Seeing What Happens: TTC in October 2006

[pride&prejudice]

charliezangel Sorry about the BFN. It certainly does seem like many women who aren't trying and don't even want a baby are the ones who get pregnant the easiest. It can be a real downer, to say the least.


So true

[jimmysgirl424]

ETA

dancn I'm really sorry to hear about your job. :( You know what they say about doors being closed and windows being opened though. I hope thats the case for you.

[Lanapoo]

Hello All!

Looty - I'm really keeping my fingers crossed for you. Stay away AF! I hope you make it up here one day. It's pretty fabulous in the summer (usually, this summer was totally craptastic though :rolleyes: ).

Mandos - I'm so sorry that hag found you! And on a trip too :mad: .

Melandtim - It really sucks that these health issues seem to be getting in the way for you and DH this month :( .

Pride - I think you're on the right track here with the EWCM and the O pains. Get thee some BDing tonight!

Sam - I hope you get that positive OPK soon so you don't have to wonder anymore.

Delsol - Interesting symptoms, I find that my BB soreness usually goes away right before AF instead of showing up.

Dancn - Sorry about all the job confusion. I'm sure everything will work out.

Jimmys - Looks like you'll definitely be covering your bases with that BD schedule!

Me - Well, after warming my thermometer up a little I got a temp that was a little more in line than it was before. I'm still colder than I was last month though and I also feel like my chart is completely screwed up because I haven't put in the last few temps. I just feel like giving up on it for the rest of the month and starting over next cycle. And to top it all off(small vent), DH keeps stealing my covers and I wake up freezing. He thinks it's funny, of course :rolleyes: .
If I O'd when I thought I did then I should be around 5 or 6 DPO today.

[KrissyCat7]

Mandos - Sorry about AF. It seems like she has the worst timing.

Melandtim - Im glad you guys are still going to try this month. Your DH is right, you will find a way to work it all out.

Pride - Your O pains sound like mine. I never had O pain until I went off BC...and now its pretty bad.

Delsol - I still have my fingers crossed.

Dancn - Im sorry to hear about your job. I too work under a grant so I know how unstable our jobs can be. I hope you will find something else without too much hassle.

Jimmys - Have fun BDing. I have a feeling that this month is going to be a good month for a lot of us.

Lanapoo- My DH does the same thing with the covers...so not funny.

Me: Im CD 16- 2DPO. I'm trying to figure out all this timing and what not. I think this is one of the first times in my life where I wanted the second half of each month to fly by. So now Im just crossing my fingers and praying. I hope we have a lot of good news this month.

[pride&prejudice]

Get thee some BDing tonight!


Hehehe. I read that and DH just emailed me to ask if we had any plans tonight b/c he wants to get dinner with a friend. How hard it was not to type that! :)

KrissyCat7~ I know! Its funny how after being on BC so long I forgot some of the things you feel with the whole cycle thing! Oh I know about the timing, when AF arrives, I want it to fwd 2 weeks, and after O I want those 2 weeks to fly too!

[jimmysgirl424]

Its funny how after being on BC so long I forgot some of the things you feel with the whole cycle thing!

Yeah, like monster cramps from hel! and breast tenderness that makes you wish you didn't have BB's. :rolleyes: :o Yup. Forgot all about those. Reminds me of why I went on the pill in the first place; way back when I was 17.

[pride&prejudice]

Yeah, like monster cramps from hel! and breast tenderness that makes you wish you didn't have BB's. :rolleyes: :o Yup. Forgot all about those. Reminds me of why I went on the pill in the first place; way back when I was 17.

:rolleyes: yup.

[allison]

KrissyCat7 I'm trying to figure all of this out too. I also feel the same way about wanting the second half of each month to fly by!

Lanapoo DH steals the covers too and I've just resorted to having my own blanket under the others that he can't steal!! :p

pride&prejudice Crossing my fingers!!

jimmysgirl424 I wish I could help you but I'm still figuring this out too. I'm not really charting but I'm keeping tabs on things. No temping either. I always forget!

dancn226 I'm sorry to hear about your job. Would your Grandparents be willing to give you a break on your lease if they have a space for you? Do you know someone who owns their own studio that you could talk to for advice?


Me: We're back from Michigan and I'm finally thawed out! ;) It snowed unexpectedly the first two days we were there and we loved it!

Anyway, I'm CD 12 and am supposed to O in 7 days so we'll be BDing this weekend! Crossing my fingers!

[DelSol]

Dancn ~ I hope it turns into something and not AF. Sorry about the work situation. That would be great if you could open up your own studio.

Jimmysgirl ~ I’ll probably test on Saturday, if AF isn’t here.

Pride ~ I’m sensing you are Oing or gonna be soon, better get home and jump on DH, don’t want to miss that O.

Lana ~ the symptoms come and go. Yesterday I had not spotting until night when I was getting ready for bed. Tonight I’m doing water aerobics so I wonder if that will start anything.

Krissy ~ thanks! It will go by fast, just don’t think too much about it.

[melandtim]

Unfortunately we are out this month. I spent all day in doctor's offices and having scans yesterday and the result is that my gallbladder is not functioning properly and must go. I talked the surgeoun into letting me go to my championships this weekend with the horses and doing next weekend's adult team champs as long as I promised that if I spiked a fever I would go to the ER immediately. So I am scheduled for surgery on 11/3.

I am thinking I may have O'd today. Huge temp drop yesterday and then way way up today with major O pains or pains not sure if they are O since I am having so many problems anyway. So I am off to my finals today. Wishing everyone luck!!

[FSUSammy]

RP from Charting:

Me - CD 11, BD fest started last night. Woohoo! LOL I actually had some thick creamy looking CM yesterday when checking internally, and when I went and checked again a minute later I actually found some EWCM. Not much but it was there! I used some preseed last night too. My temps are back to where they were prior to taking Clomid. Not really having any signs that O is on its way though. All OPKs yesterday were negative (light pink line). I'm "scheduled" to take one around 10:30 today so we'll see. I figured we'd BD every other day until I get a positive OPK then try to do it daily. Hopefully DH can keep up don't typically BD during the week so its a big change for us.

Sam

[pride&prejudice]

FSUSammy~ Wooo hooo for the BDfest starting!

melandtim~ Ugh, that doesn't sound like fun. Take care of yourself girl!

DelSol~ Did just that. ;)

allison~ Thanks!


Me~ So with the excitement of yesterday I couldn't wait to get home. DH thought he was going to have dinner with a friend, but wound up not. So we had dinner together. Then we BD so hopefully with that and if we BD today and Thursday, crossing my fingers that we are good to go this time around.

[Tenny]

Hey Girls! I have been lurking, but I didn't feel like posting yesterday. Sorry for not doing SO, but I just not in the mood. I felt nausous all day yesterday and I wish I could say that it was a FPS, but it is only 5 DPO today and I think a little too early for FPS. Still feeling a little icky today.

I hope you all have a great day!!

[DelSol]

Pride ~ good for you! Fingers crossed you got your egg.

Tenny ~ I hope you feel better.



Me ~ CD28 - 13DPO, my temp went down this morning so I expect AF tomorrow or Friday, she can grace us on our trip. I'm looking forward to moving onto next month. Will make sure DH is still onboard for every other day and see if I can get to at least DTD 2 days in a row, right around O day.

[pride&prejudice]

Tenny~ Sorry you feel bad!

DelSol~ Thanks! Sorry to hear that AF will probably show.:mad:

[jimmysgirl424]

DelSol I'm sorry about AF possibly making her appearance. Mean old hag. :mad:

Tenny Sorry you are feeling yucky. Keeping my fingers crossed that this is your lucky month!

melandtim Jeez sweetie, that really sucks. I'm so sorry you are going to have to have surgery. I sure hope everything goes okay and that you and your DH will be able to get back on track quickly after everything is done. Pleaes take care of yourself.

pride I have a good feeling about you this month. Hope you caught the egg! :D

Sammy I'm not far behind you on the BD'ing schedule. I so know what you mean about the BD'ing during the week. Its an odd thing to get used to. We had a bit of trouble with that last month. :rolleyes:

ME: CD 8. Nothing much happening. Just waiting for CD12 so we can get started with the BD fest again. On a very positive note; we had found out last month that our rent on our 2 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment was going up from $1055 per month to $1115. To be honest, we were going to go ahead and stay put. But DH's sister's next door neighbor (who we are friends with too) told us a few days ago that she is moving and has offered to rent her house to us. For $700 a month!! With a fenced-in backyard and a hot tub!! Of course, if I get PG, the hot tub is out for me, but this is a really huge deal for us. It takes alot of pressure off of DH as far as me not working after the baby and him being the sole breadwinner. I'm so excited! We are going to look at the house tonight. I have been in it once before. Its an older home; but has a finished basement, a main floor with the master bedroom and then a very long, narrow bedroom upstairs that is more like an attic. Its not perfect, but hey, for $700 a month, I don't want to get too picky. Its in a decent neighborhood, close to DH's work and close to the route I drive to my work as well. Our lease is up in February and she is willing to wait till then to start renting it to us. I'll post updates as they happen!

[Chelsea524]

I'm so far behind, just general shout outs. Sorry to those that AF found, good luck catching the egg to those waiting to O, and come on, lets get some BFPs!!

I can't access this site at work anymore, and with working from 8-8 its really hard to check when I get home, so I can only really get here on my days off, sorry! CD 14 for me, which doesn't mean much, we are starting the BDing, probably will be every other day, or every third day, if we get to CD 55 or so with no AF then we may start every day or at least every other, but we'll see. Nothing else really going on here. I won't be around tomorrow but friday through sunday I should be here. Anyone testing soon??

[looty]

Mel~Sorry to hear that you have to have surgery. That is nice that your dr is letting you wait until later so you can go to your competitions. Good luck with both the comps and the surgery. Keep us posted.

Sam~Yay for some EWCM! I hope that your DH can keep up and that you get a clear BFP on your OPK soon! Have fun while trying to catch that egg!;)

Pride~I hope that you catch the egg in the next couple days too. Here's to a BFP in 2 weeks!:D

Tenny~Sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well. I was in the same boat yesterday, but it seems mine is a head cold. I hope we both feel better soon!

Delsol~Sorry you think AF is on her way. I hope you are wrong and that it is just a temp dip. IF she does come I hope oyur DH is still onboard too!

jimmysgirl~That is great news about you getting to stay in your friend's house. Saving money is always a good thing! I would love to stay home when we have kids but we just can't swing that right now. Poop!

Chelsea~Sorry you can't get on at work any more. I really don't get a chance to get on much if at all at work since I am a teacher so I understand. It would be even harder if I had little ones running around at home that needed my attention. I hope your cycle this month is shorter!

