2012 TTC chat

[Smiler82]

Awwww But that is good it came back normal because if it didn't it'd mean that even if you tried to lose weight it would be very hard, if not impossible. So yay! Off to the gym soon for you then I've been very naughty, haven't been making the most of my gym membership at all lately...and it's coming up to Christmas, uh oh!

 

[Sunshine7125]

I always gain weight around the holidays! It is so hard not to! Have you started your Clomid yet?

 

[Smiler82]

I know, it is so hard...had a friend round last night and ate too much chocolate, then we're off to my parents later and out for a meal. The slippery slope!!

Yeah I'm on my 3rd day of clomid now. I will prob start doing OPKs on CD12 like I did last time, and hope for a + soon after!

 

[Sunshine7125]

Wow that went fast! Already third day! Fingers crossed

Madison is sick so dr appt in a few hours

 

[Smiler82]

Oh dear! Is Madison ok? Hope she is feeling better

Well I'm all done with the clomid for this cycle, so FX....Have just got back from a weekend visiting family so that was nice. My niece and nephew are so cute, wish I could see them more often

 

[Smiler82]

Hey Sunshine, how is everything? Is Madison ok? xx

 

[Sunshine7125]

I am back I went to my mom's for Thanksgiving. We just got back yesterday. Madison had a double ear infection and a virus. She is just now feeling better. I had to put her on antibiotics.

So what cycle day are you on now???

 

[Smiler82]

Ah yes, Thanksgiving! Hope you guys had a good time

Oh poor Madison Glad she is on the mend! Never fun being ill. I've had a cold for nearly 2 weeks now; I hardly ever get ill. Seems to be getting worse. Not happy!

I'm CD15 today, still waiting to O I had a +OPK CD14 and CD15 last cycle but my OPK yesterday was very very negative! I hope the clomid is going to work this cycle. Wondering if being ill is delaying things. We're just sticking to DTD every other day though so hopefully will be covered!

How is everything with you? Are you still job hunting?

 

[Sunshine7125]

I have decided to wait until after the holidays to continue my job search. I am enjoying being home with the kids most days but some days I miss working. I miss having my own money. My husband is using my car to save gas so I never leave the house which can get pretty depressing.

Have you gotten a positive opk yet?

 

[Smiler82]

Oh no, are there no buses or anything near you? Are you too far out of town to walk to places and stuff? I work at home so I'm indoors a lot of the time. Some days I don't mind it but other days I get a little lonely (hence chatting on this board a lot!!) and I have to get out. But it only takes 15 minutes to walk into town so we're quite lucky. We only have one car too, which my husband uses for work most days so I can never rely on being able to use it. It must be tough with two small kids

I got a +OPK yesterday I thought I had better do another one today, but it didn't seem to work! By the time I realised it wasn't working it was too late...so I ended up dipping the test in the toilet I know that will have totally ruined the result!! I'll have to do another one later.

 

[Sunshine7125]

That is wonderful that you got a positive!! With Madison I only got a positive for one day and that was it. The day after it was negative. Sometimes you surge overnight and you barely catch it. That is what I read anyways

We aren't far from town but we live on a rather busy road so I worry about taking the children out on it. We are going to try to find a church this weekend and go Sunday. Usually they offer Mother's Day Out and the kids can go for a few hours a week and mommy can go do her own thing.. That would be wonderful! I could go to the park and run or whatever I wanted to do.

 

[Smiler82]

Hey Sunshine!

Did you find a church this weekend with a Mother's group? It would be really great for you to be able to get out on your own every now and again. I know I keep asking this but I can never remember...are you too far from your mum etc to have them come and help out? I know you moved back to Texas but it's a pretty big state isn't it, I think you can fit the UK in it twice over

I'm 5dpo today Not getting my hopes up for this cycle. My temps are ok but I think they're a little on the low side. They're quite stable though, this whole cycle they've been pretty steady which is very unusual for me. Hope that's a sign the hormones are settling down!

 

[Sunshine7125]

OH Smiler that is wonderful news! Fingers crossed this is your cycle! My mom is 2 hours away. She took vacation from work tomorrow and is coming to my house to take the kids to see Santa. We are going to go have their pictures made. We didn't make it to church this weekend. I feel so guilty. We bought Lane a huge swingset/playground and it took my husband over 8 hours between Sat and Sun to build it! He was so tired by the time we were done with it but it ended up being awesome! Lane loves it!

 

[Smiler82]

Awww I hope you guys have fun visiting Santa! I love Christmas so much.

Ah don't feel guilty about missing church. I'm sure everybody has to miss it from time to time. The swingset sounds totally awesome! Many happy hours to be had outside now I'm sure Does it get cold in Texas at this time of year? It's so cold here, I hate being cold. But I do like being snuggled up on the sofa with all the Christmas lights on and drinking hot chocolate

Well I always try not to symptom spot as I know it's pretty pointless since the clomid can do funny things to you. But my boobs were quite sore last night, couldn't get comfy in bed. They don't normally start to hurt this early (7dpo). Also I had to crash out on the sofa last night as I was really tired and had a headache. But I had been working all day and not left the house so was probably too much computer time plus a little cabin fever

 

[Sunshine7125]

Its 70 degrees here today. Its warm It usually doesn't get cold until right around Christmas. We saw Santa today. I will post the pic when I get home. I am on my phone. I am so excited. I hope this is your month!!

 

[Sunshine7125]

Here it is! I had to crop it, the file was too large so some of the background got cut out

 

[Sunshine7125]

Just took this the other day. Wanted to share it with you

 

[Smiler82]

Oh Sunshine they are tooooooo cute!!! I love the Santa pic, he has a real beard Was Lane excited to see him? Madison is just adorable. I can't believe how big she is getting so quickly!

Aww thanks Sunshine I always hope it's going to be our month but I'm pretty sure it won't be. Think I am just used to it not happening now! It's ok this month as it means I can drown my sorrows with Christmas drinks!! But I will start getting antsy the next couple of cycles. They told me to come back if I was not preggo by cycle 5. This is cycle 3 and will be starting cycle 4 next week.... eep!

 

[Sunshine7125]

When will you be testing?? And how are your temps looking? I looked at your temps but I am not really sure what it all means

Lane was scared of Santa haha. He finally sat in his lap but then he wouldn't smile at all. That is so not like him but atleast he didn't scream or cry. Madison is getting so big. She is already 14lbs!

 

[Smiler82]

Tee hee aww poor Lane! How old is he now? I have no idea how much babies should weigh...is 14lbs a lot?? She is gorgeous anyway. I think babies look better with a bit of weight on them rather than really skinny ones

Well my temps are looking fine but you can't ever be sure of pregnancy from them. Some ladies see a dip at the time of implantation, but you can have a temp dip and still not be pregnant. Sometimes you see no dip and end up pregnant. You just never know! But overall they are looking more stable than they usually do so I think that's just a sign that my hormones are more stable at the moment from the clomid. AF should be here Weds/Thurs so if nothing I will test on Friday! I don't know whether to buy a new test - I bought some ClearBlue Ovulation tests and they came with a free pregnancy test, but I heard blue dye ones are more likely to give you a false positive.