The Return of the First Time Frolickers guest starring our friend Agnyss Cactus - join us as we wage war against the Evil Red Tide of Doom (hereafter known as ERTD)

[Ariesgirl]

For anyone old and new trying to conceive their first child. Lovely friendly ladies with a penchant for acronyms, charts and unsuitable snacks await your arrival with open arms. Here's the blatantly copied and pasted List from the last thread. If anything's wrong, I absolve myself of any responsibility!

evilgiraffe TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL 28?! CD137
claireinthecommunity TTC#1 cycle12 UCL29 CD50
Junglebob TTC#1, Cycle 6, UCL31-36, CD49
PinkiePooTTC 1 Cycle 4 UCL 28-64 cd 40
wakarimasen TTC#1, Cycle 2, UCL25ish, CD39
Florin TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL ??? CD34
takethatlady TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL32 CD34
Zippys TTC#1 cycle 12 UCL33-39 CD32
LankyLady TTC#1 cycle UCL29, CD28
Womanlytales TTC#1, Cycle 3, UCL28-33, CD26
Muser TTC#1, Cycle 1, UCL 28, CD24
Saor Alba TTC #1, cycle 1, UCL?, CD19
StreathamRanger TTC #1 Cycle 7, UCL ?, CD19
Superpenguin TTC#1 cycle 1, UCL29, CD15
Mrs Wajs TTC#1 cycle 10, UCL 29-32 CD15
Lipstie TTC#1 Cycle11 UCL25-28 CD14
cherrycobbler TTC#1 cycle 5, UCL32 CD10
Ariesgirl TTC#1 cycle 5 UCL 29-32 CD9
kkas TTC#1 Cycle 11 UCL31 CD9
almostknockedupgirl TTC#1 cycle 1 UCL 26-28 CD4
Kaloki TTC#1 cycle 8 UCL30? CD1
SarahAvon TTC #1 cycle 1, UCL 28-30 CD??

Not counting days
haloflo TTC#1 cycle 6
Bellaby cycle 2

Waiting to TTC
Calyx
Sevans
FelicityFlick
CaveMum
calligraphy82
hairytriangle

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
Hoping TTC#1 cycle 2 UCL 32 CD89
lipstie TTC#1 Cycle7 UCL26-28 CD77
lucieloo TTC#1 cycle 5 UCL 24-32 CD69
LinzRed TTC#1 cycle 1 UCL? CD77
Stiffybyng TTC#1 cycle UCL28 CD75
misshoohaa TTC#1 cycle 6 UCL-28-35 CD56
Headbanger TTC #1 Cycle 3 UCL 24 CD68
chico193 TTC#1 cycle ? UCL36 CD56
Dinkytinky TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL27 CD48
Claire 196 TTC#1 cycle2 UCL 25-28 CD46
moulesfrites TTC#1 cycle 1 UCL 28 CD42

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
Homebound 30 April
Starberries BFP ?
Oneof8 BFP 18 May
seablue BFP ?
Aly323 BFP 20 May
applecharlotte BFP 29 May
chalky3 BFP 30 May
papertiger BFP 31 May
Wannamummy BFP 1 June
Pipsicles BFP 6 June

Hi everyone!

MrsWajs Sorry to hear you are having such a rough time. Hopefully if you go to the doctors you may get some answers. Hope you feel better soon. hugs

garden your frolicking in the forest sounds like fun and a good way to keep things new and exciting! Go you

crazy hope your uncertainty has eased off a bit. it's not a nice feeling especially with all the back pain. hugs for you

well my cramps have eased off now but no ertd yet which is strange for me as i normally cramp and come on at the same time. but hey ho i dont think im 28 days yet so im being a bit premature!

Waves to everyone and lets hope for a bfp very soon.

Lovely to hear from you flo really hope scan goes ok. Low profile is perfectly understandable!

All this food talk is making me ravenous - kitchin sounds amazing! Bleeding Heart is yum, enjoy kkas

pixie brilliant re al fresco SWI!

mrsw sorry you're feeling rubbish about this month. Trip back to docs sounds positive plan. I am coming to the end of my 2ww now too and boobs are deflating (nice) lower back is aching and cramps have moved lower - also taking it hard this month. Sending sympathy cake and wine your way - hope this week goes easy on you.

gardenpixie I think the node only pops up on the side you are ovulating on when you ovulate. I have noticed it before (before I went on the pill for 20 years that is) but never knew what it was.

