TTC Girl - January 2012

[xokatietatie]

I saw the boys swayers have a new thread, so I thought I'd start one for the girl swayers!

I'm on CD 25, just waiting for AF to get here so that DH and I can officially TTC :ttcgirl: this month!!

Here's to lots of BFPs and 2012 babies!

Good luck to everyone! :luck: :luck: :luck:

[zanacal]

Thank you! I'll sticky it now :D

[amari]

Happy 2012!!

Sorry you are dealing with that, Lemon. My dh's cousins have it and I know it is a tough thing to deal with. Hope you start to feel better. You def have hope for a girl!

I agree, rainbow, those are some early bfps! You are lucky, Mocha!! so you're holding out on testing??

Even though I just started back full force on the diet after being mostly off for 7 days, I had the worst night. I did the diet all day, then had pasta, cheese and crackers, vokda drinks, about 2 brownies, 2 cookies, 4 chocolate candies a mini canolie! Yikes! I think I have the weirdest metabolism, not that I was much bigger before, but now it seems to be even quicker, I thought for sure that would have upped my weight a bit but, no this morning 93. While I ate fattening stuff and kept my blood sugar up for like 7 hours at least it didn't seem to make me gain and it had no nutritional value at all! I am in it now, no more cheat days, please ladies help me. I did so well last month until we bailed. I need to commit.

[xokatietatie]

Awesome, zanacal! Thanks for the sticky.

This is unrelated, but I just wanted to announce I officially became a "dream member" today! I've only been on the site for a short time but it has helped me with so much, so I was more than happy to give a little back. :)

[zanacal]

You'll have access to all the info on the LE diet now too - Atomic has put together loads of recipes and started posting some of them over there!

[auroara78]

Happy New Year's again everyone, and glad we have a new thread :) Here's hoping we get a lots of BFPs in January!!

[Mochagirl]

Hi ladies! Happy New Year! Good riddance, 2011 - I am sooooo ready for a new year and a fresh start. May all our dreams come true this year :HH:.

Amari - my trick with sticking to the diet is to find things I actually enjoy eating that are acceptable in the diet. For me, pasta is the key. I looove pasta, and I particularly love parmesan, so I make sure I leave enough room in my budget to have a substantial bowl of pasta with parmesan every night. That usually means I can only have about 10g of protein at lunch, but that's fine - I usually have some rice or something simple like that.

For me I find I can suffer through the day without snacking and eating very little if I know I have something to look forward to in the evening. I have my supper, then 3 hours later I have a snack. I go through phases of things I eat, but one of my favourites a while back was vanilla frozen yogurt with heated frozen raspberries on top like a sauce. Yummy!

If you haven't already, you should look through atomic's many meal ideas in the dream member section since they offer a lot of variety. However, for me I find it easier to find 1-2 meal ideas I like and stick to those almost every night - it takes away the thinking work. On weekends or days when I have more time on my hands I get more inventive.

Do you track your nutrients on a website? I know for some people that can be stressful, but I like seeing my totals and knowing that even on days when I think I messed up the diet I often didn't do as badly as I think...

[rainbowflower]

Katie - yay! :)

a friend of mine gave birth to her first baby today, a baby girl - so feel extra broody! keep hoping that being extra broody and emotional is a good 2ww sign, but I think that's just wishful thinking ;)

first pregnancy I got my BFP at 9dpo too, but it was sooo faint it was barely visible and didn't get a proper line until 11dpo. second pregnancy I got my BFP at 13dpo (thought I was 12dpo so was testing when I thought AF was due) but had tested at 11dpo and got a BFN

[xokatietatie]

You'll have access to all the info on the LE diet now too - Atomic has put together loads of recipes and started posting some of them over there!

I see that!! I guess I should have joined sooner! :bigsmile:

[xokatietatie]

Katie - yay! :)

a friend of mine gave birth to her first baby today, a baby girl - so feel extra broody! keep hoping that being extra broody and emotional is a good 2ww sign, but I think that's just wishful thinking ;)



My good friend had a baby girl a couple days before Christmas and it really gave me the fever. I sat there and held the baby for so long and just smelled her.

[lemon2012]

Hi Everyone!

So, I think the New Year brought me cramping and spotting.....my next attempt is the middle of January.
I am quite sad today.

Any good recipe ideas???
I am not a dream member and I am going to do a loose sway this month.
I need some ideas to get through a whole week of vacation!!!!!

Mocha...I probably passed you going the other way...lol!

[xokatietatie]

What all are you planning, lemon? I'm going to be attempting in mid January as well.

[Mochagirl]

lemon - sorry about the spotting :hugs:. You should visit our TTC pink food thread for lots and lots of recipe ideas - you don't need to be a dream member to read it. If I don't get my BFP this month, my attempt will be in mid-January as well, so we can be cycle buddies :HH:.

[HopeandDreamG]

Assuming I'm feeling better I will be attempting mid/late January too. I haven't felt well though since Thursday night- having a relapse and may have to skip all together. I really can't believe it. I already had to opt out of december attempt If all is good attempt will be like Jan 19th-Jan 21st. Im really hoping it will even be an option.... :( or else I'm looking at February.
Hoping I dont sound too much like I'm having a pity party.

[amari]

I hope to be attempting late jan too assuming I get my period in about a week, (haven't been getting them but hopefully the meds put me back on track) and am able to o with the clomid! Fingers crissed for all of us!!

[amari]

Thanks mocha, I will try to pay more attention to it for few days and then I will lay off as I don't like to count everything for too long..that way I do get back on track as u forget for a while what I doing!

[xokatietatie]

I'm feeling just a little crampy today. I think AF will be here tomorrow, but technically could be as late as Thursday. Either way, I'm ready to get this show on the road.

[Mochagirl]

Hope - I'm praying you'll be well enough for your January attempt. There's no such thing as a pity part around here - that's what we're all here for - to support each other through the good times and bad! :HH:

xokatie - I hope tomorrow will be CD1 for you!

[pinkin2011]

Hi everyone, My attempt is in 6 days.... I am excited a little nervous but not too bad. I just pray i get a +opk on the 8th because that evening will be our attempt. I more so just hope to get preg a baby girl would be sooooo nice but our d/s is 3 and a half now and really i think that is a big enough gap he is always saying he wants a baby ( sister!!!!!! ha ha ) but i am sure he would be just as happy with a baby brother! My d/h has been releasing every day once or twice a day since the 21st of dec so it will be 18 days straight by our attempt... Poor thing he is going ok with it tho, the closer we get to o i will start getting him to release twice a day again. I usually have 31 to 32 day cycles so i hope to and PRAY to get a bfp the same time as you guys !!!FX for all of us

[xokatietatie]

Hey, pink! I've been wondering when you'd post on this thread.

I know some people don't pick before they're pregnant and I know some people don't like to share until the birth, but do any of you have names picked out for future children?

[suregena]

My AF is due any day... this month is go!

Although, over the holidays I have had quite a few (too many to count.......) slip-ups. It's been very difficult. I hope it doesn't ruin my sway. :(

[maybeoneday]

Happy new year ladies....

Well I am back from France and to say I have fallen off the diet bandwagon would be the understatement of the century!!! I have eaten so much french cheese, meat, salt and all things lovely that I just couldn't attempt in December. I would have blamed myself too much. I am pretty sure I ovulated on the 29th December so am going to hit the diet in a big way for my January attempt - I think it will be 23rd Jan ish.

I think I have pretty much caught up with most news and am hoping for a bumper year of BFPs. - Pink dust to all who want it! xx

[Mochagirl]

Yay, suregena. I hope af starts soon!

Welcome back, maybe!

I don't think either of you should worry too much about your cheats. We're only human, right? I had fast food for lunch today and am having pizza for supper, so I definitely have my cheat days too :oops:. Tomorrow I'll finally be back home after a week and a half away, though, and I'll be back to the diet 100% in preparation for my mid-January attempt (unless I get a BFP before then...).

It's a new year and a fresh start for all of us. Let the BFPs begin....

[dannikins]

happy new year everyone!!!!

hoping the new year brings lots of sticky, pink BFPs

im having trouble keeping up with this group, the topic is so busy....
bit of an update, im 18 weeks today, only 2 weeks until half way.
i have my big scan on the 12th, THATS NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im excited and terrified all at the same time, happy to be seeing bub again, but scared crapless that boy bits will jump up at me, like with my last son.

and dont worry about any diet slips, i have seen totally perfect sways , still result in the opposite gender.
just know that you gave it your best...:)

[pinkin2011]

Dannikins that is so true and also how many people say they never changed diet and got an opposite.... Also woman that have girls i am sure have pizza or chips or potato every now and then all we can do is stick to it as best we can. I went to a friends house yesterday they had a bbq lunch the only thing there i could eat was potato salad!!!!!! i was STARVING!! so i had a small amount and some bread..

Katie how have you been?? Did you do much for NYE? We had friends come over I stuck to my diet well..had a very very late night tho so i am still getting over it today! Hope af comes real soon for you !!

[xokatietatie]

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That's how I celebrated!! haha DH snapped this pic last night of me cuddling with DS3.

Hope you get your girl, dannikins. Can't wait to see US pics next week. :)

[lemon2012]

Hi girls!
This is a new thread but I recognize all the names!

cute pic Katie...beautiful!

I have cheated for a week!

Dannikins...I remember when you joined! I cannot wait to hear the surprise news!

[lemon2012]

I think I posted twice on this post,....I was confused!
sorry guys!

[pinkin2011]

aww thats a gorgeous pic katie!! How old is ds3?

[suregena]

My cheats the past week have been little chocolates. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!!! :( But other than that, I've been good with my actual meals, except for the week of Christmas (23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th)

But suuuurely chocolate can't doom me too much. :x

But I'm going to hit it hard after AF starts up... I plan to go drastic... i.e., not a lot of variety, not a lot or any veg at all... like rice + balsamic and maybe that's it. We'll see how I manage, but I think I need my system to maybe see the same foods on repeat for days leading up to O this month to counteract all the bad Christmas/New Year holiday season that has happened.

My husband has been really good about taking licorice root 3x a day, I've been taking vitex and fibre (though I have forgotten some days as you need to take it 30 minutes before a meal and I forget the odd day!)

I've got the Piriteze (same as Zyrtek... Cetirizine 10mg)... RepHresh on the way. J+D planned... frequent release... hot baths... I'm hoping all those things will help overcome my chocolate sins. :x

[xokatietatie]

aww thats a gorgeous pic katie!! How old is ds3?

He'll be 2 on January 11! (DS1 just turned 7 and DS2 will be 4 in a couple weeks.)

[xokatietatie]

suregena, when are you doing to BD?

[zanacal]

He'll be 2 on January 11! (DS1 just turned 7 and DS2 will be 4 in a couple weeks.)

That's my birthday too!

[suregena]

He'll be 2 on January 11! (DS1 just turned 7 and DS2 will be 4 in a couple weeks.)



My son is 2 on January 22nd! :D

[suregena]

suregena, when are you doing to BD?

