TTC Girl - March 2012

[Lassie1982]

Got a positive OPK tonight (VERY positive, test line much darker then control line) So im super close to 2WW!!!
Yipee

(though it is earlier then the last 2 months, im CD 12 today, and the past to months OV has been on cd14 and cd15)


And how amazing is AS's news

[prayforprincess]

Took a test this am. Not sure why since it is so early 8dpo. bfn.
I hate to see that. It just makes me not want to test anymore.
I don't know what to do if I am not pg. I have totally gone of the diet in this 2ww.

[dramabird]

Hi, PFP -- if you'll recall, we're cycle sisters -- I, too, ovulated on March 16. And we both had implantation dips within the last couple of days, so fingers crossed for that!

I'm gonna test this coming Friday (March 30). That'll be 14dpo, so I figure a bfn would be definitive by then. I won't be late for my period at that point (I tend to have 16-17 day luteal phase), but I figure if a bfp is in the cards, it would show at that point and then I don't torment myself for the rest of that weekend watching for impending-AF spotting.

I've been kind of bad this 2ww myself. I'm still skipping breakfast and not snacking, but I haven't been logging my food. My lunch yesterday was broccoli and cauliflower, raw mushrooms with a scant amount of ranch dip ... and a donut!!! (So. Dang. Good. ) My weight has dropped pretty low and if I food journal, I tend to feel too guilty to eat ... so to keep from losing more weight, I'm not food journaling for awhile. If it's a bfn, I'll go back to writing stuff down for the third cycle.

On another thread I wrote about feeling pretty down ... three months into this diet, it's getting tough. Atomic said that indicates we should start dropping other sway factors and just get pg, presumably so that we don't throw in the towel on the diet.

Stay strong, lady, we can do this. In the meantime, do what I'm doing ... cuddle your boys and eat lots of ice cream cones.

[KraizyDaizy]

Taking Clomid days 3-7 may make more eggs, some of which will not be mature. Increases odds of twinning but also ups chances of releasing immature eggs. Days 5-9 may make less eggs but more mature. Days 3-7 may be better for people who aren't ovulating on their own and 5-9 may be better for people with short LP.

Well before Clomid, my test results showed I was not ovulating on my own, so maybe I should take it days 3-7? My LP is around 14, so I am not sure? What would be your opinion on it if it were you AS?

[prayforprincess]

Thanks dramabird. This is getting hard. If I get a bfn I will be going into my 3rd cycle.
You have not been that bad in this 2ww. I have been skipping breakfast and not eating til 12pm; but I have not only been eating one more meal. I have not been tracking my food at all. And I have been eating meat here and there, avocados and cottage cheese. I mean really bad foods.
I have no choice but to bite the bullet and be soooooooo incredibly strict on the diet from af-o next month if I have to.
I think I would dtd once at +opk, but not have dh lower his sperm count too much. Maybe just a 7 day abstain and then dtd one time on +opk night, rephresh at least 2-3 days prior(I would take my last application cd13), no sylk or replens and definitely no j&d. I would lay there with by legs and bum in the air for 40 minutes to get every little swimmer in there.
But God please - please don't make me go another month...please give me my bfp!
I think I will wait til at least Wedn. now to test. I cannot look at another bfn. I just can't.

[KraizyDaizy]

Took a test this am. Not sure why since it is so early 8dpo. bfn.
I hate to see that. It just makes me not want to test anymore.
I don't know what to do if I am not pg. I have totally gone of the diet in this 2ww.

Oh, it's still early girly, you have time. And just be positive, you are not out til AF shows. I know it is so hard, but I am not testing early anymore. It just killed me in previous cycles and I think really wasted money on tests. I mean, what is a few more days wait for me to find out? Don't quote me on this when I break down and test, but I only have one FRER test in the house, so if my temps go down, I know AF is on her way. Do you BBT temp?

[KraizyDaizy]

I thought day 5-9 made it so that your eggs were more mature? That's when I take it. That's all I know about it. What are you leaning towards?

Did you use any lube? I am trying to decide if I should add in preseed? I am so dry but I am also a little scared that it will undo all my hard work I am doing swaying, but I wonder if I can even get pg being this dry? Any thoughts?

No lube at all but I am not that dry. I think lubes hindered me in the past so not even SYLK this time. But I have heard girls on Clomid using a little SYLK on DH before hand has worked in getting them PG. Well the sperm has some lube in so to speak, so maybe that helps out when you are so dry?

[atomic sagebrush]

Well before Clomid, my test results showed I was not ovulating on my own, so maybe I should take it days 3-7? My LP is around 14, so I am not sure? What would be your opinion on it if it were you AS?

I would prob. take it days 3-7 but I do think you should doublecheck with your doctor to be on the safe side, I'm not a doctor obvioulsy and they may have reasons/information that I don't know about.

[atomic sagebrush]

No lube at all but I am not that dry. I think lubes hindered me in the past so not even SYLK this time. But I have heard girls on Clomid using a little SYLK on DH before hand has worked in getting them PG. Well the sperm has some lube in so to speak, so maybe that helps out when you are so dry?

Sylk doesn't really help get pg tho - it's very low pH so actually kills sperm. People have gotten pg while using it, but while on Clomid I think it's best to use Preseed.

[KraizyDaizy]

Sylk doesn't really help get pg tho - it's very low pH so actually kills sperm. People have gotten pg while using it, but while on Clomid I think it's best to use Preseed.

Even though it is supposed to sway boys? Maybe I should get some. I used it years ago and never fell pregnant, but maybe now I should consider it?