July Bus to BFP land - Part 2 (and it's not even July yet!)

[TheGrandHighWitch]

Hello Ladies. Just starting this thread in anticipation of the other one running out of room as we were at 972 posts at the time of writing this:

Current stats afaik:

Foscar, Age 32, TTC#1, Cycle 1, BFP due 26 June
cinnamongreyhound, Age 33, TTC#3, Cycle 1, BFP due 30th June
Notoasthere, Age 29, TTC#2, Cycle 1, BFP due 2 July
TheGrandHighWitch, Age 29, TTC#3, Cycle 2, BFP due 3rd July
SurreyBunny, Age 34, TTC#2, Cycle 6, BFP 3rd July
MrsExtraOrdinary, Age 34, TTC#2 (DC6), Cycle 6, BFP due 3rd July
lp2014, Age 28, TTC#1, Cycle 1, BFP due 5th July
Nordicmum, Age 39, TTC#3, Cycle 8, BFP 5th-6th July
BrixtonBunny, Age 26, TTC#1, Cycle 1, BFP due 6th July
Mulberry82, Age 32, TTC #1, Cycle #1, BFP due 7th July
Cpt1sock, Age 33, TTC#3, Cycle 2, BFP due 8th July
MrsGingerbread, Age 32, TTC#1, Cycle 4, BFP due ???
PickledPorcupine, Age ??, TTC#1, Cycle 2, BFP due 8th July
Rainbow, Age 31, TTC#1 Cycle 3, BFP due 9 July
junkfoodaddict, Age 35, TTC#2, Cycle 1, BFP due 9th July
Choccywoccydodah, Age 34, TTC#2, Cycle 10, BFP due 10th July
Pompatrol, Age 35, TTC#2, Cycle 2, BFP due 11th July
Scottishbride, Age 33, TTC#1, Cycle 3, BFP due 11th July
MrsI86, Age 28, TTC#1, Cycle 2, BFP due 11th July
Teadrinkerandatinker 20 TTC#1, Cycle 8, BFP due 11th July
Mistywillow, Age 32, TTC#1, Cycle 3, BFP due 12th July (ish)
Treacle, Age 24, TTC#1, Cycle 5 (mc cycle 4), BFP due July 12th
Ifallelsefailsdrinktea85, Age 28, TTC#1, Cycle 7, BDP due 12th July ish
Stepawayfromthezebras, Age ??, TTC#1, Cycle#12, BFP due 12th July
Aprilray, Age 33, TTC#1, Cycle 7, BFP due 13th July
KittyVonCatsington, Age 33, TTC#1, Cycle #8, BFP due 13th July
Kurama, Age 26, TTC#1, Cycle#23ish (5th on clomid), BFP due 14th July
laurano81, Age 32, TTC#2, Cycle 8, BFP due 14-16th July
Wineandchoccy, Age 33, TTC#1, Cycle 9, BFP due 15th July
Brummiegirl15, Age 37, TTC#1, Cycle 3, BFP due 16th July
Toothachereturns, Age ??, TTC#3, Cycle 5, BFP due 17th July
Chillipopcorn, Age 26, TTC#1, Cycle#1, BFP due 17th July
XBlueberry88x, Age 26, TTC#1, Cycle 16, BFP due 17th july
Becter1985, Age 28, TTC#1, Cycle 3, BFP due 17th July
Kimswan1985, Age 29, TTC#1, Cycle 2, BFP due 17th July
Sunshinesaz86, Age 28, TTC#1, Cycle 1, BFP Due 17th July
MaMaPo, Age 36, TTC#2, Cycle 2, BFP due 18th-19th July
LadyNovember, Age 25, TTC#1, Cycle 2, BFP due 19th July
lavender20, Age 29, TTC#1, Cycle 3, BFP due 20th July
Spinningirl10 ttc#3 cycle 12 bfp due July 20th
theonewiththenoisychild, Age 27, TTC#3, Cycle 2, BFP due 20th July
sparkle17, Age 29, TTC#1, Cycle 2, BFP due 21st July
Name ??, Age 33, TTC #1, Cycle #2, BFP due 23rd July
gennibugs, Age ??, TTC#1, Cycle 8, BFP due 26 July
BlueSkyGirl30, Age 30, TTC#1, Cycle 1, BFP due 26th July
ChandlersFarang, Age 31, TTC#1, Cycle 4, BFP due ~ 28th July
1moretime, Age 29, TTC#2, Cycle ??, BFP due 28th-30th July
Siarie, Age 26, TTC#1, Cycle 1, BFP due End of July
Skippingthroughthefarm, Age 20, TTC#1, CD28 BFP due ???
MaybeILina, Age 31, TTC#1, Cycle 5, BFP due ???
MissMrsMummy Age 30, TTC #1, cycle 6, BFP due in a couple of months
Fattycow, TTC#?, Cycle ?, BFP due ??
Mrscog, TTC#2, Cycle 1, BFP due ??
1moretime, TTC#?, Cycle ?, BFP due ??
EnglishGirlAbroad TTC #1, Cycle 10 (1after 2nd mc) BFP due ??

