Deck the halls, wrap the presents, buy the food - Christmas is coming and the December bus is hitting the road with treats galore! (Thread 3)

[MaGratgarlik1983]

New bus ladies!

Haven't been on here for a little while but just wanted to wish you all a merry Christmas and say a massive congrats to Chandlers. I'm so pleased you got your bfp after all you have been through.must be amazing for it to have happened naturally and so exciting! I hope you have a very healthy 9 months.

Massive congrats to grand / dastardly as well. Lots of old timers getting their bfp's lately which gives me hope

Huge congrats to all the bfps ladies!

Blimey you might have had a cycle where you didnt ovulate and your body will probably try again so look out for ovulation signs. Even with a positive opk it doesnt mean you ovulated just that you had an lh surge

spinningirl10 as promised, attached to this post should be a pic of the dastardly dachshund himself.

Thanks for the congratulations WestCountryLondonGirl, llucieloos and tessiegirl.

Sorry to those still in limbo. Fx you get peace of mind (or preferably a BFP very soon).

Waves back at Lucie. Hope you're doing ok my lovely and that you had a good Christmas.

Dastardly - I am in love with your dachshund. Please can we borrow him as our lucky mascot for the January bus?!?!

Feel free Cariad . He likes Turkey so if any of you have any leftovers I'm sure he'd be extra helpful . I'm counting on lots of you January ladies to join me on the September board with your BFP's (and everyone left here too btw -stern glare-).

Oh my, dastardly! I am in love! What a stunner. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for answering blueberry. Haven't used opk tests yet but we were monitoring other methods so maybe it just happened to be an anovulartory (sp?) month that just coincides with first month ttc!

Oh wow!!!!! That must be a fertility lucky pooch - I just welled up looking at him!!!! can't be a symptom as an only 7dpo am ignoring my sticky out sore nipples - simply cold?

Congrats to chandler !!! Great cm watching to catch that egg!!!

Cute dog!

I am officially booted off the bus with the late arrival of af. And I still didn't get a chance to test, damn it. Slept so poorly last night as I was determined to test, but AF arrived first thing. I am feeling sad and angry and disinclined to spend the week with my husband's extended family, who he doesn't like much! Bah.

Best of luck for the rest of December, everyone.

Blimey, my period just hasnt arrived yet. Never been a day late before and getting bfns so i think its mother nature playing a nasty trick on me by AF being late when we're trying, but never before!

Ps. Dastardly I'm in love with your pooch! Mine isn't being much of a good luck mascot so far.

Blimeygirl: I'm experiencing the exact same. I tested last Friday and Tuesday - bfns. Also did opk on tuesday prior to that and got a positive opk. Was getting cramping from my ovary last night (the only bonus of having one and knowing which side it is on!), having frequent trips to the loo. Difficult to tell if the bloating is linked or down to seasonal indulgence!

Need to test again. Am on cycle day 43. Last cycle was 42 but I've had no spotting or anything yet!

Morning

Dastardly, your dog is gorgeous, we definitely need him as our next mascot!

Lucie, lovely to see you, how are you? Hope you had a lovely Christmas.

Well I poas (ic)this morning and got a bfn 13 dpo and I feel like af is waiting in the wings so it's not our month. Only tested as I'm off to my sil 40th birthday party later and will be consuming a lot of fizz! Bugger....I want a bfp!

I am good thanks spinning, have had a lovely christmas with all the family. Completely cut back on ttc stress, we are still dtd around the time I think I ovulate but I'm not temping or using opks and I'm not really keeping track of what dpo I am or anything. For me it's a lot more relaxing as I'm not obsessing as much in the 2ww as I don't really know what dpo I am .

Anyway let's hope the last few of us old timers can get our bfps quickly in the new year!

That's sounds good lucie and yes I hope we do, there's not many of us old timers left now. here's hoping 2015 brings bfp's for us all

Morning. Sorry to those who af have got. Bit odd with so many in limbo land! Hope you get some answers soon Blimey, boo and anyone I've missed x

I'm still lurking here having still not made my mind up whether to ttc this cycle and move to the Jan bus. I'm angry with dh too whom I found smoking in the garden a few days ago after promising he'd given up a year ago in preparation for either fertility referral or when/if I got my bfp. I've suspected, from the smell, he'd had a few crafty ones the past few months but he's always denied it until I caught him red handed on Tuesday :-( he has his deciding sa in 2 weeks time if we can indeed have treatment in Jan. If its too poor a sample to go ahead I don't know what I'll do :-( he's been so bloody selfish. He had to be clear at least 6 months to qualify for treatment at our clinic and he's failed me/himself. Luckily they don't do any kind of nicotine test or we would really be screwed. :-(

Um so I poas this morning at 8dpo, like you do, fully expecting nothing but white again, only there's s very very very faint line? It won't show up on a photo. But it's pink. Is it too early to be there? I shouldn't have tested!

Ooooh Coffee - sounds promising. According to my "What to Expect When You're Expecting" book, you can implant any day from 5 DPO onwards, and it typically takes a couple of days after that for you to produce enough hcg to show up on a hpt so it's definitely possible to get a BFP at 8dpo. I would try waiting a couple of days (easier said than done, I know) and then using a FRER.

Lucie - lovely to hear from you. Glad you had a good Christmas. Fx the more relaxed approach works for you and that 2015 brings you your BFP.

Sorry about the BFN Spinning - I really hope you have a naughty little bean that's decided to implant super late, but if not, I shall be keeping everything crossed that January is your month.

Victoria - I don't have anything to add other than . Sending you a very big un-mumsnetty hug.

Victoria, has your Dh tried the e cig type liquid filled thing? My dh gave up 2.5 years ago. Hasn't had a fag since and he was a 40 a day man. It was our ds's first birthday that triggered it. He wanted to be able to watch him grow up. He was 39 at the time and his dad a smoker dropped dead at 49 with no warning. I know they get bad press but honestly it's better than actual fags. He hasn't had a chest infection since. He used to cough all night. None of that now. And 10 months ttc compared to our 20 months post mc last time, Id say that was better. Might be worth consideration.

Thanks for replying MrsE he gave up real smoking last Xmas eve and switched to e cigs. He's been using them for the past 12 months. Apparently he was weaning himself off vaping and stopped buying more refills. I didn't know about any of this. So when he ran out of e cig stuff he had to go out and buy real fags to keep his nicotine addiction going. I don't know when he ran out of e cigs,I just don't want to talk about it any more with him. He did have a chest infection the whole of October and was on steroids and antibiotics so that's why he needs this extra test before treatment to make sure its still ok to go ahead and the steroids haven't ruined his little guys for a few months. If the infection was due to his smoking and we can't start treatment I don't know how I'll react :-(

Victoria, hope you manage to sort it out with dh.

Cd49, brown spotting never materialised into anything. Getting frustrated now

Oh Boobear that really is crappy I feel your frustration and I'm not as far late as you. You sort of just expect it to be one or the other don't you (well I did!) so either BFP or AF as then you can just crack on but limbo is very frustrating!! Are you gonna go to the doctors or just keep waiting?

Blimey i thought I'd wait until around jan 10th which is when j would be due in jan. I'm now 19 days late. Got sore boobs, some cramps, just had some brown spotting but still getting bfn so i have no idea whats going on.

Massive congratulations to Chandlers - Linda and MrsE told me the news-so so so so happy for you and MrChandlers-what a wonderful Christmas present lovely!

spinning Sorry for your BFN - sending lots of Dragon hugs your way (((hugs))) you will be holding your bundle of joy in 2015!!!!