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Chat < Getting Pregnant < Trying to conceive

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  • excitedb2b
    excitedb2b

    27/02/2008 at 07:05

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    hello, just wanted to say im new and ttc, im also getting married next year (29/08/09) so if it doesnt happen by may/june then wil stop until after the wedding!

    any usefull hints and tips would be great


    xx
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  • Moominmummy
    Moominmummy

    27/02/2008 at 07:35

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    Hi Lettyloo
    Welcome & good luck with ttc and your wedding plans. Have a read around the forum there are loads of tips! The best tip I can think of is to learn to understand when you are ovulating so you can time BD (baby dancing aka nookie!) around the right time. The best way to do this is look out for cervical mucus (discharge) that resembles raw eggwhite (nice!!). There's a list somewhere too of all the abreviations that are used on this site. It's like learning another language!!!!
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  • excitedb2b
    excitedb2b

    27/02/2008 at 07:41

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    hi moomin,

    thank you for reply. iv just had a read of the abreviations, which i definately needed to do!!

    can i ask why i have to look out for the dischargey stuff? i do get but just wanted to know why i need it? sorry if that sounds like a silly question!
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  • SLOW
    SLOW

    27/02/2008 at 07:48

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    Hi Lettyloo,
    Welcome to the site, your CM becomes like raw egg white when you are most fertile i.e. around ovulation. This is the best time to BD to get Pg. After several months of looking at it you'll become an expert.
    Good luck
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  • Moominmummy
    Moominmummy

    27/02/2008 at 07:53

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    OK, bearing in mind I'm no medical expert!!! Firstly it indicates you're ovulating. You can only get pg when there's an egg available and that only happens at one time in your cycle - when you ovulate. So you know it's the right time when you start to get ewcm (eggwhite cervical mucus). Secondly it is actually needed for the little swimmers to survive! During the rest of your cycle your cm is actually 'hostile' and the sperm can only survive for a few hours. When you've got ewcm, it acts as a medium to help transport the swimmers to the egg and provides nutrients etc to keep it alive. You normally get ewcm for a couple days in the lead up to ovulation (in your 20's usually about 4 days, less by your 30's allegedly), and in ewcm the sperm can survive a few days until the egg has actually popped out! I'm sorry for the poor explanation but hope it makes sense. If you google this kind of thing there are some better explanations!!!! :lol:
    Also fyi, once you've ovulated (normally considered to be on your last day of ewcm) your period will always arrive approx 12-16 days afterwards. So if your cycle is erratic, then ovulation may happen any time, but regardless of how erratic your cycle is, your period always comes 12-16 days after ovulation. So if you think you've ovulated (from your cm or if you're using ovulation sticks which you pee on), and your period hasn't arrived 16 days later it's def time to try a preg test!!!
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  • filobabe
    filobabe

    27/02/2008 at 07:56

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    welcome to our world of ttc. Have to say we're all a little nuts on here. Ask whatever you need to however silly it may seem(we've all been there!). Good luck and lets hope you get your bfp before may/june.
    Babydust, Filo x
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  • icsibaby
    icsibaby

    27/02/2008 at 08:06

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    Hi Huni

    Welcome to a cool site.
    Nothing too Taboo, so dunna worry
    As Filo said we're all pretty crazy gals, but we talk about the things everyone always wants to ask, but never do!
    Seems easier somehow as we're all in the same boat!

    Clarins xx

    http://t2.lilypie.com/Pycm0/.png



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  • excitedb2b
    excitedb2b

    27/02/2008 at 08:11

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    that is really helpfull, thank you. my AF is due round about march 15th so going to do some calculations a bit later!!

    once again thank you, i feel really welcome!

    xx
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  • Monkey-Trip
    Monkey-Trip

    27/02/2008 at 08:19

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    hi letty and welcome to the site.

    If af is due on 15th march that means you'll be ov'ing thursday onwards so make sure you get plenty of bd'ing in lol

    Good luck, I hope you get that bfp before june.

    http://tt.lilypie.com/NhOf0/.png

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  • Little_L
    Little_L

    27/02/2008 at 08:24

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    Hello and welcome good luck with ttc and your wedding next year!!!

    xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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  • excitedb2b
    excitedb2b

    27/02/2008 at 08:41

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    thanks tequila79 thats good news, will make sure that we get lots of bd'ing in in the next few days!!
    (im still reading the abreviations thread! iv got alot of learning to do!)

    xx

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  • posy
    posy

    27/02/2008 at 09:10

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    Hi Lettyloo!

    Welcome to BE and the mad world that posesses those TTC!! :lol:

    You'll probably find your sanity is in short supply when you start to get near testing time and don't be surprsed if you become a POAS (pee on a stick) addict - it's difficult not to! I am certainly one after only a month or so on here!!:roll:

    Good luck with your journey and may you have a fun time trying and talking to us in the meantime!

    Iz x

    http://tt.lilypie.com/hxHs0/.png

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  • excitedb2b
    excitedb2b

    27/02/2008 at 09:21

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    thank you! how do i get to check my ov and cycle (the things with the pics underneath like yours posy1971?!!
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  • posy
    posy

    27/02/2008 at 09:29

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    Hi again LettyLou!

    There's a great site called
    http://www.lilypie.com/trying_to_conceive.php

    Follow the instructions on selecting a background, marker and text and then copy the second line of code called "PseudoHTML, UBBCode??????? or BBCode" as this site doesn't allow HTML.
    You need to copy in the code each time you reply to a thread, so I saved my code to a text document and copy it from there each time, and hey presto...


    http://tt.lilypie.com/hxHs0/.png



    Hope you can get yours working too!

    It's back to day 1 again for me today but onwards and upwards as they say!

    Iz x
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  • excitedb2b
    excitedb2b

    27/02/2008 at 09:37

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    hi i cant do it? iwent on that site, wrote the text but got confused about getting it on here?! im not very good at this!

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  • posy
    posy

    27/02/2008 at 15:36

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    Lettylou

    There is another thread with help on how to get your lovely chart at the bottom of posts - I'll bump it up the list so you can have a read - it might be clearer than what I've written for you!
    Iz x
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