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March BFP bus!

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FuzzyOwl · 28/01/2016 20:02

CD1 for me today and as I have quite long cycles, I will be missing February altogether.

My stats are:

Name: FuzzyOwl
TTC: 2

Cycle: 6
ETD: 1 March onwards

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Tryingtowait · 05/02/2016 17:02

I don't know I just get frustrated that I suffer with af every month and might not even ov! It's not fair but seen some positive stories of people with pcos conceiving and guess my son is living proof of that. I just get a bit jealous of people who have 8 kids like 9 months apart each! Wish it was that easy (not saying I want 8!)

Mimilicious013 · 05/02/2016 18:52

Hie ladies,just popping in to wish you all a lovely weekend.anyone going out tonight,to try and keep sane on this insane ttc journey.dh wanted time out with his buddies so having an early boring night.gl to all dtd tonight ((baby dust))

GinandJazzHands · 05/02/2016 21:26

Hi ladies! AF has just graced me with her presence so I either missed my OV or didn't get one last month - thinking/hoping the former - long cycle so missing the Feb bus entirely.
Name: Gin
Age: 33
TTC #1
Cycle 3 (had a cheeky go post implant pre AF, 2nd AF just arrived)
CD1
ETD 17 March
How we all doing? Gutted the witch is with me but pleased to start the clock again!

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FuzzyOwl · 05/02/2016 22:13

I get very jealous about things like that Trying! I have a good friend with PCOS and she has conceived twice, and both times it has been second cycle trying with clomid.

Hi Mimi I stayed in and had a takeaway tonight. Now feel too full to DTD but tonight would have only been for fun anyway. Hope your night wasn't too boring in the end.

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MancombSeepgood · 05/02/2016 23:01

Hopping on the bus

Ttc #1
Cycle 6
etd March 2nd

On cd3 now, ho hum. Hello all. Wishing everyone a fruitful weekend Wink

Tryingtowait · 06/02/2016 08:15

The witch seems to be gracing lots of us ATM :( well I'm having a bottle of wine tonight as know I'm not pregnant... Diet starts tomorrow strong willed hope it will last. Happy Saturday x

Kellz92 · 06/02/2016 11:00

CD1 for me Sad

Name: KellzNew
TTC: 2
Cycle: 8 (thought it was 9 but had miscounted lol)
ETD: 5th March

MancombSeepgood · 06/02/2016 14:34

Flowers KellzNew, cd1 is always a horrible day. The disappointment Sad I hope this cycle is the lucky one for us all!

Kellz92 · 06/02/2016 15:43

Mancomb I'm very disappointed. I think more so because I really thought I was pregnant. I have had really bad nausea and thought I had IB. FX this is our cycle! Xx

Mimilicious013 · 06/02/2016 16:03

((hugs)) kellz i feel your pain hun.if u at least didn't get the symptoms.everything crossed this is our last cycle trying been through too much now and being hopeful each month to a bfn (not cool)
I second your idea trying ,maybe we can start diet together monday.have been hoping to since the beginning of feb but chocolate has been such a temptation.
Waves mancomb n gin hope this is it for us all.fx
hie fuzzy ,too full hey haha.hope u ok today.
Hope everyone is having a great saturday !!

Shemozzle · 06/02/2016 17:59

Hi everyone.

Ttc number 3
Cycle 3 or 4?
Cd 14

So positive OPK today. Tonnes of ewcm, cramps. We dtd for the first time this week after midnight. But DP is out playing a gig tonight somewhere far away and won't be home til after 3am. Sad I don't know if I should be hopeful last night was the money shot or I should text him and ask if he can wake me up for a shag when he gets in, but he will be knackered, have done all the long drive back himself, and hasn't been feeling too good today. He doesn't have a particularly high sex drive either, he's a once a week kinda bloke generally. I can't decide what to do.

RattieOfCatan · 06/02/2016 18:00

fuzzy Thank you! I can't imagine any other time of day where I could go 4hrs without a wee other than first thing!

DH brought home a bottle of wine yesterday as a treat. I was most displeased, I'm trying to be good but the not having a glass of an evening is really difficult!

Tryingtowait · 06/02/2016 19:27

A once a week kind of guy? If you weren't ttc I would say you're very lucky. Once a week would suit me if we weren't trying

mim I've had my pizza now I've got a bottle of wine when ds goes to bed then that's it for me! Been shopping and bought lots of fruit, veg, Alpen bars and wheetabix! Gonna be good from Monday. It's hard though cause I work nights and have a serious coffee addiction I'm trying to cut out. Nights mess up your body so much

RattieOfCatan · 06/02/2016 19:37

shem Can you give it a go in the morning? It may well be okay still? DH and I have very low sex drives and we're finding this "every few days" routine difficult Blush

Shemozzle · 06/02/2016 21:21

rattie 'drink until it's pink' is a phrase I like to take on board. I won't stop drinking whilst ttc. Well, apart from the last couple of weeks because I'm desperately trying to loose all the Christmas weight I piled on. But not just for ttc purposes. I had a few light beers last night to ensure we'd be up for dtd.

