Anyone TTC #1 and 30 or older?

[Angel5000]

I snack throughout the day, mostly on things like string cheese and almonds. Those are my go-to snacks at work (easy to eat between class periods).

From what I could find the zipfizz only recommends not for pregnancy because of the caffeine. The caffeine in there comes from guarana extract and green tea, both of which research says is not recommended due to caffeine. The rest of the ingredients are vitamins: mostly a to of B12 and other B vitamins. I know that caffeine can cause a crash but zipfizz doesn't give me the crash that energy drinks or even coffee does, which is why I use it (especially when going to the gym).

I'll try to limit, maybe do half or a quarter of the packet. I can guarantee if I don't have the energy to deal wit my 6th period class things get very bad for them and me. I'd rather not be miserable and make them all miserable too for the rest of the year.

 

[MissDoc]

Etis-- Wow, that is so crazy that poor old Fertility Friend keeps getting confused by your cycle, lol. You broke the app!

Angel-- Since TTC I've switched to half caff (Trader Joe's brand) because I so enjoy coffee. I work in a hospital with lots of pregnant doctors, and they consume low/reasonable amounts of caffeine, so I take that to mean for myself that it's safe to enjoy at a reasonable level, as long as you count EVERYTHING you have throughout the day (chocolate, coffee, tea, etc.) and keep the sum under 200. I think this is one of those things everyone has to decide for themselves, but currently there is no evidence to support less than 200 is unsafe. At least not that I know of!

 

[Angel5000]

Thanks MissDoc! I'm thinking about switching to half caf just so I can have my 2 cups happily. I do love my coffee.

 

[MissDoc]

Thanks MissDoc! I'm thinking about switching to half caf just so I can have my 2 cups happily. I do love my coffee.

My thoughts exactly for why I drink half-caff... I can enjoy more rather than just a little.

 

[MrsRose168]

Thanks MissDoc! I'm thinking about switching to half caf just so I can have my 2 cups happily. I do love my coffee.

I'm still drinking caffeine--just keep it under 200mg/day. I sometimes do a combo of earl grey with peppermint tea so it's a 2-for-1 with energy and nausea! Speaking of, it's about that time!

 

[Etisgonnab]

Pretty much everyone I know drank some caffeine while pregnant, so I wouldn't stress too much. Plus I'm guessing you only have about a month to six weeks left of classes maybe? You can do it.

AFM: AF has arrived, and I'm not surprised. Obvi not thrilled by this development but it was expected. Sigh onto the next cycle. It'd be really nice not to be bloated, have bad cramps, and feel super hormonal at work right now though. Pretty much want to fire anyone who tries to talk to me for the rest of the afternoon. Consider them warned

 

[Angel5000]

Thanks everyone! Makes me feel os much better!!

Etis - yeah, I'm at about a month of classes left. 3 weeks for my grad class and 5 weeks for work. I can't wait!

Sorry that AF has arrived, good luck this cycle!

 

[Jezika]

Angel, also, if the pregnancy thing is mentioned directly on the zipfizz packaging, it could just be so no one can ever try to pin a lawsuit on them by claiming they didn't realize it had caffeine and/or that drinking too many of them is bad for pregnant women. Much safer legally for them to just not recommend to pregnant women period rather than start specifying how much might be safe.

 

[star_e]

jezika - i know people around 36 years of age too that are super calm about ttc. they are waiting to get married first, but do not know how difficult it can be. i obviously do not want to stress them out so I don't say anything, but geez little do they know. of course, it could end up being super easy for them, but for me this journey has been one of a hard smash against reality. i thought i was just going to float on a cloud towards pregnancy, but instead i slipped right through because well, yea, water droplets can't keep me afloat.

angel- your little embryo sac is so cute! congrats again. seems very exciting! I also don't really know anything about how much caffeine is okay with pg, so can't be of much help there. glad your feeling good with exercising again. i need to get back to the gym. i havent gone in so long b/c the doc told me to take it very easy as the follies shrink. but now ive been so lazy about picking back up and going again. is there a specific site you go to to find out what is allowed during pg? when i reach that point, im probably going to realize how much there is to learn about what is and what is not safe to do during pg.

mrs. rose - why do they make you wait every four weeks for a scan? i guess all clinics operate differently. im sure its a bit nerve wracking. hope your next scan shows a beautifully developing baby. congrats again on your progress with your pg.

miss doc - i totally understand temps being wonky/higher than normal due to stress, etc. my temps rise if im feeling sick from my stomach. and sometimes i go through extended patches of having GI issues, so it makes it very confusing.

ettis - so sorry that AF showed. this ttc is just tough and so is the temping. hope this cycle is better given that you are trying a new temping method. let us know how that goes.

