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

[krystinab]

Stacer, You never know with those eggies, you may have caught it...fx the dreaded 2WW doesn't feel too long Hopefully, you will be able to coneive naturally, I can only imagine the stress of dealing with IVF and a baby...

kategirl, hopefully you get that +OPK soon...

Dove, isnt it funny how the smallest things make us soo happy when TTC??? I remember being like yaaahhhhh I have mucus in my panties...LOL...

How you feeling Tasha, DeeDee & Lisa!?

Hey Lolly, welcome

AFM, nothing to report. Still preggers...LOL my poor little baby has to be cramped up in me, I haven't gained a pound since 34 weeks...hopefully he will be here soon! (preferably Monday, I really like the date 8/18)

 

[Tasha S.]

Hey girls!!

Krys: OUCHHH!! I hated digital exams when I was pregnant with Ana, can't imagine an attempted sweep!! Hang in there! Have you considered having acupuncture done to get labour started?? I actually went yesterday for my insomnia and low energy and am feeling a lot better today!

Stacer: 48 hours before O definitely leaves you with the possibility of conceiving, obviously not as strongly as O day, but still!! FX for you girl!!!!

Lolly: Do you know when about you O in a cycle? I'm so sorry for your loss hun!

Kategirl: Yay!!!! O is around the corner!!

Dove: Everything crossed for you!!!!

AFM: Approaching the dreaded 7 and 8 weeks...at 7.3 I lost my first baby, and at 8.3 and 8.5 I bled with Ana...so scary!! Here's to hoping the next few weeks will be uneventful!!

 

[kategirl]

I hope the next couple weeks are smooth sailing, Tasha!

AFM, more good CM today and a slight line on the OPK. Not positive yet, but getting close. I'm so glad it looks like I'll O this month! It took us two tries to "successfully" BD tonight, but we did. I'm not sure that this will be our month, but at least we're giving it our best!

 

[kategirl]

No SMEP this month. I got my positive OPK today, but my husband is too tired and stressed because this weekend we're hosting a big car club gathering. We tried tonight but he wasn't interested and told me we can't BD the rest of the weekend. I'm so disappointed, I really at least wanted a decent chance at this month and now we get nothing.

 

[lolly25]

Hey girls!!

Krys: OUCHHH!! I hated digital exams when I was pregnant with Ana, can't imagine an attempted sweep!! Hang in there! Have you considered having acupuncture done to get labour started?? I actually went yesterday for my insomnia and low energy and am feeling a lot better today!

Stacer: 48 hours before O definitely leaves you with the possibility of conceiving, obviously not as strongly as O day, but still!! FX for you girl!!!!

Lolly: Do you know when about you O in a cycle? I'm so sorry for your loss hun!

Kategirl: Yay!!!! O is around the corner!!

Dove: Everything crossed for you!!!!

AFM: Approaching the dreaded 7 and 8 weeks...at 7.3 I lost my first baby, and at 8.3 and 8.5 I bled with Ana...so scary!! Here's to hoping the next few weeks will be uneventful!!

I used to have a 31-32 day cycle and ov between days16-19 however since I stopped bf the begging of the year I've had irregular cycles thought to be due to a cyst that's now gone and didn't have a clue when ov'd as cycle between 22-40+ days long x hoping since cyst gone that cycle be back to normal after mc to 31-32 days xx

 

[Tasha S.]

Kate: Ooooh, I'm so sorry DH isn't cooperating!!! Darn it!!! I wouldn't take no for an answer though . I mean, unless he's really stern about it. I'd go out and buy some lingerie and prance around for him...make him want it! DH was sick as a dog when I conceived my rainbow baby!! Men are usually turned on visually, milk it! Best!

Lolly: Ahhh, it's frustrating not being regular in our cycles, isn't it?? I hope that doesn't pose as an issue for you in conceiving though!!

 

[dove830]

+opk yesterday and today!!

 

[dove830]

Button, how did you decide when to start the pineapple core? And how did you eat it?

 

[babyjan]

Got a peak today on cbfm!!

The earliest I've ever got a +!! I didn't even get high went straight from low to peak! Had a scan on my ovaries yesterday to check if I still had a cyst, no cyst thankfully but she said I'm going to ovulate very soon!!!