I think either just as the OPK is turning positive or when it's positive... but just the once. Husband will be doing frequent release (he's 36... 37 in a week. I'm 26) from end of AF (at least once a day... he works 12 hours shifts and is up VERY early and home quite late, so don't want to overdo it and stress him out) to + OPK... and ideally he'll have already released at least once before we BD on +OPK day...

I think. :/ Timing, it's a tough one! That's the one bit I've remained with a ? over. I've always gotten pregnant first month trying. My son was the result of ONE time (haha, we were in Bruges on vacation!) after my second miscarriage, so I was still waiting for my period and had no idea I was ovulating (but, obviously, at that point we didn't care and were not preventing.)

[xokatietatie]

My son is 2 on January 22nd! :D

Cool! Maybe we'll have girls born in the same month as well. Wishful thinking!!! :fingers:

[xokatietatie]

I think either just as the OPK is turning positive or when it's positive... but just the once. Husband will be doing frequent release (he's 36... 37 in a week. I'm 26) from end of AF (at least once a day... he works 12 hours shifts and is up VERY early and home quite late, so don't want to overdo it and stress him out) to + OPK... and ideally he'll have already released at least once before we BD on +OPK day...

I think. :/ Timing, it's a tough one! That's the one bit I've remained with a ? over. I've always gotten pregnant first month trying. My son was the result of ONE time (haha, we were in Bruges on vacation!) after my second miscarriage, so I was still waiting for my period and had no idea I was ovulating (but, obviously, at that point we didn't care and were not preventing.)

We're going to BD one time as soon as we get a +OPK. We were debating between FR and abstinence and decided DH should abstain. We DTD A LOT (like every single day from AF to AF) with previous pregnancies and got all boys, so we're trying opposite this time around.

[suregena]

We're going to BD one time as soon as we get a +OPK. We were debating between FR and abstinence and decided DH should abstain. We DTD A LOT (like every single day from AF to AF) with previous pregnancies and got all boys, so we're trying opposite this time around.


I was going to do abstain but after reading something atomic posted about 36+ year olds being at risk for that, i.e. in terms of increased risk of disabilities/issues, that scared me off it. :/

I'm younger than him and he's probably super healthy (we're both already vegetarian and ideal weights) but that freaked me out a little!

[xokatietatie]

DH and I are 25 and 26. It won't kill him to abstain for a couple days!! I'm sure he'll act like it's the end of the world though. ;) I hope you get your BFP quickly!

[suregena]

DH and I are 25 and 26. It won't kill him to abstain for a couple days!! I'm sure he'll act like it's the end of the world though. ;) I hope you get your BFP quickly!


Ahh, so abstain should work out nicely for you then! I'm 26 but hubbo is 37 in a week!

With my husband's craaaazy work hours, abstaining would have been easy-peasy for us. However, I am too scared to do it because of his age. :/ So I told him I'd "help him" with FR and he wouldn't have to do anything, himself. Hahahaha! :x

[xokatietatie]

Well, I'm hoping so! I read somewhere that being romantic sways girl. When it said romantic I think it meant being sweet and letting one thing lead to another rather than just thinking "ok now we have to do it." I don't know if it's true or not, but it certainly can't hurt anything. I've got some rose petals and candles, and as soon as I get my +OPK I'm going to set them all up in the bedroom. DH doesn't pay any attention to my cycles, so it'll be a nice little surprise for him. I also have this pair of little pink shoes I bought a long time ago (when I was expecting DS3 and thought he was a girl), and I'm going to put them under our bed. Who knows if any of it will make any difference, but like I said it can't hurt!

[Jamie86]

Katie: That is the sweetest picture ever!

We celebrated by being in bed before 11!

I haven't fully caught up yet but I am going to jump in and say I'm having a lot of lower backaches which I remember as being normal but I still worry a bit. My tests have been getting darker (I've tested everyday since my BFP :poas: ) and I did have a good amount of brownish cervical mucus last night which worried me for a minute because my back was hurting so much however, it was only there during one trip to the bathroom. I'm feeling pretty good most of the day but I seem to hit a wall in the afternoon and want to do nothing but lay down. Unlike, it seems like most of the ladies here, I can't afford to gain a lot of weight during this pregnancy as I am already overweight so I'm trying really hard to start out doing well. During both my last pregnancies I gained a little over 30lbs (which is definitely too much when you are already overweight) but I also gained most of it in the 1st trimester because when I feel sick I eat (probably why I'm overweight because I also eat when I feel stressed, sad etc etc).

I'm trying not to worry too much about gender but I would be lying if I didn't say I haven't thought about it quite a bit and I've also checked on my calendar several times to see the exact day that I can go get an ultrasound at one of the local ultrasound places to find out early. We found out with both DSs just before 16 weeks at a place around here. Although I still think if they said girl that early I wouldn't believe it but with my DSs I kind of felt like once they saw a penis (and they were both clear as day) it wasn't going anywhere.

I'm not sure if I should be posting this in this thread but I definitely want to stick around here because I can't wait to see some more BFPs in here soon! :fingers::fingers:

[Mochagirl]

Please do stick around, Jamie - this thread is for everyone, and we like to keep up-to-date with our pink swaying preggos!

[Mochagirl]

Ok, I'm officially pathetic. I just started playing around with my chart and plugging in temps, and discovered that if my temp stays as high or is higher as it was today for the next 2 days, FF will declare my chart triphasic. So....now I'm eager to see what my temp will be tomorrow.

[Jamie86]

Ok, I'm officially pathetic. I just started playing around with my chart and plugging in temps, and discovered that if my temp stays as high or is higher as it was today for the next 2 days, FF will declare my chart triphasic. So....now I'm eager to see what my temp will be tomorrow.

Not pathetic at all! If I would have starting charting I would have been doing the same thing. I have still been taking daily OPKs and even though my HPT lines are getting darker it's bothering my that my OPKs are still so very negative, I had to resist buying more today. Not to mention I have taken 7 pregnancy tests from Wednesday till now (insert slightly embarassed face)

[pinkin2011]

Hi Girls, Anyone else here using Rephresh find that (TMI) it makes you knid of have like white paper stuff come out of you??? It looks like little bits of wet toilet paper sort of, hard to explain but i have Never had this before. Its got me worried. I used Rephresh last night. Has this happened to anyone else???

[Mochagirl]

That's totally normal, pinkin - they even describe it on the rephresh site - something about skin cells sloughing off inside your vj. You'll find that stuff will stop after you've used the rephresh a few times.

[pinkin2011]

Oh Thats good thanks so much, I have been so worried about it! Well atleast i know its working hey!!!!!
How are you going Mochagirl so your 8dpo???

[purple sky]

Here's hoping to LOTS of bfp this New Year. I'm supposed to be doing the LE diet but have had lots of cheat days (seems like there has been sooo much chocolate around me) lately not sure if what I should do about January.

[sweetsister]

Hi ladies,i have had so many cheat days too and kept up attempts but i feel that if i do get a BFP this month then that is why as its been around 6 months trying now ,so maybe being strict for my body isnt working,i hope i balanced it out!I have been eating also so many little chocolates and had a few glasses of wine and last night Mcdonalds ,,but yuck,,and serranno ham my fav mmm...Cant wait to chuck the rice cakes :)

[rainbowflower]

I don't think chocolate majorly sways pink or blue... perhaps we all need the little boost of "normal" food to get a BFP too!

[suregena]

That's good to hear because I have eaten a loooot of chocolates. Those have been my major cheats except for the Xmas holidays period.

They are literally everywhere. At work. At home. Ugh!

[Mochagirl]

So...9dpo this morning, and I woke up so hot I was drenched in sweat. I also feel kind of sick to my stomach. My temp was up today, but I took it an hour past my regular time. I took a FRER and it's a BFN, though the shadows keep playing tricks on me and making me think I see something....

Oh, and I've eaten tons of chocolate over the holidays too. If eating chocolate is wrong, I don't want to be right :bigsmile:

[suregena]

You said it! :P

I hope you get a BFP!

[rainbowflower]

your charts looking good Mocha! I know if you sleep an hour over you deduct 0.1C celcius from the temp reading, not sure what it is in fahrenheit

[rainbowflower]

OMG I've just realised... the date AF is due (if my LP defect is gone) is the anniversary of the day I had my MC :( - if AF shows up then that's going to hurt

[Mochagirl]

Oh, rainbow - hopefully you'll get your BFP on that day instead! :hugs:

I actually do chart in Celsius - FF just changes my chart to Fahrenheit by default when viewed publicly, for some reason. If I deduct .1 it would bring my 36.93 temp to 36.83, so .04 less than yesterday :(. I'm going to keep my temp as is - it looks prettier :bigsmile:

[rainbowflower]

thank you

it's still high above coverline, and that's all that matters really

[amari]

Jamie-def stick around! I love continuing to take tests too!

Rainbow-I think that means you would be prego, right??!

pink-I tried rephresh once and had the same thing, it also made me cramp.

This thread has gotten busy! Yay! Welcome all!!

[lemon2012]

So...9dpo this morning, and I woke up so hot I was drenched in sweat. I also feel kind of sick to my stomach. My temp was up today, but I took it an hour past my regular time. I took a FRER and it's a BFN, though the shadows keep playing tricks on me and making me think I see something....

Oh, and I've eaten tons of chocolate over the holidays too. If eating chocolate is wrong, I don't want to be right :bigsmile:

HEY MOCHA....I felt the same way...hot, and a bit sick.
I just figured it was because I was at the inlaws!!!!!!!!!
lol!
I was even dizzy...not so bad now but I barely slept when I was there.

[lemon2012]

OMG I've just realised... the date AF is due (if my LP defect is gone) is the anniversary of the day I had my MC :( - if AF shows up then that's going to hurt

Oh rainbow........:(

[lemon2012]

Oh, rainbow - hopefully you'll get your BFP on that day instead! :hugs:

I actually do chart in Celsius - FF just changes my chart to Fahrenheit by default when viewed publicly, for some reason. If I deduct .1 it would bring my 36.93 temp to 36.83, so .04 less than yesterday :(. I'm going to keep my temp as is - it looks prettier :bigsmile:

MOCHA!!!!!!!!
Your chart is totally and utterly perfect!

Are you kidding me!!!!!!
Lots of girls up there and a nice rise....woohoooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know we live so close we could actually go out....lol!
Do you know the due date?
I want to go and look it up...lol

[xokatietatie]

Wow, it took me quite a while to catch up on everything posted while I was sleeping.

pink -- I had a little bit of that, and the rephresh also made me just a little crampy.

lemon -- I hope you get your BFP!!!

mocha -- lemon was right, your chart is great.

AF still isn't here for me. If it's not here by Thursday, I'm going to test.

[Out of the Blue]

Hey, guys! There are lots of us on this thread! :agree: It’s taken me awhile to catch up since I’ve been offline since Fri. Hope everyone had a nice New Years!
Hope&Dreams – sending lots of :luck: and :HH: in hopes that you won’t have to skip this next cycle…:hug2:

Pinkin2011 - :fx: for you…Your attempt is sooooo soon!!! OMG…your DH is a releasing MACHINE!!! :superhero: Sounds like you’re in for a great attempt!!! BTW, RepHresh does this to me the first few times I use it…It’s normal and should clear up, even if you keep using the RepHresh...

