TTC w/Charting Vol. 16! March-ing our way to BFPs...

[Charting is Knowledge]

TTCers of ConstantChatter:
Charting Our Course to the BFPs

http://www.ripleysorlando.com/images2/fertilitystatues.jpg
The fertility statues are known to work for some who rub them around the time of possible conception.
It is said that the baby is the most potent part of the statue.

So rub away! :D It's worth a shot!


Who we are:
This is a group of women using charting (temperatures, CM, CP, OPK/FM results, or a combination of these) to try to conceive and, along the way, are learning a heckuvalot about their own bodies! Many of us use a software program to keep track of our charts as well as allowing us to share them with each other. The most common ones are FertitlityFriend.com and Ovusoft.com.

Your threadmistresses for this thread are gymwidow and cowgirl.

To our members:
This thread gets very busy at times, so in order to keep things less overwhelming and a bit more organized, we start a new thread after 5 BFPs. A link to the new thread is always posted at the end of the current thread to help everyone find their way over. The threadmistresses would really appreciate it if everyone would post their updates in Red. That way, if we get a bit behind, it is much quicker to get the thread up-to-date.


Previous Thread... (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=15961)


KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!

Want to join the fun??
We welcome one and all. It doesn’t matter if you have never charted before or if you’ve been charting to avoid. I am sure you will find lots of help and support in this group.

If you would like to join, CD1 is the time to do it! That way, we can cheer you on
throughout your cycle, rather than 2 days before you test! :cool:

Please don't be discouraged by the number of posts in this thread. You don’t have to read the whole thread to join. Feel free to just jump in on the last page. Just read through these first couple of posts and post a reply with the following information and we will get you added right away. Of course, none of this info is a must but we like to know a little bit about one another.


CC Name:
Me: name/age
DH: name/age
Married since: date
Off BCP since: date
TTC since: date
Charting since: date
Known issues/test results:
Chart: link
Current status: waiting to O, What the bleep .., testing...

How to link a chart from Fertility Friend:
Go to My Chart. In the Menu bar on the right hand side go down to sharing- then home page setup, the link will appear in a text box under the heading "Your Charting Home Page Web Address." Highlight the link and copy it to your signature or a post.

[Charting is Knowledge]

- Member ETF Status -

Think I O'ed- Testing 3/13-3/19:
ausi2b (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/f7062), LDS Angel 19 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/64d1c)

Think I O'ed- Testing 3/20-3/26:
Deanna1018 (http://www.ovusoft.com/forum/chart.asp?id=gabbie1018), Jess71903 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/10d126), Jnshanna (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/cafa6), lattee22 (http://www.tcoyf.com/forum/chart.asp?id=lattee22), Pocahontas

Think I O'ed- Testing 3/27-4/2:
JodyLovesScotty (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/875bf)


Folliculating:
Waiting to O (aka - Boring Part of the Cycle)
ABirney (http://www.ovusoft.com/forum/chart.asp?id=mrsabirney), Alioop12345 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1d0d2), Applebee (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/98534), Armadillo (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/f25aa), Bellefior (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/6231d), Berry, bumble, Charliezangel (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/c97d2), Chris~n~Jen (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/101143), Copswife03 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/daf53), cowgirl (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/f3285), CTs Punkin (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/mmthomas), giry76 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/781ab), Gymwidow (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/813ab), Harmony96 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/d1b58), jessied1025 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/c57c3), Kimmer (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/106fea), lege (http://www.tcoyf.com/chart.asp?id=lege), Lilo, Marteneym (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/7fa78), Mrs Pell (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/11fb25), Mrs.R (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/118b70), Ptcrn (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/bed5d), polarama (http://www.ovusoft.com/forum/chart.asp?id=polarama), Polkadot (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/b9a0d)


Stagnating:
What the *bleep* is going on?!?!

Chart not Updated -- Waiting for an update:
Graciebella (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/7a038), Hiker04 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/e86f8), Kiddo (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/kiddo), KristieB (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/df6e5)

Taking a Charting Break/Temporarily TTA:
Delaney21 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/e9d11), Jjsanner (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/24f94), MrsJackson05 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/e581e), neenbean (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/66982), TazLuv (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/e80b5)


Percolating:
Expecting Mommies!

BFPs in March: (6)
BethIrish (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/105e49), Ilovemygeek (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/bec65), Mayham (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/be39e), Roberta (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/10827a), RubberSoul (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/118cd2), Sare79 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/fe765)

BFP’s in February: (9)
Bunnybeth (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/e5de5), Dlj78 (http://www.ovusoft.com/forum/chart.asp?id=dlj78), Ellidew (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/78d2a), jeant ( http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/5ef37), Jenzen01 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/41226), Lilla (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/2c0b6), MichelleRenee (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/e174a), mimieliza (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/b84ec), Quartercentury (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/3313f)

BFP’s in January: (11)
Adam's Pi (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/95990), Dionysia (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/fdec3), Hula1974 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/905ef), jbemommy ( http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1064ba), Katmg (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/89994), lawgirl4 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/a6770), Lily (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/447e7), MSH, octoberkate (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/f8c44), Spencer's_Girl (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/6f9cc), suiej (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/10159a)

BFP's in December: (8)
Abby's Mom, ajlanden (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/2fdee),Aletheia (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/a0c60), Dotsie (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/e00ca), jeggink (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/1c595), Mrs. M. (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/1a234), Sabriel (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/4431c), UTChick (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/bf25d)

BFP's in November: (7)
Almostthere, Ellebelle (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/2f8f5), Jesseybell (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/cd4f1), Lindybug (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/99db2), Linnybubbles (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/f2330), mkvh (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/99502), mrst2b2003

BFPs in October: (19)...We Broke the Record for most BFP's in One Month!!!!
amurphy (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/a5e06), Bottleored (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/44b0a), BunnyBeth (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/e5de5), Calla Lily (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/b025d), Ds2003 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/ds2003), flygirl, Gardenia (http://www.tcoyf.com/forum/chart.asp?id=gardeniacc), jbenny75 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/803b1), Kaeden's Mommy (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/bcdb2), Lizard (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/af125), Mystikal (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/RaeK622), nuhmah (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/d72dc), Ryan (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/3f12b), SarahnCraig (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/c1846), Shouldaeloped (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/63d7a), Soulmate (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/Soulmate), Klav (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/21291), ShelbyMay (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/67c07), Wrighty26 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/beb7b)

BFPs in September: (3)
Baby Lust (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/Shanes_Angel), Lowcountrywed (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/c4aeb), Sabriel (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/4431c)

BFPs in August: (11)
Akachan93 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/229b9), Crazycaro (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/21ac6), Guinness (http://www.ovusoft.com/forum/chart.asp?cycle=10&id=guinness&tc=0&p=), jeeplover (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/721bb), Indiana Bride (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1d936), LittleStar (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/c204a), Mel7dog (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/ca05d), Missy329 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/2b4de), MMHinCA (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/c14c1), Sinclair319 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/sinclair319), Stumbles (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/b1333), Uskiku (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/cdfb0)

BFPs in July: (10)
Elenitsa (http://www.ovusoft.com/forum/chart.asp?cycle=13&id=elenitsa&tc=0&p=), Heidi0622 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/549f8), Jane&Andy (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/c455f), Kopper (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/9e5e6), MrsCantDecide (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/59e5b), Red_Canuck, Sevilla, ShannonGH (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/ShannonGH), Tracie (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/a18c8), Tunibell (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/59461)

BFPs in June: (2)
Christy5599, Lovin'it

Tributatoring:
Proud Cheerleaders!
T3h_wookie (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/25336)

Please advise if I’m off-target with your ETF (that's Estimated Test-Fest) or other status, or just need a good old-fashioned Ovary Shout!

[Charting is Knowledge]

Our Members:

ABirney (http://www.ovusoft.com/forum/chart.asp?id=mrsabirney)
Me: Angie, 30
DH: Scott, 29
Married since: Sept 25, 2004
Off BC since: Dec '04
TTC since: Sept '05
Charting since: Dec 20 '04
Known issues: none

Adam's Pi (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/95990)
Me: 25
DH: 28
Married since: June 29, 2002
DS: June 25, 2004
Off BCP since: October 2002
TTC since: December 2005
Charting since: December 2005 (but we charted when we TTC DS)
Known issues/test results: This is my first known cycle since giving birth to my DS--I BF'ed him and didn't have a PP AF for 17.5 months....I'm still figuring out what my body is up to

Alioop12345 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1d0d2)
Me: Alioop12345 (33)
DH: Aron
DS: Jacob (02/03/04)
TTC #2 since: 5/05
Known issues/test results: Seeking help from RE using Gonal F, progesterone, estrodial, and HcG...probably going to use Viagra next cycle

Applebee (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/98534)
Me: Lori Ann
DH: Ted
Married since: 4.4.03
Charting since: since Feb '05
Known issues/test results: Day3 Test all ok, DH's SA ok, but will have another one done. Motility on the low side

Armadillo (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/f25aa)
Me: 27
DH: 30
Married since: 10/2004
Off BCP since: 7/2005
TTC since: 8/2005
Charting since: 11/2005
Known issues/test results: none

ausi2b (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/f7062)
Me: ausi2b, 27
DH: 28
Married since:
Off BCP since: Oct/Nov 2005
TTC since: Oct/Nov 2005
Charting since: Oct/Nov 2005
Known issues: None

Bellefior (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/6231d)
ME: 37
DH: 36
Married since: 5/31/03
Off BCP since: 5/05
TTC since: 5/05
Charting since: 5/05
Known issues/test results: None

Berry
Me: Connie, 29
DH: K, 31
Married since: 06/08/02
Off BCP since: May 2004
TTC since: December 2005
Charting since: November 2004
Known issues/test results: None

Bumble
DH: 33
Married since: 8.2003
TTC since: 4.2005
Charting since: 1.2005
Known issues/test results: miscarriage 6.2005 (8 weeks)

Charliezangel (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/c97d2)
Me: Emily 23
DH: Daniel 31
Married since: 5-22-05
Off BCP since: 11-23-05
TTC since: 1-6-06
Charting since: 1-17-06

Chris~n~Jen (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/101143)
Me: Jenifer/28
DH: Chris/29
Married since: 10/29/05
Off BCP since: 01/01/03
TTC since: 10/29/05
Charting since: 02/19/06
Known issues/test results: none
Current status: Think I O'd, testing 03/11-03/14

Copswife03 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/daf53)
Me: Brooke/25
DH: Joe/27
Married since: 10/11/2003
Off BCP since: 8/20/2005
TTC since: 8/20/2005
Charting since: 8/22/2005
Known issues/test results: None

cowgirl (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/f3285)
Me: 28
DH: 33
Married since: 6/14/2003
TTC since: 6/14/2004
Charting since: 10/24/2005
Known issues/test results:

CTs Punkin (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/mmthomas)
Me: MMT age 33
DH: CT age 37
Married: 11/04
Off BCP: 12/04
TTC since: 01/05
Known issues/test results: blocked left fallopian tube & don't ovulate
Possible High FSH levels, bloodwork Jan 06 to confirm
Jan 06 Clomid Challenge cancelled due to 2.5cm cyst on left ovary.
March 06 Clomid Challenge U/S - no Cysts but fluid in right tube

