Emergency bus for August! Penis dragons welcome, summer loving continued!

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Oh dear we've run out of space! Hopefully somebody lovely will copy the stats over

Where you were ladies....

chandlers I am keeling everything crossed for you! Do you normally get cramps etc pre AF?

Here at chez genni I've got my ten millionth (well it feels like it!) flashing smiley. Will soldier on dtd. Except DH is away tomorrow and sods law I bet I get my fixed then. grrr

Oh Mademoiselle, I remember you from before and I'm so very sorry to hear you sad news. Sending you a big hug and i hope you get a sticky healthy bean soon

Hi Bobsy and welcome

Ooh Chandler, I have fx for you!

Nnwaaaawww thank you all for the big fuzzy welcome, feeling a bit better now after my early morning wobble! We have just come back from 2.5 weeks away and there's heaps to do! Thankfully I'm on holiday still, poor dh had to march straight off to work. Amongst the things on my to do list as soon as we got home was to pee on a FRER just to make sure and sadly, it's still positive, so I'm actually not quite on the ttc wagon yet...ah well, it'll happen eventually I'm sure and then everything will go very fast abs we will look back and still find ourselves saying "where has all that time gone!" - at least that's what I'm hoping.
I'm also annoyed because -trivial matters ahoy!- I actually managed to put on a stone while pregnant and haven't shifted it at all (holiday drinking and eating didn't help!) so if I do get pregnant soon or before shifting the weight, I'll just end up mahoosive! I KNOW that in the big scheme of things, it's irrelevant, but still. No cake for me! Three loads if washing and then I'll be off to the gym I think. Or maybe I'll catch up on OBEM first...whoops!

Big hugs to all those who got negative results here. Take it easy and be kind to yourselves

Mademoiselle, you seem very positive. It tools two weeks exactly to get a negative hpt after erpc at 11 weeks, so I'd imagine yours might take a little longer.
Don't worry about the extra weight, just take it easy, it'll come off. Just lol after yourself.

Hi Bobsy! Wow, 19 cycles...hopefully this bus will be lucky for you

Creamy CM is a good sign Chandlers. You have every right to feel some real hope Mmmm craft beer...def want a drink this weekend!

Sorry to hear your news mademoiselle. Reading all of you brave ladies posts makes me realise what a huge step we're taking, and that it could be a long emotional journey.
I had thought I'd come off the pill and just let nature take it's course, but I'm already tracking temp and cm, reading tciyf, stalking mumsnet! It's so easy to get obsessed.

I still have murderous thoughts towards flashing smileys genni Absolutely soul destroying when you get them day after day and no solid arrives. I completely understand the pressure to keep DTD in case "tomorrow" is the solid smiley day
It is programmed to keep showing flashings until an LH surge so your first oestrogen surge may have led to nothing and you may not have had a "second go" yet. Go easy on yourself and switch to some non ClearBlue OPKs (cheaper!) if you can or at the least, save yourself for that positive xx

I still have murderous thoughts towards flashing smileys genni Absolutely soul destroying when you get them day after day and no solid arrives. I completely understand the pressure to keep DTD in case "tomorrow" is the solid smiley day
It is programmed to keep showing flashings until an LH surge so your first oestrogen surge may have led to nothing and you may not have had a "second go" yet. Go easy on yourself and switch to some non ClearBlue OPKs (cheaper!) if you can or at the least, save yourself for that positive xx

(they make me so angry, I posted twice!) Stupid iPhone

So sorry to hear your news mademoiselle!

Quick update, have tested with SuperDrug early reason dr test and had a positive! This was confirmed by drs this morning (I must be way out with my ovulation dates lol) and have midwife booking appointment scheduled for 28/08 , exciting times :)

Just found the new bus! Need to read through and catch up as been away.

