Question about bbt charting

[atomic sagebrush]

yes, UTI can raise temp

cran in 2WW can cause miscarriage, stick with cran juice and not supplements. your gynecologist may not even know about it but high doses of vitamin C (which Cranberry, even the ones without added C, have C) are used as a kind of "at home morning after pill" and should be avoided in anything more than dietary amounts.

YES i absolutely recommend increasing folic acid for anyone over 35!!! 2000 mcg is great, be sure you break it into small pieces and take small doses thru the entire day

[Trishy74]

Oh wow, that's crazy how cranberry is being used as morning after pill! I never even knew that. Thanks for telling me. I hate the way cranberry juice tastes..that's why I was going to take the supplement. Any specific cranberry juice that you know of better than another? I really want to try to stay away from the fake ones or the ones that have too much sugar. Do you know any specific brand that you recommend for drinking?

Oh no, I've been taking the 2000 folic acid all at once at bedtime. Is that safe? I didn't know I should be splitting it up throughout the day. I know when we conceived my son, my husband was on 5 mg of folic acid (due to kidney transplant) and I think he broke them up to 2x a day. I had no idea it was unsafe to take both pills at the same time for me before bed. Just wondering, why are you recommending to split the pills up during the day? I'm praying that my temp isn't up due to the UTI. That would stink.

yes, UTI can raise temp

cran in 2WW can cause miscarriage, stick with cran juice and not supplements. your gynecologist may not even know about it but high doses of vitamin C (which Cranberry, even the ones without added C, have C) are used as a kind of "at home morning after pill" and should be avoided in anything more than dietary amounts.

YES i absolutely recommend increasing folic acid for anyone over 35!!! 2000 mcg is great, be sure you break it into small pieces and take small doses thru the entire day

[atomic sagebrush]

It's Vitamin C that's used as a morning after pill, not cranbery (at least not that I"m aware) but the prob. is that cranberry has Vit. C in it, even the stuff that doesn't have added Vit. C still has it and can act the same way to induce early miscarraige.

The ones that are supposed to be best are the 100% juice crans, but they are not super tasty.

It's not unsafe to take them all at once, it's that your body can only use so much folic at one time, and since folic acid is water soluble, it's not stored and your body just pees out the rest. So to be sure your body has an ample supply thru the entire day, we take little doses all day long.

[Trishy74]

Got it on the vitamin C. That's really scary! Who would ever think that??

As for the folic acid. Thanks for the info. I'm going to split it during the day.

Just wondering if you would know, I've been temping at night as well (but not recording it). Why is it that before I go to sleep (after laying down for like 15 min and relaxing), is my body temperature lower than the morning? It's so strange! I thought at night our body temps rise? I'm speaking of like 10pm. I took my temp last night and it was 97.5 and then this morning when I woke (which wasn't the best sleep last night), I was 98.44. I would have thought that due to being awake all day, the body temp would be higher at night than the morning.

BTW, update on my UTI. Dr. thinks my uterus is leaning on my bladder. He wants me to go for a CT scan but I can't go until I know if AF is coming or not. I'm gong to wait it out over this weekend b/c AF is due Sun or Mon. And he did prescribe Macrobid but only a 5 day supply b/c he's worried about pregnancy, if it's occurred. Also, thinks I may have passed kidney stone last week b/c of really bad burning and lower back pain a few days after Ovulation. So it seems I have so much going on at once! I'm still waiting for my gyno to call b/c I have so many questions b/c he would be the one to fix uterus from leaning on bladder but I was told if I want to have more kids, I need to wait. i'm hoping during another C section, that could be fixed. Oy vey! My temp went up again this morning but like I said, I had bad sleep through the 2nd half of the night. So I'm not getting my hopes up just yet.

It's Vitamin C that's used as a morning after pill, not cranbery (at least not that I"m aware) but the prob. is that cranberry has Vit. C in it, even the stuff that doesn't have added Vit. C still has it and can act the same way to induce early miscarraige.

The ones that are supposed to be best are the 100% juice crans, but they are not super tasty.

It's not unsafe to take them all at once, it's that your body can only use so much folic at one time, and since folic acid is water soluble, it's not stored and your body just pees out the rest. So to be sure your body has an ample supply thru the entire day, we take little doses all day long.

[The Anchor]

Your chart looks good...very promising! GL!

[Trishy74]

Thank you!

Your chart looks good...very promising! GL!

[atomic sagebrush]

It's not even that high a dose of Vit C ladies so please be careful.

It's normal for your temp to drop right before bedtime. Your metabolism is slowing down for sleep.

Ah yes I too have the many joys of the uterus/bladder dynamic duo LOL. Proper name is tipped or retroverted uterus and if you google it with "bladder" you will see this is not unusual in any way. Happens to a lot of us. I was able to have my last 3 pregnancies with that going on and invariably it flips into position at the end of the first trimester. There are some yoga poses that can help it happen sooner and those will come up in the google search. i would be loathe to hold off TTC at 39 without a second opinion to see if it's really necessary to do so.

