**Let freedom ring and bring us a BFP EXPLOSION!**The ONE Thread ~July 3 - July 9~ - Page 3

[SilaMarila]

Originally Posted by polyhymnia 

Sila, i am still finding my way around here, and we are off on a two week vacation at the end of the week - will that be okay if you add me now? I am just waiting to sort out my cycle post IUD ...

Of course! I have added you to Waiting to Ovulate. Have a wonderful vacation and welcome!

[remark71]

Biffer and Cellist  congratulations and have a happy and healthy 9 months.  Also sending sticky vibes.

Good luck to everyone, think fertile thoughts.

AFM: Can I be moved to waiting to O.  AF came today, hopefully this means that my body is readyto move forward since the D&C.  I am not sure if I should just hold off on taking any medications for fertility this cycle or try either Soy or Clomid.  I have 2 refills on the script I used for the pregnancy that ended with the D&C but the doctor did want me to wait 2 cycles before trying, that is why I thinking of taking the Soy instead.  I have heard that you are more fertile after a miscarriage, so I am hoping that will still work for a D&C.  I really don't want to wait another 18 months before conceiving again. 

Welcome to all those who have joined.  Take Care and Good Luck.

[Gemmine]

Yikes, I'm behind. Congratulations to our newest crop of BFPs! Welcome new ladies!

remark: AF is usually bad news, but I'm glad to see this step forward for you.

Sila: I started feeling guilty thinking what if something is wrong and I eventually need to show my charts to a doctor?? So I started temping again just in case. I'm surprisingly not stressed about it, at least this cycle because my expectations are so low for this cycle. Just slowly marching to 11DPO to see what's going on. Had some cramping last night so it's either implantation or PMS :-) How are you?

[BubbleMa]

Originally Posted by Cellist 

SilaMarie, you can move me now.  I am superstitious, but I already told y'all, so you can move me and if this isn't the bean, we'll try again.  Hope baby hangs on tight!

I already broke the food rules and ate a soft serve ice cream today. LOL

Soft serve ice cream is a no-no??
 

[SilaMarila]

Sila: I started feeling guilty thinking what if something is wrong and I eventually need to show my charts to a doctor?? So I started temping again just in case. I'm surprisingly not stressed about it, at least this cycle because my expectations are so low for this cycle. Just slowly marching to 11DPO to see what's going on. Had some cramping last night so it's either implantation or PMS :-) How are you?

I think what's most important is doing what you feel is best  I was having a total Everyone-is-Pregnant-Except-For-Me day until I went to acupuncture this afternoon. I'm trying not to get too excited but she thinks I will O sooner than later. She wants me to get back on the temping band wagon to confirm. DS had a cold and some teeth that have been bothering him so I wasn't bothering because my sleep was so messed up. She used electric stimulation on the points around my ovaries to encourage ovulation and get more circulation to them. The whole time I was laying there I just kept thinking about those little eggs! She wants to see what my body will do on its own (and seems to have accepted the fact we aren't preventing and are trying this cycle). If my body still can't seem to ovulate on its own she is going to start me on herbal treatments to stimulate ovulation. I'm even more excited that DH has his first appt with her this week! I've totally bought into this whole TCM acupuncture thing (could you tell). After last week I feel like I am finally catching up on chores/cleaning. The miscarriage really wiped me out emotionally, physically, and hormonally. I'm really ready to get back to BDing  hopefully it amounts to something! Fingers crossed that it's implantation for you! Right now I'm pretending you had an implantation dip at like 6DPO and missed it and now you are feeling that little bean burrowing in hehe.

[tantylynn]

Holy moly, CONGRATS to all those BFPs!! 

And welcome to the newbies! I know you'll find the friendship and support you're looking for here 

Sila I'm so excited for you! You are really selling me on the acupuncture. If the Clomid doesn't work, I'm thinking maybe I'll try it out...

