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[Mintastic]

Caringo - up to 16lp is typical.

Kat - was your kitty happy to see you??

 

[KatO79]

Caringo - up to 16lp is typical.

Kat - was your kitty happy to see you??

She came running up tp me purring and rubbed up against my legs So cute. Our only problem was we first packed all her stuff and got it in the car before thinking about getting her in her crate. We couldn't find her for a while but finally found her under the couch and had to unfortunately use a broom to get her out as treats and coaxing didn't help We finally got her in her crate but I was a bit upset that she didn't want to go home with us. It was probably just because she didn't want to be put into her crate more than any indication she didn't want to be our kitty anymore but I took it very personally at the time

 

[bluefish1980]

Well, today was 15dpo and I thought 'Yes! I made it, now I can test!' go to the toilet and there she is

I was so convinced this was our month I'm truly gutted, but on to September

 

[smiley4442]

11 dpo temp went back up. Took a frer and completely negative. oh well, AF will be here Thursday. Not sure if I will try next month or not. Might just lurk and take the month off.

 

[caringo]

Sorry bluefish and smiley

 

[Lynny77]

Sorry Bluefish and Smiley. CD1 can be such a crappy day.

 

[manifestmama]

Sorry as well Bluefish and Smiley... I'm CD1 today too.

Doc ordered stat blood test yesterday, Hcg was 2, progesterone 1.5. She said probably a quick chemical and I got AF right before my appointment with her today. S'ok though because we have a plan...testing hormone levels CD 3, 10, and 21 and ultrasound shortly to rule out polyps/fibroids and then starting progesterone so I don't even have to miss a cycle of TTC. She said there is no harm going on the progesterone supplement even if I didn't need it. So...onto September!

 

[KatO79]

Looks like I'll soon be joining all you ladies moving on to the September thread. Felt some slight cramping today and checked my cervix and sure enough, there was some fresh blood so AF will be here tomorrow, right on time

Good thing my hopes were extremely low this month but am still a little disappointed Due to my hormones I still cried a bit

I'm thinking we can't do this naturally. If we were in our mid or late 20s, I might even have been willing to wait a bit longer but don't have the time since I'm almost 35½ years old already. I've told DH to stop trying and take it easy until we get our referral in the end of September or start of October because there's clearly something wrong when even a relaxing vacation hasn't given us our BFP. Our GP told us we could come in for the bloodwork so that we have been through a lot of the tests the clinic will want. My Pap smear, by the way, showed no signs of abnormal cells or chlamydia so that's ok.

I'm just hoping it really is possible for me to get pregnant and we don't find out we have a serious problem

 

[manifestmama]

Kat, so sorry...DH is turning 40 and I am turning 37 so I know about little time. Don't really know your background or what you have tried - supplements, diet, etc. but it is more than possible when the body is in alignment and there are no physical abnormalities! Chin up, there is still hope!

 

[KatO79]

Kat, so sorry...DH is turning 40 and I am turning 37 so I know about little time. Don't really know your background or what you have tried - supplements, diet, etc. but it is more than possible when the body is in alignment and there are no physical abnormalities! Chin up, there is still hope!

I'm currently taking pregnancy vitamins, Q10, Omega-3 and EPO from CD1 up til O day. I've previously tried Preseed (about 3 months) which hasn't helped and just stressed me so I dropped it. Tried Softcups one month but it was like after about 1 hour of using them, I'd experience a fair amount of leakage (despite it sitting correctly) so I feared it was counterproductive using them. Tried those FertileCM pills 2-3 months and did have my chemical the one month but no good results since with them. Haven't been able to try Mucinex or Robitussin or anything as products like that aren't available in this country but figure my watery CM must be fine and don't want to stress myself further in trying to get EWCM if my body isn't capable of making it. As for diet I'm a pescetarian and eat pretty healthy. I avoid drinking alcohol unless I'm on AF in which case I'll have some wine during those 3-4 days and then stop entirely. Don't drink coffee very often, maybe 1 cup or 2 every month. I do drink some tea but maybe just 2-3 cups a week. My cola intake is way down and I'm trying to keep my caffeine intake below the 200 mg/day allowance and normally keep it at or below 100.

Hope you're right

 

[manifestmama]

Kat, so sorry...DH is turning 40 and I am turning 37 so I know about little time. Don't really know your background or what you have tried - supplements, diet, etc. but it is more than possible when the body is in alignment and there are no physical abnormalities! Chin up, there is still hope!

I'm currently taking pregnancy vitamins, Q10, Omega-3 and EPO from CD1 up til O day. I've previously tried Preseed (about 3 months) which hasn't helped and just stressed me so I dropped it. Tried Softcups one month but it was like after about 1 hour of using them, I'd experience a fair amount of leakage (despite it sitting correctly) so I feared it was counterproductive using them. Tried those FertileCM pills 2-3 months and did have my chemical the one month but no good results since with them. Haven't been able to try Mucinex or Robitussin or anything as products like that aren't available in this country but figure my watery CM must be fine and don't want to stress myself further in trying to get EWCM if my body isn't capable of making it. As for diet I'm a pescetarian and eat pretty healthy. I avoid drinking alcohol unless I'm on AF in which case I'll have some wine during those 3-4 days and then stop entirely. Don't drink coffee very often, maybe 1 cup or 2 every month. I do drink some tea but maybe just 2-3 cups a week. My cola intake is way down and I'm trying to keep my caffeine intake below the 200 mg/day allowance and normally keep it at or below 100.

Hope you're right

Wow, you certainly are in good shape! I'm not much a fan of the synthetics such as Mucinex or Robitussin, they are full of ingredients that are not processed well by the liver and get stored as toxins. Sounds like CM isn't really an issue and if you know for sure when/if you O its not a timing issue either. The prenatals should cover the B vitamins you would need as well. Perhaps if DH is up for it you could do a semen analysis? Not invasive and would be a way to ensure that his half is working as well as yours? Just a thought.

 

[Mintastic]

Sorry for all the BFNs and CD1s today
I hope you all get answers and/or BFPs next cycle!

AFM...I am confused again. Currently CD33 - possibly 8dpo...
On Sunday night I had some light cramping so I checked my cervix and sure enough there was a tiny bit of brown and pink blood there. I thought for sure AF was coming which was right in line with my 6 day lp last month.
Yesterday I had brown tinged cm when I checked it but nothing on a pad...same thing today and it is now Tuesday eve where I am. I am bloated also but that's it.
We had poor BD timing this cycle so I had no hopes of being preg but now I don't know what is going on.

https://FertilityFriend.com/home/50c628

 

[KrissyB]

Mint - Taking a look at your chart, I think it looks like you could have O'ed a few days earlier than you though. Did you take any OPKs on CDs 22-24? Maybe you didn't catch the first day of the surge? Then your BD schedule might not have been so bad and maybe you're seeing some IB! FXed!!
Apart from last month do you know how long your LPs and/or cycles usually are?

 

[Mintastic]

Thanks for looking Krissy.
Yeah, I originally thought I O'd on cd23 and when I put FF on "research" detection that is what it gave me. Was that what you were thinking? I only took the digi on those days but it just kept reading "high" forever so I gave up on it.

I only started using OPKs last month and temping this month so not sure about lp. Cycles aren't super regular and tend to range from 29-34 days.

 

[Mintastic]

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[Mintastic]

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[caringo]

I see the second one!! OMG! That looks like a big fat BFP!!

 

[jumpingo]

mint!!!!

i can see both - that's so exciting!!!

 

[Mintastic]

Thanks ladies!! Got a digi!!!!!!

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[Eidson23]

MINT!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!