AF just arrived :

BlueSkyGirl30

Morning all,

Sorry for my negative whining yesterday. Am feeling so much better. I've filled in the cb survey, going to do ov tests more next cycle and also give temping a try, also figured dtd more is a crucial part to ttc!! Who'd have guessed it!

cinnamon it's all sounding positive even with the bfns.

Hello to everyone who joined yesterday, hope you have a good journey.

Bfn on cb on 10 dpo . Hate this waiting

Still early nordic and cb notoriously awkward, so it doesn't mean there isn't a chance.

The local nct are funding the group, but it was my idea and I've set everything in to motion. I set up a local breastfeeding support group on fb which has saved quite a few breastfeeding relationships in the year it's been running so I'm hoping to do the same with the 'real life' group. Fingers crossed!

Well despite my promise to myself that I'd wait I poa frer this morning - woke up around 5am and had the urge to. Obviously it was bfn. Think given af is due in 3 days and I'm 13dpo that's not a good sign, but I was never holding much hope for this cycle anyway (I don't feel pg, if that makes sense?).

Hope af comes soon so can start fresh with new cycle! I have ordered some conceive plus and will start charting CM too. Wondering if it's worth using a digital opk, or if temping is better? Or use both? Any words of wisdom?

Good luck to all POAS, hugs to any bfn, but let's all remember (even me!) that it's not over until af shows her red face. X

Morning all sorry for the bfns but you are not out yet!

Sounds great notoasthere, I wish we'd had something like that when I had ds1 but not sure it'd be taken up by many here!

Sorry for bfn's, I hate that missing line!

Mamapo, a lot of us use opks to pinpoint ov. I didn't use them at first but when I did I found out that I ov earlier than I thought so they've been good for me. I use ic's from amazon, they're really cheap. When the line gets darker I use a cb test and it shows a smiley face when positive so it backs up the other test

Could anyone recommend a good book on fertility/conception, would like something that isn't purely written scientifically. Any suggestions please? I'm looking at the impatient women's guide to getting pregnant (might not be 100% right with the name) anyone read it?

Thanks xx

Right, I have had a chance to sit down and read all the posts properly from the last couple of days now. SO much still going on.

MrsExtra, thank you for those very wise words. They are important to remember and you put it across so beautifully.

Sparkle, welcome and good luck to you.

Bluesky - please someone correct me if I am wrong as I do not know much, if anything, about this. But when I got concerned about the effects of pregnacare I looked in to it and I think that it can extend your luteal phase. I think it is because of the B6 in it. I used it anyway.

notoast I sympathise with the tiredness. Must get an early night tonight. Although I feel better this week than last. Last week I was in bed by 9.30 at the latest. Good luck with the breastfeeding group. Sounds awesome, well done you.

