TTC BOY November Chit Chat Thread - All welcome!!

[Plum3]

I was checking 3 times a day. Hope you O soon!! Good luck!

Thanks, me too!

[Plum3]

Bec - I opk'd once a day around noon until it was much darker then I would take another one around 6. I never missed an egg this way and usually only used 2 extra tests each month. Are you temping too? I temped just long enough to figure out how long after the positive opk I o'd.

Well I had my 26wk appt yesterday, for the first time since the u/s I got to hear the heartbeat. Even though I feel tons of movement I still love that sound. The sent me to the lab for my gestational diabetes test with I'm actually a I nervous about. I don't really know anything about diabetes but my constant candy snacking for the last few days can't be good lol fx I don't fail and have to go back for the 3hr test. Anyway all looks good

That's what I have been doing with the OPKs as well. I have been temping for years (on and off) for the entire cycle. I can definitely tell when I O'd according to my temps.

Yay, for hearing a heartbeat. Such a lovey noise. And I am so glad everything is going well!

[Plum3]

Thanks, Bec, you rock! I am so glad you just needed Clomid maybe, yeah? It is devastating, especially when you are not rolling in cash and think, JEEZ, can't I just get preggo the free way?????? Why us? Eh, I guess that's life, right?

Well, I saw this show on the National Geographic channel about some awesome tiger haven in Gold Coast where these people hand-raised a gaggle of tigers and it looked so cool. My DD2 is absolutely obsessed with animals (giraffes in particular) and was all about it. I love theme parks, too! SeaWorld is so much fun!

For my first I needed FSH injections as the Clomid didn't work. But for my second Clomid is all I needed. I know what you mean about the cash. I just booked in to see my specialist in a few weeks and I know we are up for big bucks. I just don't want to waste any more time. There is only so much longer I can stay on this darn diet.

We are going to Seaworld tomorrow, can't wait! My DD2 loves giraffes as well

[Plum3]

Ok, just read on about your ewcm stopping today. Hey, it's probably still there, just maybe not as abundant? You may see it again if you poop, that always tells me what is really happening down below, lol.

I use cheapie Wondfo opks, I but a pack of 40 plus 10 hpts for $10 on Amazon.

Yep, when I poop it is there.

I ordered cheapies from ebay as well. Postage is so slow though. I am going to have to go to the shops today and grab some more.

[Plum3]

Ok ladies, I got my glorious egg (peak) sign on the monitor this morning. I totally skipped the high??!!!!!
I had some super duper o pains yesterday and last night so FX this is a good ovulation
Also my opk went very very close to + 10pm last night (think I surge late at night!!) and this morning voila a definate +.

So I guess we DTD tonight, yeah?! Praying for some good EWCM today!!! I'm so scared I'm getting this timing and abstainance all wrong someone put my mind at ease

How funny... I wrote my wish letter yesterday, folded it and tucked it inside my pillow case along with my little blue outfit and then later that night I begin to surge 5 days early... heheh prob coincedence but I found it ironic.

Woo for + and peak

So are you planning just BDing once this attempt then?

[Plum3]

Hey ladies, im finding it hard to understand the 0-2 thing, is it 2 days or 2 hours, and is that an insemination or just a release?
Do you abstain for 3-5 days before 0-2 or before O?

O-2 is 2 days before ovulation. Generally when we talk about O-2 we mean insemination. If you were to attempt on O-2 and O you would abstain for 3-5 days before O-2. Hope that makes sense? If you were to only attempt once on O then you would abstain for 3-5 days before this.

[Plum3]

So more ewcm today, not a lot but it's there. Still negative OPKs and not really much of a fade in like I originally thought. Will do another OPK later this arvo and hope for a +.

[Cinss]

O-2 is 2 days before ovulation. Generally when we talk about O-2 we mean insemination. If you were to attempt on O-2 and O you would abstain for 3-5 days before O-2. Hope that makes sense? If you were to only attempt once on O then you would abstain for 3-5 days before this.

Thank you, makes sense

[Bumblebee]

Hey Bumblebee, you may have gotten responses already as I haven't read on yet, but I will throw my 2 cents in there and say that as far as timing goes, it's really up to you. Timing has been proven to NOT be a factor is swaying, and boys have been made in every timing pattern there is, so it just depends on what you think you and your DH can do, and what raises his sperm count the most. If you get a predictable pattern with your opks fading in and you are pretty confident that you know when you O after you get a +, then I *personally* think the best timing for high sperm count is every other day, so shoot for O-2 and then again on O day. (My doctor told me to dtd every other day, and that is the "prescribed" timing for best sperm count for guys with no sperm issues.) But you may choose to dtd every day, or do it right after you get a +opk and then again in 24 hours. Sorry if THIS is confusing, but point is you can really do what you like. Most women ovulate about 24 hours after their 1st +opk, so most try to at least dtd right around O time or right before it, so you should try to get at least one bd in (your "main one") about 12-18 hours after your 1st +opk. HTH!

Thanks for the reply yes I think I'll do it every other day, this is my first testing cycle, I got a dark positive today .I've one more cycle to practise recognizing the signs before I do it for real at the end of december or it could do early jan at this rate! lol thanks for the advice xx

[CapricornAquarius]

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