[Trishy74]

I swear, I don't know you personally, but really you are such a help and I feel like I know you! LOL. I really appreciate all the time you put in to answering all of my questions.

Since my post, I FINALLY got to speak with my gyno. First I asked about cranberry pills and he said it was okay to take them and no worries about pregnancy, etc. So I opened the bottle only to see that they contain 40 mg of vitamin c but that is for 2 pills. Hence, I only took 1 and probably will only take 1 if I am preggers if not, I will take 2 pills until 2ww and then take 1 pill during the 2ww. Do you think that is safe to do (wean down like that)?

Then I told him about what the urologist said about my uterus leaning against my bladder. My gyno's exact words were: What is your urologist name? I tell him, He says, next time you see Dr. (urologist) tell Dr. (gynecologist) said to go fly a kite b/c he doesn't know what he is talking about. My gyno said just about every woman has a uterus that is leaning or near her bladder. He said it is nothing to be concerned with. That made me feel so much better! Also, my prolactin level which was causing me an issue last time I was trying to conceive came back normal. So, he told me to try for another few months and if nothing, then come into his office to talk about other options. I'm so relieved that the uterus leaning on the bladder thing is nothing! I was really nervous there!

Funny that you say about the retroverted uterus. When I went for an Histiopyngiagram 3 years ago, the dr. noted on the study that I had a retroverted uterus..but when I asked my gyno he said no, the dr. must have read the films upside down. So now i'm wondering if I really do have a retroverted uterus since this is the second time i'm hearing about it. I am def going to ask next time I see my obgyn. I'm just relieved that the uterus/bladder thing is nothing to worry about. now to just try to concentrate on what is causing me such bad lower back burning pains once in a while. I def think it has something to do with my kidneys. Hoping nothing too crazy. I still do want to keep trying to conceive though b/c of my age. I just feel like I cannot put that on hold right now. If I was in my mid 30's, I'd say I can put it on hold but b/c I'm almost 40, I just can't.

So if I take the cranberry pills which contain per pill:

4200 mg cranberry concentrate (vaccinium macrocarpon (fruit; fresh cranberries)
20 mg of vitamin C
3 IU of Vitamin E

Do you think that amount of vitamin C is safe? Directions say to take double the amount but right now b/c I'm in 2ww, I was planning on taking 1 pill and if I find I'm not preggers, then doubling the dose (like bottle says to do) until next ovulation which would cut down to 1 pill again. I just really want to take this stuff b/c of this UTI I can't seem to get rid of. Also, it would be a nice addition to a sway although I wasn't planning on using it to begin with but I feel now that I am being told to take it for UTI, it may have another benefit.

Anyway, I can't thank you enough for all of your help. Let's keep our fingers crossed that AF doesn't show this weekend or Monday.

It's not even that high a dose of Vit C ladies so please be careful.

It's normal for your temp to drop right before bedtime. Your metabolism is slowing down for sleep.

Ah yes I too have the many joys of the uterus/bladder dynamic duo LOL. Proper name is tipped or retroverted uterus and if you google it with "bladder" you will see this is not unusual in any way. Happens to a lot of us. I was able to have my last 3 pregnancies with that going on and invariably it flips into position at the end of the first trimester. There are some yoga poses that can help it happen sooner and those will come up in the google search. i would be loathe to hold off TTC at 39 without a second opinion to see if it's really necessary to do so.

[Trishy74]

Looks like this month wasn't my month as AF arrived this morning. Atomic, I notice my lh surge lasts like 48 hours and it seems I ovulate within 24 hours from last surge so on third day per se. I've tried attempting 2 days prior to positive opk, then at positive opk, then 2 times the following day. As much as I want to try one attempt for girl I'm scared it won't work since I'm doing more attempts and its not working. I know you said last month do a 2 to 4 day wait and then bd which I did the 2 day and it didn't work this month and I know I ovulated bc blood results of progesterone came back good. I'm so scared hubby's sperm is not good bc of our age and when I got preggo with our son dr had my husband taking folic acid and vitamin d every day bc of kidney transplant and they discontinued that about a year ago. I'm wondering if that helped his sperm quality last time we conceived. I'm just wondering if you have any advice or input in my next attempt for November. Also do you know if vitamin d or folic acid affects sperm quality and quantity? Also he took antibiotics the months of June and July and beginning of August for a cold and C. difficile. I would think by now his sperm would be back to normal. Any info is appreciated. Thank you.

[atomic sagebrush]

CRAP I missed this, always bump a post if I don't get back to you within a reasonable time. My intent is to answer everything that needs answerin' and if I didn't, something went wrong (usually I started to answer and then got interrupted with children and then the post got buried, happens more often with longer posts)

Folic and Vit. D can help boost sperm health, while I don't normally recommend them for pink swayers I think in your guys' case it would def. be worth trying.

So what my advice would be for you or anyone needing to pull the trigger due to age, is to switch to SMEP. It's not ideal and it may be blue friendly for some people, but it's much better odds of conception.