Escher- thanks for the kind words. I guess now that we were finally able to pick a different donor and bank things should get a little easier. SO told me that the swim team arrive around 12:30 pm. Insem should be around mid week if all goes well. I hope all is well with you and your little bean.
Congratulations on the BFP
Feeling generally mellow and hoping to stay that way. Planning to test on Thursday or Friday (12 or 13dpo).
Edited to add: Ummm, I just felt some sharp twinges on the left side. Not unlike what I have felt in previous 2wws. A little less painful than the last time but still there. So, I'll be on the lookout for twinges in my "girls", followed by those crazy blue veins I got last time I got a BFP (that became a chemical pregnancy). Let the fun begin! But not the craziness. I'm still mellow, I promise. :)
Twinges are good :) F/X for you!
Yay! Best thing ever! 
I hope your TWW goes by quickly.
Hey, maybe you could try having a prophetic pregnancy dream about me? 
Mami~ I'm so sorry you've been having family troubles. I hope your future is smoother, and involves your little one to be. Big hugs. xox
2ez~ WOOHOOO for a good insem!!! And yay for a bajillion swimmers! I'm keeping everything crossed for you and just KNOW this is the cycle for you!
NosReves~ Though I am a big Orwell fan (Down and Out in Paris and London: the best!!) Aspidistra's only the baby's 'belly name'. It originated in making fun of my pretentious cousin and her husband who named their baby Iphigenia, and now is just the name we're calling her 'til she comes out. We've a few choices for her 'real name' but are going to wait to meet her to make the final decision.
HappyCalm~ The shower was great, thank you for asking. My co-workers are so generous and kind. We got a LOT of bath toys and little outfits and a diaper bag and a bouncer seat. Just an embarrassing haul, really. I'll be writing thank you notes all break!! Yay for you and your twinges~ really a good sign. Everything crossed for you.
Max~ Won't be much longer for you now. Did you ever get your prize book?
Escher~ Still so happy for you!!!
AMom~ I'm sorry you have to have surgery, but I'm happy that it will result in lots of babies for you x The Alice shower is the 26th. I'm sorry you can't all get in your transporters and come have cake with us.
Isa~ Roller Derby~ hottt!!!! I've always wanted to go, glad you had a lot of fun. I'll have that jello now. Rock on!!
AFM~ Spring break is going very well. Lots of sleeping and getting projects done. We had a minor catastrophe Saturday night when the dog knocked over the paint thinner and got it on his paws, but we've cleaned him up and managed to get the smell out of various places. Now we've got the nail holes patched in the nursery and two bookshelves painted. It'll have primer tomorrow and the first coat of green by Wednesday. Yay!!! I love all the chances for napping too. Mmmmm.....
Prettyisa- Thanks for the compassion and kind words. Yes, Bella is adorable and if it were up to me she would get away with murder. SO seems to think she should follow rules and act like a dog(as she swaddles her like a newborn) but I do not see how that is possible being that she is the baby! A BFP would definitely be great news but we are realistic about the whole situation. We prepare for the worst and pray for the best.
AmandaMom- All the support really goes a long way especially from you guys on this board, thank you! We will be thinking of you as you go through the surgery process and hope everything works out for the best. KMFX
Library- I am hoping that the present doesn't get any rougher. We have been patiently waiting for your baby shower pics but with all that is going on our patience is very thin. 
You are almost at the end of your pregnancy and we can not wait to see little Aspidistra. We have a fresh pineapple downstairs on the counter and the swimmers in the tank at the foot of the bed. Waiting on that all so famous 
I picked up the fertility monitor today - for those of you that use one, do you always start poas on cd1? It says to use 10 sticks per cycle but I usually don't O until at least cd17 so that won't work for me will it? Yes, I'm too lazy to read the instructions....
I also got some internet cheapie opks so I'm going to start poas with those this Friday. FUN FUN FUN! I haven't poas for far too long lol
Off to acupuncture tomorrow...mmmm....I adore acupuncture.
