<3 <3 LOTS OF LOVE & BFPS <3 <3 February Testing Thread

[terripeachy]

Oldermom-I'm not sure how your addiction works, so that was just my guess. HA!!HA!!

 

[Sis4Us]

Morning ladies rushing to get the boys to school!!!

Melinda so sorry but U are right u got a Line that's something to be glad about!!

Will catch up later ladies!!!

 

[Sis4Us]

Ok I'm back and I think I Caught up on the pages we got some snow this Am totally unexpected but it only lasted a Hr or so!!!

Did u get any in San Antonio VJean??

Terri yea I thought the same thing about the Whoohaa temps but it did help level out my temps if u look back at my charts the first 4 w 97 temps where oral!!

Melinda once again so sorry take time for U and treat Yourself!!!

Elperanza and Batty sorry for the temp drop but it ain't over until that Hits!! Keep your chin up girls stay positive

Older Garfie we have time ladies !!!

 

[oldermom1975]

Older Garfie we have time ladies !!!

Let the testing games begin....

 

[Milty]

Melinda

 

[Wish4another1]

Melinda - so sorry for your loss... hopefully your body won't take long to get back to regular and you can be trying again soon!!

terri - I am nervous about the whoha temps too - not sure about that at all - right now sticking to oral... but that is probably why my temps are so low (96 and 97)

Older, Sis and garfie - I always say I am not gonna test early but i do anyway... so I would have no restraint...I mean... I have no restraint

to erose, vjean, atty, and everyone else on the journey!!

AFM- well I don't know... that about sums up everything... I have been cramping and a tiny bit of spotting since yesterday... makes no sense to me... I called the dr and wouldn't you know they had an opening at 1130 today???!!!! how weird is that? ... and not another one for three weeks... FX she has some answers for me...or atleast will order some tests!!!

 

[Katie Potatie]

So much excitement on the thread. Anxiously watching so many of you!

Thanks Terri for the instructions on the emoticons. It sounds like I have to be on my computer to do them until I learn how to write them?

Erin--My hubby goes to Bowling Green often for work and we go with him sometimes. It's a nice town....I bet it's a great place to live!

Atty--I'm sorry you've been feeling down. We all go through those low days. Especially during those cycles that seem so promising and then we have doubt...it's an extra kick in the gut. The good news is we are always able to recover from our funks and keep moving on. And I'm thrilled that you and DF are back on the same page, plus, you have an appointment with the doctor. Steps in the right direction!

Wish--I've heard lots of good things about Vitex. I don't take it, I take B6 to lengthen my LP, but I bet Vitex contains B6. It took a few months of being in my system, but my LP has lengthened. So honestly, that can be a relatively easy fix! GL at the doctor's visit, too!

Radkat--I totally get turning a lack of symptoms into THE symptom. I hate to be a contributor, but my "symptom" with my daughter was no big symptoms!

Esperanza--I love what you said about irrepressible optimism! Sometimes I feel really dumb for constantly tracking my symptoms every cycle and getting my hopes up. But what fun would be left in this TTC journey if there wasn't optimism and hope. I've read a few other threads where the tone of most of the ladies is so down in the dumps all of the time. This TTC journey can be trying enough, I can't imagine going through it being constantly in the depths of despair. And thats good news on hubby getting SA!

Melinda, very sorry to hear. Truly. There are a couple of us here who went through the same thing recently and certainly others who have been through it in the past. HUGE disappointment. But keep that attitude that its also a HUGE step to get a BFP. Sperm and egg met in time, found each other and made it far enough along to implant. That's a huge feat right there. Don't lose sight of that!

Older--The joker is so silly. Made me laugh. You testing today??

 

[battyatty]

Melinda-Sorry to hear about your chemical. Those have to be the worst! I've never gotten a BFP, so I agree with the others. At least something positive is happening, even if it's only for a brief moment.

Oldermom-Your temps are so high! It's Thursday, so you and garfie should be spending the first 5 minutes of your day POAS. Yay!!

