Temping Buddies 11 - The Vita West Appreciation Society - Springing into BFP's!!

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Hi All

Thought I start the new thread before we ran out of space on the old one!

Hopefully good old Vita (Zita!!) will sprinkle some babydust on us all...

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Hairy - glad to welcome you as a temp buddy. I think now we are also the BFP disbelievers - only 18 high temps and BFP will do to allow graduation. I thought in this thread I'd find the sensible, scientific approach to TTC - but as you have noticed with the "Hoo-Ha" chat and Vita West's feminist fertility techniques it's not working out quite as I'd hoped.

Keeps me amused in the black spot between coffee and going home time I suppose

Hairy - welcome! I first started charting two months before we knew we were going to TTC. The first month was my first cycle off of BCP and I didn't temp. The second month I was temping and was fascinated when my body did what my temp indicated it should. Things really started to fall into place an happen exactly as they should in cycle 3, our first TTC, and that's the cycle I got pregnant! I'd hate to admit this - especially since the pregnancy sadly ended in miscarriage - but I was ever so slightly disappointed that I wasn't able to finish out that cycle charting/temping to see what would happen! Although of course I was delighted for my BFP!

Also, I have a similar situation to sarah in that my EWCM can start up to 3 days before ovulation and doesn't necessarily continue through it.

Oh, and, Zita West is a fertility guru to the stars and author of Zita West's Guide to Getting Pregnant.

beanie I think the new O date makes a lot of sense temp wise. Fingers crossed for you!

Fiddling around with my chart, trying to figure out if I've already ovulated yet. If I put in tomorrow's temp as 36.08, nothing happens. But if I put it in at 36.09, FF says I've O'd puts in dotted lines and says my cervical position seems to conflict.

It is a bit weird, it was very high and squishy last month, and this month when I think I O'd is was still medium and not too soft. Did have EWCM, but briefly and not very much. Maybe I haven't missed it after all? Will try to get DP in the sack soon just in case. . .

This isn't necessarily the place to do this, but I got only one response on products. Any of you London girls have the number of a good seamstress/ curtain maker who can make Roman blinds to fit my bay window? I figure you're temp'ers - organisation and perfection complex run through your veins - one of you must have a seamstress on speed dial!

Hmm, wonder how many of us are virgos

Sorkycake: ° CD1 LP12 (2nd cycle ttc#4)
Herbgarden: ° CD2 LP14(2nd cycle ttc#2)
Nappy: ° CD4 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: 36.50° CD6 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD8 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: ° CD11 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD12 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: 36.02° CD15 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: 98.1° CD15 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready 36.25° CD20 LP13 (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: 36.7° 4dpo CD21 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: 37.0° CD23 5dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
HairyToe: 36.6° CD23 ?11DPO LP16? (3rd cycle TTC#3)
PrePG: 36.39° CD26 6dpo LP11(?) (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Minxi: ° CD35 LP13 (21st cycle)

Afternoon all... STILL nothing to report here. STILL not ovulated, and miffed. Tut.

OMG, what a numpty I am. . .I just remembered I did actually get a BD in this morning....but it was a...ahem..'non-productive' one on DP's part. Guess it doesn't really count for TTC purposes, but I still can't believe I forgot, poor DP. All his efforts and 10 hours later I can't even recall it! This is why I keep telling him early morning is not my best time. . .

wow sarah I'm impressed that you get so much action you forget when you've done it! I personally am much keener in the mornings but it doesn;t normally happen then any more especially not when Dh is getting up to go to work.

rattling - happy to take part in any discussions re Hoo Ha's and dead literary lesbians if it gives me the excuse to indulge in shamelessly analysing my menstrual cycle each month with a group of like-minded women. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure my RL friends would soon start avoiding me if I subjected them to my baby-making musings.

