TTC girl- July 2012

[prayforprincess]

So I have issues now. I totally thought I would o yesterday but I did not!
I am o-ing today. I got a +opk Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 8am (its was - by 2pm). My temp was so low on Saturday and shot up yesterday -- so I thought for sure that o was sometime yesterday early afternoon.
But, this morning I woke to -opk's and my temp shot back down really low. So I know o is today.
Now I am unsure of our attempts and whether it will be enough.
If o infact is today, and I am having o pains on the left as I type -- then our attempts were:
o-4: in the am and that was a good one. He released deep inside, had been 36 hours since last release, was on the 3rd day of rephresh(I insterted a new one 1 hour after dtd so it would not affect that attempt) and I layed there for 40 minutes before getting up
o-3: in the am. It had been 24 hours since used the rephresh, it was shallow release and I jump and dumped immediately after.
o-2: 48 hours since last rephresh, less shallow release (like 1/2 and 1/2) and again I j&d like 20 seconds after.

I guess I just feel like my o-4 was a solid attempt, but the other 2 closer to o were not as solid cause I j&d immediately. I don't know why, but I guess I just presume its harder to get pg with j&d (probably b/c it is).
Anyhow, when I got my +opk at o-2 I was like, "ok we are done" cause I usually o the next day. So since then my dh has not released, nor taken his LR supplements.

Question: Do we dtd again tonight???

Unintentionally, it would be more of a o+12 for sure. We are having friends over for their birthday dinner and realistically we are not going to dtd until 10pm. It would be a lot of sperm and considerably boy abstaining (2.5 days since his last release). That is a bit scary. It will be 48 hours since my last application of Rephresh. And what if there is already enough in there; but then again what if there is not? Plus, other than not eating pretty much all day til dinner and keeping my glucose low -- I am not on the LE, though its not like I am doing my usual boy routine either (I never eat pasta and carbs etc., and usually eat way more meat and graze through the day -- I don't skip meals).

Anyhow, sorry so long, what to do?

[suregena]

I was doing my ht cycle last month so was not on the diet. I was on it earlier this year for 12 weeks, and then went off at the end of March. I just want to get pg and I see so many women with dd's and eat like crap etc. -- why can't I?
The worst part of it is that I have been on and off the diet. And I am still not eating all day long. Like I only drink 1 cup coffee in the am with equal, and then have a tiny yogurt at noon. That's it. But then come 6pm, I make mysself a drink and then have some app's and dinner. And I have been trying not to eat boy foods -- like I'll make a pasta dish, or worst case chicken etc. And I have been gaining weight! Not good.
Its like my not eating all day is keeping my metabolism low that when i do eat at night, it just all packs on.
Sucks.

Maybe switch and eat the main meal at lunch so you still have a period of activity to move it through your system and eat the smaller meal/snack at night? I wonder if that would help?

[suregena]

I am having some twingey twingertons in my ovaries today... had some stretchy mucus a couple times (not a ton... hello, cetirizine!) so I feel like it's got to happen sometime this week... still negative OPK but I'm waiting for it...

[NCBeachyGrl]

I am having some twingey twingertons in my ovaries today... had some stretchy mucus a couple times (not a ton... hello, cetirizine!) so I feel like it's got to happen sometime this week... still negative OPK but I'm waiting for it...

Fingers crossed you O soon!!

[suregena]

So, our town had a flash flood again today.... ugh. I joked on facebook that I was glad these kept happening on weekends but if it happened during the week I might not complain so I didn't have to go into work, and my coworker said I had to go in tomorrow because she hears there will be cake.

Argh... this job... and the cake/cookies/chocolate constantly. THAT will be the downfall of my overall sway... when I am that rushed/cranky/stressed at work, it's about the only pick up there is (I work in a busy hospital.) I have a hard time saying "No thanks."

[NCBeachyGrl]

That is so hard when you have temptation in your face day after day. I work from home so I never have to worry about it or I would have a hard time saying no too.

I decided to take my 10 DPO cheat meal last night and I so regret it! I had an appetizer platter - some fried cheese sticks, loaded potato skins, and some southwest rolls. I seriously felt like I was going to throw up after I ate it and I didn't even eat that much! Ughh....thinking about it makes me queasy! I never thought I would feel this way about a cheat meal! I need to pick better ones next time!

[prayforprincess]

You should test beachygrl! Or are you waiting?

I would not worry about your cheat. If you are pg then it affects nothing at all. Gender is already decided and more than likely the little bean is already implanted anyhow.

Yesterday was o day for me. So now I'm in my wait. We decided to dtd again last. I know I ovulated in the morning, early afternoon latest (because of the pains) so I figure if the 2 day cutoff was going to get me pg I would have already been by 11pm last night. If it didn't then I guess I still have a o+12 attempt that could work. I j&d immediately though because it had been 2.5 days since our last attempt.
I was not trying for "girl" timing -- it just worked out that way.

[prayforprincess]

I have to say, I am kinda nervous about our attempt last night. I don't know why. My concern was not with timing but with too much sperm.
I keep telling myself though that it did not add to what was already there. If what was there was enough it would have already fertilized the egg already before we dtd.

Do you all agree? I didn't botch it all up did I?

[NCBeachyGrl]

You should test beachygrl! Or are you waiting?

I would not worry about your cheat. If you are pg then it affects nothing at all. Gender is already decided and more than likely the little bean is already implanted anyhow.

Yesterday was o day for me. So now I'm in my wait. We decided to dtd again last. I know I ovulated in the morning, early afternoon latest (because of the pains) so I figure if the 2 day cutoff was going to get me pg I would have already been by 11pm last night. If it didn't then I guess I still have a o+12 attempt that could work. I j&d immediately though because it had been 2.5 days since our last attempt.
I was not trying for "girl" timing -- it just worked out that way.

I have been testing and have gotten BFNs. I only have one test left and I am going to wait until Friday if AF hasn't shown. I really feel like I have a lot of pregnancy symptoms, but am trying not to get my hopes up! I finally had my time to cheat and it wasn't what I wanted at all....hoping that is a pregnancy symptom! My temp is still over 98 too!

I had planned on the 10DPO cheat b/c you want to still keep environment favorable for implantation.

I think your attempt was just fine and you didn't mess anything up!

[suregena]

I ended up forgetting my lunch today! Seriously!!! I was starving and ended up eating cake and three + wedges of it. I feel really ill right now. Like, completely sick to my stomach from so much sugar but nothing else. If I actually get hungry tonight, I'll eat an iceberg salad... otherwise, today was a nightmare! I can't believe I forgot my lunch...