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Hi everyone I have started a new thread... hope you like the new home, this is where it will all happen. (Cindy opens a bottle of champagne) Here's a drink to all and to our month ofthe BFP... .... baby dust all around ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks alot. I know how i felt when someone got a BFP and of course i was glad for them but but it still made me wonder why not me. I will leave this thread and probably go to ante natal in few weeks just in case i jinx it. I think there is one from people from this thread. I will look in from time to time though to see how things are going with everyone. This month was the 1st month i didn't stress about getting pg as wasn't really the best month for me (although i will still accept it gleefully!!) so had a hunch it may happen this month!! also didn't get too obsessed with mumnet!! logging in every second of the day!! I guess that helped. I just wish everyone the best of luck xx

i think we just crossed post pezz - how far along are you?

Hi Spats I'm nearly 7 weeks

Spats - congratulations!! Good to have another BFP on here to remind us that there is hope

Smiley - brilliant news for you too. You must be so excited and relieved.

wasabi - at least there's quite a bit of hope left so keeping willing on your little bean.

Forgot to do my OPK earlier (definitely no scientist then ). Will test as soon as I next have urge to wee (and have been collecting wee in glass).

jools / wannabe - looking good ladies!!

Pezz - i am 5 (tues) so not far behind!! Are you going to an ante natal thread. I feel its too soon really as i do think i will be jinxed!!

Thanks Queenie!! good luck with the wee collecting!!

All the BFP peopel are always welcome to stay and give us encouragement.

Time for an updated list methinks

Mummy2olivia AF due December 23rd DP
Elliegant AF due 24th Dec DP
Sans04 AF due 26th December DP
Suigeneris AF due 1 Jan DP (intention to)
Ilovebeingamummy AF due 1st Jan
(Any news from you?)

Funtimewincies - 8th Jan - hospital appointment to find out what the hell is going on!
Wanabemum AF due 17th-21st Jan DP
Funtimewincies AF due 18/19th Jan
Lovelymonster Af due 26th January
Queenie - AF due 28th / 29th Jan
Cindy AF due 29th January DP
Pinkie08 due 30th Jan clomid and DP
Yellowflowers AF due from 30th Jan DP
Broodzilla AF due 30 Jan
iggypiggy AF due 2nd Feb

Spats BFP
Heebychick BFP
BeckyMcG BFP
BoosieBoo BFP
Sn0wflake BFP
Villagemum BFP
Wasabipeanut BFP
Pezzina BFP
SmileyCat BFP

just did opk and it was back to pale lines so maybe i did surge yesterday? No EWCM though. Who knows? BD'd yesterday morning and will try to grab DH tonight, but will also keep BDing for at least next five days if not week.

My initial hope and optimism that this might be the month is beginning to wane though. Convinced / always hopeful that I will fall successfully PG at some point in my life but each month keeps passing and nothing...now been eight months since my last BFP. Why does it just not seem to be happening for me?

I can spell people by the way - just can't type! (and on an earlier post, I can also spell tomorrow not as tomorroe!!)

queenie - you don't always see ewcm - it can wash away when you do a wee and (tmi!) last time I saw it on loo paper only which means if you forget to do a through exploration or loo paper (yuk) then you can miss it easily.

congratulations Spats its great to hear of another BFP

Wasabi I wasn't sure how to put my good news down in words when you are feeling so low. I didn't want to say the wrong thing & upset you. I'm happy that you are happy for me & hope that we can soon be enjoying your good news. I read an artical a lady went for a scan at what she thought was 10wks & was told there was nothing there but a sac & to wait for it to pass, she spent 2 wks crying & coming to terms with the news & then went back to have a rescan before the D&C & behold a baby with a heart beat, so it can happen xx

Girls it looks like some of you are nearly ready for testing, I have everything crossed for you, lots of good symptom spotting going on out there

hi, well if no one really minds i may stick around a while as don't want to join ante natal yet thanks. x

Spats - when there were 3 BFP's from the original conception thread, we did set one up called "GFJ drinkers Anonymous"

It is still there, ready and waiting for anyone who wants to have loads of pregnancy chat without boring everyone still TTC and a good half way house for anyone who doesn't want to join a due date thread yet. I pop back from time to time, as I am a serial internet chatter

Stick around here aswell though

thanks joolsiam popping over!!

