[Abylite]

Hello! Can't you tell I'm gearing up for this next cycle!!!

Next week will be the week I "O"...and I'll be away at a conference (1 1/2 hours away by car) so my DH will be taking some time off to hang with me and BD!!! We don't want to "waste" a month!! It'll be fun and break up the routine. Sometimes (for me at least) it's hard to get in the mood everyday after being at work!!!

How's everyone else doing???

 

[morgan's_mom]

I'm waiting to o too! I just got my period back after TWO YEARS without one (pregnancy and nursing). I don't know whether I'll o or not (still nursing quite a bit, and my period is VERY light -- in fact, it's almost gone after just 2 days), but I'll obsess about it anyway!

Good luck!!!

 

[dharmama]

I'm still in the Sept. 2ww (whcih I guess is not the Oct. 2ww) but just wanted to stop in and say hi!

Abylite ~ Big

for your DH!! Have fun...that sounds so nice!!

~Erin

 

[Danesmama]

Hi!

I'm in the October Pre-O too

! Dh and I have been trying (but not very seriously) for about 3-4 months. I'm hoping that this time around will be the lucky cycle

. I should ovulate some time next week, so we're getting ready for some serious bd'ing! I have posted on occasion in the 2ww thread, but this time I'm planning on fully obsessing about getting pregnant, so I will be hanging around the boards a lot more!

Morgan's_mom - welcome

We'll all wish you some

and hope that faint period is all you need!

Abylite- Your weekend sounds like fun - hopefully this will be your successful time! I hear you about not being in the mood to bd every day after work, so maybe the change will do the trick!

Mama-wanna-be - good luck in your 2ww

 

[snuffles]

Hi ladies!

I think I am going to join you. Af hasn't found her way to me yet, but I expect her soon! I just started TTC and only because I thought I might be pregnant this cycle (I had some bleeding on CD 20.. brownish pink spotting for a few days and some cramping.. I thought it was implantation)... here I am on CD 30 and my cycles should be between 30-35 days. Did I mention I am still nursing my 18 month old? I did not get a period until 16 months pp. She is nursing a little less during the day but still alot at night. I am starting to chart. Right now my temp is 98.4 in the morning. That seems a little high? Hmmm I don't know. FRER was negative this morning. Maybe I did not ovulate until CD 20? Because the day after I started spotting, I had some achiness around my ovary area. Not sure...

Anyhow, I have 3 kiddos already and would love another one. My neighbor is pregnant and I am insanely jealous! My DH is not very gung-ho on the idea of TTC yet but I think I can convince him to not use anything.

Mel

 

[Hera]

Hi all,

I'm switching from Sept. Pre o to Oct pre-o, since I don't think I have yet. My cervix was doing interesting things, and maybe I made some cm of sorts one day, but those temps just stay low....Well, I had a d&c on the 4th, and broke my toe a week ago monday, and we're maybe about to put an offer on a house in the next day or two, so maybe I'm just too stressed right now.

Dh is still doing his job, anyway, just in case.....

 

[naturegirl]

Hi ladies

I am back to join you in the pre-O category. Today is cd1 so I won't chat much now because it is my grumpiest day and I hate being negative.

Just want to wish everyone happy bding and healthy O'ing. I will be back in full force after my camping/relaxing trip to the Grand Canyon!

I am excited about that! (I get back on the 13th, just in time to start the serious bding!)

Cheryl

 

[jenniferB]

hi! thought i'd jump back into these boards again. i've been ttc for over a year now. just stopped bfing so seeing if that will help.

cd13 today and my second month of charting. looks like last month i didn't o. i'm so nervous and excited this month that i can't get enough sleep to properly take my temp in the morning.

today is a bd day and i am soooo tense. i had to hold back twice from snapping at dh. what am i doing, starting an arguement today???

i hate this. my friends who were ttc at the same time as me last year are now holding little babies

but don't want to post a downer on this very optimistic thread. good luck to us all!!

peace and love,
jenn

 

[BeeandOwlsMum]

I am still here....
thought I was going to O...cervix was getting soft, had ewcm....all good signs.
Then this morning....no ewcm and firm cervix....and no temp jump.

Very confused...so here I am for a little while longer...

Lovely to see you all again!!!

 

[Milkymommi]

Sorry!

