October chat thread for pink swayers

[fresas]

Hey ladies! It looks like there is a lot of O action in here so hopefully that results in healthy pregnancies.

I hate to just drop in and leave, but work has been stressful (co-worker issues) and AF is a day late. I haven't had a late period in over a year even with the PCOS. I took a pregnancy test which was negative so I'm wondering if PCOS is the culprit, but we'll see. Will keep you ladies updated. It would be a big surprise to end up pregnant though because we aggressively TTA this cycle since we aren't ready to sway yet.

[squamgirl]

Oooo, fresas- I hope you get the answer that will be best for your family. It's frustrating to be super-regular and then have it change. I used to be like a clock until I had kids. Then it changed for me, but I was still pretty regular, but then this last cycle I got really messed up. Anyway, I hope you get an answer soon and that it's the answer that's best for your family.

Today is DH's interview. I'm sure we won't know anything today, but at least DH will have a feeling for how it went. Then we wait... we should know by the end of the month. I'm at peace with staying or going. I just want to know which it's going to be so we can either resume TTC/swaying or put it off and start packing.

[rainbowflower]

perhaps the change in your cycles means your fertility is lowering and the swaying is working?

[Mochagirl]

perhaps the change in your cycles means your fertility is lowering and the swaying is working?

I agree. My cycles went all wonky after a couple of months on the diet. I took it as a good sign about decreased fertility, though it was definitely frustrating not being able to predict O anymore.

[squamgirl]

I agree. My cycles went all wonky after a couple of months on the diet. I took it as a good sign about decreased fertility, though it was definitely frustrating not being able to predict O anymore.

This is the part that's confusing me most about swaying. In past cycles, I was quite regular and could pinpoint O (at day 14, until my Aug cycle which was day 18). This last I didn't O until day 29. How do you sway through that? It's not like you can DTD *every* day of your cycle!

[Mochagirl]

Luckily for me, my O only varied by about 5 days in total. One month it would come 2 days early, the next month 3 days late. We just kept dtd until I could confirm that it happened. One month we dtd 9 days in a row (after having dh release for 7 days before that) but that was the most we ever had to do it.

[rainbowflower]

This is the part that's confusing me most about swaying. In past cycles, I was quite regular and could pinpoint O (at day 14, until my Aug cycle which was day 18). This last I didn't O until day 29. How do you sway through that? It's not like you can DTD *every* day of your cycle!

we've had the same trouble with late OV-ing, that's why I researched the compressed frequent release and you can still drastically lower sperm count (i.e. more than halve it) just by DTD within 8hrs of a previous release. I do wonder if that's more effective than daily BD as my DH says that after 24hrs his "quantity" is nearly back up to normal levels, whereas if he releases within less time it is drastically less

[Mochagirl]

We sort of did a compressed frequent release on our successful attempt. We'd been out of town staying with family, so frequent release hadn't been possible. Instead dh released 3 times in 24 hours before we started dtd. After that, though, we just dtd once a day until I O'd. I think it ended up being 5-6 days in a row since I O'd late.

[happyheart]

we've had the same trouble with late OV-ing, that's why I researched the compressed frequent release and you can still drastically lower sperm count (i.e. more than halve it) just by DTD within 8hrs of a previous release. I do wonder if that's more effective than daily BD as my DH says that after 24hrs his "quantity" is nearly back up to normal levels, whereas if he releases within less time it is drastically less

I remember when you posted about this and I had thought a lot about it. I do think that the compressed BD does reduce the sperm count more drastically and would sway more pink. My OB instructed us to DTD everyday for 7 days while on clomid and I just can't imagine if daily BD were to drastically reduce the sperm count that the instructions would be different. We did DTD everyday for 9 days this time. I hope for a success and I am starting to feel much less concerned about the gender.

I am having some pain on my right side. The same side I think I ovulated from. I am hoping its not cysts from the clomid.

Have a great day everyone!

[Chicky]

Hi ladies. So after 70 days of no O I finally called the doc and she gave my provera to start af. I never got full flow and it was just spotting but my doc said that counts and put me on clomid at cd5. So I am finally into a new cycle (cd6 now). Really hope the clomid helps o come before day 20 this time. I go in for an u/s next Friday so she can make sure there are follicles maturing or something like that. Glad to be done with that crazy 3 month cycle!