♥ May 2011 Blue Cheer Squad Thread ♥

[hope.ful]

OK weird that the preseed is different pH for everyone when it is supposed to be a 7.5! I'm thinking I won't use it ... I don't want to stress over that now too!

hope.ful when you say one line of your OPK is darker than the other do you mean the TEST line is darker, or the control line? Because if it is the control line that is still darkest wait for the test line to become darker than the control. I know it is tricky but the first time I finally got a + (I usually just used smileys) I was like, Ohhhhhhhh... so THAT's what it looks like! It will be noticeable when it is +!

iluv keep waiting it out, I guess! I know last O I didn't ever see a +OPK and it stressed me out, especially since we are trying this month. I don't know if I just didn't O (all the signs were there though, CP and TONS of CM) or if I somehow didn't POAS correctly and missed it. I got one that was pretty dark but not +, and I wonder if maybe that was it?? Because then they went white after that and never got remotely dark again.

DH and I go on vacay tomorrow! Hooray for holiday weekends without my kids It's a shame I"m not ovulating now ... oh well, just hoping AF holds off til next week and doesn't creep into vacay time. BUT I will be offline til Tuesday so I hope everyone has great attempts if you're having one, and GREAT BFP's for our 2WWers

Jen I think you're the farthest along in the 2WW right now so when are you planning to test? Is it 6DPO today?

I mean that on one side of the test line, it's as dark as the control, and the other side is lighter, so I'm interpreting that as an 'almost' but it's been like that for 2.5 days, so I'm wondering if that was my + and I just missed it! Does anyone have the test line actually be darker than the control line??

[LolaInLove]

I mean that on one side of the test line, it's as dark as the control, and the other side is lighter, so I'm interpreting that as an 'almost' but it's been like that for 2.5 days, so I'm wondering if that was my + and I just missed it! Does anyone have the test line actually be darker than the control line??

Yes, when mine are truly +, the test line is way darker. It has to be just AS dark as the test line, though....I've had mine be as dark as the line at like noon, and then darker at 4-6pm. It is confusing, but just go with the first test that is truly AS DARK AS the control line.

[LolaInLove]

SO LISTEN TO THIS BULLSHIT: my ex-dh's wife is pregnant, and due when I would have been. OF COURSE she is. Jeez, life is full of surprises, no?

[LolaInLove]

well said (about supps). but see now that im charting and getting to know and predict my cycles..id HATE to have to start from square one!! but at the same time i have to see if ther supps work for me. i think the key is MODERATION.

Just add some and see what happens. That's why it is good to give it a few months to experiement before you ttc. And you know what, I truly don't have a problem taking whatever I feel I should and just tracking O with a big load of opks...it's just now that it's old hat, I don't stress about it much anymore. I figure I will O anytime between CD11-18, as my history has shown. But, I also don't worry about the timing with DH and all, because that, plus tracking O, was a nightmare for a while. I was convinced that only the clairvoyant or wizards could do this swaying thing the right way.

[LolaInLove]

Thanks, ILuv....I wish I wasn't such a long timer, but hey....I've been doing this for a while so I hope my laid back attitude about it doesn't offend anyone....I just have seen enough successes and failures from all sorts of sways that I really think it is just a crapshoot, but it all makes us feel like we are doing something to up our blue odds, and that's better than nothing. But there have been a ton of successful sways lately! And really, no sweet healthy baby is ever a failure. I just want one of those. I'd even take an androgynous Storm baby at this point. LOL

[hope.ful]

Yes, when mine are truly +, the test line is way darker. It has to be just AS dark as the test line, though....I've had mine be as dark as the line at like noon, and then darker at 4-6pm. It is confusing, but just go with the first test that is truly AS DARK AS the control line.

Hmm...ok I hope that's the case for me, too. Is it normal to test 'almost' for 2.5 days, and does it switch over pretty quickly after that? I am just soo afraid with my temp increasing this morning, that we missed it last night. But my body has been moving at turtle speed this month. I quit the mucinex bc we have been frequent BDing this month (like every other day) in hopes that will work in our favor, and of course we didn't the last two nights, and I get a temp rise today! I'm afraid if I keep taking the Mucinex that I will m/c because of it but all that to say I have almost no CM so it's hard to know if it's even switched. How do you ladies test with OPK's and drink 60 oz water? I wait 2 hours after drinking anything to test and my pee is still only nearly yellow!

[LolaInLove]

Hmm...ok I hope that's the case for me, too. Is it normal to test 'almost' for 2.5 days, and does it switch over pretty quickly after that? I am just soo afraid with my temp increasing this morning, that we missed it last night. But my body has been moving at turtle speed this month. I quit the mucinex bc we have been frequent BDing this month (like every other day) in hopes that will work in our favor, and of course we didn't the last two nights, and I get a temp rise today! I'm afraid if I keep taking the Mucinex that I will m/c because of it but all that to say I have almost no CM so it's hard to know if it's even switched. How do you ladies test with OPK's and drink 60 oz water? I wait 2 hours after drinking anything to test and my pee is still only nearly yellow!

Well, I usually have a few days of "fade-ins", like almost positive for at least 2 of those days, then all of the sudden, it is way positive. And occasionally, it gets LESS positive before it actually turns +. Like, 75% one day, then 75% the next day, then 50% the 3rd, them bam, 100% positive. I just test a lot, and I try not to drink too much, but I don't not drink anything, just try not to say, chug or anything.

[babydes56]

OH GOOD, I'm glad to went for it! LOL at your physical differences there....doggie does hurt if you have a, erm, larger fellow there. My preseed has a 7.5 ph, isn't that weird? I'm glad you used it though. I swear, I want us all to get a bfp soon, but I have to admit that if I could choose one of us to get one now, it would be you, Babydes....you've worked and waited a long time now, I know how that is. HUGE FX for you!!!!

Awww that's sweet of you to say that! I had 2 lots of ph strips & on the phion strips the ph of the preseed was 6.5/8 & on the johnson one it was 7

[hope.ful]

Well, I usually have a few days of "fade-ins", like almost positive for at least 2 of those days, then all of the sudden, it is way positive. And occasionally, it gets LESS positive before it actually turns +. Like, 75% one day, then 75% the next day, then 50% the 3rd, them bam, 100% positive. I just test a lot, and I try not to drink too much, but I don't not drink anything, just try not to say, chug or anything.

Oh my goodness, thanks so much for the quick reply. I have been stewing over this all day. Thanks for the encouragement!
All in His Hands,
Stacy

[iluvmyman]

SO LISTEN TO THIS BULLSHIT: my ex-dh's wife is pregnant, and due when I would have been. OF COURSE she is. Jeez, life is full of surprises, no?

NO!! Oh Lola!!!! That's some BS! You win, I will complain no more today. Augh!