♥ June 2011 ~ Swaying for Blue? This is the thread for you!! ♥

[Plum3]

Haha, well I hope she's right :)

[babydes56]

Thank you for the birthday wishes gals!! I need help with timing!!! We DTD last night (after 4 day abstinence) thinking it would be an O-2 attempt (expecting +OPK tomorrow afternoon) but I just got a +OPK now! Should we DTD again tonight, or just let it go? I'm pretty sure I won't get a +OPK again tomorrow afternoon; I usually just get 1 day, and maybe the next morning. There's zero chance we'll DTD tomorrow am, so either tonight, or not again, b/c I'm not risking O+12.

That said I think this is the strongest O I've had in months; I usually get a bit of nausea but today has been ridic how much I've had.

Thanks for any opinions! I may just let the evening play out however ... if we feel like BD we will, if we don't feel like it we won't. I don't like making life all about the sway, y'know?

A bit late in reply but i'd have gone for it again the day you got +opk

[TTC5]

Me too Bec ;)

[babydes56]

Iluv - welcome back! Glad you had fun despite your dd. Sorry the autopsy results didn't give you immediate peace. FX still crossed you get some satisfying answers soon.

Welcome Kris!

TTC5 - How long is your lp? Don't give up hope, if you remember both Baby and I were positive af was on the way.

Begonia - Happy Birthday!! Yay for ewcm!! Cake turned out great! I didn't get any pics with my camera but I'll post one as soon as I get my hands on my friends camera. If tomorrow won't work I say definitely go for it tonight!

Bec - Jan will be here before you know it!

Cemas - I think the cp change is different for everyone. Mine is still med and fairly firm.

Whew finally caught up! Baby shower went great but after spending 15 hrs on the cake in the last two days I was pooped, in bed asleep before the girls lol Today we all went to the zoo so again I'm pooped, thinking about a cuddle and a nap with whoever will join me.
Still feeling good, scary good actually. Very little heartburn, no nausea, and with the exception to not liking anything tomato based and craving taco's 24/7 I'm still not having any food issues. Any of you ladies with boys have smooth pregnancies? All my buddies with boys got crazy sick which makes me a little nervous. This is a lot like dd#3, I felt so good I didn't believe I was pregnant till my pants wouldn't button lol

My CP is medium & fairly firm as well. I'm feeling good too, i dont even feel preg. I have been having mild cramps here & there so i looked it up & it seems it's quite common so i'm not stressing about it. No cravings. Jen, i've heard that boy pregnancies are smoother so that's the opposite of what you've heard, goes to show that it's just OWT. I went to pick my daughter from nursery last week & this little boy just couldnt stop starring at me & i thought hmmm i'm having a girl if i go by OWT however my cousin's girlfriend's preg & she's having a boy so when her & i went to the park this w/end 2 little boys we saw looked at both of us the same which made me feel better that once again it's just OWT

[TTC5]

Hi baby, glad to hear your going well!!

[babydes56]

Speaking of supplements? Do you think since I am starting my attempt in Sept? I should start them now or some? Have I asked this before? I am tired. How is everyone?

TTC, when is AF due for you?

I would say to start supplements now

[babydes56]

Thanks Bec, we have had fun and I love my ticker too:bigsmile:

Tink - I would start the sups asap so you have time to figure what works best for you.

Begonia- I'd go for it tonight

ttc5 - still early :wink:

Here's the cake ladies, it was huge and crazy heavy but it did have to feed 50 lol
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All edible even the shoes

Wow, you talented! Beautiful cake, i'm sure they enjoyed it

[babydes56]

Yep, are we nuts! lol. My partner has tried about 6 times with no luck, we could go on like that for years while i sit by and watch my eggs run out so we thought i should try too so at least one of us can have a baby.

All the best, hope you get your lil boy! Can i ask if you dont mind, why have you chosen to have a boy instead of a girl?

[babydes56]

Hi baby, glad to hear your going well!!

Have you tested today? Hope you preggers & have your lil boy

[Kris217]

All the best, hope you get your lil boy! Can i ask if you dont mind, why have you chosen to have a boy instead of a girl?

Well my partner wants to have a girl and i've always wanted a boy, he constantly appears in my dreams at night too. I just feel like i'm meant to have this little boy.

[begonia]

Jen that cake is ah-mazing! How long have you been doing those? Mmmm, cake.

Tink I'm so sorry to hear about your back, my goodness that sounds like it just is super painful! I hope you can wean yourself successfully. I second fish oil and folic and vit D as being good ones to go ahead and start. They won't change your cycle and they are all good for general health.

Babydes I'm glad you're still feeling well! I think the ease of the pg is totally OWT, I am sure like many of you my girls gave me totally different experiences. DD1 I was super sick, DD2 nothing at all. I was sure DD2 was a boy b/c it was so different.

TTC5 you could just be a late BFP'er!

Oh Kris wouldn't that be cool if y'all both ended up pg close together? It would be super fun for the kids :-)

Bec (I think it was you that asked) this is my first attempt! But I've been doing diet/supps etc for almost 9 months.

We did go ahead and do one more attempt last night ... I don't plan to test until at least 9 DPO so no POAS for me for awhile!

[Plum3]

Baby, great that you are feeling so good :)

Begonia, yep it was me that asked. Hoping that this attempt is your only one. Good luck!

[TTC5]

Welcome to the TWW Begonia, come say hello in the tww thread!

[TTC5]

Have you tested today? Hope you preggers & have your lil boy

11 dpo and negative today....

[babydes56]

Well my partner wants to have a girl and i've always wanted a boy, he constantly appears in my dreams at night too. I just feel like i'm meant to have this little boy.

If he appears in your dreams then you meant to have this boy! How many dpo are you now? How many attempts have you made?

[babydes56]

Begonia, GL & i'm glad you went for it. Sorry it seemed we werent here to help with timing.

TTC5, you'll be surprised that you might get a bfp tomorrow so dont give up

Bec, are you going to be taking clomid again with your next attempt, is it in Jan?

[Plum3]

Begonia, GL & i'm glad you went for it. Sorry it seemed we werent here to help with timing.

TTC5, you'll be surprised that you might get a bfp tomorrow so dont give up

Bec, are you going to be taking clomid again with your next attempt, is it in Jan?

I have to see a specialist again but since I took Clomid with my first two I am pretty sure he will prescribe the same. Unfortunately not til Jan. I wish it was sooner but we have a few things on in the next few months and I won't be able to give 100% with diet/supps etc. I want to give it my best shot.

[TTC5]

Begonia, GL & i'm glad you went for it. Sorry it seemed we werent here to help with timing.

TTC5, you'll be surprised that you might get a bfp tomorrow so dont give up

Bec, are you going to be taking clomid again with your next attempt, is it in Jan?

I have my FX!

[cemas]

yum yum cake jen...so professional!

glad u got that attempt begonia....the more the merrier y sperms...lol

[3Pink1Blue]

Kris -on fish oil, I too had massive amounts of cm all the time, started a few days after af and lasted till a few days before af. Love the stuff! I think that's great you are both going for it, fx your bfp's come close but not too close. 2 very pregnant woman in one house could be very, very bad lol

ttc5 - fx the procedure doesn't affect anything, funny how we always find something to worry about :wink: How's the slime factor? Still have a bunch of yellowish slime on the panties?

Baby - glad things are going smoothly for you too! I'm not normally a believer in owt as I've had less m/s with each pregnancy. I guess I'm just looking for problems lol Thanks about the cake, my bff did love it :)

Begonia - thanks hun, I've been dabbling in cakes since my oldest turned 1 so about eight years. A few years ago I moved into fondant and they've been getting bigger and crazier ever since.
FX for your attempt last night, I will be eagerly waiting till 9dpo:bigsmile:

Cemas - thanks!


DD#2 is out of school all week for kindergarten testing so I'll be getting a little taste of life without 3 trips to the school per day. I can't wait for both to be in all day school. Sooo tired today from our busy weekend, thinking I'll be doing a lot of cuddling and napping. Oh and eating, crazy hungry, feel like I could take out the entire kitchen :bigsmile:

[begonia]

Welcome to the TWW Begonia, come say hello in the tww thread!

Oh yes, will do, thanks for the reminder!

[begonia]

Jen that is one thing I just think is unfathomable about really anything more than 1 child ... all the trips to the school and schoolwork and extra activities ... my goodness! I'm going to need a personal assistant!

And about those crazy hungries, does anyone else find themselves positively starving around O? I mean I can eat just all day long. But I also feel nauseated around O. It is the strangest combo!

Anyhow it would be nice to be pg b/c otherwise I'll get AF on our vacation. Such a pain to have the witch while wearing a swimsuit!

[3Pink1Blue]

Begonia - luckily the school chaos happens slowly but certain times a year I have to call in my mom or have dh take a day off to help.
I asked Atomic once about crazy hungry around O and she said she thinks it's a good boy sign because she was always starving around O.
FX AF doesn't crash your vacation.

[Flava]

Tink FWIW I agree supps about 3 months in advance is a good time to start. Have you decided yet what you will take?

Jen that is great that you're still feeling well :happy: Glad the cake was a good effort too!

Cemas I have no idea about cervix during pg, I'm sorry. I didn't even know where mine was til 9 months ago :suprise:

OK I was really hoping to get some opinions on my BD thing and if we should do it tonight or not. Maybe no one saw it?!? I'm stressin' it a wee bit and thought I could really count on my blue crew (if not the thread I posted in the TTC Boy forum) to at least give me opinions. So if anyone is on in the next couple hours I really would appreciate your advice... I posted about it a page or so back but here it is again since maybe no one saw:

We DTD last night (after 4 day abstinence) thinking it would be an O-2 attempt (expecting +OPK tomorrow afternoon) but I just got a +OPK now! Should we DTD again tonight, or just let it go? I'm pretty sure I won't get a +OPK again tomorrow afternoon; I usually just get 1 day, and maybe the next morning. There's zero chance we'll DTD tomorrow am, so either tonight, or not again, b/c I'm not risking O+12. Anyone!?!?!

begonia Im sorry I did not see your post usually Im not on at night. Don't know if You did it or not I would not dtd again.
Im also hoping for answers that few times I post here , but usually you are the only one so thanks for that.
Anyway hope you get a bfp this month!

[Flava]

And about those crazy hungries, does anyone else find themselves positively starving around O? I mean I can eat just all day long. But I also feel nauseated around O. It is the strangest combo!

same here and Im hungry after O for some days like my body want to feed the new baby and then it realized that there is nothing going on I guess because Im not hungry anymore.

[begonia]

Thanks Flava! We did decide to DTD again; I'm not that worried about timing I guess, so we'll see how it turned out for me! I'm sure I'll get more anxious as it gets closer to time to test but right now I'm sort of ambivalent about the whole thing; it's weird ... I thought I'd be more like TTC5 ready to pee on a fortune cookie :wink: I kind of think I'll be totally ok with a BFN this time around, seeing as how it's the 1st go for us.

Good to know re: the hunger around O, Jen! Because I am an animal the 2 or so days before! I wish I had my mom nearby to help out on crazy days... we have no family anywhere near us, but I have about a dozen babysitters in my cell phone and have been known to mass text all of them in times of need :bigsmile:

[3Pink1Blue]

I hate having to call others in, I like being super mom lol.

[Tink18]

I get super barfy around O, well the day before. Then on O day I am crampy all day and really tired. Almost like the first day of AF.
How funny someone mentioned dreams. I drempt about DD before we got pregnant and all through my pregnancy until we found out her gender. I knew she was going to be a girl. The weird part was she was a twin, but I only ever drempt about on little girl. I use to see DD's face, she looked exactly like she did when I gave birth to her it was insane.

[iluvmyman]

The conditon I have, although common to my extent is rare... they actually did not know if it would affect it as they had never done this procedure before they way they did it on me... I tried googling but not alot comes up.

What did your Dr. say?

[iluvmyman]

Jen that cake is ah-mazing! How long have you been doing those? Mmmm, cake.

Tink I'm so sorry to hear about your back, my goodness that sounds like it just is super painful! I hope you can wean yourself successfully. I second fish oil and folic and vit D as being good ones to go ahead and start. They won't change your cycle and they are all good for general health.

Babydes I'm glad you're still feeling well! I think the ease of the pg is totally OWT, I am sure like many of you my girls gave me totally different experiences. DD1 I was super sick, DD2 nothing at all. I was sure DD2 was a boy b/c it was so different.

TTC5 you could just be a late BFP'er!

Oh Kris wouldn't that be cool if y'all both ended up pg close together? It would be super fun for the kids :-)

Bec (I think it was you that asked) this is my first attempt! But I've been doing diet/supps etc for almost 9 months.

We did go ahead and do one more attempt last night ... I don't plan to test until at least 9 DPO so no POAS for me for awhile!

I'm glad you went for it. I did reply to you. :)

[iluvmyman]

Jen that is one thing I just think is unfathomable about really anything more than 1 child ... all the trips to the school and schoolwork and extra activities ... my goodness! I'm going to need a personal assistant!

And about those crazy hungries, does anyone else find themselves positively starving around O? I mean I can eat just all day long. But I also feel nauseated around O. It is the strangest combo!

Anyhow it would be nice to be pg b/c otherwise I'll get AF on our vacation. Such a pain to have the witch while wearing a swimsuit!

Oh no about AF, B. Hopefully you get a BFP and can be throwing up on your vacay instead. :) I should be getting AF next week while camping in a tent trailer. Yay me! I think I need to make sure I park near a potty. Of coarse w/ my cycle who knows. I'm just mentally off and i have no idea how to camp anymore, I'm going to be a mess this week trying to prepare.

[SpicyTunaSushi]

Hey all,

Af got me, feeling ready for the next cycle. Actually, she was a day early- so hopefully I will have my early O and get on with it!

[iluvmyman]

Hey all,

Af got me, feeling ready for the next cycle. Actually, she was a day early- so hopefully I will have my early O and get on with it!

So Sorry Spicy!!

[Tink18]

I hate having to call others in, I like being super mom lol.

This is how I feel! I love doing everything on my own! I have to show you the cake I did for DD's 2nd bday in march! Let me find the pic of her cake and cupcakes!

[Tink18]

DD is obsessed with Mickey Mouse. So for her 2nd Birthday this March I made her this cake and these cupcakes. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Tinkerb3ll18/avab11.jpg and her cupcakes http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Tinkerb3ll18/avab15.jpg

[begonia]

Sorry Spicy! Sounds like you're ready to go again, I like your positive attitude!

