OP & TTC 10/9-10/25

[jenn42302]

Good morning girls!!

And it is too, my Bills won!!! And I was at the game, so even better!!!!

Fertility Friend is amazing. But it freaks me out. Depending what I say about my CM (which I am SO bad at reading!!) it tells me I already Oed, at cd9, which I don't believe to be true or tells me that I am waiting to O! So, this month, since it is the first charting, I am just putting in temps, reading CM as best I can, using the OPKs, BDing cd10,12,14,16, and seeing what happens. I am picking up some Robitussin today too (I picked up some already, but I bought the wrong kind...anyone need cough syrup for an actual cough, you can have this stuff!!) so we'll see how that goes. I got a friendly reminder postcard to schedule my annual OBGYN appt, but I'm ignoring that until January or until I get pg, whichever comes first!!!

That's all with me. Hope you all had a great weekend, and here's ro a great OP day!! O and babydust to all!!!

jenn smile.gif

[MrsA925]

Happy Monday everyone...

Glad to see there is a new baby on the Preggo Thread and more coming (I can't wait to see pictures)

Things are ok here. DH and I have decided to go with the flow and be more agressive after the holidays. I have dedicated myself to the low carb serious weight loss mentality so I will be healthy when the time comes.

Our Dr. appts were not too great but we will eventually find a good doctor.

I hope everyone had a good weekend. We have been working on laying tile so I am sore and tired smile.gif

Ginny

[aprilk]

Hi everyone. Af showed on Sunday with a vengence. I'm hoping this means the ol' witch knows she's no longer welcome & will stop coming around. smile.gif

I actually thought she was coming, so it wasn't too bad of a let down. On to the next month.

April smile.gif

[Fiona]

Hi everyone

Its Monday. And for me this is the first day of good things (getting my positive thinking mode). I have my pre IUI ultrasound scheduled for this afternoon and I am thinking that tomorrow will be the day. This is the month that it is going to happen. I just feel it. So I am counting down the hours to 3pm (only 4.5 to go).

I had a good weekend. Kept myself occuppied and stress free (well relatively for me). I got the stuff so I can finish my quilt. I couldn't find a backing at the quilting store but walked into Joanns and I found the perfect fabric. It is the same colour as one of my front fabrics but even better it is the same print only in a smaller print. I was so excited by this. Ok so it might not sound that exciting but it really made my day.

Yesterday night we went and saw an NBL exhibition game between the Denver Nuggets and Detroit Pistons. I thought it would have been exciting but nope. It was really slow. I have decided that I much prefer collage basketball.

Jenn: Fertility friend did that for me for a while. And I used to watch and sometimes override. And also print your charts off at the end of each cycle. IF you go for your check up and god forbid aren't pregnant iut will help your doctor to get an understanding of your cycle if you take them.

Ginny: How is the hunt for the doctor going. I wish you were here so you could see mine. He is very good and proactive.

Hi to everyone else. Hope you all get lots of the baby dust that should be headed this way from the preggie thread.

Fiona smile.gif

[Fiona]

April

We cross posted. I am sorry to hear that she turned up this month. LEts hope she stays away from all of us.

Fiona smile.gif

[calgal]

Hey there, ladies,

I'm on a business trip so just popping in for a second here. I feel awful today - very restless sleep last night, and have a moderately sore throat (probably from the airplane air). Yuck. Of course, I brought my thermometer with me. I checked my temp before going to bed (at what would have been 2 a.m. my "body" time) and my temp was in the upper 96-es, and again when I woke up this a.m. (after having woken up and gotten out of bed about 3 times last night), and my temp this a.m. was over 98 degrees. So I think I'll chart for the heck of it, but not really get much info out of it this month. I don't get to go home until Thurs night, and between now and then I have to fly to yet another time zone. Thankfully, I think starting the 'fest on Thursday might still be good enough to get "the job" done this month.

Jenn - don't let FF freak you out. My temps fluctuated .2 up and down for about a week and a half until they finally SHOT up and stayed there for 3-4 days. I didn't really pay much attention to the FF "read" on when I O'd, because I swear to you I felt that "twinge" about 3 days before they said I should have. smile.gif

June - saw your post on distribution of estates, and I'm sorry to say I have no idea. (I do general corporate law.) I do know it can take a while. I'll see if I can track down some more info for you. Also, sometimes people name executors who are not lawyers in their will - and the executors REALLY don't know how the process should work, so they have to hire lawyers. (I think the point of an executor is to get someone you trust to make sure your wishes are carried out the way you want them to be.) Oh well. I'll dig around and see what I can find.

Gotta run. Let's hope we all have a productive month!

[elmirady]

Good afternoon ladies. Not much going on here. I'm still waiting for the ole witch to fly on in here. I tested last Wednesday and it was a BFN, and I had the mood that matches AF if ya get my drift, but no signs of her yet. I've had cramp twinges in my back, but she's a no show so far. I'm thinking this is gonna be another long cycle for me. Normally I am every 28 days, but a few months ago, I went like 40 days, go figure! Perhaps my age is starting to show???!!! I guess I'll test again if she don't show pretty soon! Can you believe how calm I am? Wierd huh! But I just feel like this isn't my month.

Hi to everyone! I gotta run and round up the sales guys for a conference call. I'll check in later!

[shellys]

Hi Everyone!!

Jenn- Im so happy you began charting, if you need help or want to let us take a peek just let me know OK? I personally didnt always put in my cm because it would truely mess my charts up and often. So dont feel bad. If you want to just focus your first cycle or 2 on just the temps then as you get used to it try adding the cm too. Good Luck this cycle!!

Fiona- IM so excited I cant wait to read your post tom. about your pre-IUI U/S!! Good Luck!

April- Im sorry the witch showed up!

Ginny- how are you doing?I think you have a great plan ;)

calgal- I hope you feel better.

Elmirady-Maybe its your month!! Oh I hope sooo!!!

