TTC a BOY April Chit Chat Thread

[Cinss]

Hi Ladies, welcome to APRIL !!!!!!!! Lets get some BFPs happening in here this month !!!!! Best of luck to you all :)

[Cinss]

cycle day six, eating weet bix :)

[TTC5]

GL everyone! xxxxxxxx

[Hobbermittens]

Good luck ladies! I hope you all get BFPs this month!!

[Kris217]

Yep, I reckon it's time for another BFP!! :) Good luck ladies!

[Plum3]

Hopefully April brings lots of BFPs :)

I wish AF would hurry up so we can TTC again!

[TTC5]

How you going Bec? x

[Princess of Pink]

I am over swaying....just saying lol. It's been messing with my cycles and the control freak in me does NOT like not knowing what is happening and when it is happening!! I have no idea now when I will even ovulate this month and normally I know within a 2-3 day timeframe.

[chitchat123]

Hi. Just joining gender dreaming. I've tried a boy type diet for last 2 months and know within a day when I normally ovulate. Hope to now add wheatgrass and brewers yeast supps as been told those are good - I have three weeks until my attempt is that long enough for them to have an impact? Thanks for any help, I have two girls and this will be our last child so would love to sway blue if I can (tried and failed with Shettles for DD2). Any good tips from those who have managed to sway blue after a couple or more pink would be appreciated!

[dloui128]

Welcome chitchat123:)

8dpo today and my friggin temps are still flat:mad: I thought maybe it was my theromemeter but its not. My boobs are sore and I have a little bit of cramping, so not sure if its a sign Im knocked up or that AF is coming:worry:
My Ovulation Chart (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/39ff77)

[OnlyPraying]

GOODLUCK GOODLUCK GOODLUCK MY LOVELY LADIES!!!

[TTC5]

Hi. Just joining gender dreaming. I've tried a boy type diet for last 2 months and know within a day when I normally ovulate. Hope to now add wheatgrass and brewers yeast supps as been told those are good - I have three weeks until my attempt is that long enough for them to have an impact? Thanks for any help, I have two girls and this will be our last child so would love to sway blue if I can (tried and failed with Shettles for DD2). Any good tips from those who have managed to sway blue after a couple or more pink would be appreciated!

Welcome!

[TTC5]

Welcome chitchat123:)

8dpo today and my friggin temps are still flat:mad: I thought maybe it was my theromemeter but its not. My boobs are sore and I have a little bit of cramping, so not sure if its a sign Im knocked up or that AF is coming:worry:
My Ovulation Chart (http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/39ff77)

I got a feeling your utd!

[dloui128]

I got a feeling your utd!

what is utd?

[Cinss]

Hi chitchat, welcome :) I actually read a lot about shettles method before i found this site, there are so many ladies who got opposites using that metod, that i just don't believe in it anymore. I believe diet has the biggest impact on swaing, and for boys the general rule is eat healthy, lots of nutrients, keep blood sugars pretty even through out the day and you will have a good shot.

dloui - 8dpo is so tough, cant we either have symptoms or not !!! When are you going to test? and utd = Up The Duff (i think?)

POP - hang in there, i am over it too, and quite sad because in my mind i was supposed to be 4 months pg by now!!!

[Cinss]

cycle day seven, bananna smoothies heaven :)

[TTC5]

what is utd?

Up The Duff - sorry must be an Aussie slang for "pregnant" lol

[Plum3]

How you going Bec? x

I'm good thanks. Just a bit frustrated having to wait for AF. I know I should probably give myself time to heal physically and emotionally but I am so ready to start trying again. If I haven't got AF in 2-3 weeks I am going to take Primolut to induce it.

[Plum3]

PoP, arghh I hate swaying too. I can't wait til we can finally stop for good!

chitchat, welcome :) I would start the supps, they definitely won't hurt. And if you don't fall pregnant this cycle then you will have them on board for the next.

dloui, your temps look great still. Being flat means nothing, it just means you are having consistent temps. Why are you worried about them being flat? When are you testing?

[TTC5]

Bec go with what feels right for you xxxxxxxx

[dloui128]

I was going to test 10dpo which would be tomorrow but I feel like AF is coming soon so I think I'm just gonna wait until I'm at least a day late

[Princess of Pink]

I'm sorry dloui but we are going to have to kick you out of here....cause you are so knocked up!! :rofl:

I am officially giving up swaying for lent..... :rofl:

[dloui128]

I'm sorry dloui but we are going to have to kick you out of here....cause you are so knocked up!! :rofl:

I am officially giving up swaying for lent..... :rofl:


Love you for saying that PoP, but in all honesty I really do think AF is coming, I have bad cramps and bloating and hot flashes :sad:
Maybe the whole swaying thing is throwing me off, I normally don't take this long to get knocked up, I think maybe I should take a break in April and start again in May

[TTC5]

Don't lose hope! I was CERTAIN af was coming too as I had major cramping!

[chitchat123]

I have bought Brewers Yeast as hope that will help me, does anyone know how it works / what qualities / impact it is meant to have?
Thanks

[Cinss]

chitchat, i think it was me that told you to get the brewers yeast in your introduction thread. The reason is because it provides the body with a number of essential vitamins and minerals including zinc and vitamin B, which are really great for ttc not only for you but your partner too. It can cause gas if you take too much at the start, did you get tablets or powder?

[dloui128]

Don't lose hope! I was CERTAIN af was coming too as I had major cramping!

Thank you

[Cinss]

cycle day eight, wait wait wait !!!

[Plum3]

dloui, this is so your month! Test, girl!

[TTC5]

BY is very high in B Vitamins :)

[Princess of Pink]

I must be having a hormonal moment because I want to pack my bags and move to the TTC a Girl forum.....I have the overwhelming urge to go on a diet and drink my body weight in diet coke!!! Why can't I be swaying for a girl? It's not fair....I hate meat and love diet coke and carbs and that feeling you get when on a diet....I miss being hungry!!!! I feel fat and disgusting...I fantasise about dieting!! I am sick of V8 and I am finally over swallowing enough sups a day to 'vitaminize' a small asian country! I hate temping....I'm tired....woke up this morning an hour after my temp alarm with a thermometer sticking out of my vagina because I fell asleep after I put it in....Lucky it records the temp for the next time you turn it on!!

I work next to the local hospital and there is just a small ramp across to the maternity floor....maybe I could steal a boy baby in my lunch break and not have to bother swaying...at least I would get to pick a cute one and it would definitely have a penis!!

***whinge over***

[dloui128]

dloui, this is so your month! Test, girl!

I'm going to test tomorrow Bec, so I can put PoP out of her misery:rofl:

Still have cramps and backache, all the sure signs AF is coming, and they aren't cramps that come and go, I have them all friggin day long

[3Pink1Blue]

Chitchat - welcome! I had a successful sway after 3 girls, my little guy is almost 2 months old! What kind of boy diet have you been on? Read up on the high everything diet, I fully believe it's your best bet. GL and lots of blue dust!

Dloui - fwiw I had no symptoms and was positive af was on her way when I got my bfp! FX!

Awe ladies I know swaying is tough but stay at it. Maybe drop a sup or two or lighten up on your diet a touch. I'd hate for you to drop it all and regret it later. Fx for speedy bfp's!!

[hope.ful]

Hey ladies, I miscarried in January and we are finally ready to start ttc again. Seems like the last two months have taken forever to get here. I am back on the diet (much to my dismay, I was soooo glad to be done temping and eating chips and drinking green tea w/bak soda). So I am back. Hopefully we will have some BFP's this month! GL to all!

[chitchat123]

Hi. Thanks all for you advice. I have been eating lots of reat meat, crisps, chips, fruit etc but cutting back on dairy and wheat based items. This was more of an IG diet as I started reading info on there before I found this website. Is this OK for swaying blue or should I just be eating lots of everything? If I should instead be having high everything is there enough time for a change in diet to have an impact inc. 3 weeks or should I delay TTC? I read comments on protein and carbs at meals to keep blood sugar constant and that's great advice that makes sense.

Worried after TTC blue last time on Shettles and ended swaying pink that I want to do things differently this time to increase my chances, would love a blue / pink really but be great to try to sway blue if we can :-)

Re: BY I have got the tablet form, hope will work OK, do they sway blue to just improve chances in general TTC?

I am hoping to get my husband taking Zinc and BY - any advice if this is what's needed?

[dloui128]

Hey ladies, I miscarried in January and we are finally ready to start ttc again. Seems like the last two months have taken forever to get here. I am back on the diet (much to my dismay, I was soooo glad to be done temping and eating chips and drinking green tea w/bak soda). So I am back. Hopefully we will have some BFP's this month! GL to all!

