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LittleSpy- I expect to see daily updated tests from you on this thread! :winkwink:

thanks mollykins.....Somedays It just feels so frustrating !!!

I got married september last year, so came of BC then and nothing happend and I found that my cycles were so iregular ! I was due back at the docs the month I fell in august then sadly I mc the day after I had a scan at the EPU.

ttc to my first and and it just seems the months are slipping away....thats slightly dramatic but I blame it on my hormones ! Some days I am so positive that I can get pregnant and then doom and gloom hits !

I know you have been ttc for a while.....how do u keep so upbeat???......
I did think about temping but it looks a little scary - littlespy is it easy ???

:hugs:

I'm afraid that's my only trick to staying upbeat sweets. I just allow myself to feel, refuse to dwell, and stay honest with myself. I become so excited, positive, and upbeat at 1 dpo because I know I've done all that I can and blah blah blah. :haha: Then hits the "mid-tww-wobble" and well... you know how it goes. :wacko: I guess, you just do your best and take comfort in that. :friends: I am so sorry to hear about your loss sweets. I know how hard that is. :hugs:

Dear Mollykins :flower: and Crunchie :flower:,
you are making me cry ... :cry:
I am sorry it didn't work out for you this month :hugs:. And even more for all that time you have been TTC. Can not imagine coping that well myself.
I honestly wish you that it happens soon for you :dust:

Mollykins
, I hope your O will hapen outside those dates your DH is away. Sometimes I think it would be good to get my AF now, so I can have all that exciting 2 weeks of waiting with you.
My AF didn't come yet :nope: and don't exactly now when it is due as my cycle can be longer than I think. Did a little 'in and out' trick to check the situation :blush: (TMI all brown), still spotting tiny bit. 4th day now. Still :bfn:.
I hope your DH is coming soon to offer some support.
:hugs:

Crunchie, stay positive, i am sure it will happen for you soon x. And you are quite lucky to be testing with Mollykins this month :).
I will probably joining you soon.

Thinking of you, girls.

Thank you for the sympathy and support sweets. :flower: I certainly don't want you to cry though! :hugs: I'm not giving up, it'll happen and I'm going to be patient (mostly) :winkwink:

My OH is going to be coming home tomorrow! :happydance:

Hmm... do you normally spot before AF?? If not this might be good for you. :thumbup: The implantation process can actually take up to 4 days. Do you see where I am going with this? 4 days of spotting... up to 4 days to implant...??? :winkwink:
 
Emandi- All right, forget what I said about IB in that last post. I finally caught up on reading only to find the :witch: bashed you as well.

Ladies- It's odd that we are all getting tagged by the :witch: early this month but bring on the new round! :thumbup: I think I will be more of a cheer leader this cycle since my OH is going to be out of town during that special fertile time. I was also thinking that perhaps those of us that do not have a cycle day ticker in their signature should get one. Purely selfish reasons... I feel like such a dunce asking what dpo everyone is and then forgetting the next moment. :dohh:
 
Holy cow. Add "heightened sense of smell" to my list of symptoms. The man in the cubical next to me is having fish for lunch and I'm about to be sick. I was hoping my hatred of seafood would be one of those tastes that change with pregnancy but... it's safe to say nope. :sick: He eats fish for lunch a lot -- I forsee this being a problem for me. Hopefully I can find a good solution. Maybe some air freshener spray or something? We'll see.

That makes me think of Pam's m/s on the American version of The Office. Dwight refused to not eat smelly food at his desk so Pam started puking in her trashcan while looking at him which of course caused everyone in the office to commense vomitting. :haha:
 
LittleSpy- I also dislike seafood and the smell drove me to the toilet every time when I was pregnant. With my first pregnancy I also had a vomit-reaction to the smell of parmesan cheese. Ahh the joys! :D Always worth it though. Congrats again LittleSpy. :hugs:
 
Congrats LittleSpy you don't know how happy I am for you. I was with you last month and was praying for everyone this month....I'm 10dpo, haven't tested yet. But hoping this is my month too.

