Positive Decembr - All aboard for Santa to bring a BFP!!

[MrsMcJnr]

Well, I thouht I'd better start this thread as I am CD1 of my 6th cycle of trying for our very precious first baby. This is going to be a lucky and positive thread, I can feel it so I'm laying down the babydust now so that as you join me, you can collect your dose .

For those who join me, what are you doing differently this cycle?

Flossom - I'm like you due Af on my birthday so lets hope we have the best birthday and early christmas presents ever

Happy Weekend December bunnies. I am hoping for Dec BFP for all of you (and me when I join)
Lets hope the miserable weather keeps us all indoors snuggled up and horny!

Hi Tor14 - when is your AF due?

I'm feeling sorry for myself with a heavy cold. I have wine, ice cream chocolate and a reday meal for myself as DP is out. DS is off to bed soon and so I plan to spend the evening on here, Children in need on the tele and to stuff myself silly! Might catch an early night too, although I was still asleep at 11.30 this morning!!

Hope everyone else has a lovely weekend.

MrsMcJnr: Cycle 6 - CD12 due to OV CD18 (i.e. Thurs 23/11). Due to test 6/12 (hopefully!!) Usually I have 28 day cycles but the last one was 31 so I'm erring on the side of caution.

Impatience: CD12 due to OV probably CD14 (Sun 19/11). Test 5/12 (AF always due exactly 16 days after LH).

Ready: Cycle3 - CD7, think I OVd on CD15 last month (?) so will presume similar this month. Cycle is normally around 28 days give or take a day. Will not be testing until 5 days after AF fails to arrive (here's hoping).

GeekInPigTails: Cycle5 - CD12 too, not sure when I OV (don't usually get pain and this is first month of charting) so assuming CD14 which is this Sunday. AF due 4th Dec, so hopefully testing as long after that as I can bear!

Flossam: Cycle 3, CD7 think i ov around day 10. 28 day cycle. By my calcs AF dues dec 8th (my birthday!)

Minshu: Cycle 15, CD10, due to ov CD14/15 (i.e. 22/23 Nov - nicely coinciding with DH being away with work ). Cycles 28 to 32 days. Don't normally test as I know when it's coming (6-8 days after boobs get heavy). Will not be buying a test until 10th at earliest...

Still no joy with getting DH's results. Looks like we'll have to try again next week.

MrsMc - think I've mentioned my vague pg before. AF was different - not heavier, but longer. Think I ov'd the following month. Just wish that I would get another fertilization - it's been about 9 months (yes, would have been due around now...)

Impatience - friend was planning on donating for lesbian couple and was intending on being part of child's life. He's been close to the potential mother for a long, long time. Hope to hear from him sometime soon.

Hello
Hope you don't mind me joining in thread...Am in the midst of going through blood tests etc with the GP to see why nothing's happening but still hoping against hope that a miracle might happen in December! (and if not I can stuff my face with lots of lovely food!)
Feeling a bit down at the moment - I see babies everywhere. Plus am dreading Christmas. My sister is coming home from abroad and she is due in April. It will be lovely to see her and my parents will be hugely overexcited as it's the first grandchild...but I know I will feel deeply envious.
Going out to stock up on grapefruit juice, evening primrose oil etc - any other suggestions??

Good afternoon December ladies, how are we all? My DH is having his op on Weds . I feel a bit scared but also happy for him that it is getting sorted out as I know he's in pain . I am meant to OV on Thurs according to my software (I'm cd14 today) but I am getting EWCM today so hopefully I'll OV a bit earlier and if we put in lots of effort for the next few days, we would have given Dec our best shot, what more can you do? Let's hope I don't OV after Thurs though as I don't think the "boys" will survive, fingers crossed.

Great attitude Pink Butterfly I hope you have a great pregnancy and stay in touch, it's lovely to speak to you

Tor14 - all the best of luck for your best birthday present yet too. Isn't it funny how many of us have birthdays in December! Let's hope that's a good omen for us all.

Cityangel - thanks for your wishes but you are not coming over here, you will get your BFP this week!!! Good karma girl!!

Hope you are feeling better Flossam and making the most of the active time

Impatience - hope you have ovulated chick and that all your logistics worked themselves out - Minshu & Geek hope you two have been busy too - come on, let's all get our BFPs together!!!

