July/August baby threads, where are you now? Wishing, Sunnydale, Homeinthesun, Headfairy, Bubble, etc..

[Issy42]

Please don't be offended if you're not named, you're still welcome, I just have a rubbish memory. I can see a couple of you on November thread but there's a whole load of people not there. Just wondering if you wanted a little thread to keep in touch?

Headfairy - just replied to you on grapefruit thread. So sorry about your sad news. Was hoping a new thread might provide you with support from old friends.

And Sunnydale, I know you're wary of new threads, so though you might also like the company of old friends.

Wishing and Bubble having your weird long cycles and missing whole month's threads, thought this might be one for you too.

So what do you say? I'll start a list just in case:

Issy, ttc#1, cycle 14, ucl 28ish, cd 23/10dpo, mc Mar08, cp Sep08, IVF in April.

When will you test suzi?

blue your weekend sounds fab.

when is everyone going to test?? im excited lol roll on the BFPs

My boobs are killing me today and still having cramps. had an outbreak of spots too AF is well and truely on her way...oh hell the bitch has even got her foot thru the door

well AF is due on thursday so will test on sat so i know if i can have a wee bottle of wine that night.

what about you bubble? thats if AF stays away!!

Im gonna test thurs if she stays away, fingers crossed.

good luck to everyone testing soon

Hi everyone - seems like I'm only managing a post about once a week.
Sif - you get used to temping quite quickly esp as you have to leave the thermometer next to the bed because getting up to get it would raise your temp. So understand your desire to be pg again asap after mc. How was Brighton? I lived there for a few years.
Blue - thanks for the showering of babydust. I'm going to Glastonbury this year, so might see Bruce Springsteen there. Glad the accupuncture worked for you and good luck on the 1ww.
Wishing - hope this weekend was a hangover free one for you.
Bubble - hope you had a lovely weekend alone with the kids. Your symptoms could equally be pg or AF ones so don't give up hope. Good luck for Thursday.
JJF - Good luck with the tests - glad your GP is being so good. Afraid I don't know about thrush and ttc. If you can't try this cycle then you can join me as I'm not trying yet either. Did you get your thesis finished?
HF - I used to live in South London too. Bought my first flat in Mitcham. Glad the grapefruit is working for you. Really understand your fears of being pg again - the 2ww becomes a 12 week wait, doesn't it? Have you finished your run of nights now? Did you find a new car?
Girl - 9 and a half pounds - ouch! Hope the family thing goes OK in May. Did you enjoy your weekend with your friend? Good luck with testing tomorrow.
Irish and Suzi - welcome to the thread. I do remember you both. Hope your chest infection is better now Irish. Good luck testing Saturday Suzi and so sorry you had mc.
Gateau - lovely to hear from you. Good luck for the scan on Thursday.

I found out on 15th March last year that was pg, so I've had a bit of sadness thinking of what might have been this weekend. Was out with my ex last night though and he was great - always able to cheer me up. Walk of shame this morning though . Such a shame he doesn't love me. Getting excited now though as got AF on Thursday so I now know that I'm starting down-regging on 2nd April and having egg collection around 28th. Apologies for not getting on. Had my pg friend visiting again this week and have spent my net time searching for something to do on my week off. Was going to return to Venice for few days but flights clashed with starting drugs, so decided on a week in the lakes instead. Have never been so really looking forward to it.

Good luck everyone on the 2ww and enjoy the wine those not.

Morning girls!

Af got me.... only a 27 day cycle tho... thats the shortest ever. its a bad 1 too. i woke with a migrane and i feel dizzy. but surprisingly im not sad... more trying this month.. and i shall be stopping at the soft cheese and pate aisle sloshed down with some red wine...

good luck to all of you

hope you all had a good weekend?

Hello everyone!

Sorry I've been absent all weekend, been busy buying cars (yay!!!) We've bought a 4 month old Volvo V50 estate and now i'm feeling really old!! My friend keeps taking the piss cos we're looking to move to the burbs, and we've got a Volvo. Next stop Point to pointing and Barbours all round (argh!!)