Oh I do everything on my own FWIW! DH works all the time though so if I want to do anything for me, like go to the doctor or get a haircut or what have you, I have to get a sitter. Hence the army of sitters :bigsmile: I completely agree ... I'd way rather do it myself, only because I am a wee bit of a control freak. Just a tad. A smidge. Hardly anyone notices it I'm sure :wink:

Iluv what is with the AF coming when we've got PLANS?!?! No fair! LOL about needing to park near a potty though! Oh the things men just never even have to worry about :mad:

Tink that is wild that you even saw DD's face in your dreams of her!

I kinda think if we didn't get it this cycle I'm going back to waiting to TTC til October. I just liked the idea of getting knocked up with our 3rd kid on my 33rd birthday :happy: I have a girls weekend in July that I would LOVE to be able to drink during ... so definitely won't try July, and then don't want another May baby so would skip August. Maybe September. But anyhow, if this one didn't take I'm sitting a couple out for sure!

[Tink18]

Hey all,

Af got me, feeling ready for the next cycle. Actually, she was a day early- so hopefully I will have my early O and get on with it!

Bummer, but glad you are ready for the next cycle! Fx cross this next one will be your time to shine!!

[iluvmyman]

DD is obsessed with Mickey Mouse. So for her 2nd Birthday this March I made her this cake and these cupcakes. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Tinkerb3ll18/avab11.jpg and her cupcakes http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Tinkerb3ll18/avab15.jpg

Very very cute

[3Pink1Blue]

Tink - super cute!!

Spicy - Boo for AF but fx for an early O, love your

Begonia - didn't mean to imply you don't do it all :kiss: I'm a total control freak too lol I wanted a 33rd birthday bfp but to no avail. Fx for a 33rd birthday baby for you :)

Iluv - boo for camping with af! I've done this, it's all sorts of no fun.

[Tink18]

3PN I can't believe you are 5 weeks almost 6 now! already!! Time flies when you are now Mother Hen giving us all advice! LOL! I wish is was Sept already!!! DD just had a pudding fight with herself so she is playing in the tub! Then we are going to go to the store so I can get my fish oil and FA and crap.

[iluvmyman]

3PN I can't believe you are 5 weeks almost 6 now! already!! Time flies when you are now Mother Hen giving us all advice! LOL! I wish is was Sept already!!! DD just had a pudding fight with herself so she is playing in the tub! Then we are going to go to the store so I can get my fish oil and FA and crap.

I'm taking FA, Fish Oil, Vit E, B12, Zinc & URAL AF-O.

[iluvmyman]

Tink - super cute!!

Spicy - Boo for AF but fx for an early O, love your

Begonia - didn't mean to imply you don't do it all :kiss: I'm a total control freak too lol I wanted a 33rd birthday bfp but to no avail. Fx for a 33rd birthday baby for you :)

Iluv - boo for camping with af! I've done this, it's all sorts of no fun.

Thanks, total Boo.

[iluvmyman]

Sorry Spicy! Sounds like you're ready to go again, I like your positive attitude!

Oh I do everything on my own FWIW! DH works all the time though so if I want to do anything for me, like go to the doctor or get a haircut or what have you, I have to get a sitter. Hence the army of sitters :bigsmile: I completely agree ... I'd way rather do it myself, only because I am a wee bit of a control freak. Just a tad. A smidge. Hardly anyone notices it I'm sure :wink:

Iluv what is with the AF coming when we've got PLANS?!?! No fair! LOL about needing to park near a potty though! Oh the things men just never even have to worry about :mad:

Tink that is wild that you even saw DD's face in your dreams of her!

I kinda think if we didn't get it this cycle I'm going back to waiting to TTC til October. I just liked the idea of getting knocked up with our 3rd kid on my 33rd birthday :happy: I have a girls weekend in July that I would LOVE to be able to drink during ... so definitely won't try July, and then don't want another May baby so would skip August. Maybe September. But anyhow, if this one didn't take I'm sitting a couple out for sure!

BTW - You asked me a few days ago about when we DTD, I guess it would be 48 hrs or so before O if not a little more since I should be 2 days of OPK's.My + opk was on CD15 but then wouldn't I not actually O till CD16? I'll totally be prego this time since I did nothing and it will be a girl. I'm not worried either way right now and will wait for AF which I suspect will come next week.

how are you feeling like DTD the 2nd time was for you, do you feel good about it? I know you'd be OK with a BFN and I'm sorry you and Flava aren't feeling the love. I just hate to comment when I don't feel like I really know what I'm talking about and would hate to give wrong advice. I really have appreciated your help in the past and didn't want to leave you hanging. I think it's OK to do it again since your 1st try would get there 1st and 2nd was a back-up. You are good about the diet and that's the best thing you can do. I need to go to the grocery store when pay day comes and stock up to get back on it properly.

[3Pink1Blue]

3PN I can't believe you are 5 weeks almost 6 now! already!! Time flies when you are now Mother Hen giving us all advice! LOL!

Thanks, it's funny because it's passing really fast and really slow at the same time kwim I'm calling my midwife for my first appt this week!

[iluvmyman]

I see my Dr on Thursday but they will be putting me on meds for Hypothyroidism and re-testing me in 2 months. I guess this could help w/ my cycle and maybe getting prego if we still want to. Fun since I might need to be on meds for life. way cool, not!

[TTC5]

Hey all,

Af got me, feeling ready for the next cycle. Actually, she was a day early- so hopefully I will have my early O and get on with it!

Sorry the witch came xxx

[TTC5]

DD is obsessed with Mickey Mouse. So for her 2nd Birthday this March I made her this cake and these cupcakes. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Tinkerb3ll18/avab11.jpg and her cupcakes http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Tinkerb3ll18/avab15.jpg

Soooo clever!!!!

[TTC5]

Thanks, it's funny because it's passing really fast and really slow at the same time kwim I'm calling my midwife for my first appt this week!

How exciting Jen!!!

[3Pink1Blue]

iluv - meds forever suck but a healthy mommy rules! FX it help get a bun in the oven :wink:

[TTC5]

Begonia - luckily the school chaos happens slowly but certain times a year I have to call in my mom or have dh take a day off to help.
I asked Atomic once about crazy hungry around O and she said she thinks it's a good boy sign because she was always starving around O.
FX AF doesn't crash your vacation.

I never usually get hungry around O, but this time OMG I am ravished every hour of the day and am now 12 dpo??!!!!

[3Pink1Blue]

I've been hungry about every hour for the last 2 1/2 weeks, this could be a great sign for you :wink:

[TTC5]

I get super barfy around O, well the day before. Then on O day I am crampy all day and really tired. Almost like the first day of AF.
How funny someone mentioned dreams. I drempt about DD before we got pregnant and all through my pregnancy until we found out her gender. I knew she was going to be a girl. The weird part was she was a twin, but I only ever drempt about on little girl. I use to see DD's face, she looked exactly like she did when I gave birth to her it was insane.

OMG I did something very similiar.

After I miscarried, I waa crying in the shower about my loss. Got out, got dressed and saw a little girl next to me, blank expression and all.. I described her to a tee right down to her clothing. Thought maybe it was a spirit of someone in the house but low and behold 3 years later our then DD2 was wearing the same outfit I described, hair the same way.. everything ... it was like she visited me before I conceived her, to tell me it is ok she was coming :)

[TTC5]

I've been hungry about every hour for the last 2 1/2 weeks, this could be a great sign for you :wink:

I feel like somethings up BUT then the other side of me says noooo I can't be?? LOL

I eat and no joke not even 30 mins later I am hungry again??!! I go to bed hungry and I wake starving, lol...

[TTC5]

What did your Dr. say?

Not much coz I'm the first patient they have had with it just my luck lol

[iluvmyman]

Not much coz I'm the first patient they have had with it just my luck lol

Sorry, you said that. Good luck, I think you'll be fine. Is it something that could make delivery hard?

[TTC5]

TBH.. no idea..... no idea at all.. I am like their guinea pig the procedures may help me, or may not... so far it has helped a little bit not alot though.

[3Pink1Blue]

I feel like somethings up BUT then the other side of me says noooo I can't be?? LOL

I eat and no joke not even 30 mins later I am hungry again??!! I go to bed hungry and I wake starving, lol...

You sound exactly like me, I cannot possibly seem to eat enough.

[3Pink1Blue]

Not much coz I'm the first patient they have had with it just my luck lol
Sucks being the first sometimes

[iluvmyman]

iluv - meds forever suck but a healthy mommy rules! FX it help get a bun in the oven :wink:

True dat! I of coarse will now be experiencing all of the thyroid symptoms now that I've read what they s/b. :)

[Kris217]

If he appears in your dreams then you meant to have this boy! How many dpo are you now? How many attempts have you made?

That's what I reckon :) Umm today I am 5dpo and this is my 3rd attempt.

[Kris217]

Very very cute

That's a great cake, wish I was that talented!

[TTC5]

That's what I reckon :) Umm today I am 5dpo and this is my 3rd attempt.

3rd time lucky, don't they say ;)

[hope.ful]

TTC, I missed what you have that the drs were using you as a guinea pig...fill me in

[TTC5]

TTC, I missed what you have that the drs were using you as a guinea pig...fill me in

I have a problem with my vascular system.. when they take my BP one side measures high and one side measures low. I get alot of pain and have pelvic congestion syndrome/ovarian reflux and varicocele of the vagina/anus and labia. They have never seen someone so bad but they also left me 10 YEARS undiagnosed kept telling me was just a varicose vein which is common and will ease up.. it got worse to the point where standing in the shower or going to the toilet had me in tears :(

[TTC5]

Gosh that gives you a real pretty vision i bet, LOL *runs away hiding now!!*

[Kris217]

I have a problem with my vascular system.. when they take my BP one side measures high and one side measures low. I get alot of pain and have pelvic congestion syndrome/ovarian reflux and varicocele of the vagina/anus and labia. They have never seen someone so bad but they also left me 10 YEARS undiagnosed kept telling me was just a varicose vein which is common and will ease up.. it got worse to the point where standing in the shower or going to the toilet had me in tears :(

Wow that must be really painful, ouch! I hope the surgery has helped with the problem!

[TTC5]

It has helped although not cured unfortunately! They have spoken about a complete hysterectomy which is what has lead us to having our fifth child.

[Plum3]

Gee, sounds really painful TTC5. Will a complete hyster improve or cure the pain?

[Plum3]

Hey all,

Af got me, feeling ready for the next cycle. Actually, she was a day early- so hopefully I will have my early O and get on with it!

Argh, stupid cow. How dare she show up unwelcome. Hopefully the next cycle is the one!

[Plum3]

Sorry Spicy! Sounds like you're ready to go again, I like your positive attitude!

Oh I do everything on my own FWIW! DH works all the time though so if I want to do anything for me, like go to the doctor or get a haircut or what have you, I have to get a sitter. Hence the army of sitters :bigsmile: I completely agree ... I'd way rather do it myself, only because I am a wee bit of a control freak. Just a tad. A smidge. Hardly anyone notices it I'm sure :wink:

Iluv what is with the AF coming when we've got PLANS?!?! No fair! LOL about needing to park near a potty though! Oh the things men just never even have to worry about :mad:

Tink that is wild that you even saw DD's face in your dreams of her!

I kinda think if we didn't get it this cycle I'm going back to waiting to TTC til October. I just liked the idea of getting knocked up with our 3rd kid on my 33rd birthday :happy: I have a girls weekend in July that I would LOVE to be able to drink during ... so definitely won't try July, and then don't want another May baby so would skip August. Maybe September. But anyhow, if this one didn't take I'm sitting a couple out for sure!

Hopefully you won't need to worry about skipping months anyway. I'm like you though, we have to wait a few months because we have weddings, hens/bucks nights, holidays, 30th birthdays etc. and it would be way too hard not to drink and to stick to the diet.

[Plum3]

DD is obsessed with Mickey Mouse. So for her 2nd Birthday this March I made her this cake and these cupcakes. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Tinkerb3ll18/avab11.jpg and her cupcakes http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Tinkerb3ll18/avab15.jpg

Very cute! I wish I could make such pretty cakes for my girls.

[Plum3]

I see my Dr on Thursday but they will be putting me on meds for Hypothyroidism and re-testing me in 2 months. I guess this could help w/ my cycle and maybe getting prego if we still want to. Fun since I might need to be on meds for life. way cool, not!

Good that you will be starting meds soon. Hopefully they will get your thyroid functioning normally again and your cycles back on track.

[TTC5]

Gee, sounds really painful TTC5. Will a complete hyster improve or cure the pain?

It will help some of it, the problem that is coming from my ovarian veins anyway.

[Plum3]

Do you think after the next baby you will have the hyster? It would be such a hard decision to make.

[Tink18]

I have a problem with my vascular system.. when they take my BP one side measures high and one side measures low. I get alot of pain and have pelvic congestion syndrome/ovarian reflux and varicocele of the vagina/anus and labia. They have never seen someone so bad but they also left me 10 YEARS undiagnosed kept telling me was just a varicose vein which is common and will ease up.. it got worse to the point where standing in the shower or going to the toilet had me in tears :(

That is quite a diagnosis...Personal question feel free to not answer. But you said Anus so I'm thinking were good here. Do you enjoy sex? Or is it painful?

I really hope this doesn't affect you getting pregnant? AF should be here in like 2 days if she is coming now right???? OH I hope she stays away!!!

my Fingers are extra crossed for you!! xxoo

[iluvmyman]

Do you think after the next baby you will have the hyster? It would be such a hard decision to make.

I'm so sorry, I'd go crazy. I cried and begged my DH to not have me get the Mirena IUD put in. I hope it doesn't come to that. Hysters can mess you up. I hope you really don't have to do that. Sorry, girl

[TTC5]

Do you think after the next baby you will have the hyster? It would be such a hard decision to make.

I don't even want to think about it... the whole thing scares me and tbh if I end up needing it I would want another bub make it an even 6 lol.. but then 7 is my fav number so would need to go again and have 8 to even it all up :P

[TTC5]

I'm so sorry, I'd go crazy. I cried and begged my DH to not have me get the Mirena IUD put in. I hope it doesn't come to that. Hysters can mess you up. I hope you really don't have to do that. Sorry, girl

Thanks hunnie xxx

[TTC5]

That is quite a diagnosis...Personal question feel free to not answer. But you said Anus so I'm thinking were good here. Do you enjoy sex? Or is it painful?

