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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

First time frolickers - old and new first time TTC'ers welcome!

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maamalady · 21/04/2010 12:43

A new thread! This is for anyone who is trying to conceive their first child - anyone welcome!

The current stats list is shown below, UCL means usual cycle length, and CD is cycle day.

In theory the person who starts the thread gets a BFP before the end, but I'll just be happy to get AF turn up again!

evilgiraffe TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL 28?! CD82
Stiffybyng TTC#1 cycle UCL28 CD55
PinkiePoo TTC1, Cycle 2, UCL 28-40, CD48
Bellaby TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL 32ish CD42
chalky3 TTC#1 cycle 8 UCL 33 CD37
misshoohaa TTC#1 cycle 6 UCL-28-35 CD36
Papertiger TTC#1 cycle 5 UCL28-32 CD30
Wannamummy TTC#1 cycle 2, UCL 28 CD30
Headbanger TTC #1 Cycle 3 UCL 24 CD25
claireinthecommunity TTC#1 cycle11 UCL30 CD24
cherrycobbler TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL32 CD21
Calyx TTC#1 cycle 11 UCL 27-32 CD20
Mrs Wajs TTC#1 cycle 8 UCL 27-45 CD19
Ariesgirl TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 29 CD17
kkas TTC#1 Cycle 9 UCL31 CD17
Pipsicles TTC#1 cycle 5 UCL38 CD16
chico193 TTC#1 cycle ? UCL36 CD14
haloflo TTC#1 cycle 5 UCL26-28 CD13
Zippys TTC#1 cycle 11 UCL33-39 CD12
applecharlotte TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL26 CD11
Dinkytinky TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL27 CD6
Claire 196 TTC#1 cycle2 UCL 25-28 CD5
Womanlytales TTC#1, Cycle 2, UCL28, CD4

Not counting days
Kaloki TTC#1 cycle 6 UCL ?
Aly323

Waiting to TTC
Sevans
FelicityFlick (Regulating cycles- Cycle 1-41 Days Cycle 2-57 Days Cycle 3- 38 days)
seablue TTC #1 Cycle 12 UCL 28ish CD20
CaveMum
calligraphy82

MIA (stopped counting cds)
Stellybelly TTC#1 cycle 1 UCL? CD115
blueberry noo TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL 31-32 CD89
CJ2007 TTC#1 cycle 7 UCL26/7 CD74
mrscinco TTC#1 Cycle 8 UCL 27-32 CD61
Homebound TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 30-? CD90
Hoping TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL 32 CD89
lipstie TTC#1 Cycle7 UCL26-28 CD77
hairytriangle TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL28-30 CD74
lucieloo TTC#1 cycle 5 UCL 24-32 CD69
LinzRed TTC#1 cycle 1 UCL? CD77

Graduates:
Trying4Baby1 BFP 21Aug
Kaystar BFP 27Aug
Pepperonipizza BFP 12Sep
Fulhamgirl BFP 18Sep
Ladyemmalou83 BFP 13Oct
bluesnowfalcon BFP 14 Oct
DesperateHousewife21 3rd Nov
Spirael BFP 7 Nov
Curlycasper BFP 11 Nov
Sky27 BFP ???
EmsieRo BFP 16 Nov
vix206 BFP 8 Dec
HypotheticalMummy BFP 9 Dec
Ozziegirly BFP 16 Dec
NovemberAli BFP 24 Dec
Eleanora BFP 28 Dec
whiteroses BFP 11 Jan
hamsterlover BFP 11 Jan
Hobnob76 BFP 17 Jan
MadameG BFP 17 Jan
pixiestix BFP 18 Jan
ceebs05 BFP 22 Jan
addie81 BFP 28 Jan
WorrisomeHeart BFP 29 Jan
chancewouldbeafinething BFP 1 Feb
Hermya321 BFP 12 Feb
fudgecat BFP 19 Feb
honeymoo BFP ??
Pidgin BFP 27 Feb
YorkshireTeaDrinker BFP 29 Feb
DrewsGirl BFP 4 March
bunnygirl80 BFP 12 March
Mumnerves BFP 1 April
Spanishlady BFP 3 April
luckyseven BFP 8 April
Capricorn76 12 April

OP posts:
CaveMum · 25/04/2010 18:34

Papertiger sorry to hear AF turned up. Maybe a few glasses of wine and some fattening chocy cake is called for.