Suregina, so excited for your attempt!!! You’ve been doing a great job so far! :agree:

Maybe, it’s so hard to stick to your diet while traveling/on vay-cay but when in France, that is TOUGH! Got my :fingers: that you’ll get a BFP in a few days! If not, we'll be doing the diet together and I'll cheer you on!

Lemon, I can’t believe you’ve not taken a test!!! I know you feel like AF is coming but that’s usually how I feel when I get my BFPs anyway… :luck: and :hug2:

:wave: Dannikins! So excited for your scan…I think everyone feels that way. I was so terrified of seeing boy bits this last time, I could hardly breathe during the scan…:bighug: I think you have a great shot at seeing a :DD:

Xokatietatie, your boys are just gorgeous! I’ve picked out names in the past but I’m not going to think about it until I’m preg again. That way, I’ll trust the “vibes” I’m getting for a certain name/names while carrying the baby. Do you have names picked out yet? Hope AF stays away & you get a sneaky surprise BFP…those are the best and they do often sway pink!

Jamie, sounds like a wonderful way to start the NY!!! I know exactly how you feel…the moment I got my BFP, I was obsessing about gender like crazy. I turned into a madwoman for a bit…:worry: Just try to remember that there’s nothing you can change now…just sit back and enjoy being preggers! And please DO stick around!

Mocha, your chart is B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!! Your temps have taken off like a rocket! My favorite hobby now is stalking your chart! :cool: Do you have enough tests to test tonight? I’m totally on POAS-watch now…Can’t wait until you POAS again…:bigsmile:

Rainbow – got my :fingers: for you…:pray: that AF stays away…I understand how you feel. I was to deliver a week after my B-day (in March) so I’m really hoping I’ll get a healthy BFP by then. :HH: to you.

Amari, I’m sending lots and lots of positive pink vibes for a speedy BFP this next round…:luck: :pinksperm: :luck:


Auroara, how the 2ww going...Hope you're not driving yourself crazy! When do you start to test (or have you already!?!?). Sending you some :hug2: and BFP vibes, Mama!

SweetSis – Hope you get that BFP so you can chuck those rice cakes for good! Do you know when you’ll start testing? :luck:

Purplesky – Swaying for a girl during the holidays is just torture…I was in the 2ww during part of it and took a few too many liberties… I wish I hadn’t but I’m still going to go for it in Jan…:fingers: for us both if you decide to go for it too.

[xokatietatie]

That's my birthday too!

Must be a great birthday!

[xokatietatie]

Xokatietatie, your boys are just gorgeous! I’ve picked out names in the past but I’m not going to think about it until I’m preg again. That way, I’ll trust the “vibes” I’m getting for a certain name/names while carrying the baby. Do you have names picked out yet? Hope AF stays away & you get a sneaky surprise BFP…those are the best and they do often sway pink!

I think I have a weird name obsession. When I was expecting DS3 and thought he was a girl, I really stressed over making sure I had a girl name picked! It was all I thought about. I already have names picked out for #4. Our boy name is pretty set in stone, and I really love our girl name as well... but I'm still looking at other names because I want it to be perfect. DH thinks I'm nutty.

I will be shocked if AF doesn't come soon. DH and I DTD a couple times, but I think we always wore protection. I guess I could have kept better track though!

[Out of the Blue]

Just an update on me...I think AF is now gone as of today! I've been eating okay but not hitting the diet as hard as I had hoped. I'm still waffeling over skipping breakfast or skipping dinner...It's sooooo easy to skip breakkie but I'm just a grouchy sloth and my boys pay for it. Skipping dinner is tougher but I have more energy. Also, even though I'm going w/out food the same amount of time whether I skip breakkie or dinner, it just feels like it would sway better if I cut out breakkie. I may go back to skipping breakfast the week of O...:worry:

I'm so glad to have finally made it to 2012...I spent the last few days cleaning and organizing everything around the house and I gave away A TON of clothes yesterday. I feel like I'm nesting but in reverse...just getting everything nice and tidy before we BD again. For New Years, we opted to stay home and just celebrate together. After the boys were in bed, I made some rum drinks in my mini-blender w/frozen mangos/pineapples/raspberries. I could live off of those ;). DH was going to drink some beer but loved the rum drinks so much that he just stuck to those. I may have to bring out those drinks again when it's BD time!

[xokatietatie]

I could really go for a bowl of cereal right now (I LOVE CEREAL), but I'm trying to keep up with skipping breakfast as well.

[xokatietatie]

You know it's funny... I ALWAYS skip breakfast and it doesn't bother me... but suddenly, when I can't have breakfast anymore, I'm starving and dying for a bowl of cereal. Go figure.

[Out of the Blue]

I think I have a weird name obsession. When I was expecting DS3 and thought he was a girl, I really stressed over making sure I had a girl name picked! It was all I thought about. I already have names picked out for #4. Our boy name is pretty set in stone, and I really love our girl name as well... but I'm still looking at other names because I want it to be perfect. DH thinks I'm nutty.

I will be shocked if AF doesn't come soon. DH and I DTD a couple times, but I think we always wore protection. I guess I could have kept better track though!

Katie, you'd be really surprised at how sneaky those sperm are...It could happen!

I had the same name obsession when I was preg w/DS2...I was 75% sure he was a girl and I had the perfect name picked out. I didn't like any boy names, though and when it came time to name him, it was really difficult. He goes by his middle name now b/c we both like it better and it seems to fit him (Tucker). I'm not sure what we'll do if we have another boy as it was difficult enough to name DS2! It just seems like there are waaaay more cool girl names out there and I'm so done w/all the boy names...Hope we get our girls this time!!! :cheer:

[xokatietatie]

My boys are Colin, Aidan and Brendan. I love their names, but often call them by their middle names as well. Just depends on my mood. If we have another boy, he'll be Duncan. And as for girl names... I love Caroline, Stella, Alice, Margaret (Maggie), Bronwyn (Winnie), Blair, and I think that's it for now. Caroline is the name we have picked as of right now. We don't have a girl name that matches up with the boy names though.

[Out of the Blue]

Your boys have great names, Katie! I really love those girl names too! :agree: We have a Cian (it's Celtic, pronounced "kee-uhn") Cooper, and Riley Tucker. They go by Cian and Tucker for now.

[xokatietatie]

Ooh, I like your names too! I often call Colin "Rupe" because his middle name is Rupert. Aidan's middle name is James, and sometimes I'll call him that or DH will call him Jimmy. Brendan's middle name is Todd. Sometimes he gets "B. Todd" or "Hot Toddy" haha.

If we have a girl, we have to pick a name that goes with Elizabeth because that is set for our middle name. It's my husband's sister's first name and my sister's middle name. All of the middle names are names of family members.

[Out of the Blue]

I love keeping the tradition w/the middle names being names of family members! Not sure it would work for us though as we don't have great names in either my family or DH's, lol. The only thing that we remotely like and also have on both of our sides is "William". I guess that's doable. Not sure we could do that w/a girl name since they're really not anything either of us would want to name our girl, even for a middle name, lol!

[xokatietatie]

People think I'm crazy, but I love the name Birdella. It was my great grandmother's name, and she was one of the most wonderful women to ever live. She passed away 5 years ago, and I still miss her terribly. Her birthday was October 7, so if I got pregnant in January I'd be due around her birthday. Unfortunately, my sister named her daughter Macie Birdella, and she'd probably not be happy with me if I used it as well. :( DH says if we were to get pregnant in January and it be a girl and if by some crazy chance she were to be born on the 7th he would say to hell with what anyone thinks and name the baby after my great grandmother. Wouldn't that be some crazy luck!

[Out of the Blue]

WOW...That would be crazy...and such a sign!!! Regardless of when she's born, though, I still say you could name her that, even if your sister named her that as well. If the 2 cousins have the same middle name, it's no biggie at all and I actually think it's really sweet!

[ttcadaughter2012]

YAY!!! Sooo excited!! We are actively trying this cycle!! I am on cd 2. Af decided to ring the new year in a couple days early and she didn't want to wait! lol. Let's go TEAM PINK!! :fx: for all you ladies!!!

[Out of the Blue]

When do you think you'll O, ttcadaughter2012? I'll probably O around the 15th, give or take a few days. This will be my 2nd month of TTC. Last time we did FR and frequent BD. This time, I may just wait and BD as soon as we get a +OPK. I'm still on the fence about using RepHresh. We'll use Sylk for sure, though.

[suregena]

People think I'm crazy, but I love the name Birdella. It was my great grandmother's name, and she was one of the most wonderful women to ever live. She passed away 5 years ago, and I still miss her terribly. Her birthday was October 7, so if I got pregnant in January I'd be due around her birthday. Unfortunately, my sister named her daughter Macie Birdella, and she'd probably not be happy with me if I used it as well. :( DH says if we were to get pregnant in January and it be a girl and if by some crazy chance she were to be born on the 7th he would say to hell with what anyone thinks and name the baby after my great grandmother. Wouldn't that be some crazy luck!

Birdella! I've never heard of that name. I LOVE it! Like our son's name, our girl's name was set in stone YEARS ago. Sort of handy, really. Heh.

[suregena]

My AF was due today. I was cramping a little last night so I threw a pad on thinking it was imminent.

Nothing today!

Hmm... I'm looking at you, vitex!

But... that's a good thing, I think... that it has fudged with my perfect cycle a little.

[Out of the Blue]

My AF was due today. I was cramping a little last night so I threw a pad on thinking it was imminent.

Nothing today!

Hmm... I'm looking at you, vitex!

But... that's a good thing, I think... that it has fudged with my perfect cycle a little.

Any chance you need to POAS??? ;)

[suregena]

Any chance you need to POAS??? ;)



That would be the shock of the century. I've got pregnancy tests but I think we've only done anything once this cycle... using a condom. And we're VERY careful because of it.

Yikes, but now you make me want to take one! :/

[auroara78]

Surgena, the only girl my sister had was because of a condom misshap! So maybe you just got your girl, lol.

Katie, I think it would be soooo cool if you had an oct baby around the time of Oct 7th in honor of your grandma! Birdella (I hope I spelled it right!) is so cool and unique, I totally think you could pulll that regardless if things lined up right, but if they did, how extra cool would that be?

Mocha, I think your temp rise is so awesome! I still feel you'll get your BFP! Jamie, I love your company, please stay around and delight us with your preg symptoms once they start getting stronger! We can obsess about gender as well :)

Jen, thanks for asking! I am thinking I may have O'ed late or early, or not at all, so given that I have no idea how many dpo I am (assuming I did O at some point), I'm not going to test, just gonna chill and enjoy things and see if AF comes. I'm totally relaxed and cool right now about everything. Those evil temps out of context of a whole cycle really made me feel miserable, but once I stopped them, I just feel like anything could happen, a BFN or even a BFP.

