OP & TTC 10/12-10/18

[DuneRaiderette]

hi buddies. i guess ill start for this week. im feeling kinda down and blue today. prolly pms. af is still a no-show, six days late. why the heck does she taunt me like this??? its so not fair!!! for anyone else, af being late would mean that they are pg. and i know for me it doesnt. im having a little pity-party for myself, can you tell? just got word from cali (from my m-i-l), that one of my friends just had her baby (number 5!!!, and she is a year older than me), and another acquaintence (sp???) is pg. this "friend" is someone we didnt really hang out with a whole lot, but did enjoy being around them. well, it was on our way to their wedding that dh and i got "engaged," and when we were on vacation for dh's cousins wedding we saw them again. they asked us, when are you having kids? and we said we were waiting for them. then, we asked them when they were having kids, and they said they were waiting for us. and now, they are having a kid. its not fair!!! i just wish for once in my life, i could just have something handed to me, and not have to work for it. just once. everything i have ever had, i have had to work, and work HARD for, and it just seems like the one thing that SHOULD be handed to me, isnt. dh even told me last night "you NEED a baby" {there is a koala stuffed bear that pampers is giving away, all you have to do is buy some diapers and mail in the upc's, and i really want it}. im sorry for starting the week off on such a bad note!!! i just needed to get it out, and im sure dh doesnt want to hear it anymore.

anyway, on a good note, my belt is on the next to last notch, and when i started here, it was on the next to first notch (you know, the second biggest, now its on the second smallest). that, at least is good, right? and winter has finally started putting in an apperearance. it has been raining off and on for days. baby dust to you guys!!! graemlins/wave.gif

[dot & taff]

Hi there,
I hope you don't mind me joining in here... I've been distracted with ttc and ff, but I've fallen off the wagon with ww. Now back to ww after a long break and still ttc (22 mo now). I'm hoping the ww will help move the ttc along.

I do think that moving in so many notches on your belt is absolutely fabulous. That is just what we need for encouragement. Good Luck with both the ww and the ttc.

dot

[aprilk]

Good morning! I'm really in a wonderful mood this morning. After eight weeks of being stuck at the same weight, I'm finally down one pound this morning.
On the TTC front, I've had very sore bb's the last couple of days, but that could be from either. I just found out that dh may have had mumps as a child, so now I'm really worried he may be sterile. Those of you that have been doing fertility testing, what was the first step to start it?

Dune~Congratulations on the weight loss! You'll be needing a new belt in no time. It's okay to feel upset by other people being pg. Believe me, most of us have had to deal with the unfairness of others getting pg so "easily". I've just come to the conclusion that I'm a late bloomer. smile.gif

Dot~Welcome to our group. TTC can certainly be distracting. I'm currently on month 13. Everyone here is great for keeping you sane and OP.

How's everyone else doing? Any testing?

[tringinjune]

Just a quick check-in, I'm at home with a lousy dial-up connection, but had to log on to see how you all are doing.

AF showed up here on Friday, so I'm on a new cycle. Otherwise nothing to report - I'm in a hurry!

Take care,
June

[elmirady]

Good morning ladies! Not much going on here. I am feeling super PMSy today, actually since Saturday, so I believe the ole witch will be showing up sometime this week.

Dune - I can so relate to your mood, etc. today! Awesome on the belt notches!

Dot - Welcome to the group! Sorry at least 2 of us are feeling a little down and blue today. We're usually very chipper around here!

April - Weigh to go on beating that plateau! Send some of your good cheer my way will ya!

June - I hate the dial-up connection I have at home, that's why you seldom see me over the weekends!

Jenn/Fiona/MrsA925 - Where are you all today?

Shellys - How's are resident mommy to be feeling?

Hi to anyone I may have missed, and I'm sure I missed some of us! Baby and "O" Dust to all!

[ October 13, 2003, 11:53 AM: Message edited by: elmirady ]

[MrsA925]

Hi Ladies

I got DH results back (don't know if I can type sp3rm anyalsis) His count did go up from 0.3 to 8.5 million (yippie for supplements) there were some other problems this time with pH and such.... We have the two big appts Thursday.

Dune- Sorry you are having such a yucky day. But congrats on the belt changes (that is great news!!) I have five friends having babies before June (ughh but I am happy for them). If you want the Pampers bear, I say buy the diapers and get the bear.

Dot- Welcome. I am TTC with PCOS and Male Factor problems. Good luck to you and I hope your stay here is short!

