December 2WW!

[b'smommy]

Thanks SweetLily. I will try again tomorrow am if AF does not arrive before then I have been starving since last night and feel really bloated today, so along with the cramps I counted myself out. You never know.

[Tomgirl]

Right there with ya b'smommy! Started getting some af cramps last night. Had some more spotting this morning after dtd and then again this afternoon. It's super light and I'm crampy like af is about to hit full force so I'm counting myself out. I just wish it would come already so I can move on....

[b'smommy]

Well that's odd Tomgirl that the spotting has been light. Usually when AF comes for me it is not spotty at first. You never know. I took a HTP Wednesday and had my tearful moment, so I have pretty much accepted the fast that I'm out for the month. My last two pregnancies I found out really early. I am going to give it one more shot tomorrow AM like SweetLily said, but note getting my hopes up.

[Tomgirl]

I'm starting to wonder if maybe I didn't O due to going super strict on the LE diet. I've had more spotting tonight but it's light in color but the cramping is there like my af. My guess is af will show full force tomorrow. I stopped testing a day ago when I got a BFN and ran out of tests. I cried when I got the BFN and then came to peace that everything happens as it should. Ready to just move on and not go so crazy I don't O this month.

[Quad7114]

I noticed that the zyrtec can really dry up cm quick. I thought being on the stricter side of the LE diet changed the length of AF. AF was very light and a few days.

[Tomgirl]

Ya it has definitely changed mine making my cycles longer and ovulating later. As expected af arrived. I really don't want to do OPKs but maybe I will try it this month just so I know exactly when I ovulate since I seem to be jumping around since being on the diet. Also was really hoping I could be done with the diet...over it. During the well 3ww I did have red meat once and had a few eggs still skipping meals but did have more protein than I had been having due to being so sick and knowing my body needed more to recover. Back to vegetarian.

Come on ladies let's get some BFP's for Christmas and the New Year!

[b'smommy]

Still no AF, but took test this am and BFN. I think as you said Tomgirl and Quad7114, I have been doing super strict LE diet for 5 weeks now and it must have changed my cycle, along with some of the supplements maybe?

I am over the diet too, I don't mind terribly doing the vegetarian portion. The hardest part of the LE diet is no breakfast, it's killing me! I am also worried about the holidays, that is the week I should be Oing. My in-laws are coming over Christmas morning and bringing breakfast casserole and my parents have a Christmas ham that evening. I can maybe get out of eating ham and they won't notice, but no way I can get out of eating Christmas morning breakfast. Anyone else going through the same thing? I am wondering how much one day will throw things off when it is on of the most crucial days.

2013 has been a difficult year with MC and TTC, here is to sticky BFP's in 2014!

[from2to3]

BFP

Well, not big and fat but there's a faint line! Testing tomorrow to see if it gets darker.

I'm going to describe how my 2WW went and symptoms and maybe it will help someone? I know everyone is different. This was my second month off BCP.

The next morning after we tried, I woke up and had this sense of peace...I think this was more an answer to our struggles and prayers the past year and a half whether to have another one or not, but that's a whole different post. This same day (day after O) I felt funny...I was REALLY cold and could not get warm. I got dizzy when I stood up, and my heart pounded crazy fast after the littlest exertion. This continued for about three days, still occurs now but to a lesser extent. Around day 6 I would get occasional hot flashes. I think there was a headache or two also.

About day 5 I got a lot of white cloudy CM.

Day 9 & 10 oh my, I thought I was out and having an early period. Though I almost wanted implantation bleeding since I had it with my other two, and thought it would be a good sign. When it came, I had a lot more spotting than they say typically happens, and there was some red in there too. But most of all I had serious cramps. I thought for sure they were AF cramps, and my lower back was KILLING me! I still get cramps now, but to a lessen extent. So now I'm praying the lil' bean sticks and stays in there!
Day 11 the spotting stopped.

The first day of spotting my temp dropped...but it stayed dropped for the next two days. I didn't check this morning because I got woken up early and had to get up. I have been waking up to pee the last few days. My bbs occasionally throb but it doesn't hurt at all the touch them.
Today (day12) I tested with a super cheap test I had on hand. Though faint, there is a line. Usually I don't show positive until a few days after expected AF. I will buy one today that is a little more sensitive.

As for Zyrtec...I'm actually prescribed Xyzal for my really bad allergies which is basically like Zyrtec but stronger. I quit taking that and switched to Zyrtec until a few days before O. (With all our other sway methods I didn't want to ruin chances of getting pg) It definitely dries things up, but in the last 10 months I haven't noticed it messing with my cycle.

I didn't find this website until about a week before we tried. Though I tried to change my diet (I'm a terrible dieter) I didn't do it very strict. (Will probably get a boy ) Also, it was right over Thanksgiving, and we have two Thanksgivings...one with each family on two different days, so I was screwed! I did skip breakfast (cheated with coffee and creamer) and drank Crystal light, and tried to not eat quite as much meat, and eat a lot smaller portions with no snacks. However, since I have a high metabolism I was hoping that changing my diet so quickly and so far from the norm for me that it would "shock" my system and work anyways So anyways, what I'm trying to say is...I can't help with knowing if diet changed anyone's cycles. Most of our 'sway' had to do with how we dtd, which was complete opposite how we did with our boys. (Shallow, J&D, etc).

Good luck ladies!!!! Hope you all get your BFPs ASAP! I'm sending all my fertility to everyone! You guys are so awesome...doing this diet for so long, and for keeping trying. Bless your hearts, esp those who lost one :.(

Tomgirl - do you think the antibiotics could have messed with your body/cycle? I know they say it can cause BCP to be ineffective, maybe it messes with hormones? Good luck this month!

[from2to3]

Ok so having just said that, just went potty and more reddish pink spotting....so praying
it sticks

[SweetLily]

I hope your little bean sticks, 2to3!

Sorry girls for the bfns. Boo to that! Hugs and fx for next cycle...catching that ever elusive egg and getting it to stick seems to be a challenge sometimes.