I really hope this doesn't affect you getting pregnant? AF should be here in like 2 days if she is coming now right???? OH I hope she stays away!!!

my Fingers are extra crossed for you!! xxoo

It is painful :( Hence why I find it hard to reach O, as I mentioned once before.. BUT it has gotten better that I can now have sex so long as I am not on top lol but thats fine with me as we don't do that for a boy sway ;)

[Kris217]

I don't even want to think about it... the whole thing scares me and tbh if I end up needing it I would want another bub make it an even 6 lol.. but then 7 is my fav number so would need to go again and have 8 to even it all up :P

lmao, 8 huh

[TTC5]

If ELP can do it, so can I haha! ;)

[Plum3]

I don't even want to think about it... the whole thing scares me and tbh if I end up needing it I would want another bub make it an even 6 lol.. but then 7 is my fav number so would need to go again and have 8 to even it all up :P

Wowsers, 8! I guess if you can and want to do it then why not?!

[Plum3]

Oh and I'm loving your chart at the moment, look at those temps go!

[TTC5]

Oh and I'm loving your chart at the moment, look at those temps go!

I know, I am trying hard not to get my hopes up though!!

[TTC5]

Wowsers, 8! I guess if you can and want to do it then why not?!

See how I feel after 5 :P Who knows 5 could take us to 6 anyway!!

[Kris217]

I have always said I wanted 10 kids but lately I've changed my mind lol. I think if you can afford lots of kids then go for it!

[Plum3]

I'm such a neat freak that I don't think I could handle that many kids running around my place. It's hard enough keeping the place clean and tidy with two. But, we always said we would stop at 2 so who knows!

[ELP]

I have always said I wanted 10 kids but lately I've changed my mind lol. I think if you can afford lots of kids then go for it!LOL, 8's good but 10 definately does sound better:bigsmile: My honest opinion is if you can handle 2 you can handle 10, as its mainly the toddlers that make the mess and chaos!

[Plum3]

LOL, 8's good but 10 definately does sound better:bigsmile: My honest opinion is if you can handle 2 you can handle 10, as its mainly the toddlers that make the mess and chaos!

How many do you have ELP?

[Cheekymoo]

I know, I am trying hard not to get my hopes up though!!

I know it's hard but it is a good looking chart........did you test today? forgot to look going off to look at your chart agin FX!
P.S I was looking at all my old charts and yes i was 12dpo and got a neg on an expensive early 5 day before tester drank ALOT on my wedding day...and found out I was preggas while in greece on my honeymoon ! LOL So I guess technically i was preggas on my wedding Day so it can still happen :) !!

[TTC5]

I know it's hard but it is a good looking chart........did you test today? forgot to look going off to look at your chart agin FX!
P.S I was looking at all my old charts and yes i was 12dpo and got a neg on an expensive early 5 day before tester drank ALOT on my wedding day...and found out I was preggas while in greece on my honeymoon ! LOL So I guess technically i was preggas on my wedding Day so it can still happen :) !!

Oh, awesome!!!

Yup tested today with a confirm mid****** and bfn. Although the pack says for testing day of/after af?? I'm hoping it is too early, really really praying!!!

I have a question.... my appetite since 1/2dpo has been MASSIVE omg no joke guys every single 30 minutes to 60 minutes max I am STARVING?!!!! Jen said she is like this too, but wandering if it isn't me pregnant, what could cause this?


I'm NEVER like this.. thought maybe it was coz I am not having so many supps and gelatine lol but 12 days later you would think it would ease off but nope....

[TTC5]

I know it's hard but it is a good looking chart........did you test today? forgot to look going off to look at your chart agin FX!
P.S I was looking at all my old charts and yes i was 12dpo and got a neg on an expensive early 5 day before tester drank ALOT on my wedding day...and found out I was preggas while in greece on my honeymoon ! LOL So I guess technically i was preggas on my wedding Day so it can still happen :) !!

Ohh could I see your chart please? :)

[begonia]

Morning ladies!

TTC5 you're not out yet, do you feel at all like AF is coming? I know I mentioned I get super hungry around O but I also find I get hungry around AF. Basically I'm always hungry, LOL. I am so glad that you got that procedure; it sounds like you were in crazy massive pain before! I can't imagine parenting 4 girls with that going on too.

Tink that cake was darling!

Bec I think you're smart to wait til you can focus on diet, etc more easily! I know I couldn't do it any other time this summer so I'm fine letting the next couple months pass me by. I am sure I'll be able to be Ok with a BFN bc timing really was going to be better for us this fall.

Kris how early will you start testing? Are you going to wait until the odds of a BFP go up or try for an early one?

Cemas how are you?!?! I know you were getting close to POAS time. I would love to see you get a BFP.

iLuv (ha, just realized I typed that like iPhone) how many DPO now for you? Any symptoms?

And where is our lovely Lola?

3 kids is definitely my max, unless of course we have 4 by nature of twins, which I wouldn't mind because I like even numbers :-) My FIL was one of TEN though! That's just crazy talk to me.

Ugh ... busy day today, must get going. Hi to everyone though and hope you all have a great morning! Laters!

[TTC5]

Hey Begonia, no I don't this is all rather weird for me and I don't even remember being this bad either when having the girls :S Must be a hormonal thing perhaps??

[Cheekymoo]

Ohh could I see your chart please? :)

I am not soo good with this technical stuff but i think this will take you there.... it is the Jan 2006 chart.....the one at the end! (if this works) LOL
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/e0841

I didn't test 13dpo and 14 dpo as i was kinda busy getting married and flying to greece and thought I was out becuase I was neg 12po on an EARLY test........was 1st month of trying and was totally new to all this....and yes we were pretty 'busy' that month LOL

[TTC5]

Thanks! Off to look now!!

[TTC5]

It worked!! So nice to see a late bfp this is the hope I need thankyou so much xx

[ELP]

How many do you have ELP?I have 8 atm, 5 pink's 3 blues, they're a great bunch:HH: I haven't set a limit to how many more yet, maybe another 4 lol. We're lucky that we're UK as all school, medical and dental are free here to a certain extent. Same house, same clothes and toys just a slightly higher food bill each year, easily solved just be adding a few extra spuds and a tin of potatoes:bigsmile:

[cemas]

hi girls,
not a great morning here.....BFN for me at 11dpo on an FRER.....:((...so i am out. this has happened many times now but it still hurts! i am so frustrated....i have tried everything HT , iui..etc but no luck....age is also not on my side. am 37...probably oldest here....what i only have left now is faith in god which keep me going and ttc.

thats for me...sorry for venting out my frustration......

ttc5 u have some symtoms so don't give up hope....praying for ur bfp

begonia, hope u get a surprise bfp on ur camping...are u going to poas there?

good to hear that Jen and baby are having good pregnancies so far...GL

[babydes56]

Cemas, sorry to hear bfn. When is AF due? I know exactly how you feel as i've been there, i've been at itfor over a year so please dont give up because it will happen. I'm 38 & have managed to fall preg so you can do it. Have you tried clomid?

TTC5, sorry to hear about your illness & bfn. I hope it doesnt affect your fertility which i'm sure it wont.

Begonia, you in 2ww now FX you get bfp

Sorry if i havent wrote to all, just trying to catch up. I'm getting a little concerned as my boobs arent sore nor do i feel preg i just hope everything will be ok. Been eating quite well though

[LolaInLove]

Hey all, I've been working my butt of the last 3 days so I can go on vaca for 2 weeks, which starts today! So sorry I missed your imminent question, Begonia! I am glad you did it, I would have said to go for it also. FX!

Cemas, I know that sucks, I totally understand how you feel. Just keep trying. Did any tests show a problem from HT? Do you think it is just your age (which I think is my problem)? Maybe try the DHEA and some antioxidants like me if that is the case. You'll get there, just don't give up yet. Look how perseverance got Babydes her bfp! Big hugs to ya.....xoxo

Iluv, balls all around with all that crap you are dealing with. I actually think maybe the diagnosis for your thyroid is good. Now you can get it leveled and get pg no problem....not to mention you will feel a lot better all around. Sorry about little DS2, I know that is heartwrenching to even continue to think about. We're here for you with everything.

Babydes and 3PNB, glad you ladies are feeling well. And NO thinking about silly OWT, preggos! They are all rubbish, you know! Keep your minds focused on putting amazingly healthy foods in yourself for those growing little beans. You know it won't be long before we are nubsessing with you and then waiting on pins and needles for your big scan!

Tink, I am with the others, start them supps now. Definitely the fish oil. Look through some of the sways and you will find a huge variation of what people took. I used to do a bunch of stuff, but now mostly just healthy egg stuff, but I would recommend taking 3PNB's recs for sure. She is right on about tackling your "issues" whether it be ewcm or ph or uterine health and LP length. I would also begin the drinks, if you are going to do those, pretty soon also. I am on those once we return from our trip at the end of June. (I'll be in Detroit and Chicago for 2 weeks, yay! And will do my best to check in every couple of days!)

Kris, best of luck to you and your partner. I would love to see you both get pg together! Why not employ two uteruses towards the goal instead of one, hey? Love it! I have some good friends (guys) who are starting their quest for a "gayby" as they call it. I would carry for them if I could! I think they are going for adoption though. I know all that expense is crazy, but you two hopefully won't care once you have your bab(ies)!!!

Everyone else, luv ya tons.....gotta start packing/washing the dog/cleaning the house for the housesitter/putting duct tape over my kids mouths right now. XOXOXO

Oh, and as for me....I am 7dpo right now....I have no idea what is up, but thinking I'm in the safe.

[Tink18]

Kris, how many DPO are you now? have you peed on anything yet!!!!!!???? What about your partner! You guys could be pregnant together at the same time! How funny would that be!

[Tink18]

Lola, Have fun!! xoxo

The only thing I have planned for this summer that could throw a wrench in my sway is my cousins bachlorette party at the end of august. Where if I'm not on my face drunk all weekend with everyone else then they will know something is up...is that going to sway girl? lol? man. this sucks. Other then that were good to go. I can stay on the diet im sure because I would need to have started it by then to attempt in Sept or Oct.

[begonia]

Have a great vacay Lola! OK I'm either crazy or I remember you being in Chicago last summer too? I'm going there in July to visit friends. Hope you have a lovely time off!

Babydes FWIW I had NO symptoms other than a + pregnancy test with DD2. I was really concerned too so I totally get it, but you can have a healthy bean in there and feel great, I promise. But I remember squeezing my boobs to TRY to feel something, LOL! And sniffing food just hoping for a wave of nausea... I mean, I felt NO sign of being pg. Felt heaps better once I got to see the heartbeat. Just keep doing what you're doing, resting and eating well, and that bean will nestle in just fine!

Cemas love I am so sorry you got the BFN. I know it has to be so hard to pluck up and keep going month after month. You can do this! Anytime you need encouragement just pop on here and know we're all cheering for you. I think iluv is our 2ww'er going camping. I wish it was me! But I'll be home, darn it all.

Tink did you get your supps? What did you go with?

Well I waver on testing, even though I have time to wait... I almost picked up a pack of tests at the store today so I'd have them for next week, but part of me was like, why waste the $? I can find out if I'm pg just by waiting to see if AF shows. I don't know ... we'll see ... I still wouldn't be surprised at all to see me POAS at 9dpo. I never had a 2WW before since neither DD was really planned so I might as well live it up and pee on everything I can this time around ;-)

[begonia]

Lola, Have fun!! xoxo

The only thing I have planned for this summer that could throw a wrench in my sway is my cousins bachlorette party at the end of august. Where if I'm not on my face drunk all weekend with everyone else then they will know something is up...is that going to sway girl? lol? man. this sucks. Other then that were good to go. I can stay on the diet im sure because I would need to have started it by then to attempt in Sept or Oct.

Can you fake drunk, LOL? If you're ordering all your own drinks you can always get club soda (which is super boy friendly since it is made with baking soda) with a lime and act like it has vodka in there! Just knock those back, grab your cousins boobs, trip a few times ... it's all gold ;-)

[3Pink1Blue]

ttc5- How long have you been on the diet? I know after a while my body kicked to hungry more then usual, it could be your body enjoying the feast and trying to stay there.

ELP ita, more kids is not that much more expensive but I still think you're nuts :bigsmile: 4 is definitely our max.

Cemas - so sorry hun :(

Lola - Have fun, you so deserve some r&r!

Tink - You could always drink things mixed in orange or pineapple juice to try to even it out lol I love coconut rum in pineapple juice! I don't know about you but when I'm around drunk people I tend to feel a bit drunk myself. I'm with begonia, act a little stupid while nursing your drink and no one will be the wiser :wink:

Begonia - I'm the same way, why waste the money, I'll just wait yet there I was 11 dpo peeing away lol

[cemas]

Thanks girls i really appreciate all the support.

have a great trip Lola.Nope none of my test in Ht showed any issues for me or hubby....i even did an injectibles cycle this month...
anyways i am back to natural now and re-looking at all the supps again. It sucks that i have long cycles naturally(40 or more days) will definately add some antioxidents.thanks for the input

begonia, sorry for the confusion..but if i remeber correct u were going on a vacation too someplace.

Tinks, i have done the fake drinking too and no body ever doubted ever so give it a try or practice with hubby beforehand..lol

baby enjoy ur last pregnancy instead of worrying. all will be well.

[Tink18]

man what a bummer. I don't know how I can fake drinking with all these wild girls. They know me as being the life of the party. Plus I sorda want to have a few since this will be my last hoorah before we TTC #2, is there anyway around it? Is there anything I could have a little of that wouldn't mess with my diet? Or am I totally screwed? Not like drinking is more important then my baby sway but it would be nice to let loose a little. Especially since i will be away from DH and DD for the second time ever for whole weekend! YIKES!

I didn't get my supplements yet. I actually totally forgot yesterday when I was at the store. I got so wrapped up in buying DD sidewalk chalk and new art supplies. All kinds of fun stuff. I got so excited that when I got into the car i went "shit" i forgot why i actually came here. I am such a little kid when it comes to that stuff. DH came home yesterday and we had made artwork all over the back yard with the chalk. DD, was telling him what everything thing was. She was so cute. "daddy this is minnie, mickey, a tree, a duck, a heart, a flower, a leaf, you, me, mommy, gigi, and so on" so funny!!

Ok it's a beautiful day! we are going to swim now! and have a picnic outside! Hope everyone has a great day!!

