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369912 tn?1229650090

Found my TTC Friends #5

Hi ladies,
I thought I would take tori's lead and start a new thread.  I hope this bright sunny V-Day finds you all in lovely spirits and lovely moods.

ad_06 - I've heard gas is a symptom! This just may be it!

Jen - I'm so sorry you got a BFN.  The are so disappointing and frustrating.  But look at it this way: Now you can have a sip of wine and enjoy a night of love without purpose!  You and your Dh can, smile, eat, dance and love away the night without thinking about love as BD'ing.  I know you were really hoping BFP would be a Valentine gift and you must feel so let down.  But you ovulated without problems, your luteal phase was a great length, don't get discouraged - you just have another month ahead of you and it will work out.  p.s. read the old thread, I think torismommy made some good suggestions to you regarding HSG.

Torismommy - It sounds like you and your Dh got it all planned. I will most definitely keep my fingers crossed that you ovulate soon.  It really does suck not too.  I had a Dr. friend look at  my charts and he said that I might not be ovulating even though I'm getting my period b/c certain things aren't matching up well. I envy you your dh, at this point mine is lovely and can talk about the stuff but he is really leary about medications and procedures.  He wants it to be all natural.  And from the looks of things, it ain't gonna happen that way.  I think you are right, you've been on clomid once before and know what to expect.  That alone might help you control the side effects.  Do you do yoga or anything of the like?  I'm too lazy lately but that seriously helps me curb moods.  

Ashort - The progesterone must be interesting!  I think I'm totally wrong about twins regarding HCG.  Your numbers look like they are right on track for baby (girl?)

How is everyone else doing?  I forget who else posted now and I can't look back! Agh.  take care and Happy Valentines Day to all!
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233562 tn?1282768382
Im going to start a new thread. See you at Found my TWW friends #6!!!
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255732 tn?1318517822
Well we have, but I don't want to use all of the pre seed, before I get a smiley...and for you girls who have never tried pre seed....and have trouble with CM....pre seed is GREAT! Right now I am kind of upset with DH, so I don't think that we will be BD tonight....unless he starts some a$$ kissing! LOL!  

Tori  - I think we need to start a new thread too.... I hope you get back in the game soon...
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Hey ladies!!! I have been MIA since Friday and have missed soooo much.  Can't do personals right now as I am still woosy (?) from all the meds.  Just an update though I finished my last provera pill last night so I am just waiting for the ole witch to come so I can get back in the game.  Hope everyone is doing well.  We need to start a new thread soon.
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Hi girls ugh. We are having one hell of a storm right now. Freezing rain and ice pellets and snow. The roads were pretty bad and it took DH over an hour to get home from work and it's normally 40min. He still had not been to bed at 8am when he got home and our appt was for 1115 and like 45min away so he made me reschedule. I'm soo upset. I really wanted to get this u/s over with and see my little bean and ease my mind that everything is going well. Now I have to wait another week and go in on Tuesday the 11th. This is driving me crazy. I am soo pisse* right now. Ugh!
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aweeone - thanks for the positivity! And good luck with your monitor! :)

hello ashort and ad_06! ad - I hope you get your smiley soon!

I'm moving on up to 4DPO - DH's sister has been here for over a week now with her 4 week old baby. We were visiting them last night and it just hit me... I was so jealous!! You would think I would get over this soon, but it just seems to get worse! I'll survive though :)
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ugh. the weather is crazy here. and i got to trudge up to the university. i am so not impressed. but it looks gorgeous!
ashort- your principle sounds like a donk-head. i don't even know if 'donk-head' is an actual description but it sounds apt.  what an idiot. i was surprised to read that she's a woman. i'm sorry you feel like blah. hopefully that hard core stomach working pilates helped you a bit. ordering preseed sounds like a great idea. those two months will pass sooner than you know...especially with all those kiddies, march break and a nasty principle. how is your dh handling it all? is he doing any better? and you?

ad-  you might as well start bd'ing anyways! so exciting, you should get your smiley anyday now!  good luck.

well, i'm cd7 and finally got the monitor thing figured out. still low fertility but i guess that's good this early on.  

how is everyone else?
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ugh. the weather is crazy here. and i got to trudge up to the university. i am so not impressed. but it looks gorgeous!
ashort- your principle sounds like a donk-head. i don't even know if 'donk-head' is an actual description but it sounds apt.  what an idiot. i was surprised to read that she's a woman. i'm sorry you feel like blah. hopefully that hard core stomach working pilates helped you a bit. ordering preseed sounds like a great idea. those two months will pass sooner than you know...especially with all those kiddies, march break and a nasty principle. how is your dh handling it all? is he doing any better? and you?

ad-  you might as well start bd'ing anyways! so exciting, you should get your smiley anyday now!  good luck.

well, i'm cd7 and finally got the monitor thing figured out. still low fertility but i guess that's good this early on.  

how is everyone else?
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255732 tn?1318517822
Today I am on CD 12 and I haven't gotten a smiley yet! Last cycle on clomid, I got it on CD 11 and 12...I hope this cycle isn't going to be long.. I can't wait to get my smiley so we can start BD!! Good Luck to everybody...and welcome everyone that has joined.
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HI girls...just stopping in for a minute.  I feel so out of the loop...like I'm in a fog all day.  I wish everybody luck this month ttc!  Welcome SamLB!  

