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[yellowflowers]

Thought I'd take the plunge and begin new thread to follow on from this one thread

All welcome.
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Me too. Thereis a package for me at post office and I think it is my pre-seed. Will pick it up tomorrow morning. Any tips on how to use it - do you just stick a blob up 'there'?

Looks like me, you and Funtime on a similar test schedule then Yellow

We are all so due a break.

I second that wasabi.

So pleased to have temping buddies, except I maybe later than you if my ovulation late as I think it is.

Hi ladies soooo great to see so many more BFP's on this thread

Just wanted to let you know that we have an anti-natal extention of this thread if you want to come on over when you are ready, some times it helps to discuss symptoms or lack of with some of the girls that have just gone through the stage you are at now

I've put the thread below but don't know how to do the link
Ante-natal clubs : GFJ drinkers anonymous
hope this helps

baby dust to everyone else hope you will all soon be joining us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Guys,
I think i am on a similar test schedule too guys as had +ive opk yesterday and have done lots of Bding.

Yellow, you get a syringe type thing with the Pre seed and you use that to apply it

Wasabi if you have lots of EWCM then i am sure Ov must be here very soon in which case we will be on a very similar schedule.

Lots of beds getting action this weekend and lots of happy DHs out there he he

Kyte, you lucky lucky thing that it as your first month of ttc, you must pass on some tips as i am def doing something wrong !!!! i am on month 51 that is 5 sodding years i may try the pre seed alittle more and the grapefruit thing. Hey you never know!!!!!

Well more bding tonite, i do feel completely shattered but i think that is the clomid. My head feels heavy and wondered if it has anything to do with the putitory gland and all those hormones?? !!!!

Good luck guys Baby dust to you all but keeping some back here too.

Kyte LOL at you 'no sensation and noises' i'll keep that in mind when using the preseed.
Thanks for the babydust about a swimming pool full would do if you can manage it

Whoops, sorry Queenie and Broodzilla. My brain is like mush at the moment .

Hope that your egg appears soon, apologising for it's lateness wasabi, fingers crossed.

Smiley - I was wondering how you were getting along . Have you heard how Nelix is doing these days? Her BFP seems like a very long time ago now.

Hi Ladies. You may remember I posted around a month ago, not posted for a while as my laptop died. Just catching up on all the news. Congrats on the BFP.

Yellow I am sure it won't be long for you, you are only 30 and have loads of time. It took me 18 months to concieve my DS (started trying just before I turned 30, I had loads of tests and they could not find anything wrong with me. Then I concieved my DD really quickly and also the one I lost last year. There seems to be no logic to it been trying for 7 months this time (I am 36 now) and so far no joy.

I have been putting the work in on the BD front this month, which has been knackering as my kids get up way too early and my dh has been mega busy at work!!

Hi pinkie,wondered where you were.

I am having indulgent day today. Am working from home as in 'working' (I am part self employed so this not as bad as it sounds) and let myself sleep until 10.30 and now watching telly with tea and banana on toast while checking mumsnet on blackberry. Later going to supermarket then cooking a feast for some friends coming tonight. Dh has promised to be home an hour before they arrive so we can 'make lurve' first! Because of all this I am in a startlingly good mood.

Also this morning (before I decided to go back to sleep) I couldn't find my thermometer and just had an epiphany that now I mainly understand my cycle if I don't temp for a while no huge disaster.

heya guys!!!!

Still no af sign think this might be a six monther one now!!!!

sorry tmi but im allways feeling damp down there it do not matter when it is in the day and my boobs feel realy hevey so much so they are giving me realy bad back ache they have got bigger since end of jan when i bought some new bras. and im tired all the time. what you guys think?

wasabi - forgot to answer your earlier question - seeing doctor on Mon

Your "working from home" day sounds good Yellowflowers

I've been working from home too - not got much done really. Am really struggling with things. I know it is hormonal - there is no doubt that AF will arrive in full flow tomorrow as I've had spotting today. Up to an hour ago, I was still wondering if I'd had an anovulatory cycle, but have suddenly been hit by a fit of depression that can only be hormonal Was reading threads on here about older mums (and crying), then read a thread in the MC forum about someone having a suspected MC at around the same time as mine and then it being OK - lovely to read but I feel horrible because it made me jealous. DP and I are still not communicating - he seems to find fault with everything I do or say and I've simply had enough - he needs to either talk this through so we can fix it or I want to walk away. I can't stay with someone who has spent ten years promising me we can have a family, only to renege on that when it is too late.

