Strictly Come Baby Dancing - TTC Waiting Room & Dance Floor!

[MollieMooma]

OK girls, will go and get the list, but have lots of comfy sofa's and chairs, chocolate cake and virtual champagne.

Good luck and positive vibes to us all!

Here we go again!

ClaireDeLoon CD1 Cycle 17 TTC#1 (mc Sept 07)
Comma2 CD8 cycle 4 TTC#2
Pinkie08 CD8 cycle 12 TTC#2
beanieb CD9 Cycle 18 TTC#1
ShayeraHol CD11 cycle 13 TTC#1
WaitingforaSproglettoFall CD11
Glastochick CD14 Cycle 18 TTC #1
herethereandeverywhere CD15 cycle 14 ttc#1
Sparkly CD15 Cycle 3(after m/c Sept08)TTC#2
Theboob CD16 Cycle 1 TTC#4
thegreatescape CD24 Cycle 5 TTC#2
MollieMooma CD24 Cycle 3 since m/mc Jan08,Aug08 & CP Sept08
blackrock CD24 Cycle 19 TTC#2
Insertsomethingwittyhere CD26 Cycle 8 TTC#1
Jaamy CD29 cycle 17 TTC#3 (mc Mar 08 and Sept 08)
PeaceLily CD41 Cycle 3 TTC#2 (m/c Sept 08)
Sunnyandwild CD46 ttc #1
happyandEiknowit CD52 cycle 14 TTC#2 (cp april 08 & june 08)
IpodMermaid CD57 cycle 1 ttc#1 (m/mc Oct)
loustillwantsaBFPtoo CD59 Cycle16 TTC#1 (M/C July 07)
mummy2t CD60 Cycle 1 TTC #3 M/C June 06
Zen1980 CD65 Cycle 7 TTC#1
BabyBump2B cd67 Cycle 4, TTC #1
bubblebell1 CD75 Cycle 1 TTC#3

TTC GRADUATE LIST* (we WILL be on it)

LittleSquirt BFP 11th May (CD29 cycle 12 TTC #1) MMC July 07
Knax BFP 30th May (CD31 cycle 4 TTC2)
caspercat BFP 11th june (CD ? cycle? TTC?)
Mentalpup BFP 18th June (CD33 cycle 5 TTC#2)
Emma2617 BFP 30th June (CD43 Cycle 1 TTC #1)
Fruity BFP 11th July (Cycle 5,8 months) TTC#2
HopingCat BFP 1st July (CD28 cycle 1 TTC#2)
DaisyJ BFP 24th July (CD41 cycle 1 TTC#1 mc March 08)
mrsfossil bfp 30th july (cd29 ttc for 4 years 1ds)
Moonlit BFP 17th September (CD33 Cycle 21 TTC#2)
Leaky BFP 2nd Oct (CD35 cycle 2 TTC#3)
Saz007 (due May 2009)
Migola BFP 19th Nov(CD? Cycle 8 TTC#2 CP Aug 08)
VJay BFP 22nd Dec (CD33 cycle mc June08 & Oct08)

sorry Claire

My Brother and SIL came for lunch at my work today and brought my Neice, who smiled when I held her - I am still pretty inexperienced with babies so it's strange to have one in my arms!

I really hope I get some peaks this month, I really hope I can stay healthy and get lucky

An October Baby would be great for me. I am going to try to be positive this month (whenever I say this something always happens to piss me off!) and just keep crossing my fingers.

I realised the other day that I have been a bit crap at taking my vitamins over the last few weeks so now I am going to get back on them and go for it.

How old is she beanie?

All my nieces and my nephew are grown up now (youngest 12), but they were lovely babies. DP has no baby experience at all - we went to a 1st birthday party a while back and laughed at him having babies dumped on him to hold and looking uncomfortable

she's 15 weeks, though I only know this because they told me I am a bit useless at remembering when little ones are born.

I have never known my cousins (though I apparently have quite a few) and so wasn't raised alongside loads of kids. My best mate has 3 who I get on with well, the youngest is 4, and I always surprised myself at how 'ok' I was when they were little babies at looking after them etc.