Aweeone-  Yeah, maybe the yoga will help.  I'm trying pilates tomorrow night.  Dh and I are so done.  All day I feel like BLAH!  I wish I could take more time off from work too but my principal wasn't happy about me taking 3 days.  She actually asked my coteacher if I was in on Thurs (because she was out)...sure I was in...LOL...Yeah, I had a m/c on Wednesday and came in on Thurs...is she crazy???  I hope you get my sarcasm.  I told dh that I just really don't care about my jjob right now.  During a time like this you realize that jobs can be replaced your health cannot.  Good luck with your fertility monitor!  I think I'm going to order some more  preseed for when we can ttc again!
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369912 tn?1229650090
sorry, i had a huge assignment due today and was pre-occupied when writing my last note.  it's nice to see some activity on here today.  Welcome Sam!  How long have you been ttc'ing?  You joined a good group.  Earlier in the year, half the ladies got their bfp's!

So this month is my first month using an opk. And today was my first day poas for it! I am ridiculous!!  I had to go pee sooo bad at 6:30am but my  opk is this machine and I have to poas within a six hour radius~which doesn't begin till 7am...or so i thought in my sleepy state...my six hour radius actually begins at 6am. what an idiot! so i held my pee for half an hour, then poas, then I couldn't figure out how to get the darned stick into the machine!  It was so ridiculous. LOL  Anyways, I finally figured it out. My fertility status is still low. I hope it peaks soon cause I'm going away for two nights next Tuesday.  

and it just dawned on me that you are still in the running ashleigh! yeah! i still hope this is your month.  3dpo is great jen. the tww will be over before you know it. and hopefully it will end with a bfp!

it's great to hear from all you pretty mama's!  we should start keeping a tally of your baby's sex (or what you think it is).  has anyone started to think of names yet?
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Welcome SamLB!

Sorry I don't have alot of input for the TTC I don't know a whole lot on the subject. I just watched the CD and my CM. but I'm keepin my fingers crossed for ya girls....It'll happen don't give up!!!

So, does anyone else have a "feeling" on what sex thier baby is???? I'm thinkin boy for me this time. I already have a 4yr old daughter. and this pregnancy feels different. I for sure want to know inadvance. So I can get shopping!!
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lamb - i feel like we did a pretty good job bd'ing :) we used preseed this month for the first time and I think I'll continue to use it - not sure when I'll test - or even if I will - until AF is very late... last month she was late, and I got my hopes up WAY too high... so this month I think I'll just wait it out (or at least try :)  Enjoy your semester off from classes!

SamLB - welcome to our group!
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hi ladies - can I join you on this thread? I'm 7dpo and so going through 2WW. how are you guys all doing? am cramping soooo much and don't know if this could be a good sign or not....
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Ashleigh- At least you think you covered all the bases!! So, when exactly are you going to test? At 14 dpo? I would!! Do you have any symptoms like cramping or sore bbs??

Tomorrow I get my internet on ladies! I am so excited. I have been using my laptop at the college to talk to you guys! LOL.

Jen- I am so glad that you ovulated. How do you feel about your BD'ing? When are you going to test?? I can't wait!

So, it has been quiet on here lately. I logged on today expecting to get a whole bunch of stuff to read, but it hasn't been bad. LOL. So, how is everyone doing? I only have like 2 more months left of class then I am taking fall semester off because that is when the baby is due! So, I get a break in a way... but not really. LOL.
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ash - that is frustrating, but at least you have an idea of what is going on...

wannabamommy - thanks so much, you've really made me feel better... we didn't bd on saturday, but we did friday and sunday - so we should be covered :) picking out a crib, etc sounds like so much fun! I can't wait until it's my turn...

3DPO today and waiting impatiently to get through the tww...
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233562 tn?1282768382
wannabe - I used answer. I think my eyes are the problem not the sticks. I had never used OPK's before so I think that I just didn't know what to expect and didn't know what an absolute positive was. But now I know. Im just really confused ab out my cycles because before I had my daughter I had 31 day cycles and then after her birth my cycles were 40-45 days and then after my laproscopy my cycles were 31 days on time everytime and now they are 40-45 days again. I guess maybe it just took my body a while to get adjusted back.  I thought that the surgery had just knocked my cycles back to my old normal not post-partum normal. Who knows, my body is crazy!!!
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Hi Everyone!

