August 30-Something Mamas TTC #2 or more - Page 2

[Mama~Love]

Yay Michelle for +OPK's!

to all the newbies!

AFM - still waiting, still having a lot of EWCM, still -OPK's. I did a chart search on FF, and am feeling a bit better about having a late O. There are a LOT of + pregnancy charts from a late O.

[forthekids123]

Callie: Glad to hear your prolactin labs came back normal. Yeah for the end of AF.

Mollie: Sounds like you could use a mommy day at a spa. Tell your DH we said so.

Rebbecca: Congrats on O, and welcome to the 2ww

Emma: I'm right there with you, went to $store, and a bit nauseous

Michelle: I like when everyone has the same month for birthdays, works out good in our family. congrats on O

myorianna: if you are using ff, you have to set up a homepage under sharing, then if you tell me the www address, I can link it in the fist post.

sriddle: Why do you think you will have a irregular cycle, does that happen a lot for you?

EllyMayMomma: Have lots of fun


AFM: 9dpo, I know what your gonna ask so yes I did POAS and it was neg. I did my normal dissection too, broke it open, held it to a light, scratched it with my finger. POAS geek I know.

[Carolina Kel]

Howdy y'all...

Just checking in... and trying not to get frustrated.

AF was supposed to be here yesterday/today - she's not. Been popping BFN's all week, so I have an appt. with the doc on Friday to see what's shakin' and get a blood PT just to make sure and then to see what's going on.

I'm just hoping that maybe I counted wrong or something. I was soooo hoping for normal cycles this time; silly me...

And it's hard to start charting to see what the issue is if AF hasn't shown up.

The only thing that's keeping me sane is that RJ is finally home from Afghanistan, and he reminded me that I had a huge wait from when we did conceive our first to the first BFP because my HCG levels were so low with DS... so maybe there's still hope.

Well, Trystan, RJ and I are all keeping our fingers crossed....

Best of luck to everyone this month on catching the O-Train!

[Mama~Love]

Kat - I can only dream for something like that! Not happening in this life .

[Carolina Kel]

Originally Posted by Carolina Kel

I had a huge wait from when we did conceive our first to the first BFP because my HCG levels were so low with DS... so maybe there's still hope.

Pardon the narcissistic self-quoting...

An interesting thing I found on hGC levels:

hCG levels are also higher in women carrying a female fetus when compared to women carrying a male fetus, so it is possible that the pregnancy test becomes positive later in women carrying a male fetus
... And we did have a DS. So here's to hoping!

Here's some info on hGC levels: Early Pregnancy Normal hCG Levels and Pregnancy Tests -FAQs

[sapientia]

Ok, I posted in the old thread cause it seems I really have no idea what month it is.

so here ya go:
ugggghhh I don't even know if I ovulated this time. Would my toddler deciding to nurse 24-7 all of a sudden delay or suppress ovulation? No, I don't chart, generally I can tell...I got my usual abdominal mittelshmertziness (how do ya like that new word? ) but I didn't get a whole lot of ewcm this time. any input?

[shymama]

ok, so I'm pretty sure i'm 3-4 dpo and I have a bunch of symptoms(or i think anyways).
I feel sooo tired all day but I can't sleep at night. My nose is in overdrive. All day i feel so nauseous even though I have been wanting and do eat all day. And my breasts are so sore and swollen. It hurts them if I lay on my side...ouch...I feel like I have 2 water balloons. DH says they look a bit puffy too.

I don't usually have any of those symptoms ever( unless i'm pregnant). So what do you think? Is it too early for those symptoms? I'm crossing my fingers here

[EllyMayMomma]

sapientia - I just posted in July as well.

AFM - I need to move to 2ww! I have a +OPK today and more EWCM than I have had in 2 yrs! I have been on some medication for that long that really dries you up and have now been off of it for a month. Hopefully this is all we need!

[sapientia]

shymama: sounds promising! My early symptoms are generally peeing in the middle of the night and heartburn...I personally have gotten those around 5 days into a new pg.

EllyMaymomma: good luck!!!

[forthekids123]

sapientia: Definitely a toddler nursing more would through off your O, but with the ewcm and pains, maybe you did O.

Rebbecca: 3 or 4 days seems early for symptoms, but who knows. Seems everyone is different. Some bodies go crazy earlier then others.

