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[C1NDY]

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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi ladies,

It has taken me ages to catch up - what with all the bubbly flowing and positive vibes it's hard to see straight for a t-totaller like i am now!!!

So glad to hear your news snowflake how are you feeling? apart from sickness??

Welcome to all the newbies, mummy2O i have seen your threads elsewhere and really hope that this thread is lucky for you like it was for me.

I am feeling ok, the nausea has gone so far (i was brave and took my bands off today and so far feel ok!!) so of course i am elated and worried too, but then i remember it not lasting long with DD so will try not to think negative thoughts.

I have a pop belly already and have had to tell some people because it looks obvious!

So lovely to still be with you guys, please just kick me off if you have had enough of me!

x

Snowflake, that's FANTASTIC!!

iggypiggy, good for you for getting the OPKs - I found them a pain to have to use at first, but once you get the hang of them it's REALLY reassuring to get that +ve result and to know when ov is.

Heeby, great that you're feeling so well and 'showing' already! How many weeks are you now?

Cindy, Pezzina, how are things?

Arghhh this 2WW is getting to me and I'm not even halfway through yet!

Hi ladies,

I'm back from my holiday and sssoo much has happened on here!
Glad to hear you are well and happy Heeby, bet you look lovelt with your pot belly!

Congratulations Snowflake on your BFP, it must be so exciting for you!

So sorry to hear your news Ilove, can't imagine how you feel. Big hugs!!!

Hey Jools loving the name change! You're bound to be feeling a little desperate and lost after what you have been through. As patronising as this sounds try and look for the positives, your DH is probably just as heartbroken as you and men are crap at expressing their emotions so they tend to say nothing instead (at least mine does!). Keep smiling honey xx

Well I've been away for 2 weeks and we BD'd when we could. Didn't stick to the DP this time as was really impossible to tell when i OV'd so we just BD'd more the second week! I'm now officially in the dreaded 2ww but trying not to be hopeful as not really conviced. We will just have to wait and see.

Anyone else testing soon?

Hope all you other ladies I haven't mentioned are well, and wlecome to our newbies!
Fab thread name by the way C1ndy!

Just had a quick read through and wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS SNOWFLAKE!!! Amazing news.

Good to hear things are going so well Heeby

Have just popped out from the office to go shopping and have bought myself new boots and tight black jeans. Hopefully I won't be able to wear them for that long...but for now I'm taking the mummy2olivia attitude and in my case not putting clothes shopping on hold!! Off to another xmas party too tomorrow night which should be lots of fun.

Hope you are all well.

xx

Fantastic news Snowflake it always gives me a boost when I hear of a new bfp, makes me think that lots of ladies are getting pregnant so my turn must be soon

Don't go Heeby you are our lucky mascot, no one is going to kick you off

My DH is really up for it this month, hes planned the bding sessions already, I'm secretly impressed, he said that this is the month & he's going to give it everything to make sure it happens...god I wish it was that easy but so happy that he is very enthusiastic

Oh god- glad you all like my attitude!! If I see anyone getting obsessed and unreasonable I will be the voice of reason

I dont want to see anyone putting things on hold, not buying clothes or not booking holidays- otherwise you just end up pale, miserable and scruffy!!

Am fully prepared to not ovulate this month TBH- normally ov around day 15/16. But its first month off pill, its day 13 now and I have a really grim water infection from having my lap done. Think the poor little egg may give this month a miss. Gonna keep having SEX (not bd) with DH and keep an eye on OPK (did one yesterday and tonight and its completely blank!) but try to get some rest and see what happens. Need to let myself recover ready for a healthy pregnancy

Oh and congrats Snowflake!! x

love to all

xxx

Hi everyone,
Managed to find you all, love the new thread title!

Firstly wanted to say how sorry I am about your m/c Ilove. Thinking of you and sending lots of hugs. Take good care of yourself and indulge in whatever you fancy, be it chocolate, shopping or wine - it worked for me x

Welcome to mummy2olivia. funtime lol at bunnies - unfortunately have now reverted to pandas, I'm just soooo tired. Nausea is just starting to kick in properly too. Not that I'm complaining, in a way it's kinda reasurring, but ick! Have been staring balefully at a (now cold) toasted cheese sandwich for an hour...