Wananbamommy - I am sure your ultrasound is going to be perfect! It will be so exciting to see how your baby has grown.  I love those sleigh cribs too! They are gorgeous.

ashleigh - That would make sense - if you ovulated later. So frustrating though. You probably already know this but just in case: Your luteal phase is how many days post ovulation you were. So if you were 14dpo last month before AF. Then your luteal phase was 14days last month. And usually it's quite steady month to month which would make sense if you ovulated later this month.  My temps are erratic too. That doesn't really matter.  Do you use fertility friend or some sort of software program to chart your temps?  They have some problems but they are really helpful in determining your baseline.  They will also see if your cm, temps, and opk all match up and then you can get a more accurate picture of your cycle.  For example, it would be really weird to get a positive opk with no temp rise and/or cm.  Here's my page: scroll down and you can see how erratic my last month's temps were: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1dfeff  Good luck!  No matter what, it will be nice to take some time to enjoy bd'ing without all the stress of the matter, to just to enjoy and love your guy before you get married.

how is everyone?
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369912 tn?1229650090
Hi Everyone!

Wananbamommy - I am sure your ultrasound is going to be perfect! It will be so exciting to see how your baby has grown.  I love those sleigh cribs too! They are gorgeous.

ashleigh - That would make sense - if you ovulated later. So frustrating though. You probably already know this but just in case: Your luteal phase is how many days post ovulation you were. So if you were 14dpo last month before AF. Then your luteal phase was 14days last month. And usually it's quite steady month to month which would make sense if you ovulated later this month.  My temps are erratic too. That doesn't really matter.  Do you use fertility friend or some sort of software program to chart your temps?  They have some problems but they are really helpful in determining your baseline.  They will also see if your cm, temps, and opk all match up and then you can get a more accurate picture of your cycle.  For example, it would be really weird to get a positive opk with no temp rise and/or cm.  Here's my page: scroll down and you can see how erratic my last month's temps were: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1dfeff  Good luck!  No matter what, it will be nice to take some time to enjoy bd'ing without all the stress of the matter, to just to enjoy and love your guy before you get married.

how is everyone?
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350664 tn?1322826001
Howdy girls. Glad to hear some updates on you preggo mommies. I am getting really nervous now. I go for my u/s tomorrow. Haven't had one since 6wks so I'm praying everything is still ok. Just really scared they are going to give me bad news. The morning sickness is still here but slowing down so I'm feeling better and have more energy finally. I'm getting more of an appetite to so I've been trying to gain back the weight I've lost. Still have adversions to chicken and most meats. I'm thinking about trying tofu. Anyone had it before? Is is good?

Ashort- glad to hear your doing well. Yoga and the gym sound awsome. I always get inspired to work out around this time of year as winter wains and spring approaches. I have my elliptical downstairs that I'm going to start using again now that I've been feeling a bit better.

Ash- your periods are strange lately. Do you think it's possible you could be ovulating later? What brand of ovulation sticks do you use? I will keep my fingers crossed for you thou.

DH and I finally picked out a crib and change table set that we liked. We have been looking for a few weeks now and nothing was working for us. We like the dk wood and the sleigh cribs but I want a change table to match that is a dresser with a built in change table on top. Not those dressers that you put a change mat on. I don't like the look of those. We finally found one so we hope to buy it sometime next week as long as the u/s and blood work goes well.

Any of you girls going to find out what you are having or are you going to let it be a surprise? DH and I are not going to find out. We want it to be a total surprise. I think it's going to be a girl thou....kind of a gut feeling. It would be the first girl in his family thou for a ways back so the cards are stacked against us haha.

Jen- i would say you o'd when your stick was the darkest or the day after even if it didn't get to the color of the control line. They aren't fool-proof and sometimes if you test at different times of the day you will get a neg in the am and a positive in the pm. So maybe it would have been darker if you had tested again later in the day. I know that has happened to a lot of people. I wouldn't worry cuz it sounds like you covered all your bases. Especially if that is the time you normally ovulate.
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233562 tn?1282768382
Hey ladies...Where is everyone?

I think I figured out what is going on with me this cycle. I think that whatI thought was a positive OPK on CD16 was not positive. This is seeming to be a 40-45 day cycle which would mean that the positive OPK I got on CD30 is accurate and that I O'd at that time rather than 2 weeks before like I thought!! This is so annoying. At least over these next few month that we are taking a break I will be able to pay more attention to my cycles and document more and not have to worry about timing BDing. I really thought I knew my cycle to a T but I guess my body is inconsistent.

aweeone - Last month Im not completely sure what my luteal phase was because I only charted my temp and checked CM but I wasn't completely sure because my temps were up but a little eratic at times. I am so confused.


