Any SMEPers!!!! 43 Testers! 22 BFP!!!!

[stacergirl]

Sunny-totally understand your pain. I was very overwhelmed with the info my doc gave me too that luckily dh was there to remember some of it. I apparently have moderate endometriosis and didn't even know. So now I'll have a lap. However with mild pcos you should still be able to get pregnant, even if dh has law sperm, you might just have to do IUi or ivf or even icsi. But dont Cross that that bridge until it comes (if it does). Either way I think it's great your going and finding all this out because then it will get you on the right track sooner! I wish I would've known about my endo sooner, I could've had the lap a while ago! Hang in there until you get all the answers you need!!

 

[Sunny skies]

Sunny-totally understand your pain. I was very overwhelmed with the info my doc gave me too that luckily dh was there to remember some of it. I apparently have moderate endometriosis and didn't even know. So now I'll have a lap. However with mild pcos you should still be able to get pregnant, even if dh has law sperm, you might just have to do IUi or ivf or even icsi. But dont Cross that that bridge until it comes (if it does). Either way I think it's great your going and finding all this out because then it will get you on the right track sooner! I wish I would've known about my endo sooner, I could've had the lap a while ago! Hang in there until you get all the answers you need!!

I agree as bad as the news is I'm glad I know so I can do something about it. When do you do your lap? I had one with my ectopic but they ended up finding that my tube had already ruptured and they had to do c-section cut. I have a small scar on my belly button from the lap. How soon after the lap can you start TTC again?

 

[stacergirl]

Sunny-totally understand your pain. I was very overwhelmed with the info my doc gave me too that luckily dh was there to remember some of it. I apparently have moderate endometriosis and didn't even know. So now I'll have a lap. However with mild pcos you should still be able to get pregnant, even if dh has law sperm, you might just have to do IUi or ivf or even icsi. But dont Cross that that bridge until it comes (if it does). Either way I think it's great your going and finding all this out because then it will get you on the right track sooner! I wish I would've known about my endo sooner, I could've had the lap a while ago! Hang in there until you get all the answers you need!!

I agree as bad as the news is I'm glad I know so I can do something about it. When do you do your lap? I had one with my ectopic but they ended up finding that my tube had already ruptured and they had to do c-section cut. I have a small scar on my belly button from the lap. How soon after the lap can you start TTC again?

Exactly! I'll know for sure when my lap is after my appointment on march 13, but I'm thinking late march early April. I've kinda given up on trying since then just because I feel like the endo is what's preventing us from getting pregnant. Plus last week during my fertility window I was sick and didny feel like bd, then when I started feeling better dh had his SA so we had to hold off on bding due to that, and now he's been gone for the weekend! And last month he was out of town during my fertile window. So I can't win! Lol but it's ok bc were moving forward even if it's slowly! I'm hoping at my appt on the 13th they schedule me right away so I can get that done. They did other tests last appt too so I'll have to hear those results as well and hoping they're at least manageable. He said we have to wait 4 days after the lap to bd and then can start trying. He said a lot of women get pregnant right after the lap as well so I'm hoping for that but if not we can start ovulation induction and/or IUi the following month. The funny thing is I have no idea why the doc thought I might have pcos-I'm obviously going to ask more next visit but I'm thinking it's only bc I have short cycles and short luteal phases? When he did the vaginal US he said my ovaries looked good though. So who knows!! How was your lap? Pretty simple or were you in a lot of pain? Im a bit nervous sbout it since ive never had surgery before!! Well I'm definitely sending positive vibes your way!!

 

[krystinab]

Kdk...that's so exciting! How are you feeling? Have you called you OB yet? Please keep us posted!

Sunny, I am praying DH next SA comes out perfect and i bet PCOS won't cause any hiccups in you catching your rainbow! I'm so excited about you moving forward with treatment!

Stacergirl, I didn't realize you had to wait so long after the lap to start BDing again!? But it's awesome that many women get pregnant after the surgery. I hope that you are on of those women, fx!

AFM, DH had to give me the injections...lol...I'm such a punk...my next visit to the RE is Wednesday. I was feeling some twinges on my right but I've been willing them away...lol...it's all about the left!

 

[Kdk24]

Krystina... My first appt is march 20th, I'll be 7wks and 2days! Crazy! I still have no symptoms except sore bbs, but maybe it's still too early? Last time I had only mild nausea every few days and I was exhausted! This time around I can't sleep to save my life!
You are such a rockstar for doing at home injections! Needles aren't really my thing!
Sunny... A dear friend of mine had pcos and was told she would never get pregnant naturally. Low and behold she did and while she was on birth control!!! Crazy stuff! I hope everyhig works out for you.
Stacergirl... Best of luck to you! At least you're getting answers and moving forward! It's good to see you in good spirits about everything!!