Ready - hope you are feeling better

Welcome Mirry71 - lovely to have you with us! I hope you get your BFP this month, I'm sorry to hear you are feeling a bit down, it is a real emotional rollercoaster this whole TTC business isn't it and it is hard not to be envious when you see others with what you want so much. we all understand . Tell us a bit about yourself. Have you been trying for long? do you have kids alreadty? I am very curious about everyone .

The grapefruit juice and evening primrose oil prior to OV seem to be working for me, I do appear to have more EWCM since I started taking them. I also take pre-natal vits to make sure I am getting those vital vits & mins. If EWCM is something you are worried about, I would recommend pre-seed (sperm friendly lubricant that apparently can act like EWCM in allowing the sperm to swim to the egg) I am not pregnant yet so cannot swear by it but lots of people do. Legs in the air after BD also seems to assist. Babydust to you!

Hi all
Hope you're are well and the mood swings are under control. I was so relived to hear you were all feeling the same emotional roller coaster as me

So sorry to hear you have all been to really awful sounding GP's who are unsympathetic. My GP was fortunately great and told me to come back around christmas time to start having some blood tests done as I we will have been TTC for 8/9ths. My advice is to go to a female GP who is in her 30's, they are always great and very understanding. She did say could take 12months or more but I was very insistent that I was cruising towards 35yrs and would not hang around for another year before being investigated (oh so forceful). Anyone know what tests they do first? I guess its the usual hormone tests to rule out POS and thyroid problems etc

Hello December Ladies... Ready is now Ready, I thought I might as well change to what is easier for you all to type (aren't I helpful!) Hope everyone is ok??? This is our months girls, there were loads of BFPs in November, so let's have plenty for December too!!

I am feeling better, still coughing a bit, which I am might not help me look sexy tonight

MrsMc - that's really good news about DHs op. It's good to get him well as soon as possible, and it sounds like you can get some last minute bding in too!! Are you ok??

Welcome Mirry71, the more the merrier I say!! How are you getting on so far?

Right, well got a nice evening of BDing planned (LOL where else can you blatantly tell people that information !) so I'll catch you all tomorrow.

Babydust xx (are we still allowed to use that term? Or have the emoticon scrooges outlawed it?)

Hi all yes I am feeling much better, although the thought of work after a long weekend isn't all that appealing!

MMJ - I hope your DH's op goes well. Any idea how long he is likely to be in hospital for? And then laid up for? Like you say good that he is getting it sorted. And you never know, as you say you might be OV now or else you might have a few determined ones in the next few days from DH! (What an odd thing to say). Any way good luck to both of you this month!

I have had lots of EWCM today - but Dp has gone round to see a friend whose GF doesn't let him out. Hopefully he will be back soon - if not I'm going to get steadily more annoyed.

Ready - yes that name is rather simpler...

think i might be crashing your thread if thats ok! thought i was due my bfp/af in nov so have been on that thread, but seeing as i STILL havent ovulated (CD21 today) i reckon i might be a december girl after all! i recognise a few names over here though, so i dont feel too bad!
mrsmcjnr.....good about DH, and sounds like perfect timing too! just after your BDing for the month and then he gets 4 wks to recover before next month! you might not even miss out on a month!
good luck everyone! i am not BDing tonight cos i am a bit 'BD'd out' and still no +ve OPK. i think chooster/RR was right when she told me my eggs have performance anxiety! they are too scared to come out and face the tidal wave of sperm waitng to try and penetrate it! i feel sorry for them really!
anyway.......off to prepare myself for the new series of lost! yippee!!!!!!!

1n2s - just to set the record straight in case I misled anyone. My GP herself is great, as are all the other GPs and nurses in the practice. She is just as you describe, in her 30s with kids of her own and very understanding. It's just a pity that some (but not all) of the receptionists at the surgery have unsympathetic, impatient and callous attitudes to the patients.

The first tests being done on me are assorted blood tests, including the "day 21" progesterone, to see if I am ovulating. Actually, the surge in this hormone is only circumstancial evidence that a viable egg was released and you may already know by temp charting (although it doesn't give a noticeable change in everyone, so don't be down hearted if you don't get any thermal shift) or, as works for me, by boobs hurting. They try to take it a week before AF is due, so is only day 21 if you have a 28 day cycle. However, I got a positive even though I was delayed until day 26 of a 30 day cycle last month... So, they are doing this for 3 months and have taken a sperm sample from DH. GP rang on Friday to say that he may have to re-do it, as the receptionists may have thrown the results away. Do you see why I love them so much? Hoping to a) get pg or b) get referred to fertility clinic in the next month or so. Then, more invasive tests, I think, but trying not to worry about that yet.