Deanna1018 (http://www.ovusoft.com/forum/chart.asp?id=gabbie1018)
Me:37
DH:38
Married since: 9-6-03
TTC since: Will start Jan 06'
Charting since: October 2005
Known issues/test results: None

Delaney21 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/e9d11)
Me: Jessica, 26
DH: Kyle, 27
Married since: June 14, 2003
Off BCP since: Feb, 2005
TTC since: November, 2005
Charting since: November, 2005
Known issues/test results: 2 ovarian surgeries

giry76 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/781ab)
Me: Colleen/29
DH: Troy/30
Married since: September 25,2004
Off BCP since: November, 2004
TTC since: December 15,2005
Charting since: November, 2004
Known issues/test results:Ovarian cyct last cycle

graciebella (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/7a038)
Me: graciebella/34
DH: hubby /29
Married since: 10/09/04
Off BCP since: long time
TTC since: 10/04, with 6 month break
Charting since: 10/05
Known issues/test results: 1 blocked tube, irregular ovulation

Gymwidow (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/813ab)
Me: 29
DH: 29
Married since: June '03
Off BCP since: Feb. '05
TTC since: June '05
Charting since: Feb. '05
Known issues/test results: PCOS diagnosed 9/05; 50 mg Clomid 11/05; 50 mg Clomid 12/05; 100 mg Clomid and IUI 1/06; 100 mg Clomid and IUI 2/06; 100 mg Clomid and IUI 3/06

Harmony96 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/d1b58)
Me: Andrea, 27
DH: Tim, 25
Married since: 17 Apr 04
Off BCP and charting since: July 05
TTC since: December 05
Known issues/test results: none so far

Hiker04 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/e86f8)
Me: C, 26
DH: K, 37
Married since: 9-4-2004
Off BCP since: 5-2004
TTC since: 6-2005
Charting since: 6-2005
Known issues/test results: m/c Aug 4, 2005

Jess71903 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/10d126)
Me: Jessica (27) - December 10
DH: Tony (26)
Married: July 19, 2003
Last BCP: Date August 21, 2005
TTC since: Aug 2005
Charting since Jan 3, 2006

jessied1025 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/c57c3)
Me: Jessie (28)
DH: Jim (28)
Married since: Oct. 25, 2003
Off BC since: July 2005
TTC Since: Sept/Oct 2005
Charting Since: Nov 2005
Known Issues: None

Jjsanner (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/24f94)
Me: Jen, 30
DH: Eric, 33
DS: Elijah, born 2/6/2004
Married since: 4/26/2003
Off BCP since: 10/2004
TTC since: 6/2005
Charting since: 10/2004
Known issues/test results: None

Jnshanna (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/cafa6)
Me: Shanna/29
DH: Jose/30
Married since: 10/01/94
Off BCP since: Haven't been on BCP for many years.
TTC since: July 2005
Charting since: 8/07/05
Known issues/test results: None

JodyLovesScotty (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/875bf)
Me: Jody, 32
DH: Scott, 31
Married Since: August 30, 2003
Off BCP Since: At least 10 years now
Charting Since: January 2005
Known issues/test results: None

[Charting is Knowledge]

Members continued...

kiddo (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/kiddo)
Me: Karen, 29
DH: Nate, 30
Married since: Oct 26, 2002
Off BC since: July '04
TTC since: August '04
Charting since: August '05
Known issues: none

Kimmer
Me: Kim, 30
DH: Ant, 30
Married since: November 5th 2005
Off BC since: August 2005
TTC since: August
Charting since: Dec 31, 2005
Known issues: none

KristieB (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/df6e5)
Me: Kristie/26
DH: Troy/25
Married since: 4/16/05
Off BCP since: N/A
TTC since: 11/05
Charting since: 08/05
Known issues/test results: None

lattee22 (http://www.tcoyf.com/forum/chart.asp?id=lattee22)
Me: Jaime, 29
DH: Brian, 27
Married since: 21 September 2001
Off BCP and charting since: Oct 2003; since first PP AF (11/05) after birth of daughter
TTC since: March 2006
Known issues/test results: none so far; conceived daughter quickly

LDS Angel 19 (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/64d1c)
Me: Michelle, 22
DH: Aaron, 23
Married since: Sept 4th 2004
Angel: Allison Grace, born and died June 17 2005
Off BCP since: Never on BCP
TTC (again) since: August 2005
Charting since: Charted August, took September off, and now starting again.
Known issues/test results: None at this time

lege (http://www.tcoyf.com/chart.asp?id=lege)
Me: Laura / 30
DH: D / 31
Married since: July 31, 2004
Off BCP since: August 2004
TTC since: January 2006
Charting since: January 2005
Known issues/test results:

Lilo
Married since: 2002
Off BCP since: late 2004?
TTC since: January 2006
Charting since: November 2004
Known issues/test results: None
Chart: no link at the moment

Marteneym (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/7fa78)
Me: 22
DH: 27
Married since: October 4, 2003
SWH since: October 2004
TTC since: December 2004
Off BCP since: September 2004
Known issues/test results: Delayed Ovulation, SA issues, Varicocele possible
9/9 FSH and Rubella- NORMAL
9/12 SA ABNORMAL- count 30mil/
motility 30% -repeat in 8wks

MrsJackson05 (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/e581e)
Me: Jessica/23
DH: Travis/29
Married since: September 10th, 2005
TTC since: October, 2005
Charting since: Ocober 2005
Known issues/test results:

Mrs Pell (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/11fb25)
Me: Cori, age 28
DH: Mark, age 35
Married since: July 12, 2003
Off BCP since: July, 2003
TTC since: "Seeing what happens" for about a year...just now actively trying
Charting since: Feb 28, 2006
Known issues/test results: none
Current status: waiting to O

MrsR (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/118b70)
Me: Jessica/32
DH: Matt/33
Married since: October 18, 2003
Off BCP since: June 2005
TTC since: June 2005
Charting since: February 2006
Known issues/test results: None

neenbean (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/66982)
Me: 30
DH: 30
Married since: 11/15/03
Off BCP since: 2/04
TTC since: waiting until 1/06
Charting since: 10/05/05 (also did before BFP with DD)
Known issues/test results: none

Pocahontas
ME: 35
DH: 32 (33 in April)
Married since: 9/05
TTC and charting: began both last month.
No known issues

polarama
Me: Jenn, 30
DH: Chris, 30
Married since: 7/27/2002
Off BCP since: November, 2005
TTC since: November, 2005
Charting since: December, 2005
Known issues/test results: Possible PCOS, but never confirmed.

polkadot (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/b9a0d)
Me: Lauren 26
DH: Brian 27
Married since: Nov. 20, 2004
Off BC since: May 05
TTC since: May 05
Charting since: May 05
Known issues: m/c 1/06

Ptcrn (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/bed5d)
Me: Jen/30
DH: Gerry/29
Married since: July 30th 2005
Off BCP since: August 14th 2005
TTC and Charting since: August 14th 2005
Known issues/test results: none

Purplesunshine7
Me:
DH:
Married since: 4/5/03
Off BCP since:
TTC since: 7/05
Known issues/test results: m/c 6/2/05

TazLuv (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/e80b5)
Me: CM/29
DH: BM/29
Married since: July 2002
Off BCP since: June 2005
TTC since: Aug 2005
Charting since: 9/23/05
Known issues/test results: Loooooooong cycles

[Charting is Knowledge]

Things I Have Learned About TTC
by WC's Sherylb

* TTC is a journey. You will discover things about yourself that you never expected. You will face fears you never thought you had. You will find joy in little things.

* TTC can bring you closer to your DH, or it can pull you apart. If your marriage is not solid, you will find out quickly.

* No one understands exactly what you are feeling at any given moment, but someone can empathize at least a little bit.

* You will experience an emotional roller coaster ride. There will be highs and lows and fast moments and slow. Sometimes you have to wait in a very, very slow moving line. You may not even get the seat you want. It is not always fun, it can be scary, but in the end it is worth it.

* "Just relax" is the last thing in the world you want to hear from someone, but it is OK if you say it about yourself.

* There will be moments when you question your own decision to start TTC. You will wonder if you should wait or if you should just give up. Those are normal. But you will get past those feelings.

* The blue and green turtle likes to pop its head out! You will hear of someone's pregnancy and turn green with envy and blue inside because it isn't you.

* It isn't fair, it isn't easy, and it isn't pretty. But you keep doing it because the reward is worth it.

* You will be your best friend and your worst enemy. Your body will
surprise you and yet disappoint you.

* Some women do get lucky and conceive right away. Others aren't so lucky and have to struggle to get there. Hope you will be in the first category, but prepare yourself to be in the second.

* Once you decide to TTC, there will be babies and pregnant women everywhere! You could swear there is a baby boom going on!

* You will have questions. No one will ever be in exactly your position, so don't be surprised when no one can give you exactly the answer you are looking for. But there are people that can contribute, so don't be afraid to ask!

* Two lines on a pregnancy test is not the end of the struggle. Pregnancy has lots of struggles in and of itself.

[Charting is Knowledge]

HPT sensitivity chart

These numbers might come in handy when shopping for HPTs.
The lower the amount of mIU measured, the more sensitive the test is!

AimStick Pregnancy Test Strip 20 mIU
AccuHome Midstream Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Answer Early Result Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Answer Pregnancy Test (Cup) 25 mIU
Clearblue +/- 25 mIU
Clearblue Digital 25 mIU
Confirm 1-Step Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Dollar Store Brand Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Equate Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
One Step Be Sure Pregnancy Test 25 mIU
Precise Pregnancy Test (doctors office) 25 mIU
Quickview Pregnancy Test (doctors office) 25 mIU
Walgreen Digital 25 mIU
e.p.t. Home Pregnancy Test 40 mIU
Fact Plus Pregnancy Test 40 mIU
CVS Cartridge Pregnancy Test 50 mIU
CVS Midstream Pregnancy Test 50 mIU
Drug Emporium Brand Pregnancy Test 50 mIU
e.p.t. + / - Test 50 mIU
e.p.t. Certainty Digital Test 50 mIU
early Pregnancy test 50 mIU
RiteAid Brand Pregnancy Test 50 mIU
Target Brand Pregnancy Test 50 mIU
WalMart Brand Pregnancy Test 50 mIU
Walgreens Pregnancy Test 100 mIU

[Charting is Knowledge]

- Common TTC abbreviations

This is a list of some of the more common TTC abbreviations. I know as a newcomer to the TTC threads, it can be hard to keep them all straight. I hope these will help, and if anyone has any they would like added, please let me know!


