Cycle 1 day 1. Who's with me? *update* It's a girl! Congrats baby_bray!!!

[moter98]

FF has been pretty good for me as far as showing a clear temp shift. it kindof puts my mind at ease that i am actually ovulating. i was worried i wasn't. my charts are below if you wanna see how mine turned out.
mailcmm - yeah, i bet you o'd yesterday then. if you don't expect af till 2 days after next fri that would put you at a 13 day LP. that's in the normal range. mine are 12-14 days.
twinkie - we have been killing ourselves too dtd. it's getting to be too much and really no fun at all that way. i think i've been putting too much pressure on the whole thing and gonna try to be more laid back about this cycle. try is the keyword, lol!
berdc - how are you doing? still feeling well? i can't remember if i already posted all my morning sickness remedies. i had em all ready for DS#1 and never needed them. researched the crap out of it too, was so sure i was gonna get really sick.
My Ovulation Chart

 

[BERDC99]

FF has been pretty good for me as far as showing a clear temp shift. it kindof puts my mind at ease that i am actually ovulating. i was worried i wasn't. my charts are below if you wanna see how mine turned out.
mailcmm - yeah, i bet you o'd yesterday then. if you don't expect af till 2 days after next fri that would put you at a 13 day LP. that's in the normal range. mine are 12-14 days.
twinkie - we have been killing ourselves too dtd. it's getting to be too much and really no fun at all that way. i think i've been putting too much pressure on the whole thing and gonna try to be more laid back about this cycle. try is the keyword, lol!
berdc - how are you doing? still feeling well? i can't remember if i already posted all my morning sickness remedies. i had em all ready for DS#1 and never needed them. researched the crap out of it too, was so sure i was gonna get really sick.
My Ovulation Chart

Yes, you did post the ms remedies, but so far I have not had to use any. I have just been a little gaggy of the mornings but that is it.

I am getting ready to go to a nutriton class for gestational diebetes. I think it iis crazy that my sugar was 94 and I am now gd. I thought 90-100 is normal range but I guess not for my doctor. THIS SUCKS!

 

[moter98]

FF has been pretty good for me as far as showing a clear temp shift. it kindof puts my mind at ease that i am actually ovulating. i was worried i wasn't. my charts are below if you wanna see how mine turned out.
mailcmm - yeah, i bet you o'd yesterday then. if you don't expect af till 2 days after next fri that would put you at a 13 day LP. that's in the normal range. mine are 12-14 days.
twinkie - we have been killing ourselves too dtd. it's getting to be too much and really no fun at all that way. i think i've been putting too much pressure on the whole thing and gonna try to be more laid back about this cycle. try is the keyword, lol!
berdc - how are you doing? still feeling well? i can't remember if i already posted all my morning sickness remedies. i had em all ready for DS#1 and never needed them. researched the crap out of it too, was so sure i was gonna get really sick.
My Ovulation Chart

Yes, you did post the ms remedies, but so far I have not had to use any. I have just been a little gaggy of the mornings but that is it.

I am getting ready to go to a nutriton class for gestational diebetes. I think it iis crazy that my sugar was 94 and I am now gd. I thought 90-100 is normal range but I guess not for my doctor. THIS SUCKS!

i thought this was only a concern 20 weeks and after? are they just being cautious because of family history? i had high blood pressure through my whole pregnancy. they kept telling me i was borderline preeclempsia. well, they had me so nervous everytime i went in, so i bought my own blood pressure monitor and kept a twice daily log and would bring that in to every appt. i was high, but never as high as when i went to the docs cause they had me so nervous! i never did reach the toxemia level but was close. they just made me do the accelerated delivery instead of natural to make sure i was ok.
anyway, that was off topic. what are the concerns for GB? i had a friend that had it but only found out at her 20 week test where you gotta drink that glass of sugar basically.