I'm so sorry about your loss hopeful, good luck and hopefully you get a quick BFP:)
I am so ready to be off of this diet too :sigh: I will be testing tomorrow, but am pretty sure it is BFN since I have had cramps and bloating for the last couple of days. Another month of shoving food in my face

[TTC5]

Hey ladies, I miscarried in January and we are finally ready to start ttc again. Seems like the last two months have taken forever to get here. I am back on the diet (much to my dismay, I was soooo glad to be done temping and eating chips and drinking green tea w/bak soda). So I am back. Hopefully we will have some BFP's this month! GL to all!

Welcome back~!

[TTC5]

Hi. Thanks all for you advice. I have been eating lots of reat meat, crisps, chips, fruit etc but cutting back on dairy and wheat based items. This was more of an IG diet as I started reading info on there before I found this website. Is this OK for swaying blue or should I just be eating lots of everything? If I should instead be having high everything is there enough time for a change in diet to have an impact inc. 3 weeks or should I delay TTC? I read comments on protein and carbs at meals to keep blood sugar constant and that's great advice that makes sense.

Worried after TTC blue last time on Shettles and ended swaying pink that I want to do things differently this time to increase my chances, would love a blue / pink really but be great to try to sway blue if we can :-)

Re: BY I have got the tablet form, hope will work OK, do they sway blue to just improve chances in general TTC?

I am hoping to get my husband taking Zinc and BY - any advice if this is what's needed?

Definately sways blue :)

[Cinss]

POP - i don't know if you were trying to be funny, but that post made me crack up, i definatly know how you feel. Sorry if it was more on the serious side :S

Dloui - Can't wait to hear about your test tomorrow, goodluck.

Hopeful - Welcome back, best of luck for April !!!

Chitchat - High nutrients sways boy, that is why BY is recommended for us (tablets are great much easier than the powder). Your diet sounds fine so far, i think the main difference between the IG diet and the HE diet is on the HE calcium is alowed (full fat milk, cheese etc) It's great that your Hubby is on board with your sway, mine also takes Zinc.

[Cinss]

cycle day nine, no more wine :(

[Princess of Pink]

Is it tomorrow yet dloui??

[Plum3]

dloui, have you tested?! Every time I have gotten a bfp I have always been sure AF was on her way!

hope.ful, welcome back. I miscarried a few weeks ago so know exactly how you feel about starting the diet and supps again. I was so glad to be able to stop them and now, bam, back on them again.

chitchat, most of us on here eat the HE diet including full fat dairy. Get DH to take BY and Zinc too if he will.

PoP, oh my, you really had me giggling there. I have a visual of the thermometer now!

[Cinss]

Bec - are you close to O? Will you try this month?
POP - how far off are you from O?

[Plum3]

I have no idea when I will O, if it all. When I do O on my own it's usually late in a cycle. I'm supposed to wait until AF shows next and then my fertility specialist wants me to call him. But I'm going to take Primolut to induce AF otherwise who knows how long I will be waiting. I think he will let me do another Clomid cycle and then if that doesn't work, move onto injections. So I will wait another few weeks and then if there is no sign of O I am going to induce AF.

[Princess of Pink]

POP - how far off are you from O?

After last cycle I have no clue. I have noticed that my cervix is starting to move up and get softer...getting little bits of EWCM and the line is starting to fade in on the cheapie OPK's. I have my fingers crossed that I will have a normal cycle this time. I have tried to not obsess as much this cycle which has been easy because I am SO busy and stressed at work (good for the old testosterone) so other than my temp I am not charting like a mad woman this cycle. I have also cut out the ural and the diet has become a habit now so I'm not stressing that I am eating the right things. I think it's having a positive effect on my cycle. We leave for camping in the wilderness for a week and a half, tomorrow morning and I will O either late this week, on the weekend or early next week. So fingers crossed I come home with a bun in the oven!!

I will be charting on FF and will try and sync it with my phone if we come into town to buy supplies so if your interested just check my link below and see whats happening.

Just want to wish you all the best of luck with your attempts...I hope the easter bunny brings you all fertilised eggs!!!

[Plum3]

Have a great time PoP! Will definitely be checking your chart out to see what you're up to ;)

[dloui128]

PoP you were right and I was so wrong :)

[Plum3]

Dloui!! Congrats! We all knew it :) Yay!

[dloui128]

Thanks Bec
I really didn't think I was in all honesty, I guess leaving the BSF out this time worked :)

[Princess of Pink]

I so told you so!!! Congrats honxxxx

[auroara78]

Grats Dloui!! May there be a strong blue beanie growing for you!!

3 Blue 1 pink: Love your new avatar pix!! Charlie is sooooo cute!!! It almost makes me want another blue bundle hehe (which I may get anyway....)

[Kris217]

Congratulations!!!!

[Hobbermittens]

Congrats Dloui!

[Hobbermittens]

Just want to wish you all the best of luck with your attempts...I hope the easter bunny brings you all fertilised eggs!!!

This made me laugh!

But I hope it is true for all you ladies waiting for a BFP!!

[dloui128]

I so told you so!!! Congrats honxxxx

Now its your turn so hurry up so we can be knocked up together :) I have officially started stalking your chart

[chitchat123]

Hi. Thanks all for your help whilst I am just starting out on this site. I have been doing the diet for 2+ months now including Green Tea, Folic Acid and EPO + Vit E with other diet changes. I realise now I need to add Brewers Yeast - I have started taking this today but does it allow enough time to havee an impact if I want to try this coming month - AF not yet arrived so 2-3 weeks until TTC next slot?

I notice a new posting in the thread that suggests BSF does not help concieve i.e. easier without - what's the general opinion on Baking soda drink / douche / BSF?

Thanks!

Best of luck to all and great to see when people have a + result, hope you all get a really good chance at getting what you are after :-) i.e. lots of blue....

[Hobbermittens]

Hi. Thanks all for your help whilst I am just starting out on this site. I have been doing the diet for 2+ months now including Green Tea, Folic Acid and EPO + Vit E with other diet changes. I realise now I need to add Brewers Yeast - I have started taking this today but does it allow enough time to havee an impact if I want to try this coming month - AF not yet arrived so 2-3 weeks until TTC next slot?

I notice a new posting in the thread that suggests BSF does not help concieve i.e. easier without - what's the general opinion on Baking soda drink / douche / BSF?

Thanks!

Best of luck to all and great to see when people have a + result, hope you all get a really good chance at getting what you are after :-) i.e. lots of blue....

I think the yeast can help, can't hurt, so keep taking it. As far as the BS, I did both the drink and the BSF and it didn't keep me from getting a BFP. I know a lot of other ladies have dropped it, though.

[dloui128]

Hi. Thanks all for your help whilst I am just starting out on this site. I have been doing the diet for 2+ months now including Green Tea, Folic Acid and EPO + Vit E with other diet changes. I realise now I need to add Brewers Yeast - I have started taking this today but does it allow enough time to havee an impact if I want to try this coming month - AF not yet arrived so 2-3 weeks until TTC next slot?

I notice a new posting in the thread that suggests BSF does not help concieve i.e. easier without - what's the general opinion on Baking soda drink / douche / BSF?

Thanks!

Best of luck to all and great to see when people have a + result, hope you all get a really good chance at getting what you are after :-) i.e. lots of blue....

I was swaying for 4 months and used the BSF each time until this last attempt. I wasn't crazy about the way it felt and I wassn't getting pregnant, so this last try I didn't do it and just got my BFP today. I think its personal preference though, if you want to try it go for it if not then don't.

[Cinss]

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[Cinss]

chitchat - yes i think you will be fine ttc as soon as you are ready, 2 months on the diet is fantastic, and the BY is just going to give you that extra little edge. I have never done the BSF and i am ttc for the 5th time this month, it is really up to you if you want to do it, if you are hardcore swayer go for it, and i belive that the drink only changes the ph of your urine.

POP - i will be stalking your chart when you go camping, awww you gonna make a little bush baby ;)

[Cinss]

cycle day ten, charting again.

[dloui128]

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Thank you Cinss!

[Foxy]

Congrats Dloui! :pregnant:

[Flava]

Hey girl how is everyone?
congrats to dloui and welcome to CC!

Hope everyone get a bfp soon!
I have some spotting so well see what happens...

[Flava]

Oh yeah on the BS it's crap just drop it!

[Cinss]

cycle day eleven, at least it's not seven

[TTC5]

Hope the spotting is nothing am sure it will be ok Flava xxx

[Plum3]

Hey Flava, hopefully the spotting has stopped?

All is well with me, just waiting (impatiently) for AF!

[Flava]

No spotting today. I don't know what was it.

[dloui128]

Flava-I am glad the spotting has stopped for you

Bec-are you trying this cycle after AF comes? Hopefully you don't have to wait to much longer :happy:

[chitchat123]

Hi all. Hope we all get some good attempts in this month. Quick question on PH levels. After doing the diet for 2mths + etc my vaginal PH is still only c. 4.4 - what can I do to make it more Alkaline??

Thank you!

Happy Easter

[dloui128]

Hi all. Hope we all get some good attempts in this month. Quick question on PH levels. After doing the diet for 2mths + etc my vaginal PH is still only c. 4.4 - what can I do to make it more Alkaline??

