AUGUST buddies~ Symptom Spotting, Girl Talk & POAS party!

[KrissyB]

Canada- I'm also super excited about this month... LOL but I think I get amped up every month at this point in the TWW. I'm extra excited this time because even if it's not a bfp, I can still have good news if the Vitex makes a difference. I just have to get through today without a spot!

 

[n.miller]

Congrats August. Love the birthday bag idea.

AFM - didn't test yesterday due to 2 hr difference in wake up time. We had to go get my niece from VA. Had a very eventful 10.5 hr drive home (should have been 5) that involved 2 flat tires. Ugh. Anyway, temp took a nose dive today and I've been having cramps since Saturday. Pretty sure AF is on her way. FX she actually shows and I can start my cycle for testing in sept. DH started clomid, and I know it takes several months, but I'm hopeful for the coming months.

 

[NarnNar]

Hi everyone! I am a bit late here but still would like to join! Af is due August 17th so I'll be testing around that date. *fingers crossed*

P.S. congrats to everyone who got a positive!

 

[misspriss]

Welcome NarnNar!!

 

[Lynny77]

Congrats August!

Urgh I don't think I'm ever going to ovulate. My opk on friday was almost positive but the ones on the weekend have hardly an lh line. I'm cd17 today. I guess my body is just taking it's time getting back to itself. I just want to ovulate already!

 

[smiley4442]

I woke up this morning, my temps were still elevated. I went ahead and poas......BFP! Happy birthday to me! Hubby already left for work. I'm laying here with our furry children freaking out!

Congrats August!!! Happy birthday!!


AFM: Mammogram done but won't know the results until later this week or next. I hate waiting and worrying. cd 17 today, this is the day I ovulated last month but so far not even a positive opk I had a lot of ewcm 2 days ago so now I'm worried about ovulating ugh.

 

[KrissyB]

Smiley - Maybe it's just going to be a longer month for you, but otherwise fine. FXed you get good news with your OPK and the mammogram ASAP!

Same for you Lynny!

Welcome Narn and good luck!

And I am just out of my mind today . Each time I pee I want to have a little celebration (after thoroughly inspecting the TP like a nutjob) And then I want to run back to my computer to tell you all that I'm not spotting yet. I think I'm more excited today than I've ever been waiting for AF (although when Wednesday comes around I assume I'll be equally anxious).
Then I get all paranoid and worry I'm jinxing things by being so excited...

 

[hunni12]

Congrats august

Hopefully you two will O soon smiley/lynny

Yay for no spotting krissy

Afm, i was up till 6 am nauseated and had been nauseated all day yesterday. Didnt eat one thingi was so sick to my tummy..i would be only 4/5 dpo

 

[Lynny77]

Oh Krissy everything is crossed for you!!! You so deserve a bfp!!!! I'd so love to see that!

Hunni- yikes that sucks hope you're feeling better!

Smiley- I just did an opk and the lh line is still faint but at least I can see it. I have a feeling I won't O until the weekend. We wait together!

 

[Mintastic]

Congrats August! And Happy birthday! I love the gift bag idea.

Smiley - I hope your mam results are good! Do you have a high risk that something might be wrong?

I am also worried about not O'ing. Same boat as you.
The vitex certainly gave me signs of O much earlier this cycle (plentiful ewcm, pos OPKs, etc...) but yet to see a temp spike and I am diligent about temping at the same time every morning. Haven't given up hope yet though as I know some see a slow rise. One of these days I will put my chart in my sig...

Welcome Narn!

Well wishes to everyone else!

 

[misspriss]

Lynny, Hope you ovulate soon! I hate OPKs, they can be soooo...indecisive?

Smiley, Hope you ovulate soon as well! (I just noticed you and Lynny are both CD17! How weird is that?) I have tons of fertile CM, I swear the past three cycles I have had it for 7-10 days before I ovulate. Granted, not always EWCM, but fairly fertile (somewhat stretchy, clear and shiney, or stretchy but not yet clear). In fact, I hardly had any EWCM this cycle when I ovulated, I had it in the days leading up to it though.

Krissy, glad you aren't spotting!!