Graceie, Qmama, AmandaMom, Library-Flaky donors really are the worst! He wrote to me saying that he had the flu. My dp has the theory that he only comes around when he really wants/needs the money which could very well be possible. I think it is just a hastle for him since he has to sneak around to do it. As of now I am not working so if we need to next month, it will be much less of a hastle. Still keeping my fingers crossed that we wont need to do that though.
Miami- Yes this board has definitely helped me not feel alone! Last cycle I taked to my best friend a lot but its just not something she can identify with. Especially since she was like "if i was pregnant i would get an abortion" gossssssh, NOT what I wanted to hear.
There sure are a lot of us 2ww!!! Here's to hoping the time passes quickly!
I'm at 4dpo, gonna wait til i miss my period to test on the 24th.
amandamom -sucky about the surgery but i guess if it cleans everything out and makes those tubes work at 100% it will be worth it. do keep us posted as that progresses! more hugs to you! :)
i have fx for everyone in the tww. :) i can't wait to hear of more bfps.
mami - hugs to you. i hope everything starts to settle down and you see a bfp really soon. :)
carmen - the cbem isn't complicated at all. we've been using it off and on since 2006. anyways, if this is a brand new one you are ready to rock and roll (used ones need to be reset). the first cycle it doesn't know you at all. therefore it will begin asking for pee sticks on cd6. so that first cycle really is the one that gobbles up the pee sticks. cd6 is because the "average" woman ovulates on cd14 (whatever, there is no flippin' average woman). basically when your af starts you program the monitor for cd1. however, note that the time you set this is really important - that will be the window when you need to feed it the pee stick for the rest of your cycle. so for example...af starts at 2pm. you need to set the monitor to cd1 the next morning. the testing window is now set to run for 3 hours before and 3 hours after that time. so...you set the monitor at 630am. now you can pee on your stick from 330am til 930am and the monitor will still accept it. i hope that made sense. if af starts early in the morning, then that day would be cd1. every morning press the button on the side of the monitor to see if it wants a stick. it will flash red and then display a pee stick image on the screen if it does. insert the stick once you've peed on it - it will make a nice click sound if you got it right and the pee stick image will start flashing. if it's not in right it won't start flashing.
after 5 mins it will show an image with an arrow indicating the pee stick should be removed. then it will display your fertility. one bar means low fertility. the stick will have a dark estrogen line (line on the right) and a low lh line (line on the left). 2 bars means high fertility. the stick will have a lightening estrogen line and the lh line may be getting darker. 3 bars plus an egg image means peak fertility. the stick should have a light estrogen line and a dark lh line. once you get your first peak there is no need to pee on any more sticks. it is automatically programmed to give one more day of peak and then one day of high. note that once you get high fertility it will stay on high until it detects peak.
once it begins to understand your cycle, it won't ask for the first pee stick so early - for my dp it doesn't ask for one until cd9.
i hope all that helped! :)
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Crystal- that is not what you need to hear. You really need to be able to stay positive about the whole situation. Let go of all the bad vibes. We hope you get that BFP this month. KMFX
Indigo- thanks for the hugs. Thankfully things have settled down a bit and we are really anxious to finally get that BFP.
Gelly- We hope this is the one for you. Good luck on that BFP.
Sending baby vibes and fairy dust to all my fellow ladies in the tww!
Hi guys: still processing over here. Got my test results from Friday and I'm at 178 on the HCG. Never thought I'd be so happy to be trending downward! I went from 9500 to 5000 to 178 in the span of 10 days which means my body is doing its thing. Hopefully it won't take long to get to 0. Donors are waiting in the wings and we're even searching for a third just to be sure. Have my ultrasound tomorrow to get the clear on the old uterus to make sure I don't have any tissue lingering around, presenting any potential for infection. Hate to become experienced on one more thing...but here I am ready to dispense information should anyone need it. I pray not. This has been the most emotionally challenging part of TTC so far.