I am sitting here at 11DPO. I was having some cramping yesterday night and this morning so I though that AF may be on her way. Nothing. I am not even spotting yet, which is good. I don't always spot so it isn't totally unusual but it is nice to not have. Something that was funny is when I complained that it hurt my bbs when my DH hugged me this morning, he informed me I better go to the doctor because that is not normal. :p I reminded him that my bbs are always a little tender after O and he repied, "Not that tender!" Little did he know he put more hope into my heart/mind with that phrase. I am sure if he knew that he would have avoided saying that because he always worries about me getting my hopes up too much. If I don't get AF or a lot of cramping by Saturday, I will probably test. Everyone please pray or keep your fingers crossed or whatever you do to help someone out. I am really hoping this is it!

[Lanapoo]

Mel - I'm so sorry to hear about you having to have surgery, I know how crappy that can be but I also know how much better I felt after doing it (I had a uterine fibroid removed a year and a half ago). Have fun with your competitions and try not to overdo it!

Looty - I just sent up some mondo prayers for you girl! I really hope this is it for you :) .

Thanks everyone for commiserating with me on the cover-stealing issue ;) . I think I'm going to try the extra blanket on my side of the bed tactic after waking up cold yet again this morning.

I'm probably 6 or 7 DPO, no symtoms or anything, just hoping and praying for a July baby.

[DelSol]

cross posted from Charting

Thanks Ladies!

I can feel her coming. My head is hurting and I feel nauseated. Yuck!
Yuck! Yuck!

Well I hope she gets here by tomorrow so I can use that as my excuse to go home early.

[FSUSammy]

looty - I really hope there is a reason for your BBs hurting so much. I'll cross my fingers that AF stays away from you!

DelSol - Sorry that you think AF is on her way. Damn witch!!!

Me - CD 12 today. Need to get some BDing in tonight...hopefully! If not tonight then definitely tomorrow!!!! I noticed a bit of EWCM yesterday when I checked internally, but the majority there was creamy. My BBs are getting fuller (not as floppy) LOL and I noticed that my nipples are starting to get a bit sensitive too so maybe that means O is on its way. I really do hope so. I'd love to say that Clomid helped me O early. Oh and you guys would probably be the only ones that understand this but for the hell of it I decided to see how far away 8 weeks would be from my last AF. Well that puts me into the beginning of December which would be PERFECT timing to announce that we were PG. My family does a HUGE get together on xmas eve which would be a week before my 2nd trimester started so it would be the perfect place and time to announce the PG to the entire family. I sure hope I'm able to do that.

Sam

[pride&prejudice]

FSUSammy~ I hope that Clomid worked. SOunds very promising. And your not the only one who dreams about that. My parents anniversary was last week, and I was getting them a card, well there was one that said what a wonderful Parent and grandparent....... I started getting emotional in the store becuase I really wanted to be able to get that.:o

lanapoo~ Crossing my fingers!

looty~ Awww thanks. Crossing my fingers this is it for you. Your DH sounds so sweet. :)

chelsa~ Sorry that you can't get on at work. Yeah for BDfest!

jimmysgirl~ Aww thanks. That is awesome that you found a great place to live for so cheap!

Me~ CD14 here. Didn't get to BD last night, we were both so out of it. Both of us have half a day since I'm leaving for business travel tomorrow morning. So I'm hoping that maybe we can get some in this afternoon before my parents show up. ;)

[Tenny]

DelSol I hope AF stays away!!

Chelsea Bummer that you can get to CC at work. I would be so lost if I couldn't get here. Of course I would get more work done! Good Luck with you BD fest!

jimmysgirl424 Sounds like a sweet deal on the house!!

looty Ya for no spotting!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!!

Lanapoo I hope you get your July baby!! (I want one too!!)

FSUSammy I hope the Clomid did the trick! And I understand about figuring out when to announce. I did the same thing and I was thinking Christmas time would be a great time to share the news!

pride&prejudice I hope you are able to get some BD in before you trip!

melandtimSo sorry to hear that you have to have surgery! Good Luck! I hope you feel better soon and good luck this weekend!

Me: I feeling a little better. I was nauseous all day yesterday too. I still feel a little yucky, but nothing I can't live with. I'm 6DPO today and other then feeling nauseous no other FPS. But I'm not convinced that the sick feeling I have is a FPS.

[DelSol]

Chelsea ~ sorry you can't get on at work, I’d be lost if I didn't have some downtime.

Looty ~ thanks, I'm still waiting for her to show.

Jimmysgirl ~ great deal on the new place.

Lana ~ good luck for the July baby.

Sammy ~ she is a mean witch isn't she!

Pride ~ good luck with the BDing this afternoon.

Tenny ~ thanks, glad you are feeling a little bit better.


Me ~ CD29 – 14DPO, just waiting for AF to show. I still feel nauseated but no headache right now.

[dancn226]

Hi everyone. Me I am on CD 29 11dpo. Anyhow, things are going okay here. I called in sick yesterday to blow some of my sick days. Anyhow, i feel like AF is going to show tomorrow. I have this really sexy halloween costume i am goin to wear to this haloween party I have on Sat. and if AF does show she will blow it. I kind of feel like there is no way which angers me, but whatever!!!!

Delsol~Sorry about AF, but I believe that I will be joining you tomorrow.

Lana~I feel you on this, I totally want a July baby. I wish this would be the month. But I am not feeling any kind of symptoms. Other than mood swings. But that could just be because of everything going on in life righ tnow!!!

[ceaserbride]

Hi everyone. Me I am on CD 29 11dpo. Anyhow, things are going okay here. I called in sick yesterday to blow some of my sick days. Anyhow, i feel like AF is going to show tomorrow. I have this really sexy halloween costume i am goin to wear to this haloween party I have on Sat. and if AF does show she will blow it. I kind of feel like there is no way which angers me, but whatever!!!!

Have my fingers crossed for you that AF won't show!


Me: I feeling a little better. I was nauseous all day yesterday too. I still feel a little yucky, but nothing I can't live with. I'm 6DPO today and other then feeling nauseous no other FPS. But I'm not convinced that the sick feeling I have is a FPS.Hoping the nausia is a real FPS:D


Me~ CD14 here. Didn't get to BD last night, we were both so out of it. Both of us have half a day since I'm leaving for business travel tomorrow morning. So I'm hoping that maybe we can get some in this afternoon before my parents show up. ;)Have fun BDing, hope you catch the egg.


I am sitting here at 11DPO. I was having some cramping yesterday night and this morning so I though that AF may be on her way. Nothing. I am not even spotting yet, which is good. I don't always spot so it isn't totally unusual but it is nice to not have. Something that was funny is when I complained that it hurt my bbs when my DH hugged me this morning, he informed me I better go to the doctor because that is not normal. :p I reminded him that my bbs are always a little tender after O and he repied, "Not that tender!" Little did he know he put more hope into my heart/mind with that phrase. I am sure if he knew that he would have avoided saying that because he always worries about me getting my hopes up too much. If I don't get AF or a lot of cramping by Saturday, I will probably test. Everyone please pray or keep your fingers crossed or whatever you do to help someone out. I am really hoping this is it!
Definatly keeping my fingers crossed for you! I hope this is it:D

Well I just wanted to come in and see how everyone was doing! Sorry to all of those whe AF showed for:( and good luck to everyone in the 2ww!

'm currently 4 DPO and have some high hopes for this month, we had some good timing and I'm just keeping my fingers crossed and trying not to obsess too much during this 2ww (but its not working).

[HEW?B]

Hello!! I am new here. I have been sooooo excited to join this list!!!! We are sooo darn excited to start this process. Keeping our fingers crossed that this process with go well and not take toooooo long. Right now, we are being pretty low key about it. I just went off the pill and we will see what happens. I am keeping track of whne I think I should O but have not started charting yet. Sticky vibes to ALLLL!!!!
Me: Heather (29)
DH: Matt (29)
Married: Date (Oct 7, 2006)
Last BCP: Oct. 7, 2006
DS/DD : 2 dogs!!
TTC since: Oct 2006

[FSUSammy]

Came across these two great articles that I thought I'd share with you all:

Regarding BD positions and which is best:

http://www.abington-repromed.com/news/pdfs/E-preg.pdf

Regarding timing of BD:

http://www.pregnancyloss.info/sperm_meets_egg_plan.htm

[FSUSammy]

Welcome Heather!

[looty]

Welcome Heather! I hope you don't have to stick around too long either.

Sorry I don't have more time but I just wanted to say that good luc to everyone because it looks like a lot of us are getting pretty far along in our 2ww. I hope we have a lot of good news rolling into this thread!

I had some mild cramping last night and thought that AF might show today, but nothing. I am holding my breath hoping she isn't coming anytime soon. I always hope that if I will her away enough that she won't come, but then I argue with myself in my head that if I am not pg, I just want to get on with the next cycle. :rolleyes: Gotta love ttc!:p

[dancn226]

Well tomorrow is D day, or showuld I say A day:confused: . HOpeuflly I won't have to worry about it. But I am driving myself nuts, even more so crazy than you can believe. I am to the point of believe she will make her ugly apperace tomrrow, but we will find out. Please cross your fingers and pray for me. I want a July baby, so I can open my dance studio in Sept, and have some time off between. I really hope this is the month, but am counting on the fact that is probably is NOT!!!! Well, I will be back to let everyone know.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[FSUSammy]

dancn226 - Crossing my fingers for you girl! I hope you come on here with a great announcement today.

RP from Charting:

Me - CD 13 today. Kinda concerned because my temp went up today to 97.8 but I still have fertile CM and am having O pains on my right side. So far all OPKs have been negative. I'm concerned because if my temp stays up the next 2 days Ovusoft might call O yesterday, and I don't think I really did O yet. I think its coming VERY soon. DH and I did not BD last night per his request. He told me that he was exhausted and didn't want to before we even turned the lights out in our room so at least I didn't get a big fat rejection. I have to BD tonight, no questions asked!!!! Oh and I did a very interesting experiment last night when I did my 8pm OPK. I used my strips from early-pregnancy-tests.com and used one of my answer opks. Well the strip came back with a very very faint pink test line whereas the Answer OPK came back with an almost dark enough test line. I don't know if I trust the strips anymore. Has anyone had this happen to them?

Sam

[docoNY]

waving

sorry I have been MIA but just been crabby - I have been stopping by to root for those in the 2WW and my fingers are crossed for you

CD21 here.. finalllllly got a positive OPK yesterday but we didn't have a good week so didn't get the days leading up to it.. we did make an effort last night and hopefully we can repeat tonight

all I can say is TGIF.. so need the weekend!
hope everyone has a great weekend!

[Tenny]

HEW?B Welcome!!

