Hey ladies! How is everyone today! My hubby is installing can lights in our living room today so my house is a mess and there is sheetrock all over the place. It's only mildly stressing me out. lol! But at least when he's done we will be able to have LIGHTS in the living room (right now it only has a couple lamps, the house wasn't wired w/ living room lights).
Today my cervix is high and soft! I'm so excited! It was definitely not high yesterday, and it's clearly softer than yesterdays. This is the first time I've tracked feel, because after 3 months I think I'm FINALLY figuring out what the differences are. I still can't tell open/closed though.
ATM I am desperately trying to "hold it". After my workout I always use the bathroom and shower and I've been trying to get to a 4-hour hold for my OPK. I am about 15 minutes from a 3-hour hold and I've had to pee for the last 30 minutes!! I think I'm only going to make it to 3, maybe 3 1/2. But, that's not bad. I'm usually okay with at least 3.
KTJ - Welcome!! Sorry to hear about your lossesI've never used preseed but there are plenty others who have experience.
As for OPKs I strongly recommend Wondfo - you can get them on Amazon for pretty cheap and they are great! They are the easiest "cheapies" I've used in terms of telling when it is positive and they are not expensive, which makes them even more amazing. Especially if you are the twice-a-day kinda gal.I use Wondfo and when they start to look very close to positive I will add the Clearblue Digital Ovulation kit. I don't use the advanced, because it's spendy and so instead of getting the bouncy smiley and the regular I just stick with the IC's and then usually by the time they are almost positive I only need 1 or 2 Digi's to confirm. At this point I've managed to make a 2-month supply of Digi's last 4 cycles.
How does the fertility monitor work for you? I've considered it but wasn't sure if it was really worth spending the money.
caz You are getting close!!
I've been debating picking up either a ClearBlue Fertility Monitor OR the OvaCue monitor if we don't get our BFP this cycle. Since we are going to have to take a break if it doesn't happen in September that would give me a couple months to get used to the monitor and make sure it is reading correctly, etc. I'm just debating whether to spend the money and I've heard a lot of conflicting reviews about both
Hey ladies! How is everyone today! My hubby is installing can lights in our living room today so my house is a mess and there is sheetrock all over the place. It's only mildly stressing me out. lol! But at least when he's done we will be able to have LIGHTS in the living room (right now it only has a couple lamps, the house wasn't wired w/ living room lights).
Today my cervix is high and soft! I'm so excited! It was definitely not high yesterday, and it's clearly softer than yesterdays. This is the first time I've tracked feel, because after 3 months I think I'm FINALLY figuring out what the differences are. I still can't tell open/closed though.
ATM I am desperately trying to "hold it". After my workout I always use the bathroom and shower and I've been trying to get to a 4-hour hold for my OPK. I am about 15 minutes from a 3-hour hold and I've had to pee for the last 30 minutes!! I think I'm only going to make it to 3, maybe 3 1/2. But, that's not bad. I'm usually okay with at least 3.
KTJ - Welcome!! Sorry to hear about your losses
As for OPKs I strongly recommend Wondfo - you can get them on Amazon for pretty cheap and they are great! They are the easiest "cheapies" I've used in terms of telling when it is positive and they are not expensive, which makes them even more amazing. Especially if you are the twice-a-day kinda gal.
How does the fertility monitor work for you? I've considered it but wasn't sure if it was really worth spending the money.
caz You are getting close!!
I LOVE the monitor! It tells you your fertile days (high days) and your 2 peak days. It helped us conceive on the first try for my 4 pregnancies. This time we obviously haven't fallen pregnant yet, but that's not the monitors fault. I think we're just not using the right position (I have a tipped uterus) or our timing hasn't been ideal. It has always told me I'm ovulating when I'm truly ovulating (I have backed the monitor up with digital sticks because at one point I just wanted a sanity check). It is pricey, but I have found it's totally worth it for us. I started using the Wondfo sticks last night (in addition to the monitor) so we shall see! We are coming up on the 1 year mark of being pregnant last time, which ended in miscarriage, so we are growing impatient
My doctor said BBT wasn't reliable, but I think he thought I was using it to determine when to BD. He asked 'so you take your temperature to know when to have sex?" and I said, "No. I take my temperature to confirm when Ovulation occurs. I use cervical mucus and OPK to determine when to have sex". He still said BBT wasn't reliable and he prefers using OPKs. He also said that I should not have sex the day of the +OPK but wait until the next day because you can O up to 48 hours later, and since we do't know about sperm count there's always the chance of low sperm count so that way you don't do multiple days in a row.
I get what he's saying, and he is kind of old school-test based doctor, not really one for natural methods. I'm still going to keep using BBT and OPK and checking CM and CP because I am seeing how all the signs DO line up, so I'm not going to let one DRs opinion deter me. lol
lvksa - welcome!
actg4baby Fingers crossed for good news!
