The ONE Thread: Fresh Start Jan 1 - 8

[doularebekah]

WELCOME TO THE "ONE" THREAD  for Dec/Jan 25 - 01!!!!

posted by alexisyael in 2004:

The One Thread is designed for all on the MDC board. No matter where you are in your cycle, you are welcome to join the One Thread! We are also open to those who are "Waiting to be Ready" for one reason or another. We continue to embrace those of us who have become pregnant as well. Feel free to jump in at any time and introduce yourself!

To help keep the list current and manageable, members will be deleted after a month of not posting to a One thread.

Please make add/remove/change requests in Bold.

Waiting to O 

Allison Graham

anyalily 

brichole 

Carlin 

chichimamma 

dbl_my_luv 

Fnord 

hadleymunroe

JelloPanda 

jeslynn 

krunchyk 

RavenMadMommy

SilaMarila 

skeemama

Verdahekawi

 Waiting to Know (2WW) 

Angierae 

ArtificialRed 

cbaa2010 

dbl_my_luv 

doularebekah 

Fnord

Gator-mom 

gratefulstella

gozal 

hoping4just1more

indie1976

jpack 

kittenbritches 

mamaforever 

Michaels-Mommy

Mom2IrishBoys 

Myllissa 

shesaidboom

Stevi 

 WTF IS GOING ON?!?! 

southernmommie

 Waiting to be Ready 

 

cassandraz

gratefulstella 

imbjer

jlmschirm 

samy23 

sleepingbeauty 

Texanromaniac 

TTCChloeOrConner 

WildDoula 

Zyon'sMommy

 ~ GRADUATES~ 

Big congrats to you all!!

Graduate Thread in I'm Pregnant: 

http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1337758/the-one-thread-graduates-december-2011

 (the current thread keeper can update the graduate link as needed)

 December BFP's 

FeralFox 

MamanFrancaise 

 November BFP's 

Belia 

deborahbgkelly

KnittenKitten 

taurustheta 

Thebyr 

 

Edited by doularebekah - 1/9/12 at 12:10pm

[doularebekah]

Happy New Year! Did we have any NYE or New Years Day testers? Fingers crossed for you all!

Jeslynn - Welcome! You'll definitely find a group of supportive ladies here :) How's the wait going? Your chart's looking good!

ArtificialRed - Me too, I can't wait to see who it is!

dbl_my_luv - Thanks for taking a look at my chart, I'm still pretty sure that's when I O'd, too. It seems like with my more recent temps FF is keeping my crosshairs in place so that is reassuring! 

sunnygal27 - I'm crossing my fingers for you that your timing is able to work itself out for when your husband get's back! I imagine that TTC with a partner who is deployed could be quite stressful, especially with no PPAF yet. How's the weaning going? Tandem nursing would be great, but try not to worry too much now if it seems like it may not happen. You don't need extra stress!

TTCChloeorConner - What a sweet wee babe! Crossing my fingers for you that you don't have too supplement, awesome job so far!

AFM - Like I mentioned above, FF has so far kept my crosshairs at CD16 so I'm currently 11DPO and trying to hold out a bit longer before testing. AF should be due to arrive around Friday, so we'll see how it goes. If anything I'm happy to see that my LP isn't too short!

[Stevi]

Here's to a reproductive fertile 2012!!!

[gozal]

Hey, everyone. Thanks for the new thread, doularebekah! Also- can I be moved to Waiting to Know? Thanks! FF thinks I ovulated on cd13, I think it could have been cd12, but it definitely happened. So, 2ww, here I am again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by anyalily 

I miscounted my luteal phase - it is only 12 days, not 14, but that is still alright with me. Now I know that even during my shorter cycles (24) I am O'ing nice and early. I still have some worries about being low progesterone, because of those low temps and not conceiving through 3 cycles. But my luteal phase would be shorter, right? I know so little about this!

Anyalily, yes, it sucks but you can have low progesterone and a normal LP. I've had two monitored cycles without supplemental progesterone and in both of those I had somewhat (not very) low progesterone and 14-day LPs with no spotting. I wouldn't have known if I didn't have b/w. HOWEVER - I don't think you have any reason to think low progesterone is a problem for you, unless your temps are really low and you're already temping vaginally. Also, I'd be interested to hear what you've discovered about early ovulation (I mean, ovulating earlier than is normal for you). This seems to be a problem for me right now, according to my RE.

[dbl_my_luv]

Happy New Year, everyone!

doularebekah, can I also be moved to the 2WW, please?  Thank you :)

FF has gave me dotted crosshairs on CD9, which is nuts for me because I never have O'd that early.  I know it's because of the crazy temps this month, but those came from oscillating between being feverish, and mouth breathing with the thermometer in my mouth because my nose was congested.  Ick.  I wish I would have temped this morning, but I ended up falling asleep in DD's bed without the thermometer.  I'm thinking O was around CD13, which would make me 4 DPO, so I started progesterone cream this morning.  

Starting a new diet tomorrow!  Got all geared up at the store and prepped veggies and stuff today so it's ready to go throughout the week.  Hoping it helps balance out whatever wackiness is going on with my hormones and energy level and all that junk.  

Hoping we see lots of BFPs this month!!! 

