TTC Pink Chit Chat Thread - August

swish - I'm so happy you're back! We've missed you a lot - especially on the food diaries thread, which has been so quiet you can hear a pin drop.

I'm really sorry you didn't ovulate, and I think you've made a very wise decision on the diet. I think I'll be doing something similar if I don't get my BFP this month (I'm 3dpo now): I'll skip breakfast, try not to snack, and stay vegetarian...but I'm not going to count every bit of sodium and protein that go into me. If I have to go yet another month, I may add in fish and chicken. Four months of starvation has been too long, and though I've managed to avoid getting so light I stop ovulating (probably only because I started out heavier than you), I'm also causing a lot of worry with people I love...not to mention I miss enjoying food!

Yay swish, you're back, we missed you :D

Ah thanks ladies! Mocha, I can't believe you're in the 2 ww already!!! Fx for you, any symptoms??
I had a reading done on sweetbabybump, I'm not really in to that sort of thing but seemed like fun. She got me spot on, said my hormones were off or my cycles were out of wack and that I'll conceive in oct (not happy about that bit!) but she predicted girl!!! And really cute bit about her being with a grandpa figure whom she loves (not sure whether thats meant to be now or in future!!!)

It's not long until October swish :D

I know and now I'm eating more normally it doesn't seem so bad, I'll be seriously freaked out if that is when I actually conceive!!!

Hi swish, welcome back!!
That´s funny that being on holiday made swaying things change for you too (not so funny you didn´t ovulated though).
I loosened up my sway coming back from my holiday too, my first attempt ended with faint positives for a couple of days and then AF showed up. Although this happens all the time, and there is no reason to think what I think, I believe and feel my body was to weak to handle a pregnancy, so I´m taking it easier now, I still skip breakfast and don´t snack, eat a low fat low protein lunch bu ti eat a normal dinner now every evening, with fish or chicken. And I drink a lot of coffee to make it through the day.
I think you made a wise decision about the diet as mocha says and I´m so happy that you enjoyed your holiday and ate good food! FX for that october pink bean:)

Hi Swish! Good to see you home safe and sound from your holidays! It's nice to get an internet break:) Thank you for the sweet comments! I was shocked and a bit upset for the first few days and now I'm seriously over-the-moon(haha...this is my doula business name!) that I get my little April Bug:) I think that this little one REALLY wanted to make his/her way here and I didn't have much say!

Is the lady that did your reading, IC1111? When she was on IG I asked her as well and she said Nov. conception-August baby...BOY. :( So far she's wrong on the first one...I hope she's wrong on the second! But as for your reading....that is crazy! She nailed it hey?! I hope you get your little July(or earlier!!) baby:) Cancer(July) is such a great horoscope sign...everyone I know that's one is such an amazing person:) Anyway, I hope you get your cycles back soon. It sounds like you've made a good decision with your diet:)

Mocha- I've been keeping my fingers so crossed for you Mama! I really hope that this is it!! 3dpo now right? Or more? I've been trying to come on here and post but I swear every time I go to sit down, my kids start killing each other, someone is hungry, baby needs a nap, I'M hungry...the list is endless. So I apologize for not keeping up with everyone:( I do stalk the 2ww thread....and I'm so excited for this month! I just really feel that there are going to be a lot of May babies next year:HH: Don't ask me why...just this odd feeling:) Come on Spring babies!!!!! Woohoo!!!

Z- I told you I wouldn't say anything about "you know what".....no stress...no pressure...just lots of luck and girlie thoughts coming your way, Hun. xoxo

Indira, Mandicane, Happyheart, XXdreaming, Emmy- Good luck to you for your attempts!!! Not sure if you guys are in the 2ww yet or not...but I'll be stalking you once you are!!!! :rofl: Kinda creepy, I know!
xoxox

No real symptoms yet, swish. Just the usual cramps and slight nausea in the morning, but I'm starting to think I always feel nauseous in the mornings on this diet and I only notice it in the 2ww. I'm 3dpo, I think, though I had a wonky low temp this morning so FF refuses to give me my crosshair to pinpoint O.

