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I'm on cd5 today and have started to feel crampy and 'damp'. I just know I'm going to have a really weird cycle because I have a well thought out plan based on when I usually ovulate! I suppose I'll start using an IC OPK starting today and if I see even a hint of a line I'll switch to my (expensive!) digital OPKs. If I get an early +OPK I'll just have to get DH to cram in 3 or 4 releases in as short a time as possible if we haven't done enough regular releasing by that point. I had EWCM in my LP and Atomic wondered whether the Vitex was making me produce more oestrogen to make up for my lowered testosterone (caused by the Saw P) and I'm wondering whether that might mean I O early - higher oestrogen so earlier ovulation iykwim. Any idea on that anybody?
The thing I'm most concerned about is that I might O this weekend as we're going away to Legoland! We're only away for 1 night but I had thought that I wouldn't need to concern myself with even OPKs (we're away cd7 and cd8) let alone the chance that our attempt might have to be during that time. Of course we're sharing a room with the boys and I don't imagine they'll fall asleep particularly early!! Oh well, I suppose I could still be here on cd20 waiting to ovulate. Who can tell!
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Sorry your body's playing trick on you, Z! I say just keep doing those OPKs and hope for the best! If anyone's up to some extra sessions to get to frequent release levels, your dh is! :rofl: I'll keep my fingers crossed that O doesn't correspond with your trip.
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Can't really help, z, but I agree with mocha, keep doing opk and if its positive just go for it!! I'm so excited for you!! I love Lego and, it's fab!!
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Thanks girls. Still crampy but a completely blank OPK - phew! Annoyed I'm going to have to take my swaying 'gear' away with me though! Perhaps cramping is my new thing all month long as I did alot of it in my last luteal phase!
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Have a lovely time at Lego land, x
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Thank you! Not going until Sunday so you'll have to put up with me tomorrow :D Still very crampy and a teeny weeny line on the OPK tonight. Getting there!!
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Hey ladies...af arrived today, 2 days early, so I'm out for the month. We've decided to try this cycle after all. First of all, I realised that if I wait, the baby would potentially be born during my older kids' summer vacation, which would mean 4 kids 6 and under at home all day every day during those crazy early days with the baby. Also, with af arriving early, the attempt seems so close - and it also means my due date is nice and early - June 1st if I plug if I assume my cycle is back to its old 26 days - I'm not sure of my Mom's trip schedule, but it might be possible that she won't have left for Spain yet when I have the baby.
So...I'm back on the diet and am going to try to make this month's attempt a good one. I already dropped the Sylk last month, this month I'm also dumping the Rephresh. I'll continue Vitex, Saw Palmetto and the occasional Baby Aspirin + frequent BD and we'll BD through O again. Hopefully my reading was right after all, and I'll get a pink BFP in September. Wish me luck!
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I just emailed my mom to find out the dates of her trip, and she'll be gone May29th to 12th! With a due date of June 1st, it's pretty much positive that she'll be off the continent when I give birth. I emailed her a breezy response saying that I'm sure my MIL will be able to help or else DH will have to step up and be on full-time kid duty for once...but after I emailed I felt terribly sad. I thought about how I'd feel if I was out of the country when my daughter gave birth - there's no way I could do that, and I'm starting to think my Mom is going to feel the same way. I'm worried she's going to be hurt that I'm going ahead and planning a pregnancy for a time when she can't be with me. She's so excited about this trip, she's already paid and everything, and I don't want to ruin it for her. With each of my births, she's been my rock and I couldn't have done it without her. At the same time, I really, really don't want to wait another month and then have a due date in the middle of summer vacation. What do I do??? I'm sitting here crying like a baby thinking about what my Mom must be feeling like right now.
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I feel a lot better now. My Mom just called and we talked about it. She agreed that she doesn't want to be that far away from me when I give birth, but she said she thinks I should just go ahead and try and fate will decide for me what's going to happen. She also said that she could always fly home if I had complications or anything and she needed me. She also mentioned that the trip will only go on as scheduled if they get enough people to sign up - last year a similar trip got cancelled last minute because of the numbers, so she ended up booking an alternative trip and going at a different time. Would it be terrible for me to hope that happens again this time?:oops:
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Mocha, I'm so sorry af arrived, lots of love to you!
I'm glad you've sorted things out with your mum and I think it's wise to let fate decide. Nothing is set in stone at this point. Roll on two weeks time! Xx