By the way we're just relaxing and forgetting about it and seeing what happens...honest

Sorkycake: ° CD1 LP12 (2nd cycle ttc#4)
Herbgarden: ° CD2 LP14(2nd cycle ttc#2)
Nappy: ° CD4 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: 36.50° CD6 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD8 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: 36.50° CD11 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD12 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: 36.02° CD15 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: 98.1° CD15 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready 36.25° CD20 LP13 (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: 36.7° 4dpo CD21 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: 37.0° CD23 5dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
HairyToe: 36.6° CD23 ?11DPO LP16? (3rd cycle TTC#3)
PrePG: 36.39° CD26 6dpo LP11(?) (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Minxi: ° CD35 LP13 (21st cycle)

HairyT ... very pleased to meet you! I'm the big thicko who made the Zita/Vita error a while back You are very welcome here.

Rattling ... so glad you're going to try reflexology. Apart from anything else, my feet still feel like they're walking on air 2 full days later ... I still feel very relaxed, not that I think I was ever awfully stressed before.

I'm on CD11 and getting ready to get down to business . I'm trying to time things a little better this month as we always start BD'ing around CD 10 and then run out of steam by the time I Ov. No other fertility signs yet so just biding my time here.

Hairy, I honestly don't get that much, I'm just such an idiot before 10am that I can't remember my own name, much less whether DP has tried it on that morning! Not to disparage DP, he is far more interested that my XH, who could happily go for months without and never initiated. We were supposedly TTC, but looking at my charts from that time, I don't think we ever managed to BD within that 6 day window in any of the 14 cycles. No wonder I wasn't getting preggers, you'd have thought the fertility clinic would have asked about that one

Sorkycake: ° CD2 LP12 (2nd cycle ttc#4)
Herbgarden: ° CD3 LP14(2nd cycle ttc#2)
Nappy: ° CD5 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: ° CD7 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD9 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: ° CD12 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD13 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: ° CD16 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: 97.8° CD16 2DPO LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready ° CD21 LP13 (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: ° 5dpo CD22 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: ° CD24 5dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
HairyToe: ° CD24 ?11DPO LP16? (3rd cycle TTC#3)
PrePG: ° CD27 6dpo LP11(?) (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Minxi: ° CD36 LP13 (21st cycle)

Morning all!

Sorkycake: ° CD2 LP12 (2nd cycle ttc#4)
Herbgarden: ° CD3 LP14(2nd cycle ttc#2)
Nappy: ° CD5 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: 36.97° CD7 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD9 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: ° CD12 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD13 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: ° CD16 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: 97.8° CD16 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready ° CD21 LP13 (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: ° 5dpo CD22 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: 36.9° CD24 6dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
HairyToe: ° CD24 ?12DPO LP16? (3rd cycle TTC#3)
PrePG: ° CD27 7dpo LP11(?) (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Minxi: ° CD36 LP13 (21st cycle)

Temp shot up because I'm not well. Hope it doesn't mean that I get another anuvulatory cycle.

Sorkycake: ° CD2 LP12 (2nd cycle ttc#4)
Herbgarden: ° CD3 LP14(2nd cycle ttc#2)
Nappy: ° CD5 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: 36.97° CD7 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD9 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: ° CD12 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD13 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: ° CD16 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: 97.8° CD16 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready ° CD21 LP13 (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: 37.0° 5dpo CD22 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: 36.9° CD24 6dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
HairyToe: ° CD24 ?12DPO LP16? (3rd cycle TTC#3)
PrePG: ° CD27 7dpo LP11(?) (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Minxi: ° CD36 LP13 (21st cycle)

Not a great believer in astrology, yet here I am, yes, a virgo, overanalysing everything.

Went to yoga last night. Loosened up my stiff neck but has left everywhere else in agony.

