Anyone TTC #1 and 30 or older?

[star_e]

Ash, any updates from you??

any updates from you mrs rose? or just waiting?

No, not really...only 6dpo

I'm having some pelvic twinges on my left side so hopefully that's a good sign. I've had a little bit of nausea around 9am the past two days but feel better if I have a little snack. That's not normal for me, but it could also just be the Progesterone. Who knows! I hate the TWW!

i have yet to experience the TWW. last cycle I didn't ovd. I hope I do this cycle. I can only imagine the TWW and it seems tough. good luck. fx for you!

 

[Angel5000]

Star - I don't have any EWcm at this point, though my cervix seems to be getting high and soft. The Clearblue Advanced Digi does the blinking. You start testing with the advanced several days before your ovulation prediction time and it gets a base line and then it detects when your estrogen surges and you get a blinky face, and it gives you a solid smiley when it detects your LH surge.

Your temp surge could be the clomid or could simply be a normal spike. My temps will often spike and then drop again early in the cycle.


Mrs Rose - I'm going to start working on EOD or at least every 3rd day. Once I get EWcm I think I'll be more "hard core" about EOD. Unfortunately I am afraid of burning out if I go for EOD and then end up with a really late O.

 

[star_e]

Star - I don't have any EWcm at this point, though my cervix seems to be getting high and soft. The Clearblue Advanced Digi does the blinking. You start testing with the advanced several days before your ovulation prediction time and it gets a base line and then it detects when your estrogen surges and you get a blinky face, and it gives you a solid smiley when it detects your LH surge.

Your temp surge could be the clomid or could simply be a normal spike. My temps will often spike and then drop again early in the cycle.


Mrs Rose - I'm going to start working on EOD or at least every 3rd day. Once I get EWcm I think I'll be more "hard core" about EOD. Unfortunately I am afraid of burning out if I go for EOD and then end up with a really late O.

oh I didn't know they made advanced tests. that seems very helpful. though the OPKs don't work for me bc of my pcos. good to know though. hope you get the signs of O soon. the BDing can be hard! keep us updated.

 

[MrsRose168]

Star - I don't have any EWcm at this point, though my cervix seems to be getting high and soft. The Clearblue Advanced Digi does the blinking. You start testing with the advanced several days before your ovulation prediction time and it gets a base line and then it detects when your estrogen surges and you get a blinky face, and it gives you a solid smiley when it detects your LH surge.

Your temp surge could be the clomid or could simply be a normal spike. My temps will often spike and then drop again early in the cycle.


Mrs Rose - I'm going to start working on EOD or at least every 3rd day. Once I get EWcm I think I'll be more "hard core" about EOD. Unfortunately I am afraid of burning out if I go for EOD and then end up with a really late O.

Totally understand! We get burnt out easily, plus we have to account for the low sperm count so I try to be as methodical as possible when figuring out when to BD. It's not very sexy but we don't have much choice! We both just want a baby so we're willing to deal with the scheduled BD at this point!

 

[tulip110]

Hello Ladies. Hope all is going well. Tomorrow I will be on CD11 and I plan to begin using my OPK (Clear Blue Digital regular). I didn't have time to purchase the Wondfos but plan to for next cycle IF AF shows up. (ugh) I've been using Fertility Friend and another app Ovia to see if they determine similar info for me. My BBT is still really hard to track... my alarm goes off and I freak out a little bit... AND I wake up quite a few times during the night thinking about it. So it's kind of up and down. I'm not sure how to post it on here. Goal 1 is to confirm that I am indeed ovulating. I worry that I'm not. In the meantime DH and I will continue BD every 3 days in order to keep his swimmers active. I hope to stay positive as I get discouraged pretty easily...

 

[Angel5000]

I finally started getting EWcm yesterday. A little later than normal (at least for the last several months this is late). Ran out of digis and my last one yesterday malfunctioned so I never got my smiley face :angry: but I still my Wondfos so I'll just go back to old school ICs for this month. I'm hoping to O in the next few days. Dh needs to schedule his SA and we have to be abstinent for 2 days before hand so I am trying not to get him to schedule that for saturday with the hope I'll O soon enough this week that he can still be good to go for that.

MrsRose - that makes sense. When dealing with low sperm count you have to be a little more "planned". I totally get it. I tend to avoid sex early on in the cycle because I know I'll be burned out before I even reach my fertile period. Unfortunately I don't have a very strong libido so it can be hard to be very active.

Tulip - what is it that has you freaking out when the alarm goes off? Is it temping that is freaking you out? as for ovulating, I can't remember what you said about how long you were TTC, but if you are having normal periods with even a fairly normal cycle you are more than likely ovulating. Your period doesn't come until you ovulate and it's the lack of a fertilized egg that basically triggers your period. So if you are having natural periods you are
Prob ovulating. The question is to determine where in your cycle you O

 

[MrsRose168]

Hi ladies! I think I got my BFP yesterday but I'm not getting my hopes up until I see some darker lines. I've posted yesterday's and today's tests--both are old FRERs. I still got a Not Pregnant on a CB Weeks Estimator so that has me bummed out. I'm also worried b/c I had a bit of light tan CM when I wiped this morning. Has anyone else ever experienced that?

 

[Angel5000]

MrsRose - I can see those lines! Do they have definite pink color? I can't tell for sure in my phone. The tan cm could be IB. i got similar with one of my CPs, but that doesn't mean you are having a CP. I think it's common to have some tan/brown discharge. I think thy means old blood (right?).

Fx that's a sticky bean!!! How long is your LP usually?