In fact I feel embarrassed that I never knew much about my body until recently I have had treatment for thrush when in fact I was not only normal but healthy and in fact fertile! And that was a female GP who treated me!

I am glad I know more now, just wish I had known sooner.

Good luck to all the SWI-ingers....more fandangoing later, but I am tired and achey....mustn't give up!

Morning all!

Hope everyone is ok and there are no ERTD arrivals today - we can but hope!

Nothing here...yet.

Lots of Tuesday lattes and brownies all round
x

I'm going to nervously attempt today's list... apologies if I do it wrong or am stepping on any toes

evilgiraffe TTC#1 Cycle 2 UCL 28?! CD186
Saor Alba TTC #1, cycle 2 UCL32 CD36
Crazybutterflylady TTC#1, cycle 1, UCL30, CD33
cherrycobbler TTC#1 cycle 6 UCL 32 CD31
Mrs Wajs TTC#1 cycle 11, UCL 29-33 CD31
Pinklady76 TTC#1, cycle 1, UCL ?, CD28
IfAtFirstYouDon'tSuceed TTC#1, Cycle 4,UCL 28, CD27
Alien06 TTC#1, Cycle 1, UCL??, CD25
kkas TTC#1 Cycle 12 UCL32 CD24
RaspberryTipple TTC#1, Cycle 1, UCL ?, CD22
LankyLegs TTC#1 Cycle 10 UCL 27-29 CD21
cookiemoo TTC#1 Cycle 17, UCL 27 CD21
TomboyWife TTC#1, Cycle 8, UCL28, CD19
GardenPixie TTC#1 cycle 8 UCL30-35 CD19
Womanlytales TTC#1, Cycle 5, UCL28-33, CD18
FelicityFlick TTC#1 Cycle , UCL 32-33, CD15
Karstan TTC#1, Cycle 2, UCL28, CD15
Florin TTC#1 Cycle 5 UCL ??? CD14
stegasaurus TTC#1 cycle 16 UCL? CD11
highheelsandequations TTC#1 cycle 13 (ish) UCL 32+ CD10
Zippys TTC#1 cycle 14 UCL33-39 CD5
Ariesgirl TTC#1 cycle 6 UCL 29-32 CD5

Not counting days
Kaloki (39 days to Wedding )
Bellaby
Miffles
Kurlyvoice
Chalky3

Waiting to TTC
Calyx
Sevans
CaveMum
calligraphy82
hairytriangle

Recent Graduates:
Seablue BFP 1 May
Oneof8 BFP 18 May
Aly323 BFP 20 May
applecharlotte BFP 29 May
papertiger BFP 31 May
Wannamummy BFP 1 June
Pipsicles BFP 6 June
Muser BFP 22 June
Superpenguin BFP 1 July
Haloflo BFP 22 July

Hello everyone, forgot to mention but I seem to have skipped forward a few days, I'm actually on cd13. I think it happened sometime last week but I'd just pointed out I'd been kept back 2 days so didn't want mention anything especially as I'm on my phone and can't sort the list out myself.

Anyway firmly in the fun bit right now, lots of SWI-ing.

TMI alert

Does anyone know whether who comes first matters in this whole ttc business. Have read bits about female orgasm helps suck the stuff up to does that mean the man needs to go first. It's doesn't normally happen that way in our house. We're reasonably in sync so I'm only talking a couple of minutes difference. Thoughts?

Hi Karstan
I read recently that it doesn't really matter but it can help things along if it's at the same time or you are slightly after...

