The "One" Thread for January 20 to 27

[anyalily]

WELCOME TO THE "ONE" THREAD 
for January 20 to 27

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 

anyalily

BeautifulCanvas

Dekan

doularebekah 

Fern5Fern

FreedEm11 

katiecornflakes

KnitterMama

LilyKay

magoodoggy 

mamaBlue

mamacatsbaby

Renaissance31
samy23 

SKJ2011 

ThePeacefulMama

tinytina

 Waiting to Know (2WW) 

A2E 

BetsyPage

brichole 

countrybound

FEimusicforever

Fnord   

jeminijad

John16n33

JustJenny

librarygirl  

Lidamama84

LittleKind

sarahl918

skeemama

SparkleMaman

stegenrae 

Stevi 

summerlake

 WTF IS GOING ON?!?! 

bloodofthefae

southernmommie

RavenMadMommy

 Waiting to be Ready 

Butterflymom

candyshells

dakipode

imbjer

jesepumpkin

jlmschirm 

Michaels-Mommy

nisojon     

sleepingbeauty 

Texanromaniac 

WildDoula

Zyon'sMommy

 ~ GRADUATES~ 

Big congrats to you all!!

Graduate Thread in I'm Pregnant: 

http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1352182/one-graduates-may-june/20

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

 January BFP's 

devilish
SuzieSmiles

 December BFP's 

Banana731

bdavis912

CDsMom1031 

happybunny

Jillgayle

livingsky  

 November BFP's 

InLove2009

mirpmama

MyKidKissTrees

Starfish11

 October BFP's 

amlikam

Angierae
dayiscoming2006 

gratefulstella  

kitteh

jaxxy

nerissav 

SweetMama34

 September BFP's 

aHikaru

AmandaLynnH

bebelove 

jr'smom

LittleBlackBug

nattery

Quinalla 

Edited by anyalily - 1/27/13 at 6:50pm

[Stevi]

Can I be moved to Waiting to Know? Thank you! And, thank you for being threadkeeper for so long. :)

[anyalily]

Gotcha, Stevi. It is really my pleasure to be threadkeeper. I am hoping to catch some of the threadkeeper's luck! I think we gave it a good shot this month. Fingers crossed for us both! How was the clomid? Any side effects?

[BeautifulCanvas]

Thanks for the new thread!  I am currently under Waiting to be Ready, but my last cycle was super wonky.  I've had a 34 day, 24 day, 28 day, 29 day cycle for the last couple of months and thought this month would be back on track.  I had zero O signs though.  CD14 came and went and I thought it could be an anovulatory cycle or that I just didn't have any O symptoms.  We dtd and the next day I had some EWCM.  I thought it might have been semen, but it was very stretchy and everything I read said that semen isn't stretchy.  The next day I had some serious O pain.  I don't know what to think.  On the one hand, I had no symptoms of O being close, so my CM could have been pretty inhospitable to sperm.  On the other hand, it may have been close enough to O for a couple to have survived, if I really did O.  I'm now 5DPO and have had some nausea today and yesterday, which can be attributed to a noxious diaper on one day and to a postnasal discharge today.  I've been very tired for the past 3 days, but that could also be because I'm up very late at night and haven't been sleeping very well.  I really, really don't want to symptom spot or obsess though.  If A/F doesn't show up by 2 February, I'll test.  If I can hold out beyond that, I'll give it another week before testing.  Please move me to the 2ww.  Thanks!

[Dekan]

Thanks Anya! How's everybody doing? I had a really weird week. I've had tender and sore breasts from 12th (they are still sore). I had some spotting on 17th and the cramping started since then. Took a test on 18th which resulted in BFN. Was tired all through the weekend and took a test again this morning (21st) and that's a BFN too. I still have to wait for two more days to know for sure. Don't know what to do besides wait now!

Good luck ladies! Really hope I get to hear some good news from the thread this week!!
 

[Stevi]

AnyaLily...   No major side effects. My ovulation was a little odd, my temps sorta rose twice. Maybe some headaches. It does dry up my CM, but I used EPO (Evening Primrose Oil), and I also used Preseed.

[Lidamama84]

Thanks for the new thread, Anya! Can you please move me to Waiting to Know? I don't even know if I O'd this month, so to cover our bases we dtd around many possible dates. I missed checking for O with OPKs last weekend, and then Monday and Tuesday I had a faint line, so I think that may have been the end of the surge. If so, then we probably missed O. Oh well, there's always next month :)

[WildDoula]

Thanks for the new thread!

[JustJenny]

Stevi- Does the EPO help? I just finished my first cycle of clomid and I was so dry too. I used preseed and it helped but I would also like to help generate more natural CM.

