♥ June 2011 ~ Swaying for Blue? This is the thread for you!! ♥

[iluvmyman]

Are you going to attempt soon? What supplements are you taking? I'm thinking of dropping l-arginine to see if that will increase my cm, not too sure about drinking green tea either because i hear it can dry cm

I dropped both FertileCM w. the l-arginine in it and the green tea and my CM is better already. we'll see what it does for my cycles. not sure if any of those could mess w/ my thyroid if that turns out to be off.

[iluvmyman]

Are you going to attempt soon? What supplements are you taking? I'm thinking of dropping l-arginine to see if that will increase my cm, not too sure about drinking green tea either because i hear it can dry cm

I remember on IG that it's the green tea supps that can have fake estrogen in it that can mess w/ your cycles or make them longer I think. I think green tea is OK but not the supps like I was taking maybe

[LolaInLove]

I would never recommend FertileCM to anyone. It had the opposite effect on me and many others I know. Also, I would not take the greent tea capsules either, just have a cup a day if you want. I don't know, all of the supps like LArg and whatnot that effect your hormone levels freak me out. Of course, except for me on the DHEA, which is pure hormones....but I think what is MUCH smarter when you start experimenting with supps (and this is only if you have several months before your attempt to experiment, which is a good thing!), is to take a few then add some more if the few basic ones are working. AND of course the younger you are, the more likely it is that they won't turn your ovaries into crackheads and prevent you from getting pg for so long.

Iluv, I think I read that you are dropping most supps, which I do agree with. I only take ones that are for overall health of eggs now.

[iluvmyman]

Thanks so much Iluv. I am so sad right now. We have been trying since March 2010 and have had two losses in there. It is heartbreaking. My DDs were conceived easily and i never thought it would take this long. I am only doing diet and takig FA. I have never taken the other supps, just something I am not comfortable with. You would think it
would be easier to conceive when u are tracking ovulation, which I never did before!
How r u doing? any news?
When are you going to attempt?
fx for both of us!

I totally agree w/ you that you'd think you'd be right on it. I mean how much should your diet and timing BD and O make it harder? I wonder if it's the mental stress. IDK! I feel like I wasted a few months just being on supps that didn't work for me. I'm doing some supps now and diet kinda trying to limit but not completely go off of calcium but I try to do only full fat dairy when I do. I just eat all the time so I'm feeling very boy enviroment as far as a hearty/we are in plentiful times so the boy should step up. I really don't know anymore. It's discouraging though for sure! I have no idea when I'll be O this month but might very well be out of town so we will see. Totally FX!

[iluvmyman]

Goodness me i have been so emotional lately, i just balled my eyes out earlier when my daughter told me about a nine old who was killed in an accident involving a car the police were chasing. I'm really a soft person & cry at all sorts but this week i have more sensitive, it could be AF

I hope it's a good sign. My cycles have been messed up and I was breaking out and hormonal for 3 entire weeks. I just couldn't keep it together I cried on here a couple of times. I sure hope it's a good sign and not that mean 'ol AF!

[iluvmyman]

Thanks for all you help I had DH release on CD17...

CD18 & still 'low fertility on CBFM'.

Last cycle I never got a + opk, although that was testing on the cheaper ones on most days...the closest I got was an almost positive...then tested on digital & was negative...also, last cycle run out of sticks for CBFM & so couldn't test for a peak.

Am testing with the cheapie OPK 3 times a day & digital 1 x a day

Supplements I'm taking are: fertile cm, vitamin e, folic acid, postassium, vitamin b12, fish oil, zic, epo, flacseed oil,

Drinks: gelatin drink, acv drink, ural, robitussin

http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/32c38f/]My Ovulation Chart

Help! What's going on?

I stopped FertileCM and EPO (along w/ green tea extract). My body seems to be working much better w/o them and can both mess w/ your cycle. I bought like 5 packs of URAL this order since I have to special order it from Australia and I ran out of the other two boxes I had.

[iluvmyman]

Has anyone used the ovulation tests from http://www.early-pregnancy-tests.com ? I had a few people recommend them to me. I was told to start the on CD8, which I did, I didn't think I would get a positive anytime soon. I am just wondering if anyone has had any experience. I am currently CD10 with a 25 days cycle.

If they didn't post already I think one of the ladies said they didn't like their hpt's but O test were OK. I use them. I've been using them though. They are so inexpensive that I don't feel guilty using them. I was looking at my stock last night and thinking how quickly I'm going through them. Not sure which ones the ladies are getting on ebay or the cost.

[iluvmyman]

Tink, I get the opk strips from early preg tests.com, but I order a ton so they are cheap. And love the fertility bracelet! You are attempting this month, right?