Krista
Thanks, indigo! That is super helpful information! I'm going to start using it next cycle and then we were hoping to try the next cycle so I guess it won't have much time to "get to know me" but it will still work right? It is used so I guess I have to reset it.
I was usually unable to catch my surge in the morning with fmu or anything before noon actually....but that was with internet cheapies...I'm wondering if this will be different...? I guess I just have to try. Hopefully we'll catch the egg the first time and none of this will matter...wishful thinking!!
Krista.....it sounds like your body is totally taking care of itself and doing everything it needs to...good stuff!
Woo hoo, Gelly! Go, Swimmers. Go! (I just read Go, Dog. Go! last night 
)
Finally got that 
at about 5:40 pm. Looks like our first insem this cycle will be early in the morning. I hope we picked some strong swimmers!
Krista- glad to hear your body is doing what it needs to get better. We hope you're able to get back in the game soon.
Baby vibes to all!
Hey ladies~
Mami~ The shower's on the 26th and I promise to post a heap o' pix after that. I'm very excited to see what my creative friends come up with. Hope your life's all uphill from here.
Carmen~ I've never had acupuncture. What do you personally get from it? Do you feel immediate relief, or is it more of an ongoing thing?
Crystal~ Be careful with a sketchy donor. It should be all good for you, and I'd hate for someone else's issues to interfere. Yay for 4 dpo!! Symptoms yet? ;)
Indigo~ How much longer 'til you're on your way? I'm jealous of your trip!!!
Krista~ I too am so sorry that you have to gain this experience, but you really will be the wisest. I'm glad your body's doing what it's supposed to do so you can be on your way again soon xoxox
Gelly~ EVERYTHING CROSSED for you!!!!! You're brave indeed. Keep us posted on your symptoms.
AFM~ Still hard at work on the room. DP did a lot of sanding and wall-washing today. Tomorrow it's primer and ceiling paint and then Thursday I think we finally get to put some green on the walls. AT LAST!!!! I wish my hands didn't hurt so much and I could be more useful, but I'll do all I can. Still loving spring break!!
AF finally showed her face today (she is oh so welcome this month in my book) and she's making up for lost time.
We're ordering our swim team thursday 
I do believe and I think we're going to have them delivered around my day 14/15 just in case I o early (which has yet to happen before day 18 but still). Its gonna be a long month...
ISA: We aren't using the same donor (too much money mostly, and he has only IUI right now, which my doc said no no to me on that one). So im using this months donor of the month. Sara says i have a crush in him, which i wont deny. His baby picture is adorable, and the funniest thing is, he is my little sisters age! It cracks me up!
Hi everyone! Hope you lovely ladies are all doing well!
carmen if you google resetting the cbem i think you should find it....unless i have it stored on the computer here. let me see....
here it is:
. With the monitor off, place a clean, unused test stick with cap on in the
monitor. Make sure you hear the snap. (an expired stick will work for this part!)
2. Press and hold the ³M² button on the right side of the monitor.
3. Turn the monitor on.
4. You will get the ³Remove Your Test Stick² sign. Keep pressing the ³M² button. In about 20 seconds you will see a screen full of symbols, i.e., a telephone, a brush, the remove the stick, the insert the stick, you get the picture the screen will be full.
5. Remove the Test Stick and release your finger from the ³M² button
6. Your screen should display an ³M² in the lower right corner and to - in the top right corner. Your monitor has been reset and all the info has been wiped from it¹s memory.
SmilingSara~ Yah for AF! Glad that she finally arrived and that you will be inseming soon!
Library~ Thanks. I'm trying to stay calm and just let everthing happen as it is supposed to. I feel as if I have been fighting, fighting, fighting for the last 3-4 months...now that we are getting everything that we have been asking and praying for I just have to relax and release. Be calm.... 
...be calm!
Much baby dust for all the women in the tww!
library- haha, my only symptom is i make my self so nervous/anxious i think i have morning sickness! haha, then i remind myself that pretty much cant be possible! When are you due?
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