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Originally Posted by Foreign Chick
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I'm so sorry. I was reading this thread with really high hopes, cos all those tests looked so positive
Next month though honey !
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Originally Posted by Foreign Chick
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I'm so sorry. I was reading this thread with really high hopes, cos all those tests looked so positive
Next month though honey !
Thanks for your opinion, Momamia. I will wait. There is a slight chance that DH comes home tonight. If so I will seduce him :-) and if not I'll wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by momamia4
DS1 (9) ❤️ DS2 (8) [emoji173] DS3 (5) ❤️ DW (41) [emoji1326] DH (38) [emoji144] TTC'ing pink from May 2016
Looks like I'm out too. BFN today at 10dpo and my temp dropped this morning. I'm disappointed since everything seemed on track this month. On the good, side my lp was at least two days longer this month so that's good. We're going to have some transitions this month with DS1 in a new school, so everyone's emotions are a bit high. Keep toying with giving up but I'm not ready to pull the plug yet. Hope September is a better month for us all not a very plentiful August!
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Sounds like a plan, Dreamsister!
Sorry, inforthree. :( I'm glad your lp was longer though! Fx next cycle is your bfp!
I'm so sorry inforthree [emoji20]. I am happy though that your LP is longer! I too had a shorter than normal LP last cycle. It looks like I may actually have a normal cycle length this time around! My cycle is looking more like how they used to be before having DS3.
FX for all of us! I'm hoping that we all get our BFPs soon!!!
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Thanks, ladies! Good your cycle is looking good, xx, hope you get a bfp!
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Hi everyone, I'm back. We are still going to ttc until November. After talking to DH I do have some concerns as to how he will cope if I do get pregnant & it's another girl. He admitted to feeling like a failure that he can't produce a boy. I just want another baby & it's a bonus if it is a boy. He was disappointed when we found out dd3 was a girl & he has bonded so well with her so & loves her so much so that gives me hope. He has also given up on shettles timing thank goodness so that gives me hope that I may get pregnant yet. I was telling him how I looked at heaps of charts on ff that had boys & the majority did not follow shettles timing. I was sick last week so that meant no bd all week but this week has been better & we have been bd more regularly. I hope to o in the next couple of days. Still been doing pretty well on HE diet, I have to remember to snack between breakfast & lunch some days though. Been doing weights again so am feeling good.
Sorry to hear that AF came for some of you, I hope this cycle is much better & good luck for those in the tww.
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And the waiting begins....I'm beginning to come to terms that a BFP might not happen for me, and I'm starting to feel at peace with my darling boys...if only I didn't have that pressing feeling there is someone out there I haven't met yet...
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Praying this is your cycle XX!!
That's how I was feeling before my BFP XX. I was only going to give it one more cycle and then be done ttc. Funny how things turn out sometimes :)
I don't think my body is going to let me get pregnant this cycle. I can tell that I'm definitely ovulating today but I haven't gotten a +opk. I would have had to have gotten up in the middle of the night (like 3am) to get a positive. I have a very short surge and typically catch it at night before bed. My cervix isn't even open though - it's firm and high, the same as it's been this whole cycle. So, I guess my body wanted an extra month to adjust after the miscarriage. It's ok though because if I would have gotten pregnant this month, I would have been due on May 13th, and that's too close to my other kids' birthdays. It also gives me longer to keep losing weight and be on the diet which is really important to me this time. :)
Awesome attitude momamia !Quote:
Originally Posted by momamia4
I am now about 4-5dpo, I haven't been able to replace my thermometer so I don't know about my temp... so, just waiting.
I have had an increase of CM and some cramping/lower back cramps today. This is only our first month ttc, but I've been on the diet forever. Like you ladies said, if it's a BFN it mean more time to work on my sway.
I will probably break down and test starting 8dpo :) :)
Hi this is my first post in the 2ww thread it's my third attempt for baby no5! I think I'm 1/2dpo and already symptom spotting it's going to be a long couple of wks. I completely stressed myself out last month so hoping to hold it together this cycle I'm trying to hold out testing as long as possible as last time I was so stressed testing from like 6dpo several times of day I ended up going off the diet but I'm probably calmer this cycle as I'm not as desperate to big pregnant my sway hasn't been very good this time so part of me hopes its bfn and I will have a better sway next month so either way I'll be happy but I just hate the not knowing part lol!
Welcome bre_cooper & team-armo! :) FX for both of you!
