OPEN FORUM - MONDAY 2/2/04

[IWantToBeAMom]

Have at it ladies, and have a great day!!

Anyone heard if cmn tested this weekend or waited for today??

[cheesetoo]

Good morning,

I broke down and tested yesterday, BFN.  I am not actually suppose to get af until 2/3.  That will be cd26. Maybe my results were negative because I tested to early? I pray but I actually don't feel like getting my hopes up. At least I know that the hcg shot is out of my system.  All of this stress is giving me a splitting headache.  Could that be a pregnancy sign?Best wishes for everyone waiting to test.
My prayer are with you all.

[eshores23]

I just have a quick question about my little one who is 9 months.  She is always sick, pretty much about 75% of her life she has had one thing or another--the latest is a high temp what seems to be a normal cold but then this morning when I changed her diaper it had pinkish/orange dark streaks in it.  Anyone have any ideas?  Could it be a little blood in her urine?  I will continue to monitor it throughout the day, but I don't want to take her into the dr unless I hae to (but of course if she is sick I want to take her it).  She is on antibiotics for pink eye (which her eyes are still crusty and yucky so I don't even know if it is helping).  Thanks!

[JustME9]

Hey you! First off, I have THREE boys! LOL! no girls in our house but ME! LOL! I know what you mean about the frustration w/ potty training.  I feel like i've tried everything w/ Cameron.  He never lays still for me to change his diaper, but if I mention the potty he's laying there saying "want the diaper momma".  UGH! I don't know what to do and I know what you mean bout everyone else being potty trained.  My MIL was visiting and of course all my neices are potty trained and they are younger...you'd think Cameron was the only toddler in the United States who wasn't potty trained.  I did try that drink and wet doll idea that Dr Phil says and it worked for pee, but then Cameron didn't want ANY clothes on ALL day and that just doesn't work for me so I just said "put the diaper on"...we had to go get the big boys from school.  I don't know what i'm gonna do...if you have ANY good advice i'm ALL ears! I know he won't be in diapers in kindergarden..at least i hope LOL! but seriously..I feel better knowing i'm not the only one.  All my friends with kids close to his age AND younger ARE potty trained.  He's just not interested...he doesn't want treats, NOTHING..
I LOVE the name NOAH too! =)I'll let you know if i come across any wondrous ideas for getting these little guys outta diapers!((((((HUGS)))))

[StephW]

Hey there....Happy Monday all! here goes another week.

I haven't heard from CMN, I'm wondering if she tested too! I asked about her in yesterdays forum.  What about you?  What cd are you on? on your 2WW yet?

I thought for sure I'd be getting my AF but it's still not here! (due yesterday or today) So now I'm feeling a little different about whether or not I am pregnant.  I've been feeling sick to my stomach yesterady and today now.  I go in for u/s tomorrow (to chk on a cyst I have) and if I still haven't gotten AF then I'm going to test there.  Sure hope I get GOOD NEWS.

[PregnantAGAIN]

My son turned 3 in Nov, and he too is NOT potty trained, he hates being dirty and changes his pull up immediatly, but will NOT go potty on the toilet :c(   I am also open for advice! I have a 1 year old daughter who still has awhile and a baby coming in August. I dont want 3 in diapers!!!!! HELP!!!! LOL we get desperate with these things huh? Jana

[JustME9]

I hear you girl.  I'm fresh out of ideas and my son is almost 3 too...and i don't see ANY hope of him being potty trained anytime soon! My friends say "oh just put him in cloth pants and he'll eventually go"...but i have ENOUGH laundry as it is! I dunno but i'm at my wit's end too! =)

[JustME9]

I hear you girl.  I'm fresh out of ideas and my son is almost 3 too...and i don't see ANY hope of him being potty trained anytime soon! My friends say "oh just put him in cloth pants and he'll eventually go"...but i have ENOUGH laundry as it is! I dunno but i'm at my wit's end too! =)

[StephW]

I wanted to thank you for posting yesterday about u/s's.  I thought they WOULD be able to detect something, but now I will just get a test done tomorrow while I'm at the Clinic for the u/s.