 

[BERDC99]

FF has been pretty good for me as far as showing a clear temp shift. it kindof puts my mind at ease that i am actually ovulating. i was worried i wasn't. my charts are below if you wanna see how mine turned out.
mailcmm - yeah, i bet you o'd yesterday then. if you don't expect af till 2 days after next fri that would put you at a 13 day LP. that's in the normal range. mine are 12-14 days.
twinkie - we have been killing ourselves too dtd. it's getting to be too much and really no fun at all that way. i think i've been putting too much pressure on the whole thing and gonna try to be more laid back about this cycle. try is the keyword, lol!
berdc - how are you doing? still feeling well? i can't remember if i already posted all my morning sickness remedies. i had em all ready for DS#1 and never needed them. researched the crap out of it too, was so sure i was gonna get really sick.
My Ovulation Chart

Yes, you did post the ms remedies, but so far I have not had to use any. I have just been a little gaggy of the mornings but that is it.

I am getting ready to go to a nutriton class for gestational diebetes. I think it iis crazy that my sugar was 94 and I am now gd. I thought 90-100 is normal range but I guess not for my doctor. THIS SUCKS!

i thought this was only a concern 20 weeks and after? are they just being cautious because of family history? i had high blood pressure through my whole pregnancy. they kept telling me i was borderline preeclempsia. well, they had me so nervous everytime i went in, so i bought my own blood pressure monitor and kept a twice daily log and would bring that in to every appt. i was high, but never as high as when i went to the docs cause they had me so nervous! i never did reach the toxemia level but was close. they just made me do the accelerated delivery instead of natural to make sure i was ok.
anyway, that was off topic. what are the concerns for GB? i had a friend that had it but only found out at her 20 week test where you gotta drink that glass of sugar basically.

They said within the last year they have changed the guidelines for GD. My fastening blood sugar was only 94. They said over 92 is GD.

 

[moter98]

FF has been pretty good for me as far as showing a clear temp shift. it kindof puts my mind at ease that i am actually ovulating. i was worried i wasn't. my charts are below if you wanna see how mine turned out.
mailcmm - yeah, i bet you o'd yesterday then. if you don't expect af till 2 days after next fri that would put you at a 13 day LP. that's in the normal range. mine are 12-14 days.
twinkie - we have been killing ourselves too dtd. it's getting to be too much and really no fun at all that way. i think i've been putting too much pressure on the whole thing and gonna try to be more laid back about this cycle. try is the keyword, lol!
berdc - how are you doing? still feeling well? i can't remember if i already posted all my morning sickness remedies. i had em all ready for DS#1 and never needed them. researched the crap out of it too, was so sure i was gonna get really sick.
My Ovulation Chart

Yes, you did post the ms remedies, but so far I have not had to use any. I have just been a little gaggy of the mornings but that is it.

I am getting ready to go to a nutriton class for gestational diebetes. I think it iis crazy that my sugar was 94 and I am now gd. I thought 90-100 is normal range but I guess not for my doctor. THIS SUCKS!

i thought this was only a concern 20 weeks and after? are they just being cautious because of family history? i had high blood pressure through my whole pregnancy. they kept telling me i was borderline preeclempsia. well, they had me so nervous everytime i went in, so i bought my own blood pressure monitor and kept a twice daily log and would bring that in to every appt. i was high, but never as high as when i went to the docs cause they had me so nervous! i never did reach the toxemia level but was close. they just made me do the accelerated delivery instead of natural to make sure i was ok.
anyway, that was off topic. what are the concerns for GB? i had a friend that had it but only found out at her 20 week test where you gotta drink that glass of sugar basically.

They said within the last year they have changed the guidelines for GD. My fastening blood sugar was only 94. They said over 92 is GD.

well, good luck to you. are they gonna make you do that longer 3 hour test? that one is supposed to be more conclusive. maybe this one was just a fluke thing?

 

[mailcmm]

FF has been pretty good for me as far as showing a clear temp shift. it kindof puts my mind at ease that i am actually ovulating. i was worried i wasn't. my charts are below if you wanna see how mine turned out.
mailcmm - yeah, i bet you o'd yesterday then. if you don't expect af till 2 days after next fri that would put you at a 13 day LP. that's in the normal range. mine are 12-14 days.
twinkie - we have been killing ourselves too dtd. it's getting to be too much and really no fun at all that way. i think i've been putting too much pressure on the whole thing and gonna try to be more laid back about this cycle. try is the keyword, lol!
berdc - how are you doing? still feeling well? i can't remember if i already posted all my morning sickness remedies. i had em all ready for DS#1 and never needed them. researched the crap out of it too, was so sure i was gonna get really sick.
My Ovulation Chart

Yes, you did post the ms remedies, but so far I have not had to use any. I have just been a little gaggy of the mornings but that is it.