Esperanza-Directions sent to your inbox.

Atty-Ugh! So sorry your temp dropped. I'm still hoping that if AF shows it's not until Saturday. What are your chances? When my temp drops, the next day AF comes for me.

No idea when the witch will fly in. Normally it's straight away but last cycle it was 3 days after drop???

 

[terripeachy]

Wish-So you're going in, right? It was meant to be!

Katie-How are you feeling?

Sis-yeah...my temps are high enough, orally. You can't make me temp the other way. GET AWAY!!! hee hee.

 

[Wish4another1]

terri- yes I am going in and you are making me LOL at my desk about temping "the other way"

 

[Kayotic]

Oh I meant to add what I do during the TWW. I knit. ALOT! I also just started weaving and sewing. This TWW I am trying to sew my DH a Pea Coat. This is like my third sewing project so we will see how it comes out!

Me, too! But we cloth diaper so I am knitting longies, and I'm knitting a Minecraft hat for the boy.

How do you like cloth diapering? We were discussing the possibility of cloth diapering. I would knit to knit a bunch of longies for them!

We did it exclusively from newborn to about age 3, but we used pocket diapers back then. This time we're going to go cheap, prefolds and longies or covers. It was really easy for us, because breastfed poop doesnt require rinsing. Then when I was done, I resold them and practically made all my money back, haha.

 

[oldermom1975]

Older--The joker is so silly. Made me laugh. You testing today??

Tested earlier today- BFN, of course. When I do get BFP's, they are 12dpo or later- so I only do it really because it relieves the tension, and apparently, I like wasting money.

 

[Radkat]

Melinda So sorry, sweetie.

Wish- How great that there was an appointment today! Update us?

Kayotic, Blueshoney - I cloth diaper too. Love it. As long as you have laundry in your house, it's not a big deal. Sooo much cheaper.

Oldermom - I would have tested today if I had your chart too. Looks great!

Esperanza - I love what you said about optimism. Gotta stay positive and believe it will happen. What helps me is finding something new to try each cycle. Last cycle it was apple cider vinegar for a more alkaline environment. Cycle before was probiotics. Hang in there!

AFM - I will be trying to hold off testing until Sunday (12DPO). A little earlier than originally planned due to an early O. 6 days earlier than last month and 4 days earlier than any cycle so far. Got a tiny amount of blood yesterday. Trying not to read too much into that.

 

[Sis4Us]

Terri not trying to TURN ya I'm not like that!!!!

Older we still have time!!!

Wish GL at the Dr!!!

Radkat spotting can be a good sign!!! FX

 

[ERosePW]

These posts about vag testing are making me roll. I decided long ago that I probably wouldn't V-test, but mostly because I'm really lazy. I sometimes just take my temp, throw the thermometer back on the nightstand, and go back to sleep. I don't think I'd want to toss that thing back on the nightstand after it was in my vag. HA!

Was Wish's doctor's appt today? No check-in yet? C'mon Wish, update lady!!!

Hi to everyone else!

 

[ERosePW]

Oh, and Katie, thats so cool that you go to Bowling Green now and then! I was there over Labor Day weekend visiting my fam. My parents and two of my siblings and a niece and nephew still live there. My older sis actually lives in Smyrna, TN, a ways outside of Nashville. Isn't it funny what a small world it is?? It's possible that you and I could end up there at the same time and not even know it.

 

[Wish4another1]

Finally back from dr appointment...
My doctor said to me that she did some research on progesterone levels and she could not find anything that stated that spotting before AF was a sign of low progesterone - so she wasn't going to give me any progesterone only if I could not maintain a pregnancy... (never seen a BFP in the 10 months of trying)
she also said just keep taking your supplements...(I felt at any moment she was going to pat me on the head and send me back to whereever I came from)

she also said she wasn't going to prescribe clomid and that she would look at my list of OB/GYN's approved by my insurance to see who she thought I should go to (she was supposed to do that two weeks ago)...

seriously I thought I was going to breakdown right there in the examining room... I thought there would be progress made... we have stepped backwards... I just wonder how long it will be before i get a referral for this OB/GYN... it could very well be months from now... and I will have to explain this whole story all over again and just hope they will do a test - ANY test...

thanks for letting me vent... I am sad... but I will just keep taking my supplements... and with my hubby... I just love him so much and wish I could give him that LO he wants... like eveyone else here!!

