Thread : Lucky Number 13 take 2. TTC#1 The one where AF can kiss our arse!

[StarkyTheDirewolf]

Hugh enjoys ISW and his love affair with Doreen. He watches out for skittle tits and weepyitis. Mrs Arseholey Fucknut (Af) shows up when you least want her but brings wine and soft cheese as a consolation prize.

We don't have rules as such but expect to be talked down from the ledge with kind and well meaning but firm words if you get too hysterical. But most importantly don't convince yourself you're pregnant in the tww That is paramount!

We don't get a lot of baby dust in these here parts. We want a fanny full of determined Doreen, not unicorn farts and gnome tears with extra sparkle. We've been going a while now so the novelty has somewhat worn off and we're slightly battle scarred and bruised in the cervix area.

Post your stats and add your dates. We have a register thanks to kats stats I am resident piss stick queen and if you don't test, you get a Starky's Star

When you post stats, add your predicted test/af date. We are currently running at about 49% pregnant with the grads thread over in ante-natal which we all hope to join soon.

WE SHALL WIN IN THE GAME OF SPERM MEETS EGG! IT WILL HAPPEN!

Thanks feefs. It does help to remember that every day is one day closer. I've always been a bit wary of adoption but had a really vivid dream this week of adopting gorgeous twin boys, so maybe that's my future.

ni hubs is useless when it comes to caring or paying attention to Ttc stuff but will almost always dtd when I ask. We dtd usually every other day or sometimes more in FW so I don't think it's a frequency thing. I have regular periods (other than some spotting pre af) so am really wondering if it's his swimmers now. When I went to the GP she said to try 6 more months then get bloods and SA. She said it can still be normal to take up to 2 years to conceive naturally. I think I might go ahead and get bloods done in May. Can't in April as we're away on holiday. Dh won't want to get SA until it's been 18 months as he's a doctor and firmly believes in NICE guidelines. If NICE says wait 18 months then that's the law in our house.

moose I nearly spat out my water from laughing so hard at the thought of you murdering your oh lol! I've totally been there, thankfully my oh is now on the same page so asks in advance when FW is so don't give up hope - they can be trained!

kav i prefer FF, i got so sick of ovia that I deleted it last cycle and i can say i haven't missed it at all. I agree with fx on ovia just being a smug bitch.

hep cycle buddy! i have my fingers crossed that it's not another 39-dayer for you Credit to you for going with SMEP, we got too exhausted just from talking about it so ruled it out as an option.

fx / ni I've cut down but I still like a glass of wine and some maltesers at the weekend. I've thought about trying to give up completely but just not sure I could cope with the TTC rollercoaster with no vices to fall back on when AF arrives

i'm not going full smep. just trying to do regularly until positive.... which never came, and now we just fall asleep !

if i get a positive i'll work on getting in the mood again.

Oh fx the heady confusing days of thread 3! That's so accurate, how we all loved her, then hated her, now some still begrudge her. I've still got her, I can't bear to delete her yet, plus, all my info is on there and I haven't a clue in rl!

kat Im working on a new blog post which should be up in the next couple of days!

I am ravenous, Dh is supposed to be back now from the gym. If he's later than 7:15 I am legitimately going to kill him. I needed to eat an hour ago. I waited because he's treating us to takeaway I am getting hangry and acid refluxy (another excellent treat for y'all to look forward to! )

Lol @ skip's explanation of ovia the bitch. Pretty accurate.

My AF is also due over the weekend... So let's make a pact. No testing. Really river of doom only.
(I'm cd 24 according to the bitch.. 2 days to test??? But actually feel like AF may be on the way in a day or so)

Mmmm what takeaway are you having stark?
I made my own "special fried rice tonight" but I think it went a bit soggy :( just about to try it now. It's got prawns and chicken and peas in it and everything

Keeping all fingers and toes crossed for the testers this weekend - I hope it's another bumper crop of bfps ahoy.

Mmm takeaway. I've got boring leftovers

Hello, glad to see your BFP's - I thought it might make me sad but instead I feel there is hope for me yet!
I ov'ed on CD14, saw it on an opk and felt it (now on CD27 - and the evil AF has arrived just now!) but then the ov pain ramped up massively, I thought I'd got gastroenteritis but dh insisted on a medical opinion and bam!, before I knew it I was in hospital having my appendix whipped out! A little more than ov pain....

