the 2WW Continues...........................

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Here is our new thread, title choosen by coolkat!! c'mon over xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hello Bucky, Shreksmissus and Digitalgirl. [waves to everyone else]

It's been a while and life has been hectic! I haven't even had chance to read through the other epic threads to see if we've had any BFPs in the last 6 weeks.

I'm still not trying - I'm waiting for a little bit longer; though I'm having a big debate about how long that little bit should be! I'm truly, truly skint now we've moved house, which would affect possible maternity leave, BUT I'm worried it could take a while ttc, especially after 3 months of nothing, despite following all of the rules. I've had a few gyne hicuups - nothing serious, but enough to wonder whether I would be safe to wait as long as a couple of years to have a baby.

It is such a gamble.

I have been eating better and I've stopped smoking completely - which I though I would give into once we stopped trying. I've also given up caffine. Life is truly joyless! And, I don't have the entertainment of shameless symtom spotting for two weeks a month.

Get me to Christmas and I bet I fold, especially being surrounded by colleagues at work who are getting married and talking about starting families.

Anyhow, loads and loads of babydust to you all. I will definitely be popping back to see how you all are. ESPECIALLY if they do Christmas emoticons. I'm feeling strangely festive at the moment; perhaps the lack of stimulants have gone to my head?!

Take care xxx

Hi to Pixie and anyone else who remembers me from weeks ago! Sorry I missed you, but the crafty so-and-sos have changed the format whilst I've been lurking elsewhere and I only read the first page of 17!!

Have been reading - cbcb!! Are you trying again? How's your house situation? Finger's crossed for you.

I've missed loads

I'm going to have to start trying now - feel left out!!

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Morning everybody.

Can I join this thread. Know most of you from TTC thread.

Well peaks on Wed/Thurs CD18/CD19. So I guess I'm now officially on the 2WW.

So when do I count the 2W from CD18/CD19, or CD20 even???

What symptoms should I be watching out for, so I can send myself stir crazy you see

Thanks Ladies

be back later!

hey cbcb!

Well, I'm hoping for you. I'm pleased that you're settled, but I totally understand about the precarious finances - I still keep hearing that little voice saying "you'll manage". Like you say, we'll have at least 9 months to sort it, though judging from success rate last attempt, probably a lot longer!

It really is a bad time with work too for me; but then I think it will always be a bad time at work!

BUT- cb- your decision to try again has given me the nudge I needed. Have had a chat with DH and we're back on the boat. Bought some prenatal pills and after AF next week, will be in the running once again! How could I resist all of the Christmassy chat on here for the next month?!! What a reason to have a baby!

We'll be poor, but familied-up (and at least I've already sorted out the new kitchen, as that wouldn't have happened if I had been pg before).

Let battle commence!

Hi ladies, mind if I join you? Think I am 3 days post ovulation, but bit confused as had ewcm again this morning and did opk which had 2 identical pink lines. Had one before on CD14 (wednesday)but didn't test thurs or fri as thought there was no need. Anyway, good luck everyone

cbcb Last month was first off pill and cycle was 39 days. But don't think I'll be able to hold out for that long

I think I'll test 14 days from CD18, which would be CD32, unless TEW turns up before then of course.

Thanks cbcb. I think maybe I did not ovulate this month. All the signs were good, but to have AF show up 4 days early (apparently only 10 or 11 days after when I expected to ovulate) is just odd.
Time to dust out the ancient fertility monitor and check it still works I think!

Haven't read anything posted today except saw Abbeymeg and thought I would do a hurried . Hope all is well xx

Bucky, are you testing today or waiting?

Good luck.

I forgot again...should have really as I am going out this evening and will find it hard to avoid the drink .

bucky hope you're having a fun night out.

abbeymeg well done you for giving up smoking and caffeinie. After a painful detox you must feel so much better.

cbcb those are very good symptoms, plus you've been there before so you know what's familiar.

shazza I fully intend to test 18 dpo (whenever that is). I also fully expect to crack waaaay before then.

sh sorry AF turned up, good luck with this cycle - hope the opks help!

can't believe I'm posting on mn at gone midnight! DH and I sat here eating peanut butter on toast, only just got peckish after the massive feast I cooked up for lunch

DG From the sound of the effort you put into PIL feast I can not imagine they don't give you their 100% approval. Their son is very lucky to have such a domestic goddess!

Thanks DG - good luck with the PIL. How could anyone not apreciate a massive feast?

