TTC Girl - January 2012

[suregena]

Lower left. It is really painful. Totally stiff. I'm leaning on my right on the couch right now. I DO think I must have done something, but I don't know what! I was sitting at a cafe with my son and it just came on. I can't bend at all. I don't know if it is tied to anything other than it HURTS!

[littlemissnaughty7]

hmmm you may have a cyst, it might be best to get and get checked out hun !

[amari]

Littlemiss-not sure if mine changed, I don't usually pat too close attention. I would just go with it and give it a try! YOu are doing the diet and that is most important!

Kaite-Sorry about BFN, I am out too and having other issues. It is just all part of the process, and it's hard to see now, but in the scheme of things it won't make a difference. One month, two, three. It will all work out in the end. You are just in the thick of it now. Enjoy a few days of yummy food and then (if you feel like it) try again! Most people don't get pregnant the first try every time.

[littlemissnaughty7]

yeah i will do amari hun, hope your feeling better hun x

[KraizyDaizy]

CD 5 (Day 1 of 5 on Clomid)...let the crazy emotions begin! That is one of the things I remember the last time I was on it years ago that I was a basket-case!!! and the O was excruciating!!! Anyone else know of any symptoms I should be reminded of?

[pinkin2011]

Katie

[Mochagirl]

Sorry, Katie, but amari said it very well. You're feeling discouraged right now, but remember that veeery few women get pregnant the first time, and that's when they're not doing things to make it harder to get pregnant like we swayers do! Give yourself a couple of cheat days before you decide whether or not to wait a long time before you try again. Personally, I found it easier to keep going - the diet gets easier the longer you're on it. My first time around it was 4 months before I got my BFP (so 5.5 months on the diet), and this time I lucked out and got pregnant my second time trying after my m/c. I hope you feel better soon .

[HopeandDreamG]

He just turned 2! He's always been a complete pleasure, with his sleep, his temperament... he's been a dream boy! No wonder we want a second kid so bad! From day one he's been marvelous.

Even in newborn stage, even with being up to breastfeed, I guess my attitude towards understanding that newborns wake up to eat because their digestion is so fast and efficient made it feel less stressful to me. No lie, I was sleepy, but I was never stressed out. I just rolled with it... went with the flow... maybe that rubbed off on him. We also babywore until he was too heavy to do it constantly, so I think that helped in his first year with his calm, cool, contentment. Don't know, though!

And like you say, we've had it SO SO SO easy with him, our second is bound to make us think twice before ever having a third. :P We shall see!

My DS1 is exactly the same way. A sweetheart. I have great sleepers too. As a toddler even he would go to his room to try to climb in his crib for a nap. DS2 is similar (not as easy as DS1, but still easy). At night they both brush their teeth, go potty, and get in their beds. It takes 2 minutes. Friends cannot believe it. So your not doomed to have 2nd kids that aren't as easy!

[suregena]

My DS1 is exactly the same way. A sweetheart. I have great sleepers too. As a toddler even he would go to his room to try to climb in his crib for a nap. DS2 is similar (not as easy as DS1, but still easy). At night they both brush their teeth, go potty, and get in their beds. It takes 2 minutes. Friends cannot believe it. So your not doomed to have 2nd kids that aren't as easy!

Hah! My son LOVES brushing his teeth! I guess what did it was I always went, "Ooookay... EEEEEEEEE!!!" And he'd flash his front teeth and go, "EEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!" so I could brush the front, and then I'd go, "Okay... ready? AHHHHHHHHH!!!!" and then he'd go, "AHHHHHH!!!" and open his mouth and I would do all his back ones... wash, rinse, repeat, then I'd hand him the tooth brush (not let him run around with it) and he'd attempt to follow my prompts himself. It's his favorite part of pre-bedtime! Heh.

[HopeandDreamG]

hi guys i need some help, sorry for long message but really need my ladies advice, i got 2 + opk yesterday on clearblue digital and an internet cheapie, but my cm was different to last month, it was white and stretchy but not like last month, my cervix was also not very soft i had been bloated for a few days and thought O was on its way, well i kept checking cervix and cm, and both stayed the same, went to bed and woke up my cervix is now very very low and hard, my temp has rose but my cm is still the same ???? (white globy, stretches but not loads) is this the diet thats done this to my body ? or have i not really ovulated, im so confused, i dont know what to do as next month (my first attempt) we were planning a 0+12 well i have no idea when that was this month i dont even know if i did ovulate at all, i should be starting a tablet today that will make me bleed to start clomid as i had no idea i would ovulate on my own before hand..... im so confused and very fed up as it seems my plan of a 0+12 now is slipping away, anyone any advice would be very gratefully received,

I would go more with temp being reliable (as long as you slept at least 4hrs, and took it at about the same time) over CM. CM and cervial position can be totally unreliable. If you had a temp shift you may have O'd. Do you use FF to track, this helps tremendously. I really do not think you can be comparing CM from month to month. Way to difficult to remember exactly how stretchy or lotion like CM was.
Are you set on 0+12? I don't think timing matters AT ALL and if its raising your T thats worse then having timing that is exactly where you want it. IMO: I would read the threads on 0+ vs. cutoff.