April/May/June 14 swayers...

Wow there's quite a few on antibiotics at the moment, hope you all make a swift recovery for your attempts.

Unwirklich - have you tested yet? Everything crossed for you :)

AFM: my doctor called about my blood tests yesterday.. He spoke very quickly and I had a noisy DS in the background but here goes:
* Thyroid, liver, kidneys, blood count, electrolytes, diabetes, bone density/calcium, FSH, LSH, testosterone, prolactin, ESR, lipids - all normal (hope I haven't missed one but he did talk fast)
* Sex hormone-binding globulin - high - he said this was normally low and mine is high
* progesterone was low, I think he said 6.8. He said this test is normally done on the second half of the cycle but as we don't know where I am in the cycle it's difficult to conclude.

He feels this warrants further investigation and is sending me for an ultrasound. Once we have the ultrasound results he will ask a gynaecologist for their opinion on how we move forward. I asked how long and he said a couple of weeks.

And I am so happy to report I had slight spotting last night which has turned into AF today!! Probably breakthrough bleeding rather than from O but I will take what I can get... So I will soon hopefully finally be joining you all in your attempts :)

Stephk great news!! You can finally start attempting yahhhhh! You really have been a star putting up with all this:)
FX you get to the bottom of it all with ultrasound but pretty good results and you could have been in the first half of your cycle for progesterone? will they monitor you for ovulation is that when they do the ultrasound?
Bright red spotting at 6dpo don't want to get my hopes up as I want it soooo bad this month but also had a similar thing back in Dec, no spotting but lots of cramps then very early period which I assume was a fertilized egg not implanting??? Anyone else have this before ....
Unwirklich any news?
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Thanks Kitkat, the U/S is to check the health of my ovaries and womb so we will see. Totally look forward to attempting! Even if I O at the end of our upcoming all inclusive holiday, I don't care anymore :)

Hopefully the spotting is a good sign? You might be able to test in a couple of days?

Stephk that's great news You must be so relieved to finally be getting af. At least you can start to get your attempt on the road. Best of luck!
kitkat I got my af on cd21 this week and it's been really heavy so sounds similar to what you had in Dec. Have no idea what my body is up to, think I'm messing it up too much Arrrghhh!!
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Steph that is great news I am so happy for you!!
kitkat I hope all things work out for you!

hi girls just looking for some advice. i was due on my period 2 days ago it's not come but instead i have lots of slippery cm. i don't get it already had a positive opk a couple of weeks ago or so i thought we were ready to start attempt as soon as af has arrived but no such luck. What could be going wrong?

Hi Everyone!
My husband just began FR last night and we're going to keep that going until +OPK, which I am expecting around the 25th. So excited!!
I have one quick Q: What do you all think about peanut butter? I have been skipping breakfast, but have been eating an english muffin with about 2 tblsp of peanut butter every day for lunch. Is that girl-friendly?
Can't wait to read all of your updates!

Lya, that can be a sign of pregnancy BUT many also get a small LH surge just before AF, which can give some fertile looking CM.

Elise, I don't like peanut butter, but I'd think how high it is in protein and fat would be hard. Atomic always says if you can fit it into dietary limits it's fine on occasion. (not in regards to peanut butter in particular, but that's what sthe answer seems to be on any sort of food question.

AFM, I tried a FRER and a net strip this morning. I didn't see anything on the net strip, FRER had that colorless ghost line, so I call it negative. :( but then I am only DPO 7 or 8, so I don't think I'm out yet, just could mean the spotting wasn't implantation.

Steph.. great news :-)

Lyagirl - I always get that right before AF...not sure why. I would take a pregnancy test just to make sure

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Stephk - congrats, great news
Lyagirl - my last 2 cycles I have had zero ewcm during my fertile window and tons closer to AF.

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hi girls just looking for some advice. i was due on my period 2 days ago it's not come but instead i have lots of slippery cm. i don't get it already had a positive opk a couple of weeks ago or so i thought we were ready to start attempt as soon as af has arrived but no such luck. What could be going wrong?

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Lyagirl,

I experienced this last month and it could be late ovulation. You might want to do an opk just to play it safe. I thought I had ovulated earlier in my cycle but I had not :( good luck with your sway.

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lyagirl- I also had a month where I thought I had ovulated, showed all signs and everything but didn't get a positive test... then actually ovulated 10 days later. It was strange.


I am on CD6 today! So if I expect to ovulate CD14 of a 28 day cycle, should i expect the positive ovulation test on CD12 ?? This is getting so close now!! Eeek. I could be one week away from DTD! lol

I had a miserable dream this afternoons quick nap...tmi but I was having an orgasm in it! I thought I had ruined my sway! lol So happy to wake up and realize it wasn't real.

