Halfway through my TWW and looking for company. Anyone in the same boat?

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I've still got about a week to go before I can POAS. DH and I have been trying for about 5 months, but I have very irregular cycles so it's all really hard to judge. I usually go about 2 weeks between periods so following that, AF should be due to arrive before the end of this week. But I'm thinking that would be too early to test and am very impatient! I've also been taking agnus castus this month on the advice of a medical friend so I'm feeling tentatively hopeful. Anyone around who wants to wait it out with me and not read too much into every symptom and definitely not take a test every day this week?

I use the CBFM as well, pee in a cup and dip sticks in it for exactly 20 seconds then quickly into the monitor. If you see the sample creeping up into the test window before you put the stick in the monitor it doesn't read it properly.

Also once you get peak the following two show peak and high, I'm betting the sticks I put in those two days make no difference at all.

Would I buy it myself, it's expensive but it is sensitive and helps, however I've always known when I ov as I feel it.

It's expensive. It is fun. The pregnancy tests are also super sensitive and the pregnant sign in the middle of the plus sign covers the entire monitor. Which is then devastating when it turns negative.

If I had cash to splash I'd get it. Otherwise like a pp said, I'd buy a stunning pair of shoes instead.

Morning all! My daily report is:
Cd44, 14 days late, slight cramping when dtd this morning and tenderness in my tummy, just below belly button. Feeling of too much saliva in my mouth which I've had for a while now. Bloating yesterday (although I've been wolfing down more carbs than usual). I haven't checked internally for cm, but there's no spotting whatsoever on the tissue. I found d some stats and there's only a 25‰ chance of being pg after two weeks with bfns and symptoms, so I'm not getting my hopes up. My fertility app reliably tells me I should be in my fertile zone for the next cycle, which is annoying. She-oak keeping me calm though (seriously, it's weird!)

That's great news diana, onwards and upwards!

diamond any smiley faces yet? How was your romantic night?
remember, finding, hewy, how're you all getting on?

mayo & fuzzy I started temping this morning - dreamed about it all night, don't wake up until a reasonable hour so you can take your temp! Haven't yet had a chance to get out the ov sticks, Internet cheapies.

Hows smep going?

Morning Haquoi, having a lazy start to the day on iPad while DP sleeps next to me. Am CD37 today and, according to amended data on ff, am 15dpo. FF now has me on a 4 day countdown to when I should poas!! Oh, and my temp is on the rise again this morning - back up above 37c!!

Feeling completely normal and just wishing af would turn up so we could start SMEP and opks again - which reminds me, I must order another batch off Amazon this weekend!!

Gearing ourselves up for a weekend clearing things out at mums house ready to decorate the last of the bedrooms. Then it's onto tackling the downstairs which is going to be a nightmare as its so cluttered with her and dad's stuff - can see lots of trips to the tip coming up!! Then we must get on and find a boiler engineer willing to fit the boiler we've got - preferably at family rates (thinking of DPs uncle)!!

Hi mayo - good to hear from you, sometimes you need a bit of time out googling stuff etc but glad you've come back. Reflexology is a great idea, I thoroughly recommend it. Sorry to hear about the stress in your house - hope your dh finds something soon. Yes new pregnancy announcements are always upsetting, I don't do facebook but hear enough about all the announcements on there, I couldn't stand it. Your bfp is due the day before mine, have you ovulated yet? I haven't

Morning haquoi - glad the she-oak is keeping you calm but it's such limbo for you. I know the stats sound low but I am still really hoping for you, it will be a late bfp, are you testing Monday? The increased saliva sounds promising though. Try to keep positive lovely.
My news not brilliant - still no smiley face, cd15, smep gone out the window as we have been dtd every night - dh really keen - how can I refuse?! we had a nice romantic night the other night. But he starts his late shifts on Tuesday which means I don't see him Tuesday to Friday so basically if we dtd up til then and I ovulate really late, say weds or thurs then we'll miss it anyway.

My stupid body!!

remember - rise in temperature sounds promising!! 15dpo too - poas time soon then!
Sounds like you've got a busy day then. It'll feel good when it's all sorted out though, a good clear out always feels good . We're living in a building site here, having lots of alterations done, including a loft conversion and other walls and stuff being knocked down, it's been going on for months and I'm sick of it now, I don't like mess - it stresses me out! So another day of trying to clean and sort stuff plus food shopping for me - exciting day here!

