im thinking of doing what the doc suggested and taking 100mg clomid in march,
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im thinking of doing what the doc suggested and taking 100mg clomid in march,
but i know il have holy hell symptoms from it, i got hot flushes, headaches and nausea from 50mg, god help me lol !
Littlemiss~ can you take it before bed. I did and the only symptom I seemed to have was like getting a little emotional-like emotional good like "i love you, your such a great best friend" tearful but happy!
Amari~ Hope you hang out here even if you don't O.
I cannot believe we are basically in MArch. WOW. I think because Feb was short Pinkin was the only BFP, but several attempts are in the 2 WW right now.
PFP~ I agree with Auroara I do not believe timing of BFP's how early they show have anyhting to do with gender. I was also clueless about when I could test with my first pregnancy, and the next two where not planned and I was like where's AF? thats weird!
Oh and I am still beyond thirsty. And Starving.....I can't believe I have to wait about 2 hrs to eat...ahhhh
Ya agreed. I read the whole study and the difference in hcg did not appear til 18, 19 & 20 dpo. At 14&15dpo there was no difference. And of course this does not go for everyone -- many women have high hcg and have boys and visa versa.
This 2ww is exhausting...I have never gotten a bfp early so why would I expect to now? Maybe just hopes to end this torturous wait.
Hi Girls!
Can i join? I attempted in Feb and am in the 2ww as of today!
Its the first month trying, so im sure i have bugger all chance and will a March TTC anyway!
Good luck and pink dust to all :)
I hope to get a BFP this month. with DS, we failed first attempt but it happened the second.. so I am hoping this one is the first or second. I won't O until around March 21, going by last cycle.. seems so far away!! my cycles have been a little off bc of removing the IDU end of Dec.. so I'm just hoping this cycle is not wacky!
PFP - you must be soooo frustrated by all this spotting. On the cycle immediately after my m/c I spotted through almost my whole LP and I remember how frustrated I was. Here's hoping you get that BFP soon.
Baby dust to everyone trying or waiting!
btw, you girls are awesome.. I see so much encouragement.
lassie~ Of course you can join! Hoping your 2WW goes fast!
nks~It will go so fast...I am shocked March is already here. I got sick after an attempt in November and had to skip Dec, and Jan. I attempted in Feb in the 2WW right now, and it some ways it dragged in others I can't believe my attempt is already over for this month. Hopefully this is it. Had a loss in July and basically have been waiting since then. I can't even believe it.
And its one study anyway. I can probably find one that says theres no difference! Don't put any stock in it, your BFP's show later! and if the twins showed earlier thats bc they were twins not girls.Quote:
Originally Posted by prayforprincess
I am going to be STALKING you girls for these march bfp's!! I cant wait to hear all your good news! xo
Hi ladies....Good luck! I am TTC this month as well but with a little help with IUI and sperm washing for a girl! I posted a few pages earlier my story......I have 5 boys and have done all the extreme swaying before! Was gonna do IVF, but we decided that its too much for us to gamble all that money and NOT get pregnant! I am living proof that this GENDER dream just does not go away!! I have 5 boys which are my world but I just can't grasp not having my own little girl! Here's to PINK dust and everyone getting their dream! I will be starting clomid this month.....I think its day 4 of my cycle, which should be around the 10th or 12th of March. I am a little scared!! The dr. has me on 50mg with prog. I am so scared to over stim and not be able to do the IUI or even more having 2 or 3 babies from this!!! I am pretty fertile so that worries me and my hubby to death! I just want one little girl!! Please pray for me and pray that we see 2 or 3 follicles brewing when the time is near!!! So excited.....a little scared since I have been waiting for this day for the last year! I have a a 16 month old and I just went for an HSG where they check my tubes with dye and it's all clear in there!! Never had a problem before......Oh lastly, I am still taking supps and my hubby too! I know the IUI surpasses everything but I am taking no chances!! As for my hubby.....he is a must with Supps!! I had him originally of fert blend for like 3 months because we were going to do IVF. then when I switched to IUI the dr. said he didn't need it. So, now I have him taking 1 pill of calcium so 500mg with 1 pill of Mag which is 250mg and 1 pill of Cranberry which is 500mg. I am making sure that he's making those girls in there!!! Not sure what else I can have him do on day of IUI....any ideas??? He has to produce in the dr.'s office (He is dreading that) but any advice for anything would really help!! I have about 2 weeks....right?? Then I take the clomid and my dr. controls the rest!! Anyone know a good chinese gender calendar that is reliable?? Most say March is a good month for a girl! I know I am being superstitious but I am throwing everything in this!! Wish me luck!!!