WHO IS PEEING ON STUFFF!!!!!

I am going to go tonight before boot camp. Since I don't have to pick up my cousin. She is out of town.

[begonia]

WHO IS PEEING ON STUFFF!!!!!



DD2 just peed on the couch but I'm 99% sure you were hoping for OPK or preg test results!

Cemas no worries! I had a vacay back around end of May ... no more scheduled til 4th of july though. It's easy to get it all confused here!

Jen I loooooove coconut rum in pineapple juice! LOL! I always feel like I need to be wearing a bikini on the beach though. Which is not happening this summer what with my boy friendly figure and all ;-) If I do get pg there's no way I'm going anywhere near the pool by August; I can't imagine how bun #3 is going to stay secret til 13 weeks if I'm walking around in nothing but lycra! Yikes!

[3Pink1Blue]

Tink - we LOVE sidewalk chalk, it's just not summer without patio art! Bummer on the sups, I do that way more often then I care to admit lol

Begonia - dd2 just peed on the couch :rofl: I'm not hitting the pool with anyone but dh and the kids. To be honest I wasn't planning on swimming with anyone else anyway as I would like to keep my extra large caboose as hidden as possible lol

[LolaInLove]

LOL, Begonia....sorry 'bout the couch! I had a dream the other night that I was poas and I actually peed a little, it woke me up. DH laughs, because he knows that 9 times out of 10 I peed myself if I just had a good sneeze. He'll bellow out the Billy Madison line "everybody's peeing their pants, it's the cool thing to do!" Anyway, yea, we go to Chicago a lot because my SIL who I am super close to lives downtown and also happens to be my favorite city in the US. My ballet company performs there sometimes also.

About early pg symptoms, I had NONE with my girls, and just creamy cm with these two recent pregnancies, but until about 16-18dpo or so, not much except some implantation cramps and minorly sore boobs, which I get every month anyway. Don't lose hope, my fellow POASers! (I say fellow because I picked up some FRERS today for this weekend....I just wanna be sure.)

Tink, if you are not in the 2ww or imminently bding, I say go out and have a rollicking good weekend, for real. It's not going to mess up your sway. If the weekend was during your attempt cycle, like AF-O time, I would maybe just have a few glasses of red wine but by all means, have a good time! But, you are going in August with me, right!?!

[Tink18]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LOLA...you just made my life sooo much easier...because there is 15 of my closest girlfriends going of all that don't know DH and I are not doing any of this and my cousin who is basically my sister. I was going to be so stressed for 3 and a half days!! So bring on the tequila! ha! I mean i wont get too wild...hopefull I wont be on AF or O'ing Im going to looking into all that now according to my LMP and see if my stuff stayed in track if i would be good to go... That would be a good way go out for baby #2! Gosh the things we do for babies and getting drunk..isnt this how were suppose to make babies!! sheesh!

[iluvmyman]

Morning ladies!

TTC5 you're not out yet, do you feel at all like AF is coming? I know I mentioned I get super hungry around O but I also find I get hungry around AF. Basically I'm always hungry, LOL. I am so glad that you got that procedure; it sounds like you were in crazy massive pain before! I can't imagine parenting 4 girls with that going on too.

Tink that cake was darling!

Bec I think you're smart to wait til you can focus on diet, etc more easily! I know I couldn't do it any other time this summer so I'm fine letting the next couple months pass me by. I am sure I'll be able to be Ok with a BFN bc timing really was going to be better for us this fall.

Kris how early will you start testing? Are you going to wait until the odds of a BFP go up or try for an early one?

Cemas how are you?!?! I know you were getting close to POAS time. I would love to see you get a BFP.

iLuv (ha, just realized I typed that like iPhone) how many DPO now for you? Any symptoms?

And where is our lovely Lola?

3 kids is definitely my max, unless of course we have 4 by nature of twins, which I wouldn't mind because I like even numbers :-) My FIL was one of TEN though! That's just crazy talk to me.

Ugh ... busy day today, must get going. Hi to everyone though and hope you all have a great morning! Laters!

Thanks for checking in B. I'm not sure how to count dpo, really. 1st + opk was 6/8 so O would most likely be on 6/9 but then is dpo so then you wouldn't count till 6/10 as 1dpo? If i count from 6/10 that will be 5dpo. I'm sure I could come up with some things that might be a different about my body but I would probably be making it up or making something out of nothing. I would say no symptoms and not expecting BFP but then totally expecting it since I did it all kinds of wrong. :)

We DTD on CD13 & CD14; 1st + opk was CD15 so O would then be CD16. I'm not really thinking I'm prego at all. Will wait till AF shows or doesn't. I suspect. I might test Sunday just to be sure before vacay, but I kinda doubt it.

How about you? I know we are in the same boat of kinda hoping it's not a bfp this time.

[iluvmyman]

hi girls,
not a great morning here.....BFN for me at 11dpo on an FRER.....:((...so i am out. this has happened many times now but it still hurts! i am so frustrated....i have tried everything HT , iui..etc but no luck....age is also not on my side. am 37...probably oldest here....what i only have left now is faith in god which keep me going and ttc.

thats for me...sorry for venting out my frustration......

ttc5 u have some symtoms so don't give up hope....praying for ur bfp

begonia, hope u get a surprise bfp on ur camping...are u going to poas there?

good to hear that Jen and baby are having good pregnancies so far...GL

So sorry, Cemas. total suck!

[iluvmyman]

Hey all, I've been working my butt of the last 3 days so I can go on vaca for 2 weeks, which starts today! So sorry I missed your imminent question, Begonia! I am glad you did it, I would have said to go for it also. FX!

Cemas, I know that sucks, I totally understand how you feel. Just keep trying. Did any tests show a problem from HT? Do you think it is just your age (which I think is my problem)? Maybe try the DHEA and some antioxidants like me if that is the case. You'll get there, just don't give up yet. Look how perseverance got Babydes her bfp! Big hugs to ya.....xoxo

Iluv, balls all around with all that crap you are dealing with. I actually think maybe the diagnosis for your thyroid is good. Now you can get it leveled and get pg no problem....not to mention you will feel a lot better all around. Sorry about little DS2, I know that is heartwrenching to even continue to think about. We're here for you with everything.

Babydes and 3PNB, glad you ladies are feeling well. And NO thinking about silly OWT, preggos! They are all rubbish, you know! Keep your minds focused on putting amazingly healthy foods in yourself for those growing little beans. You know it won't be long before we are nubsessing with you and then waiting on pins and needles for your big scan!

Tink, I am with the others, start them supps now. Definitely the fish oil. Look through some of the sways and you will find a huge variation of what people took. I used to do a bunch of stuff, but now mostly just healthy egg stuff, but I would recommend taking 3PNB's recs for sure. She is right on about tackling your "issues" whether it be ewcm or ph or uterine health and LP length. I would also begin the drinks, if you are going to do those, pretty soon also. I am on those once we return from our trip at the end of June. (I'll be in Detroit and Chicago for 2 weeks, yay! And will do my best to check in every couple of days!)

Kris, best of luck to you and your partner. I would love to see you both get pg together! Why not employ two uteruses towards the goal instead of one, hey? Love it! I have some good friends (guys) who are starting their quest for a "gayby" as they call it. I would carry for them if I could! I think they are going for adoption though. I know all that expense is crazy, but you two hopefully won't care once you have your bab(ies)!!!

Everyone else, luv ya tons.....gotta start packing/washing the dog/cleaning the house for the housesitter/putting duct tape over my kids mouths right now. XOXOXO

Oh, and as for me....I am 7dpo right now....I have no idea what is up, but thinking I'm in the safe.

I know it's not all about me but yes, yes, yes! I didn't give bad advice to B.....of coarse I think it was ultimately late advice but it wasn't wrong. :)

Im lovin all these vacay's ladies and totally deserved. Where you off to Lola?

Yay on the dpo! I'm feelin in the safe too. I have got to get back onto the diet, yo!

[iluvmyman]

DD2 just peed on the couch but I'm 99% sure you were hoping for OPK or preg test results!

Cemas no worries! I had a vacay back around end of May ... no more scheduled til 4th of july though. It's easy to get it all confused here!

Jen I loooooove coconut rum in pineapple juice! LOL! I always feel like I need to be wearing a bikini on the beach though. Which is not happening this summer what with my boy friendly figure and all ;-) If I do get pg there's no way I'm going anywhere near the pool by August; I can't imagine how bun #3 is going to stay secret til 13 weeks if I'm walking around in nothing but lycra! Yikes!

LO, B!

I've thought about like keeping a cheat sheet on everyone cuz I totally forget all the time and hate to keep re-asking people the same ?'s.

[iluvmyman]

Good news for my twin sister. She tried for a year and finally got prego w/ DC2, then today found out that she is having a boy! She wasn't swaying and I'm excited for her. She has 1 girl already and this is their last and got a boy. Yay, Auntie again for me!

[Tink18]

Good news for my twin sister. She tried for a year and finally got prego w/ DC2, then today found out that she is having a boy! She wasn't swaying and I'm excited for her. She has 1 girl already and this is their last and got a boy. Yay, Auntie again for me!

How exciting!!! congrats auntie!!!!

[TTC5]

Good news for my twin sister. She tried for a year and finally got prego w/ DC2, then today found out that she is having a boy! She wasn't swaying and I'm excited for her. She has 1 girl already and this is their last and got a boy. Yay, Auntie again for me!

Congrats to your sister!!

[TTC5]

13 dpo bfn and temp dropped today :(

[Plum3]

I have 8 atm, 5 pink's 3 blues, they're a great bunch:HH: I haven't set a limit to how many more yet, maybe another 4 lol. We're lucky that we're UK as all school, medical and dental are free here to a certain extent. Same house, same clothes and toys just a slightly higher food bill each year, easily solved just be adding a few extra spuds and a tin of potatoes:bigsmile:

Gosh, you must be one busy mumma! Wow!

[Plum3]

Good news for my twin sister. She tried for a year and finally got prego w/ DC2, then today found out that she is having a boy! She wasn't swaying and I'm excited for her. She has 1 girl already and this is their last and got a boy. Yay, Auntie again for me!

Great news. Congrats!!

[Plum3]

Cemas, so sorry about the BFN :(

Lola, have a great holiday!

Begonia, you made me laugh. I say give the peeing a go as well.

Tink, that's one of the reasons I'm waiting. We have so many events where everyone will be drinking and if I don't drink they will be super suss. I don't know, surely one sesh would be ok though?

TTC5, your temp is still up pretty high though. When is AF due? Tomorrow?

I'm super jealous of all your warm weather. It's freezing here, brrr.

[TTC5]

Bec, due tomorrow yep xx

[Kris217]

I'm only 6dpo today so I won't be peeing on anything for about 7 days I think.

[Kris217]

Good news for my twin sister. She tried for a year and finally got prego w/ DC2, then today found out that she is having a boy! She wasn't swaying and I'm excited for her. She has 1 girl already and this is their last and got a boy. Yay, Auntie again for me!


That's great news, congrats to your sister and family!

[Kris217]

Hey all, I've been working my butt of the last 3 days so I can go on vaca for 2 weeks, which starts today! So sorry I missed your imminent question, Begonia! I am glad you did it, I would have said to go for it also. FX!

Cemas, I know that sucks, I totally understand how you feel. Just keep trying. Did any tests show a problem from HT? Do you think it is just your age (which I think is my problem)? Maybe try the DHEA and some antioxidants like me if that is the case. You'll get there, just don't give up yet. Look how perseverance got Babydes her bfp! Big hugs to ya.....xoxo

Iluv, balls all around with all that crap you are dealing with. I actually think maybe the diagnosis for your thyroid is good. Now you can get it leveled and get pg no problem....not to mention you will feel a lot better all around. Sorry about little DS2, I know that is heartwrenching to even continue to think about. We're here for you with everything.

Babydes and 3PNB, glad you ladies are feeling well. And NO thinking about silly OWT, preggos! They are all rubbish, you know! Keep your minds focused on putting amazingly healthy foods in yourself for those growing little beans. You know it won't be long before we are nubsessing with you and then waiting on pins and needles for your big scan!

Tink, I am with the others, start them supps now. Definitely the fish oil. Look through some of the sways and you will find a huge variation of what people took. I used to do a bunch of stuff, but now mostly just healthy egg stuff, but I would recommend taking 3PNB's recs for sure. She is right on about tackling your "issues" whether it be ewcm or ph or uterine health and LP length. I would also begin the drinks, if you are going to do those, pretty soon also. I am on those once we return from our trip at the end of June. (I'll be in Detroit and Chicago for 2 weeks, yay! And will do my best to check in every couple of days!)

Kris, best of luck to you and your partner. I would love to see you both get pg together! Why not employ two uteruses towards the goal instead of one, hey? Love it! I have some good friends (guys) who are starting their quest for a "gayby" as they call it. I would carry for them if I could! I think they are going for adoption though. I know all that expense is crazy, but you two hopefully won't care once you have your bab(ies)!!!

Everyone else, luv ya tons.....gotta start packing/washing the dog/cleaning the house for the housesitter/putting duct tape over my kids mouths right now. XOXOXO

Oh, and as for me....I am 7dpo right now....I have no idea what is up, but thinking I'm in the safe.

Have a great holiday, hope that duct tape lasts most of the trip lol
My partner is 12dpo and got a bfn so she's counting herself out this month, i'm only 6dpo so I'll be waiting a while before I test. That's cool about your friends, adoption would be my first choice but in this country we're not allowed to adopt! I hope your friends don't have to jump through too many hoops, I know adoption is getting harder and harder!

[DebH]

@ Kris217, I'm 7 DPO so same boat. Are you having any symptoms yet? I swear I have been so tired this week, and I got hit with some nausea tonight and can't wait to test! Also wondering if I am just imagining all the symptoms.

My mom is in town staying with us and I haven't been going on here since I don't want her to know I am trying. I feel like a teenager! She is staying in the room with the computer :-(

[iluvmyman]

@ Kris217, I'm 7 DPO so same boat. Are you having any symptoms yet? I swear I have been so tired this week, and I got hit with some nausea tonight and can't wait to test! Also wondering if I am just imagining all the symptoms.

