TTC Waiting room stay as long at you like part 3

[07mumstheword]

Hello hope you can find me I'm off to get the list.

Ha ha! Yes, still obsessive, but the only person who had to endure it was my DH, not you lovely people.

Actually, if you're interested in exaclty how obsessive I was this month...? I warn you, it's not pretty!

I actually tried an alkaline diet this month - for CD1 to CD15 ate only alkaline foods (you can look up a list on the internet). No meat, no dairy, no alcohol, no caffeine, no fizzy drinks (including fizzy water). Drank lots of still water mixed with grapefruit juice. Also took evening primrose oil, royal jelly, along with folic acid, plus used the CB Digital Monitor.

Now that's obsessive! But I have to say, after doing this for two weeks, I saw the most textbook EWCM I have ever had (sorry if TMI!) BD'd that night, and here I am.

Anyway, perhaps it was just random, but I honestly think that the diet had an effect on my body.

Here I am again, the final week, just waiting Seems like it's gone on forever this time. We have now been trying for 7 months which I know isn't long but it seems like forever!
It's so long I've fallen off the list

TTC LIST
Bucky2007 CD1 Cycle 8 TTC#1 (MC Sept06)
07mumstheword CD3 Cycle 9 TTC#2 (CP July+Sept)
BabyFever CD6 Cycle 2 TTC#1
JollyBear CD7 Cycle 3 TTC#1
ClairePO CD7 Cycle3 TTC#1 Post MC Sept 07
Digitalgirl CD7 Cycle 4 TTC#1
Biglips CD8 cycle 2 TTC~#2
GreenGlassGoblin CD8 Cycle 5 TTC#2
Neveronamonday CD8 Cycle 2 TTC#2
Emmsy CD9 cycle 3 MC3 TTC*4
Anniemac CD9 Cycle 12 TTC#2
Mibbes CD9 Cycle 2 TTC#1
Mrsei25 CD10 cycle 2 TTC#2
Mamalex CD10 cycle14 TTC#2
Glastochick CD12 Cycle 3 TTC#
Shreksmissus CD13 Cycle 13 TTC#2 (since mc nov'06)
Madoldbird CD14 Cycle 5 TTC#3
Spink CD15 cycle 6 TTC#2
GryffinGirl CD15 Cycle 12 TTC#1
Meglet CD15 TTC#2 POST-MC:NOV07
Hopefully CD16 Cycle 1 TTC#1
Kirstygem CD17 Cycle 4 TTC#2
Grinningbee CD18 Cycle 1 TTC #1 (MMC Oct 07)
Pistachio CD19 Cycle 2 TTC #2
Teeheelady CD20 Cycle 2 TTC#1 (mc Oct07)
theowlwhowasafraidofthedark CD20 Cycle 7 TTC#1
Lockets CD22 Cycle 2 TTC#1
toytownmum CD23 Cycle 6 TTC#3
Excitable CD24 Cycle 4 TTC#1
McDreamy CD27 Cycle 7 TTC#3
cbcb CD25 Cycle 2 TTC #3
Abbymeg CD27 Cycle 4 TTC#2
Fairysnuff CD27 Cycle 5 TTC#2
Sandies CD27 Cycle 2 TTC#4
Starlight CD28 Cycle 2 TTC#2 (MC Oct 07)
Mybabysinthegarden CD29 Cycle 2 TTC#2
Fruitbowl CD31 Cycle 18 TTC#2
PicknMix CD31 Cycle 5 TTC#1 (mc Jan '07)
Musicgirl CD32 Cycle 2 TTC1
Cricri CD33 Cycle 3 TTC#1 (mc Sept '07)
MissusH CD34 Cycle 5 TTC#2
KiddieCare CD41 Cycle 5 TTC#2
Dungungirl CD48 Cycle 5 TTC#2
Fruitloop79 CD83 cycle 2 TTC#2