April- You will want to call your Ob/Gyn or DH primary doctor to get a prescription for a SA test. This will let you know what is going on with DH "guys"!! If you have any questions about this let me know. This should be done before any tests are run on the female partner. It is a cheap (in medical terms) test about $75-$150.

Jenn- I will join the Thanksgiving Challenge smile.gif

Hello everyone !!!

Ginny

[ October 13, 2003, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: MrsA925 ]

[DuneRaiderette]

hi guys. i am so sorry for dumping on you all yesterday!!! i just had to get it all out. i feel a little better today, no af STILL, but maybe tomorrow. i gotta rush off to chem lab, so i will talk to you all tomorrow!!!

baby dust!!!

[Stormlady]

Hey everyone, I've never posted here before, but since I am also trying to have a baby I figured I might as well. I am at month two of trying, hopefully it will not take too long. I had blood work done today, since I am hypothyroid they check it every 6 months, but today I was also checked for RH factor, blood group and immunity for Rubella. The Dr. said it was just as well to get it out of the way now while I was there, rather than send me back again after I was pregnant. Does anyone know how long is a normal time to conceive? I have been off BCP's for 2 months.

I'll be checking in a bit more here in the future.

Everybuddy have a great day!!

[calgal]

Good morning, ladies. I'm having a bit of a pity party for myself today, because AF showed up - 3 whole days early, dashing my hopes for this month. (My temps started dropping 3 days ago, so I kinda knew it was coming, but still...) Oh well. I guess I'll just have to have some more fun this month. smile.gif

Work is getting insane again. My "I don't have time to do that" has been met with denial from the higher-ups who have no one else to turn to, and of course, they don't (can't) tell the client that I have NO TIME to deal with them, so I'm forced to deal with them. Which, for me, meant leaving work early on Friday to get home in time to catch a conf. call that began after 6 p.m. (so I wouldn't be stuck here at work dealing with it on a Friday evening). Of course, conf. call led to follow-up work, which the client wanted by Saturday, which meant I had to work until midnight on Friday getting it done (that and the other project I had). Then I had to work for about 5 hours on Sunday to finish another project for the same client, which I couldn't finish on Friday because he kept calling me. Blech. These clients have no idea how lucky they are that I have a mortgage to pay. :D

Dune - I TOTALLY hear ya on the bad mood and feeling like we have to work so darn hard for something that should be so EASY. I'm trying to remind myself that getting mad doesn't make it any easier for me. But it's hard...

Dot & Taff - welcome!

Stormlady - same to you! As I'm sure everyone will attest, there is no "normal" timeframe for TTC success. We all know people who hit the jackpot the first month off BCP, and some of us have been TTC for close to or more than a year. (I have a neighbor who TTC for 7 years before becoming pregnant - and then became pregnant while her first was 3 mos old, because they started trying again right away, not knowing how long it would take.) Conventional wisdom says if nothing happens in a year of trying, see a doctor.

April - congrats on being down a pound! Are you flexing? Also, hope all is well with DH.

June - sorry AF showed up. How are things otherwise?

Elmirady - I hope the witch leaves you alone this month.

Ginny - YAY on the test results. Sounds promising.

Jenn - What's up?

To anyone I might have missed, SORRY, but I'm still sending O and baby dust to ya! graemlins/wave.gif

[jenn42302]

Hi girls,

Lots to do today (not as much as you calgal, geesh!! don't clients suck?) so this will be brief. AF is still here, she likes to hang around, so she'll probably be completely gone by Wednesday. My wallpapering is finished and it rocks!! And DH and I are still happily married :D

Did anyone see my last post on last week's thread? I wanted to start a (U.S.) Thanksgiving weight loss challenge. I have been struggling with maintenance (I have only gained 4 lbs and still am 7 lbs under my WW goal, but I want to get that weight off and THEN some) and I'd still like to get my weight lower so that when (yes WHEN!!) I get pg, I have a bigger cushion. I even changed my profile to depress myself (and keep myself accountable to you guys!!) I always did well with challenges when I was on losing points, so I wonder if anyone here in TTC land wants to do one. I'll keep track. Anyone interested?