DelSol So when are you going to test? 14DPO sounds good!

dancn226 I hope AF stays away!!! Are you testing today? I hope you get your BFP and July baby!!

ceaserbride That is so great that you had such good timing this month. I hope this is it for you!!

FSUSammy I think if the OPKs are still neg then you haven't Oed yet. That’s interesting about the OPK test. I have only used the $ store OPK and early-pregnancy-tests.com OPK, but not during the same month.

docoNY Glad to see you back! I hope you can get the BD and rest you need this weekend!!

As for me....I'm 7DPO and feeling NOTHING!! I think I'm going to test on Monday, which will be 10 DPO. I will try to wait longer, but as you all know I'm weak and also a POAS addict!

[dancn226]

Hey girls, just wanted to let you know, that so far no AF.....that doesn't mean anything though. She could make her apperace any day. I am wondering though, if I got a + opk on Fri and Sat, and nothign on Sunday, techanillly I o'd later than i though, so AF could just be late because of that. So I am just going to wait if she doesn't show up by like Monday or Tues I will then test!!!

[Chelsea524]

Sammy, I hope you get some BDing tonight and catch the egg, Christmas Eve would be a great day to tell the family! Interesting articles, thanks for sharing, I always tell DH that I can’t be on top because gravity will make the sperm go the wrong way:p . Don’t know what to tell ya on the OPKs, I don’t trust them anymore (although I will probably buy another pack soon:rolleyes: )

Delsol, I hope AF stays away, that damn witch

Looty, I’ve got everything crossed for you, I really hope this is your month, when are you testing?

Pride&prejudice, hope you were able to get some BDing in before your parents showed up

Tenny, good luck in the rest of your 2ww, I hope it flies by, good luck on Monday

Dancn, I’ve got my fingers crossed that AF stays away, a July baby would be perfect for you, wouldn’t it, good luck!

Ceaser, good luck in your 2WW, I hope you were able to catch the egg

Heather, Welcome, I hope your stay is short and sweet!

docoNY, hope you were able to catch the egg last night, good luck

Ok, I think I got just about everyone

Me, CD 16, I know I haven't O'd yet, probably not even close to Oing, I started charting yesterday, but today I laid in bed trying to get DH to wake up for work and I think my temp was way off because of it, 97.22 yesterday, 97.75 today. I will need to put the thermometer in my mouth before I try to wake him up from now on I guess. I stopped charting the cycle before last because dh thought it was getting to technical and didn't want that to happed, he just wanted to see what happens, we are still doing that but with as long as my cycles are, I really waste a lot of money on hpts when I haven't even O'd, so I think he is finally of board with me temping.

[jimmysgirl424]

Chelsea I hope you O soon! And I'm glad your DH is on-board for you temping; its definitely a good idea when your cycles are so long. Keep up with the BD'ing so you don't miss your chance!

dancn Keeping my fingers crossed that you come back with good news for us next week!

tenny Also got my fingers crossed for you too! Good luck and I hope you get a BFP on Monday!

docoNY Have fun with BD'ing! Know what you mean about needing a weekend break. This week has been soooooooo long!

Sammy I've never used the strips, so I can't answer except to say that you aren't the first woman here that has noted problems with them. I hope you get a postive soon though!

looty Really hoping AF stays away for you!

Welcome Heather! Hope your stay here is nice and short!

ceaser Hope your 2WW goes really quick and that you get good news at the end of it!

pride Have fun with your parents and I hope you and your DH were able to DTD before they arrived. Do they know you guys are trying?


ME: CD10 and operation BD will commence on Sunday. Gotta make sure I remind DH so he doesn't drink too much during football that day. Otherwise he could have a hard time... err.....finishing things up. ;)

BABYDUST to all of us this weekend!! :D

[KrissyCat7]

HEW?B: Welcome! I hope your stay here is very short.

DelSol: I hope AF stays away!

dancn226: I have my fingers crossed for you. This month sounds like it would perfect timing for you.

ceaserbride: I hope that this is your month!

FSUSammy: Wow that makes you wonder doesnt it? I just started this month using dollar store OPK's and I only had one day where it was a definite yes. The rest of the days were really really light. I wonder if I should compare with other brands.

docoNY: Glad you are back.

Tenny: I'm with you on being POAS addict. I've wanted to test since 1DPO. I know it wouldnt show anything...but its so hard waiting.

Chelsea: Let us know how charting goes for you. Im still on the fence with it. I've considered it but still think we will wait a bit longer.

Me: Nothing much is going on here. Im 5DPO and these two weeks couldnt go fast enough. My BB's are sooooo sore, but Im convinced my body is still confused after going off BC.

[jimmysgirl424]

My BB's are sooooo sore, but Im convinced my body is still confused after going off BC.

You have my sympathies, trust me! I just went off the pill in August and my first two cycles have been absolutely miserable because of BB tenderness. I've had some days where it hurt just to get up and walk anywhere. :rolleyes:

[Lanapoo]

Hello Everyone!

Sam - I've noticed the same thing when I use the strips. I'm the type where the test line gets darker until it's positve, but every time I use a strip they are completely blank except for the non-test line. I think that's pretty suspicious.

Welcome Heather!!! Hope your stay is short and sweet!

I was dreaming yet again last night about pink lines. It was a really odd test and you had to get three pink lines on one side and two pink lines on the other for it to be positive. I even had to look at the directions in my dream to interpret it. But it was positive. How I wish that could be real :p . I guess I'll see in about a week.

[FSUSammy]

Lana - Do you recommend another type of OPK that I can try? I love your dream! LOL

[HEW?B]

I am going to sent out a big group hello because I am still trying to get to know all of you and to figure out how all of this works.

DH and I are soooo new at all this stuff and it feels funny to be able to talk about it so openly!! Exciting but a little funny. The thing I am having the hardest time with is not becoming obsessive about it. I am a very goal oriented and driven person and when I get my mind set on something, it tends to be all I think about. I know that this will make DH crazy as he very much wants this to be a relaxed process. How do you all deal with this? I think this board will be a big help because instead of talking to him about it all the time, I can talk to all of you.

The big thing at the moment is that I think I should O next week and I am already feeling like we need to BD around the clock. DH is very happy about that but at the same time, I think I am making him feel like it is a bit of a job. I think I need to relax a bit. How do the rest of deal with this? Thanks so much!!

[jen]

Hello All!

Welcome Heather!

CD15... started the BD fest last night. Surprisingly I'm not as crazed/scared/anxious/overly obsessing about every bodily twitch as I was last time around. Guess I had to get that first month under my belt.

Had my annual physical this week and my NP says to "have sex every other day"... and the typical "try for one year". OY.. okay....

Everyone have a great weekend!

[bellabonga]

It´s already the 20th and there is only one graduate so far this month?! I hope that´ll change soon - I´m still crossing my fingers for you! :) Maybe some additional BABYDUST will help... ;)

[Tenny]

dancn226 Ya for no AF! I guess if you did O later then normal then AF will be late too.

Chelsea Ya I think trying to wake your DH you could affect your temp. Glad DH is on board with charting.

jimmysgirl424 Good luck with the BD fest!

KrissyCat7 I have to talk myself out of PIAS everyday. I guess there are worst problems to have.

Lanapoo I hope your dream is right!

HEW?B The great thing about this place is I can obsess here and then not drive DH crazy! I think that is what a lot of us do!

Well I had a two co-workers ask me if I was pg today. The story is kind of funny. We went to lunch at this deli and driving over there I said I wanted Potato Soup and if they don't have it I'm leaving. Well we get there and the line is out the door. But I peak my head in and I'm exited to see Potato soup on the board. Don't you know I'm the next person in line and the lady comes out and takes the Potato Soup sign off the board. I felt the tears instantly start welling up in my eyes. Then I think to myself I can't start crying over Potato soup. Then the next thing I know I have tears rolling down my face. Then I start laughing at myself and tell myself this is completely stupid and the more I try not to cry the harder I start to cry. I ended up getting out of line and didn't order anything. In the mean time all my co-workers are looking at me and half laughing with me. On the car ride back to work my one co-worker said "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but are you pg?" I told her not that I know of. Then once I'm back at my desk another co-worker comes in my office and shuts the door and asked if I was pg. I again said not that I know of. She then laughed and said "Tenny you can be emotional, but NOT that emotional go home and take a test!" I'm so embarrassed! I also had to get my co-worker to stop at Taco Bell that way I could at least have lunch!

[Tenny]

jen and bella We ended up posting at the same time!

jen Good luck with the BD fest!

Bella How are you feeling? How was your trip? I hope everything is going well with the pg!

[dancn226]

Tenny~I feel your pain on teh emotional stuff. Latley, if I am not pissed off at my mom for talking about my brother (like usally I NEVER care), or crying about leaving my puppy at home by herlsef? Its like WTF is going on. As for af being late, tha tis what I am chauckling it up to be right now, so we will see......

[jen]

Oh my gosh Tenny, I'm right there with ya on Potato Soup. It is my favorite and I am always crushed when the soup place doesn't have it... and I squeal and jump up and down when they do! I gotta say I get really ticked when co-workers ask me if I'm preggo.... or actually they usually tell me I'm preggo.. um, hello, no. :rolleyes:

[Lanapoo]

Sam - I've been using the Answer OPKs or the Clear Blue ones and they both seem to be a lot more accurate than those stupid strip things.

Tenny - I'm highly suspicious of your mini food breakdown. Things that make you go hmmm :p

Bella - Thanks for the babydust!

Jen - Good luck catching the egg!

Heather - I'm not sure what advice I can give you. But for me, the first month TTC was the worst. I was a basketcase, totally convinced I was pg, crying for no reason, bleh. I find that the more cycles I have the more relaxed I am.

[jimmysgirl424]

Tenny Okay, that potato soup story had me LOL! Maybe you should go ahead and test! :)

Bella I was just thinking about you yesterday and wondering how things were going with your PG. Hope you are doing okay!

Lana Hmmm...maybe your dream is a good sign! Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

jen Good luck with the BD!! Have fun!

Heather I think the biggest reason we all come here is (a)for support from other women in our situation and (b) so we don't drive our DH's crazy!! Oh, and you don't really need to BD around the clock. You will end up wearing yourself and your DH out, maybe before you even O so that when you actually NEED to BD, you don't feel like it. Every other day is good. Depending on what day you actually O, you start BD on CD 10 or 12 and then every other day up to and including the day of ovulation. Everyone does it a bit differently. Last month, we started on CD10 and ended up wearing out before I actually O'd, so we missed our chance. This month, I am going with BD'ing on CD's 12,14,16,17, 18 & 20. I'm not charting and don't know the exact day that I ovulate, which is why we are going for three days straight right in the middle of what I believe is when I O. Like I said, its different for everybody. Good luck to you! :)

[FSUSammy]

Lana - the clearblue opks that you used, were they the digital ones?

