April/May/June 14 swayers...

[SamS_TTCPink]

Took another one this morning and it's much lighter than last night so who knows what's going on??!? Atomic said sometimes we need LH for other things and although it was dark last night, it was still negative and a negative is a negative. Also took my last HPT and negative too! Just waiting for AF to arrive. 😞

[stephk]

oh no that sucks

[Boysway]

Hmm, that's strange. I would not have thought you would have enough LH in your system at this stage to get such a dark OPK result.

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[Boysway]

Mumofsix, are you going to do another OPK tonight to check. I am wondering if you got the LH surge without the ovulation afterwards.

Afm, we had a wonderful time at my cousins wedding yesterday. It was nice to forget about things. Although, we did get some reminding. I drank lots of white wine, lol. Got a touch tipsy. My cousin, the one that was married yesterday announced she is pregnant, 7 weeks along I also got to hold and bottle feed my other cousins bub, Declan. He is 8 days old and absolutely adorable. I told them I was going to pinch him. Then I found out later that my Dad and my cousin were discussing how I need to have a baby boy. I was telling dh about it on the way home. I'm so glad we haven't told them we are trying for a baby let alone a boy. I really don't think people realise the pressures put on other people just by their words. I have to admit, I have been guilty of it in the past. Even when they think they know all the background, they can never fully know. It's sucks this ttc thing has been so difficult. Trying to achieve your DG, all that you go through. I have already gone through so many emotions and we have only had one month of trying! It took 6 months of trying with our last bub. I think that was more poor timing then anything.

I don't know how long I can keep up these supps. My memory has been terrible lately. I am also running out of vitamins. I will run out before I get paid again. Even when I get paid I am unsure if I can afford them. I have now been on the supps for 5 months. Dh hasn't had his supps for quite a while now as well. I gave up on getting him to take them

It's all for the greater good though. I must keep telling myself what we/I am working towards.

[stephk]

Glad you had a good time at the wedding Boysway. It's so true about people's comments. Of course they don't mean to have an effect but they do. This whole TTC thing is bad enough without the swaying.

I am rather gutted to report that i started spotting this morning and now have AF cramps. So as if it wasn't enough being unsuccessful now it looks like I have a short LP to deal with. Even though I'm eating at the upper limits of the diet and more, I didn't cut back too far, it's absolutely gutting.

[SamS_TTCPink]

I know how you feel boysway. People don't understand how their words get to us when we are dealing with gender desire, and it is expensive this TTC process!! I've ran out of supps too and can't really afford to keep buying them, plus the cost of opk's and HPTs...it all adds up and it's hard when it takes months and months for that BFP.

No, I won't do anymore opk tests. I'll just wait and see if AF arrives after this mornings very negative test. And I think we will try once again when my cycle finally returns but then I don't know what to do. We might put it off til later in the year or just forget trying and try to accept that we aren't going to get our daughter and just enjoy and focus on our boys.

[Boysway]

I am so sorry to hear that steph What was your LP?

[stephk]

I am guessing somewhere between 6 and 9 days but I can't be sure. Maybe I should bite the bullet and start temping and see if it does wake DH then at least I will know. Just had loads of Nutella on 2 slices of toast then a pack of pretzels dipped in Nutella and then had some chocolate!!!

I might consider loosening the diet - I'll still try to skip breakfast and I'll try to be veggie 4 days a week or so but maybe just not limit anything. I can keep the exercise no problem, I just have nothing else to drop really. I'll contact atomic and see what she thinks.

[Boysway]

how did you go steph? Did you ask atomic?

[stephk]

Yes she said I should make an effort to eat 4 eggs a week and more full fat dairy. I shouldn't loosen the diet because she thinks I'm doing the diet perfectly and this is remnants of coming off BCP rather than diet. So I have just eaten an omelette with 2 eggs and some mushrooms cooked in frylight which is basically a one cal olive oil spray. We have friends coming round for a BBQ this afternoon so I will be well over on fat for the day but I'll be vegetarian and had the eggs so it's all good. I'll be eating halloumi today so there's more full fat dairy

I'm feeling a bit better today. Yesterday's aerobics couldn't cheer me up but I've been to the gym this morning and will follow atomics advice. At least when I next O the holiday will no longer matter and I can stick to one attempt.