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

[bubblebell1]

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

At least another week and a half. I'm not really sure when AF should be here cos i have erratic cycles so want to make sure i've given her a good 50 days. Am content with symptom spotting for now!

Wishing, crossing everything for you that you get a nice surprise and find it wasn't the witch after all.

Oooh lovelylullaby, a wee bit of spotting then nothing else? That sounds positive!

misfit I know how you feel. DD turned three last month and she's desperate for a baby sister - I get so frustrated that it hasn't happened yet. I wasn't supposed to start trying for another baby til I was a year out from my weight loss surgery (which would have been 3 weeks ago) but couldn't wait so started 5 months ago! We too assumed that knowing when I ov etc it would be sooo easy to just get pregnant straight away this time, don't think of it as arrogance so much as optimism, and that's a good thing.

smallone hope everything goes well for your mate, and that the spotting is a good sign. Keep us updated!

Sorry to hear you're out for this month Jellyfish. Good luck for next cycle. I go to bed really late, usually don't sleep til around 2am or after, and take my temp at 8.30 and it seems to be reliable.

pavlov if you think you ov'd 22nd Jan I'd be testing now. Good luck!

DH's lift back to Blandford is heading back down there early afternoon today so we've decided I'll do without the car for a couple of days so DH can drive himself down to Blandford later tonight (getting another BD in as soon as DD is in bed!). He's probably got Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning off so he's going to drive home Tuesday afternoon and stay over then I'll drive him back down Wednesday morning and bring the car home with me. That'll mean if I ov on Thursday as ovusoft predicts we'll have got at least 3 (possibly 4 depending how knackered we are by Wednesday morning!) BDs in before the big O. He thought he was gonna take his sample to the hospital this week but with all this BDing he won't be able to as they want him to abstain for at least 2 days prior to sample. He'll just have to do it next week when I don't need his swimmers!

Here's todays list. Have kept you on smallone just in case it was just spotting.

Mummyto2littleangels ttc#3 cycle 1 cd48
mrsdisorganised ttc#5 cycle 5 CD41
Joy27 ttc#1 cycle6 cd42
JeanieG ttc#4 cycle2 CD39
pinkie08 ttc#2 cycle12 CD38
Bubblebell1 ttc#3 cycle 2 CD36
Amanda12 ttc#4 cycle1 CD36
1littleprincess ttc#2 cycle7 CD36
iggypiggy ttc#1 cycle 4 CD34
Fatandiknowit ttc#1 cycle1 CD34
Lovelylullaby ttc#2 cycle1 cd33
Mosschops30 ttc#3 cycle2 cd32
Andi0411 ttc#2 cycle1 cd32
Smallone ttc#2 cycle6 cd29
irishmumwannabe ttc#1 cycle 5 cd28
Halhmumhalfbiscuit ttc#2 cycle 1 cd28
totalmisfit ttc#2 cycle1 cd26
Gateau ttc#2 cycle 3 cd25
Latestarter2009 ttc#1 cycle 1 cd24
AmandaHugankiss ttc#3 cycle1 cd 23
Pedalmonster ttc#2 cycle 1 cd22
GettingStarted ttc #1 cycle 3 cd22
Mensareject ttc#3 cycle2 cd19
aideesmum ttc#2 cycle5 CD19
Missiemoosmummy ttc# cycle3 cd17
Angelfairy ttc#1 cycle2 cd17
earlynite ttc#2 cycle1 CD15
ForcesSweetheart ttc#2 cycle5 cd15
Eeyore ttc#1 cycle2 cd14
dancingqueeen ttc#1 cycle 3 cd14
Wishing ttc#1 cycle cycle 9 cd7
Littlemiss26 ttc#2 cycle 1 CD?
Pavlovthecat ttc#2 cycle? cd?
thegauntlet ttc#? cycle? cd?

GRADUATES

Hackneybird
StealthPolarBear
Trixievix
Theboob
Idreamofbeanie
Cazza28
Dev il sadvocaat
RubyBuckleberry

Sounds like you've got a busy week planned forces .