PFP. i put this in the feb chat thread, but thought i should add it here....
i wouldnt worry about late implanting meaning boy.
my last pregnancy was an obvious BFP 9DPO and he is all boy.
and the one before him was 10 dpo, also a boy....
not sure with this one, as i didnt test untill 12 dpo...
also the testing times, vary depending on your LP.
my LP is longer, about 18 days, so my last pregnancy was a BFP 9 DPO, which was also 9 days before AF was due.
I am frusterating -- it si so annoying. Never had anything like this happen to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mochagirl
So I have been doing a crazy amount of looking this "implantation bleeding up". Most women have it anywhere from a one time wipe with a little blood, to on and off spotting for up to 7 days. It seems that most women who get spotting before their period is due is either because 1)they were on the pill and missed some/ or messed it up (NOT me). 2) They have low levels of progesterone causing them to spot/bleed early (NOT me, as I always have had 14-15 day lp's). 3) Their hormones are outta whack due to a miscarriage, med's etc (NOT me). 4)They are pregnant and it is implantation bleeding (HOPING that IS me!).
It just appears that pregnancy is the only thing it could be. The sucky thing -- all the women who experienced implantation bleeding did not usually get a bfp til at least 4 days after it stopped or til a few days after their af was due. This means more waiting around for me.
I mean, if Monday comes and no af -- then I have to be pregnant. I HATE this.
I know Suregena had a missed af and a hard time last month - but she was no experiencing "implantation" spotting.
There is nothing there now -- and has not been since noon today. But the same thing happened to me yesterday.
Here's to hoping that I see no more spotting and that I get my bfp soon.
Hi everyone, some of you may remember me from earlier; i decided i needed a break from all of this for a bit, but now i am back and excited to hopefully conceive my baby girl in March:XX: Even though i havent been posting I have been coming online and checking what you've all been up to every few days to try and stay in the loop, lol. I have stayed strong with my diet (despite a couple of cheats here and there) but my motivation is really strong. Whenever it gets tough i just think, would i rather have this chocolate bar or a baby girl? And all of us here have the same answer to that! I'm probably not consuming enough calories so i am mindful of that at the moment, and because i dont really have much weight to lose i want to up the calories a little bit so that the week before O i can restrict those extra calories and try to lose some weight before TTC. Basically i am just waiting for AF to arrive (prob about 4 days away). This month i missed my LH surge, i became a little slack/distracted and i think i just tested a day too late, grr. Anyway, i am planning on testing early and testing a lot this next cycle so i can be absolutely sure to catch that egg - DP and i are doing just 1 attempt after abstain - so I am planning to TDT right on O or just before.
Happy to 'see' some old faces and some new ones. Everyone is trying so damn hard on here you should all be super proud of yourselves, whatever sway tactics you're using.
Congrats on your BFP Pinkin, such exciting news!!
Now lets hope the world has an injection of little girls born in December all coming from the wonderful and dedicated mums trying to bring them into the world in this forum!! Let's go get 'em ladies!:pinksperm:
Count me in for March:bike: cd1 for me im starting second round clomid tomorrow :rolleyes: So back to the diet for me.
:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:: cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::c heer::cheer::luck::luck::luck::luck::luck::luck::l uck::luck::luck::luck: Good luck Everyone
Hey Lala! I did ask after you a while back. I was wondering where you went. I don't blame you for needing a break for a bit. It does your head in after a while. GL with your March attempt. I am only 4DPO but am already looking ahead to my March attempt as I mucked everything up in Feb. Ho hum. I'm sure one day it will all fall into place!