[JustME9]

No problem =) I was hoping they'd see something too when I went in and even asked my doc "could they have known i was pregnant then" (i got a pos HPT the next day) and she said no only that the endometrium would be very thick.  Good luck and keep us posted! =) HUGS!!!!

[sthomab]

I am 14 1/2 weeks pregnant.  I have had a severe migraine for 2 days.  Can someone give me some suggestions on how to aleviate the pain.  I have a call in to the doctor but they havent returned my call yet.  Thanks.  Suzie

[GinGib]

Well now that I know you tried the doll thing I won't waste my money. My grandfather's wife suggested I buy the Dr Phil video on potty training as he said sometimes you might have to watch it again and again to get it. Good way to earn more money Dr Phil. LOL My whole house smells like poop right now because he is dirty and doesn't want it changed. I ask him doesn't that feel yucky on your bottom? He says no. Just like a man. My son too has friends that are younger. One of which is a girl that is 2 1/2 months younger than him and she has been potty trained for months, completely potty trained even at night. We have always known that women are superior to men but this just reinforces that. LOL I am a stay at home mom which I almost feel makes it worse. One mom I talked with said her son was potty trained by his 2nd birthday but she said she was a stay at home mom so she had more time to devote to it. WELL Does it matter how much time YOU as a parent devote to it?? surely you are already potty trained!! ha ha If the kid doesn't want to do it I can devote my entire life to it and he still isn't going to do it till he wants to. Probably cuz he is male he is just being contrary and not doing what a female wants him to do. His daddy probably taught him that ha ha I am not feeling very charitable towards my husband right now. I have thrown out my back from lifting my 3 year old, it hurts like hell, and I am TIRED of being pregnant and it is all his fault. ha ha Of course in a few months I will be sad that there is no one kicking around inside me anymore but for right now I am on the warpath!!!!!   K enought griping till later anyway. Ginger

[HopeinAl]

Hey sweetie... i was jsut thinkinkg about you and wondering how you are lately... did those contractions stop?? I'm hanging in there... i went in Wed for an appiontment and they got that stupid Doppler thing out again... i HATE that thing. and of course they couldn't find the heartbeat for so long and the nurse said it doens't usually take this long and i go so freaked out... i managed to keep it cool until she gave up and called the other nurse in to find it.. it took her forever too and I just KNEW my baby died.. she was about to give up as well.. and i jsut started crying and trying to pray...but i couldn't think to even pray.. all i could feel was fear. and so right then she found it. she said the baby was moving .. but i got a good heartrate of 151. so I have still been shaken up by it and I'm going ot skip this week and go back next week.. and try to focus my self on trusting God. this is why i didn't want to go to the doc at the begginning of this pregnancy,, i jsut get so feaked out. i'm trying to fight this fear.. i jsut refuse to spend my whole pregnancy tormented  like this. let me know how you are and how's that uterus doing. oh and when did you find out what  the sex is??? Hope

[Hope2BAMommy]

This is my first time signing on. I have been reading your threads for a few weeks now and just love this site! My dh and I have been ttc for 6 mo now with no luck (was even on clomid for 3 months). We really thought I was preggers last month, but got a BFN on cd32. Got my "period" on cd21 and thought it was implantation bleeding as my cycle is always 28 days. Now we have no idea what is going on!!??
   To sthomab, I also get migraines and can tell you that Fioricet (RX) works well is is safe for baby. Many of the RX's for migraines are very dangerous so tell doc you are ttc.