Some really random weather here today too - massive downpour this morning, followed by several hours of glorious WARM sunshine and then another downpour about half an hour ago.

DH has just left for the 2 hour drive back to his course so it's back to just me and our cat Molly. Currently watching Pineapple Dance Studios on Sky and then going to pootle around on the computer and do some more family history research so may pop back later on.

CaveMum · 25/04/2010 18:39

Sorry x-posts with wannamummy

Sorry to hear still no sign of AF, or a BFP. I can't really offer any support as I've not been in the same situation and can't really help, but sending lots of positive thoughts your way.

PinkiePoo · 25/04/2010 18:52

mumsnerves unfortunately, i didn't even have any spotting...it was just really bad cramping and alot of the white stuff down below :-(

Still no sign ladies...i give to end of the week and then off to docs, even though i KNOW they will be as useless as a chocolate teapot!

Hope you have all had a lovely not so sunny sunday....we had a BBQ with jumpers and blankets!! Rock and roll my friends, rock and roll

haloflo · 25/04/2010 18:53

kaloki I?m sending huge positive thoughts your way for a belated birthday present. I really hope that your more relaxed approach has been successful.

mumsnerves Thanks for popping in, you are my temping inspiration. Sorry to hear you are suffering with MS. I hope it passes soon. What week are you now? I will go lurk in the grads thread and find out!

flick My first reaction is to say ignore the low temp as it seems out of place. I wonder why one low temp on CD32 would move ovulation forward by 9 days? BUT on the other hand have you any feelings of AF arriving? Do you know how long your luteal phase is? If you are CD32 surely AF would be on its way if you ov?ed on CD 15. Hopefully when you are TTC you will be used to all the ins and outs of FF and it will make sense.
By the way your reasons for a low temp were the same as mine last Thursday ? getting up in the night ? maybe we didn?t warm up enough after getting back into bed?
My diet isn?t going that well either but I love food too much!) Also haven?t been running since Wednesday as was busy Thurs, Fri and Sat (no excuse today except laziness) I think I need to book a holiday as getting a bikini body would defiantly help my motivation. I reckon a stone in 8 weeks is defiantly possible with a holiday at the end!

claire196 I think you are right about my ov date being CD14 (how boring and middle of the road am I?!) However I googled sex 2 days before & no longer think I?m out of the running. This cheered me up no end. I just hope my insides are a homely place for sperm and they stayed alive! I hope you jumped on DH just in case today?s the day or even if its 2 days before the day. (Apparently 2-3 days before means you are more likely to conceive a little girl )

Claire Glad you had a good weekend and that you and DH are as close as ever. That was a really nice thing to read. I really hope it happens for you soon.

moulesfrite Welcome to the thread! I recommend Taking Control of your Fertility. I found it an interesting read even if you aren?t going to follow all the aspects. You can pick most of the things she talks about from the internet and TTC forums but it?s great to have it as a reference in the house.

cavemum Something for your colleague/friend for herself sounds like a lovely thought. I am also watching pineapple dance studios. I love it, I think it?s hilarious.

papertiger Sorry to hear about AF. The fact the symptoms for AF and being pg are the same is so rubbish. Those sites are addictive ? it?s so hard to stay away from them during the 2ww. I hope you are ok. I think MrsWajs used a digital clearblue OPK ? not sure how she got on though. There?s the CBFM which seems good but it?s very expensive and the sticks are expensive too. Temping?s not hard (BBT thermometer, take your waking temp orally every morning, pop them into Fertility Friend and it does all the hard work) but it?s not for everyone (no big lie ins!) Also it only tells you that you did ovulate by which point it?s too late to be SWI?ing. Let us know if you decide to go technical.

wannamummy Sorry about another BFN. Enjoy your DH?s cooking and chocolate later. It?s hard seeing others children but we will all get there in the end. Hopefully if AF arrives your newly decorated bedroom will mean extra lucky SWI next month.

moulesfrites · 25/04/2010 18:59

Thanks!! Everyone seems lovely and supportive on this thread. I suppose my name is rather ironic seeing as shellfish may have to be avoided in the near future!!