My stats are incomplete-

natalie1989xo, TTC #3, cycle 2, BFP due 24th August

Oh, and lordy you are not obsessed, just informed

Congratulations Fairy ! have a happy and healthy 9 months

kitty you've hit the nail on the head. I felt like throwing it at the wall this morning. Im not using them again - think ill have to find some other ones next cycle - any recommemdations anyone? I'm scared to stop dtd in case we miss it but equally don't think poor DH can go on for much longer. He's been great and taken his duties like a man but bless him I'm start to feel his pain (quite literally) .
I think we'll dtd again tonight if we can then have a break tomorrow as DH is away for the night. Sods law ill get my solid tomorrow - nothing ever runs smoothly in this ttc lark!

Ooh congratulations fairey! Lovely news. Pop your stats and any tips you might have on here if you get a chance

Genni -past two cycles I have used OneStep OPKs from Amazon. Spent 4 pounds for 50. I still have about 30 left. I also bought some little plastic shot glasses from Asda for a few quid and use those to PIAC and then trow away straight after. I usually test between 2pm to 5 pm and have got really clear positives using them. I also like being able to keep testing to check if i get another surge a few days later.
I truly believe ClearBlue are great for women with normal, textbook cycles. They are rubbish otherwise.

Yay fairy!! massive high fives to you on your BFP!!! Super exciting times!!

genni I used the True 'ultra sensitive' OPKs - they are pink. They give you faint lines with a slight LH detection, then the line has to be darker than the control line to be positive. I didn't realise I had PCOS when I was using them, and I kept getting faint lines but no positive (PCOS gives you random hormone changes inc LH surges during a cycle!)... But when I was given a trigger shot at the hospital to make me ovulate I took an OPK the next day (yeah, just for a POAS-addict-type laugh!!!) and it was my first ever stronger second line! So they definitely work (it was me that was faulty!! Ha ha).

And yes I usually get cramps about 12 hours before AF comes - yesterday afternoon I got enough cramps to give up entirely and get pissed (!!!!)... That craft beer was SOO GOOD kitty!! But now no AF and no more cramps! All day. Just some poky/pully feelings on my LHS. I'm taking progesterone tablets tho so all this new stuff could be just side effects rather than implantation. Either way it's keeping me entertained! And incapable of focussing on my increasing workload... lol!!!

I was on a bus but I seem to have lost that bus !!

Af arrived on the 28th July so if its ok i'm going to sneak on the back of this one.

My Stats

Cockbollocks TTC 3, cycle 2, BFP due 27th August.

Will be testing for ovulation this weekend.

Genius name CockBollocks Have felt like saying that many a time TTC!!! Welcome!

Congrarulations fairey, fx all goes well.

kitty I like your logic :)

Ha ha that's what I was thinking! Awesome name!!!! I think between you and BitchPeas you might be my favourites. KittyVonCatsington has a very regal 'I've got a castle in Transylvania full of cats' type ring to it too actually... Atmospheric!!!

Oh I think someone asked earlier if I was in Thailand on account of the 'Farang' in my username - well spotted!! I am indeed!! That's what the Thais call white people... Lol!!!! Charming bit of friendly racism

Thanks kitty and chandlers I will check those out on amazon tonight and order a load of them for next month. PIAC at work will be interesting but needs must! I assume you have to hold your wee for a bit beforehand. I have the world's smallest bladder eek! I'm guessing if they are cheap I can pee on as many as I like. For example, I'd ideally do another opk when I get home tonight but I don't think you can with the cb ones. Oh dear they're going to turn me into a poas monster!

cockbollocks love that name! Giggling away to myself here.

my workload is building up and I'm not even symptom spotting as yet! Must. Do. Some. Work.

Random Q for you lovelies : I'm using internet cheapies to pee on to check ovulation, I'm guessing I'm about CD12, I have been getting a faint chunky line for the last two days when testing in the morning, but when I POAS in the evening I get nada, absolutely NADA!

Now I know I may not have reached my ovulation day yet but I'm a bit confused by the different results on the same day of testing. Anyone have any ideas?