Cheers to BFPs in 2-0-1-6!

[Angel5000]

Abe - that sounds good! I've heard that after HSG you get extra fertile, DH thinks that's what did it for us this time. I did HSG and then got BFP a couple weeks later.

 

[Whimsical88]

abe as Angel said, i hope that next month after the HSG you will get your BFP.
fx

 

[Sheece]

That all sounds very promising Abe!!

Im having a few wines tonight to wind down, telling myself its my last drinks for 9 months because im definitely getting pregnant this month. My body just needed one cycle between my mc to get things right.

Determined to be positive!

 

[abennion]

Well, 13DPO and my temps are back up to 98.6... Wtf. Took a test and still BFN. I don't know what to expect anymore.

 

[broodymrs]

Sheece sorry Hun. Ttc sucks big time

Etis massive congrats!

Beautiful scan Angel

Abe good news on your follicles. I'm joining you in the hsg club. Mine is on Tuesday. When is yours?

Sorry I've been missing a few days. The chemical hit me really hard. I'm thinking chemical as af has been really heavy and horrible and I was getting metallic taste and spotty back! Two things I've only ever had before when I've been pregnant. I'm feeling ok now though. Not sure if or when I will conceive but I need to remember I've got a brilliant life that I can't let get overshadowed by fertility struggles.

 

[abennion]

I'm just waiting for AF now (should have been here today, but my temps are still waaaay up there and don't feel anything). Once I get AF I'm supposed to call the clinic to schedule it. I'm hoping I won't need to though... This cycle looks promising more and more each day, besides the BFNs I've been getting.

 

[broodymrs]

Keeping everything crossed abe!

 

[Sheece]

Fingers crossed abe i hope those temps stay high and AF stays away!

 

[wifeybby]

Broody, this is the third time within like a week or so you've said something that really helped me. You are amazing! "I've got a brilliant life that I can't let get overshadowed by fertility struggles." I really do need to keep this in mind. TTC has totally overtaken every thought in my head it seems, I can't enjoy anything and I'm just so depressed because of it. Went to a wedding last night and ended up crying the whole way home bc all the little girls in their dresses were dancing with their daddy.. And 10,000 other TTC related things from the night.. Everyone just has what we want. I had no fun and I feel awful that I'm such a miserable person anymore because of TTC. I'm really going to make an effort this summer to enjoy my time off and live my life and have fun. I've neglected everything that there is to be thankful for lately and that's not cool!

Thanks, Broody.


I've got everything crossed for you Abe!

 

[Etisgonnab]

Fx Abe! What brand tests are your using? It took me longer to get a bfp with some brands...the easy@home tests ended up being the most sensitive ones I tried. Good luck!

Sheece: I like your attitude! Enjoy your wine!

Broody: thanks! Got my fx for you but you definitely are right: this struggle doesn't define you. Life is beautiful but never perfect. After all without any negativity or struggles how would you be able to appreciate the positivity and joy?

 

[Angel5000]

to those with AF. But to sort of rehash what broody said - we Cannot let TTC overshadow every aspect of our lives. It will destroy you. find the pieces of your life that are good and amazing and lovely and focus on those.

A former friend of mine (she's a horrible person and Now tries to hurt me at every chance she can) made some very awful remarks (made publicly for me to hear but not to my face) about how I clearly don't know anything about young children because I don't have them myself, and probably never will. She doesn't know I'm pregnant but did know about my TTC struggles because for the first 6-7 months we were still friends. Anyway I had to remind myself that I regardless I have a lovely life with an amazing husband and family and great relationships with my nieces and nephew and that my life is blessed as is.

Maybe write a letter or just. A journal entry to yourself telling yourself all fhe amazing things about your life now.


Sheece - I am keeping everything crossed! Your chart looks so promising i can imagine how frustrating this must be! I'd almost say get a FRER or other 6 day early test Bc they supposed to be around 10miu but that is my POAS addiction kicking in.

 

[abennion]

Etis: I'm using some cheapies from Amazon, but they're 25miu, so I probably won't see anything for a couple of more days of that was an implantation dip. DH has said if AF doesn't come by Tuesday I can pull out our last FRER. I'm officially one day late!

 

[Etisgonnab]

Yeah it's really crazy how much the tests can differ. Here's a side by side of my cheapies. Wondfo on the left, easy@home on the right. Look how much faster the easy@home showed a noticeable line:

 

[broodymrs]

Aw wifey. I'm sorry ttc is taking over. I remember how it was when we were ttc no 1 and I definitely got that way. Tbh though the month I just sort of accepted things and thought what will be will be I got pregnant. I'm not saying that did it but sometimes it helps to just try and switch your focus a bit. You will get there Hun. We all will

 

[Angel5000]

Etis - Wow! That's crazy how much stronger the Easy@Home lines are!

 

[Whimsical88]

Etis its surprising how different the two tests are on a day to day base.
glad you were testing with 2 diff.

wifey we all get consumed by ttc at one stage or the other. it slowly goes from BDing to temping to CM to OPK to trying everything under the sun and then one day getting a BFN and realising your life is so consumed by ttc you have really forgotten that you have a life... well i hope you do take some time to reasses your life and maybe stop and smell the roses while you on your journey. fx that your journey ends soon.

abe, test results? hoping and praying and wishing that you too get your BFP. those temps are sitting quite high.

angel how are you?

Sheece AF over? trying anything different this month?

 

[Sheece]

Angel what a horrible woman!! I think you may have told us about something she had done before, glad shes mostly out of your life now!

Wifey, I hope your doing ok today, no matter how positive you are im sure it cant help but hurt in certain situations xx

Whimsy - af should be finished tomorrow hopefully. Im trying to clean up my diet a bit more this cycle and im going to have 2 cups of raspberry leaf tea each day until ovulation. We are in the 6th month now so time to change it up a bit I think!

 

[Whimsical88]

Sheece its good to try different things? have you heard anything specific about rasberry leaf tea thats making you try it until O?
i keep hearing green tea is great for your body as well as to lose a few pounds and all the other stories. so i got a box of 20 teabags and tried it. THAT WAS THE WORST THING I HAVE EVER TRIED IN MY LIFE. i sucked it up and drank the first cup very fast to not taste it. few weeks later, ok let me try that again. i dont think it was soooo bad. round 2, my mouth shut down, it refused to even swallow, not even my tongue moved. that was that. i wouldnt try it again even if you paid me too. will stick to coffee, rooibos with honey, and regular african blend tea.

 

[Angel5000]

Good luck with the raspberry tea sheece! Every month I said I would do that but I just don't like the taste of most tea 3 days in and I was always over It. Lol.

Afm - doing ok. Have very little symptoms right now except sore boobs and that makes me nervous. :/ we meet with our OB tomorrow for our first actual appointment with them.

On Friday we are driving down for my graduation ceremony. I did the program online but only live about 5 hours away so I'm going down so I can walk the stage of course now I'm kind of wishing I hadn't decided to go because it s a 5 hour drive down and I really would rather sleep! Lol.

 

[Whimsical88]

angel take a blankie and nap the whole way. happy you dont have too much nausea yet. dont worry. just enjoy every sore boob and all that will come. keep us updated how the app with doc goes. congrats on the graduation. time sure flies