♥ JULY 2011 TTC Boy Chit Chat Thread ♥

[Alexis2007]

Temp dropped a little this am indicating O might actually be today at cd15. I'm so confused on that lol. Guess I'm
Waiting for crosshairs now. Still feeling crampy though.

[Layla]

Layla- sounds like your cm has turned creamy indicating O has occurred. Not symptom just normal cm activity.

I hope you are right 3pink as I had no idea when I oed this month because I messed up the opk testing. I just re-read atomic's essay on CM (isn't she just fantastic? ) and she described the CM that appears at O+12 to be exactly like the one I was describing yesterday. There is no sign of it today btw. If that is the case that would mean that we dtd 12-24hrs before O which is perfect timing for a boy sway and the best time (according to Alexis' stats thanks again for those Alexis) to get pregnant. Could I be that lucky to have such a good sway?
I was stressed at the time though which meant that I was not eating as much as I have been over the last 6 weeks, but I still ate my meat drunk my juices and had fruit and veg and my breakfast just a lot smaller amounts though.
Ions were also not on my side as it was raining when we dtd. Oh well I gave it a good shot though which will give me more confidence if it does not turn out to be BFP I think. Keep your fingeres crossed for me and I am sooooo glad I found this website you guys are just fantastic.

[iluvmyman]

Layla, GL to u girl! Its a good month for BFPs!

[Layla]

Update for me: So I took another thyroid test on Tuesday. It would've been 5 weeks on Thursday so I took the thyroid test again a little before 5 weeks from the last ones. My GP originally told me I could take before the 6-8 weeks but it wouldn't tell her anything. Anyway, this was ordered by my OB and it came back well w/in the normal range. I'm not totally sure I can count it since it's before 6-8 weeks, but I'm thrilled. It's a positive sign and I'm so happy it appears to be "normal"

I really only told 1 friend about my bfp so far. I think I'm kinda scared to share this w/ anyone. I guess I don't care at all what my friends and family think and yet I totally do. I don't want to see any disappointed faces or looks of concern. Of coarse if I tell, the next follow-up ? will always be if we got our autopsy results from DS2 yet, and I don't want to deal w/ that right now either. I didn't want to hide this pregnancy either so I'm not sure what to do. For now I'm OK waiting to tell and would like to get an U/S before telling I think. I wish people were just not in my life at all sometimes. If I never talked bad about anyone I'd feel better about telling people to take a flying leap and mind their own business and if they say one negative word out of "concern" or otherwise and I find out about it, then our relationship is in serious trouble! My pregnancy was so miserable last time that I DO NOT want it to be like that again. This should be joyous time, why are people involved!

Great news iluv I think you should feel more positive from the result (I know it is easier said then done but) put it this way if the result came back bad and it was not relevant timing you would be freaking out at least this way there is hope.
About people being involved, there is nothing wrong with them being involved if they had positive or encouraging things to say. I find that I can't make most of my in-laws (my FIL is not bad most of the time) into positive people so I have given up on hearing what they say: in one ear out the other and reduce time spent with them to absolute minimum. On the other hand if my own family say something hurtful I just say to them you know mum/sister/DH etc what you just said is not very helpful or encouraging it is making me feel bad and I am sure you do not want to make me feel bad so next time before you say something try and think about how it will make me feel. It tends to work. Although having m/c is no where near as awful as what you have sufferred so my advice may not work for you, but give it a shot nothing to loose...

[cemas]

hi girls...BFN for me at 11dpo on a frer......so AF may show up tomorrow......

aggggg....back to start.....

[3Pink1Blue]

Layla- I definitely think you've got a great shot this month!

Iluv- that's great news! Fx it's all good from here!

Cemas- sorry Hun, you'll just be stronger next month!

Tink- Happy Birthday to Dh!

[skrimpy]

Well gals, I've felt my first real twinge of GD today - just found out a girlfriend had her baby and her little surprise is a boy. I hadn't really felt much GD since Honor was born but for some reason hearing that she had a little boy really got to me. I'm holding Honor now and love her to death but still Just wanted to say on here as I know that DH won't understand really, and I wanted to tell somebody...

[3Pink1Blue]

Sorry hun, I too was great w/dd3 until my sil had her son. Didn't help that suddenly my baby didn't exist. Anyway, Skrimpy, you know you're in good company.

[LolaInLove]

I would go w/ the date ELP gave you cuz it's inline w/ mine. Your Dr. will no doubt go w/ first date of last period, but I O early so that's not accurate. I'll go off of my own date and disregard the Dr.'s

This is what I did with my last pg....because they always ask you the LMP date and strictly go by that, even if you O on day 21, which is a week later. If you know from opks and all the day you O'ed, just tell them your LMP was 2 weeks before that.....make it so that your O day is day 14, kwim? That way, they won't give you a due date that is really a week earlier than it should be. My worry with that is that the doctors will cajole you to induce or whatever when you are really 39 weeks and not 40. But, that is just what I do so I have an accurate due date in my chart at the dr office. I swear, even this last time, I tried to tell them my O day and they didn't want to use that! So old school system. I even told them I knew as I took opks and all, but the idiot nurses just condescendingly asked for my LMP, like I didn't know what I was talking about. OK, sorry for rant there.....doctors can annoy me!!!!!!

[LolaInLove]

Update for me: So I took another thyroid test on Tuesday. It would've been 5 weeks on Thursday so I took the thyroid test again a little before 5 weeks from the last ones. My GP originally told me I could take before the 6-8 weeks but it wouldn't tell her anything. Anyway, this was ordered by my OB and it came back well w/in the normal range. I'm not totally sure I can count it since it's before 6-8 weeks, but I'm thrilled. It's a positive sign and I'm so happy it appears to be "normal"

I really only told 1 friend about my bfp so far. I think I'm kinda scared to share this w/ anyone. I guess I don't care at all what my friends and family think and yet I totally do. I don't want to see any disappointed faces or looks of concern. Of coarse if I tell, the next follow-up ? will always be if we got our autopsy results from DS2 yet, and I don't want to deal w/ that right now either. I didn't want to hide this pregnancy either so I'm not sure what to do. For now I'm OK waiting to tell and would like to get an U/S before telling I think. I wish people were just not in my life at all sometimes. If I never talked bad about anyone I'd feel better about telling people to take a flying leap and mind their own business and if they say one negative word out of "concern" or otherwise and I find out about it, then our relationship is in serious trouble! My pregnancy was so miserable last time that I DO NOT want it to be like that again. This should be joyous time, why are people involved!

Awesome news about the thyroid test! Hey, maybe it regulated itself quickly....you got pg after all! I am so glad....I hope that is alleviating some of your anxiety about it all!

About the telling people part- know what, you and DH need to do what is best for you and the family. Personally, I will not tell a SOUL until I see a heartbeat.....maybe will tell my Mom and sister, because they are my bffs, but won't tell many else. I do have several close girlfriends who I will likely tell (we go drink wine a lot, so they will know!). But, these are the people who I lean on for support should something go wrong, so that is why I am ok with them knowing. And none are assholes, of course. But, for you guys, maybe you want to wait as well, and only tell the people who are close to you and will be sensitive about DS2. And hey, maybe you won't tell anyone for a while, just let us cyberpals be your support! You are right, it should be joyous indeed!