I've had the odd twinge here and there, but hell I can't tell so I'm not speculating. Every time I'm completely convinced I'm pg I'm not (or I am but lose it) and every time I'm convinced af is on it's way, I'm pg (but lose it) so I'm just ignoring everything.

Sorry af got you bubble but it's good your cycles seem much shorter than the mammoth 50 dayers, they seem more regular to me now. Is that right?

Issy good luck with the impending start pf IVF drugs. I found out at the weekend my friend is pg with her second through ivf. She doesn't have a partner, her little boy was born last year. He was born very early, at 24 weeks (nothing to do with the IVF) so he's had a lot of problems, but it really hasn't put her off. I hope March 15th wasn't too awful for you, these milestones are really hard aren't they? I passed the date I would have had my 12 week scan last week, which was rather sad.

sif don't worry, you didn't put me off this thread... I rarely get a chance to post when I'm off work, I always make a rule to spend as much time with ds doing nice things, so I can't come on in the day, and then dh dominates the pc in the evenings (grr)

Blue your weekend sounded fab, I hope you enjoyed the lie in and breakfast in bed! I'm on the 1ww with you, so hope you succeed in distracting yourself too

Girl how you doing? did you test yet?

Hello to everyone else, I'm off to spray a quick bit of water over the garden as it's looking a bit parched and it looks like we're going to have a nice week here. Take care everyone xx

Hi everyone, what a lovely weekend it was, sounds like everyone made the most of the nice weather and seems cheerier!
Well AF got me as well this morning, so looks like bubble and I are the alpha females of the group! Temp dropped yesterday so knew it was coming, DP was lovely and we have decided to go to the dr now as its been a year since we started trying, and 6 months since the mc. DP is really worried its him, and I am really worried its me, but feel like we are really pulling together on this.

izzy good luck with everything, a week in the lakes sounds wonderful, just what the dr ordered!

Hi everyone
Lovely to hear you all in such good spirits.

Well, I am nearing the end of my visit from AF and getting excited again about next week's attempts. DP is getting well into it himself and wants to know exactly which days were THE days so that he can make sure that he doesn't have anything else on. Male pride can be quite useful sometimes. I think he thinks being focussed will get me pregnant. Hopefully he is right

We had a gorgeous day in Brighton and a lovely loved up time in general so the sun is definitely shining over here. [bleurghh boak hurl emoticon]

head so funny about your estate car. I guess it happens to the best of us. I hope the 1ww doesn't drive you mental. You sound like you're staying strong. Oh and I am very pleased that my hysterical, whining posts hadn't scared you off.

blue your weekend sounds absolutely lovely too. proper sex can be such a relief, can't it. I really hope that the implantation acupuncture was a success.

bubble the good thing about shorter cycles is less time til the next window so at least you probably only have to wait another 10 days or something? I have thoroughly enjoyed copious amounts of stinky, runny, and blue cheese And wine and beer and the rest of it

girl Hope you are ok?

Issy sorry about the sad anniversary. Can't your ex stay with you one time so that HE can do the walk of shame?! good luck with the drugs and egg stuff. It's all tricky but I imagine good to feel that you actually doing stuff and getting closer to the actual treatment. And thanks for the temping tips. Think I might try the sticks first and then if that doesn't work through everything at it next time.

Hi suzi and irish hope you're ok too.

I really want to see some BFPs coming in this week! Fingers crossed for everybody xxx

head your right... my cycles have become more regular. they have got shorter each month even with last months mc.

is it normal to have such a short cycle after a mc? do u think i didnt ov if period has come so early? i have always been a 30 day cycle girl?? im def not complaining. as sif said i get more chances over the year

sif are you going to temp or use opks this month or try the deanna plan? find it helps me feel in control. i lasted a whole 2 weeks without obsessing but i think this time im going back to dp and opks

Sorry AF got you aswell girl. heres to this month. and a beautiful xmas baby

thanks bubble an xmas baby would be lovely, but I fear with my long cycle I will skip December all together...

