TTC 12+Months APRIL

hello all
I hope you are all well. I dont have enough time to catch up because it's been so long, but I'll try to scan through the last thread.
I have been MIA all march...I had a break from work and went to France to visit my family. I had been extremely depressed and just not up to reading or writing at all. I had a major breakthrough yesterday that I wanted to share with you. I finally was able to discuss IVF with my dh and he's agreed to give it some more thoughts if I can find cheaper options that the "typical" 10 to 15 thousand quoted in the US. It's such a huge step that we could even talk about it! It gives me a lot of hope. I've found stuff on India and then to my surprise (and sort of by accident) I found out that France may be in a similar range ($3000 to 4000 all included). I called my mom and asked her to find out for sure for me. So, I guess there's a possibility I'll be spending time back home this summer, with the hope of coming back pregnant!

Ok, just over three weeks ago I got a positive OPK stick. I also had fertile mucus, etc, and thought that I had a full temp shift. My upper temp was only about 98.0. Yep that's low for post O but was at least a full degree higher than the other temps, so I just assumed I'd O'ed then, especially in light of the OPK and fertile CM.

Now I just now took and OPK test and it's positive now too! And my temp for the past several days is back to really low pre-O. Also I've been getting fertile quality CM the last few days too.

I'm thinking the first LH surge, a few weeks ago wasn't actual ovulation, just a false LH surge. Has anyone heard of this? BTW I'm using Answer brand OPK sticks.

Am I some kind of freakshow? Did my mom get abducted by aliens around the time she got pregnant with me or something? Is Mr. Spock my real dad?

Live Long and Prosper

Cd 1 here today. I'm not surprised or sad because I've been watching my temp fall the past few days. And I suppose it's just as well because we're visiting Portland in two weeks and I'll be able to drink lavender martinis! (gotta love Portland!)

Annie~ Do you have a link to your chart? If you have real ewcm, go for it! And...are your temps really that low? I was just reading in this book Garden of Fertility that pre-O temps consistently less than 97.5 make it really hard to get pg, regardless of other issues.

May-lily The IVF options in other countries sound very enticing!

bemommy~ Your garden sounds great! It's cute that you have so many "helpers".

Astrid~ : that you get some answers from your lap! When will you know the results? I hope the blood draw isn't too traumatic for you.

Hello to OT Momma, beemama, and surf mama
And everyone else, too.

annie, there are a couple of possibilities i can think of.

1- you might have not had a "complete" lh surge last time and didn't o. if this is the case, you might want to be tested for pcos (i'm sorry, i can't remember if you have done those tests already!).

2- um, i hesitate to say this, but your opk might be acting as a hpt. i suggest buying one and testing for pregnancy.



may-lily, SO nice to see you! congrats on the breakthrough with dh! That is HUGE!

more later y'all!

Hey guys! I LOVE all the cheerleaders that are pulling for me! You guys are the best!

I just posted pix of the embies, "booger" and "jellybean" on my blog. Feel free to check it out.

Meggles~ Thank you for starting our new Spring thread. on the Cd1 thing. Have a drink for me too!

You are all so totally optimistic that this is my month. Maybe I need to change my pesimistic attitude to be more like yours.

Annie~ Are you on clomid?

Leslie~ Where are you at in your cycle? Starting injections soon?

May~ Aetna POS II