What with the ectopic and mmc I can't seem to catch a break! Gah, hope this month is a winner, please! Keep the BFP's rolling guys, and can't wait to join you, one day, hopefully in the not too distant future. Right, I'm off to drink mucho commiseratory beer

kat as far as I understand it progesterone is really critical post implantation - it is what keeps the womble lining nice and juicy for the embryo. I clearly am not producing enough au naturel - hence why I am injecting and putting up each orifice on regular intervals

islandgirl I am very pleased that you have been referred for a scan and xray (but how can they check your tubes with an xray?). Anything that can give peace of mind is worth it. Are you not able to have the test where they put dye through the tubes? I think it is called a hycosy.
I had a hysteroscopy (where under general) they shove a camera up your fanjo into your womble and have a look-see that everything is okay... I reckon that really helped me, even if they did not find anything, it may have just "cleared the way". I am not sure if they did a "scratch" as well (does what it says on the tin) - this can also help implantation.

bluebird what a bummer. Have you thought about going to a FC - there are loads of tests they can do to check what is what.

Learnings from today:

1. always leave home with an umbrella, even if the sun is out and there is not a cloud insight
2. don't even bother to get out of bed if you have an inkling that one of your three bosses might have a go at you
3. Uggs are great at soaking up puddles

So my amazing best friend (who I made the baby shower cake for earlier this month) gave birth to her beautiful baby boy at 4am this morning after being induced, only 6 hours of labour with no pain relief, I am so fucking proud of her and baby is so scrummy, I can feel my ovaries twitching!
Her poor DH isn't entitled to paternity leave as he only started a new job a few months ago so he is having to go back to work tomorrow. As I'm on a day off, I'm going to go down and sit with her on the ward and help her.

Hoping the cuddles may set my ovaries off, had several high readings on the cb opks since Sunday.

Have the difficult job of getting DH to dtd tonight, I feel shit forcing it on him, but if I left it up to him, we'd only dtd once a week! He seems to think that would be enough, despite me saying otherwise!

Oh Kwick I hear you...stranded on a tube platform in the pouring rain...texted OH to put oven on for me...he was too full to get off the couch after eating all the leftovers from the dinner i cooked for him yesterday. Go figure. I instigated a blazing row. Oops. Hate post argument silence 😔

Oh dear qwick those three learnings for today mean you were probably a bit grumpy and soggy :( hope you've earned u your feet and had a nice bath and lit a smelly candle to relax

Ni .... That would have annoyed me too. What is it with men? Why are they so bloody useless most of the time??

Awwwww pug your lucky friend! He sounds gorgeous enjoy cuddles. I've been watching One Born Every Minute and feeling my ovaries flip (although not so much at the awful labour pains and howling - legs crossed for that bit).

ni eurgh how hard is it to put the oven on

Just had to bob in to tell you that after having a little catch-up read of this thread last night I had a dream that you got your BFP, pug! I was all excited for you in my dream, as I always am for BFPs.

Still reading and thinking of you all. Hope you get your BFPs soon. Especially those for whom it's dragging on now. 💐

Mayago you are welcome. Nice to take some of the bloody pressure off! 100th birthday!! Amazing!
Where is everyone reading starky's blog?????!

Can someone please send me a link to ebay/ amazon for internet cheapies poas? I have yet failed to buy my original ones and I think these ones won't work either

Island not sure how much this will help but at least they havent found any obvious problems? This is what I keep telling myself waiting for my gine referral

Ovia lies

This month I am only doing opks and sex when I fancy

Moose they don't get it!!!

Bluebird so sorry!!! It is so bloody frustrating!!!!! When you are doing everything you can and it just does not happen!!! I dont get it. Some people saying it took them 15 months or 2 years to conceive. Why is it like this???!!!!!!

Ni not to burst any bubbles, but I have had the pinching and pulling at the right time at least 2 cycles and then AF

Bryso that is awful!!! Oh my! You must have been in a lot of pain!!!

Kat I agree that as much as I love the list, looking at the now very long list of graduates is not easy

Noooooooooooo kat I did not have a bath as much as I wanted one - I have been told to stay away from baths and swimming until week 12!!!!!!!!! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Morning all, cd 7 today - when do people usually start opks? I was thinking cd 10 but is that too late?

Morning Jem, temps have established that I ovulate around day 18 so I only started opks day 16 this month...if you know roughly when you O start a few days before, if you're not sure start whenever! If you have Internet cheapies poas all day every day!!

Morning ni I usually ov on day 16 so maybe I'll wait a few days. Got the Internet cheapies and I do love a good POAS!

Ever I don't have a link but the ones I got were from Amazon and were by "one step" I think. I got. £50 for about £7. The OPKs have been great. I think the hcg's are a bit dubious, from what people are saying (are picking pregnancy up but not until after other tests)

These last few posts lead me to look on Amazon for opk's. Once clicked on said item it shows the list of "recommended for you" products which included thermometers, pre-seed and .... Oust! all purpose descaler.