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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Trying to conceive...8

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Azure · 06/07/2004 15:48

Come and join me in this new thread. I want a least one graduate per week and no ttcing to take longer than two months for everyone here!!

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lostinparis · 15/07/2004 16:24

Bluestar - what does starflower oil do?

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Azure · 15/07/2004 16:51

Many congratulations Staceyk . I look forward to hearing the official confirmation of this great news.

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Azure · 15/07/2004 16:53

Cobweb - hello and welcome to this thread.

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katierocket · 15/07/2004 16:55

that's truly brilliant news staceyK

Bibi20 · 15/07/2004 17:52

I just bought starflower oil today (started spotting so think af is definitely going to be with me soon, therefore have stocked up on everything recommended on mumsnet!) apparently it is much stronger than evening primrose oil in terms of GLA content (GLA is the active ingredient in epo - don't ask me what it does though!), on my new bottle it says 240 mg per 1000 mg, whereas the epo had only 130 mg, so you don't have to take as much...

Fingers crossed StaceyK, can't wait until Monday!!

mrsflowerpot · 15/07/2004 20:46

Well, CD28 and here is AF. Not too much of a surprise this month, to be honest, and at least the waiting was short. Off to drink white wine and eat choc tonight!

Good luck to all still waiting. And congratulations CBIY!

Seabird · 15/07/2004 21:15

Very best of luck StaceyK, I'll be thinking of you tomorrow.

I'm approaching ov which with my unrandy DH tends to be my most stressful time of the month! He was home from (business) travelling last night for a few hours and managed to do his duty, thankfully. I thought maybe I had ov'd as my temp dipped yesterday and then was higher today but the OPK didn't show a surge either yesterday or today. I wonder if the OPK could be unreliable as I never seem to manage the recommended 4 hrs beforehand without peeing (even in the night) - or is that just wishful thinking? (Anyone know how reliable they are?) Well hopefully I can persuade DH to have another go when he gets home tomorrow night anyway...

xoz · 15/07/2004 21:20

Congrats StaceyK. What fantastic news!!!!
It's such an encouragement to hear that after trying for so long it's finally happened for you.
Also welcome, cobweb.

mitzi · 15/07/2004 21:30

Thanks Cindii and lostinparis for telling me about fertility friend, I have had a little lokk at it but haven't had time to read it properly, I registered but dont think I will bother with temping yet. i got my period on monday and usuallt have a 28 - 30 day cycle so does that mean I should be bd around 14 days after my period started, sorry to sound dim but with my last 2 pregnancys i got caught pretty easily but my body is definately not the same since my misscarriage last year.

xoz · 15/07/2004 23:38

Guess what...AF arrived this morning
Oh well there's always next month

Tex111 · 16/07/2004 08:24

Congrats Staceyk!! I'm so pleased for you. Can't wait to hear about your blood test and your hubby's reaction. Have a great weekend!

Welcome Cobweb, a few of us are in the same boat. I'm waiting for my first AF after a D&C too. Good luck to you!

As for the whole 'when are you having a baby/having another baby' issue, DH and I were married for ten years before we had a baby so I had a full decade of those questions. Absolute nightmare. I'm not exagerating when I say that in those ten years if I ever said to my Mom 'Guess what..' her immediate response was 'You're pregnant!!!'. About five years into the marriage DH's parents actually took us out to dinner and very formally asked us if we ever planned to have children! When we said that yes, one day we would like to have a family they started buying toys and kept them in a big box in the loft until DS was born.

Just waiting for my temp to drop here and AF to arrive. I'm 10dpo today and would like to make it to 12dpo, so fingers crossed.

runtus · 16/07/2004 08:53

Oh god, had a dream last night that I was pregnant and woke up feeling so depressed that it wasn't true........want to go home and not deal with bickering idiots at work

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Azure · 16/07/2004 09:39

Well, looks like I can drink at the wedding I'm going to tomorrow. AF has arrived CD30 as expected . DH was away from CD15, so I guess it shouldn't be completely expected. I really hoped it would be my month, though - time is really starting to run out.

