Vegans TTC in ~SUMMER~ 2010 - Page 7

[birdie.lee]

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[Silverbird]

Hi Birdie,

I've not herd that about tea tree.

I recomend "Your non-toxic pregany" by Susan Marroit. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Non-tox...5&sr=8-1-spell

It's up to you how far you go with avoiding toxins etc but I would recomend throwing out any comercial cleaners and using vinager and baking soda.

[birdie.lee]

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[Silverbird]

Hello all you vegan ladies! How r u?

Thanks for the vegeterian mother cook book! I got it last week and it's lush! Really got me cooking again!

I just wondered if you guys know about http://www.themothermagazine.co.uk/
as far as I know it's the only 100% vegan attachment parenting magazine. I think it's great!

[birdie.lee]

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[Vegan Princess]

Hi ladies,

I just ovulated yesterday. So I'm in the 2 week wait! I'm down to 1 nursing/day w/my DD so I'm hoping my luteal phase will be long enough for a baby to implant! My midwife and new OB both ordered hormone testing this cycle. I am having my progesterone tested twice- once tomorrow and again next week. Not sure what my midwife's reccomendations will be but the OB was quick to reccomend clomid! She and midwife both think maybe my ovulation isn't strong enough. The ob did say I could try progesterone first though - next cycle. I've seen a lot of nursing mamas get prego on progesterone. I'm not willing to take clomid. I would rather wean! I'm pretty sure it's the nursing causing the problems. Anyway, fingers crossed about this month!

Where are you ladies in your cycle? Thanks for the mag link - gonna have to check it out.

Cindy

[birdie.lee]

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[Silverbird]

Fingers crossed for you birdelee and vegan princesse!

I'm cd 11, but not looking for much to happen untill we see a doc.

[birdie.lee]

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[KBL7]

Coming out of my lurking place

Hello Ladies,
I have not posted in a long while. The journey gets hard sometimes, but here I am ready to obsess.
We have spent most of this year cleansing, health building and getting out of radon, so we are super excited and hopeful.
My current cycle has been very weird, it seems as though I O'd twice. We BD the whole time, not wanting to miss anything.

Now we wait...
TWW = Terrible Weeks Wait

My DH is certain that I am pregnant. He has been saying that since 3DPO. I have faith that the Lord will Bless us according to His will and in His time. However, I don't want to get too excited that this it and then crash hard as this journey has been very long for us.

My body is acting weird, so there is reason to hope. I have bloating, tender/sore breasts, almost constant cramp/twinge/pressure feelings in my uterus and urinating more volume.
The other night we were stopped to open our gate and I said "Oh skunk!" My DH got out and opened the gate and got back in the car and said "There is no skunk smell out there" I asked "Are you sure?" He said "Yes, there is no skunk smell." I asked rather confused "So, why do I smell a skunk?" He said "Because you are pregnant!" LOL

We shall see...

[birdie.lee]

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[Vegan Princess]

Mmm, biscuits sounds great!

I'm 9 dpo. BFN this morning. I'm also sick. And my baby is too. No fun! I am guessing AF will show tonight. If not, my luteal phase might be getting longer from cutting down the nursing. We shall see.

I don't think you should start to feel symptoms until after implantation. Though I've heard of people feeling sick before. With my DD, other than implantation spotting, bleeding gums were my only tell tale sign. Often, prego symptoms don't start for a few weeks after your + test.

Cindy

[KBL7]

I am done obsessing

Thanks for your replies Ladies.
While it is very sweet that my DH obsesses, I wish he had not done so with such certainty. I got all excited and then... AF came. She is nearly gone now. I was hoping that it was just some early pregnancy spotting, but it came full on accompanied with nasty cramps. I continued to have "pregnancy" symptoms through AF too!

From now on, no symptom has any meaning until AF is late.

Just a side note, my mother had "periods" with all of her pregnancies the entire 9 months. I sometimes wonder if that will be the case for me.

See, I really must stop obsessing.

[Vegan Princess]

Hi girls,

I got my hormone tests back. My progesterone is wayyyyy low (not surprised bc of my short luteal phase) but my FSH came back elevated too. I was shocked by that and started freaking out bc what I read says that means your egg quantity and quality is decreasing! I was reassured bc an infertility dr that nursing can screw up the reading. So I am trying not to freak until I wean and restest (if I don't get prego after weaning). In any case, I've come to the conclusion that I'm just not going to be able to conceive while still nursing. So I have decided to wean. It's a bit sad. But hopefully my body will finally go back to normal!

I'm on cycle day 7. I'm trying soy this month. Today is my last day taking it. Hopefully it will do the trick! I don't hold out much hope at this point though until after my body is back to normal.

Cindy

[somegirl99]

Originally Posted by Vegan Princess

I got my hormone tests back. My progesterone is wayyyyy low (not surprised bc of my short luteal phase) but my FSH came back elevated too. I was shocked by that and started freaking out bc what I read says that means your egg quantity and quality is decreasing! I was reassured bc an infertility dr that nursing can screw up the reading. So I am trying not to freak until I wean and restest (if I don't get prego after weaning). In any case, I've come to the conclusion that I'm just not going to be able to conceive while still nursing. So I have decided to wean. It's a bit sad. But hopefully my body will finally go back to normal!

Good luck, I hope weaning does the trick for you!

[TrishWSU]

Hey ladies! I'm going to thread stalk you I'm a newly animal-free eater (I hesitate to call myself vegan since it's more for health reasons than anything else.) I'm not planning to TTC until next June, but I'd like to read up and be prepared for anything I might encounter. I'm sure I'll have some interesting questions about the veg*n and pregnant thing.

Although I hope you all get BFP soon and then I can thread stalk you in your DDCs

I've seen a few of you post about vitex...When I was TTC my surro son and surro daughter I took a supplement called femaprim (maybe femaprin?) It was a vitex + B6 combo. I had 28 day cycles but I ovulated on cd 22. After one cycle taking it I was ovulating on cd 15.

[Vegan Princess]

Well I'm excited bc I got a + OPK today and it's only day 12 of my cycle. So I should O today or tomorrow. Last month was day 18! So either the soy or the weaning or both has significantly moved up my ovulation. I always O'd around day 12 or 13 before my baby....so I'm hopeful that this might mean my body is going back to normal!!!! We shall see.

My OB said to wait 2 cycles then test again if I'm not prego. So I know it may take a couple cycles for my body to return to normal after weaning.

What's up w/everyone else??

Cindy

[TrishWSU]

I'm thinking fertilization thoughts for you!

[Silverbird]

Hi vegan ladies!

Still around?

Graduated to DDC's?

We're still waiting on the doc appoinmnets.

Unforutnaly dh's condtion means he can't ejeculate so we've got to wait for the appoinment through we might see about home isemination as well.

hope everyone else is having better luck than us.

Silverbird

[Vegan Princess]

I'm still here. 10 dpo. I'm not hopeful that I am prego this month. But wondering how long my luteal phase will end up, now that I'm not nursing anymore. It was 10 days last month so we shall see. I am expecting AF any time really but hoping she stays away at least a couple more days.

Cindy