I am still getting my head around the fact that we have decided to TTC officially - we were going to wait until december/jan as I am a teacher and having a sept baby seems to make most sense in terms of mat leave, but a couple of months ago we had a scare where my AF was a week late and we were disappointed rather than relieved when it came, so we have decided to bring it forward, and as dh says, there will never really be a perfect time. Am regretting the fact that we have booked a holiday cottage in Cornwall with a hot tub in the summer - there's a chance dh could be in there on his own if we are succesful.

pipsicles · 25/04/2010 22:44

Hello all!

I've been gone a couple of days as this weekend has been manic and I've barely had time to do anything - not even lurk!

DH's school got a phonecall from Ofsted on Friday to say that they're coming in on Tuesday and Wednesday, which is not the type of news anyone wants to hear! Then when he got home, he had an e-mail to tell him that he has an interview on Wednesday! It is great news, and he gets to miss one day of Ofsted, but still needs to plan work for his lessons in his absence, with the added pressure of planning a lesson for interview and preparing questions etc.

On top of all this, by my calculations, I'm supposed to ov on Wednesday, and he won't be there Tuesday night as he has to go away for the interview the night before!!! I think we might have to make time for a quickie in between him coming home from work and leaving again for the night!

In all seriousness though, if he does get it (and he wants to accept it), then it'll be amazing. The school is in Kent, where I'm from, plus all my friends and family are there, and it's where we want to have our children. So, even if we miss it this month, at least we have more idea about the direction we're going in. I'm just really hoping it all works out!!!

I'm really sorry for the me, me, me post, but I have to dash - need to finish helping him make resources for Tuesday - never mind that I have to teach this week too, eh?!

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend.

Catch up soon.

zippys · 26/04/2010 08:24

Monday's List

evilgiraffe TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL 28?! CD87
Stiffybyng TTC#1 cycle UCL28 CD60
PinkiePoo TTC1, Cycle 2, UCL 28-40, CD53
Bellaby TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL 32ish CD47
misshoohaa TTC#1 cycle 6 UCL-28-35 CD41
Wannamummy TTC#1 cycle 2, UCL 28 CD35
Junglebob TTC#1, Cycle 5, UCL31-36, CD35
Headbanger TTC #1 Cycle 3 UCL 24 CD30
claireinthecommunity TTC#1 cycle11 UCL30 CD29
cherrycobbler TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL32 CD26
Calyx TTC#1 cycle 11 UCL 27-32 CD25
Mrs Wajs TTC#1 cycle 8 UCL 27-45 CD24
Oneof8 TTC #1 cycle? UCL29ish CD24
Ariesgirl TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 29 CD22
kkas TTC#1 Cycle 9 UCL31 CD22
Pipsicles TTC#1 cycle 5 UCL38 CD21
chico193 TTC#1 cycle ? UCL36 CD19
haloflo TTC#1 cycle 5 UCL26-28 CD18
Zippys TTC#1 cycle 11 UCL33-39 CD17
applecharlotte TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL26 CD16
Dinkytinky TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL27 CD11
Claire 196 TTC#1 cycle2 UCL 25-28 CD10
Womanlytales TTC#1, Cycle 2, UCL28, CD9
moulesfrites TTC# 1 cycle 1 UCL 28 CD 5
Papertiger TTC#1 cycle 6 UCL28-32 CD2
Starberries TTC#1, Cycle ?, UCL34, CD?

