The ONE Thread December 10 - 16 - Page 5

[megincl]

Hugs needed all around today, eh?

We finally got crosshairs from FF: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/11575d

It says Katie O'd two days after our last insem, which should be great timing since we use fresh sperm.

We both have a good feeling, as does our donor, by the way!

So, now it's wait wait wait and test on........maybe Christmas? Yack!

megin

[willowsmom]

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Hey lovelies.
CD95. I'm sorry if I'm not contributing posts as much this time around. I'm in a bit of a funk. But know that I'm pulling for all of y'all and I'm sending HUGE hugs all around.

[Stacymom]

Please move me to waiting to know... Thanks!

I actually got red crosshairs from ff this morning. My chart still doesn't look like much, but its been a few cycles since I haven't had to override ff.

Now if I could just stop coughing and sneezing... :

[nolonger]

Still no crosshairs for me, but I think it's because I didn't get my temp plummet (and the associated dark, desolate, devastated mood that goes with it) until showed, because it sure looks to me like Katie and I are cycle buddies and that I O'd the day of the insem.

I'm trying to hold off testing until the 25th, because that's when is due, and to be bluntly honest, the timing of this cycle has more to do with why I decided to try for a September baby than I really want to admit.

< cringe >

No wories about ruining Christmad Day because the kiddos and I weren't planning much anyway and now it looks like exy wants them that day anyway so the gifts I picked out for ds will have to wait for his birthday. All dd wanted was help with tuition for another semester.

It sure would be nice to spend a special day with Maybe Baby, but if it winds up being me and my Diva, I think I can handle it; I've had worse holidays.



Would love to have some testing buddies, though.

[Stacymom]

NOS- FF just set my testing date for Christmas as well. Not sure how I feel about that. I'll either be hosting AF, or have a great Christmas present. But now I have someone to commiserate with! Yea!

[Taradactyl3]

Ok, you can now officially move me to waiting to o please. This is the first time I've had a cycle over 29 days since I was preg. My lp was 17 or 18 days this time which just seems wrong. What could that possibly mean? I'm very happy that the hag finally showed up but along with her I am feeling much sadness. It's just so unfair. I'm trying to focus on the good things in my life (there are several) but it's hard to deny the sadness that comes each month with AF and my therapist would say to just get the feelings out and express myself. Maybe I'll do some painting this afternoon as a catharsis.


T

PS - We are all still sick with this cold. Sounds like several of us on the one thread are sick. Get well vibes to us all.

[zjande]

Ann109, I'm sorry to hear how totally frustrated you are. I hope your charting break helps you find a bit of peace.

Megin & Spider, : : !!

Stacymom, you too! : I'm looking forward to a whole batch of BFPs on Christmas!

Interesting, FF gave my sad little half empty chart dotted cross hairs:
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/10f355
I really don't trust it, but I suppose I'll test on Sat if nothing has changed by then.

I had a teeeeny bit of spotting on Sat, which would have been 3dpo. That would be too early for implantation, wouldn't it?

And to answer HeatherB from the end of last week's thread- I have no idea when AF is due! I'm breastfeeding & got completely lost this cycle. My 3 PP cycles so far have been 30 days, 55 days, 43 days, & so far today I'm at cd42. I've officially given up this cycle & am just trying to stay sane (as in not obsess) until something remarkable happens.

[zjande]

oh, Tara, SUCKY!!

[jfrank411]

[Jezzy]

jfrank411Welcome! Sure hope that your stay here is short

I think and hope: Please please that I O'd today, poor dh is getting really sick (flu ) and I was lucky to gio this morning! Beside that, TMI he has a scrape on his ehm penis got it stuck in the zipper lmao! It hurt the poor guy this morning that will teach him to not wear underwear! My temp was really low this morning now it is really high. (My temps in the am are almost the same as in the pm) I will be testing around christmas time to if af doesn't show. We are going on vacation though and I probably won't have access to internet where we are going ( 2 weeks Thailand ) I am gonna miss you guys sooooo much, I already do and we aren't leaving for another 12 days!! Uggg it will suck if af visits when we are on vacation!

to everyone that needs em!

[Sabo]

jfrank411.
Jezzy, I would love to go to Thailand someday. Have a great time!

[Jezzy]

Thanks Sabo I am sure that it will be nice, but I don't know what I am going to do without you guys.

[frog]

You're on my mind and in my prayers, Taradactyl.

[cyrusmama]

Hey, can you move me to Waiting to O I'm on CD6 and have started charting this cycle, I'll have to see if I can figure out how to link it in my sig later

[hlnmommy]

I know that this is really off topic for this thread: but I am so excited !!!

DD is completly daytime potty trained!!!

[ann109]

Tara. I'm glad you have your artistic outlet. As you know, some of the best pieces~art, music, writings etc~have come from the depths of darkness. Strange how that works, eh..

s all around. Have fun, Jezzy, We'll miss you, too!!!



Ok, brief Diva Cup story: this is only the second AF with the cup and I'm not that great at getting it to suction correctly. Well, today, as I was standing up (from testifying, in front of a full courtroom, mind you) the cup shifted and un-suctioned itself from my cervix. Now it did not make an audible noise, but the look on my face must have scared my Judge b/c he asked me (again, in front of a full courtroom) if I was ok. Ugh. Sure, Judge, just peachy

[Sabo]

Originally Posted by ann109

Ok, brief Diva Cup story: this is only the second AF with the cup and I'm not that great at getting it to suction correctly. Well, today, as I was standing up (from testifying, in front of a full courtroom, mind you) the cup shifted and un-suctioned itself from my cervix. Now it did not make an audible noise, but the look on my face must have scared my Judge b/c he asked me (again, in front of a full courtroom) if I was ok. Ugh. Sure, Judge, just peachy

Sorry to laugh at you. That's weird that it shifted then. Mine will often pop open and kind of make me jump right after I put it in, but never half way through the day, hrmm.

Devonn, Congrats to your dd and to you. This should make life a tiny bit easier for the time-being, right?

[willowsmom]

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[jillybeans]

: to all of you who need one. You'll be in my thoughts.

jezzy: ohhhh thailand! Have fun!

ann: that's too funny! You probably looked like a deer in headlights!

I finally got a + opk today, a day before i did last cycle. I was really hoping that the vitex would be working by now. Dd is only nursing two to four times a day now. I really really hope that a later O doesn't also mean a short lp. I have another session with the energy healer tomorrow. Just in time!

[AugustLia23]

Still waiting to O, and still somewhat confused, One brand OPK is still giving positives and one's giving neg's with the same pee, anyone have experience with first response? Every OPK test I've taken with that brand has turned positive. But all the CVS brand are still neg, although getting darker. We were originally planning on using fresh known donor insems, like last month, but since our frozen sperm is available to us, we might just do IUI's, since it seems much more effective for me(I have tried over a dozen times with fresh, not to mention past straight encounters and never got pregnant, while 3 insems of frozen IUI have yielded me one gorgeous little boy).

Hugs to Ann and Taradactyl, Trying to get pregnant is so rough sometimes, it may not sounds like much coming from a women with 2 kids under 3(one that I birthed), but I went through the same exact thing, stressing over when ovulation will happen, making sure the dates are all on target, and every month seeing AF and almost breaking down( me at least). For me I just wanted the baby so badly, that I couldn't think of any life but creating a pregnancy. Eventually I realized that all I could do was make it possible and release to the fact that I don't have any control over it. Once the sperm has been introduced, it's up to them and the egg. Kinda like life with children, and a good lesson to go into parenthood with. Trust that it will happen until you have proof that it won't!