AFM, I think I Od today!! I had a + OPK yesterday, and another one today. My temp dropped a bit, and this morning when I got to work I had a huge amount of pressure and cramping on my right side. It lasted for about 30 minutes and was really tender to even move or touch. Now there's not much feeling there except an occasional dull ache. So I'm thinking I just had my first experience of O pain! Yippee! I am so excited! I told DH that as soon as he gets home IT IS ON  He's happy about that LOL. If I'm right, then we will for sure BD within the 12-hour window of O. I'm kind of scaring myself with how high my hopes are getting. I counted up my cycles since we started TTC, this is our 20th and I haven't felt this hopeful since like 1 through 6. Ah!

My hopes aren't only high for myself this cycle, my hopes are WAY UP for all of us. Let's keep these BFPs coming!! 

[Rainey Daye]

Okay, here's my wacky story. We headed out of town on Friday and I packed both pads and HPT's since I didn't know which I'd need (one chart said AF was due on Sunday and one chart said AF was due yesterday). Friday night at my parents/Bro&SIL's (they are neighbors to each other and we were visiting both) was insanely late (even Bug didn't make it to bed till after 11pm), but somehow or other even with no alarm I woke up at the right time to temp, so I decided to take a Wondfo test and got the faintest of faint lines. After heading off to our friend's house then for the rest of the weekend I still wasn't convinced, so the next morning I took both a Wondfo test and an EPT...the Wondfo one was again very faint and the cross line on the EPT was also very faint (I think I hate the plus sign tests and much prefer to just have one line mean a positive and two mean a negative). My temps were on the rise Saturday and Sunday (but I was dealing with a head cold/sinus issues, so I was still dismissive), but then Monday fell a bit...plus the Dollar Test on Monday was a negative and the Wondfo test was actually defective (no lines at ALL)...so I was just crossing my fingers that sticking was happening!!

We put Bug to bed right in the middle of our friend's big blowout party, just before the fireworks. After the fireworks were over and people were starting to head out (though it took prob two more hours for everyone to finally leave) I went inside and heard crying in the hall. Since our room was right beside our friend's little boys' room I thought at first it was their little dude (who is a few months older than Bug) cause it didn't sound like Bug. But it was him and as I went in the room he started coughing and choking and as soon as I got him upright he threw up. I hollered at someone to find DH and we got him cleaned up and decided to give him a breathing treatment. He finally seemed to be doing better and we got him tucked back into a clean bed. Middle of the night (which we didn't even get to sleep till 1am) he woke up crying, so we tucked him in bed between us. He woke up again having a hard time breathing right when I needed to temp, which I managed to do while comforting him and it kind of freaked me out to see my temp had dropped a good bit!! After my husband took over on the comforting of the little dude I headed to the bathroom and took the last test I had with me...a Wondfo test, which still at least had a faint positive line. We finally got home with not much sleep and I managed to get out to the store long enough for diapers for Bug and another pack of pregnancy tests (this time with the two lines for positives). On my way home DH called me and said Bug was doing worse and we ended up taking him to an urgent care clinic where they kept us till after 10pm, so it was another late night!! This morning Bug was again up at 4:45am (my normal temping time, since DH usually gets up then for work)...so again I managed to temp before getting out of bed just barely. It was a slight rise from yesterday and when I plugged it into Fertility Friend it changed my chart to say I had just ovulated...which made absolutely no sense!! So after Bug got his breathing treatment and was resting on the couch I finally got to the bathroom and took another test...cause I wanted a FOR SURE positive or negative that I could show DH!! My husband was actually still at home when I took the test, but I didn't tell him the results yet cause I want to surprise him because....

I GOT A FOR SURE BFP!!! WOOT!! Please pray that this little bean sticks!! It's been a bit weird cause this month I haven't been so anxious and was okay with it not happening this month and so I wasn't really looking at every possible sign thinking it was early pregnancy signs...and with so much going on lately and the lack of proper sleep it was easy enough to dismiss being tired or dizzy or even a little queasy...and I've still managed to eat decent amounts of food when I DO eat...but I'm guessing I'll have to actually eat regular meals now to make sure Bean gets what (s)he needs!! Fingers crossed this little one sticks and hoping for a girl this time since we may call it done after two kiddos.