[Kassimom]

Jana and all potty trainers-I know it sounds gross but I put my daughters pottty in the living room. I used to teach pre-school (so I have potty trained about 30 kids) and this always worked. You have to realize that for young children out of sight really is out of mind (that is why ditraction from danger works so well). Not only that, but the bathroom is a long walk for a youngster, especially when mom (and siblings) is in the family room. They want to be where the action is. And yes, a few times I had guests over who looked funny at my potty in the living room, but who cares. She was trained within a week  and I was able to start scooting the potty down the hall to her bathroom so that by the end of a month I had her going in her bathroom no accidents.(BTW I also gave her an M&M every time she pottied on it. I know people say don't but it worked for me.) This is how I trained my pre-schoolers as well.(I had 2-3 yr olds) I put the potty in the classroom. THAT was against state reg, so we didn't USE it. When someone even showed slight interest in my potty, (and I called it MY potty, they love anything that is yours, they want to know how it works if it belongs to you first. Don't call it their potty, that places ownership on something they don't KNOW if they want to own)

Also I wanted to mention, I would NOT allow pull ups in my classroom. YOu are either in diapers or you are in panties. Pull ups are harder than diapers to change and don't really send the message that we are taking a big step. You WANT your child to FEEL wet when they potty on themselves. I know it is hard to have to change a nasty underwear, but it is effective. And hey look at it this way, you are changing your own child a few times a day! I was changing as many as 10 kids a few times a day! In fact, in all of my early childhood courses I took in college, EVERY one with any experience in childcare hated pull ups and thought it was the worse thing to hit the market for potty training parents. They have a tendency to make even the best parent a little lazy. If you have lunch cooking and a wet toddler in a pull up, you are going to wait to finish cooking, then change wet toddler. Toddler doesn't know the difference, she doesn't feel wet. If you have a wet toddler standing in a puddle, you are going to stop what you are doing and change that toddler.

The key though is CONSISTENCY and LOVE. Never make your child feel as though his/her waste is gross. Make up a song. Make it fun and laugh while they sit on the potty. Make a point of telling EVERYBODY who cares within earshot of your child that he/she is a big boy/girl now and using the potty (even if they have only done it once, that is still a huge step for them and positive reinforcement makes them want to use it again.)Read books about going potty. Hug them and tell them how much you love them even after they have wet themselves so they do not feel as if you will withhold love if they don't make it to the potty every time.

[BostTTC]

Hey all you girls trying to potty train!

I know this may sound cruel, but did it once and it worked.  My son turned 3 in Nov 2001, and in January 2002 he still was in diapers.  I was so frustrated! Well my grandmother thought up her "back in the good ole day" techniques.  She told me to put him in underwear and encourage him to go to the potty (which I knew would not work) She said that the first time he messes his pants, take him outside and spray him off with the water hose (very gently of course)  So... we tried the underwear which took about 1 hour before he messed his pants.  After hesitating I took him out back, stripped the dirty clothes off and sprayed his bottom with the water hose until he was clean.  It was 30 degrees outside and I felt horrible!  But needless to say.. that was the last pair of dirty underwear I had to wash.  From that day he has been potty trained... no accidents, not even at night.  He's never even worn a pull up at night.  My grandmother said the water kind of stings their bottom and they don't want to be cleaned that way therefore they go to potty.  Just a suggestion, I know it worked for me.  Good luck!

LeAnne

[JustME9]

Girls thanks for your tips! i think as soon as this nasty rotavirus is completely gone, maybe i'll give it a whirl.  I'm seriously sick of buying diapers!!!
Ginger - I'm officially a stay at home mom now too! =) I kept telling my hubby when I was working nights that as soon as I was done w/ nights I would be able to devote my time to potty training...HAHA! that is NOT working! I can't even beleive how much I feel like I work a full time job now when i'm staying at home.  I feel guilty for all the times I said "if only i could be a stay at home mom things would be much easier"...well i'm here to testify they are not any easier..just different LOL! but I love it! It IS scary though - especially since my hubby works in IT.  Anyhow! Well off for more cleaning, more laundry and more errands! Have a great day everyone! =)

[IWantToBeAMom]

Steph:
I'm SOOOO curious about cmn.  I thought for sure she'd be on by noon today, but she's no where to be found...??...
Yes, I'm on my 2ww now. I'm on CD 17 today (norm. 28-day cycle) My body has been doing weird things this month, and I've been using an OPK.  I had a short period and I had been feeling my cervix everyday and noticed a change on CD 8.  I took my first OPK test that day, just for kicks, and my test line was as dark as the reference line (only a TEENSY WEENSY TAD lighter) but I thought no way could I be O-ing that early.  Well I've continued to take the rest of my OPK tests and went and bought another pack on Saturday b/c I had run out.  Well now I have NO line at all and by using the calendar I should have O-ed on Saturday.  Very strange....  So, I think I've been past my O by 6 days now...  But, yes, I'm on the dreaded awful LOOOOONG 2ww now.  
I hope your AF is out of town for the next 9 months!!!!!

