♥ May 2011 Blue Cheer Squad Thread ♥

[lightofmylife]

3PNB...Hmmm actually i got pink spotting but my cousin got bright red a week b4 af ... she didnt get af for next 2 weeks but -ve hpt...........everybody has different body .FX for ur BFP

Skrimpy... im taking fish oil, vit E,zinc,potassium,folic acid and L-arginine . is it coz L-arginine ?? but i took all these in Dec and Jan and both months got lots of EWCM , also fair amount in feb and march but i dont know wht happend this month i started diet and supp this month again.

[My Fabulous Children]

Hi ladies we have been discharged. I was unable to have supps for over 24 hrs has only water but found a lemon juice by Goulbourn Valley! I ate little - had 2 pieces of bread it was white they had no wholegrain, with vegemite while in the ED then had a bag of hot chips for lunch next day and dinner some roast beef mash pot peas and roast pumpkin. This morning had ricebubbles and wholemeal bread with vegemite. So i hope a few days wont stuff my sway next month..

Don't worry it won't hurt your sway.. one day, it's not a big deal. Glad you're back home, how's your DD?

[My Fabulous Children]

3PNB...Hmmm actually i got pink spotting but my cousin got bright red a week b4 af ... she didnt get af for next 2 weeks but -ve hpt...........everybody has different body .FX for ur BFP

Skrimpy... im taking fish oil, vit E,zinc,potassium,folic acid and L-arginine . is it coz L-arginine ?? but i took all these in Dec and Jan and both months got lots of EWCM , also fair amount in feb and march but i dont know wht happend this month i started diet and supp this month again.

I am taking the same supplements: Fish oil, Vit E, Potassium, FA, prenatal, RJ/BP, Started Mucinex 2 days ago and I added L-arginine this month, May be because of that? also last cycle I did O'ed, but I had very light creamy CM, What's going on with my stupid body? Could this be because I had m/c and my body is acting like that..anyone please?

[iluvmyman]

Nope not a hint and it's making me crazy I'm not testing again till Friday, that'll be 4 days late, 14 dpo and 7 days since the suspicious spotting. If I still have nothing I'm calling my midwife cause this is dumb lol

I'm sorry! So irritating!

[iluvmyman]

Hey everyone...3PNB, you ain't out yet, sorry it's taking so long! My appt yesterday was DEPRESSING to say the least. My uterus has a slim smooth lining at least and everything is out, so I don't need any d&c action. I stopped bleeding officially last night, because my pad was clear this morning, so I am done. My midwife was very realistic with me, which I love about her, but it also kinda sucked, because the tired-of-this part of me wanted her to say, "Oh, it was just bad luck to have 2 m/c in a row, just wait a month and jump on it again!" Instead, she says, "Well, I am sending you to the lab for some testing. You may have a clotting disorder, and you may have something that is preventing you and this particular man from creating life, something in your body is attacking and making the embryos not grow." Also, she is making Dh have a semen analysis, which my old doctor said we could do if we wanted. She wants them to check him out, just to be sure. So, she hands me the scrips for our lab work and on them in big letters it says PATIENT: Dx RECURRENT MISCARRIAGE. I just hated that. I am officially a recurrent miscarriage woman. She wants us to wait 3 months, and says if we go ahead and try before that, don't be surprised if we have another m/c because my body really needs time to heal and my lining to get back to normal. So, I'm just BLAH, ARG, MEH right now. I guess we'll be ttc again in August, which makes me even more depressed, because our first month ttc was LAST AUGUST. So, it will officially be a whole year of my life that I have been totally insane and spent more than 50% of my consciousness focused on ttc.

On a good note, I am starting to eat more, but I just feel awful about myself right now....I feel broken and fat and just bad. I think I am going to take this month off from the diet and lose some weight. I am definitely going through a depressive phase right now, because I don't want food and cry a lot, and I want to drink wine every night. So, hopefully this break will do me some good anyway.

Despite all that, still cheering all of you ladies on, lots of luck to the 2wwers now!!!!

Oh Lola, you make me cry. I'm so sorry. In one way it's good to find out if there is something they can find to help you carry full term so you don't have to keep going through this, but it's also so horrible. I can't imagine where you are at right now but will be praying for you. My heart goes to you and your family. I can't express what I want to say to you but just know I'm thinking about you.

[iluvmyman]

Yes, (Clear Blue Easy) if you read the packaging it says that you must hold your urine for 4 hours and some women find this easiest to do in the morning....