My mom is in town staying with us and I haven't been going on here since I don't want her to know I am trying. I feel like a teenager! She is staying in the room with the computer :-(

That sucks! DH said I could tell people but I haven't told many and especially not my parents. I'm 35, ridiculous, right? :)

[Plum3]

Ok, so I *think* I may be about to O. For me this is huge! I am almost positive I O'd last month as well going by my temps and chart. Anyway my cervix is high, soft and open. I have watery CM and cramps and backaches. This has never ever happened for me naturally so I'm like a little kid in a lolly shop. Ok that's all!

[Plum3]

@ Kris217, I'm 7 DPO so same boat. Are you having any symptoms yet? I swear I have been so tired this week, and I got hit with some nausea tonight and can't wait to test! Also wondering if I am just imagining all the symptoms.

My mom is in town staying with us and I haven't been going on here since I don't want her to know I am trying. I feel like a teenager! She is staying in the room with the computer :-(

When will you start testing Deb?

It's funny how we don't people we are TTC. Then they'll know we're actually shagging, lol.

[iluvmyman]

Ok, so I *think* I may be about to O. For me this is huge! I am almost positive I O'd last month as well going by my temps and chart. Anyway my cervix is high, soft and open. I have watery CM and cramps and backaches. This has never ever happened for me naturally so I'm like a little kid in a lolly shop. Ok that's all!

yeah Bec!!!! That's fantastic, I'm so happy for you and GL!

[Kris217]

When will you start testing Deb?

It's funny how we don't people we are TTC. Then they'll know we're actually shagging, lol.

lol too funny

[Kris217]

@ Kris217, I'm 7 DPO so same boat. Are you having any symptoms yet? I swear I have been so tired this week, and I got hit with some nausea tonight and can't wait to test! Also wondering if I am just imagining all the symptoms.

My mom is in town staying with us and I haven't been going on here since I don't want her to know I am trying. I feel like a teenager! She is staying in the room with the computer :-(

I'm trying not to think about symptoms but my boobs have been sore for a few days now which is unusual for me. I don't want to get my hopes up again. Not many people know i'm trying either, maybe 3 people so i know what you mean. So when will you be testing?

[Kris217]

Ok, so I *think* I may be about to O. For me this is huge! I am almost positive I O'd last month as well going by my temps and chart. Anyway my cervix is high, soft and open. I have watery CM and cramps and backaches. This has never ever happened for me naturally so I'm like a little kid in a lolly shop. Ok that's all!

Woohoo, that's great!

[Plum3]

yeah Bec!!!! That's fantastic, I'm so happy for you and GL!

Thanks :) I wish we were able to actually attempt now. If this pattern of O'ing keeps up *touches wood* then I won't need Clomid hopefully.

[DebH]

I'm trying not to think about symptoms but my boobs have been sore for a few days now which is unusual for me. I don't want to get my hopes up again. Not many people know i'm trying either, maybe 3 people so i know what you mean. So when will you be testing?

Can't decide... I always get BFP after AF is due, so not earlier than next Monday. My p's couldn't understand why I'd want 3, (they love her to death now) so I don't want to deal with their reaction to my 4th :) They had 2 of us and think everyone (esp. me and sis) should live their lives exactly the same as they did.

She keeps coming in. Be back tomorrow!

[TTC5]

Can't decide... I always get BFP after AF is due, so not earlier than next Monday. My p's couldn't understand why I'd want 3, (they love her to death now) so I don't want to deal with their reaction to my 4th :) They had 2 of us and think everyone (esp. me and sis) should live their lives exactly the same as they did.

She keeps coming in. Be back tomorrow!

My Mum said to me not long ago, do I really want more and I told her yep. She couldn't say much lol as she had 8 herself lol but I know DH's family will pass judgements.. I don't care :)

[TTC5]

When will you start testing Deb?

It's funny how we don't people we are TTC. Then they'll know we're actually shagging, lol.

Bit like buying condoms or preg tests, lol... gotta go to a different store where you don't risk running in to someone you know heheh

[TTC5]

Ok, so I *think* I may be about to O. For me this is huge! I am almost positive I O'd last month as well going by my temps and chart. Anyway my cervix is high, soft and open. I have watery CM and cramps and backaches. This has never ever happened for me naturally so I'm like a little kid in a lolly shop. Ok that's all!


Wooooo I hope you pop that lil eggy weggy!!!!!!

[TTC5]

AFM: 13 dpo and bfn this morning. AF due tomorrow! Today feeling funny in the tummy, ate some weetbix today and they tasted "funny"?? It must be nerves??!!
I just had a thought, last two night I have been sleeping with my mouth OPEN DH said I have been snoring, lol so bad he actually voice recorded it :O
So this could explain my recent dips, or am I clutching at straws here? LOL!!
I thought I used my last test this morning, but I actually have ONE left... could it be a sign HEHEHE ;)
I am not going to test now until AF is late, if she does now show that is!!

DH said he still thinks I am pregnant, but the lack of +'s are starting to confuse him, lol... him and me BOTH lol.

[iluvmyman]

Can't decide... I always get BFP after AF is due, so not earlier than next Monday. My p's couldn't understand why I'd want 3, (they love her to death now) so I don't want to deal with their reaction to my 4th :) They had 2 of us and think everyone (esp. me and sis) should live their lives exactly the same as they did.

She keeps coming in. Be back tomorrow!

I let way too many opinionated friends and family affect my last pregnancy and I'm not letting that happen again. They don't have to live with me so the decision is up to me and my husband. I don't tell my friends how the live their lives. I think I just let people in to much and am a little too open.

[Plum3]

Wooooo I hope you pop that lil eggy weggy!!!!!!

Me too! Yay!

[Plum3]

AFM: 13 dpo and bfn this morning. AF due tomorrow! Today feeling funny in the tummy, ate some weetbix today and they tasted "funny"?? It must be nerves??!!
I just had a thought, last two night I have been sleeping with my mouth OPEN DH said I have been snoring, lol so bad he actually voice recorded it :O
So this could explain my recent dips, or am I clutching at straws here? LOL!!
I thought I used my last test this morning, but I actually have ONE left... could it be a sign HEHEHE ;)
I am not going to test now until AF is late, if she does now show that is!!

DH said he still thinks I am pregnant, but the lack of +'s are starting to confuse him, lol... him and me BOTH lol.

I am still hopeful for you! So, does that mean you won't be testing for 2 days?!

[TTC5]

Yep or maybe not till a bit later if AF stays away :)

[Tink18]

How on point is AF TTC DOes she usually come the day she says she is going to arrive or is she a shitty house guest and shows up whenever she wants and fucks up all your plans! I am so anxious for you!!!

ILUV don't worry about all your judgmental family and friends. I have plenty. And now you have me!! I am right down the road! SO we can start kicking people in the balls and or vaginas! I am a take no shit kind of girl. DH and i raise our daughter the way we want. My mom and brother seem to be the only people that stand behind us, well and a few friends. My in-laws think we are crazy. But my SIL has the most misbehaved, disrespectful children ever. My 2 year DD, says please and thank you with everything...so we have obviously done something right so EFF em!! They give us crap for the car we drive, the shoes I wear, the way i dress. My husbands tattoos, We cant do anything right. I don't care. They are shitty people. These are also the people that decided to pack up and move without telling us...cool huh.

[Tink18]

Crap, I forgot to tell my funny story I got all huffy! At the store today when buying my supplements. I had my FA, VIT. D, Fish oil and Pre-natel. That is what I am starting with. Think that is good for now or am i missing something awesome? Anyway, I am at the check out. The lady sees the pre-natal and goes, "oh congrats when are you do?" I said "oh about 12 to 13 months hopefully" she gave me the wackiest look!!

[TTC5]

LOL Tink!!!

Well last cycle I am quite sure I O around CD 14 and AF started with spotting on CD 28 (so a 14 day lp)... and cycle before my lp was 15 days so she could show tomorrow or day after!! When I first started tracking my lp was shorter like 12-13 days but I won't consider myself "late" yet as my last two months were 14-15 days?

ETA just looked on my chart details and FF said that my average is 14, minimum is 12 and max is 15. So yep she should be here by tomorrow/ Friday latest!

[iluvmyman]

LOL Tink!!!

Well last cycle I am quite sure I O around CD 14 and AF started with spotting on CD 28 (so a 14 day lp)... and cycle before my lp was 15 days so she could show tomorrow or day after!! When I first started tracking my lp was shorter like 12-13 days but I won't consider myself "late" yet as my last two months were 14-15 days?

ETA just looked on my chart details and FF said that my average is 14, minimum is 12 and max is 15. So yep she should be here by tomorrow/ Friday latest!

I think if i get a BFP I need to start tracking w/ BBT. I just don't know that I can be consistent w/ it, our mornings are pretty rushed.

Can you guys share how you do it, or you just do it?

[iluvmyman]

How on point is AF TTC DOes she usually come the day she says she is going to arrive or is she a shitty house guest and shows up whenever she wants and fucks up all your plans! I am so anxious for you!!!

ILUV don't worry about all your judgmental family and friends. I have plenty. And now you have me!! I am right down the road! SO we can start kicking people in the balls and or vaginas! I am a take no shit kind of girl. DH and i raise our daughter the way we want. My mom and brother seem to be the only people that stand behind us, well and a few friends. My in-laws think we are crazy. But my SIL has the most misbehaved, disrespectful children ever. My 2 year DD, says please and thank you with everything...so we have obviously done something right so EFF em!! They give us crap for the car we drive, the shoes I wear, the way i dress. My husbands tattoos, We cant do anything right. I don't care. They are shitty people. These are also the people that decided to pack up and move without telling us...cool huh.

we totally need to hang when I'm not so gosh darn freaking busy all the time. we'll make it work. I love my DH's Tat's. so sexy! I have a hard time telling people off unless i'm really pushed and have had enough. I know people are trying to love me and care for me but there seems to be some boundary issues on both parts. DH hardly ever has to deal w/ any of it cuz most people are scared to approach him. I wish I was like that a little more. I just tend to believe that people aren't trying to hurt my feelings but I bend over backwards to make them feel OK w/ talking to me.....so, boundary issues. I'm learning though...I'm def. learning. DH says we aren't sharing C.O.D of the baby w/ friends and family, which is a great boundary, but guess what, I'm the one that has to tell people we aren't sharing C.O.D, people who care about us. Good boundary but somehow i always get stuck w/ being the bad guy.

In-laws can be hard. I'd like to hear more about your SIL at some point though. Maybe we should calendar a get together??

[iluvmyman]

Crap, I forgot to tell my funny story I got all huffy! At the store today when buying my supplements. I had my FA, VIT. D, Fish oil and Pre-natel. That is what I am starting with. Think that is good for now or am i missing something awesome? Anyway, I am at the check out. The lady sees the pre-natal and goes, "oh congrats when are you do?" I said "oh about 12 to 13 months hopefully" she gave me the wackiest look!!

That's funny! I like it and also get strange looks w/ my smart mouth. :)

[TTC5]

I think if i get a BFP I need to start tracking w/ BBT. I just don't know that I can be consistent w/ it, our mornings are pretty rushed.

Can you guys share how you do it, or you just do it?

I take mine in the morning at 6.15am before I get up for the day!

[iluvmyman]

I take mine in the morning at 6.15am before I get up for the day!

Do you like roll over and pull it off the night stand or under the pillow as soon as you wake, like on the dot or do you have leeway. Do you just rinse it off w/ water after? Do you have a note pad you jot the degree off on?

[TTC5]

It sits right beside me on the bedside table I just grab it and voila ;) I don't do it vaginally so don't rinse it. Then I come on FF and use that to track :)

[TTC5]

Soooo I did some googling and it seems that a dip at 13 dpo does not mean it is over yet, lol

http://www.mothering.com/community/forum/thread/1032872/anyone-had-a-temp-dip-13dpo-and-still-been-pregnant

[Plum3]

It sits right beside me on the bedside table I just grab it and voila ;) I don't do it vaginally so don't rinse it. Then I come on FF and use that to track :)

Snap. That's exactly what I do too.

[sunnyebsh]

Hi...all...i'm 7DPO....not feeling very pregnant yet lol...but have had creamy mucus...since 2 dpo...blood in nose (not sure if that means anything??), very mild cramping off & on since 2dpo, raise bumps near areloa (again not sure if that means anthing) & have just taking an OPK & have a faint line...too early to test...but will do soon...

BTW - got excited for a minute there...thought the OPK was the Pregnancy test...same packaging..different colour.

[iluvmyman]

Hi...all...i'm 7DPO....not feeling very pregnant yet lol...but have had creamy mucus...since 2 dpo...blood in nose (not sure if that means anything??), very mild cramping off & on since 2dpo, raise bumps near areloa (again not sure if that means anthing) & have just taking an OPK & have a faint line...too early to test...but will do soon...

BTW - got excited for a minute there...thought the OPK was the Pregnancy test...same packaging..different colour.

Ummm, isn't even a faint line still a positive??? My hpt's are supposed to be able to work as early as 7dpo. FX for you, girl!!!

[Plum3]

Hi...all...i'm 7DPO....not feeling very pregnant yet lol...but have had creamy mucus...since 2 dpo...blood in nose (not sure if that means anything??), very mild cramping off & on since 2dpo, raise bumps near areloa (again not sure if that means anthing) & have just taking an OPK & have a faint line...too early to test...but will do soon...

BTW - got excited for a minute there...thought the OPK was the Pregnancy test...same packaging..different colour.

Did you use the OPK thinking it was a HPT?

[sunnyebsh]

I wish....No...faint line on the OPK test NOT the pregnancy test

[sunnyebsh]

Yes

[iluvmyman]

BTW- people were posing the ? about ions recently. I have from IG that you want positive ions for boys (if you believe in ions) a ionic hair dryer has negative ions so you don't want use them for ttc boy. I'm sure Atomic has a sticky somewhere but not sure if that ever got resolved.

[Plum3]

Oh damn!

[Plum3]

We eventually figured it all out. Thanks iluv!

[iluvmyman]

Did you use the OPK thinking it was a HPT?

Look at how smart you are, Bec. I must've misread the original comment my bad. Well GL anyway miss sunny....I want to say gracie lou freebush from Miss Congenialty.

[TTC5]

Hi...all...i'm 7DPO....not feeling very pregnant yet lol...but have had creamy mucus...since 2 dpo...blood in nose (not sure if that means anything??), very mild cramping off & on since 2dpo, raise bumps near areloa (again not sure if that means anthing) & have just taking an OPK & have a faint line...too early to test...but will do soon...

BTW - got excited for a minute there...thought the OPK was the Pregnancy test...same packaging..different colour.

