Firecrackers!!! TTC in July!

[SamS_TTCPink]

I hope so too kitkat!

[kitkat18]

Thanks love!! Xxx
Sent from my Windows Phone 8S by HTC using Tapatalk

[stephk]

Thank you Kitkat, everything crossed this month is yours hon!

[kitkat18]

Thanks Steph!!! Beyond happy for all of you FX its your little ladies in there!! And FX I get to join you all !! What a fun due date group xxx
Sent from my Windows Phone 8S by HTC using Tapatalk

[Christi]

Since my July 2WW was a bust, I'm getting ready to make TTC Cycle #2 attempt later this week/early next week. Ugh.... being patient sucks! Even though I am totally dreading being pregnant again because I had horrible morning sickness the entire 9 months with DS#1, and I'm more than a little apprehensive at trying to manage 2 children*, it would be nice to just get ON WITH IT!!! I know all you ladies out there feel the same about playing the waiting game, so I thought i would share my little rant for the day to a set of sympathetic readers. =)

*I know that managing two children is probably a walk in the park for many of you ladies who have 2, 3, 4+ kids already, I simply can't imagine how it actually happens.

But having a child (or a second child in my case) reminds me of the Ray Bradbury quote: “If we listened to our intellect we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go in business because we'd be cynical. [...] Well, that's nonsense. You're going to miss life. You've got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down.”

Here's to all of us jumping off the cliff and building our wings on the way down!!

[ratcliffe1811]

I'm currently somewhere in my tww...where I dunno because I have no official ov date, i can only go by the interesting pains as I never had a pos opk. It's so annoying and like an idiot i didnt record when the pains were and now I cant remember what day it was.

[Kelliekellg]

Help me please I'm new here and some of the Abbreviation I don't understand. We are swaying for a girl and I am doing the o+12 so should you start counting at time of o pain or wait tell your opk is positive? Also I'm taking clomid and very dry right now and my temp is average hope I'm doing this right. Taking supplements also.

[Christi]

Welcome Kelliekellg! Which abbreviations do you not understand? I think atomic posted an index of all the various acronyms somewhere to explain what all this stuff means. I remember having the same problem in the beginning too. You get used to it. =)

As for O+12, I think that is not a great way to go because it is nearly impossible to pinpoint with any accuracy when the DAY of ovulation is, much less try to pin point the precise hour of ovulation. Because of this, you are more likely to miss making your attempt (unprotected sex) when you are actually fertile because the egg dies pretty quickly after it is released if it isn't fertilized.

I think most people here will tell you that if you are trying to conceive (TTC) a girl, you should make one attempt (unprotected sex) with your dear husband (DH) as soon as you get a positive ovulation prediction kit (+OPK). OPK test positive within 8-48 hours before ovulation. Of course, when you get a positive OPK, you can't always know whether you are the kind that has 8 hours until O (ovulation) or 48 hours to O.

Personally, I suspect that the people who were successful at getting pregnant with O+12 just miss calculated when they actually O'd (ovulated) since it is nearly impossible to pin point the moment of O without an ultrasound, and actually made their attempt at or just before O.

For clarification, when we talk about "one attempt" what we mean is that you only have sex once during your fertile period when you get a positive OPK.

Fingers-crossed (FX) for your sway!

[bluebonnet22]

Hi ladies, I never officially updated this thread that our first attempt was a BFN. I ended up ovulating earlier than I thought and I think we DTD on O day. So frustrating! I was on vacation during the 2WW and took 5 days off diet and 3 days off exercise. I gained 0 lbs, so maybe I wasn't as bad as I thought? (usually I gain 2-3 lbs when I travel and indulge). Anyways, we were going to take this month off because we have a big trip to Europe next month and maybe being pg for it isn't the best idea. That being said, my entire family is so so sick (feels like the flu.. it's this awful summer cold that keeps dragging!), so I'm considering being super relaxed about swaying (DTD every 4 days, tracking nothing, no temping, etc) and just seeing what happens. My DH hasn't eaten meat in a week (literally the longest he's gone without meat in his life!), and we've been eating hardly nothing (bread, a small potato, etc). I feel like I have to attempt this month just because we're so worn down and seems like that would sway pink! Sorry for the ramble...

Christi- the waiting to TTC again sucks! I love that quote. I'm also very very scared to be pg again (had AWFUL MS last time as well) and very scared to deal with a toddler + pregnancy. Glad I'm not the only one that's scared to have 2 kids!

ratcliffe/kitkat - hope to see BFPs from you ladies soon!

Kellie - please please please if you are on clomid don't attempt O+12. It has TERRIBLE odds of conception and doesn't really do much. Just DTD once in your fertile window and you'll be great. You're on Clomid so you really need to TTC ASAP rather than trying things that don't improve odds of pink and just hurt your chance of getting pregnant. Sorry if that sounded harsh, just want to see you get pregnant with a pink bundle soon!

[stephk]

Christi - good luck! I am also nervous about the next baby coming along but we will be fine

Bluebonnet - if it was me, I would attempt. It sounds like you ruined absolutely nothing. What's meant to be will be and remember it may well be your month. What if you skipped this month and then had 6 unsuccessful months. As you say, you can be super relaxed about it.

Kellie - welcome and I agree with bluebonnet, it's stressful enough working out the day of O never mind the hour!! Clomoid is already doing a lot to sway so please do not reduce odds of conception by persuing O+12 - if doing opks, one attempt at positive OPK is getting good results

Ratcliffe - sounds like you will test soon, good luck!

And to my mate Kitkat welcome back once again, everything crossed it's your month - definitely your turn!