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Hope he comes round soon! I am waiting af in about a week then we'll officially be ttc! Im really poorly though yesterday and today so my eating/exercise has suffered. Hoping it doesn't matter as i was being so strict and loosing weight. Ill be back exercising as soon as im better though which will hopefully be in a few days x
Awe, hope you feel better soon! DH started his OLE yesterday. If we do make an attempt (which I'm sure we will), will he be on it long enough to sway? Anyone know? I will start my clomid tomorrow night! So excited! Hopefully he decides to "go for it" at the last minute (which I'm sure he will, lol).
How's everyone else doing?
Hi greeneyes, I'm just waaaiting for Af so I can get my blood test done for clomid next cycle but have just booked another appt with my doctor for tomorrow to hopefully speed up the clomid process so if you don't mind me asking - how/why did you get clomid? You Ov on your own right? Just trying to equip myself with as much knowledge as possible now because I've put pretty much all my "ttc eggs in the clomid basket" now!
I have a shorter LP with a lot of preAF spotting. It's getting longer but still not great.
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I think I could get clomid if I wanted due to my low prosg and short lp but I refuse as im terrified of twins! X
I wouldn't mind twins, (I'm a twin), but I know they aren't in my future, lol.
My AF showed up today so it looks like I'll be TTC in February as well! :worry:
So far my sway has been vegetarian LE diet since November, LE since September, I exercised an hour every day in December to our first attempt in January. I was taking baby aspirin 3x per week but started bruising so I cut that back to 2x per week. Folic acid every day. Peppermint tea, three cups per day from AF-O. Rephresh every three days from AF-O. Centrizine every day from AF-O, Benadryl the night of attempt. One attempt at Positive OPK. I also lost about 27 lbs from August until now and still losing. My husband is on LR 3x per day from AF-O, briefs from AF-O and frequent release from AF-O.
It was a strict sway and I screwed up my LE diet and stopped exercising due to all kinds of stress during the 2WW. :shrug: I've been eating vegetarian the whole time though so I just have to get back to skipping breakfasts and snacks. I figure I should just stop exercising, it was adding too much stress to my sway to attempt to fit in an entire hour every single day. I think I'll just use the one tube of Rephresh I have left after my period ends and call that good for this month.
Debating about doing multiple attempts or dropping something else this month. I kinda wanna get pregnant in a hurry, because it was SUPER depressing to see all those BFN's this month. :SS:
Wow I thought the Zyrtec was just 6-12 hours before O. Maybe you could drop the Benadryl? I was brushing from the le diet and the high doses of folic acid really helped to put an end to that for me! Good luck! We're close in our cycle! :)
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Hi ladies. I'll be ttc next month as well. I'm on Cd 22/8 dpo and waiting for af at the beginning of next month.
So far I've been on le vegitarian style since December 29 and have lost 8 lbs. I'm over weight (5'2" and 132 lbs). So I'm really nervous about ttc next month since I still have a lot of weight to lose. But I've been staying within my limits very well. So what do you girls think? Should I hold out? Or do you think this is enough to sway regardless since I'm eating no meat and le?
Also, I'm taking 1600 mg folic acid, fiber, asprin 2x per week (was taking 3x times per week but had a random nose bleed for no apparent reason so I got scared), saw palmetto, vitex (for six weeks). What I will be adding next month is zyrtec and maybe Benadryl if need be. Also I plan on using replens since that's what I have and if I don't get bfp I'll switch to rephresh when the replens run out. I will also use opks for the first time next month and I'm actually pretty nervous about this. I want one attempt at +opk but fear I won't know what I'm doing! Should I add our eliminate anything?
Dh will also be taking asprin and licorice root af-o. Any thoughts on this ladies? Thank you
I was told not to bother with rephresh from atomic as ys not getting great results with it and just makes it harder to get pg so its out for me. I am only taking fibre if my meal has a lot of fat content and will start aspirin and antihystamines at cd1. Hubby can't take LR so will be just drinking peppermint tea a d abstaining. Vitex gave me loads of ewcm.
I had lost 9lbs since I started le in Jan but its slowed now due to no exercise.
I am getting v v worried now as I've not exercised, it'll be ny 3rd day off today...i did it constant for 3 weeks. i am still too poorly add weak though wondering if it ruining my changes when I ov in about 3 weeks???? X
I had a similar issue over Christmas when I got sick but AS told me to rest and get back on the horse when I could I was able to take a week off and get right back to it until our first attempt in January. Unfortunately I haven't exercised since.