•2WW: "2 week wait" - The approximate time from possible conception to menstruation due date; Pregnancy tests should be taken near the end of the 2WW.
•AF: "Aunt Flo"; Your period; Menstruation
•AFNW: "Aunt Flo Not Wanted"; the day your period is expected to start, but you are hoping it doesn't!
•AO: anovulatory (cycle without ovulation)
•BBs: "boobs"; breasts
•BBL: "be back later"
•BBT: Basal Body Thermometer; This is used to measure your basal body temperature, when you wake up in the morning, after at least 3 hours of sleep, before you start to move around; Use a special BBT thermometer to take your temperature because they measure the small changes in temperature from day to day more accurately than the regular fever thermometers.
•BCP: Birth control pills
•BD'ing: "baby dancing"; baby-making intercourse
•BFN: "Big Fat Neutral" or “Big Fat Negative”; Negative pregnancy test.
•BF'ing: breast-feeding
•BRB: "be right back"
•CD: cycle day; a particular day in your menstrual cycle (example: CD1 is the first day of your period)
•CL: Cover Line; a visual tool used to separate the low (pre-ovulatory) temps from high (post-ovulatory) temps; a coverline is typically based on the temperatures 6 days prior to ovulation.
•CM: cervical mucous; one of the most useful clues your body can give you in predicting your fertility; it can range from dry, creamy, sticky, or (the most fertile) egg white/watery type.
•CF: cervical fluid; same as cervical mucus
•CP: cervical position; an optional, but sometimes really useful, fertility sign; CP will generally be low, firm and closed before and after ovulation, and high, soft and open during your fertile time.
•DD: "dear daughter"
•DH: "dear husband"
•DS: "dear son"
•DPO: Days Past Ovulation; number of days from your post-ovulatory temperature rise. (Example: 1DPO is the day after your ovulation)
•Endo: endometriosis (can be a fertility problem)
•EDC and EDD: estimated date of confinement (antiquated, but still used by physicians) and estimated date of delivery
•EPT: a brand of pregnancy test, or, generic for "early pregnancy test"
•EW or EWCM: egg white cervical mucus; the most fertile quality CM; it is slippery, clear and stretchy, like egg whites; also EWCF
•FAM: Fertility Awareness Method; the method of fertility and/or birth control that correlates the physical changes you experience during your cycle to predict when you are most fertile
•FF: Fertility Friend, an online (free, for basic services) fertility charting site (website); (could also be formula feeding; check context)
•FM: fertility monitor
•FMU: first morning urine
•FP: follicular phase; the phase before ovulation, where the egg matures in the ovaries
•FRED: First Response Early Detection (pregnancy test)
•HCG: human chorionic gonadotropin; the hormone that is present during pregnancy and what the HPT's and blood test measure to determine if you are pregnant
•HTH: "hope that helps"
•HPT: home pregnancy test; a urine pregnancy test you can take at home
•IMHO: "in my humble opinion"
•IMO: "in my opinion"
•IUI: intra-uterine insemination
•IVF: in vitro fertilization
•KU: knocked up
•LH: leutenizing hormone; the LH surge is what is measured by the OPKs; this hormone signals the egg to burst from the ovary
•LP: luteal phase; the phase of your cycle that begins just after ovulation and continues for 10-18 days, ending with the start of your next period; during the LP, your body continues to build up the lining of your uterus, and produce hormones which would support a pregnancy; this is the time when a fertilized egg can implant into the uterine lining
MBFP Mystery big fat positive- When you see a BFP in someone’s chart but they haven’t announced it yet
•NFP: Natural Family Planning; similar to FAM, but with abstinence during the fertile period
•O, Oing, Oed: ovulation, ovulating, or ovulated
•OPK: ovulation predictor kit; tests for presence of LH surge that usually precedes ovulation by 12-48 hours; these tests are quite expensive and not always accurate (if you take medication or depending on your age); these are optional when charting with FF, but if your fertility data is not clear it can bring more light and help interpret difficult cases
•OS: Ovusoft; charting software based on TCOYF
•PCOS: polycystic ovarian syndrome (a fertility problem)
•PG: pregnant
•PIAC: pee in a cup
•POAS: pee on a stick
•RE: reproductive endocrinologist
•SA: semen analysis
•SH: "sweet husband"
•SO: "significant other"
•SYS, SYL : See ya soon! or See ya later!
•TCOYF: Taking Charge Of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler; a book and website about charting and fertility.
•TMI: "too much information" - There is no such thing when TTC!
•TTA: "trying to avoid"
•TTC: "trying to conceive"
•TTFN: "ta-ta for now"
•TTYL, TTYS: "talk to you later" or "talk to you soon"

[Charting is Knowledge]

Resources borrowed from Still At It:

Abbreviations and acronyms
List of TTC & IF acronyms written out (http://womens-place.com/ttc/ttcacronyms.php)

HPT Sensitivity Comparison Charts
Fertility Plus (http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hpt.html)
Pee On A Stick (http://www.peeonastick.com/hpts.html)
Mama's Ark (http://www.mamasark.com/hpt.htm)
Baby Hopes (http://www.babyhopes.com/pregnancy-test-sensitivity.html)
Remember, the hCG starts at 1 at implantation and increases as time goes on, so the smaller amount of hCG it measures, the more sensitive the test is!

Books
Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler, MPH (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060937645/qid=1041654042/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-0287896-1655948?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

The Fertility Sourcebook by M. Sara Rosenthal, PHD (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0737303808/qid=1042220393/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-0287896-1655948?v=glance&s=books)

Inconceivable by Ben Elton (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385334656/qid=1041659461/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/104-0287896-1655948?v=glance&s=books)
The movie "Maybe Baby" (below) is based on this book

Inconceivable: A Woman's Triumph Over Despair and Statistics
by Julia Indichova (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0767908201/qid=1059292613/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2812959-1358247?v=glance&s=books)

The Infertility Diet: Get Pregnant & Prevent Miscarriage by Fern Reiss (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1893290395/qid=1059292976/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2812959-1358247?v=glance&s=books)

Conquering Infertility: Dr. Domar's Mind/Body Guide to Enhancing
Fertility & Coping with Infertility by Alice Domar, Phd (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670031550/qid=1059293116/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-2812959-1358247)


Girlfriend to Girlfriend: A Fertility Companion by Kristen Magnacca (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1588202135/qid=1082306449/sr=8-2/ref=pd_ka_2/104-9895052-8814318?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

Movies
Maybe Baby (2001) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000062XKW/qid=1041654127/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/104-0287896-1655948?v=glance&s=video&n=507846)

She's Having A Baby (1988) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6300988996/qid%3D1041654195/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-0287896-1655948)

Websites (by subject)

Charting
Ovusoft aka TCOYF (http://www.ovusoft.com/)
The site for Toni Weschler's book which includes message boards, chat and cycle galleries which are very helpful.

Fertility Friend (www.fertilityfriend.com)
A free charting site which includes a lot of information and cycle galleries.

Local Support
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association (http://www.resolve.org/main/national/chapters/resolvenearyou.jsp?name=chapters)
Nation-wide referrals to local support groups and therapists.

The American Infertility Association (http://www.americaninfertility.org)
Lots of information and support, including message boards and chat rooms.

Financial Concerns
ARC: Advanced Reproductive Care (http://www.arcfertility.com/)
information on financing infertility treatments

Family Fee Plan (http://www.amerifee.com/fertility-financing/index.asp)
information on financing infertility treatments

State Insurance Requirements (http://www.resolve.org/main/national/advocacy/insurance/index.jsp?name=advocacy&tag=insurance)
Links from the Resolve site about insurance & laws.

Inciid's Insurance pages (http://www.inciid.org/index.php)
Click through menu on right for more financial topics and the insurance forum.

General TTC
Trying To Conceive.com (http://www.tryingtoconceive.com/)
All things TTC! Lots of info as well as a place to buy herbal therapies for
conceiving.

Baby Med (http://www.babymed.com/)
Tons of information. Everything from Chinese gender charts to an FAQ section on pretty much any TTC question you could have.

Baby Hopes (http://www.babyhopes.com)
Baby makin' supplies!

OBGYN.net (http://www.obgyn.net/)
Lots of general info on women's health. They also have doctors on line who
answer questions.

Infertility Sites
INCIID (http://www.inciid.org/)
Pronounced "inside". (The International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination)
Excellent national resource.

Resolve (http://www.resolve.org)
Wonderful site with lots of infertility information and support.

I dream of baby (http://www.idreamofbaby.com/fertility.php)
Learn the basics of fertility issues here. This site also has a great message
board community!

Fertility Plus.org’s list of female hormone levels (http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/hormonelevels.html#female)
Starting your fertility work-up? Check out this site to see a list of the
commonly tested female hormone levels, the function of each hormone, and the normal levels of each hormone.

Shared Journey (http://www.sharedjourney.com)
Shared Journey is dedicated to providing quality information on topics such as
infertility, miscarriage, surrogacy, pregnancy after infertility, living
child-free, and adoption. Our information is supplied by well noted Reproductive
Endocrinologist's, Psychologists, Adoption professionals and links through
various sites.

FertileHeart (http://www.fertileheart.com)
A community of people exploring holistic approaches to fertility. A site by
author Julia Indichova (see books above)

Specific IF Issues
Soul Cysters (http://www.soulcysters.com)
PCOS site with lots of support and info

Dr. Beer (http://www.repro-med.net)
Reproductive Immunology information, including lists of tests, pricing, local referrals

Reproductive Immunology Support (http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/immunologysupport/)
Yahoo group for RI patients, tons of info and articles

Info for Family and Friends
Empty Arms (http://www.vocalicious.com/empty_arms/empty_arms_mod.html)
This is a great video so they can understand what you're going through. (And get out your kleenex!)


Post away!!!!

http://www.fcpec.org/images/baby_feet.jpg

[MrsR]

Am I first??? Well, 9 DPO and a temperature jump today . . . not as much as I would like but I'll take it:):):)

[mayham]

I can't believe I pretty much missed the entire last thread--sorry!! Hope everyone is doing well. Things must be moving along well since we're in a new thread!

Threadmistress, can you move me to: Think I O'ed- Testing 3/13-3/19? Thanks!!

I'm 3 DPO. I've been beyond busy and stressed with work lately, with absolutely no CC time :( I think that's contributed to some wackiness in my pre-O temps -- they're so erratic. :confused: I'm going on vacation later this week, and I'm leaning toward leaving the thermometer at home to have a true vacation. Hopefully that'll make this 2ww fly by... one can hope!

[LDS Angel 19]

Hi ladies, I haven't checked in in awhile. FF gave me crosshairs, but then a started having low temps again, so I really don't know what the deal is. Either way, I'll be testing or expecting AF in another week or so, so please move me to testing week of 3/13 Thanks.

Congrats to the recent BFP's! I'm always reading along and wishing good things for all of you ladies.

[Chris~n~Jen]

It's a new month and a new thread so I guess it's time for me to join.

CC Name: Chris~n~Jen
Me: Jenifer/28
DH: Chris/29
Married since: 10/29/05
Off BCP since: 01/01/03
TTC since: 10/29/05 ;)
Charting since: 02/19/06
Known issues/test results: none
Chart: TTC Chart (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/101143)
Current status: Think I O'd, testing 03/11-03/14

This is my first real month of charting and I am so confused. This morning my temp made a huge spike. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or what. But what confuses me is that fertility friend hasn't shown that I've O'd at all. My temp dropped on CD12 and has continued to rise each day since. So shouldn't I assume that I O'd on CD12? My average cycle length is only 25 so CD12 would make sense??? I expect AF around 03/15. I just really expected fertility friend to give me crosshairs or something when I entered today's temp. Maybe I'm just not understanding how it works quite right yet. If this has anything to do with it, I haven't entered much CM because I haven't really noticed all the much of it yet. Just confused!! :o

ETA: Congrats Ilovemygeek! H & H 9 months to you!

[cowgirl]

Wow a new thread already. Well FF took away my cross hairs today. So I think this was a non Oing month for me.

Congrats to the recent BFP.

