****October bus ready to depart****

[stuffedmk]

OK I have just worked out that if my next cycle is the same length as this one was then I will actually be due 1st October if I get pg so rather than sitting at the back of the September bus I thought I might skip straight ahead to the next one lol.

Plenty of chocolate and biscuits ready for the journey

stuffedmk TTC#2, Cycle 3, UCL? 26-34, CD1

you will get there lucybrad. I haven't been in your situation myself, so can only really offer sympathy, but take as much of that as you need.

Sorry Lucybrad, it's gutting isn't it? And just very unfair.
There isn't any reason why some people strike first time - and as far as you know at the moment, no reason why you haven't. Does it make it any better to know that even if you get everything right, sperm meets egg blahdiblah, there's still only 20-25% chance of conception? For some reason I find that helps me remember that as much as I try, it's still not something that's really in my control.

Actually, I was thinking about this the other night letting DH know we'd be heading into 'active' time soon. I always feel like I'm initiating things at the moment, and actually he wants this baby as much as I do, so really...he ought to be the one persuading me to DTD as much as possible. As far as I know I'm ovulating and I'm taking my folic acid, no caffeine - that's pretty much all I can do..the rest is basically up to him. So why does it feel like this is all my responsibility??

I know what you mean ladybee, my dh seems just as keen on having the baby as me, but laughs at me for temping, keeping track of things, and planning the bd with military precision! He is starting to read What To Expect under protest, and managed about 2 pages! My keen-ness to do everything I can to get pg quick is partly that I know now is a good time work-wise as I'd be able to get back to work before my contract ends, in time to get another job, but men don't seem to understand how difficult it can be with jobs, it doesn't have anywhere near the impact on them!
Sorry for a moan!

oh lucybrad i am so sorry, i really hope it happens for you soon.

Sorry AF got you Lucybrad

I've been stroppy all day today - premenstrual??? Maybe see you on the November bus!

Sorry lucy, know how you feel.

Now, who is doing shettles - silverboots? Are you being very "religious" about it (sorry poor word choice there)? I bravely thought we'd go up to Day 13, but that's today and I'm not so sure now.

Hope everyone else is having fun.

Morning all - stats updared for today.

Addictedtomn TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL 34-36 CD 24
Nancydrewrocks TTC#4 Cycle 5 UCL32 CD22
stuffedmk TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 26-34 CD21
nickymorris TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 32-37 CD21
Bessie123 TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 25-29 CD19
BUnderTheBonnet TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 33-36 CD 19
yumyum73 TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 29-38 CD16
decafgirl TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 32-67 CD15
kkas TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL30 CD14
ILoveGregoryHouse TTC#4, Cycle 4, UCL27-28, CD13
SilverBoots TTC#4, Cycle 1, UCL 28-32 CD12
shellee TTC#2 Cycle 8 UCL 30-31 CD10
jennimoo TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL34 CD10
cailin1974 TTC#2 Cycle 10 UCL 32-36 CD10
YorkshireTeaDrinker TTT#1 Cycle 15 UCL 29-30 CD9
evilgiraffe TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL ?? CD9
Lorelai TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 26 CD9
digitalgirl TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL?? CD8
mumofzac TTC#2 Cycle4 UCL28 CD8
bunny TTC1 Cycle11 UCL 25-29 CD5
vodkaontherocks TTC#1 Cycle 12 UCL 27-28 CD5
Heading4home TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL 29 CD4
PoppyIsApain TTC#2 Cycle 1(MC Dec) UCL 28 CD ?
QueenFee TTC#4 Cycle 1? UCL28-30? CD?
Asianbabe TTC#2 Cycle4 UCL 29-31, CD6
LadyBee TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 27, CD5
FrenchLimeBlossom TTC#1 Cycle 8 UCL 28 CD4
twolittlemonkeys TTC#3 Cycle 1 UCL 30-70(!!) CD?
vivivi TTC#2 Cylce 1 UCL 22 CD 4
Lucybrad TTC#3 Cycle 5 UCL 26-36 CD2

Good morning all!
I'm hopping on the bus this month and looking forward to your company for this journey... DC1 took 25 cycles to conceive but we got there eventually. Exciting but also a bit daunting to do it again, although I always have the mad hope that this month will be THE month. Hope dies last!