MaMaPo, I am also clueless about conception etc. What we did was both took pregnacare, me the original and my DH the pregnanacre for men. We went on honeymoon and DTD every day for 3 weeks, from CD7 to CD21. I am well aware that this is un realistic in 'normal life', and we certainly are not that active normally. But as I said before, we had nothing to do apart from eat and sleep and DTD. And so we did it alot. And it was not a chore in any way. We were not doing it for conception, but purely for fun. And we were both drinking but not to excess. I tested 16dpo (i only waited that long as DH was away and wanted him to be around when I tested), and we got a BFP. So that is what we did. No OPKs, no temping, but I had been tracking my period and what I thought was when I ov'd for about 8 months prior. I did not have a very regular cycle. Anything from 26 to 34 days.

tryinghard, try not to give up hope until af comes. The morning i got my BFP I thought I was starting my period, I cried and looked at myself in the mirror and said 'you are useless' and other such horrid things. And it turns out I was not getting af, and I was probably crying so much and getting so stressed because of all the hormones.

cinnamon how many dpo are you now? Don't give up until af comes.

Spinning good luck with your opk.

Cpt, pleased you are feeling more positive. and yes!!! Do lots and lots of DTD and enjoy it.

Nordic, I am sorry but I do not know what a cd is. But I think having a negative must not be good, so I am sorry. Fx it gets better. And again, no af still means there is hope. I really am sending you my most positive thoughts and hugs.

Brixton, I hope af stays away and you get your bfp!

Well, that is all from me. I have nurse appt in a couple of hours and I am a little very very nervous. I keep thinking she will just tell me I imagined it all and that there is no baby at all. I feel fine and quite normal still. Apart from a bit tired. And I burp a lot. And I am constipated. All lovely sexy things!! Good job I am not trying to DTD every day anymore!

Have a lovely day every one. SOrry for the massive post. Good luck to everyone.xx

Cpt I've just ordered "taking charge of your fertility" apparently it's very good (I've heard the impatient woman one is very American)

Foscar enjoy your appointment and let us know what they say!

Cpt i think there is one called Taking Charge of Your Fertility that is meant to be good. My friend uses it to try and not get pg as she uses rhythm method, and she is always talking about it and recommending it, but I have not read it at all.

Hi ladies, Can I join you? I've just finished AF so hoping for a BFP towards the end of the month (cycle totally unpredictable so no specific date) Age 35, TTC#2, Cycle 2, BFP end of July. Cpt another vote here for Taking Charge of Your Fertility - I read it when ttc dd1 and found it really useful (was pregnant the next month!)

roastpots that sounds like a good vote for the book! I looked in my local bookstore but I didn't really find anything that looked useful, all about pregnany rather than ttc!

Sorry to those who have bfn but until af comes.....

Watching OBEM and wondering if there is a little bfp in there..fx! Few more days to wait yet though.

Echoing those thoughts from others (*treacle and kitty maybe) about wanting a bfp and hoping it is but fully expecting to be disappointed when testing..it's a weird mix of emotions huh!

Morning everyone.

Struggling a bit here today. I'm CD10 and feeling equally impatient and terrified about the approach of my fertile window. Brain feels brimful of questions and what-ifs and a general panic about not having control over the situation. My intentions of being a picture of calmness and the mantra of "I trust in my body to do this" is becoming somewhat wonky already.....

It's ok janeytea we all start with the same good intentions!!

It seems my ovia app has crashed gah! technology sucks when it breaks!
And am suddenly freaking out that af might be coming, cd22 here and af has come on cd24 before! So I was thinking I had ages and now I am convincing myself otherwise and af is coming! Argh my mind is driving me mad!
Breatheeeee
Can't do anything about it so need to chill!

Rainbow, just checked my ovia app and its fine, hate it when they crash!

Ladies, I've just been having a nosey at the penis dragon AN thread and they've started a private fb group. Just wondering if we should start one? I know that when we get our bfps we move on but we could remove ourselves then and some of us have been on the buses for quite some time so it might be nice. What do you all think, are you just happier to keep identities private here? Just to add I have no idea how to set up such a group

thanks Foscar - I think I am thinking it'd be better to start being a bit down about it now so it won't be such a massive disappointing test - wow I am learning a lot about my personality doing this! Agree with you Rainbow555 - I keep thinking 'if af is coming come now...or if its not, don't' makes absolutely no sense at all!