Sadly my Brother and SIL live up north so I don't get to see them much.

Sorry Claire . BTW how's your foot these days? Is it fixed yet or still waiting?

Sounds like a v positive outlook beanie! And thanks for reminding me to take my vits . October babies are great - after all, I was one .

How's everyone else? I'm still recovering from the shock of going back to work hence lack of communication on here - so damn tired!

blackrock CD1 Cycle 20 TTC#2
ClaireDeLoon CD1 Cycle 17 TTC#1 (mc Sept 07)
Comma2 CD8 cycle 4 TTC#2
Pinkie08 CD8 cycle 12 TTC#2
beanieb CD9 Cycle 18 TTC#1
ShayeraHol CD11 cycle 13 TTC#1
WaitingforaSproglettoFall CD11
Glastochick CD14 Cycle 18 TTC #1
herethereandeverywhere CD15 cycle 14 ttc#1
Sparkly CD15 Cycle 3(after m/c Sept08)TTC#2
Theboob CD16 Cycle 1 TTC#4
thegreatescape CD24 Cycle 5 TTC#2
MollieMooma CD24 Cycle 3 since m/mc Jan08,Aug08 & CP Sept08
Insertsomethingwittyhere CD26 Cycle 8 TTC#1
Jaamy CD29 cycle 17 TTC#3 (mc Mar 08 and Sept 08)
PeaceLily CD41 Cycle 3 TTC#2 (m/c Sept 08)
Sunnyandwild CD46 ttc #1
happyandEiknowit CD52 cycle 14 TTC#2 (cp april 08 & june 08)
IpodMermaid CD57 cycle 1 ttc#1 (m/mc Oct)
loustillwantsaBFPtoo CD59 Cycle16 TTC#1 (M/C July 07)
mummy2t CD60 Cycle 1 TTC #3 M/C June 06
Zen1980 CD65 Cycle 7 TTC#1
BabyBump2B cd67 Cycle 4, TTC #1
bubblebell1 CD75 Cycle 1 TTC#3

TTC GRADUATE LIST* (we WILL be on it)

LittleSquirt BFP 11th May (CD29 cycle 12 TTC #1) MMC July 07
Knax BFP 30th May (CD31 cycle 4 TTC2)
caspercat BFP 11th june (CD ? cycle? TTC?)
Mentalpup BFP 18th June (CD33 cycle 5 TTC#2)
Emma2617 BFP 30th June (CD43 Cycle 1 TTC #1)
Fruity BFP 11th July (Cycle 5,8 months) TTC#2
HopingCat BFP 1st July (CD28 cycle 1 TTC#2)
DaisyJ BFP 24th July (CD41 cycle 1 TTC#1 mc March 08)
mrsfossil bfp 30th july (cd29 ttc for 4 years 1ds)
Moonlit BFP 17th September (CD33 Cycle 21 TTC#2)
Leaky BFP 2nd Oct (CD35 cycle 2 TTC#3)
Saz007 (due May 2009)
Migola BFP 19th Nov(CD? Cycle 8 TTC#2 CP Aug 08)
VJay BFP 22nd Dec (CD33 cycle mc June08 & Oct08)

I'll join you Claire...

Sorry blackrock too

Claire & Blackrock

Hi all, I'm having a bit of a month this month. Work has been horrendous all week, no BD since last Sunday as a result. I'm CD 16, no smily on the OPK yet and absolutely no sign of EWCM. It might be the stress of work delaying things but I need it to hurry up! I go away on Thurs (without DH)so this month will be OVER from a trying perspective.

I'm soo fed up with us NEVER getting a decent month's run at it. Last year it was work/stress for me, work/stress for DH/ mum got cancer/ Xmas and being away from home. My SIL gives birth in a few weeks and I'm STILL no closer to a BFP. I hate my job, hate my life and at the moment I could just walk away and keep going. DH is utterly unsupportive saying there is no need to stress about this for another 5 years (I'm 32). He doesn't do the whole emotional thing very well and I'm sick of being so alone.

