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Good for you Eighme! I’m way more relaxed this month as well. I’m content with my sway and bd. I truly hope this will all be our month.
I’m taking a laid back approach even with testing - if it isn’t a bfp then my body will let me know. I’m lying on my tummy lately because it might soon be a ‘luxury’.
Wishing all well at whatever stage of the cycle you are. Month of the bfp God willing. <3
That's a great point. I better start sleeping on my stomach more!Quote:
Originally Posted by Filzma
I'm so glad you feel more relaxed too! It's made all the difference for me this month! I think my husband would agree too [emoji23]. I was a little anxious and stressed last go around .
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:fx: for both of you Filzma and Eighme!! When will you start testing??
Eighme I agree I’m a lot more relaxed this month!
My chart is confusing me though, can having a cold increase temps?
Hi ladies!!! I miss you all so much! Just a quick drop in to say I'm still checking charts when I can. Girlswaylondon I caught your last post asking if a cold can affect your temps. Absolutely it can, you may not have a fever but could definately have elevated temps. Alternatively its possible you oed cd15 or 16 if your temps remain elevated. Definately keep up with the bding e4d for now [emoji3] I'll be watching your chart closely over the next week [emoji102]
Star wowsers??!!! What the? Did you do a hpt by any chance?? Prior to taking the clomid or throughout the cycle? From memory I'm sure you said you did? Were you being monitored? Be interesting to see what your ob says [emoji848]
Noemi not too far from o! Are you still doing one attempt at pos opk or are you bding unprotected at all prior to pos opk and just not marking in your chart? Cant wait for 'GO' time!!!
GirlswayHGmama hang in there and I hope the time passes quickly and/or you o earlier xo
Filzma as per pm [emoji8] (didn't want it to seem as though I was ignoring you [emoji6])
Eighme I don't have your chart and cant remember if you're charting or not but hope o isn't too far off! Or are you in the 2ww??
Abc can you repost your chart link?! So excited for this cycle!!
My baby girl Mara is a crazy feeder [emoji30][emoji51] so been dealing with a huge lack of sleep (expected) and terribly sore nipples (to the point of bleeding [emoji24]) from breastfeeding. Things are slowly improving with the use of shields and I'm booked in to see a lactation consultant in Thursday to see what I can do to better the experience (or at least get an idea of how long it will feel torturous [emoji17]) Not sure if I posted a pic so I'll pop one up now but remove it tomorrow so can I request no one quote this post with the picture please as it will show otherwise in the quoted post. Thank you [emoji8]
If I've forgotten anyone I apologize but please update or if there is new ladies all the best!!
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Pbn she is beautiful! :awe: congrats again! Did you have her checked for a tongue tie?? My dd5 had one and bf was excruciating until she had it snipped. Keep us posted x
Good luck everyone hoping for those bfps to start rolling in! :)
SOoooo good to hear from you pbn thank you for replying!! Beautiful little girl I can’t deal!!
Also when I went to see a Medium last year she told me I’d get pregnant in jan (not counting on it) but would be weird right?! :p
Makes me nervous because I concieved my son in jan/early Feb!
Well ds1 and now dd are both January babies. Their due dates were 6 days apart so they were both conceived the same month [emoji3]
That's exciting that a psychic told you you'd be pregnant January!!! I know some of them are talk baloney but I do believe there are people out there with a legit gift.... was the rest of the reading oretty accurate?
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Awww, Mara already looks bigger. That’s amazing! She’s definitely is getting something pbn3,but I hope the pain eases and you can both settle into a good routine. We miss you dearly around here.
Oh wow girlswaylondon,[emoji33][emoji33] I have goosebumps already.
She knew things no one else did about my late grandmother! I wasn’t ttc st the time so didn’t pay much attention to the pregnant part but now I’m like oh!! She also said my next child would be a girl but I just can’t believe it I feel like I’ll always be a boy Mum! LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Pbn3
Girlsway i believe it��i also called to one woman, she is Medium and now she is working on my calendar of fertility. She write there also if it will be girl or boy��she did this calendar to my friend, they couldnt conceive for many years and first date she conceived and it was boy like she wrote.
Pbn3 your daughter is sooo sweet�� i wish also girl like is yours�� i will do again one attempt at positive opk��im not writing every bd in charts, just unprotected. im sorry u have sore nipples, i remember very well i had also and it helped me pure lanolin.