EllyMayMomma: yeah for EWCM and Pos opk. Hope this is your month!!

AFM: 10dpo bfn, I swore I saw a phantom line, but after dh got out the magnifier, and I uploaded, and tweaked, I can say no line, and definitely a bfn. I know this happens with stupid dollar tree hpt's.

I'm so nauseous this morning!!!!

[Tulpen88]

Originally Posted by Mama~Love

AFM - still waiting, still having a lot of EWCM, still -OPK's. I did a chart search on FF, and am feeling a bit better about having a late O. There are a LOT of + pregnancy charts from a late O.

Mollie - I'm glad that the chart gallery at FF made you feel better about late O. I hope you O soon! It sucks that the Clomid didn't help with an earlier O.

Originally Posted by Carolina Kel

... And we did have a DS. So here's to hoping!

Here's some info on hGC levels: Early Pregnancy Normal hCG Levels and Pregnancy Tests -FAQs

Any updates?

Originally Posted by sapientia

Ok, I posted in the old thread cause it seems I really have no idea what month it is.

so here ya go:
ugggghhh I don't even know if I ovulated this time. Would my toddler deciding to nurse 24-7 all of a sudden delay or suppress ovulation? No, I don't chart, generally I can tell...I got my usual abdominal mittelshmertziness (how do ya like that new word? ) but I didn't get a whole lot of ewcm this time. any input?

So sorry! I imagine that all that nursing could delay or suppress ovulation easily. Oh, and I love the word "mittelshmertziness"! That cracked me up. Anyway, I'm sorry you're having an ambiguous cycle.

Originally Posted by shymama

ok, so I'm pretty sure i'm 3-4 dpo and I have a bunch of symptoms(or i think anyways).
I feel sooo tired all day but I can't sleep at night. My nose is in overdrive. All day i feel so nauseous even though I have been wanting and do eat all day. And my breasts are so sore and swollen. It hurts them if I lay on my side...ouch...I feel like I have 2 water balloons. DH says they look a bit puffy too.

I don't usually have any of those symptoms ever( unless i'm pregnant). So what do you think? Is it too early for those symptoms? I'm crossing my fingers here

Who knows? I would imagine it's a little too early for symptoms, but everybody is different. I guess that normally a baby hasn't even implanted by 3-4 dpo, so it'd be hard to have symptoms that early... but it seems like you hear about it sometimes, so maybe!

Originally Posted by EllyMayMomma

AFM - I need to move to 2ww! I have a +OPK today and more EWCM than I have had in 2 yrs! I have been on some medication for that long that really dries you up and have now been off of it for a month. Hopefully this is all we need!

Whew, hopefully the 2ww will fly by for you! It's great that you were able to get some EWCM.

Originally Posted by forthekids123

AFM: 10dpo bfn, I swore I saw a phantom line, but after dh got out the magnifier, and I uploaded, and tweaked, I can say no line, and definitely a bfn. I know this happens with stupid dollar tree hpt's.

I'm so nauseous this morning!!!!

So sorry about the BFN. Your magnifier & tweaking treatment gave me a laugh though. Thanks for sharing. And I love that your DH was helping with it. When I go into POAS insanity I don't involve my DH. I think he'd think I was crazy if he saw me take a magnifier to a pee stick. (Not that I havne't done it... he just hasn't seen me do it)

AFM - Nothing to report, other than we've all got colds. So I've got a cold, DH has a man cold, and DS has a man cold jr. DS woke up at 4 am and didn't go back to sleep, so now I'm exhausted. I'm afraid this evening is going to be full of TV viewing b/c I just want to lay on the couch and snooze and go to bed as soon as DS is asleep.

[Carolina Kel]

Originally Posted by Tulpen88

Any updates?

Still popping up BFN's, but no AF. I go in for a blood PT on Friday. Every single POAS test has popped negative.

I still feel intermittently icky in the mornings, boobs are slightly sore and the crazy cramps have gone away. I haven't been eating noshing on the typical pre-period food pyramid (Salty, chocolately, crunchy, creamy) like I normally do, and the uber-super beotch goddess syndrome hasn't hit me. I really don't know what's up with this.

So here's to some kind of results of some sort on Friday.