I'm so glad I found you lot to speak to otherwise I'd never let all of this out.

Hope you're all feeling better than me this weekend!!!

Hey herethereandeverywhere - can completely understand your frustration. Are your hours always as long as the one you posted about earlier in the week? Thought about relaxation techniques of some description to help? My new years resolution was to get out of the office on time one day a week so I can go to a Pilates class, maybe something similar could help you.

Probably preaching to the converted, but sounds like we're in a similar boat and as I'm being all "new year new me" figured I could pass some of my positivity over!

Ugh herethere, sorry to hear. Men can be bit unfeeling in that area and its hard to find somebody that knows how you feel. I once- after trying for almost a year already-, talked to a girl, and all she did was tell me it took her one try, how great her dh's swimmers are and how fantastic it is to have the bfp in hand, especially as, have I mentioned it, it took only one go. That was the last time I ever talked about that stuff in person.

Sorry also Claire and Blackrock....

My montior is not declaring a high even though there is cm...I just told dh its time anyway, he'll have to lump it....we have kept the bd a bit down lately.

Comma aren't people like that annoying! Hope you get your high. I had a high today (didn;t get one at all last month) so am mightily relieved as I was starting to think this was it... the menopause!

Herethere sympathies from me too. Can you get out in your lunch hours and turn off for half and hour or so? I had the busiest week last week but had something arranged for every lunch hour and by the end of the week (Which went really quickly) I felt really strangely relaxed.

Sorry to see you at the top again blackrock.

have just recovered from a whole day of being bed-ridden from sickness. I think I had a dodgy prawn meal at wagamamas, combined with some jigging about with my OH and a late night. Feeling more alive today thankfully.

Hope everyone else is ok.

Morning ladies. Thanks for all your kind words and good ideas, still no smiley on the opk but a bit more CM coming so I think we'll aim to BD everyday until Thursday. Probably TMI for you all there, thank God this is cyberspace! Also had a few words with DH about being more supportive, doubt it will work for the long term but at least we'll be pulling together for the rest of this month that we're ttc.

In terms of work, I just get so absorbed in it, that's partly why I'm 32 and just starting ttc. The hours are really up and down at the moment, just my luck that last week was the worst it's been since the summer! Also redunancies are on the horizon and I prefer having a salary to being binned, so trying to show my worth.

I've signed up to an evening class once a week (only my second bash ever at having a hobby "during the week" since I started my career 10 years ago!!!) so I'm hoping that's going to add some balance to my life. I'm also seriously considering acupuncture as have heard some good things about it for ttc and reducing stress.

Good idea about lunchtime too, if it's not too busy I'll try to take the full hour out - if I'm busy though it just means I leave the office an hour later. I did 60-odd hours this week between Monday and Friday, excluding my commute which is another hour and a half a day.....sometimes I look at my old schoolfriends who got pg straight out of school, never had a proper job and ask myself who's the fool?

I also agree about those people who have absolutely no idea how painful the ftc is. If I had a pound for every person that asked me when we'll be starting a family I'd be rich. They ALL seem to fall pregnant FIRST TIME! At one point my new years resolution was to be more selfish. Stop constantly swallowing the hurtful comments (not just ttc but generally) so that others don't feel bad and be more honest - no one is working hard to consider my feelings so why should I break my heart taking care over theirs? I decided that was going to lead down a very destructuve path so abandoned that....

Certainly is a crappy time to try to do the work-life balance thing - every time I do, I remember what my objectives for the year are and how far off they seem at the moment (nigh on impossible!). Your job sounds v similar in terms of expectations, hours etc to mine - maybe we need to encourage each other out of the office one night a week

Am feeling very fortunate this week - friend of mine at work has just come back from maternity, she knew we were thinking of trying before she went off and so obviously my continued non-pg presence is a giveaway that we're not succeeding, so we had a great chat in the coffee area and she was v reassuring. Both hers weren't first-time off successes so she gets where I am now and it was great to talk to someone who's been there.

Oh goody ShayeraHo, nice that there are at least a few out there. Always those that have been there themselves.....

