TTC GIRL- MAY 2012

Kraizy and ILindGurl....
I am so sorry May wasn't it for you, BUT June is right around the corner...all +++ thoughts coming your way! (((HUGS)))

An online friend (whom I've never met in person... and no one knows we are currently trying for a baby) messaged me on facebook and said:

"I dreamed I visited with you and Ned. Not only was it a lovely chance to meet you both in person, but you had a little baby girl as well. Otis was really happy with her. My subconscious gave me a great little time seeing you!"


Hey, that's a nice little boost! We'll see if there's anything to her dream! Heeh.

Kiesse- congrats!!! I totally see the line :) So much happened last night while I was asleep on the other side of the world!!!

Kraisy & ilundgirl - sorry about may not working out :(

Amari- hi! You didn't miss anything. I have a follie check on monday morning. Will keep u posted. Thanks for asking.

Peony- I miss you! Good luck with the house :)

Ooohhhh! The lines are slightly darker tonight! They were either a sliver line or not even there before... but I used the same urine for an internet cheapie, a regular clearblue, and the digital. The first two have about the same 'darkness' (it's still negative test but things are obviously fading in slowly) and are definitely different looking from all the rest of the previous ones... and the digital is obviously negative, but the test itself within it is also the same level of fade in. Good sign, right?!

So maybe I could have a surge tomorrow? My husband is back tomorrow night around 10pm, so hopefully everything times itself out nicely and we can continue to get more attempts in! *fingers crossed*

Kiesse your PREGNANT!!! YEA CONGRATS!!!!!!

Hello ladies!!!! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! Well....I am eitehr 3 or 4 dpo depending on when I O'd....I had a dark IC the day before the one I tested with an Answer and think I may have had two day of surge...UGH...so...we went out to eat and I had cheesy bread...no protein other than the cheese on the bread and no sauce...I'm sure it was high fat...but I still cheated. I have to be extra careful Monday through Friday in case of implantation!!! I HOPE! I cannot eat like this much longer LOL.

May is almost over :(
Sorry to those who didn't stick this May thread and congrats to those who did :)
I guess I'll see you in the June thread Ill be gone for a few days :hugs:

I wish I had been drinking peppermint tea more often this TTC cycle... because I haven't. Funny thing... I ordered a nice box of peppermint tea to use this month and when I went to make some, it was BLACK tea! Like, they literally packaged the wrong tea into the box. Crazy. I have another box and have been drinking double bag cups the odd day but not nearly enough to have an effect on testosterone. *grrr* Oh well.

My husband forgot his licorice root tonight... silly boy! It's all still here at home by his bedside. He assures me he's released today, though while we're apart tonight.

Morning girls! I have taken another test and it has the same kind of line still really faint. Hard to see as ya have to look real close.. Still not going to believe it til line gets darker

Hi ladies -- It's been about a week and a half since I've left any entries on this site at all and many days I haven't even had a chance to browse through the forums. My kiddos have me busy, as does my job. Plus DH and I have been trying our darndest on this month's sway and reading sway stuff online was just gonna be one thing too many!

Big congratulations those who have gotten their BFPs -- mydream, Ribbons and it's sure looking like Kiesse!

Krazy and others -- I'm right there with you, girls. On month 4 and feelin' grumpy. *hugs* Suregena -- you're often in my thoughts, as I remember what you were dealing with back in January. Bodiez iz weird. :)

I think that I'm 2dpo (I'm on CD18 and think I O'd on CD16), although Fertility Friend looks like it's going to thoroughly disagree, which I'm finding discouraging.

On CD15 -- "peak" signal on my Clearblue Easy fertility monitor and a +opk.
On CD16 -- another +opk in the a.m.; rather fierce Mittelschmerz pains from around 4:30-6:30 p.m. and then suddently felt much better; an opk taken later than evening was faded just enough to now be negative.

Even though I haven't done antihistamines this month, I haven't had much fertile CM to speak of; especially not around the days I was having the LH surge and the pains. My temps were low on CD15 and 16 (below 97.3) and they have risen the past two days (almost 97.5 and almost 97.6 respectively). But when I put in a few dummy temps in the coming days, FF wants to put my ovulation at today! Grr. I'm guessing that's because of the lack of much CM to report and because my temps prior to CD15 were pretty warmish. Here's the link to my chart: 8c5b8 Ovulation charts on FertilityFriend.com

Anyhow, it's discouraging because you feel like you try so hard and then to have all these "clues" not agreeing with each other. Frustrating! We did get quite a few attempts in, but it was really quite hard on DH (he's psyching himself out because of the need to perform "on command") and in order to make sure things worked all the way to the end, I had to get him started off orally (so saliva was present, but no other lube) and I ended up being on top for four of our six attempts (once a day, CD11-16).

We dropped a lot of things this month -- no Vitex, no Sylk, no antihistamines and DH quit taking LR and drinking Crystal Light maybe around CD13 or so. I'm keeping my weight fairly steady -- around 95.5 lbs. -- but both DH and my mom are starting to give me a hard time about it. I'm afraid that if this month doesn't work, we may drop everything (LR and tighty-whiteys for DH, RepHresh for me) except for me on the diet and perhaps anything that doesn't suppress fertility (for example, I don't know if Saw Palmetto can hamper conception?).

And on top of all that, our DVR isn't working and we have tons of our shows recorded on there and I don't know how we'll get caught up if the device is dead. Dagnabit.

I hate the 2ww. But I adore you lovely ladies. Thanks for listening to grumptastic over here. :p

Ok i managed to get a photo of today test compared to yesterday test.
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