April 11-17 -- The One Thread - Page 4

[alexisyael]

(((((((((Adina)))))))))) Not much to say except I think it's obvious we all want this to be your month! But I fully understand your not wanting to be crushed again... so, let us all KHA for you, and you can be cautiously pessamistic, 'kay?

[alexisyael]

CD 27, 6 dpo imh(and possibly deluded)o

Ok, due to peer pressure (Korin ) I have updated my ff chart after a very long hiatus. My temps don't look like much of anything at all (lovely long gaps where I was not temping and my waking times are all over the place.)

However, I do still feel based on my cm that I may have ovulated, but I am only cautiously optimistic for now... so please don't burst my bubble! :LOL If I'm in ovulation denial, I prefer to stay there for a moment or two... I know it doesn't look good, but I rather like feeling like I *might* be normal.

I may be getting a friend's leftover cheap tests, so I'll be able to POAS whenever I want! Yippee!

BTW, my Sheila Kitzinger book gave Heather an edd of Jan 2. Mine would be Dec 29! That is, if my math is right :

Here's to New Year's babies!

[annakiss]

cd9

wow alexis, that's sorta what my chart looks like. I decided to change my thermometer in case it's the battery. granted, I've been sick (:Puke over the weekend, ear infection before that which made my blood bad) and due to DS's wackiness waking times are up & down. Now that I think about it though, my temps are probably even more erratic than yours and certainly on a much shorter timeline.... i'm babbling again, aren't i?

I wish I could keep everyone on this thread straight and knew anything about anything at all to maybe contribute... Maybe once I actually start TTC... :

[Parker'smommy]

Thanks Alexis!! Thats actually great since my mom is a teacher and would be on Christmas break at that time....
I know wishful thinking but I am trying to remain positive.

[alexisyael]

Annakiss, other than the ds, you and I seem to be having similar situations, indeed! (I had a UTI this weekend, which may have caused a fever, or may not have... interestingly, the day I was the sickest, was the day my temp was the lowest! And I did not take any meds, other than the ones that turn your pee bright orange! Which I don't think mess with one's temp )

Heather! Postive thinking I'm also doing that, since my stepMIL told me awhile ago that they'd be better able to come for a Bris/ baby naming if our baby was born @ Jan. And a New Years Eve baby sounds like a BRILLIANT idea to me! (Preferably born around 11ish that night, so I can have some champagne with my dh before we all hit the hay!!)

It's amazing how imaginative the TTC brain can be, eh?

belly blessings!

[shannon0218]

cd 7--practicing for next week!!

Well who could I possibly share this with but you guys!!
We've finally done it, acheived the unachievable......




the mutual orgasm!!


to be honest, it wasn't nearly as exciting as I figured it'd be:
I have to go to court today, last year a parent hired Havoc and I to do a drug search on her 14 yr old son's room. (the benifit of us doing it is if there is a small amount we aren't required to report to the police--so the parents can handle it themselves without the child getting a record) Usually we find a couple joints or a couple pills, stuff like that. This CHILD had over a hundred thousand in drugs, all kinds, hidden all over his bedroom! Mom was on the phone to the police before we even completed our search (which is lucky as things can get touchy if we feel it should be reported and the parents disagree) So I best go run a brush through my boy, sometimes they want a demonstration when a civil dog was used (even though my dog is a better narcotics dog than any dog the police in our area are using)

[Abylite]

Hello everyone!

I promise to "catch up" with the posts soon!!

Just wanting to join the 2ww again. Seems long already!

DPO 5....

Hope there are some BFPs this time around!!!!

[mama2m&m]

shannon, you lucky dog you! hope court went well.

alexis, wouldn't it be nice if charting was orderly. it's about as disorderly as ttc LOL!

[shannon0218]

OMG Katy--trust me that is nothing for this board!!! (and btw it's usually me that sets dh off)
So here's the question for you ladies....
Unlike previous months of ttc it's fairly important to us to actually conceive this month--I'd rather be 10 weeks for the wedding/honeymoon than 6 weeks--at 6 weeks I can hardly get off the couch!
We are taking advantage of the cycle monitoring so we will know for sure when I ovulate. I never have copious amounts of EWCM so I was thinking of trying the robitussin as well this time. Also how bad do you think saliva is?? I've conceived before after, well you know (see I'm being shy for Katy!)--for me not him (priorities!!)
So if we are really going to nail it this time (pardon the pun!) should I try these other things too--anything else we should try??

[heveasoul]

CD 15, likely 1 DPO (tbc)

G'Morning All!

Good stuff Shannon - congrats on the simultaneous O (the other "O"!). It happened once with us - well, I was maybe a few seconds after. Kind of neat, but like you, I didn't think it was exactly earth-shattering (maybe it was missing the musical score of the movies for added drama!), considering all the hype.

There was a thread a while back about increasing ewcm. From what I remember:
drink plenty of water
easy on the coffee, no decongestants or other drugs that may dry things up
Robitussin - don't have my TCOYF on me, but you're meant to start as O approaches - 2 tsp 2 x/day - does that sound right?
raw carrots
green tea
herbals - don't remember which ones

And when all that fails, shall we discuss using real egg whites again, or has everyone had enough of that one? saliva is a no-no, and real egg white does a great job - feels very normal - no odour, a great lube, too, if the other (arousal) fluids aren't so copious (ugh - like us last night - the final night of the GIO fest...our ooomph was gone, so it definitely helped me out!). Use a baby medecine dropper to help get it in. A bit messy, sure, but hey, we're talking about sex - things can get messy!