June- how are you doing?

I hope everyone else is having a great Monday! Well as great as a monday can be!!

[SurferGirl]

Hello!

I'm back after my conference in Iowa. It was a great conference and I learned a lot, but it's nice to be home. Now I get to leave tomorrow and go to Vienna, Austria on vacation. Woo Hoo! I am starting to regret not talking DH into going along. I really missed him on this 5 day trip and I'll be gone 12 days to Vienna. I'm visiting a friend that I haven't seen in over a year!

I'm glad to hear that things are cooking along on the TTC board. DH and I will be officially TTC in January. I had wanted to start in November, but with my hectic travel schedule this fall it just won't happen until after the holidays. I am out of town a total of 27 days this fall and we will be with family (and unable to, uh, you know) another 16 days. That's 43 days! So you can see it would hardly be worth the effort to actually try. I'm already too stressed just thinking about it! I probably won't ovulate until February. ;)

I'm hoping to be able to get on the board tomorrow before I leave, but if I don't I wish everyone a whole bunch of baby dust and hope you enjoy Holloween!

[tringinjune]

Hello everybody. Well we have almost 10 inches of snow now, brrr... it's cold and my new car doesn't have the electric heating "thingy" installed (heats the engine and the inside of the car before you leave if you plug it in). I'm getting it installed this week, it's so nice to just get in a warm and "defrosted" car after work (our parking is outdoors).

I'm on cd12, and I think I might have O'ed on Sunday, but I'm not sure yet... maybe tomorrow's temperatures will tell more. I think I'll stop the Aspirin and cut down on the green tea for this cycle though. It seems as if I'm in a constant "waiting pattern" (waiting to O, waiting for the next day's temperature, waiting for AF to leave etc.) no wonder time flies by so quickly! And I'm getting addicted to temping! This morning, it being an important temperature reading, I actually took my temperature 12 (yes twelve!) times in a row just to make sure I got the correct temperature... I guess that one qualifies for the "you're overdoing it" list!

Jenn - hi there, yes FF is stressful at times, one tiny little change can make the world of difference... I was debating CM last cycle as well. After a few days it turned out that it didn't make such a big difference after all, but it is aggravating while FF can't seem to make up it's mind. I actually decided to stop recording my cervical texture, I only record Low-Medium-High, because I'm not sure about it, and it could interfer. You could try making up another (earlier, say this time last year) cycle in FF with only the temperatures to see what FF says about O in that case. That's what I did a couple of times when I wasn't sure. Just make sure you delete it, or take away the O/coverline in case it messes with the luteal phase statistics after the cycle is completed.

April - I'm hoping that AF leaves soon!

Fiona - I do hope your ultrasound yesterday went well and was helpful. My fingers are crossed for you this cycle. How nice that you found such a good backing for the quilt, I know the feeling.

Calgal - hopefully your business trip isn't too exhausting. Is your throat sore still, a flu isn't what you need on a trip like that. I'd appreciate it if you could point me in a general direction of where to look for information on distribution of estates, but DO NOT stress over it. I completely understand if you're too busy. And don't hesitate to ask if you'd ever need information about European stuff (I'm familiar with EU, and a few individual counries here).

Elmirady - how strange. No AF and you are so relaxed about it! I forget, what cd are you on now?

Surfergirl - you are busy! Hmm... Austria is fairly close to where I am - maybe you'd like to come up to Scandinavia while you're over here?

Well, I'd better get back to work.
Babydust/O-dust!
June
http://circles2.fertilityfriend.com/home/27e69

[elmirady]

Good morning ladies. Well, I was right, the ole witch flew in last night just as I suspected. And let me just mention that she flew in with a vengence!!! graemlins/ugh.gif Oh well, onto next month now! So that let me see, that makes this cycle 31 days, not too terrible! I think I'm gonna start temping now for real! I'll start tomorrow morning, so I'm sure I'll have lots of questions for you gals that already do this!

Just quick hi to everyone as I have to get working here, so graemlins/wave.gif . Have a great day, and here's the baby dust I was hording! Grab some up!

[Fiona]

Hi everyone

Gee its quiet round here this morning. Where is everyone? Enjoying this last burst of nice weather. Its in the mid 60's here and I am dressed for it. I can't understand all the people running around in coats.

Well my Ultrasound went really well yesterday afternoon. They checked my lining and it was perfect and they found one folicle (thats all you need right)that was about 22mm (perfect size they said). So I got he HGC shot and this morning DH and I went in for our first insemination. We got good news there too that his count was up (by almost 4 million) so they think that there is a good chance but they can't guarantee it. So now I am in a two week holding pattern. Just waiting to see what happens. I have an appointment scheduled for a blood test on the 5th at 1pm. So hopefully by the end of that afternoon I will know.


Elmira: SOrry the witch showed up this month for you. She seems to be making the rounds at making her presence felt. Doesn't she realise that we don't want her around.

Surfergirl: Have a great trip

June: Cold. I don't want to hear about cold yet. Please let us live with the illussion that summer is still here and that snow is a mere figament of imagination. Although I understand about getting into a cold car. Nothing I hate worse - well scrapping the windshield with no mittens on is worse.

Well I am off. Baby dust to all.

Fiona smile.gif

[aprilk]

Good morning everyone. Nothing new to report here. Just waiting for af to leave so that we can continue trying for this month. We're still discussing when to go in and start fertility testing, but since insurance won't cover it, we're in no hurry to spend the money yet. (Although I really want to know if we have problems soon)

Fiona~I'm so excited for you. Hope the u/s and IUI go well. :D

Ginny~Hope you can find a good doctor. I have a good one and I really am hoping to be pg before we have to move so that he can deliver the baby.

Jenn~I'm still confused about FF. This will be my third cycle charting and I'm starting to feel a little more comfortable with it. Somehow it makes me feel a little more in control of something I have no control over. ;)

Calgal~Sounds like you've been keeping busy. Hope you're feeling better.

