September TTC Boy Chit Chat and Such Thread

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Originally Posted by skrimpy

She is doing great Fab, my little Mama's girl <3. Thanks for asking!

I'm going to try and attach a pic for you gals!

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AWWW!!!!!!!!!! So cute!!!

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Originally Posted by LolaInLove

Yes, they would only tell me the count part over the phone, but the whole thing is coming in the mail. Apparently it is entered into some database, and the clinicians enter the findings one by one or something. I asked what the motility was, and she said that info "wasn't entered yet." I will certainly let you all know once I get it. Hopefully will be today.

It could very well have been a fluke. I had his release 48 hours earlier so they were fresh, which is actually what they recommended- 2 to 3 days abstinence. I am also wondering if the "excitement" level adds to the sample, ya know? He had to do it without any lube or anything, totally dry, and make sure it all went into the tiny little cup.....and our DD2 had just barfed at school and he had to get her and then put her in front of the tv while he did his business, then take her with him to deliver it to the lab right away. Probably not the best of circumstances, but I figured a sample is a sample. Now I'm wondering if he could, um, shoot a better one under different circumstances, like if we are having a rollicking good time in the sack, kwim?

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TMI but I do agree with you on this one! When I have given DH a helping hand, lol, a few times I have noticed that there has been wayyy more than other times!!

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Originally Posted by skrimpy

Thanks TTC5 - I'm excited to see you guys are TTC again!

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Thankyou so much :)

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Originally Posted by Flava

jane- they say not to read the smiley strips! I never got the same dark or darker blue on it! So I would not read it.

skrimpy- your baby girl is very cute!!!

hobber- about the hot springs you say it killed all the sperms. So why are you worried? IF it's true you are not going to be pregnant with a girl because you not gonna get pregnant at all! But I don't really believe your DH count is dead or low because he was in the water 72 days ago!

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that gives me hope,thanks cos i did another this morning and it was faint line again!

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Originally Posted by iluvmyman

You're good B! Both posted. I have to say I have the small laptop at work with a tiny screen and I posted then just got a boob shot and started to laugh.

BTW - BRAT!

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me too:rofl:

Begonia: You look soooo awesome!!! Are you still running/exercising?

Jen: I wish, hubby blocked texting after a huge cell bill.

Lola: We are going to Helen, Ga....mountains...bears and all. A mother bear and her cubs ran off with our coolers one time.....we did get them back, though. When I say camping, I mean tenting it in the national forest. No potty, so no opk (plus I only have 1 left).

TTC5: I am so sorry about your sister.

Thanks WP xx

TTC5- Holy cow, glad she's doing better. Big hug to your family :)

WP - I couldn't live without texting, we have unlimited texting for the whole fam (the kids have a phone for walking home). I guess you'll just have to wonder till Sunday then :think:

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Originally Posted by iluvmyman

Holding the umbilical cord made me smile. that is so cute! All the pics and videos are amazing! Is your partner currently attempting. This is so fun for your family and I'm so glad things are going so well. Just a couple weeks to go to find out what it is. Yay!

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Yeah it was pretty darn cute, that's when Sarah said "it's a boy"! lol but yes we'll see in a few weeks what it is! Sarah will be attempting around the 28th of this month then she's off to America to visit her family so I don't know if i'd be able to find out the sex of the bub without her being here....she wants me to wait but damn that's like 5 more weeks away! lol.

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Originally Posted by iluvmyman

Sorry for not updating last night. The U/S went well and the baby looks good which I'm elated about.

As for the nub shot, the tech was great about it and really tried, but if you can believe it, the baby had the legs crossed with the umbilical cord in between the legs. Apparently God said no way to a nub shot this time.

November 1st seems like a life time away for my next U/S. At 1st I thought maybe she couldn't tell cuz she didn't see anything, like, it was most likely a girl since no pee pee but it was cuz the legs and cord so I felt much better. The bpm was also 163 so I kinda freaked out that it was fast but I know darn well that OWT is crap and my prego sister w/ a boy had a fast 1 too so I feel better. I know for sure I'll freak out if it's a girl for a day or two but I think I'll be OK. It was great seeing the baby move around with life. Very excited!

My due date is changed back to the 26th like I thought it was so I feel good about that too.

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Glad it went well, too bad about the legs closed but that can't be helped. Yeah don't worry about the heart rate, my sister was convinced her second was a boy cos it was so slow compared to her daughter but it was another girl.
November 1st is forever away, that's going to be torture waiting for that! But the good news is by then i reckon you'd be almost guaranteed to get a great view of a nub or no nub.

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Originally Posted by begonia

Here we go ... I just took it, LOL, and I think it looks bigger in person :oops:

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Wow you are tiny!

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Originally Posted by TTC5

No way!!!!!!! How on earth did you manage to stay to SKINNY on the boy diet??!!!!

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haha that's what i was thinking!!!

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Originally Posted by TTC5

Thanks WP xx

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Your poor sis, hope she's ok and receiving the care she needs.

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Originally Posted by Kris217

Your poor sis, hope she's ok and receiving the care she needs.

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Thanks K. Physically yes, mentally no :(

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Originally Posted by 3PinkNeedBlue

TTC5- Holy cow, glad she's doing better. Big hug to your family :)

WP - I couldn't live without texting, we have unlimited texting for the whole fam (the kids have a phone for walking home). I guess you'll just have to wonder till Sunday then :think:

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Thanks 3 xx Goodness me 1 more day I am bursting at the seams for you (literally too lol no thanks to the boy diet haha!)

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Originally Posted by Tink18

today is cd13 and im not showing any sides of 0. my sticks dont even have the faintest line. wtf...with beinf 5 days late last af could my cycle be off? my.sticks were showing.lines on cd 10 dtd on cd11 was going.to.do it tonight? im lost.

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i seem to be having the same problem,its cycle day 14 for me and im not sure if ive o'd earlier or not going to! its damn frustrating! i had an 8 day af last time though(1st one after my chemical) not sure if thats why?????

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Originally Posted by TTC5

I don't think you should pull the smiley ones apart to look at the lines, just go with the smiles xxxx

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thanx,hope your sister is ok.x

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Originally Posted by Kris217

Yeah it was pretty darn cute, that's when Sarah said "it's a boy"! lol but yes we'll see in a few weeks what it is! Sarah will be attempting around the 28th of this month then she's off to America to visit her family so I don't know if i'd be able to find out the sex of the bub without her being here....she wants me to wait but damn that's like 5 more weeks away! lol.

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Your comment about your partner cracked me up. I have to wait 5 weeks and it feels like an eternity. :) The u/s tech also said that the baby's hand was at the crotch and joked that she had 2 boys and knows that we're having a boy. too funny! GL to your partner, how exciting!

Tink, I would consider your supps too. There are several supps that can mess with your cycle. Are you going to tell the OB about the sway? They will think we are crazy and just tell you to stop everything probably. I only half listen to my Dr. He told me to stop taking my awesome prenatals just cuz he'd never heard of them. Lame!

im taking FA; prenatal, vit d and omega. been taking them for a while and have o'd cd14 always. im going to play devils advicate here. lets just say i was never late af was due on the 6th. so if i was on time like usual...o day would have been the 19th. since i was late i am due.to o tomorrow. with that is it possible my body stil could have o'd on my.original cycle? does this happen? do i make sense! i guess im just weirded outout about this because ever since my slip up everythings gone to shit when it was going so smoothly. i just have to not stress..and wait and see

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Originally Posted by jane

thanx,hope your sister is ok.x

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Thanks Jane x

is anyone there? i just got a smiley!!!!!!!!! only thing is, its now 8pm and we are going out in the morning at 6.30am! so i dont know when is the best time to dtd? why cant this be easy?!

Hi jane - I'm not ttc blue but I'm having a read - and I'm here :D I would do it tonight and tomorrow night too if you get another smiley tomorrow. How many days since you last DTD? GL!

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Originally Posted by iluvmyman

Sorry for not updating last night. The U/S went well and the baby looks good which I'm elated about.

As for the nub shot, the tech was great about it and really tried, but if you can believe it, the baby had the legs crossed with the umbilical cord in between the legs. Apparently God said no way to a nub shot this time.

November 1st seems like a life time away for my next U/S. At 1st I thought maybe she couldn't tell cuz she didn't see anything, like, it was most likely a girl since no pee pee but it was cuz the legs and cord so I felt much better. The bpm was also 163 so I kinda freaked out that it was fast but I know darn well that OWT is crap and my prego sister w/ a boy had a fast 1 too so I feel better. I know for sure I'll freak out if it's a girl for a day or two but I think I'll be OK. It was great seeing the baby move around with life. Very excited!

My due date is changed back to the 26th like I thought it was so I feel good about that too.

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I'm sorry you couldn't get a nub shot iluv, but so glad you got to watch your LO and that all looks good! Nov 1 will be here before you know it!

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Originally Posted by zanacal

Hi jane - I'm not ttc blue but I'm having a read - and I'm here :D I would do it tonight and tomorrow night too if you get another smiley tomorrow. How many days since you last DTD? GL!

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thanks! its nearly 4 days since dtd so prime time i think. im almost certain my cycle is slightly behind by 1/2 a day to 1 day cos of the chemical i had (2 cycles ago). im thinking if we dtd as late as possible(around midnight) cos were going out around 6.30am and wont be home till around 6pm....any other day would have been fine.....typical isnt it!hope its not girl territory.

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Originally Posted by jane

is anyone there? i just got a smiley!!!!!!!!! only thing is, its now 8pm and we are going out in the morning at 6.30am! so i dont know when is the best time to dtd? why cant this be easy?!

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I would go as late tonight as you can :) See if you get a smiley again tomorrow evening if you do maybe go again?

ttc5 -Im sorry about your sister! Hope she will be all ok.
begonia-Im also interested how did you stay this small? How long did you do the boy diet? tell us
And LOLA- if you look like B here then you are not fat! I have a lot bigger tummy:sad:

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Originally Posted by jane

is anyone there? i just got a smiley!!!!!!!!! only thing is, its now 8pm and we are going out in the morning at 6.30am! so i dont know when is the best time to dtd? why cant this be easy?!

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Hope you did it last night or very early morning. If you get another smiley then maybe tonight again? Only if you don't mind the 1 day abst.

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Originally Posted by TTC5

Thanks K. Physically yes, mentally no :(

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I'm having the same problems with my youngest nephew, he's just spent 2 weeks in a mental health unit. He's only 11, it's so hard to get people to help!

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Originally Posted by iluvmyman

Your comment about your partner cracked me up. I have to wait 5 weeks and it feels like an eternity. :) The u/s tech also said that the baby's hand was at the crotch and joked that she had 2 boys and knows that we're having a boy. too funny! GL to your partner, how exciting!

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haha i guess their obsession with it starts at a young age! I sure hope she's right!

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Originally Posted by jane

that gives me hope,thanks cos i did another this morning and it was faint line again!

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Awesome! Hopefully you'll see a normal positive result in a few days!

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Originally Posted by TTC5

Hi girls sorry have not been around last few days have been with my sister she went to hospital again, fell in to a coma, and went to ICU.. she is out of critical care now. So..... off to catch up on you ladies!! xx

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I hope she's well on the mend TTC5!!

well,im really annoyed! just done another smiley test(4hrs after the last)and now no smile,im sick of this,im getting some ewcm and i think my cp is right(if im doing the right thing!)i just dont know why its negative.i did a opk at 8am,1.30pm which were negative,then 7.45pm(positive)then 11.45pm(negative)could i have a short surge(between 1.30pm and 11.45?)aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhh!

Heavens TTC5, glad to hear sis seems to be doing better ... FX she is well soon; sounds as though you still have your concerns for her. Hugs!

Jane how frustrating! Did you DTD last night?! With 4 days abstain that would be just perfect timing it seems. I had a short surge the cycle I got pg. Only 1 +OPK (I do smileys too) at 2pm, and we DTD about 8 hours after I got it. I didn't test again that night but it was neg the next am.

WP I love camping and I'm so envious of your trip! We are going in November when it will hopefully have dropped into the 80's, LOL. I have still been exercising. I do light weights and mostly walking now, every now and then I might run a mile but for the most part I walk or do the elliptical machine. I ran through my other pregnancies (like up until 39 weeks!) but since I quit running to sway boy I just haven't felt like running this time! Exercise is totally my stress release though.

Jen this is like Christmas Eve!!!!

Lola what're the OPKs doing?

Kris I wouldn't be able to wait on Sarah either! Find out and don't tell her ;)

Re: my boy diet weight gain (I did update my sway with this too) I did the boy diet 9 months. BUT ... when I was "girl" diet I was still eating 2500 calories a day at least, but loads of it, literally half of it, was sugar... candy, etc. And I ran 40-60 miles a week so I just burned everything off. When I started the boy diet I dropped the exercise to 10 miles a week, plus 3x a week weight training, and kept my intake around 2200-2500 but it was all good, nutrient rich foods. I gained about 5 lbs (I think due to the loss of so much cardio) and then the last 3-4 weeks before our attempt I really amped up my food intake to gain another 2. Since the BFP I've gained about 7lbs.

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Originally Posted by begonia

Heavens TTC5, glad to hear sis seems to be doing better ... FX she is well soon; sounds as though you still have your concerns for her. Hugs!

Jane how frustrating! Did you DTD last night?! With 4 days abstain that would be just perfect timing it seems. I had a short surge the cycle I got pg. Only 1 +OPK (I do smileys too) at 2pm, and we DTD about 8 hours after I got it. I didn't test again that night but it was neg the next am.

WP I love camping and I'm so envious of your trip! We are going in November when it will hopefully have dropped into the 80's, LOL. I have still been exercising. I do light weights and mostly walking now, every now and then I might run a mile but for the most part I walk or do the elliptical machine. I ran through my other pregnancies (like up until 39 weeks!) but since I quit running to sway boy I just haven't felt like running this time! Exercise is totally my stress release though.

Jen this is like Christmas Eve!!!!

Lola what're the OPKs doing?

Kris I wouldn't be able to wait on Sarah either! Find out and don't tell her ;)

Re: my boy diet weight gain (I did update my sway with this too) I did the boy diet 9 months. BUT ... when I was "girl" diet I was still eating 2500 calories a day at least, but loads of it, literally half of it, was sugar... candy, etc. And I ran 40-60 miles a week so I just burned everything off. When I started the boy diet I dropped the exercise to 10 miles a week, plus 3x a week weight training, and kept my intake around 2200-2500 but it was all good, nutrient rich foods. I gained about 5 lbs (I think due to the loss of so much cardio) and then the last 3-4 weeks before our attempt I really amped up my food intake to gain another 2. Since the BFP I've gained about 7lbs.

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so you think we should go for it cos i just dont know anymore,it seems every month theres something! do you know about short surges?

jane-we O after the +opk so I would go try again! FX

So DH said we do 1 more try next month.But we don't need to anyway because I already have it in there he said...Ok...haha..
but now I think maybe I don't want to go again ...I mean why have 1 more try if we think we want to stop anyway?

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Originally Posted by LolaInLove

Hey Iluv! Glad all looked well and I'm with you on discarding the OWT about hbs and carrying and such. I looked like a "watermelon smuggler" with both and got the annoying boy comments the whole time. And please do a belly shot soon!

3PNB, yep, I'm losing my mind, lol. FRIDAY, can't wait for FRIDAY!!!!!! I can't believe you are halfway there already!

Hobb, I've already stopped actually taking the Clomid this month (you only take 5 pills from CD3-7), but I think I'm going to just go natural from now on.

Another timing question now: I just got a big fat +opk....although it was darn near positive last night, it is way way darker than the control line today. I bet I will ovulate sometime tomorrow morning, maybe tonight, I don't know since I'm taking this estrogen....I have a feeling it's making me O differently, maybe sooner or stronger, I can't tell yet. I'm worried that if we dtd tomorrow night, I will have missed the egg.....what do you guys think, dtd tonight and tomorrow night and pool me with sperm, even if it's only a few million, lol, or wait till tomorrow night?

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I'm late seeing this - what did you decide to do?

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Originally Posted by iluvmyman

Skrimpy

Awwww! Honor is so cute. Is she big for 4 months or just the pic? So cute!

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She's been in the 80th to 90th percentile at her other checks but we haven't had her four month appt yet. Usually mine are big the first 6 months then slim down some!

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Originally Posted by TTC5

AWWW!!!!!!!!!! So cute!!!

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Thanks TTC5!

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Originally Posted by jane

is anyone there? i just got a smiley!!!!!!!!! only thing is, its now 8pm and we are going out in the morning at 6.30am! so i dont know when is the best time to dtd? why cant this be easy?!

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I would go early in the morning before you leave if possible!