I'll KHA for you, Adina!! : I understand your pessimism - the chart always looks soooo beautiful until it looks soooo terrible.

edited - this thing needs a spell check, man...groan...!

[nikirj]

Congrats Shannon! If it is any consolation, both my first two were conceived on nights where we had a simultaneous orgasm. We used to a lot before my second was born and now I guess we're just out of practice and my body is a little trigger-happy.

Katy, that is so funny about your mom...poor woman, did she really think it wasn't fun? Or was she just trying to be proper?

---Niki, who is still totally lost...

[shannon0218]

Well Piss Me Off!!! Got to court--please know that with my now unmedicated ADD getting organized to go was no small feat--and as of yesterday it was just a matter of the judge approving his plea!! Do you think someone could have called the expert witness??? NO way!! Needless to say, I'm back home now, which is good, I can now get some rest as I didn't sleep last night.

Hevasoul!! that is what was missing!! We needed music!! Our bedroom is small but we could fit say a jazz trio in one corner.
I will start the robitussin maybe on friday, raw carrots I eat all the time, lube is generally not needed--of course if the saliva is a total no-no, that may change--what's a girl to do??

Adina, I see a jump up this morning! You stay pessimistic, but I just have a feeling

Well ta ta for now

[mama2m&m]

Adina, i have to say if i were you i'd be testing today!!! nice jump! i hope the trend continues!!

shannon, enjoy your rest! it's rainy and cold here today AGAIN so i'm envious. i'd love to go backt o bed LOL

[AdinaL]

Yes the jump was a nice surprise this morning.

As for not testing - I really don't feel an urge. It has been negative so many times that I am just convinced that it is always going to be. And I just don't want to see another negative. I would rather just watch the signs and wait for af to show.

So I can hold out till I really have a reason to test. Cause as good as my chart looks today, I have two, at least, more days till I can say it really looks good. As we all know - it can tank nothing flat and end any hope.

Ugh...I just don't want to get my hopes up.

I don't feel like crying for two days again.

[shannon0218]

hang in Adina, it's gonna happen

[mama2m&m]

: adina! i know where you're coming from and we're all rooting for ya!

[djs_girl517]

Adina! I'm on day 6 of my first cycle charting, and really know nothing about charting - but your chart looks promising just the same.... :

[chiromama]

cd 15 - 2 DPO (tbc)

Well, I only have about 15 minutes before I rush off to yoga.. but i'll see what I can type in that time.... So i'm pretty sure I oed.. and I"m pretty excited that this month we really covered it! I mean, we had so much sex, I need a break!

The EWCm question.... I tried the green tea, carrots, EPO and tussin... no change. I did notice 10x more arousal fluid than usual though... any connection? Could it have been CM that just flowed out during sex? I hope that saliva isn't too bad, since it is usually a part of our sex life.... I thought that saliva was only bad if you had probs with sperm count.

So last night 7 of my close women friends came over and we had a fertiltiy blessing... I think everyone should do this.. it was so powerful, to have all the women surrouding me, supporting me! We ate eggs, and pumpkin bread with seeds (eggs, seeds... get it?) drank red rasberry leaf tea, and pomegranet juice (my friend found all this cool stuff about fertile foods on line). Then two of the women smudged the bedroom, and we all walked in and were smudged as we walked in. then we all sat on the bed, did some mantra chanting, everyone gave me a stone or bead or herb for an amulet (that I'mwearing now!) and then we did a guided meditation 0 that I may have to share with all of you.. ... It was soooo powerful! I know my typing doesn't do it justice, but still, it was great!

Of course Ryan wasn't there, he was out at the movies.. seeing Hellboy (he liked it) and when he got home we gave the old egg one last shot of sperm.. so now we just play the waiting game...

I told my therapist this morning, that I'm in the Post Ovulation Euphoria stage... you know you feel like you've accomplished something..... "I have produced an egg!" and now you wait.....

Adina... you're chart looks really really good..... Oh god I hope this week passes quickly!

Oh and the simulatneous Orgasm.. we get it often... and no, it's never earth shattering... well sometimes orgasms are just earth shattering period... but together isn't any better.. just makes you feel like amovie star!...(that and those cameras...)

[chiromama]

saliva and sperm...

just found this link...
http://www.obgyn.net/pb/articles/lubricant_011599.htm

[alexisyael]

I have a good feeling about Adina this month!!!! Shhhh, I'm trying not to get her hopes up...

I'll update the list as soon as I finish this...

Korin -- I know exactly what you mean about post-ovulation euphoria... today I had a tiny tiny amount of blood in my cm and I want to shout from the rooftops, I'm so happy! :LOL

Seriously, this is the first time that's happened to me, and since by my calculations, I'm 7 dpo, that's perfect timing, too!

I'm not convinced I'm pregnant or anything, but it'd sure be nice to actually have ovulated, KWIM?

In other news, my UTI took a turn for the worse this morning and I am now on sulpha meds (made sure the dr knew I was ttc). And now I'm waiting waiting waiting for the make-your-pee-bright-orange pills to kick in, but ugh, it is taking forever!

Who's testing next? I know Adina's waiting to make sure, so I am not pressuring her about it, but is anyone else closer to testing? If so : I want to see us all on the Jan board! (well, late Dec / early Jan for me!)

Belly Blessings!

PS -- dude, That 14 year old KID had thousands of $$ worth of drugs in his room? WTF? What kind of allowance is *that* kid getting, anyway?