The Grapefruit drinking knicker checking ttc brigade

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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

thanks elliegant think we all need lots of it

Just checking on progress, as I'm twiddling my thumbs this month and sorry to hear that AF is here Elliegant.

Good luck to anyone testing his weekend.

Hey pezzina glad it made you chuckle. It's true though to be fair!

We had a nightmare last Friday ladies, anyone remember me saying my DH went to Dr to ask for a sperm test? Anyway, he did this and the dr gave hime a sample jar and told him to take it straight down to the hospital once it was done. So muggins here ended up doing the run to the lab only to be told "you have to make an appointment" and "no-one is here to test it today". So as you can imagine i was REALLY pleased about that! So he has to ring and book an appointment, make a sample, and get it to the hospital in less than an hour. I've told him he can do it next time

Heeby don't be negative just yet, you never know. Positivity is the ONLY way i can survive this so c'mon ladies!!!!

Elligant im sorry your AF has arrived, what an evil witch Never mind honey, maybe you will get your BFP for Christmas?

Hello again,

Must say I just read the Deanna plan and wow! how informative. Made me quite positive actually. Highly recommended! I've just printed the info from your link heeby so will show DH when he gets home. Get him to join the commitment!
At least now I have a "fool proof" plan that i can stick to every month so i know im being consistent!

Oh well ladies, im off to make a cuppa (decaf of course!) and to watch silent witness. Speak soon xxxxx

Evening ladies,

wanabe yes i was totally motivated from the plan and read it on CD8 so could implement it straight away! we had a BDfest for 4 days CD11-CD14 after reading that we should be more 'pro'active', i love the plan and it made so much sense! Let's hope Monday brings the proof that it works!

I was having my hair cut tonight and had 2 quite sharp 'stabs' in my tummy, not pain but quite weird - can only pray that it's a little bub burrowing in!

Realised this afternoon that i can test now with an early test!!! not going to tho!! i always get spotting on CD25 and then AF on CD26 (only one month was CD28 out of 5 months of 26 days) so will be knicker checking sunday!

Morning Ladies,

Thanks for all the support guys.

Wannabe, same here about Deana plan, really eye opening and like you feel a bit more positive. Thanks again for the link Heeby.

Mom and Stepdad arriving shortly to spend weekend so will be slightly stressful to say the least, will try and check in on you all though.

Best go and clean up before they get here, all I really want to do is snuggle on sofa with my Tigger hot water bottle as have got bad cramps this morning!

Keep positive all and have a wicked halloween

Oh, one more thing..

Have been a MNer on and off for about 4 years and you lovely bunch have made me feel more welcome and at home in the last few days than i have felt in all that time.

Blimey, that was a bit slushy must be the hormones!

Elliegant well I'm sorry to hear AF has arrived but hopefully you are in a positive mood after reading the Deanna plan. I have just read it and think its great - makes a lot of sense actually.

Heeby - I am hopig to hear good news early next week! Little sharp pains are a symptom so fingers crossed.

Well in accordance with Deanna plan dh and I have been trying the every other night strategy (although didn't realise you had to start as early as day 8). Got a positive OPK this morning and will check again pm so we should have a fun weekend!

My dates are out now though - everything seems to have happenned several days late this month. Could it be something to do with EPO? I upped my dose at the beginning of the month and am starting to think that this somehow caused my freakishly long AF and delayed cycle.

Has anyone experienced this?

wasabipeanut I've only just started taking EPO this month so haven't noticed any changes so far - too early to tell - but will let you know if I do.

Heeby sound promising! I do hope you have good news soon. When are you thinking of testing?

Well, I'm looking forward to the weekend. I'm on CD8 and my DH and I will definitely be following the Deanna plan closely from here on in

Ellie am loving the slush - everyone on this post seem super lovely . I hope your weekend doesn't prove to be too stressful.

Happy Halloween everyone!!

Aww Ellie that was slushy and probably hormone related but what girl doesn't like a bit of slush?! Take care over the weekend and get your DP to wait on you xx

Pezzina let me know hoe the plan works out for you! I'm a bit of a late starter as im on CD17 so missed the CD8 part (oh well!) but will definately do the 3 days in a row and miss one then another "Go" during OV. DH will be pleased!
Looking positive on the OV front too, had a small amount of EWCM today and still only showing "high" on fertility monitor so when DH is home tomorrow may be able to start "trying" again, yay!

Heeby im starting to get excited for you now! Keeping fingers tightly crossed for you. When are you testing? You should put your test date next to your AF due date on our list!!

Oh one more thing, what is EPO?

I love this thread - it's brill. Keeps me going! This time next week I'm sure I'll start the "am I" / "aren't I" game but for now it's at the back of my mind.
For what it's worth on the age debate: I wouldn't concern yourself. I'm 28 and have been trying actively for 7 months. My mum and my sister both had babies at 45! it's just an individual thing. People struggle at every age. Have a fab weekend everyone!

Hello everyone!!

Just popping in quickly. Been so busy at work haven't had time to come in.

AF on Monday, have been feeling really tired.. but it may be the weather. My AF is usually like clockwork, so if it doesn't turn up by Tuesday I will be doing a test in the early morning!!

