The February bus rumbles on - only stops are Valentine's Day, Pancake Day and BFP-land. Ding Ding!

[MrsGingerbread]

Hello ladies,

Last bus looks full up. Unless there is a new one that I can't find...

Thanks for your kind words after AF arrived. I haven't got anyone else to share our ttc journey with so it makes a difference to have you all for company. Anyhow the next few weeks are going to be great, I can feel it.
Names we got Oliver, Josiah or Noah and Isabella, Matilda or Eleanor... Traditional all the way!

Night You're Welsh!

I love the name Noah but then again I am very keen on bible names: Lucius, Cassius, Salome, Solomon, Martha, Judah. I even love Zipporah (Moses' mummy) but my nipper would not thank me for it.

Rainy, healthy eating is important (and Trixie's right: 3 months) but no foods can supplement a man's co-enzyme Q10. Put your fella on that.

Is it very wrong to love the name Gretel for a girl? As in Hansel & Gretel?

Purses I know an adult zipporah she's kenyan mind. I also know a Nimrod also from the bible...

Purses? Damn autocorrect. purses, sorry

I am indeed for the best country in the world purdey. Love that it means I can choose Welsh names without anyone batting an eyelid :)

Thanks for autocorrecting to clarify, Boris! Big boo to your AF, really sorry to hear it.

Giddy, there used to be a character on Australian children's tv called Humphrey B Bear. He was a person in a creepy bear suit and he wore a vest and tie but no trousers.

We have a boy's name ready to go but would have to think of one for a girl.

I like Gretel!

Can every go into mourning for me please, as I found out that today my local cafe with the best croissants and pain au chocolat I've ever had outside France is closing today!

MaMa, you had better blimmin' well tell us your names pronto!

Should have passed that message onto my parents before they named me Angharad! Luckily I love my name :)

Trixie, sorry af arrived

Mama pro, ah that's crap, maybe ask them for the recipe before they shut!

Great names, I like Gretel and Matilda.

Looks like I'll have to get dp on co-enzyme Q10..... They sound expensive!

Haha yes Purdey, he did good especially as he can't always manage to finish when he has to perform on demand

Boris, do you want to talk about this last cycle? Did you have tons of well-timed sex? Any evil spotting? Short luteal phase? I absolutely hate ttc. Thank goodness we've all got each other

purdey I spent a bit of time in Exotic foreign parts for work. Met some lovely people and some nutters too. Zippy is a great nickname!

I have no names sorted. I like classical but want something unusual. Which gives me pretty much nothing I like tbh

I'd wanted George for years and then Kate Middleton stole it

Aaargh! Night, you must hate me. Me and my tactless big mouth Does sorry even cut it? Please forgive me.

It's fine purdey. I really like my name so don't mind if others don't :)

purdey we had lots of false starts on DTD during the fertile time - we need to have more sex but my DH gets performance anxiety having to produce on demand. no spotting at all. Only a 10 / 11 day LP which worries me. Anyhow we are moving next week and will have big lifestyle changes as a result. Should help. Thanks for being so supportive and interested. You crack me up too chuck.

That's very gracious, Night. I think it's probably down to the fact that an Angharad I knew on a church holiday to Wales was an absolute horror. A real nasty piece of work. I know we shouldn't attach people to names but it's hard, isn't it? I actually think my sister's name is the worst in the world: Tracey. She's a photographic stylist and graphic designer and really funky in her dress sense and she detests her name

It's funny what associations we make with names.

I completely understand, I can't stand the name George or Jake because of people I knew at school with those names, nothing to do with the names themselves.

How do you pronounce Angharad, night? Lol at Purdey's foot in mouth!

I have a Charlotte Henrietta, and a boy would be Frederick, most likely.

Thanks Trixie and Purdey, wonder how i could get the Q10 in him without him knowing lol

Ooh I love your names MaMa.

My name is pronounced as it is written although with a soft g. A lot of people pronounce it Ang Harad but it has to roll together a bit more than that. It can sound dreadful if mispronounced so completely understand why purdey might think it quite severe. It means loved one though which I think is lovely :)

Ha rainy I wondered the same! Crush it and sprinkle over his dinner?

Boris, that luteal phase could do with a tweak. I know you have no GP but can I encourage you to find one sooner rather than later? I know someone on here has had success with vit B-summat but I don't want you to have to wait very much longer when a doctor can sort you out pronto. The issue of under-performing partners is a tricky one. Would he consider AI? It works for the fellas' confidence (when DH brings me his cup of spunk he is carrying it as though it contains the elixir of life; when he passes it to me it's like the Pope passing the sacraments to a lowly pauper). Of course,some blokes find it disempowering - emasculating even. I would like to punch those men in the head and ask them to put themselves and their hang-ups second and their beloved missus' desire for a baby first.