Hi! I'm shyly back :-).
I'm finally finding the courage to read and write again on here.

It's been 13 days since I had surgery for an ectopic pregnancy. My body is healing well. I have had some bad days but I feel more positive each day.
I have totally stopped LE diet since the op as I felt my body needed extra nourishment and I craved comfort food. I will get back into swaying after Easter and I'm eagerly awaiting AF as a sign that all is back to normal (minus one tube :-((. and hopefully this will mean we can start TTC again.

I hope everyone is well xxx

Welcome back laVieEnRose!!
Hope you are taking it easy with lots of rest, enjoy the break, you really need it.
Wishing you a quick recovery...did they say how long it will take for AF to show?
Good luck.

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Welcome back Lavien! Glad to hear you are getting better each day. We have all been thinking of you!

Welcome back laVieEnRose, glad you're feeling like you read and post here again as we've all been thinking of you.

Also glad you're giving yourself and your body some nourishment and time to recover. Enjoy the break from LE and have a relaxing Easter. xx


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LaVieEnRose, hello :) I hope you're taking it easy xx

Afm, looks like I am going to join the antibiotics crew. My cold has turned into a sinus infection. Such a pain in the bum. I really don't want to go to the Drs. No doubt I will be waiting a few hours. I need to take Miss 4 for her 4 year old immunisation anyway. Not sure how that will pan out though. She has had a hospitalisation since her last immunisation.

Hi ladies!

La vie en rose - so glad to hear you are recovering! Hope your body and mind will feel better for each day now! Been thinking of you!

I don't think I've been in this thread until now but would like to join in if that's alright.

BFN for april, so now focused on may. I think AF is starting today (spotting and cramps so far) and I am getting really eager to get pg!

Started out with exercise a few weeks ago but got ill and haven't been able to as much as walk to the mailbox for over a week. Don't know how to do with exercise now - I'll only get in 2 weeks of it until next attempt, but still - it might take us several attempts.

welcome lavieenrose and welcome too Marika!
boysway hope you feel better soon and best of luck to your little one with her injection Not nice!
Marika I think I'm going to start exercising this week too. I gave it up because I always exercise and wanted to do an opposite but since I could be around for a while yet I think I might add it for the next few weeks. Gonna try anything now. Going to go walking (fast!) every day for 60 mins. Hope to ovulate on 27th so that's my next attempt date.
Rosie are you all set for your attempt?

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Marika, sorry for your loss. Welcome to the group. Hopefully you don't have to wait too long for your bfp.

Thanks Daisymoo. Sounds like yourself, Rosie and I should be ovulating very close together. Let's hope we get a good run of bfp's :)

Afm, I am back from the drs...finally. Besides the blood curdling scream, Miss 4 did well and I bought her a chocolate afterwards. Antibiotics for me and three days of steroids. Just lovely. I do need them though, the sinus is making me feel sick. Hopefully it will help with my sway as well. I bought some 4kgs weights while I was out. Hopefully I remember to use them.

Lovely to hear from you la vie!! I have been thinking of you xxxx
Feeling terribly down today sorry to whine to all the new attempters but started spotting at 7dpo so AF will be here in a few days , its my third attempt and I really wanted it !!! Sure I will be upbeat again tomorrow but its tough today xxxxx

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aw bless! bet that chocolate made her forget all about the hospital At least the steroids should help you with all that weight lifting! ;)

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laVieEnRose welcome back, glad you are feeling a little better.
Marika welcome to the group
boysway glad your dd did well
Kitkat I am sorry that you had a bad day, I hope that tomorrow is better for you

The immunisations were just at the doctors but I was worried she might remember back to when she was in hospital (she had a near drowning). That was only June of last year. Thankfully she didn't mention hospitals at all. The chocolate did help. I bought her a Kinder surprise so she got a toy as well.

Yeah, hubby and I were laughing. I told about the steroids (Prednisolone) and weights that I bought. It just didn't sound right when I said it all in one sentence, rofl.

aw kitkat sorry you're feeling down. Are you sure it's not implantation? it would be around that time. I'm only heading in to my second attempt and I'm feeling frustrated too, so I can only imagine how frustrated you are feeling. But hey you know what they say 'Third time lucky'. Best the next month is going to be the one where you catch the pink egg. Fingers crossed for your next attempt.

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kitkat - sorry you're having a tough time :-( But as daisomoo says, sure it's not implantation bleeding? Fingers crossed for you!!