All I can say- once I was pregnant, I FORGOT all about the horrid wait...naturally I wasn't smug about it, but didn't mind people bragging about their easy conceiving any more. I guess it only gets uphill from waiting for that elusive bfp.

beanie I have a high too! dh went off in a huff this morning because I scheduled my dentist inconveniently, hope he'll be in the mood tonight....

Yes yes work. Suddnely you look up and hello there! Menopause approaches. I am 34 (33? can't remember) and every hickkup in the cycle I think it might be right around the corner too....

Beanie Hurray a high for you! Hope you are making the most of it
Herethere So sorry to hear you're feeling low? It's so hard to remain positive when there are so many things that can bring us down. I agree with Shayer you need to make some "me" time. What is the evening class you are doing? I've heard lots of success stories with accupuncture might be worth some investigations
Comma Let's hope that was a lucky jump for you and DH
Shayer Sounds like you need to sort out some "me" time too, would you consider a class? It's easier to do something that's pre-booked than to find time to listen to relaxation tapes as it's easy to put them off isn't it? I keep trying but then I start thinking about the ironing or the washing up When I do get to listen properly though I find them very beneficial

Hope you all had a good weekend? It was the anniversary of first m/c so I've distracted myself with my 10mth nephew most of the time. It seemed to help and I feel a little more positive now it's gone
Almost looking forward to TTCing again

Oh dear, I feel bad for feeling bad about it, but looks like this month is out for me. I came down with a sickness bug on Friday night which lasted until early sunday morning. My OH has got it now and is in no state to be jigging about. 2nd high today and I doubt he'll be better by tonight. So frustrating.

Take care Mollie.

Hope you and DP are better beanie, sorry you may have missed your high, but wait and see.

Have been to see doctor, have been prescribed beta blockers to calm me down and have booked in to see a therapist to help me with the anxiety! All booked up, and feel better for having done something. Mentioned TTC, but i think i need to sort my other issues first as probably underlying the lack of success. Can stress shorten your cycle?

I meant second peak BTW, so I think I am ovulating today - lots of EWCM etc.

Blackrock, just noticed about the beta Blockers! hope they do the trick. I have thought of going to my doctor about the anxiety too but am scared they will suggest pills.

Have you talked to anyone about your short cycles?

Just checked my second monitor (I have my own and the one from the trial) and even though i got a peak on both yesterday I had a peak on theirs and a high on mine, which has never happened before!

Mentioned it to my oh as an 'in' and he just said 'well, I'm sure you don;t want to have sex with someone as ill as me would you?' ... is it wrong that I answered that yes I would actually?

Oh beanie! Not wrong, just the sure sign of TTC timing!

I mentioned the short cycle today, but had a number of probably more serious issues to talk about, i guess. Once i have my mind back on track, TTC will recommence!

GP was great, very supportive but practical too.

Not bad at all beanie - we've all been there! I've had big arguments to the point where we're barely speaking and still demanded the sex

blackrock, stress is supposed to be one of the biggest contributers so it sounds v good that you're working on that. Maybe if you take focus off TTC it'll happen while you're not thinking about it!

I think one of my mates at work is about to announce a pregnancy - she's switched into baggy jumpers and has got a slight tummy on her. I could be being unfair and she's just eaten loads, but I wasn't the only person who thought it today. Am practicing my "I'm so happy for you" smile!

Reading your post Shayera - I'm not the only one that obsessively watches others for early signs not drinking etc

I think we should start a ttc loony bin thread we'd have so many members. I shouldn't joke because it's actually rather horrible.