[JayJay]

Chris~n~Jen, I know how you feel. Maybe your missing temp in CD 14 is throwing things off. Did you try adding a temp to see if that changed anything?

CD5 For me. Rather boring. Just waiting for my pre-seed and OPK's to arrive. Hopefully, they'll be here soon. My only excitment is waiting for my goodies. How awful is that??

[MrsR]

sorry, I forgot to congratulate Ilovemygeek in my first post (I guess the brain is the first to go when you get old:):):)). H&H 9 months!

As for me, unfortunately, other than a weird "pulling" sensation on my left side the last two days which made it uncomfortable to lie on that side while trying to fall asleep, no FPS for me so far -- who would have thought that I would be wishing and hoping for some nauseau or tender bbs . . .:rolleyes:

I don't know how I am going to hold out until Friday to test -- charting has made me much more impatient than usual (which is really hard to do;)).

[Charting is Knowledge]

Updated to here.

Welcome Chris~n~Jen!

[Chris~n~Jen]

Thanks for all the warm welcomes! :D

MrsJackson ~ I think your on to something... I added a temp just slightly higher than my CD13 temp. I also had to remove the + opk and then I got my crosshairs! I think I am going to leave the + opk result out because this is also my first month using them and I'm not 100% sure that I'm doing it right. So for now I'm guessing I'm 3DPO!

MrsR ~ Good luck testing!

[lege]

Woo hoo - new thread! Here we go...........c'mon luck of the Irish :D

[gymwidow]

Hi ladies.

Ilovemygeek, congrats! A H&H 9 months! I'm so happy for you!

Sorry no other SO's right now. I'm not in a very chatty mood. Yesterday spot appeared, even though I'm taking the progesterone supplements and should not be getting AF. I have no idea what's going on. My doc said that it's possible that it's implantation spotting, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up. I'm going to keep taking the supps and will take another HPT tomorrow and go for a blood test on Wednesday. For now, I'm keeping a close eye on things! So far, it's only very light pinky spotting on the tp, with barely any more on the pantiliner.

Please keep your fingers crossed for me ladies. I hope to not be out of the running just yet.

Hugs to all!

[armadillo]

Whoops, I forgot to update! I will be testing 3/15.

[Chris~n~Jen]

gymwidow ~ keeping my fingers crossed for you.


Since I missed my CD14 temp, it doesn't look like fertility friend will every show crosshairs. I'm putting in phantom temps for the future just to see what it does and nothing... I'm so aggrivated. Saturday morning I woke up only to find that my dog ate my thermometer that was on my nightstand. So I had to go out and buy a new one. I really needed that temp! I wanted crosshairs on my first real cycle at least. <<insert pouty face>>

[RubberSoul]

Welcome Chris~n~Jen! I hope your stay is short and sweet!

gymwidow- I have everything crossed for you. I hope your temps stay up and the spotting goes away!

MrsR- I hope you are able to hold out to test. I tried but just couldn't do it. The charting made me more impatient too. I am so addicted I have POAS every day since Friday :p .

Ilovemygeek-CONGRATULATIONS! H&H 9 months!



I should buy stock in some of the HPT companies since I keep buying so many of their products. I have POAS for the past 3 days and my line is getting progressively darker. So, I am ready to officially say that I got my BFP! Thanks to everyone for the sticky vibes and I hope to see some more BFP's soon!

Here is some ~*~*~*~BABY DUST~*~*~*~!!!

Threadmistress please move me to the BFP's

[ptcrn]

Yeah, a new thread!

Huge congrats to ilovemygeek! Happy and healthy 9 months to you!!

<Hugs>,gymwidow- I'm keeping everything crossed for you. I hope the spotting goes away and you get a BFP on Wednesday!

Chris~n~Jen, I can't understand why FF won't give you crosshairs with another high temp for tomorrow. That really sucks that your dog ate the thermometer! I worry about that sometimes too, but mine is too short to reach the bedside table! ;) I would keep the positive OPK in, and maybe with a few more days of high temps they will give you crosshairs. The CM data also does help to correlate your O if you have it. Do you have your interpretation settings on advanced?

My temps are just crazy this month. I had a huge jump yesterday, but I think it was because I had been awake for about 30 min before I took it, my dog was jumping around on the bed and woke me up. It was back down to normal today. I wonder if there could be any such thing as an implantation jump instead of a dip? Just wishful thinking I guess! :) Still no real FPS yet, although my BB's did feel a little tender yesterday.

[armadillo]

CONGRATS, Rubbersoul!!! H&H 9 months to you!!!

[MrsR]

CONGRATS RubberSoul -- H&H 9 months!!!! I am going to at least try to hold out until Wednesday or Thursday:rolleyes:.

ptcrn -- hoping for FPS for you!!!

Chris~n~Jen -- I am sorry FF will not cooperate with you. I agree with ptcrn that maybe a few more days of high temps will give you crosshairs . . .<<fingers crossed>>

[mimieliza]

Congratulations, RubberSoul and ilovemygeek! I'll look forward to seeing you in the November 2006 Mommies thread! :D


And I just thought I'd drop by the new thread to spread some ~*~*~*~BABY DUST~*~*~*~!

[polkadot]

I was totally unaware that there was a new thread....i am a little slow in the uptake if ya know what I mean :rolleyes:

Congrats to all our recent BFP's ...spread that baby dust....!!

I think i am offically in the 2WW...I am pretty sure I O'ed on Saturday and that gives us a good Bd rating so Yeah for us!!

I am having a good feeling about this cycle....i am not sure why...but i guess we will see what happens...i wasnt freaked out about everything this cycle...and that made it easier....so here's to hoping and everyone....Cross your fingers!!!

I will be doing the same for everyone in the 2WW...and threadmistress...forget the whole taking a break things....please move me to testing March 15th!!!

I am sooo bad ;)

[Charting is Knowledge]

Updated to here.

Congratulations RubberSoul! A happy and healthy 9 months to you!

[jodylovesscotty]

Just checkin' in:)

Congratulations RubberSouland ilovemygeek! Happy and healthy 9 months to you both.


Today was my last Clomid pill. Now I just sit here waiting to O. I didn't have any side effects from Clomid, so that is great. Hoping that Clomid is all we needed!

[BethIrish]

Congrats to our BFPs!!!

I'm here at 6DPO...tender BBs, cramping.... :D Fingers are crossed!!!!!!!!!

[polkadot]

for those of you who use or have used Preseed....i have a question?

Do you think it made your Cm harder to indentify? We used it for the last 3 days and it seems liek i didnt get past Watery CM at all and usually I have atleast one good day of EWCM. So just wondering?

thanks...

[Delaney21]

Have you guys seen this?? This is normally how I feel during the 2WW.

http://images.snapfish.com/34648%3C645%7Ffp343%3Enu%3D3252%3E563%3E%3A55%3EWS NRCG%3D3233574849346nu0mrj

[Chris~n~Jen]

Delany ~ That is so true! :D

[Delaney21]

Threadmistress: Please move me to taking a charting break Sorry for all the moves! I've decided this month that I'm not going to temp. I'm going on vacation and I don't want to take my thermometer.

Congrats to Rubbersoul and ilovemygeek!! H&H 9 months!!

Polkadot: I had a really hard time figuring out my CM this month with the pre-seed. Sorry, but I don't have any suggestions for you.

Looks like there is a big, huge test fest coming up!! Good luck everyone!!

[Jess71903]

Wow- I am with you polkadot...didn't know there was a new thread, and I am starting on page 4?!?!
Congratulations RubberSoul and ilovemygeek! Happy and healthy 9 months to you!
Welcome to the dark side :)Chris-n-Jen! I hope charting does it for you! I feel you on the frustration with charting. I think if I were you, I would enter a "phantom" temp for that CD 14 that you missed. That's just me though.
Good luck to all of you test festers! I hope we get a lot of BFPs out of it!

Me? CD7. I called my Dr. today about the on/off light AFs. A nurse called me back and I am going March 20 for a CD 21 blood draw to be sure I am Oing (I know I am by my very clear charts but she didn't seem to care). I am wondering if it is possible not to O strong enough (i.e. actually ovulating, but not enough progesterone to sustain a fertilized egg). The progesterone is what they will check for. After that, she said the next step is for DH to go for a SA...woo hoo. He will be *thrilled* to hear that! So, even though we haven't made it to the year mark, I guess the infertility ball is rolling.

In other exciting news, I got my Preseed in today! Maybe that will help and we won't have to go for further testing! It came with 2 free HPT strips, so I am sure that will feed into my mania.

[JayJay]

In other exciting news, I got my Preseed in today! Maybe that will help and we won't have to go for further testing! It came with 2 free HPT strips, so I am sure that will feed into my mania.

I got mine today too! Along with 50 OPK's, and the two bonus pregnancy tests. I'm all set!

[mrs_pell]

I guess a new thread is a good time to introduce myself! :) I just started charting this month and still really have no idea what I'm doing (see my thread asking questions already! ;) ). Here's my info:

CC Name: mrs_pell
Me: name/age: Cori, age 28
DH: name/age: Mark, age 35
Married since: July 12, 2003
Off BCP since: July, 2003
TTC since: "Seeing what happens" for about a year...just now actively trying
Charting since: Feb 28, 2006
Known issues/test results: none
Chart: Link (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/11fb25)
Current status: waiting to O

[charliezangel]

RubberSoul AWESOME. Congrats and H&H 9 months to you,

Watching the apprentice so i'll be back in a few

[Sare79]

I've been lurking but just wanted to say Congratulations to Ilovemygeek and RubberSoul.
I'm taking a break from charting but we are still trying, I guess. So I'll be testing on March 17th-ish.

[Ilovemygeek]

Thanks for all the congratulations! You ladies have been a wonderful source of support and knowledge.

~*~*~*~*~BABY DUST~*~*~*~*~

[spencer's_girl]

Just stopping in to the new thread to drop off some
~*~*~*~*babydust*~*~*~*~

Also now that I have made it to the 2nd trimester, heard the heartbeat, and seen our little munchkin on the ultrasound I don't think I need the OPK's and PG test's that I have left so if anyone wants them send me a PM with the info on where to ship them to. I can promise you that I will only use the info to ship the test's and then i will discard it. all of the test's have a exp. date of 10/06 or later but i don't plan on having another child for at least 4 yrs so they are useless to me. the first person to contact me will get them.
I have
10 dollar store opk's
2 dollar store pg tests
26 dip in cup opk's from babyhopes.com

[charliezangel]

WOW, I put in my temp this morning and BOOM, solid red crosshair on CD 18. Which, low and behold, was my b-day. So I was dead on about when I was going to O!! 24 hrs after my first +OPK. I tried removing the +OPKs, but it keeps my O date on the 4th. SOOO, that would make me 3DPO and accorsing to FF Threadmistress, can you please move me to think I Oed. Testing 3/23. Although I don't think I can wait 18 days!!!!

OH, can u ladies take a peek at my chart and overlay and tell me if that really looks like a good temp shift to you??

[Charting is Knowledge]

Updated to here.

Welcome Mrs Pell!

[BethIrish]

7DPO - temp up this AM :) Sore bbs :) Cramping is gone, but I had some sharp pains on my way home yesterday....