Thanks Doula, you're a sweetheart :D

Here's something funny, I just told DH there'd been a change of plan and that we wouldn't be DTD with a condom for the first week but I'd be helping him to release in 'other ways' so now he's all excited :rolleyes: I then said something like 'at least that way we'll be able to see if you start producing less stuff' and he says, 'hmm, I think I might need to do it twice a day for that to happen'. Really, I say, wouldn't every day for 10 days do it? He thinks no! I said there's no way I'm doing that for him twice a day but I'll do it once and if he feels the need in between while feel free! I really think it's time to crack open the licorice root ...

Doula..you are Awesome! Not in the TWW yet but should be on Tuesday....I am going with a 7 day abstain 1-1.5 day cut-off then freq release untill maybe an O+12 or more, not sure on that one yet!

Z, have you changed your plan? Tmi but def noticed less stuff when dh releasing every day. Dh also likes the owing it every day plan, i suggested every other day to increase chanes but dh rejected it ridiculously quickly!!
Dm, I'm a cancerian!! Ds1 is a July birthday and ds2 is may, I've always planned for both to be June babies so maybe I'll get a June baby!
Where are you in cycle, indira? Has change in diet made any difference for you?

Yeah, I went off the spermicide condom idea because I read lots of people are allergic and they can cause yeast infections and UTIs. I'm sure they'd probably be fine but I don't want to risk it! We're going to have him release outside for a week and then DTD every day until I've ovulated and probably the day after that too :D

That's pretty much what we did, Z - though we didn't bother to DTD the day after O because I'm fairly sure I O'd in the middle of the night on CD13 (while, actually I guess it was CD14 since it was after midnight), which made our last attempt within a few hours of O. By the next evening, I would have been far later than O+12, and there's no way my eggie could live that long. Besides, I was sooooooo sick of BD by then. Poor DH tried to put the moves on me the other night and I pretty much looked at him and said 'Are you kidding???':rolleyes:

Lol, I don't blame you! We may not do it the day after O but if it falls on a Saturday or Sunday (which it very well may) then we could do it again the following morning ...

Swish - if you didn't O last month are you still waiting to O now? Can you get AF if you haven't ovulated?

I decided to request a sweetbabybump prediction too, just for fun. I'll let you know what she says!

I'm waiting for af, I think yes you can get af even though you don't ovulate (from what I've read) certainly feel likes it's coming today or tomorrow

I hope af comes soon so you can have a fresh start, swish. CD1 always feels like a clean slate to me.

Me too! I'm honestly feeling so different about everything now, I feel all I'm missing is breakfast and other than that I'm so relaxed, something had to give, I just lost so much weight it wasn't healthy

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Where are you in cycle, indira? Has change in diet made any difference for you?

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I´m 5dpo but I think I´m out this month, I did more to lower changes of getting pregnant this cycle because I build up muscle hiking in the mountains on our holiday.
No, diet change didn´t really change a lot for me, I didn´t gain weight either.
In my wonkiest cycle (when I went down to 105) I O-ed on cd 20, then in July on cd 17 and in August on cd 16.
Now I think I finally gained a chilo maybe because DH is really worried and he makes me eat at dinner and feeds me chocolate in the evening, he seriously won´t DTD next cycle if I don´t gain some weight.
I have bloodworks scheduled next week, my thyroid meds might be too high at the moment, I´ll see.
Hope af arrives soon for you, so you can get things starting gain, fx!
Mocha, I guess we O-ed on the same day, we can test together next week!

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Mocha, I guess we O-ed on the same day, we can test together next week!

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You bet, Indira! What day are you going to test?

Don´t know since I feel very not pregnant. If I get some symptoms I´ll test before AF is due.
I went nuts last month testing twice a day starting from 7 dpo !! now I have only 3 IC left.
When are you going to test?

I'm going to try to hold out until 9dpo, but I'll probably cave at 8dpo because I have a stack of ICs.

well I am on cd2 so I have forever to wait lol, I normally start testing on 9dpo, I have never got one to read earlier, gl ladies

Hi ladies! I'm still waiting for af, so depressing! I did a pregnancy test today even though there is no way I can be pregnant as I didn't ovulate and of course it was negative. I don't know why I do it to myself, it just makes you more disappointed!! I just want af to come now so I can start again!!!!