I am getting ready to go to a nutriton class for gestational diebetes. I think it iis crazy that my sugar was 94 and I am now gd. I thought 90-100 is normal range but I guess not for my doctor. THIS SUCKS!

Um hello! Personal chef here. Lol looking for great low sugar recipes? I'm your girl. Sucks about the gestational diabetes though.

 

[colta]

Quick question... what is everyone using for OPK's? I've got the First Response Digital yes/no ones and I really don't like them. I hate to waste them and switch to another kind because of how much they were ($40 for 20 sticks and one reader - that can't be used again after a positive)... but I'm just not liking them.
I think I prefer seeing the line, I don't know why, but it just seems to make more sense. It's not really impacting how me and DH are BD'ing.... we're DTD every other day and an extra day or two around when I think I may O... but still.

And Berdc - hope everything goes well, make sure to take care of yourself and bubs!

 

[moter98]

Quick question... what is everyone using for OPK's? I've got the First Response Digital yes/no ones and I really don't like them. I hate to waste them and switch to another kind because of how much they were ($40 for 20 sticks and one reader - that can't be used again after a positive)... but I'm just not liking them.
I think I prefer seeing the line, I don't know why, but it just seems to make more sense. It's not really impacting how me and DH are BD'ing.... we're DTD every other day and an extra day or two around when I think I may O... but still.

And Berdc - hope everything goes well, make sure to take care of yourself and bubs!

i use the clearblue digital smiley face ones. it usually lasts me 2 months. you can use any leftover sticks the next month. amazon has them for $31 for a 20 pack right now. sometimes you can get them for 15% off of that when they have the subsribe and save option available. i just buy them and cancel my subscription right away to get the lower price. when you pull the stick out, you can read the 2 lines. the instructions say not to, but i do anyways. they aren't the same as the ones where you just read the lines. they detect some other hormone too i guess. but the line is always dark when i get the smiley and light the rest of the time. note though that the dark line isn't always as dark as the other line when i get the smiley.

 

[mailcmm]

Quick question... what is everyone using for OPK's? I've got the First Response Digital yes/no ones and I really don't like them. I hate to waste them and switch to another kind because of how much they were ($40 for 20 sticks and one reader - that can't be used again after a positive)... but I'm just not liking them.
I think I prefer seeing the line, I don't know why, but it just seems to make more sense. It's not really impacting how me and DH are BD'ing.... we're DTD every other day and an extra day or two around when I think I may O... but still.

And Berdc - hope everything goes well, make sure to take care of yourself and bubs!

I used that damn test and hated it. Will never ever buy it again. I use the answer strips.nthey are twenty for under 20 bucks. They are ok but hard to read

 

[Twinkie210]

I have used the walgreens brand OPK strips (20 for about $20) and the clear blue digi. I really like the digi tests, because there is no guess work, but the strips are OK, if you don't want to spend the money on the digi. Plus the smiley face is always fun to see!

 

[mailcmm]

Morning all. I'm off to a terrible start. Was up all night. Threw up this am. My temp dipped. Ff has me 5 dpo with dashed crosshairs and I have Ewcm. None of these ar a good sign. Well the throwing up bit is if I wasn't really really stressed due to possibly going back to court with my ex over custody. I am really sad today. Well off to see my sons Xmas play and work.

 

[Twinkie210]

Sorry I hope you day gets better! You could still be waiting to O, while each person is different your temps are kind of low for post O temps. You are still BDing right?

 

[mailcmm]

Yes we are. But I am on cycle day 14 unless my cycle went back to a 28 day cycle? I don't know. We are just gonna bed eod until a positive hpt or af. I know my chart isn't accurate either because I don't sleep. So we'll see what happens but I am no longer hopeful that this will be our month.

 

[moter98]

Sorry you're having a rough morning mailcmm! Hope it all works out well. As for your chart I think in your case it will be hard to tell o from it because you don't sleep much. You did have your opk go negative so I would guess you o'd Sunday or Monday I can't remember which day your opk went negative. This whole trying to pinpoint o is confusing! Just keep bd and try to relax. Being relaxed about it seems to be how lots of women get pregnant after trying so long. Don't ask me how though cause I haven't figured that out myself!

