[musicoholic]

Here's to a fresh, reproductive month!

"I am fertile and I'm thirty-plus
And I guess I could be dirty - thus:
If being Dirty Thirty gets me
Knocked-up, then the Powers let me
Spread my love around a bit...
Then for
morningsicknessandleakynipplesandstretchmarksandva ricoseveinsandheartburnandheadachesand
fluidretentionthatmakesmyfeetandankleslooklikeroll edroasts ...
I don't care a whit!"

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[musicoholic]

Hi everyone... I haven't been on for a while... but have been lurking and keeping an eye on everyone... lol

sorry it's not as pretty as last month's thread...

work here is ordinary (don't get me wrong, I love what I do - but some of my colleagues... well...

); I had a big show last week that took up most of my time (which went really really well! phew!!)... and then last Tuesday my "other mum" - my BFF's mum - passed away... and I'm stuck all the way over here and can't do anything... AND to make matters worse I haven't been able to get in contact with my BFF... so needless to say, it's been a pretty tough week, but I think we're over the worst now...

as for TTC... well... um... it's kinda been put on the back burner for now... not that we're not trying, but after having some exciting job possibilities come up, well.... you know...

How's everyone else doing?

 

[loulie]

not too much to report here, CD8, AF is gone, hoping to O earlier than I did last cycle (CD44!).

Think I'll start OPKing at CD12, probably stupidly early but I'd rather not miss the opportunity!

Have you had your interview for the singapore job Music?

 

[mdcanon8765309]

Hi, I'll play!

My story goes that I remarried last summer and my DH and I would like to have a baby together and I'm not getting any younger (won't be having a baby before my 35th b-day) so we wanted to try from May 'til August so we could hopefully have a baby at the end of next school year (I teach). That way I'd be home the end of the year, over the summer, then head back in the fall. I was home 8 months with DS, and that felt about perfect for me.

But I learned in February that my position has been eliminated for next year (damn economy) and we decided we'd just start trying immediately. If I get pregnant maybe I'll take a year off work. Or maybe look for a long-term sub position in the fall. Or whatever.

So this is our first month actively trying, I'm on CD 10. Last month I had a 19 day cycle and my temp dropped this morning so it looks like things may be ready to roll, who knows?

 

[Grace24]

Laura, I'm sorry about your job.

Welcome to the thread though!

Music, thx for starting the thread. Sorry about your friend's mom. That's tough.

AFM, in the 2WW... *sigh* I hate this part, but am trying to keep busy even though this is my spring break week. Working on the back deck to get the garden going again... when my husband's roommate moved out and I moved in, I just let her garden go (never been much of a gardener, actually) but for some reason this past week, I've felt compelled to plant lots of flowers. Maybe it's a sign that something else is growing?

 

[musicoholic]

Hi everyone!!!

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loulie... had the interview about 2 hours ago (had to reschedule from the other day)... should hear back within the next couple of weeks! Sounds positive though... and that's something coming from a complete self-doubter like me!!!

Lots of early O-dust for you though!!!

petit bleuet... welcome aboard! sorry to hear about your work...

and

: that it all happens quickly for you!

Grace24... no problems!

yeah, it has been tough... but I finally got to talk to my friend last night for her birthday and was able to let her know that I think her mum came to say goodbye on her way through... gave her goosebumps and still gives me a bit of a smiley-tingle thinking about it... One of her mum's favourite singers was Anne Murray... someone who's not usually a regular on my internal playlist!... but for some reason first thing Wednesday morning all of a sudden I had Tennessee Waltz in my head on loop for most of the morning...

AFM... well, technically I think I'm supposed to O either today or tomorrow... my MIL arrives here tomorrow midnight for 2 weeks... so back to my mantra - "whatever is meant to happen when it's meant to happen"

for everyone!

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[skeeter30]

Hey girls!! I would like to join this thread!