After you've BD'd Try and stay lying down for half an hour with a pillow under your pelvis to help those little swimmers on their way.

oh I will be lovely. That's one of the things that bothered me about the BDing in the singlies block - having to get upright straight after and sit in the car for nearly 2 hours imagining the poor wee swimmers struggling against gravity!

smallone - ooooh...nurse, and all literature states that normal fertility resumes within 4 days, and it is not unusual for an egg to be released almost immediately. So, ovulation would be 8th day after removal so assuming that it would be a normal ovulation... I am 'pretty' sure I did ovulate the weekend I think I did, which would be, doing the maths - 23rd Jan, soooo I am due on...er...today (gets excited, panicky, hopeful, worried!). What is FMU btw? I will wait til the end of the week before testing.

Thanks....I will keep you posted, and will keep fingers crossed for everyone else waiting to hear for this month

I know I shouldn't, but how soon can I realistically test? UCL 28 / 29 and I am now cd22. I have got First Response and also the clear blue digital POAS but teetering on the balance between trying not to waste them and wanting to know.... what am I talking about - you KNOW EXACTLY what I mean.
stupid to sell them only in packs of 2... should sell them in packs of at least 5. Has anyone worked out how much they have spent?I try to sneak them into a tesco shop at the exclusion of more nutritious options....

Pedal - shall we do it together? I said I would not, but I am now itching...I am feeling nauseas, and my boobs hurt, but I am thinking that firstly it is too soon for morning sickness, secondly, they may well be a symptom of imminent AF, and thirdly I am likely making myself have symptoms. I cannot be that quick. Really . I am just thinking, oh, its not that much money to waste if not...I would be 3 weeks if I am, is that too soon to show on a test?

Morning, thanks for messages, still no AF. Why is she taunting me? There was more brown tinged cm yesterday but only once when wiping, and now there is nothing again. I'm convinced this is natures cruel way of getting my hopes up so I'm not going to test. Good luck everyone else.

Hi Ladies- I've been following your progress but not really had the heart to contribute much as af came last week.
I've updated the list and am going to join the Nov thread- I hope NOT to see you over there.
Good luck!!

Mummyto2littleangels ttc#3 cycle 1 cd48
mrsdisorganised ttc#5 cycle 5 CD41
Joy27 ttc#1 cycle6 cd42
JeanieG ttc#4 cycle2 CD39
pinkie08 ttc#2 cycle12 CD38
Bubblebell1 ttc#3 cycle 2 CD36
Amanda12 ttc#4 cycle1 CD36
1littleprincess ttc#2 cycle7 CD36
iggypiggy ttc#1 cycle 4 CD34
Fatandiknowit ttc#1 cycle1 CD34
Lovelylullaby ttc#2 cycle1 cd33
Mosschops30 ttc#3 cycle2 cd32
Smallone ttc#2 cycle6 cd29
irishmumwannabe ttc#1 cycle 5 cd28
Halhmumhalfbiscuit ttc#2 cycle 1 cd28
totalmisfit ttc#2 cycle1 cd26
Gateau ttc#2 cycle 3 cd25
Latestarter2009 ttc#1 cycle 1 cd24
AmandaHugankiss ttc#3 cycle1 cd 23
Pedalmonster ttc#2 cycle 1 cd22
GettingStarted ttc #1 cycle 3 cd22
Mensareject ttc#3 cycle2 cd19
aideesmum ttc#2 cycle5 CD19
Missiemoosmummy ttc# cycle3 cd17
Angelfairy ttc#1 cycle2 cd17
earlynite ttc#2 cycle1 CD15
ForcesSweetheart ttc#2 cycle5 cd15
Eeyore ttc#1 cycle2 cd14
dancingqueeen ttc#1 cycle 3 cd14
Wishing ttc#1 cycle cycle 9 cd7
Littlemiss26 ttc#2 cycle 1 CD?
Pavlovthecat ttc#2 cycle? cd?
thegauntlet ttc#? cycle? cd?

GRADUATES

Hackneybird
StealthPolarBear
Trixievix
Theboob
Idreamofbeanie
Cazza28
Dev il sadvocaat
RubyBuckleberry

To save myself from going nuts while dd watches balamory, I thought I'd update the list. I think Joy27 might be in the wrong place, I'm pretty sure she's only a day or two ahead of me, has anyone heard anything from her?