I've added my stats:

Addictedtomn TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL 34-36 CD 24
Nancydrewrocks TTC#4 Cycle 5 UCL32 CD22
stuffedmk TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 26-34 CD21
nickymorris TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 32-37 CD21
Bessie123 TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 25-29 CD19
BUnderTheBonnet TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 33-36 CD 19
yumyum73 TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 29-38 CD16
decafgirl TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 32-67 CD15
kkas TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL30 CD14
ILoveGregoryHouse TTC#4, Cycle 4, UCL27-28, CD13
SilverBoots TTC#4, Cycle 1, UCL 28-32 CD12
shellee TTC#2 Cycle 8 UCL 30-31 CD10
jennimoo TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL34 CD10
cailin1974 TTC#2 Cycle 10 UCL 32-36 CD10
YorkshireTeaDrinker TTT#1 Cycle 15 UCL 29-30 CD9
evilgiraffe TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL ?? CD9
Lorelai TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 26 CD9
digitalgirl TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL?? CD8
mumofzac TTC#2 Cycle4 UCL28 CD8
bunny TTC1 Cycle11 UCL 25-29 CD5
vodkaontherocks TTC#1 Cycle 12 UCL 27-28 CD5
Heading4home TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL 29 CD4
PoppyIsApain TTC#2 Cycle 1(MC Dec) UCL 28 CD ?
QueenFee TTC#4 Cycle 1? UCL28-30? CD?
Asianbabe TTC#2 Cycle4 UCL 29-31, CD6
LadyBee TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 27, CD5
FrenchLimeBlossom TTC#1 Cycle 8 UCL 28 CD4
twolittlemonkeys TTC#3 Cycle 1 UCL 30-70(!!) CD?
vivivi TTC#2 Cylce 1 UCL 22 CD 4
Spacefrog TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 32 CD 3
Lucybrad TTC#3 Cycle 5 UCL 26-36 CD2

Morning all!

Hope everyone isn't too snowed in, then again, maybe it will result in a baby boom in 9 months time?

ILoveGH - knowing when to stop DTD is a problem ... ov varies for me, anything from day 14-17. I've been reading up about diet, have banned bananas & tried upping calcium intake, but nothing more radical than that!

Boots x

Silverboots - why no bananas?

thanks for your kind words everyone. I have very little patience and dont like waiting for anything. Ill be exactly the same when i get pg - waiting for the birth!!!

I know what you mean lucybrad - I am the same. Have been throwing my energies into baking - blueberry muffin anyone?

For me it's crocheting and knitting, but mostly things for everyone elses LOs! And I've done so much this last week, what with all the snow, I have RSI and have had to take a couple of days off!

jennimoo - I read somewhere that - potassium (lots in bananas) & zinc increases the odds for conceiving a boy, calcium & magnesium for a girl. Quite possibly complete rubbish ...

(I have 3 boys)

ooh I will have one of those muffins please. I have a girl and 2 boys so not worried what I have really.

No probs, I have plenty (they were baked in an attempt to get DD to eat some fruit - she saw straight through it [shmm] so now I have loads spare!)

I'm also not too fussed what I have - desperately wanted a girl first time round and got one, now I don't really mind, but I think I will probably have a girl (am vegetarian, and apparently that means I am more likely to have girls)

woohoo, period's on its way out, am about to tip DH the wink and let him know. This is my favourite part of the cycle - action stations. I can just about cope with the first week after ov, but the last week I do go a bit bonkers to be frank. The waiting just gets to me so badly.

Metformin is treating me ok so far (there can be stomach upsets when you first start up), and I've lost a little weight since we got the wii, only a tiny bit but it's a start in the right direction...shall just ignore the fact that I'm currently waiting for DH to bring me rhubarb crumble and icecream

Just popping in to SCREAM VERY LOUDLY...

I WANT TO BE PREGNANT NOW PLEASE!!!!!!

Phew, sorry...just had to get that out.

Haven't DTD yet this month once . TBH DH is doing my head in and feel more like slapping him today than anything else! He's away for work tonight so can't even pretend to make up with him...

Anyone else around? xx

AAARRGGGHHHHHHHH! That do,decaf? We're almost cycle buddies.

Ta very much, am just in the process of screeching at DH via text too! Obviously this is all his fault...

FWIW, probably not due to ov until this week (quite long cycles) so fingers crossed we haven't missed our chance this cycle.

