Feb 2017 bus is ready to go! TTC this month? Hop on.....

[MotherofUnicorns]

Hi everyone,
Thought I'd kick of the Feb bus.
I'm ttc #3 and it isn't easy this time.......
I'm planning on giving Feb all I've got - who's with me??!

Started fw today. My dh has become obsessed. We've just used conceive plus, did it in the recommended position and then he lay with his legs on the headboard so I would do the same! Not sure if he's panicking about nothing happening yet or if he's freaked out after my little meltdown when my last period came.

Omg Charley how fab that your fella is like that!! I was one of those who who ran straight to the toilet afterwards to get rid of everything haha. Now I put a pillow under my butt and go to sleep 😂
What is conceive plus chick?

I'm off to bed now ladies!
Thanks for all your messages and support!
Apologies if you think I'm overdoing if a bit on this thread 😂🙈 I'm just excited and looking forward to sharing our journeys, don't mean to be too spammy lol.
No doubt I will be back on here tomorrow eve after work (and possibly in the morning and on my breaks lol)
Baby dust ✨✨✨✨

Hello can I join??

Name: Glitter
Age: 26
TTC #1
Cycle #1 (officially)
CD #9

Lurking and waiting for fertile window first month trying opks and been using Ovia for a while to monitor periods and let it try and learn my cycle ... DTD the last couple of months in FW according to to Ovia but AF always arrived, so not convinced Ovia is correct hence opks

Baby dust to all xx

It's a lubricant that's mean to make the best environment for the sperm to swim and it sorts the ph inside you to the best levels for sperm to live apparently. I don't have any problems with dryness and I've never actually used lube before but I never get EWCM so thought it might be worth a shot!

I don't really talk about it too much to my DH so we can remain 'relaxed' about it all. In secret however, I'm peeing on sticks, stalking the MN conception boards and obsessing over everything. Time drags so slowly when you are TTC!

So AF arrived bang on time yesterday, actually rather cheery at this given there was no FW DTD done, so I affirmed my cycle has normalised after 18 years on the injection/implant/pill. Useless apps put my FW starting next Friday so I am going to sit back and enjoy growing my leg hair for another week before the DTD sessions start again! (Boobs also enjoying not being repeatedly squeezed to "check" if they hurt too ha!)

OPKs, conceive plus and early tests all stashed up and ready

Already dreaming up a white Christmas with a 6 week old in tow, ffs.

Morning! Hello to other newbies! Fox and glitter!

Said to the OH last night about telling him when I'm ovulating... his reply "is that not like 10 days after your period" ha! Must know more than I give credit for.... 😂

Haha I wasn't saying anything to my dh either but it appears he's been googling! He was talking about spent temperature and practically shouted at me when I stood up to pee haha! Bless, I think he just really wants a baby and thought it might happen by now. I was worried it would panic him but to be honest he seems more keen and dtd took less time than usual last night which isn't a bad thing when you have to do it 6 nights in a row

Morning lovelies :)

Charley and MrsC, I'm gonna get my hands on some of that conception stuff! I have only noticed EWCM once very obviously in the last few months, so have been a little worried about that. I too don't have a problem with dryness but would be good to know that it's a friendly environment up there for the swimmers to thrive lol.

MrsGB I'm exactly the same with hubs 😂he is just enjoying lots of fun and I'm frantically timing, measuring, peeing and recording in the background lol.

I do have a personal question though... I've always been quite 'easy to please' if you know what I mean... but the last few times we have dtd, I find it difficult to switch off from making babies and therefore am not ummm 'reaching the end' for want of a better word 😂🙈sorry, I know it's early for tmi chat but it is a worry for me, as I've heard that it's the Big O that sucks the swimmers up to the right place. Could I get pg even if I don't have an O?
Sorry if it sounds a bit dull. And I'd say most times when we dtd, I do, but as soon as we do it in FW it's like I freeze up and just can't enjoy it like I normally do! I know it's just the pressure and I need to relax but I'd hate to think I'm wasting my chances by dtd and not 'enjoying' it fully if you know what I mean, and if this is detrimental to my chances 😳
Sorry to anyone eating breakfast lol xxx

Misty they say it helps, but it's definitely not a requirement. There are a huge amount of woman who don't orgasm at all. I've heard it's better if the woman dies just after so I tried to hold off yesterday thinking we would sort me out after, but I'm also quite easy to please so that didn't happen haha!

