We're Gonna Need A Bigger Sleigh!!! December Hopeful's say AYE!

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I filled up the last thread - sorry ladies... so thought I best start a new one since there is still a long ol' time to go in December!

YOU LITTLE TRICKSTER PERVE!!!!! i cant see you on any other thread! you just wanted to see if i came running didn't you? well....i did!

glad you are feeling a bit chirpier! i'm not anymore!!!!! dont think i can kid myself this is just spotting anymore.......think the old hag has come to visit.

have you thought/talked anymore about your dp getting pg instead/ as well as you? wish my dh had a uterus!

I'm not fibbing, Greedy, I really am there - on the new TTC one. See you soon! x

Hello all, not time to catch up on today's ramblings, as out all day and have loads of work to do now, but justwanted to say hello.

MrsMc - thank you very much for the recipe. It sounds fab. I have already made cakes for this year but that sounds so yummy I will make another one

evening all (in best comedy policeman voice)

well i don't know anything helpful about vitamins or itunes or charts, but here's a bit more about me...I'm 28(just typed 27 and realised that I'm not anymore) have been off pill since jan this year, af regular since may, no other kiddies, didn't think I was that desperate for them until now it's not happening. thought we'd done it in sept (boobs sore, af late) but hadn't. af due 13/12 so in countdown mode. moving into our own house (nr Swindon) on 20/12 (if all goes according to plan). dh in forces, so in military house at mo.

well that's me, any q's? What about the rest of you?

Better day today for me (but may not be a good sign as I often feel more rational immediately before AF, I think the evil progesterone drops a bit) - thanks for all your support. Fascinating to hear how similar life is in all these ttc households. DH and I always row at ov - I had to grovel to get him back in bed on peak day this month. Normally I hardly ever apologise, and the row wasn't my fault but I was desperate!

Tinselledtryer - cycle 8 - CD27 about 14dpo, AF due tomorrow (BFN yesterday but not giving up yet!)
BoJingles - cycle 8 - CD13, (think I'm in the middle of ovulation now - according to OV pains!) AF due around 22/12
MrsMcClaus ? cycle 7 ? CD4, due OV 17-19/12, AF due 29-31/12.
XmassyCharlotte - cycle 2 (of trying with a modicum of enthusiasm) - CD5 - due to OV CD14 - AF due 29th - will also be getting plastered on NYE if a BFN!!
sparklytreeangel - cycle 5 - CD13 due to OV CD17 AF due CHRISTMAS DAY too!
Honeyapple- cycle 4 - CD10- due to OV CD14(?)AF due CHRISTMAS DAY.
Ticklemepinkwithtinsel = cycle 10 - CD 22 -( ovulate around about 20 -23) - AF due 17th ish - Did get a BFP in July but had m/c in August
Snowydays - cycle Zillion (but not as many as Snowyowlet (maybe it's something to do with snow??) - CD 16 - DPO 4 (maybe - but dodgy temperatures this month) af due 13th ish
Merrykitkatmas - cycle 3 - CD15 (due to ov CD16 I think) - AF due 21st Dec (ish)
Kittiwakesnowflakes - cycle 2 - CD26 12DPO(I think? guessing though) and planning
greedy - cycle5 - cd39! 12/14 dpo

TT- will you be testing tomorrow? i think i will! i have had some spotting today, and really not sure if it is af or not!!! think i might be kidding myself that it isn't and i know if i test and its bfn i will probably sob for hours and then be really annoyed at myself for even starting to believe i could possibly be pg! anyway.....tomorrow morning is a long way off and af could be in full flow by then anyway!

Greedy - was going to try and hold off until Saturday (fat chance!) as AF can either be CD28 or more often 29, which would be Fri. I want to know that the inevitable BFN is a proper negative when it comes. Plus I've been saving a CB Digital, and it seems only respectful to the CB Fairy to use it sensibly!

very wise! - i dont know how long my cycles are anymore! last one was 31 days, but i am on cd39 at the mo, so i am just going by when i think i ovulated...even that is unsure though!

Hello all

Just need to shout to those who listen: MY BOOBS ARE AGONY!!!!! They always tend to be pre-AF, but it feels like they've been sore for weeks now. Hey ho! Life as a woman I suppose.