Can I ask a possibly rather dozey question? Yesterday morning AF turned up , but not a lot - maybe half a tampon (sorry if TMI). Then it stopped until this morning. Do I could yesterday or today as the first day of my cycle? Not that it makes a huge amount of dfference... with my surprise early period, I have no idea when I will be ovulating next. OPKs are vaguely useful (and I am pretty used to checking the position of my cervix, CM etc), but my DH works away from home Monday-Thursday and so knowing I am ovulating is only half the battle! I realy need to figure this thing out so we can be in the same place at the right time. Back to the drawing board I guess!

scary if that was me, I'd count today as CD1, because I'm always tempted to test early anyway and it feels sligtly better if your cycle runs on some.

I tested yesterday and got another BFN. CD 40 today but pretty sure I'm not pregnant. Now I'm just w a i t i n g.

Have a bit of a dilemma I'd like your help with. Well, two really, but they're related. We've been talking about holidays recently at Excitable Towers. We had a brilliant holiday last Easter in Egypt and Jordan where we did all kinds of exciting things like canyoning and jeep racing and snorkelling and camel riding - all sorts of stuff you probably shouldn't attempt if your pregnant. DH really wants to book another holiday like this and is pointing out that people we know have done exciting physical activity when they were pregnant. My point is that I don't know what stage of pregnancy (if any - got to be realistic) I'll be in by March and if I feel like chundering all day every day then I need to be in a nice relaxing place and not deciding whether to go canyoning or not that day. I can't make him understand that this will affect what I'm prepared to do on some days - any advice?

The second problem is this. My PIL want to book a holiday in April to Centerparcs with my BIL and his wife. We don't like my BIL and his wife very much, but it looks like we won't be able to avoid this. We have, at least talked them out of going for a week and got it down to a weekend and at least we'll be doing stuff that will distract us from how boring they are! My problem is that they want to share a cabin between the six of us, but what if I'm chundering all the time and they begin to suspect I'm pregnant before we're ready to tell them?

Advice please...

I'd book the exciting holiday - you can always find more relaxing things to do if need be. I got really sick of deferring holidays "in case I got pg" when we were ttc before. It's sod's law that if I had booked everything I would have got pg more quickly!! If you do get pg in the interim, I bet your husband will start treating you like glass and he won't pester you to do anything too physical on the holiday.

As regards the in-laws, I would not be too thrilled about sharing a cabin either. So why don't you/your DH invent some work commitment which means you might not turn up. Tell then you don't want them to get landed with the cost of a big cabin between four of them and so you'll book something smaller for the two of you. Either that or claim the two of you need a bit of a break together and book your own place and meet up for meals or to go to the spa. If you really can't get out of it, don't worry too much. When I was pregnant with my DD I was not sick once and that does not seem to be too unusual. Someone might guess, but I never had any qualms about lying when I was pg- afterall until you are ready to tell people it is none of their business!!

Oh - Excitable - I'm going to follow your advice and count today as CD1. I've started temping (yawn) today so it makes sense I think.

Hi Excitable, perhaps our AF's have gone away together! Jealous your thinking about next years holiday, we can not go abroad next year as DH's new job has not allowed him time off in school holiday's until October and I work school term / hours so I can not have time off when he can.

Hope everyone else is ok?

DG sounds like you had a great time yesterday, wishing I was domestic goddess!!

Bucky you having a lie in with a hangover?!

Thanks for the advice Scary perhaps you're right. I could keep putting off booking holidays forever. And the holiday might make me more relaxed and more likely to conceive. Looking forward to being treated like I'm made out of glass, although I guess I should be careful what I wish for!

It's difficult for us to make up a work commitment for the weekend as we both have Monday - Friday office jobs. I suspect that it will be much better than I suspect - I think the anticipation is often much worse than the reality in these cases. It's more likely to be just okay than truly awful and at least if we go at the weekend we don't have to use up too much leave to do it. And if we do have to spend time with Mr and Mrs Dull (and we can't really avoid it, can we?) at least we'll be occupied during that time.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest and enjoy your countdown to the next possible BFP. Althought the waiting is boring, I keep telling myself that it's much less boring than when I was broody for 6/7 years and there was NO chance of being pregnant because DH wasn't ready...

Exitable I posted my thoughts on the wrong thread. Its in the waiting room! Sorry!

Sorry Coolcat - cross posted! Actually you are right. Perhaps I should just have my holiday when I can and stop my whining. (I know you didn't mean it like that, but frankly, I should know better!) It's true that choice creates anxiety, isn't it?

Just nipping off to check out MTW's post in the waiting room.