January 2018 TTC & 2ww thread

[mwilson]

It commonly does but can dip from day of to several days prior. Some people see a dip then a rise prior to their rise above coverline. Can you post a link to your chart?

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[HGmama]

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Wow that's a big dip. Anything else going on in life? Sleep? Cold environment?

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[Pbn3]

Did you take your temp earlier than usual? I can see its an open circle.

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[Girlswaylondon]

Girlswaylondon hang in there xxoo

So much can happen in such a short time. You could get a blazing pos out of the blue. You're on cd20 now and oed cd19 last cycle so hopefully it will happen for you in the next couple days. Focusing so much worry and stress won't be helping though and may even be contributing to the delay. Can I suggest maybe tomorrow to do whatever it takes to avoid thinking of ttc and ovulation etc. Go shopping or try recipe browsing online and find an awesome dinner meal to try (if you like cooking that is [emoji12]) go shopping for ingredients and an incredible bottle of wine. Have a delicious meal, enjoy several glasses and take a nice relaxing bath or shower. Bd protected if the mood takes you there. Try not and think too much prior to doing your opk. Expect it to be negative. I know all this is easier said than done but do your best. I promise things will be different within a few days xxoo

Can you post a pic of your opks?

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Pbn, you are an angel, I’ve missed you!

I think I stress myself because of pcos I’ve been so lucky to be a pcoser that ovulates so I feel like a ticking time bomb! I know you are so right though I just need to relax! I just have such a big fear of infertility, even before I knew about my pcos!

My opks were so light you literally had to squint! I ended up throwing them in the bin out of frustration haha!!

Thanks so much for that post, really needed it. I hope your beautiful little girl is doing well and you are recovering nicely also hope BF isn’t so painful anymore! Xxx

[mwilson]

Well my daughter woke up early at 5am so I took it then and got 96.8. I put her back to bed and came back closer to 545ish and took it again and got 97.4. Nothing else is different. Even when I put in 97.4 it’s an open circle so not sure what’s up. I typically wake up around 630 and take it right away.

[Pbn3]

Thank you girlswaylondon the whole breastfeeding thing has improved dramatically [emoji3] she's still a little guts though [emoji23][emoji23] feels like she's permanently attached to the boob!

Mwilson so an hour and a half earlier than usual may or may not have made too much difference. In any case I wouldn't read much into it. Random temps can and do pop up [emoji4] An open circle will happen if you temp over half hour of usual time which is why the 5.45am temp would have been an open circle still. I'd just leave it as is. Regardless of when it was taken it still would've been a dip even with an adjustment. Look forward to tomorrows temp though! We'll see if you fall in the 'average' of oing day after first pos opk [emoji3]

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[HGmama]

So I went to lunch with a friend and at the venue there was a gymnastics meet. All these adorable little girls in their matching bows made my heart ache for a little girl. All of the sudden, this toddler boy ran through the middle of the restaurant. I'm like yep... there's the difference between a lot of genders (not foolproof) but... So many of these little girls were so well behaved and so adorable.

I have a feeling my heart is never going to feel complete with parenting another boy. I have a feeling that I'm going to be a boy mom. I like boys, don't get me wrong. I'm just having a depressing day and thought you guys might be the only ones that understand.

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[mwilson]

So I went to lunch with a friend and at the venue there was a gymnastics meet. All these adorable little girls in their matching bows made my heart ache for a little girl. All of the sudden, this toddler boy ran through the middle of the restaurant. I'm like yep... there's the difference between a lot of genders (not foolproof) but... So many of these little girls were so well behaved and so adorable.

I have a feeling my heart is never going to feel complete with parenting another boy. I have a feeling that I'm going to be a boy mom. I like boys, don't get me wrong. I'm just having a depressing day and thought you guys might be the only ones that understand.

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My son is the sweetest, he is 7. Always has been sweet and loving and gentle. My daughter will run through the room naked and then pinch you if she’s pissed. She is 3. So there’s that.

[ABC.2606]

Hannah hope it was ovulation!! Are you doing E4D?

Eighme - Totally get it. Shortly after our DS2 was born my SIL announced she was pregnant with her 2nd child (her first was a boy). I'm pretty sure after my DS2 was born I had PPD (never got diagnosed/treated), both due to pretty strong gender disappointment as well as DS2's traumatic birth. Well, she had a girl, and I had a REALLY hard time dealing with it for awhile. A lot of feelings of jealousy/resentment, which thankfully I was mostly able to hide from her, but the feelings were there. On the day that my miscarriage started this past August, she and my DH's brother called us up to tell us that they are pregnant with their 3rd. I was like, seriously?!!?! Their 3rd is a boy, so while it sounds perhaps weird/awful to say, I've been better able to "deal" with her being pregnant now knowing it's another boy. Crazy right? But I do get it. I will say though that over Christmas when we were all together for a week I was very much able to play and bond with her little girl and I didn't feel all those crazy feelings I felt when she was first born - so whatever happens I think you'll be able to work through all the feelings in time. But they are normal feelings for sure!!!

Girlswaylondon - hang in there, hope O comes soon!!

Star we don't use lube (as I usually have LOTS of EWCM!) but I've seen people on here swaying girl say they used a little bit (fingertip) of preseed.

Mwilson if you DTD last night maybe just stick with the every 72 hours plan from this point on, until you can confirm O with temping? That should keep you covered as far as viable attempts. I get the stress though - I always seem to O 48+hours after first +OPK.

GirlSwayHGMama - I know several "Boy Moms" - moms who whether they wanted it or not (and most of them didn't) have all boys and have resigned themselves to saying "well I'm just a boy mom I guess". Sigh - I feel like that's what I'm going to end up having to do too - and I just don't want that. I want to be a boy AND a girl mom... And I know stereotypes are just stereotypes and my DS1 is a TOTAL sensitive sweetheart and if I have a girl she may be a total tomboy, but I'm still so desperate to have a daughter. Just one! That's all I want!!

As for me - I'm getting a little freaked out. I'm CD12 - I normally get a +OPK by CD13 at the latest and I just feel like it's not going to come tomorrow!! What's really freaking me out though is that I normally have TONS of EWCM by like, CD11 or so and I have very, very little right now. Maybe b/c it's the 3rd cycle of Clomid (although I was off it for over a month due to the early m/c). It's just SO weird - I normally have so much and I feel so dry right now!! Also I'm on DAY 4 of "high fertility" on the dual OPKs. I've never had more than 4 days... So "peak" should come tomorrow, right? But where is my EWCM?!

On top of that - I'm desperate to be pregnant, and desperate to be pregnant with a little girl. Why is this SO DAMN HARD!!!!????!!!! Ok - vent over now

[Girlswaylondon]

I have a feeling I’ve stopped ovulating due to diet, I have no CM at all. Wondering if this is the case, will I not get a period unless I ovulate again?