Woke up with a small coldsore, something I rarely get - it just shows how stressed/rundown i've been. Hopefully I have caught it early, so got nice obvious dollop of cream hanging off my lip

I would really like a Christmas Baby but because i've had a longer cycle this month it looks like if i'm lucky it might be new year. Hey, anythime is ok - I just want one

I'm trying to plan, most of it unrealistic but hey, i can dream can't i!

real bit: depending on cycle length i'm going to ov shortly after going back to school so i will be busyish during next 2ww (but hate work)
unreal bit: if doesn't work next month (watch out stork), after week 1, go away for 3weeks to be alone with OH with no tests and lots of things to do!

thing is when i got pg last time i knew nothing about ov, fertile cm etc and it worked and we enjoyed it. ok it didn't last but wish i could go back to being ignorant but too scared now. sometimes knowledge is the enemy!

Hello hunni just wanted to pop in 2 wish you luck and give you a little sprinkle of

Hey Tansey, wanted to give you some sprinkle:

It seems we're cycle buddies, although I ovulate late and my cycle is a bit longer than a normal one. Maybe we'll be testing the same time

Good luck

Thanks for the baby dust ladies, throwin some back at yer

Phexia it would be great to have a cycle buddy! I OV'd CD21 this cycle but don't know whether this was my normal cycle or not because had MC last month and wasn't charting or anything before I got pg. It will be interesting to see if this cycle is any different, not that it matters as long as I get at the end of it.

Added my FF chart to my sig.

Hi Tansey,

Of course I just had to come and read your journal after you posted in mine and I am so glad I did. It's kind of reassuring to know that others think of saying novenas whilst ttc. I have said a number of them to St. Anthony and St. Theresa and of course whichever saint you choose will be a personal preference. I've got this thing about St. Anthony ever since I was about 6 and my mother told me to pray to him to help me find my hat. I had no sooner asked him than I found it and was convinced it was a miracle. I've asked him ever since to help me find things and the funny thing is, it seems to work (cue spooky music). I've asked him to find me a baby, so I think he's on the case.

Anyway, I see someone helped you find the novena to St. Gerard and I thought I would post a link I found to a number of prayers and novenas that you could store on your computer. I used to say my novena when I turned my computer on and found it very handy.

Here it is: http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayer_saint.htm

Sending you some not so religious

Tish that's great, thanks. It's quite funny because my mum always reminds me to pray to St Anthony when I lose something then make a donation. Because i'll try anything at the moment i was wondering whether to pray to him to find me a baby - I'm glad someone has the same idea! I'm going pick my moment then do it - will let you know when i have!

Yay another chart to stalk

OMG feel like a druggie - I have preggo multi vits with omega, aspirin (75mg) and extra B6 vit. Was also gonna get agnus castus but feel i might be over doing it! So much for keeping it natural. Thing is I'll take all this then go the loo and urine will be mega yellow (soz TMI), which is the body getting rid of extra stuff it doesn't need!
Hey, none of it was expensive!

I am also armed with 20 cheap OPK sticks, as i'm not sure if last month was a normal cycle so not taking any chances - and I'm turning into a POAS addict! It gives me something to do, like i'm actually helping us to get PG!

Have now ordered pre-seed as well - may as well go the whole hog!

I know just what you mean there.... I must have went through 15 HPTs over the past 10 days. I'm so addicted to it, I get a light "oh okay so no BFP for me this month, at least I got it out of my system" relief for the first couple of hours and then it's back to "but it's early, but maybe the HPT was bad" destructive thoughts and have to POAS again!

My god gal - pre-seed, obsessive POAS - you're really going for it this cycle honey! Yayyyy! x