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It is different for everyone but you should start getting negatives soon or you may want to see a doctor. ((hugs)). I lost a twin with my 4th son, so it seemed like I had AF (or I would have thought I'd miscarried if I had known I was pg) but really I had a baby on board the entire time.Quote:
Originally Posted by 8lilpigs
AS that must have been a real bittersweet surprise xx
When I tested the other day I used an afternoon pee, so I have one hpt left and will test it tomorrow morning, hopefully it will come back all clear ready for next time. I think I found the reason for the cramps and queasiness yesterday, we all have raging diarea! lol, and the kids are taking it turns to vomit d'oh:bigsmile: So it was the dreaded bug in the house as I realised late in the day as I sat on the loo for the 8th time:rofl: I wish af would hurry up so I know where I am, this is such a waiting game isn't it!
Hi Ladies, i'm swaying blue too. Just finished my first round of clomid so waiting to see doc on Thurs for scan to see how my follicles are developing. I hope clomid helps me fall preg, i've been trying for a yr now & i'm getting old, haha! I'm hoping too that i dont have issues with cm
Hey Babydes, how's the Clomid making you feel? Did your doc end up giving you estriadol or whatever the estrogen supp is called? I'd go with some preseed or ew for sure. I know this is going to work for you!!!!
8LP, SO sorry you all have the bug, there is nothing worse than watching your kids vomit. Hope you feel better soon and your tests are clear so you are ready to go again soon.
So, I had those weird pains last night (which was 5dpo) that I remember having around 6dpo the month I got pg, which got me a little excited, but still wondering if I actually O'ed or not. Still taking opks, will see what they do today. I have a feeling that I did, because I had all of the o symptoms that day, including the pains and increased sex drive. My cm was sorta non-existent this month, but we preseeded it.
Can't wait for you to begin testing Lola!! We'll be here cheering you on. I have a really good feeling that we are gonna have a string of bfp's soon and a very high success rate!! or maybe thats just the testosterone talking lol
Thanks, girl! I hope you are right about a bfp parade, some of us are WAY due to get a good sticky bean! Speaking of testosterone, I noticed a hair on my chin the other day, and I got EXCITED about it...then I promptly plucked it out. Never had that before, so I am sure my testosterone is up.
It was def. bittersweet because since I thought I had AF, I commenced swaying pink, with a strict diet and supplements for two weeks, then DTD when I thought I was due to ovulate and thought I got pregnant that month, not realizing that I had actually been pg for a month. We didn't realize till 20 weeks because the twin's placenta stayed behind and kept growing and it took some time till they noticed that I actually had two separate placentas, then we realized what had happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by 8lilpigs
That's why I am so insistent that people test every month before they start their AF-O supplements even if they think they had AF!
I'm so sorry that it's taking a while to get an all clear, I hope AF arrives shortly so you'll know where you are in your cycle! Feel better soon!!
Wow that is exciting Lola! I had a hair on my chin since I was about 18 that went away on the girl diet!! (granted I did still conceive an opposite but still!) So I think that's super encouraging.Quote:
Originally Posted by LolaInLove
I also had those cramps in early pg with DS 4...KFX!!!!!
Good luck babydes! BE sure to try the Robitussin/Mucinex to help with your CM!!Quote:
Originally Posted by babydes56
I think you are right. I remember a study showed that more boys were born from mothers that took prenatals prior to getting pregnant. Makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
No ladies don't tell me I am going to start growing facial hair and developing a course deep voice LOL!!
Pre natals - I think I do the opposite for me? I took them with my girls and had only girls.
TTC5, you probably had girls because, like me, you starved yourself and worked out like a banshee! We were textbook girl swayers without knowing it.
I agree... TTC5 your prenatals were probably working hard to try and make up for your unintentional girl swaying :p
I have been counting the bee pollen and hweatgrass as my prenatal, do you think thats ok? I haven't any cash to be being any extra's atm.
I tried that last hpt test this morning and I'm pretty sure things are nearly gone, unfortunately the ink from the test line spread all down the sides of the test grr and stained the other line but that was after a while, straight away and after afew minutes there was practically nothing there. Last night it was my turn for the vomiting eurgh, I never thought I would get away from the toilet, all night long with my head over the pan, evil!!!!!!
Oh no you poor thing! =( Hope you feel better soon xx
Wheatgrass, tell me more??
Thanks 5xx
Well wheatgrass is chock full of nutrients and chloryphyll which are all great boosters for overall health. http://www.amazinggrass.com/nutrient-information.html
It is also alkalizing!http://www.alkalinediethealthtips.com/
http://www.alkalinediethealthtips.co...-benefits.html
It tastes a bit strange but you do get a taste for it after a while lol!!
if your also interested in bee pollen then the below link is looong but really interesting!
http://www.alternativescentral.com/beepollen.htm
Bee pollen did nothing for me & it was expensive. I guess it might work better for someone who has regular cycles unlike myself.
8LP, as long as you are getting a good spread of vitamins from foods and taking a lot of folic acid, I don't think a prenatal is necessary. Really, you could take a regular multivitamin and then a folic acid pill and it would be nearly the same also. Prenatals might have a bit more of some vits in them, but I haven't really compared. Mine have DHA, which is why I like them, but you can get that from oils and I know Atomic takes a good supplement from Enfamil with DHA which is great for bf also. Anyway, that wheatgrass looks awesome! I may order some of that when I'm out of my green tincture. Royal jelly/bee pollen IS expensive...I took the real stuff one month, and I nearly gagged on how sweet it is. Now I have pills which I like better....I'd just take them if you can afford them. I think the tub of real royal jelly was less than $10 though, the pills were more like $20.