Congrats again.:happydance::happydance::happydance:
 
Hello ladies :flower:
I have to confess I lost it today .... and I have ordered FR preg tests. Still cramps, spoting 4th day today ...
... and guess what! :witch: arrived an hour later :dohh: :wacko:
Never mind I'll save them posh tests for next time.
I have to admit I am a bit disappointed, but on the other hand I am going to be stuck with you, lovely ladies :flower:, for another month or so :happydance: :friends:.

Where can I get my welcome drink? :drunk:

Lots of love to all of you :hugs:

Hi emandi
Sorry hun. We'll catch that egg next month. My box of 25 tests had just arrived on my desk when af arrived so i'll be a poas addict next month for sure :haha:
 
I just had a lovely raspberry ripple bubbly bath and felt myself fill with optimism for the next round, and I really hope to share it with you gals. True, Kitcat and Littlespy have moved onto greener pastures, but it could be us next time grazing over yonder. I have objectives and resolutions for next month:

1)Put on weight-I'm a lean whippet and apparently this can affect fertility,(that avatar monkey to the left reassures me that it is nonetheless possible) I do eat loads but I move alot (no car and 3 bikes!) but goal is +2 kilos!

2) Eat eggs and sunflower seeds- apparently Vit E content helps fertility

3)Grapefruit juice for CM

4)Reduce caffeine and alcohol even before 2ww (maybe not during AF, lets stay realistic here)

5)Humm I don't smoke, so I guess 'don't start smoking' is my goal on that one. Probably the only one I'll manage!

6) Buy a CBFM, if that counts as an objective! Not sure how to hide that one from DH though. "oh no it's just my new i-pod darling; yes! that's right, you recharge the batteries by weeing on these inserts- isn't it clever how they've harnessed renewable energy sources now!"

Please share if you have other things for my 'Inevitable Baby' list:thumbup:

Oh HollyMonkey! Thank you for the laugh!! :rofl:
(just catching up with reading posts now)
I wish I had the whippet problem...I'm on the opposite end of the scale. I'm going to lose 2kg this month - being overweight can also affect the fertility issue
 
Hello ladies :flower:
I have to confess I lost it today .... and I have ordered FR preg tests. Still cramps, spoting 4th day today ...
... and guess what! :witch: arrived an hour later :dohh: :wacko:
Never mind I'll save them posh tests for next time.
I have to admit I am a bit disappointed, but on the other hand I am going to be stuck with you, lovely ladies :flower:, for another month or so :happydance: :friends:.

Where can I get my welcome drink? :drunk:

Lots of love to all of you :hugs:

Hi emandi
Sorry hun. We'll catch that egg next month. My box of 25 tests had just arrived on my desk when af arrived so i'll be a poas addict next month for sure :haha:

Hey TrinityMom :flower:,
we (nearly) all are following you :winkwink:.
I'm glad to see you so positive :thumbup: and well prepared for the next round :haha:.
I'm sure we get there at the end :yellow:.
:hugs:
 
question questions questions ....

Hollymonkific twaddle.....this is my new most fav saying !!!:haha:

also I was using a CBFM but the month I didnt I fell pregnany ! go figure....I really do think they are a good idea and you can get them off ebay for half the price. It was through this monitor that I found out that I wasnt perhaps ovulating every month. I think my body surges and the stops as would get highs but no peaks ....and then it stops u from testing so would miss it ! also I was testing in the AM and you shouldnt do this ..... I live and learn. SoI picked it up on the opks this month I might stick with the cheap opks and temping and lots of november loving .

now this may be a silly question littlespy and the other kind ladies.....does it work it all out on the chart out on FF......??? your graphs all have lines on and things so do I just do my temp and record it ???? and will it tell me when I should be ovulating or do I work it out ????:dohh:
 
Bah! Stupid :witch:!!
:hugs:

If it's any consolation, my boobs are absolutely killing me. As it turns out, if I'm pregnant, it's very unnecessary to poke my boobs to check if they're tender! They're also gigantic. Last night I was changing clothes and I screamed "Oh my gosh! My boobs are seriously HUMONGOUS!" And dh said "Yeah... I noticed you were looking a little juggy." :rofl: :blush:

ic #2 today @ 13dpo. :bfp: YAY!

