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Uh, okay... that dip couldn't possibly be for ovulation because I just checked my cervix again, with all the AF type cramping I've been having this morning since I checked early am and I barely put my fingers in and my cervix is waaaay low. I got white lotiony stretchy cm and my cervix feels massive! What the? It feels much longer than usual??
I think it could be an implantation dip, suregena!
Well after a horrible cycle AF showed. I truly don't know which tests to trust anymore..they all had lines. So on to a new one and maybe my BFP this time....
Sorry, HappyMedium - I was really hopeful for you. What brand of tests were you using?
If I DO conceive this cycle, I'd be surprised if it wasn't a boy, because I feel like my diet sucked. :( I DID lose 6lbs prior to ovulation, but... don't know! I'm full of the "looking back on everything" thoughts today.
Don't do that to yourself, suregena! I still think becuz your son was concieved during a "pig out" vacation type thing that you may even be more prone to making girls than boys (since you're a vegeratarian)...you only have 1 boy... do not lose hope or even second question yoru sway, esp. since you don't even know if it resulted in pregnancy or not :)
Suregena, FX on an implantation dip! I think something like 80 percent of implantations happen on CD8-10, so you're in a perfect range for it.
Happy Medium, sorry about that darn AF. :(
Less than 36 hours after my BFP, I started coming down with a gnarly respiratory illness. I'd been having a funny, fuzzy-headed, dizzy feeling for a couple of days before testing that I'd attributed to possible pg ... but now I think it was my body trying to fight off the onset of the sore throat/cold/whatnot (DH had the same thing, includng the preceding dizziness, about 10 days earlier). So I'm achy and have laryngitis from the cold and queasy from early pg ... I'm a big ball of fun!! :p I'm eager for the sickness to clear up so that I'll be able to concentrate on just the "good" bad feelings (they feel bad, but they're good because they're from my bean!). Nuthin' good about bad cold feelings. Blech.
Suregena - we all have second thoughts after the attempt is done. I had so many regrets after my BFP, but it still worked out in the end. Think of all the things you DID do to sway and don't focus on the stuff you didn't do.
Are implantation dips common? And, for the most part, do they only happen if an egg was released and fertilized?
Like... you don't have a random low dip in the middle of high temps post ovulation if no pregnancy is happening, right? I know there are all sorts of variations of what is "normal", but... I mean, statistically, what's the implantation dip all about, then?
When I felt my low cervix, that did give me a huge sigh of relief with my huuuge temp dip! Because to me that DEFINITELY meant no way I could have only just 'ovulated' now.... with a cervix that low... ouch! I don't think my husband would get in there. :x
Thanks, girls... :) I swear, I really need to keep remembering that most of you are naturally meat eaters and my husband and I are longtime vegetarians... so our odds are already good-ish perhaps, anyway.
not sure if you have read this yet suregena
Implantation dip study
So basically - if you have a dip, you are more likely to be pregnant, then not. But having a dip doesn't necessarily mean you are pregnant - i.e., yes you can have a dip and no pregnancy, but its far less likely.
so sorry happymedium :(
hope next month is your month!
To be honest with you I feel the same exact way I'd be shocked if I had a girl due to my diet of meat meat and more meat!Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
Hi ladies! I am joining in the TTC thread. Yay! I just O'd on Monday so I am waiting for AF and then we will start with FR and go for our first TTC cycle. How long have most of you been TTC and if you are pg, how long did it take?
Hi NC, and welcome!
I switched to mostly vegetarian at the start of Oct. 2011 and started the LE diet at the end of December, including going fully vegetarian and eating only twice a day (noon or later and 6 p.m. or later). I was on the diet about 6-7 weeks before our first attempt. It took me four cycles to get my bfp, which I just got four days ago. I'll be adding my sway in the "add your sway" section soon, but this was my first cycle off of Vitex and not using Sylk (I also didn't use antihistamines, but I had essentially no fertile-looking CM, anyway). My DH did FR for a week before our first attempt and we BD daily for six days, through O. I was taking saw palmetto and I did use RepHresh (and saliva for lube) and most BD was with me on top and never with a big O for me.