Question for you ladies. Last month I had a 13 day LP. Do you think Saturday would be too early to test (if my temps stay up, that is)? It would be 11DPO.... The reason I'm asking is that we are going bridesmaid dress shopping that day - I'd like to know if I should look in the maternity section ;)

[MrsR]

Delaney -- hope you have a nice vacation -- if I was going somewhere where I did not have internet access I would take a break too . . .

welcome mrs_pell -- hope your stay here is short:).

Jess and MrsJackson -- glad your pre-seed and OPKs came. Good luck this cycle -- my fingers are crossed!!!!

Sare -- hope your testing goes well!!!

charliezangel -- what a great birthday present -- hope you caught your eggie -- I know how you feel on the 18 day wait -- I am trying to hold out until Thursday to test, but that will all depend on how my temps look tomorrow.

BethIrish -- yay for sore bbs:). I don't think 11 DPO is too soon -- my LP is normally 14 days and I am hoping to hold out to test around 12 or 13 DPO (if I can make it that long).

***************
10 DPO here -- I had a slight temp drop today from yesterday but I am not sure if that is a bad sign. My temp is still pretty high, but hoping that it keeps going higher and no more dips. Can someone take a look at my chart and let me know what you think???

[polkadot]

charliezangel -- Happy Belated Brithday!!! Your chart is looking good... I hope yall caught your eggie -- I know how you feel on the 18 day wait, i never ever waited that long...i couldnt stand it...I got my BFP with FMU on 12DPO!! Fingers crossed!!

BethIrish -- yay having sore bb's. Like i said above...i have never waited 18 days to test...i got my BFP on 12 DPO....good luck to you..

Mrs.R-I think your chart looks great and i think that dip may have been an implant dip....take a look at my BFp chart mine looked just like that....fingers crossed for you..

good luck to everyone waiting to test....fingers crossed for all...

I am 4DPO according to my calculations...I cant wait till next week...I keep telling DH that i have a good feeling about this cycle...I hope I am right!! :D

[RubberSoul]

MrsR- I am not a chart guru, but I had a pretty big dip at 11dpo and then went back up the next day. The dip on your chart seems pretty minor and hopefully your temp goes back up tomorrow! My fingers are crossed for you!

Thanks to everyone for the congratulations. I still can't quite wrap my brain around getting several BFP's. I guess it takes a while to sink and feel real.

Here is some more ~*~*~*~BABY DUST~*~*~*~

[pocahontas]

WOW! Can't be gone a week around here lest you miss a whole lot! CONGRATS ILOVEMYGEEK and RUBBERSOUL! I came back just in time for 2 BFPs! That is so great!

Okay, now if someone can help me out that would be great because I have read (in TCOYOF) that when you are sick and/or have a fever around the time you are suppose to O that can push back your O and make you O late...anyone with real life charting experience that this has happened to how did you handle it? I am on CD16 and last month I O'd on CD15. Well, I had the usual O pains all day Sunday after having Watery CM the day before and I just knew I'd O either Sunday or Monday but the problem is I started getting sick last week...began with a cough Thursday which turned into a fullfledged sore throat Friday and was accompanied by a fever Sunday. So my temps as you can imagine are a mess and all over the place for the past 4 days. Now that I'm somewhat back to normal I realize I must not have O'ed during all that because my temps are still at low "pre-O" levels (e.g. 97.1 today). Not sure what I should do charting-wise. Suggestions??

[Chris~n~Jen]

I have a question for all you charting experts! ;) I'm on CD17 today. Ever since CD13 my temps have jumped up and stayed up (with a slight decline today). FF is not showing that I O'd yet because I didn't enter a CD14 temp. When I add a temp that is slightly higher than my CD13 temp, I get crosshairs and FF tells me I O'd CD14. Based on the fact that my temps have continued to be high, can I assume that I probably did O around CD14? I know this is an assumption but I'm just hoping that given knowledge of charting someone can look at my chart and tell me that the chances are good/not good that I did O!

Hate to be the newbie with silly questions but it is still confusing to me. :o

Also, how do you guys get you specific situations (ie. gassy, tender breasts) to show on the bottom of your chart? I keep playing around and can't seem to get them to show up.

[pocahontas]

CHRIS~N~JEN...don't know if this helps with the last question but my specifics don't show up anymore because I didn't pay to have the VIP version of FF. Only if you give up some loot to FF to pay for a VIP membership (or if you were still on their trial membership) you'd get to use those features. My trial expired yesterday...so I'm just back to the basic nitty gritty, a chart with no bells and whistles. :rolleyes:

[Chris~n~Jen]

CHRIS~N~JEN...don't know if this helps with the last question but my specifics don't show up anymore because I didn't pay to have the VIP version of FF. Only if you give up some loot to FF to pay for a VIP membership (or if you were still on their trial membership) you'd get to use those features. My trial expired yesterday...so I'm just back to the basic nitty gritty, a chart with no bells and whistles. :rolleyes:

Thanks! I was thinking it probably had something to do with $$. :rolleyes:

[polkadot]

jen- if i were just to look at your temps i would say you O'ed around day 12 but since i see that you took OPK's and that they werent + until day 14...that confuses me...but i say either way ya'll BD schedule was pretty good...and some have even said that not BD ing on the day of O increases a chance for a boy...so...got any preferences???

Good luck to you...

[Chris~n~Jen]

jen- if i were just to look at your temps i would say you O'ed around day 12 but since i see that you took OPK's and that they werent + until day 14...that confuses me...but i say either way ya'll BD schedule was pretty good...and some have even said that not BD ing on the day of O increases a chance for a boy...so...got any preferences???

Good luck to you...

Funny about the boy thing. We don't really have a preference however, I have thought it would be easier if we had a boy first. We've already got a boy name we agree on and also I've found some boy crib bedding that we both really like. DH would be happy to hear that about the boy thing.

I was confused by my + OPK! This is only my first month using them. I took one yesterday (CD16) and it was a definate -. CD14 looked like it could have maybe also been a +. Not to sure though.

But it does look like I O'd right??? I'm just afraid that I might not O at all! :confused:

[polkadot]

aslong as your temps stay highi would say you O'ed...the OPK's can be kinda tricky the 1st few times you use them....I didnt usually out it into my chart util i knew it was absolutley +. I used to get a lot of faints...where there were two lines but one was lighter than the other...I make sure they are very dark lines before i trick myself into thinking I Oed..

Good luck and for what its worth...we want a boy first too...but we'll take whatever God wants to send us...:)

[Kimmer]

Hey ladies

I am so excited this is my longest LP yet. I am feeling good no AF but a dip. I am hoping for an I-dip.

[JayJay]

Kimmer-That's a beauty of a chart! I hate to plant the POAS bug in you, but are you testing early?

If you're not preggers, did you by chance take anything that helped lengthen your LP?

[Kimmer]

MrsJackson05 - Thanks for the look. I thought it was all in my mind. Actually I took B6 almost everyday this cycle 50mg from Wal-mart then after
'O' I uped it to 100mg.

I am actually wondering how early should I test and if I need to wait until the a.m.:confused:

[JayJay]

Do you mind if I ask what the reason was behind the B-6? I've been over on the FF boards, and there seem to be a lot ladies taking different things. I can't ever keep track of what each of them is supposed to do. Mind telling me? :D

I still think your chart looks great, regardless of what you took! I only wish my charts were that pretty!

[lawgirl4]

October 2006 mommy chartstalking mrsr!!!

mrsr - just wanted to remind you that you don't need a temp rise every day in order to be PG - you are just looking for that overall trend. your chart is looking good to me!!!

mrsjackson - B6 is supposed to lengthen the LP - not sure why, or how, but I have heard good things about it.

[Kimmer]

I took the B6 because I never had a LP pass 8 days with out spotting or AF starting. So I would have short cycles about 23 day and short LP. I was on the FF web site and they had a thread of ladies with short LP and they were talking about taking B6. Give me a few mins and I will find it so I can tell you exactly what they said. BRB.

[Kimmer]

Ok this was the info I got about the B6 along with a ton of other stuff for women with short LP. HTH:D Sorry it is so long


Low Progesterone (High Estrogen) Improvement List:
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- Eliminate hormone-treated product (convert to hormone-free milk)
- Take B6 (along with a B-complex for better absorption)
- Increase B6 and magnesium to help the liver break down estrogen better
- Eat more cruciferous veggies as they are estrogen inhibitors (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels)
- Eat non-DDT'ed fruits/veggies (garden? organic?)
- Lose weight (estrogen is stored in fat)
- Eat more whole grain fiber (the longer your stool stays in your intestines, the more estrogen will be absorbed from treated food)
- Eliminate light sources while sleeping
- Reduce intake of soy products
- Reduce exercise if you exercise a lot (intensive exercise has been shown to shorten the LP)
- Avoid non-polyethylene plastic wrap and containers (especially on fatty foods - meat, cheese, cream); do not heat foods in plastic or styrofoam
- Take 500mg of Vitamin C
- Take Vitex which helps regulate hormones/cycle (some of us have had bad reactions to this supplement)
- Have your thyroid checked - TSH, free T3 and T4. Hypo(low)-thyroid conditions can result in low progesterone and can be corrected with thyroid medication.
- Add NATURAL progesterone during luteal phase (prescription or lotion): suppositories, Crinone and Prometrium are the most common forms of NATURAL progesterone. Provera is NOT natural, it's synthetic and should not be used for TTC/pregnancy
- Take Clomid

[MrsR]

Thanks for all of the input ladies -- I have a feeling if my temp stays around the same tomorrow or goes up I will be POAS . . .

just chiming in on the B-6/longer LP discussion, I did drink Fertilitea until I O'd this cycle and one of the main ingredients in the tea is Vitex . . . we'll see if that was the magic I needed this cycle:rolleyes:.

[Deanna1018]

Sorry I have been MIA for so long. While I am still charting I am trying to not be as obsessive about TTC as I have been in the past. Anyway a lot has been going on since I have been in here which I guess is a good thing as I haven't been about to think about TTC as much. I have gotten an OPK + the last two days so I know 'O" is right around the corner. Of course the jabbing pain I am feeling on my right side as we speak is a good indication too ;) .

I am trying to keep stress to a minimum. Of course working isn't helping me in that area. On the home front, 2 weeks ago we found out that our homeowner association property manager has been taking money from us (complex). On top of that she has terminal cancer (or at least that is what she says..we don't know for sure..not that having cancer should be an excuse for taking our money). We are trying to obtain our records from her office but three scheduled attempted/planned meetings with her (which she had scheduled) have failed (she never showed). The HA's bank account has been frozen because there is an overdraft. HA board called the people that we could possibly owe money to (electric,plowing, garage etc) and we owed them all with most of them being from last october through this month:eek: . At least she paid the homeowners property insurance because that is a big chunk. She manages other properties as well and they are in the same situation we are. Anyway, luckily the HA's liability insurance will cover the losses. We just need to figure it out and without the records we can't so that. She may have been stealing from us for years.The sheriff and a lawyer have been contacted. What a mess. HA is going to hire a forensic auditor as well. Now you can see why I haven't been able to think about TTC as much this cycle.

On a good note, we are leaving March 18th for Curacao (island governed by the netherlands) for a week. It is near Aruba. I didn't even know where it was till my husband suggested going there. Anyway we will be there during the time that I will be testing so I am need to decide if I want to bring any pregnancy tests or just wait till I get home. Any thoughts? I do plan on at least taking my temp while I am there though.