Hopeful, I am not sure what to make of your situation.....in my opinion, if you don't get a definite positive, you didn't O. I think your body can get darn near close with the estrogen, which in turn causes the LH to rise, but unless it gets to a certain high level, it is not a true "surge" and won't trigger ovulation. It may indeed be that the supps are causing a little havoc, but it may also be that you did indeed ovulate and like 3PNB, your tests just don't get super dark. Mine do, so I know that if they are *close* to the line color, then they are not quite positive yet. I would just keep on and wait for AF (or poas) and maybe drop a few supps or something. Also, are you sure you are testing with opks properly? That can do it also. And I will say, I don't think the diluted urine makes a difference. You MUST not pee for 4 hours, and whether or not you drink a gallon of water in that 4 hours and have a bladder that is about to burst, you will still get an accurate test, but you need 4 hours for the LH to accumulate in your urine for an accurate reading. My first month with opks and ttc (um, last August, ugh!), I was at a music festival in Chicago and was drinking tons of water as I was in the sun all day (and didn't want to tempt myself with beer). I kept getting negative tests, through CD13,14,15. I thought I was because I was drinking so much water. Turns out, I was just peeing too much in between testing, because on CD16 I did get a very positive test, and I was drinking the same amount of water, just holding the pee so it was in there for 4 hours. I hope that makes sense! It is kinda like the same thing with pg tests....why you use FMU when you are poas early.

Babydes......I am dying for you, I cannot tell you how much I am praying this is your month, girl!!!

And of course, all of you other lovely ladies, much love and hope that all is going according to our little blue plans!

Hopeful, did you say you used the digital OPK's. Myself and a few ladies get the digital to confirm the POAS OPK's. That way there's no guessingish.

[iluvmyman]

Hi ladies! So much to catch up on, our thread moves fast these days. Had a crap weekend and am glad we are attempting next week not this week, b/c if I was due to O right now DH and I would both be like, H-NO we don't want to get pg, LOL. Anyhow one of the crap things is my DD2 is sick again ... poor kiddo picks up every virus around I swear.

Hope.ful I'm so sorry to hear about the BFN! I am with Lola on the OPK, where I know mine get CLEARLY positive. But it sounds like Jen has had some like you describe, so maybe that is just how a + looks for you?

Sunnye how long have you been taking all of those supps? B/c ITA that the combo you're taking could definitely change your cycle. Just wondering if you were taking them last cycle and noticed anything different then.

Jen your ticker is so fun to watch :-)

TTC5 when will you test? You're 5DPO know right?

Babydes how about you? You must be getting close to knowing. I really, really hope this is your month!!!

Tink do you have a usual date you ovulate? With a 25 day cycle I think the advice you got to test CD8 is perfect. I usually start then too, b/c I have O'd as early as day 10 twice now, but it is much more standard for me to O CD14.

Well AF is over for me so now I'm just waiting for signs of O! Last month was CD10 but I really think this month will be closer to CD14, and I'm CD6 now. I've already decided I'm not going to stress about timing. We aren't going to DTD every day or anything but I'm totally fine with it if we end up DTD every other day from now to O. We shall see how it works out though; I'd be happy if our timing naturally coincided with a +OPK and abstinence but I'm not trying too hard to force it.

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That's funny. I think we all know what you're taking about when you just have those "what the heck are we thinking moments...or weeks".

My OPK's can sometimes have a lighter test line than the control but the digital would always be negative, so I'm not sure. I used to get no line at all if I wasn't O, but now I'm noticing I'll get the lighter line on test than control during different times of the day, I'm assuming due to just how much I drink. It's hard to know but I use the digital smiley OPK's to confirm if I'm in doubt.

I'm so glad you are attempting this month. GL momma! I'll be prayin for ya

[iluvmyman]

I would never recommend FertileCM to anyone. It had the opposite effect on me and many others I know. Also, I would not take the greent tea capsules either, just have a cup a day if you want. I don't know, all of the supps like LArg and whatnot that effect your hormone levels freak me out. Of course, except for me on the DHEA, which is pure hormones....but I think what is MUCH smarter when you start experimenting with supps (and this is only if you have several months before your attempt to experiment, which is a good thing!), is to take a few then add some more if the few basic ones are working. AND of course the younger you are, the more likely it is that they won't turn your ovaries into crackheads and prevent you from getting pg for so long.

Iluv, I think I read that you are dropping most supps, which I do agree with. I only take ones that are for overall health of eggs now.

Yup no more hormone messing supps for me, and like I said CM is so much better and I even took O test today and yesterday since CM is so good but negative. DH and I are out of town a lot this month so we'll be DTD before we leave and after just to try and cover bases but I really have no idea what my cycles will be like this month now. I'm afraid we'll miss O this cycle but I'm not going to stress if I can help it.

GL on the testing. I better sex drive and more energy in the a.m., sign me up for DHEA too. ) Krill Oil is a big thing right now, recommended in replace of Cod live oil a lot but I haven't heard of them taking just the red stuff from them for antioxidants. Hmmmmm.

I'll try to get in for my thyroid test tomorrow morning but I won't be online much Tuesday night - Friday since I'll be out w/ my 2 girl friends and all the kids at DF1's lake house. I love having giving friends w/ money. Too bad the weather is so wacky here in CA.