I got about 4 things to get done before noon, and then I have to go to the Dr to followup on my surgery (he's got to check the incision which is healing nicely, ask Fiona, she saw the practically invisible scar when we met up!), so I'll end up here. I'll check back later this afternoon when I get more time and do personals.

graemlins/wave.gif Hi Stormlady, welcome to our group! Hope you stay here is short!!
Have a great OP day buddies. Baby and O dust to all!!

jenn smile.gif

[ October 14, 2003, 08:43 AM: Message edited by: jenn42302 ]

[aprilk]

Hi everyone. Still waiting to see what will happen. For some reason I'm not feeling too optimistic about this month, even though we've timed everything perfectly again. Broke down in tears last night because I've been so patient, but it doesn't seem to be happening. Hopefully I'm wrong & af will stay away.

Dune~Any chance you could be pg? Hope things are going better for you today.

June~I'm so sorry to hear af showed for you. Good luck next cycle.

Elmirady~Hope the ol' witch stays far away!

Ginny~Thanks for the info. We had planned to wait until January to start any testing, but I'm starting to get anxious. Glad to hear dh's "guys" are looking better. Hope your appointments go well on Thursday.

Stormlady~Welcome to the group. My doc told me a year of trying was normal for most couples. Hope your stay here is short.

Calgal~Whew! Your work sounds crazy right now. I'm sorry to hear af showed. In answer to your question, I'm doing ww from home with the old 123 materials.

Jenn~I'd definitely be up for a challenge. I seem to be losing those last ten pounds so slowly, but anything to help keep me motivated is good. Plus I could use something else to obsess about, not just ttc. ;)

Dot & Taff, Surfergirl, and anyone else I've missed~How are you today?

Shellys~How is our graduate doing?

Baby Dust & O Dust!
April smile.gif

[MrsA925]

Jenn- I will join your challenge. I need the push smile.gif

HI everyone I am getting really nervous for our appts on Thursday but other than that things are ok here.

Ginny

[Fiona]

Hi everyone

Sorry I have been a bad buddy and not been around but well things have been interesting. I got a new computer on Friday and that took most of my day away from me. Then it was spending time getting everything back on it. Don't you just hate having to restore everything.

Then well the beauty of working in education - I got a three day weekend. And boy did I need it. I slept late, I pottered around and generally relaxed. And we also had such perfect weather. We went on a cookout on Saturday and had my inlaws over for dinner on Sunday and I planted all of my bulbs for next spring yesterday. And I finished one of my cross stitches (a piglet that is part of a pooh set for the nursery) and my quilt top. Next stop is to start on a baby quilt.

AF did her usual around here this month. Came and went very quickly (although not as quickly as Jenn predicted). Now I am on 50mg of clomid and waiting for next monday when I have the ultrasound scheduled. Fingers crossed that it all goes well for us this month. I am sick and tired of being patient.

Becki: I can understand how you feel about wanting something to be handed to you. I am very much getting like that with trying to get pregnant. I feel that I have paid my dues with all the other medical crap that I have had to deal with. I really just want to be pregnant and to be able to move on. At the moment I feel as though I am in one huge holding pattern that I can't get out of. BY the way great news on the belt front. You will be TTC in no time.

Dot: Welcome to our little group. Its a great support mechanisim.

April: I have my fingers crossed that AF doesn't show for you.

June: Sorry that AF showed. Now lets think positively for next month ok.

Elmira: SOrry that she might show for you. Hey are you, Jenn and I going to try and get together sometime in November or are we putting it off till the spring?

Ginny:L Supplements that increased his count. Tell me more. My DH never got told anything about this.

Stormlady - welcome. My doctor told me that it takes the average couple about 12 months. My DH and I are now into month 14 and going to have fertility treatments this month to try and help us along a little.

Calgal: Sorry about your pity party. Been there done that and getting better at being able to deal with it. All I can say is that things have to get better soon.

Jenn: I will join your challenege but I am going to be realisitc and aim for like 2lbs. Like I told you my steriods have kicked my system out of wack and even being OP doesn't stop the gain. But I am aiming to try and beat it slowly. And good luck at the doctors I am sure it will all work out.

Well its almost lunch time and I am off to the gym. This will be day number 8 I have exercised so far this month.

Baby dust to all.

Fiona smile.gif

[MrsA925]

Fiona: My DH has been taking supplements for his "guys" and I am surprised how well they are working. I will get a list of what he is taking but you can also check out
www.ovusoft.com/forum (http://www.ovusoft.com/forum) then the Male Factor IF board. There is a ton of great info there. I love the site. It has a wonderful group of ladies who have so much info dealing with the TTC mess.