TTC GRADUATE LIST (we WILL be on it)
Mcchesers BFP 2-NOV [CD31 Cycle 1 TTC#1 POST-MMC:AUG07]
Penguinmum BFP 3-NOV [CD35 Cycle 3 TTC#2]
SFXMum BFP 10-NOV [CD31 Cycle 12 TTC#2]
Shazza2002 BFP 25-NOV [CD29 Cycle2 TTC#2]
Sassylou BFP 25-NOV [CDwaiting Cycle1 TTC#3 POST-BC:OCT07]
KD73 BFP 28 NOV [CD 37 Cycle 3 TTC #1] (mc Aug 07)
Sarahnh BFP 3-Dec [CD24 Cycle 11 TTC#2]
TwilightSurfer BFP 6-Dec [CD26 Cycle 1 TTC#2 (mc Nov 07)]
Foghornleghorn BFP 6-Dec [CD42 Cycle 2 TTC#3]
Holly78 BFP 11 Dec [CD? Cycle 1 TTC#3]
Pennybenjamin BFP 15 Dec [CD23 Cycle6 TTC#1]

sorry your on CD1 again bucky at least you didn't have too long to wait for AF. I had a think about your opk...maybe when you got it the first time on CD14 the LH surge was on the way down and you ov'ed the next day. perhaps this time you got it on the way up and you ov'ed two days after. also, i got that spotting pattern once. spotted for three days, then two days nothing, then AF turned up with hells bells on. ouch.

hello mcdreamy - don't know how you fell off the list, fingers crossed for this last week.

PB that alkaline diet sounds very interesting. i might give that a go next cycle (not this cycle, what with all the meat, cheese and champagne I'll be consuming over xmas).

This cycle on the otherhand is my, f**k it cycle. The I'll-eat-and-drink-whatever-the-hell-i-want cycle. I've done the no booze thing and it didn't help me ovulate any quicker (if at all). So I'm just going to have fun, and if I get an alcohol-surviving BFP at the end of it then it was meant to be.

CD17 so into the damn 2WW and looking for signs, have had very tingly nipples for 3 days now which most unusual but doubt could really be preg yet?? Hopefully Christmas take my mind off waiting and syptom spotting although scheduled to test on 31st Jan!!

Hey, digitalgirl I've just noticed you finally got AF! Can you hazard a guess yet when you might be ovulating? I havnt got a bloody clue for me. still hanging on in there on day83! I don't think my Aunty Flo likes me very much which is why she wont visit - what a bitch!

Greetings everyone!

Long time no post. I've been a busy bunny at market. Standing around outside in minus 3 degrees waiting for customers is fab!!!

Hope everyone is ok.

No real news here... started using the CBFM this cycle which tells me I'm peaking today (cd18).

TMI alert

DH and I tried to bd this morning and all was going well until just before the "crucial moment" when his shoulder dislocated !!!!! Needless to say, it killed it pretty quick. I managed to get the shoulder back in for him though.

We shall try again later . I will not be thwarted by a mere dislocation. Heehee. Is that bad of me?

'ouch' at shoulder dislocation. hope he's recovered by this evening.

OMG, you broke your DH!?! That's ridiculous! Although I am impressed with your dedication to the cause
I'm so intriuged by opks. Assuming I get a bfn this month, I am so getting some of them next month. Even though I know exactly when I ov! Is that bad?

I am bored of my 2ww now. I think it was fun for about.. ooh, 12 hours. Now I want it to be NYE so I can test. Grrr. I can suddenly totally understand the obsessive sympton spotting, think I need to get over to the 2ww thread and vent!

OMG Fruitloop this is getting silly. I don't know what to say, you must be so frustrated.

As for you, Grinningbee breaking your DH - I had to LOL! My DH has had sex injuries too this week. TMI he is complaining of chafing Luckily, my temps say that I've already ovulated, so he can have as much time to recover as he likes!!

Bucky really sorry to hear that TEW got you. Can you strangle her with her stupid emo tights? She's too old for them anyway...

yeah excitable it is frustrating. But it's getting sorted (hopefully). Blood test results on fri and pelvic ultrasound in (hoping) Jan

Oh god, have officially gone mad. Have spent an unreasonable amount of time (I am not even going to tell you how long, it is too embarrassing) looking at a maternity clothes website and deciding what I want . I need a virtual slap!

Good news that you're on your way to a proper diagnosis, fruitloop. We may not have to come and threaten your doc with a gun until he finds a vure!