[hadleymonroe]

Hi all! I'm waiting to O after a chemical pregnancy last month (I was the one who posted about it and who'd tested a bazillion times... won't make that mistake this month, ha ha!). This is our second month trying so I'm hoping for a positive and then a sticky bean, too.

question: Went to doc to have my HGC and progesterone levels checked to make sure everything is where it should be. I had very little bleeding when AF (?) showed up, so I may have low progesterone. Some things I've read say I should ask my doc for a progesterone script for right after I O, just to be on the safe side- any advice?

I may have O'd in the past few days - had a close-to-positive OPK and some O pain but no temp rise, yet. So we're just BD'ing every day to be on the safe side :). Good luck everybody!!!

[Belia]

Best wishes for a fertile year, everyone.  I hope that everybody has a babe in arms by the time we ring in 2013.

[jpack]

Hi all! Thanks for the new thread, DoulaRebekah. I'm up for a workout check-in. Has any one ever been told to exercise less, btw? It seems totally counter-intuitive to me, and I'm not really considering altering my own schedule, but I'm curious if anyone has ever investigated it? Or had a chat with a OB or RE about it? I'm a real advocate of exercise, and, like coffee I'd need a anti-depressant without it. But, it was mentioned in a study I just read (or more like and informational chapter on LPD).

Can I be moved to Waiting to know? I'm 5dpo and I think it's pretty spot on.

HAPPY 2012, everyone!

[CDsMom1031]

Thanks for the new thread!!!

[sleepingbeauty]

Thanks for the new thread!  Happy New Year everyone!  I hope you can all graduate this year as soon as possible. :)

[skeemama]

Hi ladies,

I'd love to be added here too.  We are TTC & STAY PREGNANT & BIRTH a HEALTHY BABY (or babies).

I am a few other threads.  ( IF mostly)

I am 7 DPO, waiting to test....however, not holding my breath & remaining hopeful all at once. 

Looking forward to a fertile, prosperous year.

Sticky baby dust to all!!!

[dbl_my_luv]

hadleymonroe, did you get the results of your bloodwork back?  I had a prescription for progesterone after my miscarriages, not because my levels were low, per se, but because they spiked and fell abnormally.  It wouldn't hurt to ask your doc about it if you're concerned, but I don't think having light bleeding after a chem pregnancy is necessarily always low progesterone.  Another alternative too is natural progesterone cream.  I get FemGest at GNC and use it twice a day from 3DPO to 12DPO. 

AFM, It's so beautiful and sunny out today, and I'd love to get outside, but there's so much to do.  Ugh.  DD was vomiting this morning, and DH's car died so he had to go car shopping today... blech... not exactly a low-stress way to start the new year, eh?

[gozal]

Originally Posted by hadleymonroe 

question: Went to doc to have my HGC and progesterone levels checked to make sure everything is where it should be. I had very little bleeding when AF (?) showed up, so I may have low progesterone. Some things I've read say I should ask my doc for a progesterone script for right after I O, just to be on the safe side- any advice?

I'd get a 7dpo level. If it's under 10, definitely get the script. If it's ten or over, I personally wouldn't recommend taking it. I hate progesterone. Specifically, I hate that it mimics the feeling of being pg, I hate that I have to deal with inserting it twice a day, I hate that it delays getting my period, I hate that I have to be the one to make the call whether I stop it or not. Sorry about the chemical. :(

[Stevi]

He's coming! He's really coming!!! My first baby daddy is arriving tonight! I hope my ovaries do their thing while he's here!

[sleepingbeauty]

Gooooooo Stevi!!!   I hope you are good and knocked up by the end of this round. 

[jeslynn]

Thank you DoulaRebekah! I'm so impatient, haha. All negatives so far. Tomorrow I'll be 10 DPO. I FEEL like I am but we'll see. I'm not getting my hopes until I see it in the test!

Dust to all!

[ArtificialRed]

Stevi- Good luck!!

Jeslynn- hoping for your BFP!

So who uses Vitex? Which supplement do you take or was it a prescription? If this isn't my cycle I really want to try taking it because I want to know if it would help with my migraines any (because I know they're often hormone related) and of course to help me get pregnant! Do you take it only up to O or your whole cycle?

[mamaforever]

Hi all!  I hope to be added back to this group...  I was around a couple months ago or so and got my BFP in Oct.  Unfortunately, that ended in a m/c at 6 weeks. :(  I am currently 6 dpo so please add me to Waiting to Know.  I battle a short LP (only 8 days if not taking extra B6 supplement but 10-11 days with the supplement).  I am taking extra B6 and B12 this cycle so I'm hoping my LP is okay.  I had a temp dip today at 6 dpo below my coverline, so that worries me.  I did wake up 1.5 hours earlier than usual, though, so I'm hoping that's all it is.  Here's my chart:

http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/mamaforever

Happy New Year everyone!  I remember a few of you from before, but I see lots of new names!  Looking forward to being part of this thread again. :)

Edited by mamaforever - 1/2/12 at 6:52pm

[aHikaru]

still WAITING TO BE READY, after this cycle, which I'm still waiting for, i'm about 2-3 days late, but we used protection last month and maybe the stress of waiting for my cycle to start so I can start charting is delaying it.... so, just waiting for my cycle to start, then will be trying after my cycle in February, I want a November or February baby, so timing will be very important.

[MamanFrancaise]

mamaforever:  so sorry about your loss.

Fertile thoughts to everyone!