Thank you!

Happy Easter

I'm not an expert at raising PH since I never tested mine, but I believe the BSF will raise your PH. I relied on my own EWCM and preseed during my attempts and since preseed I believe has a ph of 7 then I am guessing my CM was around a 7 during attempts

[Hobbermittens]

Drinking URAL, or Alka Seltzer Gold (which ever is available where you live) is supposed to help with pH. I drank ASG 2x a day and BSD 1x a day and ACV drink 1-2 x a day all month long for months on end, and my pH was only at about a 7 when we conceived. I donlt know how people get their pH any higher than that. I just couldn't!

[TTC5]

Yeah Ph is over rated IMO. Much better to focus on nutrition I say :)

[Cinss]

Chitchat - Your PH will go up higher than that naturally when you are in your fertile window. If you really want it up much higher, you could mix some BS with preseed and insert it 30 mins before your attempt.

[skrimpy]

Hi ladies, just catching up with all of the action!

Sorry I have been missing... DH and I went to look at a house and really fell in love with it. It's bank-owned but in great condition. We put in an offer but our agent has told us there are multiple offers in. I'm sure ours is not highest, but our agent says we may have a chance because we have a large down payment that other buyers may not. Please keep it in your prayers for us, ladies, the house is perfect and it's on a nice plot of land which has long been our dream to have!

Also, DH has said maybe a September baby next year would be nice, which means TTC a little earlier than I thought we would :D. Getting moved into a new house will also make that much more likely to happen.

Honor is doing great, here's a recent pic. After all the GD in my pregnancy, she is truly the light of my day, every day! I could not be more blessed, even with all her grumpiness! Her smiles melt everything away!

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[TTC5]

oh my goodness what a beautiful lil girl Honor is!!!!

[Hobbermittens]

Aww, Honor is so cute! FX you get your dream house. :)

[Kris217]

Aww so sweet Skrimpy, I can see why she brings so much love and joy to your life!

[Cinss]

cycle day twelve, opk's off the shelve.

[TTC5]

FX Cinss when do you expect to ovulate?

[Cinss]

FX Cinss when do you expect to ovulate?

Thanks 5, in aproximatly 6 days and counting :)

[TTC5]

Whats your plan for this cycle? :)

[Cinss]

Whats your plan for this cycle? :)

I actually don't have a plan anymore, my plan for the past 4 months have failed. I am kind of taking a leaf out of your book and almost giving up on swaying. We had so many bills etc lately that i have basically run out of supps except for folic acid, vit D and fish oil :( DP and i have been stressed and fighting more than normal, so our every second day BD routine has gone out the window :( And on top of that when i am stressed i don't eat, so guess what i haven't been doing? Oh well i have come to terms with my sway failing, i was actually swaying boy for DP because he has 3 daughters and i only have 1, so i would actually love another daughter, but right now i would just love to be pg, but if the fighting continues that just isn't going to happen this time either :(

[TTC5]

Sometimes throwing it all out the windows can do wonders ;)

[ELP]

Sorry your having a rough time of it atm Cinss, we've got dire finance problems atm aswell, mortgage company 48hrs away from starting reposession but luckily we are due a healthy cheque in the next few days so we can clear half of our arrears with them so securing the house again, its just mainly been bad money management on my part, I wrote it all down and cancelled everything we didn't need, swapped suppliers, rang the banks who were actually really helpful?!! It drags the house down when moneys bad doesn't it:hugs:

[ELP]

Skrimpy, Honor is gooorgeous:HH: And I hope you get the house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ELP]

Just a quick hello to chitchat and dloui, we haven't 'met' I don't think yet:) And Dloui, congrats on your bfp!!!!!!!!!!!! I may be sneaking back onto this thread officialy in about 6 months time but I have to convert the loft first! its a promise I made to the kids, no more babies until I have somewhere to put them lol!!!!!!!!!

[Hobbermittens]

Cinss, I hope things get better for you and your DP. Stress is awful during swaying--my DH and I rarely fight (we bicker often, but no yelling or being hurtful) and we had 2 really huge FIGHTS during the months we were swaying. We haven't had a fight since we had our BFP.

ELP, I totally understand the money issues! We are there too. DH is finally getting work again, so hpefully things will get better for both of us!

[chitchat123]

ELP, thanks for the welcome, hello too. Did you sway for your latest boy? I'm hoping to sway blue over the next few months :-)

[TTC5]

ELP I hope things improve for you guys x

[Flava]

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[Plum3]

Hey everyone. Hope you all had a Happy Easter :)

chitchat, when I first started the diet and supps I bought a ph tester and was so paranoid about trying to get my pH up. Now, I couldn't care less and I don't think it matters at all. Preseed should bring it up to a 7 anyway so I would just try that.

Skrimpy, what a gorgeous little girl you have there! Fingers crossed you get the house. I was actually thinking about you the other day. I've been doing tupplers (made me think of you!) and thought I would recheck your blog and see how you're doing. Are you still wearing the support belt? I'm going to get my butt into gear and buy the belt and book as the exercises themselves aren't doing much.

Cinss, sorry to hear things are so tough for you right now. I am in total agreeance with the swaying stuff. I feel bad for DH because he still thinks I am doing the diet hard core. I am so over it at the moment. I just want a baby.

ELP, hopefully things get better for you guys soon too! And you might be back here again soon?!

I've been having a lot of cramps the last few days, not sure what's going on there. Still getting strong + hpts. Only time in my life I want to see negatives! (oh apart from when I'm testing out the hcg trigger).

[TTC5]

What is causing the + tests Bec? Have you been having your bloods taken too?

girlmom - how are you and bub?

ASF coming up to 16 weeks this week. It is going fast!

[Plum3]

I still have hcg in my system. I have read it can take weeks to go back to down to 0. I haven't had any bloods done as my OB didn't want us to start TTC til I had my checkup with him, which is in 3 weeks. Guess I will have to wait, very impatiently!

16 weeks already!!

[TTC5]

Ah I see xx

[LolaInLove]

Hey everyone,

Skrimpy, Honor is a doll! Will be KFX you get the house!!! And exciting that you may be ttc earlier than you planned!

ELP, so sorry for the money stresses.....I think a ton of us have been there or are there now.....just take it one day at a time and get things resolved the best you can, and thank goodness for the money you know is coming in, right? Hope David and kids are all well! xoxo

Cinss, I think that there may be certain things you can see fit to drop if you are not conceiving. I'm not sure what your current plan is (and if you want to lay it out, I can tell you what I'd drop), but I wouldn't start getting concerned just yet.....another few months and I would maybe get an appt with your doctor to just check things out. Did you conceive your others easily? And by the way, SO not meaning to freak you out....sometimes it just takes time to get pg....I know tons of friends who took up to a year and it just was that way.

Kris, your profile photo is so cute!!! I love the red theme! She is adorable!

Stinks that you have to wait that long to ttc, Bec.....wonder why your body is still so full of hcg? I guess it hasn't been that long. I'm sorry, honey. I know waiting is hard especially when you want to jump back on it right away.

Chitchat, my opinion is that the baking soda is not necessary. The whole purpose is to raise your ph, which has been dis-proven as something that sways. When you drink it, it is supposed to change your ph from the inside out, which affects your cm ph more, and the finger is to give your vag a little ph boost when dtd. Thing is, ph doesn't sway, so it's not really worth it. IF you really want to try it and are hard-core like someone else mentioned, you can, but it does burn your cooch a little and it really isn't that good for you. Baking soda is not meant for humans to consume large amounts of. There have been lots of boy moms here who tested ph like crazy and theirs was low....it just isn't consistent enough evidence to really matter. Both sperm thrive in a 7-ish ph, but can do just fine in lower ph. Personally, I think it can kill the sperm when you put it up the vag with the finger sometimes, which is no good.

POP, how are you doing?

Flava, I bet you just had one of those fluke little bleeds that is no big deal, thank goodness!!!!!

[Cinss]

Cinss, I think that there may be certain things you can see fit to drop if you are not conceiving. I'm not sure what your current plan is (and if you want to lay it out, I can tell you what I'd drop), but I wouldn't start getting concerned just yet.....another few months and I would maybe get an appt with your doctor to just check things out. Did you conceive your others easily? And by the way, SO not meaning to freak you out....sometimes it just takes time to get pg....I know tons of friends who took up to a year and it just was that way.


I haven't wanted to drop anything really you can see what i have been doing on my blog, the things i have dropped from there are EPO and Ural, i just have run out of most of my supps and can't afford to restock if you know what i mean, so for this month i am only taking fish oil, folic acid, vit D. Eating eggs for breakfast, bananas and red meat, i know my sway has fallen off the wagon, and i am ok with it. The first time i fell pg 1st month trying i didn't even have 1 period after coming off the pill, that ended in a m/c unfortunatly, then the next time i fell pg first month trying, so i guess i just thought it would work out the same way, but i know it can take much longer.

