Anyone who is ttc having trouble with their cycles due to previous bc use?

[Lovetoteach86]

Just waiting on my baby showers to hurry up and get here. Also anxious for my 28 week appointment in two weeks. Can't wait to see Coraline again since I get another scan, but I hope it's all good news. So far all seems good, she is wiggling it up most days.

Nervous that I will soon be in charge of caring for a newborn though, being a first time mom is scary no matter how many nieces and nephews I have been around. Now I am the mom full time... That thought is very scary, yet I know it will also be the most amazing thing at the same time.

 

[ImSoTired]

Just waiting on my baby showers to hurry up and get here. Also anxious for my 28 week appointment in two weeks. Can't wait to see Coraline again since I get another scan, but I hope it's all good news. So far all seems good, she is wiggling it up most days.

Nervous that I will soon be in charge of caring for a newborn though, being a first time mom is scary no matter how many nieces and nephews I have been around. Now I am the mom full time... That thought is very scary, yet I know it will also be the most amazing thing at the same time.

Exactly. It will be a big change in your life and sometimes it'll be hard. Especially with the post partum hormones. You will be fine though, and it will be scary and exciting and wonderful and tiring. You can you it. We all do it somehow. So exciting about your upcoming showers and scans!

 

[ImSoTired]

I think I'm about to ovulate. Having on and off ewcm and got a near positive opk today. It's cd16 so hoping ovulation is coming, and soon. I'm pretty nervous but trying to stay positive.

Cait is getting so big and so intelligent. She has begun showing interest in the potty the past few days and wanting to sit on it often but not used it yet. I can't believe she will be two...I have no clue where the time went, but I know I'm ready for my second, and last.

I hope you're all well

 

[Rachel789]

It is crazy how fast they grow up. I hope you catch the egg and it's a sticky one!

 

[ImSoTired]

It is crazy how fast they grow up. I hope you catch the egg and it's a sticky one!

It is ridiculous how fast Cait has grown up. I feel like I got pregnant with her yesterday and her second birthday is already creeping up on me. I'm not sure I'm ready! But definitely ready for a cuddly newborn keeping me up all night.

 

[Lovetoteach86]

Haha, yall are ready to have a newborn already, and I am freaking out. I had a dream last night that I was taking Coraline home from the hospital, and she had a long skinny bird beak for a mouth. While we were in the car on the way home, she clamped down on my nipple really hard OVER my shirt, and wouldn't let go. Number one, OW, and number two, you can't get any milk over the shirt! Also, she had little toddler teeth to go along with her long bird beak.

For less freaky news, I am in my third trimester, and my husband has already been nesting for the last month or so. He is a cleaning, and organizing monster. He still doesn't clean the way I would like things cleaned, but he is even helping me wash and fold baby clothes on days I come home from work with absolutely zero energy left.

 

[Rachel789]

Steph-it is scary how fast time goes now that I have a child. I feel like I will blink and she will be in school, then blink again and she will be a teenager. I am ready for a cuddly newborn as well. I hope I feel satisfied after #2 and am not yearning for more because we decided no matter what 2 is our limit. It just doesn't make financial sense to have more, things are too expensive these days, it sucks

Michelle- that is a crazy dream! I had a couple dreams while I was pregnant that my baby was a cat and I was breastfeeding it, weird!

I can't believe how quickly your due date is coming up. She will be in your arms before you know it!

I am cd 15 today, so if my cycle stays the same I should be o'ing in about a week. I will temp for a few days around that time to confirm so I can see if my lp lengthens again. It was 11 days last time I am hoping for 12+ this time as I read that is ideal. I bought a bunch of cheapie o tests and pregnancy tests recently so I am stocked up and ready to go!

 

[ImSoTired]

Rachel- Isn't it though!? I am dreading the day she goes to school because I know it's not far off and I'm not ready at all. And that is exactly how I feel. I've always wanted 2 and I hope I'm happy with that because my house is too small for more and we can't afford to move. I probably will be more than happy though, when I'm chasing the TWO of them around this place.