Mummyto2littleangels ttc#3 cycle 1 cd49
mrsdisorganised ttc#5 cycle 5 CD42
Joy27 ttc#1 cycle6 cd43
JeanieG ttc#4 cycle2 CD40
pinkie08 ttc#2 cycle12 CD39
Bubblebell1 ttc#3 cycle 2 CD37
Amanda12 ttc#4 cycle1 CD37
1littleprincess ttc#2 cycle7 CD37
iggypiggy ttc#1 cycle 4 CD35
Fatandiknowit ttc#1 cycle1 CD35
Lovelylullaby ttc#2 cycle1 cd34
Mosschops30 ttc#3 cycle2 cd33
Smallone ttc#2 cycle6 cd30
irishmumwannabe ttc#1 cycle 5 cd29
Halhmumhalfbiscuit ttc#2 cycle 1 cd29
totalmisfit ttc#2 cycle1 cd27
Gateau ttc#2 cycle 3 cd26
Latestarter2009 ttc#1 cycle 1 cd25
AmandaHugankiss ttc#3 cycle1 cd 24
Pedalmonster ttc#2 cycle 1 cd23
GettingStarted ttc #1 cycle 3 cd23
Mensareject ttc#3 cycle2 cd20
aideesmum ttc#2 cycle5 CD20
Missiemoosmummy ttc# cycle3 cd18
Angelfairy ttc#1 cycle2 cd18
earlynite ttc#2 cycle1 CD16
ForcesSweetheart ttc#2 cycle5 cd16
Eeyore ttc#1 cycle2 cd15
dancingqueeen ttc#1 cycle 3 cd15
Wishing ttc#1 cycle cycle 9 cd8
Littlemiss26 ttc#2 cycle 1 CD?
Pavlovthecat ttc#2 cycle? cd?
thegauntlet ttc#? cycle? cd?

GRADUATES

Hackneybird
StealthPolarBear
Trixievix
Theboob
Idreamofbeanie
Cazza28
Dev il sadvocaat
RubyBuckleberry

Hey all!

joy got her AF today she is on the twenties thread too

still nothing for me to report.

Smallone your signs sound promising. i envy your willpower.. i would of cracked and tested by now

sorry to those of you who have met with AF and good luck to those still on the 2ww

DH does not want me to test yet. He said 'we are not actually trying for a baby though are we, we are just, not using contraception, see what happens' Er, its a bit late to have doubts DH of mine! I laughed at him, asked him what stopping contraception was if not trying for a baby, and did he not recall the conversations we have had at all...he was very coy and said that he would prefer to know when I was about 6 weeks.... again. I cant wait another 3 weeks to test!!! And tbh, if not AF by then, I would already know!

I am just so itching to know. And I am also feeling tearful, bloated and annoyed, bit nauseous, which concerns me as quite like pms, but I normally get backache/headache/cloudy head, and have none of that with it...DH has the car, or else I would go buy one right now!

hey everyone...AF commiserations

this is TTC#1 for me and it's driving me nuts, the 2ww feels like months and the idea that 50% of your month every month is spent on the 2ww is freaking me out a bit.

i'm hoping my willpower will get as good as some of you guys, i'm only on cd25, but i've done TWO tests already even though I know it's too early! i think it's partly the miscarriage, it just suddenly gets in my head and i have to test NOW...i swing from being convinced that i'm pregnant and it's all going to work out well and then that i'm not pg, will never get pg and will lose the plot while i'm trying

being a career girl was easier than this!

latestarter parts of your post could have been written by me- i'm nearing the end of the 2ww and surprising myself with how little patience i have. The urge to test keeps gnawing away but the lovely posters on here have convinced me to hang on in there till af is at least slightly late. it's a weird yo-yo sensation isn't it? must be even harder for you after MC, too.

pavlov - ditto your symptoms.. have had slight nausea on and off for a couple of days now and my boobs when i take of my bra are like a couple of lead weights - but like you say, could just be AF...

smallone glad you're still on the thread.. the spotting must be really annoying/baffling... hope you're out of limbo and officially up the duff soon!