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lostinparis · 16/07/2004 09:56

I'm interested to hear that it seems common to take EPO (or Starflower oil which sounds much the same) as over here (France) my gyneco prescribed EPO for really bad AF problems (worked very well) but since trying to conceive have been told to take it only until ovulation (ie not between ovulation and AF) in case I am pg as it seems it can increase the risk of m/c (eg see www.drugdigest.org/DD/PrintablePages/herbMonograph/0,11475,4010,00.html) - may be worth bearing in mind and err on the side of caution by taking it only for half the month.

foxinsocks · 16/07/2004 10:52

sorry Azure

fingers crossed for next month

Bibi20 · 16/07/2004 11:04

Thanks for the tip lostinparis, I read that about epo / starflower oil somewhere too - also a recommendation to take flaxseed oil for the second half - but not had this confirmed... anyone know?

Azure - I'm cd1 today too - can't decide if knowing it was coming made it easier or not? This month my dh is away from cd 14 - 16, however o'd on day 20 last cycle so might be another long one which would be good...

Have a great weekend and lots of luck to anyone having a busy weekend!

malinki · 16/07/2004 14:35

Staceyk
I'm right here, everything is crossed, but you must be pg , I'm not going anywhere!!!
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another Metformin baby eh, mine will be 4 years old in a couple of weeks. My tests were very faint. I'm holding my breath, need more news from you stacey, have you mentioned it to DH/DP at all yet and if so, what was his reaction???

Piffleoffagus · 16/07/2004 15:05

I have PMS and the pre AF skin blemishes starting up... Still not due til next Saturday, when I'll be away at a wedding, partying, ironic...
Sorry to all who got Af too
hugs xx

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Azure · 16/07/2004 18:04

Sorry to hear your knews Mrsflowerpot and Xoz . Hopefully next month will be your lucky month. Piffleofagus - AF is due for me at the end of the week and I'm going to a wedding on Saturday too (night away without DS!).

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bluestar · 16/07/2004 18:06

xoz and mrsflowerpot, sorry af arrived
Looks like I will be joining you too. Still spotting but temp has dropped. Thought AF was not due til Wednesday (that would fit in with FF temp chart for 14 days) but seems as if I have had a short luteal phase this month. I always cling onto a glimmer of hope that af will not come properly but sure she will turn up soon. Also feel equally crap as best friend just announced she's 12 weeks pregnant. Don't live in same country so easy for her to keep quiet and I asked her not to tell me as soon as she found out as knew I would feel these s**t emotions. Well done to her though, first month of trying for her 2nd. Wish we could all be that lucky On the slightly brighter side, dh has gone to buy me chocolate!

bluestar · 16/07/2004 18:09

Oh and I seem to be her good luck charm. When she conceived her ds1, I was staying with them and this time, she has conceived when I was on holiday with them. Just need to find my partner in conception - someone else is stealing my babydust!

mrsflowerpot · 16/07/2004 18:59

sorry about AF Azure - but go and have a great time at the wedding.

StaceyK, everything crossed for you, but really sounds like you're our next graduate!

mrsflowerpot · 16/07/2004 19:02

and Bibi20, too. My dh has a habit of going away mid-cycle too - let's hope for a repeat of last months day 20 for you.

Seabird · 16/07/2004 23:29

oh Bluestar that must be hard trying to be pleased for your friend. Hopefully it will be your turn next month and your babies will only be only a month apart . That happened to me with DD - was gutted (you know what I mean!) when my friend conceived last year and it seemed an age before I did, but now they seem almost the same age (5 weeks apart). And I'm the same as you when af starts - I spent the whole of last Sunday evening trawling the mumsnet archive for details about spotting, despite 4 BFNs (one a day - af was 4 days late. (NO willpower!))

Runtus, Slink - am reassured that I'm not the only one here having to deal with DH's low libido. (Ta for the mention of the other threads Slink - some of your posts really rang true.) Work stress& tiredness doesn't help in our case either - I'm always relieved when I ov over a weekend. Am hoping it doesn't happen too early this week as he's abroad on business most of the week, swooping in between flights for a few hours Weds night, so I'm not counting on much BDing then...

Tex111 · 17/07/2004 00:02

Bluestar, I know just how you feel. When my best friend told me she was pregnant with her first we were all on holiday together. The last thing I remember that night is toasting the pregnancy.... and then it seems I finished the bottle! I was really happy for them but it was hard to take when I wanted a baby so badly too.