Not counting days
Kaloki TTC#1 cycle 6 UCL ?
Aly323

Waiting to TTC
Sevans
FelicityFlick (Regulating cycles- Cycle 1-41 Days Cycle 2-57 Days Cycle 3- 38 days)
seablue TTC #1 Cycle 12 UCL 28ish CD20
CaveMum
calligraphy82
chalky3

MIA (stopped counting cds)
Stellybelly TTC#1 cycle 1 UCL? CD115
blueberry noo TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL 31-32 CD89
CJ2007 TTC#1 cycle 7 UCL26/7 CD74
mrscinco TTC#1 Cycle 8 UCL 27-32 CD61
Homebound TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 30-? CD90
Hoping TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL 32 CD89
lipstie TTC#1 Cycle7 UCL26-28 CD77
hairytriangle TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL28-30 CD74
lucieloo TTC#1 cycle 5 UCL 24-32 CD69
LinzRed TTC#1 cycle 1 UCL? CD77

Graduates:
Trying4Baby1 BFP 21Aug
Kaystar BFP 27Aug
Pepperonipizza BFP 12Sep
Fulhamgirl BFP 18Sep
Ladyemmalou83 BFP 13Oct
bluesnowfalcon BFP 14 Oct
DesperateHousewife21 3rd Nov
Spirael BFP 7 Nov
Curlycasper BFP 11 Nov
Sky27 BFP ???
EmsieRo BFP 16 Nov
vix206 BFP 8 Dec
HypotheticalMummy BFP 9 Dec
Ozziegirly BFP 16 Dec
NovemberAli BFP 24 Dec
Eleanora BFP 28 Dec
whiteroses BFP 11 Jan
hamsterlover BFP 11 Jan
Hobnob76 BFP 17 Jan
MadameG BFP 17 Jan
pixiestix BFP 18 Jan
ceebs05 BFP 22 Jan
addie81 BFP 28 Jan
WorrisomeHeart BFP 29 Jan
chancewouldbeafinething BFP 1 Feb
Hermya321 BFP 12 Feb
fudgecat BFP 19 Feb
honeymoo BFP ??
Pidgin BFP 27 Feb
YorkshireTeaDrinker BFP 29 Feb
DrewsGirl BFP 4 March
bunnygirl80 BFP 12 March
Mumnerves BFP 1 April
Spanishlady BFP 3 April
luckyseven BFP 8 April
Capricorn76 12 April

Morning - just a quick post from me, will try to get on again later. No realt TTC news from -SWI at moment so keeping fingers crossed. But going into hospital this week for further test and will be in overnight so playing havoc with SWI!!

Must dash but wanted to say good luck Kaloki

MrsWajs · 26/04/2010 11:00

Morning!

Been AWOL again over the weekend!! Been working again silly shift work, plus had a retirement party for a girl at work on Friday so hummed and hayed about drinking since I'm now hoping I ov'd on CD16 but decided to go ahead anyway (!?) so was a little bit ill on Saturday morning and had to work in the afternoon
Anyway I'm back now and had a 0.3c temp jump again this morning, now almost hitting 37c so hoping this is a good sign?? Still seem to be a bit baffled by the temping but persevering all the same.
Have given up on OPK's for this month (i did 2) mainly because I never seem to be able to predict it very well now and am always missing it and at £20 for 7 sticks it's not a luxury we can afford at the mo! But I was using ClearBlue digital for whoever was asking.

Halo Probably best not to google cryotherapy! But it's basically the same treatment you have for getting rid of verruca's so am sure you can imagine what it involves! That part of the whole procedure actually wasn't too bad as they anaesthetise you first - THAT was the worst bit!! I very naively (considering I'm a nurse) thought they might use some kind of cream!? Then I saw the needle !! But I now fully understand what women who have had children mean when they say you leave your dignity at the door!! Aries I can sympathise with your fear of it all - I don't think seeing my mum in that position would have made me particularly happy about the whole thing!! I hope you are still getting checked anyway though?

Kaloki Also keeping my fingers crossed very tightly for you!!

Hello to mumsnerves nice to hear from you, sorry you're suffering the dreaded MS tho - I can wholly empathise with the hangover comparison! I always have that sicky feeling! Keeping my fingers crossed that my SWI was at the right time, although now convincing myself that it wasn't!

Papertiger Sorry you got your AF, hugs for you.

wannamummy Sorry you haven't had AF or BFP yet, I know how it feels as I was in a similar situation last month, all I can say is try not to get too stressed about it all and take each day as it comes.

Pinkie This is just a stab in the dark but given your extra discharge and cramping perhaps this is you ovulating now?? I think this is what happened to me last month (albeit not as late as CD50) but maybe something to consider??

