Still here and now hoping for a OCTOBER baby!!! Everyone welcome please join me :)

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Af finally arrived so if this was my lucky month then i would be due in Oct.

Bubblebell1 ttc#3 ucl 30 cd1

Please come and join me add yourselves to the list We can try and keep each other sane

Thanks bubble but I fear it may not be - have visitors next weekend and the weekend after (mil the second weekend) and the second weekend is usually when I ov so.... hopefully I'll ovulate late, or we do the silent bd on an airbed (never done that before could be interesting)

I do have a spare room but my sis is currently cluttering that up with her rubbish so wouldn't let anyone else sleep in it and nto about to enter that biohazard myself.

I'll probably be quiet enough this month - work is mad busy aruond this time so I'll pop on whenever I can and see hwo things are going. Thsi thread is very fast moving - here's hoping for lots of BFP's.

Hi girls

sorry to hear some of you AF - its depressing isn't it, but i do agree that you just have to carry on a start again!

for any of you that have miscarried in the past, did you get any wierd spotting as a first period? Just this morning i've been feeling slightly crampy and have had pink light spotting - is that normal?? I usually start my periods fullon with red blood, or is it likely to be ovulation? or implntation bleeding? (i wish!)

anyone else testing soon? - i need something to get excited about when its unlikely to happen to me this month

Hi Irish couldn't you do it in the bathroom while mil is somewhere else.

I didn't bd last night because dh felt sick when we went to bed and then was sick about 2.30, he's had to go to work this morning but now says he feels a little bit better so is up for it later.
I haven't been looking at prams and baby clothes, but have been trying to think who I can get to look after ds while I'm in having the baby I'm trying to conceive, but that's me, if I didn't worry about stupid things who would?

Hi Irish,

sorry the witch paid a visit. Hope you have better luck this month. I'd definitely go for a quickie on the airbed - you'll have a giggle at least ! Of course if you get a BFP this month we are all going to rush out and buy an airbed just in case thats the key - hee hee!

irishmumwannabe, sorry about af. You were one of the now-defunct monday testing club too weren't you? Sigh.

Onwards and upwards! I am trying grapefruit juice this month. Tbh I love the stuff (splashed out on Tropicana- credit crunch be damned) so it won't be too much of a trial. Will be interested to see if it makes any difference- I don't normally get much EWCM.

littlemiss26, after my mc I had very heavy, (tmi) clotty but very short period- not my usual at all. It came a week earlier than expected. I had cramping at times between end of mc and start of period.
I didn't have any spotting at all, so maybe you have been lucky. Hope that helps.

Hi all,well looking at my chart I am now in my 2WW ,I have loads of ebay tests in and really want to test

I will try to hold off as i know it would be a BFN now any way even if i was

sorry for all that got AF ,fingers crossed this will be your month

Dh and I have picked names out already and i have picked a pram so I am so happy that i am normal

how do I take my mind off this 2WW ,how do you cope????

joy thanks for the info - sounds quite different to me so far, but who knows it could change!

all the talk of BDing on an airbed made me laugh - i've done it once and its a bit of a nightmare to be honest (this was when we were camping) can't say i'd recommend it!

picking out names and prams is dangerous! i don't think i would even do that now until i'm about to pop! might be better to check out maternity clothes online instead - that'll keep you busy for a while

I knoW that I should know that answer to this really - but which are the best CD's to BD on...

Just an idea of the date range would be good as I like to plan iyswim

Also could someone explain grapefruit juice to me???

Thank you!

I have done it on an airbed loads of times its great fun, you can really use the motion to give you a helping hand! just be careful not to bounce off {grin]

Hi ladies,
Can I join in? This will be my 3rd cycle TTC baby number one. Af showed up today, grrrr. Starting to get fed up, but trying to remain positive as I know it can take a while.
Got my fingers crossed to see some success stories on here.

Hi Black Cherry, welcome to the thread.

I can sympathise - only on my second month of ttc number 1 and I'm already going stir crazy with impatience. It's the not knowing how long it might take (or if we can even make a baby) that makes it so difficult - if i knew we had to wait X months I think I could put it out of my mind more easily. I remember when friends were ttc and were fed up after 4 or 5 months and I'd think it's not that long really. Now just 2 or 3 months seems ages.

fatandiknowit, grapefruit juice apparently either increases or thins (can't remember which) your EWCM, the fertile stuff which helps the l'il swimmers on their way and which usually appears (er, in your undercrackers) around ov time.

Search for "grapefruit juice" on this site and you'll find loads of explanations possibly better than this one!

Could be a load of old baloney of course, but it's certainly not going to harm, and as one article points out, increasing your fluid intake is never a bad thing for ttc.

