TTC GIRL- MAY 2012

[KraizyDaizy]

Took another OPK this morning and it was darker than yesterday's but still not positive.... fun! I generally get stark whites outside of my fertile days. I'm 8DPO today. Still not crazy enough to waste an HPT but I am going to test with OPKs every morning for the next few days to test the "fade-in" OPK-as-HPT theory. Something to do to pass the time... I'll take pics at the end for comparison.

I've tried REALLY hard to do no caffeine for the past couple of days but woke up this morning with a killer caffeine headache and had to give in! 1 cup only - I feel a bit better.

How is everyone else feeling today?

Crazy, but I had nausea again this morning LOL!! My mind is so messing with me LOL!!!! What is the OPK-a-HPT theory?

[Ribbons]

Supposedly, you can use OPKs as HPTs but it's not really reliable and more for the

I've read many anecdotal accounts of "fade-ins" - that is, the OPK gets progressively darker for a few days before you get a positive HPT.

Here is an explanation: Pee On A Stick ~ OPK's as HPT's

The link above basically says that it can be done, but you probably wouldn't get a satisfactory result until you would get a pos HPT, so it's kind of pointless. Not that it stops me I kind of overbought on the internet cheapie OPKs and have over 50 left - I really HOPE I don't have to use that many before I get pg!!

I know what you mean about the phantom symptoms, I swear I feel every little twinge and cramp and I am like, "ooh! that MUST be something!!" LOL

[KraizyDaizy]

Ribbons, so when are you going to use a HPT? the theory is very interesting!

[Ribbons]

Ribbons, so when are you going to use a HPT? the theory is very interesting!

I'm only 8DPO today, so I think the earliest I *SHOULD* test is tomorrow morning, and even then I will prob. get a BFN.

That being said, I am seriously contemplating taking a test later today... I know, I am going crazy! I think I will be less upset about a BFN, and more devestated about having to do the diet for another month if I don't get pg this cycle haha

I am still BFing, which is making it really hard for me to "tell" - with previous pgs, I always KNEW I was preggo b/c my breasts would hurt! But now, I can't tell much of a difference - I *think* they might be a little different but not sure if that is related to nursing/not nursing etc. SO I am acting a little crazier this time around... I hate not knowing!!!

[KraizyDaizy]

Ribbons I am so rooting and praying for you!!! Have you felt any implantation cramps or spotting? I keep thinking I will feel something and even now I have lower pains in my right side which is probably nothing, but I keep analyzing everything.

[Ribbons]

Ribbons I am so rooting and praying for you!!! Have you felt any implantation cramps or spotting? I keep thinking I will feel something and even now I have lower pains in my right side which is probably nothing, but I keep analyzing everything.

Thank you Kraizy this is my first attempt, so I shouldn't be too upset if it doesn't work out! We have been TTCing on and off for over a year now, but after getting my CBFM I figured out why.. I was calculating my cycle wrong going by just EWCM... so I have high hopes for this cycle, we finally got it right!

I've had a little bit of cramping/pressure but nothing major. No spotting.

I'm rooting for you too!! Maybe we'll be pg together

[KraizyDaizy]

Thank you Kraizy this is my first attempt, so I shouldn't be too upset if it doesn't work out! We have been TTCing on and off for over a year now, but after getting my CBFM I figured out why.. I was calculating my cycle wrong going by just EWCM... so I have high hopes for this cycle, we finally got it right!

I've had a little bit of cramping/pressure but nothing major. No spotting.

I'm rooting for you too!! Maybe we'll be pg together

I got a CBFM as well and have just used it like three cycles and then I could not afford the sticks anymore. I relied so much on temping, but even stopped that this month, so I feel like I TTC blind so to speak. Do you temp? I think temping did help me narrow my cycles down if nothing else.

Glad you have felt a little cramping cause that is s good sign.

[Ribbons]

I can't temp DS2 wakes me up several times a night, and I am SUCH a light sleeper! I've tried, but my chart looks like a lightning bolt. No consistency at all. I guess the good thing about interrupted sleep is it won't be hard to adjust to a newborn!

I really hope the cramping is a good sign... it's more like pressure, not so much cramping... I don't typically get AF cramps - she just kind of surprises me when she shows up every month, so it's unusual. FX!!

How many DPO are you? When will you start testing?

[KraizyDaizy]

Ribbons, the link to my chart is below in my siggy. As far as DPO, I am not sure if you go by my first +OPK I could be 5DPO or if you use my cervix checking, I could be 3DPO, so I am not sure, but I know my O has come and gone because my CM is creamy. Testing is really a hard thing for me because of all my BFN's and money spent on HPTs. My longest cycle according to FF is 33 days so I am thinking more closer to being that late before testing unless I have major symptoms or something. I am going to wait it out because I have on FR HPT left, and I don't want to waste it testing too early. KWIM?

[suregena]

Suregena, I am so impressed at your dedication to the diet, I gave up hardcore dieting a while ago as well as I have been TTC for too long now! That and my mum thinks I have become anorexic as have lost over a stone now (wasn't that fat to start with!!)

I don't know about dedication--I'm pretty good EXCEPT at work... sometimes, people I work with bring in cakes/chocolates/cookies (you name it) and I work in a busy hospital environment, so if someone has (at least a few times a week it seems these days because everyone is so stressed out at the moment), I can't resist a nibble as I have to pass by the food NONSTOP. UGH. Today I had a slice of banana bread. So, I'm good except there. I was stressed out today. I proudly said to my husband after lunch that I so far hadn't given into the banana bread. I spoke too soon, as not even an hour after I HAD A SLICE! DOOM!

I'm not losing massively this time. Last time I lost too much, too quickly and I am going down WAY slowly now which not only has me worried/freaked out that I am just not trying hard enough, I am also paranoid about having a disaster like my last try in January. I'm always about 119 or so lbs, usually. My first try in January, I got down to 103 and I was only on the diet for TWO MONTHS!
This time, I've been on the diet for about a month and have gone down to about 115 - 116. :/ I'm not sure when I'm going to ovulate... my period seems light this month... I have some places saying it's going to be around the 20th I ovulate and then, I believe, fertility friend is saying like... 25th - 28th or so. So, who knows?!

Right now I'm trying to decide if I should start my husband FRing now, at the end of the period, or not.

Whoooa!

Sorry, rambling...