T

Mel,

Boy do I hear you!!! 4 of my closest friends are pg!And to top it all off they have ALL asked me to attend their births as their Doula.Talk about jelous:LOL Well just look at it this way...that's all the more

floating around you

 

[snuffles]

Milky,

Wow! 4 pregnant friends!! How awesome that you are a doula though.. I have thought about doing that just because I love the birth process.. hmm maybe something I could do later on in my life. Maybe then I could get my birth "fix" without actually having to give birth myself.. LOL (yes I am a birth and pregnancy junkie)

Mel

 

[sunbaby]

hi all. this is gonna be my first month ttc. hopes are high as if we dont make it this month we're gonna have to wait untill march to try again. i know i may not be very realistic here, but dd was a 'surprise' that happened the one and only time we failed to use proper prevention, so i am hoping i am like wonder woman in this department. i know, i know, but i can always hope. i am lighting my little pregnancy candle next to my pregnancy statue on all of our behalves. actually, you know what? i am going to make a little hope altar for all of us.

 

[Velveteen]

Finally getting to join you!
First month ttc, I hope it isn't a long drawn out affair.

Nice to meet you all!

 

[paniscus]

I am pre O also.

This is our first month ttc so we are still "practicing"

. I am really hoping it happens this month because the 2ww is going to KILL me!! Does anyone have any advice to increase the chances?? I don't chart but have been mentally taking note when I ovulate over the past several months and paying more attention to my secretions. I have heard it is best to stay laying down for 10- 20 min. after "the deed" has been done. Also, I have heard bd a few days before ovulation is better then right at ovulation. Some things say bd every day; others say every other day. Anyone have any thoughts??

Good luck to all!!

 

[Hera]

I'm having anovulatory bleeding right now, at 31 days. Rats. Let's go egg!!!

 

[Danesmama]

Hi all-

I'm still waiting for my little egg, but dh and I are practicing up on the bd-ing too.

Hera- sounds like a hectic month for you! Try to take it easy and we'll keep cheering "let's go egg!" too.

Paniscus, Velveteen and sunbaby- Welcome to the pre-O board.
Paniscus - I stayed on my back for 20 min after bd'ing when I got pregnant with ds (it took 3 months after stopping the pill). I think you're right about bd'ing a day or two before ovulating - and it depends on dh's sperm count whether or not you bd every day or every other day. I'm definitely not an expert though!

Welcome back to everyone who's still trying! we're all hoping for some

this month!

Just wanted to check in and say hi! Hopefully we'll all graduate to the 2ww and I'm pregnant boards together!
Good luck!

 

[jenniferB]

hera, isn't that a good thing? or were you hoping to just skip this cycle and get on with the next one?

adinaL, what's the status now? any temp jump or CM change?

my cm i can't figure out. something is happening i think and it's cd16. temps are very very low. below 97. before dd my cycles were 26 days. i didn't know enough to appreciate it it then!

~jenn

 

[Abylite]

Hello!!!

We started BDing yesterday...I broke down and bought an ovulation predictor test this morning and got 2 dark lines. I don't chart or anything...just pay attention to CM and little abdominal pains....so I guess it means O should be happening in 24-36 hours according to this test?? Has anyone else used them?

paniscus- good luck!!! Hope your stay here is quick. I think BDing 2-3 days before O is good so you don't miss the egg dropping...I know I hang out with my hips up for about a half an hour after....we've tried both every day and every other day BDing. I think both work for us since we did get PG two times before but m/c. We hope third time is a charm for us!!!

It seems "everyone is pregnant" or already had a baby...I also know some woman who have a newborn now and we've been trying for a live one for over a year now!!!

We leave for the out of town conference tomorrow late afternoon....I need a break from routine!!!

 

[BeeandOwlsMum]

I am still here. temp hasn't shifted yet - but soon I think. We started the bding last night as I got good excm yesterday, and a little bit this morning. I should O by wednesday...which is unfortunately indicating that my periods are back on the irregular messy pattern....bummer. I am currently having what feels like o pains...a good sign!!

Here is my chart!

Soon...soon i will move over to the 2ww.

 

[Danesmama]

Well my CM is getting to the stage where I know it is time for some serious bd'ing (and even though I know what bd stands for I always think "belly dancing" whenever I read or type that :LOL)

Hope eveyone else is doing well. AdinaL Keep up the positive vibe!

Abylite - hang in there your time will come! We're all pulling for your healthy and happy pregnancy.