The December 2014 bus is here armed with mulled wine, mince pies, mistletoe and a sack-full of BFPs

[Cariad2014]

This bus is for anyone ttc hoping to get a BFP in December.

I know it's super early, but as I'm currently on a 2 month enforced break from ttc following a ruptured ectopic, December is the next bus I can catch.

Do feel free to come and join me on the journey.

Stop it! You're making me cry

Well Kitty it's your own fault for being so fabulous!

Updated stats ladies:

BFP:
melcjh1990
Blueskygirl30, 30yrs old, TTC#1, cycle 7, BFP 24 Nov!

Any news?
Cariad2014, 32, ttc#1, cycle 7, BFP due 15 December
DizzyNorthernBird, 35, ttc #1, cycle 1, bfp due 30 Dec??
Dillydollydarling, 23, ttc #1, cycle 1, BFP due sometime in Dec hopefully!
spamanderson 28, TTC #3, cycle 1 (to commence 28th November providing hubby is back in operation by then!) BFP due who knows when

Angelaham, 34 ttc 1, cycle 6 , BFP around 26 December
newbian, 30, TTC #1, cycle 4, BFP 3 Dec
N1kkiL, 26, TTC#1, Cycle 1, BFP due 8th December
NighteyesFitz stats: 29, TTC#1, Cycle 2, BFP due 4th Dec (ish)
Stats dozygirl 31 ttc#1 cycle 5 BFP due 4th dec.
whitwoochantelle, 25 Ttc#1 cycle#34 bfp due 6th December
crazypuglady 25 TTC#1 cycle#1?? bfp due?????
Mistywillow17, 33, ttc#1, cycle 8, BFP due around 2nd December
MaGratgarlik1983, 31, ttc#1, cycle 4 (cp in cycle 2), AF / BFP due December 9th Fleurchamp, 34 TTC #1 cycle 2
CrazyCatMomma, 30, ttc#1, cycle 2, BFP due 4th Dec
Freckles79, 34, ttc#1, cycle 9, BFP due around 8th December.
spinningirl10 ttc #3 cycle 18, bfp due Dec 4th (if cycle returns to normal!)
Beansprout30 ttc#1 cycle 5 (5 months off in summer) bfp due 9th.
Knittedmittens, 30, TTC#3 (after twins), cycle 4, BFP due 3rd December.
TrixieRay, 33, ttc #1, cycle 12, BFP due 9-12 December
Beccaroo, 28, ttc no 1, cycle 3 (not counting cycle out of action!), BFP due 4 December
Jane1984; TTC #1; cycle 3; BFP due 6th December.
Nannynome, Just starting TTC #2, cycle 1, BFP sometime at the beginning of dec.
Treaclepie19, 24, ttc #1, cycle 11 ( mc cycle 4 ), BFP due 15th December
Butterflycats, 30, ttc1, cycle 4, BFP due 19th December
alovelycuppatea, 37, ttc#1, cycle 0 I guess! Just waiting for next month to get cracking
Orangeisthenewbanana, 34, ttc #2, cycle 4, bfp due approx 13th Dec
Mumwannabe1982, 32, TTC 1, cycle 8 bfp\af due 5th Dec
Boobear1983, 31, ttc 1, cycle 2, bfp due dec 12th
MaMaPo, age 36, ttc#2, cycle 7, BFP due 2nd December.
Quietlyhopeful81, age 32, ttc #2, cycle 4, bfp due approx 15th December
StowFrenchy, 36, tyc#2, cycle 6 (mc and erpc in May then mc again in September), bfp due 14th of December

Joey0805, 32, TTC#1, cycle 3, BFP due ??? Guessing 20th Dec for now.
Kezaroo, 27, cycle 3.. I think (all over the place) bfp mid Dec
Rosebud2015, 30, ttc 1, cycle 1 (woop!!!), BFP due 19th December
Boris, 35 ttc 1, cycle 4 of obsessively and seriously trying but cycle 7 if you count the relaxed 'if it happens it happens' months. BFP due 7th December

Sakura, 36, ttc 1, c3 (longer if I count the "we'll see what happens" approach, 3rd cycle where I actually know what to look out for..). BFP due on 12 Dec