Heeby we don't have too much time left now to wait. Good luck and to everyone else.... baby dust all around ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I think the Deanne plan keeps your focus and don't you just love a 'plan'

May you all have a wonderful weekend. I will speak to you all on Monday.

Take care

Oh before I go... I have been drinking Rooibos tea.. tetley make a version under the name Redbush... it is totally caffeine free and it replaced my Tea and Coffee nicely!! If anyone is thinking of reducing there caffeine in take then please try this, its wonderful.

Bye for now

Good news on your OV front Wanabemum. Your DH will have a wonderful welcome home

EPO stands for evening primrose oil. "It can help improve the quality of CM - or make the CM more fertile. However you are advised to only take it for the first half of your cycle up until you OV each month as EPO may cause uterine contractions. The dosage taken should be 1500mg to 3000mg per day."

Thinking of those waiting...

I'm going to start the Deanna plan on Sun (day 8) - hopefully get buy-in from dh.

this does keep me going too, this thread I mean. My dh good when I burst into tears but doesn't get that it's impossible to think about it every minute.

Happy Halloween everyone
Good luck for Monday heeby & C1ndy my fingers are crossed for you. Weds is my day & failing that Sat if I'm on a 4 wk AF I've had a horrible headache this evening calming down now & am so proud of myself that I didn't take anything for it, I'm hoping its a hormone one as I'm about a week past OV now still got the sore boobs & mild cramps but trying not to read too much into it as Weds seems along way away & I'll just wind myself up if I start sympton spotting now
night to all have a spooky evening

morning ladies I trust you all made it throught the night with no spooky halloween mishaps
ok I have a theory to test. Last month I was convinced I was pg, had so many symptoms then the night before my AF I had a wicked migraine, I think I was pg & the headache was the egg trying to implant (massive hormone release) but didn't suceed. Last night my bad headache turned into a migraine & is now just a mild ache this morning. I have been recording my temps all month & this morning it was still up, meaning that AF is not on her way just yet. When I had my ds I suffered really badly with migraines for the 1st 14 wks.
So although I'm not 100% convinced that I am pg this month I have now had 2 migraines in 4wks which in itself is very unusual for me. If I do turn out to be pg this it could be another very usful symptom to look out for

Hi all,

Sorry i didn't get on yesterday, we went to a wedding and have just got back into the land of living (V proud of myself not drinking all night!)

smiley your migrane thing sounds promising, good idea to note things down, i have started doing this recently to see if i can look back for patterns. One thing i noticed about the previous months is that we haven't been BDing enough i'm sure! so lets hope our hard work pays off this month! So will you test Wed?

I think i am going to test on Tuesday with C1NDY my Af has been spot on every month with only one exception when my cyst burst/dispelled so should have spot tomorrow with full on Monday, no signs of her yet and still getting mild cramps, but also feeling windy today and sometimes do when AF is on her way so lets hope it's not that!

No other symptoms really today.

Oh Dr's called and urine sample all normal but they forgot to do the pg test which i'm actually pleased about, i want us to find out ourselves not a dr really.

Have decided that will def do temps and FF charting if not succesful this month. We have a good friends birthday party on Sat so if AF comes i will break my T Total regime for one night! so at least i have something to cheer me up if the worst happens.

Here you go ... hey just noticed that jclaire is due AF today, any news? sorry if i've missed something xx

JClaire AF due 1st November
Cindy AF due 3rd November
Heebychick AF due 3rd Nov - TESTING TUES 4TH
BoosieBoo AF due 3rd-8th Nov
Smileycat AF due 5th-11th Nov
Pinkie08 AF due 7th 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
Yellowflowers AF due 23rd Nov
Pezzina AF due 24th Nov

BABY DUST BABY DUST BABY DUST ...... PLEASE COME OUR WAY!

hey morning all! smileycat will be keeping my fingers crossed for you.
hey all of you - sorry i have'nt posted -but as i said i won't every day- i lurk but don't post.
i feel like if i post every day i am really trying and i kind of feel like it's another thing to worry about -does that make sense to anyone
well i have got my af date it's due anywhere from 17-21 -sorry i don't know how to cut and paste so if someone could add me to the list i would be grateful.
we are also on deanne plan[twas me who mentioned it on beginning of thread [puts head shyly to one side] and we wer supposed to bd this am [dh at work now til after midnight] and i just could'nt i just feel so down and i dunno why .dh bless him said well i hope you ready for tonight cos i will have a big visitor cos you do realise that today is one of THE days which did make me laugh.
is anyone else using opk stix?
i was soooo bad yesterday i got looking at new prams online -why DO we do this to ourseves i will never know.
anyway i hope you all have a lovely weekend by the way Heeby i hope you get the results you want .

I had to share this with you all .... it made me chuckle, my DH is off to get some bits from the supermarket, so said 'do you want to get a test too ready for monday/tuesday?' he said 'No i'm not buying it early for it to sit in the house burning a hole in your pants' tee hee xx

How are you all getting on?

No AF for me yet (was due 31st Oct), think I am going to wait a few more days before I teat though.

I have been peeing more and feeling slightly queesy occasionaly, but not sure if it is psychosomatic (sp?)

Fingers crossed Dusty .