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[waiting2c]

How is everyone else doing?? Its a very grey wet yucky monday here, depressing being back at work, plus the warriors lost the grand final and Dan carter is out of the all blacks for the world cup ... sports did not do well this past weekend.

(rugby league and rugby world cup related for those who have no idea what I am on about)

 

[1mmcquade]

I am totally with you waiting2c - as an Aussie I have been drowning in football of all kinds this last weekend.
Hopefully you get your FF tick for ovulation soon.

We are 6DPO now - no sysmptoms to speak of - and I promised myself I wouldn't obsess on the ghost symptoms this month, so am not going to over analyse. Planning to test 9/10 as AF caught me at 12 DPO last month so this could be early enough for an accurate test result. Thinking positively, it would be good to have a couple of days to prepare a birthday announcement for hubby if we (fingers and toes crossed) get our BFP this cycle.
Back to work today so there is not much time to get distracted with the 2ww.

How is everyone else doing? Anyone else in the 2ww atm?

 

[prepping]

Hi All!
dooper, I'm so sorry the witch got you!! And for it to be 3 days late is mean. Keep the spirits up and enjoy a few glasses of wine. Your holiday happens at O time doesn't it? That's perfect as you get to really enjoy your vaca to the fullest!

waiting, reading through the messages had me on a bit of an O rollercoaster for you! Any positive opks today? Bummer about not having the 28 day cycle, but I'm right there with you! I likely won't be ovulating until around Thursday.
And btw, no rugby news here as it's ALL hockey right now. Everyone's pumped for the season start.

1mm, Your DH's birthday would be a nice time to announce a bfp! My DH has mentioned the same about how it can be a birthday present for him as well... although a week belated.
Try to maintain the calm head without analyzing too much... that's something that I will be trying to do this month as well! Afterall, I think I've had pretty close to every pregnancy symptom out there which obviously has proved nothing.

jchic, fingers and toes crossed for your 2WW! Must be kind of neat to have evidence of what exactly is happening in your body. Let's hope it's a short running experiment!

As for me, getting into prime time now! Had a few good sessions already. lol. Armed with green tea and pineapple to help the cm out... and hopefully my pre-seed comes today too. Bring it on!

 

[jchic]

Hi All!
dooper, I'm so sorry the witch got you!! And for it to be 3 days late is mean. Keep the spirits up and enjoy a few glasses of wine. Your holiday happens at O time doesn't it? That's perfect as you get to really enjoy your vaca to the fullest!

waiting, reading through the messages had me on a bit of an O rollercoaster for you! Any positive opks today? Bummer about not having the 28 day cycle, but I'm right there with you! I likely won't be ovulating until around Thursday.
And btw, no rugby news here as it's ALL hockey right now. Everyone's pumped for the season start.

1mm, Your DH's birthday would be a nice time to announce a bfp! My DH has mentioned the same about how it can be a birthday present for him as well... although a week belated.
Try to maintain the calm head without analyzing too much... that's something that I will be trying to do this month as well! Afterall, I think I've had pretty close to every pregnancy symptom out there which obviously has proved nothing.

jchic, fingers and toes crossed for your 2WW! Must be kind of neat to have evidence of what exactly is happening in your body. Let's hope it's a short running experiment!

As for me, getting into prime time now! Had a few good sessions already. lol. Armed with green tea and pineapple to help the cm out... and hopefully my pre-seed comes today too. Bring it on!

Hi everyone! How is everything going and how was everyone's weekend??!! So charting has paid off, I hope, LOL. I am seeing exactly when I ovulated, so that's good. According to my chart, I ovulated on CD15. We BD'd everyday from CD5-20 EXCEPT CD8 and CD12, so fingers crossed ladies!

Doopers - sorry the witch got you....new cycle to try again, right?

Waiting - Did you o?

 

[waiting2c]

Morning all!

Jchic - nope no O yet... still waiting.... have EWCM and positive OPKs so my body is trying its darndest.... have been DTD every night for the past few nights so as to not miss anything... will go again tonight, am hoping to see a rise in temps tomorrow.

Prepping - Hockey aye, that is more your guys national sport though huh? I was thinking of you when the All blacks took on Cananda the other night lol.

1mmcaque - ahhhh you are in oz! Yup you would be getting it worse than us I imagine. Did you have to watch the NRL final as well? I had to take a depressed OH home after that one lol.

Whats news with you guys? I hate this waiting to O bit, just wish it was here already and I can stop DTD every chance I get lol!

 

[1mmcquade]

waiting2c - I avoided the NRL final when our TV cracked up - aerial still not fixed from the cyclone. Your cycle makes me think I need to start charting cause there seems to be a huge gap between the positive OPK and your ovulation: has it been longer than 48hours? I've got a BBT so perhaps I'll start next month if AF catches me next week.


JCHIC - seems like our cycles are pretty close together - you look about 5DPO and today I am 7DPO - so we will nearly be testing buddies. Fingers crossed for an anxiety free
2ww. I've been chanting 'calm' to myself at work cause I know stress is not good for a BFP.

Best of luck to everyone else who is BDing or waiting to O

 

[waiting2c]

My cycle is weird though, its not normal! I am trying to chant calm as well as I am freaked out at this point that I am actually not going to Ovulate at all It should have happened by now. I am hoping the decreased temp today will lead into a confirmed Ovulation soon...