:flowerz: so much support - makes me feel all warm and fuzzy
Fingers crossed PFP - and everyone else!
Hope you get a shot at TTC this month amari!
I have stocked up on FRER's to satisfy my POAS addiction.
I plan to start testing on CD 22, which is 8DPO.
Exactly Peony, it starts to become all-consuming and it was all i thought about, so i needed to take a step back and while i was still swaying with diet, rephresh, no exercise, etc, i had to remove myself from reading all the info and advice and sway attempts. But it feels great to be back with you all!:hugs:
And just to update, about 20 mins after i posted today i went to the toilet and hello AF :wave: So i guess i am also CD1 today - 4 days early but not a surprise as my cycles jump b/w about 27 -33 days, i never know how long its going to be. No wonder i missed my LH surge last cycle! So i guess i better start really putting things into gear, i've got less time than i thought:nails:
Hey - Praying for Pink.... could you be having the amount of implantation bleed you are getting because its twins? Would 2 embryos implanting cause more bleeding?
Rainbow, I have heard that moms that smoke or drink or do drugs or all three.. same with the daddies have mostly girls because the female sperm are able to survive harsher/more dangerous environments in our bodies. Crazy yes. My best friend wants me to take up drinking because she knows how much it would sway for a girl. I won't do it though. Shettles claimed all of that in his method and said that men that had more dangerous jobs or who were drug addicts ended up with daughters.. So is there truth to it? Look at the people you know in your life. What do they have? :)
I truly doubt I would be having twins naturally. And if it was twins then most likely by now I would have gotten a bfp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lassie1982
12dpo, well 13dpo using my calculation and still no bfp. ?????
I am still having a few drops of brownish blood every now and then. I feel like something is going on down there -- and I can feel it. Its like this fullness -not cramping so much, but this fullness in my uterus I can feel. Plus, my boobs feel a bit weird, I am not imagining it. They are more sensitive.
But then why the bfn still? Don't you think by now it would have been positive? I know know what to think. I am starting to doubt myeslf and wonder what the f is going on. Since this has never happened to me before in my life, ironically the 1st month I am ttc I get brownish spotting here and there I am going to think it is implantation bleeding. I feel like, how weird would that be if it wasn't...the one month I ttc and this happens?
I am trying to be patient (well not really) but I would have bet money that by this point I would see a bfp.
I guess I just need to wait and see what happens over the weekend. If no af or bfp by Monday then go to the doctor for a blood test. Why is this happening to me? I feel like with swaying I have invested so much and it is so emotionally draining. I can hardly take it anymore.
I know of 3 couple that are moderate/heavy smokers and drinkers.Quote:
Rainbow, I have heard that moms that smoke or drink or do drugs or all three.. same with the daddies have mostly girls because the female sperm are able to survive harsher/more dangerous environments in our bodies. Crazy yes. My best friend wants me to take up drinking because she knows how much it would sway for a girl. I won't do it though. Shettles claimed all of that in his method and said that men that had more dangerous jobs or who were drug addicts ended up with daughters.. So is there truth to it? Look at the people you know in your life. What do they have?
1 has a girl
1 has a boy and a girl
1 has 5 girls, 1 boy
Both the mother and father smoke and drink. And (very sadly) non of these mums quit the drinking or the smoking when pregnant :( (dont get me started on THAT topic)
3 couple's probably isnt enough to make a call on?
Perhaps alcohol and tobacco sway pink becuase of the toxin / unhealthy factor. Reduced health = girl?
Even so, to me it wouldnt be worth the risk of all the other health problems it can potentially cause. I'd rather have a boy that 100% healthy, then a girl who isnt.
It was just a random dud guees - and good point about the preg tests, twins would presumably equal more hcg = earlier BFP?Quote:
I truly doubt I would be having twins naturally. And if it was twins then most likely by now I would have gotten a bfp.