Hiya bubble, I don't really know what the norm is, if there is even one. After my two mcs I've had a very odd ov, very painful, the pain has lasted three or four days, and then a slightly early af, giving me a 26/27 day cycle. I think that first ov for me is kind of a test run, I don't think I can get pg that cycle, hence short cycle. Maybe something similar is happening to you.

Sorry af got you girl, I'm a bit scared of you and bubble as you're the alpha girls I've always been a bit beta

Sif sounds like you had an amazing weekend, lucky you!! My dh is the same, he does get a bit male about the whole ttc thing, he doesn't quite beat his chest, but he's not far off I think. Although of course all of us would rather be pg now, I get quite excited as af finishes, trying to work out ways to make our ttc efforts more exciting. We've not quite resorted to handcuffs and tickle sticks yet though

Afternoon all,

Boo hiss, TEW caught you girl and bubble, she's proably now en route to me (AF due next Mon) - harrumph. I've been v. irritable today but that could be due to pmt/new email system at work/general Monday grumpiness!

Great to hear everyone had a fab weekend, we do like to keep ourselves busy!

Head - I nearly spat out my soup when I read you've bought a Volvo as DH is replacing his Ford Focus with a V70 (gun metal grey no less ). I'm full of "but we only have one child and no pets" but he is being positive (that we WILL have two one day...) and we are planning on holidaying in UK for next few years so it does make sense. I already have the 'Joules' wellies so can kid on that I'm a 'Volvo' type . Ah middle age youth - it comes to us all!

Here's to a good week and maybe even a (whisper) BFP or two....

Thanks for posting on my other thread head i am intentionally not posting on it to reveal my nonchalance. je ne suis pas bovvered.

I too get excited about thinking about new things. I have noticed since ttc we have taken a turn for the ruder, but my GOD, nothing like what some other MN'ers get up to! mind you, what they advocate can't get you pregnant which is probably one of the reasons why it doesn't feature here

girl sorry about AF I hope your next positive opk comes soon.

bubble i will buy some sticks and then just go for it at least every other day over the allotted period (i.e. from first signs of EWCM - have bought grapefruit juice). last time i got preg i bd'ed the morning of day 12 - which was about 2 days before ovulation so feeling that that is my lucky time, for stage 1 at least. And that would be before a positive on a stick. I want to do the sticks though so that at least I can work out if and when ov happens this time.

Deanna seems a bit much like hard work at this point. But who knows...

blue loving the wellies and the volvo. it's just the beginning, you do realise that don't you!

*head i cracked and posted.

I have now 6 killed threads to my name...

such a loser...

Good afternoon ladies!

So sorry AF caught you girl & bubble Issy hope you are feeling ok after the 15th, it must be so hard- but it's great that you can now focus on this cycle and all the hope it offers starting IVF. Hope your body responds well to the drugs, and you will love the Lakes- we've only been once (nearly 2 years ago) but pass through often en route from Norn Iron to my folks in southernmost England (we usually take the ferry via Stranraer, so drive right through the eastern edge of the Lakes). It is so stunningly beautiful, and even better when not in the height of tourist season I think!

Like you I seem to only manage posting about once a week at the moment, so sorry if I haven't caught up with you all properly.

bluesatinsash- thanks for the comments re. my DCs, I too think they're adorably cute, but I am naturally very biased!!

Head- the volvo is meant to be fab! We too have an estate car (Vauxhall Vectra, it's bloomin enormous and feels like driving a bus imo!), for the legit(ish) reason of having 2 DCs, a dog and we seem to half live out of our car- it's full of so much crap it's quite embarrassing! We very much abuse it though, and constantly say that this weekend we'll clean it out... I do love it though...We're now moving properly into the sticks (we live in a small town at the mo) so no doubt it'll get even more abuse...

I'm feeling a bit nervous about my GP apt on Thurs, in a way I hope the blood tests show something, just as that'll mean we can maybe have a way of making things "right" again, but on the other hand just have a lot on our plates right now so don't want to add another thing to the list I honestly think my cycles are probably up the creek due to tiredness- still writing the thesis, have big deadline for work this week & DD was poorly yet again last week meaning I missed more work, and she's still waking 4 times a night Perhaps my body sensibly has just stopped ov'ing for a while til things calm down? Does that happen?