BUT, if the afternoon is working for you, I wouldn't change it!

Here is what the pw from early-pregnancy-tests.com says regarding Urine Collection for the OPK's:
1. Do not use FMU samples as the LH is synthesized in your body early in the morning. It will not show up in your urine until later in the day.
2. The best time to collect your urine is between 10am and 8pm (I don't get up super early so I tested around 11:30am)
3. Reduce liquid intake about 2 hours before collecting our urine as a diluted urine sample can prevent the test from detecting the LH surge

[SpicyTunaSushi]

Lola - I am so sorry things are tough right now ((hugs)) it's good that your bleeding has stopped. I also think it's a great thing that your mw is ordering the tests so you will know if that brings back anything. I would continue to focus on the TW aspect of the boy diet because eating a highly nourishing diet will help your body restore and be more ready for conception. I'd also look into supps that increase fertility/build the uterine lining as you are taking your break.

TTC5 - I hope your DD gets better quickly, it's so stressful to have a child in the hospital. A lot of the food at the hospital is probably processed prepared food which is good in that it will have a higher salt content. I would choose salty things and boy friendly things - like tomato sauces, potatoes, etc. when you can. Get lots of meat, too. It's very tempting to go for the sweets and such under stress but just say no to them

Spicy - Hooray for the +OPK!! Keeping my FX that you get a good sway - the massive amount EWCM you've been having has got to be a good sign! Let us know if you get another + in the morning. I def think that bf'ing can make the OPK's do funny things so that may have been your issue last month. How many cycles have you had postpartum? Mine took a long time to get "normal" after DC4.

3PNB - how aggravating not to get a BFP and not be sure what's going on!! With two of mine I did not get a BFP until my period was a week late, and those were very faint. So don't give up hope yet!

MFC and light... so sorry your cycles are going long with little CM What supps are you girls using? I found fish oil (I used cod liver oil) and adding more fat into my diet greatly increased my CM.

Me - Out of curiosity I watched the clock some today and am having braxton-hicks around every 30 min or so pretty much on the nose. They are quite strong but they don't hurt. I don't think I've had them get this forceful so soon with any of the others. But I'm still not having any other indications of things - still no show/mucus and I've had that with most of my labors. DH still swears he thinks the baby is coming early but I'm still going to go with being pregnant for a couple more weeks! Sometimes it's so hard to believe that soon she will be here!!

I did get another smiley in the morning but we dtd last night. Not nearly as much ewcm as yesterday. We are very consistent with the diet- except that I didn't do BSD the last few days because I wasn't sure if I had ovulated (temps were crazy). So, I know my pH dropped, but nothing too low- probably in the 6's. It was 7 a few days before, so I imagine that my body was still mainly alkaline.

That smiley was mocking me this morning- I wish I had known it was finally going to come! I think my timing isn't to off- about 32 hours in between dtd. Oh well! TWW!

[SpicyTunaSushi]

I did get another smiley in the morning but we dtd last night. Not nearly as much ewcm as yesterday. We are very consistent with the diet- except that I didn't do BSD the last few days because I wasn't sure if I had ovulated (temps were crazy). So, I know my pH dropped, but nothing too low- probably in the 6's. It was 7 a few days before, so I imagine that my body was still mainly alkaline.

That smiley was mocking me this morning- I wish I had known it was finally going to come! I think my timing isn't to off- about 32 hours in between dtd. Oh well! TWW!

Oh, and this is my 4th cycle postpartum. MAD amounts of ewcm- it was like a faucet! I never had ewcm while ttc my dd, probably because of BC. Keep up with the supplements girls!

[princessap]

Lola. thinking of you! I agree with everyone else in giving yourself time to heal before TTC again. I had an early m/c in march 2010 an then our loss in October 2010 so it has been over a year for us trying again
My OB explained it to me that you need to let your uterine lining build up ao that an embryo has a good place to implant. I know it is hard to wait but you want your body in great shape for your pregnancy. I also agree that you should wallow. There are still days that I am overcome with sadness about our loss. Our neighbour just had a little boy so now every day I will have a constant reminder of how old our boy should be. sometimes lfe sucks and we are allowed to be sad and it is actually very healthy. If u ever need to chat I am here.

[princessap]

Okay girls I am 7dpo and no symptoms other than a little bit of
cramping yesterday. I am not sure what to think.
Iluvmyman....any symptoms???