TTC Pink Chit Chat Thread - August

Hey ladies! I thought I was going to ovulate yesterday and that didn't happen, so I am still waiting...I started taking vitamin B6 to extend my LP this month, hope it works...I also got a uti and it had to be treated with antibiotics cause I started have blood in my urine...I know it sways blue but I am not going to put off this month...I will take my chances....I hope with everything else I have been doing it won't effect me....Had a question about checking CM....I am using rephresh, so sometimes I think it changes my cm....I had a little ewcm but nothing like before, its more just creamy watery...anyone else have anything like that?

That's the exact same kind of cm I had at O this cycle, ladybug! Atomic said it's probably a good sign that my sway is working - so it probably means the same thing for you!

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That's the exact same kind of cm I had at O this cycle, ladybug! Atomic said it's probably a good sign that my sway is working - so it probably means the same thing for you!

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Oh thanks for telling me Mocha! Makes this hard diet seem like it might actually be doing what its suppose to be doing.....

Today I feel so emotional....I hate feeling like this...I hope it means I am going to ovulate soon...Does anyone else get emotional around O time?

Honestly I feel like I'm emotional all the time on this diet!

Yeah this diet is draining me, I don't won't to do anything I am in a blah mood, I am having a hard time keeping up with my house chores because I don't won't to do anything but lay around lol I like to have all my chores done in the morning not put them off to end of day or till tomorrow ack everything is all piled up, oh well hopefully just a couple more weeks and I will get a bfp and then start eating more again and get my energy back

Hi Girls! Haven't been here much as the m/s is creeping in. It isn't bad yet though, just making me gag a lot. I hope the pukies stay away. I've gone from being optimistic that this one is a girl to thinking that I'm delusional. My heart says to prepare for boy #4. Anyway, I've been following the 2ww thread and rooting you all on....and patiently waiting for a few others to join......(Hi Z!). Good luck Girls!!!! xoxo

Nice to have you drop by, DM! Sorry about the m/s - did you have bad m/s with your boys?

I finally got my reading on sweetbabybump, and here it is:

I want to say you will get your BFP in September and it appears to be a girl!!! Now keep in mind if you are wishing for a girl, I might pick up on that energy as well...I also see boys around you as well...there is one about 17 years old, much older than to be your child hanging around up there so that might be someone who was or would be 17 right now or upon death watching over you and your babies. He has dark curly hair, skinny and tall..there is a B around him... GoD Bless

Obviously, I'm hoping she's wrong about the BFP date since af is due August 30th and I'm planning to take Sept off TTC, but I like that she predicted girl! (I tried not to give anything away about whether I have boys or girls to see what she'd say). As for the older boy she sees around me, I haven't a clue who she's talking about - there haven't been any deaths I can think of that correspond at all with that one.

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Hi Girls! Haven't been here much as the m/s is creeping in. It isn't bad yet though, just making me gag a lot. I hope the pukies stay away. I've gone from being optimistic that this one is a girl to thinking that I'm delusional. My heart says to prepare for boy #4. Anyway, I've been following the 2ww thread and rooting you all on....and patiently waiting for a few others to join......(Hi Z!). Good luck Girls!!!! xoxo

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I've missed you DM! Sorry you're feeling sick, I hope this phase passes quickly for you. I'm looking forward to joining the 2ww thread too but I don't actually think I stand a chance of getting pregnant with my plan - but gotta try!

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Nice to have you drop by, DM! Sorry about the m/s - did you have bad m/s with your boys?

I finally got my reading on sweetbabybump, and here it is:

I want to say you will get your BFP in September and it appears to be a girl!!! Now keep in mind if you are wishing for a girl, I might pick up on that energy as well...I also see boys around you as well...there is one about 17 years old, much older than to be your child hanging around up there so that might be someone who was or would be 17 right now or upon death watching over you and your babies. He has dark curly hair, skinny and tall..there is a B around him... GoD Bless

Obviously, I'm hoping she's wrong about the BFP date since af is due August 30th and I'm planning to take Sept off TTC, but I like that she predicted girl! (I tried not to give anything away about whether I have boys or girls to see what she'd say). As for the older boy she sees around me, I haven't a clue who she's talking about - there haven't been any deaths I can think of that correspond at all with that one.

