Trying to concieve 11 thread for October!! For us Unlucky ones on 10

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CD 5!!! Here we go again, not that im sure i want to after the day ive had with the kids.

Hi guys new comer here again
Can you explain what starting a new thread means?
I am really confused as I am wanting to talk, but everyone seems to be talking to everyone...is there a system where do I start

Quick message to Cosybear and Jeddah - just wanted to say a big welcome! We were all new once and sorry if it feels like we are all a bit cliquey right now. You'll pick up the lingo in a jiffy belive me, when I first saw the site I thought 'oh my god, what are they all on about??', the prob is MN gets very addictive!

On the matter of when the right time to bd is, I know the days BEFORE ov are supposed to be the important ones but there are hundreds of people who fall pg when they have only done it 1 after ovulation - so never say never!

The main thing is not to get too hung up on dates, cycles all that neurotic stuff - it is all to easy to fall into believe me!

Oh and Cobweb - just remembered that Sweetheart will kill me if I don't tell you to eat your own body weight in chocolate this evening!

Hi Jeddah - to start a new thread, go to the index list under any topic heading and right at the top there is a line which reads: to start a new topic click here. Click there, and away you go x

Jeddah, If you want to start a new topic or have a specifc question you can start a new thread, otherwise just post your comments/questions etc in the TTC#11 thread as previously.....hope that helps

Jeddah, sorry, didn't quite answer your question properly - starting a new thread is posting under a new topic heading, this can be a question, statement, or anything really - done as I decribed a min ago. Hope you don't feel too left out, it can be hard when you start posting, I've only been around 3 months and it didn't take long to find my feet. Have you had a look at the acronym list at the top of the page, that might help too. Hope this Helps (HTH)!

Runtus, that was much clearer than my waffle

Nah - I just got there first!

HPT- Home pregnancy test
OV- ovulation
BD'ing- baby dancing (Making babies!!)
AF- antie flow (period)
CD- Your cycle date. eg: CD1 first day of AF
DH / DP dear husbund, dear partner

Hope this helps guys, You'll have the hang of it in no time..

Congratulations Mrs Flowerpot! It's great to hear some good news on a Monday.
Cobweb - Thinking of you at the moment. I hope that your GP can help you. Is it possible to speak to them on the phone?
Jeddah - my understanding of ovulation is that BDing should occur up to two days before and on ov day. I have read lots of info which say as much as 5 days before to the day after so my conclusion is keep BDing!

Can anyone advise me on when I should test. My periods have been between 30 and 33 days except for last month when it was 40. Its CD28 today.

Runtus I think I will babe, chocolate here I come.

I feel a bit better as I had a cuppa with a friend and she said "look stop punishing yourself with every worry and look after yourself, what will be will be".

Although its a cliche I think I should try and be positive. I am there was a definate flicker of a heartbea. Just worried about the sac being so small because I don't know if the sac has collapsed and miscarriage is pending or whether my dates are just off slightly and maybe its smaller because of that.

Thank goodness I didn't move over to the June thread and stayed here.

Thank you girls, just don't know how to thank you enough for helping me through this (((hugs)))

Love Cobweb xxx

Conmgratulations Mrs Flowerpot

Cobweb, you are being so brave. Lots of love and hugs from me too. I'm not a great one for prayer but I just sent a little one up for you.

Jeddah - it's great to have you here, and you'll feel part of the group very soon. Part of the problem is that it's such a fast-moving thread that people who only have time to pop in now and then miss out on the flow of conversation. You'll find a way, though! I just posted to you on the other thread and said that I don't think you should worry about this month - you BDed on your day of ovulation and that's the main thing. Next month you could up your chances even more by BDing a bit earlier, but you haven't blown your chances this month by any means. Loads of women get pg doing what you've just done!

Cosybear - it depends what anti-depressant you're on, but I THINK (don't KNOW - note the health warning) that the current advice for the major ones (prozac, seroxat) is that:

• they haven't found evidence of links to birth defects etc
• but it is difficult to say for sure they are safe (ethics of mass testing on pg women, I imagine)
• generally it is better to stay off drugs when ttc, even ones which we consider relatively safe, just because we can't fully know
• but this may be outweighed in individual cases by the risks of coming off anti-depressants.

A friend of mine who is on seroxat and ttc discussed it with her doctor and they agreed it would be best for her to stay on it, because any known risks were outweighed by the benefits of her staying balanced at this stage in her life. But I think it's an individual decision to be reached in discussion with your doctor.