However, I told my husband that I wanted to take a break from TTC until April, for two reasons: A) I am 200 lbs and 5 foot 7. I am the most heaviest I've been. While I have lost some weight on the diet, it keeps coming back very fast when I take a cheat day or two. My body seriously does not want to give it up. So I am going to excerise until April to try to lose 30-40 lbs hopefully, if not more. I gain about 30 lbs exaclty each pregnancy, and I do not want to be 230 when I deliver, nothing wrong with that, but...I had a long soul searching session with myself, and I know it would bother me.

B) Our baby is just 8 months old, still not crawling, is sweet and smiling but generally a hand-full. He is very hands on, and demands a ton of attention. I think dealing with all day yuck during the first trimester and him would be too much. I was just so blinded by my desire to have a daughter and the fact that my husband was so willing that I threw everything out the window.

So I'm definitely gonna be here for ya'll and join all the pink swayers thread until our attempt in April...i'm excited about April, it's mine and DS2 birth month, and he'll be 1, and hopefully walking by then (or crawling, lets hope)....

[suregena]

Baaaah! I'll go take one!

[purplepoet20]

It's getting harder for me to want to stay in the swaying. I want a girl but I also want a baby born before 2013... The number 13 has always been bad for me. I am not into the whole bad luck thing but lets just say the worst things in my life happened around the number 13.

I have been staying away from this forum just so it doesn't make me sad to see everyone else getting bfps and having their DG... I am about to give up on the swaying and just focus on getting pregnant.

[xokatietatie]

Birdella! I've never heard of that name. I LOVE it! Like our son's name, our girl's name was set in stone YEARS ago. Sort of handy, really. Heh.
With the exception of my great grandmother, I've never heard it before either. They called her Birdie!!

[KraizyDaizy]

Hi ladies! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and an awesome New Years! Any +HPTs yet?

I am CD8. Started RepHresh on CD5 and will use it every 3 days leading up to our attempt to keep PH down. DH started FR on CD5 as well. He is releasing am and pm and also started licorice root 450mg 3 x day. I started the Saw Palmetto on CD7, cause I was just able to find it in the store. Not sure if the licorice and saw palmetto will help, but they could not hurt right LOL! Having an after AF dicharge like all the AF is still lingering in there, so might do a vinegar douche to clean things up (TMI, but what do you all think). I went shopping and got lots of HPTs and OPKs, SYLK, CBE monitor sticks and Phion PH testers. I am thinking of doing at least 5 attempts this cycle O-3, O-2, O-1, O (maybe not O?) O+1 using a little SYLK, Benedryl and hot showers before. Maybe a Diva cup too. Not sure but may skip Diva and do JAD? or maybe leave things be since the RepHresh and SYLK? Maybe I should not use SYLK I mean we are 37 and 40, and I have anemia, Vit D deficiency, as well as thryoid levels unbalanced? Or maybe I should skip it all and just DTD LOL!!! Any ideas are much appreciated.

[ttcadaughter2012]

When do you think you'll O, ttcadaughter2012? I'll probably O around the 15th, give or take a few days. This will be my 2nd month of TTC. Last time we did FR and frequent BD. This time, I may just wait and BD as soon as we get a +OPK. I'm still on the fence about using RepHresh. We'll use Sylk for sure, though.

well i tend to be a late ovulater (sp?) With the other boys I ovulated cd 19, when I stopped nursing Logan, I ovulated that month cd 19 and then last month cd 17 I got a positive opk and then the next day was negative and the day after that I had another positive test. So I don't know if I ovulated 2 times? And that was why I had 2 positive tests clear as day as dark as that line, it was weird. That was cd 17 and cd 19. So I am guessing sometime at cd 17 or cd 19

[lemon2012]

Wow, I posted at 8 am and it has been busy!!!!!

So many wonderful posts and so much support!

Katie..your names are cute and I love Birdie!

KD, I think supplements can't hurt but it seems so many women use rephresh and douche and nothing happens. I did use rephresh but I am not sure how much came out.

OOTB, maybe you can help her out. Did you overkill on the rephresh or do you think maybe this was just not the month for you?

purplepoet..I can't sway anymore.
I am eating cereal, chips and dip......maybe it is PMS though that is getting me down!

I am due for AF tomorrow. Does anyone know...can you use OPK as a pregnancy test?

[ttcadaughter2012]

I think the vitex messed with mine too lol. I normally have a 29 day cycle nope not this past time af came 2 days 2 early!

But... that's a good thing, I think... that it has fudged with my perfect cycle a little.[/QUOTE]

[rainbowflower]

aww Birdella - growing on me! It would definitely be unique in this era!

auroara - hope you can lose the weight - losing it sways heavily pink anyway. Will you lose it before TTC again, or wait?

PP20- don't think of it as 13, think of it as 2013 - a completely different number!

Lemon & OotB - thank you both. OotB - good luck for BD-week ;)

Ttcad - yay! welcome!

Katie - we're the opposite, our girl name is set in stone but we struggle to pick boys names that we agree on and that go with our surname. There are simply no boys names that we *love* although a few that we *like*.

When we picked William's name it was just one on a shortlist of 5, and I still feel bad that neither of us loved any of those 5 names. Of course the name has grown to become him and I love it for that now, and it does suit his nature. He is VERY wilful.


sorry if I've missed anyone

[ttcadaughter2012]

Ok so I have a question about the repHresh, my period started yesterday it should end thursday.
If I start Friday, when do I have to take it again?

[suregena]

Just POAS... not pregnant, phew. Out of the Blue... you scared me! Hah!

[KraizyDaizy]

I am due for AF tomorrow. Does anyone know...can you use OPK as a pregnancy test?

I think OPK's can be used as HPT. Here is what the peeonastick.com site says about it: Pee On A Stick ~ OPK's as HPT's (http://www.peeonastick.com/opkhpt.html)

[KraizyDaizy]

[QUOTE=auroara78;120701
However, I told my husband that I wanted to take a break from TTC until April...[/QUOTE]

Are you also waiting til April because it is the best month to conceive girls? I was just reading this on another site and was actually thinking of waiting till then as well, but I also saw that more girls are conceived in March, April and May, so maybe we have three good months a year? Anyone have any ideas on this being true?

[rainbowflower]

Ok so I have a question about the repHresh, my period started yesterday it should end thursday.
If I start Friday, when do I have to take it again?

every 3 days, so Monday

[xokatietatie]

Well, ladies... AF is here!! No surprise BFP, but that's okay because we wanted to try in January.

[zanacal]

It's fantastic to see this thread so busy but I can't keep up! Good luck to each of you trying in January xxx

[ttcadaughter2012]

every 3 days, so Monday

thank you rainbowflower! :)
i think we will start on the 10th since i ovulate late :)

[ttcadaughter2012]

For those taking the benadryl before you ovulate, how much do you take and when do you actually take it??

[rainbowflower]

Well, ladies... AF is here!! No surprise BFP, but that's okay because we wanted to try in January.

:( sorry she got you

[xokatietatie]

:( sorry she got you

I knew she would! I REALLY want to get pregnant in January though. DS1 is October, DS2 and DS3 are both January. So if we get pregnant now we'll have another October baby, which would be wonderful.

[rainbowflower]

oh, that would be perfect for you
how long are your cycles?

[xokatietatie]

They used to be 28 days like clockwork, now every 26-29 days... though over the past couple months they've been pretty consistent at 26.

[lemon2012]

Hey Zan,...don't go anywhere....!
I dtd on o day just like you...I am cd 14 and just waiting for pg or af...just wondering when you get your bfp and what symptoms you had.
Not that they would compare but,...well, you know how it is with all the thinking and over thinking!!!!
Drives me crazy!

Hope you are doing well and enjoying the little princess bun in the oven!

[lemon2012]

Sorry Katie....good luck...your attempt is just around the corner!

[zanacal]

I posted my symptoms here lemon!

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/2ww-gathering-place/5502-pregnant-mamas-what-were-your-2ww-symptoms.html

I think my BFP was at 9dpo - if not it was at 10dpo! Good luck that this is your month!

[pinkin2011]

Well I have just come on here and there is pages and pages of posts i had to catch up on!!! So many of us this month so nice to be going through it together!!

Out Of The Blue.... D/H is doing great although he said to me it has to be only once a day because he just could not do twice a day, tho on day of attempt he said he will release in the morning and we will dtd that pm.!

Only 5 days to go for me I cant wait i wish it would hurry up and get here!!! My Rephresh problems have settled now, I guess until i use it again anyway!
So if af is here Katie when will you be due to o??
Is anyone else due to O around the 8th??

[dannikins]

mocha, your chart is looking fantastic!!!! fingers crossed for a new years BFP..:)

[xokatietatie]

Well I have just come on here and there is pages and pages of posts i had to catch up on!!! So many of us this month so nice to be going through it together!!

Out Of The Blue.... D/H is doing great although he said to me it has to be only once a day because he just could not do twice a day, tho on day of attempt he said he will release in the morning and we will dtd that pm.!

Only 5 days to go for me I cant wait i wish it would hurry up and get here!!! My Rephresh problems have settled now, I guess until i use it again anyway!
So if af is here Katie when will you be due to o??
Is anyone else due to O around the 8th??

I know! It seems like every time I check in there are SO MANY posts to read through. I love it. :)

I am not considering today CD1 just yet, because I'm just spotting (TMI, I know).

[Mochagirl]

OMG, ladies - I go offline for a day and suddenly there's 3 new pages of posts!! I haven't yet read them all in detail, but I just wanted to give everyone an update. First of all, Jen - don't tempt me to POAS tonight ;). Believe me, I've thought of it about a million times, but I haven't held my pee at all anyway, so I think it would be a waste of an expensive FRER. I have a couple cheapies I could use but they're the crappy ones that didn't show a BFP until 4 days past my FRER last time, so I doubt they'd be able to tell me anything.

And lemon - I think you asked me about the due date? It would be September 15th - I'm such a geek I always look that up immediately. Have you tested yet???? Sorry if you already mentioned - I haven't read all the posts yet.

I've been REALLY crampy all day and felt so wet down there earlier I thought maybe af had arrived. I was scared to death when I checked, but now it's sort of sticky/watery cm. I'm worried I'm getting my hopes up too much for this BFP. I really feel pregnant - I've felt queasy all day, though I haven't eaten much so it might have just been that. When I look back at some of my older charts, I've had high temps like this before and still not gotten a BFP.

I'm home now, so I can get back to eating normal diet stuff...but hopefully not for long :bigsmile:

Don't worry, ladies - I'll be testing first thing tomorrow and you'll be the first to know (probably even before dh since he wakes up later than me)!

[xokatietatie]

You've got me wondering! Can't wait to find out tomorrow. :)

[dannikins]

will be checking for your update mocha...:)

[lemon2012]

Dannikins......if your boys are this cute, seriously,......you can keep having babies, boy or girl, they are absolutely beautiful and charming!
Good job! A girl would complete this pic and I can only imagine how sweet she would be, but honestly, your boys are sooooo handsome!!!

[lemon2012]

I know! It seems like every time I check in there are SO MANY posts to read through. I love it. :)

I am not considering today CD1 just yet, because I'm just spotting (TMI, I know).