afm, FF took away my O lines. Im pretty sure its b/c i got sick at the exact time it said I Oed indicating that the sickness effected my body temp, which is what i suspected all along. this information has confused me a bit b/c now i know that when i get ewcm it does not necessarily indicate O. so im not sure if i should look for that as much anymore. my cm around the time FF had said I Oed was ewcm, but i did not O. so i guess this is one less thing i can use to predict when i will O, which is annoying b/c opks dont work for me either due to the pcos. i might try the wondfos next cycle just to see if the sensitivity is less strong than the clear blues.

and in terms of my timeline. its so long. i have to wait about another two weeks to call doc (calling her on cd35). if the follies have shrunk, i have to take prometrium for 10 days, then wait 3-5 days for AF to show, then start the injections around cd3. so all in all im' looking at like another month before things get rolling again. it has been a long long wait - longer than what I had expected b/c in the original timeline I never added the prometrium days and waiting for AF into the calculations.

but fortunately, i have been able to cultivate patience by just immersing myself mentally in other areas and putting ttc on the back burner. that has been both positive and not so positive. its been good in the sense that I'm not thinking about ttc constantly and am living my life. but not so good b/c when ttc is not at the forefront of my mind, I tend to luxuriate in directionless food/health choices. im not drinking enough water, not exercising and eating too much sugar, very little veggies. i'll try to make some better choices. its been nice not being overly focused on the long wait though. if this happens again, I think I will be crazy frustrated. doing it once is okay, but an almost two month wait again will be a real head spin.

 

[Angel5000]

Despite feeling like I Had no symptoms yesterday, today they are back hard core. Sore boobs, random nausea hit about 11am for an hour off and on, and I've been dizzy all day. Definitely feeling preggers today.


Jezika - That's what I'm thinking, that they put it on the packaging as a CYA kind of thing because it has caffeine and it's safer to just say not to use at all for pregnant women than to risk getting sued.

 

[MrsRose168]

jezika - i know people around 36 years of age too that are super calm about ttc. they are waiting to get married first, but do not know how difficult it can be. i obviously do not want to stress them out so I don't say anything, but geez little do they know. of course, it could end up being super easy for them, but for me this journey has been one of a hard smash against reality. i thought i was just going to float on a cloud towards pregnancy, but instead i slipped right through because well, yea, water droplets can't keep me afloat.

angel- your little embryo sac is so cute! congrats again. seems very exciting! I also don't really know anything about how much caffeine is okay with pg, so can't be of much help there. glad your feeling good with exercising again. i need to get back to the gym. i havent gone in so long b/c the doc told me to take it very easy as the follies shrink. but now ive been so lazy about picking back up and going again. is there a specific site you go to to find out what is allowed during pg? when i reach that point, im probably going to realize how much there is to learn about what is and what is not safe to do during pg.

mrs. rose - why do they make you wait every four weeks for a scan? i guess all clinics operate differently. im sure its a bit nerve wracking. hope your next scan shows a beautifully developing baby. congrats again on your progress with your pg.

miss doc - i totally understand temps being wonky/higher than normal due to stress, etc. my temps rise if im feeling sick from my stomach. and sometimes i go through extended patches of having GI issues, so it makes it very confusing.

ettis - so sorry that AF showed. this ttc is just tough and so is the temping. hope this cycle is better given that you are trying a new temping method. let us know how that goes.

afm, FF took away my O lines. Im pretty sure its b/c i got sick at the exact time it said I Oed indicating that the sickness effected my body temp, which is what i suspected all along. this information has confused me a bit b/c now i know that when i get ewcm it does not necessarily indicate O. so im not sure if i should look for that as much anymore. my cm around the time FF had said I Oed was ewcm, but i did not O. so i guess this is one less thing i can use to predict when i will O, which is annoying b/c opks dont work for me either due to the pcos. i might try the wondfos next cycle just to see if the sensitivity is less strong than the clear blues.

and in terms of my timeline. its so long. i have to wait about another two weeks to call doc (calling her on cd35). if the follies have shrunk, i have to take prometrium for 10 days, then wait 3-5 days for AF to show, then start the injections around cd3. so all in all im' looking at like another month before things get rolling again. it has been a long long wait - longer than what I had expected b/c in the original timeline I never added the prometrium days and waiting for AF into the calculations.

but fortunately, i have been able to cultivate patience by just immersing myself mentally in other areas and putting ttc on the back burner. that has been both positive and not so positive. its been good in the sense that I'm not thinking about ttc constantly and am living my life. but not so good b/c when ttc is not at the forefront of my mind, I tend to luxuriate in directionless food/health choices. im not drinking enough water, not exercising and eating too much sugar, very little veggies. i'll try to make some better choices. its been nice not being overly focused on the long wait though. if this happens again, I think I will be crazy frustrated. doing it once is okay, but an almost two month wait again will be a real head spin.