Be back later tonight!!!!

[cowgirl]

Sorry no time for Shout Outs. My week has been pretty busy and the last 2 days my dog woke me up and I missed temping.

We just found out the DH's uncle passed away so we will be making a trip down state for the funeral thursday - friday.

Good luck to all the up coming testers.

[BethIrish]

I'm sorry to hear about your DH's uncle, cowgirl :( Take care!

So, I woke up this morning to another temp rise! If it doesn't dip by Saturday, I'm definitely going to test...it could be too early, but I'd be thrilled if I got a BFP before dress shopping! I'm stressed about the dress thing...I don't want to order a dress only to have it not fit come September.

[charliezangel]

Kimmer Thanks for posting that list. If we are not PG this time around, I am going to try the B6 and probably progest cream. Lets hope your longer than normal LP is a BFP later this week!!!

RubberSoul Have you gone for the blood test yet?? I'm so excited for you. You will have to pop in here occasionally and drop some more of that magic baby dust.

MrsR good luck girl. Crossables are rossed!!!

So I am 4 DPO and I am already obsessing over PG symptoms, even though I know implantation probably hasn't even occured yet. I'm gassy as hell, and that's probably the only symptom noticable enough to report. But then again, I'm always gassy right before AF, so who knows. The fact that I Od on CD 18 makes mfeel a little better about my LP. Last cycle it was only 9 days. But if I go 30 days (assuming I'm not pg) that would push it to 11 days. SOOO, that's at least something hopeful.

I want to assume I'm PG, I really can't stop thinking about it. Last night DH and I were watching the news and I asked hyim how we should surprise my parents if we find out I'm PG. He said I should stop thinking about it until I get a BFP. Yeah, good luck there. But at least he's not feeding into my craziness. I need his stability right now.

[Chris~n~Jen]

Kimmer ~ Thanks for the info on the B6. I've been worried about short LH. I will be getting some B6 if this isn't our cycle to get pregnant.

MrsR ~ Today's temp looked good! Still high!

Deanna ~ What a mess! I can't believe the property manager has been stealing money. That is a horrible situation. How fun to go to Curacao. If it were me, I would bring a HPT with me. Although that depends on what day during your vacation you would be testing. If it were the beginning of the vacation then maybe I wouldn't because I wouldn't want to be upset during my whole vacation, but if you would be testing at the end it would make for a nice story if you got a BFP! Congrats on the + OPK! Have fun! :)

cowgirl ~ Sorry to hear about DH's uncle. :(

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Today's temp spiked! FF gave me crosshairs finally. The problem is that they are showing that I O'd on CD15. That would put me 3DPO. I'm just not sure how accurate that really is. Any thoughts on my chart???

[MrsR]

Deanna – that is horrible about your association’s management company -- I am the president of my HOA and that kind of stuff really scares me.

cowgirl -- so sorry for your loss.

BethIrish -- glad to see your temp rise!!!

charliezangel -- all my crossables are crossed.

Chris~n~Jen -- glad to see you got crosshairs!!!!

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11 DPO for me today and a temp rise (which could be due to the fact that I recall tossing and turning about 1/2 hour before my alarm went off). I tested and got a BFN. However, for my obsessing pleasure today, I did see at one end of the window where the second line should have been a slight amount of light pink -- about the size of a pinhead (you probably would not have seen it unless you were looking for it). It is probably nothing, but still gives me hope that maybe it was the start of a line . . . I am going to try to hold off testing again until Friday . . .

[polkadot]

Deanna – that is soooo horrible about your association’s management company ...you feel bad b/c of the cancer but that doesnt excuse the behavior...

cowgirl -- Sorry for your loss...hope you get to feeling better soon

BethIrish -- Yeah! Another temp rise....looking good :)

charliezangel -- I am 4DPO I feel your pain and anxiety...next weekend cannot come soon enough.

Chris~n~Jen -- Three cheers for crosshairs!!! Looking good...

MrsR- WOw...that is one pretty chart girlie....fingers crossed for you...I hope Friday is your lucky day!!!

I got crosshairs today and am offically in the 2WW according to Ff I am 5DPO....whoo hoo!!!

[RubberSoul]

charliez- I haven't gone in for a blood test. I have taken 4 HPT's and they have all been positive so I am trusting those right now and the fact that my temp has stayed up. I will try to make an appointment with my regular doctor today to go in for a pregnancy test with them. I don't know if they would do blood or urine...not sure. I don't have an OB-GYN so I am on the hunt for one now. I hope your 2WW goes by quickly!


Good luck to everyone testing soon!

Here is some more ~*~*~*BABY DUST*~*~*~

[jessied1025]

Hey Ladies,

I don't have time for any shout outs today, but wanted to say hello.

11DPO for me. My temp dropped this morning a little bit, but yesterday temp was really high, which is strange. I haven't had any symptoms, but this morning I just felt a bit crampy. Hopefully that is not a sign that AF is on her way.

Good luck to anyone testing or trying to catch the eggie! :)

[lege]

Argh - looks like this won't be our month afterall :mad:

I'm on CD8 and things have been looking reasonably good...I have pretty consistent cycles, and have been drinking green tea, so EWCM showed up for the first time Mon night. I was away on business so I teased DH that as soon as I got home it was time to kick it into gear :D (I still think it's early b/c in 13 cycles of charting, I've only O'd before CD18 once, but still...)

So yesterday I start coughing...and by the time I'm on my way home last night, I feel miserable. I get home, and have a temp of 102!!!! I took some Tylenol & some Advil a couple hours after that, and by the time we went to bed, was feeling better. I still can't believe it, but we BD'd last night despite my ridiculous cough - and it was DH's idea - guess he's getting into this baby thing too :D

So I coughed all night and my temp was back at 100.6 this morning...so I called the dr. Turns out I have PNEUMONIA!!!!!!!!! Can you believe it!?!?!?! :eek: And, of course, b/c it's so bad, we have to stop TTC b/c of the antibiotic they're putting me on. So now I'm hoping 2 things...(1) that I don't O early & end up pg from last night...and (2) that being sick pushes my O date out far enough that we still have a chance. Based on my history, it's possible - 10 days puts me at CD18, which would be on the normal/early side for me...

Sorry this was so long........I still can't believe I'm so sick :( Sorry for no SO's - just had to tell you all what's going on. I'll be back once I wake up again...

[Harmony96]

Hi. I was on the charting to avoid thread several months ago and thought I might come back and get in on the TTC action.

CC Name: Harmony96
Me: Andrea, 27
DH: Tim, 25
Married since: 17 Apr 04
Off BCP and charting since: July 05
TTC since: December 05
Known issues/test results: none so far
Chart: link is in siggy
Current status: waiting to O

I hope you guys don't mind, but DH sometimes gets a little testy if I spend TOO much time online... and I've told him that I would of course tell him if we get pregnant before I tell "all those people online" (I'm on a few other forums too)... and I might want a few days to plan a special way to tell him... SOOOOO.... my chart is delayed. I update it every day so everyone can stalk it, but it's about a week behind. If I do get a BFP then I'll post soon after letting DH know and I won't make you all wait the whole 7 days for my chart to update, LOL.

Brief history - you can see a "summary" of my cycles if you click on my chart. I had long cycles and short luteal phases right off the pill. 2 full cycles ago I started Vitex from AF to O and I O'd on day 22 that cycle. Then on day 16 the next cycle and also had a 12-day LP, the longest EVER. I have high hopes and good feelings for this cycle and am trying to keep a positive attitude.

Last cycle I was frustrated w/ the no-pattern CM I was having, so I didn't chart it at all, or even check it or anything. I did have some noticable discharge (enough to reach my panties) around days 15 and 16 so I'm relatively sure that I O'd on those dates. We skipped TTCing last cycle b/c of a personal business trip that I need to take in October, but the trip could have been rearranged and now I'm wishing that we HADN'T skipped that cycle, but what can I do now, right? And now I have a complication this cycle too... DH is on track to earn a trip to Mexico in December... so if we get pg this cycle then we probably won't get to go on that. I really want to go on the trip, but I want a baby more. LOL. DH was excited about the possibility of the trip but when I asked him if he would be sad about not going b/c of having a baby, he was like "I'll tell them that they can go ahead and go have fun in Mexico... I'm having a baby." :P So sweet.

Anyway baby dust to everyone and congrats to the recent BFP's. :)

Andrea

[MrsR]

polkadot - thanks, I think so too. Now let's just hope its pretty for a reason;)

RubberSoul -- thanks for the baby dust!!!!

jess -- I still think your chart looks pretty:).

lege -- sorry about being sick. I know how discouraging that can be. Fingers crossed for a CD 18 O date!!!

Harmony -- welcome!!! Hope your stay is short and sweet!!! Don't stress over the timing (which is a lot easier to say than do, I know:)). I keep telling myself with respect to timing that everything will work out in the end.

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Well I am exhausted ladies. I guess this is my first FPS. I feel like I am walking under water and can't wait to go home and go to bed. Of course that is many hours away since tomorrow is my last day at work before vacation and I have so much to do before I leave:(. I am going to try hard to not test tomorrow and wait until Friday. If I do get some good (or bad) news, I will be back to update on Saturday since I will be in a car all day Friday driving to Florida and still don't have a working home computer:mad:.

Please cross your fingers for me for good news. It would be such a nice belated birthday present:p

[JayJay]

Well, CD 7 Here. Very boring, and still spotting. Yesterday I had no spotting, today out of the blue I started again. Very weird.

MrsR hope your tiredness is a good sign! I hate being sleepy. Today I felt like I could fall asleep at my desk. Not a good thing.

Welcome to our humble abode, Harmony! Hope your stay is shorter than mine has been. I've been a member of this thread for longer than hoped! Good Luck with everything! :D

Hope you're feeling better soon, lege! Take care of yourself so you don't end up in the hospital! That's no good!

jessied, I hope that old hag leaves you alone! Keep your chin up, it's not over til she shows!

Rubbersoul- Not quite sure if I've told you congratualations yet. I think I missed out on all the excitement of your BFP! So, congratulations girl! How exciting!

polkadot, feeling good about this month? Last month I swore that I wasn't going to temp so I could possibly relax a little bit. If you end up preggers, I'm soooo taking the big chill pill like you did! ;)

BethIrish-Your chart is looking really sweet! Can't wait for you to test!

Edited because I can't spell.

[polkadot]

MrsR _ I hope your tiredness is a good sign! Thay say that sometimes babies suck the life right out of ya!! ;)

Harmony- Hope your stay is short and sweet. You will learn so much from the ladies here...welcome and good luck

Lege-Hope you get better soon and that the antibiotics dont screw up the entire cycle....hopefully you will kick this bug in a few days...

jessied-its like mrs jackson said...its aint over till she shows...there have been plenty of people who just knew AF was on the way and BAM! BFP...fingers crossed for you...Good luck!!

BethIrish-looking good chica....fingers crossed for you too...