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I like that she predicted girl too! I'm glad you don't know who the 17 year old could be because it gave me goosebumps and it would be so spooky if true!!

Yay mocha, that sounds good and it is almost sept so maybe this is still your month! Dm, lovely to ave you pop in, sorry you're feeling rotten but it is a good sign!!

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!

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.

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!!

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!

Have a lovely time at Lego land, x

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!!

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!

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.

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:

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

Thanks, swish. I know I just feeling overly emotional because of af. I just was worried I'd hurt my Mom's feelings, and was second-guessing my decision to carry on. It doesn't help that I know she's really worried about me being on this diet, so I feel like I just keep causing her unnecessary stress.

Hugs, mocha, x

{hugs} mocha, I'm so sorry AF arrived and that you've had such a dilemma about whether to try this month. You obviously have a great relationship with your mom. x

She's my best friend, and I think that might be one of the biggest causes of my GD... For me, it's not about the pink or the princess stuff - I was a tomboy and think if I had a girl she'd be like that too...I think it's the adult relationship between a mother and a daughter I crave.

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She's my best friend, and I think that might be one of the biggest causes of my GD... For me, it's not about the pink or the princess stuff - I was a tomboy and think if I had a girl she'd be like that too...I think it's the adult relationship between a mother and a daughter I crave.

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I feel exactly the same way. I'm very close to my mom and I would love to have the same relationship with a daughter. Plus, even though my mom tells me it doesn't matter what I have, I know she would be thrilled with a granddaughter. Sigh. I so wish I had no GD. Oh and I'm the same way about the pink frilly stuff... I was a tomboy and never wore dresses, ran around on a farm, manure everywhere... I plan on raising my girl just like I was so the early childhood part makes no difference to me in regards to gender. It's the relationship later in life.

Exactly, DM. I grew up with 3 older brothers and my best friend was a boy, so I ran around in the woods, collecting snakes and frogs on long summer days. My Mom has unintentionally nurtured my GD by constantly telling me that her relationship with my kids is just different somehow because I'm her daughter (she's close to her other grandchildren, but she has a much more hands-on role with my kids, and they are the favourites :)), and also because she's said to me many times that I was such a gift to her and she really wants me to have a girl someday....

Aww, mocha, that's so lovely. Often GD is way back in my mind and doesn't bother me on a day to day basis then I might pass a mother and daughter in the street (and often they're teenagers or adults and not pink frilly little girls) and it hits me bang in the face!

In a complete change of subject (and no doubt TMI) I'm trying not to freak out at the massive string of EWCM I had today. That's even more than usual for me! That being said, I'm on cd10 and I often get a burst of it around now and last month I didn't get much back after that initial lot of cd9/10. If I O the same day as last month (cd15) then our attempt will be on Sunday which is DS1's birthday - wonder if it's lucky!

Definitely a lucky day, Z! I'll be just under a week behind you, then - I think I'll O around the 9th or 10th of September. Maybe we'll both get pregnant this cycle and our babies will be due right around the same time!

That is so exciting, z!!! I can't believe you' nearly there! I feel exactly the same as you girls, it's the adult relationship I want, I'm not that girly and not into pink (although I'm sure I'll enjoy the girls clothes if I get the chance!!!) but it is an adult daughter I cannot imagine not having, having grandchildren, being part of a wedding etc etc. It's so silly ad things often don't turn out the way you want anyway and you can't plan someone else's life but the it is...
Still waiting for af, so frustrating!!!! I'm uncomfortable today and headachy but I've been fooled before!!

Oh, swish - you must be so frustrated! Did the doctor take some blood to check for pregnancy?