I am 32 years old, married for the second time to the best DH! I also have a 9yo boy who is the love of my life. I don't know what has come over me but, the baby bug has bit me pretty hard. DH and I are in our second month of TTC. I am 2 mos. off BC. This is my first month charting. I never knew how much was involved in TTC! I have read the book TCOYF and it has helped me out a ton. I understand so much more than I did before. The first time I got pregnant was purely by chance. I wasn't trying and I wasn't trying to avoid it either.
I am on cycle day 14 today. I'm getting a little frustrated though. For the past 4 days I have been having positive OPKs. I have gone through all the signs and symptoms for Oing. I had EWCM, a high,soft open cervix, breast tenderness and increased sex drive. I believe I O'd b/t cycle days 12 and 13 b/c my cervix closed and my CM changed to creamy/dry. The only thing is...my temp hasn't risen enough for me to say,"oh yeah, I definitely O'd!" if it was yesterday, I believe I timed things pretty good. I am just so confused by all of this and I wish I could tell. I guess i am going to have to go with my gut for now. I keep saying,"it will rise tomorrow,wait til tomorrow." But tomorrow doesn't seem to be coming. I just don't want to have a cycle where I don't O! This is making me so nuts that yesterday on another thread here one of the members had the same thing as I have going on with the OPK's , she took a HPT and got a BFP! So I tried it too. I got a faint line on the first test I took. Then I held my urine for 4 hour w/o drinking and that test came back BFN. If I had gotten pregnant it would have had to have been last month and I figured that I should have enough HCG in my system by now for it to read pretty dark. It wasn't so I want to let that idea go but, then again I got a very dark OPK again this morning and I'm pretty sure my fertile time has passed.

Well, That is about it...sorry for rambling but, it seems like too much is going on here!

 

[kztmom]

Hi Everyone!

I would like to join this thread too.

Music - so sorry to hear about your bff's mum. I lost my dad last year, and I know how it can be such an emotional heartbreak, and in many ways seem so unreal. Hopefully the interview went super well, and you will be hearing good news in a couple of weeks.

Grace24 - Maybe the gardening is an early "nesting" phase

. I also just started my 2ww (or in my case 3ww since my luteal phase is 17-18 days long usually - argh). Am 3dpo. I hate this phase.

AFM, this is our second cycle TTC. This is my first month using OPKs, and I must say, those things rock! I think we timed the BD well this month thanks to the OPK, and fortunately, all my other fertility signs coincided with the OPK. Unfortunately, I got the stomach bug yesterday, a slight fever, and am now paranoid that the bug will screw up implantation. I'm sure it was the bug because everyone in the house got it.... Oh well, we'll just have to see.

So here's hoping for a good month for all! BABY DUST!

 

[blondemom2bstl]

I would love to join this thread. I am 35 (36 in September), and have two girls (17 & 3). I married DH on Valentine's Day, and we are TTC since then. So, this is our third month of trying to catch the egg. It is somewhat stressfull, as I am 35 now, and DH has no biological children. I am hoping and praying for the best, as I love DH & our family SO much. We are ordering the Fertell home test, and I have an obgyn appointment 4/23. OH my biggie is that both my girls were surprises while using birth control, so TTC is new to me, and surprisingly stressfull.

 

[mdcanon8765309]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

I caved and bought an OPK today. I think it must be right about time for me and I decided I just wanted to try one... Whee! I didn't know about not peeing for four hours beforehand, though and went before I left school. Drat.

 

[skeeter30]

I would say it looks like you are going to O pretty soon so...Right on. Hold that pee!!

 

[mdcanon8765309]

Skeeter! I don't know that I can wait four hours, eek!

ETA - I couldn't wait, got a negative. Don't know if that's because I only made it about two hours and 10 minutes, if it's because I've already O'ed (like if it happened today), or because I haven't yet. Ho hum. I don't know that I'm the best candidate for OPKs, that four hours is killer!

 

[skeeter30]

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Originally Posted by petit_bleuet Skeeter! I don't know that I can wait four hours, eek! ETA - I couldn't wait, got a negative. Don't know if that's because I only made it about two hours and 10 minutes, if it's because I've already O'ed (like if it happened today), or because I haven't yet. Ho hum. I don't know that I'm the best candidate for OPKs, that four hours is killer!

Tell me about it...The whole time you are watching the clock feeling the urge from the moment you tell yourself you have to wait 4 hrs. Wow these things are complicated. Especially since you are supposed to drink lots of water for your CM but to take the opk you are supposed to with hold liquid! Contradiction there! That must be why it's so hard to get it done...lol

 

[Grace24]

OMG four hours, no way. Maybe that's why I never get positive OPK's... I can barely hold it for one hour when I'm not pregnant. Oy.

Hi, new people!

Mostly bumping us because we're on *gasp* page three!

Still in the 2ww here. Only now it's the one week wait.

: And still gardening.