Oooooooo I've got the rage today! And had full on waterworks! Aunt Flo is likely to be around he corner now isn't she! I'd officially like to tell my hormones to fuck off! How dare you make me feel so rubbish!

Oh mrsE sorry you feel so rubbish xx

Thanks Brixton. I suffer just a tad with pms! Amazing I never got pnd really.

Hello ladies,

I'm super excited to now be able to enjoy and join in on the bus fully. Congratulations to all those who have had a BFP already!

I did some OPK's before I came off the pill (sad I know but I wanted to see what would happen) and there was literally no line at all. This morning however, first pill free day there is a OPK line! It's faint but I'm in high spirits that the LH change must mean something, hopefully something good.

MrsExtra It might not be AF, you aren't out until then so try and remain calm. As hard as that is ;)

Morning ladies, welcome Misty, Sparkle and Roastpots have added you all to the stats. Cth sorry AF arrived.
There are a lot of BFP's due tomorrow! FX

BFP's :

madasacatter
FoscarC
notoasthere

No news yet:

cinnamongreyhound, Age 33, TTC#3, Cycle 1, BFP due 30th June
MsKittyKat123, Age 34, TTC#1, Cycle #11, BFP due 2nd/3rd July
TheGrandHighWitch, Age 29, TTC#3, Cycle 2, BFP due 3rd July
SurreyBunny, Age 34, TTC#2, Cycle 6, BFP 3rd July
MrsExtraOrdinary, Age 34, TTC#2 (DC6), Cycle 6, BFP due 3rd July
Hope26, TTC#1, Cycle ?, BFP due 3rd July
lp2014, Age 28, TTC#1, Cycle 1, BFP due 5th July
Nordicmum, Age 39, TTC#3, Cycle 8, BFP 5th-6th July
BrixtonBunny, Age 26, TTC#1, Cycle 1, BFP due 6th July
Mulberry82, Age 32, TTC #1, Cycle #1, BFP due 7th July
Cpt1sock, Age 33, TTC#3, Cycle 2, BFP due 4th - 8th July
MrsGingerbread, Age 32, TTC#1, Cycle 4, BFP due ???
PickledPorcupine, Age ??, TTC#1, Cycle 2, BFP due 8th July
Rainbow, Age 31, TTC#1 Cycle 3, BFP due 9 July
junkfoodaddict, Age 35, TTC#2, Cycle 1, BFP due 9th July
Choccywoccydodah, Age 34, TTC#2, Cycle 10, BFP due 10th July
Pompatrol, Age 35, TTC#2, Cycle 2, BFP due 11th July
Scottishbride, Age 33, TTC#1, Cycle 3, BFP due 11th July
MrsI86, Age 28, TTC#1, Cycle 2, BFP due 11th July
Teadrinkerandatinker 20 TTC#1, Cycle 8, BFP due 11th July
Mistywillow, Age 32, TTC#1, Cycle 3, BFP due 12th July (ish)
Treacle, Age 24, TTC#1, Cycle 5 (mc cycle 4), BFP due July 12th
Ifallelsefailsdrinktea85, Age 28, TTC#1, Cycle 7, BDP due 12th July ish
Stepawayfromthezebras, Age ??, TTC#1, Cycle#12, BFP due 12th July
Aprilray, Age 33, TTC#1, Cycle 7, BFP due 13th July
KittyVonCatsington, Age 33, TTC#1, Cycle #8, BFP due 13th July
Kurama, Age 26, TTC#1, Cycle#23ish (5th on clomid), BFP due 14th July
laurano81, Age 32, TTC#2, Cycle 8, BFP due 14-16th July
Wineandchoccy, Age 33, TTC#1, Cycle 9, BFP due 15th July
Brummiegirl15, Age 37, TTC#1, Cycle 3, BFP due 16th July
Toothachereturns, Age ??, TTC#3, Cycle 5, BFP due 17th July
Chillipopcorn, Age 26, TTC#1, Cycle#1, BFP due 17th July
XBlueberry88x, Age 26, TTC#1, Cycle 16, BFP due 17th july
Becter1985, Age 28, TTC#1, Cycle 3, BFP due 17th July
Kimswan1985, Age 29, TTC#1, Cycle 2, BFP due 17th July
Sunshinesaz86, Age 28, TTC#1, Cycle 1, BFP Due 17th July
MaMaPo, Age 36, TTC#2, Cycle 2, BFP due 18th-19th July
LadyNovember, Age 25, TTC#1, Cycle 2, BFP due 19th July
lavender20, Age 29, TTC#1, Cycle 3, BFP due 20th July
Spinningirl10 ttc#3 cycle 12 bfp due July 20th
theonewiththenoisychild, Age 27, TTC#3, Cycle 2, BFP due 20th July
sparkle17, Age 29, TTC#1, Cycle 2, BFP due 21st July
JaneyTea, Age 33, TTC #1, Cycle #2, BFP due 23rd July
Misty414, Age 29, TTC #1, Cycle 2, Af/bfp due 24th.
gennibugs, Age ??, TTC#1, Cycle 8, BFP due 26 July
BlueSkyGirl30, Age 30, TTC#1, Cycle 1, BFP due 26th July
ChandlersFarang, Age 31, TTC#1, Cycle 4, BFP due ~ 28th July
1moretime, Age 29, TTC#2, Cycle ??, BFP due 28th-30th July
Siarie, Age 26, TTC#1, Cycle 1, BFP due End of July
Skippingthroughthefarm, Age 20, TTC#1, CD28 BFP due ???
MaybeILina, Age 31, TTC#1, Cycle 5, BFP due ???
MissMrsMummy Age 30, TTC #1, cycle 6, BFP due in a couple of months
Fattycow, 26, TTC1, Cycle 7, BFP due 24/25 July
Mrscog, TTC#2, Cycle 1, BFP due ??
1moretime, TTC#?, Cycle ?, BFP due ??
EnglishGirlAbroad TTC #1, Cycle 10 (1after 2nd mc) BFP due ??
Sparkle17, TTC#?, Cycle?, BFP due ?
Roastpots Age 35, TTC#2, Cycle 2, BFP end of July

