Anyone struggling to get baby number 2??

[celine]

What a beautiful gift munchkin! I hope your body is working out those kinks perhaps the clot was what was holding it all up?
Mrs w when are you testing?
Babyjan how are you holding up?

My dd is better but her fevers come and go, she is a trooper and taking her antibiotics when i have to give them, she also has two different nose sprays i have to give her and she accepts that too phew!

So the most amazing thing my toddler has done is..well she is sick so i will post here instead about ds who is almost 5 so not quite a toddler...this week hel earnt to ride his bike without the side help wheels! And he got his first swimming diploma! The bike one surprised me though, he has a bike and we took off the side wheels but he is too short so cannot stand on the bike, so on a whim we bought a cheap 3 euro 2nd hand bike which was shorter, took him five minutes and he had taught himself!

Oh wait, i fell asleep yesterday on the sofa while kids were watching tv (dont judge its may holiday and i cant leave the house with sick dd) and i woke up to find dd trying to take peppa pigs temp rectally! Whoops!

 

[Munchkin30]

Brilliant button! My dd is very good at tidying but even better at messing! Is it bd night tonight??

Celine glad your dd is doing ok, mine goes crazy if I try and do anything other than give her calpol! Lols for the peppa pig nursing!! And well done to ds, what a little star.

DD also gave me her dummy before nursery today. Despite everyone thinking we're big wusses for not being tougher about the dummy, the softly softly approach MIGHT be working!!

If I get a day of no AF today and tomorrow we'll start the BDing tomorrow night. I am quite excited actually, didn't think I would be but it's fun starting something new. The next step on our journey to baby rainbow xx

 

[babyjan]

I'm very well celine

I just took a ic and OPK, ic had a really faint line whilst the OPK is positive, do you reckon the hcg could be affecting the OPK? I dipped them both in the same urine but not at the same time if that helps.

Oh and I'm around the time I usually O x

 

[Munchkin30]

From my experience babyjan, whilst you've still got a teeny bit of hcg in your system anything could happen. I've had positives when my hpts have been proper squinters and it's been due the the hcg rather than oving, but then you COULD be oving with hcg in your system. Have you got any other symptoms of ov?

 

[celine]

Babyjan i agree with munchkin, imthink as long as ur gettng positive hpts you cant really rely on the opks. Good to see it start to go down.

Munchkin great news on your dd, i think with dummys and also potty training its all personal preferance and also the child, what works on one wont work on another. When you find something that makes you comofrtable with doing like the softer approach then definatly do it

Oh ladies im gong nuts being stuck indoors! Ds is really active and just wnats to go ride his bike, i need to keep dd indoors cos she isnt well so the tv is always on...ds is boncong off the walls!

 

[babyjan]

Yeah I agree girls, just went and checked on the IC and it's not as faint as I first thought!

Munchkin, not really, I have the odd ache in my left side here and there but nothing more x

 

[Munchkin30]

Celine can't you snuggle dd up in a pushchair with a big hat on? She might enjoy the fresh air and ds would get a run around??
I think our parenting is half our 'preference' and half laziness! I choose my battles very carefully. Hope it doesn't backfire on us. My mum always instilled a sense of responsibility on us. She never made us go to bed, just said it was adult time and it was so dull we went to bed! She didn't nag us to do homework, and I often got into trouble but it was my responsibility and I had to live with the consequences. We were never grounded, we just new what was 'expected' of us. She was a single working mum most of our childhood so we had to step up.

Babyjan nice to see progress but I know how hard it us seeing that stupid bfp when you don't want it.

 

[celine]

Munchkin i like that approach very much, i know i am a bit overbearing...i hope i will be able to tell ds that its homework time and if he doesnt do it ther will be consequences he will have to deal with...

Well right now ive given in to craft time, and im usually all over crafts but right now...ds was watchng that darn squiggle and mr maker so he keeps wnating to make stuff! So ive thrown them coloured card and pipe cleaners and blunt scissor and hoping for the best.
Then i think i may well wrap dd up in the buggy so we can all get some air

Babyjan hope you wre keeping them for line progression pics

 

[slg76]

I love the stories!