[dloui128]

I haven't wanted to drop anything really you can see what i have been doing on my blog, the things i have dropped from there are EPO and Ural, i just have run out of most of my supps and can't afford to restock if you know what i mean, so for this month i am only taking fish oil, folic acid, vit D. Eating eggs for breakfast, bananas and red meat, i know my sway has fallen off the wagon, and i am ok with it. The first time i fell pg 1st month trying i didn't even have 1 period after coming off the pill, that ended in a m/c unfortunatly, then the next time i fell pg first month trying, so i guess i just thought it would work out the same way, but i know it can take much longer.


I hope this is your lucky month Cinss!!:)

[Princess of Pink]

Still camping and only have signal cause we drove to get supplies. Still no O but got some EWCM today so hopefully soon. Cycles are getting looooong!!

[Cinss]

Hi POP i was wondering how you were going. Goodluck for the bush baby :)

[dloui128]

PoP I miss you!

[Plum3]

Lola, I think it is normal for there still to be some hcg left. If I have to wait, then I have to wait, not much I can do about it. How are you doing?

Cinns, like Lola said, you could always see a doctor just to make sure everything is ok?

PoP, hopefully you O soon :) Hope you are having a nice time.

Dloui, how are you going? Have you had any bloods done yet?

[TTC5]

GL Pop!

[Flava]

Lola- thanks.I have spotting again today same pink like last time. No clue what is this well see.

[TTC5]

Wow 8 weeks already Flava! x

[Flava]

Wow 8 weeks already Flava! x
Oh Im 8 weeks? lol How about the m/s just magically disappear today?? dreams dreams

[dloui128]

Dloui, how are you going? Have you had any bloods done yet?

I'm doing pretty good, I get blood done in two weeks and I have my first Dr appt on May 8th

[LolaInLove]

I haven't wanted to drop anything really you can see what i have been doing on my blog, the things i have dropped from there are EPO and Ural, i just have run out of most of my supps and can't afford to restock if you know what i mean, so for this month i am only taking fish oil, folic acid, vit D. Eating eggs for breakfast, bananas and red meat, i know my sway has fallen off the wagon, and i am ok with it. The first time i fell pg 1st month trying i didn't even have 1 period after coming off the pill, that ended in a m/c unfortunatly, then the next time i fell pg first month trying, so i guess i just thought it would work out the same way, but i know it can take much longer.

Oh, I'll check out your blog....I am bad about reading those! Well, I really think that what you are doing is still good, and you aren't taking anything crazy or too much of it. Trust me, I know how it feels to think it will happen easily. I got pg without even ttc with the girls, and then 2 years of nothing now except a couple m/c. I think it's a good idea to relax a bit and see what happens, and then maybe think about the doctor in another few months. So not trying to freak you out, just think the doc can give you some peace of mind and reassure you that it can take a while sometimes.

[Plum3]

Flava, hope the spotting and MS settle down. And 8 weeks! Time flies.

[LolaInLove]

Bec, nothing like having to wait! Sorry, hun. I never tested mine after the 10wk m/c, but we waited 3 months to ttc again, so I bet it was gone by then. Well, obviously it was since I've had nothing but bfns since then. :sigh: Are you going back on Clomid and all in a couple months? I'm good, just waiting for DH's appt with the urologist on the 20th and we'll see what our options are for the natural ttc for now. I am hoping he gives him some man Clomid and that helps the count. I'm a little worried what that will cost since he'd have to take 1 a day all month, and I remember mine was $30 for just 5 pills, but eh, I guess we'll cross that bridge after the appt.

Flava, I'm sorry you still have it.....have you gone to the doc? Not to be Little Miss Go-To-the-Doctor today, but maybe they could do an u/s and just give you some peace of mind too?

Feeling pg yet, Dloui?

Have fun on vaca, POP! Come back knocked up, please!

[dloui128]

I feel really bloated, someone told me that with every pregnancy you have you show faster, is that true? I feel like I already have a little pot belly.

I hope the urologist gives you good news Lola :)

Flava I hope the MS calms down for you, I really hope I don't get it

[Flava]

lola- I don't have a doc to go anyway Im with a birth center and midwife. They will send me on 2 u/s at 12 weeks and 18 or 20 Im not sure.
yeah still have damn m/s hating it...

Oh I see your DH going to the doc .So they can give him something like clomid? I did not know that. hopefully it will work!

[LolaInLove]

Dloui, that is so true. I felt like I looked pg about 10 minutes after I took the hpt last time around (m/c #2). Just go with it and let people give you seats on the bus and free cookies at the grocery store longer, kwim?

Thanks, I hope he does, too! I know my DH will be intimidated when he meets the guy because he is not much older than my DH and is pretty hot. LOL

[LolaInLove]

lola- I don't have a doc to go anyway Im with a birth center and midwife. They will send me on 2 u/s at 12 weeks and 18 or 20 Im not sure.
yeah still have damn m/s hating it...

Oh, that's right. I'd love to do the mw/birthcenter thing myself! Well, it's good you are still sick, I always think that is a sign of a good strong pregnancy. Otherwise, it totally sucks. Have you found anything that eases it up?

[Flava]

dloui-you just feel like you have a pot belly? That's good I do have a BIG one because of the damn diet :mad:
Im sure everyone is tired reading about how I hate to be fat but what can i do this is so not me. I feel like someone else!

[Flava]

Oh, that's right. I'd love to do the mw/birthcenter thing myself! Well, it's good you are still sick, I always think that is a sign of a good strong pregnancy. Otherwise, it totally sucks. Have you found anything that eases it up?
Ehh no and the midwife is telling me to use sea-band and stupid things like that. Nothing like this ever help me. Im sure she really don't have any idea about real m/s or she would give me some damn mads!
Anyway Im only going with the birth center because I don't have a choice! I switched to the last time so I don't have to have a c/s and same reason I go there again.
For me nothing is good about labor pain I loved the epidural with DD2 !

[LolaInLove]

Did you have both DD3 and 4 naturally then? I am scared of it, but want to try it some day. I'm scared of the pain when they come out, that ring of fire thing.

Not surprised your mw is giving you only natural stuff! The sea bands worked alright for me. I just had to take a nap everyday and eat little bits here and there and I ate a lot of ginger candies and such. I never took the drugs either, but should have with #1 because I lost 15lbs by 14wks and wanted to just be put out of my misery. My doc was trying to tell me then that I had to gain a pound a week or I'd go in the hospital, and I was like WHERE IS THE PHENERGREN, B!t&H? Your mw probably doesn't know what it's like, you are so right. Hope it eases up for you soon, though. And don't feel bad about whining about the pot belly, I am still 40lbs up and feel like a gross beluga whale.

[dloui128]

dloui-you just feel like you have a pot belly? That's good I do have a BIG one because of the damn diet :mad:
Im sure everyone is tired reading about how I hate to be fat but what can i do this is so not me. I feel like someone else!

Yeah its a pot belly now at 4 weeks, I hate to see how big it will get in another 4! Just think after the baby is born you can do hard core diet again and get back to your normal self, I'm sure you can do it:)

[Flava]

lola- I had #1 natural and never wanted more kids ....so DD2 came 6 years later with epidural that was great I just watched tv and waited.
DD3 was a c/s and of course in lovely US they wanted DD4 to be a c/s too for no reason at all just because I had one already.
So i went to have a home birth because after a c/s you can't have a birth in a birth center but you can have at home with them. (so stupid huh?)
Yeah it hurts but this was the first time I did not need a cut not even a tear on me and was my biggest baby!
No one is yelling at you counting in you ears or telling you to hurry up ect. so it's good.

I would take meds for the m/s but i don't have any!:mad:

[Flava]

Yeah its a pot belly now at 4 weeks, I hate to see how big it will get in another 4! Just think after the baby is born you can do hard core diet again and get back to your normal self, I'm sure you can do it:)

yeah well i only loose weight after BF!!!!!!!!!! hate hate...Im so going on HCG diet this time!

[3Pink1Blue]

hope.ful - so glad to see you back and ready to go again!

Chitchat - Go ahead and eat the wheat and dairy, the more nutrients the better. Diet is much more important then pH. I spent 6 months trying to change my pH, never got it higher then 5.5 and still got my guy.

Dloui - congrats and yes you'll show earlier and be bigger with each baby.

Auroara - awe thanks, that is his 6wk pic :)

Skrimpy - such a cute little bunny! FX you get your dream house!

Cinss - I had gotten so fed up with it all I was down to diet and fish oil (it gave me tons of ewcm) when I conceived. My perfect timing was purely by chance. It's so frustrating trying to get everything "perfect" because it may never be.

ELP - in six months?! We'll have to call you TLP! FX you can get the finances all straightened out.