I had my GP appointment this morning, very quick. No questions asked, is referring us to the local clinic for tests. I was almost a bit disappointed, as I had expected to put up a fight, but it was really easy. Now we just have to hope that as we've now been referred, a BFP will follow as that's what happened with DD. But I doubt it, I don't think I can fool my body twice that way!!

Anyway, don't do it Greedy - I don't want to see my semi-cycle twin so sad - although I'm away for the weekend until Monday evening, so I might miss any exciting news otherwise! I so hope it is your turn this month, as I kind of feel that if you are then I might be - not that I want to put you under any extra pressure that is!

TT - hope you managed to hold out until Saturday to test. Having had my BFN last week, it really hit me so much harder than I ever thought it would. But lots of good luck anyway - any other indications one way or the other?

xmassyone - I was wondering last night if you might be forces related - only in the forces would you be moving this close to Christmas!! We've just moved last week to near you, but into forces accomodation - lucky you to be in your own house. How I long for it? No more magnolia!! We've just completed today on our own house, which we hope to move into next autumn on the next posting! Bit scary to think we might actually be semi-neighbours, particularly as I've just announced (make that shouted) to the world that my boobs are sore!!

How's everyone else doing?
MrsMc - I'll ask DH once he's put DD to bed whether he's got any idea about itunes moving. As I'm not great on that side of IT technology, I assume you can't just save it onto an external disc/drive and copy it that way, or else you wouldn't have asked would you!!
Hope cat and DH are better soon. Just focus on the fact that come Friday you'll be out of that job - although it must be really hard.

Hope everyone else is going ok? I'll never make it to MrsMcS's levels of mentioning everyone, or else I'd be on here forever and then DH will definitely stop talking to me!!

Oh - update - MrsMcS - DH says that as long as your itunes library is on your actual ipod, it should automatically download onto your machine when you sync them up - does that sound feasible/possible?

Take care all

we're choosing to move so close to xmas, but it is into our own house we are not handing in notice on mil house til we've completed,so will not actually vacate it til mid-jan, by when we should have shifted all our stuff think moving is not good for ttc though mil keeps saying "new house, new baby"

oh well af in full flo now - so cd1 for me - at least it was a 28 day cycle again so back to normal for me after that depo!! will be 3rd January so a new year testing for me !!
had to change name to be a bit festive with everyone else!

Hi everyone

Did another test yesterday morning - BFP but still quite faint. Im guessing I must still be very early. There is no getting away from it that I am definitely pregnant though - my boobs are like hard burning heavy boulders and I feel SO sick.

I hope your all feeling as awful as me very, very soon

Snowydays ? I might get away with a few pens but not the laptop!

Hello Decorative, I?ve missed you and it?s lovely to have you back! I?m still here! but the girls keep me happy We have a news flash thread now too for the very reason that it is hard to keep up so the idea is that you briefly say on there if something is news worthy and where you are in your cycle so it?s easier to catch up it?s here Nerve wracking time of the cycle for you, how are you feeling? I am liking the sound of that spotting so early, how many dpo do you think you are? Fingers crossed that you?ll be getting your BFP on Saturday! I?m truly awful at festive names but how about ?Desperate2beuptheplumduff?!

Sparklytreeangel ? glad to hear that all was forgiven with DH

MadameBrandyButterfly ? sorry we lost you for a bit.

Impatience ? hon, I have been thinking about you and wondering how you are. I can tell from your silence that AF has hit you hard and I wish there was something we could do to help. Do you want to chat? Run through things like charts or the other things you are doing to see if we can help you speed things along? I really feel for you, huge hugs. Your day will come and you?ll be patting that bump and grinning from ear to ear and I just wish I could tell you when that will be (and if you could tell me the same info about me, that would be great!)

Alittlebitshy ? that?s it, there is no going back now, once you start MN, you can?t stop! Thing is, I don?t think we are any more obsessed than we would be if we weren?t posting. I find that chatting on here means that the world and DH don?t have a clue how obsessed I am! It is also great to know that I am doing all I can to get pregnant; it?s a real comfort to me. Hope the depo wears off properly soon. I think I took a few cycles to real get over being on the pill (not totally sure my body has really forgotten yet though and this is cycle 7!)

