Bright new month, bright new cycle! Everyone's welcome!

[wintergirl]

hey girls

well, heres the thing.....AF still not shown up yet!
Based on a 28 day cyle i am 2 days late....but maybe my body is just returning to its normal longer cycle of 30+ days like it was all those years before I went on BC. dont want to get my hopes up much. On friday I saw a tiny bit more spotting when I wiped, it was kinda yellowish, orangey coloured, so i though that was it.... It never came. Then yesterday me and the OH had and after that I noticed some more light browish coloured CM, but since then no more. It still feels like its coming, im there rushing to the bathroom every 20 mins with tampon in hand but it just isnt coming, so i dont know what to think. I still dont feel like i could be pregnant, i just feel a bit ill and achey.

well if she still aint showed by tomorrow i might just POAS.

hey doopers - has AF showed yet?

Waiting - glad you have had a nice weekend!

prepping - how are you?

 

[wintergirl]

Hey! well, looks like i spoke too soon! about an hour after I posted this I got my AF!!! its still not in full flow but its definately AF.

how could i have been so stupid to actually let myself get my hopes up like that! Im not a lucky enough person for it to happen after month 3! sorry i know I shouldnt be on such a bumber, especially with a group of women who are in the exact same boat as me, its just that i cant help but think "why didnt it work??" it annoys me cos you hear of so many teenagers getting preg at the drop of a hat, even my younger sister got preg a couple of yrs back (ended in MC) but it was a complete accident, she hardly saw her bf and must have conceived on the one occasion she saw him in ages (And they wore a condom!!)

maybe its a good thing tho, i havent got a full time job yet but i am getting close. I've had so many jobs that ive hated its taking me a little while longer to get something i really want....maybe it will be like a fairytale where everything works out in the end... I get a job i love, then i get a BFP.

sorry to bum you guys out, I dont know what i would do without you! well guess my cycles are all over the place, based on this one im on a 30 day cycle! who knows what it will next month!

 

[waiting2c]

So sorry to hear that winter!! AF showing is such a disappointment, I fully understand how you are feeling. You are not bumming us out I know right, how come growing up you have the fear of getting pregnant just by thinking about sex drummed into you, yet in reality it is really not that easy!!

I hope you are feeling better now.

How is everyone else doing today? I have had a super busy day at work today and have only just been able to check on here, about 8 hours later than my normal log on!! Nothing to report here, just waiting to enter my fertile window... poa OPK yesterday and it was blank... will have to wait and see.

 

[doopersgurl]

hi ladies well you probably guessed it but im out looks like you all got to put up with me for at least another month lol i have vowed not to do any symptom spotting and to keep myself busy this time...hope we can do it together

 

[waiting2c]

Awwww sorry to hear that doopers!! Ah well, we are all in this together and I have high hopes for september!!!!

how is everyone, prepping how you doing??

 

[doopersgurl]

yup bring on September hows you been anyway?

 

[waiting2c]

Yeah not too bad actually, been so busy this past week that the days have gone by quite quickly, am in single digit days to wait now, basically a week till O day. Time to start doing OPKs and checking stuff!

 

[prepping]

Hi All!
I'm still around! Been very busy over the last few days. Nothing amazing in the baby making world as I'm just getting over AF. But I'm all ready to go for when I think O is to come around! It's amazing how the first 2 weeks feel so completely care free. Get to have some vino, not give any weird body quirks a second thought, it's pretty relaxed.

summer, let's get us some bday bfps!

winter, awww hun I was so rooting for you! I was getting all ready to get excited until that next post of yours. well, welcome to the september bunch. Just imagine if we've all got some awesome news in a few weeks! And about others falling pregnant as easy as breathing, well that gives a whole new set of twists in life. Personally, even if it takes a year, I would consider it to be more preferable as opposed to being an 'oops' when you're very much not ready. Instant gratification would be pretty cool too though.

dooper, Sorry to hear she got you too. boo. We gladly will "put up with" you. As long as you put up with all of us too! I'm right there with you trying to avoid symptom spotting this time around yet again. Doesn't mean you should totally ignore them either.

waiting, Loving the positive vibes!!! I have high hopes for you this month too! It's our month!

Alright! So I'm entering our fourth cycle. The one that DH had a gut feeling about from the start. Where I hope to expect some good news for my 29th bday. I think there's enough stars aligned to get something brewing. Going to be fun!

 

[waiting2c]

Woohoo - you are only two days behind me in cycle time Prepping. I am so unbelievably excited for this cycle. A small part in my brain is saying stop it because you are only setting yourself up for a big fall but the rest just believes this will be it.

Glad you had a few wines etc, I did too over the weekend, it was actually nice to relax about it and not think about the TTC thing. Plenty of time for that!

 

[summer2011]

Hey! well, looks like i spoke too soon! about an hour after I posted this I got my AF!!! its still not in full flow but its definately AF.

Ahhhh... Sorry af came! I feel exactly the same way when I get my hopes up and get let down when af shows. Try not to get to discouraged. There's always next month right?

hi ladies well you probably guessed it but im out looks like you all got to put up with me for at least another month lol i have vowed not to do any symptom spotting

I'm taking a vow not to symptom spot either. I haven't temped in 2 days and am considering not temping at all this month. Will do opk's around cd 12-16 and try to bd every other day. Hopefully not temping will help control my OCD during the tww. Lol.

summer, let's get us some bday bfps!

Yay for bday BFPs!!!! Hope we all get lucky! everyone.

