~*~The ONEderful THREAD~*~August 21 - August 28 - Page 8

[faerieliss]

Andthestars:  Yes your tues (my wed) is a good day for me as i've working early shifts the next two days and will be too busy.  Bubblema want to join us?

Gemmine sorry for missing your post too!  Nope not testing today.  Showing lots of self restraint for now!  Once it gets close to AF being due I find it much easier to just wait and see what happens.  Will test next week though!

[kittenbritches]

I was just about to put out an APB on Janellody, but then I remembered she was going out of town this weekend.  Whoops!  At least when she reads this she'll know she was missed. 

Corgi - I'm so sorry about today's BFN.  I really hope your body will normalize soon and you'll be able to get some answers.  Millions of hugs to you! 

Texan - I'm so sorry for your loss.  I'm sure those would-be dates will be tough, and hope you have some good news soon.  Crossing my fingers that you'll get your sticky rainbow  and a sibling for your LO soon.  

Brandy - I'm so glad your DH decided to get with the program!

Faerie - Wow, that's a long school year.  Is it like the year-round in the States where they have two weeks off from time to time?  I'm not a nurse, actually -- I was the director of medical records, so I dealt a lot with the nurses and physician...lots of med orders and diagnosis codes.  I really enjoyed it because I'm a bit of a medical nerd and a little (maybe a lot) anal retentive, so it was a good fit for me.  I'd consider doing it again for a company that valued its employees more.  Blah.  I'm actually a SAHM now.  When I quit, I immediately started homeschooling DS, and now I'd be hard-pressed to find something that would work with our schedules (DH is in school and the Army National Guard *and* works full-time) and leave me earning enough to cover child care for DD and make it all worth it.  Financially we are scraping by (barely)...but there's an end in sight!  DH should graduate in April!  And if for some reason he doesn't, I will burst into flames!! LOL.  What do you do for work?

BubbleMa - AF is due around the 30th/31st for me, too.  I'm testing tomorrow, though.  :P  When are you planning to test next week?  Are you going to wait for AF to be late?

AFM - I just checked my cervix and it is SO LOW.  Honestly, (sorry if TMI) my middle finger was only in to the second knuckle and I could feel it.  I think I mentioned a while back that my uterus had some freak prolapse last year (approximately 2cm and 2 years after my last pregnancy) and I couldn't ever reach my cervix before then.  But now I'm worried with it being so low -- if I am pregnant or get pregnant anytime soon I really don't want my cervix to be in my underwear with the weight of a baby on it!  Gah!  Also, I told DH we could DTD tonight, but there's no way I'm letting him in there!!!

[Stevi]

KittenBritches...   Have you thought of babysitting to bring in a little extra income? You're home anyway, and it would give your child a playmate. That way you can continue to TTC, and not have to worry about any scheduling issues another job might bring up.

[faerieliss]

Kitten: Yes she has 2x 2 week breaks through the year as well as one week over easter.  Ahh I assumed you meant nursing director but that sounds like a great job that you had cept it was missing that very vital part that they appreciate their staff!  I am lucky I have a beautiful boss and feel well appreciated where I am.  I am a registered nurse and I work in a special care nursery (therefore making me a neonatal nurse).  Here we only separate babies from their mummys when they are sick so I am in the part where they are seperated because they are sick or prem.  Its a beautiful job and I feel very blessed to work there!  Dont worry, I am sure your dh will graduate as planned.  It sure is hard when one person is studying.  I clearly remember what it was like for us when I was studying at uni for years!

[CorgiMommy]

Hi there can you please move me to "Waiting to O" as AF arrived today.  Hope next month is better for all of us!

[MeredithA]

Texan ~ I'm so sorry (((HUGS))) I'm really hoping that you get your sticky baby soon

BubbleMa ~ fingers crossed for you! I'm supposed to be holding out until Sept 2nd to test. I'm 9dpo and having a really hard time not testing today. Those wondofos are calling my name from the bathroom cabinet! I don't think they are the "early" ones though...so I'm trying not to think about them. 

I've got to go with faerie's mantra, I will not test I will not test I will not test! 

My temp is staying way up after a second spike on CD 27...I've got very little experience with interpreting temp charts, but Kitten suggested it might be triphasic? What does everyone think? It went up again today and is at its highest temp yet. Thanks ladies ~ Baby dust to all! 

[toothfairy2be]

So sorry Texan, I hope you get your take home baby quickly.

Corgi- Dang AF- I'm sorry she showed up. Hoping next month is it!

I have also been chart stalking Sourire- I can't wait for her to come back and update us on what was different this month.

kitten, faerie, janellody, gemmine--- who else is testing this week?

AFM- Irene is officially hitting us a tropical storm, the winds are pretty fierce, the rain so far hasn't been so bad. I have Navy bean soup on the stove & 'Lincoln Lawyer' waiting to be watched. We have Satellite TV and it is in & out, a lot of towns around us are already without power... Plenty of time to DTD today, but it doesn't look like O is on it's way anytime soon... my temps are a lot higher than last month (maybe residual from the progest. cream). I still have only creamy CM too. Doesn't hurt to practice though, right! ETA: Man Down! Okay, itty bitty branch down. We are very lucky this is our only damage, I've been watching the coverage of NY/NJ/CT & feel so blessed that we are above water & still have power (so far).

Edited by toothfairy2be - 8/28/11 at 7:41am

[Stevi]

CorgiMommy...   I'm sorry about AF, I was so hoping that BFP you had was going to stick around. Well, AF also brings new hope! So, climb back into TTC and start planning for that upcoming ovulation!

AAM...   The Dong Quai seems to stretch my AF out a little bit, and gives me brown blood at the end (it did this a little at the end of my last cycle as well). It is very brown and is kinda weird, I'm not used to anything but shades of red.

I consulted Dr. Google about my lower abdominal twinges and really should not have done so. There is quite a list of not so good things that could be causing it. So now I'm nervous about that pelvic ultrasound. I should have known that this medical would not have covered anything as mundane as ovarian cysts...

Think Fertile Thoughts!

[MeredithA]

So tomorrow morning I'll be 10dpo....and it is so hard for me not to test on 10dpo.....where the heck is Janellody so she can talk me out of testing with FMU tomorrow?? I need to be patient....but I have so many ICs waiting for me....but I know I"ll just be disappointed. <sigh> I'm such a POAS addict. 

According to betabase, my 25 miu tests aren't likely to show anything until 12 dpo anyway...but...I think I have an FRER hiding somewhere in the cabinet too 

[Gemmine]

Texan: *hugs* again.

Stevi: I hope everything is ok. When is your ultrasound again?

Meredith: Your chart looks really nice. How about a compromise and you pee on an OPK instead of HPT? If the OPK is anything less than positive (even if you see two lines) hold off on testing until your cycle buddy group's agreed testing date.

AFM: I'm cramping today at 6DPO. I've never had PMS cramping this early. I really hope it's implantation cramping but trying not to read too much into it.

[Stevi]

Gemmine...   The ultrasound isn't scheduled yet, I'm supposed to to call this week if I don't hear from them tomorrow. It's a weird system.

[AndtheStars]

I posted the new thread because I have a busy morning tomorrow.  the new link is http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1327632/the-onederful-thread-august-28-september-4#post_16629573

Here's to a reproductive week!