LaVieEnRose - welcome back and I hope you have a swift recovery - enjoy those easter eggs :)

boysway sorry you are joining the antibiotics crew but at least it will help you with your sway (always good to look for positives hehe) - glad your DD did well with her injections.

Kitkat - sorry you are feeling down hon, TTC really does suck sometimes doesn't it. As others have said, it might be implantation spotting, I think that happened to greeneyes and she got a BFP - everything crossed for you.

Welcome and welcome back to all the new/returning ladies :) and I ope everyone sick feels better soon. I had what sounds like the same thing this winter, started as a sinus infection ended with pneumonia, there are some wicked bugs going around these days.

I got a slightly darker ghost line FMU today, but still no color. Gonna try to resist the urge to test tomorrow and wait until sat. should be color by then dang it. I def. feel pregnant..nausea, mood swings, the usual..and I got a temp dip at DPO 6 oddly 2 days after the spotting so I hope I'm not just psyching myself out.

Unwirk- I truly hope your line gets darker!!

sorry about all the sickies everyone.


I really think I need to test for ovulation starting today. I have sharp pains yesterday and today I am extremely nauseous...this is usually indicative of impending ovulation for me. It would be so early though! I am only 7 dpo! Just in case though I will test...don't want to miss it. I could just have a bug or something too I suppose. Those darn gyms are so full of germs!

sounds really hopeful unwirklich I hope this is the month for your bfp Best of luck I hope it gets darker!!
Rosie I would test if I was you. I got my +opk on cd6 last month and it was definitive as af arrived 14 days after. So definitely start testing You never know. Best of luck! Hope you've started drinking lots of wine too! I'm just starting back on the wine tonight as I didn't want to have any in my 2ww Looking forward to a large glass now mmmmmmmm!



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I've gotten a postive OPK on CD 6 before as well, I didn't actually O until CD 9 though according to FF, early but totally possible.

Thanks for the luck :D

Still no af for me (3 days late) took preg test to rule that out, bfn. Took opk and that came up with a line but only about 50% darkness to the control line. Is that neg?

I tested today and it came up negative so I either missed it or I haven't surged yet and I am just plain not feeling well.

Lya the test line has to be as dark or preferably darker than the control line, because many women always have LH in their system. I think in 8 months of testing, I've gotten one blank OPK ever lol Maybe you O'ed later than you think? So could be too early for a BFP or just not time for AF yet.

Unwirklich - sounds promising, fx for a stronger line!!

Me and dh just booked a stay at a spa hotel this weekend. My first thought when dh suggested it was "NO WAY, I can't go, that would be totally off LE-diet" since there is afternoon tea, 3-course meals etc... but then I figured we really need to continue our normal lives to stay insane in all this swaying stuff. I therefore decided not to order the veggie menu or so, but to have a cheat day (with meat) and cheat morning day after with the hotel breakfast. Have been cheating with some fish/shellfish etc a few times during these 9 weeks so I hope that one big meaty meal is not ruining too much. We might still be here in july ttc so I'll try to relax and just enjoy the weekend without feeling too guilty.

Hope you all have a nice easter weekend!

Wow marika...have a fantastic time - sounds like a great n relaxing gateway.

Unworklich - fx for u

Ladies, this was supposed to be my month to dtd but I totally freaked my hubby out and poor dude couldn't perform under pressure.

This was a huge lesson for me. I've decided to lay low, continue with nothing but diet, excercise, folic acid, fiber and lots of prayers. I leaned that more than anything, I wanna enjoy the baby making process just like we did with DS..:-)

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Ladies, this was supposed to be my month to dtd but I totally freaked my hubby out and poor dude couldn't perform under pressure.

This was a huge lesson for me. I've decided to lay low, continue with nothing but diet, excercise, folic acid, fiber and lots of prayers. I leaned that more than anything, I wanna enjoy the baby making process just like we did with DS..:-)

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Oh no, poor guy! But you know, I think this is pretty common, seen it here more than once. My hubby also had a really hard time to finish both our attempts and it was far from spontaneous and romantic.

Did you get a +opk today? Maybe you'll ghet a chance later today or tomorrow but still in your fertile window?

I got +opk 2 days ago...well, we tried yesterday - we were both so in the moment ready to go and stupid me asked him to jump in the shower (hot) and he just lost it. He's like, I've been going along with ur ideas all this time but this is too much now. .lol

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That's when it sort of hit me that I'm overdoing it and should jist relax. I am grateful in away ciz the way i was doing things, it was ott

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Exactly the thing with the shower has happened to us, we were just to get started and then i remembered the HOT shower - ten minutes later it was pretty hard to focus.

I hope you can relax and find a way to sway without putting too much pressure into it!