[Tenny]

Thanks for laughing at me (with me) everyone! I really need some mental help!!:D But traffic is looking good so I'm heading home! I hope you all have a great weekend!! I'll try and get through it without testing! (Must wait to at least Monday!!)

[Lanapoo]

Sam - I just use the regular OPK's. The only time I will be buying a digital test is if I get a positive HPT and want to see the word 'pregnant' on a test :D I don't want to waste any more money on these things than I have to.

Jimmys - LOL, I wish it were sign. The only month I haven't dreamed about pink lines was last month so I'm not holding out too much hope that this could actually mean something :p I think I'm just obsessed.

[DelSol]

cross-posted w/ charting

Hi Ladies!

I'm back! We had a great time in AC. We broke even so no losing money for us. :cool: The drive home was nice because the leaves are changing color and it was very pretty.

We had a great dinner at PF Changs, did some gambling at the craps table and I played some slots. Then I really couldn't keep my eyes open so I went up at 11:15PM, watched the news and off to bed I went. DH played poker and hit the craps table again, he got in at 3AM. We both didn't sleep well but lucky for us check out was at noon.

Guess what?!?!?! NO AF!!!! I didn't take my BBT with me because I thought for sure AF would be here today so I have no clue what my temp was this morning. I still have a few more hours left in the day but so far she hasn't shown her ugly face. I have this glimmer of hope that it could be good news tomorrow. I'm testing tomorrow, so please keep everything crossed for me.

Sorry for the lack of shout outs, I need to go back and read a few pages.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

[FSUSammy]

DelSol - I hope AF stays away!!!! I'll be checking on here tomorrow, hopefully for some good news from you!

[looty]

Delsol~It seems we are in the same boat. I have gone back and forth from thinking that AF is coming to she's not and I might be pg. :o I am testing tomorrow too (if AF doesn't show up tonight or tomorrow morning) so I hope we are both the start of a very long chian of BFPs!

Sorry I don't have more time or energy to do proper shouts outs. Thanks for all the hopeful wishes and crossed fingers.

[FSUSammy]

Good luck tomorrow Looty!!!

[DelSol]

Looty ~ good luck tomorrow! Glad to know we are in the same boat. Keeping my fingers for you!

[Tenny]

Good luck testing tomorrow Looty and Delsol!!

Guess what my DH did?!?!?!?!?! I had all my pg test and OPKS that I ordered from early-pregnancy-tests.com sitting in an envelope in the bathroom and do you know what he did? He threw them ALL away!! Yep, 10 OPKS and 5 pg test are sitting in a landfill! GRRRR!!! I still have some pg test to test with on Monday, but almost my whole stash is gone!:(

[Sunshine]

Good luck testing tomorrow Looty and Delsol!


Tenny~It was by accident tho......right? That SUCKS! At least you still have a stash;)

[MexicoBride'05]

Sorry I've been MIA. I did want to come back and ask to be graduated though! I got my BFP on Friday October 13th!! Guess it's not a bad luck day after all! :)

Sending baby dust to all of you! Good luck testing Looty and Dana! My fingers are crossed for you!

Farah

PS - Hi Sunshine!!! Nice to see you again!! I guess month #4 of TTC was lucky for both of us!!

[Seeing What Happens]

Updated to Here
Congrats MexicoBride'05!!

[Chelsea524]

Congrats Farah!!!! Happy and healthy 9 months to you!!!

Good luck testing tomorrow Delsol and Looty I hope that you two can continue the BFPs!!!

Tenny, Thats terrible of your DH:rolleyes: my DH thinks he's helping clean up by throwing out anything thats left out, unless of course its his. Good thing you have a spare for Monday

For me, its time to try to seduce DH, I had some creamy CM so I don't think anythings going to happen soon but we'll see.

[Chelsea524]

Where are our testers? Don't you know you can't keep me in suspence this long, I know its Saturday and everyone wants to sleep in, but if you are a tester you don't get to sleep in. Didn't you guys know that???:p ;)

Well, I didn't seduce DH last night, I got off the computer and a headache started coming on, turned into a full blown migrane, I was sick as could be. I am really terrible at this charting thing too, I don't think its going to work out for me. I woke up at 4 this morning because DH was leaving early for hunting, first thing I did was temp, 97.1, then I went back to bed, work up at 7:30, so I had the three hrs of sleep and it was 97.75, huge difference, I usually wake up at 5:30-6, so right in the middle, I just don't know, I went with the first temp thinking maybe I was more restless after going back to sleep, who knows.

[DelSol]

I tested and it was BFN. :( On to the 4th cycle.

Still no AF. I don't know what to do since I had the spotting/light flow last week, do I call that AF or wait a few more days and see if she shows?

If she shows this will be one long cycle for me. I've been having headaches for a few days and cramps today. I'm also watching my CM to see if it's changing just in case AF was last week.

Congratulations Farah! I'm so happy for you and jealous too but my time will come, I hope. Next cycle is my 4th time.

Looty ~ I hope you had better luck than me.

Chelsea ~ Ha Ha, I've been so beat that I look forward to sleeping in. Sorry you didn't seduce DH last night, I can totally understand about the headaches, I've had for a few days and I'll be taking my migraine pills tonight since I got a BFN.

Tenny ~ sorry your DH threw away your HPTs and OPKs, that just stinks.

[Tenny]

MexicoBride'05 CONGRATS!!! Happy and Healthy 9 months!!

Sunshine Yes it was by accident! He said he thought it was trash because it was on the floor. I told him I make a habit of putting my trash in the trash can. Silly boys!

Chelsea Ya, he was just trying to be nice and clean up!

Ok I agree with Chelsea where are our testers? We need some info!!

To add to the DH throwing away my OPKs and HPTs story my brand new never used BB Thermometer was in there too. As for me I have been feeling nauseous since Tuesday and last night my nipples were so sensitive. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and also for all the other testers!!

[Chelsea524]

Sorry about the BFN Delsol, maybe you will be one of those that don't get a BFP until 18 DPO, I see your temp went up today, theres still hope

Tenny, your BB Thermometer too? Oh man, tell your DH he owes you big time, sorry

[Sunshine]

MexicoBride'05~CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!! I'm SO EXCITED for you! How funny it was your 4th cycle too:D I had my first u/s on the 13th as well! Looks like it was a good day for both of us!!!!!

DelSol~Sorry for the BFN:( Is there still time?

Looty~Where oh where are you????? THINKING OF YOU:D

Tenny~Thankfully it was by accident! I would have smacked my hubby:p LOL!

[Chelsea524]

Looty, where on earth are you?? I am not very good at waiting quietly:p

[DelSol]

Chelsea ~ we'll see. This whole cycle has been off, my temps just don't see high and the spotting, just really threw me for a loop.

I have some sharp pains when I breathe in deep.

Sunshine ~ I'm not holding onto much hope right now but I guess I'm not out until AF shows.


My goodness I didn't realize the time, I guess I better get something accomplished today.

[docoNY]

came in to check on the testers!

DelSol
sorry about the bfn but the temp is up right (peaked at your chart)
fingers crossed for you

Looty come back and update us!! :)

MexicoBride'05
yeah!! congrats!

Tenny boo on DH cleaning up and throwing out your stash!

speaking of cleaning up - I have a pile of papers to go thru before DD wakes up from her nap

fingers crossed for all the ladies in the 2ww! no AF for you!! :)

[DelSol]

Looty ~ where are you? :)



cross-posted w/ charting
I didn't test this morning. I just have this feeling that something isn't right, last night I was feeling crappy again, just a blah feeling. I'm not an expert on charting so I went to Baby Center and clicked on their Ovulation Calculator for the spotting I had to see what my next fertile days would be and it's tomorrow until Saturday the 28th, so I am going to see what the CM does. I'm thinking of calling my OB/GYN tomorrow and seeing what they think of my chart and see if anything is wrong with me. Nothing can be simple, just when I was able to see a clear pattern on my chart this happens. I think if they can’t help me or don’t know what’s wrong, I may stop charting and stick to SWH because I am pretty good at spotting my EWCM.

[FSUSammy]

Looty - where are you girl!?!??! We are all over here dying to hear from you.

RP from Charting:

Me - CD 16 today. Temps are still low all and OPKs still coming up negative. We finally managed to BD last night. I was definitely experiencing some MAJOR clomid side effects over the weekend with the HUGE episode of depression that I had on Saturday and into Sunday morning. It's over for now. It's like a really really awful PMS-type mood swing. Not fun at all. Hopefully I'll get a positive OPK early this week. If I don't O this week then I honestly don't see the point in taking Clomid again. It's supposed to help me O earlier but so far the only sign I have of O coming is the bad o pains that I've been having on my right side.

Sam

[DelSol]

repeated from Charting:

Just a quick post before leaving for work, I hope to get back later on today but my boss is back from vacation today so I'm sure it will be crazy.

Temp went below the cover line, let's hope AF is on her way.

[Tenny]

Tested this morning at 10DPO and it was BFN. Oh-well!:rolleyes:

[FSUSammy]

Tenny - Sorry for the BFN, hopefully its too soon.

[DelSol]

Tenny ~ sorry about the BFN. I know it sucks.

[Chelsea524]

Sorry about the BFN Tenny, its still early, so don't give up yet

Just a quick post, stayed home sick from work today, temp of 101.8 and feeling terrible, just another thing to throw off the charting I guess:rolleyes: I'm sure if I was going to O anytime soon this will delay it. I'm going to go crawl back into bed, I'll have to check in later to see if Looty can give us an update.

[dancn226]

Hi girls, sorry for the BFN Tenny, and sorry about hte temp drop Delsol~

Anyhow, today I am on cd 34 15 dpo. I am acutally 4 days late. Howerver, I am scared to death to test, I really want this to be the month, and right now, I am just holding my breath every second that she won't show. I am praying. My DH is getting really excited. I just have a feeling if I test its goin to be negitive. So, that is where I m at now. I told him to give it a few more days and we will see. Like i said on Friday, I know I o'd on Monday the 9th. So, I am not to siure what to think. How do I knowthat I o'd, the OPK told me so, So we will see. Just everyone, please pray that this is my month. It would be so perfect for me!!!

Here is the thing that scares the hell otu of me. I have no FPS signs at all. I mean when I say none I mean Nothing. So, I am sitting here confused as hell!!!! I feel things that are like cramps, but not to same. Its very werid,a nd I don't know what to think!!!!! I am just so nervous, we have been trying for 3 months now, and i want this to be it!!!!

[FSUSammy]

dancn226 - Yay for AF staying away. When are you planning on testing if she doesn't arrive.

