The July 19ers - The rollercoaster continues, scream if you wanna go faster

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We can do this ladies.

We can take on anything

Love reading about stuff like this... my cousins & siblings are equally split too... however -
DH has an elder DSis, then a DB then him.
Interestingly that pattern has continued as both SIL & BIL have had an elder DD followed by a younger DS.
My DM is convinced that she can't carry boys - she had an mc before me, after me & after my sister, all which were "different pregnancies" & she believes to have been boys.
I really think based on this we'll have a DD first & wouldn't be surprised if we didn't have a DS at all.

It sounds like you'll be having boys @Kinsters!

Huge, huge congrats on your little boy @TwittleBee. Have you any name ideas yet?

This is interesting.... DH's parents have 7 grandsons!! Not one of DH or his brother or sister has had a girl!!

I think I'll be having boys Bentley! I think you'll have boys too Tigsy!!

When I was younger I really really wanted girls but spending time with my husbands very male family has changed that and now I don't have a preference.

My MIL is pretty much the only female in the family. She has 2 brothers, she had 3 sons. Of the 3 sons they have 5 kids, 4 are boys!!

Ps boys are the best!!

@tigsyboo how interesting... what about your side?

@Kinsters I felt exactly the same. I would absolutely love to have a DD & always felt I wouldn't really know what to "do" with a DS... but spending time with my nephews has really changed that.

Have you seen this this morning? Hats off to Hilaria for being so open.
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6886481/Alec-Baldwins-wife-Hilaria-tells-followers-thinks-having-miscarriage.html

X post @BettySwoll0cks - looks like you'll be having another DS too then!

There's no kids on my side. Sister hasn't had any and got no other close family
My mum has a sister and I have a sister tho.... 🤔

Kin I'm not sure if he does really understand but we have included him in it all and when we ask if he is excited he nods his head. He doesn't talk yet so communication isn't always great.

Name ideas... We have Settled on Roy. Think it goes well with our Son's name, Vincent. Stuck on middle names though for this one. Vincent has a middle name after my grandad so I suggested we did the same for DH's grandad but he isn't keen as him and his brother already Honor their grandads.

Should add... interestingly my Dad is 1 of 4 brothers. They've gone on to having mainly boys. My Nan ended up finally having a girl when she remarried!

My step dad is one of 4 boys but they've all gone on to have only girls! His mum was desperate for a girl too so I guess at least she has a million granddaughters.

Eldest just asked me if I’m going to have another baby, said probably not as frankly he’s 4 and I don’t want to get into a discussion but he went into say that he hopes I do and he hopes it’s a girl and we’ll call her either Emily or Elizabeth ... let’s hope he’s right!

Awwww @Dartmoor - my DS's best friend's mum is pregnant and so he asked me the other day, completely out of the blue, "have you got a baby in your tummy, Mummy?" And I was like 🤮

Roy & Vincent go really nicely together @TwittleBee - could you perhaps use DHs name (or even a masculine version of your name)?
If not, I think William or Stanley would be lovely 💕

Aww bless him @DartmoorDoughnut - @BettySwoll0cks that would have set me off 😭😭

I'm considering Roy Marcus James as that would Honor his 3 grandads and two uncles! But DH isn't sure.

Oh Dartmoor that really us a tricky one. Hope that he has had a lovely prediction there for you.

Betty ah hope that topic didn't linger too long. Bless kids, they haven't a clue.

I think I accidently set a work colleague off the other day. Told her I'm expecting another baby as she asked how many kids I had and she left so quick, literally "congratulations" and then walked away. Felt awful.

@BettySwoll0cks yeah he’s done that in the past, “Mummy look you’ve got a baby in your tummy!” “No love I just have a big tummy because you two used to live in it 🤷🏻‍♀️😂” then go and sob quietly in a corner!

@TwittleBee we really struggled to think of names second time around as we’d used up all of our choices with DS1 as it took so long to get pregnant with him we didn’t think we’d get another chance to use the names we loved!

Aw they're really nice names Twittle! Waiting to ovulate is so boring... And I've got another cold. Sucks.

