Trying for a Baby Part Six

must_try_harder_2

QQuaver wrote: »

Welcome to Team Sticky!

As for CBFM, something must have gone wrong:(
There's 2 lines, the one on the pee end is LH, and if that is strong, Peak.
The other end is Estrogen. When that is light it is High.

Hope you BD'd regardless:o

Thanks. I will keep an eye out for these lines but (and apologies if i'm being stupid here) if you can read the sticks without the monitor, why do we pay £50+ for the machine?

I figured something must have gone wrong with it. Hopefully next month will be better, and at least it meant I used less sticks this month. We did BD once on the first peak (with the preseed). Other than that DH was "too tired" - which did lead to quite a big argument with me getting upset and accusing him of not really wanting a baby!

Jcr - the CBFM just tells you when your fertility is at a high or peak level so you know when to concentrate your BDing efforts. With us, we have been trying for what seems like ages to conceive, obviously with no luck. We are hoping it's just an issue of always BDing at the wrong times of the month because there's nothing wrong with his swimmers and I seem to be ovulating so it will be reassuring to know exactly when I am ovulating (and to check I am) and to take away the potential problem with timing.

jcr16

ah thankyou . for me i think it might take the fun away from it, hubby might feel under pressure . if i knew when the time was right. we like to be spontanous and might not do it for a couple days, then do it 3 or 4 times a night. but then we been like this the whole 9 years we been together.

having said that when it took 18 months to fall for our youngest, i can imagine how hard it must be for some who are desprate and willing to give anything a go.

isn't it amazing that there are the machine now that can give you all this fantastic information.

a friend of mine couldn't get preg, tried for years, then had ivf and all failed. they gave it one last shot and nothing. so they said thats it. within a yr she naturally fell preg with twins and just after they turned 1 she found out she was preg again. she was over the moon as you can imagine.

Jen151

Hi all

apologies havn't been around for a while - how exciting to come back and find out about all the PGs!!!!

Congrats pebblespop, madbird, Mrs White, Perdi & Feisty!!!

:kisses:

so happy for you!!

lots of lovely little 7/11 babies to come! :j

hope to be joining you this month! am not too scientific about the process but from my calculations should have been OV around saturday so BD'd all weekend. had some EWCM - i think? - on Saturday morning. is it similar to the glue/gum that sticks things to the front of magazines?! fingers crossed for everyone else TTC & congrats again to the new mums to be

xxx

QQuaver

jcr16 wrote: »

sorry for sounding dim, but i not sure i understand why so many are POAS and the temp thing's, and the monitors etc

i only ever POAS when i was late and suspected i was preg. why would i need to do it middle of the month?

I do it because of my irregular cycles (never know when I ov), and also by the request of DH who has low drive:o
If we could BD every other day throughout the month, we don't need them;)

Doglover wrote: »

Thanks QQ. What about epo?

I've never taken them. I'd stop after ov incase it might do harm to the baby;)

must_try_harder wrote: »

Thanks. I will keep an eye out for these lines but (and apologies if i'm being stupid here) if you can read the sticks without the monitor, why do we pay £50+ for the machine?

We don't really need them:p
Good idea to poas anyway if you miss a day on CBFM since one can read them anyway;)

QQuaver

Jen151 wrote: »

is it similar to the glue/gum that sticks things to the front of magazines?!

I'd call it sticky cm, mine usually get a lot runnier, like egg white near ov.
Also, that area gets swollen around ov too. I check it when I wash that area in the shower;)

jcr16

ah thanks for that QQ. i never though about being iregular. i guess we all do what suits our need's. my hubby certainly doesn't have a low drive. so hopefully i have a good chance of getting caught while i OV. but it handy to know when can turn for some guidance incase it doens't happen .

hey check me out using abbrviations. let just hope i using them in right context,lol.

QQuaver

jcr16 wrote: »

hey check me out using abbrviations. let just hope i using them in right context,lol.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Having been on these forums for so long, it's hard not to use them to my DH and the doctor (I wonder if he knows what AF is?):D

Jen151

QQuaver wrote: »

I'd call it sticky cm, mine usually get a lot runnier, like egg white near ov.
Also, that area gets swollen around ov too. I check it when I wash that area in the shower;)

thanks QQ :beer: is this what team sticky means?! :rotfl:
just checked the calendar think i may have got the date wrong & Friday was AF+14 was at work 8.30-22.30 that day and just fell asleep when i got home! hope thats no stopped this months chances.

hope everythings good with you & u OV soon xox

fantafan

Jen Team Sticky is people using pre-seed or similar lube that is supposed to help swimmers to the egg. It worked for me although I didn't "need" extra moisture or anything

Jen151

jcr16 wrote: »

hey check me out using abbrviations. let just hope i using them in right context,lol.

hi jcr16 that made me laugh, sounds like we're using the same try and see method! good luck with TTC x