All doctors are different. Some people only get 2-3 ultrasounds their whole pregnancy so it just depends. Getting weekly ultrasound is definitely not the norm, but I wish it was!

 

[MissDoc]

Eits, I'm so sorry your period arrived. I hope it leaves quickly and you can get right back to the good stuff soon!

Star-E, that 2 month dragging period sounds pretty rough. *hugs* I hate when things are ambiguous. It's like, this whole TTC business is confusing enough when the signs DO make sense much less when they go all wonky. I hope it gets sorted for you. I too am luxuriating in too much sugar and not enough veggies. I keep telling myself that I could be cultivating a little blastocyst so probably should take more care, but it's hard when you're in the middle of TTC stress.


AFM, just chilling at 5dpo today. Chilling probably isn't the most accurate term as about every 2 hours I act on the urge to google "Symptoms 5dpo" or "earliest possible implantation..." or some equally dumb thing to obsess over. Tomorrow I'll be doing the same thing, just with "6dop". Sigh.

 

[star_e]

miss doc I do the same thing w googling. haven't googled ttc stuff in a while but once I get back in the game I know I'll be googling stuff constantly.

 

[Angel5000]

Google is my best friend and worst enemy. I'm constantly try googling.

I received news that on Sunday a friend of mine passed away. She was 7 weeks pregnant and had an ectopic pregnancy. Was rushed to the hospital and died on the table. I haven't talked to her in years but se was so full of life, late
20s. I'm in shock.

I of course freaked out even tho I know mine if ectopic. And then ordered DH to get me more FRERs. now I'm even more anxious to have my U/S Tuesday

The only good part is my test line is crazy dark now.

 

[MissDoc]

Angel, that is seriously sad about your friend. And so scary.

You should definitely take comfort in that beautiful dark line!


6 DPO here and I'm a complete nutter. I tested today. Wasted a FRER knowing damn well it would be negative no matter what's going on in my fallopian tubes and uterus. I just started justifying it that maybe I ovulated earlier than I thought I did and I've been having these AF-like cramps for days, and blah blah blah. Of course it was white as can be, but I still caught myself imagining a line. My TWW-self is not a rational person!

 

[Jezika]

Angel - that is so, so sad and shocking, even more so because it was presumably such an exciting time that ended in tragedy. No wonder docs seem to take unilateral pain so seriously. They thoroughly checked me with u/s after my CP for almost an hour to make sure there wasn't anything in my tubes once I mentioned a bit of one-sided pain. It's a good reminder for us to take these things seriously. I hope you're okay And definitely great lines. May I ask, how far along were you with your CPs?

MissDoc - I think we've all been there! It's so tempting not to test. I remember going back and forth about early testing and then eventually reasoning that I was obsessing over it so much that I might as well test just stop obsessing. Then I'd regret it and feel I wasted an FRER. I think one time I reused an FRER, heheh. No line, but I wasn't pg that cycle anyway, so it's possible it would've worked. Then I moved to cheap Wondfos and saved the FRERs for a more reasonable testing time. Oh, and I've probably spent literally hours staring at lines that weren't there, as in picking the stick up dozens of times throughout the day to stare at it for minutes at a time. There was something fun about it, though. Eesh. Do you think you can hold out till 9/10DPO? Then the chances of seeing an accurate result will be moving in your favour.

 

[Angel5000]

missdoc - we've all been there!

Jezika - Oh yeah it's such a serious thing. It sort of blows my mind though that more doctors don't do a scan around 6 weeks just to verify the egg sac is in the correct place. That's why my doctor had me in as soon as my hcg reached 1500 to verify the egg sac was in the right place and it wasn't ectopic. They weren't taking any chances.

With my CPs I was very early. The first CP was just under 4 weeks (short cycle, with BFP at 10DPO and AF beginning around 14DPO (my LP at that time was 9-10 days). My second CP was technically 5+4, BUT I ovulated really late that cycle, and got BFP at 12DPO (LP was generally 9-10 days) and then AF started 14DPO.

 

[Jezika]

Ah, so it sounds like this is more than likely a sticky bean. How exciting! How are you feeling about it all? I still can't emotionally attach, but I hope that changes next Friday at my 12-week scan **if** all is okay.

 

[Angel5000]

Definitely feel like this bean is sticky!! My tests are getting really dark now (yes I'm occasionally still testing) and getting some symptoms. I am not quite believing it. I keep the CB Digi on my counter and keep looking at it saying pregnant to remind myself I really am pregnant. I really hope I can see the heart beat on Tuesday!

 

[Gagrlinpitt]

Definitely feel like this bean is sticky!! My tests are getting really dark now (yes I'm occasionally still testing) and getting some symptoms. I am not quite believing it. I keep the CB Digi on my counter and keep looking at it saying pregnant to remind myself I really am pregnant. I really hope I can see the heart beat on Tuesday!

I'm so excited for you.. Can't wait to hear report back