Hi ladies, hope everyone's had a good day!
Lilimum4 How long are your cycles normally? When do you usually ovulate? Are you sure you ovulated CD10? I guess it can be normal for some if they have shorter cycles, so no idea if it has an affect on quality of eggy...
Hi Martydog hope you manage to enjoy a well-earned break!!! Best of luck with the JKS during the summertime. Fingers crossed for you! xxx
RedRobin7 Remember if you find it too difficult tomorrow you can go home again and get signed off for longer.
The doggie looks gorgeous! Looks like a very happy and loving soul. 
zarala I think you're right about us knowing our bodies best. That's why I've not been temping or OPKing. I would if I felt that I didn't understand my cycles or was taking a long time to get pregnant, however I've been trying to focus on getting to know my body and its rhythms better, rather that focusing on TTC (well, that's the idea... easier said than done though!).
I don't have any apps, but I do have my own colourful hand-made chart that I write down notes about my cycles on. It's really helpful. I use a side of A4 lined paper for each cycle, numbered down the side for CDs. On each line I write symptoms I've had, when we DTD, if I think I ovulated that day etc in colour code. I can then place two months next to each other and see what the similarities/differences are. God, do I sound really sad??? Haha!
Haha TedLife Not been poking my boobs (yet). You made me chuckle with your freak out about your cervix position. I can usually barely even reach mine... Not sure if that's normal or not. So I don't really bother with it. I feel the more things I check on for signs, the more things I would worry about in pregnancy if they felt different, so I'd rather be blissfully ignorant!
Actually not really had any symptoms to speak of. 7DPO at the moment.
Funny, Jessabean and TedLife I don't feel this is my month either. Surely one of us has to be wrong at least??? YellowDaffodis86 I hope your symptoms are a little bean in there making a nest and not AF on its way!!!
Jessabean Were you at the QMC in Notts? The Royal Derby is a nice hospital. Come back here!!! Haha!
I'm not doing too badly, just trying not to think too much about TTW (and failing) but really doubting that this is the month. Not had any symptoms to speak of and just not feeling like we've been lucky this time. Hoping to be proven wrong. How are you?
InDreamland I'm glad you're going to get counselling. I really hope it helps. Stay strong! xxx
RE when to tell people about pregnancy in case of loss...
I told my family a few days before I found out about MMC, but I had already had some bleeding so wasn't feeling confident about the pregnancy. Those few days between telling my family and the scan were the best days I had of my pregnancy and it was the first scan I went to where I didn't feel I was a complete bag of nerves, even though I knew deep down that it was a failing pregnancy. It was so nice having people be happy and excited, because I hadn't been feeling that way myself and it made everything feel better. The loss obviously still really hurt, but then it was helpful having people around me that understood I had lost something they had been excited about too, rather than it not really being a real loss for them if they'd found out about it afterwards, if that makes any sense.
I think I will tell family early on again next time, but I don't want them to feel not excited because of what happened with the last one... I hope they are just as excited and optimistic as before.
Newbie21 Sorry AF arrived hun. I stopped working out dates I would have been to stay sane. No idea actually how many weeks I'd currently be and ignorance is bliss I think. Obviously the big milestones are still there and it might be difficult in October, but I think as time is a healer I will feel strong enough to cope when the due date comes round. Stay strong chicken, you will be fine. You will find ways to cope through everything.
I agree with doddlebobs, first day of AF is the worst.