LMAO.,......TMI,........NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHHA!!!!
Seriously, that is nothing.......and if you are just spotting, it is not cd 1 yet. Tomorrow? Attempt in a week or so????

[xokatietatie]

I forget that I'm talking to women who know what I'm going through!! I'm used to friends who get weird if you even mention AF. I'm thinking tomorrow will most definitely be CD1.

dannikins -- look at those handsome boys!!!!

[lemon2012]

OMG, ladies - I go offline for a day and suddenly there's 3 new pages of posts!! I haven't yet read them all in detail, but I just wanted to give everyone an update. First of all, Jen - don't tempt me to POAS tonight ;). Believe me, I've thought of it about a million times, but I haven't held my pee at all anyway, so I think it would be a waste of an expensive FRER. I have a couple cheapies I could use but they're the crappy ones that didn't show a BFP until 4 days past my FRER last time, so I doubt they'd be able to tell me anything.

And lemon - I think you asked me about the due date? It would be September 15th - I'm such a geek I always look that up immediately. Have you tested yet???? Sorry if you already mentioned - I haven't read all the posts yet.

I've been REALLY crampy all day and felt so wet down there earlier I thought maybe af had arrived. I was scared to death when I checked, but now it's sort of sticky/watery cm. I'm worried I'm getting my hopes up too much for this BFP. I really feel pregnant - I've felt queasy all day, though I haven't eaten much so it might have just been that. When I look back at some of my older charts, I've had high temps like this before and still not gotten a BFP.

I'm home now, so I can get back to eating normal diet stuff...but hopefully not for long :bigsmile:

Don't worry, ladies - I'll be testing first thing tomorrow and you'll be the first to know (probably even before dh since he wakes up later than me)!

Hello Mocha....I checked my due date....ugh, September 11th, sorry but that is not exactly my favourite date for obvious as well as personal reasons!
It could be the 10th if I od on the 19th which I think I did but then again, my temp went a tad higher on December 20th...so when did I o???

I still have sore bbs and no AF yet!
I tried an OPK, nothing to a slightly faint line but it cannot be trusted.
I feel a bit queasy as well....but travelling and eating too much etc.
I have been bad with some wine, food, etc. A normal holiday for me, but who knows what is happening down there!!!

Mocha,...OMG I went to the bathroom expecting AF and it was creamy cm....?????
We so have to plan playdates with our baby girls......lol, but that would rock!!!!!
Hope you enjoyed your moms and your own bed!!!
Will you bd just for fun now that you are home...hahha, kidding!

I will be CHECKING in tomorrow!!!!!

[dannikins]

thanks lemon...:)
and TMI? are you for real...lol... i didnt think anything was TMI on here, thats what makes it so great....:)
nothing is taboo, i have seen ladies talking about far more detailed stuff than that.
i think every one needs to stop saying (sorry TMI), its these extra details that make it such a comfortable place to be.

[lemon2012]

Honestly Katie, the same message applies to your sweeties as Dannikins!
The little one,...precious!
Aidan looks mischevious and Colin looks like an awesome big brother!

Sometimes I start asking friends about stuff and it does not go over well, they get so uncomfortable.
Even my doctor thought I was crazy when I said OPK...oops, I meant Ovulation predictors!!! lol

[lemon2012]

thanks lemon...:)
and TMI? are you for real...lol... i didnt think anything was TMI on here, thats what makes it so great....:)
nothing is taboo, i have seen ladies talking about far more detailed stuff than that.
i think every one needs to stop saying (sorry TMI), its these extra details that make it such a comfortable place to be.

I TOTALLY AGREE ABOUT TMI,.....and you are welcome!
PS I really hope a sweet pink girl adds to your family!

[xokatietatie]

Honestly Katie, the same message applies to your sweeties as Dannikins!
The little one,...precious!
Aidan looks mischevious and Colin looks like an awesome big brother!

Sometimes I start asking friends about stuff and it does not go over well, they get so uncomfortable.
Even my doctor thought I was crazy when I said OPK...oops, I meant Ovulation predictors!!! lol

You just described my kids perfectly, lol!!!

I'm really thankful I have all of you to talk to. I don't know where I'd be if I was going at this alone. I mean, I have DH, but he doesn't particularly like talking about AF and CM. ;)

[pinkin2011]

You just described my kids perfectly, lol!!!

I'm really thankful I have all of you to talk to. I don't know where I'd be if I was going at this alone. I mean, I have DH, but he doesn't particularly like talking about AF and CM. ;)

Neither does mine Katie, he just does pretty much what ever i ask him to do with the swaying and doesnt ask questions!!! I dont have anyone to talk to about it either its so nice to be able to get on here everyone going through the same thing

[xokatietatie]

Since joining this site, I've barely even been on Facebook. This is my #1 stop when I pick up my laptop!!

[pinkin2011]

Ha Ha same here, ( Whats facebook again?) ha ha, Are you taking Vitex and Saw Palmetto?

[purple sky]

Wow, every time I thought I was getting close to reading up all the posts another page added lol..
Can't wait to see the first of the BFP ladies. Looks like everyone has a plan. AF ended today so we'll see how long before I O this time around. FX i O in the new moon phase.

[xokatietatie]

Ha Ha same here, ( Whats facebook again?) ha ha, Are you taking Vitex and Saw Palmetto?

No... just baby aspirin, rephresh, diet, lots of crystal light, and zyrtec around O day. I'm praying that's enough!

[purple sky]

Dannikins - Can't wait to hear what your having
Mocha - Watching for your update *fx

[Mochagirl]

Mocha,...OMG I went to the bathroom expecting AF and it was creamy cm....?????


I just KNOW you're preggo, lemon! I'm definitely stalking you tomorrow when you finally POAS!



Will you bd just for fun now that you are home...hahha, kidding!


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I have declared my body a penis free zone for the time being!

[Mochagirl]

Thanks to all you wonderful ladies for the encouragement, by the way!

[xokatietatie]

Anybody wonder what everybody else looks like, or is that just me?

[purple sky]

haha, yes. I was just trying to load an avatar pic but it wouldn't load for some reason.

[pinkin2011]

I am taking the vitex and saw palmetto, not sure if i should be tho... My d/h is not too happy about me taking all these pills which is fair enough. I just hope to get a bfp first month hmmm doubt i could be that lucky but you never know!

[KnockYourBallsOff]

Stalking all of you ladies and hoping you get your DG!!!!! I'll be following behind shortly in April :)) Praying for you all!!!

[pinkin2011]

Thanks I hope you get your girl too, April is not far away now will come around so quick!

[amari]

Wow! I can't keep up with all of you!!

Mocha and Lemon-Can't wait til you test!

Danikins-The cutest boys!!

Katie-I totally wonder what everyone looks like...I'm surprised I even got a pic on my little box thing, I'm completely technologically unaware.

[amari]

Weird question-do you all use your microwave while swaying? Because of the whole ion thing? I do but have think about it every time...

[pinkin2011]

Gosh yes i do i didnt think about that, I used mine before... I will be staying away from that now! I O right when it turns to a full moon... I need all the help i can get!!!! I even leave my mobile ph in the car i dont want it near me!!!!!

[Mochagirl]

Honestly, I don't give ions a thought, amari. I use my microwave daily.

[xokatietatie]

How you doin'?? hahahaha
1055

[xokatietatie]

I still don't understand the whole ion thing!!! Is it really that big of a deal?

[amari]

Nice pic, by the way! Umm, I have no idea about the ion thing! I don't really get it. I use my micro, just don't know if I should or if everyone else does.

[xokatietatie]

Do they help sway that much? Like, it is legit??

[pinkin2011]

I have no idea really, I am just doing it because other people are to tell you the truth. I think it can depend on the individual whether or not the ions effect you but i really dont know if the effect me in any way. I guess i am doing it for the fun of it same as the moon phases i will be Oing right at full moon, meant to sway Boy, but if i waited untill the right moon phase i wouldnt be able to ttc until next year!!!!!

[purple sky]

Cute pic Katie - Pinkin I'm not positive I believe the ion thing sways but it doesn't hurt to add it to your sway. I ordered a couple negative ion bracelets from ebay as well as a neg. ion usb for my laptop :)

[xokatietatie]

Ugh, everything is confusing me so much. Just when I start to think I have it all planned out, I find something else to bring me back to confusion. Ions, supplements, diet, moon phases, charting everything... etc... I just want my girl so bad. I want it to not be this hard! AHH!! Oh yeah, AF is definitely here... Let the over-emotional pity party begin.

[pinkin2011]

Dont stress about ions so many people dont think it sways anyway! I have changed my sway that many times and been confused that many times and forget things its just one big headache!

[pinkin2011]

Purple Sky.... I have a few of the ion bracelets too i have a few other things but yeah who knows if they even help!

[xokatietatie]

My good friend says I just need to have a good cry and then sleep it off. Maybe she's right. Tomorrow is a new day, and it'll be time to DTD before I know it... gotta just stay positive.

[amari]

Does anyone know if cold meds sway?? Up and can't breathe at all...

[purple sky]

I really wouldn't stress over it either. There are so many different sway options that you just have to do what your comfortable with. I know there are soooo many things i'm leaving out but I don't want to drive myself crazy. There is no perfect sway, otherwise we would know exactly what works. Beside stress is supposed to raise testosterone and we don't want that! LOL

[amari]

katie-sorry about af. Fresh start right?!

[dannikins]

cold meds do sway, but depends on which ones you use, some sway girl, and some sway boy.
antihistamines sway girl.

[pinkin2011]

A good cry does always help , your friend is right and i think sleep helps even more so!! Well Katie if af is here you shouldnt be too far behind me then? I hope you feel better tomorrow its horrible when you have days like that.

Purple sky your right and we could all try and do the exact same sway but not all of us would get girls would we. You just have to do what you feel right with and try to keep it as simple as possible. I used to drive myself even more nuts about it a few months ago then i do now i would write out new plans every week and worry and stress about them. I now have something so simple whether i get my girl or not who knows but i do know i am trying hard and i am doing things different. For some reason I am not very positive about it but will see.

[purple sky]

Pinkin what CD are you? I am cd 6 so af should be completely gone by tomorrow. We have been ttc on/off for over 4 years so I have dropped the strict sway. I just want to get pregnant now, I mean I would love to have a baby girl so I'm doing some things different with a little swaying but def. not extreme.

[pinkin2011]

I am due to o on the 9th or the 10th. attempt will be in the evening of the 8th with hope that i get a positive opk. Like you I just really want to get preg, we only have one d/s but like everyone else i have my reasons for wanting a girl BUT i would be happy with another boy. I am not extreme with my sway but i am doing things alot different to when i concieved him. Our d/s is 3 and a half so i dont want anymore of a gap then this...