How's that for more information than you asked for? ;)
Thanks Dramabird! I love hearing everyone's stories. I actually might end up O'ing in June if AF or O shows a little early. I can't believe the time is finally here. When I had my IUD taken out in March, I felt like it was still a year away!
Congrats on your BFP!!!!!
Temp back up! :)
Also, this morning when I wiped there was the smallest tiny tiny brown line on it... But it could have easily been there before I wiped, i.e. natural variation of the papers fibers... and, let's face it, because my temp was back up this morning... I had to use a cheapie from the pound store (I bought a two pack the other day)... there is a very faint second line, I swear! Not quite as faint as that earlier test... but definitely easier to spot! :o !!!
I took it right before I left for work so I've brought the test with me to stare at better when I get to work. :)
Also, what could have made that very faint line appear from the test taken days ago if there had been no implantation yet???
Sounding very promising!!! :)
i second that!Quote:
Originally Posted by mama2LB
Also, we've recently started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and first season I was sort of meh about, but I'm totally addicted now on the second season and have been insisting we watch like five episodes in a row... on a work night! Now my husband is fed up of going to bed really late and I was throwing a fit (haha) and he said, "If you had this attitude all the time before I married you, we wouldn't have gotten married... so you better be pregnant!" I laughed and said hopefully he's right as I haven't noticed how awful I've been this week!
Suregena - I'm so excited for you - this all sounds very promising!!!!
Suregena- I am SURE lol you are preggo after all that dtd!!!
I was crabby and evil all last week & I totally forgot to mention I got 5 BFPs!! :)
I took 2 in 1 day and 3 1 day after the other and 1 I did wrong yet it still showed 2 lines
Possible IB already!? Have you done the Qtip test? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
WAIT *Rewind*
A FAint line!?!?!?!?! Ghosty line?
Surgena, I felt like a total B*TCH 3 days before my BFP! I didn't know why really!
What's IB? I'm so bad with Internet lingo sometimes!
Look at my temp this morning... whoa.
All the DTD and my not having taken the antihistamine around when I actually O'd, and stopping jump and dump the two bd's before o, etc, make me feel like if I am definitely pregnant, it's going to be a boy. But whatever will be, will be! I adore my little boy and even if next kiddo is a boy, that's a special thing, too.
I have one test, should I use it this am? I've just woken up and haven't gone to the bathroom yet. I have a feeling I'm going to just be buying more tests, anyway!
Oh, what's qtip test?
Stick a q tip (ear cleaner thingies) up your, you know, and wipe around your cervix gently. If it comes out clean the there is no sign of af and you are pregnant :) if it comes our dirty then af might be on its way.Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
I've never done it myself, paranoid about germs or hurting my cervix lol.
I reckon poas tomorrow morning, but I amsoooooo aure you are pregnant! It's certain!
And I wouldn't worry much about the lack of jump and dump, the diet is going to do tons more for you then jump and dump, and because their was so much dtd and fr the sperm count has to have been drastically reduced.
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True...
My diet wasn't as good as it could have been. I still LOST weight and was about 112 two days prior to O... which was the lowest, but I feel my diet was poor *at times* (not all the time...)
The first time I swayed before I gave up because of my delayed long cycle back at the start of the year, I lost soooo much weight, but my diet was hardcore. I did REALLY good. My husband did amazing... 3x a day licorice root, FR, etcetera. This time? Eh. I so wanted to get pregnant and I had weird moments where I'd throw a nibble in my mouth (naughty me!), husband only did licorice root 1x a day because I really wanted to get pregnant, he DID FR a lot though... starting CD5 and still mostly continued when we started BD with the odd day where we only BD'd... so I guess that's good. It looks like the two attempts where we didn't do J+D was right before my O day, but if I recall he had released those days, too. I think. Can't remember!