Hello Juggy! That 13dpo shot of the line is looking booootifuull!
 
Ladies- I've been looking into it and I think I am going to use soft cups this cycle. They are relatively cheap and (I would imagine) very helpful. :thumbup: I'm definitely a fan of cheap as TTC for so many months has started to rack up quite a bill! AND softcups double as a feminine hygiene product when the :witch: is here. :winkwink:
 
Hello ladies :flower:
I have to confess I lost it today .... and I have ordered FR preg tests. Still cramps, spoting 4th day today ...
... and guess what! :witch: arrived an hour later :dohh: :wacko:
Never mind I'll save them posh tests for next time.
I have to admit I am a bit disappointed, but on the other hand I am going to be stuck with you, lovely ladies :flower:, for another month or so :happydance: :friends:.

Where can I get my welcome drink? :drunk:

Lots of love to all of you :hugs:

Wicked witch!:grr: Welcome drinks at my place this evening girls!

I'm thinking of getting some of them posh tests too. Even posher, I'm thinking of getting a CBFM which I really can't afford.
Shall I, shan't I ?:muaha:

I suppose I've got my winnings money from Littlespy's :bfp::happydance: but I've spent it all already on champagne for the Mollykins thread party. Fizzy apple juice for our mascots though:winkwink: Just you wait and see, we'll all be drinking fizzy apple juice at next month's 'end of 2ww party'!

Who's still waiting for what now? Any :bfp:hopefuls still lingering? :dust: to you if you are!


HollyMonkey, loooove your new picture :thumbup:. Not surprised you want some more of those :winkwink:.
:hugs:
 
Ladies- I've been looking into it and I think I am going to use soft cups this cycle. They are relatively cheap and (I would imagine) very helpful. :thumbup: I'm definitely a fan of cheap as TTC for so many months has started to rack up quite a bill! AND softcups double as a feminine hygiene product when the :witch: is here. :winkwink:

Hey Mollykins what other things have you tried????

I agree with Emandi that pic hollymonkey is toooooooooooooo cute !!!

how do i get a pic on here ????:dohh:
 
Thanks girls! :baby: just got a new tooth this morning (I got the:witch:, she got the tooth fairy!:dust:) so I thought I'd celebrate it with a new pic! Can hardly see The Tooth once the pic is reduced so much though!

And I put a pic of us in matching raincoats :rain:as my profile pic, if you want a nose!!

Took me ages to do my avatar Crunchie- I put my photos on Picasa in the end- it was the only way I could see to get the pixel size down. And discovered today that I can add text-:wohoo:

It's a ticker I want now. Molly!! How do you get a ticker?
 
Ladies- I've been looking into it and I think I am going to use soft cups this cycle. They are relatively cheap and (I would imagine) very helpful. :thumbup: I'm definitely a fan of cheap as TTC for so many months has started to rack up quite a bill! AND softcups double as a feminine hygiene product when the :witch: is here. :winkwink:

Tell me about it Molly. I did a reckless thing today, I've purchased online a CBFM:blush: Don't tell DH:shhh: My argument is that if he's only going to give me until April to fall pregnant, then I'm going to need all the help I can get. And I will tell him it can be used afterwards as an unreliable form of birthcontrol.
Oh dear he's going to murder me when he finds out.:gun:
 
LittleSpy- I also dislike seafood and the smell drove me to the toilet every time when I was pregnant. With my first pregnancy I also had a vomit-reaction to the smell of parmesan cheese. Ahh the joys! :D Always worth it though. Congrats again LittleSpy. :hugs:

It was the smell of my own perfume I couldn't take! And I'd just got a new bottle:growlmad: Once I stopped breastfeeding I liked it again- weird huh! (Hugo Boss Essence pour Femme, in case you were wondering)
 
now this may be a silly question littlespy and the other kind ladies.....does it work it all out on the chart out on FF......??? your graphs all have lines on and things so do I just do my temp and record it ???? and will it tell me when I should be ovulating or do I work it out ????:dohh:

The VIP version (you get a free trial & after 30 days have to pay for it) definitely does all the lines and stuff for you. I'm not sure about the free version (I may find out tomorrow because my VIP trial ends). :shrug: I was going to pay for 3 months of the VIP version if it didn't work out for me this cycle.