Potty Trainers:
One trick I learned from a daycare lady that watched my young cousins - instead of putting the kids on their own small potty she just turned them backwards on the "big potty".  This way they can hang on and they feel really cool because they are using the big potty like the big kids.  Just a thought....

[cmn]

Good Morning Everyone,

Well I've taken 3 tests and received BFN on all of them, I'm going to try 1 more in the nex couple of days. My AF still hasn't come it was supposed to be here yesturday or today, I've been pretty emotional the last couple of days though and really tired.

[IWantToBeAMom]

hey - there you are...
Well that really SUCKS about the BFN's.  Keep trying - as long as AF isn't here then there's still hope!!!

[Danasel]

I just got back from my little guy's first doctor's appointment.  When he was born on Sunday he weighed 8 lbs 8 oz.  On Thursday when we left the hospital he was 7lbs 12 oz.  Today he weighed 8 lbs 10.5 oz.  The doctor kept looking at it over again.  She couldn't believe it!  Plus I'm breastfeeding, so that is a huge weight gain!  I feel so lucky to have such a healthy baby!!

[cmn]

Thanks I'm Hoping it doesn't come either, the spotting has stopped though. I Was talking to my sister yesturday, and she went through the same thing. She was the type that didn't have enough HCG in her urine, and had to get a blood test done. I'll give it another week and see what happens, if AF hasn't shown up yet then i'll go for the blood test. How are you?

[IWantToBeAMom]

Dana:
That's such wonderful news!!  and holy smokes you've got a big eater!!  :-)  That's great!  What is his name again?

cmn:
That's encouraging that your sister had the same thing!  Hopefully you have the same circumstances as her!!  I'm doing good, thank you for asking.  Got a stupid head cold but other than that I'm on my 2ww so Ye-Ha Let The Good Times Roll.  :-)

[cmn]

Hope this is your month to conceive, keep me posted on how your doing. Have you heard from stephw? I was reading yesturdays open forum and I wanted to know if she took her test? Hope 1 of us gets a BFP. Have you ever heard of this- My girlfriend told me to take a first morning urine to test for preg, and told me that if it was to early in the morning to put the urine in the fridge and test after so that's what I Did this morning. Have you heard if that's a good thing or not?

[kerstyn]

Hello everyone!! I am still bleeding but today i went up to do another blood test before they did a d&c and my levels had went up a bit more than they had been. not as much as they should have but last tues they were 298 then thurs they were 330 then fri they were 360 and now on monday they are 500 something. So i just want to get my hopes up and keep thinking that i have a late bloomer but my dr says she thinks it is an ectopic and i have to go for an exam this afternoon. i know that my #'s should have doubled but i guess i was happy that they were up a few hundred. if it werent for the bleeding i would just think i wasnt as far along as i had thought which i think i could have been off but the bleeding seems to say different. when you have an ectopic i know you can have bleeding but do you get the cramping like when you have a m/c? Is the surgery precedure an outpatient one like the d&c or is it much more complicated?