Lola - hi hun, how are you? Oh you should definitely try for natural and funny as it sounds the ring of fire is very reassuring. Once it starts to burn you know it's almost over so deep breath, push with all your might and head is out. Body doesn't hurt at all after the huge melon comes through lol

Flava - sorry about the m/s, try changing your prenatal and add 50mg b6 3x a day. Also peppermint candy or lemon candy can really help and if you can find them preggie pops or preggie drops work wonders. fx it passes soon :)

Still a gut here too and extra flabby, the postpartum weight loss is going so slow and for extra fun I think I'm getting my period back! I starting spotting yesterday and have a light flow today, I'm not sure how that's possible with Charlie nursing every hour! With my girls I had a full 9 month break and was hoping for a repeat. On the plus side I got my IUD so I'm officially impregnable and enjoying my last baby to the fullest :) Hope everyone had a great Easter, here's a few pics of my cuties.

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[dloui128]

3P1B-Your children are beautiful!

[Flava]

3pink-I love the pics all the same dresses are so cute I wish i did something like that!

Lola- you know what I did not have the ring of fire last time :suprise:

[3Pink1Blue]

dloui - Thanks!

Flava - Thanks! My mom made the dresses, Charlie's shirt too :)

[Plum3]

Lola, yep I will go back on Clomid. I have some at home and have another script for it so I was going to try and do a sneaky unmonitored cycle. But seeing as I still have hcg in my system doesn't look like that will be happening. I didn't know there was such thing as man Clomid. What is it?

[Hobbermittens]

3P1B! Those pictures are adorable! The look on Charlie's face in that one of him by himself.... that is about the most precious thing I have ever seen!!

[Plum3]

dloui, I felt so bloated with this last pregnancy too. But I also put on some tummy weight because of this darn boy diet.

3P! Charlie is beautiful! As are your girls. Such cute kids :)

Ahhh you girls talking about the ring of fire brings back memories. I had it bad the first time but not so much with DD2. I just felt like my bum was going tear open!

[dloui128]

dloui, I felt so bloated with this last pregnancy too. But I also put on some tummy weight because of this darn boy diet.

Yes the diet definitely doesn't help and neither does the fact that I'm still having a hard time going to the bathroom :(

[Kris217]

Oh wow look at your beautiful girls and omg little Charlie is adorable and getting so big!!!

[LolaInLove]

lola- I had #1 natural and never wanted more kids ....so DD2 came 6 years later with epidural that was great I just watched tv and waited.
DD3 was a c/s and of course in lovely US they wanted DD4 to be a c/s too for no reason at all just because I had one already.
So i went to have a home birth because after a c/s you can't have a birth in a birth center but you can have at home with them. (so stupid huh?)
Yeah it hurts but this was the first time I did not need a cut not even a tear on me and was my biggest baby!
No one is yelling at you counting in you ears or telling you to hurry up ect. so it's good.

I would take meds for the m/s but i don't have any!:mad:

You can???? I thought that you couldn't "legally" have a baby anywhere but a hospital after sections. I am gonna try a HB if I ever get pg if that is the case!

And once you are done BF this one, I will give you the diet that I am about to embark on so you can lose it all and be fabulous looking! I am working on one right now that won't be unhealthy because I don't want to mess up my eggs at all, but I need something that will work a little faster than losing a pound a week.

[LolaInLove]

Lola, yep I will go back on Clomid. I have some at home and have another script for it so I was going to try and do a sneaky unmonitored cycle. But seeing as I still have hcg in my system doesn't look like that will be happening. I didn't know there was such thing as man Clomid. What is it?

LOL, sneaky!!! Well, you could do that once your system is clear again, I suppose. No harm in that, you know your body can tolerate it. Urologists give men with low count a 25mg clomid daily for as long as they deem necessary and it is supposed to do something hormonally, obviously, that increases sperm count drastically. If there is no blockage or physical reason why the sperm aren't coming out, the Clomid usually does help. So FX about that!

[LolaInLove]

See, the bum tearing open is exactly what I felt was about to happen with #2 and I just flipped out. I was already at 8-9cm and definitely in transition labor- if not past it- and was already feeling my knees weaken and some grunting and bearing down happening. This was during the era of the ex-hub who was about as supportive as having Hitler in your delivery room, and he kept yelling at me to get up and get off the "dirty floor" and quit yelling and the like (lovely, I know), so I just had pretty much had it with everything. But you guys have me convinced now that I will give it a shot. I would REALLY love to try a homebirth (or birth center)....and Flava has me all checking out the laws in our state. Last time I was pg, DoulaMama helped me find a lady who would come down from the adjacent state because I don't think you can legally here for some reason. But yea, I have fantasies about this glorious natural birth, and call me crazy....but I kinda toy with the idea of having my girls there also. I think it would make me control myself verbally and be calmer, which I know calmness helped things along in my last labor, and they are so mature from our life situation that I bet they could handle it. They've seen it on tv shows a bunch and don't flinch. Only worry would be if something went wrong, in which case I guess grandma could take them out and keep them while we went off to the hospital.

OH LOOK AT ME, talking about birthing already. I think the IVF back-up plan has me very optimistic!

[3Pink1Blue]

Hobber - thanks, DH got him to give that cute little smirk :)

Bec - thanks!

Kris - thanks, he's 2 months already I can hardly believe how fast it's going. Love your profile pic, such a sweetie!

Lola - omg I love your excitement! FX man clomid increases those swimmers!

[Cinss]

I never felt the ring of fire, i had to have an episiotomy when DD was born because her heart stopped when she crowned, i hope i don't have to have that again, it was so terrible, and then when i had to do number 2 for the first time after the birth i was terrified of busting open on the toilet, i had to sit on a pool ring thing for 2 weeks after, my gosh it was so bad. I am worried now because i have a scar down there, next time i give birth it will just rip open because it is a weak point :(

[TTC5]

I only felt the ring of fire with DD3 but she was a shoulder dystocia birth.

[TTC5]

Beautiful pics 3p1b!

[TTC5]

Oh ladies, felt my first kick too the other day. Very gentle little kick it was :D

[dloui128]

I never felt the ring of fire, i had to have an episiotomy when DD was born because her heart stopped when she crowned, i hope i don't have to have that again, it was so terrible, and then when i had to do number 2 for the first time after the birth i was terrified of busting open on the toilet, i had to sit on a pool ring thing for 2 weeks after, my gosh it was so bad. I am worried now because i have a scar down there, next time i give birth it will just rip open because it is a weak point :(

I had an episiotomy with DD1 and it was awful I couldn't sit for weeks she was 8lbs 5ounces. With DD2 I didn't need to be cut and I didn't even rip and she weighed the same, so maybe it won't be that bad the second time around for you

[Cinss]

I had an episiotomy with DD1 and it was awful I couldn't sit for weeks she was 8lbs 5ounces. With DD2 I didn't need to be cut and I didn't even rip and she weighed the same, so maybe it won't be that bad the second time around for you

Thanks dloui, that makes me feel less scared about it.

[TTC5]

Cinss - I had a complete tear with my first she was 10pd though and with my others did not tear at all :)

[3Pink1Blue]

5 - thanks hun, yay for little kicks!!

Geeze ladies I guess I've been lucky. Only slight tearing and a few stitches with #1 and #4, nothing with the other two.

[Plum3]

Lola, well there you go, I didn't know men could take Clomid as well. I'll keep my fingers crossed that your DH can take it. Far out, your DH sounds like an a%$. I can't believe how un-supportive he was during your labour. I would kill my DH if he treated me like that. Actually my DH was asleep in bed for most of my second later. I finally decided to wake him up to go to the hospital, just in time because I had my DD2 30 minutes after getting there.

Cinss, ouch! I am terrified of episitomys. I have seen a few of them done IRL and omg! I had stitches with my first and then no tears or anything with DD2 so hopefully like dloui and 5 said, it will be ok for your next birth. Checked out your O chart, do you feel it's getting closer?

5, yay for kicks!! Any more?

DH have our monthly date night on the weekend. We're going to a comedy and show and dinner :)

[Cinss]

Bec, i got another - opk today, i am expecting a + in the next day or 2, so i should probably be ovulating Saturday or Sunday. Cervix is getting quite open, so fingers crossed an egg pops out. We will be DTD every night from now.

Date night is such a good idea, i really must mention that to my DP :)

[Plum3]

Oh, Lola, I meant to say your EX DH when I was referring to your labour. Oops, sorry!

Cinss, getting very close then :) Yep date night is great, we look forward to it.

[Flava]

Lola- you just have to tell me that diet for sure! More then 1 pound a week what are you doing? Sounds good.

[3Pink1Blue]

Ooh Cinss, sounds like O is close!!

[dloui128]

So I read somewhere that you get morning sickness bad when you are pregnant with a boy, is that true?

[Hobbermittens]

So I read somewhere that you get morning sickness bad when you are pregnant with a boy, is that true?

I had it horrible with my DS as well as DD2, so I think that is an OWT.

