~~~~~~~~~~~JUNE BUS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~june bus~~~~~~~~~~~~june bus

[InTheMidnightGarden]

everyone hop on. the JUNE bus has arrived. no need for tickets.

InTheMidnightGarden TTC#1 cycle#1 CD1

....oh and congrats congrats congrats!!! to all the graduates.

Morning

Sorry that I've not posted since Friday, just haven't felt up to it. I can't stop crying, I'm depressed and feel there's no hope. It's not just the ttc, but also DS is due to start nursery at the end of this month/beginning of next month. And the work situation still hasn't been sorted. Finding it very hard to be positive about anything, not enjoying my time with DS and don't have anyone other than you guys to talk to.

Now I'm crying again.

Just rang the GP's surgery to speak to the doctor about getting re-referred to the gynaecologist, he's going to phone me back. I know what will happen, he'll say no.

Made the mistake of going shopping with DH and DS on Saturday, DH needed a new suit and a few things from Boots. So of course I wander down THAT isle and notice BOGOF on First Response Ovulation with 2 free pregnancy tests.

Needless to say, I convinced myself that I was pregnant, took the pregnancy tests (the last 1 this morning) and low and behold BFN's.

And I can't make head nor tale of the ovulation sticks. DH and I spent a good hour yesterday trying to work out if 1 line was the same colour as the next.

So what's the plan? I'll do 1 last test on Saturday - CD33, when it comes back negative, which it will: try and enjoy what time I have left with DS, get referred to the gynaecologist and keep having sex every other night.

wickedwitchsouthwest I didn't get/haven't had any side effects with metformin. That said a large proportion of people taking it, report diarrhoea. And with long term use, it does deplete the B vitamins, but I have that much Marmite that I honestly don't think it's a problem. I really hope it does something for you. I'm no longer convinced that it's working for me.

nymphadora your not alone. I keep insisting that I'm not going to test, but guess what - I do. I don't always tell DH when I take a test. He always makes a big deal out of it and gets my hopes up.

teafan and mabh I'll be seeing you on the July bus as soon as AF arrives. Don't ask when.

First it was the May bus, then the June and soon the July. Not happy at all.

snowbunny1 your not allowed to join and get a BFP straight away. Congratulations.

Congratulations loobylou82.

Welcome givecarrotsachance.

Mrsrigby - may I ask how long you've been TTC? If it's over a certain amount of time, and depending on your age, there shouldn't be a problem being referred but have you tried ovulation checking? I see you're looking at OV sticks but by all accounts they don't always work anyway. But there are really easy ways to check at home whether you are OV. That way you can track your cycles and feel you're in control - and go to the doc/gyn with lots of useful info. For instance, if you're regularly OV and BD at the right time, but not getting pregnant, then they could immediately look at sperm counts for example.

Please be positive. I don't know what to say to cheer you up and don't want to make you want to slap me especially as I'm a newbie here.

xxx

Luteal phase isn't necessarily 14 days long. It is about 14 days for most women but varies quite a lot (although it's usually the same for each woman). If it's very short then it can make PG achievement harder but you would have to be absolutely sure of your OV date to be sure you have a short LP. Given that OV symptoms can last 1-4 days or more this could easily mean that there's some confusion if you think you've OV on day 4, say, and you LP is, say, normally 12 days, as you may think you have a LP of 9 days, when you have a normal and healthy one.

Or 8 days. My 5yr old DS could have done better on that maths.

Good afternoon all. Well I bottled it and didn't take the test. I am convinced Af is imminent today as I have period pains and am in a foul mood...might test on Frida y if AF didnt turn up in the meantime. Sorry I didnt reply to individual posts but there has been a lot of posting since yesterday morning!

I didn't test today butwilltomorrow if nowt happens.
Was convinced it would today so wore a pad no reason for being convinced though,so.......

Fingers crossed Nymphadora you last through the night and give us a lovely BFP 2moro x

You're more confident than I am

ohh nymphadora, should we have a testing pact? I will test if you do

Don't start blaming me for poas! It's firerise that started this!

I was convinced it would be today too!! Fingers crossed hey

Is crying at Gok a symptom?

oh yeah!!! Fingers crossed for you! Look forward to hearing you (very good) news tomorrow

nympha me, a bad influence? Still no af and never late normally. Might be the stress of redundancy messing with me....but might poas tomorrow...glutton for bfn punnishment!

mrsR any news back from gp? Sorry you are having a rough time. I bet your ds will have a little brother or sister sooner than you think so hang in there x

Morning

MrsR I know, I felt really awfull about that as I know how miffed I was on the may bus when it happened to others. I really thought that it wasn't my month and wasjust waiting it out.

