Wishing my SIL luck

[StacieM]

My SIL (DH's sister) and her husband have been TTC since about May. Back then, she called me to see if I was ready to have another one with her. At the time I told her I don't think I'll ever be ready for more, so don't wait for me. Well, that's changed, so we're really hoping this is their month! She's going to do a HPT on Saturday (Clear Blue digital, her AF not due until Tues), so I'm crossing my fingers!

[sally Z]

hope it is good news for her, that would be cool to be pregnant together

[NCMomworld]

That would be so great! My sister is due at the end of March and I am sure we're going to have fun doing this together

[Jilian]

Did she test yet? Even if she gets a neg she could still be pregnant, it's still early and clearblue isn't the most sensitive of tests. I'll keep my fingers crossed for her. Let us know what the results were!

[StacieM]

Well she decided to test yesterday (the very first day the test is supposed to pick anything up). When I called her yesterday morning, she said she didn't take it yet so I figured that she would wait until this morning. But she took it after I called her yesterday morning and she said it was neg so she doesn't think she's pg.

I did tell her that since that was the very first day the test would have picked anything up, the best time to take it would have been first thing in the morning. So, it's possible that there just wasn't enough hormone in her urine to register on the test. I told her to go ahead and try again maybe first thing Sunday morning just to double check. She said she doesn't feel much different so she thinks the test is right. I'm guessing that, since she hasn't called today - that she is actually waiting until tomorrow, or she tried again today and still got a neg.

Then she also said that they've actually been trying only for a few months. She stopped birth control back in Apr/May, but waited a while to start trying to conceive to try to let the bc get out of her system as much as possible. So I told her not to get discourage then, it hasn't been that long.

I know she's feeling a little frustration because she says she knows she must be ovulating and they still aren't connecting and she doesn't know why. I think it's also a bit "confusing" because just about all of the women in her family (mom, aunts, cousin) all seem to conceive rather easily. So I told her maybe her DH is too stressed out or something.

If it really is a neg this month, I think maybe they should do a month of not stressing about it. Don't worry about ovulations kits and pg test, but relax and enjoy themselves and not "try" so hard. If that doesn't work, them maybe they can go back to "trying." I suggested temping, but I don't know if she'll try it. I've never done it, but I know many of you have.

Is it tougher if she's constantly in different time zones due to work?