Also just found out that my mum is on Facebook and has been happily chatting away with all her side of the family - cousins, nephews, nieces etc in NZ but can't be bothered to add me as a friend

Sorry, major maudlin mugging. Am trying desperately not to break my diet as that will make me feel worse in the morning but I just want to go to bed and cry, with a bottle of vodka and a giant size bar of Dairy Milk. Bloody hormones

jools - sorry it;s a rubbish day. Your mum probably doesn;t want to cramp your style.

Sorry you are considering walking away from dh. If you do that then no chance of family unless you want to go down sperm donation route. I mean of course you will meet someone else, but maybe not immediately. Can you have some couples therapy?

Anyone using pre-seed - I have another question. It looks to me from the packaging and info that it is for use a a lubricant and doesn't kill sperm but it doesn;t necessarily do anything to promote sperm to live longer/swim better either - in which case if I make enough natural lubrication then whatis point?

Oh Jools, I'm sorry that you're having such a pants time . This ttc ting, especially if you're unlucky to have mcs along the way, puts so much pressure on relationships. I agree with yellow that maybe talking to a third party before it gets any worse.

Hi pinkie, lovely to hear from you again. Let's hope the bd-fest pays off this month .

Well hopefor, it sounds good. Fingers crossed for you.

I've come up with a plan for avoiding the test-stress this month. I've got a job-lot of ultra-sensitive internet cheapies and I shall test with FMU every other day from Tuesday (7 dpo). Hopefully, this should stop the huge 'shall I test' dilemma because I've comvinced myself that I've got symptoms and the subsequent huge disappointment of BFN.

Funtime Nelix only has 10wks to go now before her DD arrives, it only seems like yesterday that she was telling us of her BFP, she is suffering for loose joints at the mo & having to take it really easy, but also getting really excited that its all going to happen soon.

I've just turned 15wks on Friday, time is going slowly but also really quickly if you know what I mean. Havn't felt any kicks yet but getting the odd popping sensation so don't think it will be long before I feel some movement. We are finding out the sex on our 20wk scan so now on a 5wk countdown, then the shopping spree will begin

Looks like most of you are busy this wkend on the bedfest, hoping that we have some more BFP's at the end of the 2WW, love to all

Blimey smiley, where did that time go ?! Have I really been here for all that time ?

Please pass on our hellos to Nelix and that Auntie Funtime tells hers to look after herself .

Good luck with the scan and let us know what you've got there. I think that I felt definite movement at 18/19 weeks with ds. I was in an important meeting and it was all I could do not to shout out in surprise .

funtime I buy cheapies too. I end up testing every day (sh! sometimes twice a day!) but only costs a fiver a month and though it doesn't stop the symptom spotting I like being able to test.

Dh came to bed too tired for sex. We did it last night and will do tomorrow morning but I am still annoyed.

Used pre-seed for first time last night. Two thoughts/observations: (tmi alert)

1. there was far less leakage of sperm afterwards. Presumably the pre-seed holds it all up there?

2. given how like ewcm it is, in the coming days how will I know whether I am having real ewcm? Or whether it is leaking out?

Hi ladies,

I've been on a course for the latter part of the week (and back again tomorrow...) it's been hard work and really intense, but you know what? It's stopped me obsessively monitoring my body and googling everything pregnancy related so that can only be a good thing. Although it does get in the way of my afternoon naps...

Symptom wise, the nausea comes and goes, but as long as I keep nibbling on something every couple of hours it's managable. My belly is noticeable, although I'm sure it shouldn't just yet... if it keeps growing at this rate I'm going to be ginormous!

wasabi hope your egg has arrived! Can't remember if I've done the hard sell on Agnus Castus on this thread, but if I haven't: look into it. Only from day 1 til OV though...

smiley thanks for letting us know there is a safe place on "the other side". Glad you're doing well. Will hopefully be joining you in a few weeks, but don't feel ready just yet - unless I get kicked out of here!

Jools well done for sticking with your diet! Having said that, sometimes you really need to allow yourself to climb into bed with a bar of chocolate - it's good for the soul! I hope you manage to work things out with your DH soon, I second whoever suggested Relate. It might help you both to get things out in the open.