Awwwww lol

[babydes56]

I let way too many opinionated friends and family affect my last pregnancy and I'm not letting that happen again. They don't have to live with me so the decision is up to me and my husband. I don't tell my friends how the live their lives. I think I just let people in to much and am a little too open.

I know what you mean, i've told a friend i'm preg & she says "it's a girl again". She has a pigeon pair & of all my friends i think because i've always got what i wanted she secretly hopes it's a girl again

[babydes56]

AFM: 13 dpo and bfn this morning. AF due tomorrow! Today feeling funny in the tummy, ate some weetbix today and they tasted "funny"?? It must be nerves??!!
I just had a thought, last two night I have been sleeping with my mouth OPEN DH said I have been snoring, lol so bad he actually voice recorded it :O
So this could explain my recent dips, or am I clutching at straws here? LOL!!
I thought I used my last test this morning, but I actually have ONE left... could it be a sign HEHEHE ;)
I am not going to test now until AF is late, if she does now show that is!!

DH said he still thinks I am pregnant, but the lack of +'s are starting to confuse him, lol... him and me BOTH lol.

Sorry to hear, i'm sure you'll know for sure soon

[babydes56]

I'm only 6dpo today so I won't be peeing on anything for about 7 days I think.

GL, i think you do right by waiting to test otherwise you just get worked up with bfn

[babydes56]

@ Kris217, I'm 7 DPO so same boat. Are you having any symptoms yet? I swear I have been so tired this week, and I got hit with some nausea tonight and can't wait to test! Also wondering if I am just imagining all the symptoms.

My mom is in town staying with us and I haven't been going on here since I don't want her to know I am trying. I feel like a teenager! She is staying in the room with the computer :-(

GL, lool about your mom being there & feeling like a teenager

[babydes56]

Ok, so I *think* I may be about to O. For me this is huge! I am almost positive I O'd last month as well going by my temps and chart. Anyway my cervix is high, soft and open. I have watery CM and cramps and backaches. This has never ever happened for me naturally so I'm like a little kid in a lolly shop. Ok that's all!

That's fantastic news, wot are you doing that's helping you ovulate. Are you taking metformin? Hope you wont need clomid

[babydes56]

Crap, I forgot to tell my funny story I got all huffy! At the store today when buying my supplements. I had my FA, VIT. D, Fish oil and Pre-natel. That is what I am starting with. Think that is good for now or am i missing something awesome? Anyway, I am at the check out. The lady sees the pre-natal and goes, "oh congrats when are you do?" I said "oh about 12 to 13 months hopefully" she gave me the wackiest look!!

When are you making your attempt? Sorry if you've answered this already. Your suuplements look good, i wouldnt take l-arginine because it dries up cm

[babydes56]

Hi...all...i'm 7DPO....not feeling very pregnant yet lol...but have had creamy mucus...since 2 dpo...blood in nose (not sure if that means anything??), very mild cramping off & on since 2dpo, raise bumps near areloa (again not sure if that means anthing) & have just taking an OPK & have a faint line...too early to test...but will do soon...

BTW - got excited for a minute there...thought the OPK was the Pregnancy test...same packaging..different colour.

I had blood in nose last preg but that was at a later stage in the pregnancy. GL

[babydes56]

Lola, hope you having fun on your holiday!

iluv, when are you testing?

[Plum3]

That's fantastic news, wot are you doing that's helping you ovulate. Are you taking metformin? Hope you wont need clomid

I don't know if it's just a coincidence or not but I started drinking green tea a few months ago and have been taking fish oil for a few weeks now. But, surely those things on their own wouldn't help me ovulate? I don't know really. Nope, not taking Met.

[TTC5]

Think AF is on her way having some cramps and lower back ache tonight.

[babydes56]

I don't know if it's just a coincidence or not but I started drinking green tea a few months ago and have been taking fish oil for a few weeks now. But, surely those things on their own wouldn't help me ovulate? I don't know really. Nope, not taking Met.

That's good, keep taking the fish oil & drinking the green tea if it's helping. Hope it continues this way until your attempt

[babydes56]

Think AF is on her way having some cramps and lower back ache tonight.

Oh hun, there's always next time so dont worry too much about it

[TTC5]

That's right.... I am going to review my supps this time change of plans lol

[Plum3]

Thanks Baby, me too. It would be nice not to have to rely on Clomid. But what will be, will be.

TTC, if you have to attempt again what do you think you will change with your supps?

[babydes56]

That's right.... I am going to review my supps this time change of plans lol

Why are you changing your supplements, did you have lots of ewcm? I remember you having great ph so why change it? You have to remember that one only has a 10-20% chance of falling preg each time you try so dont panic too much because it hasnt happened on your first attempt, it took me 1yr to get here. I'm not saying it will take you ages but just remember that if it fails this time it will happen soon & if you had great ph keep doing what you've been doing

[Cheekymoo]

Soooo I did some googling and it seems that a dip at 13 dpo does not mean it is over yet, lol

http://www.mothering.com/community/forum/thread/1032872/anyone-had-a-temp-dip-13dpo-and-still-been-pregnant
You better believ it is not over!! Until AF appears your still in the game
BTW TTC5 I just Luv it- :) you are totally obsessed just like I get I can't think about anything else either ! I am still hopeful- your temp didn't dip below or even on the coverline soooo FX :)

[Cheekymoo]

DebH- when are you testing? Imaginary or not your symptoms sound good....:)

Bec- good news on the ovulating- it could be the supplements...I guess if it continues you will know !

Iluv - congrats on becoming an auntie again- are you guys identical or fraternal?

Babydes- What a bad friend wishing that - we all get jealous sometimes but really we should want our friends to be happy shouldn't we? I hope it is a boy just to annoy her LOL

As for me feeling crampy Af will arrive tomorrow- and I am happy about it prob for the last time EVER LOL
As it marks the begining of my first swaying month of TTC YAY! :)

[babydes56]

Cheekymoo, you must be excited about your first sway. How long have you been on diet? I know my friend gets annoyed because i'm a go getter so one thing she's wishing for is that i have another girl so she can tell me all about how having a son is great. To be honest i'm happy with whatever i get & if it's a girl then i'm sure my daughters will one day give me a grandson. The only person i'd be upset for is DH because i'd love him to experience raising a boy as well

[begonia]

Hello ladies! OK first a disclaimer ... if I suddenly disappear it is because my computer is acting VERY odd lately. It's only a year old but my last iBook also died an untimely death. Hmmm.

Anyhow, TTC5 I don't know why I keep hanging on to hope, maybe because your symptoms were so promising, but I swear until AF shows I'm believing you are pg. I really hope you are. In the meantime I'm with Baby, what're you going to change and why? Your pH was rocking!

Cheekymoo FX for you this cycle! My 1st attempt was just a couple of days ago... it is very exciting after all this planning to finally dive in. Hope everything goes according to your plan!

iluv you did give me great advice :-) and girl you have got to get some boundaries going it sounds like! You can have boundaries without being a bitch. You know? You can be kind without being too open... if people ask about the COD I would just tell them that you appreciate their concern and care for your family, but that you and DH have chosen to keep that private at this time. I have to have some pretty high boundaries with my mother but never want to hurt her feelings so am constantly searching for tactful ways to keep her out of my business, LOL!

OK too fun that Tink and iluv are practically neighbors! Y'all need to get some picnic action going! Tink we join in the sidewalk chalk fan club! Super fun stuff. Although last time DD2 drew something that looked EXACTLY like, umm, a certain part of a man. It was a "dog toy" for the dog she drew. DH came home and was like, WTH is that in the driveway?!? It didn't help that she made it like 4 feet tall. Oh how I love having kids :-)

Kris sorry your partner is out, FX for you! DebH is sounds like you're getting close to testing as well! And my dad will be here late next week; I totally get the not being able to get on the computer because when they are here I likely won't be on much at all. Which will be tough b/c it'll be right when I'm POASing but I promise to at least post results for y'all from my phone!

Good luck Sunnyebush!

Babydes I'm kind of in the same place ... I really think I will be OK to have another girl (I think...) but I really, really want DH to have a son.

OH! You know what DD1 told me about DD2 peeing on the couch yesterday? "You can never trust a person in diapers, Mom." Excellent. I plan to apply that to my daily life. Because she's right. People who pee themselves can't be trusted. Anyhow DD2 is in a weird in between potty training stage where she doesn't want to wear diapers but also doesn't want to sit on the toilet, so we've had a lotta pee in a lotta places. Thank goodness this is a rental and my couch is slipcovered!

[Cheekymoo]

Yes Babydes- I feel the same :) I love my girls and it really isn't that i don't want another one - i just would like to experience a son and this is def the last baby for me:)

I have been on the diet etc for 6 weeks it will be 8 weeks when I ovulate and try though....so excited it feels like I have put in sooo much effort just to get to this point esp as I hate salty food and lived on chocolate and lollies ! LOL

Begonia- Thanks- so do i!

[SpicyTunaSushi]

Hey girls,

I NEED your advice. So, DH has had some weird stuff lately. He had some inflammation with his balls 2 weeks ago and then a week ago he had a fever. Every once in a while I look at his sperm through a saliva microscope and I always see a lot of swimmers moving fast! :bigsmile:

Yesterday, nothing, but a few ones swimming in circles chasing their tails. I have been reading online and there was a published journal showing that a fever can reduce sperm count about 35-65 percent. Dh was really sick for about one day. He definitely had a fever and we treated it with meds (of course, this is NOT boy friendly). :nails:

Anyway, I am feeling like his count is going to be low for a month or so because of all of this stuff. I am considering skipping a cycle so that he can recover. DH sees the logic in it, and according to the study, you need about 35-56 days to recover- which is about the time I will O next month.

I really want a :DS: this time! I wouldn't mind a girl if we did all we could, but I feel like trying this month would certainly end in BFN anyway and with such a low count, heavily sways girl. We are going to check tomorrow after a release to see if there are any swimmers, but I just don't want to see another month of BFN or conceive a girl if we could have skipped a month.

What do you think!?:think:

[babydes56]

Spicy, i'd say maybe wait if you feel his count is low because if you go for it you may end up with regrets. You want to give it your all & then if you have a boy great & if it's a girl you can live knowing you did your best.

I say that i'm not too bothered about what i get but that isnt entirely true because if it was i wouldnt have swayed. I'm happy i've managed to get preg after a year so maybe that's why i'll be happy to have a healthy baby. A boy would be great because i'd love to have a mixed family, i also have to realistic that it's 50/50 chance

[Tink18]

When are you making your attempt? Sorry if you've answered this already. Your suuplements look good, i wouldnt take l-arginine because it dries up cm

Depending when my cycles fall, Either September or October. If I O in late Sept, we will go for it, or If I O in early Oct, we will go for it. But definitely in Oct!! I am hoping I O in late Sept and not early! FX!!

[begonia]

Spicy I say to give it your best shot I'd wait ... sperm count does have scientific studies showing higher does favor boys, so it is certainly one of the sway factors that is IMO more reliable. Keep us posted with what tonight shows! That is hilarious to me that you're oogling his swimmers under a microscope! That's serious business :-) And now I'm totally curious what my DH's would look like, LOL!

Babydes you're spot on... if we *truly* didn't care we wouldn't go through this. I do care. But I also think I won't have serious GD, which is why I say I'll be OK with another girl. I'll just have my FX for a boatload of grandsons.

[3Pink1Blue]

Iluv- Congrats on your sisters little blue bean :) Back when I temped I would set an alarm so I took it at the same time each morning. I set it early so on weekends I could go back to sleep. I too do just what ttc5 said lol Thanks for the hairdryer clarification, I forgot the details but remembered getting yelled at lol

TTC5 - So when you going to test again???

Bec - Woohoo for O'ing on your own!! You never know, the green tea and fish oil may be doing it so definitely don't stop!

Tink - My inlaws criticize us like mad and think the earth revolved around dh's brother. Dh has a great career that he loves but since he's white collar they literally treat him like he's a fry cook at McDonald's, bil works construction and anything blue collar is better. Their house has leaky windows, mold in the basement and a bathroom I wouldn't use in an emergency but it's better then our house. Funny thing is my mil is about to get fired and they will probably loose their house before the year is up. Well guess who they are coming to for money(we won't give them any). My bil can't find work and has to borrow money from his inlaws to pay his mortgage, their marriage is falling apart and their kids are rotten. Yet somehow through all that we are still not as good. You just can't please some people.
That's a great start on the sups, and lol at 12-13 months.

Kris - no af means no one's out yet! fingers are still crossed for both of you.

Spicy - I think if you're that worried skip it. Wait a month and have the peace you did all you could.

Begonia - I joke too that hopefully I get grandsons. My in-laws lost their only dd to SIDS and now have 5 granddaughters and 1(fx2) grandson where my neighbor had 3 sons and 1 daughter and has all grandsons.

Baby - it feels a little hypocritical to say we don't really care what's cooking with all we did. I stand by that I don't care because I swayed instead of just leaving it up to chance again.

I guess we've been lucky as we've never gotten crap about having more kids except from my bil. He has the only boy and I know he wants it to stay that way. My parents don't say much about it but my in-laws have actually told us we can't stop till we have a boy. You know the keep it up till you get it right attitude :mad:
Starting to feel a little preg af being 2 wks late and all though I still check the tp every time I wipe. I'm having a few more food issues but nothing major yet, fx it stays this way. I swear I'm more tired everyday. How is it you forget this part? You'd think you'd remember yawning 24/7.

[iluvmyman]

I know what you mean, i've told a friend i'm preg & she says "it's a girl again". She has a pigeon pair & of all my friends i think because i've always got what i wanted she secretly hopes it's a girl again

Ohhh, not nice. I know some a person like that too.

[iluvmyman]

Lola, hope you having fun on your holiday!

iluv, when are you testing?

I leave out of town on Monday morning so I figured I'd test Sunday Morning. Hey, it'd be a nice father's day present since Mother's day didn't work out for me. :) I don't think I'm prego at all, so I'm not in any rush to test. If I am I'm afraid my attitude might be a little less then desired since I did like no sway at all, it was doggy style the 2nd attempt is the best we did for sway and that means nothing. :) I wish I had just went to sleep that night before so I would've at least had a few days abstinence since we ended up DTD like CD12 & CD13, 1st + opk was CD15. The only symptoms is my tummy has been a little jacked up like little nausea and gassy (i hate saying that out loud) but I was sick and our friends kid was sick last week and now DS1 is running fever, so I'm just going with that as the cause and not reading into it.