Blimey, it's been busy here!

Congratulations to spats and smiley, fabulous news all round .

Thinking of you wasabi and hope that you find out something either way soon, it's just horrible waiting .

Can I join you in obsessing-corner Jools? It's day 24 in the symptom-spotting house (about 8 dpo I think). I'm making a note of any perceived symptoms as I have a theory that because I've been pg so many time, my mind knows my symptoms and has started to manufacture them exactly when I'm not actually pregnant. I've had sore boobs, abdominal cramps, feeling hung-over morning and early evening, nausea when driving and buckets of saliva. I also found the cat food a little 'ripe' yesterday .

I'm sure that I'm not pg, just that my body has started to gang up on me .

Funtime - that makes 3 of us in the middle of the 2WW I think Surely at least one of us has to be lucky ?

I started feeling really dizzy and nauseous so left work early - as soon as I got out into the fresh air, I was fine - came home, had a bath and gave myself a good talking to. Even though I keep spotting symptoms, I don't have the main one - sore boobs, so think I must be imagining everything

Morning ladies I've just spent the last 10 mins reading back through this thread to see what my symptoms were during Dec. I thought I'd list what I said to see if it helps with the ladies who are symptom spotting this month.
DPO4 I said that I got a couple of sharp pains in my cervix area & another one when we tried to BD but was ok after that

DPO7 said I felt really bloated & had really bad cramps like I was going to get AF
& I also told one of the girls that my boobs were sore but not as sore as they had been for the last 3 months ie I didn't have to suport them when jogging down the stairs like I usually do leading upto AF
Thats all changed now since becoming pg as they hurt like hell all the time

I know everyone has different symptoms but just thought I would give you an insight into mine

Been full of cold all wk & now on my chest so feeling a little sorry for myself today, but still in high spirts from yesterdays scan. I'm off work today so taking it easy & having a duvet day in front of the TV & computer

Wasabi any news hun thinking of you xx

Wasabi I am thinking of you at this difficult time (big hugs)

Smiley How wonderful to see your little bean.

Spats congratulations!! For your BFP, we are doing really well on this thread. By the way what cough syrup was you using??? Did you follow the DP?

Symptoms are funny things. When I got my BFP I had hardly any symptoms at all - especially compared to previous months when I had everything going. Everyone is different - I think you have a 'feeling' that you could be pregnant though - I definitely did.

Morning everyone,

Firstly congratulations Spats!! That is fab news - another BFP to add to the colllection.

Jools and funtime - I hope your symptom spotting turns out to be accurate.

Smiley - it was very kind of you to consider me before posting your great news. Ultimately though this is a conception thread and the fact that we mainly choose to stick around after getting a BFP means that people will be a different stages - some happy and some not. Even though I may be going through a difficult time it doesn't mean I can't be happy for someone else who has just seen their little bean for the 1st time. On the contrary, it cheers me up and gives me hope.

Well I left work early yesterday because I had a bit of brown spotting and was convinced the inevitable was starting. I stocked up on pads and painkillers and came home. And then it stopped.

My body is playing some very cruel tricks. I have been talking to the bean again this morning and telling it to get its act together. Its odd - I should be 8 + 1 today and that is a time that a lot of people get some spotting because its around the time your AF would be due. I did get some spotting around this time with ds as I recall.

I am feeling oddly positive today. Last night I accepted the inevitable and relaxed properly for the 1st time since we had the scan. Today I feel that perhaps it wasn't inevitable. My body sure as hell seems determined to hang on to this pregnancy so maybe there's a reason for that. I did some counting back and it could be if I ov'd late and it implanted a few days later then then 6 and half weeks or so isn't entirely impossible for me to be getting that dates that I am. I certainly did used to have the odd long cycle which would presumably be caused by late ov.