 

[buttercup_82]

Hi SMEPers - is it okay if I join in???

So - ewcm is fertile and thick/cloudy/creamy is not, right? So, with SMEP you bd every other day until you get a +ve OPK. But for me , in the run up my cm might be thick and cloudy. So if we dtd then, will sperm still get through to the cervix to wait around for an egg? I know this probably sounds stupid – and I know by dtd everyother day helps increase chances – but just on a practical note, will it still be able to get there on those days before ov if ewcm isn’t there yet and cm is thick and creamy??

Sorry if this sounds stupid, i just like to know every fact, and was wondering about this one! becuase to me i think dtd (like SMEP) is the best way to increase your odds - but wondered about the creamy cv that comes before ew

Thanks!

 

[MandaAnda]

Well, ewcm is the *best* to help the swimmers. But they potentially can get around in the other stuff, just not as well. I think some of the idea of SMEP is to not miss that fertile window, and by bd'ing every other day from CD10, you ensure there should already been some sperm lying in wait for when you do ovulate. So, when you do that OPK, if you ov very soon after, it's already there. And then you bd some more for good measure.

 

[dove830]

I still firmly believe that getting answers and eliminating what-if's are all good news while TTC. I'm so happy that so many of us are moving forward, whether it's by having tests done, or doing their own injections etc (Krys--YOU ROCK!). Each thing you do, is getting you one step closer, and I admire you all. SO inspiring!

Tasha--holy cow, you're a peach already:O Seriously, you're having the fastest pregnancy ever

Welcome to the new ladies

AFM--trucking along. I'm finally starting to feel movement every day Still using the doppler every night, or rather, my OH uses it on me...so sweet Next dr appointment in on Friday. I suppose we'll just be going over the ultrasound I had at 19 weeks. I think everything is good, since the tech said everything was normal and I didn't get a phone call from my dr to come earlier than the regularly scheduled appointment. I only work 4 days this week, so I'm hoping that my body will be happy about that. Then I work one more week and then get a week of holidays. Then there's a long weekend for Easter, so I'm hoping March goes by quickly and a little less painfully. My work also approved 5 vacation days starting in April for every Wednesday, so I can break up my week a bit, and let my body recover some. I'm thinking that I'll be on reduced hours for the remaining 3 weeks of May, and then be off for the month of June, and then little Lucas will be here!!! Totally counting my chickens, eh? lol Like I've said before, I'm a planner, haha.

Hope everyone is doing well

 

[MandaAnda]

Dove, you sound like a Capricorn!

 

[Tasha S.]

Hey Ladies!!

Buttercup: Welcome here!!!

Sunny: Thinking of you girl!! At least like the others have said you're finding some answers...but I understand that it's discouraging. Hang in there!! I really hope that was just a bad sample and the next SA gives better results! So why do they think you have pcos?? Do you have really long cycles or really bad periods??

Stacer: Another 9 days before your next apt, right?! I'm anxious for you! I hope it goes well! And wow!!!! They would schedule that lap really quickly! You must be in the States lol!! I think it would take much longer in Canada....

May: You're in the TWW now, aren't you?? How are you holding up??

Krys: You go girl!!!!!! DH is a real trooper for helping you out with the injections! 10 more days til ovulation!!! Then what?!

Dove: YAY for days off!!!!! You're due beginning of July right?? So that means you get only a month off work before the birth?? And you're too funny!!! I promise I'm faithfully following 9 weeks behind you--no short cuts!

AFM: Spring break this week!! Woohoo!!!...but not so much. I have all my term projects due afterwards, so it's a really discouraging week lol!! But hey, that's university life!

 

[BamBamsMaMa]

Tasha - I am at 6 DPO today and have no symptoms. I don't feel pregnant so I am already planning next month. This is so depressing. I keep thinking what we are doing wrong. I keep finding out friends are pregnant too! Urggg! How are you? Hope you get to relax a bit during spring break!

 

[Tasha S.]

Tasha - I am at 6 DPO today and have no symptoms. I don't feel pregnant so I am already planning next month. This is so depressing. I keep thinking what we are doing wrong. I keep finding out friends are pregnant too! Urggg! How are you? Hope you get to relax a bit during spring break!