Elmirady~Sorry to hear af showed. She arrived here with a vengence too. Hopefully the ol' witch knew it was her last time for nine months, so she was making it memorable.

Surfergirl~Your schedule sounds like mine last year. We had a hard time trying for a couple of months, but in a way it was a nice break from the stress of ttc. Vienna, wow! Enjoy your trip.

June~We're supposed to get snow this weekend, but for the next two days it's been in the 70's and I'm making the most of it! By Friday it's supposed to be in the 20's (F), brrr!

Shellys~When is your appointment? This week or next week? How are you doing?

Stormlady, Dune, and anyone else I've missed~How are you doing?

[jenn42302]

Hi girls,

I am having the worst day. I feel so stressed, about everything. My job, I wish I could say I'm loving it, but right now I'm hating it, and I wish I never got it. And TTC, i have a feeling I Oed early, and DH was too tired to BD yesterday, so I feel like another wasted month... And he's getting frustrated that it's not happening, like, why am I bothering to spend all this money on OPKs or time charting if it's all for nothing? I shouldn't tell him everything about my cycle, no sense in having 2 of us be crazy about this!!

I'm just having a little pity party here for myself. graemlins/sobbing.gif Sorry to unload on you all. And I don't even have time to do personals, because I'm jotting this off as I wait for something to print out, so I can run to a meeting. I'm just a big Eeyore today, sorry.

jenn graemlins/ugh.gif

[Stormlady]

Hey everyone, not much on the go here, just waiting till time to go to my WW meeting. It is election day here and my phone has been ringing like crazy from the offices of the politicians, hoping I will vote for them and offering me a ride...

I went in to the place where I used to work today because one of my friends there was taking me out to dinner for my birthday. There are a few people in there who know that I am trying and they were all asking if there was any news yet. Unfortunately, there is not.

I have not been posting much because my computer is not working very well on this site, every time I type something, I get way ahead with the typing and then it takes a few minutes for all of the text to appear on the screen and it is driving me crazy. My boyfriend and I are planning to format it soon, just as soon as I burn off my MP3's ha ha

[DuneRaiderette]

jenn~~i feel ya! i had a panic attack at work today (ok, ALMOST had a panic attack at work today) for some reason. it sucked. so, here are some ******{HUGS}}}} (i know your day is already over, but still, you can have them!)

well, im still here. im going to the gym tonight! yay me! first time in uh two months....i need a nap first though....

fiona~~good luck!

elmirady~~sorry bout af!!! my cycle was like 38 days this month. tongue.gif yuck.

june~~you are so lucky for all that snow!!! (i think i am the only one around here who LOVES

[DuneRaiderette]

jenn~~i feel ya! i had a panic attack at work today (ok, ALMOST had a panic attack at work today) for some reason. it sucked. so, here are some ******{HUGS}}}} (i know your day is already over, but still, you can have them!)

well, im still here. im going to the gym tonight! yay me! first time in uh two months....i need a nap first though....

fiona~~good luck!

elmirady~~sorry bout af!!! my cycle was like 38 days this month. tongue.gif yuck.

june~~you are so lucky for all that snow!!! (i think i am the only one around here who LOVES winter.) we had a record-breaking high yesterday, 74, and its about 72 today. too hot for me!!!

stormlady~~my computer has been doing the same thing on this website!!! and i know its not a memory problem, we just installed a new 7 gig hard drive. doh! i hate computers sometimes!

everyone else~~hey!!! wassup???

baby and o dust to everyone, lets see some summer babies!!!

[Carla C]

Hi There TTCers,
I hope you guys don’t mind me butting in and posting but I wanted to leave some baby dust and lend a little support. I am a really bad lurker. I have been hanging around (lurking ) in the new mother forum for like a year and a half. DH and I finally started TTC last April. I wish now that I had posted here when we were TTC because you guys are so supportive of each other. Anyway we got a BFP in September and I am now 8 weeks or so. I am starting to post in the Preggie thread and hope to see you all there soon!

Jen-- reading your post made me had to post. What you said about DH being tired and you feeling like you were wasting money, I could have said that exact thing a few months ago. Although we “tried” for 7 months, I would have to say that we only BD’d in what could be considered even close to the right time about three of those months. I travel a lot and a few months we lost to that, one month we had a huge fight about all of this and weren’t feeling very romantic if you know what I mean. I felt like I worked so hard all month-- every darn day to determine when I was fertile the least he could do is “show up“ the two or three days I needed him to!!! It was very hard. I wanted to share with you about the month we conceived though. I was going out of town on a Thursday morning and was thinking I would O on that weekend or a little after and since I was going to be gone for a week I had given up on that month. So I didn’t temp (I was using FF and with the CM thing like you all have said it was confusing), I also did not use any OPKs. We did it the night before I left-- ONCE and that was it! I actually think the OPK was wrong for me. It had been telling me day 14 and sometimes day 16 were peak. We did it day 11. I know the little guys can live longer but I have since read that it is key to get them there well in advance of the egg. Anyway throwing all that stuff out worked for me. It has always annoyed me when people say “stop trying so hard and it will happen” and it still annoys me that people say that but trying different days I think may work. I was always worried we would “waste” the swimmers too early!

So that is my story. I guess my message it don’t give up hope. I felt so desperate sometimes and upset, it was causing us problems. I don’t know if men understand what we put ourselves though!

I am sending baby dust to all of you! Good Luck !
Carla graemlins/wave.gif

[kyrithia]

Hi All!

I thought I'd join this thread if that's okay. Dh and I are officially TTC our first!

I recently had a preconception counseling thing with a new ob/gyn--liked her very much. I had some questions about age (35) vs. weight and some medications I'm on, and also her opinion about some of the crafty things I do like dyeing, stained glass and pottery.

The whole reason I finally got off my rear and got serious with WW was that we wanted to have children and it wasn't a good idea at my starting weight. I'm not at goal yet, but the big payoff is that the doc said it wouldn't be a problem to try at this point. So that was really good news.

