Congratulations Fifi Folle - lovely news and the perfect birthday present.

Angel Dust - thanks it was a relief to know my hormones etc were normal. I'll be glad to get the scan out of the way to put my mind completely at ease.

I've been thinking about charting, herbs, vitamins etc and have decided to take the folic acid/vitamin combo as that has been proved to reduce the chances of Spina Bifida (but doesn't actually help you to conceive) but I'm not going to do anything else. I volunteer at a toy library and I've chatted to some of the mums there and it seems to me that the people who conceived the easiest were the ones that kept things simple and didn't worry about it. I asked one woman if she took ovulation tests and she said she didn't know what they were. As I'm lucky enough to have regular periods I think I'm going to try and chill out about it. (I totally understand that people who don't have regular cycles need more help to understand when OV is happening) CM seems pretty easy to monitor as an indication you are going to OV but I can't be bothered with temping as it just seems to confirm OV has already happened. CM drying up seems to show exactly the same thing without the hassle. I'm not for one minute suggesting people shouldn't do it I'm just saying that at the moment I feel that doing it would stress me out which would probably be counter-productive as I can become quite obsessive. My Mum said something to me the other day which I thought was really interesting - she said she "can't understand why people these days all seem to assume they are going to have problems having babies, in my day everyone assumed they could". I think that in many ways she has a point. I know knowledge is such now that we have more information on conditions that "can" effect fertility but I do wonder whether all this knowledge is a good thing. My cousin found out she had PCOS after she had three children. I sometimes wonder whether she would have conceived so easily if she had know before and was worrying about. Sorry ladies just realised I'm rambling on - just thinking out loud. I'll shut up now!

Best of luck to anyone testing this week. Sending you lot's of

Yeah I have been on birth control for ages!!! I just got a really dark period sorry tmi I have looked online and it seems that it could be my body trying to regulate and clearing itself out yuck!!

So onto another positive month ahead this will be my month I just know it, am going to bd like a madwoman lol.

and be a good girl take my tablets and love my oh lol

Congratulations honey xx sticky babydust for you

mrsjoe8

I think your completely right to much worrying and not relaxing. I will take a leaf out of your book this month and chill the feck out lol

me - 34 and hubby 35 - Day21 progesterone this month - 51. but af today


i'm with lisa and mrsjo!

just realised how obsessed i am! doc told me and hubby just to relax and go for it......hubby just came into my office to find me with 4 tests (they were on sale!) and a new themo stuffed into my mouth...seeing if it worked!!!! he looked at me and said "so we're not relaxing are we?!"

the obseessing has to stop for me!

good luck to all! x

Bear JR lol!!!

A friend of mine has a mother who gives marriage counselling etc and apparently she says that if she could do intensive therapy with couples TTC she thinks she would have a higher success rate than IVF. Not because there is necessarily anything wrong with peoples relationships it's more to do with the stress involved in TTC (usually mostly on the woman's part) and the need to get people relaxed and singing from the same hymn sheet.....

x

How true your friend is. We just need to relax a bit i think!

Sister just emailed me (no one dare tell me these things in person anymone lol) but one of our friends has just fallen. it took 4 years with #1 and she thinks that she only did the BD once this month and is now BFP!

Any way the witch is here now mocking me as i type (LOL) which makes my d21 progesterone tests of 51 a sinking ship! going to eat a box of chocolates to make it all better!

I'm sorry to hear that bear! Bloody I hope you enjoyed your chocolate's anyway.

My AF will be here this time next week. No chance for me this month because of DH having been in hospital. I volunteer at a playcentre and there were five pregnant women there today. Sometimes it upsets me but it didn't today. I just thought to myself - eventually that will be me. I have been indulging in some pram browsing today though - that's my guilty secret. I can't help but look sometimes, I'm fascinated by pram's as there seems to be so much choice. There are barely two the same at playcentre despite the fact that sometimes we have 50 Mum's. Mum's with older kids have Mclaren buggies and people with two have Phil&Ted's but aside from that there is lot's of variation. The strange thing is when I am out and about all I seem to see is Bugaboo's but only one comes to the Playcentre.

Sprinkling lot's of over the lovely ladies on this thread

i must admit there does seem to be alot of pregnant women out there today when i went to boots. But sometimes i wonder if they were always there but it's just now that i actually take notice!

thank you for the baby dust.
x

Im so sorry, I didnt mean to not answer your question!

Yes Im charting. the worst part about it is that I get up everyday at 630 so on the weekends I have to get up at 630 too so I can temp at the same time everyday. (I just roll over and go back to sleep after lol)

I use my chart in conjunction with the OPK. It alowes me to input when I BD, my mucus, my opk results, the position hardness and openness of my cervix. together It helps me see when I ov.

I dont mind doing it and the site I use only charges 20 for six months (and doesnt auto renew, how awesome is that!) It gives me printouts I can take to my doc with me (helps to tell more accurately when I conceived and if I ov at all)

I def recommend charting. there is a chart stalkers group here, I def recommend reading through the thread! lots of good info for you there.

If I can help you any more please feel free to PM me