Anyone else on CD1 who wants to join me?

[nelix2000]

Hi....cycle 2 just started so back to the begining....just wandered if anyone esle was back at the start of their cycle who wants to join me?

hiya c1indy cm method worked 1st time with ds one and second time with this one, mainly because we missed ov the 1st time which we knew but still tried anyway. Your body has to make it in order for sperm to survive even if it is in small quaunties. Grape fruit juice is a method to increase its production, it works for some and not others. Goodluck!

Hello everyone!
Wow a lot has happened since my last post and yay everyone is back with 2 new ones!

Welcom to you pinkie I found this thread to be such a lifeline too, it allows me to vent all my neuroticism so poor DH only has the milder bits to deal with! Keeps both me and him sane. Do you know when your AF is due so we can add you to the list?

C1ndy sorry hun, need an idea of when your AF is due so I can add you to the list! sorry should have said earlier. Brain mush from hormones!

So nelix how are we? one question, is preseed any good for taking over the role of CM? may be useful if so.

Hey everyone else! will gradually update myself on you all!

Heeby good news about the scan tho! fantastic, at least you can put your mind at rest. And yes i do think you should test coz it's starting to make me wonder now too if it's negative what have you lost?

Ah DH is being so sweet, he just came in with a bunch of flowers, I said what are they for & he said cause its BDing week & its for good luck..umm I'm so lucky

wanabemum I am really not sure, some people say its good. I think it may be a gimick tho....I mean CM will be present in the vagina even if you cant feel it....it may just be in small amounts. Preseed IMO (if that means anything) is just an added barrier for them to swim through. But I am no scientist AND i ave read a thread on here where people have conceived using it. Whether that was down to preseed or just nature is a diff story. Its one of those what ifs! With DS i inserted and Instead Cup after isem...it keeps the sperm in. Then after a talk with the donor he said other couples he had helped had tried the cup and had no luck, then when they stopped using it they got pregnant. So first insem this time we did not use it...I never got pregnant, but used it 2nd time and did!...so it DEF worked for me. Different folks, different strokes I guess!

Hmmmm interesting I guess it's a wait and see kind of thing. Thought it was a bit of a gimmick myself but have since seen lots of people mentioning it so was curious.
Won't be trying it thiss month though, good old fashioned BD-ing with grapefruit juice. Ha ha just realised how that looked! i meant drink the juice and BD after of course

WanabeMum... I am on CD12 and AF will be due on 28 October. Am in the full swing of Bding and using OPK until ovualation arrives which should be on Sunday. I have a horriable cold though, what rotten timing!

Nelix2000 how far are you and if it is not too rude asking how did you check your CM. I am using OPK will they not suffice??

hiya c1ndy I am 9 weeks on sunday so still very early days. The best way to check CM and check if its turned to EWCM(this is the fertile mucus needed to conceive) is to insert two fingers kind of roll them about (i know its much lol) then pull them out IF you know you are at roughly the ovulation point this is the time to start checking (I checked after day 10 of my cycle every day twice a day as it changes and I generally didnt ovulate till day 17, but better to check than not check) then pull your fingers out and pull them apart. If the mucus is clear and or cloudy and stretches between your fingers for between one and 10 inches then BD like there is no tomorrow. Keep checkin daily as some women, like me only get it for one day and ovulate soon after and other get it for 3-4 days ovulating at the end of that time, so BD as long as you have it.

Heres a link with a bit more detail

www.fertilinet.com/Cervical%20Fluid%20and%20Fertility.htm

Hey girls, as I mentioned last time AF arrived on Tuesday ? exactly as predicted - even though I had BD every day for 6 days all through my fertile period??ahhh, is frustrating.

Am trying not to focus on it and seeing each failed month as one more month of drinking and fun social activity. I think if I?m still trying after Xmas I might try and adopt a healthier lifestyle but for now there is too much going on and it?s my consolation prize for not being pregnant to join in with the parties!

Welcome Cindy ? add your dates to the list below. I also had a MC in August after 3 months of trying and have been using OPK?s and generally lots of BD since then but no joy.

Have a good weekend everyone???.oh, and we need a new list ? can everyone update.

Sparky BFP!!!!
Nelix BFP!!!!
Jools1 BFP!!!!

ILoveBeingAMummy AF due?
MakingaFamily AF due??

Wasabi AF 15th Oct
HeadsOrTails AF due 16th Oct
MyLittleBubble AF due 17th Oct
Simpletwist AF 17th Oct
ExistentialistCat AF due 26th Oct
Yellowflowers AF due 27th Oct
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Heebychick AF due 5th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Cindy AF Due?

Hi C1ndy

Re your question about preseed, I got it from www.preseed.co.uk - there's also info about it on there.

I don't know whether it really helps - it's sold as something that nourished sperm and thus helps you to conceive, but I doubt that much of it gets inside the cervix at all. BUT it's ve handy if all the BDing pressure is making lubrication an issue, as most lubricants kill sperm and this one doesn't.

I personally haven't found the CM-checking method much help as I don't seem to get the fertile stuff at all (although this could, of course, explain lack of luck in conceiving so far...).

Hi C1ndy

Re your question about preseed, I got it from www.preseed.co.uk - there's also info about it on there.

I don't know whether it really helps - it's sold as something that nourished sperm and thus helps you to conceive, but I doubt that much of it gets inside the cervix at all. BUT it's ve handy if all the BDing pressure is making lubrication an issue, as most lubricants kill sperm and this one doesn't.

