***The ONE thread April 13th-April 19th***

I hope you all don't mind me taking over, I just have nothing better going on just kidding. Seriously, I just like to help out hahaha ok cross posted to the other old one thread:

Man, I woke up to two things) 1) bad very scary dreams, where I ended up pregnant and flung my baby off a high dive... and 2) a start of a yeast infection... why!?

Hooray, new thread! Thanks for setting it up, Lauren!

I got crosshairs today, I'm happy. Now I get to wait around and figure out how long my luteal phase will be (totally not expecting success just starting out).

ETA- We were posting at the same time. Sorry to hear about the yeast infection, UGH!

Oooh, Lauren! I'm not one to get on the bandwagon with early symptoms, but at 13 DPO you could be having legitimate hormonal shifts that could cause either one of those. I had a yeast infection in early pregnancy, actually--it was later, I don't remember exactly when. Of course, all the extra BDing could mess with the yeasties too. When are you going to test? : for you! And thanks for the new thread.

petit_bleuet, I'm glad you got your crosshairs.

Julia, your turn will come!

Stevi, your story makes me wonder what is wrong with the world--why is it so easy for some people who do not want children to get pregnant, and you have to go to all these ends to accomplish motherhood? Babies should go to the people who want them! I hope you get a very soon.

AFM, I'm 5 DPO. Just waiting. With my DD I got mild cramping on 6 DPO which must have been implantation, but no other symptoms until missing AF. So I'm just waiting, and hoping for some mild cramping tomorrow!

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ahhh thanks! I just feel a little lost right now... honestly, I have not lived my tww window the way I normally do. I drank wine nightly, ate sushi, brie, worked out hard. Honestly, I have been a BAD Twwer. I never thought I had a chance. I **** am thinking I am only 7dpo and missed the conception window completely, but right?

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Being a good or a bad TWWer doesn't really mean you'll get pg or not! Those are really conservative recommendations for a healthy pregnancy, not recommendations for how to make a sticky one. Plenty of people living really debaucherously get pregnant! LOL. Plus, those recommendations are also really American-centric--people in other cultures get pregnant and have healthy pregnancies without following our really tight "rules." (I personally threw most of them out the window! I mean, not like I got drunk or anything, but I didn't feel like I needed to be totally spartan for 38 weeks. The book "What's Going On In There" is a great one for explaining exactly what all the recommendations are for, and what the risk is to fetal brain development. I found it very helpful.) Anyway, your chart looks great, and at this point I really don't think it looks like you O'd 7 days ago. It really looks to me like the crosshairs are where they should be. Good luck!

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That is good to know in case this is really my month. I got so into moving to Europe and getting to experience that with my husband that this whole TTC and being a good TWWer sorta went out the window... It is not like I have been doing drugs, running marathons and binge drinking liquor nightly, so I don't know if my abandonment of the TWW really would make a difference, I just find it funny how living my life normally has made me calm down and focus on me, my husband, and my friends more then this TTC stuff which was really making me miserable...

I am here I just wanted to check in. I am waiting to O still, not stressing (I may want to do some sort of a fast/cleanse, so I wouldn't want to be pregnant during that. My body just feels so yucky

I will probably wait until af to do anything like that though, just in case.

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: I jsut had a vision of a cracked-out drunk running through NYC streets int eh marathon hahahaa How is Europe? Or did you not get there yet? I hope you like it. Germany, right?

Me-feeling like poo. Headache, sick, the works. Must actually be sick though, my 7 pill-free days are over, time to start taking that crap again :

Good morning everyone or should I actually say good afternoon...sorry my bf works 2nd shift and we sleep until about 12ish during the week . Anyways I just wanted to stop by and say hello to everyone.

AFM-I am still waiting to O : ...Im thinking any day now until then I guess I will just keep up the BDing..lol

Thanks for the new thread Lauren.