I think I'm 3dpo. My doctor adjusted my thyroid meds, so I'm a hormonal wreck. I'm in a really cranky mood today. My sister in Arizona sent a text message at 6am our time and it woke me up. I tried to fall back to sleep and finally dozed off at 7:30am, right when my husband decided to let out the biggest, loudest snore ever! I gave up trying to go back to sleep. I'm also in an argument with my neighbor about the fence she's trying to build that extends into my front yard. To top it off, I have an insanely busy day driving all over Timbuktu for various appointments and taking DS1 to and from driver's training. I'm just waiting for today to be over. I don't think it helps that I'm extremely nervous about my appointment with my fertility specialist. I'm not sure what he's going to say and that really stresses me out. Also, this Thursday is my DS3's birthday. He would be 12 years old this year. He died when he was 15 weeks old. I'm always a little more on edge in the week leading up to his birthday. :(
Welcome bre_cooper and team-armo! Good luck to you both. I told myself to wait as long as possible to test because I find that keeping hope alive is calming to me. It isn't easy of course. I am finding this month that I am equally nervous/anxious waiting to ovulate because I am month 1 on clomid and afraid I will miss my surge since I know clomid changes the cycle. Trying to just find things to keep my mind occupied.
Momamia hope you feel better soon. Sounds like a very stressful time for you. I am sorry that this week is especially tough because it is DS3 birthday. [emoji17]
Yay Bre!! I'm SO glad you're back!!
Welcome Team-armo!!
AFM, I'm FINALLY gearing up to ovulate and got a positive opk today on a Wondfo and a CBD. We are going to BD tonight and again in three days- we are doing E3D. This will be our last month TTCing- I'm ready to be done and enjoy my kids! I'm hoping the person I feel I haven't met yet comes to me in a friend, girlfriend, or future child of one of my kids.
FX and GL ladies to those that are about to test!!
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girliecat - clomid fixed my cycle by making it 'normal'..i got a positive OPK on CD 14 with angela...FX and i would start testing on CD 10 to be on safe side...
mia - that sounds so tough. i am so sorry and im sure this time of year is painful and hard.
Fingers crossed XX, how fun it would be to concieve the same cycle!! So exciting and you can have ALL OF MY PINK DUST!! :cheer:
Momamia4, I am so sorry your day looks like this, today! We are trying for no5, too! & Truly sorry about the loss of DS3... I can't imagine. Big hugs.
Thanks Girliecat!
I've been a bit of crap in this 2ww (not completely but mostly life kinda getting in the way). i didn't think keeping up swaying factors would be so super hard in the 2ww!!! I think the sooner I know it will help kick my butt back into full gear.
GL ladies!!
Thanks ladies! :) My appointment with my fertility specialist went really well. He said there isn't anything that showed up in the testing to indicate a reason for the miscarriages. He wants to see if I am having something hormonally going on that's causing a problem. He said late ovulation can cause a miscarriage if the egg is too old. He wants me to go in around cd12-14 next cycle for an ultrasound to see if I have an egg that's about 20mm aka about to ovulate. If I don't (which I know I won't) he wants to do injectables the next cycle. He said he doesn't see any reason to try Femara first because it typically doesn't do anything for women who don't have PCOS, and especially since I didn't get pregnant on the 6 cycles of Clomid. I'm pretty excited about the injectables. I know there is an increased risk of multiples, but I don't really mind that. I'm so happy to finally be able to move forward! :cheer::cheer::cheer:
So sorry momamia4, must be such a tough time of year for you! Sending hugs x
Welcome new people, good luck to everyone attempting or waiting!
Am cd 15 today. Was doing e4d's, yesterday evening I had ewcm, I expected to maybe get a peak reading on the cb fertility monitor and a static smilie on ovulation sticks but just high on the cb monitor and flashing smilie on the other. Early morning alot of ewcm, also had a low temp this morning, sharp pains on left side this evening. I am due to attempt tomorrow. Though I wondered if I maybe o' ed already? Any one who has a short surge, how short is it? Could I have surged after I tested this morning and the egg been released all in less than 12 hours? If so attempt later tonight may not help if I opted to switch to e3d's and tomorrow s would defo be out? Any thoughts? Thanks x
Yes girlie you can surge the same day. Your LH will always be at its 'peak' late afternoon and night. So its best to test twice a day.
Edit: sorry I am so foggy and tired I see where I read that wrong now. I think it is possible but highly unlikely. You probably surged afternoon or night yesterday or you haven't yet and will later today. Would be good for a pink away if that's the case to have sex today because then f you surge today you could still end up not ovulating until Thursday... Idk how your particular ovulation/surge timing works though
Ok ladies, give it to me straight! If you knew that this was the last cycle you were TTCing, what would you do: a) stick with one attempt at the first positive opk, or b) have another attempt a day AFTER your attempt at first positive opk. So attempt on Monday and attempt on Wednesday.