To be honest though, I think there's so much pressure around the whole baby dance thing anyway, to try and time it would take even more romance out of it! I just prefer to let nature take its course

Hello everyone,
Crazy totally hear you on the pressure bit and prefer nature taking its course too. In our case the frequency bit referrred to as the swiathon was really freaking us out -- once we took our feet off the time table it's been much better and a lot of fun.
I also sneakily feel that getting a bfp is least about the actual act itself..but more around the stress, food, and other stuff around the ttc period. Got to add - way to go to the frolicker who did it in the woods
Mrswajs I read your post y'day but didn't respond I feared I'd go comfort myself with food if I indulged in thinking about bfp... Today I have a cup of tea steaming by me..so here goes. My two cents there is this: Not a single morning goes by without me getting up and wondering if I'll ever be pregnant. There are times when I wistfullly wish to be like those folks who weren't even planning to ttc or even knew if they wanted to become a parent and just got 'lucky' I have a couple of these as friends and [here comes the guilt] find their sudden discovery of impending parenthood nauseating. Then again on the plus side, with those of us consciously ttcing... I want to think we're getting in the swing of things - ie when the bfp arrives we'll be far stronger perhaps with handling the anxieties we'll have each other as this fabulous network of buddies and we'll be healthier as a result of all the fat and other comments coming from our helpful doctors... LOL - or so I like to believe.
Hang in there please and I hope you get back to being your positive self soon. It will happen - it will happen - it will happen
I see that there're a lot of us due to poas this weekend best of luck to you lot. Pregnology says I can test in 9 days - that's if I go by the 28 day cycle if it's 33 then I could still be ovulating- fun, fun, fun!!!
Baby dust to all.

Humph. Couldn't have my bone density scan as I couldn't guarantee I was not pregnant. The magnetic doo-dah of the scan is only 1 day's worth but they wouldn't do it just in case.

Be a miracle if I am pregnant so it's a bit annoying to miss it. She was going to test me then changed her mind, I got all excited about it but then, if I am 3 days pregnant I don't think there's a test in the world that would tell me yet!

Hope all is well in SWIng land

Hi All - Fudge has had bad news about splodge over in the graduates in case you hadn't read. Doesn't look hopeful - really f*cking sad. Life is not fair sometimes.

Afternoon ladies, a lunchtime check in for me today. Only a few days worth of posting left on this thread then - who's going to be post 999?!

Nothing to report from me on TTC front. I sold my little car last night to a chap who was looking for a car for his 17yo granddaughter. She won't get much street cred in it but he's been very reliable for me.
I pick my new car up on Friday

On other matters, despite my assertions a few weeks ago, DH and I are going to look at another house at the weekend [sheepish emotcion]!
We'd seen it on the market a few months ago but it was close to the top of our budget and we weren't in a position to move.
However it has come back on the market with £20k knocked off the asking price so we're going to look and see what we think.
Sorry for the "me me me" post - it's hard to keep track of who said what on my iPhone!

Oh lanky that's horrible, poor fudge life is shit sometimes, I totally agree.

womanly good luck with your patience I found pregnology a bit confusing actually (but that's nothing new - all of this is confusing me as you have all noticed )

tiger eeek. I think I would have demanded a test - good patience!

Tsk cavemum I hope you are not taking all the good houses off the market before we get a chance to look around Good luck with the viewing! I will keep my fingers crossed

x

Cavey vroom vroom - did you get the kia in the end? Lovely! Well done for selling your old car too.

Sooooo is this the house that you gave us a link to a while back - if soo - that's great news - sounds like they might take a cheeky offer if they have dropped the price? Fingers crossed for you!!

I feel a bit shit today - phoned up the GP to get my latest bloods yesterday and my TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) has gone up from 13.1 to 15.43 which is crazy as I have been on the levothyroxine for 6 weeks now and have no idea why it has gone up and not down. Arseing babymaking wants your TSH to be ideally between 0.2 - 2 and mine is WAY above that - so until they increase my dose does not look like there will be a baby any time soon.

Sorry for me me post too - am going to sit by myself in the corner until someone hands me copious amounts of cider on Thursday. Oh and yes - its only going to go and bloody rain for the festival this weekend isn't it. Bloody Great. FKsj89jfhdj9()+((((**

Sorry for not posting lately, just checking in to let you know I'm lurking and hoping there's a rush of bfp's soon.
I'm busy wishing the days away, hate the 2ww!!!
I'm struggling to keep up with how everyone is as I check in on phone so sorry if I've missed something. Sorry to hear bout your results lanky hope GP can help level things out for you soon.
To all those caught by ertd, enjoy the wine/ gin! ;0)

Aww lanky can they not change the type of medication you are on? A friend of mine was on one kind which was a T3 and changed to another which was T4 (sorry that's as much as I know, I'm not really very clear about the names of the medication but can check if it would help?). Anyway she says changing has really helped?