So now I'm off to take Bug to his regular doc to get checked out here in a little bit and then I think we may stop at Target or Walmart to get his prescription and for me to get him a plain t-shirt to decorate with sharpies to say "Big Brother" so that I can surprise DH later when he gets home with some good news (poor guy didn't really get much of a break during his 4 day weekend...what with helping with party setup and having first a sick wife and then a sick kid)!!

[SilaMarila]

Congrats Texan!!! Snuggle in tight little bean! Keep us updated and let me know when you are ready to be moved! P.S. I can't wait until I get to do the "Big Brother" t-shirt thing 

Tanty - Ok, now I'm really getting high hopes for all of us 

[belacmsage]

Congrats Texan! H & H 9 months to you! Hope your Bug feels better soon too!

[Gemmine]

Congratulations Texan! That is a whirlwind of activity, jeez! Keep us posted.

tantylynn: Ok now you have me all hyped up. Not necessarily for me but definitely for you and everyone else! I approve of jumping DH when he gets home today: 

Sila: I'm always interested reading about your acupuncture sessions!

[Engineering_Mama]

Originally Posted by polyhymnia 

Oh, I had my mirena out on the same day!! Only we are TTC #1 and I am trying really hard not to get too crazy about it... we have a bunch of travel planned the next two months and I know it's going to mess with things. Oh well.  Good luck to you!

Polyhymnia: That's awesome. We can be 'conception buddies'. If this time is anything like the first time we conceived I should O 12-14 days after having the Mirena removed, so sometime this weekend. I'll just have to wait and see. Then I'll get to wait and see if I have a LP long enough to support a pg. Last time around my LP was fairly short (10 days) my 1st cycle post-birth control and then lengthened each cycle until I got pg. Can't wait to hear how things go for you. Enjoy your vacation.

Texan: Congratulations!

[finsmom]

Congrats, Cellist and Texan!! So happy for the both of you!

I was at work last night, mentally telling my ovaries to ovulate. This is what I have come to. A mental conversation between my brain and my ovaries telling them to ovulate, damnit!!

[polyhymnia]

Congratulations, TexanRomaniac - what a weekend!!

Engineering_Mama, thanks for sharing your experience. I'm hoping I'll have a similar situation but it's so hard to know - before the IUD I was on the pill for a long time so I am not sure how long it's going to take to get sorted.  I did have some light cramping right before I had it out, and then some light spotting in the first few days after, so we'll see.  

[finsmom]

Too many BFPS to keep up with! Congrats to Biffer as well!

[cygknit]

Holy BFP explosion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations ladies!

Sila, I'm sending happy thoughts to your eggs. I really love your viewpoint this cycle, it's inspiring me to stop moping so much ;) 

Hugs to you, remark. I really believe the whole "more fertile after a miscarriage" idea, I've seen it happen plenty. I hope it works for you, too.

Gemmine, I just want to give you a big old squishy hug. It sucks that you weren't able to spend your fertile time home with your DH--and worse that you had to be so torn between joy and sadness to boot. I've been so hopeless about this cycle, but seeing how relaxed you have been has really helped me a ton.

Have fun with the BDing, Tantylynn!

Texan, I was able to find a "Big Brother" iron-on at Jo-Anne Fabric for under $2.50 a few years ago, and they still had them last I looked. If you have one around it's WAY easier than trying to wrangle a shirt that wants to move around while you write on it.

Finnsmom, I've so BTDT. For all the conversations, cajoling, and even threats I've had with my ovaries they still insist on doing exactly what they want. Which is apparently not the same thing I want.

AFM, who the heck knows. If  I count my O day as they day I *think* I Od then I'm 9 DPO. If I go with the day that's likely 2 weeks from the start of AF, then I'm 3 DPO. Um, that's a HUGE difference. What kills me is that I started tracking my CM and using OPKs this cycle and yet I know *less* than normal. I started a chart of FF, but I started seeing the early fertile CM before I could find a BBT. (Mine must be in storage somewhere, and the store has been sold out both times I've looked.) So, this month I'm just charting CM, OPKs & BDing.