I'll probably have a lot of questions to pester y'all with tongue.gif

Anyway, she said go for it! We've been working on that for a couple of months so far.

Well, pleased to meet you all and really enjoying reading the thread!

[elmirady]

Good morning ladies. Just waiting for the ole witch to fly on outta here!

Jenn - Hugs to you sweetie, oh and 2 words RETAIL THERAPY It worked for me last night! I bought myself a new spiffy outfit and am wearing it today and DH said I looked beautiful and he even called me on my way to work to tell me again! smile.gif

Fiona - Awesome news on the ultrasound! I'm on pins and needles for you for the next 2 weeks!

Shellys - How's our resident mommy? I can't wait until your first appointment! I'm living through you today!

April - I too am waiting for the ole witch to fly on outta here, and you're right, maybe she was just being witchy cuz she knows she's outta here for 9 months for us!

Stormlady - I hate it when my computer acts up, plus my computer at home is dial-up, that's why you seldom see me post unless it's during the day while I'm at work where there's DSL!

Dune - Did you make it to the gym after your nap?

MrsA925/Calgal - How are you two today? graemlins/wave.gif

Carla - Thanks for posting your story. It certainly made me feel better! Here is some easy pregnancy and delivery dust and huge helping of healthy baby dust for you!

Kyrithia - Nice to "meet" you. Welcome to our group! I am trying for our second. We have a 7 year old daughter. "Pester" away with any questions any time! And it's not really pestering, we're all here for each other!

Sorry if I missed anyone! Baby and "O" dust to all! Have a great day!

[Stormlady]

Hey everybody, I'm at school on the computer there today so that is a bit better, better than my own driving me crazy. I was up .2 at WI last night, but I have been feeling skinnier all week so I am not going to let the scale bother me.

Everyone here talks about monitoring and CD and FF and OPK's and stuff. Could someone fill me in on what it all means. I have figured out a few but I am not sure about some others. I know that some of them relate to a fertility monitor but I am not using one so I don't know what it all means (I'm just trying the old fashioned way ;) :D )

Duneraiderette - It is horrible about the computer doing that. My problem only started after this website was upgraded and it is only on this site so I know it is not a memory problem too, I have a 30 gig hard drive and 256 megs of ram so that should be more than sufficient. I am just hoping that when I format it that whatever is causing the problem will disappear. Like maybe something in my settings is not compatible with the settings for this site or something. I am not computer literate enough to figure it out for myself :D :confused: .

After class today, I have to stay at school and get a prelab for chem lab finished. I hate having to stay here when I could be going home and relaxing. I have a meeting for work tonight though so I have to get it done, I won't have time this evening and the lab is first thing tomorrow morning.

Kyrithia - Good luck with it!! It's good that you can have preconception counselling and stuff like that where you are. Here, the only one you can see before being pregnant is the regular Dr. I will not get to see and Ob/gyn till about 3 months along. Our health care system is not so great in some areas.

Good luck to everyone and have a great day!!

[aprilk]

Hi everyone. Nothing new to report here. Just waiting for af to leave so that we can begin the bd.

Jenn~I'm sorry to hear you were having a rough day. I actually yelled at poor dh last month because he was just too tired and it was probably one of the opportune days. Of course, according to Fertility Friend I never O'd last month, but the OPK said I did??? This month we're trying to be more relaxed about it, knowing that if it doesn't happen this month we'll make an appointment and start fertility testing.

Fiona~I hope everything goes well for you! It all sounds very promising.

Dune~How are your classes going?

Stormlady~When I first started posting here, I had to ask what all of the abbreviations meant, so here's a quick list. CD=Cycle Day, BD=Baby Dance, CM=Cervical Mucus, OPK=Ovulation Predictor Kit, FF=Fertility Friend (software for charting), DPO=Days Past Ovulation

kyrithia~Welcome to the group. Ask away, these a great group of gals!

Carla~Thanks for sharing your story.

Elmirady, June, Surfergirl, Calgal, and anyone else I've missed~Hope everything is going well.

April smile.gif

[jenn42302]

Hi girls!

Thank you so much for all your hugs, I SO needed them yesterday! My boss was being a wench (but now she's on vacation for 10 days!!) and TTC really was getting to me. I am so grateful for your support. I am feeling much better today!

Finally got to BD last night, I am hoping to be productive this month, but I just have a feeling I Oed Monday because I was feeling all sorts of twingy things down there and the CM seemed better (I don't know how to describe it, I'm sure you don't want to know anyway!!) When you feel those twinges, does that mean you are Oing right then and there, or does it mean it's coming? I haven't had a postive OPK yet, I have taken them once a day since Monday. However, on Sunday, noted that I felt a "whoosh" of water, I guess that could have been watery CM, but at cd9?? I wish I could post my chart, but I can't figure out how yet. Sorry if that was all, TMI!! Remember WAYYYYYY back when i said I was just gonna do this the "natural" way??? LOL

I'm so behind on personals, so I am just going to do my best here, so here goes.

Becki ~ Thanks for the hugs. And sorry for your own panic attack. Feeling better?? And did you get to the gym??

Carla ~ Thanks for popping in. First of all, CONGRATS on your pg!! I apppreciate your kind words, they brought me comfort. TTC for us started, well, sort of last Dec, when I went off BCPs, but I have stopped and started a couple of times. So it's not like 10 solid months of trying. And DH, at least this month, had like 2 hours of sleep the night before, so I did understand the tired part. But there have been a couple months where I just "knew" the timing was right, but he was tired, I was tired, or the schedules just didn't mesh. But we are on track now this month, so hopefully I didn't O like I thought I did. I am a control freak, so this is all very frustrating for me, even more than the average girl i think! I didn't start out charting and using OPKs, I am using them now because I feel like maybe I have some sort of control, I don't know. Next month, I will employ the "early and often" approach to BDing. Unless, of course, there is no next month.... The short version of this long book is thank you for your concern and post. I really, REALLY appreciate it!

kyritha ~ Hi and welcome! graemlins/wave.gif I promise, I'm not always such a basket-case!!! Hope your stay here is brief. Since you are in losing mode, why not check out the Thanksgiving challenge we've got going on here (in the general new mothers section). Give you something else to focus on while TTC!!! BTW, graemlins/thumbup.gif on your 90lb loss so far -- you rock!!