Temping is really only good to see when you ovulated AFTER the fact. OPKs are for predicting ovulation before it happens. So, using the 2 together lets you pinpoint ovulation pretty darn well. For me, I didn't get a positive OPK until about 11pm on October 22. Dh & I :sex: 3-4 hours later because of it. By 8am October 23rd my temp had spiked (which supposedly happens *after* ovulation) but I had another positive opk that morning so dh & I :sex: that afternoon just in case. I felt what I consider to be ovulation pain later that day, so I guess I feel that pain *after* I ovulate, or maybe my temp spikes the day I ovulate & I'm really only 12dpo today, who knows.

All I know is it was the opks (I used ics!) and temping that got me my :bfp:! Well, I guess the dh helped a little, too. :haha: But I had already had O pain on October 19th so I thought I had already ovulated so I really don't think we would've :sex: that night or that afternoon without the opks & temps.
 
I just had a lovely raspberry ripple bubbly bath and felt myself fill with optimism for the next round, and I really hope to share it with you gals. True, Kitcat and Littlespy have moved onto greener pastures, but it could be us next time grazing over yonder. I have objectives and resolutions for next month:

1)Put on weight-I'm a lean whippet and apparently this can affect fertility,(that avatar monkey to the left reassures me that it is nonetheless possible) I do eat loads but I move alot (no car and 3 bikes!) but goal is +2 kilos!

2) Eat eggs and sunflower seeds- apparently Vit E content helps fertility

3)Grapefruit juice for CM

4)Reduce caffeine and alcohol even before 2ww (maybe not during AF, lets stay realistic here)

5)Humm I don't smoke, so I guess 'don't start smoking' is my goal on that one. Probably the only one I'll manage!

6) Buy a CBFM, if that counts as an objective! Not sure how to hide that one from DH though. "oh no it's just my new i-pod darling; yes! that's right, you recharge the batteries by weeing on these inserts- isn't it clever how they've harnessed renewable energy sources now!"

Please share if you have other things for my 'Inevitable Baby' list:thumbup:

Oh HollyMonkey! Thank you for the laugh!! :rofl:
(just catching up with reading posts now)
I wish I had the whippet problem...I'm on the opposite end of the scale. I'm going to lose 2kg this month - being overweight can also affect the fertility issue

Well that's great! We don't even need Molly to help us on the Maths with that one! Just give me your 2kgs and we're both at our optimum fertile weight:yipee:
 
Thanks girls! :baby: just got a new tooth this morning (I got the:witch:, she got the tooth fairy!:dust:) so I thought I'd celebrate it with a new pic! Can hardly see The Tooth once the pic is reduced so much though!

And I put a pic of us in matching raincoats :rain:as my profile pic, if you want a nose!!

<3
Your LO is completely and absolutely adorable. Every time I see her picture my uterus hurts! I can hardly wait to have one of those! :winkwink:
 
now this may be a silly question littlespy and the other kind ladies.....does it work it all out on the chart out on FF......??? your graphs all have lines on and things so do I just do my temp and record it ???? and will it tell me when I should be ovulating or do I work it out ????:dohh:

Not a silly question at all! FF's software will tell you what day u ovulate based on the info u provide. It won't predict ovulation though b/c Ovulation day can't be determined until the temp rises and of course once that happens it's pretty much too late. the primary indicators are your temp and CM. once u have O'ed there will be a red vertical line going through your graph on the day they determine you O, and another red horizonal line that is your coverline. Pre-o temps should fairly remain beneath the coverline, and post-o temps should remain above it. If you have not achieved pregnancy for that cycle you temp should fall back below the coverline once AF arrives. Check this out when you have some time
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/videos.html this gives a good overview. Hope that helps! Feel free to ask more questions b/c I was a tad :wacko: confused at 1st too.
 

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