The Grapefruit drinking knicker checking ttc brigade

yellowflowers · 2008-10-27T17:35:14+00:00

Hello, As Nelix has a bfp (yay!) and she started the last one I thought I'd start this one as a continuation of this thread Here's hoping we all get BFPs this month but if not then let's continue the thread until we all graduate

pinkie08 · 27/10/2008 18:28

Hi yellow just found the new thread.

Funny i started drinking grapefruit juice on some advice from another thread dont know if it works but at stage will try anything right now.

Sorry AF arrived on you hope Nov gets a BFP for you

Original poster

yellowflowers · 27/10/2008 18:32

Hi Pinkieo8. Shall we start a chart?

Yellowflowers ttc1 cd 2
Pinkie08 ttc? cd?

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VickyJane77 · 27/10/2008 18:36

Hi yellow I was with you on the June thread, graduated, but now back to square one. I'm not going to be ttc until after Christmas, but was wondering about the grapefruit bit, what does it do?

DustyTv · 27/10/2008 18:41

Hi, can I join please? DH and I have been ttc number 2 for 6 months I could use some advice and support.

BeckyMcG · 27/10/2008 19:08

Hey Dusty welcome!!

We have been in touch now for over 999 messages as a group! so if you want to see any of the previous chat
have a look here

BeckyMcG · 27/10/2008 19:10

Think we need a new list too.....feel free to add yourself.....

Cindy AF due 3rd November
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
VillageMum AF due 17th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th Nov

BeckyMcG · 27/10/2008 19:10

Think we need a new list too.....feel free to add yourself.....

Cindy AF due 3rd November
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
VillageMum AF due 17th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th Nov

funtimewincies · 27/10/2008 19:30

Hello again. I can't add to the list yet, but can I stay if I promise to sit in a corner and behave myself, while I wait for a period before ttc again?

At this end, mc has been confirmed today with a scan . However, the EPAU nurse is referring me to the consultant for tests, so I don't have to go back to the (less than sympathetic) GP .

Just looked at the list - some testing next week to look forward to? Here's to a month of lots of BFPs for you all.

Original poster

yellowflowers · 27/10/2008 19:32

Hello Dustytv and BeckyMcG - pleased you came over. So sorry vickyjane77. Grapefruit juice is meant to help there be enough ewcm, though more anecdotal than medical evidence.

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DustyTv · 27/10/2008 20:31

Thanks, I will try and work my way through the other thread.

Cindy AF due 3rd November
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
VillageMum AF due 17th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th Nov
DustTv AF due 31st Oct

C1NDY · 28/10/2008 08:53

Yellowflowers Thanks for starting a new thread.

Funtimewinces so sorry to hear you had a MC, I had one in September so know what you are going through. Is this your first MC?

Dustytv if you want advice you have come to the right place, the ladies in here are great. I have picked up quite a few pointers

smileycat · 28/10/2008 09:17

Hi ladies found the new thread, been a bit quiet this week as I have guests visiting. Looks like we may have a few of us testing/AF next week. Good luck to all

pinkie08 · 28/10/2008 09:26

Hi all

Thanks for starting the new list but yellowflowers seems to be missing.

have added her to the top - hope thats ok

Yellowflowers AF Due??
Cindy AF due 3rd November
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
VillageMum AF due 17th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th Nov
DustTv AF due 31st Oct

Great that everyone seems to be finding the new thread

funtimewincies · 28/10/2008 10:01

Unfortunately not, C1NDY. It's my 3rd sice ds was born and I had an ectopic before him.

However, I will not be beaten. Just waiting for AF and then back to baby-dancing, dh is already looking a bit scared!

Getting all excited about people testing next week (nearly spills grapefruit juice in anticipation ).

Pezzina · 28/10/2008 10:05

Hello to all, may I join please? I'm on CD 5 of the third month of trying and am going to start drinking grapefruit juice and take EPO for the first half of my cycle. Exciting stuff!

C1NDY · 28/10/2008 10:08

Funtimewincies well that is the spirit!! things happen for a reason and your time will come. I have started weightwatchers to try and shift some weight am three stones overweight, so think may be my MC could have been due to that. Must check how many points the grapefruit juice is... does the grapefruit juice work?