Greedy - seen a few posts recently about OPKs not being consistent with other signs, so don't rely on them entirely. You may have ovulated at the normal time, after all. (All that BDing in vain... )

Hope you get some good news on the job front, MrsMc, and that DH's op goes ok.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend and that next week isn't too traumatic at work

Minshu - Crikey your receptionists sound awful!! I feel very lucky, my doc is fantastic and one of the receptionists once gave me her appointment so I could get in the same day!!

Greedy - couldn't keep my eyes open to watch all of the first episode of Lost, so Sky+ed it and will watch today. I fear I am getting old!!

Morning ladies... hope everyone is doing well??

Any news??

1n2s - love the mood swings!! Good for you being so forceful with your GP! I will start getting bloshy if nothing has happened by the end of Jan as I will have been charting for 7 cycles and TTC for 8 by then. Let us know what tests you get and what they are for.

Flossam - glad to hear you are feeling better but know what you mean about work! Thanks for your good wishes for my DH. He is being a bit vague about the details but he could be in hospital for up to a 6 days I think but 3-4 is more likely. After that, he will be laid up for 4-6 weeks and is not really allowed to sit, only lie down and stand up for the first 4. Thinking of moving a bed down to the living room so he can watch TV from his bed. I am trying to be really positive and visualise those potential babies waiting for the egg! Hope your DP got home and down to business

Hello Greedy nice to see you and hope you get a very early December BFP! Know what you mean about DH's timing, if he feels ok and frisky around Christmas (next fertile time!) I will only have missed out on 3 BD days this cycle (but the best days according to my software ) about performance anxiety! Think mine had tht lst cycle, normally OVd CD16-18 but last cycle it was CD19! I recorded Lost so we could get to bed early but sadly, Dh was too tired but he did set the alarm for 20 mins early this morning!

Hello Minshu - hope you get some resolutions to your tests soon. Hang in there!

Hello Ready - how are you?

MrsMcJnr - I am good thanks, over the worst of it, drained though. But managed first BD this cycle yesterday I hope you are feeling ok about your DH, I have posted about it on another thread, I don't want you to think I wasn't thinking of you both. I was!! Relax and enjoy having a little power nap... DHs can recharge the seed production and your eggs can have a rest you won't be missing out... and hey, you never know, this month you might have cracked it anyway. These things sometimes happen when you think they won't!!

My finger and toes are crossed for you!!!

It wasn't on another thread, it was lower down on this one... Perhaps I am not over the worst of it?? DOH!

glad to hear you are feeling better.

Hey all.

MMJ - that's good news about your DH's op! So quick! You sound fairly positive about the timing too - good for you girly

Minshu - your GP's staff sound terrible! I've been registered with two GPs in the past few years, and at both of them the receptionists were pretty snooty and annoying - as though it was very presumptuous of me to want to see a doctor every so often - but at least they never actually lost anything

Greedy - LOL at 'tidal wave of sperm'! Hope the OPKs are wrong and you've had a more normal cycle. Have you been checking your temps as well? What does your graph look like for this month?

I have been busy - possibly too busy! BD'ed Friday and last night, but have been so busy (and a bit stressed) all weekend and got so little sleep that I'm a bit worried I'm not at the peak of health that i should be aiming for around OV! Last night I had my legs up after BD, and was actually falling asleep in that ridiculous position! Still, got a noticeable spike in my temp this morning, so I'm probably just being paranoid.

Hello again...and thanks for the kind messages. I'm 35 have been trying since got married last Dec - apart from a blip in the summer when stopped because had a breast lump scare - anyway no joy and went to GP earlier this month - luckily a nice one who didn't throw me and DH out of room because it was 11 months rather than a year...Have had day 21 blood test, have to go back this week for a second one on day 28 (cant remember what that's for). DH has had the pleasure of producing a sample and we go back sometime in Dec for the results.
Over the year...tried taking temps, ov sticks, lucky guesses...and nothing worked so far. But hopefully mumsnet will do it for me!!

Mirry71 - hope the scare was just a scare?? Sounds like your GP has been good. Fingers crossed with all your tests and results. Hope your stay on the conception boards are short (in the nicest possible way!)