Grinningbee Your poor husband! I also hope he's recovered by this evening - typical for it to happen on the crucial day of the month!
Welcome to all the newbies too - I've been away for a few days and have been catching up on all the posts.
Hopefully I tried OPKs this month (CBD) but never got a . Somebody on MN told me that for some women they're not all that reliable, which made me feel better as I was starting to worry that I wasn't ov'ing. I don't think I'll bother with them again, but it was fun to have a play.
CD33 for me and no AF yet... I'm trying to resist the temptation to test until Friday as my cycles have been a bit haywire since the mc.
Hope everybody is OK on this chilly evening!

ha ha hopefully

hi fruitloop - yep AF turned up after 45 days, shorter than the previous 50, but not short enough for my liking

think i'm getting all the same blood tests as you...FSH/LH, prolactin, testosterone, progesterone, thyroid etc. and have my scan booked in jan too. so for now, the ttc adventure continues!

GB poor poor DH , hope he recovers in time .

Have been to the loo three times this evening and very early in the morning this morning and yeterday to do a HPT. Have I done one? Have I hell. I have no symptoms of pg at all but the lure to pee on the stick still drives. Am I scared of disappointment? Losing the hope? or do I already know that it's pointless? Oh ffs, I need to get out more. I'm sure you all know what I'm going through so please help me achieve sanity....
Evening all x

hopefully glad to hear i not the only one testing on new years eve! I have taken the madness a stage further and purchased 2 maternity tops in a sale last week

hi ladies!!
MTW sorry AF caught up with you hunny
welcome to all the new face in the room!!
penny big congrats for your BFP
and i seem to have lost a day somewhere!![TTC WAITING CD
Mylittleeloise CD waiting Cycle1 TTC#2 Post MC:Nov07

TTC LIST
Bucky2007 CD1 Cycle 8 TTC#1 (MC Sept06)
07mumstheword CD3 Cycle 9 TTC#2 (CP July+Sept)
BabyFever CD6 Cycle 2 TTC#1
JollyBear CD7 Cycle 3 TTC#1
ClairePO CD7 Cycle3 TTC#1 Post MC Sept 07
Digitalgirl CD7 Cycle 4 TTC#1
Biglips CD8 cycle 2 TTC~#2
GreenGlassGoblin CD8 Cycle 5 TTC#2
Neveronamonday CD8 Cycle 2 TTC#2
Emmsy CD9 cycle 3 MC3 TTC*4
Anniemac CD9 Cycle 12 TTC#2
Mibbes CD9 Cycle 2 TTC#1
Mrsei25 CD11 cycle 2 TTC#2
Mamalex CD10 cycle14 TTC#2
Glastochick CD12 Cycle 3 TTC#
Shreksmissus CD13 Cycle 13 TTC#2 (since mc nov'06)
Madoldbird CD14 Cycle 5 TTC#3
Spink CD15 cycle 6 TTC#2
GryffinGirl CD15 Cycle 12 TTC#1
Meglet CD15 TTC#2 POST-MC:NOV07
Hopefully CD16 Cycle 1 TTC#1
Kirstygem CD17 Cycle 4 TTC#2
Grinningbee CD18 Cycle 1 TTC #1 (MMC Oct 07)
Pistachio CD19 Cycle 2 TTC #2
Teeheelady CD20 Cycle 2 TTC#1 (mc Oct07)
theowlwhowasafraidofthedark CD20 Cycle 7 TTC#1
Lockets CD22 Cycle 2 TTC#1
toytownmum CD23 Cycle 6 TTC#3
Excitable CD24 Cycle 4 TTC#1
cbcb CD25 Cycle 2 TTC #3
Abbymeg CD27 Cycle 4 TTC#2
Fairysnuff CD27 Cycle 5 TTC#2
Sandies CD27 Cycle 2 TTC#4
Starlight CD28 Cycle 2 TTC#2 (MC Oct 07)
Mybabysinthegarden CD29 Cycle 2 TTC#2
Fruitbowl CD31 Cycle 18 TTC#2
PicknMix CD31 Cycle 5 TTC#1 (mc Jan '07)
Musicgirl CD32 Cycle 2 TTC1
Cricri CD33 Cycle 3 TTC#1 (mc Sept '07)
MissusH CD34 Cycle 5 TTC#2
KiddieCare CD41 Cycle 5 TTC#2
Dungungirl CD48 Cycle 5 TTC#2
Fruitloop79 CD83 cycle 2 TTC#2