I'm so happy I finally figured out how to use my spell check on this mac laptop! yay!

[iluvmyman]

I don't know if it's just a coincidence or not but I started drinking green tea a few months ago and have been taking fish oil for a few weeks now. But, surely those things on their own wouldn't help me ovulate? I don't know really. Nope, not taking Met.

Prayer maybe? :)

[iluvmyman]

DebH- when are you testing? Imaginary or not your symptoms sound good....:)

Bec- good news on the ovulating- it could be the supplements...I guess if it continues you will know !

Iluv - congrats on becoming an auntie again- are you guys identical or fraternal?

Babydes- What a bad friend wishing that - we all get jealous sometimes but really we should want our friends to be happy shouldn't we? I hope it is a boy just to annoy her LOL

As for me feeling crampy Af will arrive tomorrow- and I am happy about it prob for the last time EVER LOL
As it marks the begining of my first swaying month of TTC YAY! :)
Very faternal. There is a picture w/ her behind me in a private thread here. We look nothing a like. My mom was on fertility drugs and got BFP w/ us. Hey, it could've been clomid since that's been around a long time and it does sway girl multiples, right?

[iluvmyman]

Cheekymoo, you must be excited about your first sway. How long have you been on diet? I know my friend gets annoyed because i'm a go getter so one thing she's wishing for is that i have another girl so she can tell me all about how having a son is great. To be honest i'm happy with whatever i get & if it's a girl then i'm sure my daughters will one day give me a grandson. The only person i'd be upset for is DH because i'd love him to experience raising a boy as well
Doesn't appear to be a real great friend.

[iluvmyman]

Hey girls,

I NEED your advice. So, DH has had some weird stuff lately. He had some inflammation with his balls 2 weeks ago and then a week ago he had a fever. Every once in a while I look at his sperm through a saliva microscope and I always see a lot of swimmers moving fast! :bigsmile:

Yesterday, nothing, but a few ones swimming in circles chasing their tails. I have been reading online and there was a published journal showing that a fever can reduce sperm count about 35-65 percent. Dh was really sick for about one day. He definitely had a fever and we treated it with meds (of course, this is NOT boy friendly). :nails:

Anyway, I am feeling like his count is going to be low for a month or so because of all of this stuff. I am considering skipping a cycle so that he can recover. DH sees the logic in it, and according to the study, you need about 35-56 days to recover- which is about the time I will O next month.

I really want a :DS: this time! I wouldn't mind a girl if we did all we could, but I feel like trying this month would certainly end in BFN anyway and with such a low count, heavily sways girl. We are going to check tomorrow after a release to see if there are any swimmers, but I just don't want to see another month of BFN or conceive a girl if we could have skipped a month.

What do you think!?:think:

Spicy, if you did confirm sperm count is low (I think that's awesome btw) I would wait. I'm sorry to say that but wouldn't want to risk it I guess.

[iluvmyman]

Spicy, i'd say maybe wait if you feel his count is low because if you go for it you may end up with regrets. You want to give it your all & then if you have a boy great & if it's a girl you can live knowing you did your best.

I say that i'm not too bothered about what i get but that isnt entirely true because if it was i wouldnt have swayed. I'm happy i've managed to get preg after a year so maybe that's why i'll be happy to have a healthy baby. A boy would be great because i'd love to have a mixed family, i also have to realistic that it's 50/50 chance

I asked DH if we could try 1 more time if he have a DD instead and he said no. :( I begged for trying the last 2 times, so I'm not at all surprised but it was a bit of a reality check and I really want to get my diet on again. Bummed I'm camping since it will make it a lot harder.

[princessap]

hi ladies,
I took a break from the boards here and now cannot catch up!!
Hope everyone is well. i needed a break from here to get my mind off my bfn.
I am trying this month and not sure what I will do for timing.
Today is CD 10 and I have ewcm today which I didnt have last month at all. My plan was dtd tonight and then abstain for 4 days and hit O day. But now I am thinking I may be oing soon.
What would u girls do??
I am not temping as I do shift work and it was too hard to
do consistently.
Should I dtd tonight or wait?

[begonia]

So you know these boards get stuck in your head when you're putting your child down for a nap and thinking OH NO! I forgot to congratulate iluv on her fun auntie news! And Bec O'd on her own and I didn't say anything! LOL. So anyhow, sorry to be tardy but I am SO excited for you both!!! Great news!

Princess the timing thing is so hard! I had an attempt this month and messed mine up because I did O early; I normally get a +OPK CD13, so was planning to BD that night and CD11 for an O-2 attempt. Well ended up doing my O-2 on CD11 as planned (after 4 day abstain) but then got my +OPK on CD12. So we just DTD again.

So are you wanting to do 2x? Or are you still hoping for a 1x on O day? If you're OK with 2x I would DTD tonight, and then you should get at least 48 hours abstaining in before an O day attempt. Really it just depends on if you're wanting 1x or 2, because if you're wanting 1x I'd hold out for the +OPK. I don't temp either but was using OPK's ... mine were fading in but went + much faster than they usually do this month.

[begonia]

Jen oh my goodness I can't believe you're almost 6 weeks along already! It is flying by! I can't wait to nubsess :-) Will y'all find out or wait for a surprise? I totally want to know, but DH doesn't, so we'll wait. But I REEEEEALLY want to know so am hoping we at least get a good nub shot I can drool over.

[3Pink1Blue]

Begonia - I'm not sure if we'll find out the gender, we actually haven't even talked about it. I need to get so much further before we'll start talking about things like that.

for your amusement, hope you can take the f-word cause I laughed my ass off
http://youtu.be/5yqVnCAiWHw

Princessap - since you are mostly just wanting a bfp I'd dtd every day to every other day till cm turns creamy. GL hun.

[begonia]

Begonia - I'm not sure if we'll find out the gender, we actually haven't even talked about it. I need to get so much further before we'll start talking about things like that.

for your amusement, hope you can take the f-word cause I laughed my ass off
http://youtu.be/5yqVnCAiWHw

Princessap - since you are mostly just wanting a bfp I'd dtd every day to every other day till cm turns creamy. GL hun.

Which is totally reasonable and understandable. And I am completely unreasonable since I'm not even pregnant and I think about it. :rofl: And today I'm really hoping I'm not pg. I really want to enjoy my girls trip in July.

ITA Princess! Jen is on the $$ ... I forgot that you're more in the ready to get pregnant boat. DTD every other day would be the best bet for sure.

[princessap]

thanks girls. I want to
do 0-2 and 0 day. I usually get positove opks on cd 14 and 15.
Hubby released on Monday so was planning to dtd friday and sunday. does that sound like a good plan. I am 35 and really want a bfp but i know that dtd every other day got me my dd2 so just trying to tip the scales in favour of a boy but believe
what will be will be!

[3Pink1Blue]

I think thats a great plan :luck:

[Tink18]

Tink - My inlaws criticize us like mad and think the earth revolved around dh's brother. Dh has a great career that he loves but since he's white collar they literally treat him like he's a fry cook at McDonald's, bil works construction and anything blue collar is better. Their house has leaky windows, mold in the basement and a bathroom I wouldn't use in an emergency but it's better then our house. Funny thing is my mil is about to get fired and they will probably loose their house before the year is up. Well guess who they are coming to for money(we won't give them any). My bil can't find work and has to borrow money from his inlaws to pay his mortgage, their marriage is falling apart and their kids are rotten. Yet somehow through all that we are still not as good. You just can't please some people.
That's a great start on the sups, and lol at 12-13 months.

This is our life in a nut shell, the earth revolves around my SIL and her failure of a life. She is a disaster but can do no wrong. It literlly blows my mind. My in-laws pay their rent. Neither of them work and she is pregnant yet again, with her 3rd boy! She really wanted a girl. Her husband is flat out rude. Treats everyone disrespectfully. Threw my FIL out of their house but they still treat her like she shits puppies and sunshine. Then my hard working husband who never asks for anything, when we bought our home my FIL goes "DUDE, what do you need to buy a house for" like it was the worst thing is the world to do. And yes having a mortgage in california does suck, but we aren't leaches and take handouts from them. When my DH bought me a car for my wedding gift my SIL and said cant you drive a "regular person car" I don't even know what that means. We work hard, and we play hard. they are lazy garbage. They just say the meanest stuff. My husband has no respect for his sister. She sits her kids in front of the TV all day long. Doesn't play or interact with them. She controls his parents like no other and they let her. DH thinks its disgusting. Now that they have moved and my MIL And FIL will soon be following my DH feels like they all are abandoning him and he hates them for it. I feel bad for DH. But he is a good hard working man and he doesn't need those shitty people around. Even know they are his family. It's sad because before SIL married her second loser husband she didn't suck at life so much. Her first husband really effed her up. Karma is a bitch though, her ex Best friend told me some really awesome things she did in the past few years that make me want to stick a fork in my brain and dig out my eye balls. I haven't even told my DH because i Don't want him to hate her even more. ehhh makes me want to bathe in something clean after thinking about them.

Someone tell me something awesome.

[Tink18]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[princessap]

thanks Jen. Only thing throwing me off today is that I am having lower abdomonal cramps. not really on one side or the other. what is that? lol

[Peteys Girl]

Hi,
New to this forum - we will start ttc in Jan for a boy - plan on starting to work on swaying 3 months prior... Where do I begin? Is there a section that has all the do's and don't's? TIA

[TTC5]

Hi,
New to this forum - we will start ttc in Jan for a boy - plan on starting to work on swaying 3 months prior... Where do I begin? Is there a section that has all the do's and don't's? TIA

Yayyy welcome, glad you joined!!!! If you go HERE (http://genderdreaming.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?72-TTC-a-Boy-Best-Practices) you will find some great info!! And ask away in here if you have q's!!!!

[TTC5]

thanks girls. I want to
do 0-2 and 0 day. I usually get positove opks on cd 14 and 15.
Hubby released on Monday so was planning to dtd friday and sunday. does that sound like a good plan. I am 35 and really want a bfp but i know that dtd every other day got me my dd2 so just trying to tip the scales in favour of a boy but believe
what will be will be!

Sounds like a good plan!

[TTC5]

Iluv- Congrats on your sisters little blue bean :) Back when I temped I would set an alarm so I took it at the same time each morning. I set it early so on weekends I could go back to sleep. I too do just what ttc5 said lol Thanks for the hairdryer clarification, I forgot the details but remembered getting yelled at lol

TTC5 - So when you going to test again???

Bec - Woohoo for O'ing on your own!! You never know, the green tea and fish oil may be doing it so definitely don't stop!

Tink - My inlaws criticize us like mad and think the earth revolved around dh's brother. Dh has a great career that he loves but since he's white collar they literally treat him like he's a fry cook at McDonald's, bil works construction and anything blue collar is better. Their house has leaky windows, mold in the basement and a bathroom I wouldn't use in an emergency but it's better then our house. Funny thing is my mil is about to get fired and they will probably loose their house before the year is up. Well guess who they are coming to for money(we won't give them any). My bil can't find work and has to borrow money from his inlaws to pay his mortgage, their marriage is falling apart and their kids are rotten. Yet somehow through all that we are still not as good. You just can't please some people.
That's a great start on the sups, and lol at 12-13 months.

Kris - no af means no one's out yet! fingers are still crossed for both of you.

Spicy - I think if you're that worried skip it. Wait a month and have the peace you did all you could.

Begonia - I joke too that hopefully I get grandsons. My in-laws lost their only dd to SIDS and now have 5 granddaughters and 1(fx2) grandson where my neighbor had 3 sons and 1 daughter and has all grandsons.

Baby - it feels a little hypocritical to say we don't really care what's cooking with all we did. I stand by that I don't care because I swayed instead of just leaving it up to chance again.

I guess we've been lucky as we've never gotten crap about having more kids except from my bil. He has the only boy and I know he wants it to stay that way. My parents don't say much about it but my in-laws have actually told us we can't stop till we have a boy. You know the keep it up till you get it right attitude :mad:
Starting to feel a little preg af being 2 wks late and all though I still check the tp every time I wipe. I'm having a few more food issues but nothing major yet, fx it stays this way. I swear I'm more tired everyday. How is it you forget this part? You'd think you'd remember yawning 24/7.

I used my last test this morning lol I caved haha

[TTC5]

Why are you changing your supplements, did you have lots of ewcm? I remember you having great ph so why change it? You have to remember that one only has a 10-20% chance of falling preg each time you try so dont panic too much because it hasnt happened on your first attempt, it took me 1yr to get here. I'm not saying it will take you ages but just remember that if it fails this time it will happen soon & if you had great ph keep doing what you've been doing

I didn't have fab ewcm like others seem to get so thinking of dropping l arginine wish I knew that sooner!!

[TTC5]

You better believ it is not over!! Until AF appears your still in the game
BTW TTC5 I just Luv it- :) you are totally obsessed just like I get I can't think about anything else either ! I am still hopeful- your temp didn't dip below or even on the coverline soooo FX :)

Thanks!

So my temp this morning stayed same as yesterday???????? 14 dpo af due today but BFN?????

[TTC5]

DebH- when are you testing? Imaginary or not your symptoms sound good....:)

Bec- good news on the ovulating- it could be the supplements...I guess if it continues you will know !

Iluv - congrats on becoming an auntie again- are you guys identical or fraternal?

Babydes- What a bad friend wishing that - we all get jealous sometimes but really we should want our friends to be happy shouldn't we? I hope it is a boy just to annoy her LOL

As for me feeling crampy Af will arrive tomorrow- and I am happy about it prob for the last time EVER LOL
As it marks the begining of my first swaying month of TTC YAY! :)

How exciting!

[TTC5]

Hey girls,

I NEED your advice. So, DH has had some weird stuff lately. He had some inflammation with his balls 2 weeks ago and then a week ago he had a fever. Every once in a while I look at his sperm through a saliva microscope and I always see a lot of swimmers moving fast! :bigsmile:

Yesterday, nothing, but a few ones swimming in circles chasing their tails. I have been reading online and there was a published journal showing that a fever can reduce sperm count about 35-65 percent. Dh was really sick for about one day. He definitely had a fever and we treated it with meds (of course, this is NOT boy friendly). :nails:

Anyway, I am feeling like his count is going to be low for a month or so because of all of this stuff. I am considering skipping a cycle so that he can recover. DH sees the logic in it, and according to the study, you need about 35-56 days to recover- which is about the time I will O next month.