AFM - I'm pretty sure I just o'd, had a temp rise this morning. Dr. Saw 3 follicles in my right ovary and 1 small one in my left so I hope hope hope we are successful this cycle! You can move me to TWW.  Thanks Anyalily 

[Stevi]

JustJenny...   The EPO helped a great deal! I don't know why it took me so long to finally try it.

[mamacatsbaby]

Hi ladies, just checking in . Trying to mellow out this cycle. Hope all is well with you guys and just blowing a little sticky baby around . Thank you for the new thread anyalily.

[BeautifulCanvas]

Sorry, I forgot to bold this, please move me to Waiting to Know. 

I'm 6DPO today.  Nothing much to report.  The nausea from yesterday and the day seems much less.  I don't feel anything different or anything that could be a symtom today. 

[WildDoula]

Could I please be moved to Waiting to Be Ready? We are taking a TTC break. I'm going to be very busy here in the next few months (up to a year, even!) with midwifery and trying to get my schooling finished up. I am so ready to be a practicing midwife! So I'm going to be taking that time to get my hormones figured out, back to regular charting, and hopefully regular cycles again! You'll all still be in my thoughts, and I'll most likely still be around. I can't wait to see all of the BFPs coming up soon! 

[John16n33]

Can I please be moved to waiting to know?  I *think* I am 1-2 dpo although it hasn't been confirmed yet obviously.  I'm hoping and praying we caught an egg this cycle 1-because if not we will be taking a break for 4ish months, and 2-because the due date I would have holds special meaning for me.  I know it's not likely that I would have the baby on the due date, but it's actually the due date being that day holding special meaning (does that make sense?).

I have a quick question for those taking supplements other than a prenatal.  I am about to start taking D3 again because we are going back to Texas and the flu is really bad over there.  I was wondering how much it would be safe to take while TTC and during early pregnancy?  I usually take about 5000mg a day when I take it.

[tinytina]

Please move me to Waiting to O

Trying not to worry or over-think it right now given that our wedding is in 18 days

[anyalily]

WildDoula, hang in there and good luck!

TinyTina, congratulations! Are you trying for a wedding night baby?

Wow, there are a lot of us in the two weeks wait together! Maybe we'll have a few BFPs soon. AFM, I am going to test in a day or so, if I do not start feeling PMS-y. I have been feeling really good this cycle. I have been nesting, decluttering and making space for a pregnancy and baby, which feels good. Just yesterday I started to feel kind of blue, not sure where that is coming from, but I have not had my usual, "OMG, I am terrified that I may be pregnant." I think I am really ready. The only piece is that I am still overweight. But I have been working out regularly for almost a month and I am in the habit. I also started a bellydance class which I think I will continue if I conceive. I feel really beautiful and strong when I dance.

[John16n33]

I should change that last post-I usually take 2,000 iu a day of D3 lol..

Anya- I'm praying this is it for you!

[anyalily]

Originally Posted by John16n33 

I should change that last post-I usually take 2,000 iu a day of D3 lol..

Anya- I'm praying this is it for you!

Well good, we don't have to have a vitamin D intervention for you.

Thanks for the prayers, Meagan!

[SparkleMaman]

Anya That sounds so lovely!! I think I'd like a class like that too And I imagine pregnant belly dancing would be very sexy. I personally have never felt more comfortable with my body, more powerful and goddess-like, than when I was pregnant. Sending lots of good vibes your way that this is your month!!

John16n33 I am not sure about your Vitamin D question, as it really depends what your current level is. I started supplementing with 10,000 IU/day when I had my 25-hydroxy vitamin D tested and was less than 10!! I am now in the mid 50's and supplement with 5,000 IU daily. Because Vitamin D is fat soluble, you can over do it, though this is unlikely. I'd check with your healthcare provider before starting 2,000 IU daily for any extended time. Fx for you too!! I know you are really hoping for an October baby

AFM I too am SO hopeful and hoping for an October babe. I am 5 DPO today and having waves of nausea like I have never experienced before, except when pregnant with DD and that wasn't until 5+ weeks along. Food makes it better, but only for short periods of time. I'm sucking on organic hard candies, which are also helping. I know lots of people make fun of 'organic' candies but I feel like they're a lesser evil. Yes, it is still sugar but it is REAL sugar and fruit juice/extracts rather than unpronounceable colors and preservatives. I'm sort of light headed as well and having mild, dull cramps and quite a lot of creamy CM, which I don't typically have at 5DPO. Anyway, it is very weird. Part of me wants to believe this could all be  early signs but the rational part of me thinks it couldn't possibly be this early. *sigh* The symptom spotting is so nutty but I can't seem to maintain my zen!! Lots of love and good vibes to you all!! Fx!!

[anyalily]

I just gave into the urge to POAS. I had a dollar tree test and it was a BFN but I am still a day or two before AF... Oh, I hate this part of the 2WW...