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...

Awww kissing we thought of olive too after a much loved and missed nan x

My boobs are sore tonight... Woohoo!

Love it giraffe!

My dh doesn't have any problems with his sperm, but I still have him on multi vitamins, Q10 & Maca Root. I would like him to take Zinc as well, but don't want to push it!

victoria wooooo for symptom!

OH won't take any vits either. He is such a neanderthal. ....I suggested AI a few weeks back and honestly you'd have thought I'd chopped his balls off and made them into a necklace. It was ridiculous

Thanks sparkly. No, not had anything like this before. At first I thought the fact that I had not ovd was down to the stress of moving, but now I have the bleeding I am completely confused!

kissing I mentioned to dh that lots of people on here use AI & maybe we should consider it occasionally, but he reacted much like your husband. Men & their little egos!

at Giraffe's husband struggling to ejaculate during the May General Election!

Yes, it is sad about DH's son. I can't tell you how much he has thrived at school and with his foster family since he has been without his mum. This may sound harsh, but I have witnessed first hand how it is not always best for a child to be with their biological parent(s). She was not a well woman - spiritually, emotionally and psychologically she was dysfunctional. I wouldn't have wished her dead - but she did a lot of damage to that boy (and mine and DH's relationship in the beginning). He will survive because he is loved

Yay for sore boobs Victoria, how many dpo are you?

Sparkly, I've not been there. We were in Italy last summer, I think the Almalfi Coast is just stunning. Do you think you'll live there again one day?

Puglia. Isn't that where Meredith Kercher was murdered? I went to a wedding in San Gimignano in Tuscany and it was the best wedding ever. I ate wild boar!

at Giraffe's testicular trinket!

I hope Wishing is okay. She was so crushed at her bfn

Nomio, are you sure it's thrush and not a UTI? Could explain the blood. Very disconcerting for you though. Do you chart your temps or use opks?

Purdey true true words!! It's such a good outcome for him too. What an awful time to go through.

You ladies re AI.. I can imagine my dh would be the same if we didn't HAVE to do it this way. Grass is always greener though eh, I would love to be able to do it the "natural" way.. However,
"if the outcome is the same ... Who bloo** cares!? "Straight from the dh's mouth!

Spinning amalfi is Gorg. But very touristy obviously because of the landscape etc. Puglia is utterly beautiful and rural at points, very authentic italian!! I have a huge family over there but my parents are here. I never lived there, was born here but both parents italian and def been brought up italian! Ha xxx

purdey, I thought I was sure, but now you have me doubting myself!

I use opks & not had a positive this month. I have also been temping & not had any rise so far.

I am really fed up.

sparkly I have never been to Italy, but always thought it looks lovely. The language sounds so beautiful too. Are you bilingual?

Purdey that was Perugia.. Much much further north!! Puglia is kinda the heel of the "boot"
Oh my I was in San G last year. Gorg! Siena, Lucca.. Tuscany is beautiful.

I love spaghetti

Pasta pasta pasta pasta.
My aunt gets up at 5am most days to make fresh pasta. My Nonna (gran) was a 4am wake up for pasta making in her day!
I'm more of a 4pm open packet kinda girl.. Although I do make it for special occasions

Right..I'm off to bed so DH can polish his rocket in peace. I'm betting on 3ml of the good stuff tonight with 2.9ml ending up in the crotch of me jimmies.

Can I just say I have so much fun with you ladies and I'm very fond of you all

Nomio, don't panic. Ov could be just around the corner. When we feel fed up we tend to quit sex because we feel defeatist and unsexy in our disappointment. Be positive. You are not broken

Sparkly, I've just googled and it looks beautiful, how lovely to have family there to return to for holidays

Awww, thanks purdey. You always know the right thing to say.

I second your sentiment with regards to everyone on here. I have really missed not talking to you all these last few days.

Good luck with the baby making. Fx this is your month.

purdey so sad to read your story but I'm glad to hear your step son is doing well with his foster family. My parents had 5 of their own children and then went on to childmind and provide a foster care for a number of young children. Some of the fostered children returned to their biological parents and some went on to be adopted but we hoped the environment and love they got from us provided them with some stability during a very difficult time.

dojo your parents sound like amazing people. Thank goodness there are people like them in the world.

Buona notte Bella Purdey pie good luck with sampling tonight... No more disasters!!! And eh. Remind yourself again-- you have a good dose there! I'm lucky to get 1ml sometimes! Ha.

Oh and I had another thought for u AI possible ladies- sometimes when we did AI, we did actually have the foreplay first. The plan was always to do that then I would "help" with the sample but my dh found pressure worse doing it with me intimately rather than off himself and I haven't been very well in order to be intimate very much of late. But the clinic (who advised us to do it that way..) said that they def had lots of couples manage to include intimacy then "produce the sample" together... So that's an option rather than our - sperm producing whilst pie eating, rugby watching,on his own!

Gosh, lots to catch up on but hooray for some more bfps!

I like that everyone's names are so different - night the welsh ones are so gorgeous, I wish I had the ancestry to pinch them! Currently though we would have Arthur or Flora.

CD28 for me, temp still up, and like someone else lots of wet creamy cm. Nothing else I can think are 'symptoms' except I am so very very tired to my bones somehow, despite the fact I got up late and the most taxing activity today was ambling round Tesco...

Nomio fingers crossed it's just a bit delayed for you lovely!