Ginny

[DuneRaiderette]

*singing, very loud, and very off key to the tune of that gloria estefan song*

"there's always tomorrow, for af to come...."

ok, can you all tell i feel better? af STILL is a no-show, but im not thinking anything for four more days. {remember last time? my cycle was 40 days. today is cd 36, and i cant even buy a hpt till monday, cuz thats payday}. i thought FOR SURE she was gonna be here today...had *some* light cramping. its kinda weird, my bbs hurt, but deep inside, and every once in a while, there is an odd twinge. i feel crampy {occasionally}, but deep inside. my lower abdomen is very hard {like the span between my hips, but that could be af--but its been like that for a few weeks. i thought it was cuz i was losing weight, and my muscles were closer to the surface}. i dont know. i have heartburn {i told dh it means our kid will have lots of hair lol}. i guess i just gotta wait till monday.

anyhoo...lol i love that word.

stormlady~~welcome! i have seen you around the boards before. i hope you enjoy your (hopefully) short stay with us!!!

calgal~~sorry work is so crazy!!! i know how that goes though. i work in a bakery, and its getting close to christmas and THOSE holidays...blech. hope you feel better tomorrow!

jenn~~ill join in your challenge! i really need something to stress over besides school and work! lol

april~~yeah, there is a chance i could be pg...dh and i havent been as *careful* as we could be, but i dont temp or anything (since im not supposed to actually be ttc yet), so i dont know my exact dates, just when af comes and goes.

ginny~~ill send you non-nervous thoughts (i am the QUEEN of nervousness--i have been known to make myself sick, literally!!!)!!! good luck at the dr!

fiona~~i feel really really bad for ranting so much!!! i know that there are so many of you here who have been trying and trying, and i really hope i didnt step on any toes!!! you all deserve a big, fat bouncing break, about nine months from now!!!

shelly~~hows it going, mama???

ok, since i was supposed to be studying starting exactly 18 minutes ago, i gotta go!!! here's to a productive week!!! graemlins/wave.gif

[ October 14, 2003, 11:06 PM: Message edited by: DuneRaiderette ]

[calgal]

Good morning. It's a sunshiny, cool, east-coast day again today. I love the fall! I mail-ordered a really cute pair of high-heel, strech boots and a couple of sweater sets, and they arrived yesterday. I'm wearing the boots today in case I have to kick anyone at work. smile.gif (Just kidding, obviously.) The heels are 3" - and although they're comfortable, I can't believe how much taller they feel than my usual 2 to 2-1/2" heels. AF still around. I can't believe it was 3 days early, making my cycle 25 days. Very annoying, but she's here, so complaining won't do me much good, so here I go to personals:

Dune - hey - maybe you ARE pg - that would be great. Do keep us updated.

Ginny - glad the "guys" are swimming strong. smile.gif

Fiona - Good for you on the exercise! I have to commit and just do it, again.

Jenn - here's that graemlins/bcbkick.gif that you asked for. Now back in line! (At least you're still within goal.)

April - no crying! Could be your little one is sitting inside you right now, thinking "but why is my mama crying?" smile.gif

June/Storm/Elmirady/Surfergirl/Dot & Taff - what's up?

Shellys - tell us more about how it feels to be a mommy-to-be?

Gotta run - more work to do, of course.

[Fiona]

Hi everyone

Getting in early today whilst it is still quiet. It will get busier as the day goes on. And it is a miserable day here. Cold and windy. They are talking about scattered power outages in the area. Just got to hope that it doesn't affect us today.

I am spending a lot of time this week trying to relax and stay calm. I feel it is important for me to be relaxed next week. I guess I am getting a little aprehensive about it now. But I sure hope it works. I know there are others here that have been trying as long as I have but I really feel it is getting close to my time. My eyes are getting more stable (touch on wood) and my medication is going down to where it should be. I am exercising and eating right again and my clothes are feeling a little more comfortable. I just have to hope and pray that it works out.

Ginny: Thanks for the link. I will go have a look and see if I can find anything to help DH.

Becki: Go study. And you didn't step on anyones toes, well least of all mine. xAnyway you never know you could be the next graduate.

Calgal: You have reminded me that I need to start the hunt for new heels. My black ones I wear all the time are wearing thin and I should replace them. The only thing is it will take me ages to find any.

Hi to everyone else, and babay dust all round.

Fiona smile.gif

[elmirady]

Good morning ladies. Not much new going on here. I am feeling less grouchy today so that is a good thing at least for DH! LOL. I don't feel like this is my month at all. I know it ain't over til the ole witch shows up, but I just feel like she's on her way. I really should schedule my annual but the last time I was there was for my M/C and I told them I wouldn't be back until I was preggo again....here we are a year later....so I guess I should be the good little patient and go right?

