The Fabulous ONE THREAD - for the win! 12/28 - 1/8 - Page 10

[ValH]

StephandOwen -   Just know that you will be in my thoughts and prayers. 

TalkToMeNow - I don't have any advice about the whole bleeding thing, but that is weird!  Did the doctor tell you why you might be bleeding?  I think I would want to know why before taking a month of BC to make it stop.  Whatever you decide, I wish you the best of luck and hope you get it worked out! 

AFM - 6DPO, and no spotting so far, so that's good.  My temp doesn't mean much this month, since I've been sick.  I really don't think this will be my month, though, too much stress.  In the past week, we found out that my 2 month old nephew may have cerebral palsy, I've gotten sick, my grandfather passed away, and my family is being super dysfuncational.  When it rains, it pours...

[Attached2Elijah]

Steph: Oh No! I'm so sorry to hear that... I hope that whatever is wrong works it's way out and you can come join us again soon. *hugs*

Stevi: Thank you for answering... I normally have somewhat short AFs anyway so maybe it is just the antibiotics then... it was a pretty strong one both times so I think I'm going to attribute it to that.

AFM: Woke up with a tiny brown spot this morning but I think it's safe to say AF is gone now. That was the shortest AF I have ever had. I'm just really hoping this cycle isn't going to be screwy because of this short AF... it would be REALLY nice if I had an early O since AF is gone so fast. We shall see, I guess. January has been a good month for me twice before with getting pregnant... maybe we'll get a 3rd baby due in October... I don't particularly want another birthday right around my DS and DD's birthday but I can't afford to give up a month to avoid it either. If I O on CD 14 (which I rarely do but am hoping for this month) then I will have the same due date as DS had :)

[not_telling]

Steph: Hope things start feeling better/making sense soon...

A2E: Ummm...any chance that wasn't a Real Period...and you're actually pregnant?  Cuz I know that can happen.

TalkToMeNow: I also would want to know WHY your bleeding keeps going and going.  How does doctor know you just need to get re-regulated?

AFM: ARGH!!!  My thermometer is driving me crazy!!  This is the third morning in a row that it stopped beeping before reaching the final quick beeps.  I really don't think I'm doing anything wrong.  I successfully used this thermometer every day from January to November in 2007.  And I didn't have any problems with it last cycle.  Today when it stopped, I turned it off and it said 98.6.  I spent the next minute telling DH I thought it was busted.  Then I got up, peed, came back to bed, took my temp again...this time the beeping didn't stop and it again said 98.6.  I was awake for about 1 3/4 hours before temping this morning (and I had to pee, of course, the whole time).  Now I'm wondering which was my more accurate temp yesterday...the 98.7 when I turned it off when it had stopped working, or the 98.0 when I tried again. And I'm wondering about accuracy overall.  Did my chart go triphasic??  Is my thermometer plotting to undermine my mental stability??

So, I thought I'd go get another thermometer today.  There's a CVS nearby, but I can't tell from their website if they sell any brands of basal thermometers others than the CVS brand.  Anyone use the CVS brand?  I have been using the BD brand.  I'm not feeling especially keen on driving around today because it will be snowing into the afternoon, so I'd prefer to just get what I can by walking to CVS. 

[nicolian]

So, I forgot to take my temp when I first awoke this morning so I did it when I woke again. Yesterday it was 97.43 and this morning it was 97.14.. so not a huge difference, right?

[MountainMamaGC]

Move me to waiting to know please.

I am supposedly 2 DPO but its more like 1.5 DPO as I think I O'd in the wee hours of yesterday morning. I woke up to very sharp O pains. I O'd 1 day earlier than usual and I took soy this cycle. DH and BD the 6 days prior to ovulation so I think my bases are covered. We thought about it last night but we were both tired and I am a little sore. So I think we are good.

[Attached2Elijah]

not_telling: The thought did enter my head...but unfortunately, today was pretty much proof positive that I'm not. I decided to take my temp (usually don't start until CD 10 or so) and it was down to what my normal pre-O temps are so I'm sure it was AF... it was just really light. I'm also thinking it might have been break through bleeding and I didn't O at all. I didn't have ANY of my normal O signs and I usually get them really strong. I was a really bad charter last cycle so a lot of those temps are taken under bad circumstances or just completely fabricated.

As for your therm, I've never heard of one doing that. I don't know what brand mine is... It's the purple one they sell at walmart. It's always worked okay for me... I would say if your temp got all the way up to 98.6 before turning it off, it was probably that high! I know if I take mine a second time, it's usually lower... especially if I opened my mouth or talked.

[CDsMom1031]

Please move me to "Waiting To O".

Glad I never wasted $$$ on a pregnancy test... Woke up to AF this morning.

On a good note, this was my first 30-day cycle since I quit BC in August 2008. I had 26-day cycles for 4 months, started the B-Complex, and within 2 months was at 30 days. WOO!!! =D

[vivica2]

please move me to waiting to be ready

CD2 here, and no holiday baby for us.  so well be trying again in may for a pisces!

fertile vibes to you all!!!

[sleepingbeauty]

Originally Posted by vivica2 

please move me to waiting to be ready

CD2 here, and no holiday baby for us.  so well be trying again in may for a pisces!

fertile vibes to you all!!!

 to you.  I've been in Waiting to be Ready for years (and will be there for years).  I hope you get your little Pisces!  I'm sorry you're so sad.  I find it best to drown yourself in a hobby of some sort to make WTT go a little faster.  There's aways rough days/patches but it'll pass by soon for you, don't worry.