Pipsicles Good luck for DH's interview, and good luck for fitting in your 'quickie' before he leaves!!

Hello to moulesfrites and Junglebob you'll love it here everyone is very friendly and supportive!

Oooooh I forgot to say to you all when I last posted on Friday that DP has started a new job today!!!! It's only part-time at the moment but he may get full-time if he makes a good impression!! And failing that he has an interview for another company on Wednesday too so fingers crossed we'll be back to normal again very soon! Just as well really since we leave for Cyprus 6 weeks on Wednesday!!! I haven't even bought a new bikini yet or started my holiday diet - really must get finger out!!

Been on here far too long again! Must go and get ready for work! Have a good day everyone!xx

MrsWajs · 26/04/2010 11:01

Oh and zippys hope your hospital stay goes well

CaveMum · 26/04/2010 13:39

Afternoon ladies, another lunchtime check in for me.

zippys hope your hospital visit goes well, and fingers crossed you manage to get some SWI in too

MrsWajs glad to hear your DP has got a job sorted.

I've had a very depressing morning at work. Arrived to find an email from a contact in the USA to let us know that the husband of another lady we deal with died yesterday. This poor lady lost her job in January after being with the company for 26 years. They gave her no notice just walked into her office and told her to pack her things. They claimed her position was being stopped in a "restructuring exercise" but we suspect it was because she was old (62) and too traditional for their liking.
Her husband had been ill for some years and her 21yo daughter was diagnosed with cancer last year.
A really tough year for her.

Then one of the ladies in our building had a call to say one if her schoolfriends had died in her sleep last night.

And to round it all up I had a text from my best friend to say her mum has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

It never rains, it pours

On other matters I've ordered my BBT thermometer from Access Diagnostics and they've sent me a voucher code that it says can be used by anyone up to 1st June.

If any if you use the site or want to buy any ovulation sticks or thermometers, etc you can use the code 'save' which will give you 5% off. The website is here

Have a good day all, here's hoping my afternoon is better than the morning.

felicityFlick · 26/04/2010 14:03

Oh cavemum that is such an awful day Make sure you get lots of hugs from Molly when you get home until your dh is back at the weekend to give you some more.

Best of luck for your DH's job pips- what do the two of you teach? Me and my DH are both teachers too.

Good luck zippys will be thinking of you xxx

Great news on your DP's job MrsW- you two deserve some good luck

flo- I've been good on my diet today and walked part of the way home which was half an hour so started the week well. Fingers crossed it lasts No idea how long my luteal phase is... last month was my first month of charting and it was 17 days which I know is excessively long but I had been taking vitamin B6 as I was convinced that I would have a luteal deficiency (no reason why!) so I stopped taking it this month to see what had happened at at the min nothing is! I feel very AFish but don't really trust my body at the min so who knows?!!

Fingers crossed kaloki ....

Hello to all of you lovelies, aly still thinking of you, sorry about AF paper and hope that you get an answer one way or the other pinkie and wannamummy

Where's aries? Surely not working?!!

Got to dash dh and I have made a no lap top rule which I am breaking right now- whoops

Ariesgirl · 26/04/2010 15:08

Am really not liking this new page appearance and layout . And the pages are too long. Too much scrolling. You hear me MN .

Well was working after a fashion, Flick. In a manner of speaking. If you can call what I do "work".

Ariesgirl · 26/04/2010 15:12

And Cavemum that is indeed a shit day. Am very sorry for you. Cancer is such an evil thing.

Am reading a very inspirational book at the moment by a woman called Rosie something from Tenby. She lost her husband to prostate cancer and was completely devastated and decided to run round the world to raise awareness and in his memory. Just like that! Utterly extraordinary. She was on the TV documentary Eddie Izzard Marathon Man - she just ran up and joined him for the day. I'm hoping the book will make me a better person. That's what I'm hoping anyway

CaveMum · 26/04/2010 16:09

Thanks ladies. As they say, these things come in 3s, so hopefully that is my run of bad news for a while.