Actually maybe you guys could chime in and help me figure this out? I accidentally skipped one day of the OPK and that might of been the big day. I started them 1x a day at CD 10. At that point I'd had lots of wet CM for two days. Every day but CD 12 the OPKs were virgin white, no second line. On CD12 there was a faint pink line but nowhere dark enough for a +. CD 13--the day I think I O'd--I skipped by accident! I was trying to get myself going to a later time of day and ended up forgetting to take one to work and falling asleep quickly after coming home. CD 14 there was a faint line again, but after that there never were any second lines. I had serious wet/EWCM days 13-15, too. I used the OPKS again around the CD 18, which is about 2 weeks before AF will show, and had zero line again, and just creamy/sticky CM. Nothing exciting. Should I guess that I O'd that mystery day 13? Or should I assume that it was Sunday since that's the most rational?  Does this make ANY sense? It sure doesn't makes sense to me.

Oh, Sila can you stick me in 2WW? .

[Rainey Daye]

I'm not superstitious, so you can move me over anytime...though I may lurk a bit in the March DDC before posting there!!

[Gemmine]

cygknit: Heeeeyyyy there! Ok I would guess that CD13 is when you would have gotten a positive OPK which means you probably ovulated CD14 or 15. So if you O'd CD14-15 how many DPO are you now?

[cygknit]

Originally Posted by Gemmine 

cygknit: Heeeeyyyy there! Ok I would guess that CD13 is when you would have gotten a positive OPK which means you probably ovulated CD14 or 15. So if you O'd CD14-15 how many DPO are you now?

Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry I wasn't around last week. I admit to being pissed off in your favor re: spending all your time at the hospital. After SO's family left I kinda dissolved into a puddle of tired goo. Holy cow are they energetic. It was all I could do to just keep up reading here! Anyway, if I O'd on CD 14 then I'd be 8 DPO, or 7 DPO for CD 15. Not too shabby, considering the last day we BDed in that window was CD 14. I'm tempted to get excited.

[remark71]

Texanromaniac: Congratulations  hoping for a happy and healthy 9 months. 

Good luck to everyone, hope to see several more before the end of July. 

AFM: Nothing to report, just hanging out on CD2.

[toothfairy2be]

OMG Congratulations to all the BFPs! We are definitely starting off July with a bang! I hope the rest of us catch the baby bug before the month is out!

Sila- I love your positive attitude- I've been going weekly to Acupuncture & I'm so happy to see more people embrace TCM! Also,  I love the  mind/body connection with your eggs!! Lets hope it works!

Stevi- I know this was a while ago, but do you remember what your O day was before, during, and after the Soy- you said that your O moved up after you took it. I was at 17/18 CD  before taking the soy, and CD15 both months taking the soy... I'm not sure if I should worry it will get earlier this month :-/

cygknit & gemmine- I hope your BDing brings your BFPs--- Seems like for a lot of women the distractions of not knowing for sure or having fate out of your hands is what brings on BFPs!

Welcome to the newbies! You will find a lot of support and friendship in the One Thread, but I hope you don't have to stay long!

AFM: I'm CD7, my DH is only home for 2 more days, then we will be at my In Laws for 2 days, then he will be gone for 5 days. I am hoping the O doesn't come until CD 17 (Next Saturday) so that we can BD on Fri & Saturday. I haven't really boosted my chances at all since I'm figuring he will be away. I went to see my PCP today, what a load of bologna... I was given a referral for an OBGYN (who can then refer me to a fertility specialist--- all words spoken so kindly to someone clearly in distress about not being able to conceive--- really- like it is no big deal). Since, clearly, I don't really mind waiting another 6 months for someone to give a darn about my issues- Poo on them! Also, she gave me an Rx for Amoxicillin & told me I can try zyrtec for my ear popping--- after I'd just explained that I started acupuncture originally to treat my allergies- which was successful (haven't taken any allergy pills in 2 years). I mean seriously, they wont give you an antibiotic when you are hacking up a lung and have a 100 fever, but if you complain of ear popping unrelated to my recent cold, you get the pills... I just don't get it. I left there feeling like, are you listening to me??  Reason # 5,229 that I would like to do a home birth, thanks.