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post #21 of 511
12/2/03 at 2:29am
Adina -- hang in there! It's OK for you to be annoyed she got preggers so quickly (and let me say, with her dh and her smoking *I* am annoyed she got pregnant... doesn't everyone give up smoking when they are actively *trying*? I mean, I can understand an 'accident' happening while you are still a smoker, but trying? Oh, I am such a pollyanna, I guess. And I can't stand it when people smoke around me -- even when I wasn't ttc. I can't stand smoke!)

Sorry, tangent. Anyway. It's OK to be annoyed, jealous, or feel really down about it. (Of course, it wouldn't be nice if you told her about it, but kvetching to us can't do any harm!) Have a good cry, be extra nice to yourself

Tho, btw, I subscribe to the pregnancy comes in threes theory/ superstition. Once one friend is preggers, others often follow! So, join in on her pregnant bandwagon and keep up the obnoxiously positive vibes!

Oh, and do try to throw in a bunch of hints about the smoking...
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post #22 of 511
12/2/03 at 3:31am

It's December.....

and I was lookin right at my O/S calendar! Glad I checked! Trish! If I could hold onto tcoyf until I get some answers here and I will send it on! I was *hoping that I would be when I sent it to you, like Tab!

CHERYL! Congratulations, honey. You give me hope since *I'm bleeding too, on CD 36, just as O/S asks me if I'm after an extended lp. Its picked up and it looks like ; but, I'm watching it b/c it could be what the OB girls at my church call an anniversary period, where shows up ceremoniously; but, its abnormal, like what you're experiencing. Be encouraged honey and don't speak death over your baby. Speak life! There's life and death in the power of the tongue! Your wonderful sweet blessing for the Lord is thriving! Have you considered being seen with the bleeding?

Adina, I pray for the comfort of the Holy Spirit for you, and IKWhatchaM! In my Christian ttc group, a girl got a BFP on Thursday, and I had *such a bad attitude, I had to delay posting until I cleaned it up! Its so emotional, ya know?

*not getting another pack of $$$ FRERs, watching this bleeding..... :
post #23 of 511
12/2/03 at 9:31am
Oh sure! Nobody told me you all had moved over here!!
I'm still here too, 9 dpo, breast tenderness starting yesterday, btw, I had pains (low pelvic) on Sunday, which was 7dpo, last time I had pains at what I believe was implantation--anyone else?? I'm trying not to get too excited, but I don't get breast tenderness until AF actually shows usually and I don't ever have mid-cycle spotting. Add to that the stuffy nose and the fact that I'm hungry as a horse, I don't know, fingers crossed!!
Resisted testing again this morning, actually, maybe someone here knows. I got up this morning around 3 to pee, then at my normal time of 7, which would be considered first morning urine?? I had only gone to bed at midnight, so concentration wise, there was more time between the 3AM &7AM pee, but I don't know. Is this a particularily stupid question???: And btw, that's another symptom, I can usually sleep through the night and have been up the last 3 nights like clockwork to pee.
Any insight or guesses on the FMU thing would be helpfull!
post #24 of 511
12/2/03 at 10:45am

stuffy nose. huh?

(reaching for my tissue...again) Took temp when dh's alarm went off this am at 6. Since Alexis and I were having a board discussion until almost 3, I slept in! I realized I was awake and would prob be up in less than 3, so I took.it. Not sure about how to compare temps, since I changed the default time to 5 am, and figured I would prob be up w/i the 90 minute window so O/S can adjust. If anything, I should make sure dh doesn't turn off the alarm early, so I can temp at 6, and prob get up and get breakfast, supplements, a lunch....maybe.....

Anyway, not sure if temps are telling me its a no go....: so, it might be pointless to watch bleeding. Anway,

CyallL
post #25 of 511
12/2/03 at 11:38am
Adina, I understand how you feel. Someone told me that I would get pregnant when it was meant to be....God knows when the time os right...there is areason...blah blah....that all sounds good, but why is it that it is not the "right time" for me, but the crack addict living on the streets is ALL prepared????? Sorry, I am feeling down today. I would be 34 weeks preg right now, and getting ready to meet my baby in January. It is starting to hit me now.....

Anyway, I posted in Nov thread, but I will go here too. I am at CD28 , usually have a 28-30 day cycle. I know I can't be, so I am just waiting patiently for HER to show....

Caroline
post #26 of 511
12/2/03 at 11:39am
I just lurk but...Congrats Cheryl!!! I bled quite a bit during the beginning of this pg. I think it is becoming a "normal" thing!
post #27 of 511
12/2/03 at 12:13pm
Caroline. I know...sounds like you and I share a similarly heartbreaking experience. I saw myself last week holding Jordan while decorating the tree. This would have been his first Christmas. The "pat" answers don't help. However, Pastor Jack Hayford, who wrote the book, "I'll Hold You in Heaven," speaks of the fact that God gives us *all the ability to procreate. Now, some use it the way God intended, and others do not. Those children not being less loved by Him or worthy to live however; but, the conditions in which they live are yes....not condusive to child rearing. I find myself becoming bitter about this perceived injustice, myself! But, I am not God and who am I to say who is born and when they are!