But we are both vegetarians, anyway. My diet was pretty low fat (didn't mean to, though...) until towards closer to O day. My calories were always within where they should have been but did vary wildly each day sometimes, and I did have the odd accidental binge (cookies I baked, oops! Work treats, oops! Though still within range) which is why I feel a little disappointed in my diet... ... quasi-snacking the odd day, but I guess it was extra hard on me because I am constantly moving, so am constantly hungry. If I were still in the US and driving around, it would have been easier. Unfortunately, beyond public transport, my feet are my mode of transportation.
I did what I could and I DID just want to get pregnant asap, so we'll see! I won't be sad if it's a boy, not at all... I'll just feel like a goof even bothering to sway at all... with all the money I spent! Hahaha! :)
Overall I lost probably 6lbs or so after restarting the diet.
The first sway that I gave up on because O was sooooooo delayed I went from 119 to 103(!!!) in less than two months (oops... bad juju.)
This time I was more sensible... went from 118 to 112 instead.
Hey Ladies! Well..I feel this is a lucky month for some reason! And MY HOPES are up for all of us, because Jessica Simpson is a chow hound and ate like crazy and had her girl LOL....fried foods, garbage, junk foods, cereals...and had a girl naturally. Here's to hoping!
And I'm not going to be so strict on diet this time. Lost a lot of weight and O was delayed 5 days which threw off all my BDing attempts. My body did not react well to the acidity and weight loss. Staying away from potatoes, tomatoes and red meats. Keeping weight low maybe a little loss and garbage foods. My body is now mushy and tone-less. Love it. :/
OMG suregena - Buffy is the most awesome show ever!!! And it only gets better :) We used to do the same thing... we would watch like 5-6 episodes in a row and stay up til 2am on work nights... LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by suregena
After you're done, you need to watch Angel next to complete the whole saga!
Praying for you Suregena! I bet you are pregnant!!!
Heeheeh, we have all the Angels READY TO GO!!! We're going to start Angel alongside Buffy with the appropriate seasons... I think Buffy season 4 and Angel season 1? I can't remember... my husband knows how we have to watch them. I can't remember!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ribbons
ODDLY... we've had Willow (hope I don't jinx myself...) picked for our future girl for ages. I'm okay with it even more now! :P
So, er, to put things back on topic... I hope Willow is in there. :)
Suregena did you POAS today? I am such a POAS addict and I am dying to see if you get a BFP! Your temp looks awesome today!
The best way to do it is to watch Angel starting off after Season 3 of Buffy - but watch the finale of Buffy before starting season 5 of Angel since that whole season runs after Buffy ended.Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
Willow is a great name!!! She was my favorite character. Our girl name is Aine (Anya)... you haven't met her character yet, she shows up for the first time in season 3. And one of our boy names is Xander... so funny
DH used to work for a card company that sold Buffy game cards, so we were quite into it, can you tell!!! :P
ARGH! I typed a whole bunch and it got deleted. :( ARGH!
Heeeh, awesome!
The gist of what I said was... our future girl is Willow Nova (and then another middle name, as my son have two so we're keeping up with that! But we've got a few second middles we're still undecided on) so I hope I don't jinx myself... have only shared it with my mom! :)
Today I actually thought I was starting my period... felt mildly crampy (but as I have been, anyway) but 'wet'... but nothing... PHEW!
I did use my last test this morning and it looks identical to the others. Yesterday morning's was the clearest. I'm out of tests now but have ordered more and they should be here when it will be the best time to test, anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by NCBeachyGrl
Here's an undoctored photo of all the tests so far. What do you think?
I *think* it starts from 6DPO to today (I'm 10DPO.)
Yes, I ended up peeing on more than I wanted. Will power? A FAIL! :P
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