IS short, not are short. What is the matter with me??

Hi all,
Minshu - thats good to hear that you at least have a good GP, the reception staff are another kettle of fish, they definately need a personality transplant (hope nobody is or has a mum who is a receptionist!!) . Yes I thought they'd do full blood tests and check ovulation. I haven't been temping as my GP begged me not to start with OTK etc till I see her again as she said none of it was accurate and that I must enjoy married life before I get hooked on TTC. I heartily agreed with her and promptly went to Boots and got some more OTK on the way home!! Although this last month I have followed her instructions and we've just gone for BD'ing 2-3 times wk and thats all. How long have you been TTC for?

MrsMcJr - I will let you know how it goes as you may go through it all in Jan. Hope the op goes well for MrMcJr, its a good thing its happening now before you're heavily pregant or have JrMcJr to carry around . At least DH will be some help again by then

Thanks Ready - yes turned out not to be malignant thank goodness...

Afternoon everyone. Had a lovely but v tiring weekend away, and have now sunk into the misery I tend to get after ovulating: Am sure we didn't do it right. Think I ov'd on sat, on the basis of excrutiating ovulation pain, and lack of ewcm since. That would be good timing, given our insemination on Fri evening. Except Fri's sample was all rushed (got there and he'd forgotten so had to pop upstairs while we all sat and chatted in the living room - what a complete saint!) - I'm sure there's no such thing as stressed sperm, but can't help feeling the sample wouldn't be as good as under better conditions..

Have another insem booked in this evening, but feel it's all over this month now - no cm, breasts sore ALREADY - and I'm too tired and miserable to face the trek up the motorway. But that'd mean I'd only done one insem, albeit it with pretty good timing. Do you think I'm a fool not to go tonight, or do you agree it sounds like my fertile window is locked and shuttered?

MrsMc, didn't get a positive LH again this month, although I did at least get a test line on Fri, and that would fit with my ov pain on Sat. Did I mention excrutiating? Good grief! Good luck with your resolve to avoid the LH sticks this month!

Geek - I know, it was quick but we are glad now to be getting it over and done with. Glad you to hear that you have been busy! If you were busy doing other things too, it was probably exactly what you needed to take your mind off TTC. Babydust!

Mirry71 - thank you for the potted history! Sorry to hear about that scare, it must have been horrible but a relief too that all was ok. Hope the test results start coming in and that you can pinpoint why you are having to wait. Hope we are the luck you need!

1n2s - at you blatently ignoring your GP on the OPKs!

Impatience - sorry to hear you are feeling a bit down and that OV was so sore I think Friday's sample sounded perfect, much better to get it so fresh like that I would have thought! Only in my opinion and I could be wrong, if you OVd Sat, tonight might be a bit too late so better to snuggle up with DP and try and relax and leave your body to create it's magic rather than wear yourself out.

Seeing as I am meant to OV Thurs (cd18) but DH goes into hospital on Weds, I am trying to will myself to OV early so that we have the best chance this cycle, we'll see. I've had some cramps and some EWCM already so that's a good sign . I am trying to get to grips with my saliva scope - and I'm not really! I did do an OPK this morning and it was negative so I am just going to forget that I did that!

Right, book in front of me about the cycle and how it should go, most of it is stuff we have heard before but it does say that during LP your temps should remain elevated an av of 4/10 of a degree over pre-ov baseline temps. It also says that you have pain at OV it is not advisable to use anti-inflammatory meds which can inhibit prostaglandin release and prevent folliular rupture. Accupuncture can help stop this pain.

Hope that helps.

Actually, can I ask a fairly gross question please?! Just stop reading if you're not interested

I installed some software to help with my temp charting at the beginning of this month ("Taking charge of your fertility"), and was a little bit freaked out by the convoluted and messy procedure that it suggested for checking your CM, so I've just been ignoring it and just taking a look at my underwear instead But what I'm seeing doesn't seem to be matching up with where my temps say I am in the cycle - my temp indicates I should be OVing some time today, but my CM isn't at all egg-whitey. Do you think I do actually need to start digging around with my fingers to get a more accurate 'reading', or is that unnecessary, and if the latter is my lack of EWCM a problem?! Suggestions please!

Impatience, sorry you're feeling so crap. I think I agree with MMJ, although there's not really any harm you trying to squeeze in another insem today, it's probably not worth it and better to relax and look after yourself instead.