My husband has been away for three weeks. The other night emily took a picture of him off her shelf, kissed it, sang a song and danced with it, then tucked the photo in her bed so daddy could sleep next to her. So sweet.

 

[babyjan]

Are you ladies taking any vitamins/supplements?

 

[Munchkin30]

Babyjan that is a hilarious question!!

I am currently taking
Pregnacare conception
High dose folic acid
Omega fish pils
Evening primrose oil
Flaxseed oil
Vit c and zinc
Iron
Agnus castus
Royal jelly

OH is taking
Wellmann conception
Vit c and zinc
Vit d
Macca
Royal jelly
Omegas

I think that's it

 

[babyjan]

Oh that's a load of stuff munchkin! What does royal jelly do? Keep seeing it talked about around the forum!

Where are you in your cycles now?

I'm only just taking Seven seas trying for a baby atm x

 

[Munchkin30]

I'm not sure. I think it helps make good quality eggs. Bees that are fed it exclusively become queen bees and make gazillions of eggs and live loads longer. I think it's generally good for you.

I've just finished (hopefully) an epic 17 day first AF after losing my baby girl. My opks still only have 1 line but I'm hoping it won't be long now. I usually ov cd14-16 and it's now cd18. Joy!!

 

[Button#]

Munchkin - yes it is bd night, but sneaky one as I have guests!

BabyJan - I'm taking a B50 complex as well as iron with vitamin c and vegetarian omega 3. The last two are just because I have a mainly veggie diet though and because I have so much spotting mid cycle.

 

[Mrs W 11]

I'm taking agnus castus, starflower oil (pre ov only), vit b100 complex and pregnacare conception!!

I think ill do royal jelly next cycle. I'm having acupuncture as well.

On my phone but will reply more to other messages later xxx

 

[slg76]

I take a prenatal multivitamin, omegas (fish oil), and vitamin D. The vitamin D is not really fertility related but rather to prevent cancer recurrence and just because my body seems to run way, way, way low on vit D. It's really important for overall health and many people don't have enough of it. You have to have a blood test done to test your levels. It seems many cancer patients have very low vit D levels. lesson over

 

[Munchkin30]

That's interesting sig. My oh is on extra vit d to help with the swimmers. Do you reckon the prenatals have enough in or should I be taking the extra too? It's only drops so wouldn't be a big deal. Can you overdose on it or is it like vit c? Also I'm very pale and ginger so thought I'd absorb it better than people with darker skins?

 

[slg76]

You can overdose on vitamin D but I think you have to have outrageous doses to do that. My prenatal has 400 IU of vitamin D in it and I take an additional 3,000 IU per day in drops. I spend plenty of time in the sun and don't have particularly dark skin but my levels were severely low when they were first tested after my cancer diagnosis. Blood levels should be in the 30-40s range. Mine was 13! Vitamin D helps you absorb calcium so a deficiency in vit D can lead to osteoporosis.

 

[Munchkin30]

Can it cause gum problems?

 

[slg76]

I just googled and this is from the "Vitamin D Council"

Vitamin D and periodontal disease (PD)

Vitamin D levels

According to U.S. studies:

People with lower vitamin D levels had more attachment loss than people with higher vitamin D levels.
African-Americans had a greater risk of PD than white Americans. African-Americans had average vitamin D blood levels of about 16 ng/mL (40 nmol/L) compared to 26 ng/mL (65 nmol/L) for white Americans. Most vitamin D is obtained from solar UVB exposure. Less UVB reaches the lower layer of dark skin, where vitamin D is produced.
Pregnant women with PD had lower vitamin D levels and were twice as likely to have vitamin D insufficiency.
PD and a number of diseases are linked to low vitamin D levels: cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, pre-eclampsia, and osteoporosis. In many of the studies, the authors stated that some unknown factor might explain the link.