Hunni, I was nauseated last night at late 3/4 dpo myself! It finally passed and I haven't had the feeling since though, but I spent the time furiously googling "nauseous 4dpo"...apparently it does happen?

Mintastic, I hope it's just a slow rise!

AFM, it's been a crap day as far as food. My breakfast tasted nasty (new recipe though) and then my lunch (healthy choice meal) was disgusting, so I had to go out on lunch and buy ANOTHER healthy choice. I have got to cook something really good tonight because food as been so disappointing.

Unlike previous cycles, my milk output has not suffered post-O. Usually it goes down noticeably after ovulation until AF arrives. When I got pregnant last time (MC), it went WAY down. It hasn't ever fully recovered, but I'm making plenty today so far...but also I've been taking calcium supplements, which I hear help with the post-O dip in supply.

I also started working out recently and I'm very sore. I was going to buy icy hot today, but then I read it is not recommended if pregnant, so I decided to forgo it. I'm really suffering though. I can't take ibuprofen either!

 

[smiley4442]

Min-I have lots of fatty lumps in them and my grandma had breast cancer. I cannot tell if I have new ones or if I'm discovering old ones so I have to go in once a year for precaution but it's still nerve wracking especially since I didn't get one last year because I was pregnant.

 

[KrissyB]

Ok officially put me down for symptom spotting (I know at 7 dpo I'm probably just crazy). Metal taste in my mouth (I feel like I'm constantly chewing on aluminum foil) and swollen boobs (I actually have marks across the tops because the cup of my bra is too tight now).

And still no spotting

 

[Mintastic]

Really? No Icy Hot?! Why? That never would have occurred to me. Same for BioFreeze I wonder...?

Smiley - sorry about your grandma - praying for good results for you and that the wait passes quickly!

Krissy - yay for no spotting! I don't read into symptoms much but sounds good - fx for you!

 

[misspriss]

Well Mintastic I just googled it while I was in the store, it does have menthol in it...

From WebMD:

What should I know before taking Icy Hot topical?

If you are:

Pregnant:

FDB Contraindicated or Not Recommended: SMALL AMOUNT OF DRUG ABSORBED SYSTEMICALLY; NOT RECOMM IN PREG

Nursing:

Precaution: SMALL AMT OF DRUG ABSORBED SYSTEMICALLY;RISK OF REYE'S SYN W/ORAL SALICYLATES

Giving Icy Hot topical to a child under 12:

Warning: PROLONGED OR EXTENSIVE USE MAY LEAD TO LOCAL OR SYSTEMIC TOXICITY.

But from an OB office website:

Bengay, Icy Hot that does NOT contain Methyl Salicylate. Use products with
Menthol ONLY. Do not use on your stomach.

The one I was going to get was menthol only! I should have gotten it!

I don't think my doctor would tell me to worry at all anyway since I'm just TWW'ing....although I am breastfeeding too!

 

[caringo]

I need to check back here more often...so much happens while I'm gone!

Congrats AugustBride!!

Krissy - sounds so promising! FX for you!

Welcome to all the newcomers and good luck to everyone testing soon

AFM: Yesterday I got some really thick and stringy EWCM. My temps had been going up and I was really worried that I had O'd yesterday and would miss the eggie as we were busy all day yesterday and hadn't BD'd in 5 days! But then I read that a lot of women get EWCM up until O but not the day of? I haven't gotten any EWCM today but when we BD'd this afternoon there was a LOT of white watery CM. Only time and temps will tell, but I'm hoping this isn't one of those try-but-fail ovulations and really really hoping I see a sustained rise soon!!

 

[AugustBride6]

Krissy....I had the metallic taste with my youngest. Its horrible but a good sign for you!

 

[KrissyB]

Mint - LOL that's the sad part, I don't put too much stock in symptoms either.... but it doesn't stop me from spotting (and getting excited about) them lol

 

[smiley4442]

Thanks Min she's no longer with us but not from the cancer. She was one of the ones that kicked cancer's ass!!

Oh krissy, crossing my fingers for you!!

 

[Bug222]

congrats August!!

sounds promising Krissy!!!