 

[prepping]

waiting, I'll just time our to your . And then we'll go on to conceive and have our babies together. Now how's that for being connected with someone across the world? LoL! I'm thinking of changing it up this time and going for a little more morning action.... maybe I have a morning egg. Which is not optimal considering how much of a grump I am when I first wake up. The things we do. haha

summer, Changing it up a bit isn't a bad thing. Especially if you've found a pattern to how your body works and can take a good educated guess on what your timing is this month. Big huge massive GL juice to you!

 

[wintergirl]

Hey ladies

thank you all so much for your kind words....they made me feel better. I suppose it's just that you are told you need to be so careful from a young age to not get pregnant, you don't ever think it's going to be an issue when you actually want to get pregnant. But I know that statisically there is only anout a 30% chance each cycle you will conceive right?

anyway, i do feel a lot more positiive today, day 3 of my cycle, AF seems to be heavier than last month so that is probably a good sign.

I am also now able to enjoy the 1st 2 weeks of my cycle carefree without worrying too much about drinking, not symptom spotting etc.... if only the 2ww could be that easy.

prepping, waiting - you guys dont have that long to go now until the big O day!!!

waiting - have you started doing your charting then? I may consider using OPKs this month but i imagine the temping and charting is quite time consuming and complicated?? not that i havent got time its just that Ive never been the best at remembering to do things like that, I always used to forget to take my pill at the same time each morning. just make sure you gets lots of lots of in about 4 days up until you ovulate... and have fun with it.

prepping - wouldnt it be amazing if your DH was right in his prediction?? I have high hopes for your too! Looks like i will be a few days behind you again in the 2ww

doopers - sorry to hear the witch got you too hun! you will be right there with me in the 2ww next time

summer - hope september is lucky for you too! make everyday count with your OH being around!! everyone seems to be getting extremely positive about september so maybe I should also:

I have a very important 2nd job interview on Thursday and it has to go well, if i get this job then i will see it as a good sign of things to come! Fingers crossed for me girlies!

 

[doopersgurl]

that nice to know wintergirl how r ya well the witch came with vengeance lol i just finished work now gonna make to other half some nice cakes and cookies

 

[doopersgurl]

prepping im glad you can all put u with me lol we all i this together and we should all get what we want together BNB BUDDIES

 

[wintergirl]

im not bad thanks, just about to pop out to get a (returnable) new top to wear for my interview! lol

 

[doopersgurl]

haha love it lol very good

 

[prepping]

winter, you totally should be just as pumped for September. I have a feeling that everything's going to be coming up Winter. As annoying as it is that we are under a completely different impression all through growing up that getting pregnant was *too* easy, I would say that's not a bad thing. I didn't realize the real science behind it until I was 27 years old. LoL Same as you, I thought it would happen just by taking your bc pill at a different time. But thing is, that does happen to a rare few. All you can do now is sit back and enjoy the process. We're not really given any other options anyway.

dooper, Sounds like you're doing pretty good. yay!

waiting, any lines yet?


Everything is doing pretty well today. There's pregnancy in the air it seems. I'm breathing deeply.

 

[wintergirl]

Hey prepping! - i love your positivity, its awesome, think it may rub off on me! It would be great if you got a BFP for your birthday! my Birthday is in December so i would find it the best present ever if I got a BFP, hopefully it will happen before then but I would be very happy with december if I got it in time for my 29th birthday! feel a lot better today, AF pain almost gone and dont feel as grumpy. no wonder i was on such a downer the last couple of days, my hormones must have changed so much in the last few months coming off BC, i remembered that before i was on it i used to suffer from PMT, by OH knows when to avoid me, put it that way! lol

Come on September!......... x

 

[prepping]

Oh ya, when I was on bc I was a royal pain. DH just learned to accept that I was an absolutely nasty person for at least 1 week a month. It was terrible! So that's at least one extra awesome thing about coming off BC... to the point that I really will do whatever I can to avoid going back on it ever again. I feel so much more *normal* now!
I do have to admit though that there is one day a few days before AF that I have a B**** attack where my patience is non-existent. But I'll take 1 day over 1 week (so will my poor hubby).
One thing that I think helped in the first few months after coming off BC was accupuncture. I think I transitioned quite well. In fact, when I do get pregnant, accupuncture will be one of the main methods I use to handle different symptoms that are bound to happen. A lot of it is hormone driven afterall.

 

[waiting2c]

Hey everyone!!

Yup Prepping, we will time our Bding!! lol! No lines for me yet, but ironically it has worked out that for the past 6 odd days we have DTD every second night so going to keep that up till about 2 days from O day then perhaps every night for a few! Really want to give this my absolute best shot! Told OH this mornign that the next 7 days are important ones and we will be getting busy lol!

Winter - I have not been great at charting this past week as i keep misplacing my BBT, found it yesterday then left it at the office DOH so missed this morning! Back into it tomorrow so will be in time for O hopefully. Its not too bad, I just try and take it around the same time each day and put the figure into FF, it definitely helped me to have an idea of where things were at for me last month.

Doopers and winter - enjoy these two weeks till O day, have a relax and a wine and unwind a bit, then before O day get in there!! We are so all going to be bump buddies, and its gonig to be awesome that our kids have ties around the world from the second they are born! I dreamt about our BFPs last night, must make it true aye!!

You guys will get your birthday present BFPs, and I have been dreaming about finding out this month and being able to give my family a card with a Ultrasound Pic in it for Xmas as that would be just past 3 month mark...

Hope you all have a fantastic night over there, and day tomorrow! We are doing end of month tonight which means I am at work till about 11pm today, but even that isnt quashing my positiveness in life today