TerrysNo3, TTC#3, cycle 4 (since ectopic), BFP due 17/12
sammylou1, Ttc #1, cycle 13, bfp due 7th December
Toothachereturns, 36, ttc#3, cycle 6 (2 mths off after 2 cps) BFP due 16th Dec
alien11, Ttc#2 cycle 6 cd3 bfp due 20th dec
Patientlywaiting2014, 29 #2 cycle 2 BFP 1st dec hopefully
DastardlyDachshund, Age 29, TTC#3, Cycle 9, BFP/AF due 27th December
dizzylemon, 31 ttc #1 Cycle 6 Bfp/AF due: 22nd December
Frolicacid, 34, ttc #1 cycle 4
JessieMcjessie, 41, TTC #1, cycle 2, BFP due 16 December.
hc899, 1, ttc #1, cycle 2, bfp due around 11th Dec
MissMrsMummy Age 30, ttc #1, cycle 9, BFP due 13 Dec
TheTravellingLemon, Ttc#2, 14ish cycles. BFP due 1st December
Nomio230, 36yo, ttc for 3yrs, chemical in June, taken first round of Clomid this month, so really hoping for bfp in December

scottishbride, 34, ttc 1, cycle 7 BFP due 16th December
toastedcheesesandwich, 41, ttc No.1, cycle 2, BFP er, no idea
xBlueberry88x 26 TTC 1 Cycle 20 Af due 1st December (2nd cycle clomid)
Victoria401, 34 ttc #1 cycle 25ish BFP Dec 19th
milkandchalk, 31, ttc 1 don't know cycle yet as just finished bc
Clairexxx, 32, ttc #1, cycle 29ish, bfp Dec 6th
RunawayReindeer, 26, TTC #3 (greedy), cycle 2, BFP due 20th Dec....
photographerlady, 32, TTC #2, cycle 8, BFP 10 Dec
Bovnydazzler, 30, TTC#2, month 10, BFP due 21st dec. 1st cycle clomid
Lalalemon, 28, cycle 1, bfp due 12th December
Drania, 24, ttc#1, cycle 11, BFP due 18 December
Sparkly123, 30, TTC#1 cycle 3 BFP due 19th Dec
Boosk 34, ttc#1 cycle4, bfp due 25/12/14
ninjabeer 35 ttc#1 cycle 5 BFP due 19th December
BeauticianNotMagician81 ttc #4, cycle 2, BFP due 25/12/14
shootthemoon, 30, ttc#2, cycle 1, BFP due 15th Dec
tessiegirl, 31, ttc#1, cycle 1, BFP due 6th December approx.
kissinggiraffe 35, ttc #4, cycle 2, bfp due 17th Dec

Bluesky, congratulations, so thrilled for you!

Congratulations bluesky. I've been thinking of you all day. I'm trying soy for the second cycle so extra pleased to hear your story

Thanks for doing the stats shoot.

Thanks miss, I will stop the guaifanesin as soon as I get a positive opk.

How are your symptoms blueberry? I think I've gone symptom spotting mad - I just got excited at a twinge in my boob and I've not even bloody ovulated yet this cycle!! My ovaries have been reigning lots today though, so hopefully it will be soon.

I hope everyone else is doing ok. The thread has been busy today.

Congratulations Bluesky what very excellent news for you especially after such a worrying few days.

Hello Sparkly I've been bit shy about mentioning it here but since you asked I'll be brave and say yes we're using a little 'home help' to get up duffed! There are a few threads kicking about but I've not found all of them are completely helpful and some aren't active anymore. I know at least one couple (ladies) who it has worked for with donor sperm at home so am hopeful that it will work for me and DH eventually.

We've not been using contraception for years and nothing's happened and now that the clock is ticking we've accepted that too much pressure to DTD at exactly the right time is seriously getting in the way so we've decided to get technical. I've found this website gives you all the low down for a game of bedroom doctors and nurses prideangel.com/p14/shop.aspx You can get a kit from there but we cobbled together some bits and bobs from the internet without spending as much money.

Hope this is helpful :)

Feeling positive this month because Christmas is coming and it's cold outside so plenty of opportunity to get on it.

I hope then Soy works for you this cycle Frolic. I took it because I was temping and my charts weren't showing that I'd ovulated....but I also did the temping this cycle and FF didn't show me as having ovulated this cycle either and, well, obviously I must have! Hopefully it'll give you a lovely mature egg.

If anyone is interested, I also took seven seas trying for a baby, I used soft cups twice and did some upside down cycling. I don't know if any of these helped but it's the first time I've done any of those things. And we only DTD three times around ovulation, the afternoon before, the morning of and the night of. And that was it for the whole fertile time.

Can i go on the stats list please?
24, ttc 2, wtf cycle, BFP due anytime in december!
Congratulations Bluesky x

Congratulations Bluesky!! :D so glad its a BFP!
My stats are Im 25, ttc #1, cycle 9, BFP 21st November :)

Thanks for doing the stats list MaGrat
Could you add me on please?
Fififolle 37 TTC# 2, 2nd cycle post MMC BPF due 6th Dec

kitty 17 weeks bloody hell time has flown by im glad your doing well I miss your wisdom so much glad your still keeping an eye out. and fx I am the next one lol

Frolic Today my symptoms are- masses of internal creamy cm and watery cm in underwear, hunger, very slight cramping (but I had some last month), nauseous and boobs hurting. love that your symptom spotting already!!

Blue sky - what are soft cups? Xx

I think I got missed please could you add me in thank you

CoffeeTwo, 31, ttc #2, cycle 5, bfp due 25th December!

