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Well hello people!

woolly....no symptom spotting? Good luck!! I don't usually use opks these days, I only did one on cd24 because I hadn't had a temp rise and was wondering what was going on. It was a strong line but probably only just positive and in the past I've had strong lines for a few days before ov. I might delete the opk off ff to see what it does....

bean sausage rolls sound yummy mmmmmm

rainy I hope af stays away!

I'm off out for a run in the rain!

This rain is so boring - and not making puppy toilet training easy... She doesn't like getting wet paws!

Cd6 now so af is buggering off and soon we can start thinking about our last natural try before the blastocyst is transferred next month! I am temping so I can know when to expect af, but have decided we will just dtd when we want, no pressure. We need a stress free month! Xx

Ha!

I deleted the opk and its moved my dotted crosshairs at c24 to a solid line on cd29!!!!! This is annoying because I have no idea when af will be due!

Here is my chart, I'd like your opinions on which day I've ov'd!

Hmm it's a tricky one dizzy, I'd be tempted to say around CD26/27.
I found it tricky to pinpoint a day when I was temping, I always had a slow rise/rise and fallback pattern.

rainy sorry for the BFN - hope AF stays away for you!

A stress free month sounds perfect sammy

dizzy I'm useless at charts I'm afraid.

We will only get limited time to dtd this cycle as DH is working away so I'm trying to be relaxed about it all. Only cd 3 here

rainy sounds promising, will keep my fingered firmly crossed for you!
dizzyn Id say ff could be right.....
beaut sorry your DH is away, we've had a few months of that and it's tough.
Waves to wooly and kir and everyone else.
To eskimo and other teachers hope you are feeling ok about the new term and are prepared as much as you can be.
sammy relaxed cycle sounds ideal. Hope it works :)
Positive opk for me today. We DTD over midnight last night and will go again tomorrow. Dtd only eod is much better for us, much less pressured than trying to dtd as often as we can.....

Does anyone else who takes soy find it plays havoc with your hormones and mood?

boris yes Soy has made me so grumpy. I'm never this bad over Af and the only thing different is the soys. It's made me spotty too. I think I'll try it this cycle again but if it delays Af even more than last cycle then I'll give up.

DizzyN - I think FF has it right at cd29 looking at your temps. Don't think it could be any earlier as there is no rise. Xx

Back to work for me after a week off

How's everyone else? X

boris also dragging feet even though I've only had the bank hol off! On countdown to holiday now though since it's September! Only 11 working days to go....
Cd 7 today so boring time. Will start dtd soon although won't ov for a few weeks yet.

SIs made me feel really hormonal and crappy. All the extra oestrogen made me bloated and grumpy. Decided I'm just taking vit b complex and vit d this month as I think I'm more progesterone deficient than oestrogen deficient. But lots of anecdotal internet evidence about SIs doing the trick so worth sticking at if you think low. oestrogen levels are a problem

Morning, thanks to all who looked at my chart yesterday! An ov day of cd29 would be much better as at least I had sperm ready and waiting from a couple of days earlier! Although I've got a nagging doubt that regardless of ov date it's just not happening for me this month because my temps are just too low post crosshair (down to 36.40 again today). Usually I get quite a few days up in the sixties! Goodness knows what's going on with my body this month. Every chart looks different for me.

dizzynthe other possibility is you are having an non le ovulating cycle? Which would be a bugger but we do all have them sometimes, apparently?

Aha prey for the random 'le' above.
My boss is out of the office this week. Everyone is really chilled out and happy. But, as a result there is loads of baby related chatter, 2 pregnant women and one new mother are none stop about babies. I just had to walk out and hide in the loos :(

Urgh boris I feel your pain. Preggos everywhere and I just want to be part of their gang (and be on Mat leave cause my job sucks)

Possibly boris, I suppose I won't know until af comes and I can try to work out whether I've had enough days to indicate a proper luteal phase. With the work stress a few weeks ago it's certainly a possibility but I got my hopes up that I'd ov'd after my temps went up. I'm feeling calmer the last few days so I need to maintain the zen for next cycle!

That's crap having to put up with their chatter. I would probably tell them I was struggling if I was there, that would (hopefully) soon shut them up!

How are you otherwise? Did you get to dtd as planned yesterday?

Af has came by with a vengeance , dosed up on paraceptamol , and to top it off I have slept funny on my neck, just want to go back to bed!!! Will update stats later

Hope you're okay boris, must be very tough having to listen to that all day, hope they change subjects soon!

rainy sorry to hear AF rocked up

We must be due a BFP on this bus soon surely?!

I think I am subconsciously just waiting to hit the 1 year mark to go for tests

Hope everyone else is okay x

boris I would just say something along the lines of 'it isn't that easy for some to get pregnant so could we change the subject please'. They don't have to know you are talking about yourself. Unfortunately we probably all know someone that has or is struggling to get pregnant. I always ask clients if they have children before I launch into any child related talk if they say no children then I just talk about something else. Yes some people choose not to have children but from clients that open up to me I know that a lot of the time it's that they can't have children

Cd 4 here looking forward to my soy tonight. Strange I know but it helps to know I'm doing something even if it didn't work last time

stats

Rainy34 ttc1, 35, cycle16 bfp 26/27 sept

rainy sorry lovely. X

Sorry Rainy

What is going on it's been a while since a BFP so one has to be due soon.

Sorry for af rainy

Thanks girls, felt really bloated this time before af came, normally don't suffer to much but felt like a killer whale this month x

Were you taking Soy Rainy. I just wondered as I was really bloated this month too.

Rrr sorry for AF rainy.
We are soooo overdue a bfp! X