Yellow I've never had problems with lack of EWCM but we decided to try Pre-Seed partly because I wanted to try anything and everything, but also to make things a bit more fun as saliva is definitely not sperm friendly. I wouldn't worry too much about not knowing what's coming out, gravity will ensure that you don't have gallons of Pre-Seed gradually appearing.

Funtime I like the new strategy! I POAS way, way too early, but you never know... one day the line will take you by surprise!

Queenie Good luck with your scan. I know I'm probably too late with my vote, but I think you should go for peace of mind. You know it may well be too early for a heartbeat, so don't get too disappointed if you don't get to hear it, but just to know that the bean is hanging in there must be comforting - especially if they've said you can go in a week later for the heartbeat.

I gotta go do some work as I'll be spending the next three days on the course and not get any work done at all...

Babydust all around!

Hi all,

Have been away visiting my brother who lives in Germany so haven't had access to computer - just trying to catch up with all the news but the thread moves so fast!! Hope everyone is enjoying their sunday evening - I am trying really hard not to think about work tomorrow for which I am totally unprepared and more importantly that I am CD27 and not even spotting (rarely ever get to day 26 without spotting)- am so desperately not trying to get my hopes up but obviously can't stop thinking about the (un)likliehood that i might actually be pregnant. Anyway,

jools - i just wanted to say hope things get better for you and your DH. Its rubbish when there is stress in a relationship and I think the suggestions about counselling might be good although I obviously know nothing about you so don't know if it is even something you would consider - it really worked for a friend of mine

yellow - have you sorted your pre-seed dilemmas? I have used it and really like it aside from whether it actually helps with conception or not (hasn't so far and I've been using it for 6 months!) are you off to the docs tomorrow? looking forward to hearing all about it.

broodzilla - glad you have something to keep you busy in those early weeks, I remember being exhausted with DD in the first trimester - like having to go to bed for an hour when i got in from work!

funtime - the cheapies are a great idea - you really don't feel bad weeing on them from 7dpo because of how cheap they are (wish I had some in the house because I definately would be peeing on them now!)

Sorry to everyone else for lack of personal responses - this is a mega post already and I'm meant to be doing my tesco shop (shall i stick a cheeky HPT in or hang on until the end of the week???? - there is nothing like bringing on AF by doing a HPT}

Morning all

Thanks for all your messages. DP and I did talk long into Friday night after I broke down in tears in the pub. It seems that he has been a typical man and just completely withdrawn from me because he's been getting so depressed about possibly being unemployed again. He has a depressive personality, made worse by the drugs he has to take for epilepsy. Things have improved since - not enough yet but going in the right direction.

• time for a list update I think. AF is being unusually painful this time - good news is that she was punctual TO THE HOUR, so I think I've got my cycle well and truly worked out !

Flintski - any news from you yet ? ?

Pinkie08 due 30th Jan clomid and DP
Pinkyblue123 AF due 27th Feb
hopeforbundleofjoy AF due around 28th feb
VillageMum

Flintski - Af due mid-march
Lovelymonster Af due 19th March
Kittycatcat - AF due 20th March
Funtimewincies - AF 23rd March (ish)
Wasabi - AF due 24th March
whatsfortea AF due 26th March ish
Yellowflowers AF due 29th March
Joolsiam AF due 11th April

Graduates:-

Heebychick BFP
BeckyMcG BFP
BoosieBoo BFP
Sn0wflake BFP
Pezzina BFP
SmileyCat BFP EDD 09/09/09
Spats BFP
WanabeMum BFP EDD 19th Sept!
Cindy BFP EDD 7 October
iggypiggy BFP
Queenie1 BFP
Broodzilla BFP
Kyte BFP

Morning all! is lovely sunny day!

funtime I have stacks of internet cheapies... Am still testing periodically for reassurance at the mo. Although I should also admit that i got a BFN with them before my BFP - so you do need to keep trying with the tests sometimes!

yellow reckon preseed is worth a try anyway - can't do any harm.

jools good to hear you had a talk with DP - that is def a good thing.

broodzilla am also already bigger than I was - think is bloating - which I hadn't expected! But my trousers are already feeling tight - so I think I will be v.fat v. fast..

My PG symptoms have pretty much gone at the mo - just the occasional twinge... so am now worried about what that might mean - is all such a worry...