Thankfully the thrush cleared up quickly just with the cream- I also started taking yakult again which I think helps. Hoping it doesn't affect TTC.

Anyway better get back to work

Lots of baby dust to you all- for those starting new cycles hoping this is the lucky one, and will keep fingers crossed for all of you on the 2ww!

(Ps. very, very foolishly/naughtily DH wants us to keep TTC this month in spite of the GPs suggestion of holding off til all tests come back, as I'm honestly not cycle watching etc. and haven't touched the OPKs he thinks it's unlikely i'll fall pregnant, as haven't managed it so far for 9 cycles... Maybe we're mad but I know of quite a few who've got their BFP while undergoing tests so hoping somehow the fact we're not expecting to fall pregnant might help us?!)

sorry sif was slowly typing my post while you posted to missed yours! Think trying the OPKs is a good plan, especially if your cycle's pretty regular. I think next month after I get the test results through we'll be doing the same as you. I wish I knew what day I conceived DS & DD but wasn't cycle watching at all then so have no idea. I have a feeling it was quite early in the cycle but can't be sure. Good luck for this one!

jumping I'm sure our volvo is going to be as bad as yours soon too. Dh and I are notoriously messy in cars (strangely not at home, maybe we get the messyness out of our system in the car)

I hope this month is your month... You do hear so many people saying they got pg the first month they stopped trying so maybe... I practically fell off my chair when I found out I was pg after Christmas as we only bd'd once and I was so ill I really didn't think it would happen.

Sif I noticed your other thread has a couple of posts on... I bet you're itching to get on there and post, but don't want to jinx it Shall I go on and kill it for you??

blue dammit, you've out-volvoed me, and I don't have any Joules wellies!! I've got some serious catching up on this middle age youth lark Our excuse in not getting the V70 was that dh can't park hahahahahahaha! That's what happens when you live the pampered life of apartments with allocated parking spaces. Having always lived in London I'm an expert parallel parker... I can get a lorry in to a space no bigger than a pushchair (without too much any damage to other cars )

Hello ladies, sorry not posted a while, laptop bust! ive missed so much! i cant catch up fast enough on you all you are all doing so well!!

Af due this week for me, and im trying not to get excited but i have just had some spotting and lots of cramps! really painful in fact!!! is it just wishful thinking - i shud of ov 11 days ago!?! xx

head i killed it but habibu helpfully jumped on board and saw it off for me!

wishing it could be. not long til you can test...fingers crossed for you.

Hi jelly - best of luck with the tests. And I really hope you can get mroe sleep - just for sanity purposed if nothing else

shit i have done NOOO work today. eek

ladies im so weak i tested and in dont quite believe it! its a bfp!! im actaully in shock - it just came straight up two lines!! omg!! dh is in shock! we both feel sick im so surprised!

OMG!!!! That's fantastic! Our first bfp, how brilliant. Congratulations

Now I'm starting to get naughty symptom spotting thoughts because I've had quite strong af type pains all day and I'm 11dpo too

Wishing, I'm so happy for you xxxx

CONGRATS wishing!!!! OK who's next? Let's hope our 'convent' vibe moves from AF in sync to BFP's in sync -I have a good feeling about this .

dur! Ok ignore me, I'm only about 8dpo. Just getting swept along in all the excitement

thank you girlies thank you soooooooo much, i dont beleive it still im in shock! i cnt work out how far on i must be cant be a lot can i , 6 weeks today since lmp!

im sending you all baby dust and have everything crossed! xxxxx

Did you ov late? for me 11dpo would be cd 26/27 and I'd be 4w from LMP, but if you have longer cycles and it's 6w from LMP then you must be 6 weeks gone. It's always nice to find out later too, because that Godawful wait to the 12 week scan is shorter. Now you've only got 6 weeks to wait, which is infinitely better than 8 weeks