Jenn - I'll join the challenge! I too need something else to concentrate on. I think I'm gonna go join WW again instead of doing it from home as I need the accountability of someone weighing me! My best friend is joining Oct. 25th so I'll have a buddy with me!

Shellys - How's our mommy feeling?

Fiona - I think your time is fast coming! I have heard wonderful things about Clomid helping!

Dune - When I was preggers, my stomach felt hard in that exact same spot! TEST will ya! I think you are! Hope the studying went well!

Calgal - Send some sunshine this way please. It is rainy and windy with gusts up to 55 miles per hour here! Those boots sound really cool!

Stormlady/Dot/April/June/MrsA925 - graemlins/wave.gif How are you all doing today?

Hi to anyone I amy have missed and baby and "O" dust to all!

[jenn42302]

Hi girls,

Wow, what a blustery day here, but now we have a little sun, I'll take it for as long as it stays!

I'm happy I have some takers on my challenge offer. I will start a new thread after this, so we don't clog up the daily.

My top candidate accepted the position yesterday!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!! Bad news is that she can't start until Nov 10. Good news is that I don't have time right now to get ready for her!!!!!

Just waiting for stupid ol' AF to fly away. Looking to start the BDfest early next week. My temps are varying all over the place, but since this is my first official month, I don't know what to expect!

On to some personals:

Becki ~ How ya feeling, girl?? AF show?? Or maybe, just maybe... I don't want you to get your hopes up (if you don't want them up) so that's all I'll say. I hope all is going well with you now!! And, I know you said that you're waiting until Monday (payday) to test, but see if your parents can spot you a couple of bucks and get some HPTs!!!!! I'd send you my extras if it wouldn't take until Monday to get to Oregon from Buffalo!!!

dot & taff ~ graemlins/wave.gif Welcome to our little group! Join my Thanksgiving weight loss challenge for an extra boost, and know that this is a great bunch of girls for the crazy roller coaster ride that is TTC!! BTW, cool name!

april ~ AF show up? Or maybe a BFP??? You're sure to get a break soon!!!!!!

June ~ Nasty ol' AF gone yet?? Looks like we're cycle buddies again this month!!

elmirady ~ what's going on?? I jope you are wrong and it IS your month!! And I totally hear ya about not wanting to go to the OBGYN. I'm due for my annual in November, but I plan to put it off until Jan if I am not pg, because I don't want to go until I am!!! and graemlins/thumbup.gif about going back to WW and joining my challenge!! The more the merrier!!

Ginny ~ That's awesome about DHs "boys." I hope you can get the other issues resolved easily. And good luck with your appts tomorrow.

Stormlady ~ How's it going?? Just to let you know, a co-worker of mine has thyroid issues, was told she couldn't get pg, got pg once (and sadly had a m/c), but then got pg again and will be having a baby boy any day now!!!! Sometimes BCPs mess up your cycle for a while, a couple of months and all should be back to normal. BTW, I love your sig line about cats!!

calgal ~ Sorry AF showed. Isn't it great though that you can tell with the temps, rather than interpreting PMS sxs as preg sxs?? I hope work isn't so nuts for you (yeah, right, I hear you on that one!) And thanks for the kick. I needed it! Oh, and your boots sound great! I'm in need of a brown pair, and I've been eyeing this pair in the Chadwick's catalog...maybe they'll be my reward for meeting my Thanksgiving challenge!!

Fiona ~ How's it going? Computer problems cleared up?? And higher ed IS a beautiful thing, having Monday off (though I'm paying for it with extra work the other 4 days!) Your craft projects sound beautiful. If I have a boy one day, the theme would be completely Pooh (a girl, partial Pooh, I have other ideas). I hope all goes well with TTC for you this month!! All signs point to you having success this month, I totally feel it!!

I hope I didn't miss anyone ( graemlins/wave.gif to you if I did!!) I gotta go so I can get the Thanksgiving Challenge thread started and then get back to work.. Take care girls, O and babydust to all, and have a great OP day!!

jenn smile.gif

[calgal]

Jenn - I couldn't resist telling you my boots are from Chadwick's. smile.gif

[DuneRaiderette]

i HATE when it loses my LONG post!!!!

[jenn42302]

calgal, gosh we are ALWAYS on the same wavelength!! You know what they say about great minds...