 

[1mmcquade]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you waiting2c! I suppose at this stage I don't know if I ovulate from month-month either because I don't temp. I did get normal readings in my day 21 blood work recently so hopefully that is a sign everything is ok.
I hate waiting - so I can appreciate your frustration. You are so close to the 2ww - hurry up O confirmation!!!!

 

[prepping]

jchic, how's your 2ww treating you?

waiting, I can't remember, do you have evidence that there have been months in the past that you haven't ovulated? How long is your LP normally?
I think you'll be getting your crosshairs soon! Just keep having fun with ... you're not done yet! DH can't be complaining about that.
And yes, hockey is pretty big here. Can't deny it.

1mm, So are you going to test tomorrow like you mentioned earlier?? Any 'casual observations' of note??

summer & winter, How are our seasons doing??

Last night I was totally passing out early and dozed for a good hour while DH was watching tv in bed. Well, when he turned it off I had the mental sleepy dilemma of waking up enough to BD. That totally would have been out of the question 3 of the 4 weeks of the month. LoL But I pulled myself back into the land of the awake and then promptly turned over and fell asleep afterwards. Poor DH must feel so used.

Had some good evidence of ewcm. Let's hope it works!

 

[summer2011]

Hi all. Thought I would check in and see how everyone is doing. I'm out this month as dh had to leave town for work and to be honest the ttc process is really taking a toll on me emotionally so I've decided a break is desperately needed to get my mind and body back to normal. I'm requesting a specialists appt to my gyno as we've now been off BC for 13 months (6 months temping, opk's, etc) and notta. so until the appt we'll just try to relax and be normal. No charts, opk's etc.

I will still check in occasionally and cheer you all on in the coming months.

Much luck and love to you all!!

 

[prepping]

summer, I'm sorry to hear that ttc has been stressing you out. Some 'me' time is certainly in order for both you and your OH. Super huge
Personally I have been off BC for a year now and on my 5th month of actually 'trying'. If I were charting and using opks, I would certainly be in a different mindset. As of now, the most stressful time is pretty much 8-12dpo due to constantly thinking everything could be a symptom. But beyond that, I try to focus on myself. Making sure I am eating right, taking the dog out for a good walk, enjoying quality time with DH.
The most important thing is that you take care of yourself and focus on what makes you happy about the present. We're here for you in whatever way we can be.

Oh ya, and keep just for the fun of it!

 

[jchic]

Hey All!

How is everyone today? Prep, did your preseed come yet or what?! Waiting - temp rise? Yes???!!
Summer - freaking TTC is stressful! It can play some horrible, dirty tricks on your mind and well being so I know how you must be feeling. Stay calm...>WOOOSAAAAA, LOL

AFM - FF moved my O day to the 16th...I am not much of a chart reader so if you guys wants to take a gander that would be awesome!! what do you all think?

 

[prepping]

Pre-seed may be waiting on my doorstep... hope it is at least!

I wish I knew how to read charts so I could help. Were you doing opk's up to CD16? How about your CM approaching cd16?

 

[jchic]

Pre-seed may be waiting on my doorstep... hope it is at least!

I wish I knew how to read charts so I could help. Were you doing opk's up to CD16? How about your CM approaching cd16?

I was using the CBFM and I got a high on CD14 and CD15, Peaks on CD16 and CD17 and then high on CD18 - which would make me about 3DPO....who the heck knows?! LOL

WOOHOO to preseed! It gets crazy messy though, be warned

 

[prepping]

Messy? uh oh. Ah well, sometimes can be.

So FF has given you crosshairs on CD16 and your CBFM gave you a peak on CD16 & 17? In my not-so-professional opinion, I'd say that's close enough to say it's accurate.
You were BDing the whole time right?
Whether you're now 3 dpo or 4 dpo won't matter too much when you're a week late.

 

[jchic]

Messy? uh oh. Ah well, sometimes can be.

So FF has given you crosshairs on CD16 and your CBFM gave you a peak on CD16 & 17? In my not-so-professional opinion, I'd say that's close enough to say it's accurate.
You were BDing the whole time right?
Whether you're now 3 dpo or 4 dpo won't matter too much when you're a week late.

From your lips to God's ears
Give us an update on if you like the preseed...and stick with the 2g!!!

 

[waiting2c]

Still no temp rise for me temp fall today so I'm still left saying well maybe today's the day urgh....

Good job on the wake up prepping I'm also interested to hear how the preseed goes.

On phone at mo will check in better when I'm on computer in a bit

 

[jchic]

Still no temp rise for me temp fall today so I'm still left saying well maybe today's the day urgh....

Good job on the wake up prepping I'm also interested to hear how the preseed goes.

On phone at mo will check in better when I'm on computer in a bit

Hmmm, maybe tomorrow....since there was a dip, this could be a good sign. Hang in there and keep us posted!!!

 

[prepping]

Still no temp rise for me temp fall today so I'm still left saying well maybe today's the day urgh....

Good job on the wake up prepping I'm also interested to hear how the preseed goes.

On phone at mo will check in better when I'm on computer in a bit

I definitely think you're still in the game and likely to O within the next day or so. If for no other reason, it's because I did the calculations back when my cycle started and it basically worked out that we would be expecting AF at the same time. So if we were to expect that, then we could be Oing within a few days of each other. And I think I should be on Thursday.

Keep on going with your late night workout sessions . Let your temps do whatever it is they're doing and reflect back on it a week from now when it's more likely to make sense.

 

[jchic]

waiting - out of curiosity, what time is it where you are? LOL