I hope you start having a better time of it followed by that +ve outcome.

Any more news this morning? fingers crossed for everyone

Mornig guys,

Hope everyones okay today and congrats to snowbunny and looby

I Need abit of advice

I'm on day 32 of my cycle, I did a preg test last night and was neg, I came on my p last month on day 41, do you think its worth me testing again in a week, could it still be to early if my month is another long one?? confussed!

Updated for us today

bluesnowfalcon TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL30 CD61
Gingerbics TTC#2 Cycle 8 UCL28-30 CD41
Sky27 TTC1 Cycle 3 UCL? CD41
PistachioLemon TTC#1 Cycle 1O UCL? CD40
Firerise TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL3O CD33
Needahand TTC#3 cycle1 UCL28 CD33
Loujalou TTC#2 Cycle#5 UCL 24-26 CD32
MadScot TTC1 Cycle 2 UCL?28 CD32
Lucylev TTC1 Cycle 2 UCL 28-41?! CD32
loulouscissors TTC#2 Cycle1 UCL34 CD31
MrsRigby TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL? CD30
UmBongo TTC#2, Cycle 16, UCL31 CD29
Nymphadora TTC #3, Cycle 1 UCL? CD29
Romilly70 TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL28 CD28
kkas TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL28 CD28
Limelight TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL35(but 51 this
month!) CD27
LadyEmmaLou83 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL?26-42? CD26
EmNotPGYet TTC#1 cycle 1 UCL?? CD25
Medee TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCl4O-42 CD25
Sayanything TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 26-28 CD25
ImmaterialGirl TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL25 CD21
skihorse TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 26 CD20
CurlyCasper TTC#1 Cycle2 UCL? CD19
whitey ho TTC#2 cycle18 UCL26-28 CD17
loopybear TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL28 CD17
WickedWitchSouthWest TTC#2 Cycle7 UCL31 CD12
InTheMidnightGarden TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL29 CD12
GirlsAreLoud TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL26 CD10
givecarrotsachance TTC#2 cycle1 UCL?? CD??

Graduates
30ish BFP 12th September
mumabee BFP 13th September
Hollyoaks BFP 18th September
mampam BFP 26th September
SilverBoots BFP 29th September
HellsNB BFP 29th September
Woofie BFP 30th September
LoubyLou82 4th October
Snowbunny1 5th October

Still -ve [gluttonn for punishment emoticon]

Feeling rough today though, achy, still VERY tired, headachy. Ear really sore.Feeling sorry for myself.

Morning all,

lucylev do you have any idea when you ovulated? If your last cycle was 40 days, and that's your usual length, then it's definitely too early to test. Give it another week, and fingers crossed!

MrsRigby sorry that you're feeling down these days. I really hope you get some good news soon -you were so brilliant to everyone on the May bus, that you're not feeling great now... Not sure if you're allowed to send virtual hugs on MN, but I'm sending one anyway...

Not much to report from me -going to test at the start of next week if no AF by then. Not many symptoms beyond slightly sore boobs, but have that every month and pretty sure it's my mind playing tricks on me

Immaterial Girl, I always thought it was around 14 days from the first day of your p for about 5 days, as mine was longer last month i was bding for a few extra days after too, will give it a week and re tst- thanks

Mrs Rigby you stories were funny on the May bus i enjoyed reading your posts, chin up i hope your okay

Well I was feeling quite positive yesterday as thought I was getting some nice, fertile CF, but then it disappeared so I must have invented it . Still, I've not yet had an AF since mirena removal (only a week ago) so I really should wait for at least one cycle, really. Also DH is totally wrapped up in a work project and isn't focusing on more important things so I should wait until he can focus on us a bit more!!

Still staying on this bus, if I may, but not sure where it's going this month.

In the meantime I've baked some cakes for my DS's birthday party - some spare - anyone want one?

Oooh cake!

lucy I think the 14 day thing is a generalisation, i.e. the 'average' woman will ovulate around day 14 of her cycle. Reading these boards you realise how few women are average! If you had a 40 day cycle last month, you are very unlikely to have ovulated 14 days into it.
In fact, from what I understand, it's the second part of the cycle, the luteal phase, that is consistent.

According to FertilityFriend:
"The luteal phase (the time between ovulation and menstruation) does not usually vary much from cycle to cycle, while the follicular phase (the time between menstruation and ovulation) can vary considerably."

According to Wikipedia:
"The average length of the human luteal phase is fourteen days. Between ten and sixteen days is considered normal, although luteal phases of less than twelve days may make it more difficult to achieve pregnancy."

If you had a 40 day cycle, it therefore seems likely that you ovulated quite late in that cycle! (Between CD24-CD30)