Aries on the subject of luteal phases, I was reading my "What to Expect Before You're Expecting" book last night - being a good girl and reminding myself of how it all works IYSWIM, and it said in the book that the luteal phase is the one thing you can depend on.
Day 1 of your cycle through to ovulation can be as long or as short as it likes, but the luteal phase is (normally) consistant in each woman. A "normal" luteal phase is anything between 10 and 16 days, so I don't think 17 days is anything to worry about.

Hark at me, trying to sound like I know what I'm talking about

OneOf8 · 26/04/2010 16:17

cavemum what an awful day. I have nothing useful to say other than hope you're ok

Zippys hope everything goes well at the hospital

felicityFlick how was your PIL free evening? Personally think you handled the situation with a grace I can only dream off. Don't get me wrong, I like OH's mother, and know by some peoples tales I could do an awful lot worse - but small doses is my limit!

Aries What did you get in the end for the gift? What do you do for work? (sorry ? am nosey by nature!)

Kaloki POAS yet? Fingers crossed!!

PinkiePoo which pill were you on? (if you don?t mind me asking). Todd?s dancing must be sooo cute! I teach swimming at the weekend, and have 2 toddler classes. I find them entertaining as well as enjoyable to teach ? much more fun than the ?bigger kids?- who on a bad day are just a nightmare, leaving me wondering why I bother trying to teach them!

ClaireInTheCommunity A year ago we were saving, and TTC was on ?the list of things to do? ? but not near the top! I was avoiding it like anything!! In the grand scale of things the odds stacked against getting preg make me wonder how anyone can claim to have fallen preg ?by accident?! BUT as you said, you still have your relationship where you love each other, and that is so much more than some get. The girl who is having twins ? I feel sad for OH?s mate as she can?t have that much respect for him saying these things (only with him as "better than living at home", and a personal fav - "I could do better, but cant be bothered to go out and find them") however at the end of the day she won?t be going anywhere and he is happy, so who I am I to comment We (OH and I)have a great relationship with mutual respect ? We?ll get our BFP ? the waiting just makes it more special!!

What would be BIL is having a hard time with partner (looks like they are about to split), so OH a little sidetracked at present ? but seeing what some call a relationship I think OH and I are lucky. Adapted the Que Sera, Sera approach to TTC (for now) as so many people around us have issues, I am grateful for what we have

Sorry to not say hi to all - but hope everyone's ok?

haloflo - I stopped the pill October 09 - I though my first proper AF was Dec as moved slightly (I didn't count the first 2 as was only just off the pill, and had a short cycle) and Jan came as expected based on the slight increase in days. Then everything went a little haywire

We weren't actively trying (but no protection) from Oct, but started trying "properly" from Jan.

I am open to suggestions what cycle I am on, as since October, including the Oct AF I have only had 5 visits from the witch ? and I know one certainly doesn?t count as was the week after last pill. Since I thought Dec was the start of ?proper? af?s, I?ll give you the tasteful background? Jan ok, in line with an average 29 days since Dec, and in line with what pill free AF?s felt like
Feb received a postcard (spotting a bit later than AF expected, but no visit)
March I guess we can call a trial separation - AF was still nowhere to be seen
April? well AF wanted us to be friends on 2nd April? day after my visit to missing persons (GP?s). Based on my last proper break, where was off pill for 6 months (was not TTC, just gave my body a break) my average cycle length was 29 days (only kept a record at the time to make sure I wasn?t preg!!) I should be expecting a visit some point in the next week (start of weekend if running to previous schedule) however I very much doubt it as I am getting the same feelings I had the last time she pissed off. I expect I am in for another long cycle?

Ariesgirl · 26/04/2010 16:20

Snot me Cavey Wavey. I think (though don't know) that my luteal phase is fine!