Dune, sorry you lost your long post. Any news?

jenn smile.gif

[DuneRaiderette]

af is here, i think. mild cramping, and spotting. i had another cute little song for you guys, but lost it. i left work early today. im kinda glad she is here, cuz i really had my heart set on a fall baby. we dont have any fall birthdays in my family (well, ONE, but that is nothing. i have a big family!!!) plus, i can start going to the gym again, and still be able to go while pg (they dont want you starting a new exercise program while you are pg, but its ok to continue). so, its for the best, especially since im in chemistry. that was the whole reason i took it this quarter, so i dont have to worry about teratogens. smile.gif ok, that is the briefest update! im gonna skip personals for now, since that is how i lost my other post. *pouting*
baby dust!

[jenn42302]

oooohh, shelly! I forgot to ask!! How are you feeling???

jenn smile.gif

[shellys]

IM so mad right now!! graemlins/sobbing.gif :mad: I just typed enough personnals to make a small book and our power flashed on and off!! The worst part is I was just getting ready to hit the enter button :mad: Oh well right? OK so I will do my best to remember what I typed !

Jenn- Im so proud of you that you are starting a challenge!! graemlins/bcbsalute.gif I really wish I had begun at goal or below it myself. Cause I have an "extra 10 or so on me" that doesnt feel so hot!

Fiona- try and relax, I know its tough but it is the best thing you can do!! I would love to see and hear more about your Disney Nurserystuff you are making!!

Ginny- wow DH results are amazing!!How are you feeling on the meds??

Elmirady- Im thinking that we are going to see a large number of Thanksgiving BFPs around here!!!

calgal- Thank you for asking about me!! Geesh you sound busy!! IM good, my first appt is not until next week so IM hoping evverything is ok.

Welcome to the new Buddies and tons of Luck TTC!!

Dune and June- Im sorry about AF showing up. Good Luck this cycle!!

April-How are you feeling?? Is this your first month charting??

[ October 15, 2003, 03:26 PM: Message edited by: shellys ]

[aprilk]

Hi everyone. Still no sign of af, but my temp dropped a little this morning. I'll just wait it out, but I really think af may be showing up this weekend. I'm still remaining optimistic until the ol' witch shows.

Calgal~Your boots sound so cute. I got a pair of very practical low boots, but not nearly as cute as the ones you described.

Fiona~I hope all of the treatments go well for you. If you figure out how to relax about all of this, please let me know. ;)

Jenn~Glad to hear you got someone hired.

Dune~Sorry to hear af showed. It sounds like you have a great exercise plan in place.

Elmirady~How are you doing? I didn't realize you had m/c last year, I'm so sorry. I completely hear you about the annual. I'm due for one again soon, but kept hoping I'd go in because I was pg first.

Ginny~Thanks for the links to the site. I'm curious what your dh is taking as well. We're really thinking about having dh do a sa, but had originally planned to wait until January to start testing (15 months). I'd hoped we wouldn't need to do it by that point.

June, Surfergirl, Dot & Taff, Stormlady, & anyone else I missed~How are you all doing?

Shellys~How are you? Oops, we posted at the same time. This is my second month charting. http://circles2.fertilityfriend.com/home/2e5d6

April smile.gif

[ October 15, 2003, 06:50 PM: Message edited by: aprilk ]

[jenn42302]

Good morning girls!

A very early check-in from home for me. I put in my temp at FF and since I was online I thought I'd pop in to say Hi, just in case I don't get a chance to come by unril much later today!

calgal ~ Don't you just love Chadwicks! Enjoy the boots!

Becki ~ Sorry AF showed, or maybe more accurately, sorry AF is messing with your head. What a witch!!

Shelly ~ Hey there little mama!! I do so hate it when I lose my posts. I try to select and copy my typing before I send it, just in case I lose it, so all I have to so is paste it back in. Doesn't always work, but that has saved my butt a number of times! Thanks for being "proud" me, but I'd be prouder if I didn't slack off being OP and didn't need to be challenged in the first place!!!

april ~ I sure, sure hope that witch does not show. Maybe that was an implantation dip? Bad AF, stay away from april!!!

That's all from me. I'm so not an early morning person! Gotta get ready for work!

O and babydust to all, and have a great OP day!!!

jenn smile.gif

[calgal]

Wow, Jenn, you're the early-bird today!

