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~*~*~*~*~* First of the Autumn Babies - Get on board the September Bus ~*~*~*~*~*

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Muser · 29/11/2009 11:34

September is a month of new beginnings, maybe we'll have some new beginnings of our own. Hop on board the September Bus and let's see where it takes us.

Muser TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL30, CD1

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pointsmakeprizes · 30/12/2009 15:09

I tested today for no apparent reason then sheer boredom and it was BFN!! Having a weird cycle, CBFM did not show peak at all though Fertility Friend has me at 8 dpo so am going to go with what FF says as charting is pretty reliable for me and don't want to entertain the thought of not ovulating this month after all the sex we have had - more than any month since we got married I think!!

Sugarma good luck with your testing, you are already a day late so looking positive.

Drkgpink hope it all works out for you, good sign that you are still getting good positives.

Eleanora congrats.

We really need more graduates, this is one slow bus.

SugarMagrundy · 30/12/2009 15:42

pointsmakeprizes last time I was doing this TTC business, I thought I hadn't ovulated one month (no spike and ov sticks -ve). But the result of that cycle is sitting here in his high chair eating a mince pie! so fingers crossed for you in a few days.....

nymphadora · 30/12/2009 18:36

I have my 21 day test tomorrow, I HATE blood tests but at least it should tell me something....

UmBongo · 30/12/2009 18:53

Good Luck for the blood tests nymph and good luck for the yet another wait while the results come in. Have you had your day 3 bloods yet?

nymphadora · 30/12/2009 19:07

? No just got 21 day one & Dh got a pot

bunnygirl80 · 31/12/2009 05:15

SugarMagrundy I'm glad you've said that about no temp spike and still conceiving - I seem to be missing a temp spike this month despite being pretty sure I ovulated and had just about convinced myself this cycle is doomed. Maybe all is not lost after all

nymph good luck with the bloods today

Am now on 2ww (although usually more like 10 days for me) so will probably imaginefind some symptoms to report in the next couple of days.

hohohojollster · 31/12/2009 05:45

Thursday's List

Molly79 TTC#1, cycle 1, UCL?, CD84
Honeymoo TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL34 CD55
Sparechange TTC#1 cycle 5 UCL34 CD44
nickymorris TTC#2 cycle 2 UCL37, CD42
aideesmum TTC#2 Cycle ? UCL30 CD33
Shellee ttc#2 Cycle 7 ucl 30 CD30
YorkshireTeaDrinker TTC#1 Cycle14 UCL29 CD30
Medee TTC#1, Cycle 4, UCL 42, CD30
FrenchLimeBlossom TTC#1 Cycle 7 UCL28 CD29
Sugarmagrundy TTC#2 Cycle 6 UCL 27 CD29
mabh TTC#1 Cycle 4 UCL31 CD28
LittlewhiskersCat TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL40 CD28
Redbug TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL27 CD27
ILoveTheBeach TTC no.3, cycle 6, UCL 29, CD27
Asianbabe TTC#2, Cycle 3, UCL 28, CD26
Pointsmakeprizes TTC 2 Cycle 5 UCL 30 -136, CD 25
HappyNappies TTC#3, Cycle 1, UCL 28?, CD25
LucyLev TTC#1, Cycle 5, ucl 28-30, CD24
Heading4home TTC#2, Cycle 1, UCL 30, CD22
ilovestrictly TTC#3 Cycle 3 UCL 28 CD22
Jollster TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 26 CD21
Nymphadora TTC #3 Cycle 4, UCL 29ish CD21
bunnygirl80 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 29 CD21
crumpetsolo TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL?? CD21
digitalgirl TTC#2 cycle1 UCL?? CD20
lucybrad TTC#3 cycle 4 ucl 26-36 CD17
Beckylou TTC# 1, Cycle 3, UCL28, CD16
samanthab123 TTC#3, cycle 1, UCL 28, CD16
Umbongo TTC#2, cycle 19, UCL 31-34, CD14
drkgpink TTC#2, Cycle 1, UCL?, CD13
Muser TTC#1, Cycle 3, UCL 30, CD12
stuffedmk TTC#2, Cycle 3 UCL? 26-33, CD11
kawaiiko TTC#1, cycle 2, UCL 30-33, CD11
Gracie14 TTC#2, cycle 1, UCL 28-32, CD11
Legallyblond TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL28 CD9
Cazzr TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 29, CD8
PurpleHeffalump TTC#1, Cycle 2, UCL26-30 CD7
Nancydrewrocks TTC #4, Cycle 4, UCL 32 CD7

Graduates:

Eleanora BFP 28th Dec

hohohojollster · 31/12/2009 05:47

only one grad so far? Pitiful performance... not unlike my beloved Hammers.

Here's hoping 2010 brings many many more.

Happy New Year...

Redbug · 31/12/2009 10:37

How in the hell am I on CD27 (i.e. AF due)??!? I just triple checked and it's entirely true, but I'd convinced myself I wasn't due for about another week.

Maybe I'll go and get a pregnancy test, just for laughs. Have absolutely no symptoms, but got my last BFP on new years eve 2 years ago, so would be pleasing similarity on the very teeny weeny non-existent chance I was pg.

SamanthaB123 · 31/12/2009 10:41

The more I find out about conception, the more of a miracle it is that I have two children. I knew nothing at all prior to this experience. Suddenly I find myself at 36 wondering how on earth I have lived so long without properly understanding. I may, ahem, have looked like a bit of an eejit with some of my previous posts. I have been reacting entirely based on the way that my body feels, (which I thought was perfectly sufficient), however, I now realise that most of my posts may well go against recognised medical science. Ahem and again.

It seems that you cannot ovulate if your temperature does not rise. All that ewcm over the last few days may mean my temperature is about to rise because I have recently ovulated, or it may just mean that I have dodgy abundant mucas. Lovely.