Elmirady (wait, you have a real name, Dyann, right?!) ~ Thank you so much for your support. Unfortunately, I have been indulging in the retail therapy for the past week because I've been sort of down for more than just yesterday (but I have some really nice stuff!!), and yesterday I was even beyond shopping. In the old days, it would have been FOOD therapy I'd have turned too, but somehow the roasted broccoli and cauliflower I ate last night doesn't quite qualify ;) I take satisfaction in that!! I hope that witch flys out of town soon!!

Stormlady ~ sorry for your computer problems, I hate it when they happen to me. This site's been weird for me since the last upgrade, but not to the extent you're seeing. Sorry about your gain, but up .2 just could have been heavier clothes than last week. As long as you're OP, don't worry about it, the scale will show your hard work soon! And, on the abbreviations, I think they've mostly been covered except for a few: 2ww - 2 week wait after ovulation, before you can get a Big Fat Positive (BFP) or Big Fat Negative (BFN) on your HPT (Home Pregnancy Test).

april ~ Thanks so much for your support, too. I feel bad freaking out, when I know you and fiona and others have been at this longer than me. I really hope this is your month.

Fiona ~ I am happy the ultrasound went so well!!!!!! Talk about a looooooong 2ww for you!! But you are right, this IS your cycle. I am sending you HEAPS of babydust to you!!!!!!

shelly ~ I would LOVE for you to look at my chart, but I don't know how to send it to you!!! And how are you feeling?? Your appt is on halloween, right? Not much longer!!! (we always seem to be waiting for something, right??? :rolleyes: )

June, Ginny, SurferGirl, calgal graemlins/wave.gif Hope all is well with you!!

Take care ladies, and thanks again for everything!!!

jenn smile.gif

[Fiona]

Hey everyone

Well I am finally managing to get my head above the water today so to speak. We had a major software meltdown yesterday afternoon and basically we didn't think that we would get the payroll finished. But I have submitted everything and it is all ok. Big load off my shoulders for the next couple of weeks.

I guess there isn't really anything new to report. I have been having some mild cramping but they did say that that was possible. I just have to try and keep myself sane for the next couple of weeks. Oh and need to try and get less mad at DH when he is being a pain. That would definitely keep my stress levels down. Do any of you have any great tips on how to remain stress free? I guess I could use some at the moment.

And for those of you charting. You know I was there with you until about a month ago. And then given that everything got taken out of my control I have given it up. My doctor yesterday said that he didn't believe in charting and was impressed that I had stopped. So in truth this could be a perfect cycle for me but chart wise I will never know. But I will admit that it did help me establish patterns about timing both Ovulation and Luteal Phase. At least we could work out that I was Oing but my LP was a tad too short.

Jenn: (((HUGS))) to you. I felt bad when I read your message yesterday. Although I can't relate to the awful boss and having to deal with the stress of TTC I do have to deal with other things. Trust me being a member of a step family and TTC is pretty hard as well. And I so totally hear you on the timing. DH gets up and goes to work at 3am. I get up about 6:30ish. He gets home at noon and I get home at 4:30. By the time we eat dinner and clean up its his bed time and the last thing he feels like doing is BDing. ANd thats when I was Oing and skids were there. When they were around it was even more difficult. So we always tried to get the timing right and then hope like crazy that it was right for us. Just a suggestion maybe you and your DH could take some time out this weekend to just reconnect and not even talk about TTC. Focus on other things and not stress or obsess over it and see if it helps you out.

Stormlady: SOrry to hear about your computer problems. WE had some pretty major ones at home last week and I had to recover our C drive because of them.

Becki: I will take those 70 degree days anyday. YOu have to remember that I hadn't even seen snow until a couple of years ago and grew up in climate where a temp in the 50s was a cold day. How are your classes going?

Carla: Thanks for sharing. I am hoping that by throwing everything out this month it might work for us too. Hope you have agreat pregnancy.

Jeannie: Welcome to our little group. I hope your stay here is short, but enjoyable none the less.

Dyann: Pins and needles huh. Talk about being patient. I figure if I make it to the 2nd I will be wanting to test (my lp is usually only 11 days)but for me making it to the 5th. I don't know how I am going to do it.

April: I hope AF leaves you soon. How about we all plan a mass invasion this month of the preggie thread. Can't have shelly being lonely over there.

Well Baby dust to all.

Fiona smile.gif

[kyrithia]

Hi All--thanks for the warm welcome!

Oh, and a special thanks to stormlady for asking about those abbreviations. It took me until today to figure out AF tongue.gif I knew what it was referring to in general, but couldn't figure out the exact meaning. Then all the witch comments...ahhhh <lightbulb> hehe

Like the BD abbreviation, btw. That's a good one.

Okay, a question for y'all:

background--charting discussion...I've just been sort of keeping track of CD and such to get a feel for my cycle. Never did that before since I always had warning cramps. I had assumed that I was on about a 28 cycle, but the last one was 24. Only been tracking a couple of months, so don't know the actual pattern yet.

Anyway, based on the assumption that I'm not wildly irregular, the propitious window would be next week.

Soooo...to the question: From what I understand (and I may not) the best window is within the 2-3 days before O and about 12 hours afterwards, right?

My question is about frequency of bd. Something I read on here made me wonder if it is better to try BD every day of window, or every other day. Is one way better than another, and if so, why? Dh is happy to oblige :D but I know there may be some days where it's not as practical. Didn't know how much of an impact it would be if we needed to skip a day. Or if it is even better to alternate.

thanks!

