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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 ... 9

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BeckiF · 17/08/2004 10:07

Darling Ladies ... I wish us all luck on this new thread (especially me!) ... I hope that we have the same great amount of graduates that the last thread had!

So, group hug and let's get to it! Wooo Wooooo!!!!

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katierocket · 17/08/2004 14:41

well if that's the case then I'm starting a rival ttc thread

pamina3 · 17/08/2004 14:41

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hester · 17/08/2004 15:27

Thanks for starting this, BeckiF. I do hope starting this thread brings you lots of luck and babies - and I hope joining your thread does the same for me .

I'm ttc no. 1, have been trying on and off for a few years now. Am giving it one last push then off to buy a puppy.

malinki · 17/08/2004 16:02

Hi Beckif, I'm in!!!!!
Stats: CD16 (had follicle tracking this morning, 5 little gits sat there just awaiting, all 16.1mm and over) have DD who is a massive 4 today (sorry, just so excited to say she should never have been), have PCOS, taking Clomid and Metformin and been ttc #2 for nearly 2 years now!!!

runtus · 17/08/2004 16:07

Hi Malinki - happy birthday to your dd! Have a great a day and think positive thoughts, this is going to be our month I can feel it!

hester · 17/08/2004 16:13

Maybe not mine - just got my first period pain . WHO KEEPS STEALING MY BABY DUST?!

tex111 · 17/08/2004 17:41

Hey gals, I'm still in too. Welcome to all the newbies!

Stats: CD4, second cycle after a m/c, TTC No2 since March this year, have one DS who turned 2 last month

Not much going on here, just waiting to O!

silverlining · 17/08/2004 18:31

I'm joining too - hello to everyone! Bit of a novice - ttc No 2 for 6 months but don't really know exactly what I should be doing - except for the obvious!!! AF due this weekend and trying not to pick up on every twinge and vague sickness! torture!! Trying to convince myself that I'm not but didn't fancy any lunch (very not like me!) and then my mind runs away again!!! This thread should be good to keep me sane!!!

miranda2 · 17/08/2004 18:52

HIya, I'm still here - not been around for a bit due to holidays and work stuff. Started temping this month - getting serious now! been trying (fairly half-heartedly to be fair) for 3 months now - got pg the first month with ds (3), so half-expected the same this time! Now CD 30, 12 DPO... I feel much calmer doing the charting, it makes me feel that at least i know what's happening, know when I'm ovulating etc. I#ve just put it all on the fertility friend website, which seems excellent.

Slink · 17/08/2004 19:14

i'll join again too please. i did not have any responce on the last site but i ov twice first at 6 days then had the egg whit and did another test and O now. DH has a very low drive so we have not got down to any bd yet(2mnths exactly) he wants another just does not feel the urge, any advice ?????

Joffy · 17/08/2004 19:40

I am back too. CD 26, 10 DPO.
I thought this was my month as ttc 8 was so fertile but I have now done 3 tests and all say not! I have got sore boobs though!
I guess I will have to accept the results of the tests but so want them to be wrong! I expect tomorrow I will get AF and feel miserable again.
It really helps to read about everyone else, especially when so many are successful.

LotsOfBabies · 18/08/2004 07:54

can i join in please? i am waiting for depo to wear off. I think it will take a while for my body to get back to normal after it though.

runtus · 18/08/2004 08:15

Hello Slink - the only advice I can offer on the low sex drive front is to go on holiday, seems to be the best way with my dh! Not exactly the easiest thing to manage I know but I think it is the whole relaxation thing for my other half....def did the trick a couple of w/ends ago!

Have spent the last 3 days desperatley trying not to test but feeling really sick. Thing is I think (and my dh pointed this out so I'm not going entirely mad) this happens every month. I ov then about 5-9 days later I feel really awful for about 5 days then I come on. Temptation to test is huge though, it's as if my body is building me up for another disappointment just for the fun of it.
Off on hols for a week tomorrow, so please don't let me test before I go - I need someone to tell me not to!

logic · 18/08/2004 09:18

Runtus, don't test before you go on holiday!
If it's negative then you will be depressed.

I am on cd24 and I'm fairly certain that it's not my lucky month...