Dearest May! I'm so sorry...it really does suck hearing that everyone else is getting pregnant when you're trying so hard and it's not working! I understand. My SIL and my older sister got pregnant while I was TTC after my loss--and both their pregnancies went splendidly!! Life is really rough sometimes...But hun, you are so not out yet!!! I had NO symptoms with this pregnancy in my TTW. None. Like, I went downhill skying for the first time in my life at 9 DPO because I was SURE I wasn't pregnant (I really fell hard a lot of times! It was during our biggest snowstorm of the year too lol)! I know it's hard to be hopeful after so much disappointment, but you're SOOO not out yet!!!! I'm doing okay, thanks! I get really bad cramps which is kind of unsettling, but I think it's just my digestion--which has been more difficult of late. Other than that, my nipples are killing me!! But I've always had really sensitive nipples, even as a teen they would crack and oose (grosssss!), so I guess it's to be expected?!

 

[buttercup_82]

Thanks MandaAnda

Ok so this month we bd on cd8, 9 (not proper smep I know, but just happened !) cd12, and cd14(last night) but today I noticed some ewcm! I still haven't had a +ve opk though... So to bd or not to bd, that is the question!?

A bit reluctant to bd tonight as we did it last night and opk not +ve, so want to save supplies for tomorrow - but then again, I don't want to miss an opportunity!

Buuuuut...if we bd tonight and get opk tomorrow, then that would be 3 nights in a row, so less supplies? Am I over thinking this?!!

Help!

What do y'all think?!

 

[MandaAnda]

SMEP is taking an OPK every day from CD10, which is ideally in the afternoon. As for BD'ing, with SMEP, it's every other day, starting on CD10 (BDs before won't hurt) so you're getting a good lot, not the little you'd get if you were BD'ing every day from CD10 (you want quality and quantity lying in wait for your egg when it comes to the swimmers). Then, BD on day of the positive OPK, the next day (O day), 1DPO and finally 3DPO for good measure.

It's CD15 today, right? So, next BD is CD16. If you get that positive OPK tomorrow, you'll be BD'ing CD17, 18 and 20 as well, so tonight's rest is all part of the SMEP.

 

[buttercup_82]

That's what I thought, yes today cd15 - I have been taking opk since cd8 in evening, have even started doing one in morning too just in case, although I know reading probably wouldn't be accurate then. So rest tonight and back to it tomorrow! Even though I had some ewcm today and none yesterday??

Thanks again

 

[krystinab]

Welcome to the new ladies!!

Buttercup, do you have any idea how long it takes you to O after a +OPK? I would say every other day til you get the +! Good luck!

Tasha, I just gasped when I read cracked and ozzing nips....OUCH!! Im glad you are doing well. My bff had horrible indegstion throughout her pregnancy...that sucks...I hope its just a phase for you! to spring break (even with school work)

May, you know I always have gillter to throw!! Its waaayyy too soon to count yourself out. Many of ladies have no sx and are pregnant! How was your BD schedule? Do you usually have AF symptoms?

Dove Im glad to see youre doing well!

KDK, thats so flipping exciting. Im soo happy for you!

AFM, My RE told me that Im ok with the bleeding...its completly normal!!

 

[MandaAnda]

Buttercup, don't do the morning OPKs, as LH is naturally higher then, and you want a true surge. Mid afternoon to early evening is the best. And I usually get ewcm in the few days leading up to an OPK, which is how it should be because the sperm need to get there to wait for the egg. So, that's why you're BD'ing every other day around the time before ov. The fertile window starts a few days before ov (but OPKs can only predict ov in the next 12-24 hours). There are people out there that take OPKs but never BD until they get a positive one, and that's why pregnancy may be difficult for them, as the egg may be on its way out by the time the sperm get there, whereas if you're SMEP'ing or at least BD'ing around the time ewcm starts, you have a better chance of the sperm being at the finish line when the egg is released.

Sorry for the novel.

 

[dove830]

Dove, you sound like a Capricorn!

Aries And oh so stubborn!!

 

[Tasha S.]

Krys: LOL!!!!! Even when I was a teen I had a hard time with bras, sometimes my nipples would get so bad that if I wore one, I would have to PEEL my boobs out--when I took it off a whole layer of skin from my nipples would stay stuck to the bra cups!! YUCK!!!! Right?!?! I did an oral presentation in front of an auditorium of my fellow students at McGill bra-less because it was so bad two falls ago Cowl scarves were really "in", so that saved me!!! Big long scarves to cover up the goods!! I hate boobs. God knows how I'm going to be able to ever breast-feed. My mom never had problems like that and she laughs at me!! And did I miss something about bleeding?!? Are you spotting???? I'm so excited for you about this cycle Krys!!

 

[krystinab]

Tasha I hate bras too..but it think its because my mom is half hippie! Lol...as for the bleeding I stared my injections on cd4 and my period is usually 6 days but after the first shot my bleeding picked up and I was worried. Needless to say I'm ok...the xtra bleeding is not out of the ordinary...whew!