thanks forces - optimistic is a good way of putting it! must be extra tough for you trying to fit all that BDing in when you get some time with DH.

pavlov we can be partners in crime!!! Thing is, on the clear blue digital thing it has a conception indicator, and has categories 1-2 weeks, 2-3 weeks 3 + weeks (i think...) so I'm thinking it MUST be able to pick up now (5 days before AF due) AND first response also says it can be used 5 days before....
OH the torture!!
Should we do it on the same day? Tomorrow? or Wed? would prefer to do it before weekend due to Valentines day...
Also had a brief chat with DH who also said that technically we are not TTC...although we had agreed last year to start TTC from Jan. What convenient memories these men seem to have.

heya im on cd10 of cycle 1 with clomid after 2 1/2 years of ttc lots of BD this week/ weekend!

thanks totalmisfit i knew someone here would understand! though I feel like a whiney cow as I know that others have been at it for a lot longer and remain positive

my advice pavlov and pedalmonster is DONT test! i got sucked into the thinking that some of the tests can pick up days before AF and also that it is possible from 8 DPO, but statistically it is very unlikely and you get in this mad headspace. Have a look on fertilityfriend.com at the FAQs in the education centre - testing for pregnancy - when to take a hpt. If you look at the pregnancy study (from FF charts), it gives you stats on positive hpts - i was quite shocked! The average for positive tests is 0.5 days away from AF; ie on average 13.6 dpo; only 10% of tests are positive at 10 dpo.

But what do they know - especially when the pee stick is calling to you

the best of luck hopeforbundleofjoy

Thanks for info latestarter2009! I cannot agree to wait too long. I have no idea when AF is actually due, as I had implant out, but I am sure I know when I ov'd so going on that, I was due AF at the weekend!
Pedal - how about tomorrow or Thursday? That shows serious patience doesn't it? I am convinced AF is imminent though, all the signs are there...Funny about the men isn't it? I think DH thinks trying for a baby is checking ov (which I am just not announcing loudly!), only having sex with aim of it making a baby - he does not link the whole having sex/baby thing anyway! Bless him! He did say since - I would not be having sex with you if I did not want a baby - er, yeah you would, your a bloke!

sorry pav maybe i misunderstood, if you are already overdue what are you waiting for - go find that stick asap!

latestarter - don't worry, pedal is not due yet, thats most likely where the confusion is coming from! I said to DH I would wait until the weekend. But I really can't!
Pedal - maybe today then ?

i'm having similar difficulties resisting the temptation to test - CD 26 today (1st month ttc after coil so not sure of cycle length). sounds like you're all being v patient. have just started to bleed slightly - have quite bad cramps, bleeding isn't heavy (yet) and brown at mo. although i know this is most likely the beginnings of AF, some of me is thinking it could be implantation symptoms.....that little voice is saying " go on....just do a test". am inspired to hang on after reading all this. really hope for positive results for all you patient ladies (and for the less patient of course)

i'm on cd 26 amandahugankiss...when are you due?

Hi all, still no AF started feeling nauseaus (sp?) yesterday, gagged when I fed my fish and today it was worse so I bought the cheapest test I could find (£1.29 for 3 strips) while I was in town so I could tell myself it was all in my mind and bugger me its BFP! Can't quite believe it, DH is in shock, I have pointed out that not using contraception for 6 months was going to end up with a pregnancy at some point, but the way he is you'd think it was an accident! Still a bit wary, was talking to someone today who had a scan at 10wks with no heartbeat so that puts things into perspective.

Thankyou for all your support over the last few months, and send me all the sticky bean dust you've got! Ta

Good luck everyone I'll be popping back to check up on you.

Smallone xxx

Smallone that is great news! Dont worry about what has happened to other people, everyone is different.Over a year ago, I also had my scan at 10-11 wks and no heartbeat, but those things happen for a reason. My first pregnancy was great with no problems. Just enjoy it. This time im at 5 wks and i just have to hope for the best . Just make sure DH spoils you rotten!!!! Well done!!!

Small thats great news! seems just having the tests helped! were there other problems they were testig for (ie. not just TTC ones)?
Lots of sticky thoughts coming your way!