Just checked out a forum for women attending the hospital I am on the waiting list for IVF at. Sounds like the 6 month wait promised is more likely to be closer to a year - and that's with us paying . For some reason it has suddenly hit me that even that may not work - hope it is only temporary, but I feel a gloom descending

Sorry, meant to say:

Morning everyone

Sorkycake: ° CD2 LP12 (2nd cycle ttc#4)
Herbgarden: ° CD3 LP14(2nd cycle ttc#2)
Nappy: ° CD5 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: 36.97° CD7 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD9 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: ° CD12 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD13 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: ° CD16 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: 97.8° CD16 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready ° CD21 LP13 (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: 37.0° 5dpo CD22 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: 36.9° CD24 6dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
HairyToe: ° CD24 ?12DPO LP16? (3rd cycle TTC#3)
PrePG: 36.59° CD27 7dpo LP11(?) (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Minxi: ° CD36 LP13 (21st cycle)

Morning everyone!

Am very with FF today - it moved my O date to CD24 . But I showed it, I moved it back! Actually, I'm not sure what's going on with it - I've started going back to the gym in the mornings this week, so have been waking up an hour earlier - which should mean that my temps should be higher than they have been. Plus FF indicated temp shift last Thursday, so I'm pretty sure that's correct. I suppose we'll see. Kind of annoying though, as I was hoping to get a better idea of my LP and to see if all of the B6 was working...

AHA! I knew there was at least one more Virgo on here Rattling

Hope this sudden gloom doesn't have anything to do with the 'seeing yourself with baby' thread I started We'll all get there eventually! Baby dust for everyone!!!!

Sorkycake: ° CD2 LP12 (2nd cycle ttc#4)
Herbgarden: ° CD3 LP14(2nd cycle ttc#2)
Nappy: ° CD5 LP11 (23rd cycle ttc#2)
ClairePO: 36.97° CD7 LP14 (7th cycle ttc#1)
Orchidgirl: ° CD9 (10th cycle (this time) ttc #1)
Clair: ° CD12 LP13 (7th cycle ttc #1)
Fruitloop: ° CD13 (4th cycle, 7th month, ttc#2)
Sarah: ° CD16 LP11-13 (9th cycle ttc#1)
FYM: 97.8° CD16 LP12 or 13 (4th cycle)
Ready ° CD21 LP13 (20th cycle ttc#1)
Rattling: 37.0° 5dpo CD22 LP8-11 (29th cycle ttc#1)
LondonLottie: 36.9° CD24 6dpo LP11 (3rd cycle; round 2 ttc#1)
HairyToe: 36.8° CD24 ?12DPO LP16? (3rd cycle TTC#3)
PrePG: 36.59° CD27 7dpo LP11(?) (1st cycle, ttc#1)
Minxi: ° CD36 LP13 (21st cycle)

Hi everyone hope I did that right!

Just spent 2 hours trying on loads of clothes ordered from my catalogue and they all look hideous. I have to get pregnant soon so I can stop trying to hold my belly in all the time. Plus I now have to send them all back which is going to cost an absolute fortune

Sorry you're feeling despondent rattling. Is there anywhere else you can approach re treatment?

Londonlottie - you're not old! Plenty of time yet. Can I ask what happenend with the test on your profile?

By the way I'm a Pisces - not sure what that indicates as I haven't looked at a horoscope for years!

Thanks Lottie He actually said to me 'No offense to your mother, I'm sure she was great, but you're going to be even better' He's a good egg and yours sounds it as well!

I've tried changing my temps before plugging them in, but I keep worrying that I'm doing it wrong, so I end up putting them back to the way they were. I thought Toni W said it should be .2 degrees difference per hour?

Hairy know just what you mean about clothing! We have a wedding to go to in July and I have a great dress that I've only worn once as it was the only time it ever fit me (well, in that it looked good when I had it on). Have vowed I'm either going to fit in that dress by July OR be pregnant! Figured I can't lose either way

By the way I'm not sure how to say this but is it ok that I'm here given that I have dcs already and have only been trying this time for a very short time. I don't want to be an imposter given that some of you have been struggling for a while.

I'm happy to stay and share support but understand that people may think (quite rightly) that I can't possibly understand other people's situations.

Ah now that I am and expert in. Feckless whinging is in fact one of my specialities...its even on my CV along with gratuitous worrying and neurotic pondering