 

[star_e]

mrs. rose, i see that line too! fx crossed for you!!! keep us updated. i agree with angel, the tan cm could be IB!

afm, i think i might have bad news to report. i went in for my us today (cd 9) and the doc said i had a bunch of little follicles on the right and left but they were all <10mm. i didn't ask what size they were though. i just called them and left a message with the nurse and will receive a call back with the information on what exact size they are. the doc told me this is not bad news yet. she said its still early and for me to come back on Friday.

i have been doing some research on it ever since i got home though and maybe she didn't say it was bad news, but i feel like it is bad news. i guess i'll know for sure on friday. i am just sad b/c it seems like the bar is too low for me with having to take meds to get AF and not knowing if it will happen and now this. if clomid 150 does not work, i dont even know whats next. this is not good. i don't feel well right now. i am so sad. why are they so small?

 

[MrsRose168]

MrsRose - I can see those lines! Do they have definite pink color? I can't tell for sure in my phone. The tan cm could be IB. i got similar with one of my CPs, but that doesn't mean you are having a CP. I think it's common to have some tan/brown discharge. I think thy means old blood (right?).

Fx that's a sticky bean!!! How long is your LP usually?

Thanks, Angel! Yes, they're definitely pink. I uploaded a hopefully better pic--that first one came out horribly! I've heard that brown means old blood too but this is super light, like a really pale tan that doesn't look like blood. Who knows! I'm pretty sure implantation happened at 7dpo b/c I had some really sharp stabbing pains for about 30 minutes...plus, I read that it takes 2-4 days after implantation to get a BFP.

I think my LP is around 11-12 days. It's hard to tell b/c I was on Progesterone last cycle which lengthened it, and the two cycles before that I had CPs, and the month before was the first month I started tracking this stuff.

 

[MrsRose168]

mrs. rose, i see that line too! fx crossed for you!!! keep us updated. i agree with angel, the tan cm could be IB!

afm, i think i might have bad news to report. i went in for my us today (cd 9) and the doc said i had a bunch of little follicles on the right and left but they were all <10mm. i didn't ask what size they were though. i just called them and left a message with the nurse and will receive a call back with the information on what exact size they are. the doc told me this is not bad news yet. she said its still early and for me to come back on Friday.

i have been doing some research on it ever since i got home though and maybe she didn't say it was bad news, but i feel like it is bad news. i guess i'll know for sure on friday. i am just sad b/c it seems like the bar is too low for me with having to take meds to get AF and not knowing if it will happen and now this. if clomid 150 does not work, i dont even know whats next. this is not good. i don't feel well right now. i am so sad. why are they so small?

Thanks, Star

If the doctor isn't worried yet then you shouldn't be either. How big are they "supposed" to be on CD9? Got my FX for you.

 

[Angel5000]

Those are beautiful lines!! I'm so excited for you!!!

Star - don't let yourself get worried yet. Wait for the doctors news.


I think I'm about to have a +OPK. I miss my digis for a good easy confirmation but this was pretty dark Conor 100% the same color but I think it'll be the same by later tonight or tomorrow. What do you guys think?

 

[star_e]

Those are beautiful lines!! I'm so excited for you!!!

Star - don't let yourself get worried yet. Wait for the doctors news.


I think I'm about to have a +OPK. I miss my digis for a good easy confirmation but this was pretty dark Conor 100% the same color but I think it'll be the same by later tonight or tomorrow. What do you guys think?

that's pretty dark to me! i suspect by tomorrow they will be roughly the same color. were you able to hold for 4 hours for this test?

 

[star_e]

im not sure how big the follies are supposed to be at cd9. i do know that they need them to be 18+ in order to trigger. i just hope by friday the news is that they are growing, b/c if by then they are still small, then i will be out this cycle. hopefully they will grow!

 

[Angel5000]

I was able to get almost a 4 hour hold. It was about 3.5 hours, though I did drink about 20-30 oz of water during that time. Not enough to dilute it too much, so it should be a fairly accurate test.

 

[MrsRose168]

Those are beautiful lines!! I'm so excited for you!!!

Star - don't let yourself get worried yet. Wait for the doctors news.


I think I'm about to have a +OPK. I miss my digis for a good easy confirmation but this was pretty dark Conor 100% the same color but I think it'll be the same by later tonight or tomorrow. What do you guys think?

Thank you!

I bet you'll be positive tonight--that is really close! It's BD time!

 

[star_e]

keep us updated angel. i think they should be positive by tomorrow. gluck!

 

[Angel5000]

I just did another one on a 4-hour hold with no liquid. It looks like it is going to be lighter than the last one so I think this might have been as close to positive as I'm going to get. I'll test again tomorrow and the next couple days just in case (until temp rise).

Time to get to BD tonight. We DTD last night, going to try to do every night until temp rise. Just in case.

 

[MrsRose168]

I just did another one on a 4-hour hold with no liquid. It looks like it is going to be lighter than the last one so I think this might have been as close to positive as I'm going to get. I'll test again tomorrow and the next couple days just in case (until temp rise).

Time to get to BD tonight. We DTD last night, going to try to do every night until temp rise. Just in case.

Good luck! Hope you catch that eggy!

 

[Angel5000]

This mornings OPK on fmu is just as dark as last nights. So I'm gonna test again this afternoon. Didn't get to BD yesterday dh was absolutely too tired and said that since we had just had sex the night before he figures we are ok to miss a day. He's probably right. And he did work late, plus we had a consult yesterday to give an estimate on a roof replacement. By the time that was done it was 8pm and we hadn't even had dinner yet. So he promised we'd BD today and tomorrow to be safe. He worked an 11 hour day before that roof thing so I get it.

FYI putting on a new roof is insanely expensive ..... We're looking at $15,000. :crazy: but it's a much better roof than we have - they warranty it for 50 years. Our current roof is the original.... It was a "20 year" roof and the house is 24 years old. Def time to replace.