TTC Thread 14 ... Santa knows what we want for Christmas

[hester]

Here we go! Thread 14 for the nicest bunch of women on Mumsnet

Thread 13 was very joyful and very painful for me, but what it has shown me is that even old warhorses like me can get lucky, so there's no excuse for all you nubile young honies not to deliver the goods! Come on now, Mama Hester expects you to do your duty by your fellow ttc-ers

Get ready now, 1 - 2 - 3, GO!!!

Yes Oops do want to join a "due in August" thread but feeling a little superstitious and may to wait until next year to join

(hugs) hester; you've been through a lot and I guess your body may just need a month or two to get back to normal. Fingers crossed.

Becki. I also have a FF chart this month which tells me I didn't OV so kind of know how you fel. Mine's only month 3 this time round though, so I know I have a way to go before reaching the average conception time even.

Congratulations Ooops! Well done you

Fertility friend told me several times that I hadn't ovulated even though on at least two occasions I then got pregnant - so it's not infallible. My temps were up and down two, cm not always present, but OPKs have done the trick. Now I'm using Persona.

Just a quick question - Persona showed an egg symbol on days 15 and 16 of my cycle (egg means you will ovulate in the next 1-2 days). By coincidence my cm was very noticeable this month - very eggwhite on day 15, slightly less on day 16. I thought that would mean I actually ov'ed on day 15. Or is the eggwhite cm also showing you are going to ovulate in 1 or 2 days time?

alterego - ewcm shows you you are going to ovulate within a few days. You will get it from before you ovulate until you ovulate, and this could be a few days long (anyone know the longest it could be? I'm assuming anything from 2-5 days is normal). Your Persona shows you that you are going to ovulate in the next day or two. So you got both signs together this month, but many women would find their ewcm comes first. The trick is to start BDing as soon as you get ewcm - even though you haven't ovulated, if you have ewcm the sperm can get up there and wait for your egg to arrive.

I expect you ovulated on day 16. HTH.

((hugs)) group hug every one. congrats on the BFP oops, weren't u only TTC for a few months, and not really trying as it were or was that someone else? ! not much happening this end, althou now AF's here, no swimming for me tonight! , just as well really as my stomach is killing! lol. (too long on the ab machine!)

rummage I can't find the thread on ovulation sticks, I saw it in here somewhere - can someone help me? It had a link to a website where you could buy them.

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Hi, hope you dont mind me gate crashing, does anybody else have no periods at all? have only ever had one or two. got my appointment with the gynecoligist in a couple of weeks for results of my ovary scan. took me 18 months to concieve my sons, docs said i had more chance of winning the lottery! please dont give up hope

mikeyjon - were u eva on the pill if u don't mind me askin? did the dr let you have tests with ur first? I only ask as my friend (also TTC) is v v irregular (not had AF since coming off the pill) three diffrenet drs have told her 3 diff things as to weather or not she is OV, without spending loads on OPK how else is she ment to know? can u OV without AF?

Hi there folks. Ernest, thanks for the link re working out my due date - off to follow that up in a minute! And sorry for introducing you to my onion fetish, just don't say "hhhhhhello" to anyone and you'll be ok!

Twiga, you're right about my location (remote island in Scotland) but I'm afraid they won't airlift me when I'm in labour (they won't take anyone in labour in a helicopter) - I will have to go off to Inverness for a couple of weeks before the baby is due .

CM, you followin' me, girl??!! Yes I have been busy building my website, but when the power goes off (as it frequently does.....)

Not stalking you m'dear, I am now officially TTC. (Hopefully sooner than later, since biggest problem is DH going back and forth whether he is too old to have another.)

girls not had time to read all posts yet.

HESTER.......an anteverted uterus is normal!!!!! and the pillow under the bum is a perfect position for the sperm in an anteverted uterus!

didn't er, whats his name, oh u know, des blokey, just have a baby at the grand olde age of 60something or other?

does cervix to sitting to the right mean anything to u guys?

That's great to hear cm, keep up the pressure on dh! My dh is 43 in Feb and wants the LO's to be independent before he reaches retirement, so I understand the swithering!

HESTER HESTER HESTER HESTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE YOU HEARD HOW OLD OOPS IS?????/

oops..............so chuffed for you....please please please tell us how you did it (legistics I mean!!!!!!!!) eg. when ov. when bd ect etc etc etc oooooooooooooooooh 40 and preggers!!!!!! yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
(NO I AM NOT A NUTTER.....I AM 41!)[GRIN]

Hest, thanks for not hating me!

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oops,
if u don't mind me asking, which day in your cycle did u detect ov?

greenbug

G'Day girls
Sorry again for not being about but really not much to say on my behalf cd16 of a 25 day cycle and dont think i oved anyway been good actually not imagining any pg symptoms is such a huge pressure of my shoulders.
Sorry about AF Earnst and munnzieb
Miaou & Oops big congratulations...oops can you send your dh to Australia for me please
Hula I'll be drinking with you girl and having a huge pig out day on xmas day mmmmm looking forward to that.
Hester hope your feeling better today.
Sweetfudge Best of luck with this insemination really hope it works this time. Shit it sounds so frustrating.
Can i ask a personal question why do you have to do it that way does you dh have an extreamly low count???? And is the donor a stranger or a friend??? you dont have to answer.
BeckiF sorry you are feeling so down, angry and frustrated with everyone but regardles of how long we have been ttc or if we have a child/en already we are all here for each other and are all frustrated as each other. Hay i didnt ov this month either and now i have to deal with 2 of my friends having their babies in the next couple of weeks and put on a brave face while going through an operation on the 15th of December.

CD29 today so AF due any minute really. Have had some mild cramping and feeling groggy so suepect it shouldn't be long. Messed up my temps this morning too so that doesn't help me.

Oooh Hula hope af doesnt arrive fingers crossed.

Hi girls! big hugs to everyone. Waiting for AF myself - due today or tommorrow - had AF symptons- just wish she would hurry up and arrive !
Congtatulations oops!0

Ooh Hula... doesn't sound good but you never know (remember my, 'I know I am definitely not pg' protestations, just before I was? I am never trusting my body again!).

Tania - I'm feeling loads better today, thanks. Reason is - I seem to be ovulating! VERY happy that it didn't skip a month, though very aware that I have convinced myself I will get pg again instantly, as a consolation prize. Wish me luck!

Oops - thank you for remembering that I am first in queue for your super-fertile dh. If anyone tries to nick him, be warned; I'll make the first day at the Harrods sale look like a vicarage tea party

Jeddah - yes yes yes, oops is about my favourite person in the world this morning! Obviously she is some kind of uber-fertile goddess, and not comparable to us mere mortals, but I'm hoping that mere cyber-proximity to her may rub off on us! And thanks so much about the uterus thingy - I was so expecting to be a freak, and am delighted to be normal! I'm growing rather fond of my womb; when I had an HSG they told me it was lovely and glossy and a rather fine specimen and I now see it as the Julia Roberts of uteri Let's hope it's functional as well as decorative....

Btw, where is Shely?