[dloui128]

I had it horrible with my DS as well as DD2, so I think that is an OWT.

that is good to know thanks Hobber

[3Pink1Blue]

I had it the worst with dd1 had none with dd3 and just a touch with ds. Based on me and my close friends ms means nothing.

[LolaInLove]

LOL Bec, I knew what you meant!!! Yea, he was terrible. I left him when the girls were just 2 and 4 1/2....left a life of luxury and not working and having a giant house, etc, but that stuff means nothing when you are with someone who treats you like crap. Part of the reason I left is so my girls wouldn't have to live with him full time either....they go over every other weekend (and hate it), but that's better than 100% of the time. They have a real daddy with my current DH though, who thankfully gets to spend way more time with them and will be the male influence in their lives, for the most part. But yea, my ex was AWFUL in both births. I sometimes have a hard time looking back on those experiences and not feeling like they kinda sucked for that reason, but the longer I'm away, the more the fading and blocking out of old crap happens.

TTC5, I am so excited for your scan!!! I really, REALLY think it's a boy. All those guessers are never wrong when they are unanimous! And arggggg, a complete tear? Is that like from stem to stern??? POOR LADY!

Well, for those of you who are soon to birth, check this out re: not tearing----- my doula with DD2 had my ex (and the only reason he agreed to do this is because he wanted my coocooer to be intact after birth) "stretch" me with some pure vitamin e oil every day from like 35 weeks on. I did not have a single thing down there, and I truly believe the stretching was why. He had to put his fingers in like he was pulling a rubber band open and hold it for 5 minutes at the point when I said stop and it felt like it was at its limit. It was kinda awful but I kept my eye on the prize and am glad I did.

I just can't imagine feeling a big tear when you are going naturally.....HOLY VAG-RIPS, Batman!!!

Cinss, hope this weekend is the big one for you!!!! Go eggs!!!

Flava, I am about to start this diet and am pretty excited. I actually have been modifying towards it for the last few days already, just to ease in, and my pants are baggy-ish today, no kidding! It's basically a diet where you just eat enough protein for your body and some veggies, a ton of water, and fish oil and a multivitamin each day....you cut out everything "unnecessary" and your body begins digging into your fat stores for energy without depleting your muscle (because of the protein intake). You do it for 4 weeks with a few days off here and there......I can pm you more about it after I learn more. You've got a while before you can do it, of course....I can send you the info someday. I am excited about it, and not shying away from a swimsuit this summer, too.

[Hobbermittens]

Lola, is that diet kind of like the Atkins (or "fatkins" as I like to call it)? As you remember I had great success with that. I will be doing it again after the baby is born so I can lose all this chub!

[3Pink1Blue]

Lola - this sounds like you're sending your body into ketosis which is great for rapid weight loss but it's also very hard on your kidneys. Make sure you go a few weeks or more between each stretch and that the first day off you carb load with fruits and veg to replace the vitamins and minerals lost.

Also ladies this type of diet can really hurt your milk supply if nursing and change the taste of the milk causing the baby to reject the breast in some cases. Not to mention make you lethargic which is the last thing you want with a newborn.

I'm back to paleo/primal. Lots of meat, fat and veg but keeping between 50-100 carbs/day. I'm steadily losing, have a solid milk supply and plenty of energy to deal with 4 kids.

[Kris217]

The research actually shows MS is worse when you're having a girl. I had terrible MS and was doing lots of research looking for cures and I came across a study of women who were admitted to hospital with it. They followed up with the mums after the births and the majority had female babies. It was true in my case, I ended up in hospital and I had a girl. Was sick from the time the embryo attached, at that stage I didn't know I was pregnant but I sure was sick!

[Princess of Pink]

Ok back from camping now and still no O but it's coming. Holy LONG cycle!! Have a soooo much EWCM yesterday and today that is not funny. Never had this much before! Line is almost as dark as the control but still no smiley face yet. I would say I will get my + tomorrow and O either sat or sun. We might be due the same day Cinss!!!

[Plum3]

Lola, it's such shame that you can't look back on the births of your daughters with a smile on your face. I'm sure they were two of the best days of your life but it would be nice if they had of been 'perfect'. Hope you know what I mean and I'm making sense. Here's to the next birth and it being 100 times better :)

Welcome back PoP, did you all have a great time? You and Cinss are so close now. I'm jealous!

[dloui128]

Yay PoP you're back! How was your trip?

[Flava]

Lola- i don't even know if I can ever put on a swimsuit again!

3pink-your diet sound good to I suck in counting carbs no idea how...would be nice just one to loose weight and keep up the milk!

[auroara78]

PoP, that sounds really promising!! You'll have to do some good BD'ing then with all that going on!!

3Pink1Blue...omg those pictures were amazing...your girls are so beatuiful and Charlie is soo handsome! Gorgeous, gorgeous family....love the pics!!

ELP< when u go at it again in a few months TTC'ing, are you going to sway boy again to give Dave a younger brother?

If I hear boy in 10 days, I'm definitely offically completely joining this group..rofl

[Princess of Pink]

Camping was great, the girls had a fantastic time "getting back to nature" with bathing in a rocky ****** and cooking on a camp fire. Lol. We saw so many animals it was amazing! Goannas slowly walking past our tent all day long stealing bits of food the girls dropped and of a night the possums kept sneaking up and stealing food right off out table if you didn't watching it. Not to mention bandicoots stealing anything edible when your back was turned in the dark.
So the baby dancing begins... Lookie at what I just got...
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[Hobbermittens]

Go for it POP!!

[dloui128]

Gotta love those smiley faces!! Get your groove on

[Cinss]

Welcome back POP :) Wow we really are close now :) I may have stuffed up my chart, i totally forgot to do an OPK on cd15, i really hope i didn't miss the surge, but that would have been early for me so i will do another one later today to see what is going on, i have had a hso cervix and a little bit of ewcm, we have been DTD every night using lots of preseed. Best of luck with your attempt this time, the fresh air would have done you wonders and you must be totally stress free :)

[Princess of Pink]

Ok attempt #1 is done....plenty of preseed along with the good amount of my own EWCM I actually have this month. Ditched the BSF and Ural this cycle and will toss in another attempt in 24hrs to let the spermies build back up.....swim spermies swim!!!

[Cinss]

Update - I am right there with you POP... I have 3 days of sperm stashed away so far... Please let one of them catch the egg this time :)

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[Hobbermittens]

Go Cinss!!

[3Pink1Blue]

Woohoo Cinss, fx and blue baby dust!!

[Princess of Pink]

OMG Cinss that is so exciting!! We could be due date buddies. I am so excited!!!!

[TTC5]

FX Cinss and Pop!
I have a good feeling for a bfp or two this month :)

[Cinss]

OMG Cinss that is so exciting!! We could be due date buddies. I am so excited!!!!

Yes we WILL be ;)

[Princess of Pink]

Yes we WILL be ;)

Yes we WILL....Cara told us so!!!

[Cinss]

Oh my gosh, i am having the worst O pains in my life right now.... OUCH...Why ?????? It is like 10 times worse than AF cramps, and on both sides :( I have a heat pack in the microwave i am going to chuck it on.

[ELP]

Sorry that O is painful Cinss but best of luck!! I am looking forward to double bfp reports from you and POP :kiss:

[Cinss]

Thanks ELP im feeling better now the heatpack really helped. And yeah we are both hoping praying wishing for the double bfp.

[Flava]

POP- Im so jealous reading about your camping! i wish we can do that too, but just can't :(

Hope you guys get a bfp this time! I also had bad O pains when I got my bfp and did O-2 -1 and O day!

[Flava]

Yes we WILL....Cara told us so!!!

LOL then must be like that huh? I remember that lady here who said do readings for us (forget the name?) she could not tell me and said to ask again in a week but I never did...I don't know I guess I don't care? The baby is what is it right?

[Flava]

Anyone like my sticker?? No one said nothing about it...I had to change it because even looking at pregnancy tickers makes me more sick and this one looks just more like a cute pic.

[Princess of Pink]

Thanks heaps ELP. Flava I love your ticker, it's so bright and happy looking. I had really bad cramps today too Cinss, followed by a really sharp pain on my right side. Was horrible and I had to stop walking for a second. Not sure if I have O'ed yet or if it will be tomorrow....but super excited this cycle!!

[dloui128]

PoP and Cinss-you two are definitely getting your BFP this time!!! I had the worst O pains of my life the cycle I got my BFP!!!

Flava-I do love your new ticker:)

[TTC5]

I like your ticker Flava :D

[Cinss]

Flava yes that is a beautiful happy ticker :) And it is good to know that you had the bad O pains too then got a BFP, i hope the same thing happens to me and we have ben DTD 0-4, 0-3, 0-2, 0-1 and 0 so if it doesn't work this time, i don't know what will.

[Flava]

Thanks girls! yeah I really hope there will be abfp for everyone this time!