Hope everyone is OK, I think, reading back, everyone is very stressed maybe we should have an away day to somewhere nice, where we can be pampered, soothed and relaxed. We can dream anyway!

blackrock CD5 Cycle 20 TTC#2
ClaireDeLoon CD5 Cycle 17 TTC#1 (mc Sept 07)
Comma2 CD12 cycle 4 TTC#2
Pinkie08 CD12 cycle 12 TTC#2
beanieb CD13 Cycle 18 TTC#1
ShayeraHol CD15 cycle 13 TTC#1
WaitingforaSproglettoFall CD15
Glastochick CD18 Cycle 18 TTC #1
herethereandeverywhere CD19 cycle 14 ttc#1
Sparkly CD19 Cycle 3(after m/c Sept08)TTC#2
Theboob CD20 Cycle 1 TTC#4
thegreatescape CD28 Cycle 5 TTC#2
MollieMooma CD28 Cycle 3 since m/mc Jan08,Aug08 & CP Sept08
Insertsomethingwittyhere CD30 Cycle 8 TTC#1
Jaamy CD33 cycle 17 TTC#3 (mc Mar 08 and Sept 08)
PeaceLily CD45 Cycle 3 TTC#2 (m/c Sept 08)
Sunnyandwild CD50 ttc #1
happyandEiknowit CD56 cycle 14 TTC#2 (cp april 08 & june 08)
IpodMermaid CD61 cycle 1 ttc#1 (m/mc Oct)
loustillwantsaBFPtoo CD63 Cycle16 TTC#1 (M/C July 07)
mummy2t CD64 Cycle 1 TTC #3 M/C June 06
Zen1980 CD69 Cycle 7 TTC#1
BabyBump2B cd71 Cycle 4, TTC #1
bubblebell1 CD79 Cycle 1 TTC#3

TTC GRADUATE LIST* (we WILL be on it)

LittleSquirt BFP 11th May (CD29 cycle 12 TTC #1) MMC July 07
Knax BFP 30th May (CD31 cycle 4 TTC2)
caspercat BFP 11th june (CD ? cycle? TTC?)
Mentalpup BFP 18th June (CD33 cycle 5 TTC#2)
Emma2617 BFP 30th June (CD43 Cycle 1 TTC #1)
Fruity BFP 11th July (Cycle 5,8 months) TTC#2
HopingCat BFP 1st July (CD28 cycle 1 TTC#2)
DaisyJ BFP 24th July (CD41 cycle 1 TTC#1 mc March 08)
mrsfossil bfp 30th july (cd29 ttc for 4 years 1ds)
Moonlit BFP 17th September (CD33 Cycle 21 TTC#2)
Leaky BFP 2nd Oct (CD35 cycle 2 TTC#3)
Saz007 (due May 2009)
Migola BFP 19th Nov(CD? Cycle 8 TTC#2 CP Aug 08)
VJay BFP 22nd Dec (CD33 cycle mc June08 & Oct08)

IpodMermaid CD57 cycle 1 ttc#1 (m/mc Oct)
loustillwantsaBFPtoo CD59 Cycle16 TTC#1 (M/C July 07)
mummy2t CD60 Cycle 1 TTC #3 M/C June 06
Zen1980 CD65 Cycle 7 TTC#1
BabyBump2B cd67 Cycle 4, TTC #1
bubblebell1 CD75 Cycle 1 TTC#3

TTC GRADUATE LIST* (we WILL be on it)

LittleSquirt BFP 11th May (CD29 cycle 12 TTC #1) MMC July 07
Knax BFP 30th May (CD31 cycle 4 TTC2)
caspercat BFP 11th june (CD ? cycle? TTC?)
Mentalpup BFP 18th June (CD33 cycle 5 TTC#2)
Emma2617 BFP 30th June (CD43 Cycle 1 TTC #1)
Fruity BFP 11th July (Cycle 5,8 months) TTC#2
HopingCat BFP 1st July (CD28 cycle 1 TTC#2)
DaisyJ BFP 24th July (CD41 cycle 1 TTC#1 mc March 08)
mrsfossil bfp 30th july (cd29 ttc for 4 years 1ds)
Moonlit BFP 17th September (CD33 Cycle 21 TTC#2)
Leaky BFP 2nd Oct (CD35 cycle 2 TTC#3)
Saz007 (due May 2009)
Migola BFP 19th Nov(CD? Cycle 8 TTC#2 CP Aug 08)
VJay BFP 22nd Dec (CD33 cycle mc June08 & Oct08)