[PeonyPrincess]

Wow, it is only Jan 3rd. I can't keep up with all the posts...it is fantastic though, to see so many TTC in Jan.
Hi to anyone I have not met yet. I have tended to duck in every now and then for the past few months, but now this is my month to TTC as well, so I will be around more. I can't wait to hear how everyone goes. I have a good feeling about 2012.
Pinkin, I agree that it is best to keep a sway as simple as possible. When you first start reading about every tiny thing that could sway you want to include it all.
I am due to O between 25th-27th Jan, so I still have a while to wait. No Rephresh, I have adjusted my diet since NY day to make it more girl friendly. My CM pH is 4-4.5 when I am not on the diet anyway. But I am mostly trying to stay healthy. I believe in moon signs and should O in a new moon, a girl moon and my biorthyms for Jan say girl. I almost always O in a boy moon, so want to make the most of this month.
I guess I want to get pg soon as I am 34 and DH is 37, so have dropped a lot of things I tried when TTC last year as I kept getting BFNs.
So it is a really relaxed sway. Now I just need my body to co-operate and my DH to be around when I need him!
All the best for those waiting to POAS, and those on the countdown to O. FX! Peony

[pinkin2011]

Hi Peony,
This month is very very busy!! Good luck with your attempt I hope it all goes well... Are you getting d/h to F/R or abstain.... As for moon signs I am not sure what to believe i concieved my d/s in a girl moon this time i o right on full moon bit worried about it but as i said if i wait for the right moon id be waiting nearly 12 months! and i dont have 12 months just to wait around!

[PeonyPrincess]

DH is not going to abstain due to his age. He will do F/R, but more like once a day if he can manage. May end up skipping a day if he needs to. But I'm not concerned about that. He has a very busy and stessful job, so he can only do what he can do. We are still hoping to keep it fun!
I know what you mean about waiting forever to O in the right moon phase. I know some take primolut to delay their period, so they will adjust their cycle, but if you can do other things to sway, I think it is much easier. I did a quick review on another site where women knew their O day and out of 15, only 2 of them had the opposite gender to the moon sign they conceived in. So I can't help but be interested in its influence now!
Where are you living pinkin? We are both awake so I thought you might be on my side of the world!

[pinkin2011]

I am in Australia too, In melbourne.. where abouts are you? Yeah I am not going to go as far as changing my cycle just yet i only have one d/s so if i end up with another maybe next time i will be more strict and sway with the moon and other stuff... I am not too fussed but i would love a girl.

[dannikins]

im aussie too, im down in tassie.
you having the heatwave up there atm?

[pinkin2011]

YES!!! cant sleep its horrible! had a nice storm and alot of rain before was really thinking it would cool down but no..... Is it hot in Tassie? Hope its a bit cooler tomorrow i have been having some headaches.

[xokatietatie]

I feel like I am the only one not in Australia!!!

I'm officially marking January 3 and CD 1, BTW. Let the madness begin.

[pinkin2011]

How many of us is there from Australia???
how many days after you get af do you usually O Katie?

[xokatietatie]

Last month it was CD 14, I think. As soon as AF is gone, I'm going to POAS everyday like a mad woman.

I'm not from Australia, nor have I ever been... but my brother dated a girl from Perth for a few years. It didn't end well, BUT she brought cool stuff to us every time she went home for a visit.

[pinkin2011]

I am going to start using my opks tomorrow... twice a day!! maybe 3 times a day I know i am crazy!!! I will be TRYING to wait until af is due to do a HPT but the way i am it will be sooner, I will be going thru alot of them i think!

[xokatietatie]

I bought a 20 pack of the Clear Blue digital ones, that way I don't have to deal with the two line confusion. I'm just going to DTD as soon as I get a smiley face. I figure I'll either just go straight to two a day as well since I have 20 of them, but I might try just doing one a day for a couple days. I keep trying to tell myself to start out doing one a day, but I doubt I'll be able to keep from doing two. haha What times do you plan on testing?

[pinkin2011]

Just have to get this off my chest............ My d/h family is huge like 27 first cousins on his mums side... 2 girls 25 boys... the two girls dont have kids but one of the boy cousins has 3 kids ( Boys) another cousin has 2 kids ( boys) another cousin has 4 kids ( 3 boys 1 girl) now 2 other of his cousins have a boy each and both their partners are expecting one is in january and one in feb they are both having girls!!! Now i cant see me as having any luck or hope seeing as though they are now having the girls another boy just has to be born I cant see me getting a girl they have taken all the luck from me... I cant help but see it that way.. sounds odd i know but for some reason i think this, makes me kind of sad

[pinkin2011]

It is better to do two a day anyway because that way you wont miss it if it happens in the evening. I plan to start testing in the morning.. so tomorrow is the 4th i am due to o on either 8th 9th or 10th... its hard to pin point with me i am not smack bang on the dot every month. going to bd once on + opk.. d/h released twice today very proud of him... Ha ha OMG the things we talk about hey!

[xokatietatie]

Well, my fingers are crossed for you!! I don't have any expecting family members, but I know of 6-7 friends who have all given birth to girls just since November. I just keep hoping that means there's lots of pink baby dust floating around.

[rainbowflower]

pinkin, remember, it's the maternal side that sways more..

[pinkin2011]

Thanks its hard hearing it isnt it.. Time will tell i guess and you get what your given cant change anything..

[pinkin2011]

Yeah i guess i forgot that thanks rainbowflower, when you keep hearing things like our family only has boys and things like that you start thinking it.. My d/h cracks he says ITS 50/50 he thinks i am nuts!

[xokatietatie]

Just stay positive! I keep telling myself that.

[pinkin2011]

I just did a opk!!! Why? who knows ha ha was def negative very pale pink line next to the control line.. Well there ya go I have started already!!! 50 thousand packets of opks later! as you say the fun and the madness begins!

[xokatietatie]

Hey, if you have them... might as well pee on them, right? hahaha I can't wait to try out these digital ones. I just want to see that smiley!! I think I might even buy the digital pregnancy tests as well when it comes time. They don't do two lines either.

[pinkin2011]

I went to the chemist last week to stock up on opks and Rephresh I did see the digi opks clearblue ones they were nearly half price i thought about it but then thought no i will stick to the ones i had been using. I will def get some digi HPT my d/h goes away for work the day before i will test he goes for a week!!!! oh by the way my opk i just did doest look all that pale i mean its not positive but doesnt look like it would be 5 or 6 days before i get a + if you know what i mean?

[pinkin2011]

I better go to bed and give someone else a chance I am taking over the thread ha ha... Its so hot here atm its hard to sleep

[xokatietatie]

It's 7 a.m. here. I think I might lay down and try to rest up before all the boys wake!

[PeonyPrincess]

Dannikins, pinkin, I am in Darwin. It is always bloody hot here! Originally from Perth, but we are here for a few years for DHs work. I love Melbourne- aah, the shopping and food. And we really want to go to Tassie. Thought about it last year but ended up deciding the 2 hour flight to Bali was more doable with the kids then the trek down there!
I bought a 30pack of OPKs on ebay months ago and then couldn't find them recently, so I ordered more. Of course, now I have found the originals, so I have them coming out of my ears. I also ordered the Clear Blue digi ones (but only 7 pack) and they are taking ages to arrive (too many public holidays).
lemon, any news?!

[Mochagirl]

Wow, ladies - this thread is so hot I can't keep up with it anymore! It's only 7:30am here, and I already have 3 new pages to read since about 11pm last night!

Anyway, I just took a FRER with some pee I saved from when I got up in the night at 4am, and there is a very, very faint second line. It's so faint that if it hadn't appeared within 10 minutes I would think it's an evap. I'm excited, but I'm going to be cautious about declaring it a BFP - I'll wait and see what tomorrow brings.

[rainbowflower]

mocha - eeeeeee!!! :D fingers crossed! pink dye tests are less prone to evaps...

[xokatietatie]

Ooh, Mocha!!! You and lemon are killing me!! ;) I want to see some BFPs!!!!!

[Mochagirl]

Thanks, ladies.

Rainbow - I'm praying you'll get your BFP this week as well :HH:. What's your test day again?

[rainbowflower]

thank you :)
it's Saturday -12dpo
my temps had a beautiful rise this morning, but now getting my hopes up... however I've had charts where they were still up at 9dpo then dropped at 10dpo, so 10dpo's temp will be the clincher perhaps

[Mochagirl]

Your chart does look pretty - I hope that temp stays up!

[rainbowflower]

thank you, although I don't feel pregnant. Not had any spotting, twinges, etc. Don't have any pregnancy signs either. Did you get any of those?

[Mochagirl]

Ok, I've never posted a picture on this site before, so apologies if this doesn't work or if it ends up being huge or something. Does anyone else see the line or am I crazy?

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[Mochagirl]

Honestly, I often get more pregnancy signs on my BFN months, but this month I did feel a little pregnant. My boobs have been a little sore/sensitive, which they NEVER are, and I've been terribly constipated for the past week. I also have such strong cramps that if it weren't for this test I'd think af was coming tomorrow. I was also quite nauseous at times yesterday.

[Jamie86]

Mocha you are most definitely not crazy I see it clear as day!!

[xokatietatie]

Oooooh, I see it!!

[rainbowflower]

definitely a line there! ~~~pink sticky baby dust~~~

I've only got bloating... but I get that in the 2ww anyway *sigh*
right now I'd be really surprised if I do get a BFP on Sat

[Mochagirl]

Looks like we may be due date buddies, Jamie :bigsmile:. If this really is a BFP I'll be due September 15th.

[Jamie86]

Yay I would so love that and I definitely think that is the case that looks very similar except I think a little darker than my 10DPO test! I know after I got that first light line I wasn't ready to call it a BFP until I saw it at least one other time but I'm so excited for you!

[Out of the Blue]

I can't keep up w/these threads but I'm just so darn giddy, I thought I'd post before I read through the last ones and just say....

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA YAYAYAYAY!!!!
I'd be shouting it for real if DS2 wasn't napping. Mocha, I am so excited for you!!!!!

So who do we have so far? Jamie, Mocha and then hopefully very shortly we'll hear from Lemon, followed by Rainbow in a few days...Who else!?!?!?!

I am so excited for you right now, MJ, I can't contain myself!!! Bring out the chocolate, pizza, fresh curds and just keep it coming!!!:bigsmile:

[Mochagirl]

Holy crap! I just weighed myself after my shower since I've been away from my scale for a week and a half! The first time I stepped on it it said 99lbs!!! I kept stepping off and stepping on again and kept getting different numbers (it's a crappy digital scale), but I never got anything higher than 104. I've seriously never weighed so little since hitting puberty. I'm short, but big boned and not particularly petite, so this is a crazy low weight for me. Before I started all this swaying stuff last May, I weighed 128-130. When I conceived my angel baby I was 109lbs. I guess I was even lighter this time. Probably a week of eating nothing but side dishes at MIL's house did it. Good thing I got my BFP since I'd worry I'd simply disappear (or at least stop ovulating) if I kept on this diet for much longer!

[Mochagirl]

You know, I'm almost afraid to start eating. I've been toying with the idea of eating breakfast, but the thought feels so weird. This doesn't feel real yet - I'm afraid the line will be gone when I test again tomorrow.

[xokatietatie]

Dear Lord, Mocha. I think I outweigh you by 80+ pounds!!!

I hope you have a nice dark line tomorrow!

[Jamie86]

I'm glad it's not just me Katie!