[calgal]

Hey there everyone. Just wanted to pop in quickly to say "hi." Still on my business trip. Throat is now hoarse, but no longer sore, which is good. My trip involved me talking all day yesterday and then taking a red-eye halfway across the country, which certainly didn't help. By 6:30 a.m. (local time) when I finally checked into my (next) hotel, I was a sight for sore eyes and ears, I tells ya! Because my meetings aren't until tomorrow, I climbed into bed and slept until around 11 a.m., got up and got some chicken soup and salad for lunch, have been drinking my fluids, and trying to just chill out. Tomorrow I'll end up having to talk for several hours, but not all day like yesterday - and then another late-night flight. Thank goodness the weekend is coming up!

I had a really nice NSV yesterday (today, technically - early this morning) - the cab driver who was taking me from the airport to the hotel told me I was "skinny" and looked really young - granted it was dark out, but I still felt really good. smile.gif

Anyway, a big graemlins/wave.gif to everyone, thanks for asking about me, and I'll be back to posting dailies soon!

[tringinjune]

Just a quick note in reply to Kyrithia's question about BD. As it happens I asked the same thing on FF the other day, and here's teh reply I received:

"You should begin to have intercourse every other day or every 36 hours from the time you first observe fertile cervical fluid or even before if you do not get fertile cervical fluid for at least a few days before ovulation. If you know or suspect you know the day you will ovulate based on past BBT charts, FF's analysis or from an ovulation predictor kit, change your intercourse pattern to every day from the day before ovulation until ovulation is confirmed by a few sustained elevated temperatures. If you want to have intercourse every day and there are no known problems with your partner's sperm, there is no evidence that this is a problem. Keep having intercourse until ovulation is confirmed by a few elevated temperatures and cervical fluid has dried up. If there are any signs of increased fertility, especially observing eggwhite cervical fluid, even if you believe that ovulation has already taken place, it is a good idea to have intercourse, "just in case". "

That's all for now, I'll be back later!
June

[jenn42302]

Hi girls!

Things are slowly getting better for me. All my problems are in my own head, anyway :rolleyes:

Last night, I told DH that next month I'm not charting, just OPKs and no obsessing, and that we will BD early and often, to catch the eggie if it's early or late. And we talked about the stresses of the new job. Two years ago he got a promotion and went through similar things, so he talked me though a lot of stuff. And, somehow I felt relieved by saying all those things out loud, so much so that I fell asleep early on the couch (and missed BDing :rolleyes: ) but had a GREAT night's sleep. Well, I don't know if relaxing helped me or what, but lo and behold, nice EWCM this morning, right on time on cd13! (More than ever before, the Robitussin works) So maybe I didn't miss the O now (though my temp dipped this morning???)! SO, we will just keep BDing, and see what happens. I'm fairly religious, but not overly so, but I said a prayer this morning that basically said that this TTC is not in my control, but in God's hands. And I believe that. All this stressing (about everything) isn't going to make anything better. I can do what I can do, and I have to leave the rest up to Him (or Her, who knows??)

OK, profound moment over. Enough about my crazy life. On to personals.

Fiona ~ I really, really hope the procedure works. Poor shellys gonna make all new friends on the preggie thread if we don't all graduate soon LOL

kyrithia ~ you've had good advice on when to BD, but take my advice and try not to stress about it!! You end up like me if you do graemlins/crazy.gif

calgal ~ you skinny thing you!! Hope you are feeling better and you get to come home soon!!!

shelly ~ I am SO happy that your appt went well!!!!!! I read all about it on the preggie thread!! (You saw the hearbeat and movement, I almost cried when I read that!!!!) You can still post here all you want, but I understand that you feel like you should post there instead of here now (I had a feeling once you had your first u/s, and you saw your little peanut, and you'd start posting there instead of here!) But don't forget us and pop in from time to time!!! And hopefully, we'll all be joining you soon!!! In the meantime, i think there will be more TTC lurkers than usual checking on your progress, And thanks for your kind words. If anyone knows how stressful TTC is, it's you, so I take comfort in you saying it's all going to work out!!

Hi June, Surfergirl, Ginny, Becki and everyone else graemlins/wave.gif

Have a great day!

jenn smile.gif

p.s. After today, I may be checking in later, perhaps from home more often. It's harder for me to check in here during the day with work stuff, so don't think I've abandoned you guys!! I just need to get more done here and this place can be addicting (I'm sure you know what I mean!!)

[shellys]

Hey Dune- Keep up the gym girl!! graemlins/bcbkick.gif graemlins/bcbsalute.gif

Jenn- Im so sorry your having a crummy day. I know how hard TTC can be and believe me when I say It is going to happen. Its all going to work out.

Fiona- I have also heard that after an IUI you can experience mild cramping. I am soo hoping this is it for you!!

Elmirady- Im so sorry the witch showed up on you. Did you ever get those OPKS?

kyrithia- to try an answer your question- BDing every other day is just as good as every day in your "window of opportunity" HTH!

April-Im hoping AF leaves nice and quick for you.

calgal,Ginny, june, stormaldy I hope you are all doing ok!!

Welcome to all the new TTCers! I cant believe how big our group as become! I LOVE it!! Im sorry if I forgot anyone :confused: ;)

Well I wont go into too much detail but I had my first Dr appt. Everything is great and I got to see my little baby and its heartbeat.Im going to post more on the pregnancy thread because I dont think I should really post this here but I just thought I tell you Im ok ;)

[Fiona]

HI everyone

This week is just flying by. Luckily I have been busy and it has kept my mind on other things. But the weekend is quickly approaching and I am sure the mind will wander. But maybe I should think of all the fun things that can be done this weekend. Like apple picking and closing down the garden. It was snowing today as I walked to work but it is forecast to be warmer later this weekend. I want to apple pick so that I can make apple sauce. Nothing like the home made stuff - I tend to make it a little chunky. I don't like how smooth the store bought stuff is.