Finally, Made4it - - thanks for giving me my first laugh of the day. I've been sitting here fighting back tears - no AF yet but period pains kicking like a mule - thinking I will never, ever hold my own baby in my arms. I can't tell you how fed up I am with OPKs, pillows under bum, folic acid, grapefruit juice and cough syrup. I am sick of having my life measured out in two-week portions, and I would dearly love never to stare at another blue line, ever ever again. You described it beautifully!

Cobweb - Fingers crossed that these next 10 days are more stress free for you. Take care.

To all of you thanks for the chat and explainations!!
Runtus, minnie, pier, twiga, hester great to hear from you all...this site is fab! its just so good to talk

my fella is grinning all over his face at the mo as he is having a long hot bath tonight, since we went to the DRs last month and got his slightly lowered swimmers result! he has been banned from his baths which he loves! So after all tha BD over the weekend and ov well and truely over he is now looking foward to his soak!

How long is this thread gonna get before we can have a brand new one!!!

Hi there Jeddah, welcome to ttc. It is a bit mad on this thread, as you can see it moves really quickly sometimes and it's the luck of the draw whether you are online at the same time as someone else and have a "conversation". I tend to post and then get distracted, go off to baby group or something and come back 3 hours later. I think we all feel like we're talking to ourselves at some point, I know I do! I'm relatively new to the ttc thread too. I think a lot of us lurk before plucking up courage (or whatever it may be) to speak on this thread

Anyway, have a fab time sharing with all of us, have an even better time BDing and good luck with ttc ~~~~~~~~~

Jeddah - another abbreviation for you CM = Cervical mucus

Hi Jeddah, I too am a new member. I only started posting a few days ago. It moves so fast here, it's manic trying to keep up. I had been lurking for a few weeks before posting, but reading everyones notes I felt I knew them - it is a strange kind of situation ifykwim (if you know what i mean). Just jump right in I say.

I wanted to let you know about the Acroynm list at the top of the page under 'useful stuff'. This helped me out a lot.

Wishing you all the best and oodles & oodles of babydust.

Lol
Sharon
CD1/25

Hello all,
Thanks for all the welcome messages and advice!
Is anyone else on their first baby making ?!! Does anyone else feel nervous at the thought of it all sometimes ? And believing that it really might be you that will be a mother ??!!!!!! aaahhhhhhhh!!!
Also i know i can't leave it much longer at 37 !

Is so nice to talk to you all - you are all very kind and what a support to each other.
Thinking of you Cobweb and hope for the best .

What's your new thread Jeddah ?
Ok off to bed up too late !
Was Aunt Flow not on Bod when i was young ??!!!
Bye

Hehe I remember Aunt Flo from Bod, I used to really love that programme Cosybear.

How is everyone this morning? I had a dream that dp and I were bd'ing and then when we finished... ooh it's too horrid to post here, but I got AF. Now am having conception anxiety dreams!

Welcome to all the newcomers Made4it, Jeddah, Cosybear and others I have missed.

Cobweb, how are things this morning?

Hi Cosybear, I'm also a first timer. Been ttc for 10 months, age 30 and hoping this is the month.
Good luck to all, I'm sure we can make the target of six grads this month.

I'm a first timer too Cosybear and I have to admit to being a bit nervous at the prospect of all this ttc actually working! It is getting easier to see being real though as the months go on, not that I wouldn't prefer to fall pg now....I just get the feeling that if I had fallen right away, it would all feel too easy (if that makes any sense?!). That said, next time I get a bfn I won;t feel like that!

How are you feeling today Cobweb?

Cosybear, i am also a first timer, m/c in June and we are over a year trying.. But since my m/c we have been really trying b4 that it was a case of if it happens it happenes..

Cobweb, How are you feeling today??

Monring girls, I feel okish this morning.

No more bleeding and the pains on my side which were like a stitch pain have now gone.

It is horrible waiting 10 days but I feel a bit more positive today.

Thank you for thinking of me xxx

How is everyone today (((hugs)))

p.s. Chocolate was good last night !

Hi Cobweb, glad things have settled down a bit this morning and that you're not in pain anymore. One day closer now, keep getting plenty of rest, thinking of you all x

Cosybear, from what I remember other first timers are; Pier, Hester, Minnie1 and me. I guess in the scheme of things I've not been trying that long - 5 cycles - intially fell pg at second cycle but mc in July, now on third cycle since then and hoping hard for this month.

CD22 here, no symptoms either way - trying not to think about it.