Morning everyone! I'm still on a high from not getting bad news yesterday - feel like I dodged a bullet and has made me feel super positive for this month! Went on a major shopping splurge yesterday (honeymoon holiday shopping :) ) and out for dinner and drinks - last opportunity as from today I'm not drinking at all until I get upduffed! I have no idea when to count cd1 as I had such a weird cycle but plan to start smep from when af leaves the building.

rememberall and birchy I'm looking into temping this month...do you both recommend FF? What are the basics of temping? What should I be looking out for?

fuzzy I've had every symptom going since ttc including late period - it's soooo frustrating isn't it?!

hewy have you tested yet?! Sounds really promising!

diamond very jealous of your house works - I'm staring at a wall I'd love to have knocked out! Completely with you though on not enjoying the upheaval.

haquoi you are staying amazingly calm! We're all rooting for you!

mayo I'm changing my tactics to a more spiritual/in tune with my body approach and would love to try reflexology. Im waiting for a book on natural fertility to arrive and a friend has passed on details of a practitioner she visited when ttc specialising in womb yoga!!! Not sure what it entails but if this month isn't our month I'm planning on booking a session with her. Want to get to know my own cycle a bit better first though to get the most out of it.

Diana my first month temping and I was really sceptical - but I love it - was just showing dh my chart (don't think he was as impressed lol)

I ordered baby mad thermometer from Amazon - quote cheap. need one that does to 2 dp. suppose to take temp at same time every day ( I dont so thought it wouldn't work for me but it did!)
also vag temping supposedly more accurate than mouth esp if a mouth breather. I found ff really good!

Mayo cbfm automatically gives a second peak day following first peak and then a high reading. some people just use old sticks for theses days to save on them. I find I ovulate day after first peak reading. according to SMEP need to DTD day of peak, followed by day after and day after that, then a break and DTd again.

Hi diana - good to hear you're feeling so positive - I think that helps so much. Honeymoon shopping splurge sounds like lots of fun! Yes the upheaval here at home is a nightmare but will all be worth it - that's the next job - a big wall being knocked down - not looking forward to the dust at all! Maybe when you've had the wedding and honeymoon you can think about your wall being knocked down too!
mayo - sorry to hear of all your stress and not being able to relocate yet, hopefully it won't be too long til you have a positive development. I feel your frustration- if I get my peak days Tuesday onwards dh will be at work on late shifts and can't dtd so I feel like it's another month wasted. I think the peak means you will ovulate within 12-36 hours from the peak so if you got it yesterday then it is likely you have or will do this evening.
birchy - lol how can your dh not be impressed at your chart! Men! They don't understand what we go through trying to understand our cycles!
I hope everyone has nice plans for Saturday night, nothing much planned here except dh has promised some more dtd - that will be 3rd night in a row and still no positive ovulation - come on ovaries - do something before dh goes on strike!!

Hi ladies, just checking in on you all after a week on holiday where we told our parents....

Shock and joy waste overwhelming response thankfully!!!

ickle huge congrats on your fab news!

Oops..... 'Was the' not 'waste'

Hi sleepy! That's brilliant - bet it was great telling them! Hope you're feeling okay, lovely to hear from you.
Morning everyone - how is everyone today?

Morning all! Hello sleepy - I've been reading my way through the thread for inspiration - only on about page 10 - am I guessing right that you are now expecting?! Amazing news! What a happy outcome :)

Day 1 of my new health kick commences. I've woken up rested and clear headed from an alcohol free, early night; porridge and hot water for breakfast and I'm about to head out for a rainy puddle walk along the river with dd. DH on the other hand went out with his football team yesterday for an FA Cup knees up - he may be in bed for a while! (To be fair to him he rarely drinks, eats super healthily and goes to the gym and cycles every day. I'm the unhealthy one in the relationship!)

My period has tailed off now. I still have no idea when to count cd1 but (depending on how rough DH feels!) plan to start eod dtd from tonight.

Morning diana - your new healthy regime sounds good! I too am starting a healthkick today, seem to have had too many social occasions recently but now feel determined to get healthier.
Plan sounds good - eod dtd. I had another negative ovulation test again this morning so that pretty much rules out this month for me. It's a shame as we've dtd the last 4 nights and will tonight and tomorrow too but it's likely if I even do ovulate this month it will be later on in the week and dh is on his late shifts as of Tuesday so no dtd for the rest of the week. It's so frustrating

Hi Diamond it was quite funny actually as we were watching the football (and losing) so at half time DH just went 'well on a brighter note, you're all going to be grandparents' Cue a fair bit of 'huh, wha?' Lol!

The only thing that was vaguely annoying is that my Mum is now in a minor sulk as she lives 200miles away and think she will never see the baby and needs to move house!