I am trying to focus very much on being relaxed and stress free this week. I spent a few hours last night working on my quilt. I was pinning the topper to the batting and back. 400 safety pins later and I am still not finished yet. UGH. I have to go to the store and get more tonight. I would really love to spend some time sewing it this weekend. Plus I have decided that I am going to make myself some fleece work out pants. I was walking across campus today for jazzercise in my calf length workout pants and it was a tad cold.

Jeannie: I have read that BD everyother day is best. But working out the timing perfectly. Well that is an exercise in its own right. Especially when you have two people with busy schedules. Try every other day and see how it goes. I have heard that the s-perm last longer for boys than do for girls. So if you really want a girl you need to time it close to Ovulation.

Calgal: Hey miss skinny. Sure hope that you are feeling better. There is nothing worse than travelling for work and feeling sick. Been there done that. At least you got a day of rest along the way.

Shelly: SOunds like your Drs visit went great. I am so sorry that your DH couldn't make it to hear the heart beat but I bet that must have been so exciting. I can't wait to be able to exerience all of those things myself. And just remember to keep stopping in here until we stage our mass invasion at the beginning of next month.

June: Hi hows things going over there? Did you get the warmer put in your car?

Jenn: Totally understnad you on the busy. We will miss you but make sure that you post ok. Oh and I am with you on its in the hands of God. I say a small silent prayer as I walk to work most days and lately its been a lot about TTC. I guess when he feels we are ready we will be granted our wish (well maybe with some help along the way). And I also think it is a good idea next month not to chart so you don't over obsess about the whole thing ( not saying that you are or anything like that).

Hi to everyone else. Lots of baby dust all round.

Fiona smile.gif

[MrsA925]

Hi ladies

I don't have much time.. I am the only one at work today (how can all the other people take the same vacation...)

Shelly- Great news about the ultrasound.. I too read about it on the Prego board but feel free to post anytime. And I believe it is a really good idea you are staying on the Met for now.

Jen- I understand about your prayer. This TTC is tough. I am glad you are having a better week.

Fiona- I am crossing my fingers and toes this is it for you!!! Good luck!

June- did you get that heat thing installed in your car? I have never heard of such a thing but it sounds nice. I wish they had one for a/c (my fl lifestyle shinning through smile.gif

Elmirady and April --Sorry about af. I am on cycle day 36 with no o yet. UGHH

Dune graemlins/bcbkick.gif for the gym. I wish you could send some of that gym dust my way smile.gif

Stormlady- My PC at home is a POS but I don't have the cash to get a new one and I am trying so hard not to use Credit cards...

Ok phone won't stop ringing. Welcome newbies, I am glad our group is growing.

Talk to you guys soon
Ginny

[DuneRaiderette]

hi guys! i DID go to the gym after my nap the other day, and it was WONDERFUL!!! i felt soo good. im still sore. i love it! classes are going ok, i got my take-home midterm from my english class yesterday, so i need to start working on that. im falling a little behind in chem though. graemlins/ugh.gif ill get caught back up in no time. my aunt was supposed to start chemo yesterday, but the review board wasnt positive it was ovarian cancer, so she has to wait a little longer. hmm, what else is new in my life?? nothing. i worked TWO hours over at work today, so im draggin...i will see yall later!!! ***WELCOME TO OUR NEW BUDDIES!!!*** baby and o dust to everyone!

[jenn42302]

Good morning girls!

New mothers thread is an active place today. Lisa (32lbs&counting) posted her new baby pics (he's a cutie!) and Kel posted a couple of hours ago from the time of my post here that her water broke!! Good inspiration for us here!

Not too much new with me. Got a temp spike this morning (I think that is a good thing?) and got some BDing done (that DEFINATELY is a good thing :D ) and it looks like I'm ready to or am Oing. Thanks for listening to me rant and rave earlier in the week, maybe I relieved some stress that way!!

Speaking of computer problems, as we have been here lately, the entire network was down yesterday at work, so we all got to leave early because there was nothing anyone could do! I went to the mall (shocking, I know!) but not to buy anything (though I did stop at pottery barn kids and got a cute baby bath set as a gift for an uncoming shower, as well as a baby's first christmas photo book for my new stash of baby stuff for MY baby). I got a 15-minute chair massage. it was the bet thing that ever happened to me!!! I wish I had done it sooner, maybe I could have released some stress sooner. It's not that expensive either. A dollar a minute, in 15 minute increments. Worth every penny. I'd skip lunch for a week if I had to, I plan on doing that again and I recommend it to anyone totally stressed out. They MAKE you relax in that chair!!

Fiona ~ Here's some "stress-free" dust as well as babydust!! Fingers crossed for you!!

Ginny ~ Thanks for your kind words. And I hope today is less busy for you at work!

Becki ~ awesome job going to the gym. And I send you prayers about your aunt, i hope everything goes OK.

Hi to everyone else!!

Well, I am posting from home, and before I push my luck any further with my dial up, I will end here.

Take care girls, and let's see some MAJOR invasion on the preggie thread this month!!!

O and babydust to all!!

jenn smile.gif

[elmirady]

Good morning ladies. Sorry I was MIA yesterday, but work was a wee bit hectic and I had to go to a customer site for a couple of hours as well. Not much new going on here. DD (who is 7) has her Orange Belt test tonight in Karate. Very exciting for her! She is a little stressed about breaking the board. (That's because she went to a board breaking class and it took her like forever to break her boards, but she did it!) I just told her to go through the board, don't stop, don't even think there's a board there, that she did it before with a CAST ON HER ARM, shse can do it just fine without. So she is pumped back up again about her test!

Shelly - How are you feeling? No I haven't bought any OPKs yet, but I am going to start temping as soon as I buy the right kind of theremometer after work today. Baby steps for me! I NEVER wanted to chart, temp, or use OPKs at all, but after a year, I think I better learn what my body is doing or not doing, LOL!