Greedy ? Hope you are wrong about AF. How are you this morning, ok? Have you tested again? We are here for you

You are very welcome Yuletideways, hope you enjoy the cake (it?s great for using booze collected from holidays in my opinion! )

Ello, elllo, ello TheChristmassyone It?s great that you gave yourself time to get over the pill before you started really wanting a baby (or have I got that wrong?). I really hope it happens for you soon and fingers crossed that AF won?t turn up next week. Hope the packing and moving goes well too. It?ll be lovely to be in your on house I?m sure. My parents are both forces? kids and I have two uncles in the Army so understand the life you lead! I was also engaged to a sailor and lived the Navy life for a few years myself. Me in a nutshell, I?m 32, 33 in a couple of weeks, currently CD5 of cycle 7 of TTC. AF is due on or around my birthday so hope I get lucky like Pecka. My DH is also 32 (almost 33) and though we have been together for 5 years, we have only been married for 6 months. This is the first baby for us both that we are trying for. I always wanted to be married before we had kids but now that it is taking longer than I?d hoped; I wish I?d just got on with it years ago.

Tinselledtryer ? so glad that you had a better day yesterday I?m always the apologizer in our house, I have a short fuse, blow up an shout and apologise 5 mins later but DH likes to stew gggrrrr! Hope that AF stays away today and fingers crossed for a BFP. Keep that positive attitude! PMSL at the sacred nature of a CB digital, I?m the same, have had one for 6 months now!

Hello FestiveFettle ? sorry to hear your boobs are so sore, mine were last cycle too, more than ever, I was wearing a padded bra to protect them! That?s great about the referral and so pleased to hear it was easy. How long did you tell them you?d been trying? I?m gearing up for a fight in January with my GP. Thanks for all your support for me and thank DH for he ipod trick, I?ll test that out.

Minxpie ? such a great name! Sorry to hear about AF. That?s great about the depo wearing off and that you are back to normal now.

Pecka ? that?s good news sorry you are feeling bad but hey, it?s a small price t pay for that lovely baby you are going to have you lucky thing

D2Bmum nice to see you, how are you!?

Good luck to every one testing, My fingers are crossed for you all!

Hopping on to the sleigh and hoping there's still room for a little festive Holly

Morning all, how is everyone today?

Pecka LOL at the "heavy burning boulders"! hope you're not feeling too bad.

Hi all,

MrsmcClaus- I gave up on my festive name as it was too long and rubbish! Thinking of another at the moment.

It was my DD's 4th bday today- all went lovely this morning opening presents- until DP said- "is that all you got her?"
I was a bit miffed cos i told him a week ago what i'd got, and asked him if he thought it was enough! AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!
Anyway... then DS got bitten by his hamster, and decided he wasnt going to school- so then DD said she wasnt going to playgroup! Managed to get them both in the car(in pouring rain), DD in her Barbie Wedding dress (bday present)- and DS with his finger well bandaged...
When finally got DD to playgroup she had a tantrum and was kicking and screaming on the floor when i left.

Why do i want another one?

Do You Speak TTC?

A bit of fun!

MrsMcC thank you for your lovely words. Yes, af hit me hard. It isn't just another month of waiting, it's another trek up the motorway, each time wiping out a whole evening, leaving dp to wrestle ds to bed alone. Another month hoping our donor doesn't get fed up. Another month arguing with dp about what to do about this - IVF/IUI/her go again/just plod on as we are. I'm getting really fed up. I wish so much I could just forget about it and let it happen if it will.

But since af appeared confusingly early this month I will be able to squeeze another insem in this month - I did think we were going to be away around ov. So now I just have to get over last month and arrange this month. Have been grapefruit-juicing myself (yummy) and cutting down tea in favour of hot juiced lemon or orange (also yummy).

That was funny Babymad ? apparently I am fluent!

Honeyapple ? that really made me laugh though I am sure it wasn?t funny for you, it sounded like an extract from a Jilly Cooper Novel! Loving the sound of the Barbie wedding dress, how I would have loved that when I was wee, the horse had me excited enough back then!