I personally haven't found the CM-checking method much help as I don't seem to get the fertile stuff at all (although this could, of course, explain lack of luck in conceiving so far...).

Hi wannabmum AF is due Nov7th am on Clomid CD8 today and my first clomid month gave my 28 days so working on that.

Only been given 4 months prescription and last month showed on day 21 test that at 50mgs was ovulating so no tests this month..

c1ndy am loving the Preseed but havent found the grapefruit juice helps at all.

Has anyone heard of using expectorant cough medicine as written in sperm meets egg plan was thinking of giving it a go???

Well just to stop you all nagging me i did a test, it was BFN of course but not expected anything different. Had some more brown stuff today which is wierd, mind you i'm only CD9 so could be just a long drawn out AF.

I'm off to a friends tonight so will have a drink and lots of choc but after this am giving up alcohol totally, am thinking it might be stopping my CM as been drinking every nite (god that sounds awful!) so will see.

Have enrolled onto Fertility Friend too, did anyone do the lessons they send you or just learn as you go along? What therm do you use for taking temp? can i use a normal one or does it have to be a posh gadget one?

pinkie not heard of cough medicine myself but seem to remember someone else saying something about it? what does it say?

HiHeebychick

It says that if you are suffering from lack of CM due to stress or clomid or for whatever reason it is much harder to get pg as we all know you need the ewcm for it to be fertile environment for those little swimmers

basically you take a teaspoon of expectorant not antihistamine type of cough medicine from around day 10 until get positive ovulation by whichever method you use.

Apparently it thins all body liquids including CM and helps make it more fertile.

read about it on this link
sperm meets egg plan

lots of baby dust to you.

Thanks pinkie i've just looked at the site and it makes total sense, i think our problem is the CM and timing, with DD i felt OV and then rushed DH home for a bit of BDing, and hey presto out she popped 9 months later! so i think we have been a little slack on the timing if i'm honest.

I'm going to buy an OPK tomorrow or some sticks and see what happens. I'm CD9 today so will get busy over the weekend and then all next week.

I am determined this month!!!!

Erm, I'm not sure how it's happened (well I know roughly, obviously ), but I got a BFP today .

It looks as if I might have ovulated a week late as I took the anti-inflammatories for exactly a week. Oh blimey, I'm now a wreck as I'm terrified that I've done some damage by taking them. Fingers crossed that I'll be joining you over on the antenatal Nelix.

Please send lots of vibes. Given my past history, I need the embryo;

1. In the right place.
2. Not to be a blighted ovum.
3. To hang on in there.

Does anyone want my leftover Martini, by the way, there's a good half a bottle?

Funtime congratulations that is fantastics news

Good news should spread so come on girls. Whose testing next?

Sparky BFP!!!!
Nelix BFP!!!!
Jools1 BFP!!!!
Funtime BFP

ILoveBeingAMummy AF due?
MakingaFamily AF due??
Cindy AF Due??

Wasabi AF 15th Oct
HeadsOrTails AF due 16th Oct
Simpletwist AF 17th Oct
ExistentialistCat AF due 26th Oct
Yellowflowers AF due 27th Oct
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Heebychick AF due 5th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov

What fabulous news to log on to

It is about time there was another BFP on this thread

Congratulations Funtime - sending sticky bean vibes your way

HEy what wonderful news! congratulations funtime lovely lovely news!!! well done. Don;t worry and take good care of yourself xxx

Hey funtime congrats to you. We all needed a BFP on the thread. Lets hope we all follow you.

XX

I'm happy for you funtime congratulation on your great news

wooohoooo funtime so delighted. Hope it's the first of many for this month on this thread.
x

Hello everyone, may I join please? I got pg with what I hoped would be my second child in July but had a mmc at the beginning of September. DH and I have been waiting dutifully for my first post-mc AF to arrive before ttc again - and today is cd1, at last! You all seem to clued up and positive and I could do with a little moral support... Needless to say I've been planning the next fortnight like a military operation (Operation Conception!) but don't want to put DH off with all the charting and OPKing... it would help if I could hang out here.

ExistentialistCat - I've also succumbed and bought Preseed. It arrived this morning; we've yet to try it!

Hi villagemum Welcome to our thread and firstly can i say i'm so sorry for your mc, i've been there and totally understand your pain and frustration. This thread is and has been my lifeline, i'm not saying that lightly either - god forbid any of the ladies ever leave !!! - many of us have been where you are and so this is a great place to talk, shout, scream, whoop and laugh! Come join us and don't leave until you have that BFP and trot off to the antenatal threads!!

Also i had to laugh at operation conception!! tee hee, i felt like that last nite, saying to DH 'right honey here's the plan, we will do 'it' this nite, that nite and then a break then the next nite, oh and take this vitamin and no you can't wear tight pants or cycle this weekend!'

Have thought about buying an OPK but am without a car (DH is away with it this weekend) so can't get to any shops as not near any big ones. when do you have to start using them ideally? i'm CD10 so might be a bit late to start?

Need a new list - villagemum you'll need to put your AF due date on x

Sparky BFP!!!!
Nelix BFP!!!!
Jools1 BFP!!!!
Funtime BFP !!!!

ILoveBeingAMummy AF due?
MakingaFamily AF due??
Cindy AF Due??
Villagemum AF due??

Wasabi AF 15th Oct
HeadsOrTails AF due 16th Oct
Simpletwist AF 17th Oct
ExistentialistCat AF due 26th Oct
Yellowflowers AF due 27th Oct
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov