TTC Girl - January 2012

My 2 cents: If you are hell-bent on using Represh, I would definitely do more than one attempt.

My Nov. attempt with rephresh plus one BD = BFN. I think Rephresh definitely makes it challenging for those swimmers, so up to you, but if you ONLY want one attempt, I'd stick to no rephresh and maybe just a J&D? or even just one attempt and Zyrtec to dry up any CM?

And Katie, I'm sorry about pre AF bleeding and 13 dpo BFN :( I hope you can get another attempt in soon, I hope you don't take months off, but you gotta do what's right for you and your family, though I hope this doesn't set you back off NOT ttc'ing....you have such lovely, cute and cuddly looking sons! You should keep going and join the other fine ladies who are going to attempting in Feb! Or join Pinkin in March.

Yes thats right!! join me in march Katie.

RAINBOW can you please tell me can i start taking my temp for this next cycle and work out when i o roughly for my next attempt in march?? Will i get an idea from my temps?? I sort of know when o happens anyway BUT i want to attempt right on o in march

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Originally Posted by auroara78

My 2 cents: If you are hell-bent on using Represh, I would definitely do more than one attempt.

My Nov. attempt with rephresh plus one BD = BFN. I think Rephresh definitely makes it challenging for those swimmers, so up to you, but if you ONLY want one attempt, I'd stick to no rephresh and maybe just a J&D? or even just one attempt and Zyrtec to dry up any CM?

And Katie, I'm sorry about pre AF bleeding and 13 dpo BFN :( I hope you can get another attempt in soon, I hope you don't take months off, but you gotta do what's right for you and your family, though I hope this doesn't set you back off NOT ttc'ing....you have such lovely, cute and cuddly looking sons! You should keep going and join the other fine ladies who are going to attempting in Feb! Or join Pinkin in March.

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agree, I think with RepHresh it's a good idea to have multiple attempts. I don't think it in itself prevents a pregnancy, but I do notice less CM when I use it and wonder if it forms a slight barrier across the cervix. I certainly wouldn't use it along with an antihistamine, but I know some very fertile women can still get pregnant with using both!




Pinkin - you can start temping whenever you like! it's probably best to start about a week before OV. I tend to start once AF has gone. For most women, temping doesn't tell you WHEN you will OV, it only shows if you have or not. To confirm you have, you need to have 3 higher temps so really it can only confirm OV when you're 3dpo. However, some (like me) usually get a drop in temps for 1-3 days before OV so that can be a sign that OV is imminent. It's sensible to do it for at least one cycle because then you can practice it and see what a normal pattern for you looks like!

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Originally Posted by rainbowflower

I certainly wouldn't use it along with an antihistamine, but I know some very fertile women can still get pregnant with using both!

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I used both, though my use of rephresh was sparing (1/2 tube every 3 days, and my last application was 3 days before O). We also had about 6 attempts, so that's probably what got me my BFP.

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Originally Posted by Mochagirl

I used both, though my use of rephresh was sparing (1/2 tube every 3 days, and my last application was 3 days before O). We also had about 6 attempts, so that's probably what got me my BFP.

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that's interesting to know! I used a whole tube 2 days before OV, and 3 had 3 attempts following it.. so I hope that was enough! didn't use antihistamines, though (didn't need to as I didn't have much CM) but don't know if I'll get a BFP from it

Yikes! I used both repHresh AND antihistamines... ha!
I've always gotten pregnant first month, though, so I did want to go all out in the first month... and we did have 6 attempts, two of them in between repHresh (i.e. it was 4 days since the previous use) and then I used a full applicator again because I got nervous, in the middle of the attempt!

Hope that didn't mess us up!

if you got pregnant first month before I'd say you're very fertile so could potentially get away with it!

for me, it was 2nd cycle each time (well, technically 3rd for one of them but I was still spotting after my MC and I don't actually think I could have conceived that month) ... I know actually that's quite good in the scheme of things, but we're not super-fertile!

My husband is older, though (37, versus 34/35 when we conceived my son, my how time flies!)... so who knows, but he's very healthy, though has an ale gut! Haha! :)

I know when I got pregnant with my son in hindsight when I looked back, because I was post my second miscarriage, still waiting for my period to return... we went on holiday to Bruges (so we were eating chocolate, gorgeous belgian waffles, cheese, fat fat faty fatness food, and I was drinking belgian fruit beers and I DO NOT like alcohol!)... I had some brown spotting (must have been ovulation but I thought it was my period finally returning!) and so we DTD unprotected that day... *durrrrr*

Less than a month later, I woke up ill and lamented my period hadn't returned yet, oh woe is me. :P Then I put two and two together, of course.

I'm having a bit of a headache today. Being that I'm due for my AF on Wednesday, it could be anything! I've always been prone to headaches... pregnancy, AF... so not a very reliable symptom.