Twiga · 18/08/2004 09:35

Doesn't time drag sometimes, am waiting for AF to finish so we can get on with it and it feels like an eternity. Hormones feel like they're all over the place, had a good cry at bedtime last night - had been on phone to my sister during the evening and could hear my wee 17month old neice in the background babbling away, and also had phone call from friends who are due really soon and were really excited about their ante-natal stuff - it all felt very unfair, would have just been approaching the 12 week scan and telling friends stage if we'd not mc , just when I feel ok about things it seems to come back up to bite me. Feeling brighter this morning but trying not to build myself up too much for this month, sometimes wander if I've got the patience to keep going with this. Sorry to rant, I know there are folk out there who have bee tcc and waiting much longer than me. Lol to anyone else who's feeling a bit crap today x x x

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BeckiF · 18/08/2004 09:46

Morning ladies ... Well my weight loss has hit a snag, in as much as I lost the first stone in the space of about 10 days and now I haven't lost a thing in the 3rd week. My gorgeous man (who is a personal trainer/body building type) tells me that although I look slimmer I have been holding fluid for a couple of days now and he tells me its hormonal! He's right though as I've had terrible lower back ache since Sunday which will not go. Also had a full feeling in my womb/ovary area so only can think that something is stirring! As you may or may not be aware I have just managed to get upto the max dose of Metformin that you can take, which is 3g a day ... it took perserverance and lots of trips to the loo to get this far!

So I hope that the rest of you are staying positive! I've been trying years so even though those of you that have been trying for a few months are equally as desperate, remember that if you are having anything near regular cycles you have got 12 chances a year to conceive! It also apparently takes an average of 6 - 12 months to conceive even if you are as regualar as Big Ben! So every bfn you have brings you closer to that seemingly elusive bfp !

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runtus · 18/08/2004 09:57

Glad to hear you are felling a bit brighter this morning Twiga, nothing worse than being surrounded by happy parents sometimes, even if you want to be pleased for them. As BeckiF so rightly says, every month that goes by just brings us closer to being pg

As for me, I have almost been to Boots twice since 8.30am already! Just managed to keep myself in my chair by hunting for articles relating to early pregnancy signs on the internet....going to be a long day.

Cobweb · 18/08/2004 10:08

can I join.

I was over on the other thread, but thought it would be nice to come on over

Lots of babydust being sprinkled. Good luck ladies xxx

logic · 18/08/2004 10:43

I wonder what my chances of a bfp actually are, given that my cycle is completely erratic...
Since ttc I've had a 43 day cycle, a 17 day cycle and I'm currently on cd24. Hmmmm. Anyone got any advice?

Hugs to Twiga. Sorry that you are having a bad day.

Tania2 · 18/08/2004 11:38

Hi all. Welcome Lotsofbabies hope this is a lucky thread for you. Sorry to hear you were having a downer Twiga. Iam feeling the same today really down and P*ed off. Did an ov test today CD12 not oving. Is it possible that when i had the cm on CD9 that i was oving then iam on a 27DC so cd9 would be too early wouldn't it? the cm only lasted that day (my birthday) how ironic would it be if i feel pg this month and i had conceived on my Birthday! iam so over it this month not going to bother with ttc it will be nice not to have to go through all the reading of every twinge, ache or sick feeling thinking iam pg when af due.
God logic how do you cope i would be testing every day thinking that af is late with such a erratic cycle. Sorry i cant give you any advice. Rustus please dont test you may get disappointed b4 your holiday. enjoy yourself have a few drinks live it up cause it could be the last time if your pg.

Fonzie · 18/08/2004 13:21

Anybody still around? Sorry you're feeling so low Twiga. I took the advice BeckiF gave yesterday and bought some vitB stuff today. With a bit of luck, this should help PMT if I'm not successful this month. Can't get over this horrendous weather we've got here at the moment. Who would believe it's summer?!! Don't test Runtus - it'll just upset you for your holiday and probably leave you feeling unrelaxed instead. Suppose I should go and do some work now but finding it difficult to find any enthusiasm at the moment. Any hints?

muddaofsuburbia · 18/08/2004 13:41

CM is clear today - does that mean tonight's the night?

runtus · 18/08/2004 13:47

I know you are right Fonzie and I have just about managed to walk past Boots twice today without going in.......getting harder though! I feel really sick still and now I've become totally knackered too. Not sure if it just becuase my body really needs this holiday!

If I'm not pg after all this I'm going to be gutted though, so I know you are gith to steer clear of the testing kit aisle!

Where are you in the country? Our weather seems to have cleared up a bit.......

Fonzie · 18/08/2004 13:56

Up in the cold north! Thankfully, DS's toddler group is meeting here today so at least that will help pass the time a little bit. I know what you mean about finding it hard to walk past Boots. While I was buying my vit B this morning, it took me all my time not to buy another test as well. I've decided (at least for the next few days!) that I'm going to let nature tell me. In saying that, the prospect of AF on holiday isn't too great either and so I can see your dilemma. Where about's are you?

runtus · 18/08/2004 14:11

Down in London, which doesn't actually look too bad today. Been rain non-stop for about 2 weeks up til now.......

I'm really not looking forward to af in Egypt I have to admit but I guess it will either happen or it won't and me fretting about it won't make a blind bit of difference. Plus (and I feel a bit bad about this) I want to be able to drink for at least the 1st half of the holiday - never know it might be the last chance for a while!