•TTC #1 in Our 30's May Thread• May Mothers Day Bring Mother's Dreams!• - Page 3

[~Adorkable~]

oh Jenne that is soo fun, we can wee wee on a french test and have it say "wee wee" in return!

[novanic]

somegirl99 - Great photos! I love seeing babies of any species!

heavens earth - Welcome!

Newbian Mama - Will you test tomorrow? Hoping for some exciting news from you soon!

Amanda Mom - Things sound promising for you! Are you planning to test soon?

Jenne - How was the movie? I tear up just watching the promo so I know I would be a mess if I saw the movie. How exciting to be going to France and what a great place to DTD while on a nice, relaxing vacation! We've been contemplating a trip to Europe for years but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Adorkable - Are you guys planning to live in DC or in VA or MD? We live in Fairfax Co., VA. There are some really nice areas in Arlington, VA (Clarendon, Ballston) that are very close to DC. Old Town Alexandria is nice too. Keeping my fingers crossed for a BFP for you while you're in DC! I love the balloon idea.

Prof. Alex - Best of luck to you with your IUIs.

AFM - CD 19 today. I got a positive OPK yesterday morning and an even darker positive this morning. Is it normal to get a positive two days in a row? TCOYF is predicting ovulation for tomorrow on CD 20. Is that late in a cycle to ovulate? I took Clomid this month so I don't know if that makes for later ovulation. Hoping for a big temp jump soon so I'll know if/when I ovulated. I'm so afraid of missing the egg or not ovulating at all!

Best wishes to everyone for some BFPs soon!

[heavensearth]

Thank you for the welcome

Ill check out the trying to conceive #2

Good luck to all of you wonderful mama's

[Blanca78]

Originally Posted by heavensearth

Thank you for the welcome

Ill check out the trying to conceive #2

Good luck to all of you wonderful mama's

You too! And hey, we can always use support from someone who's been there before, so pop in any time!

[Blanca78]

Originally Posted by novanic

Jenne - How was the movie? I tear up just watching the promo so I know I would be a mess if I saw the movie.

You're talking about Babies, right? I totally teared up at the preview. Then I read this AWESOME review: http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-04-27/film/babies/

The real review is hilarious, too.

[~Adorkable~]

Novanic, I am not sure where we will end up, that is a big part of what this first trip is about. Get a feel for neighborhoods and the drive in from places. I give really strong preferance to being walking distance from a metro rail stop, that to me meens more than most other details.
Dh will need to take the rail to work, parking is frowned upon and very hard. Both hospitals he will be at are on the red line.
I'm a city girl big time, so I will want to be OAS close in as I can afford and find the space I need to have my home metals studio and such.

as for baby stuff-
6dpo boobs all puffed up and tender, of course rather than this being a amusing sign to fuss over I know it's simply too early and it's effects of the trigger shot. Blah.
I have a set of candle sticks from my metalsmithing teacher and mentor, she made them for another friend that was stuggling with ttc many years ago. She used then every month and soon got preggo. The brought her calm and focus she felt and then after she had then at her birth, she gave them back so they could someday be regifted by the maker to another lady.
I felt so nice when Lynne told me this story and ask if she could give them to me. I light then each o and during the tww when I feel the need to calm and focus.
Last night I felt like I was close to implanting and feeling worked up so I went to use then and couldn't find a candle. The only thing I had was a cheep tealight the little foil cup ones. They usall last a hour or two. I lit it at 12:30 last night.


It was burning steady at 7am this morning... I cried softly with the utmost joy when I woke to that right beside me in the early morning light. I'm not much for "signs" but the little Jewish girl could not help but think of the hanukkah festival of the lights and the conection

[AmandaMom]

Newbian - I'm hoping your pink spots were implantation!! Your symptoms seem to be lining up nicely. this is IT! I do not know how many pregnancy points I have on FF because I am not a VIP member. I thought about paying, but decided it would probably just give me more to obsess and stress about.

somegirl99 - Thanks for sharing the pics of the turkey babies! They were super cute. I'm sure they'll bring lots of luck to this board. We're due for a couple of BFP's!

novanic - I usually O between cd18 and cd21. This time it was cd20. I've heard, however, that clomid is supposed to make you O earlier. Who knows, I'm sure it's different for everyone. It is common to get more than one positive OPK. I'm certain this means you are O'ing, so do what you need to in order to catch that egg!