[FSUSammy]

dancn226 - do you have any post-O symptoms???? The only reason why I ask is because it is very possible to get a positive OPK and not O. Just wanted to make sure you truely are in your luteal phase.

[Sunshine]

dancn226~OMG, How exciting! Just so you know, I didnt have ANY FPS the month we found out we were pregnant either. It was about a week or so later that I started to feel quezy, and the rest of it came! GOOD LUCK!

Tenny~Sorry for the BFN:(

DelSol~Hope AF shows up quickly so you can begin a new cycle!

[Tenny]

Thanks ladies!

dancn226 Please give me some of your will power!! I don't know how you haven't tested yet. I'm keeping all my fingers crossed for you!

Chelsea I hope you feel better!!

[HEW?B]

Just wanted to say hello and happy Monday to everyone. Sorry about the BFP's and fingers are soooooo crossed for those testing this week!!!

As for me, I think I should O in the next few days so lots of BD ing going on in my world. Since this is our first month, I am trying to be calm about it but who the heck am I kidding, it is really all I think about!!!

[dancn226]

I am going to try and wait as long as I can. I just really want this to be it, and I would rather AF show up than get a negitive...if you kno what i mean. So we will see. I hope to test on either Fri. or Sun, since DH works on Sat. But he might push me to do it sooner. He is alerady looking into buying some test for me.

Nothing from Looty yet huh!?!?!?!?

[jimmysgirl424]

dancn OMG...I'm so keeping my fingers crossed for you!! AF being 4 days late is a great sign. I agree, I don't know how you aren't testing, but I understand your reasoning. I would probably prolong it as long as possible too!

DelSol I'm sorry about the BFN. :( I hope AF shows up quickly and goes away quickly so you can move on to the next cycle.

tenny Sorry on the BFN but I agree that its pretty early to rule out PG at this point. You are only 10DPO, so there's still a chance!

looty Where o where o where are you??? Seriously, you have all of us on pins and needles here! Get thee to CC and report in to your TTC buddies!:D

Heather Enjoy the BD'ing and I hope you catch the egg your very first try!

MexicoBride CONGRATULATIONS! :D :D Happy and healthy 9 months to you.

chelsea Sorry you are feeling so badly and I hope you feel better soon.

ME: CD13. Got started with the BD'ing yesterday am AND pm. Well, I'll be honest, the pm was more for us, if that makes sense. We weren't in a recommended TTC position ;) and besides, doesn't it take like 24 hours for a man's sperm count to build back up? I thought I had read that somewhere around here. Anyway, next BD'ing scheduled for tomorrow evening. I'm thinking we're getting really good timing; I've got the EWCM going and have been drinking green tea every night since AF ended for good measure.

[dancn226]

Tenny~I have tested twice two monts ago, and both were BFN so I don't want to ruin my mood right now. AF can ruin my mood, but not a BFN. So we will see!!!

Sunshine~How are you feeling? Are things going good?!! I am really praying on this month. It would just be a perfect schedule with my planned dance stuido opening, that it woud be the greatest thing ever!!!

Looty~I had O pains on the Sunday that I thought. So I m pretty much going with it. And I just figure that between the pains and the + OPK that is hsould be pretty close.

So, I am feeling cramps coming and going, but not the same as AF type cramps, and i have been dealing with them since Sat? I just wish is she was going to show, she would, so this excitment would be ruined by her and not a BFN.....I really want this thing month. And, gosh, if you guys could just see how happy DH is right now, with just the mere thought, its to damn cute!!!!

[Sunshine]

dancn226~AWE, thanks for asking! I am feeling great actually! I have had it pretty lucky, in comparison with some other girls due around my time.(m/s-wise)
We got to see our little monkey on Friday the 13th, so it was a pretty good day for us:D S(he) was waving at us, so surreal! Both DH and I were fighting back the tears!
I cant wait for you all to graduate, being your 1st, 2nd or 3rd etc pregnancies! I am just so excited for you:D I hope this is it!!!!! And what better timing could you have:D
Oh yah, and I started having cramps a couple days after AF was due, they lasted until about 8 weeks or so......GOOD LUCK AGAIN!
(I wish you would test already, but understand why you arent:D;) )

[Lanapoo]

Hello Ladies!

Tenny - Sorry for the BFN but it's still way early. And just to show you how early it is, I stole this little chart from Ovusoft. At only 10 DPO there is only a 35% chance that a BFP would show even if you were pg this cycle.

Positive BFP Percentages according to dpo:
* 35% at 10dpo
* 51% at 11dpo
* 62% at 12dpo
* 68% at 13dpo
* 74% at 14dpo
* 80% at 15dpo
* 88% at 16dpo
* 92% at 17dpo

Delsol - Sorry about the temp drop :(

Dancn - Ack! Test! Test! Test! I know what you mean about no FPS though, I'm currently going through the same thing.

HEW?B - Have fun BDing ;)

Jimmys - Woo hoo! You go girl! Catch that egg!

Me - Well, here I am, probably 12DPO and I have absolutely no FPS. EVERY month that I have been off of BCP's I have had at least some kind of soreness in the BB's. This month? Nothing, nada, no gas, no bloating, etc. So of course I'm thinking that I'm totally pg! :p

ETA: Oops! Forgot about you Sunshine! I'm so glad you pop in on us every once in awhile. I admit to lurking in the May thread just to see how you're doing. I'm glad everything is going well and you got to see your little one!

[pacificbliss]

tenny sorry about the BFN, I think it's early though.

sunshine I didn't have any symptoms either. Eventually, I had some spotting but AF never really materialized.

Good luck dancn.

Where is looty? Let's hope she's running around like crazy scraming that she is pg and that's why she's not on cc where she should be :D

Who did I miss? I know I missed a tester. Sorry to anyone with a BFN. Crossing my fingers for everyone waiting.

[Sunshine]

Lana~You know what? The first month that my BB's didnt hurt after going off of bcp, was the month we found out! *giggle*
I HOPE THIS IS IT FOR YOU TOO:D:D:D
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When are you going to test?

pacificbliss~So where are you in your cycle? When are you testing?
GOOD LUCK!



~Edit~GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE TESTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! WISHING YOU ALL LOTS AND LOTS OF LUCK!~

[FSUSammy]

HEW?B & Kym - good luck catching that egg! I'm right there with you guys.

Sunshine - That's so cool that your little one was waving Hi to you guys. Glad you are doing well.

Lana - when are you planning on testing?

Me - My 10am opk was negative again. I'll be taking another opk tonight when I get home from the work and the gym. I have been having MASSIVE cramps today. I'm talking, cramps like I've never had before kind of cramps. I notice that most of my pain is when I go pee and forget it when I try to stand up straigh, OUCH! I hope this means I'll be getting a positive opk soon enough.

Sam

[Lanapoo]

Sunshine - Thanks for reinforcing my belief that I'm pg :D I'm not sure what to believe though since my symptoms are different every month. But yes, the one consistant pms symptom has been sore BB's. I keep touching them expecting to feel it :p !

Sam - Hopefully your ovaries are gearing up to O! I've heard that OPK's taken in the afternoon and at night are more likely to catch the LH surge. So good luck tonight!

Testing - I'm not sure when I'll be testing. I don't really have a desire to at this point. AF is due on Wednesday so maybe I'll test in the morning if I remember. I really don't want to see a BFN. I think that would make me really sad now that I've convinced myself that I'm pg ;) .

[Sunshine]

FSUSammy~It was SO COOL! And what was even cooler (:p) was that our baby LOOKED like a baby at 11w! SO neat!

Lana~LMAO! I'm here to help (or not help...):p LOL! I would actually jump up and down to test the soreness:p And every morning they wouldnt hurt.
I'd be jumping up and down in front of my mirror saying "They still dont hurt honey" and he'd be looking at me like he might be needing to admit me! LMAO!

[dancn226]

Okay, so I am back from lunch with some news......AF SHOWED, SO i AM OUT YET AGAIN!!! CD 1 FOR ME~~~

[FSUSammy]

dancn226 - Noooooooooo! Damn that AF! Evil hag!

[allison]

This thread moves so fast!!!!
I'll have to do replies later, but I'm on CD 18 and scheduled to O tomorrow so DH and I have been BDing this weekend and today. Crossing my fingers those swimmers do their job!!!!!

[jimmysgirl424]

dancn Sorry about the BFN. :( Damn that mean ol' bit@h AF anyway!

Sunshine Congrats on seeing your little one for the first time. And I got choked up reading that you and your DH got choked up. :o Yup, I'm a big ol' sentimental dork sometimes. :o

[Katie&Micah]

Glad to be joining you all!

Me: Katie age 23 - Birthday November 11th
DH: Micah age 25
Married: May 5, 2005
TTC since: October 2006--starting this month!

[Tenny]

HEW?B Good luck catching that egg! And your not alone I think about it all the time too!

dancn226 NOOOOOOO! What a bummer I really had my hopes up for you!:mad:

jimmysgirl424 I know it is still early, but still. I really need to stop testing early. Have fun with all that BDing!!

Lanapoo Thanks for the stats. I have seen it before but it always helps to see it again. I guess since I got an early BFP with DS I expect it again. I really need to stop testing so early!

FSUSammy I hope your OPKs turning positive!

allison Good luck catching that egg!

[Tenny]

Katie Welcome!!!:)

[jen]

Welcome Katie!

CD18
So I'm in the midst of convincing myself I'm infertile. :rolleyes: Can someone please talk to me about EWCM. I got none. Zip, zero, nada... for the past several months. I used to have a little for at least one day a month, and always noticed it, but wasn't TTC. Now that I am TTC, I have nothing. What's up with Green Tea.... does it help? How much of it do I have to drink? Is one cup a day enough?

I should have had some sign of O'ing over the weekend, but alas, nothing. I know this is only month 2, but I've always had a feeling I would have trouble getting pregnant. I'm 32 and my mom started early onset menopause in her mid-late 30's.... sighhhh... someone talk me down off the cliff! :o

[FSUSammy]

Welcome Katie! Hope your stay here is short and sweet.

Jen - Do you check your CM internally?? If you don't I HIGHLY recommend it. I rarely get any EWCM that comes all the way down. Every once in awhile I'll get lucky. Usually I'll find some (when there is some of course) when I check internally. Also regarding the green tea, I believe it does work. This cycle since I'm on clomid (it is known to dry up CM) I've been using Mucinex daily as well as green tea pills. I don't like the taste of green tea and was happy to see they have them in pill form. It's been working fabulously!

[jen]

Thanks FSUSammy....

[Sunshine]

dancn226~ nooooooooooo WAY!!!!! I'm so sorry:(

jimmysgirl424~AWE! heehee thanks:D Its amazing! I know after the appointment (After the u/s DH and Ikept holding and squeezing hands, and just smiling at each other) he told me he was fighting back tears, and that made me cry:p LMAO!