CaveMum · 26/04/2010 16:46

Sorry Aries reading too many posts at once! I meant Felicity

I'm sure your Luteal Phases are lovely and reliable Aries

Ariesgirl · 26/04/2010 17:28

Oneof8 (are you really, by the way?), explaining what I do for work in detail would just about give me away to anyone who googled it for 2 seconds! There's only a few of me in the country and given that I've said where I live, it would make it even easier. That makes me sound bigheaded and paranoid, but it's perfectly true (and I'm not a spy or anything like that). There's nothing wrong with that, but I am a paranoid freak by nature and the lovely thing about MN is that you can say all sorts of very personal things about your sex life and inner workings and no one who knows you need know (bit of a tongue twister that). Suffice to say it's not that interesting - I run my own business with my husband which is seasonal and tourist based. Hence my angst when I first joined this thread three months ago about shall I, shan't I...? I'm too old/busy/poor/no family around to help. Oh well Sorry if I sound like a complete twat, by the way. I'm not really...

Obviously I'm in n emoticon-using mood today. OH is off for three days on business so I shall be on here menkulling. Oh gosh! I feel slightly nauseous! Can I be five days pregnant? My wee smells funny! Can I be five days pregnant? (that was one classic from my first month, along with "feeling slightly dizzy". What a nob!)

CaveMum · 26/04/2010 18:45

Hi ladies, pleased to report that there was no more bad news this arvo.
I've taken all the frustration out on a few jobs that needed doing - tidied the garden (darn cat!), washed my car (why do White cars never look clean?!) and done a great big pile of washing up (another downside of not having DH around).

Hope everyone has a lovely evening.

Kaloki · 26/04/2010 19:32

Still no news here. Only on day 30, so really shouldn't test yet, think I'll be getting DP to hide the test later on!

Have discovered, annoyingly that I seem to be becoming allergic to adhesive. Which we think may account for the sickness. I used TENS machine on my back a few months ago and it made me feel sick and left red marks on my back, now I have red marks on my arm where I wore a plaster. And feel sick. So it possibly isn't MS. Haven't decided yet whether that makes me happy or not.. either way, I feel a bit rough and my arm looks like a burn victim.

I think my body is going for the "most continuously going wrong in unusual ways" award.

OneOf8 · 26/04/2010 22:03

Evening,

Yes Aires - I have 7 siblings, plus me give my mother a brood of 8!

We got sky later in life, and cable wasn't available in my parents road till after the last one was born Sadly this is true - but my mother doesn't watch a lot of telly so not sure if this really affected them...

Its cool, always someone about if you need but there is no such thing as a secret. Everyone will know your business within seconds.

We're not the only large family round here, another 2 with 8 and a few with 5 and 6.

luckyseven · 26/04/2010 22:16

wow - i have been away for 5 days and already you ladies are 1/5 of the way through the new thread, zippy got engaged and there are lots of new people too!

Just back from a couple of days on the West Coast of Ireland which included us tracking down the house where they filmed Father Ted! Our flight to Sicily got cancelled 'cause of the volcanic ash - we have managed to move it to the end of may and of course come home to find my scan and booking in appt is when we are away. Will phone and beg to get ot pre-holiday. I thought you got a scan at 12 weeks but turns out it in 10 over here.

Nearly finished week 6 and after zero symptoms apart from being freezing all the time i have had (sorry if tmi) nipples like doorbells and have been a bit of qeasy(sp?)from time to time - first time dh jumped round the room as he thinks it is a sign that everything is ok. I get the logic but would prefer the sympathy.

haloflo i would disregard the temp and see ov as your first peak ie cd12 and keep an eye on what your luteal phase is as it is always the same app.

felicityflick sooooooooo glad you got the pil sorted - i was so frustrated for you reading your posts but think of all the good karma you have collected!

Hi to everyone else, chackingthis thread was one of the first things i did when i got back. Have to dash to watch more West Wing before it has to go back to the dvd shop on Wed ...

Kaloki · 26/04/2010 22:31

Ooh which West Wing series are you watching?

Calyx · 26/04/2010 23:24

Hiya peeps, sorry about absence and I'm just popping in to say please take me off the list
I'm having problems atm with DH drinking and ttc is off my agenda until I get my head together and see what will happen.

Wishing you all lots of luck and congratulations to zippy on your engagement!

Hopefully will be able to come back on at some point as we both do want babies, just don't have any idea what's happening right now. Love to all and thanks for the support.

Kaloki · 26/04/2010 23:42

Calyx, we are here for you whenever you need us, TTC or not. Hope things get better, do pop in and let us know you are ok.

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