Can I ask MissMrs what problems did you find with Pregnacare?

Also regarding soy, is this only used to help with ovulation or for any other reasons as well?

xBlueberry I did hear that too so maybe I missed the boat. My last pill was at cd6 and cycle day 16 with ovulation pains but no positive ovulation.

I've been at the fertility game a long time. First time round on clomid I really think it was the 3x a week acupuncture that normalised my cycles and got me the BFP. DD is now 16 months and this is my second cycle.

I've been eating hazelnuts and taking 3x 200mls of guaifeneisin since cd9. I have soft cups but been a bit chicken to use them. Feels like a science project but luckily DH and I made it past the stressful years of TTC and seems we both enjoy the fun of it now.

McGrat thanks for updating the stats :)

Congratulations bluesky!

Sammylou soft cups are actually designed for when you've got AF to use instead of a tampon. They're little soft plastic cup things that you put inside you. Some people use them when ttc to keep the swimmers closer to the cervix. I used them this month after daytime DTD as I would be getting up and wakling around after 15 minutes to keep them all inside. I could only use them then as I had to wait for DH to leave the room before popping one in....I've tried to hide most of the ttc madness from him in a bid to keep romance alive.

I don't know if anyone wants my stats at all but I really enjoyed reading everyone else's so, just in case anyone is interested. I've already mentioned above the Soy, seven seas and soft cups and limited DTDing and that I temped but FF never thought that I'd ovulated. From 1dpo to 6dpo I had thrush and also had to go the loo and pee once a night in the middle of the night. I had headaches from around 3dpo which I never normally get and I also had really sore teeth (bit random I know). 10 & 11dpo I was absolutely exhausted and since then I've had occasional sore boobs but not many real symptoms. I also got what I thought was AF 2 days early hence the blood tests and early scans.

Sorry if no one really wanted to read those! I'm going to sit back with my Pom poms and the ready and watch all of your BFPs roll in now! Good luck ladies!!!

Thanks for doing a fab job updating the stats MaG - I'm not actually TTC this cycle (a long story involving being utterly paranoid of suffering a second ectopic over Christmas), so if you could take me off the stats list when you have a chance that would be great.

I will however be popping in from time to time to cheer you all on. Hoping in the nicest possible way not to see any of you on the January bus.

Thanks blue sky - I can see how they could kill the moment! Hehe

I'm currently 3 dpo (according to ff) and have had a headache all day... I normally get this when af is due but it's far to early for that. Weirdly I also have (tmi alert) a lot of wet cm - some of it even seems like ewcm, so much so that I just did an opk which was negative of coursevas I've already ovd. I can't start symptom spotting yet... It'll drive me mad! X

Ninja- glad you mentioned! I shall check out the website. We are actually doing so due to my chronic health issues and were referred to fertility clinic to help us. They provided everything for at home artificial insemination. First month we both found it difficult to know exactly what we are doing with all the equipment but found second cycle much better! Hoping this cycle will result In a BFP for Christmas! CD 3 at the mo. Sorry to hear of your struggle, I really hope this works for you!

I'm currently desperate for a wee but don't wabt up go in case I lose some sperm haha. Will have to go soon though, it's unbearable.

bluesky can u post your temping chart so I can have a nosy at it? Even though it didn't fnfirm ov IT would be interesting to see. This is my first month temping so I've yet to see my temp go up. On 2nd day of pos opk. I'm expecting another one tomorrow and then I should see a temp rise if it works.

Thanks Sparkly I am determined to be chilled and positive about this month. We've been trying with the AI for 4 months, this will be round 5. It was all a bit fiddly at first but now we know what we are doing it is actually quite funny and we usually end up falling about laughing at the efforts we are going to! We have an appointment with the doctor this week to get some advice as we have no idea of our fertility anyway so may try and get some tests going so we don't lose too much time. Also have various complications due to genes to add a bit of fun to the mix.

I am staggered at how difficult this procreation lark can be - when I was in my teens I lived in mortal fear of pregnancy - how things change.

Sending lots of positive vibes for a BFP in December - I'm on CD5 but it looks like we are cycle twins and are both expecting our BFP on the same day - roll on the 19th December!

Ninja- I know isn't it! The things you learn along the way too...! I had no idea about half of what actually goes on in my body!!

Sounds good- positive and chilled is the key, although I find it extremely hard to be totally chilled, suppose that's natural when you want it so badly! Feel bad too as there are so many lovely ladies who have been trying for so long and here I am only on cycle 3!.. It took us over a year to decide to try for a baby given my health difficulties so it feels like so much longer!

I had a lot of symptoms in the TWW last month and was convinced I would get a BFP, however I ended up just getting sick instead!

Yes a lovely BFP for Christmas would be amazing! I hope so for all!!

Do you use anything like preseed Ninja? Hope you don't mind me asking!

Also **Ninja I hope your app goes well with the doctor.. Helpful to find out what you can!