Katie&Micah~Welcome!

jen~I agree with FSUSammy...I checked internally, and alot of the time I wouldnt have even know I had any CM if it werent for that.
I used Grapefruit juice. It was suposed to increase your fertile CM. I may be crazy, but it worked for me:p You are suposed to drink REAL GFruit juice everyday after AF leaves until you O....
GOOD LUCK!

[allison]

I just took my OPK test and it's positive so I guess I'll be Oing within the next 24 hours or so. I was doing laundry and felt my cheeks go flush and I felt hot. I can't find my thermometer anywhere but I feel like my temperature was rising so I took the OPK. I'm so excited since I haven't really ovulated the past two cycles. Can't wait for DH to get home!!!!!!!

dancn226 I'm so sorry! :(

Katie&Micah Welcome!!!!

TennyThank you!!!! I'm so excited right now just to be ovulating! :p

jen My mother started going through menopause when she was in her late 30's and it's always weighed heavy on my mind. I'm 32 as well. I also don't have much EWCM but I haven't tried green tea just yet. If this cycle is a no go then I'll be downing for the next. I don't have much advice, but I am in the same boat.

I know I've missed others, I'm sorry!

[FSUSammy]

I just took my OPK test and it's positive so I guess I'll be Oing within the next 24 hours or so.


I'm so jealous!!! I want a positive!!!! Get your BD on tonight girl!!! LOL

[allison]

I'm so jealous!!! I want a positive!!!! Get your BD on tonight girl!!! LOL

This is my first one in some time so I'm through the roof right now! I wonder if I can convince DH to come home early..... :p

[jimmysgirl424]

Welcome Katie&Micah! Hope your stay here is short and sweet! :)

[dancn226]

So, I am back, and I am pissed....I no longer believe in accidents. I went throgh all of my high school years, never doing things with boys beacuse this was my fera. Now, I have a husband I adore, and good $ coming in, and have a good home, and it isn't happening. I am angry, and pissed off. I mean this is only our 3 time trying, but WTF am i doing wrong, who knew this would be so damn hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

[DelSol]

Chelsea ~ I hope you feel better.

dancn ~ Sorry about AF. I know it's hard, I keep telling myself, God has a plan for me, what it is I don't know but I hope motherhood is included in that plan.

sunshine ~ thanks, looking forward to the end of this cycle.

HEW?B ~ have fun with the BDing.

jimmygirl ~ woohoo for starting the BDing, good luck catching the egg.

lana ~ fingers crossed for you.

allison ~ good luck catching your egg.

katie&micha ~ Welcome!

Jen ~ I'd start with trying the Green Tea or Grapefruit juice & see if you EWCM improves.


CD33 - 18DPO ~ not much going on, temp dropped and I'm just waiting for AF to hopefully show.

[pacificbliss]

sunshine I'm not testing, I'm just here cheering girls along and trying to spread some babydust. I'm actually 32 weeks pregnant.

Welcome katie

Sorry about AF dancn :(

[FSUSammy]

Hey ladies. CD 17 here. OPKs last night were once again negative. My temp was also extremely down this morning. I'm thinking its because the house was colder because we had a cold front move through last night. So that means that I have at least another night to BD. I'm trying to not let this frustrate me though because that's not going to do anything. Be back later.

Sam

[melandtim]

Mexicobride - CONGRATS!!!!!

I'm back from my competition and boy was it a long 5 days. :rolleyes:
I am keeping my fingers crossed for all of you. Since i can;t join in this month I will cheer you guys on!!!

CD19 for me and another annovulatory cycle for me so I guess no big deal that we weren't trying this month. Thanks for the well wishes. I am actually looking forward to my surgery next week so I can actually eat. I feel so miserable all the time :(

[jimmysgirl424]

Have we heard from looty yet?? I kept coming back to check all day yesterday. Did I miss her somewhere? :confused:

dancn I really feel for you. It can be sooooooooo frustrating, especially when many others seem to be able to get pregnant with ease, some that aren't even trying. It sucks, but try to keep in mind that you are only 3 months into this. Sunshine caught the egg in her fourth cycle of trying, as did MexicoBride. Maybe it will be lucky number four for you too!! :) Hang in there sweetie.

Sammy Hope you get that positive OPK soon! Keep on BD'ing, girl!!

melandtim Sorry you are feeling so lousy and I hope that your surgery goes smoothly next week. Thanks for coming back in here to cheer the rest of us on!

DelSol Hope the hag shows soon so you can get on to the next cycle.

allison Congrats on the positive OPK! Hope you got the good BD'ing in last night and that you and your DH catch that egg!!:D

ME: CD14. Tons of EWCM and DH is totally on board this month. He has been into BD'ing every day instead of every other day. Far be it from me to object! ;) Keep your fingers crossed that we are successful this time around!

[FSUSammy]

Kym - That's awesome that your DH is into BDing daily. Every morning that my temp is down I count my blessings that I have another day to bd, especially when its on a day that I'm "scheduled' to. LOL Hopefully I can get some BDing in tonight. I'm going to have to do everything possible to make that happen.

[melandtim]

Good luck Kym! Hopefully it will pay off :D

[Seeing What Happens]

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Welcome Katie&Micah

[dancn226]

Oh Jimmygirl~Thanks for that. Everyone on here makes you feel so mcuh better about the whoel thing. I had to tell my DH that news yesterday, and it was quite sad because he was telling me about how he had this dream that we had a girl and everything, it is just so diappointing. But hey whatever. He came to the conclusion, that he needs to take a month off so we can do this, and no have to worrya bout getting a + opk, and him being at work. So, we decided that is goign to be a godo excuse to get out of work....:D

[Chelsea524]

Welcome Katie, I hope you don't have to stay to long!

Dancn I am so sorry about AF, you have every right to be pissed, I'm pissed for you:mad: BDing duty sounds like an excellent excuse to get out of work!!

Mel Good luck on your surgery, I hope you can bounce back and get back to ttc soon

Kym Good luck on catching the egg!

Sammy I hope you O soon and catch that egg, good luck!

Delsol Have you tested anymore? Any spotting at all? I hope AF shows soon if she's going too, but still holding out a little hope for you

HEW?B Have fun catching the egg, good luck

allison Yay for the positive OPK, I hope you can catch the egg

Jen I never get EWCM unless I check internally, but there are quite a bit of stuff you can try to increase it, grapefruit juice, green tea, mucinex, give one of them a shot, and just because you don't have EWCM doesn't mean you aren't Oing so keep bding just in case

Lana are you still planning on testing tomorrow? Good luck, I hope AF stays away!!

Tenny Any new symptoms? When do you plan on testing again?

Me, feeling much better today, although now my son stayed home from school sick so I missed work again, oh well. my BBs have been tender and I have been a litte crampy down low on my left side, so I am hoping that O is soon. We BDed this morning and hopefully we will again tomorrow. I forgot to temp this morning, woke up an hour early because my son said he was sick and didn't temp before I got up, oh well, if I do O soon then with the few temps I got that weren't completely off probably wouldn't have been able to tell anything, I may go pick up some opks today if I get out of this sick filled house.

[FSUSammy]

Quick question ladies. I bought preseed to use this cycle since I'm on clomid and I had heard that it dries up your cm. Well it hasn't dried mine up at all. Should I bother using preseed if I have plenty of CM???

Thanks!
Sam

[Chelsea524]

Sammy I wouldn't bother with it if you don't need it, its not like it *helps* the sperm, it just doesn't hurt or block the sperm

[jimmysgirl424]

Sammy no need to use it if you don't need it, right?

I have a quick question. I need to buy some lubricant but don't want to purchase one that can inhibit the swimmers. :) Any suggestions? TIA!

[FSUSammy]

Kym - The only lubricant that I know that doesn't inhibit swimmers is preseed.

[Sunshine]

sunshine I'm not testing, I'm just here cheering girls along and trying to spread some babydust. I'm actually 32 weeks pregnant.

LMAO!
:o :o :o

[jimmysgirl424]

Kym - The only lubricant that I know that doesn't inhibit swimmers is preseed.

:o I've never heard of it. Can I buy it at Target?

[FSUSammy]

Kym - Nope not many local stores carry it. You can go to www.preseed.com to see who locally carries it by you. I bought mine online.

[jen]

Thanks for the EWCM advice girls.

Allison, I hope our mom's early menopause has no effect on us!

[Tenny]

dancn226 I'm so sorry about AF! I always think it is so funny we try so hard NOT to get pg for so long and all of a sudden we WANT to be pg and it doesn't happen. Makes you wonder why you tried to hard back then. But I understand your frustration! Hang in there! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you for this new cycle!!

DelSol 18 DPO is really good. Any sign of AF or a BFP??

FSUSammy I hope you get a positive OPK soon. I'm glad the other girls could help you with the preseed question. I know nothing about it!

melandtim Glad you are back! I hope your surgery goes well!

Chelsea Glad you are feeling better, but sorry your son is sick now! I hope you O soon!!

ME: Well I'm 11 DPO and I must have picked up some will power from this thread because I didn't test this morning. I think I'm going to wait until Friday. By Friday AF should be here...I think. I have any where from 26-27 day cycles so that means AF could come Thursday or Friday. So maybe I should wait until Saturday. But I have a feeling I'm out for this cycle. I'm just not feeling any FPS. Boobs are fine, no cramping.....nothing! Oh well!

[jimmysgirl424]

Sammy Thanks, I ordered it. Now I'm wondering if maybe one of the reasons we weren't successful last month is because we were using KY?? :confused:

[docoNY]

4 DPO here

no time for shout outs/ at work
waving as usual to everyone and sorry about the BFN's

I had a crazy day - our car was towed last night - don't even want to talk about it.. just makes my BP rise :D

anyway there is another lube that works with sperm - I have it at home.. I will drop off the name later

good luck to those catching the egg!!

[KrissyCat7]

Does KY actually hurt/hinder the sperm?

Also, is it possible to O more than once in a month? I believe I have read that you can O more than once within 24 hours of eachother...but what about weeks apart? I got to thinking about this the other day.

Im 9DPO and this 2ww has been killer.

[FSUSammy]

Krissy - I'm sure there are plenty of women that have gotten pregnant with KY. Are you using KY externally only? If so there shouldn't be any problems. Lube should be a problem only if you have a need for it internally to supplement your CM. I'm pretty sure its not possible to O weeks apart.

[KrissyCat7]

Sammy: I never even thought about lube possibly hindering the sperm. I guess I was just kinda shocked. Who would have thought? The things Im learning.