[JustME9]

Kerstyn, your case sounds a lot like my ectopic in August.  My numbers were doubling though and got up over 10000.  I did spot and bleed off and on the whole time, no cramping..but when it got close to actually rupturing then I got horrendous pain.  I was scheduled for a d&c to rule out ectopic but it ruptured as they were doing the d&c...long complicated story...but to answer your question i went into the hospital and came home later that night.  Keep us posted...((((HUGS)))))) Kellie

[JustME9]

Kerstyn, your case sounds a lot like my ectopic in August.  My numbers were doubling though and got up over 10000.  I did spot and bleed off and on the whole time, no cramping..but when it got close to actually rupturing then I got horrendous pain.  I was scheduled for a d&c to rule out ectopic but it ruptured as they were doing the d&c...long complicated story...but to answer your question i went into the hospital and came home later that night.  Keep us posted...((((HUGS)))))) Kellie

[Kassimom]

I was going to post this on my last post but it was long enough and I decided that this deserved it's own post.

I dreamt last night that a lady came to my home and brought twin baby girls with her. She told me that these were the babies I had just lost and that I can have them in my dreams and they would be waiting for me in heaven. I hugged them and then called and called for my daughter to meet her sisters but she never came and so I decided to enjoy them myself while I could. They were crawling all over and I loved holding them. I know it sounds crazy but holding them felt so real. I could feel the diapers under their clothes and smell their hair and necks and feel their little hands clinging to my arms while I held them.  And as crazy as it sounds, I now feel at peace with my m/c. I really feel like those were my babies and they just weren't ready to be here but are still with me.

I picked up my daughter today and she had a baby from a king cake. She told me that it means we are going to have another baby soon. She said she was sad that our baby was gone but that she is ready for us to try again. Oh, the things kids say.

[cmn]

Hi I had a dream like that before to when i m/c at 17, I felt at peace after that as well. I'm glad that you feel peaceful now that you had that dream, your dream doesn't sound crazy to me. Your daughter sounds so cute, Mabey it's a sign that you will conceive soon you never know.  Keep us posted BABY DUST

[IWantToBeAMom]

That was a great dream!!!  That was so cool that it felt so real to you!  It doesn't sound stupid at all, I think it's beautiful.

cmn:
I've never heard of putting your pee in the fridge.  You're suppose to use first morning urine because it's the most concentrated and it would have the most concentrated level of hcg - which obviously would be easier for the HPT to detect than a lower concentration.  It's not a higher level, just a more concentrated.  I'm not sure what cooling the temperature of your pee would do....ask your friend and let me know.

[cmn]

Ya I thought that it was strange to, I did take another one just now. It was A BFN again, just wanted to make sure that the fridge thing worked. I will ask her what the fridge thing is all about, it was the first time that i had heard about that too. What did you do for super bowl? I went and visited a friend who just gave birth to a little girl, she is so cute that I wanted to cry when i seen her.

[StephW]

Hey, we found you!!!  

Sorry to hear about those BFN...that's why I'm refraining from taking one.  I just can't bear the dissapointment.  I still haven't gotten AF either.  CD33 for me today.  But I'm going to clinic tomorrow for an u/s and if I still haven't gotten AF by tomorrow morning, I'll take a test while I'm there.  I'm so nervous now though....keep thinking about what if what if. I'm trying not to think about it so much so that if I do get BFN I won't be SOOOO upset but of course I can't help but wonder now--since I'm late.  I'll let you guys now what happens.  

BUT GOOD LUCK WITH YOU TOO!!! what's your normal cycle length?I'd wait another 3-4 days and test again..who knows- ;o)

*********BABY DUST**********

[cmn]

Heh you,

I was wondering where you were, I haven't really gotten my cycle lengh going yet. I Have had 1 normal period that was 28 days, but not to sure about this month could be different. I hope everything works out for you, I'm excited for you I hope it's a BFP. Keep me posted though. Ya I'm going to wait another couple of days to see if AF comes i hope not, I don't want it to come. I figure that I might just go and get a blood test this time, mabey the results might be different. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed though. The spotting had all of a sudden showed up again, I'm not to sure what is going on. Are you having any symptoms at all?

[IWantToBeAMom]

cmn:
For the Superbowl we didn't do anything, and it was great!  My DH and I got food and just hung out on the couch together.  I feel like **** because of my cold, so I wasn't in the mood for dealing with people.  I just wanted to sit and watch funny commercials, and watch JJ's boob fall out.  ha ha!