It's probably not better if the woman dies just after Charley

So I'm officially never trusting cheap OPKs again! Got my "peak" reading this morning on the CB dual hormone tests (CD12 like clockwork as predicted as the 'norm' for my cycle length on the box), and yet an IC OPK dipped in the same urine was nowhere near positive. How can that be I wonder? Has anyone else ever experienced similar? Pictures attached of the two tests showing the very obviously different line strengths

Haha charley no chance of a BFP if the woman dies straight after DTD

Morning! Just checked back in and there's been loads more posts since I last posted. Hello everyone!
Well it's the 2ww for me now. We've done all we can. I keep telling myself not to get too excited, it's only the first month of trying for DC2, but it's hard. Fingers crossed for everyone!

Charley, me and hubs are usually pretty in sync so it usually happens same time which is lush, but last few times I just haven't and I'm trying to empty my mind and concentrate but I think the stress is getting to me! Must try to relax!
And I may miss the dying straight afterwards if I can help it lol 😂

Novice those pics are crazy different! The dip stick is what I would consider negative as the lines don't match and one is pale, but if CB says you're peaking, well... CB is the best out there isn't it? Maybe read the packets to see if it says how much LH in % the tests pick up on? Perhaps the CB ones consider a lower % of LH as a positive than the cheap ones...? But still, there should be some solid benchmarks coz it's hard enough trying to guess our bodies as it is 🙈

Any, I'm in the same boat as you... at the bus stop til 5th Feb!
Ps love the name! I'm obsessed with TBBT!!

Oh my god! Most ridiculous typo ever definitely won't help!!! Haha!

Ahh well maybe you ladies can help me here regard CBD opks!! Never used any kind before but gone straight for the digital ....used last night just to get to grips with them ...not expecting a positive.. it wasn't, negative on the digital, but when I took the strip out the machine.. the second line looked pretty strong?

Anyone had any experience of this?

(BTW, yes I have posted this somewhere else but getting no answer ..thanks in advance )

Hi ladies,
It's lovely reading everyone's excited posts. I think we're coming to the end of fertile window (according to the debated clue app!) and only managed to dtd a few times in the window as I've had a horrible cold for what feels like forever. I've had to take today off work so I'm in bed feeling sorry for myself and preparing for the 2ww!

TTC

I genuinely think those opk cheapies give some random answer! I don't trust them and not having much luck temping either.

Do you mind me asking how much the clearblue monitor sticks are? I don't mind spending £75 on that but I'll don't want to be spending a fortune on the sticks every month!

Congratulations on the positive clearblue though!!

Hi Coffee, hubs and I have had a cold recently too, seems to be loads of it about!
I use Clue and have sworn by it, my AF has arrived perfectly on time with it so far.
But when I first started it back in Aug, I didn't know my cycle length so used the 28 day average.
Since then, my cycles have been C1 29, C2 38 (I took Pregnacare Conception tablets this month which I later found out has a terrible habit of messing with people's cycles! Not everyone, just a percentage which I happened to be in!) C3 30, C4 31 and I'm now on CD20 of C5.
My cycle appears to be averaging at 30 but Clue hasn't been adjusting to that (it says it adjusts the more info you submit) so I've been dtd on my predicted FW and using OPK cheapy sticks and I'm a little all over the place really.
I also use Ovia and try and compare both to see if that helps!
But either way I'm in the 2ww for this cycle too! 12 days to test/AF for me!

I'm glad clue seems to be working for you Misty. I've been inputting my cycles since August and they range between 27-30days and clue has adjusted dates around the info I put in.
I've not used any opk's or temping just looked out for ewcm which does appear roughly in line with fertile window in app. So we'll wait and see!

Hi all! Gosh this moves fast! Ha!

I'm doing cb opk this month and in my excited rush bought the monitor sticks! Ha! Glitter is that machine any good?!

Bought the normal cb opk ones too now and fingers crossed I get a good result with these! Had the ewcm or whatever it is most months in line with my predicted FW so here's hoping it coincides with a high reading on these sticks.

Bloody peeing on sticks is a new pass time!

Ahh EMHW apologies I may have caused some
Confusion ...I just have the CB opk off the shelf but it's digital reader ...it's not that square thingy (very technical) that I have seen on the website..although that does look very interesting🤔