AF arrived :

BlueSkyGirl30
Cth1982

So, CD22 here and another High from my monitor. Took my temp and it was 37 so I am going with I've ovulated and the monitor missed it - feel like I have skipped the DTD bit and been plonked down in my 2ww. I am going to assume I oved around CD18/19 and call myself 4DPO. Luckily we DTD on CD16 and CD19 so there is hope I guess but feel like we've not given it our best shot and was so grumpy with DH last night.

Laurano my acupuncture was really good last night, thanks for asking. I was feeling really tired before but so much better after

Cpt I have read 'the impatient women's guide to getting pregnant', it is very American but I really enjoyed it. I also read 'the baby making bible' which I found really helpful, it's quite hard to explain without going on a bit but worth having a look at the reviews on Amazon.
Ooh, I am going to have a look at 'taking charge of your fertility'.

MrsExtra i flipped out more than I probably ever have in my life on Saturday, and cried all day Sunday. I do hope it is not af and more pg hormones, but I know you know your body. But still fx for you.

welcome roastpots and the best of luck for you.

Janeytea, I think we are all exactly the same. Me and my dh said we were not going to 'try', we would just stop 'not trying'. Well, that was a load of nonsense!!! as soon as i got into my 2ww i became obsessive!! And slightly mental.

rainbow, Fx for you.

So, I went to see the nurse and was really hopeful she would answer some of my questions, but she didn't really. And then i almost burst into tears - I did not and managed to keep a smile on my face, but I am clearly a bag of hormones. She took my BP and checked my wee for protein and infection and did another pg test, and I am still pregnant (my biggest worry was that i was in some sort of weird delusion). i just slightly freaked out as I know nothing. I went to see my sister last night who had her second baby on Sunday and she was telling me all about the birth and all this baby 'stuff' and i know literally nothing. so now I am just sat here thinking what on earth am i doing!!!! Midwife is apparently going to get in touch over the next few days and she will give me lots of things to read. That will make me happier, i like having information!!!

Oh, and I have ordered 'what to expect when you are expecting' so that may help me.

ALso, someone mentioned the bfps leaving the bus - do we have to go?? Or can we stay and chat?