~~TTC~~
ashleighnb - 24 dpo or 10dpo
torismommy - CD45
G_S - CD18
Jen - CD16
ad_06 -  CD11
aweeonetolove - CD6
Apes - That b*tch showed up!!!
Itlyncutie - Waiting for honeymoon

~~PREGGERS~~
silirama78 - Due September 15, 2008 -- 12 weeks 0 days
Lamb18 - Due September 16, 2008 -- 11 weeks 5 days
wannabamommy - Due September 19, 2008 -- 11 weeks 3 days
kurvi - Due September 21, 2008 -- 10 weeks 5 days
chickymama - Due September 20, 2008 -- 11 weeks 0 days
ziggysgirl - Due September 20, 2008 -- 11 weeks 2 days
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ashleigh - Who knows. Maybe you are pregnant.  Was your luteal phase approx 14 days last month on your 40 day cycle?  Or have you had lengthy luteal phases before?  I do get long luteal phases once in a while but a Dr. friend thinks I'm actually not ovulating those months.  I have to wait till I go see my Dr. to find out more.  I don't know though, with your luteal phase being 22 days long and no sign of AF...just maybe AF isn't coming.  My fingers are still crossed for you.

ashort - I'm glad to hear that you are recovering well and have taken some time to yourself.  I wish you didn't have to go to work and had more time though.  And it must be so disappointing to wait 2 months. I'm sure your body [and mind] needs the rest though or your Dr. wouldn't have recommended it.  Just take the time to do yoga, chill, go on dates like a highschool girl with your hubby and play in the great big city.  I do yoga and it's amazing. I love it. Although lately I've been lazy and I can tell! ugh.  The best thing about yoga is you can do it at home in your living room.  It's a portable routine.

jen - I don't know anything about opks or I'd advise you. This is my first month using one.  And it's a wee machine.  It all sounds good for you  and hopefully this will be your month.

silirama - it's great to hear from you again.  So you're as big as lamb. That's fabulous. And lucky you, to get your own doppler so you can enjoy the wee pitter patters anytime you desire! I hope your next appt goes smashingly and can't wait to hear all about your 'boy'.

I'm CD5 today and start poas for my OPK tomorrow. Wish me luck, I don't really know what I'm doing.  I just want to be reassured that I actually am ovulating.  How is everyone else doing?

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I am glad to hear that everyone is doing good on here!! I just got all unpacked but my internet still wont be on until wednesday.

Ashleigh- I am 11 weeks, 4 days today. Thanks. Yeah, and what is up with you? LOL. You have to be pregnant. Maybe your HCG just isn't showing up yet. Good luck though!!

Silirama- it is so nice to hear that you are doing good. That is awesome that someone else has a huge belly LOL. Have you had an ultrasound yet?? I havn't. :(

I go back to the doctors on the 11th, so I am hoping that I will be able to see my litle baby on the ultrasound machine in the office. That would be awesome. I bet he or she is huge. LoL.

So, when should I expect to feel the first movements?? I need some advice here because this is baby number one for me. LOL. Yeah well I am doing good. Still don't wanna eat much of anything. I sleep a lot too!!! I have been going to sleep at like 9 everynight and waking up at like 9 evey mornin. LOL. I am getting well rested. Well class is about to start so i am going to get off here. I will be back on monday.
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Hey everyone! So I used Ovulation test strips I ordered off the internet this time around... I got a very faint line around Wednesday and it got a little darker each day until yesterday. Saturday was the darkest, but it was never as dark as the control line, then yesterday, it started to get lighter again. Do you think this means I 'O' on Saturday, even though it wasn't as dark as the control line? Could it be that maybe it was just the time of day I tested or something? I've always used walmart OPKs and so I'm not used to these... we started bd'ing as soon as we got the faint lines... used preseed also, so I want to feel confident that we did good this month, I'm just paranoid since I didn't see that line as dark as it should have been... what do you all think?
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hey ladies how are you doing? Well thought i reported and see whats new not having internet access really s@#cks!
Ashort i am so sorry to here about ur baby so sad i guess we all still fear until we get to 2nd trimester, well at least i am. God Bless and hope u get answers as to what is going on. Lamb- you and me are there girl my belly is huge just like urs we are almost there my last app was Feb 20th got to see the heart beat and had a transvaginal ultrasound everything looks great. The baby looks like its on steroids of how big he is, i keep on saying he i think its going to be a boy. Well besides being big my doctor changed my due date to a week later which i think is wrong but i will be 3 months this week. Alsh- my due date is Sept.  20-22 and i will be 3 months end of this week. We are definately blessed. No morning sickness so thats great just get nauseous if i take to long to eat. Well good night ladies my next app will be March 19th. Talk to you then God Bless.
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