And trying hmm yeah. It's total swings and roundabouts. Sometimes Often even if I've been in the mood all day, once I get in to bed I'm so relieved he isn't trying it on. So it's been great for the last couple of years post baby. I've been in a relationship where the other pestered and pestered and I really didn't enjoy the sex so it's great how it is sometimes. But there are times, like pregnancy with dd2 where I was insatiably horny for the whole 9 months and it felt like torture. We have a 14 year age gap, hopefully my sex drive will drop a little in the next few years too so we match. Grin It took me a long time to get to terms that he was never going to initiate morning sex either, and I'm often gagging for it in the morning. But that one was easier once dd2 came along and shared our room. She is still in our room and we don't get up until she wakes up, which is another reason that morning sex is out tomorrow.

Anyhow, did another OV test and it's not positive anymore. So I think last night was perfect timing after all, last month I had positive OV's for 3 days then OV cramps when it turned negative. This time just a very brief positive this morning and now negative the same day and I have the cramps already. So I'm happy our one shag last night was at least perfectly timed.

Shemozzle · 06/02/2016 21:28

Speaking of age, I read on a fertility website earlier that how long sperm survive inside us decreases with the fathers age. Younger males it can live for up to a week but older only 1-2 days. This was news to me.

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FuzzyOwl · 06/02/2016 22:27

Interesting to know about sperm Shemozzle

Mimi and Kellz I am hopeful it won't be much longer for us.

Hope you are all having a good weekend.

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RattieOfCatan · 06/02/2016 22:50

shem Not drinking is mostly for TTC purposes, but it's also because I was getting into a habit of having a couple of glasses a night, so it's given me a good excuse to stop that habit and I am worried that I'll take it back up again if I allow myself to drink again!

Never knew that about sperm too, interetsing!

Shemozzle · 07/02/2016 00:39

Ah yes rattie. Similar here. Bad habit of Polish beers pretty much every night for the last few months. I've put on so much weight. Just realised that the particular brand of beer we'd taken to buying has double the calories I thought it would. Explains my sudden weight gain. So no more week night drinking here.

I've just propositioned DP via text. Explained the situation and said if he's up for it at 3am then I'll get up with the smallest and take both kids out for the day tomorrow so he can sleep in as long as he wants. Just hoping he didn't get any of his friends to read the text while he was driving as he often does to me.

Mimilicious013 · 07/02/2016 07:40

Hope you got some shem and yo dh wasn't too tired.gl.thanks for the sperm info.now i know why its taking long.dh45 his sperm dying faster haha.
Hope u enjoyed yo wine trying,it kinda eases the ttc madness .'drink til its pink ' is a lovely approach haha.
Thanks fuzzy hope this is it dear.getting frustrating tbh!!
Af finally came so 8th cycle here i come ((cheers)) and hopefully next month we will be planning scans and booking dates.
kellz our bfps due on the 5th so fx

Tryingtowait · 07/02/2016 08:50

That's really good for me shemozzle my dp is 22 and I'm 27 so hopefully that should improve my chances. Really enjoyed my wine, I don't go out or anything much so just to sit there and unwind a bit is lovely

WhamBamThankYouStan · 07/02/2016 09:08

Signing in for March.

Name: Stan
CD3
TTC #3
Cycle 1 (we took a punt last month but I think the decision to ttc was probably just after ov and AF has now graced us with her presence)
I'll be testing from about 6th March I think.

I find ttc really hard to be relaxed about, so find forums really helpful. I wish I could just throw out the condoms and wait patiently for a late period. But it's never going to happen. So have both Ovia and FF on my phone, ov sticks on order from eBay and, despite my original idea to save temping for next month, I'll dig out my thermometer later on!

Hi!

Shemozzle · 07/02/2016 09:25

trying I'm close in age to you at 29, but my dp is double the age of yours! Turning 44 this year. I don't suppose you have much trouble dtd enough. I always used to go for younger boyfriends so it's funny how I ended up with him.

So he came in at 3:50 am.... And put out! Wahoo! I was worried it would put him off after some reading on here and lots of blokes getting totally put off being told about ovulating and feeling under pressure etc but he actually put on a stellar performance. Wink So now I have to stick
to my end of the bargain, so I'm watching peppa pig with dd2 while he sleeps in.

wham I know what you mean, I said that. But got Ovia etc immediately. Now I just wish I'd bought OV sticks a lot easier, for something so cheap, it really can make or break a month. Particularly if coming of contraception and not knowing where in a cycle you are for ages. I feel like I've wasted 3 months (long wait for first cycle then no idea how long my cycles were) I see you are ttc number 3 too, so possibly you need a more targeted approach like me as dtd every day/other day is difficult with other kids about. So go forth and download all the apps and pee on all the OV sticks.

Shemozzle · 07/02/2016 09:27

*wish I'd bought a lot earlier not easier.

WhamBamThankYouStan · 07/02/2016 09:32

Yeah they can really make a big difference. I have a long ish cycle (31-33days) so I have to be quite patient waiting for ov and having the sticks to concentrate on have helped me not lose my mind in the past! Helps me to have something to "do" if you see what I mean. Same with temping. I have to feel proactive or I get antsy.

Yes, #3 for us. Though my girls are 6 and nearly 4 so it almost feels like going back to the beginning! It's quite strange. How old are your two?