I don't know, they took blood to test for all sorts but presumably pregnancy is in there. I keep googling people who got negative urine tests but positive blood tests, I can't help myself!! The thing is I think I'd be starting to feel rough and tired by now as I'd be coming up for 6 weeks. I don't know why I'm entertaining the idea, lol!!!!

I don't think it hurts to hold out some hope, swish - not everyone has symptoms in early pregnancy. And definitely ask your doctor to make sure they tested for a pregnancy next time you're there.

I will, I'm going back on thurs to get the results, I'm a bit nervous!

Hey ladies! I wonder where is purplepoet? I don't see her post anymore and I know she hurt her feet .So just hope she is ok!?

That's true - I haven't seen her post in a while. I hope she's ok!

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Hey ladies! I wonder where is purplepoet? I don't see her post anymore and I know she hurt her feet .So just hope she is ok!?

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That's true, she did hurt her feet. I hope she's okay. Maybe she's just getting pampered!

I was wondering about purple driving home from work today. I hope she's ok, I know she was having a rough time. {hugs} if you read this purplepoet!

swish - I was going to ask when your tests would be back. I hope they bring positive news or that you ovulate or AF arrives instead. {hugs} to you too.

mocha - that would be so cool wouldn't it?!

DH has been releasing twice a day since cd3, so today is the 8th today (apart from 2 days when he only managed once - Legoland evening and this morning when he left for work at 4am!). I asked him if it was starting to become difficult and he said no! So I've decided to give him a licorice root each evening until I O. It's probably too late to do much good but perhaps it'll help and I didn't give it to him before because I didn't want it to get in the way of frequent releasing.

Do any of your DH's take cranberry or aspirin? My DH has so far been taking aspirin but I ordered him some cranberry because his pH is so ridiculously high and I thought they might do a better job of that. I'm slightly concerned about how 'healthy' they are though - any thoughts on that? I also only gave him 1 pill (10,000mg equivalent) but I wonder whether he should have 2 or 1 plus an aspirin. I think I'll give him 2 the night before our attempt regardless.

I'm so nervous that we haven't done enough (between us) to lower fertility - with him still merrily doing you-know-what and me oozing with EWCM - that I feel like I'm just going to pull out all the stops to NOT get pregnant. I also think I'm ovulating from the right hand side and I know that theory is completely unproven but it still makes me uncomfortable. I know this sounds odd but if I don't do Rephresh/Aci-jel/Sylk/JAD and we get pregnant first month with a boy I'll blame myself. Does that sound crazy?! Our attempt IS going to be on O day so my theory is that whilst we're doing everything we can to reduce the amount of sperm which might make it to the egg, at least there'll be an egg there waiting!

Wow - your dh is quite the stud, Z! I always thought my dh had a strong sex drive, but even he gets tired by the time our attempt rolls around...and he's only releasing once a day!

I wouldn't worry too much about the healthiness of the cranberry - it's been an IG staple for a looooong time, and lots of people have gotten their desired gender while taking it.

I think on your first month trying, you might as well go all out and do the whole shebang...as long as you're ok with not getting pregnant the first month. I've been stripping away parts of my sway each month - last month I dropped the Sylk, this month I'm dropping the Rephresh. If we don't get pregnant this month, I might drop either the Vitex/Saw Palmetto or the frequent BD, as I'm starting to worry that dh's sperm count is too low to get me pregnant after releasing 7+ days in a row. He is 37, after all....

I imagine I'll be following the same route mocha! So funny about my DH, I'm just happy that I'm not having to control this aspect of it (he's taking it into his own hands - literally!) because it's helping me to relax and not be controlling on at least that aspect! He's being quite good really as he's also happily choking down the pills I'm suddenly shoving under his nose! Thanks for the advice on the cranberry.

I agree, z, I think you should go all out for the first month and gradually drop things, I've dropped it all practically, lol! Also I don't think you should give yourself a hard time,i think you have done SO much!
Pp, I hope you're ok, x