I really want a :DS: this time! I wouldn't mind a girl if we did all we could, but I feel like trying this month would certainly end in BFN anyway and with such a low count, heavily sways girl. We are going to check tomorrow after a release to see if there are any swimmers, but I just don't want to see another month of BFN or conceive a girl if we could have skipped a month.

What do you think!?:think:

I would skip a month.

[TTC5]

Thanks Baby, me too. It would be nice not to have to rely on Clomid. But what will be, will be.

TTC, if you have to attempt again what do you think you will change with your supps?

Will drop l'arginine :)

[3Pink1Blue]

Tink - my bil is a world class a-hole but my mil thinks he's funny and clever. I know I'll be karmically punished for it at some point but I take a little too much joy in his wife's ever expanding ass. I've really got nothing against her other then everything she does is sweet and wonderful and if I do the same thing it completely doesn't count. My mil broke her leg and had to have surgery a couple years back and I was there 8hrs a day, 5 days a week for 4 weeks changing her adult diapers, helping bathe her cleaning and making everyone dinner. Sil shows up one day for about an hour and sits on the couch the entire time and mil tells everyone how we both took such good care of her. My parents always treated me and my sister the same so I don't understand the obvious favoritism, it's so cruel.

Welcome Petey's girl!! Check out the link ttc5 posted and feel free to ask any ?'s ya got, we're a chatty bunch but very friendly :)

ttc5 - See now I thought you'd cave lol Another bfn but no af?! You confuse me. I'd definitely drop the l-arg, my cm went crazy after I did!

Princessap - when I have o cramps they occur 48 ish hrs before egg drops so maybe you're going to O early!

[Rg64AG]

Hey wanted to ask you how do u all check yours and DH Ph.Normal urine and sliva strips will do please reply

[Tink18]

Tink - my bil is a world class a-hole but my mil thinks he's funny and clever. I know I'll be karmically punished for it at some point but I take a little too much joy in his wife's ever expanding ass. I've really got nothing against her other then everything she does is sweet and wonderful and if I do the same thing it completely doesn't count. My mil broke her leg and had to have surgery a couple years back and I was there 8hrs a day, 5 days a week for 4 weeks changing her adult diapers, helping bathe her cleaning and making everyone dinner. Sil shows up one day for about an hour and sits on the couch the entire time and mil tells everyone how we both took such good care of her. My parents always treated me and my sister the same so I don't understand the obvious favoritism, it's so cruel.

Welcome Petey's girl!! Check out the link ttc5 posted and feel free to ask any ?'s ya got, we're a chatty bunch but very friendly :)

ttc5 - See now I thought you'd cave lol Another bfn but no af?! You confuse me. I'd definitely drop the l-arg, my cm went crazy after I did!

Princessap - when I have o cramps they occur 48 ish hrs before egg drops so maybe you're going to O early!

LOL @ ever expanding ass!! That is the best thing I have heard all day!! When i offered to throw a surprise 40th anniversary party for my in-laws at our house. I told SIL in-law about it. We were both pregnant. Little did I know about her major jealousy issues them. They were starting to surface. She was like yeah, ya sounds good we can just do it at my house it's easier that way. (plus it's not easier, she is just lazy and serves everything on Tupperware. Not how I roll) I said no, that's ok, Keith and I would like to do it at our house. She was soo annoyed with me because she wanted all the credit for this party. It was so weird. I was just trying to do something nice. Because my MIL and had mentioned no one has ever made a big fuss over them being married for as long as they had. So I made a fuss. MY LORD did that bother SIL!! And as I do on ever event I host at my house I set my table up nicely and decorate. When she walked in she made some rude comments "its just 40 years, you didn't need to go all out" I just had my nice china out and some flowers on the table it's not like I had it catered. She just isn't use to it, because she serves Christmas dinner to her guests on paper plates and Tupperware...no offense to anyone but it's just not how I was raised. I use paper plates daily..just not when I am hosting a nice dinner. It's just irritates me. I wanna kick her in her no no spot.

Anyways...welcome peteysgirl!

TTC- are you feeling AF ish, She is suppose to come visit me this weekend. Ill tell her to stay away from you! Ill put her in a headlock.

Princess, I just want to give you a big hug!

Where is Kris today?

[begonia]

Rg64AG some brands work and some don't if you're using strips ... I bought some on a roll and had no luck, but the pHion brand worked well for me. Search for them on ebay. Some other ladies use the hanna pH meter. Good luck!

Welcome to Petey's! We are chatty and frequently seem to veer off topic (topic being TTC boy) but it's part of our charm :wink: All are happy to help with any Q's you might have.

Tink and Jen, all of that SUCKS! I married into the best family in the whole wide world :kiss: Which after my crap hole of a childhood, I fully appreciate and love and thank God I have them :bigsmile:

[3Pink1Blue]

See begonia my dh got the same marriage bonus, he's loved, accepted and treated the same as my sister and I by my parents. His childhood was so bad with his parents he calls my dad to boast about a great meeting or a new client he landed. He cares more about what my dad has to say then his own family. I think it's so sad the only parental approval he gets is from his in-laws but, on the other hand, I'm so glad he gets it from somewhere.

Speaking of the hanna pH monitor I've got one I'm looking to get rid of!

[TTC5]

I had a sore lower back ache and some tugging last night but I am soooo consipated could be from that. This morning don't feel a thing :S

[Kris217]

LOL @ ever expanding ass!! That is the best thing I have heard all day!! When i offered to throw a surprise 40th anniversary party for my in-laws at our house. I told SIL in-law about it. We were both pregnant. Little did I know about her major jealousy issues them. They were starting to surface. She was like yeah, ya sounds good we can just do it at my house it's easier that way. (plus it's not easier, she is just lazy and serves everything on Tupperware. Not how I roll) I said no, that's ok, Keith and I would like to do it at our house. She was soo annoyed with me because she wanted all the credit for this party. It was so weird. I was just trying to do something nice. Because my MIL and had mentioned no one has ever made a big fuss over them being married for as long as they had. So I made a fuss. MY LORD did that bother SIL!! And as I do on ever event I host at my house I set my table up nicely and decorate. When she walked in she made some rude comments "its just 40 years, you didn't need to go all out" I just had my nice china out and some flowers on the table it's not like I had it catered. She just isn't use to it, because she serves Christmas dinner to her guests on paper plates and Tupperware...no offense to anyone but it's just not how I was raised. I use paper plates daily..just not when I am hosting a nice dinner. It's just irritates me. I wanna kick her in her no no spot.

Anyways...welcome peteysgirl!

TTC- are you feeling AF ish, She is suppose to come visit me this weekend. Ill tell her to stay away from you! Ill put her in a headlock.

Princess, I just want to give you a big hug!

Where is Kris today?

I'm awake! Boy you ladies were busy over night, I got a lot of reading to catch up on.

[Plum3]

I'm awake! Boy you ladies were busy over night, I got a lot of reading to catch up on.

Me too! It's always the way with the time differences.

[iluvmyman]

Feeling very easily frustrated and losing control. Let the PMS begin.

[Plum3]

Cheekymoo, yay for starting your attempt month.

Spicy, I would probably skip a month. If you went ahead and conceived a girl you would be forever wondering 'what if?'.

Babydes, exactly right. We're not doing all this for the fun of it.

3PNB, must be nice to be feeling preg. The tiredness is so much worse when you have other kids to chase after. Well it was for me anyway. I need to get a ph monitor but being in different countries I don't think it's worth me buying it off you? Would cost a bit to post I'd think?

iluv, hmm could very well be prayer. I'll keep it up :) And shh on the Clomid swaying girls, and multiples! Sheesh, don't know if I could handle that.

Begonia, I know it's crazy right. I wake up in the morning wondering if anyone has posted about BFPs or other exciting stuff. Sometimes I think I'm crazy for joining here so many months before our actual attempt because I'm going to become an obsessed crazy lady!

Princess, I'm not sure what I would do about timing, it's a tricky one.

Tink and 3PNB, that's some messed up family stuff. My inlaws aren't on my list to win any family medals or anything either. My DH didn't have the nicest childhood either but it makes him stronger. He treats our kids so differently to the way he was brought up and has so much love for them. He doesn't want them to miss out on the things he did.

Petey's girl, welcome :)

TTC5, I knew you would cave ;) I wonder whats up with the temps and no AF and BFN? What sensitivity are the ones you're using? Think I am going to cross L-arg off my list now. No one has anything good to say about it. Will your DH still take it?

Well, my temps are up this morning so it's looking like I did O. I wish I had of had some OPKs at the time. I've ordered some for next time. My EWCM wasn't as good as I would have hoped so I'm going to really focus on that for now.

[princessap]

Hey girls. So I just did an opk bc i am having some cramps and ewcm which I rarely get. It was positive!!! I guess I am going to O early. So should we dtd tonight?? I am thinking yes!!

[DebH]

@ TTC5.
With first DD, I had BFN after AF was due. Didn't get BFP until a few days after I expected AF. I wasn't charting at the time but was wondering WTF due to lateness (I think I was around day 35 when BFP). Go get some more tests - you're not done yet! Good Luck!

[DebH]

@princessap
Sounds like yes to me. I think the rule of thumb is night of first + opk, correct me if I'm wrong. That's when we DTD (now in 2WW).

[princessap]

thanks. Just waiting for hockey game to be over. LOL.

[TTC5]

Ok ladies... this morning had a big clump of creamy sticky CM tinged with light light brown... wonder if this is just a funny cycle and af is coming?? I did have this stuff with DD3 but not getting my hopes up as my temp did not rise this morning.

Now who asked me about l'arg? Coz yep my hubby will still take it, I think? xx

[3Pink1Blue]

Princessap- so excited!!

Ttc5- you confuse me so lol can't wait to see what my morning will bring! Night all :)

[TTC5]

I'm driving myself nuts!
I went and spent $300 at the grocery store today to stock up on swaying food/drinks again got home and no more damn spotting.. I tell you AF better come now lol

[Plum3]

Yay, Princess! FX for you.

TTC, it was me that asked about the l-arg. This cycle of yours is messing with us all!

[ELP]

Ok ladies... this morning had a big clump of creamy sticky CM tinged with light light brown... wonder if this is just a funny cycle and af is coming?? I did have this stuff with DD3 but not getting my hopes up as my temp did not rise this morning.

5, I noticed myself getting this just before bfn, I think it is where there uterus starts to open up abit to allow for af, or it cold be a blob of mucous plug starting! Hope its the latter for you!!

[TTC5]

Yay, Princess! FX for you.

TTC, it was me that asked about the l-arg. This cycle of yours is messing with us all!

I know, it has been crazy!!! Maybe from stopping the supps my hormones have gone hey wire?!

[TTC5]

5, I noticed myself getting this just before bfn, I think it is where there uterus starts to open up abit to allow for af, or it cold be a blob of mucous plug starting! Hope its the latter for you!!

I'm feeling a little crampy tonight, bet the damn witch comes tonight..

[TTC5]

So ladies need advice.... when AF starts full flow (decided not to start my supps today until i know it is AF just in case) I'm starting supps/diet again but question is.. I had 2 weeks off during tww would I be ok to attempt in July or should I miss and try in August give it a bit longer???

[Kris217]

Are you sticking to the diet over AF and up until you ovulate again?

[Kris217]

Well i was thinking, you could still take FA as they recommend it be in your system for about a month before trying to conceice and fish oil is good for general health so you could take that too.

[TTC5]

I will be yep. So if we attempt again will only be back on supps for like a fortnight.. maybe better to miss next cycle you think???

[TTC5]

Well i was thinking, you could still take FA as they recommend it be in your system for about a month before trying to conceice and fish oil is good for general health so you could take that too.

I took folic acid for first few days in TWW and then swapped to elevit. I'm just worried that going back on supps for just two weeks isnt enough time to get my levels back up again iykwim?

[Plum3]

Hmm, I guess people do do back to back attempts but I see what you mean about skipping the supps for the fortnight. Did you continue the diet during the TWW?

[SpicyTunaSushi]

Spicy I say to give it your best shot I'd wait ... sperm count does have scientific studies showing higher does favor boys, so it is certainly one of the sway factors that is IMO more reliable. Keep us posted with what tonight shows! That is hilarious to me that you're oogling his swimmers under a microscope! That's serious business :-) And now I'm totally curious what my DH's would look like, LOL!

Babydes you're spot on... if we *truly* didn't care we wouldn't go through this. I do care. But I also think I won't have serious GD, which is why I say I'll be OK with another girl. I'll just have my FX for a boatload of grandsons.

I just used my ovulation saliva microscope and it works! I checked again last night and it was very bare. I saw a few swimmers, when usually I see thousands! Sadly, I do think the fever killed his guys. We are going to take a break this cycle. It means we won't qualify for maternity leave as I am going to have to leave my job at the end of the year for a move, but we just think that a baby is forever and we won't care about these little things in 10-15 years.

I can't guarantee that his sperm will be up to health even by next month, but August and September should be OK.

I have a question about the Ig style diet. Has anyone done it for more than 6 months? We feel fine on it, and truthfully, it seems safer than the ig girl diet. You eat a lot of calories, vegetables, meat, etc, just little dairy (which most of the world doesn't consume anyway).

I think we might stick on it for an extra months and take a break around the holidays (if we aren't pg by then!!!). What do you think?

I am strict about the diet in the sense that we don't eat dairy, but I don't count calcium and magnesium ( I almost certainly go over mg levels since it is impossible to stay under 200!).

[SpicyTunaSushi]

So ladies need advice.... when AF starts full flow (decided not to start my supps today until i know it is AF just in case) I'm starting supps/diet again but question is.. I had 2 weeks off during tww would I be ok to attempt in July or should I miss and try in August give it a bit longer???

Do you mean that you haven't been dieting during the 2ww? I would go for August to give minerals a chance to get into your system.

[Kris217]

Do you mean that you haven't been dieting during the 2ww? I would go for August to give minerals a chance to get into your system.

This makes sense, but as long as you could wait till August....

[jane]

I'm feeling a little crampy tonight, bet the damn witch comes tonight..you needed to add this face to your comment!:mad: hope you skip your monthly though:fx:

[Plum3]

Spicy, I answered in your other thread, but I think a break is suggested from the IG diet because one of the focuses is on sodium and potassium intake. And you shouldn't have too much over a long period of time.

[SpicyTunaSushi]

Thanks Bec! I hear your logic....