[loving624]

Hi ladies,

I am new to this whole board. I wanted to say hi. Here are my stats, I thikn this is all of them

Me: Kelly
Him: Greg
Age: me 25, him 26
Married 6/24/06
kids: none, one dog
Last M/C: N/a
Off BC: September 2006
TTC: Well, we thought October 2006, but now we are waiting, may be December

[loving624]

What I mean when I say thought October 2006, is we were all set to try, then we heard I had a bad pap smear and needed a biopsy, so I had to take care of that. Apparently the pap came back pretty bad, so they are worried about the biopsy. It can come back as a level 1, 2, or 3 and last time it came back as level 1. That is what we are hoping for this time, although the pap was worse this time so they aren't sure. I had the biopsy last Thursday and am supposed to call the office this Thursday to see if I hear anything.....

[looty]

Sorry I haven't been around ladies. I have been pretty sick. I have a head cold or the flu or a sinus problem....feels like all of those. :(

I got Af on Sunday on top of it. I was crying to Dh on Sunday night because I felt so bad. It freaked him out pretty bad. :o I blame it on not being sick too often (at least not really sick) and the hormones.

I am cheering for all of you ladies and will be around more often when my head quits spinning and I can actually breathe.

Welcome to the new ladies and good luck to everyone!

[FSUSammy]

Welcome Kelly, hope your stay here is short and sweet! When will you have your biopsy results back?? I had the same thing happen to me several years back.

looty - Damn that AF. I was really starting to think that you were avoiding us because you were too excited. Sorry that on top of AF you got a really back cold. I hope you get better soon!!!

RP from charting:

Me - CD 18 today. OPKs are all still negative. I'm tempted just to stop taking them because it is just soooooo disappointing to go day to day seeing negatives twice a day. I don't know what I'm going to do yet but I need to decide quickly. I might call up my ob/gyn today to see what they say about all this. Its been 12 days since my last clomid pill and I should have O'd by now. I have no stress that would delay it really. I was reading something last night that said that your pituitary gland is what produces the LH and it got me wondering if maybe I have something wrong with that. I don't know I'm trying not to get myself down over this but its so hard not to. Oh yeah and we didn't BD last night either like I wanted to. Thankfully this morning's temp was still down which means I still have a chance tonight.

Sam

[melandtim]

Looty - sorry about AF and about being sick. Hope you are feeling better soon :)

Loving - welcome!! Hope you get good news today.

CD 19 for me, ho hum. I think I mistakenly said yesterday was CD19 but today is. Which means AF is due the day of my surgery, yuck that won't be fun Wonder how they handle that?

I hope to get lots of relaxation time in while recuperating so maybe just maybe I will actually O next month

DH's bone scan of his knee showed no infection so they are sending him to a specialist to determine why is still in so much pain.

[loving624]

Thanks for the welcome ladies. The biopsy results will hopefully be in tomorrow, they wanted me to call the drs office tomorrow (Thursday) to see if they are in yet. I still am hoping they will call me today but I am content now to wait and see.

[Seeing What Happens]

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Welcome Loving624

[Chelsea524]

Just a fly by post to say...

Welcome Loving624, I hope your stay is short and sweet!

Happy Birthday Mel!!!

[FSUSammy]

Happy Birthday Mel!!!

[HEW?B]

Happy Birthday Mel. Welcome to new faces. Hope you are here only a shot time!!! Hope everyone else is catching the egg or at least having fun trying.

As for me, today is 14 days from my last period but I really think I ovulated yesterday. Please tell me if this sounds weird but I really think I could feel it. I am not charting or taking my temps because this is my first month off the pill but I just had these sort of pain/pulling feelings especially on my left side. Does that sound nuts??? Do others think they can feel when they are ovulating? We tried to catch the egg and I think we did it at all the right times. Now what should I be looking for??? What types of things should I hope to feel if I did catch the egg. I know the classic ones but this soon is there anything that I may feel???

[melandtim]

Thanks everyone for the Bday wishes!! Brightens my day :) I need it since my mother called and got into it with me today already. More of we have no business having a baby, etc. Hello, why not??? Oh that's right I forgot because DH and I will get a divorce and a baby will only tie us together forever!! Mothers who hate their SILs on the next Jerry Springer :p

[jen]

As for me, today is 14 days from my last period but I really think I ovulated yesterday. Please tell me if this sounds weird but I really think I could feel it. I am not charting or taking my temps because this is my first month off the pill but I just had these sort of pain/pulling feelings especially on my left side. Does that sound nuts??? Do others think they can feel when they are ovulating? We tried to catch the egg and I think we did it at all the right times. Now what should I be looking for??? What types of things should I hope to feel if I did catch the egg. I know the classic ones but this soon is there anything that I may feel???

Not weird at all... some women can feel when they ovulate! I can... or at least I think that's what is happening! ;)
As for feeling things immediately after catching the egg.... I'm not totally sure... Others can correct me if I'm wrong but it actually takes 5-10 days for implantation to happen... so you normally wouldn't feel anything until after that. I have heard of woman who could feel the actual implanation---like a sharp pulling pain.
GOOD LUCK!! I know during my first 2WW I was so acutely aware of every flicker in my body I drove myself nuts. I had conviced myself I was preggo and then AF showed up right on time! :o Try and stay busy for the next 2 weeks!



Happy B'day Mel!

Welcome Loving624
Welcome Kelly

[DelSol]

Update on me since I was MIA in here yesterday:

I called my OB/GYN and left a message for the nurse yesterday. As of right now I haven't heard back from them. It looks like I could be having an annov cycle right. I hate to test again and see a BFN, so I was hoping to get some bloodwork done but the nurse needs to call me so I know what my next steps are.



loving624 ~ welcome!

looty ~ sorry about AF. I hope you feel better soon.

mel ~ Happy Birthday! I hope you do something fun to celebrate.

HEW?B ~ if you O'd your CM will dry up. Nope doesn't sound nuts, I can feel when I am Oing, you'll get some pains on one side. I hope you caught the egg.

[loving624]

Thanks for the warm welcomes ladies!! I do have a question for you, sorry for the dumb questions, but I am new at this.

I see that most of you have journals - are they cc journals? If so, how do I get to them and how do I start my own? Thanks!!!

[FSUSammy]

Hey ladies. Just got a call back from my ob/gyn nurse. She told me that the pains I'm experiencing could very well be follicular cysts. She said that its possible that the doctor might want to do an ultrasound to verify that. So I went ahead and got their next appointment which isn't until tomorrow at 1pm. So we'll see what they say tomorrow.

Sam

[Chelsea524]

I see that most of you have journals - are they cc journals? If so, how do I get to them and how do I start my own? Thanks!!!

You won't be able to see the journal threads or make a journal until you reach 10 posts, once you get to ten then you will be able to see the journal threads, they are at the bottom of the main forum page. You can set up a new thread for your journal, its separated by like, a-c, d-e, you would be in the one for L's.

Sammy good luck at the dr tomorrow, hope its nothing serious

DelSol, hope you hear back from the nurse soon

Not much new for me, CD 21, didn't get any BDing in last night and probably won't for a few days, DH is now sick with what I had plus he got the cold my boys have. I have been cramping like crazy the last couple days, not sure what that is, I have no idea if I have already O'd or not.

[Lanapoo]

Hello everyone!

Welcome Loving and Kelly!!!

Happy Birthday Mel!!!

Looty - Sorry about AF :(

Sam - Hopefully they figure out what's going on tomorrow.

Chelsea - Sorry about all the colds going around your house!

Delsol - Hope you figure out what your body is up to this cycle.

HEW?B - I can feel ovulation pains too, but the trick is they can show up before, during, or after you O. And that makes is kind of hard to pin point. I was convinced I O'd on CD14 because that's when I felt the pain. But when I started charting last cycle I realized that I was really Oing around CD12 but not feeling the O pain until two days later.

Me - Okay, so I screwed up this morning and forgot to temp. I dreamed that I did but didn't actually do it :p . So I don't know if AF is coming today or not. Then I forgot to test. I did test on Monday night but I think it was too early. PMS symptoms have arrived in the form of that oh so wonderful bloated feeling. Still nothing else though. I guess I'll try to remember to test tomorrow if AF hasn't made it yet.

[FSUSammy]

Lana - Hope AF continues to stay away and you get a BFP tomorrow!

[DelSol]

Repeat from Charting:

I was able to get a hold of the nurse.

She was actually nice considering the ones I have run into are mean.

She talked to me about the annov cycle and that women do have them but when you are TTC it's not what you want to hear. She's not worried about my cycle right now since I don't have any nauseas or breast tenderness. I set up a consultation appointment with them to go over the TTC and what to look for, I figure this will help me put my mind at ease. I told her I was charting and she said I should bring my charts with me also and to not stop charting. She also said I could bring DH, I'll bring it up to him but I have a feeling he won't go, I know he'll go to the pregnancy appointments but this one I don't know. I'll be going next week on 11/2. I could have had an appointment on Monday but it was for 11:30AM and that's kinda hard for me to get to with working so I opted for the 11/2 at 4PM, this way I can leave work early and not worry about getting back on time.

[Jenn (and Bill)]

I know the month is almost over but I'm joining now so I'm all ready for November.

Me: Jennifer (34) - July 19
DH: Bill (42)
Married: May 25, 2003
Last BCP: 12/05
TTC since: Summer 2006

We would have started trying earlier but we found out you had to have sex to try! So now that's all taken care of. My last two cycles have been really out of whack so it's hard to tell what's going on. Thinking of starting to chart but was hoping to not go that route. I wouldn't mind learning more about my body but I'm afraid I'll become obsessed over the whole thing and I really don't want that to happen. So we'll see. But as I mentioned, I'm 34...can't wait forever. I just think it's interesting that now that I really could be pregnant, my cycles are crazy. Last one was 40 days and this one I'm on like day 45 or something. Took a test this morning but it was negative and I don't feel pregnant. So I just wish AF would hurry up so I could try again!

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Welcome Jenn (and Bill)

[Chelsea524]

Jenn welcome!! I hope you don't have to stick around to long

Delsol glad you were able to talk to the nurse, are you going to test again or just wait for your appt? FF seems convinced that you did O, I really have no idea, I can't read charts very well, I figure thats what FF is for, right?

Lana I hope AF stays away, I forgot to temp too, but with the fever the previous two days I figure I might just need to wait til next month to start again.

Me, well, I checked CM this afternoon and had quite a bit of EWCM and my cervix was extreamly high, soft and open!!! So I think whether DH wants to or not we are going to BD tonight.

[DelSol]

Jenn (and Bill) ~ Welcome!

Chelsea ~ I'm just going to wait it out until my appointment. Nurse didn't seem to think I was PG so I'll wait. Any other time I'd be so happy AF wasn't here but not that we're TTC, I'm like oh come on and get here so I move onto the next cycle. That's what I can't figure out FF thinks I O but AF is a no show, nurse said every now and then, women get annov cycles so it's not abnormal to not get AF but it sucks it had to happen when we are TTC. Woo hoo for EWCM!