[Out of the Blue]

MJ, if it feels right, start eating breakkie...I would say ease into the extra cals over the next few wks so your body can get used to the changes but you can definitely eat the once taboo things...:agree: :bigsmile:

BTW, :holysheep:...99lbs.??? My scale has been stuck at 110 forever and I seriously don't see it budging.

[Mochagirl]

I could have sworn I was 115 when we left for our trip on the 22nd...is it even possible to lose 115lbs in a week and a half? I wasn't exactly starving myself, and I ate like a pig the last 2 days. Maybe my scale's broken.

[auroara78]

Mocha, I am so excited for that BFP!!! I DEFINITELY SAW TWO LINES!!!

:celebrate:

I hope it's your baby girl!!

[auroara78]

This thread is so crazy busy, I checked it last night around 7 pm and I posted on page 9 and then I log on this morning and it's up to 20 pages!! EEK! How cool though to have a beautiful thread! Love ya ladies!

Good luck rainbowflower on a BFP! I think your chart looks fantastic! Mocha had a beautiful chart too!

Jen this is your month to get....KNOCKED UP!

Lemon, did you test? How are you feeling? Thinking about you, darling.

Katie, so glad you joined us in the TTC club...hope Jan is your month too, I think it's cool that you want 4th child to share a birth month with your DS! I think its neat that your other DSs share January!

[amari]

Def a line!!! Yay mocha!!

[auroara78]

So, as I posted on the internet psychics page, I've been a bad, bad girl....

I've gotten two readings this past week and they both said BOY. Haha! The first said boy to concieve/birth Feb/March 2012/2013..

The second reading said BOY find out pregnant/concieve/birth Jan/Feb 2012/2013 (to make things more interesting, she said I'd find out pregnant/concieve/birth June 2016 ANOTHER BOY!!!), so I was feeling really despaired about that for a while, that two pychics said boy, because I've always had a gut feeling that I'd have at 3 boys, but I always had a feeling that the girl was out there somewhere too.

I've done some research on 2nd pyschic Ruby and she gets a lot of gender wrong but a lot of time frames right, so here's hoping since I plan to TTC in April which would lead to...(drumroll, please!) a January 2013 birth, which was predicted (I'm cracking myself up here...) so I'm not going to change my plans around based on some psychic's words. It's just for fun, although honestly, I did unnerve me. I really thought I'd be fine with a 3rd boy, but I know now that if I got pregnant again and boy 3 was on his way, I'd love him, of course, but that it wouldn't be so simple to dismiss my feelings of still wanting a daughter....

I told my husband about the psychics and he got annoyed because he is somewhat supersitiutious and doesn't like the future being "tampered with..." on the other hand, since I told him we are not TTC anymore, he is all over me...UGH, I am soooooo not in the mood for any sex whatsoever now!

If I could, I would be penis free until April, hahahah! Or we could be on our way for our third pull out baby boy accident! :rofl:

[xokatietatie]

Has lemon posted today? I've been thinking about her all morning.

[Mochagirl]

Has lemon posted today? I've been thinking about her all morning.

Me too! She told me she had a test ready to use, and I'm DYING to hear the results!

I don't know if this is all in my head, but suddenly I FEEL pregnant. I'm feeling sick to my stomach again, and I ate a piece of toast about an hour ago (first brekkie in months), so I know it's not just hunger. I know m/s is a horrible thing, but I had NO symptoms with my pregnancy last Fall and we all know how that ended.... I say bring on the symptoms - at least it will help me know there's a bean cooking in there!

[rainbowflower]

Katie I don't think she has yet

*hugs* aurora - hope they were wrong for you

[xokatietatie]

So... DH and I have been very quiet about having another baby. I have maybe one or two friends who know our plans. Well, today while I was on the phone with my mother, I complained about having cramps... and her reply was "Better cramps than being pregnant." She's said things like this in the past as well, and I worry she won't be happy for us if/when we get pregnant. :(

[Mochagirl]

Lots of my family make comments like that to me. I thought it would all end after my m/c. They didn't even know I was pregnant before that, but my Mom told all my brothers about what happened so they'd know what I was going through. One of my brothers made a comment over Christmas about how I should have asked Santa to bring me some birth control. I know he probably regretted saying it as soon as it came out (he was trying to tease me), but it felt like a knife after all the heartache I've gone through over the past year of TTC, swaying, and losing my angel baby.

[Mochagirl]

Wowza - I just took an ic just for the heck of it, thinking there's no way it would show a + at 10dpo, and there's an extremely faint line there. :omg:

[nuthinbutpink]

OMG Mocha! I hope this is it!!!

[purple sky]

Mocha- I See the second line!!! So excited.. Congratulations!
Rainbow- can't wait to hear fx for bfp
Aurora- I know it's hard but try not to worry about what they said. I was also predicted boy conception for Dec 2011/Jan 2012 which almost makes me NOT want to ttc but I just remind myself it's all in fun

[KraizyDaizy]

Wowza - I just took an ic just for the heck of it, thinking there's no way it would show a + at 10dpo, and there's an extremely faint line there. :omg:

Congrats Mocha!!!! Pink baby dust!

[KraizyDaizy]

So, as I posted on the internet psychics page, I've been a bad, bad girl....

I've gotten two readings this past week and they both said BOY. Haha! The first said boy to concieve/birth Feb/March 2012/2013..

The second reading said BOY find out pregnant/concieve/birth Jan/Feb 2012/2013 (to make things more interesting, she said I'd find out pregnant/concieve/birth June 2016 ANOTHER BOY!!!), so I was feeling really despaired about that for a while, that two pychics said boy, because I've always had a gut feeling that I'd have at 3 boys, but I always had a feeling that the girl was out there somewhere too.

I've done some research on 2nd pyschic Ruby and she gets a lot of gender wrong but a lot of time frames right, so here's hoping since I plan to TTC in April which would lead to...(drumroll, please!) a January 2013 birth, which was predicted (I'm cracking myself up here...) so I'm not going to change my plans around based on some psychic's words. It's just for fun, although honestly, I did unnerve me. I really thought I'd be fine with a 3rd boy, but I know now that if I got pregnant again and boy 3 was on his way, I'd love him, of course, but that it wouldn't be so simple to dismiss my feelings of still wanting a daughter....

I told my husband about the psychics and he got annoyed because he is somewhat supersitiutious and doesn't like the future being "tampered with..." on the other hand, since I told him we are not TTC anymore, he is all over me...UGH, I am soooooo not in the mood for any sex whatsoever now!

If I could, I would be penis free until April, hahahah! Or we could be on our way for our third pull out baby boy accident! :rofl:

Where do you go for the readings?

[ttcadaughter2012]

Congratulations Mocha!

Cd 3 and I am so over AF! She should be gone by Thursday (hoping friday).

Trying to figure out set plans on when to take the repHresh. I don't think I will ovulate until cd 17 or 19. As that is what it was last cycle and the cycle before that.

Is it ok for dh to take hot showers instead of baths? Hubby is 6ft4 and yeah tub isn't exactly the best for him since he is so tall.. He refuses to wear "tighty whiteys" because apparently his "package" is too big for them.. LMAO.
For those who took benadryl, when exactly did you take it?

I want to dance as a excercise. I know that seems silly, but with 3 kids under 4 and a husband who works a lot I think it will help. I lost 25 pounds before just dancing a hour sometimes 2 hours a day.
Still trying to figure it all out. I saw some of you are taking replens and sylk? I googled it and saw what it was just wanted to know the difference between repHresh and replens is, and sylk can you use any other lubricant?

Hope all is well with everyone!

[KnockYourBallsOff]

BFP for sure!!! Congrats MOCHA!!!!

[rainbowflower]

ttcad - yes, hot showers are fine too!

[HopeandDreamG]

I seriously cannot keep up with this thread...Its been going crazy fast...

Mocha~ I think this is your month and I've been thinking that the whole time you were at the inlaws- you've been so dedicated- soooooo hard during holidays AND being away- this has to be it for YOU!!!!! YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!

Lemon~ Waiting on you!!!

Rainbowflower~ Looking forward to Saturday... I'll be checking in for sure!

Still not sure if I can even attempt in January. I'll have to wait and see how my Crohns is, and when I can get off these steroids- that sway BOY.... AHHHH. If I am doing well I'm still a little afraid because attempt is so close to getting off the meds, and if I look at it this way- the next attempt for February would only be 3 weeks later.... hmmmmmm

[auroara78]

KD, you can find pyschics and where to find them on the internet pyschic gender prediction thread in the "chit chat lounge" but I found ruby via her website ttcbabylovepredictions, but now after I've paid money for her reading and got it, I've read some terrible things on the web about her, so I would so not go to her again, though she was prompt

roseknows just google her name and you'll find her website, she was alright, but I don't think it was worth the money at all, it just caused me more anxiety about concieving more boys in the future...stress was so not what I needed hehe


I don't even fully believe them, but still, it is unnerving to pay for news you did not want to hear....

[HopeandDreamG]

KD, you can find pyschics and where to find them on the internet pyschic gender prediction thread in the "chit chat lounge" but I found ruby via her website ttcbabylovepredictions, but now after I've paid money for her reading and got it, I've read some terrible things on the web about her, so I would so not go to her again, though she was prompt

roseknows just google her name and you'll find her website, she was alright, but I don't think it was worth the money at all, it just caused me more anxiety about concieving more boys in the future...stress was so not what I needed hehe


I don't even fully believe them, but still, it is unnerving to pay for news you did not want to hear....

I am so interested in doing this too, but I haven't for exactly that reason- I would be so unnerved as well if I heard boy- and I don't even fully believe!
Although, in a few weeks I am going to a fund raiser for children's cancer and there will be a psychic there who is apparently AMAZING- of course I'll ask-how can I not????

[suregena]

Me too! She told me she had a test ready to use, and I'm DYING to hear the results!

I don't know if this is all in my head, but suddenly I FEEL pregnant. I'm feeling sick to my stomach again, and I ate a piece of toast about an hour ago (first brekkie in months), so I know it's not just hunger. I know m/s is a horrible thing, but I had NO symptoms with my pregnancy last Fall and we all know how that ended.... I say bring on the symptoms - at least it will help me know there's a bean cooking in there!

If it makes you feel any better (in terms of even a sad thing like pregnancies lost)... my first two pregnancies that ended in miscarriage had ZERO symptoms, as well. Nothing. Nada. Felt normal. That should have been my warning sign, for sure.

My third, and first, successful pregnancy with my son, as I was still waiting for my post 2nd miscarriage period, my first symptom was nausea... well, actually, it went like this...
We went to visit a friend in Liverpool, and we went out to eat lunch and this place had MEGA portions. They were (men) both struggling, and I said, "Oh, yeah, I got this. I'm finishing it!" And I did. They were pretty stunned.
A couple nights later, I spent all day making this big vegetarian shepherd's pie, and when it got down to eating it, I ate most of the mashed potato but stopped. I just felt way too uncomfortably queasy.
Then that morning, I woke up and felt like I was going to throw up. I told my husband I was calling into work because I thought I had a stomach bug. He left for work, and I called in sick to work, then I laid in bed going, "UGGGGGGGH. I cannot believe I have a stomach bug!" followed by, "UGGGGGGH! When in the hell am I going to get my period?! I just want to start over again..."
Then I laid there and thought, "Oh... uhhh..."
Had one test left over from my second pregnancy, and it was super positive.

