Toot Toot! It's the August bus - here to bring us all our hot, hot, hot summer BFPs!

[MrsGingerbread]

August bus welcoming all newbies and experienced TTCers. Let's start the summer loving. :)

Hi everyone, Happy Friday!
I hope everyone is having a lovely evening. This cycle is going so slowly for me, can't believe it's only CD4 still...
But at least AF is on her way out so hopefully fertile times are around the corner.
On the ovulation pain thing, I used to always get it, mid-cycle, regular as clockwork. Last month - nothing. Then today I've had something that's very very similar to ovulation but am praying it's not - that would make my cycles very odd (but could explain the lack of BFP to date...)

And I'm seconding the whole bus being an April antenatal bus - let's do it!

Hi Dontgotosleep!

Mine started after I had ds1 Coffeeone, but stayed around after ds2!

Hi everyone, hope you are all ok.

I'm impatiently waiting for AF to start, should be tomorrow, so in 5 days we can start ttc!

Have looked up the clear blue trial but think I will give it til January/February time and if no BFP by then will start with opks etc.

I'm feeling a bit anxious and working nights which isn't helping as have hours of sitting alone and thinking. But I am really excited and can't wait to start, I have a feeling all this ttc business is going to drive me crazy.

FX for us all the be on the April antenatal bus!

You have to wait for a new cycle for the clear blue trial so they will send the stuff 5 days before af is due so kind of hoping I don't get to do it as I would like af not to arrive in August!

Lost my place! Watching again x

How you feeling Treaclepie19?

Hey Treacle and cinnamon. How's things? DH and i have talked a lot and going to be super calm- i hope- this month and see what happens. No symptom spotting for me after last month! Going to take it easy and our little blessing will come when it comes. Xx

Hey Peas, hope you're ok this morning xx

Good thanks lp2014, cd10 for me. Dtd eod at the moment and like you trying to be relaxed about it! Definitely an increase in cm in the lady few days. I don't know if I posted or not but I kind of felt a pressure to be pg in the next couple of months as I really didn't want a summer baby because of school so in my head I was going to stop if I wasn't successful in September and wait. Dh gave me a good talking to and said in the grand scheme of things when there birthday is really doesn't matter and I definitely feel less pressure!

Good for you cinnamon. I know, we always wanted a march baby and have tried before. DH reinforced that it doesn't matter, creating a human being is a huge achievement and we can't pick a date for it. Xx

Hi cinnamon, I just wanted to say that I'm with your DH on the school thing - my sister and I are both summer babies (July) and we've never felt behind or disadvantaged at all. I was always near the top of the class and never felt that having a summer birthday was an issue, other than being annoyed in my teens that all my friends could learn to drive/buy alcohol before me!
LP you'll have to give me tips on how to relax and just see what happens, it's only CD6 for me and I'm already worrying - mainly about how we're going to DTD around ovulation as we've both got very busy weeks/nights away around then.

Hi hetty! Im not sure i have any tips! Just last month i had pm many symptoms and that was trying not to spot symptoms! I felt sick, had new cramps, back pain and af was 5 days late for the first time ever! I think anything i feel this month will be put down to af. I am only cd5 . I feel hopeful that if it doesn't happen this month it just gives us more time to prepare. Xx

Also going to try to enjoy things i won't be able to do when pregnant. Yesterday I went to Go Ape adventure park and faced my fear of heights. This month i think i will have a spa afternoon and enjoy a hot tub xx

Morning ladies. Is anyone else feeling equally excited and anxious about this process? Deciding to start trying this month has made it feel very real. It's something we both want but I had a difficult birth with DS and had to have counselling afterwards and still don't think I'm fully over it 2 years later. The thought of pregnancy makes me feel both happy and also there's this sense of impending doom!

Hi coffeeone! I am ttc number 1 so can't offer any help really other than i am sure every birth is different. I know my SIL had a difficult first birth but her second ds was textbook. Try not to worry. Easy for me to say, i know. Keep your chin up xx

Good Morning ladies, I think AF has finished hooray!

Time to dtd again we are going to try eod this month. I have also bought cough medicine but it is disgusting, avoid home bargains chesty cough medicine it is nasty

Have a lovely Sunday folks

Yay wineandchoccy!

Ooh thanks for the tip.i shall avoid that!

Happy Sunday! Xx

thanks lp, well done for facing your fear!

Would it be ok to saddle 2 buses or is that just greedy?! Af arrived on the 3rd of July so officially I get another bfp chance on 31st, but it might be a very lonely bus on the last day on my own.

Just laying around currently on a pillow. I'm cd13 today so just working up to ov. Haven't done any sticks yet.

So I'm mrsExtra 34, ttc dc2 with h2 (6 overall) cycle 7 or it might be 8 I've lost count. Bfp 31 July (erratic cycle though so may be later into August)

Morning everyone. I'm on cd 7. dtd cd 5 and 6. Quite a way off from ovulation but it doesn't hurt to practice. We have the day off tommorow so planning to put it to good use. (big smile). My fertile period according to mumsnet ovulation calender is 17-21 July. I even looked at my possible due date 12 April 2015

cinnamon and lp I'm ok thanks. Af really upset me so just had a little break.

Think I'm back in the game now. Haha.

I am very hungover today though. Didn't even bother taking my temp this morning. Ugh.

How are you both?

I was the same Treacle. It threw me and i needed a few days off the forum. Im good, looking forward to saying goodbye to af! Hope the hangover fades soon :-) xx

Hi ladies!

LP I like your idea of doing all the things you won't be able to do when pregnant! I'm sort of simultaneously trying to not worry about things, but I'm also making a bit more effort to do things 'right' so I'm minimising alcohol now AF's finished, and I'm going to try OPKs to pinpoint ovulation (although am I right that it only picks up LH surge so you still might not ovulate?)

I symptom spotted like crazy last month and even though I knew AF was on her way it floored me when she arrived - I was a weepy mess for about 3 days. I'm not sure I can go through that again this month, so I'll need to find a better way of dealing with it!

Hetty xx

Welcome MrsExtra :)

I'm really trying to take a chilled attitude but I know if AF arrives next month then I'll be down for a few days. So will also plan to do things that cheer me up that I could't whilst pregnant, a large cocktail perhaps