I want to be in the best shot for pink BUT I also want to give it my best shot to get pregnant too. I should mention that today marks the second day in row of blaring positive opk on a Wondfo and a smiley on a CBD.
Thanks ladies!! I appreciate all advice!!!
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[emoji166]One last pink sway 2016[emoji166]
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Also, I've been great on the diet and exercise for quite sometime- since April!!
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XXforhubby, I would go for it and dtd again. You've been swaying for a while and I think it'll be perfectly fine for you to have another attempt! :) FX this is your bfp!!!
Hubby do another attempt! or 2! If you are confident in the fact you have done proper diet and excersise then it really cant hurt. I really feel i was in between as far as girl/boy life style at the time i conceived angela but it was pink enough that having sex twice a day for 3 days still got me a girl
I totally agree with Burakoam!!! :)
XX what happend? I thouht you were going to keep trying another few months?
Anyway, let me qoute Atomic on this: It's time for SMEP! Dtd every two days is too blue and does not increase conception rates.
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How do you do SMEP?
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Basically, you dtd 3 days in a row, starting at your first +opk, the fourth day you take a break, and then dtd again the fifth day, just to make sure you catch the egg if for some reason ovulation got delayed. It's supposed to increase conception rates and not considered too blue sway-wise. I'm planning to try it this cycle if DH will play along. Good luck!
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Xx - I feel like I'm in the same boat. It's not my last month but I'm thinking about adding an attempt. I've been on the diet since September 😱 so I am sooo ready to get my bfp. Thank God I didn't start exercise, that would have done me in! Anyway, I agree with everyone, and say add an attempt especially if it's your last month. GL I hope this is your month!!!
Question for me, do you all think it's better to add an attempt before I expect +opk or after you get it. Or if I am adding an attempt should I just add one before and after because at that point what's one more attempt?
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Oh this is interesting, I hadn't heard of smep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
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You all can download the SMEP book, it's free, and not very long, and explains her theory quite nicely. She claims the most important day for conception is the day after +opk, that is the second day.
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Let's all do smep ;-);-);-)
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Originally Posted by Grace
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Sounds good to me, DH wanted to add an attempt on the second day last month. Now I wish we had!
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Here's what Atomic wrote in answer to my question on another thread:
Do NOT BD every other day. It is both blue friendly and doesn't up odds of conception, either. SMEP may be a little blue friendly but at least it improves odds of conception!!!! I do not want anyone BD every other day! It gains you nothing and sways blue. If you gotta sway blue, at least do it in a way that will help you get pregnant.
Grace, I understand how scary it is but of all my swayers who have gone on this long not having conceived, I have ALL of them do SMEP and most of them get girls. It is time for SMEP!
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I don't know if my DH will go for SMEP. He will BD unprotected, but if it seems too much like I'm trying to get pregnant, he may pull the stops on BDing unprotected.
See my DH is on the fence wanting a 4th child. He is willing to BD unprotected because to him, E3D, E4D, and even EOD, makes it seem harder to conceive.
I just don't see how SMEP is better for pink than 2 attempts. SMEP you have 3 attempts in a row and then one again the 5th day. We basically did that with DS1. DS2 was one attempt and so was DS3.
Hmmm. I'm not sure what to do. I may go for one tonight instead so two attempts back to back instead of EOD.
Thanks ladies! I appreciate all of your input!!
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Yeah, sounds like my DH. I have to catch him in the right mood in order to pull it off. I was also thinking of doing two nights in a row, it would be easier to do as far as DH is concerned.Quote:
Originally Posted by XXforhubby
I think perhaps dtd EOD is more blue friendly because then sperm production is at its best. By dtding 3 nights in a row the sperm storage doesn't get a chance to build up. In the smep book they say that people with sperm count issues should do EOD and not the classic smep.
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Hi girls!
I just wanted to give everyone an update...I got my first BFP 10 DPO (currently I am 21 DPO). My test lines were continuing to increase through the first week and then this last weekend it looked like they were getting lighter. I freaked out since I had a chemical last month and so I ended up getting a blood draw yesterday with my doc. At 20 DPO my HCG was only 90. I know there is a huge range for HCG levels but this is definitely at the low end of the spectrum. We won't know anything for certain as I need to have a second draw tomorrow. If it at least doubles, that's good but if it doesn't of course we know what that means...
I did take a Clearblue Advanced w/Weeks estimator yesterday and today and it indicated I was 4-5 weeks pregnant, which would be within range. However, I am just not feeling very optimistic at the moment :-(