Although I love having a son, I'd also quite like a girl, just so I can call her Martha 😍

I actually have quite a respectable chart this month! Previous months the temp rise has been really flat and hasn't got very high at all. This month I've been taking all the supplements and have been getting decent sleep, and bingo! Shame we only managed to DTD once so far this cycle cos DH was away but the chart gives me hope for future cycles 🙂

Love your name choice @TwittleBee, especially Marcus. Hope DH does agree with you.

Love Martha too @BettySwoll0cks
Chart is looking fab too. Fx'd for next month.

For a DS, I love Eric (DH hates it) & for a girl I've always loved Betsy... not sure whether we would call a DD that as I couldn't use Elizabeth & unsure if Betsy is ok for an adult

Sorry you've got a cold @Kinsters that's rubbish.

I'm two days late now & AF has no signs of coming. Tested again this morning & BFN. Went for a walk in the woods yesterday & bumped into ILs. DH had obviously told his DM that I've been suffering with migraines because she said how she suffered with them throughout all of her pregnancies & am I pregnant? "No?" "I bet you are"
No I'm not fucking pregnant.

We were supposed to be going for lunch with them today but I've just not been able to stop crying this morning. Big argument with DH & I've sent him alone.

This is the first month we've properly "tried" since the mc & where there was a promise for a gorgeous chubby 5 month old for Christmas, now there is no chance that I'll even become a mum in 2019. It is so soul destroying 😢

Ooh @Bentley, why won’t friends and relatives just butt out of things. As if it isn’t hard enough. I don’t call my aunties anymore cause that is always the first thing they ask and I’ve had enough of it. I’ll tell them when I’m good and ready if there is something to tell.
I still don’t dare think of names yet @twittle but those are lovely.
All fingers crossed for next cycle @Betty.
Sorry I’ve been rather absent lately. We went for my birthday holiday to Madrid, which was lovely. Had a listening in session with the midwife when we returned. We heard the heartbeat again which was lovely. Waiting for the nhs scan now.
Currently making chocolate mud cake and trying desperately not to eat the uncooked cake mix. God I love it but the raw egg and coffee really wouldn’t be a good idea at the mo. Torture!

@Bentley11 you poor love big (((hugs))) next time around just say “well we’ve been having a LOT of sex so let’s hope it’s worked”

Really nice looking chart Betty! Looks like you hit O-2 which is supposed to be the best day!

Bentley that sounds really shit. And combined with AF being late I can see why you're upset. I get migraines too and they're horrible - mine aren't as bad as some people's but they make me feel so ill and tired. I think they're hormone related.

I know @Buggles it's so frustrating isn't it? Glad you had a lovely holiday and hope your cake turned out nice! Must've been torture not being able to lick the bowl!! When is your scan?

@Dartmoor LOL might actually use that.

@Kin have you managed to find anything that works yet? Nothing seems to touch mine and I've been too paranoid to take anything other than paracetamol during the TWW just in case. I think it's to do with the progesterone increase. Horrible things. Hope your cold is clearing up x

Still no sign of AF - 3 days late now when I'm usually like clockwork. I'm only assuming the lines I had last week signified yet another chemical and perhaps it's taking a few days for my hormone levels to come down. MIL has told everyone and their goldfish on Facebook what a lovely lunch she had with DH and FIL, just like old times(!!!) and how it's been just the best weekend ever because her son took her for lunch and "our girl" won The Voice (she went to school with Molly Hocking's grandmother, apparently... in addition to being a direct descendant of both Jane Austen and Winston Churchill ).
Probably PMS but has set my teeth on edge.

I have a training session with my DHorse this evening (with Stephen Hadley @Pegase!!) so hopefully that will cheer me up a bit

Hang in there @Bentley, my body has done that time twice since my last mc (pg symptoms, late AF) - so bloody unfair. Probably a good decision on your part not to go to the lunch yesterday, quite likely it would've ended in a massive argument. Sounds like you dodged a bullet to me! x

Am hoping this is an implantation dip (6dpo - I think ovusense is always a day or so out). Probably not but I can hope can't I?! I can't account for a big dip in temp otherwise.

Just came on here to say that AF decided to show up this morning - very. very dark brown spotting - with none of my awful achy legs that I rabbit on about every month, exactly how the mc started, so I'm assuming this was a true chemical. Annoyed but glad that cycle has ended and I can start with the next.

@Betty that looks very promising! As @Kin said, O-2 is supposedly the best day! Keeping everything crossed for you.