Heeh. :D

So, feeling sick? I can relate, after a pregnancy loss, that is SUCH a reassuring sign!

[KraizyDaizy]

KD, you can find pyschics and where to find them on the internet pyschic gender prediction thread in the "chit chat lounge" but I found ruby via her website ttcbabylovepredictions, but now after I've paid money for her reading and got it, I've read some terrible things on the web about her, so I would so not go to her again, though she was prompt

roseknows just google her name and you'll find her website, she was alright, but I don't think it was worth the money at all, it just caused me more anxiety about concieving more boys in the future...stress was so not what I needed hehe


I don't even fully believe them, but still, it is unnerving to pay for news you did not want to hear....
Thanks for the info. I may look into it.

[lemon2012]

Hi everyone,
I am too nervous to test!

I have cramping pains, sore boobs, my temp was 98.6, I am nauesous, a bit dizzy and irritable!
I am 15 dpo and I know I am pregnant without testing.
I will be happy but I am just coming to terms with a postive pg! We have talked and talked every month for a year about this....but we never came close to really trying to conceive we were focused on trying to only get girls in there!! lol I wish that were possible!

I guess I am scared...I am now 38 and my sway was horrible.
This is the last baby for me....there are so many things to be scared of...I work full time and will be pg with 2 kids.
I am already a tired stressball! I am worried about the baby's health, even the due date which is September 11th which does not make me happy....and then, the gender issue to top it all off!
Of course I would love another baby,...a boy or girl. I think my sway was brutal....I did not stick to any diet, I stopped all supplements bc I was confused, I took sinutab bc I was sick (not reactine or zyrtec like I was supposed to), and we dtd a lot!

And, just like many others with stories about parents saying things that are not helpful......Christmas Eve a family sits down in church behind us with two girls. My mom joked and said we should switch a child so we have one of each! She has no idea how much that hurt me. I am the third chilid and she had a girl and a boy and she has told me all her life she did not need me bc she already had one of each,...of course, she then tells me how I was a Godsend and I am actually her favourite. But, there is sooo much pressure now to have a girl. If it were just up to me it might be easier but everyone has to comment or put in their judgement.

Sorry for the rant!
I know you all want to be happy for me.....I am just scared right now and trying to process....I already know what the test will say!

I will spend the rest of the day trying to focus on good things.,..being home from work, telling my two boys they will have another sibling,..they will love it!

Thanks for listening.
I hope everyone understands:):kissy:

[rainbowflower]

lemon, understand that you're nervous, but if you know you're pregnant... JUST PEE ON THE STICK!!! :D :D ;)
deal with things after that
this baby is destined to be yours... if it is a boy, he really wanted you to be his mummy

[rainbowflower]

Kraizy - just want to say what a cute photo that is!

[KraizyDaizy]

Kraizy - just want to say what a cute photo that is!

Oh thanks! That's my kraizy bunch of boys! Love them, but wouldn't it be awesome to have a DD in the middle somewhere LOL!!!

[KraizyDaizy]

Oh, Lemon sweety, I think you would be a stress-ball whether your sway was perfect or not, so give in and test. At least you would know without a shadow of a doubt.

[Mochagirl]

We totally understand, lemon. We're all here because we are experiencing or have experienced gender desire, and it's totally normal to be scared when you get pregnant. I've swayed 3 times - one failed sway with ds3, one sway for which I'll never know the outcome with my angel baby, and this one. Each time I've been scared about what would happen. This is DEFINITELY the last child for us as well, so if this is a boy, it means I'll never get my girl....

I just think if you ARE pregnant you should test so you know for sure and can start taking good care of yourself - eating well and taking proper prenatals. I just took a prenatal today for the first time since my m/c (I was just taking folic acid on its own while swaying), and I also made myself eat some breakfast.

No matter what, we're here for you :hugs:

[rainbowflower]

Oh thanks! That's my kraizy bunch of boys! Love them, but wouldn't it be awesome to have a DD in the middle somewhere LOL!!!
awww :)

the one with his head on your shoulder looks just like you too!

[zanacal]

Lemon, I know you're nervous but pee on that stick - then we're all here to support you with the other stuff :D

[KraizyDaizy]

awww :)

the one with his head on your shoulder looks just like you too!

That would be my Ashton (in blue) and he is 10. Dathan 12 far left (in grey), Wyatt 5 (middle in green PJs) & Kuyler (in light blue PJs. My four sunshines!

[pinkin2011]

Mocha I see that second line !!!!!!!!!! OMG how exciting! I hope you are feeling ok at the moment.
Lemon like everyone else is saying Pee On A Stick you have to see it for yourself, seriously how wounderful and everyone is here for you!!

[amari]

Aurora, sorry. That would feel sucky. Have you always wanted 4? The time frame thing is interesting, maybe she is totally just bologna or off on the gender! She doesn't know the power of your sway! xoxo

[amari]

Mocha-like the prego feelings by the way!!

[pinkin2011]

Hey Katie i read your post about your mum, I have the opposite everyone keeps asking me and forcing me about having another one... Its been very hard for me We only have one child and he is my whole world The last 3 years i have been through so much with my family as in my mum dad bro and sister and ttc has been the last thing on my mind. Some people that have asked if i am ever going to have another start saying i have done the wrong thing there will be too much of a gap trying to make me feel guilty, I guess to i have been putting it off because i badly want a girl ( Which reasons why is a whole other story) and i really think i wont get one my d/h says to me if you keep saying you wont get a girl and thinking you wont get one then you wont. Gee he makes me feel better! Anyway your mum doesnt know you want another child does she?? Maybe she does think that you guys really dont want anymore??

[pinkin2011]

FAR OUT!! I need some advice please!! Last night at 10pm i took a opk it was not positive it was def lighter then control line but you couldnt miss it .. I have now taken one at 8am and it is nearly positive??? should i avoid taking an opk in the morning?? i heard that somewhere BUT i am not due to o until the 9th??? Can the vitex and saw palmetto make me o earlier? I am stressing out here!!! My Plan is no longer anymore if i am getting a positive opk now... I dont temp

[pinkin2011]

The opk is actually positive its the same colour as control line.. i have never seen d/h so excited hes like a little kid, but could it be positive because its am

[xokatietatie]

She knows I've always wanted four, but she just has to put her two cents in. I love her dearly, but I don't always feel emotional support from her. Of course, if I try to tell her how I feel I am this big bad wolf and she is so broken over it, and then we fight over it. I just want to know that if/when the days comes that I announce we're expecting that my mother will be happy for me... but instead I'll probably get lectured. If I admit we actively tried to get pregnant the lecture will be about money and how three kids is enough. If I shamefully lie and say it was a pleasant surprise, the lecture will be about how we should have been smarter and more careful. I can't win. We're 25 and 26 years old. We live in a nice house in a nice neighborhood. DH has a great job. My business is growing more and more successful with every passing day. We've got three wonderful boys who are growing into wonderful young men. Who cares if we have one more? We have the space. We have the money. We have the love. She'd say we don't have enough money though, and that four is so many, and blah blah blah. I just don't want to have to go through it with her, but it is what it is. Everyone thinks we're insane for wanting more, which is why we're not talking to anyone about it. If I didn't have all of you, I would probably go crazy.

[Mochagirl]

Yes, I think Vitex and SP can make you O earlier - that happened to me last summer. I think the only reason they don't recommend you use OPKs in the morning is that your LH levels will tend to be higher later in the day...but I don't think it would be possible to get a false positive just because you used FMU.

I think you should assume this is it and get ready to BD!! :luck:

[dannikins]

mocha, thats a bfp for sure, huge congrats!!!!

lemon, we all totally understand you feeling that way, but you need to POAS....lol..
taking a test is just the first step on the journey, and we are all here for any support, or ranting , or crying, or what ever you need.

i was totally blown away when i got my BFP.
i hadnt even had a chance to start my sway, so i feel like i failed before i even started.

its a wonderful support group here, which you already know....:)
so go and POAS and put all of us out of our misery....lol

[KraizyDaizy]

xokatietatie,
OMG, I read your post about having four kids and it is me to a T except I am working on a 5th. I know my mom will freak and not be supportive. Like you I and my DH take care of our children, so why should we be judged for having more than the normal 2.2 or whatever it is children. I too feel like no one can know we are even TTC. I joke about getting pregnant here at work and I get mixed views, mainly that I am insane for wanting more. If you and you DH can handle loving a big family, I say go for it!!! I am tired all the time as you probably are and one more will not add that much to the exhaustion LOL!!!

[Mochagirl]

i was totally blown away when i got my BFP.
i hadnt even had a chance to start my sway, so i feel like i failed before i even started.



Yes, and I'll remind you all of our own, dear DoulaMama who was shocked and appalled by her surprise BFP...and look at her now, almost 25 weeks pregnant with her little girl...:HH:

[PeonyPrincess]

The opk is actually positive its the same colour as control line.. i have never seen d/h so excited hes like a little kid, but could it be positive because its am

My ebay OPKs say not to use first morning urine as LH is synthesised in your body early in the morning. However, they say it won't show up until later in the day. And yours has obviously shown up in the morning, which makes me think it is a +OPK. I can just picture your DH! They are so easy-pleased aren't they! GL!!
I meant to say, the digital ones say it is ok to use FMU.

[PeonyPrincess]

Mocha, def 2 lines! Congrats on your BFP!! I hope this is a trouble-free pregnancy for you and the sickness is just enough to reassure you and not get too severe.

[PeonyPrincess]

ttcad, sylk is a naural lubricant made from kiwi fruit. It's pH is around 5, which is why it is supposed to sway girl. Most others seem to be more boy friendly, or kill all the sperm.

[lemon2012]

Hi everyone,

BFN

All afternoon I felt different and stressed. My ovaries are burning and I just did not know what was going on so I was afraid to test.
NOTHING, not even a little line.
I am devastated.

[PeonyPrincess]

It sounds to me like all these families need to butt out. How opinionated and hurtful they sound. We are always more sensitive to things our family say, whether we like it or not.
Last night I watched a program about the journey sperm make in the female reproductive system (how appropriate!) and it reminded me just how miraculous it is that any of them survive to meet up with the egg in the first place. They literally have everything against them and by some amazing process and with a good deal of luck, one is the winner.

auroara, I don't know how you can see pychics! I may believe in the moon theory, but psychics scare me!!

[xokatietatie]

Lemon, I'm so sorry. I know I already responded to you on the other thread... but I just had to say it again. I've been thinking about you all day, and my heart hurts for you. Will you try again this month?

[PeonyPrincess]

Oh lemon. I know you were so torn. Wanting to be pg, but worried about your sway. If you have a chance today on your vacation, please take a bit of time for yourself. You deserve a break. :bighug:

[dannikins]

oh lemon, sorry hun,
really thought this was it for you.:bighug: