Queer TTC June 2008! - Page 2

[heart-n-bones]

Welcome MamaCaveBear! May it not prove to be tricky this time.

[KnittingTigers]

Oh, okay, I confess- another graduate coming out of lurkdom to say that I actually read this thread first thing every day. As someone said earlier, I really do feel like the community and support I found on this thread were one of the most valuable parts of my journey toward parenthood. And yes, for whatever reason, the Queer and Pregnant thread is just not as dynamic.

That said, I continually root for all of you to graduate off of this one and come join us over on the "quiet thread."

[quasar]

MamaCaveBear- Welcome back! Wow, I would seriously not be able ot handle them losing the sperm tank! Yikes! I mean, as if figuring out your own timing isn't hard enough... I wish you the best for the upcoming cycle and hope that nothing like this ever happens again!

Hi Angela

[frog]

Lurking grads and other lurking lurkers: Y'all should post more. Gives me hope.

[JennM1021]

MamaCaveBear!!! I would have LOST IT...if my swimteam didn't make the journey like that! You are obviously one very patient mama.

To all you "lurking" grads...I know what you mean about feeling a little wierd about posting here once you've moved on. Of course...like you...this was my first stop at MDC every day too though when I was preggers. But...having been on both sides now (and back again)...I say...POST AWAY mamas!!! Like Frog said...it's encouraging to know you're out there. There is hope afterall!!

[frog]

Yes, encouraging! Also, well, I miss the hell out of you.

[KnittingTigers]

Yeah, there really is hope, and it really does happen. I was so at the end of my rope by the time I got pregnant. It's funny to think that now, at seven months, I've *been* pregnant for as long as I was ttc. The ttc stage seemed so much longer.

Frog, with regard to cramping, I got major AF-type cramps about a week after my insemination this last lucky time. I was CONVINCED that I was about to start bleeding, even for weeks after my BFP. Anyway, not to be a symptom-finding-enabler...just putting it out there.

[simcon]

Oooh, I can be an enabler too! In all three of my pregnancies, I had cramps for a couple of weeks in the beginning--it's definitely common with all of the new business going on in the region.

I hope I can give hope to everyone ttc'ing too! Though sometimes I worry that my story might have the opposite effect (18 months before a BFP!) Though if you average all my pregnancies out (18 months + 2 months + 1 month trying), it works out to the same as AngelaM's--7.)

I check in here all the time and keep my fingers crossed for you all...

[BurtsGirl]

MCB, welcome back to the crazy-making.

Grad Lurkers : I miss the hell out of you guys also.

[giggleblue]

hi everyone! i kinda stepped out of the scene. i was pretty upset when i found out that dp wasn't pregnant. she had plenty of symptoms, and we just never got a positive pregnancy test.

i think she took the first test too early, and once we saw that first negative, we really just gave up all hope and were both really depressed.

she went on to burn through about 3 boxes of different brand pregnancy tests before af showed up. i was almost more relieved when it showed up because i felt like it was a sign that we could finally move on.

as for me, i ovulated on cd10, which was early, considering i usually ovulate on cd13. we inseminated about 3 hours after a positve opk and then again 12 hours after that.

i'm 7dpo and i have a 27 day cycle.

we use the fertility monitor, which has prompted me to stop testing (it only requires sticks for 10 days) and we don't temp, so i don't know what my temps are doing at all. i also haven't been keeping up with "symptoms". i kinda see those as a drag too. dp had sooo many damn symptoms. we were both really heart broken.

i've decided that i'm not going to test until the day af is due. to me, i think it's better that way. af showing up is much nicer that a big blank pregnancy test...

wishing everyone in the wait much baby dust!!!

heart- you should really look into freezing some if you can the next time he is around. i'm not sure the cost of doing so, but if you have a place in your area, go ahead and do it, that way you will be good for some months.

frog, quasar, and anyone else in the wait: i'm wishing you all much success!!! i'm finding faith in the fact that it will happen, we just don't know when... but when it does, it will be right on time!

[pleasantlyfurious]

Giggleblue - I'm sorry the last cycle was such a tease. It's good to have you back.

[frog]

Looks like I'll be calling to schedule a beta tomorrow.

I was ranting away at my friend, davi, this morning about any number of things and mentioned that I keep waking up in a pool of sweat and can't figure out what the heck is going on with that when she stopped me and said, "Dude, you are SO knocked up! Tell me about the sweat!" And so I did--it's not typical for me, there's a LOT of it and it's centered around my breasts and, uh, southern regions, to the point that it feels like things are running down my legs when I head for the shower and I actually have heat rash on my chest. It's been, like, SIXTY here, so it's not the weather. "Yep," said davi the wise. "That was my surest sign that I was pregnant. All the sweat in both those spots. Try corn starch. And CALL ME WITH YOUR TEST RESULTS."

I'm cautiously optimistic.

[pranava]

I've got everything crossed for you Frog!!! When is your appointment? :

[starling&diesel]

frog:

[frog]

Originally Posted by pranava

When is your appointment?

I can't call until tomorrow, so won't know until then. I promise to let you all know!

[frog]

s&d, how are things your way? You're on my mind, you and your totsicles.

[starling&diesel]

philosophical HPT story ...

My excuse for not buying an HPT thus far is that my small town would grab onto the gossip and run with it and before you know it there'd be a Due Date pool tacked up on the dart board at the legion and boxes of hand-me-downs left on the stoop.

But then yesterday we drove to the town about an hour away to do some shopping. Once there, DP and I gazed at the home pregnancy tests as if we weren't allowed to touch. Finally, I picked one up, and then I put it back and we carried on with our shopping.
As we headed for the checkout, I picked one up again ... and bought it!
I brought it home, opened it up, read all the instructions in English and French and then promptly put it all back in the box.

I don't want to pee on the stick.

What if this two week wait is the only time I get to feel pregnant?
I want to enjoy it for all it's worth ... and that's two weeks. Until my beta.
But I look at that pink box and think about peeing on a stick and wonder, what if it was positive?
I even dreamt that it was positive last night, as I lay in bed with my painful boobies.
So, there are two pee sticks and me ... in a daily stand off. I wish I hadn't bought it.

[starling&diesel]

frog ... thanks for asking, hon. I'm feeling pretty okay with whichever way it goes at this point.


Actually, that's a lie.

I'm praying for those little embies to hang on for dear life. I have a variety of early symptoms ... sore boobs being the primary one. I can identify with your circus boobies. I flashed DP yesterday in the driveway, demanding to know if my areolas were bigger. I think they're UFO sized all of a sudden!

Did I mention we just moved on Saturday, so I was flashing her in the driveway of our new house? What the neighbours must think.

I think of you every day, frog. You've got a firm sharehold in my prayers.

[frog]

We're done.

There's no pregnancy.

[starling&diesel]

Oh, frog ... :
I am so, so sorry to hear that, hon.