Oh swish, I'm sorry - that's so frustrating! :hug2:

Did you hear your prediction yet??

Not yet - still waiting. I'll let you all know what she says.

{hugs} swish, I hope it comes soon. Did you see this thread? http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...Af-due-to-diet

XX - I'm on cd2 too!

FX for you both Indira and Mocha!

Cd2!!!!! Am so excited for you!!!
I did see that thread but it confused me, it says you will ov eventually but I read you can have cycles where you don't ov and still get af. Maybe I read it wrong!?

I don't know, either way it's a pain in the arse eh?

I found out today (because I asked!) that DH has basically always done frequent release. I'm glad I know! So now, as well as making sure he doesn't go any more than 24 hrs between releases (and I'm letting him worry about this - less stress for me) we're going to DTD the morning after I get my +OPK, having released at bedtime the night before. So, one attempt on O day. I guess this might be too much in terms of lowering sperm count, but maybe not if frequent release is the normal for him!!

Sounds good to me. Did he do this (frequent release) when you were conceiving your other children?

He thinks so. It's quite funny really, we have a 'normal' 2-3 times a week relationship together but he seems to count 'this' as part of his morning routine - along with getting a shower and brushing his teeth! I'm just really happy to leave this side of the sway up to him so it's one less thing for me to stress about.

Ha, ha! If that's normal for him I think you have a good plan, you definitely need to lower his sperm count!!

You're getting off easy, zana! My DH prefers me to help him release every night, which gets quite exhausting, honestly - especially after the 7th night in a row!

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You're getting off easy, zana! My DH prefers me to help him release every night, which gets quite exhausting, honestly - especially after the 7th night in a row!

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I know, I was dreading this! Of course I'll still be involved but not every day (I hope!).

This is going to sound terrible, but the worst part is feigning interest every night. If he even sensed I was getting bored, he'd be so offended he'd refuse to continue.

7dpo today and I still can't shake the feeling that I'm not pregnant. I mentioned to dh today that we'd have to take a month off if we don't get pregnant this month, and he really doesn't want to. He seems to think his mother could come all the way from the other side of the country to help us out, despite the fact that she only visits once a year and has yet to offer even once to watch the kids on her own to help us out. I'm just not comfortable TTC not knowing if we'd have anyone to take care of the kids while I'm in the hospital and help out with getting the older kids to school + entertaining ds3 all day, doing laundry, etc. in those first few days home with the new baby. My due date would be something like June 6th, and my Mom has a trip planned on June 8th for 3 weeks!

{hugs} mocha, only you know what's right ... but if you had a little 'oops' then the timing wouldn't have been thought out and you'd have figured out a way anyhow and who's to say how close to their due date a baby will actually choose to arrive. FX you get a BFP this month and it's not even an issue!

After checking DH's pH this morning I'm convinced we'll have another boy anyhow. I posted separately but basically, I put a test strip on some 'stuff' and I'm pretty sure it was a 10! Have you all tested your DH's pH? I hadn't planned to but it was there (don't ask!) and I did it on the spur of the moment. Wish I hadn't bothered really!

Every time I've tested DH's PH it's been a 7, and since I have low ionic strength, my PH becomes a 7 as soon as we DTD. I wouldn't worry about it, though, Z. Maybe get him to drink lots of Diet Coke for the next couple of weeks.

Oh, and thanks for the kind words about my situation. You're right about the 'oops' pregnancy thing, except that I know if it was an Oops my Mom would cancel the trip she's so excited about to be with me (I know she would even though I would never ask her to), and I don't want her to do that for me because of a conscious decision I made. It's just that we have no one in town who can watch our kids for us. I have lots of Mom friends, but they all have young kids too, so the most I could ask would be a couple hours here and there. What if I end up being in the hospital for days? Last time I was home in 2 hours, but you never know - I could end up with another c-section....