 

[Katie Potatie]

Erin, I started busting out laughing and people at the restaurant were staring at me when I read your post about throwing your thermometer on the nightstand after its been in your vag! I'm still laughing! It's like having the "church giggles," but at Chik-Fil-A!

Older what day post ov are you now? I don't know how you handle the early testing. You gotta have thick skin to do it...and deep pockets, too.

Terri--Feeling lots better thank you!

Radkat--Yuck! I tried the apple cider thing for weight loss...back when I was 19 and probably a size 4 (I want to go back in time and slap myself often). Anyways, it gave me the worst diarrhea. I thought, no wonder you lose weight chugging this!

But I agree with trying something new to keep motivated each cycle. I've already emptied out our normal KY bottle and replaced the contents with Conceive Plus lube. Shhh. Hubby doesn't know because if he knows how obsessed I'm being, it takes the romance out of everything for him. But that, soy isoflavens and new supplemenys for DH are my new tricks this month!

 

[Katie Potatie]

Oh Wish what a crap visit! So sorry.

So you don't have an OBGYN? Who is this doctor you've seen today? Why do you need them to give you an OBGYN referrel? If this doctor you saw is not in the field of vaginas, I wouldn't put much worry into what she says! Have you previously had any fertility tests done?

 

[Wish4another1]

sorry for this long post ladies!!!

Katie
This is my regular doctor - I have had her for 15 years... I do actually like her...
last year she referred me to an FE here in town (the only one my insurance covers in the entire state) and he met with my husband and I and took blood from me the first day we were there... He did an AMH test (and a bunch of others I assume - although I didn't hear about anything else) and the nurse called me a couple days later and said they wanted me to come in on day 2 of my cycle for more blood work because my AMH was .18

so I went back and had day 2 blood work done - he called me in and said my amh was .38 on this test... my score was 5 - which means that he didn't think I would respond to the stims in IVF... I have the results at home - but the only number that was low was the AMH... everything else (FSH,etc) was in normal ranges for my age...but the FE said that my husband and I should go straight to IVF and use donor eggs...

obviously I was in shock and we hadn't even done my DH SA at this point...well a couple weeks later the SA was done - my husband numbers (best I can recall) were 260 million, 40% motility, 0% morph.... the nurse told me in the waiting room in front of other patients too...that the results were fine (didn't give me the numbers then) and set us up for an IVF consult...

so my husband and I go in for IVF consult - again the FE is pushing for IVF with donor eggs ... which my DH and decided was not for us... and then he actually gave us the numbers of the SA... and said we would not get preggo on our own due to AMh/morph issues and his options to us were IVF (he would try with my own eggs but gave us no hope) or IVF with donor eggs or IUI with artifical insemination(not much hope there either)
so we left without signing anything... upset at how the FE handled things... we wanted to talk about limiting the number of embroyos - not freezing anything... because of our personal beliefs...but he wouldn't talk that... told us that donor eggs was actually in the Bible huh??? anyway... hubby was upset...and we talked and talked and decided no fertility treatments... we would try supplements and pray that God gives us a miracle

the only reason I went back to my dr - is that after reading 100's stories on here (and the internet) I thought maybe my progesterone was low (and my hormones are off with 23 day cycles)
and maybe I could get those regulated without going back to the RE... and maybe we could have a better chance at conceiving on our own... but I haven't had any luck... all I really wanted was blood tests to check my hormones and maybe the dye test for my tubes... the tests that probably should've been done before I went to the RE or atleast done by RE... but I think the RE saw my AMH and that was that...
maybe the AMH and morph are killers... i should just leave it alone... I don't know what to think now...