And rain = wellies, wooohoooo! I love the rain when it's ok to get wet (ie you're not in your most expensive fabulous clothes en route to a fancy place); I think you should embrace it

Big hugs and sprinkles of baby dust all round - and some sort of evil spirit device to ward off the ERTDs xx

Lanky It can take a while for your thyroid levels to sort themselves out and stabilise, it took me ages to get mine settled.Have they increased the dosage incrementally? Could be you are not getting enough. Hope they sort it soon

Is it normal to have period type pains mid-cycle? We've been SWIing since day 11 just in case, today is day 14. I am as fat as a house and am very achey.

Could be the endometriosis playing up if the uterus is getting busy, maybe. Dunno. It's like mild period pain and bloating. Guess I;m not pregnant then.

Advance warning of a "me me me" post!!
Dh just rang for sa results and they've requested follow up sample in 3 weeks?? Of course now I'm convinced he must have a low count or else why request repeat test?? Surgery wouldn't give any more info ... So frustrated! It was so difficult for him to give last sample, he was really emotional and so was I. Can't believe he's gotta go through it all again. really wanna swear... Lots!!!

Sorry tiger missed your post, sorry you're feeling pants. It's not over till ertd shows up. X

Oh Cookiemoo, you never know....maybe there was a problem with getting a sample or testing it somehow that happens with blood etc sometimes, there can be something that makes them query the results that's nothing to do with the patient.

Hope it's nothing.

I have just worked out what ERTD means . Am a bit fick at times.

I still don't know what swi means!!!
thanks tiger for the reassurance and I'm sure you're right, just gotta work with it I suppose and deal with whatever comes our way!

Shagging with Intent.....

My bellyache s bugging me now. I do not want mid-cycle period pains, thank you very much! Unless it's the world's shortest cycle at 14 days!

Just my luck, we'd have been SWIing at the wrong time!

TigerseyeMum - are you sure it's not ovulation pain? I get a crampy pain when I'm ovulating, my period pain is more just excruciating pain then cramping.

Hello girls,

I've been AWOL for a little while as I've been waiting for my appointment at the gynae clinic at the hospital, from which I have just returned, so thought I'd give you an update! TMI alert...

Apparently, except for a few soft cells on the outside of my cervix (which isn't a terribly bad thing but might have added to the extra bleeding), I'm looking ok to the naked eye. So I'm going to be booked in for a scan so that they can look for PCOS and other cyst-type things, and I have to have some kind of tests on the 2nd-5th day of my next period, but goodness knows when that will be - I've not exactly been regular! And then I'll go back to the clinic in 3 months...

Am feeling a bit most positive (despite having the private-bits examination which was deLIGHTful) now that I know that they're going to at least have a look at my insides and see if there is anything wrong there - maybe it is a bit of a blessing that I'm getting a scan earlier than lots of people because of my uber-long periods. We'll just have to see... And, you never know, our SwithoutI might lead to something first!

Anyway, I'm so behind with everyone else's news that I'll just say hello, wish you all well, and scatter as much babydust as possible to get some August BFPs on the thread before it runs out. Sorry that I don't know the newbies very well but I'm trying to cut down on the MNing as I'll get horribly obsessive again and I think that I'm in for the long haul.

Karstan I guess it could be....will have to wait and see...will keep on with the SWIing.....

Just a quick hello from the lake district. Have been trying to keep up with all the news but need to do some proper reading before saying much to anyone. We've ben having lots of fun relaxing, eating and drinking too much and getting in plenty of practice for those all important days that are (hopefully) coming up. I have also managed to admit to DP that I'm taking my temperature and trying to figure out my cycles (had to admit it really after he noticed the beeps early morning!) and have even confessed to him that I'm thinking of acupuncture and alternative remedies. He hasn't run screaming so that has to be a good sign and it is a bit of a relief talking to him and not keeping everything so secret. Back home at the weekend but looking forward to catching up on the news and hopefully there will be some BFPs by then!

Will try and keep lurking. Hello to everyone I was chatting to and waves to those I haven't 'met' yet. Better get back to my chilled wine and decide which pub to head to for food, it's a hard life!