[TalkToMeNow]

Hey everyone!  Sorry to those who AF found... hugs.  AFM, I'm on CD 11 and the bleeding has finally gone down to spotting... after 13 days!!  I'm pretty sure after researching that I had an anovulatory cycle last month and that's why I bled early and for so long.  So I'm just waiting around now to see where I am... hopefully everything will get normal and I'll O this week.  My dp is here now and won't be back till next weekend... maybe O will wait until next weekend and this will be the month!  :)

[not_telling]

Well, this morning (13DPO) my thermometer and I got along better.  It did try to stop a couple times, but I got it to start up again.  Temps still extra high, so my chart does indeed look triphasic.  However, yesterday I started feeling like AF was coming - some mild crampy kind of feelings.  But also a weird kinda burning sensation (which is something I noticed in the cycle when I got pregnant before).  At bedtime I noticed that some of my CM was very slightly brown-tinged and I saw a teensy teensy speck of bright red.  So I have a strong feeling that this is one of those triphasic charts that's NOT a pregnancy chart.  On top of all that, I couldn't resist the temptation after getting another high temp...I tested and BFN.  I'm expecting spotting to start within the next couple days.

Sigh...

Well, only the second cycle of TTC.  It will (probably) happen sooner or later...

[Mummoth]

Steph~ I hope this turns out to be a very temporary setback 

not_telling~ that is weird about the thermometer. Have you tried the other side of your tongue? I don't know about CVS, I bought non-BD one at one point and hated it because it didn't beep at all while I temped.

 to those who need them!

AFM~ It's CD 11 and FF is telling me that I'm 3DPO. There's no way I've O'ed, just no way. I've only had a 28 day cycle once in my life (when not on birth control) and that was the shortest it's ever gone. There's no way I'm having a 21 day cycle... but if I am, timing is good. And I'd be due 2 days after SO's birthday... and wouldn't that be the most awesome birthday gift ever?!

[StephandOwen]

Thanks ladies. A new day brings new hope. Things don't seem nearly as bad as they did 2 days ago... except now dh is stuck in an airport in Atlanta because he missed his flight so is spending the day waiting, trying to make it to Kansas City before the snowstorm hits there. Doh! But as far as the TTC thing goes, now that we've had time to let everything sink in and talk some more about our options it doesn't seem as bad. I still don't know what's going to happen, but there is hope. I was set to start the pill again today but we decided to hold off on it (don't want to keep starting and stopping the pill and messing with my body). I don't know if we're going back to condoms or what. Since dp is gone for work for most of this week we still have some time to figure out what we're doing before it even matters. I will probably continue lurking but that's about all until I know more.

[chicajones]

not_telling: hope you get everything figured out with your thermometer! I always feel skeptical of mine, especially because lately it seems like my temp changes are so tiny. But then, maybe it's just me. I'm somewhat tempted to try vaginal temping, but I feel like it'd be one more thing to worry about, and that I'd forget and go back to temping orally in my half-awake state. Also, 13DPO can still be too early to test for some people, so don't lose hope yet--you're still in the running until AF returns. ;)

StephandOwen: Glad to hear things are looking up, hopefully they will keep heading in that direction. :) Hope you can continue to hang around, even as things are in transition. 

TTCCholeorConner: Yay for a 30-day cycle! How much of the B-complex are you taking? If things don't work out this month and I end up having more weird cycles (mine usually go extra long), I was thinking about trying B Complex or maybe trying the Soy thing.

Nicolian: The difference 97.43 and 97.14 could be small or big, it kind of depends on your temps are. For me, that would be quite a jump, since I tend to stay pretty closely between 96.7 and 97.5. On the other hand, some people jump all over the place, so it really just depends on your body and how your temps are.

ValH: Sorry to hear you've had a rough week! I know what you mean--there have been a number of negative things that came up/happened this week and it's been rather rough. Sometimes one week can make such a difference--hopefully this week will be different in a POSITIVE and happy way! :) Any spotting yet? 

AFM, I'm now 9 DPO and starting to get to the point where I really, really want to POAS. I have a ton of cheapie internet test strips, but I'm trying to hold off so I'm not disappointed until it's actually worth being disappointed over (make sense?). My temps are still looking pretty good--almost triphasic, maybe? Or maybe I'm just hoping that's what I see. http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/32b88b

DH left today for a week long trip in Wales (UK). I'm jealous, kinda bummed that I can't go (had too much going on at work), but excited for him. I'm hoping (and praying) that I'll be able to test right before he comes back at 15DPO and get a BFP! It'd be such a great "coming home" present. But I'm also trying not to get my hopes up too much--after all, this is my first month really ovulating post-BC, and our first month of really "trying", so I know our chances are only at 15-25%. I just hope that if I don't get a BFP, AF comes on time so I can have another normal cycle next month.

[TalkToMeNow]

Chicajones, I think your chart looks good, but it'd be easier if I could compare to earlier charts.  How is it looking compared to where your temps normally are?  When would AF normally start?  Fingers crossed for you!

[Stevi]

TalkToMeNow...   Woohoo!!! I hope it continues to lesson and you ovulate in the midst of rampant BDing!!!

[nicolian]

New thread started!

[TalkToMeNow]

Thanks Stevi!