 

[skeeter30]

Well...I was testing with OPK's with FMU which I guess isn't really suggested. The one that got a positive on first on April 4th is one I actually took after holding it for 4hrs and reducing liquid. I took it around 2pm. But I was curious so I kept testing but, I changed to FMU b/c I thought it would be easier, yah know? Then I talked to one of the helpers on FF and she said i shouldn't use FMU with OPK's. So...I did a little test today. I tested once with FMU and then I waited till 11, went pee and then held it for 3 hours til 3pm. That test was finally negative! So...all those positives I was saying I got earlier in this thread probably weren't positives at all. I guess I learned a lesson on that one. It was totally messing with my mind and my chart. I now have an O date and FF is saying I am 5dpo. Now I just wish I could get my waking times under control. DH alarm clock disturbs my sleep and I am not temping at the same time every morning and I think that is throwing my chart off. Next month, if there is a next month, I am going to set my alarm for an earlier time to make sure I am temping at the same time every day!

Grace,
How far into your 2ww are you?? And yes it is a complete struggle to hold "it" that long. Answer OPK's just say to decrease your water intake for 2 hours...but that is the one I kept getting a positive on. Maybe they are more sensitive or something!

 

[mdcanon8765309]

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Originally Posted by skeeter30 DH alarm clock disturbs my sleep and I am not temping at the same time every morning and I think that is throwing my chart off. Next month, if there is a next month, I am going to set my alarm for an earlier time to make sure I am temping at the same time every day!

Skeeter, is it possible to temp when DH's alarm goes off? That's what I've been doing. Of course the bad part is when the weekend rolls around I'm having to set the alarm for 4:55 to be consistent, but at least it's already a force of habit and programmed to fall asleep again after it goes off.

Today was my first less than three hours of sleep temp. I woke up to go to the bathroom around 3:00 a.m. and woke several times between then and when the alarm went off.

Oh, and I stopped trying the OPK for now. I wasn't sure if it was too late for me when I first tried them (looks like it may have been, we'll see) and both times I tried were less than ideal conditions... Unable to wait four hours and then first morning... The instructions said if it's difficult to wait four hours try that but since the LH is highest later in the day it's kinda moot, huh?

Ah well.

 

[skeeter30]

petit_bleuet,

I would temp at the time his alarm goes off but,being already half way through the cycle and most of my temps were taken at around 6:45am, I don't see that helping at this point. Believe me, I will change something next month! It's so hard to read your own chart when it seems like it is all over the place. I figure if I wait a few days the picture will become more clear. FF has my O for CD11 and I see it but, I am not too convinced at this point but, they are the ones with the tec. so..I have to trust them. I wouldn't suggest taking the OPK with FMU b/c I heard iy is always in your system somewhat and it can read false positive. I am seriously going to have to test that theory out! Hmmmm??? I took the 2 today and they were neg but I will take another in the AM w/FMU and see if it is positive or not...I'll let you know!

 

[blondemom2bstl]

Skeeter,

I didn't know I was supposed to hold the pee for 4 hours before opk

Thanks for the info, and I'll do so. I was frustrated after taking one this morning, and virtually no pink after having two pinker ones. I don't recall reading that in the test instructions either. Well, now I will test right!
Hugs,
K

 

[skeeter30]

Hey Girlies!!!

blondemom2bstl,
What brand OPK are you using? I am not sure if the instuctions vary at all depending on what brand you use, On mine(american fair aka Kmart brand) It said to hold your urine for 4 hours but, on the answer brand it said to decrease your water intake for 2 hours so...it may vary. Reread the instructions on the brand you are using. Maybe those two that you took with the lines that were pinker were your surge???

AFM, I did the experiment this morning. I did another OPK with my FMU and low and behold it was positive agian.(after the 2 negs from yesterday afternoon, after holding it for 4 hours) I am quite sure I am not having my surge again b/c none of my other signs point to that and I know I already O'd. Not sure what day April 4th(ff has this marked as the day), 5th,6th or 7th....the only reason I say this is b/c of the times I am getting up are all screwy and I think they are messing up my chart. I know I O'd though and that is what is most important. Besides either way , what ever day O fell on, I still feel I could have timed it right for a pregnancy to occur. Right now I am just going crazy with wonder! Am I going to get a BFP this month...ahhhh! I almost feel it!

Anyway Ihope all of you girls are doing well and I want to send loads of baby dust

to make this a great month for all! TTYAS

 

[Grace24]

skeeter, that is so weird about the OPK's. Good to know. You sure do learn something new every day, around here. I am 9 DPO today. Too early for a test, right? (right?) But feeling tired and icky in my stomach.