Adorkable - Your candle story gave me chills! I'm sure this was a sign.

AFM, I could hold out no longer and tested this morning at 11dpo. BFN. I'm feeling down about it, but I've just had this feeling since before O that next month, our third try, would be the lucky one. I'm staying positive, and I keep reminding myself it ain't over until AF shows.

[Blanca78]

Adorkable,
That is a beautiful story--what a neat legacy for a gift to have.

Amandamom--sorry for the BFN! You're right, it's not over yet. And if not this time, then your feeling may well bear out next month...

[rmiriam]

Adorkable - if you're a city girl, and your DH needs to be near the Red Line, check out Eckington, in NE DC. It's near the VA hospital, which I assume is one of the ones he'll be at, and affordable but not scary (I live there!) It's between the New York Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue metro stops (red line)

Newbian - definitely keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Somegirl99 - thanks for the super cute photos!

Amandamom - it's not over 'til AF comes, right?

AFM - CD 20, and no temperature spike, although I feel like O has come and gone. DH had oral surgery yesterday, so I hope it has, because there's not going to be much BDing for a couple of days!

[novanic]

rmiriam - I'm on CD20 also with no temperature spike . I did get a positive OPK on Sunday and again yesterday. This morning's OPK was also pretty dark but not quite a positive. I'm hoping to ovulate today and get a nice spike tomorrow or the next day. I feel like I'm having some ovulation pangs and twinges. I keep feeling a dull ache similar to how I feel when AF is around the corner.

I hope you Oed at just the right time!

[~Adorkable~]

so i have lost my thermometer?

how the hell can i loose my thermometer?!!!

i want my thermometer!!

[Blanca78]

Sitting here two days past my normal LP and no AF. Hmm. But I'm not pregnant. I did lots of research and apparently there have been no scientifically recorded pregnancies (in any known studies) that occurred the day after O, which is the only time we DTD that was remotely fertile. And I took a test this morning, BFN. This can only mean the B6 is working, I hope, but still, any cycle aberrations make me nervous. I'm sure I'll get it tonight, I had some mild cramping this afternoon.

I'm about ready to throw this whole waiting thing out the window, ladies. One more cycle to go (really, two, but I think I can fudge it). However, I honestly don't know if I can last even through this next one.

Someone get a BFP quick! I need my fix!

[~Adorkable~]

well having a longer LP would be so great for you! so im hoping its that

[jtc77]

Originally Posted by •Adorkable•

so i have lost my thermometer?

how the hell can i loose my thermometer?!!!

i want my thermometer!!

Lol! Did you find it yet? I know I would feel naked without mine.

[Blanca78]

Originally Posted by •Adorkable•

well having a longer LP would be so great for you! so im hoping its that

It is! Whoo hoo! 12 days, baby. 12 days. I guess the b6 worked.

[AmandaMom]

Blanca - Hooray for 12-day LP's!

Adorkable - How are you feeling? Have you found your thermometer yet?

rmiriam & novanic - Any signs of O having come and gone? I hope you get some strong crosshairs very soon!

Newbian - Still plan to hold out until this weekend to test?

AFM, AF is due tomorrow. My breasts are usually sore about a week before AF, but nothing this time. I'm not sure lack of sore breasts can be counted as a pregnancy sign! If AF doesn't show tomorrow, I will test on Friday - 15dpo.

[novanic]

Blanca - Great news, I'm glad the B6 is working for you!

AmandaMom - Keeping my fingers crossed hard for you for a BFP on Friday!

Adorkable - Did you find your thermometer? I have two in the house now b/c I thought I had lost one at some point so I purchased another and then found the first one

AFM - CD21 and I have to go to the lab for the blood draw. I don't even know if I Oed yet. I guess that's the point of the blood test. Last month the Dr. said that I just made the cut off for progesterone (15). No temp spike today . I've started charting at FF as well as TCOYF. I noticed that I did have a temp increase on CD18 and in my notes I wrote that I had an "almost positive" OPK a couple of days before that. Do you think it's possible I Oed on CD17? But then why the two positives on CDs 18/19? I'm so confused and a little frustrated ! If this month doesn't do the trick I may take a month away from charting and Clomid. I did put my FF chart on my home page if anyone would like to see what they think. Thanks!

