Timing Question

[atomic sagebrush]

Good luck and pink dust headed your way!

[Birthfree]

ooo, I see it!!

I'm get my second serial beta hcg draw today but I'm 13dpo and the test line is now almost not even there at all so I don't know why it's barely hanging on... but I'm sure the # will be lower. It was 23.6 at 10dpo.

Anyways, I can't ttc next month (my midwife will be gone the month I would be due), and the following one I'm not sure if I want to (seems REALLY dumb but Scorpios and I are the only people that quite consistently butt heads in close relationships and that would make me sad for my last baby)...

So... in the meantime, do you think there's anything I could have done or should do differently re: good eggs/sperm. We got "how to meet" so that's good... (thank you, that's our first + in the 4m of ttc).

I false-started ovulation this past month and had truly + OPKs for 5 days before my body released an egg. I'm thinking maybe that's part of what didn't help?

So disappointed.

[atomic sagebrush]

Well, you never know, the tests are largely dependent on your urine concentration. FX for good news on beta.

I am never a fan of people skipping months over 40. You never know when Goldie the Golden Egg will show up and it may only be one or two times a year depending on your physiology. I do understand where you're coming from tho, I often butt heads with Aries and Leos and did not want a kid of either sign and yet I got BOTH (woman plans, and God laughs) Your call, of course, but I hate to see you guys skip months that's all.

the reason for most chemicals is just a bum egg, a bum sperm, or something going wrong very early along in development. Literally millions of cell divisions have to happen perfectly and the miracle is that things don't go wrong more often than they do. they are usually not preventable (exception being those with untreated thyroid conditions or clotting disorders) We all wish for a magic pill or protocol to prevent them but the only way is to just roll the dice again and hope for a better outcome, a better egg, sperm, or combination.

Lots of people have delayed O and many days of pos OPK and conceive. I think this (if in fact a chemical) is just bad luck and nothing more.

Good luck and sending my supply of pink sticky dust.

[Birthfree]

Ok, thank you very much. Depending what my results are, I'll discuss with my midwife and see what her plans are more firmly and see if we don't have to skip. I don't really want to skip... every month that goes by is pretty obviously a whole month...

Though I think my husband's "you get pregnant when I look at you" belief despite my assurance I'm not young that way anymore, is starting to fade. That was frustrating me that he wasn't taking me more seriously...

Anyways, thank you again. Onto month 5...

[Birthfree]

Oh the Paris trip was cancelled... my midwife will be in town next Oct... no skipping ttc. Yay!! [emoji175]