Institute of bodies doing strange and unexpected things, but we're still gonna get our Bfps! (the loveliest group of hand-holders you ever did meet)

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Tww thread #2! Best wonderful group ever, wishing you all the best with your bfps! Thanks for keeping my chin up when I've been at my lowest and celebrating the highs with me - all the love xxx

Good luck everyone approaching their fertile period.

Diana the clear blue dual hormone indicator opk has a grid in the instructions, which shows when you should begin testing depending on your average cycle length so you don't start testing too early, good luck.

Still bfn hear boo, keep getting cramps like I do during the heaviest point of af altho no af.
Guess I just really want to be pregnant so I'll cheerfully decide every symptom to be a possibility. Count me into the crazy symptom spotters and hpt squinters.

I'm prolly out this month, I'm going to invest in the she-oak I need to be more relaxed about this.

Good luck everyone

I'm having trouble relaxing too.

I'm approaching my fertile window (finished the clomid for this cycle) and about to start on the oestrogen.

I'm feeling enormous pressure this cycle. After this I've only got one more cycle of clomid left then it's IVF (if I can face it).

fuzzy - sorry to hear bfn. You're still not out though, cramps could be a good thing. Good luck!
I'm not relaxed either, cd22 here, cycles are between 25 and 31 days so who knows when af will turn up. We only dtd before not during a possible late ovulation though so not holding out any hope.
finding, I can imagine you're stressed about it, I am really hoping for your clomid bfp though.
Let's try and keep positive and keep each other upbeat, even though I know it's bloody difficult . Rants are always welcome here

Hi mayo 12dpo here. Thinking out this month though as woke up with cold symptoms that I always get during af and temp is starting to slowly fall although has not yet went below baseline. Also had a bfn on Friday. Although I know that's so early as well and I didn't use a particularly sensitive test. I know I'm more out from af cold symptoms :-(

birchy

Good morning, I'm out.

I've decided to take honey and cinnamon for this cycle, the cycle I had my cp I was taking it, so I'm going to try that again. And try not to be so wound up about it. Except I don't know how not to be wound up...

Ah well.

Good luck to everyone in fertile phase and tww.

Birchy - it's horrible when you get the symptoms. I often try to ignore them for as long as possible.

Fuzzy - I can't stop being wound up either. I'm off to visit a heavily pregnant family member today. It's going to be torture.

Morning everyone
Thanks mayo, I'm cheering you on too cycle buddy
Yes I bet the bumps are hard to see, hope you have a nice lunch though, I'm the same though with seeing bumps, hard to deal with.
birchy, boo to the cold symptoms but if your temp hasn't fully dropped below baseline you may still have a chance, keeping fingers crossed for you.
fuzzy sorry you're out, it's completely rubbish and I know how you are feeling right now
finding - that does sounds like torture, hope you get through it okay

I used to Pilates every evening, but stopped when I fell very ill a few years ago.

Think I'll start again.

I need to do something to stop obsessing and consciously start relaxing.

Right now it feels a little like I'm wishing my life away, wanting af to hurry up and finish so I can get back to TTC, then for the tww to be over so I can know. I've lost the plot!

That sounds like a good plan fuzzy. I need to stop obsessing too and totally know what you mean about wishing your life away, I'm always doing that too, waiting to ttc, waiting for tww to be over, the list goes on....

Hi everyone. I'm out too. AF yesterday. Feeling pretty stressed and sad about it and not sure I'm going to do anything this next few months. SMEP seemed so organised and effective, and we did it perfectly and used preseed, but no positive results so there's nothing else I can do. Next few months my dh is away on a number of trips around predicted fertile windows so I feel completely drained and hopeless! Sorry to be negative. Also I'm not spending another penny on tests or gels or prediction kits-I feel like I've been sucked into a money making scheme! So I'm going keep dtd when I can and not think about anything else. If it happens, it'll happen. Think this means bowing out of online chats too, as it doesn't help keep my mind off. So I'm signing out for a while. I really hope you all get your bfps-you are all lovely lovely ladies and I would love this ttc stress to be lifted off each and every one of you. Enjoy it if you can, and keep smiling, even when you're a little broken hearted inside. Much love, and over and out. Hewy xxx

Oh Hewy so sorry af got you, unMN hugs to everyone.

