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Hopper- Yep I have doubted my sway each and every month! Then the next month I'd make it stricter...which is why I think I've been TTC for so long. An antihistamine is something easy to add so I'd do it if you feel like it'd make your sway stronger. To me it sounds like your sway is quite strong already. :)
FXed that's just everything settling down! I remember being full sure when pg with DS2 that AF was coming cause of that cramping even though I FELT pregnant. Hopefully it's the same for you :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pbn3
Fingers and toes and eyes crossed this is the month! That's a good way to ease the POAS addiction I surely suffer when ttc! It can get so overwhelming doing those hpts and getting nowhere but the need to POAS is terrible. Nice way to appease the need! Hopefully this is your last month having to think like that. I really have a good feeling about this thread girls!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitty0911
Kitty that really sucks you've been ttc for a year :( I'm sorry I don't know your background so I'm not sure if you've seen a fertility spec or are going to? I hope you get your bfp this cycle even though you're not hopeful.
Hopper your sway sounds pretty solid. I believe the antihistamines are suppose to dry up cm therefore creating a more hostile environment. I've seen heaps of sways that include them. Was in my custom plan but my cm had dried up so much just being on diet Atomic said not to worry about taking. My sway is just diet (been 25 or so weeks now) and hubby taking ole. I stopped taking fibre as I ran out at the beginning of this 2ww. I had a 12 day cheat during last cycles 2ww and again this time I've been eating whatever but still skipping brekky and trying not to go overboard everyday.
Thanks for the sage advice hun! I think you are right, I promised myself I wouldn't get all caught up in ttc and here I am haven't even reached O in our first attempt and I am questioning everything. Nutjob, I'm a right nutjob!! I swore I would do diet + exercise + one attempt and not worry about the rest. Diet is second nature at this stage, though protein has been high lately but I'm more firmly fixed on watching calories while easing myself out of my 2 week cheat. Exercise needs to get going again so I promise myself the laziness will stop tomorrow and I will start back at it again! And the one attempt - well right now it's looking like no attempt but hoping to remedy that ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitty0911
Wow pbn, 25 weeks! You must be a pro at this stage!! Although I just counted up there now and I'm 19 weeks on LE now!!!! When did that happen?!! Crazy! I ran out of Fiber too while we were on vacation but back on it since coming home. Are you doing cardio or couch potato? I was so boy friendly on both my boys, moderate all the way lol. My CM is definitely less than it was but still there, I might take the anti histamine to help dry it up a little more.. I think I have Zyrtek downstairs for my allergies so that should do it. I used to have heaps of CM, like having to wear a panty liner cause I had so much but now there's just a little so diet definitely doing something! I only noticed while on vacation how drastically different my diet is now compared to ttc our boys. I seriously must have been eating 4000 calories a day and off the scales on fat and protein! Even a cheat day for me now is a million miles better than what I used to eat!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pbn3
And on an even better note I didn't gain a single oz on vacation, even with all the cheats!! :) DH lost 6lbs - is that bad for our sway? It was entirely accidental!
Pbn, I went in a few months back and got some blood work done and found I was extremely deficient in a ton of vitamins and minerals. My doc. told me I had to get some of my levels up before he'd consider giving me Clomid because with my levels where they were at I'd probably miscarry anyway. That's probably why I had a CP last month as well. I had a recent check up and my levels are getting better but are still on the edge of being deficient so I need to give it a few more months before I'd be considered for clomid. Just the fact I conceived last cycle makes me feel like my body is at least ready to conceive now.
I think dh should try and maintain his weight but I'm sure its only a small factor especially with everything else your doing!! I can't believe how much weight I've lost! I'm lighter than when I conceived ds1lol! Feel great in that way. I had lost pretty much all I was comfortable losing and my dh and family/friends started saying I was getting too thin but after my cheat last 2ww I'd gained1.5kg!! Was great in a way because I lost it again in lead up to this 2ww so technically I was losing weight during our attempt lol. Like you I can't believe how much I used to eat! And I would eat meat at both lunch and dinner, even the odd brekky. Really missed it at first then felt great not eating it but in saying that I've eaten a fair bit of meat again over last week or so.
Kitty that's some comfort that you at least know why and your levels are improving. I'm sorry to see you had a cp last cycle and tbh I think thats where I'm heading this cycle :(
I'm sorry Pbn. Every pregnancy is different so you never know. Sometimes that HCG just takes a bit to finally get jump started. With my first baby my tests were nearly negative until I was 17 dpo. But I also had vanishing positives after that with him too so his pregnancy was just weird for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pbn3