Pbn! So happy to see your post! :) Mara is gorgeous!! I love the name!
I got ahold of my doc's nurse yesterday and he is out of the office until Friday. She sent him a message about my concerns and that I requested an increase for my Clomid dosage but she told me that I would need to continue with the 50mg until my third round is over. They'll switch me to 100mg if this cycle doesn't work out. And yes I took a hpt and it was negative. I got AF on Sunday (cd18) and it came back with force! So it's a definite period. I'm on cd3 and plan on taking my 50mg Clomid tonight if I don't hear back from my doc himself by closing hours today.
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Pbn!!!! I was JUST thinking last night about how I missed seeing your posts on this board!! Thank you for checking in on us! OMG Mara is PERFECT!!! I'm still so, so happy for you that you got your baby girl! Sorry about the BF struggles - I had so many issues BF my boys, it can be so hard sometimes!!
Here is my chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6b9cac I'm only halfheartedly checking my temps this cycle :) Started my OPKs this morning!!
Star - hope you get answers soon!!
Probably towards the end of this month! I go through tests way too quickly if I try to get the early detection ones!Quote:
Originally Posted by ABC.2606
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PBN!!! She is absolutely beautiful with an equally beautiful name. I adore that name! So glad to hear from you! It's different around hetre without you posting!
Myself, I'm in the 2ww so we shall see around/on the 28th of this month!
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ABC maybe 10/11/12dpo.?We always start out strong and with resolve in the 2ww but you know how it is [emoji16] [emoji16]
I’m keeping myself busy and hopefully that takes my mind off ttc and 2ww.
Yay we'll have a couple of testers starting next week it sounds like!!
Pbn3--- love love love!!! I second looking up tounge and lip ties. My son was lasered when it affected his teeth coming in. It's the most common reason for poor latches causing painful nipples. Way to hang in there with the shields.
I started my opks today. Hoping for a shorter cycle this time.
My sway is failing. I basically will only have the one attempt to count on. Whoops. Life is such. Too busy to figure out this diet and it's nothing my family likes.
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I agree, Girlsway. I'm really trying to hang on to my diet but it definitely has gotten harder as time goes on.Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlSwayHGmama
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Ok ladies I'm torn on whether DH and I should BD tonight. We BD-d on CD5 and now I'm CD9. I got my first flashing smiley on the dual opks today and I normally have 3-4 days of flashing before the solid smiley. So I expect to get a +OPK on CD12 or CD13 & we'll BD probably 12 hours or so after the +OPK. So if we BD-d on CD5, CD9 and CD12 or 13, that would be an E4D pattern (72-96 hours bet. attempts). We don't *need* to BD tonight, as we'll have an attempt at +OPK and today will probably be too far out from O to be viable, but I know Pbn has said it might help in conception to DTD a few times before your fertile period to get the body used to the sperm and less likely to reject it. But we did BD at CD5, so maybe that's enough?
Thoughts?? I basically have this dilemma every TTC cycle! :) :)
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I’m doing e4d so would be CD5 & CD8! So if I was you I would :)
Thanks girlsway :)
What's interesting is that since July, we've TTC-d a total of 4 cycles (feels like more than that but I had to take a couple of cycles off after the miscarriages and 1 for fertility testing). We got pregnant on 2 out of 4 of those cycles (my two m/c's), and the 2 cycles we did get pregnant we had 1 or 2 "pre-fertile period" attempts at least 4 or 5 days before O. The 2 cycles we didn't get pregnant on we did not have a "pre-fertile period" attempt - we only had 1 unprotected attempt before O. So I'm wondering if there is something to the idea (at least maybe w/ my body!) that the sperm needs to get "used to" the sperm first!
I agree. I’d go for it today too. Just in case. And this way you will have fresh swimmers for the positive opk day. We had our first of the e4d last night on cd 7. We will continue e4d and thinking of adding at positive opk if it doesn’t land on the 4 days....maybe. We’ve just been trying for a while.
