Temperatures rising, patience's getting low, according to our sources, the Summer Bus is the place to go (July/Aug Hybrid bus)

[birchygoo]

All aboard for hopefully a short ride! For those who have already hopped of the July bus and need the August journey and for those testing late July should they want to join.

If you want to be added to stats please add in following format so hopefully I wont miss you

birchygoo

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Name:
Age:
Cycle No:
TTC No:
Testing on:

[Snowflake16]

Hi everyone,
Just wondering if anybody else has heard if Zinc should be taken by DH when TTC. I'm sure I read somewhere that it helps sperm production or did I just dream it?

[FlatWhiteToGo]

Hi Snowflake! My DH takes the odd zinc supplement and eats lots of nuts (I think walnuts in particular, but a mix) as he read that it improves sperm quality. I'm not sure what scientific basis this has though!

[IrisPurple]

Hello again!

Carrot your weird AF sounded a lot like mine. First time off the pill, AF came after 28d (my pre-pill cycles were always longer) with a pattern just like yours. I have no idea if this really was an AF, failed annovulatory cycle, early MC or chemical. I guess in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter. I'm just carrying on with my next cycle, on cd18.

Are ovulation pains common? I don't think I've ever had any pain outside of AF...

Snowflake I've not heard anything about zinc, but my husband is eating walnuts and blueberries like they're going out of fashion! And our obsession with beetroot started way before TTC...

[Laura103]

Hi everyone, hope you don't mind me joining! I'm new to this baby making thing!!

Laura103
Age 29
Cycle #1
TTC #1
Testing 27th July ish!

[Banana79]

This is only the second time I've had the ovulation pain Iris. First time was the cycle before last. The left side both times. Maybe my right ovary doesn't hurt when I ovulate or maybe I'm only ovulating every other month, who knows. I can't say I remember ovulation pain before that but then again I've only been tracking for a few months so maybe I passed it off as wind pains before!

[birchygoo]

Hi all just checking in.

flat white glad to hear everything went well. pma going forward

what's been happening in my life ..

well embarrassing other day told my manager that I have fertility appointment - thought it was best she knows what's happening shou!d I need time of etc and she is very lovely and I burst into tears which surprised me a lot as I thought I was okish with things. but obviously talking about it brought it all flooding out! I did also have af so maybe some hormones plus one of ladies in office is pregnant and the other lady keeps saying how love!y it is to have someone pregnant around ...eh so I'm not lovely to be around then as I can't get up duffed!! then keeps telling me I'm getting older I shouldn't keep waiting! AND she use to be a midwife think she would have more sense about her!!

I have an appointment for reflexology next week and fertility then week after I should be in my peak zone!
I have a feeling fertility is going to send me for one sort of test to look at tubes - has anyone had this/ know what they are. I'm also like totally terrified of GA - do you need one of these? I'm so frightened of not waking up. I join hypnotism in with that fear I could never do if for fear of not coming around.

so we have some testing this weekend...

[FlatWhiteToGo]

Aww Birchy you poor thing! I'm not surprised it all came flooding out. How did she respond? And how do you feel now? That's good that you can be upfront about things at work.

Do you know what they're sending you for? Is it a lap and dye? Or a HyCoSy? I don't know much about the latter, but have just had the former. I was EXTREMELY nervous about the GA (but not the actual cutting/prodding part!). I had a completely irrational fear of never waking up and got a bit tearful. It was all completely fine though! These things are just so routine so try not to worry, and the chances of things going wrong with GA are so rare.

[Londonlady2015]

Hello!

carrot flat white and auf (and anyone I've missed scanning on the ol' iPad) thanks for the reassurance and yes, can't believe how analytical about my body I'm being at the mo! Just need to give it a rest lol.
On CD23, 7dpo and all ok for now. I know people whose TTC times vary from one month to three years so it very much is a waiting game I guess. In the meantime I'm learning more about biology than I did at school!

birchy hope you're ok and hope your manager is understanding. Sounds like it's really built up (which is unsurprising) and hope the outcome for the appt is a positive one.

carrot must be annoying to try and keep track of. Over the years my AF has turned from 6 day heavy to light to 3 day v v heavy then spotting for a few days. Hope it at least means you'll be peak sooner than later.

flatwhite my OH has crazy shifts too. If this month doesn't work out we will be dtd in the mornings next time because he's on lates and will be too knackered when he's back at 11pm! Ah the dedication...