Jenn - You're right the Preggie thread is jumping this morning! I can't believe how early everyone was posting over there! That chair massage sounds wonderful! I think I'll need one of those after Taekwondo class tomorrow morning!

Fiona - HOw do you stay so calm? I'd be bouncing off the walls! Hope your quilting keeps ya busy!

Dune - Great job getting to the gym! I have Taekwondo tomorrow at 8:30am! That's early even for me!

April, June, Storm, Calgal, MrsA925, Surfergirl, Carla, Kyrithia - graemlins/wave.gif Hope you are all doing well!

Baby and "O" Dust to all! Let's get some graduates ladies!

[aprilk]

Good morning all. What excitement on the preggie thread! I sure hope we have lots of graduates invading the thread to take the place of all of those leaving it. ;)
Nothing new to report here, af has finally left, so dh & I are trying to schedule some bd. Sounds so totally unromantic, but we decided it couldn't be left up to chance, so it's actually going to be an appointment on the calendar. graemlins/clown.gif

Fiona~I've always admired people that can quilt or sew. I tend to be "craft-challenged". Your applesauce sounds delicious.

Jenn~I had my first massage last year & keep thinking about how wonderful it was. When I reached my personal goal, that was going to be my reward, but since I seem to be going so slowly, I may just make it a mini-goal reward.

Elmirady~Wow! DD is breaking boards? You all are so amazing. How did you get into the martial arts?

Dune~Yeah for you going to the gym! I need a few graemlins/bcbkick.gif to get myself in gear.

June~Thanks for the info about bd frequency. We're going to try the every other day this month & see how it goes.

Calgal~Congrats on the NSV, you skinny thing!

Ginny, Stormlady, Kyrithia, Surfergirl, Carla, and anyone else I've missed~Hope you're doing well.

April smile.gif

[calgal]

Good morning, ladies! I'm back from my business trip. It's a little chilly here today, but beautiful clear blue skies - and here I am, sneezing, sniffling, and coughing up a storm. At least I have an excuse to take Robitussin! (Any particular type worth investigating for the dual TTC and cold-fighting punch?)

I'm just a little miffed that I'm not feeling so hot, and I think I'm around cd11, which means I need to BD all weekend, into next week. Not that that's a BAD thing, but I'm not lookin' so hot to my poor DH. smile.gif

Not much time for personals today b/c I've been out of the office for a full week and am trying not to have to work too late today. Hope everyone is doing well. O and Baby Dust to everyone, and a big WELCOME to our new posters!

[jenn42302]

calgal ~ I just popped in here quick to see if there are any new BABIES yet and I saw your post. You need just plain ol' robitussin for TTC (and trust me, it WORKS). No letters after the name (like Robitussin DM) It just has to have as an active ingredient guestif-something (sp) No other stuff (I bought the wrong stuff first and now I have a brand new bottle of cough syrup I can't use. Oh well. Hope you feel better soon!!! jenn smile.gif

[shellys]

Im still going to call this my *Home*. I just didnt want to post any "facts" about me being pregnant because I dont want anyone here to feel sad or uncomfy at all. I want to stay here and stick by all my good friends that I have made over the past yr. You Guys are my Rocks and I love coming here everyday to see how we are all doing. This is like my therapy!LOL!! I love you GUYS!!! :D

[MrsA925]

Hi ladies... finally the weekend is near smile.gif

I will be away this weekend but I will check back Monday. I hope everyone has a great few days off.

Shelly- I am glad you want to post here. I don't feel uncomfortable at all. I am glad to see your posts.

Ginny

[elmirady]

Shellys - I agree, I don't feel the least bit uncomfy at all talking about your pregnancy. Besides, just because you graduated doesn't mean we aren't all buds still!

April - To answer your question, DH decided about 2 years ago that DD needed to take Karate. I'm not quite sure what his reasoning was but we decided to put her in it and if she liked it great, if not, ok. She loves it. Shortly after we enrolled her in Karate, Taekwondo became available though our health club, Bally's Total Fitness, so my DH signed up. I went to watch his first test and decided I would give it a try, and we have all been doing our Martial Arts ever since. Now mind you I am the most out of shape person in the class, but hey, I'm doing it and I don't care if it takes 15 years to get my black belt, I will continue until I do!

Jenn- By the way, I bought my thermometer while at lunch today and will start at least temping tomorrow! I just can't buy OPKs yet, I don't know why, but just not yet. :rolleyes: I'm taking little baby steps here huh? LOL!

Hello again to every one else! graemlins/wave.gif Have a great Friday!

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[Fiona]

HI everyone

I can't believe it is friday afternoon already. Where did the week go (trust me though - at the beginning of this week it seemed like the longest week). I am looking forward to a quiet weekend. But there is plenty to keep me busy. I just have tohope that it doesn't snow this weekend. There were some areas around here today that got towards 4" of snow. Like its still only October.

Nothing new for me on the wait. I have had some twinges and cramps but nothing major. I just don't know what to suspect. I have to start with progesterone supplements tonight and get my level checked next tuesday. Last time we got it checked 7dpo it was only 11. My dr would like it higher so it will be interesting to see what it is next week.

Jenn: I hope that you have an enjoyable weekend. And don't stress too much about the TTC. OH and I love the fact that you got some retail therapy in. I love pottery barn but hardly ever get to the store here.

Elmira: Hope your DD's test goes well. And as for being patient - well this well probably test my limits. But DH is keeping me in line.

April: I am not that gifted I just try to do my best. And usually a project will take me years to complete. Hope you and DH catch the eggie this weekend.

CAlgal: I hope that you feel better and that you and DH catch the eggie this weekend also.

Shelly: Post away. We would love it if you would stay with us. Hey for me you are an example that it will happen one day.

Ginny: Have a great weekend.

Baby dust all around.

Fiona smile.gif