I think doing that entire hour every single day just got really frustrating trying to fit it in. That's why I've dropped it for this month, still waiting to hear back from AS if 30 minutes a couple days a week would still be okay or if that would sway boy too much.
Prob best to drop it if its stressing you. I was really really enjoying it. I am gutted x
Mamer congrats on your surprise cycle :) do you mind if I ask what the new info on fats is? I haven't seen it yet. Is there a link? Thank you for the info. It definately sets my mind at ease. This is the heaviest I've ever been and I'm struggling to get the weight off
Well surprise cd1 today. Gutted as it means another 8 day lp and even less timevto get back exercising :( 12 days from attempt now so back at gym tomoz. Having to start vitex again in hope it lengthen ny lp again as im never getting pg with an 8 fan one!!
Oh no dreamingofwin, thats so hard for you. Have you discussed the short lp with your doctor? Really hope it is better for your next cycle
Praying pink maybe I am wrong in saying its new information, Im not sure, but it is a new essay that Atomic wrote recently. Here is the link :-)
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...pink-blue.html
There is also the other new essay which you probably did see but just in case here is is too The Myth of Magic Foods and Best to Worst Food Guide for Swaying » » The Gender Selection Source
Coming to join you ladies! I’m thinking this is the cycle we finally TTC. Yay! AF showed up late last night, so I guess I’m at CD1 today. I’ve been on a low cal (weight loss) diet for about 12 months, LE for about 8 months. I had a meltdown over the holidays – too long on the LE diet and too many nice goodies around. Atomic said take a break, so I did. But I jumped back on in January and also have added exercise in better in the last few weeks. Hoping it’s enough! Exercise has been the hardest for me to find time for. I’m trying to do at least 45 mins of cardio most days… some days I get the whole hour and others I get none. And it totally stopped my weight loss. :/ I’ve lost 20 lbs overall since last year, but very little in the last few weeks. Trying to drop a few more pounds before TTC if I can. I’ve been doing Vitex since October and am actually kinda loving it for how it’s calmed my hormones and shortened my periods. This cycle I’m dropping it in favor of Clomid, though. Eek – just a couple more days until I take my first dose! (scanning all the Clomid threads one last time today…) Excited and nervous as I know staying on it for very long is not a good idea. This is it!
And, greeneyes – getting my dh on board has been by far the hardest thing. He is terrible at making decisions, so this has been way too big for him to deal with. He’s still not “Yay, let’s sway!” But he’s more like, “Yeah, I’m to opposed to having a little girl some day.” So, I’m taking that as a let’s go for it. :) It’s as close as I’m going to get from my non-committal guy. Just hoping he doesn’t chicken out at the last minute.
We are about to try one more time! It has been an 18 month journey for us, as my husband had a vasectomy reversal in June 2012, and after months of a LE Diego and daily exercise for an hour, we discovered he had low testosterone after the surgery. He had been on a heavy dose of vitamins for seven months and clomid for three, hoping to increase the testosterone, and thereby his swimmers. My time available to exercise has been so much less this year, and my diet has been harder to follow, but I'm still trying. Given a sporadic period over the last six months and a desire yo have all the stars in alignment, I am also going to try clomid this cycle and see how it goes. If it doesn't work this time, I am kind of thinking the work to increase my DH's sperm count was unsuccessful. Hmmm. I am crossing my fingers. Oh, and my period started today...
Today was my last clomid. The only side effect I've noticed is constipation but then I should be doing the fiber supp anyway. So I started those back up today. I started the rephresh last night too. Things are getting close! :o I'll start testing with OPKs on cd 12 unless I see ewcm before then.
Oh and things have been rough at work. Very stressful. I called in sick for a "mental health day" to destress a bit!
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Glad to know your symptoms weren't too severe, green eyes... Fingers crossed for a successful attempt. I hope your de-stressing day was a success, too!
I'm on board again too! On CD3 and reeeealy hopeful that this will be our month :awe:
I love the mental health day, greeneyes! Great idea. I've been dealing with work stress, too, but trying to block it out. Can we just take a TTC month off?