Thanks mwilson - yea it definitely becomes more of a dilemma when you have been trying for awhile and just want to get pregnant but also still want a girl! I'm really hoping this is the month, but I feel like since I definitely know we'll have another attempt in a few days at +OPK, I don't know if it's just doing "harm" to my girl sway to add one in today. Bleh. I'd feel better if I knew our next attempt would not be until CD13 but I have a feeling I might O earlier this cycle. I don't know.... I guess it will be a game time decision again tonight :) Maybe if we do, I'll J&D after 5 minutes or so to just to cut down on the amount that makes it in :) :) :)
Are you ladies doing E4D with 3 full days in between or 2 full days in between? I know Atomic counts either as E4D but I'm just curious what you are doing.
I started with 3 in between but now switched to 2! Hoping it helps in also getting fed up now!
Still doing one attempt over here. This is my second month of attempting and it's already frustrating but I'm trying to stick to it. I'll probably give it one more month then switch to E4D if this isn't successful.
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2 between. This is our 7th cycle and last for a while. I usually j & d after 5 but last night waited 15 min before getting up. Not that this attempt will have any left but just in case.
2 between. This is our 7th cycle and last for a while. I usually j & d after 5 but last night waited 15 min before getting up. Not that this attempt will have any left but just in case.
Abc that's a great compromise to j&d after 5 minutes with todays bd! Then wait and bd again at pos opk. Big thumbs up from me [emoji3]
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I'm doing the E4D 72 hour version (Example: Monday/Thursday). I really like that one too bc I feel like it's so much less pressure on us... and we don't get as tired DTD as we were in the past-- like it's a job [emoji23]. Had we have been swaying back when we first got together, bding would be no problem and all the time, but with little kids running around sucking the life outta you, you have to make yourself go through the motions hahaha! That's for me anyways. I try to make light of year and a half journey ;)
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Thanks all for your feedback!!! I am soooooo indecisive... I had almost convinced myself not to BD tonight since we did on CD5 and right before AF started (so 2 unprotected times w/in the past two weeks), and I know another attempt is coming in a few days... But then I was thinking that on our CD5 attempt I got up fairly quickly after, since I knew it wasn't going to be viable, so maybe another attempt tonight wouldn't hurt. If we do it I think we will J&D soon after. Ahhhhh decisions :) :) :) I'm terrible at them!!!!!
What’s the worst that could happen ABC?
I debated on j & d or waiting until morning... every time I opt until morning. I use soft cups to keep everything in. I had asked atomic what was recommended and she said that it doesn't matter whichever one I feel comfortable to do was fine and that she conceived her DD without j & d
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I'm doing ed4 every 96 hours version. My hubs sex drive is so low! And our son keeps blocking all of our current attempts. I'm like cmon, let mommy and daddy make another baby.
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Nothing I guess. I'm just overthinking it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mwilson
ABC, imo a baby who’s time has come, much like the idea, will not be stopped.[emoji16]
Remember also there’s so many factors that contribute to your girl sway other than frequency of bd. Hope that helps.[emoji6]
We all know these things but for some reason when it gets nearer to o, I guess we realise just how much we want the bfp and begin doubting. Thank God for this forum.
Ps: thanks for the chuckle GSHGmama[emoji23]
Thanks, Filzma.
Well we didn't attempt and I feel like it's the right thing... I know it sounds really weird but I think I may be one of those people who finds E4D more stressful than 1 attempt at +OPK!!! I've thought about switching to E4D before but then I find I stress about which day to start it, whether to do 2 or 3 days between, how many hours will have lapsed between attempts, and then I get stressy (like I was earlier today thinking about this) about what if we have an attempt and then I'll get my +OPK like a day later and not know when to attempt again (since my body is weird and takes awhile to O after +OPK). Anyways... I find OPKs (especially the digitals) slightly more relaxing because I know I'll get one at some point and then can we can have our attempt. We DTD unprotected on CD5 and a couple of days before AF so hopefully my body has had enough exposure to DH's sperm and wont fight it off! LOL. So much awkward BD talk on these boards :)
Obviously I know it's a little harder maybe getting pregnant w/ 1 attempt vs. E4D but in our case, our issue the past 6 months hasn't been getting pregnant it's been staying pregnant. I think after our 1 attempt, we'll keep BD-ing every 72 hours or so until O is confirmed.
Thanks for the help all, I love this board!! Really hoping that the end of January/early Feb is FULL of BFPs!!!
Abc if it makes you nervous to bd unprotected in lead up to o then you can stick to bding unprotected from o to af to get sperm exposure then only bd unprotected at your pos opk from af to o for your one attempt if that feels less stressful for you [emoji16]
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