Can't believe only a couple of months ago I was only contemplating #2! xxx

Monday's stats:

Addictedtomn TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL 34-36 CD 25
Nancydrewrocks TTC#4 Cycle 5 UCL32 CD23
stuffedmk TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 26-34 CD22
nickymorris TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 32-37 CD22
Bessie123 TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 25-29 CD20
BUnderTheBonnet TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 33-36 CD 20
yumyum73 TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 29-38 CD17
decafgirl TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 32-67 CD16
kkas TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL30 CD15
ILoveGregoryHouse TTC#4, Cycle 4, UCL27-28, CD14
SilverBoots TTC#4, Cycle 1, UCL 28-32 CD13
shellee TTC#2 Cycle 8 UCL 30-31 CD11
jennimoo TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL34 CD11
cailin1974 TTC#2 Cycle 10 UCL 32-36 CD11
YorkshireTeaDrinker TTT#1 Cycle 15 UCL 29-30 CD10
evilgiraffe TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL ?? CD10
Lorelai TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 26 CD10
digitalgirl TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL?? CD9
mumofzac TTC#2 Cycle4 UCL28 CD9
Asianbabe TTC#2 Cycle4 UCL 29-31, CD7
bunny TTC1 Cycle11 UCL 25-29 CD6
vodkaontherocks TTC#1 Cycle 12 UCL 27-28 CD6
Heading4home TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL 29 CD5
LadyBee TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 27, CD6
FrenchLimeBlossom TTC#1 Cycle 8 UCL 28 CD5
vivivi TTC#2 Cylce 1 UCL 22 CD 5
Spacefrog TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 32 CD 4
Lucybrad TTC#3 Cycle 5 UCL 26-36 CD3
PoppyIsApain TTC#2 Cycle 1(MC Dec) UCL 28 CD ?
QueenFee TTC#4 Cycle 1? UCL28-30? CD?
twolittlemonkeys TTC#3 Cycle 1 UCL 30-70(!!) CD?

Well, as I started this bus I am still hopping on occasionally but I think this cycle is looking more normal length than the last so will be looking at late sept.....but....if AF turns at the weekend at least I will be accustomed to the facilities even if I have to view them from the back instead of the front lol.

Have sore boobs, which I am convincing myself is a good thing. But started to get same sort of tummy aches as last couple of cycles which may well mean AF will show up again .
Have many ebay cheapies to pee on between now and weekend though lol.

Confused.

Does anyone ever get blood tinged EWCM?

The last couple of cycles I've ovulated earlier than usual, very soon after AF and have wondered if it's down to spotting from tail end of AF, over enthusiastic SWI or violent egg eruption.

Have my mum to stay so we get to swi in comfy bed rather than get carpet burns on the living room rug!

I have felt like crap this week, think ive got a bug or something. Not knowing my CD day is very irratating.

Morning all, stats updated for Tuesday:

Addictedtomn TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL 34-36 CD 26
Nancydrewrocks TTC#4 Cycle 5 UCL32 CD24
stuffedmk TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 26-34 CD23
nickymorris TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 32-37 CD23
Bessie123 TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 25-29 CD21
BUnderTheBonnet TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 33-36 CD 21
yumyum73 TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 29-38 CD18
decafgirl TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 32-67 CD17
kkas TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL30 CD16
ILoveGregoryHouse TTC#4, Cycle 4, UCL27-28, CD15
SilverBoots TTC#4, Cycle 1, UCL 28-32 CD14
shellee TTC#2 Cycle 8 UCL 30-31 CD12
jennimoo TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL34 CD12
cailin1974 TTC#2 Cycle 10 UCL 32-36 CD12
YorkshireTeaDrinker TTT#1 Cycle 15 UCL 29-30 CD11
evilgiraffe TTC#1 Cycle 1 UCL ?? CD11
Lorelai TTC#2 Cycle 1 UCL 26 CD11
digitalgirl TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL?? CD10
mumofzac TTC#2 Cycle4 UCL28 CD10
Asianbabe TTC#2 Cycle4 UCL 29-31, CD8
bunny TTC1 Cycle11 UCL 25-29 CD7
vodkaontherocks TTC#1 Cycle 12 UCL 27-28 CD7
Heading4home TTC#2 Cycle 2 UCL 29 CD6
LadyBee TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 27, CD7
FrenchLimeBlossom TTC#1 Cycle 8 UCL 28 CD6
vivivi TTC#2 Cylce 1 UCL 22 CD 6
Spacefrog TTC#2 Cycle 3 UCL 32 CD 5
Lucybrad TTC#3 Cycle 5 UCL 26-36 CD4
PoppyIsApain TTC#2 Cycle 1(MC Dec) UCL 28 CD ?
QueenFee TTC#4 Cycle 1? UCL28-30? CD?
twolittlemonkeys TTC#3 Cycle 1 UCL 30-70(!!) CD?