[Princess of Pink]

This was my first month using the digital opk's and I have to say I am in love with them!! Last cycle I had 5-6 days of + opk which confused the hell out of me. This morning I did both digi and normal strip test. Digi was - and the strip test was still a dark + with the test line darker than the control (day 3 of it being like that). Takes the guess work out of it!! So I am going with being 1dpo.

[dloui128]

I love the digitals too so much easier, this is your month girl! Now if the 2ww would just fly by already:)

[Cinss]

Today FF gave me crosshairs, but not the solid one, the dashy one :( I think it is because it is saying cd18 and i got a - opk on that day, but i did that opk at 2pm, so possibly it was + later that night? Anyway that makes me 3dpo and we DTD O-2, O-1, O and O+1 and it is the first time FF has given me a "high score" :) Let the wait begin.

[dloui128]

Today FF gave me crosshairs, but not the solid one, the dashy one :( I think it is because it is saying cd18 and i got a - opk on that day, but i did that opk at 2pm, so possibly it was + later that night? Anyway that makes me 3dpo and we DTD O-2, O-1, O and O+1 and it is the first time FF has given me a "high score" :) Let the wait begin.

I think this is your month Cinss, your chart looks way different then your other ones in the past, :fingers:

[Plum3]

Cinss and PoP, hoping this month is the one for you both! :D

I don't always trust FF with O dates. Even 0.1 degree with temps can make FF adjust my O dates sometimes. Anyway, hopefully it's right for you Cinss!

Flava, nice ticker :) Hope you are well.

Grr, so I am still getting positive hpts. They are lighter though. I'm going to induce AF this week sometime. I'm sick of waiting.

[TTC5]

Bec is there any chance you could be pregnant again?

[Plum3]

I wish! But I highly doubt it. I've been temping, and checking my cervix and CM and there has been no sign of O at all. Plus I don't think you can O til your hcg drops to near zero anyway.

[Princess of Pink]

Goodluck Bec, I hope AF arrives soon so you can start TTC again!!

Cinss...how can FF give you an O date when your opk was -ve? I thought you had to surge first before you could O, not after?? My chart is odd this cycle too...I have previously got a temp dip on O day but not this time...it was already low and is now starting to increase. No idea if I O'ed on sat or sun to be honest?? But I had pains on sat.

[Cinss]

Cinss...how can FF give you an O date when your opk was -ve? I thought you had to surge first before you could O, not after?? My chart is odd this cycle too...I have previously got a temp dip on O day but not this time...it was already low and is now starting to increase. No idea if I O'ed on sat or sun to be honest?? But I had pains on sat.

It must take into account that i only did 1 opk that day, maybe if i had done another one later on it would have been + that day, but i didn't see it until i did the next one the next day like 24 hours later if you know what i mean. And i think i usually O on the day of my +. But i am thinking i O'd on cd19, not 18.

I had a look at your chart too, i would expect to see a temp jump tomorrow.

[Plum3]

Thanks PoP, me too!

Cinss, I think you O'd CD19 as well.

[Princess of Pink]

Is there a way to record on FF if you do more than 1 opk per day? Cause my opk were -ve on friday until 10.30pm but smiley was not until 4.30am sat...but I can't record that as there is only room to add one result that I can see! I think you O'ed CD19 too Cinss.

[LolaInLove]

Good luck, ladies! Hope you guys did get preggers from those strong eggs coming down the pipes!

Flava, I like your ticker, too. Nice and springtimey. How's the spotting?

[Flava]

Thanks again.
Lola- I had spotting twice some pink but only for a day both times. Right now it's all gone .

[LolaInLove]

Oh, that's good Flava. I am sure all is fine now, and you're just having that pregnancy spotting that is super common. I hope you are feeling ok!!!!

[Flava]

Well most of the time I feel bad and can't wait to be all over this...

[LolaInLove]

Well most of the time I feel bad and can't wait to be all over this... I know, hun, it is just awful to feel crappy in pregnancy. Just think of the day when it will lift and you will feel better. You know it will happen sometime. I was as sick as can be around 8 weeks.

[Princess of Pink]

I just don't feel like this is my month anymore :tissue: I have no idea what my temps are doing but they are not normal for me. Ignore the up and down ones prior to friday as I was camping and didn't manage to get them at the same time every morning (they range between 4am-6am). I am sure I O'ed as I had a super strong +ve and a smiley. I had cramps and a sharp pain like normal. I think I really dislike charting!!

[dloui128]

I just don't feel like this is my month anymore :tissue: I have no idea what my temps are doing but they are not normal for me. Ignore the up and down ones prior to friday as I was camping and didn't manage to get them at the same time every morning (they range between 4am-6am). I am sure I O'ed as I had a super strong +ve and a smiley. I had cramps and a sharp pain like normal. I think I really dislike charting!!

Don't even worry about your chart, my chart looked shitty to me and don't forget when Flava got her BFP FF didn't even give her an O date

[TTC5]

Thats why I gave up charting Pop was too stressful!

[Cinss]

POP dont worry about the chart, you know your body, FF is just a computer program, like Dloui said other peoples charts have not been perfect and ended up in BFPs. My chart is not normal/textbook either. Hang in there hun.

[Flava]

POP- forget FF it told me the first time ever I did not O and yeah Im pregnant haha. You need lots of sperm up there to get a bfp not a stupid program!

[LolaInLove]

Thats why I gave up charting Pop was too stressful!

Me too! I just keep a chart so I know when my days to dtd are. I don't temp, and lots of women have wonkety pg charts where temps go up and down....it's just not a good indicator unless, of course, you are at like 20dpo and they are still relatively up and you are not bleeding.

[Cinss]

POP i see you had a temp rise, do you think you Od on cd21?

[Cinss]

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[TTC5]

Nope not sleeping but I wish haha!

[Princess of Pink]

Sorry I have been flat out at work. I'm not sure Cinss...I am confident that I did O on the weekend without a doubt but it was totally over by monday. Either 20 or 21....still unsure exactly when though...because I know you can get the pains but not O yet. So although I had cramps saturday arvo and evening...I may have O'ed sunday some time.

I am just not feeling it this month and don't have my usual desire to start testing lol. Gotta say though I have been bloody starving!! Waking in the middle of the night thinking about food!! And my nipples are SORE when I take off my bra or bump them when I shower...started yesterday. Way too early for symptoms though I would think.

I think I am gonna stop temping now until AF is over because it is disrupting my sleep...I wake a million times a night cause I am excited to see what my temp is!! LOL

[Cinss]

I have a bit of a dilema... It is my BFFs birthday on the 24th, she is turning 30, we are going out for dinner then out dancing afterwards, it should be a really fun night..... but...... i am in the 2ww :( I would really like to have a few drinks with my buddy, i am going to test at 10dpo, and 11dpo (thats her b'day) to make sure if i am pregnant this time i wont drink, but i am most likely to get negatives anyway if i am or not.... i just don't know what to do, she only turns 30 once, but i wouldn't drink more than 1 drink if i knew i was preggers....urgh :(

[Cinss]

POP you can have pains before, during or after O, at least you know within a few days, are you going to temp the next 2 days though, just to get FF to give you the crosshairs or are you going to stop now?

[Princess of Pink]

Won't FF just say I Oed yesterday which I know I didn't. Because today was first day above coverline?

[Plum3]

PoP, I think you O'ed CD21 as well. If you look back at last month your coverline temp was 35.9 so if you go by that then you have three temps above that. I know each month is different though. The temps you took when camping, could you exclude them from the data? That way FF might change the coverline and make it a bit lower, hence more accurate?

Cinss, it's always hard with drinking and the 2ww. I have had a few drinks in the 2ww before (a few times actually) but I was never pregnant at the time. I think I would give it a miss though, but that's me.

[Princess of Pink]

I have a bit of a dilema... It is my BFFs birthday on the 24th, she is turning 30, we are going out for dinner then out dancing afterwards, it should be a really fun night..... but...... i am in the 2ww :( I would really like to have a few drinks with my buddy, i am going to test at 10dpo, and 11dpo (thats her b'day) to make sure if i am pregnant this time i wont drink, but i am most likely to get negatives anyway if i am or not.... i just don't know what to do, she only turns 30 once, but i wouldn't drink more than 1 drink if i knew i was preggers....urgh :(

I would go and just have the one drink just to be on the safe side. I hope you have a BFP by 10dpo though....because you are pregnant Cinss!!!

[Princess of Pink]

PoP, I think you O'ed CD21 as well. If you look back at last month your coverline temp was 35.9 so if you go by that then you have three temps above that. I know each month is different though. The temps you took when camping, could you exclude them from the data? That way FF might change the coverline and make it a bit lower, hence more accurate?

Ok I took them out because they were not accurate at all really anyway, it was too hard to do and I didn't set my alarm so I didn't wake everyone up.

I also took out the temps after AF because I felt they were slightly high due to the hot weather we had that week.

[Plum3]

Perfect! You can actually leave the temps on there and just tick the 'discard' button next to the temp and FF won't use that temp.