So is bd tonight and tomorrow and the day after??

 

[Button#]

Yay for positives Dove and BabyJan!

Dove - I get spotting on 1dpo and I also had an obvious temp spike so started that evening. I just chopped the whole pineapple into 5 slices and ate one slice each evening. Didn't do anything special to it, I let OH have some of the flesh bit as well and tried to get LO to try it but no chance!

 

[kategirl]

Tasha, I let it go Friday night but tried again last night and he was in a better mood so we made up about it and BD'd. I also got another (I think slightly darker line) pos OPK yesterday, so I think I'll count that as my positive.

 

[Tasha S.]

Yay for Dove! Yay for Babyjan! And Yay for Kate!!!! I can't wait to see what the end of this TWW will bring, you girls are all O'ing within a day or two of each other!!

Babyjan: So happy that you don't have a cyst! Phewww!!

Kate: I'm so glad DH changed his mind!

 

[dove830]

Happy 7 weeks, Tasha!

I bought a pineapple today, and cut it into 5 slices, hoping that by doing it a day early, (hoping today is O day) the core will soften a bit. We are going camping on Wednesday, so I'll have to bring it with us, lol....I guess I'll have to explain it to OH

We've been pretty good about bd'ing, 4 out of 5 days, I think I'll try to convince him to go again tonight though, lol. I had a hard time figuring out if my opk was + or - this morning. I think it's starting to fade, but was still as dark as control. Hoping tonight's is obviously negative.

Hop everyone is bd'ing that needs to, and that Button and Tasha are doing well--any sign of M/S, Button?

Still hanging in there, Krys???

 

[kategirl]

Okay, this month we're failing SMEP and just BDing every other day. Hopefully we can do it for real next month! I figure for this month it will be close enough for a good try.

 

[Button#]

Dove - lol at you taking your pineapple camping! No M/S yet just a teeny bit of nausea now and again. Didn't actually get it until 8 weeks with DS.

Kate - every other day is fine, good luck!

 

[snowflakes120]

Congrats to you Tasha and Button!

Welcome to the new girls!

FX for you girls OVing this week!

Home stretch Krystina & DeeDee! You are both so close! How are y'all feeling? Uncomfortable yet?? I can't wait to know what you are having Krystina - can't believe you went Team Green! - Do you have the names picked out for both genders? Our girl still remains nameless! Any mothers intuition? I just *knew* that Kellan was a boy and this one a girl and I was right!
AFM, I've got some insomnia but feeling good. Def more tired this go around chasing after Kellan this time - no time to rest at all!! My fundal height is measuring 2 weeks behind so hoping she catches up soon-they are going to do a growth ultrasound if I fall more behind. My RCS is going to be on Oct. 8.

 

[Tasha S.]

So good to hear from you Lisa!!!! WOW, 31 weeks, you're almost there!!! I'm guessing that RCS stands for repeat c-section, I didn't know you had a c-section with Kellan!!! How did it go and did you want another one?? I'm asking because I had one with Ana, found it very difficult, and want more than anything to have a v-bac! Eeek, insomnia is rough stuff! I found acupuncture helped me a little!

Dove: Wohoo! Have fun camping!!! Where are you going? Good for your for bringing the pineapple, why not?!

Kate: Every second day covers the bases!!!

 

[sosueme]

Can I hang out here? It looks like you guys have a pretty tight-knit crew already, but I'm new around here and would like a place to commiserate during this TTCAL time. I like the SMEP idea and will definitely plan to implement this next cycle (I'm only 24 days out from my D&C, but hopeful AF will show up any time now!).
I'm also interested to hear about the pineapple... what's the deal with that?

 

[Button#]

Hi sosueme, I hope SMEP works for you.
Apparently if you eat the pineapple core on 1dpo -5dpo it's supposed to help with implantation. I did it this time, have no idea if that's what did it though.

 

[kategirl]

Hi sosueme, I hope SMEP works for you.
Apparently if you eat the pineapple core on 1dpo -5dpo it's supposed to help with implantation. I did it this time, have no idea if that's what did it though.

Hmmm, now I'm tempted to go buy a pineapple after work...