TTC GRADUATE LIST (we WILL be on it)
Mcchesers BFP 2-NOV [CD31 Cycle 1 TTC#1 POST-MMC:AUG07]
Penguinmum BFP 3-NOV [CD35 Cycle 3 TTC#2]
SFXMum BFP 10-NOV [CD31 Cycle 12 TTC#2]
Shazza2002 BFP 25-NOV [CD29 Cycle2 TTC#2]
Sassylou BFP 25-NOV [CDwaiting Cycle1 TTC#3 POST-BC:OCT07]
KD73 BFP 28 NOV [CD 37 Cycle 3 TTC #1] (mc Aug 07)
Sarahnh BFP 3-Dec [CD24 Cycle 11 TTC#2]
TwilightSurfer BFP 6-Dec [CD26 Cycle 1 TTC#2 (mc Nov 07)]
Foghornleghorn BFP 6-Dec [CD42 Cycle 2 TTC#3]
Holly78 BFP 11 Dec [CD? Cycle 1 TTC#3]
Pennybenjamin BFP 15 Dec [CD23 Cycle6 TTC#1]
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there we go!!
hugs to everyone!!
xx ei xx

oh yeah and sandies DO THE TEST DO THE TEST!! dont be worried about the outcome hun as either way we will be here to hold your hand (virtually of course!!)
xx ei xx

Hi all,

My biggest apologies as I haven't been around hardly at all this month - ttc has taken rather a back seat with lots of other things going on. Needless to say I'm back to the top of the list again though [sigh] - can I be your cycle buddy Bucky? Sorry to hear TEW caught up with you after your tense time with the spotting etc...

Sandies - I'm afraid I cannot help with a sanity check, my sanity disappeared about, oh, 6 months ago (when I first began ttc!!). I, like some others, now prefer not to test until absolutely necessary cos I don't like getting a bfn. Am willing to champion you on from the sidelines though - hope you don't get peeing stagefright!!!

CD WAITING
Mylittleeloise CD waiting Cycle1 TTC#2 Post MC:Nov07

TTC LIST
PicknMix CD1 Cycle 6 TTC#1 (mc Jan '07)
Bucky2007 CD1 Cycle 8 TTC#1 (MC Sept06)
07mumstheword CD3 Cycle 9 TTC#2 (CP July+Sept)
BabyFever CD6 Cycle 2 TTC#1
JollyBear CD7 Cycle 3 TTC#1
ClairePO CD7 Cycle3 TTC#1 Post MC Sept 07
Digitalgirl CD7 Cycle 4 TTC#1
Biglips CD8 cycle 2 TTC~#2
GreenGlassGoblin CD8 Cycle 5 TTC#2
Neveronamonday CD8 Cycle 2 TTC#2
Emmsy CD9 cycle 3 MC3 TTC*4
Anniemac CD9 Cycle 12 TTC#2
Mibbes CD9 Cycle 2 TTC#1
Mrsei25 CD11 cycle 2 TTC#2
Mamalex CD10 cycle14 TTC#2
Glastochick CD12 Cycle 3 TTC#
Shreksmissus CD13 Cycle 13 TTC#2 (since mc nov'06)
Madoldbird CD14 Cycle 5 TTC#3
Spink CD15 cycle 6 TTC#2
GryffinGirl CD15 Cycle 12 TTC#1
Meglet CD15 TTC#2 POST-MC:NOV07
Hopefully CD16 Cycle 1 TTC#1
Kirstygem CD17 Cycle 4 TTC#2
Grinningbee CD18 Cycle 1 TTC #1 (MMC Oct 07)
Pistachio CD19 Cycle 2 TTC #2
Teeheelady CD20 Cycle 2 TTC#1 (mc Oct07)
theowlwhowasafraidofthedark CD20 Cycle 7 TTC#1
Lockets CD22 Cycle 2 TTC#1
toytownmum CD23 Cycle 6 TTC#3
Excitable CD24 Cycle 4 TTC#1
cbcb CD25 Cycle 2 TTC #3
Abbymeg CD27 Cycle 4 TTC#2
Fairysnuff CD27 Cycle 5 TTC#2
Sandies CD27 Cycle 2 TTC#4
Starlight CD28 Cycle 2 TTC#2 (MC Oct 07)
Mybabysinthegarden CD29 Cycle 2 TTC#2
Fruitbowl CD31 Cycle 18 TTC#2