Have a good Friday all

[VioletIbiza88]

Hiya hybrid bus passengers,

Hopping onto this bus as AF got me last night. My new stats are:

Violet, 27, Cycle 5(cd1), TTC#1, OTD 15/08/15

[weechops]

Hi everyone

Well as I suspected, af got me yesterday boooo! I can't really be added to the stats as dh won't be here until end of September, but I still want to sit at the back of the bus, and shake my pom-poms for you lot when you get your bfp.
I'll be keeping track of ov still as I'm obsessed with making sure dh will be in the same country as me for September ov! ( not much I could do if he wasn't, but hey-ho) fx this is a lucky bus.

[Vikkijayne2507]

I'm officially on this bus got 1st af since coming off mini pill after 1st baby so stats

Name: vikki
Age:28/9(next week)
Cycle: 1
Ttc number: 2
Testing on: 13th august

[Banana79]

Anyone following EOD/SPEM know why you are supposed to miss a day after the three days in a row after an +OPK?

[VioletIbiza88]

Banana I don't know but was wondering this too. Because surely the day you miss would be more likely to result in pregnancy than the day after it?? When i do SMEP I tend to do four or five days in row following positive opk and eod before positive.

[Aufwiedersehenpetrarch]

london I'm also 7dpo. :)

[CarrotVan]

I really my July fertile period works. In August mrVan will be working away at the critical time

[FlatWhiteToGo]

Weechops - definitely stay on the bus until Sept! You can brag about all the booze you're drinking and lack of symptom spotting!

CarrotVan - that's so frustrating about August. Is there any chance at all? Eg if you ovulate earlier/later than expected? I hope July is a success though! FX for you x

[CarrotVan]

Possibly the bank holiday weekend but he's away all the week before and after - his new job has a lot of client site working

[3Princes99]

Sorry to hear af got you Violet and weechops

Nice to have you aboard tho for another month before hopping onto the bfp bus xxx

[FlatWhiteToGo]

Oh no Carrot- good luck. It's so frustrating how life/work gets in the way of TTC!

I may have the same thing in Sept. At the moment DH is planning to go away for 5 days right when I'm scheduled to have my fertile time. FX I either have 2 v short cycles or 2 v long cycles before then so that the dates move!

[KittyandTeal]

I'm on cd22 and I've got brown spotting when I wipe streaked with red. I'm due weds. Looks like af us getting me early. Really odd as I've never had my period come early.

Boo. Onto cycle number 3 then I guess.

[Londonlady2015]

kitty is it defo not implantation bleeding? If not sorry and make sure you have a cold glass of wine tonight xx

auf when do you reckon you'll test? I'm due between weds-fri (cycle varies by one or two days) so I don't want to test until next weekend (unless AF gets there first of course!)

Pelvic cramps continue 8dpo, defo feels like AF preparing itself. Felt a little nauseous in the middle of the night but to be honest it was probably the vat of pasta I had out for dinner last night

Hope everyone has a nice weekend planned.

[KittyandTeal]

London I'm not sure. I've never had an implantation bleed before. I had cramps 6 and 7dpo and now this, I'm 10dpo today. It's mainly brown, like old blood. It seems to have stopped now.

I always spot brown blood like this 1-2 days before af arrives but I'm not due on till weds so it seems a bit early.

I'm not holding out much hope though tbh.

[CarrotVan]

Could totally be implantation. You could have had early implantation when you had the cramps and the blood is just working its way out

[KittyandTeal]

Really? It's been most of the day, this morning it had a pinkish tinge but now it's that brown stringy cm type thing.

I usually get spotting a day or 2 before af but it's usually a bit in the morning and I know af will be imminent (it's always a 25 day cycle so day 26!) today is day 22 so I'm a good few days off af arriving.

I've got slight crampy feeling but more the af cramps than the pulling and tugging you get at 6+ weeks.

I'm not going to get my hopes up though. I guess if I'm still spotting on mon the I means af is on her way (if she doesn't come early) if it's stopped I guess I'll wait it out till weds and see what happens

[Sizzle81]

Fx crossed for you Kitty! x