Hi Diana you guess correctly I am 7+3 today with my booking appointment on Friday. I hope you find the inspiration you're looking for, the ladies on here are lovely!

diamond, I've had a thought - are you supposed to ov test in the morning? I've heard the LH surge happens later in the day and that afternoon is the best time to test. But I also think (and I know I say this to everyone) that you should really, really go see a gp. They'll be able to help you out and see why you've had to wait so long. And from other's experiences on here, it seems to help to have that extra support. It does feel like our bodies are against us though, doesn't it?

sleepy!!!! So excited that you've told your parents, really pleased it went well :) How are you feeling?

Mayo it sounds like you're having a really rough time - I'm sorry to hear that your plan of moving has been shut down. Reflexology has been life-changing for me, it really has. I'd gone from thinking I could ever be happy again, to much of the bitterness and depression lifting and feeling like there was a chance things could get better. My reflexologist is a specialist fertility reflexologist as well (complete fluke that I found her!) - she recommended someone who had done this particular course, rather than a day-long one www.serennaturalfertility.co.uk/association-reproductive-reflexologists/

(but also if you've already booked with one, that's absolutely fine too)

diana, I read once that you count cd1 from the first day of proper bleeding, not just spotting, I don't know if that helps? Your health drive sounds awesome! I've been eating so terribly recently... What's the difference between natural fertility and the other stuff? Do you have a link I could look at? (And what's eod?)

birchy I've just started temping, only two days though, so that might explain the waking up naturally at 6.30am this morning and yesterday...!

To my daily report...
cd 45 (although ff says 46...), no AF!
Despite trying not to symptom spot, yesterday afternoon (after getting cramps in the morning while dtd) I got quite dizzy, low blood sugar and had to eat something to make myself feel better. Then I got such bad cramps that I started to shake and took some paracetamol. The cramps soon cleared up, but the shakes only went when the painkillers kicked in. No spotting, no bleeding. Less obvious cm, but have also felt quite wet (but I also had man-muck making its way out, so who knows). I'm starting to convince myself that something fun might be happening, but trying to stick to the path of not feeling positive or negative and just accepting it...!!! I've decided not to pee on a stick again, I can't deal with the crushing disappointment. If I get to three weeks late I'll book an appointment and get them to test. One thing that the crappy GP said to me that has stuck is that sometimes your body thinks it's pregnant, until its not. So maybe this is it.

So annoyed that I can't take part in SMEP, when I was the one who suggested it - always the way isn't it?!!

Hiya Haquoi!

Not feeling too bad ta, very tired (but our holiday was a fairly active one rather than relaxing so it could be that) and only slightly queasy now and not every morning either. Although I've not had the sore boobs before but I nearly jumped out of the shower this morning when the water hit the 'ipples' lol!

I have my fingers crossed for you! X

sleeping - what a great way to tell them! I bet there was just shock at first til it registered!
haquoi - with the clearblue digital it's supposed to be first thing in the morning, I think it's the others where it's better in the afternoon. Today's stick looked darker than the previous days so I think I am gearing up to ovulate but no point this late with dh's shifts so onto the next month - it's so frustrating, I think that's what happened last month - we missed the ovulation as it was so late - at least that's what I'm clinging to.
Your symptoms are strong, I'm so hoping for you. I can understand what you mean about the disappointment though of a bfn though. Have you got anymore reflexology booked soon? I have seen things on the internet where it just takes a while to show a bfp in some pregnancies so am really hoping that that is what's happening to you and soon it'll be a bfp!

Completely Diamond my MIL sat there open mouthed just going 'oh! Oh! Wow!' And my Mum reverted to shouting my maiden name at me! Lol!

Hi everyone!

I am cd34 and still no AF but definatley BFN. I just wish it would hurry up now I have had no symptoms so sure it must be soon!

Congrats sleepy!

Hi can I join? I'm in my tww atm :/ ttc #2, (my son is 8) had a mc in Feb at 6wks, and this mth I finally got my peak (I use a cbfm ) and didn't leave my partner alone haha! I'm 8th and not sure whether I have symptoms already or not?! Driving me mad

Hi Grey thanks muchly!!!

I had a BFN a week before my BFP so fingers crossed for you!

Hi greyhorses - sorry for bfn but you're not out yet. Have you had long cycles like this before?
Hi lovely! Welcome to our lovely thread. Sorry to hear about your mc but fingers crossed for this month. Glad you got your peak - sadly I haven't had mine this month. When are you going to poas? Excited for you!

Hi Diamond- they are pretty irregular and last month it was 32 days. I still have a tiny little bit of hope but the sensible part of me thinks surely I would have had bfp by now as I am at least 13dpo!
I think I am in a similar boat to you as DP works away sometimes and I work shifts so it's hard to hit the day at the right time.

I am feeling much more relaxed about the whole thing though which can only be a good thing