Steph:
GOOD LUCK TOMORROW!!!!!!  I'm praying for you!!  How late are you anyways?  are you a 28 day cycle?

[cmn]

Ya I saw that part to, I started to laugh. My DH was the only one out of 5 guys to notice it, I started to LOL when I heard him say "her boob popped out". All the other guys did even notice and thought he was lying until i said that i seen it too. Did the team that you wanted to win,win? I'm More of a Hockey girl, my favourite team is the Vancouver Canucks. Do you like Hockey? My favourite player is Todd Bertuzzi.

[IWantToBeAMom]

I'm really sorry about your BFN!  But at least you still have the hope that it's still pretty early.  Hopefully in a couple of days AF will still be absent and you'll get a BFP!!!!!  I have not heard about headaches being a sign of PG.  It probably could be - I mean everybody's different and shows signs in their own way.   BABY DUST BABY DUST BABY DUST!!

[TanteMilly]

HI Hope - I know how you feel when you don't hear the heartbeat right away - it's so scary. I'm so glad they found it though. Well I'm now 23 weeks and on bedrest. It turns out the contractions were too consistent and too strong for only being this far so I've quite working. I'm a little scared but they're going to give me a steroid injection next week to mature his little lungs in case he does come early. We found out he was a boy around 16 weeks (it was very obvious!!!). He's doing well, very strong and steady and moving around like crazy - I think I'm hyper sensitive though, and I'm also VERY lopsided. You can totally tell he's only on the right side of my belly! There's lots oflittle pains and such but I feel so much more comfortable with my new doctor - I'm praying things go all right - I'm not ready to meet him quite yet! I think you're around 14 weeks now (am I right?) - that's wonderful! Keep positive and trust that God will take care of things (but take care of yourself too!). We're going to be mommies soon! Keep in touch please,

Love Shelley

[IWantToBeAMom]

I didn't really care who one.  I'm a Brett Farve fan (he's yummy!!), so I didn't really have any stake in this game.  My DH was rooting for the Panthers b/c his mom lives in NC.  I just like the commercials.  I'm not really into a lot of sports, but my best friend loves hockey - she's so funny cause she knows all of their stats and names and facts about the players.  I bet your DH loves the fact that you'll watch sports with him!  :-)

[Danasel]

My little bundle is named Derek Alexander, and I couldn't ask for more!

Dana

[cmn]

Ya, He loves the fact that I can watch sports with him. He likes the opposite team as me, he likes the Calgary Flames so it's pretty funny to watch it together. He took me to a Live hockey game in Calgary last year to watch both our teams play, It was awsome to see.

[StephW]

Okay, first of all JJ's boob feel out!?! I didn't catch that either...must have been funny..hehe lol- listen to me, I sound like a little kid ;o) (the things that amuse you sometimes..)

HOPE- I'm so glad you heard your little ones HB! what a relief uh? I can understand your fear.  At least your more at ease now.

IWantToBeAMom: My cycles are btwn 30-33.  Today is CD33, but I'm considering myself to be one day late so far.  LMP was Jan. 1st. I really don't think I'll be getting AF tomorrow since I would be having some signs today, which I don't.  Saturday though, I thought for sure I'd get it (I had lower back pain and lite cramping).

CMN: I don't really have much pregnancy symptoms, that's what keeps making me think differently.  but I'have had headaches (and yes I've heard that can be a preggo symptom, cheestoo), increase discharge (which I'm usually dry days leading up to AF), lower back pain, some cramping, and past two days my stomach as been alittle upset from time to time.  I wouldn't say nausea, just I feel sick to my stomach.  AND key symptoms I'd think would be Fatigue and Breast Soreness, which I haven't really experienced.

BTW- if I test tomorrow I won't get results back until the following day!! ugh, it'll seem like the longest 24hrs EVER.  But let's take one step at a time and even see if AF shows up tomorrow ;o(...hell no, PLEASE stay away!!!

