Baby dust to the rescue!!

[Aayla]

Hey all. Got a positive opk on cd13. I am pretty sure we dtd enough. I had a temp surge yesterday and so we shall see what my temp does this afternoon when I get up. Further opk's are negative.
This is an early ovulation for me I wasn't expecting it until another 2 days.

 

[Hope16]

Aayla so now you are in the tww! If I have my IUI this wednesday I will only be a few days behind! Fx'd this is our month!!!

 

[abennion]

Congrats Aayla, hopefully your BDing was timed perfectly.

Tested BFN yesterday at what I thought was 12DPO, so I'm thinking I did ovulate later at CD19. It sucks because we BD'ed only once during the fertile window then. I'm now currently at 5DPO, as temps haven't dropped, which only confirms I ovulated later.

 

[Hope16]

oh i'm sorry to hear that abennion. I always ovulate later than normal too. It's so hard to pinpoint which is why i've been seeing an RE. I know you prefer to do it the natural way, which is awesome! But maybe you should consider seeing an RE because they can monitor you with ultrasound and blood work and you can still have natural sex. They will just be able to tell you when exactly to have intercourse. Just a suggestion for next cycle.

 

[Aayla]

I am just waiting for my temps to stay up to get my cross hairs.

 

[abennion]

Well, took a cheapie this morning... I think it's a BFP, but not quite sure. Will be retesting in a couple of days to confirm.

 

[Aayla]

I can't tell as I have no idea where the line shoukd be on the cheapies. Looks like I ovulated way later. Got a very dark positive opk yesterday and a very big spike in temp today. So it looks like I am officially on the tww now.

 

[Hope16]

Congrats ladies!!! Keep me posits if that line gets darker. I'm going in for a blood test tomorrow. I will update with my results afterwards. Good luck to us all!

 

[abennion]

My temps are evil things. Jumped up .4 this morning, so I though maybe, and took a test. . I got AF on my way to work two hours later.

On the plus side, I should be seeing results from the Synthroid this month, along with using OPKs, Preseed, Black Cohosh, and starting Acupuncture this cycle. Next AF is due on Christmas Day, so hoping she stays away and DH and I get a wonderful Christmas gift this year!

 

[Aayla]

Sorry to hear af came. Fx for a Christmas surprise!

 

[Hope16]

Oh boo!! I'm sorry AF came for you. I'm on progesterone right now so I won't see her until after my blood test dec 2nd. Hopefully it's my BFP and she won't show at all.

 

[abennion]

Good luck Hope!

 

[Hope16]

AF came for me on saturday! Boooo. Back to the drawing board...IUI #3

How are you ladies doing in your cycles?!

 

[Aayla]

Had spotting the last 2 days. Thought af would be here yesterday as I wiped and it was dark red, but nothing. My temp dropped dramatically so I know she is here. Plus I have massive cramps. Sometimes I spot for 2 days and then she comes. Today is her due date anyway. So on to cycle #5.

 

[Hope16]

ugh I feel your pain. I was on progesterone supplements which thicken your lining...boy did I have cramps this time around. It's been quite unpleasant.

As bitter as it can be to get AF ...I like the bright side of getting another chance!

 

[Aayla]

Yeah, I like the idea that I now have another shot at this. This cycle we are taking it easy. I'm not using opk's, not telling hubby when I am ovulating (he gets performance anxiety and sometimes can't finish). We have nearly the same work schedule, no kids yet so doing it every day (or nearly there) is not very difficult for us. Also, what guy doesn't love to get jumped every day.

I have also decided to not test unless af is late. She seems to be coming right on time so now I know if I don't get it on day 36 then I will test.

 

[Hope16]

My hubby suffers from performance anxiety as well. He hates that we have to do it when we are told...it's impossible to keep him out of the dark as to what is going on. I've tried not telling him when I'm ovulating but he asks too many questions since i'm at the doctors 4x a week. Thats another reason I can't wait for IVF. Then no more stress for us in that sense.

 

[abennion]

Well ladies, looks like I'm gearing up to O again in the next day or so. I've been trying to not tell hubby what I get on my OPKs in the morning, but its so hard because he's so invested (he's even on glow!). He also gets performance shy, but we've learned a little bit of watching some...*ahem*... videos helps solve that quite well.

I'm hoping acupuncture and Preseed paid off this cycle!

 

[Hope16]

abennion hope you catch that little eggy!!!! GL!

 

[abennion]

Thanks Hope! We're wishing really hard that this is our month. If it isn't I'll be going on Clomid next cycle. DH found out he has an extremely high rate of morphology from his recent SA (his swimmers aren't the normal swimmer shape), and that makes it hard for them to penetrate an egg. We've got about a 2% each cycle. Our doc was hoping by putting me on clomid I would release more than one egg a cycle, and that chance would change from 2% per cycle to 2% per egg. I guess we'll find out in a couple of weeks! How's your cycle coming along, Hope?