out soon haha!

I'm ashamed to admit I'm symptom spotting and not even sure I've ovulated yet!

Must think about something else, must think about something else...

Oh Treaclepie I truly hope you feel better within yourself! You have to give yourself time to get over the upset of what happened...I know too well..Be gentle with yourself x Happy belated birthday