Don't give up yet! Its not over until shows!
post #28 of 511
12/2/03 at 12:29pm
Caroline. I hear you.

Adina.

Hang in there, Letia, Alexis, and Kristie!

Shannon - that's a valid question. I'm not sure how many hours are needed for it to be considered a FMU concentration...congrats on holding out! How about trying to wait until Sat, we can announce our BFPs simultaneously!

I'm at CD 26, 10 DPO. Trying to ignore any symptoms - pinches, etc...last time they were just your run-of-the-mill pre-menstrual murmurings...

Thanks, Jodie - don't know if the temp went up high enough for it to be considered an implantation dip, but I'm still above theh coverline, so...

everybody!! C'mon Christmas pregnancies!
post #29 of 511
12/2/03 at 12:30pm
adina,
i hope your cry helps. i don't really know any words that could help you, or any of us, right now. it's such a tough and frustrating situation. i really hope you're too! for me, i'm no less happy for whoever gets pregnant but then after the excitement wears off, i feel a little pang of sadness and longing to join them and i feel like i'm even further from my own BFP. i guess that's similar to what you feel.
post #30 of 511
12/2/03 at 1:32pm
Hi ladies!!

Well I didn't get my cry last night. Dh was grumpy about her being preggo too, and I didn't really feel like having my cry in front of him.

I feel better. I spent a long time last night convincing my self that just because she was preggo, I could still be pregnant. And that I deserved to be pregnant just as much as she does. And that I WILL get pregnant, or may already be pregnant. And that is the hardest.

I am 9dpo, and have no symptoms, other than cramping, which is early, but could mean anything really. My boobs aren't any bigger, don't hurt. I am retaining water, but I do that every month. I was a little tired yesterday and needed a nap, but that could be coming off the holiday. So, basically I feel completely normal. is scheduled to arrive in 5 days.....

I just don't know. MOst things in my life I have wanted and have been "up" for, (peer counseling in high school, national stage management award, etc) I have known I would get. I just knew. And like wise, I knew when I would not get something, saved me from being upset a lot of times. I always thought that I would know when I was pregnant, or when I wasn't. And I have no idea....it is the strangest thing. I have thought for sure I was and af showed right on time. So waht gives? Why can't I tell with this? Maybe it is because all those other things depended on someone else's decision, not on my own body....

hmmmm......



Sorry, just thinking "out loud" I guess.

Much and to all
post #31 of 511
12/2/03 at 2:19pm
oops, double post!
post #32 of 511
12/2/03 at 2:19pm
Adina.......

I don't post here much, but I really need to vent. I am still nursing my 21 month old dd. got AF back at 16 months. Since then she has been pretty irregular. anywhere from 30-39 days. Last cycle I thought things were evening out, because I felt O pains around CD 15 and AF arrived on CD 30. But the cycle before THAT, the one that was 39 days long, I had mid-cycle spotting and cramping. I don't chart so I don't know if I ovulated that month or any other month. I had spotting AGAIN this month on CD 15.. just light brown very very light and some cramping. Now I am CD 23 and last night I saw a little bit of brown mucus, the tiniest amount.. and now I'm having a little cramping too. CM looks clear and sticky right now. Anyway, I am really feeling annoyed with my body. DD still nurses a good bit. My nipples have been sensitive off and on.. sometimes they feel fine, and sometimes it just REALLY annoys me for her to nurse.. they are almost sore feeling... this hasbeen the past couple of days. I really don't think I am pregnant. We didn't BD much at all.. in fact we BD'd on CD 13 and not again until CD 20. I think maybe I did not ovulate at all this month. Who knows? :

Anyway we haven't been actively "trying" really yet.. I just convinced DH that it is time. So I shouldn't complain. I have 3 beautiful children. My body doing these crazy things really makes me upset. I am only 23. I wish for the days of regular, normal 30 day cycles..

Anyway if you got this far, thanks for listening.

Oh, and I took a pregnancy test yesterday. I know it was stupid, but my nipples just felt sore, and then the spotting. It was a cheap dollar tree test. I called and the guy said they pick up at level 20 hcg... I'm a little skeptical, but heck, they are $1 and I can deal with spending $5 a month on pregnancy tests. And it was negative.

Mel
post #33 of 511
12/2/03 at 5:47pm
Cheryl,

I cried when I saw your post. I sooo want this to be it for you. What is your bleeding like in color and quanity?

My natural pregancy book suggests vitamin E up too 800 IU a day, avoid cooling foods, and drink chamomile, nettle or red raspberry leaf tea. Also says that many women have bleeding as part of healty pregnancies, so relax as much as you can, and don't do anything strenous



Adina

I am sorry this is hard for you. Is it possible that part of the problem is that we are so used to zero sum games-If someone else gets the prize I don't. But pregnancy isn't like that, no one here is having my baby, my baby is still waiting for me.