Ooh, almost forgot, huge congrats to snowflake! Fabulous news xx

OOh Yay for you sn0wflake am all pleased.

c1ndy and villagemum just waiting for sticks to arrive now - all impatient (story of my life...) am hoping they will arrive soon as am CD5 now and want to start this month

hello mummy2 am liking your attitude too -especially as I need to watch myself re: obsessing about things...

smileycat am getting quite into FF.. might sign up properly when free trial ends.. I like seeing it all written down.

Big hello to everyone else on here too xx

Infertility supplement plan

This is the vitamin plan that me and DH are following if anyone wants a look. x tis very interesting.

Hey girls....apologies for rubbish posting - have been forced to earn my money at work! Welcome mummy2 and good luck - with the TTC and the relaxed approach.
Cindy - War in the Womb was a more serious documentary than expected - i.e. interesting but quite dry. The main points were about how mother and foetus (& then baby) are both a well tuned machine balancing needs but also how they are actually 'at war' right from the very moment of conception. It reinforced what we all know that m/c's occur because the bean isn't viable and not really down to external factors etc. Also re-inforced diet and how important when you're pregnant to make sure baby is getting right nutrients. That really make me think as while I haven't been feeling sick I have been off my food (which is unlike me!) and hadn't really eaten (just picked) for over a week. I've lost over 7lbs which while naturally I'm pleased about however started worrying I wasn't feeding my bean. I made myself eat a bagel the following morning and have been drinking milk and taking my vitamins religiously. I'm glad to say I'm back on food a bit more now
ANYWAY - the best news of all has been that I went for the private 8 week scan on Monday night - remember the one I decided to book to ease piece of mind. There the bean was on screen.........our bean on screen - heart beating away, right size, right place. First hurdle passed - only another 4 weeks to go till the magic '12'. Everything is crossed!!!!

Thats great news beckyMcg and those next 4 weeks will go really quickly for you.

mummy2 thats similar to what my DH is taking and i just taking pregnancare conception and grapefruit juice

Hi everyone
may I join you, please? We've been TTC'ing for 14 months, have tried OPKs at the begininning, BBT in the middle, nothing recently and this cycle I'm on grapefruit juice and cough mixture, while DH ahs been taking zinc (for other reasons, then we discovered it might help fertility, which is a bonus). Am also minded to try OPKs again, but it has been so long I have forgotten what one is meant to do with them (in any event, I suspect we'd got it wrong last year). Any suggestions gratefully received....

Hi SuiGeneris

Everyone very welcoming and friendly here so join in the fun.

Use the OPKs in the afternoon after 4hours no peeing. sometimes i think thats the hardest bit

keep taking the grapefruit juice and some of us use fertility friend to help us keep a check at what cycle is up to. Its def. worth a look and think you can even do free month trial

Welcome SuiGeneris, sorry to hear that you've been trying so long. If you've not conceived at all in 12 months (i.e. no mcs), know when you ovulate and are doing the deed at the right time I'd also book to see your GP. He/she can then decide whether it's too early to do some tests or not. I'm discovering that it takes ages to get consultant appointments once referred (although mine is for recurrent mcs, so different) so best to get in there sooner rather than later. Sorry for the very serious welcome . Oh and keep drinking the grapefruit juice!

Looking at the list there are a few of us due to test 23rd, 24th and 25th. What about a mass test on Christmas Eve?!

Also meant to say what fab news it is to hear that your little bean is well Becky. Oooh, I'm feeling all hopeful and festive now .

Hey ladies,

Lovely to see so many newcommers (well new for me as I've been away ).

Becky so pleased to hear your bean is doing well and you've relaxed a little. Sendign positive thoughts for you to get safely and happily to your 12weeks!