Diamonds it is draining isn't it :(

Oh hewy, hugs from me too. I know exactly what you are going through and understand you coming off the forums etc but please know you are so welcome to come back anytime you want and we will be here for you. I really hope your bfp is just around the corner, take care xxx
fuzzy - it is totally draining and soul destroying, I'm finding it harder and harder to stay positive and every month when af arrives it gets harder to pick myself up again, am totally dreading it this week

hewy I'm so sorry that you didn't get your bfp this month. Do whatever you need to to give yourself a break/boost over the coming months. These threads are such a support but also a daily reminder of what we're striving for. I hope you'll come back any time you need support.

Sorry to fuzzy too .

Hi ladies! Hope you all had a fab weekend! I'm suffering badly with my hayfever! Not good! Is anyone any good at reading charts? I've attached my latest. Is my dip in temp today in keeping with ovulation? I have a colposcopy appointment tomorrow so gonna ask where my cervix is and how open it is! X

red "I had sex today" !!

My Toni Weshler book says that the temperature dip is negligible - temp will just tell you when you've ovulated (after it happened) and show pregnancy if your temp stays high. What's really important is the CF - eggwhite not school glue (although sometimes I have school glue that stretches so I'm still in utter confusions!!)

Yes ask about your cervix! I'm becoming a bit obsessed with checking I was really worried that mine was off-centre but have found a new website today called 'beautiful cervix' which assures me that it's normal to be diagonal when not in fertile window and that it will become centred and open near ovulation!

Thanksladies for all your lovely messages, DP and I are ok, it was his grandad that passed away. On top of that we are also preparing to move a week tomorrow so busy.

I'm on CD29 but after last month when my cycle was all out I'm not thinking about poas till at least next Tuesday as I just don't think we have been lucky this month.

Anyhow I'm off to try and sleep insomnia will be the death of me Hope everyone else is well!

Hewy, sorry that you're feeling bad at the moment. I totally understand your isotope but I hope you rejoin us eventually (and with some good news).

Red, good luck with your procedure today.

We visited a family member who is due to give birth next month. We ended up taking her shopping for baby things. It wasn't as bad as I had expected but it wasn't great. I hope I get to shop for baby things one day.

Finding - we will all be baby shopping one day!

Thanks! Hoping they don't take a biopsy because no sex for a week if they do and that wipes out this months fertile window. Also dreading going on my own. With hubby on nights he can't guarantee he will be awake to come with me x

Hi all, I've been lurking and really sorry to read how hard things are at the moment. hewy take care of yourself, I'm sorry AF got you.
Good luck red with your appointment today - let us know what they say about the cervix. Its all new to me!
fuzzy sorry to hear you're out as well. Amen to the wishing your life away, you put your life on hold!
diamond, brown and mayo, best of luck in your tww. Thinking of you!

mayo the she-oak is supposed to rehydrate your womb and balance hormones. I felt a lot more relaxed on it.

diana how is the natural fertility going?

How're you doing diamond?

birchy don't give up hope yet! Any news?

CD12 and I got my first flashing smiley! This its the earliest I've ever had it! I'm holding off dtd just now until I get other fertile signs (cm, cervical position) as I'm going for quality over quantity and as I haven't ovd til CD19 before now I don't want to jump the gun!

Can I join? I am in month 6 of ttc and got a +ve on opk yesterday. We BD'd on Saturday afternoon. I tried initiating it again last night but he wasn't in the mood. Had o pains most of last night and this morning. They have eased off now so I'm guessing I've ovulated.

So we only BD'd once in my fertile week and think it was 2 days before ovulation. The 2ww begins again.

Must relax!!!