[Princess of Pink]

I think I am just going to temp in the week leading to O and till I get my crosshairs from no on! It disrupts sleep so much because I have to wake up earlier than I need to or I risk waking early some days on my own and stuffing it up anyway. But some days I can't go back to sleep so end up awake an hour too soon....or like after O when your excited to see temps I wake up an hour before that and end up awake 2hrs too early!!

[Plum3]

I know what you mean. It gets very frustrating. I just temp as soon as I wake up though, whether that be 5.30am or 7.30am. I haven't really noticed any difference between temps. This month my temps are all over the place though, apparently that's normal after a m/c though. AF should be here within a week as I'm taking primolut now.

[TTC5]

A couple of drinks are fine :)

[Princess of Pink]

So excited that you are getting closer to TTC Bec!!

[Flava]

cinss- I would drink in the 2ww no problem at all. First of all you not pregnant yet second I would drink some red wine which is actually good for you you can even have some pregnant! Go have fun!

[LolaInLove]

Cinss, I get nervous about drinking in the 2ww too, but I don't think a glass or two of red wine is bad like Flava said. That being said, I would take a FRER that morning and see what it says.....at 11dpo, you will likely have an accurate reading, although many women don't get positives till later, but hey. I remember when I had my second pg/loss last year, I had to go to a function that night and was 10dpo. I was like, well, I'll just take a test to make sure I'm not pg so I can have some wine without feeling guilty, and lo and behold, I got an unexpected bfp. Hopefully that will happen for you this month!!!

POP, I will do the same thing- wake up early because I know I am temping! That is the main reason why I quit temping. I think it's a solid plan to just temp until you ovulate as long as it's not stressing you out. Do your boobs always get sore? See, mine do just from progesterone in my system, so I can never trust that, but if yours never do, that might be a good sign!

Bec, what med is that? I'm excited for you to try again, hopefully you will be lucky like so many of these ladies who have gotten nice sticky bfps after losses!

[auroara78]

Cniss, I agree I'd take a test to make sure, but I think 1-2 drinks (maybe even 3 will be fine). Before I knew I was pregnant with DS1, my husband and I took a stay-cation. (He's such a house troll!) and we wasted our week by watching tons of TV, movies together and then playing video games together, going out to eat, and well, drinking. I didn't even remember us having sex that month so pregnancy was the LAST thing on my mind, but lo and behold, I was pregnant and he is perfectly fine. I think it was just I was so "newly" pregnant that it didn't seem to have an effect.

but definitely do whatever your heart tells you, and for sure I think 1 drink would be OK, esp. of course if you get a BFN. You did drop the BSF this month? you used preseed?

[Cinss]

Your chart looks great now POP, i didn't add my temps in on the previous Sat, Sun, Mon as you can see because DP was home then and we slept in for an hour on all of those days, and with him spooning me it was really so hot i knew my temps would be way too high to record. I guess i am lucky that he gets up so early for work that is when i put my thermomoter in and it is the same time everyday before DD wakes up.

Thankyou everyone for the advice on drinking in the 2ww, i think i will actually have 1 or 2 red wines over the course of the night, i just wont get drunk, i am getting too old for that these days anyway and i am sure my friend will need looking after too, so that is probably the best idea.

Auroara i never did the BSF, i did drink Ural for my first couple of cycles, but droped it fror the last 2, and yes this time we used lots of preeseed. I am having 0 symptoms so far, i know it is early, i just wish i had something going on though.

[Plum3]

Lola, primolut is a synthetic form of progesterone. So I take it for 5 days and then a few days later I should bleed, which will start my cycle off. I have had to take it a few times when TTC because my cycles used to be all over the place. I had some left from a few months ago so decided to just take it. HPTs are negative too now, yahoooo.

[TTC5]

I have everything crossed for you ladies this month, Pop, Cinss, Bec, Lola and anyone else ~ baby dust~

[My Fabulous Children]

Hi ladies, I haven't been here in a long time .. How's everyone? hope you are all doing well :HH:

Good luck Lola, Bec, Cinss, POP and everyone else :) Sending you lots of baby dust :)

[Princess of Pink]

OOOhhhhhh Cinss is that a day 5 implantation dip hehehehehehehehe I think you might be knocked up!!!

[dloui128]

PoP-now that you have stopped temping how am I suppose to stalk your chart:) You're knocked up anyways so it doesn't matter

Cinss-your chart looks awesome, FX this is your month

Bec-Im glad your getting the ball rolling, FX that it doesn't take long to get a BFP :)

[LolaInLove]

Lola, primolut is a synthetic form of progesterone. So I take it for 5 days and then a few days later I should bleed, which will start my cycle off. I have had to take it a few times when TTC because my cycles used to be all over the place. I had some left from a few months ago so decided to just take it. HPTs are negative too now, yahoooo.

Right on! I'm glad you are negative again, time to start dtd and making another one!

[Princess of Pink]

PoP-now that you have stopped temping how am I suppose to stalk your chart:) You're knocked up anyways so it doesn't matter

ok ok I will try and temp...sneaky secret...I am bloody obsessed...I have been temping anyway lol

[dloui128]

ok ok I will try and temp...sneaky secret...I am bloody obsessed...I have been temping anyway lol

Lol I figured;)
You're chart looks good :)

[TTC5]

Pop your chart looks good!! ;)

[Cinss]

OOOhhhhhh Cinss is that a day 5 implantation dip hehehehehehehehe I think you might be knocked up!!!

I so hope so, i see you had a dip at 4dpo aswell :) I think we are both in with a good chance this month, i know i will be so deflated if it turns out to be negative again :(

[Plum3]

Both charts look promising. There will be only a few of us left in here in a few weeks!

Hope the appointment goes well today, Lola. Looking forward to hearing some good news :)

[Plum3]

PoP, obsessed with temping? Who knew?!

[Princess of Pink]

I so hope so, i see you had a dip at 4dpo aswell :) I think we are both in with a good chance this month, i know i will be so deflated if it turns out to be negative again :(

Yeah me too Cinss!! Because a fair few people who are reputable psychics all said April I guess the previous BFN's were all ok because I was going to fall pregnant in April, if that makes sense?? If I get a BFN is April I kinda feel like giving up...but also not...I just don't know!

I have a few things happening that is totally different this cycle....but it seems you only get a BFP when you are sure you are not pregnant!! So makes me think I'm out!!

[LolaInLove]

Hey ladies! I am optimistic for you gals, POP and Cinss! DH's appt went well, he said he could not detect a varicocele, and said the fact that he has impregnated me before means that his junk is working, that is may be from the dancebelt or maybe just a "stress pattern" or whatever that means. He's got an ultrasound and another SA scheduled for next week. The doc said that we shouldn't think it won't happen and we have to do IVF, which is good news. I am happy with it all. I am curious to see what the tests next week show.

[dloui128]

that is awesome news Lola!

[Flava]

Great news lola! I also said before maybe it's the belt? But now he got 6 months off the belt right so maybe it will happen before he have to use it again.

[LolaInLove]

Thanks! Yea, he isn't back in the studios until September, so hopefully his balls are less stressed now and are making good sperm, which won't be ready for the production line for 3 months, of course, but hopefully.....I'd really love to have a May baby because of my job, so it would be nice to get pg in August.

[Princess of Pink]

Thats excellent news Lola!! Fingers crossed for a May baby for you!

[LolaInLove]

Thanks, POP! Hope for a bfp for you soon- your temps look like they are climbing!

[soni]

Hello ladies,

I have been away for a while. All the BFN's were getting to me and swaying was stressing me out. It was really affecting my relationship with DH as well. All the temping, supps, diet, drinks, BD on a schedule, POAS and the disappointments. So, we decided to give it a break in April - I dropped some supps only kept in fish oil and folic acid, dropped BSD drinks, dropped preseed, stopped tempting, only POAS 2 days for OPKs and DTD O-3, O-1 and O - I think.

Oh, and i went shopping bought some clothes, only decided to test if I missed the day AF is due and tried not to think of TTC all day long.

I had no symptoms at all.. and was surprised with a BFP yesterday!

[TTC5]

Congrats Soni!!!!

Seems to be when you throw the towel in the bfp happens hey!!

[TTC5]

Praying for May for you Lola xoxox

[soni]

Congrats Soni!!!!

Seems to be when you throw the towel in the bfp happens hey!!

Thanks TTC! :)

[Flava]

Lola I hope it will work! so DH don't even need any meds? That's great!

soni- congrats on the bfp! :celebrate: good thing you dropped the bsd and all crap almost everyone dropped those already I think. get a ticker!

[Flava]

Good luck for poas ! Who is next?

[Princess of Pink]

I just don't feel very positive at all about this cycle...I can't even imagine seeing two lines. I have done so many test over the past 3 months and all negative that I really can't see myself getting a positive. I expected to feel something or see something special on my chart...but nothing!!