[prof.alex]

AmandaMom - Yes, fingers crossed!

AFM, had my two DIUIs Monday and yesterday. RE bumped my cervix yesterday, and I had some significant spotting yesterday as a result. (Insult to injury?) So now I'm enduring the 2WW. I'm such a patient person about everything but this. DH finds it hilarious. I can sit in traffic or stand in a line for hours happy as a lark, but this is like mild torture. And, if it's a no-go this cycle, we'll wait until July for my new medical-spending account -- talk about impatient waiting then! Oh, and I asked about my donor's count. Apparently 7m is very good post-washing (my RE does his own washing). The prewashed count was 43m, which I guess is also good. Or else he's selling me a line. Learning as I go . . .

[~Adorkable~]

Originally Posted by novanic

Last month the Dr. said that I just made the cut off for progesterone (15).

15 is the goal, not the cut off, your doctor is blowing some smoke there. anything above 5 confirms O and since progesterone is notorious for spiking and dropping thru out the day no number by itself can be counted on too much.

as a example my RE will use progesterone to confirm O but not to rule it out and not to diagnose low progesterone, (both these things could be miss read from a random low test) is he feels that may be a issues it will be from continued symptoms and then he will do a series of progesterone tests over time to get an average.


AFM-
9DPO
had massive sharp pain on my left side yesterday and last night, felt like a cysts, maybe implantation??? ok im a dork it is fine today, i feel a tad beet up from it but good. I was also so tired yesterday it was crazy and that has resolved as well. i was feeling so shitty that i postponed my flight to DC till friday and I'm so glad i did. Now i can head there in a good mood, i did not really need the extra days, i still have 3 full days plus travel days.

no i have not found my thermometer and im heartbroken, this was going to be one of the few times i kept temping since i have such high hopes for this cycle, i wanted to see what it looked like. i have been dying from heat each morning, like really bad and keep wondering how hot i am, it is really nuts. between that and my "Boobs From Planet Hell" i must have a crap ton of progesterone running amok in my system, but i guess that is what so many follicles will do for ya? fun fun
i keep thinking that the thermometer cant be far and its taunting me, i dont see the same type for sale around here, i think they changed they style and i like the old one, it seems better sealed for vaginal temping. hopeful i lost it because i will never need it again!



So my other not so amusing news this week? i got in a fight with my lawnmower on sunday about whether rocks belonged in my eyes, it won and i ended up in the ER. I'm ok but i have a nasty scratch on my left eye and its all bloody inside. yuck. I'm a girl that usually wears safety glasses for everything, since i have gotten real used to the them on my metals studio, i tend to just where them all day when im tinkering. well sunday morning in a strange movie like foreshadowing , i woke up with something in my left eye and bugging my contacts, so i took them out and was wearing my prescription glasses, since i had those on i was lazy and di not go dig out my safety glasses that fit over them. the rock was kicked up at really high speed and got just under the edge of my glasses and knocked them of and got me eye.
thankfully it hit *just* into the white as 3mm farther into the center would have been a much worse injury.

WEAR YOUR SAFTY GLASSES GIRLS! go find a good pair that you like, there are some really nice ones that dont cost much at all, my favorite type are 8 bucks. and then get in the habit of wearing then any time you are working with any chemicals, powered tools, over your head, or dust. You only have one set of eyes, and i nearly only had 1/2 of that. i dint mention this earlier because i kept getting sick when i thought of how close it all came to being horrible beyond compare. Now that im healing good the thankfulness and perfective is coming into focus (pun so very much intended)

[Newbian Mama]

Hey ladies, just wanted to let you know that I am thinking of you all. I haven't posted this week because of been feeling kind of blah. You know that feeling like you're not quite well but not quite sick? Hopefully, I'll be 10% back to my normal self soon.

BTW, I can't test until after Saturday since I have no FRERs!

I've read all your posts and I'm keeping up with everybody.