Musicgirl CD32 Cycle 2 TTC1
Cricri CD33 Cycle 3 TTC#1 (mc Sept '07)
MissusH CD34 Cycle 5 TTC#2
KiddieCare CD41 Cycle 5 TTC#2
Dungungirl CD48 Cycle 5 TTC#2
Fruitloop79 CD83 cycle 2 TTC#2

TTC GRADUATE LIST (we WILL be on it)
Mcchesers BFP 2-NOV [CD31 Cycle 1 TTC#1 POST-MMC:AUG07]
Penguinmum BFP 3-NOV [CD35 Cycle 3 TTC#2]
SFXMum BFP 10-NOV [CD31 Cycle 12 TTC#2]
Shazza2002 BFP 25-NOV [CD29 Cycle2 TTC#2]
Sassylou BFP 25-NOV [CDwaiting Cycle1 TTC#3 POST-BC:OCT07]
KD73 BFP 28 NOV [CD 37 Cycle 3 TTC #1] (mc Aug 07)
Sarahnh BFP 3-Dec [CD24 Cycle 11 TTC#2]
TwilightSurfer BFP 6-Dec [CD26 Cycle 1 TTC#2 (mc Nov 07)]
Foghornleghorn BFP 6-Dec [CD42 Cycle 2 TTC#3]
Holly78 BFP 11 Dec [CD? Cycle 1 TTC#3]
Pennybenjamin BFP 15 Dec [CD23 Cycle6 TTC#1]

Hells bells - have heartburn!!! Will do the test in the morning - hope hand doesn't wobble too much and I miss the stick!! Cheers lovelies - will let you know the outcome tomorrow but gut instinct says it will be a bfn Bugger!

Hi everyone
My af is due tomorrow, had no symptoms.Was sick for 3 hours yesterday morning.Dont think its morning sickness though, possibly because i constantly stuffed my face with anything and everything. Feel very strange though. I am sure I am starting to imagine pregnancy symptoms

Ooh, Sandies, let us know if you resisted the temptation to test or not!

Kirstygem - I shall eagerly anticipate your NYE result! I am not optimistic about mine, but who knows? I am also very pleased that as well as sharing a test day, you are as mad as me on the maternity clothing front! Probably we are horribly jinxing ourselves, but how is it possible to resist?

2 things are annoying me today. Firstly, I normally get (TMI coming) ewcm, not loads, but sufficient amounts for me not to worry, for 1-1.5 days max on cds13-14. This month, I got absolutely loads and I got it a little bit on cd14, loads on 15 and 16 and virtually none today (cd17). Anyone know when in that period I might have ov?d? Plenty of bd-ing occurred, so not worried on that front, but if I ov?d at the end of that period, say cd16, and assuming my textbook 28 day cycle continues (which no doubt it won?t now that I?m actually ttc), I?ll only have a 12 day LP. Is that long enough for everything to happen? In my head it?s meant to be 14 days, but I can?t be bothered to search and check?

The other thing that is annoying me is WHY IS IT SO BLOODY DIFFICULT TO GUARANTEE A PREGNANCY??? Seriously, could we not have been designed a little more efficiently? Those poor little swimmers have to find their way up inches (which I?m presuming is a lot if you?re a fraction of a millimetre long) of woman bits before they have any chance of encountering an egg. If they should survive that arduous journey (unlikely at any time of the month except one), there?s every chance that the egg won?t be there or they won?t be able to break in to it. Assuming they actually do, the whole things now has to survive another precarious journey and actually embed in the womb lining without getting lost/falling out/being unhealthy and therefore unviable. No wonder people can ttc for years without any success! I am seriously doubting the stories that say healthy mid-twenties people (like me) have a 30% chance of conceiving each month. HOW!?

Rant over. I will get the list and update it in penance for being a long winded whinger.