Pink swayers' December thread

[Mochagirl]

Lemon - Reactine is the same as Zyrtec. As far as I can tell, we don't have Zyrtec here in Canada, but the active ingredient in reactine is the same - cetrizine. Benedryl is something different, and you can actually take it at the same time as reactine, but be aware it will knock you out. I only take it an hour before BD at most because I can't stay awake longer than that once I take it. Reactine is non-drowsy and lasts 24 hours.

And no, we didn't join the mile-high club . I still have no idea how we'll dtd, but we'll try our best to find a way. Early morning doesn't work because our boys are early birds - ds3 often wakes up at 5:30!

[Mochagirl]

Ok, I just went to check my cervix for the first time in many hours, and it seems to be getting firmer and lower, though it's still quite open. My cm seems to be almost creamy too. I did find one glob of ewcm way up high that had a teeny, tiny streak of red blood in it - ovulation spotting??? I'm starting to get hopeful that maybe I O'd today!!! I never did get that +OPK, but one of the ICs I took last night was almost positive. Maybe I surged overnight? Oh please, please let this be the case! I guess tomorrow's temperature will tell, but I suppose we'd better dtd just in case....

[pinkin2011]

Hi Lemon, Yes I just got af and our first real attempt will be in jan around the 9th I think. I am sticking pretty well to the diet I have been sick so that helps I guess!! I am using Rephresh every 3 days after af and I am taking Vitex and Saw Palmetto.. D/H started his releasing today TWICE today and will be once or twice everyday until I get my + opk I am going to just have one attempt but I want d/h to of released twice in 24hrs before our attempt.. Then a j and d I will do. will see how I go!!

[Out of the Blue]

This TWW wait is terrible, but at least I have all this Christmas stuff to do LOL!! I had a big temp dip today, which went below coverline, is that bad?

Ohhhh...That dip looks like it could be an imp dip! I probably already asked you but I'm a scatter-brain lately...when are you planning on testing?? If it is an imp dip, I think you could see something + as soon as 24-48 hrs after this but it would depend on how sensitive the test is. I'm really excited to watch your chart to see what happens!!!

[Out of the Blue]

Hi Lemon, Yes I just got af and our first real attempt will be in jan around the 9th I think. I am sticking pretty well to the diet I have been sick so that helps I guess!! I am using Rephresh every 3 days after af and I am taking Vitex and Saw Palmetto.. D/H started his releasing today TWICE today and will be once or twice everyday until I get my + opk I am going to just have one attempt but I want d/h to of released twice in 24hrs before our attempt.. Then a j and d I will do. will see how I go!!

Sounds like a super plan, Pink!!!

[Mochagirl]

I'm really going crazy here. My cervix is still WIDE open this morning (though relatively low and firmer), but my OPKs seem to be getting lighter (with FMU, anyway). I'll test again at mid-day and hope for a better result. My temp was down this morning or I might still be hopeful I O'd yesterday. However, I'm sleeping in a cold room here, so the temps may be off because of that. We're also dealing with a slight time difference. The first time I took my temp was at 5am local time, but only 4am back home - it was 35.83, lower than ever before - usually I'm over 36! But then I started thinking maybe I'd been sleeping with my mouth open and that combined with the cold air made it unnaturally low, so I temped again at about 7:30am local time, or 6:30 at home, and it was 36.23, which is right in line with my normal pre-O temps, so that's the one I used on my chart.

Anyway, we did manage an attempt last night. Once the kids finally passed out, around 10pm, they were out like lights, so we managed a quiet session in the room with them . I was really hoping that would be the last attempt, but if I don't get that OPK today we'll need to do it again tonight. I'm also starting to worry that I didn't bring the rephresh with me and now we've been dtd for days and I'm worried my ph is getting too high. I don't know if it merits a trip in the newly fallen snow with no snow tires (in a VERY hilly city) to a store to try to find some, or if I'm ok just downing tons of the CL I secretly packed. Thoughts? I'm also taking Baby Aspirin, which should lower my ph a bit.

[Out of the Blue]

Glad you all made it to N.S. safely, Mocha. Were you able to BD last night or this a.m.? I just saw your chart and I'm thinking travel delayed your O maybe (?) so you'll probably do it today I'm hope you're feeling okay as I know you've been down about the lack of control over food, BD locations/times, etc. I'm sending you TONS and TONS of O VIBES!!!

Edited to say: we must have been posting at the same time, MJ!

[Out of the Blue]

Okay, 1st off I'm kind of jealous, of the snow, Mocha! I'm usually a "palm trees and sand" kind of girl but for Christmas time, I love it. We'll not be getting ANY snow where I am

Glad you got a BD session in!!! Really try to get another in today if you can!

RepHresh-wise, when was the last time you used it? If you choose not to get more, you could always kind of "scoop out" the EWCM before BD as that would help some. Since I've never used CL or aspirine, I'm not sure...Anything I'm not including goes right in one ear and out the other for me Also as you've said before, the RepHresh may make it too difficult for you to get preg, especially if you're not BD at the right time.

[Out of the Blue]

Please tell me that timing does not matter!!!!!!!!!!!

Lemon, IMO timing does not matter for gender, only for getting preggers Don't worry, girl!!!

So, I gather the bathrooms on the plane were too small??? lol!

Lol!

[Out of the Blue]

Auroara....Did you get that jersey for DH yet???