Just popping in for a quick graemlins/wave.gif I have SO much work to do today it isn't even funny. I do think that the people I'd said "I don't have time" to are finally getting it - either that or they're afraid I'll lose my mind and quit. smile.gif Either way, I still have TONS to do.

Thoughts today are with the victims of the Staten Island ferry accident yesterday and their families. :(

I'll be out of town from tomorrow through next Thursday and will try to post from time to time, but if you don't hear from me, don't panic. smile.gif

[elmirady]

Good afternoon ladies! Not much going on here. My mood has finally picked up a bit. No signs of AF yet, no signs of pregnancy either, so I guess I'll just have to wait it out right? Those of you who know me know I am not a patient person when it comes to testing! I have to go to the store here around now, and it will be very hard to walk past the HPT aisle!!!

Hope everyone has a great day today!

Baby and "O" dust to all!

[tringinjune]

Good evening my friends, it's cold here! I guess I'll have to take out all my winter-clothing, today's temperatures were about 20F, and it's only getting better from here. They are predicting quite a bit of snow this weekend. Well - I'll be indoors busy BD'ing (cd 7 today, so the fest is about to begin). My cycles are getting shorter and shorter (last one was 24 days, at least the luteal phase is long enough), but poor DH complains he isn't getting any rest! ;)

Did I tell you that the green tea really has helped my CM? I used to have no/very little EWCM, and after starting to dring green tea I had some 3 days of EWCM! :-o

Calgal - sounds as if you're just as busy as I am. A colleauge just dropped several cases on me, as if I don't have enough to do as is. BTW can I ask you something regarding work? Feel free not to answer if you don't want to... If you have the time to reply, could you drop me a few lines by mail? (june at pan dot nu) I was wondering what happens after the Inventory of an Estate is made? My client here in Sweden is one of the heirs (or actually a beneficiary in a will) and he would like to know what will happen next, what the timeframe is. I'm not at all familiar with the American procedure for distribution of an estate. There is an executor, who has not been helpful at all... so I'm at a loss here what to tell him...

Jenn - How wonderful that you got the top candidate for the job! Yes, it looks like we're on pretty much the same cycles. I figure I (or DH&I) will have to start BD on Sunday, hopefully I'll O somwhere between Monday and Thursday next week.

April - good luck to you for this cycle, I told AF to keep away from you!

Elmirady - hopefully AF keeps away from you as well! Do American doctors recommend annual ob/gyn checkups? Here they talk about every 2 or 3 years until you're 40 or so. I have however gone every year, ever since I as I student was a part of a test-group for a (then) new contraceptive, I got used to the exams (Complete exams every 3 months during the 3 years of the study!)

Shellys & Dune - I agree with you guys about losing posts, so I have started typing my posts in my e-mail program, saving them every so often, then I cut and paste to the website when I'm done. That way I can also have the website and posts visible while I write.

Fiona - Let's hope the ultrasound on Monday shows nice big follicles, and you are so right about trying to relax (just let the Clomid & dr do their thing and it will happen)

Well, I'm off to cook a late dinner!

O-dust and babydust!
June

[DuneRaiderette]

hi guys. i ditched work again today. but, so did dh. :D it was nice staying in bed all morning. nothing new around here. baby dust!!!

[elmirady]

Good morning ladies. Where is everyone today? TGIF! I have a very busy weekend scheduled for myself. I need to clean out DD's room to make room for the new desk/hutch in cherry finish that we bought for her. Then after I clean and make room for it, I HAVE TO PUT IT TOGETHER! Lucky me! Ahh the joys of not having a handy hubby! LOL. Not much new here for me. Just waiting for the ole witch to fly on it and then back out. Ok, I'm really serious now you guys, I think I'm gonna start temping!!!! That way at least I'll have some sort of an idea what's going on!

Hi graemlins/wave.gif to everyone. Have a great day! Baby and "O" Dust to all!

[aprilk]

Hi everyone. Well, my temps have been dropping, so it looks like af will be arriving this weekend. Guess I'll just wait & see what happens. Maybe next month. smile.gif
No time for personals today.
Baby dust & O dust!