I did notice my CM is changing again, let's see if I get EWCM, if I do I'm jumping on the BDing bandwagon again.

[looty]

Happy Birthday Mel! I hope your birthday got better after your post earlier.

Welcome Jenn! Anotehr STL lady! I love to see it! Don't you hate how your cycles are all of a sudden out of whack! It stinks!

Thanks to everyone for the get well wishes. They must have worked pretty well because I am feeling much better. I am still not 100% but I can actually function now.

I took my first Clomid yesterday and I didn't have any side effects that I noticed. Like I said though I am not feeling 100% so even if there was something I probably wouldn't have attributed it to Clomid.

Good luck to everyone who is bd'ing and testing soon (Lana and anyone else)! I hope we end October with a bang!

[melandtim]

Thanks Looty and Lanapoo! Unfortunately I ended up spending my Bday alone. It was pretty sucky :(

Looty - glad you are feeling better!! Good luck with the Clomid.

Jenn - welcome!

Good luck Chelsea!! Hope your DH and sons feel better soon.

Sammy - good luck with your appointment today!

CD20 for me. I am wondering if being sick the last 2 cycles has screwed them up and that's why I am not O'ing? Have been getting cramping but not sure if its gallbladder related or AF hopefully coming early.

[FSUSammy]

Jenn (and Bill)- Welcome!!! Hope your stay here is short and sweet. Have you read Taking Charge of Your Fertility??? If not I'd highly recommend it. Not so much for the charting info in it but for the general info about your body. I learned sooooooo much from that book over the last year.

Chelsea - Hope you were able to BD last night!

looty - Hope your experience with clomid is MUCH better than mine!

RP from Charting:

Me - CD 19 today. Still having some bad o pains. At times they are painful and make you stop in your tracks but thankfully its not all the time. I'm looking forward to my appointment today. I'm really hoping he does an ultrasound. My temp went up today from 97.2 yesterday to 97.6 today. Not sure if that means anything really. All OPKs are still VERY negative. I'll take another one today around 10am. I might have to run out on Friday and buy some more OPKs if I don't get a positive soon. I was hoping to BD last night but DH was VERY exhausted. He has been VERY tired lately and he thinks he's not getting enough sleep so he took a sleeping pill last night to help. I just hope that I get a positive opk before I do O that way I can definitely demand to BD otherwise we will more than likely completely miss our chance this month. The whole thing with DH basically turning me down is really making me reconsider taking clomid next cycle (if there is a next cycle of course).

Sam

[Tenny]

Well I'm out for Octorber! Af arrived this morning, I kind of expected it since I got a BFN yesterday morning. Feeling okay about it, but I was really upset yesterday.

Well I'll be back to do SO later!

[FSUSammy]

Sorry about AF Tenny.

[Jenn (and Bill)]

Thanks for the welcome girls!

I did plan on buying TCOYF. Right now, I feel like it's all so futile. Well, not futile. But a crap shoot, you know. The OPKs and temping tell when you're going to O but you have to BD before you O and sometimes you don't O and everyone is different. So isn't the lesson to just BD every day? Wow, I just used a lot of abbreviations.

Anyway, today is CD 46 or 47. I've lost count. September 10th seems like a REALLY long time ago. But I still feel like it could show up anytime. Maybe today will be my lucky day.

I guess every once in a while, people get lucky and even win at craps. So I'll keep going.

P.S. Looty, I grew up in STL but don't live there now. Still have family there so I spend more time there than necessary!

[jimmysgirl424]

I'll be back for SO's later. Just needed to vent if thats okay. I'm feeling really let down by DH at the moment. At the beginning of the BD'ing week, he was all gung-ho and ready to go, as I mentioned in previous posts. HA! Well, here it is Thursday, CD 16 and we haven't BD successfully since Sunday, CD12. He fell asleep on the couch Monday night. Tuesday morning, he wakes me up and we try to BD. He is unable to 'finish'. Tuesday night, he fell asleep on the couch early. Woke me up on Wednesday morning, only to repeat what happened Tuesday morning. Last night, we had pool league plus we had spent the whole afternoon at the hospital visiting my sister. I specifically asked him not to drink too much so we could BD when we got home. Yeah, right. Something like 10 beers later, we head home and DH craps out yet again. :mad: :( :mad: I'm really pi$$ed. Plus, I'm wondering WTF is going on in his head. This is the second month in the row he's been all ready to go and then totally flaked out during the crucial time period. Why? Is he wanting a baby but some part of him doesn't and keeps him from DTD with me?

Sorry, but I'm feeling hurt, let down and very confused right now. And I'm afraid to even bring it up to him for fear of putting him on the defensive and ruining any chance at all of BD'ing tonight. But I feel like if I don't, I'm going to explode. I'm sitting here at work and I am an emotional wreck between worrying about my sister and being so upset about me and DH. :(

[Sunshine]

jimmysgirl424~I'm so sorry:( It could be that the idea of "baby making" versus "Making Love" could be freaking him out, whether he realizes it or not....I think my husband sort of went through the same thing.......Maybe DONT tell him it is time to BD....maybe that might help?
Either way, I am so sorry:( HUGS

Tenny~I'm sorry AF showed:(

[dancn226]

Tenny~I am sorry that AF showed, doesn't it alway smake you feel so bad. I hate the feel. Its liek your body is totally letting you down. It sucks!!! I am so sorry. Next month willl be our Month!!!

[DelSol]

Kym ~ (((HUGS))) I've written that post a time or two. It's very hurting because you both want to make a baby but your DH doesn't want to DTD. I don't think men realize the importance in timing and DTD. After a major blow up from my DH, I asked if he was ok DTD every other day and not every day, he did say yes. Now when the time comes and my cycle gets back to normal and we DTD, I'll see if makes a difference. I knew when my next fertile days were and the days I could possible O so I started counting back 4 days before O, say it was on CD15. I figured we could BD on CD12, CD14 & CD16 and catch my O if it occurred on CD15. I would ask him if he wants to know when your fertile time is and see what he says. Depending on his answer you could either tell him or have to seduce him. With seducing him it could go either way, because he won't know it's the BDing time of the month.

[melandtim]

Oh Kym I feel your pain :( My DH did this 2 me 3 months in a row. He would work late and I would tell him you have to wake me up and he never would. One day I boiled over and layed into him. I don't know your Dh but I had to sit mine down and explain how frustrating this was and he was totally ruining our chances. I told him he had to make a choice either we are TTC or not and there is no half ass about it. I wish you luck, I just think guys don't understand the emotions that we go through with this. I hope your sister is ok.

Tenny - sorry about AF :(

[jimmysgirl424]

Thanks girls. At least I have you all to vent to. I still want to just scream my head off, but now I know I'm not the only one to go through this.

My sister's diagnosis is MS. :( :( Her neurologist is just waiting for the tests to come back to officially confirm it. I have a thread about it up over in emotional support.

I'm going crazy, anyone else want to come? :(

[melandtim]

you can only go crazy if I can join you!!! Lets all have a good cry right now!

I am so sorry to hear about your sister. That has to be so hard.

[DelSol]

Kym ~ sorry to hear about your sister. Hey I love visiting crazy town.

[docoNY]

popping in for a min - DD is home for day 2 due to croup - I am hoping she is going to nap but my typing is probably letting her know I am nearby

Kym - I could have written yr post several times over - I try to limit my opk talk - DH is almost 40 and we have had quite a few not finished sessions.. I was to shy to complain about it last time we were TTC and its happening again and totally feel for you.. I don't even tell him when I have a + opk

and I am sorry about your sister - you are going thru a lot
hang in there!!

gotta run DD is bouncing up and down in her crib - argh!

[FSUSammy]

RP from charting:

Hey ladies. I'm back from my appt. I'm kinda irritated. I didn't get an u/s or anything. The doc felt internally and insists that I've O'd. I told him that I've been taking opks twice a day and they have all been negative and he said that opks don't work with clomid, that's weird because I've heard of MANY women that use opks with clomid. WTF! Then....I told him that I don't have any of the normal symtpoms that I have every cycle after I O and he still insisted that I probably O'd over the weekend. I didn't tell him that I'm charting because I don't want him to really piss me off by telling me that charting doesn't work. Well regardless he wants me to get a sonogram next Friday to check to see if my ovaries are back to normal. And since the doc isn't in the office that same day I have to go back for a follow up appointment that following monday. Oh yeah and he insists on doing a PG test next Friday too. Ugh I'm so frustrated now!!!

Sam

[Lanapoo]

Sam - I hope you get some BDing in before you O!

Delsol - Sorry about the possible annov cycle. Hope you O soon or AF comes so you can start over.

Welcome Jenn! Hope your stay is short and sweet. And I hope that AF comes for you soon so you can jump on the BD Bandwagon with the rest of us :)

Chelsea - Yay for some fertile signs!

Looty - I hope the Clomid helps.

Mel - Sorry about the crappy B-day hopefully on your next you'll be holding your son or daughter :)

Tenny - I'm sorry AF showed up!

Jimmys - Wow, you've got a lot on your plate right now. I hope DH shapes up soon, maybe it's time for a heart to heart with him about what's going on in his head. I'm sorry to hear about your sister :( . My aunt has MS, she's been diagnosed for about 18 years. She found out right after she had her second son. She's still walking and doing okay. She has a hard time but just the other day she made us coffee and walked it over to the table. Pretty good for someone who's been living with it as long as she has. They have much better drugs for MS now than when my aunt was diagnosed, including a series of three drugs (the ABC drugs) that are supposed to help stop or slow the progression. There's always something new coming out so if your sis has MS then she needs to get on the MS message boards and be active in her care, because every time you hear something on the news about a new drug for MS my aunt tells me that she's known about that for years.

Me - And this is why I'm on the road to Crazyville along with Jimmys and Mel! My body hates me. That can be the only explanation for what's going on. Well, everyone got half their wish right. AF stayed away, temp was still up this morning, but.....BFN. WTF :mad: ! I'm either pg, but not enough to show up on the test or I O'd later than I thought and AF will be on her way in a couple of days. My bloated pms symptom from yesterday is gone and I'm tired of wondering what is going on...

[Lanapoo]

Sam - You snuck in on me. I'm sorry to hear that your appointment didn't go well. If you don't have a temp jump to indicate O then I don't think you O'd! I have heard of OPK's not being accurate on Clomid but a lot women are able to get an accurate response. I know my friend did this month, blazing positive.

[FSUSammy]

Lana - You snuck in on me too!!! LOL I think my doc doesn't know what he's talking abou