Last month when I conceived, I spied some abundant ewcm, had a good stab at bd'ing and bingo! I was probably quite lucky... In my favour however, this month, while utterly ignorant of what was going on, there has been much bd'ing, some of it probably at a pertinent time. If I do conceive luck or God (depending on your beliefs) will certainly have played a part.

I rather wish I hadn't started reading so much. I had happily convinced myself that I wasn't obsessed with having a baby, but, perhaps in hindsight, that is not strictly true. I do seem to spend an awful lot of time mulling the whole thing over. This has caused me to research and read which takes us back to the start of this paragraph..!

I began this process with the rather naive assumption that because we wanted to have a baby, we would. I get 10/10 for optimism (which I still believe plays a fine role in conceiving) but probably 10/10 for arrogance too (sorry if I offended anyone along the way) . I think that I will be approaching the whole thing with a little more humility in the future. If nothing else I have learned a little about conception and a lot about myself.

Happy New Year girls, 2010 is going to be our year ! SB

hohohojollster · 31/12/2009 10:43

redbug do it do it DO IT!!!!!!!!!! I'm a great believer in trends and significances!

Redbug · 31/12/2009 10:51

Maybe I'll go buy a test when I pop into town - if AF magically appears meantime (which would be reasonable), then I'm all ready for next month

I actually wouldn't normally test only when I'm due, due to aforementioned phobia of CP/early miscarriage etc, but seems like a nice idea this time.

Now I need my bread to finish cooking so I can go buy a test.

Samantha I knew practically nothing last time we were TTC, and was lucky enough to fall pregnant immediately, but the more I learned, the more amazed I was that it had happened! I can remember thinking, as a teenager, that if I had unprotected sex I would get pregnant, no questions, but now I realise that isn't entirely true!

Original poster
Muser · 31/12/2009 10:54

Conception is a little miracle Samantha, but try not to let it rule you too much as it is overwhelming. Temping is helpful but I understand fraught with difficulty as well. It might not be that you haven't ovulated, but that your thermometer isn't quite sensitive enough, or you got your time of day slightly wrong, or a lot of reasons nothing to do with whether you ovulated or not.

I just saw on one of the other threads someone saying she hadn't recorded a peak but was undoubtedly pregnant. So don't assume the worst.

All these things we can do to help get pregnant are just a guide. The last bit is pure luck and forgetting that leads to craziness. Stay optimistic!

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Redbug · 31/12/2009 11:43

BFN, but am not terribly traumatised - it really would have been a bit of a medical miracle if it was BFP!

Now have to wait till AF arrives and start again. the joy of such short cycles is that I don't have to wait terribly long each time!

digitalgirl · 31/12/2009 14:17

Good for you taking it on the chin redbug
Personally, I hate bfn's and would rather wait till af turned up (although that didn't seem to stop me from testing last time!).

Friend came round for tea this morning and has announced she is also going to start ttc#2 next month. Now it feels like a race. Which I am already losing having had a head start by trying since august. Silly? Moi? Of course.

Molly79 · 31/12/2009 15:49

Happy New Year everyone Still no sign of AF or a BFN so I went to the docs yesterday. The usual was said by a lovely doctor 'you were on the pill for a long time, only been 3 months, you are young (30 ) you don't smoke which is good, lose a bit of weight, come back and we will investigate if there is no sign in another 3 months' I have therefore decided I was a little hasty in jumping on a bus so I am going to wait until I get a period and jump on one after that. I hope you will all have graduated by then and I wish you all lots of baby making luck in 2010

digitalgirl · 31/12/2009 17:25

Weird. Am spotting again. But only had AF 3 weeks ago. Too much of a wimp to test now, besides just been for a wee. Need to leave it 4 hours if I were to do it before midnight.

Or. I could just wait and see if this turns into AF.

SugarMagrundy · 31/12/2009 18:05

No champers for me, got a BFP!

Yay! Now let the worrying begin ... I had a chemical preg last month so I am hoping this one sticks. Also in my first pregnancy, baby was Edwards Syndrome, so I am a complete nervous nellie about this whole business.

Though, this is my first cycle on a bus so I am doing well to get a BFP and hope my beginners luck holds!

Happy New Year to all you lovely ladies. Thanks for bringing me luck & good luck to the imminent testers....

SamanthaB123 · 31/12/2009 19:11

SugarMargrundy Congratulations!!! What a fabulous new year present! SB

lucybrad · 31/12/2009 19:22

sugarmagrundy hope its a sticky, good luck to all in 2010. hopefully we will all have new edition this time next year.

lucybrad · 31/12/2009 19:24

digitalgirl i hope so much that its implantation bleeding for you - good luck!

nymphadora · 31/12/2009 20:16

Congrats sugar

Had my blood today , there is that little part of me that hopes I will get a call like WWSW did telling me to take a test! On the other hand I have having v realisitic dreams, poor DH last night had me crying after I dreamt he cheated on me but that was followed by me going back to sleep and dreaming I was living with David Tennant and working on Dr Who

nymphadora · 31/12/2009 21:30

Oh and I keep crying and snapping at people

bunnygirl80 · 01/01/2010 00:09

Congrats sugar nymph poor you dreaming that your DH had cheated - at least David Tennant cheered you up.

I've been having weird dreams the last couple of nights too - most strange was that Santa wouldn't bring me any presents and kept throwing mince pies at me! I wonder if this is a sign? Most likely just means I'm slightly bonkers

jbakedbean · 01/01/2010 01:15

Not sure if I should be on this bus, but according to my maths I'm due 4th September. Conceived whilst on pill so no clue about my stats.

Completly clueless on adding myself to the list. sorry, I think i'll have to go look up pregnancy mumsnet text speak.