I also know it's hard for me becuase when it highlights my non-pregnant status, and the time that has passed since I started ttc. I babysat last week for a 4 month old, and we had assumed my pregnancy would overlap with her moms. And here she is and I'm still on the sidelines. In any case I hope you feel better soon. I just know you are going to get pregnant!

Mat4mel

Hope you BFN was just early.
post #34 of 511
12/2/03 at 8:25pm
gonnabeamom - Exactly!!! I think I have gotten the whole "if she has it, I don't get it" thing out of my system. But it took most of last night and part of today. Now I am feeling better. I am still frustrated, but now it is more because I know she is going to want to share all of this with me, and I am going to need to just suck it up and be there for her. Which is hard, it would be MUCH easier if I were pregnant too!!! :LOL

But I am nowhere near out of the race yet. I have five more day before af is supposed to show.

And for those of you who had cramps early in pregnancy, did they feel just like af cramps? or were they different? I have been having cramps off and on for the last few days, today they were pretty constant. But they felt different, more like an all over ache and less like cramps, which for me are fairly sharp. Plus they are about three days early. So I don't know what that means. I thought it was gas, then I though I just needed to go to the bathroom...but I am not gassy, and I went to the bathroom....and they are still there.

Who knows?

Anyway...back to my regularly scheduled obnoxious positive-ness!!! I can and will be pregnant, I can and will have a baby....
Breathe....repeat.

post #35 of 511
12/2/03 at 9:42pm
Hi 2ww mamas! Can I join you?

This is my first ever 2ww and I am beyond thrilled that I even ovulated! I even feel scared that by typing that I will jinx it and my doctor will have made a mistake and read me somebody else's results or something. But no, that can't be, right? Somebody tell me that wouldn't happen! Please!

Until 8 days ago I hadn't ovulated since I conceived my son almost 3 years ago.

I'm 8dpo and just started progesterone suppositories because my 7dpo progesterone result was low (5.9).

I'm pretty sure I have some cysts because both sides have been sore and now my lower pelvis is sore all across.

It's so great to be here finally! But after this cycle I want to be outta here to the "I'm Pregnant" boards!!

Adina, I know exactly how you feel, including the guilt and shame for feeling that way. and may this be your month!!
post #36 of 511
12/3/03 at 10:07am

Welcome, Chrissy!

I *thought about postin last night! I'm wonderin if I was reading it when I should have been gettin ready to go to Griefshare last night! I'm in NC! Where are you?

I'm sayin hey to say goodbye! This is her. I even took an FRER last night after I saw something of some consistency, I do't know for sure b/c I was in so much shock that it might be a "clot," that my OB referred to when I m/ced. It was Praise God! Sooooooo I need to leave here...my temps are low. It *is , despite the long lp! Thanks *so much for the support! Maybe I'll see ya again.....

Goodbye.....goodbye...goodbyyyyyyye....
post #37 of 511
12/3/03 at 10:40am
So sorry Letia . on to conceiving that Christmas baby!
Welcome Chrissy! Congrat's on the big O
I don't know why I do these things to myself, but I tested this morning at 10 dpo and of course came back :- So of course I'm a little sad this morning but I know I'm not out of the game.
How's everyone else doing today?
post #38 of 511
12/3/03 at 10:46am

thanx, Shannon....

I don't have to consider the possibility of a road baby or one delivered by my aunts on the mtn, or at the Waltonesque hospital in the county seat! I don't want to miss my family reunion, which is biyearly. To have God bless us with a child when we celebrate His Son's birth would be special.
post #39 of 511
12/3/03 at 10:51am
Sorry Letia, on to Christmas!!


Hi Chrissy..wow, three years??


Well, I am CD29 and having some back pain, I am assuming she is coming today. My husband wants me to get it already so we can start on the next cycle: . Men are weird, how many times would he tell me we have to use protection, no babies right now...now he is more excited about O times and temps than I am. When he found out I didn't temp last month he was really pissy about it.

Well, I am confident I will get pregnant this month. I have completly weaned my 29 month old, and I stopped taking my arthritis medication that I did not know was not helpful for implantation, so I am ready. NOw I just need to come so I can move to the next cycle....

Any news from anyone else???

Caroline
post #40 of 511
12/3/03 at 11:18am
Thread Starter 
Chrissy~ hope your stay is short!

Letia~ Oh, conceiving a baby around Christmas would be so special.

Shannon~ I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Cheryl~ Any updates, how are you?

Caroline~ Maybe she's not coming! Your DH sounds ok to me. Mine would rather me not temp and chart and just go with the flow. He would also rather me wait till I miss two periods to take a pregnancy test. :

I am 10dpo and having some slight spotting.
Who knew I would be excited to see spotting. Saw it last night before bed and its even lighter this morning. No cramping (doesn't feel like AF is on her way) and temp was still up this morning. Yes, I am thinking implantation spotting. Oh, and my boobs are starting to feel sore too!

Wishing everyone a healthy pregnancy!