Until then, your anxious, stick-peein' friend -
CK

[prettyred]

Hello. I wasn't very active last month, but I did check in every once in awhile. Happy for everyone who got a BFP and sending good vibes to the rest of you.

Mollie, it's funny (not funny funny but strange/coincidental) that you mention the tattoo. I had a m/c in June and lately I've been obsessed with getting a tattoo. Maybe there was a connection I didn't even know about. Hope you post a pic of your design.

I was charting last month but got into a bad habit of staying up too late and had some bad nights of sleep. I stopped taking my temp every am about a week ago. It never seemed to go up. (?) I was pretty sure when I O'd.

I thought AF came the other day. But now I have the WORST metallic taste in my mouth. And my boobs are still feeling heavy--whereas my period is not nearly as heavy as it usually is....

Could it be??? I'd been thinking July would be a practice run, I'd pretty much talked myself out of getting pg till next cycle. (Or, really, hoping I'd have one more month before starting it all over--at the same time being very anxious it won't happen.) Now I'm tearing through my closet trying to find a test...

[prettyred]

Kel, AF took me by surprise as I wasn't my usually weeping freaking-out PMS self and no insane croissant cravings as per usual.

Maybe we'll both get that BFP this week. I'm unexpectedly ambivalent about it. Prob because of the m/c. And bc it's sooo icky and steamy outside.

[littlestinkers]

I hope it is okay for me to Join in here....
I just start ttc and would love some support. I just got my ppaf Monday and not sure how long my cycles will be. This is my 1st af since I got pg with my twins in 06...

[Mama~Love]

Callie - I'm so sorry everyone has a cold . I know all about the "man cold", believe me!

My feeling OK was short lived. Ugh, I feel so messed up. I get so pissed off at DH, because he usually takes DD to bed with him, then we can't BD. He's too lazy to get her in her own bed. Trying to BD somewhere else won't work either. DH has said "it's the bed or nowhere" before. Not sure what his thing is about that; I'd do it anywhere .

So, last night when I got home, I broke down crying again as I discovered DD in our bed again. I'm getting extremely discouraged and losing any hope of having another. I don't know what to do. I'm such a mess.

[mclisa]

No symptoms yet for me as I linger in the 2ww.

[mclisa]

Originally Posted by Mama~Love

[B]

So, last night when I got home, I broke down crying again as I discovered DD in our bed again. I'm getting extremely discouraged and losing any hope of having another. I don't know what to do. I'm such a mess.

Time to break out the sticker chart. A sticker if she stays in her bed all night. Once she gets 7 then she can go out for a date with either mommy or daddy. The purpose of the date is the time spent together not the money. So it could be playing a board game (with no one else involved), or a walk, bike ride. What ever would appeal to her. Can't be a new toy.

[Tulpen88]

Mollie - Maybe you need to have a frank conversation with your DH. Tell him that if he wants to have another baby, you have to be able to have sex. He won't do it anywhere but the bedroom, but he brings DD to bed. Obviously, something has to change. Maybe if you just lay it all out like that he'll understand. When things like that come up with me and DH, I hate bringing it up because it seems so obvious. But just because it's obvious to me, doesn't mean it's obvious to him. KWIM? I hope he gets it.

Sandra - Welcome!!! Crazy that this is your first PPAF after your twins! Does that mean you caught an egg without ever getting a PPAF when you got pregnant with your DD? Wow! How neat that all of your kids have Z names.

Prettyred - I'd test if I were you. I can't sit around and wonder. It would drive me crazy!

AFM - This cold sucks. I'm running a low fever and it shows on my chart. Hopefully we'll all be better soon. DH and I have no interest in sex right now. How could we, when we're all congested, coughing, achey, etc. We have 3 more days to get over this crud. Guess I better go fix some green tea...

ETA - Michelle -

[Carolina Kel]

First and foremost, thanks to the Mama who told us about how she takes apart her POAS tests to check after a BFN... I am totally loving you like mad right now!

I am cautiously optimistic this morning - did a POAS later in the AM than I normally do, saw something besides the big, pink line... I'm thinking, hmmm... I can't tell. So I remembered the fabulous Mama who disassembled her tests just to be sure... And there was a faint, faint line.

Then I got excited and took apart the rest of the ones in the trash... It's definitely a very light line on today's. I'll test later on today just to see if I'm not seeing things.

Ooohbabydust! Please land on me.