Anyway, I can't do anything about it until I get that 2nd blood test back on Saturday morning so until then I am just going to try and relax.

Have a lovely day everyone xx

Wasabi I am sure I speak for all the ladies on here, that we are thinking of you and our fingers are crossed that you get some positive results. (hugs)

Hi Ladies

busy busy busy today - had to travel up to Wales, so early start and straight into meetings. It took my mind off things, but also makes me think my symptom spotting is nothing but hope and desire this month I didn't even get to eat lunch till 2pm but wasn't hungry or nauseous or dizzy - all that has started now I've sat down and eaten, so maybe it is all in the mind

I kept wondering on the train if I was noticing smells that I wouldn't normally but can't decide. 9DPO today - previously, I had a 13 day luteal phase with one spot of brown at 9DPO, a couple at 11DPO, lots at 12DPO and then the main event. So, if I don't get my pre-AF warning soon, then I'll start wondering again.

Gaaaahhh - in the time taken to write this and reply to an email, my abdomen has started cramping again. I HATE the 2WW !!!!!!

It's just not fair, I hate it too Jools ! Did a pretty sensitive test from t'internet with first wee this morning (10 miu/ml) and got a bfn. Now by my reckoning, if the symptoms were real I would show up at least that in my urine, i.e. enough hormone sloshing around to cause symptoms. Therefore it is all in my mind.

I hoped that by proving this to myself, the symptoms would stop. But they haven't and i was dry-retching while making ds' tea (sorry TMI).

Jools, if you see a dishevelled and slightly unhinged looking woman, shouting rude words while you're in Wales, it could well be me (or not, we're all a bit odd round here) .

Funtime i agree about the odd Welsh people (i'm welsh too!).

C'mon ladies, no negativity just yet, you have a few days to go before you can give up the ghost! Positive thoughts please!!
Could be many things. Jools any updates on the cramps?

Wasabi you seem like such a strong lady! I'm very impressed by your attitude and i completely believe in the power of positive thought. It may not "make" something happen but it certainly does a lot less harm than negative thoughts which can bring you down. Keep your chin up honey, we are all rooting for you xxx

Well for me the symptom spotting continues ..... i had creamy white CM yesterday and today (tmi!), and some very, very mild cramps last night and today, sort of like waves . Also, ahem, i've been a bit windy of late much to DH's amusement (not sure if that's a symptom but still).
Still no metallic taste although i did imagine that earlier at work, im almost positive it wasn't! And no sore boobs, although i only ever get slightly tender ones around AF and that isn't every month so who knows??

Any advise ladies?

Oooh almost forgot (how rude of me!) CONGRATULATIONS spats!!!!!!!!!!!
And please stick around to keep us posted on your progress xx

Just thought that I take a reckie at who is due to test soon...

Mummy2olivia AF due December 23rd DP
Elliegant AF due 24th Dec DP
Sans04 AF due 26th December DP
Suigeneris AF due 1 Jan DP (intention to)
Ilovebeingamummy AF due 1st Jan
(Any news from you?)

Wanabemum AF due 17th-21st Jan DP
Funtimewincies AF due 18/19th Jan
Lovelymonster Af due 26th January
Queenie - AF due 28th / 29th Jan
Cindy AF due 29th January DP
Pinkie08 due 30th Jan clomid and DP
Yellowflowers AF due from 30th Jan DP
Broodzilla AF due 30 Jan
iggypiggy AF due 2nd Feb

Spats BFP
Heebychick BFP
BeckyMcG BFP
BoosieBoo BFP
Sn0wflake BFP
Villagemum BFP
Wasabipeanut BFP
Pezzina BFP
SmileyCat BFP

So, what's your plan wanabe? I'll try and wait until Sunday and test, mainly because if it's still negative then I can get the spare bedroom ready for the arrival of the witch. Jools, are you due about the same time?

Umm, yeah Sunday sounds like a plan. I should be 11DPO then so may be able to console myself slightly if its BFN and test again next Wednesday which will be 14DPO if the witch hasn't arrived!

Lol at the "preparing the spare room" are you banished when the witch is around?