MrsJackson- well girlie...i hope that us taking this **so called** break did help...we didnt really stop doing anything i just have come to the realization that we are doing all we can at this point and if we dont get PG this cycle we always have next cycle and the cycle after that. We are doing everythign to have a baby...so i guess i have to wait for God to send me a baby...I even have my godchild working on that...his mom seems to think kiddie prayers work better than mine :)

But as i type this i am thinking...the FPS have arrived...i got out of the bathtub and said damn..my bb's hurt then immediatley said OH GOD! i wonder what that means...seriously i mean come on 4 DPO and already they are making their way into my head...oh well i gotta play it cool :cool:

night girls

[ABirney]

Hey ladies.. I'm back and way behind..
Congrats to Ilovemygeek and RubberSoul!
Welcome Chris-n-jen, Mrspell, and Harmony!
Good luck to everyone else!

Well AF was here to greet me this morning so I'm starting cycle #3.... hopefully this time I'll actually pop out an egg. I'm gonna try not to stress about it and see what happens...
Have a great night!

[Deanna1018]

ABirnet...sorry about AF showing.

polkadot...I hear you about playing it cool. It is so hard not to start thinking about you know what when the FPS starts. I am bound and determined not to let them get the best of me this cycle.

MrsJackson....I don't know what the spotting could be. I never get spotting except right before/after menses but never when it isn't expected.

MrsR...Good Luck with the testing. Fatigue is a very good sign.

Harmony...welcome. A 12 day LP is a very good thing. Heres hoping your stay here is short and sweet.

Lege..I am so sorry to hear that your are sick. Make sure you get a lot of fluids and rest!

Really running behind this morning. I just couldn't get out of bed. Anyway TCOYF is showing that I ovulated yesterday. I think we have a pretty good chance this cycle. We will BD one more time tonight for good measure. Still debating whether I should test while on vacation or wait till we get home. It would be really great to tell DH I am pregnant while looking at a beautiful sunset.

Threadmistress please move me to "think I "O"d", testing date 3/20- 3/26/06 thank you.

[lattee22]

Hi all! If possible I would like to join! I am a mom already to a 10 month old baby girl. I charted to conceive my daughter and was successful, so I am back to try again....my husband and I are now TTC baby #2.

CC Name: lattee22
Me: Jaime, 29
DH: Brian, 27
Married since: 21 September 2001
Off BCP and charting since: Oct 2003; since first PP AF (11/05) after birth of daughter
TTC since: March 2006
Known issues/test results: none so far; conceived daughter quickly
Chart: http://www.tcoyf.com/forum/chart.asp?id=lattee22
Current status: waiting to O

I look forward to obsessing over charts with all of you! :p

[BethIrish]

Welcome lattee, chris n jen, mrspell and Harmony!

ABirney Sorry AF arrived :(

lege I hope you feel better soon!!

mrsr and everyone else coming up to test (including me) fingers are crossed for everyone!!!

polkadot and mrsjackson thanks for the well wishes! I'm getting anxious to test!

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So, I had a bit of a temp drop this AM....it's still well above the coverline - but fingers crossed that it stays steady or goes back up :) I think my chart looks fairly promising (what do you ladies think?), but the temp drop this AM has me nervous. I have sore bbs and I'm tired, but that could just be PMS. Who knows!!!!! I guess only time will tell.

[MrsR]

Thanks for the good thoughts ladies!

polkadot -- hoping those bbs continue to hurt!!!;)

ABirney -- sorry AF arrived today. She can be such an evil witch!!!

Deanna -- hope you catch the eggie -- good luck BDing tonight!!!:)

lattee -- welcome!!! Obsess away!!!!

BethIrish -- fingers crossed for you that your temp stays the same or goes up. I am hoping your sore bbs and fatigue are FPS!!!!

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Well ladies I am truly perplexed. 12 DPO for me and a slight temp rise today. Of course that meant I POAS. BFN:mad:. I am really not sure what is up. Last cycle I began temping around 5 days before AF arrived just to do some "trial runs". My temps were waaay lower then they are right now (around 97.5ish). Both today and yesterday when I woke up I was noticeably warm so maybe that is why I had a temp jump yesterday and it stayed up today. I just don't know. I would think by now if I was PG the HPT would be positive (I usually get my period 2 weeks from the day of my first peak reading on my monitor which would mean a 14 day LP this cycle since I O'd on the same day).

GRRRRRR:mad::(:mad:

[Chris~n~Jen]

Man, this thread moves fast.

lege ~ Hope your feeling better. Also hoping you O later so you can catch the eggie.
Harmony & lattee ~ Welcome! Hope your stays are short and sweet!
MrsR ~ Sorry for the BFN! It's not over until AF shows though. So I've got my crossables crossed for you!
polkadot ~ Hope the boobs stay sore! ;)
ABirney ~ Thanks for the welcome. Sorry the old hag found you. :(
Deanna ~ Yay for Oing!
BethIrish ~ Thanks for the welcome! Fingers are crossed for you!
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CD19, 4DPO (if I were to believe FF :rolleyes: )! I feel very gassy today. I am normally a fairly gassy person (although not in a belching way) but today I just feel like I have a ton of gas and I keep mini-belching. I usually don't belch at all! I can count on 1 hand the number of times I have actually burped! Sorry if TMI! So that has my hopes up. Although I'm trying not to put to much stock in it since last month I really had my hopes up because of some FPS that I had going on. My cycles are usually right on. My shortest was 24 days and my longest was 26 days. I'm usually right on 25 days. So if I O'd when FF says I did that would give me a LP of 9-11 days. That really worried me. It's supposed to be closer to 12-16 days right???

What do you girls think?? Should I believe FF and think I O'd on CD15? Looking at my temps, I would think that I O'd on CD12, making me 7DPO and giving me a LP of 12-15. I know that stinkin +OPK is throwing the whole thing off. This was my first month using them so who knows.

I know, I keep asking the same questions! Sorry about that. It's just the question that is rolling around in my head ALL. THE. TIME. :confused:

[lege]

Chris&Jen - hang in there, there are some things you can only know in retrospect. And I've found without fail that no matter when I O, my LP is always 13-14 days. Remember that stress can make you O later, so maybe the stress of TTC and starting to chart added to that?

GOOD LUCK to all those getting ready to test - &&&&& fingers are crossed :D

ABirney - hopefully this will be your cycle to O!!!

lattee - welcome!

Sorry to those I missed...

If possible, I actually feel worse today :-( and temp this morning is still over 100 - clearly I'm going to have a ridiculous chart! :( But it seems like CM is drying up, so hopefully (&&&&&) my system is going to hold off while I'm sick and then gear up to O later................I can hope, right? :D

Took my cough syrup w/ codeine...about to crash again...

[ABirney]

Hey ladies...
Welcome lattee!
lege I hope you feel better soon!
MrsR Sorry about the BFN... your chart still looks great though!
Good luck to those O'ing!
There are some pretty charts there too and some good FPS's..... hoping to see some BFP's soon!

[lattee22]

Thanks for welcoming me!

MrsM your chart looks AMAZING! Keep testing. :) I am crossing everything for you!

Chris~n~Jen I think FF is right without having being able to look at earlier charts. LP are usually pretty consistent from month to month and you may have either Oed later than usually and will still have a 12 – 16 LP meaning a cycle of 25 days or so, or you could have a shorter LP. I wouldn’t worry too much about your LP yet. I know I was worried about only having a 10 day LP, but I had no problem getting pregnant with my daughter.

Lege I am so sorry you feel lousy! Get well soon!!!

[magrat]

Threadmistress, you can take me off the list for now, we've decided to wait a bit longer. Thanks!

[lawgirl4]

mrsr - I know it's frustrating to hear this, but hang in there. Everyone's body is different, and 12 dpo can still be too early to pick up the hCG hormone. what brand of HPT are you using? I would also pick up some digital tests if you don't have them already. your chart looks great, so just try to be calm!!

[MrsR]

Quick Question -- how late is too late for spotting to be implantation spotting??? I ask becuase I just went to the bathroom and tmi alert I had weird pink blood when I wiped (it was almost peach colored -- not really the color when I spot before getting AF). . . I am 12 DPO -- I thought implantation spotting occurred between 7-10 DPO

Help!!!:confused::confused::confused:

[MrsR]

lawgirl -- sorry, we cross posted. Yesterday and today I used the First Response Early Result tests. However, I guess if what I am seeing now is implantation spotting, that would be why the tests are coming back -. Of course, this just could be the start of AF, however, when I spot before AF comes, it is usually tmi alert red and brown.

I do have some Clearblue Easy Digital test which claim to be an early detection test. Maybe I will use those tomorrow . . .

[Charting is Knowledge]

Updated to here

Welcome Harmony96 & lattee22

[Kimmer]

Mrs R - we appear to be in the same boat I used the exact same test the First Response and got a BFN this am. and yesterday (there were 2 test in the box). I have no AF feelings or cramping, no spotting just 2 stinking' BFN!

I don't have a choice but to just sit here and wait. I am getting tried of the 2WW I have no idea how I will be able to wait 9 months :)

[Harmony96]

MrsR, what's FPS? I looked in the acronym list at the beginning of this thread but didn't see it. I tell myself that w/ the timing too (that it'll all work out in the end). Sorry about the BFN but maybe it will turn positive over the next couple days.C

MrsJackson, weird that the spotting left and came back again.

polkadot, I PIAC at 5 DPO one time. Five. LOL. I KNEW good and well it would be BFN but it was like my body had a mind of its own, and MADE me take the HPT. :P From now on I'm trying to hold out until 12 or later though, where at least there'll be a chance of a BFP lol.

ABirney, hoping for the egg for you this time. :)

Deanna1018, I would test on the vacation. The sunset sounds too pretty to pass up.

lattee, welcome. :)

Beth, your chart looks good. Fingers crossed for you. :)

Chris'n'Jen, I am going to agree with FF this time b/c of the OPK's.

lege, sorry you are not feeling good.

Kimmer, sorry about your BFN too. Dern those tests making us wait WEEKS to take them. lol

Nothing new here. We had a lunch rush at the bank today and there was me and one other teller... drive thru was backed up and each of us had a long complicated transaction (which I later found out that I could have sent mine over to one of the personal bankers but when he first came in there was NOBODY here, in the lobby or drive thru at all) and the lines just kept backing up and some people got annoyed. But it was all ok in the end. They didn't fire me yet, LOL. My chart is still just plugging right along.

Andrea

[polkadot]

MrsR- I have heard that implant can happen that late...and i know a few people who didnt get a BFP until 14DPO and then my aunt who never got a BFP HPT...only a + blood test and that wasnt until 5 weeks. Stay patient...i know its hard but my fingers are crossed for you and damn thats a good looking chart!!i am going to have to check out your chart one more time for some analysis by polkadot...but its good that the spotting went away...coudl it be implant?

Beth- chart still looking good...

Kimmer- keep the faith girlie...good things come to those who wait...yeah right? like we can wait!

I have been having very stange pinching almost burnign cramp/pains today....very strange...dont know what that means...BUT i am :cool:

[pocahontas]

If possible, I actually feel worse today :-( and temp this morning is still over 100 - clearly I'm going to have a ridiculous chart! :( But it seems like CM is drying up, so hopefully (&&&&&) my system is going to hold off while I'm sick and then gear up to O later................I can hope, right? :D

Took my cough syrup w/ codeine...about to crash again...
LEGE: I feel your pain...what started a week ago today as a cough and turned into a sore throat by Friday accompanied by a nearly 102 degree fever and achy body by Sunday couldn't have come at a worse time. Sunday was CD14 (last cycle I O'd on CD 15) and I could tell my body was trying to O because all day Sunday on top of the achiness of the fever I had the achy abdomen from O pains. I actually asked the question a few pages back about what to do with charting when that happens because clearly my temps from CD 13-15 were helter skelter! I wonder if it dried up my EWCM? I have no clue if I ended up O'ing or if my body will try to do it again this weekend or something? *sigh* Anyone been in this situation before? What did you do?