Did my first day of Clomid yesterday! Talk about feeling stress. Lol! After months of planning I had the big "ohmigod this is it!" moment. I swear I almost chickened out and waited until next month. But I'm not sure I can keep exercising every day for another month. So, I'm in! If all goes well, we *may* even conceive around Valentine's Day, depending on what Clomid does to my cycle. Which should help put dh in the mood. ;)
I did my first clomid yesterday, too! I am trying so hard to not get my hopes up--it's been such a long journey, and I am not even sure it will be possible. Wishing you lots of luck!
I *think* I should ovulate sometime this weekend or early next week. I have to work Sa/Sun nights so I think we might try to do an attempt Thursday night just incase I get my +OPK over the weekend when we wont be able to attempt. Then maybe another attempt Monday (which is when we will celebrate my belated b-day), or wait for +opk? I will have to also work W/Th nights of next week I think...
Yeah, I so had to take mental health days. It was so stressful at work I was getting nightmares. I needed a break from it all. Its better again now, but with all this snow we've been getting its been making us short staffed and work has been extra difficult when we are fully staffed. :( I'm ready for the snow to stop already!
I should be ovulating on saturday so will have one try on positive opk, will be ao hard not to get in another attempt!
I am losing weight quickly on the low LE diet and with high stress levels at work this will not be good for my sway :S
Just pm atomic to see when to stop vitex!!!
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AF is here TODAY... AAAHHHHH The official 14 day countdown to BD first attempt... EVER! :holysheep: *nervous jitters*
Yay, seamaiden! Very exciting!
Well, I had to drop the Clomid today because the side effects were rotten veering into dangerous. But I'm still planning to do one attempt at +OPK and hoping I've got enough in my system to make it work for me. If not... back to the drawing for a new plan next month.
Hope the snow lets up for you, greeneyes!
That sucks girliedreamz! Hope what you got helped! Can you try femera next mo?
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Thanks, me too! I got about 1/2 what I should have - 2 1/2 doses instead of 5. So... crossing my fingers it does *some* good. Depending on how things go in the next few days, I may also add some light sway stuff like antihistamines just to help the 1/2 does along. :) I could try femera, but from atomic's input, she wasn't sure it would help much in my situation. Sigh. It might be back to the Vitex for me. I actually felt great on that stuff... I may go back to using it just to help my PMS symptoms when this is all over. But not sure if it sways that hard.
I'm really liking how I feel on the clomid! Lol. Wish I could take it all the time if it helps with libido! ;) Vitex was okay too. I think I felt more 'evened' out on that too.
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Yes! We DTD and DH closed the deal! :cool: I guess his cold feet warmed up! Now lets hope I get a +opk today or tomorrow and pop an egg! Otherwise, DTD again Monday. :/ I just needed to get an attempt in before I worked all weekend when I definitely wouldn't get a chance!
Yay! Fingers crossed for you!! :fx:
Thanks! Neg OPK. I'm not even getting a test line its that negative. I'm wondering if I have a bad batch of wondfos... I'm HOPING I have a bad batch! LOL Fertility monitor still says high.
I had a lot of spotting this morning. Heavy red spotting mixed with ewcm/semen(?). I had lower back pain, cramping, and it felt like O pain on both sides, so hoping SOMETHING is going to happen here soon! I was so excited about our attempt I barely slept last night! Ironically today is easier to stay on track with the diet knowing I'm due to O soon! LOL
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Ooh good luck!
I am cd10 usually ov 13/14 taken vitex again though in hope it lengthens my lp so will see. It didn't change ov last time.
I am v nervous as I've not exercised for 2 weeks. I've still lost but much slower. Gonna really lower fat a.d protein more from tomoz. I am currently sat on my exercise bike trying to see if I can cycle without hurting my back...still been in 2 minds to not try this month due to lack of exercise but think we're going for it anyway. Hope I don't regret it!! X ti
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Hahaha! I stopped notifications for a few weeks myself. ;) I am considering stopping OPKs. I'm think I might have a bad batch of wondfos and I'm starting to obsess. I had a big temp just today but with the neg OPKs I'm wondering if it's a bad temp or if the OPKs were wrong. A few more days will tell I guess. :( body sighs are pointing to possible O for yesterday.
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I actually very confident of my temps. I work nights and switch back and forth and am able to temp any time of day. Even if it was off I wouldn't think it would be THIS high... I finally got a pos opk this afternoon. I made sure to only dip it for 3 seconds. Before I left it in until it got to the part I could see it going up. Maybe I diluted it by leaving it in too long...
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Im so impressed you are so good at the temping even with night duty! :-)
Thats a great help!
And yaay to getting a positive opk! Good luck!