Thanks 'Beanie, I feel exactly the same. I'm a pretty patient person but it's the not knowing that's making me obsess and worry now.

We're going to try with the every other day method this cycle and if we have no luck, next cycle I'll get some ovulation sticks and maybe try preseed.

Thanks everyone I'm rofl at the airbed queries/stories - especially @ girlwithacurl. my box room is a bit small to bouncing off the bed might mean cracking my head on the wall.

If I do get BFP I'll remember the airbed and then when they grow up gross them out (or maybe not

Joy yes I was a Monday tester - just shows that it was obviously a bad day to test - ah well sure we can have another crack at it in another 4 weeks or so.

Thank you joy

will examine some threads and decide whether it is worthwhile force-drinking the revolting stuff!!!

sorry to those with af, don't let it get you down - november is a wonderful month to have a baby

day 11 in the big conception house: bd planned for tonight, didn't last night as we were knackered (are decorating atm). we actually painted the ahen 'new' baby's room. neutral of course! will you lot find out the sex when you get a bun in the oven?

devil - I had always planned not to find out the sex of any buns but I have completely changed my mind recently. A few friends have found out before and it was lovely to refer to the little one as he/she before the birth and of course it helps with shopping. I was worried if you were told you were having a boy for example then had a girl it might be weird (make it more difficult to bond) but this happened to a friend of mine and the only problem was they didn't have a girls name ready (oh yes and rachael wore a lot of blue and green at first!). What about you?

i found out with both ds'.. and i would with the next too... im just tooooo impatient.

I'd definitely want to know - I couldn't wait and I'd like to narrow my naem choices down!

i didn't with ds.
in fact just after he was born and i was cuddling him, it occured to me that no one had told us the sex and we unwrapped the blanket and had a look!

i don't think we will this time either as dh likes the surprise. drives me crazy tho

Hi Irish sorry that the witch got you. Damn that biatch!

I def agree with the other regarding the airbed! Give it a go even if its not successful it'll be a laugh! Also if you do manage to concieve then not only wil we all be rushing out to buy airbeds fro TTC purposes only, but you can always name the little one after the place of conception

littlemiss26 After my mc (I was about 8 weeks) I bleed for 2days. I then had a break of about 20 days where I then had a light bleed for 2-3 days pinky coloured and very light. Then had about 30 days and then I had a normal period. That was in April 08 and my periods have only just returned to normal (32-34 days) in the past2 cycles.

Theboob Its so difficult not to test when you know that you have tests in the house. I have stopped buying then now, so will only buy one whe I know AF is late...if i ever get there. Saying that I secretly know that when I next do my weekly shop if I dont have someone else with me then one will some how find its way into the trolly...how does that happen???

Fatandiknowit The best days to BD depend on your cycles. I usually try every other day between CD8-CD16 then every day CD17,18,19 20, nothing 21, then once more CD22 (for TTC). I usually OV CD16-18 hth. Of course anything more than that is a bonus Also as someone else said the Grapefruit juice is supposed to increase EWCM, this is first cycle ive tried it. Heard about it on MN, anythings worth a try right?

I think id do a bunjee jump naked off London bridge is someone told me it would help with TTC

Welcome to the thread BlackCherry hope your stay here isnt too long

DevilsA I actually read that part of your post in my head, but in the Big Brother northern accent. LOL!

Regarding gender I think i'll be finding out, found out with DD as I was so certain she was a girl that I had already been buying girly bits, so wanted to reassure myself and give myself time to adjust had she had been a boy, but I was right and she was a girl.

With the pregancy that I mc I was sure that I was carrying a boy as soon as I got +ve test, unfortunatly that pregancy wasnt to be, so I am assuming that I will get a feeling next time, so will want to find out! I quiet like the idea of having a suprise though, hmm maybe that can be my next distraction for the 2ww: debating wether to find out the sex.

Right im off to start some much needed BD'ing

Take care xxx

well dh is in the studio doing music stuff so no bding for me

i can't stop thinking about getting fat with being pg. last time i put on 4 stones

it was baaaad. i lost the weight but i don't want to go through it again.

gah. i think i have pregnancy jitters.

OMG, I can't believe how much you lot BD!! I did it days 12, 13, 14, 15 and 18 this time of a 28 cycle and I thought that was a lot. Bloody hell, I'm going to have to seriously up my game next month - how I tell the donor I am not sure!

if i do get pg this month, i may not tell dh so we can do the same next month

Getting Started - if you're worried about the amount of BDing, listen to this: a friend was told by her doc to BD three times A DAY when fertile! I thought you had to do it every other day, so am having to up my game! Poor DP...