When did you have your last spotting? Maybe its only JUST finished implanting, i thought HCG was produced 3 days AFTER implantation, so maybe its another day or 2 before you will get any hcg?
Another random thought, are your tests from the same batch? Could it be that you have a packet of tests thats faulty for some reason? Thats a really far out suggestion, but im scratching my head for you...
Could you maybe go to the Dr and request an urgent blood test? Maybe tell a white lie and say your period is a week late so you want a blood test to confirm, they normally come back within 24hrs, or within day if you plead and have a nice GP (that's here in australia, not sure on the states)
Easier said then done, but try and stay calm...stressing cant be doing any good for bub if she's in there (having said that, i would probably be exactly the same as you)
Butterfly, I was drinking plenty when I conceived DS2. And a friend of mine went on holiday after TTC (not swaying) for 1 year without any luck. On her trip, she said she and her DH behaved like teenagers. They drank heaps and smoked cigarettes and marijuana, and hey presto, she is now expecting DS2. So I wouldn't go turning to alcohol as a great way to sway for a girl! I am trying to keep my eggs healthy by laying off the wines this time. DH still drinks, so his sperm probably go round in circles!
My SIL is the ultimate healthy eater. Makes everything from scratch. Barely drinks alcohol. Never smoked, etc. And she has 3DDs.
Lassie - I am not so sure about the drinking part. I think that overall -- diet trumps all. I have always eaten an extreme boy friendly diet.
But my weakness is not sweets, its that I love love love my martini's. Always have. And my husband is a big beer drinker, like every night at least 5+. I hate beer, never would drink it, would rather have water.
Anyhow I always drank when I conceived all 3 of my sons. Like martini's daily -- and I make good ones, like mostly straight up vodka -- I don't put juice in them. Love wine too. We are not alcoholics (tho it kinda sounds like it when I explain us), we just enjoys a few drinks and because we do it so often have much higher tolerance that most.
I always associated my drinking with maybe having boys. That is why since I started this diet the 26th Dec. I have not had any drinks at all. All my girlfriends who are only occasional drinker's or do not drink much at all ever all have girls.
Maybe alcohol does not affect me or my dh in the way that is does most so -- all I know is if it swayed girl then with what he and I drink we would have had a squad of cheerleaders by now :)
PFP - sounds like you are on to something there. Drinking is more common then smoking isnt it? So if drinking swayed, there should be noticeably more girls?
Regarding smoking, I was a smoker up to 2 weeks before i conceived DS, that said it was fairly light smoking, maybe 4 cigarettes a day.
DH was a pack a day (smoker and a moderate drinker). So that amount of nicotine between us didnt create a girl (not that we were swaying, didnt even know about swaying then and had zero gender preference)
Neither of us smoke anymore and DH has cut out the drink altogether, so we'll see wether doing the opposite gets us an opposite
Lala~ Hi welcome back. good luck in March!
PeonyPrincess~ what do you think you messed up in Feb?
Prayforprincess~ can you relax the next few days and try to do things that takes your mind off swaying, bfps, etc. I know easier said then done! If you don't get your BFP before Monday (I REALLY think you will) then go to your doc. She said to come Monday you'll have the results by the afternoon. I took an hpt today is 6dpo its still positive but fading out, will keep doing it till its negative. My Dh doesn't think I should bother bc I will doubt it when I see it positive again (hopefully)!! Will see...
hi all how are we all, well im 10dpo today and bfn, ive had some cramping too so sounds like AF is on her way again, cant wait to start again, il be doing abstinance and a one off bed on a +opk or the day of O havent made my mind up about that yet, and we may add a 0+12 in where DH will be FR from abstinance 3 x a day, come on girl babies be our month !
Now I am wearing a pad bleeding like a period -- still 3 days before my af is Due!
My temp is 98.6 this am -- wouldn't it have gone down if I was getting my af this morning.
I think something is wrong with me -- I just had a crying breakdown on the phone with my girlfriend.