[GinGib]

Kassimom, That was some really good advice that I think I really needed. I need to remember that this is not about me but about getting him past a little hump in the road of his life. When this is all said and done I want to look back and be proud of the way I handled it and not ashamed. I do tend to get frustrated but try very hard not to let him see it. Thanks

Kellie, I am glad someone else shares my sentiments. I thought life was going to be one big bon bon being a stay at home mom!!! NOT!! There are days I wish fervently that I had a job, any job just get me the hell out of here!! ha ha Are we really ever satisfied?? What would we do without something to complain about? ha ha Ginger

[HopeinAl]

oh wow.. i'm so happy to hear that h'es okay. i cant' help but wonder if all this will happen with me too. I'm glad to hear that your getting that shot...what's the earliest you can have him and still have a good outcome? I asked my Doc if he thought he might take this one early(when it's viable) and he jsut won't talk about that too much right now. yeah i am 14 weeks... when did these contractions first start? oh and i think i forgot to tell you that they decided this one was one left... not the right side. I didn't expect to be lopsided ...but i guess it makes sense huh??? waht exactly is bedrest... no getting up at all except to pee. can you go to church and stuff or jsut stay in bed??? do yo have to have someone come over and help with things?? I WILL be praying for you. Hope

[cmn]

It was funny to see it fall out, Jutin Timberlake is the one that pulled her boob cover off. I gutted myself laughing. My Tummy has been a little upset too, a little nausea and light headed too. Keep Me Posted

[IWantToBeAMom]

Okay, about the boob: It didn't exactly fall out.  J. Timberlake & her were singing together at the end & they were following each other back and forth across the stage.  Well at the very end Justin reached up and ripped her cup off her chest and her boob was hanging out.  It was only on TV for a couple of seconds before they cut to a different shot.  It was not in the script and now they are apologizing to CBS saying that it was a "costume malfunction".  It looked to me like she had a sticker on her boob to hide her nipple and it looked totally staged to me, but some other news reports said it was a big sunshine-looking nipple ring.  Who knows!!  It was funny though!

[StephW]

I'm not sure if you saw my post about BBT but after you ovulate your temp rises and stays that way until day before or day of your AF (it will go back down)UNLESS you've conceived then your temp will stay high.  Good indication of pregnancy is a rised temp for 18days.  I haven't been charting my BBT but I know what's high for me since I've done it before.  Well I took BBT Friday at 9am ish and it was 98.9 and Sunday at 8am it was 98.7.
I didn't take my temp this morning but I'm going to tomorrow morning to see if its still high. If you hav a BBT you should give it a try and see what temp you get.

I don't know how accurate it is, but it's given me more comfort in that I might have conceived this month.

[cmn]

I will give that a try if AF comes around, is there a certain Thermomator that i should get? Do you want to BD before your temp goes up or after? not Know anything about BBT, If you can give me some info that would be great. Thnaks

[niña]

Have you ever tried using a ovulation predictor kit?  I used it and it worked first try.  Tracking your temp is a harder way of predicting your ovulation.  My friend did it for a straight year...  You may want to look into purchasing a OPK.  

Gina

[cmn]

hi thank you. I haven't tried an OPK at all, when whould I be able to start using one? do I wait until I get My AF then start or Do I do it at anytime, Can you tell me a little about it please.

[niña]

Well, I have cycles that were between 29-36 days...so it was hard for me to tell when I was actually ovulating.  I used the CVM method for a couple of months and that did not really help.  I bought a Ovulating kit (two of them) and tested two weeks after the first day of my period every day until the kit told me I was ovulating.  I used any time of the day urine.  It does not matter if it is first morning or evening.  During this time my husband and I had sex every other day.  It worked!  First month of trying with the kit.  They look just like pregnancy tests.  You get a line 24 hrs or 38 hrs right before you ovulate.  I really did not think that it was going to work first try since we were trying for about 5 months. Hope this helps.

Gina

[PregnantAGAIN]

Here is a link so you can see what was showing...
http://www.drudgereport.com/mattjj.htm.....She had anipple shield on its a piercing, i used to work in a piercing parlor and sold lots of these, Jana ps ty for potty training tips