SOOOO sorry you are ill, hun! That sucks.....I hope you get over it soon!
I did have that one lonely facial hair but I have a funny girly voice like Minnie Mouse so there is no way of knowing LOL!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by TTC5
It isn't that they do the opposite, it's that you were getting less nutrients across the boards and/or your hormones were more girl-friendly and then whatever your husband brings to the table as well. The prenatals weren't enough to make up for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by TTC5
I'm SO SORRY! Ugh that is the worst. I'm glad you're not TTC right this minute.Quote:
Originally Posted by 8lilpigs
I had almost the exact same experience with a pg test once, something must have gone wrong with the dye because the whole thing turned pink. I thought I was pg when I wasn't and boy it was embarrasing!!
I do think it's best to take the prenatals but I totally understand and the boy diet is quite nutritious as it is. The folic acid is the most important thing.
The bee pollen actually kind of scares me anyway because I worry that people can develop bee allergies from it and have to go everywhere armed with an epi-pen like we do. NOT fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by babydes56
We have an epi pen too Atmoic for ant allergies!
Wow!! I did not know this! That's the last thing I need atm. I wonder if I should stop taking it??? But I do definately feel the benefits from it??? Hmm, this is gonna be a tricky one.Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
Maybe people who are more succeptible to food allergies shouldn't take it? I am allergic to absolutely nothing.....not even pollen bothers me, and I do eat honey a lot. Did you develop a bee allergy, Atomic? Or one of your boys? Maybe it's not a good idea for bfing? That is very interesting.
Then I would not take RJ or BP.Quote:
Originally Posted by TTC5
I'm sorry to sound like an alarmist but after going through a couple of very scary reactions with my husband and one of my sons, I don't want anyone to have to go through that!!
If you are not allergic to bees and no one in your family is allergic to bees, then it's probably fine to take.Quote:
Originally Posted by 8lilpigs
I would say that if you are allergic to any insects like yellow jackets or ants, I would not take it. And if anyone in your household is allergic to bees I wouldn't even have it in the house. My husband and father in law are both highly allergic to yellow jackets but they were stung several times before the reactions started. I just worry that people could be priming their bodies for a fatal allergic reaction, even if you never have a reaction to the RJ/BP combo.Quote:
Originally Posted by LolaInLove
My 2nd son had an anaphylactic reaction to pine nuts this summer and had to be hospitalized overnight. He had eaten them 20 or 30 times previously with no reaction at all. It takes a certain amount of exposure before you start to react to allergens.
Probably not a good idea while breastfeeding for that very reason.
OMG Atomic, how scary for you to see your son (and husband) have reactions! Pine nuts are a bad one, I know several people with allergies to nuts. My sister is allergic to nuts and shellfish, and my mom is very allergic to peanuts, so I didn't eat peanut butter at all while pg or bf my girls, and didn't introduce it until they were well over a year old, but they are fine.
I had a hunt around and found a comment on ehow I think? that said something very similar, that people can develop allergic reaction's to anything! That's quite scary isn't it! And strangely, I think I mentioned on a post somewhere else on the forum but I cannot eat eggs, I used to be able to eat eggs, but, I ate so many of them during a period of my life, maybe 2 a day for a month, and became intolerant of them! So maybe I'm one of those developers?? I think..... I'm gonna finish off what I have, maybe a few weeks supply and then just stick to the wheatgrass and hopefully cashflow will be improvong and I can hunt down a reasonable multi-vit!! or a bfp lol.
I agree fully, I didn't even think twice when I saw this for swaying boy!Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
Yes this happened to my daughter. She sat on a while nest of ants when she was 5 and had a nasty reaction (not anaphylaxic) a year later got bitten by one single ant and was rushed to hospital. Paramedics had to stop on the way to revive her, her heart stopped =( she was very very lucky.Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
OMG, TTC5 how horrifying! Poor thing!
omg ttc5, so scary! Glad she's ok and you know what to avoid, this could happen over and over had you not known what bit her.
Worst moment of my life for sure!
On another note, FF picked up cross hairs this morning CD 14! Second day of + opk's.
That sounds really frightening about your daughter ttc5! I'm so glad it turned out well. I never even knew that people could be allergic to ants!.
But great news on the crosshairs!! Does that mean your coming upto ovulate? Will you be attempting or just tsaking notes for a later attempt??
On a similar note I just want to have a quick vent if you don't mind:( Wher is my ov?? or af?? or anything?? I feel like I'm on pause atm. I think I started the m/c bleed on the 18th of Feb and we're now 12th March, surely something should be happening soon? Does anyone know the timescale on these things or is it literally different every time? Sorry for going on but before the bfp my only full cycle was 57 days and the bfp ov was on about day 21 so my cycles seem to be getting really long anyway, could this be a sign of deterioraton with my system maybe??? I will be 35 in Oct.
I think it's just one of those things that happens. It is different for everyone every time.Quote:
Originally Posted by 8lilpigs
You can start getting longer cycles as you get older but you are still YOUNG! I promise you that the odds are excellent that you can get pregnant over 35 easily and with a boy or a girl! Doctors make it sound like a switch gets flipped the second you turn 35 and your eggs turn to dust and you're no longer fertile but that isn't the case. Most people can conceive over the age of 35. Your body has no clue how old you are!
Anyway I'm sorry you're in limbo for now and I"m KFX that things work themselves out very soon.
8lp taking notes for now yep... we ttc in 3 months!!
Also My Mum & Grandma have both conceived at 43/44 years young ;)