WOW! You ladies have been chatty today! I was so busy today, I didn't get a chance to get on until now.
Mamma, your post about softcups CRACKED me up. I am worried about stroking out, trying to retrieve them! I have decided though to give it a shot, as I was reading that women with a tilted uterus (ME) might really benefit from them. Stay tuned! Might try one out this weekend to "practice." Mamma, to answer your question about referral to the RE, I think it really depends on what kind of insurance you have. If you have a PPO, you can go to any doc at any time, without a referral. You pay more for this type of plan, but it gives you more freedom than HMO. With HMOs, you must have a referral to go see a specialist... This is my understanding anyway. Also, I know a lot of docs will make you wait a year, especially if you are young and have no obvious fertility issues (known PCOS for example). BUT if you are over 30, have a known issue, and/or have been trying with well timed intercourse (using OPKs, etc.), then a lot of docs say you should seek help after 6 months, or even after 4 months if you are over 35. As for fertile CM after Ovulation, I think it's normal to have "patches" of fertile CM throughout the cycle, but as you are not charting and cannot 100% confirm you have indeed ovulated, I would BD WHENEVER you see fertile CM just to cover your bases.
Mrs. B, I'm sorry to hear you are feeling so blue. I know, it's a huge bummer. I feel like there are pregnant ladies EVERYWHERE and I keep wondering when will it be ME??? The WORST is that I work with this lady, and whenever I see her (maybe once a month) she asks me if I'm pregnant. I told her off the last time.
Creative, I hope you are having an awesome time tonight! We all deserve some time out of the house and an opportunity to get dolled up! To answer your question in a previous post, you still count your spotting days as part of your LP. So you you have a LP of 12 days, but start spotting 2 days before, it is still a 12 day LP, with 2 days spotting. Also, I know spotting is "normal" and many women do spot before getting AF, but from what I've read, while a LP of 10 days or more is sufficient to get pregnant, some docs think a 10 or 11 day LP is "marginal" and therefore it might take longer to conceive because you are waiting for a cycle that sperm meets egg, egg is viable, and egg implants before the corpus luteum breaks down. If your LP is 11 or 12 days, you need the egg to implant before that (normal time is 6-12 days post ovulation, 9 days is the average length). But the longer your luteal phase, the longer that egg has to implant. Also, a shorter LP plus spotting before AF MIGHT indicate low progesterone. This is what I'm hoping to get checked out.
Jchic, happy belated birthday! My birthday is on Tuesday (34) arghghgh. I am fine with 34 in general, but it makes me feel ancient in terms of just STARTING with all this child bearing stuff. Living in/around NYC, you feel like it's "normal" to start having kids in your 30s, but then when you start reading about TTC (I just read Taking Charge of Your Fertiilty) and it makes you realize that really, we are biologically supposed to be having kids like 10 years ago! Ahhhh!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, 30 is not so bad. Much worse to be 34!
And I think cramping is a good sign! My mom is doing much better today, thanks for asking! For those of you who don't know (I think I wrote to Jchic about this in PM), my mom somehow tripped over my stepdaughter over the holiday (really not sure how this happened??!!) and cracked a rib. She was in a lot of pain, but managing, but 2 days later went to the ER in severe pain. They think it was a muscle spasm and set her home with muscle relaxants and pain meds. She is doing better today, but now is having stomach issues (really bloated/distended), so hoping that resolves soon. Sheesh!
AFM, not too much to report. I will not be on much over the weekend as DH is taking me away for the weekend to celebrate my b'day. Not sure where we are going, only that it's driving distance. He is joking that he's taking me to the Mount Airy Lodge (anyone remember those cheesy 80s commercials with the champagne glass bathtub??). In other news, I'm in the middle of my 10 day course of antibiotics, and let me tell you ladies - WOW. Amazing fertile CM. No joke. I am in what should be a DRY, desert like stretch, and I've got EWCM coming out the wazoo. Literally. So, if anyone should get an infection pre ovulation - run, don't walk to the doc for an amoxicillin Rx! AND, I am feeling much better by the way, back to my old self.
Are you already poas Daisy?
Its way to early for AF hun, I bet your temps will come back up.
Not a fan already.