I can't believe this -- I am just so tired. I have spent well over a year trying to get pg through ht and now swaying for this girl and there is one disappointment and obstacle after another. I am truly ready to give up. Just go on with my life and get pregnant whenever it happens. But then will I regret not trying -- ya, I know myself and I will.
Why is this happening to me? I am so tired of all of this being the front burner in my life -- I just need it to be over.
Prayforprincess~ I know you will not give up from gettting to know you. I think you need to get that blood test today. Just put your mind at ease. Call doc and make sure it would show in a blood test now. There is no answer to "why me". We like to believe that good things happen to good people and bad things happend to bad people. The world is just not that way. There is no order to the world. Wish there was. If there was, I would never have conceived a baby girl with chromosome problems. My due date is past and I don't even have a BFP yet, cannot believe it. It Makes me mad to think about it, but I quess I can ask also why NOT me?? iykwim
Oh, and your temp staying elevated is a great sign
@PFP maybe you have an early mc?
I hope everything turns out well!!! Praying for you!
PFP i dont know what to say hun, do you think this is your period ?
PFP - I'm sorry for all this bleeding and I totally understand your feelings. I really hope you figure out what's going on soon.
Hope - hugs for everything you've gone through too. I just know you'll get that BFP really soon! :hugs:
Thanks girls! You are all so great.
So I talked with my doctor. It appears it might just be an "early miscarriage". It is apparent that the little brown spotting I had 1 weeks before my period was the beginning of implantation. But it seems the little bugger just could not get all the way in there. It was obviously trying...really hard since the spotting lasted a few days. But ultimately, it didn't make it and now my whole lining is shedding...i.e. my period is here. But my temp is still high so maybe it will got back down by tomorrow or the day after, once my body registers this is all over.
So that's it. It sounds right -- its the only thing that sounds right or makes any sense. She said a lot of people have had this, but many don't look into it and think its just spotting and then their af comes early. Since I am tracking, temping, ttc -- I knew exactly what it was; but with many it goes undiscovered. Totally natural and ok.
So...is this now cd1 for me?? I have no idea when I will o this month no due to this. Probably late I would imagine. But hey - don't they say that pregnancy after mc sways girls. Not that it was a real pregnancy yet or anything. Maybe it was a boy, and knew it couldn't survive the low glucose low calorie. Who know's. It just sucks I gotta go another month.
Kinda botched the diet a little. Have been staying low calorie/low fat for the most part, but did have some red meat that one night. Ooops! I will be ultra hard core on it now starting tomorrow. Guess I will really have to be monitoring my cm and taking opk's.
I think I might only do one attempt this month the night of or morning after my +opk. Just use application of rephresh every 3 days once af stops -- no touch ups before our attempt. I will have dh try to abstain from tomorrow night til our attempt. Take licorice root 2xday. Me just saw palmetto and folic acid.
What do you think?
Prayforprincess~responded on the other thread..I am so sorry. Regarding your question though, I am not sure why you are changing your attempt plan. Maybe, you feel this was a boy? You are right, after m/c does sway girl. I think changing the plan could cause too much stress, also I don't want to see you not get preggo with a one time attempt. I know how much you went over that aspect with Atomic. It took some getting my brain around the mutiple attempt issue as well. Don't worry about the one cheat of red meat, and the other small cheats. It will keep you going for March. I'm bummed about this :bighug:
im so sorry prp, i was really rooting for you over here. hopefully next month it will be your turn. it probably was a boy, i know it doesn't make the hurt any less but i read somewhere we have a 52% chance of having a boy every month but boy embryos are small and less hardy then the females, so usually when we miscarry we lose boys, its natures way of making a more even male to female ratio. not sure how true it is but it made sense to me. again im sorry and hopefully you will get a bfp soon.
I'm sorry, PFP, but I'm happy that at least you have some answers now. :hugs:
I have to agree with Hope that I wouldn't want to only have one attempt, but then again I'm 37 and you're probably a lot younger (which I assume since you're going to have dh abstain), so your situation may be different. Do whatever will make you feel best about your sway.