Michelle I had a bunch of crazy dreams like that as well. It's all just hormones and worries and stuff, no big deal. Believe me, you will be as ready as you can be when baby comes and you'll be okay. That's great about your Dh helping out and nesting. You need all the help you can get! Congrats on the third tri!

Cd17 and I got my positive opk today accompanied by some bloating, cramping, and ewcm. Hoping to ovulate as expected and maybe even catch the egg.

I hope you're all well!

 

[Rachel789]

Yay good luck!

 

[Lovetoteach86]

for ovulation and fingers crossed for catching the egg, and it being a sticky one!

 

[ImSoTired]

I got this result this morning. I think I'm actually only 8 or 9dpo....I'm finding it hard to believe and trying not to get too excited. I go for bloods tomorrow and my appt in Thurs. Unbelieveable.

 

[Rachel789]

Wow that's awesome congrats!! Keep us posted on everything! Yay

 

[Lovetoteach86]

OMG! Fingers crossed, I am excited for you. I was in disbelief too when I got my bfp. Of course I waited until I was like 13dpo, because I am not brave enough to test early.

 

[3rdtimeabby]

Hi ladies, my depo ran out on the 30th August so just trying to get back to a normal cycle. I've got a 7 yr old and 3yr old from previous marriage and me and my new OH have decided we should add another to the horde! Hoping it won't take too long to regulate...been hearing some awful stories about it taking more than 2 years just to ovulate regularly after depo so a bit worried! :/

 

[Lovetoteach86]

Hi ladies, my depo ran out on the 30th August so just trying to get back to a normal cycle. I've got a 7 yr old and 3yr old from previous marriage and me and my new OH have decided we should add another to the horde! Hoping it won't take too long to regulate...been hearing some awful stories about it taking more than 2 years just to ovulate regularly after depo so a bit worried! :/

Good luck! Hopefully it won't take you that long, some of us are just extreme cases of what birth control can do to you. My body refuses to ovulate on it's own 95% of the time, but here I am in my third trimester The women on this thread have been through a lot of trials, and a lot of waiting, but as you can see, there are several pretty little girls on this thread that were born after birth control.

 

[3rdtimeabby]

Thanks love to teach, I'm so hormonal right now, teary and sore boobs so hopefully my body is trying to get back to normal fingers crossed! Good luck with your little one!

 

[ImSoTired]

Hi all! So far things are going alright. I keep getting bloodwork done and my progesterone dipped a bit so I am now on suppositories until at least 12 weeks. It's no fun but hopefully it's helping to keep baby in. I had a scan yesterday and the sac measured 5w2d. I'm hoping to see a heartbeat next week at my next ultrasound. My hcg is rising well so far. I have hardly any symptoms but trying to stay positive. Which is tough.

I hope you're all well!

 

[Rachel789]

Sounds like everything is progressing well, I am happy to hear that! Let us know how your next ultrasound goes.

I am still having issues with my luteal phase. Last cycle it was 11 days so I thought things were getting back on track but this past cycle it was only 7 days I will never get pregnant with this crap going on. I don't have long cycles anymore but now I have this problem, I can't win. I am taking vitamin b because I read that can help. If it is shorter than 11 days again this cycle I will make an appointment with a specialist. I was hoping not to have to go down this road again, ugh.

 

[ImSoTired]

Rachel I have also read that B vitamins can help lengthen the luteal phase. I hope you can manage to lengthen it without medical intervention. I know it's difficult, but perhaps you're still regulating since you quit breastfeeding? Are you tracking ovulation or do you just go by feeling? I did notice, when I began ovulating again after having Cait, that I can feel ovulation now. I get really crampy and a little gassy and sure enough, af or bfp comes 12-13 days afterward. Hopefully this is a sticky bfp though. Good luck Rachel!

 

[Rachel789]

I usually feel o now too and I temp for a few days to confirm. I have been o'ing consistently on cd 22 but my lp has been inconsistent which is weird because I read lp shouldn't vary more than a day and should be consistent. I stopped bf in June and it's almost October. I would think that would be plenty of time for my body to figure things out?