[polkadot]

Analysis by Polkadot: Brought to you by her overactive TTC brain!!!

ptcrn- very good chart......and nice bd schedule...good luck girl...you must be exhausted ;)

MrsR- i would think that you had a good implant on * and maybe the blood could be from implant...just a little late...if you go back in my charts that is exactly what my chart looked like when i got a BFP...i never sspotted though....i hope this is it for you...all crossables crossed...

Kimmer- nice temp drop on 10DPO...could be implant...fingers crossed for you ...think high baby

Beth- maybe today coudl be an implant dip...again.,.fingers crossed for you too

armadillo- you had a pretty nice dip too...how have you not tested yet? Such willpower!!

ok...i think thats enough of my two cents...i really must stop...b/c i probably have no validity to anything i just typed...b/c if i did would i still be here?

later girls, off to make dinner...i mean order chinese:p

[charliezangel]

Big question. I am 5 DPO and I really have no clue weather or not i might be PG. DH and I were going to go out to dinner for my b-day this weekend since we were quite broke last weekend. So we were gonna go to Red Lobster tomorrow night. I have been absolutly craving crab and lobster. So I was talking about it with DH tonight talking about if we should meet there after i get off work or go together. And then i suddenly realized, i might be PG, I can't have seafood!!! So here's my question. If I am 5DPO and possibly there hasn't even been implantation yet, is it ok to have seafood?? Our second option is Tony Roma's for ribs, but i really want lobster. Any advice?? Should I stay far away from it (even though i should anyway cuz it's totally going off my diet!!)? TIA

[Jess71903]

charliez- I have never heard about not having seafood, except for something weird like shark or something, because of possible mercury??? I donno, but I never thought going to Red Lobster would be bad.

I haven't updated in a while. It is CD 10 today and I have felt really down about TTC. Usually by this time in my cycle I am all optimistic and gearing up for BD fest and all but I am really not and just kinda feeling sorry for myself now (how pathetic is that???). Today I had some....goo...It's the closest thing I have ever had to EWCM. It was nice and stretchy, but more like rubber cement than egg whites. I promptly went to walley world and bought some Equate brand Robitussin, in case it was just thick EW. My temp also went up again today. I am really really hoping I didn't O really early cuz we BD'd once 2 days ago.

I am also going to baby classes next week with my 7month pg best friend. I hope I can be non-emotional!!

[polkadot]

charliez- we are cycle buddies i am 5DPO too...i say have the lobster...it will be fine...i have never heard any dr say stay away from seafood , i have heard about raw fish and tuna or fish with high mercury levels but not all seafood. Have the lobster...our babies havent even had time to implant yet ;)

[ptcrn]

Thanks, polkadot! We are quite tired, and sore ;) hence the no BD'ing since last week! Let's hope it did some good- DH thinks that this will be the month since my cycle was weird and I O'd late. Who knows? I'm actually going to hold out to test until 16 DPO this time. I'm sick of wasting $$ on tests.

Welcome to Harmony96, lattee22, and MrsPell! Hope your stays are all short and sweet. Harmony, FPS is fake pregnancy symptoms.

Good luck to everyone testing soon- we have quite the group coming up! Lets hope we all get to join the November mommies group soon! :p

[charliezangel]

Jess71903 & polkadot you don't know how happy i am to hear that. I have been wanting it SOOOOO bad. These damn commercials are mind control!!!

polkadot YAY, my cycle buddy. Girl, are you as obsesive as i am!!?!?!? I called my girlfriend today who is PG with # 4 (3 months) and I asked her if she obsessed over all the "symptoms" she had before she got her BFP's. She laughed at me and told me that i should chauk them all up to stress until i know for sure I am PG, otherwise, i'll go crazy....too late!!

[charliezangel]

OK, I know i've asked this before but now i'm really confused, so i need to ask again. If I wake up earlier than usual and temp, do I ADD 1/10th for every half hour up to my usual time, or subtract? The reason I ask is DH had an alergy attack around 6:45 this morning. I usuually don't temp until 8 am, but as soon as I opened my eyes at 6:45 I knew I probably wouldn't fall back asleep. I took my temp, it was 97.73. I rolled over to check on DH and he was already asleep again, so i went back to bed. When the alarm went off at 8, I temped again and it was 97.48!!. Way down and now I don't know which one to use. Any insite??

[lattee22]

I think I Oed.... not ready to call it yet for when the test fest will be, but looks like it from my chart. I didn't expect to O for 2 more days based on all my history, but after looking at last months chart (first good cycle after BF my daughter) I should have expected this earlier O. So hopefully two days of BDing should be enough.

[ausi2b]

Threadmistress - please move me to "I think I O'd - testing 3/19"

I've been MIA - but reading along. Just trying to keep the obsessions in check (yeah right). I, like many of you, got really sick (strep throat) at the beginning of my cycle and have been on antibiotics. I remember that before we were TTC that antibiotics could negate BCP, so here's hoping it makes me more fertile!! :) Do I have any cycle buddies this time to obsess with? I'm 4 DPO today. I so hope this cycle is it - I am BD'd out!!!

[gymwidow]

Hey ladies. Sorry I went MIA all week. Monday and Tuesday I was just feeling really down and angry at my stupid body for again not doing what it's supposed to. And then Wednesday and yesterday I had so many meetings that I was out of the office more than I was here! Anyway, here's a quick update:

The spotting continued, even though I was still taking the progesterone supplements. I got a BFN on a blood test on Wednesday and stopped taking the supplements then. Yesterday AF showed for real. Tomorrow I start my last round of Clomid, and I'll have an u/s on Monday 3/20 and IUI the day after (assuming my follies are good to go). If the Clomid/IUI doesn't work this month we're going to move to injectables. Sigh.

I'm going to go back and catch up a bit to see what you all have been up to. I'm going away tomorrow for a week, so I won't be around, but will be thinking of all of you! Hugs!

[JayJay]

gymwidow, So sorry this month wasn't it. Your chart was looking so great! I have high hopes for you and your DH this month. Keep your chin up, girl! :)

[Charting is Knowledge]

Updated to here.

[armadillo]

Analysis by Polkadot: Brought to you by her overactive TTC brain!!!

armadillo- you had a pretty nice dip too...how have you not tested yet? Such willpower!!

ok...i think thats enough of my two cents...i really must stop...b/c i probably have no validity to anything i just typed...b/c if i did would i still be here?



It's always good to see your two cents, Polkadot! Thanks for checking out my chart! I'm determined not to test til AF is late. Otherwise, as my mom tells me, "it's just a waste of money!" LOL! According to FF, I should test on Monday, but I think if I don't see AF, I'm going to hold out til Tuesday or Wednesday. I told DH AF wasn't even due til Thursday, because he gets antsy and usually makes me test too early.

[polkadot]

good luck girlie...fingers crossed

[lege]

Hey ladies - just checking in - still coughing like nuts, but my fever was down this AM - hopefully that will be the end of the fever!

gymwindow - hang in there!!!

[BethIrish]

I swear I posted in here this morning. Work is crazy right now (I'm a tax accountant) so I don't have time for SOs...but just wanted to let you know that my temp did a little rise this AM :) :) :)

Unless the temp plummets tomorrow, I'll be testing :D

Sorry to those who AF showed for, and good luck to everyone testing this weekend!!

[lawgirl4]

mrsr - just want to remind you that I basically thought I had gotten AF when in fact I was pg... I had many days of spotting and then what appeared to be the start of AF - but then the next day, just very light spotting. so keep on testing - you never know what your body is doing, and it is rarely textbook-perfect!

[twainny]

edited to move to another thread!

[ABirney]

gymwidow sorry this wasn't your month. Hopefully the next one will be!
Good luck to those testing soon.... looks like we may have some BFP's... lots of pretty charts!
Nothing new here... AF is still definitely in the building...

[Baby Lust]

MrsR, Just wanted to pop in and comment on your chart. :) Just as Lawgirl said, I too ahd spotting at 11DPO and thought for sure AF was here because my LP never went past 11DPO. Finally at 14DPO (and many BFNs later), I got a BFP! So I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you! Good luck!

[polkadot]

Holy crap!!! I just went to FF to add the lower back pain. pinching pulling thing to my chart and went back to my PG chart and guess what it said on days 4 and 6 PINCHING CRAMPS AND LOWER BACK PAIN...LEFT SIDE....

oh god oh god...please please please....

why am i doing this to myself so early in the game????

ok i am back to being :cool:

[Baby Lust]

LMAO Lauren! Instantly back to :cool: right? Best of luck to you!!! :D

[polkadot]

you know it...i am so :cool:

[JayJay]

Lauren- You're too funny! I wish it were that easy! Anyways, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you! You deserve this, girlie! :D

Remember to keep your :cool: !!

[Kimmer]

Polka - sounds good to me. I hope this is your month. Thanks for peeking at my chart. I have been sitting at home looking at it all evening.

I promise I will not test until Sunday a.m :)

[jnshanna]

Just checking in. I think I've O'd (either CD25 or 28) so could you please move me to "testing 3/30-3/36"? Even though I'm not sure if I'll test or not since we didn't get much BDing in this time. Thank you threadmistress. :)

[BethIrish]

Ladies, I'm going to say this quietly because I don't want to get too excited....but this morning I gota very, very faint BFP! 11DPO! You can be sure I'll be testing again tomorrow!

[Kimmer]

Congrats Beth Irish

What kind of test did you use?

[MrsR]

CONGRATS BethIrish!!!!! H&H 9 months.

Hey ladies -- just a quick flyby as I am here in Florida at my mom's house and not much time for CC. Anyway, I had a pretty big temperature drop yesterday and what I thought was the start of AF.

Since I thought the witch had arrived, I left my HPTs and thermometer at home and brought tampons with me for my week here in the sun. However, I may not be out yet. TMI ALERT We were driving to Florida so before we left I switched my "stuff" and there was almost nothing there. Better yet, 8 hours later when we arrived in Florida, I still had no AF and no more spotting, so we shall see. AF is due to arrive today so if she does not come by tonight, I will be going to the drugstore to buy some HPTs.

FINGERS CROSSED LADIES!!!!

[RubberSoul]

BethIrish- I will say a quiet congratulations! I hope your line gets darker tomorrow!

MrsR- I have everything crossed for you and hope that spot and AF stay away! Have fun in the sun!

Good luck to everyone getting ready to test and to everyone trying to catch the eggie!

[BethIrish]

Congrats Beth Irish

What kind of test did you use?

A very cautious thank you to everyone :)

I used the CVS brand test....purple cap....the one that gets the + in it if you are PG. I got a faint up and down line in the + :) I think it was the "generic CVS" brand of the FRER or EPT.

I'm going to hit Target tonight to pick up another box of HPTs. I think I'm going to get the digital one so there is no question!

[JayJay]

Congrats, BethIrish!

I think we should make it mandatory for anyone that gets a BFP to post a picture of it. :D

I just love seeing them! And, the internet is