Oh Impatientelf ? I do really, really feel for you. You must get furious with us for going on about not BDing enough when we have the special stuff on tap compared to you. If I was a man and lived next door, I?d give you mine!! (though you would probably be incredibly worried about how your baby would turn out if it had my genes ? I think Dh fears for our children sometimes!) Have you talked it through with your friend the donor, does he know how anxious you feel? Maybe he?d come to you sometimes and maybe he can reassure you that time is not an issue? I really hope it happens soon, truly I do. IUI might be worth considering don?t you think? It might just be the way or the circumstances of insemination that are holding you back. Is IUI expensive? That?s great about the reduction in caffeine, good for you!

Hello MrsHolly - about to email you back.

(Mrs, I'm on the other thread: it's too confusing to keep hopping back and forth, and I don't feel qualified to be on here anymore )

I am fluent too McMrs I wonder why!? LOL

Afternoon ladies... how is everyone doing??? I have had AF cramps all morning and my temp dropped too, so I have resigned myself to AF tomorrow or Saturday, as scheduled

Greedy - Hope you are feeling better about people using my thread and not yours how are you today??

Decorative2bmum - HELLO!!! Nice to have you back, missed seeing you about. How's it all going? Liking the name by the way!!

MrsMcClaus - Liking the sound of marketing some ttc equipment with Sawyer whispering in our ears! I am actually thinking of something that SHOUTS when you reach for a pg test!! Not sure how effective the CBFairy will be, but thought it was worth a shot I love your long posts, it's why I started doing it (hope you didn't copyright it )

Alittlebitshy - A belated welcome from me, I am sure that depo is much like other things, there are plenty of horror stories, but it doesn't mean it is the rule of thumb!!

Ticklemepink - bless your DH feeling the pressure to perform. Us broody women can be so demanding

TinselledTryer - The ClearBlueFairy asked me (as her MN representative ) to say how pleased she was to hear about you using the ClearBlueDigital so sensibly... here's a bucket of babydust

ImpatientElf - Oh honey, here's a hug for you. I'm so sorry that you are feeling so down. If I could wave a magic wand I really would!! Like MrsMc says, we have got it on tap and we still stress and worry, it must be so much harder to switch off for you, the military planning that goes into it must take it's toll. I feel for you I really do (hug) Oh, and you don't need to be qualified to post on here!! We'd miss you, and that is all that matters!!!

Honeyapple - Sounds like you had one heck of a morning, you know I SOOOOOO cannot wait to be going through all that. I must be mad I know How about MulledHoneyApple???

Right well I hope everyone else is just fine and dandy and great. Festive cheer to one and all!!

x

Oh well, AF is here so it's all over for this month. Feel oddly calm, prob because it really didn't feel very likely for some reason - even though I'm pretty sure the BDing happened at the right time. Am more perplexed than anything - did a Fertility Score test last week and DH's sperm seems fine, plus my cycle is regular as almost clockwork which I think means I should be ovulating. What's the problem??!! Maybe age (37, although DD conceived quickly at 35) or stress (lots in recent months). Answers on a postcard pls......

Good luck to those still waiting

Hi to all hope everyone is feeling okay today.

TT - sorry AF has appeared for you today sounds like you are doing evrything right though so i'm sure it will happen for you really soon.

Ready - Hope you are wrong about AF and hugs to you if you are right.

No sign of my AF yet due tomorrow or Sat feeling a little odd and have been needing to pee about a million times a day (odd for me as usually have an iron bladder - sorry if TMI[Blush])but trying not to get hopes up too much.

sparkly angel - soo nice to "see" you!! sorry to worry you with my dissapearing act but im back now! where are you up to in your cycle now?

mrsmcclaus - HELLO!!! i really hoped that when i had come back you would have graduated but theres always this cycle
i thought the spotting was a good sign too but not so sure now with a/f cramps. i havnt been monitoring my cycle anymore but i usually ov on day 14 or there abouts so spotting happened approx 6dpo.

rudolphs ready - hello to you!! glad i was missed i have been really chilled out this cycle and i KNOW i probably didnt bd on crucial dates but havnt been monitoring myself to know what crucial dates are. we bd'd cd11,16,17. thats it for this month..going through a bit of a dry spell.

hope everyone else is fab and looking forward to xmas. my tree has been up since sunday and all presents are wrapped and sitting nicely underneath. for the first time in a few years i have not left it to xmas eve to panic buy everyones pressies!