 

[moter98]

This probably doesn't make much of a difference but I'm trying to figure out if I'm on cd6 or cd7. AF started with one day of very very light spotting. I lcounted that as cd1 but FF counted the next day as cd1. Any thoughts?

 

[mailcmm]

Thanks. It's kinda hard to stress about ttc when dealing with my ex. I just want it to be 3 so I can see my kids again. My sons Xmas play was awesome and he sang his song so nice.

 

[mailcmm]

Wish I could help but i have clearly failed charting for the month. Lol I did use your tip to add .1 to my temps for every half hour I was off. If that is correct and Twinkie saying my post o temps are low is an indicator and that my cycle is back to 28 days I may actually still have od on Monday fx but will still bed just in case. You can view my updated chart. I wrote down all my old info just in case.

 

[Twinkie210]

This probably doesn't make much of a difference but I'm trying to figure out if I'm on cd6 or cd7. AF started with one day of very very light spotting. I lcounted that as cd1 but FF counted the next day as cd1. Any thoughts?

Is it normal for AF to start of really light? I start off with two or three light days (heavy enough to need to use something, but not even heavy enough to fill a whole pad in one day!) then I get a heavy couple days then back to two or three light days. But this is normal for me so I could the first light day as CD1. If it is not normal for you, then I would not count the first day. Plus everyone who I have seen says not to count the days where it is just spotting, although it is tough to differeniate a light flow and spotting sometimes!.

 

[moter98]

Wish I could help but i have clearly failed charting for the month. Lol I did use your tip to add .1 to my temps for every half hour I was off. If that is correct and Twinkie saying my post o temps are low is an indicator and that my cycle is back to 28 days I may actually still have od on Monday fx but will still bed just in case. You can view my updated chart. I wrote down all my old info just in case.

yep, with the time adjustments it looks like you o'd mon as long as your temps stay up tomorrow. that would be a clear temp shift. my chart didn't have a big temp shift last month either but it was a clear shift between the two phases. that high temp on sat you would just ignore as 1 high temp in the first phase is pretty normal. it can be due to so many things like fitful sleep, drinking, more blankets etc.
i had a pretty high temp yesterday myself. i think it could be my thermometer though. i was using a cheapo bbt thermometer and i think it isn't very accurate. it's been acting weird making all these long beeps and shutting off in the middle of temping. i've also been getting some really high numbers, like in the 99's! so then i used my son's regular thermometer to compare and that one was 97.6. now i'm not even sure how accurate my last chart was because that thermomter was so off. even today it gave me 3 different temps while my sons therm gave me the same reading everytime. 97.5 i'm gonna use that one until i can get a better bbt one. i think that if i don't get a bfp after this month i'm gonna call the dr and insist they see me. that would put me at 9 cycles ttc, 7 since loss. with using opk's and temping and bd'ing at the right times you would think there must be a reason we're not getting a bfp. i'm hoping the eod bd will make the difference and we will never have to go to the dr for that, but come on, i am losing my patience here. where is that elusive bfp already??

 

[moter98]

This probably doesn't make much of a difference but I'm trying to figure out if I'm on cd6 or cd7. AF started with one day of very very light spotting. I lcounted that as cd1 but FF counted the next day as cd1. Any thoughts?

Is it normal for AF to start of really light? I start off with two or three light days (heavy enough to need to use something, but not even heavy enough to fill a whole pad in one day!) then I get a heavy couple days then back to two or three light days. But this is normal for me so I could the first light day as CD1. If it is not normal for you, then I would not count the first day. Plus everyone who I have seen says not to count the days where it is just spotting, although it is tough to differeniate a light flow and spotting sometimes!.

i would say it's normal since it's always been that way for you. if you would go from say really light to really heavy AF then that might not be normal. that would be if it stayed that way, just one AF that's different isn't cause for concern. i asked google, lol! i don't know if the spotting is normal for me or not cause i never paid attention before these last couple months.it was only there when i checked my CM so not much at all. the rest of AF was like always .i've just been checking now to see if it came or maybe i could have my bfp. i'm gonna just count the next day as cd1 like FF says.