Well ladies, I'm not quite sure what to think at the mo. I usually OV on CD20/21 so assumed that's what happened this time (didn't take fertility monitor away with me due to time difference). But yesterday and today I had some white...ahem...discharge in my knickers and I'm CD27 today. Going to BD tonight just in case but I'm almost positive my AF is due sometime next week.

The mass testing sounds like a fun idea but if no AF next week not sure I will be able to wait until then!

Hmmm any advice?

Thought I'd copy the list over so we can all see it (sometimes i need a visual aid !)
Not sure whether to adjust my AF due date now. May be testing Xmas eve after all!

Mylittlebubble AF due 10th - 15th Nov
Bubblebell AF due 25th November ttc#3 on cycle 1
Whitebeaches AF due 17th - 21st
JClaire AF due 28th Nov
spats due 7th-9th Dec
Bigbaubleeyes AF due 2nd Dec
Wasabi AF 16th dec
Wanabemum AF due 18th/19th Dec
VillageMum AF due 21 December DP
Mummy2olivia AF due December 23rd DP
Funtimewincies AF due 23rd December
Lovelymonster Af due 23rd December
Elliegant AF due 24th Dec DP
Pezzina AF due 25th December DP
Yellowflowers AF 25th December DP
Sans04 AF due 26th December DP
Queenie - AF due 28th / 29th Dec
Smileycat AF due 28th-31st Dec DP
C1ndy AF due 1 Jan
Pinkie08 due 1st Jan clomid and DP
iggypiggy - AF due 2nd Jan

Heebychick BFP
Becky McG BFP
BoosieBoo BFP
Sn0wflake BFP

Oooh welcome SuiGeneris - you sound like you've had quite a tough time of it. You'll be very happy here though.

Becky so glad you got to see your little bean jumping away! It's a truly magical moment. Fingers crossed for the next few weeks. I can remember panicking at the slightest thing in my first trimester with DS. Don't know if I'd more relaxed now or even worse as it is taking so chuffing long to get there.

Mass testing on Xmas eve sounds like so much fun but given I am due next week I won't be able to partake .

I'm now 8 days PO and haven't even managed to spot any symptoms at all yet. I think because DH and I were ill around peak time that we have missed the boat yet again. Feeling a bit down about it really. I know its not over until AF arrives but I'm not hopeful. I'm sure by now I'd have started to notice something out of the ordinary.

becky fab news

I have just googled EWCM to see what it stood for

am now finding it quite funny... i thought it was a more 'medical' term rather than something containing the words egg white

Anyway - that is irrelevant... apparently my ov stick were shipped today - so should arrive by tomorrow

And next week is going to be BDtastic - I hope

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome and for the advice. Had forgotten about fertilityfriend, have just gone back and re-bought 90 days, which I hope will be more than enough this time. We had, I think, a very early M/C last April (about the only time in the last 5 years that I have got drunk, so guilt trip was almost compulsory), and nothing before or after. We went to see the GP last month, so now DH done his tests and we are awaiting the results; if they come back OK, then I will be off for mine.

Question, please, what does DP mean after someone's name in the date list? As for me, AF due 1 Jan...

Ooh meant to say welcome suigeneris

re: DP - I could be worng on this - but I think it means they are following Deanna's Plan

duh... meant wrong but typing rubblish...

Well CD14 here and still no on the digital OPK.

Welcome suigeneris- I am a new girl too although only to the thread not TTC!!!

Hope everyone is ok

Lovely to hear from you Wanabe - did you have a good time?

Hi everyone. Sorry for being quiet the last couple of days...I think I'm still in shock. Thank you for all your warm wishes.

Heeby I'm feeling fine....and no more nausea. I'm actully feeling quite well...better than usual - I'm sure that can't last!

Just thought I'd say that I didn't ever get an LH surge caught on my sticks this month but obviosly did ovulate. bd'd day 5, 8 12, 14, 18. I think day 12 was the charm because that was the day I couldn't stop thinking about sex! And never saw any EWCM at all But did use preseed all the way through. But just a little.

Anyway perhaps that's useful....perhaps it's not. But I wish you all the very best success this month!