Once my AF is over, I will be doing all three checks... Basal Temperature, OPK sticks and CM. Have swotted on all the techniques, so can I have a gold star!! hehehe

funtimewincies · 28/10/2008 10:36

Top of the class, have a special sticker with glittery bits on ! It's amazing how our dps don't seem to understand that we NEED to know these things. Just because we bother to read our own body manual!

The grapefruit juice is supposed to increase the EWCM and so make it easier for sperm to swim through. I've no idea really if it works as getting pregnant has never really been the problem. I just drink it because I like it (shhh, don't tell ).

You may find that charting your temp. eventually means that you don't need the OPK tests, especially if you have a regular cycle. I'm going back to charting, although it's less reliable now that I'm occasionally up in the night to a toddler.

Original poster

yellowflowers · 28/10/2008 10:54

Hiya funtimewincles - sorry, didn't see your message yesterday. so sorry about mc.

Here is list with me on it and reordered...

DustTv AF due 31st Oct
Cindy AF due 3rd November
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
VillageMum AF due 17th Nov
Yellowflowers AF due Nov 23rd

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BoosieBoo · 28/10/2008 11:07

Hi everyone,
I been posting a little on some of the other ttc threads. Am half way through the dreaded tww - forgotten how bloomin hard it is! Was walking past boots yesterday and some strange supernatural force took over and made me go in and buy some tests - it was 2 for 1, so got 4 for a tenner, so don't feel too bad. Anyway got home and they were just calling me from the bottom of the drawer, so i did one and of course BFN. So no more tests for a whole week. Ugh!

C1NDY · 28/10/2008 11:25

BoosieBoo Goush, I get that feeling... I have one pg test left in my bag.. but am waiting. don't think I am pg this month as missed the crucial days but who knows. I may wait for the tell-tale signs before I ever test again... humm but don't think I have that much patience! Fill in your AF details

BoosieBoo AF due ???
DustTv AF due 31st Oct
Cindy AF due 3rd November
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
VillageMum AF due 17th Nov
Yellowflowers AF due Nov 23rd

Heebychick · 28/10/2008 11:29

Hi ladies!

Thanks for the new thread - love the name!

Welcome to all the newbies (((waves))) you will love this group of ladies, i have been with them for months and they are so lovely, long may it continue!

Well i have been having tummy cramps this weekend and still have an awful cold, oh and my teeth hurt (weird) just the bottom ones like i have had a really cold drink etc - anyhow thought i'd share it.

Have decided to be good and wait for DH to do the test reading, i did promise, but i wish i could be the one to tell him as i like his reaction ... anyway it's only fair i guess. So with Af due monday i shall be a little wiser if it doesn't come and will hopefully hold out till tues or wed (maybe!)

xx

Pezzina · 28/10/2008 11:38

Updated list with me added

DustTv AF due 31st Oct
Cindy AF due 3rd November
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
VillageMum AF due 17th Nov
Yellowflowers AF due Nov 23rd
Pezzina AF due Nov 24th

Original poster

yellowflowers · 28/10/2008 11:49

Hi Heeby (and new people). Not continue too long I hope! Maybe we'll all graduate this month?
xx

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BoosieBoo · 28/10/2008 12:30

Ok, have added myself to the list. It's just a guess really as I had my implanon taken out on 8th October, then we started trying straight away. But I figure four weeks from when it was taken out is about the time AF should come and I'm pretty sure i ovulated last week.

DustTv AF due 31st Oct
Cindy AF due 3rd November
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov
Smileycat AF due 3rd-8th Nov
BoosieBoo AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th Nov
Becky AF due 11th November
Wasabi AF 12th Nov
Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Wanabemum AF due 14th - 18th Nov
VillageMum AF due 17th Nov
Yellowflowers AF due Nov 23rd
Pezzina AF due Nov 24th

Going shopping to try and keep my itchy fingers getting another test out the drawer!

VillageMum · 28/10/2008 15:05

yellowflowers, great new thread!

Hi Cindy, thanks for your supportive words on the old thread when I was going through my meltdown... I feel a tiny bit better today. Have just had a visit from a friend who had her fourth child at 41 (after mc in her 30s) and assures me that 39 is not old! I'll be trying the grapefruit juice next month too...

Good luck to all on the 2WW!