[jenn42302]

Hi girls,

Is is 5pm yet????? I am having a crappy day. My boss, you know, the one who used to be psycho and then turned nice??? Well, she's back to psycho and decided to scream at me for something miniscule in front of, like 6 people. So my day is going well. graemlins/ugh.gif

I ran into a friend (the professor I subed for last semester during her maternity leave). She asked me "When are you going to have a baby??" And I told her "I'm working on it!" (This is a big deal for me because I haven't told many people). She just had her second baby, and had a little bit of trouble getting pg with her first (she was about my age for her 1st pg). Her tips to me, which I pass along to you is 1) NO CAFFEINE, NONE (which sucks, because every time AF comes, I figure I can have cafe mochas for a few days before trying to BD). And 2) BD cd10, 12, 14, 16. Every day is "wasting 'them'." So, I thought I'd pass that along. Couldn't hurt, right?? And i asked her to give me some babydust, so I kept a helping for me and am sharing the rest with all of you!

I'm on cd7, and my temps are all over the place. 97.6 yesterday, 97.2 today. Is this normal any of you veteran charters??? I have my FF account info at home, or I'd post a link to my chart now.

Well, I gotta go grab some lunch and get some more crap off my desk. At least I get paid more now to deal with my boss' crap :rolleyes: Maybe I will go buy some OPKs on my lunch.

Take care, O and babydust to all!

jenn smile.gif

[Fiona]

Hi everyone

Boy am I glad its Friday. For a four day week this week has been a long one. It wasn't helped by yesterday marathon appointment at the eye doctors. my appointment was at 8 and I got to work at 11. I had to do some negotiation with my doctor about my treatments too. He wanted to do another laser treatment in 3 weeks time. But being a positive thinker (well these days at least)I said you can't do it in three weeks because I will be pregnant. So I had to have it done yesterday. Good news though is that it is the last treatment we needed to do on my eye (YIPPIE) and that my steriods are going down to a level that will be tolerable and now all I need to do is focus on getting pregnant.

So my big aim for this week is to totally try and relax. Ok so that should be fun with three kids around and all of DH family over for a birthday party then a basketball game. Ok did I mention that I am having a busy weekend this week. I am going to try and get to the gym and out and outabout doing things that I need to do. I was given a relaxation tape to use this weekend as well.

Becki: Did AF show yet or are you still waiting? Glad you got to enjoy time off with your DH.

Elmira: Luckily I have the handy husband (did I mention that he pulled apart and upblocked a toilet the other week and got it back together without it leaking) but I had the least handy father. It my mum needed stuff done I would be the one that did it. She even gave me my own cordless drill for christmas one year. Enjoy putting that desk together. And charting is easy (ok so I am not charting any more but its also out of my hands).

JUne: COld snow - its too early. I was listening this morning and they were giving the long term forecast - February and March aren't sounding very nice at all here. They are talking (jenn/ elmira you listening) Record Snowfall. UGH.

Jenn: My temps pre O sometimes were up and down all over the place. But I then usually got a big dip just before Oing and then the big jump. It will take a couple of months to start seeing a pattern.

April: SOrry that you think AF is on her way. Hopefully she will stay away.

Well Baby dust to all. Have a great weekend.

Fiona smile.gif

[Stormlady]

Hey everyone, Sorry I have been absent around here the past few days. I had a calculus exam Friday morning and I was studying for it the whole week and the weekend before, I even hired a private tutor. For What? I still failed it :mad: I just don't understand math at all. Oh, well, time to get to studying for the next exam.

Dune raiderette - I have been wondering a bit about chemistry and teratogens, can you fill me in on anything you know? I am a chem major so I always have to take chemistry courses and I am a bit concerned about the lab work.

I better go get ready to go, when DBF gets home with the car I have to go to the SPCA for my volunteering. I guess that when I am pregnant I will have to give it up, since I am one of the cat handlers :(

[DuneRaiderette]

stormlady~~im a nursing major (going to school to be a midwife), so i only need this once chem class. its pretty basic, a specialized class designed for those in the health field. (actually its just basic chemistry). its pretty easy, the math is all arithmetic, nothing like calculus or anything. our labs so far are super simple. i possibly onle need one more math class, statistics. my brother is a chem major though, so any questions you have i can redirect. smile.gif

about teratogens~~~they are ANYTHING (vitamins, supplements, caffine, alcohol, drugs, prescriptions you get the idea) that can (but doesnt always--better safe than sorry, i say)interfer with a growing fetus and cause mental or physical disabilities. fetus-es (dont knock me for grammar!!) are especially vulnerable in the first trimester. that is why i am glad im not pg...i cant drop my chem class, cuz i still would have to pay for it, and i really REALLY dont want to be messing with chemicals in my first trimester, which would wind up being this whole quarter. hope this helps a little!!! ;) graemlins/wave.gif