Please move me to waiting to know. I don't know why I am so off kilter this cycle. I felt like my period went on and on to like 8 days. I got a + opk the after noon of the 7th but I was still spotting. I "think" we DTD on the 5th and 8th. I didn't write it down. I thought it was way too early. CD1 was March 30th. Anyhow, I have been a POAS addict and get + opks with fmu but later that day it's negative. I wish I had written down when we dtd.

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yay crosshairs! : for you!

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YES! i have seen some friends struggle with infertility and pregnancy loss and stillbirth, and meanwhile so many people who don't even want to have babies just BAM get pregnant. so unfair. anyway, hoping that you've got a little one in there ready to implant!

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fwiw, i think FF is right about when you O'd - 7 dpo just doesn't seem to fit with your chart. maybe this lax approach to TWW-ing will be what works for you! plenty of us have done "bad" things during our TWW (or pregnancies) and still gone on to have totally fine pregnancies - so yeah, i think nightly wine and working out and stuff sound totally fine. if they were nightly crack binges or something, that'd be different, but sounds like you're fine. heh. hope that pregnancy dream MEANS something!

and here's a great link on yeasties and keeping them at bay.

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I hope you caught the eggie!!!

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wow... that yeast stuff is awesome! I picked up some gynelotrimin-- is that stuff bad? It is a 7 day pack- that is all the army med docs would give me for free I am thinking of trying the raw garlic, but not sure if I just want to be done with it now.

YummyYumYumMama--thanks for the hug. I need it today.

OH's engine stopped running on the way to work this morning. He didn't get in until 11......i might be stranded at school for the night. F*ck.

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Lauren: thanks for the new thread!

I have baby dreams frequently myself... never the perplexing ones, just the "oh wow, I have a tiny baby, life is grand, look at his little toes, I'm so in love right now... wait... what's happening?... what's that noise??? OH #^%#*^$*%@$*$# I HAVE TO GET UP FOR WORK NOW!!!" : So disappointing!!!

Stevi: I missed my chance to comment on the last thread, but thank you for sharing your story. You're such a fascinating person and I think you have a lot to share with a small person I hope you get your chance soon!

good afternoon to all! Just wanted to quickly update. I am anywhere from 7dpo to 9dpo and I am spotting again for the second time this cycle. It's not looking too good for me right now. I think my luteal phase is too short or something else is going on. Pretty much the same thing happened last month. I spotted for about 4 days before actual flow. Does anyone know if this could have anything to do with BC? I just got off of it at the end of feb. So...this is only my second cycle off of it. I also don't think ff has my o date right but, who knows. Another thing I was wondering was how I could increase my luteal phase naturally? I have heard of taking vitamin B6 but, how much should I take? Any help would be appreciated!!!

Lauren, Sorry about your infection. That stinks! Your chart looks really nice though! I know you don't think FF has your O date right so I was wondering if you checked to see if any of the other detectors on FF would give you a different date. FWIW though it really looks right to me still! Good luck! and thanks for the new thread!

petit_bleuet, Glad you got your crosshairs!! Hope your TWW is a great one!

sleepingbeauty, I am sorry you are having a bad day!

tinynyoda, Welcome! Sorry about the temp dip! i know it can be disappointing! On to a fresh start. I will probably be joining you soon from the looks of things...I have to do more waiting ,as usual to find out. I hope your stay here is short and sweet!

Just checking in - I'm definitely a part-timer at the mo, we've been away for easter weekend to the south coast to see my cousin, and my BF is still lap-top hogging most nights.

I'm still waiting to O, CD15, and a little convinced that my body might actually be already gearing up to O!! how very exciting. I can't wait to have my first ever cross hairs lol, hope I can join your cross hair celebration soon Petit_bleuet!

Tinynyota, I wrote how to put the chart in your sig here, after I learned from another kind lady and would've been clueless if I'd been left to figure it out myself!

Lauren I'm gonna join the previous posters and agree I think FF got it right! one way to find out..... but i'm not allowed to suggest that as I know you're a non-tester thread keeper and i'm a bad influence!!

Patchchild Welcome! and : for you xx