Cycle Buddy Central!

[Rachel789]

Wow horsey that looks positive to me!!! Get BD'ing

Haus-How have you been?

sweetpea-That is strange you had a 17 day LP last cycle, not sure why that would happen.

LBK-I hope you are holding up the best you can

ashley-How is the bed rest so far? Anymore news?

I am starting to get really impatient. I can't wait for my scan on Friday time really needs to hurry up! I am so scared the clomid won't work

 

[sweetpea417]

Rachel I have fingers crossed for you that the clomid is gonna work. Stay positive!

LBK mom I am thinking good thoughts for you and your family right now

Horsey! Definitely looks positive to me so

Haus, rmsh1, ashley how are you guys?

 

[rmsh1]

Hi ladies, I am in struggle land at the mo. This cycle has again thrown me in a tizzy. I expected to see fertile cm around CD24, but saw nothing, got all depressed.

Today is CD27 and for the first time ever I have some major spotting going on. I normally get a little before or after AF, but not like this. It is very watery and has not let up all day long. Plus I have AF cramps thrown in just to make me feel even better. So these are my options -

AF is starting, and I have had an anovulatory cycle (I think this is most likely)

I am having ovulation spotting for the first time ever, and I know I am not actually ovulating right at this minute, so wouldnt think ovulation spotting would happen right now

Something else I cant even guess at is happening

If AF is starting it will mess up my blood tests I was due to get taken. I will have to ring the doctor and ask for my thyroid hormones to be checked separately, and then wait til who knows when for ovulation to occur so I can get post-o bloods taken

So yeah, not in the best of moods at the mo. My cycles have gone from bad to worse

But I hope you are BDing lots to catch that egg that is about to be released!

 

[LbkMom4Life]

Back from the heart specialist. Tommy's heart is dilated due to not enough hemoglobin in his red blood cells. Hemoglobin is the oxygen in the blood. His anemia is the reason there is a lack of hemoglobin in his red cells. So once that is taken care of his murmur will go away. The blood specialist will be able to help us on which direction to go on helping the anemia.

 

[horseypants]

lbkmom, i went to the lab with my sweetheart yesterday for an ultrasound. he was so scared, poor thing. i didnt realise blood issues are so closely related to heart function. e has an issue with his red blood cells...... i wonder if that's at the root of the abnormal ekg that kicked off the testing.....

this is GOOD news for you and you son, right? i know it's stressfull as f&^% but wow. it's nice to get a real answer and know about a solution!

rmsh grrrrrrrrrrrr! it sounds like af? at least that means there's less waiting involved next time around hopefully? maybe it's ovulation spotting though... that would be the best answer. im sorry i dont have any better input here. always a waiting game, huh? keep us updated.

oh and guys, i'm almost dead sure it wasnt a real o for me despite the promising opk, cause look at my chart. i usually gear up to o a couple times before it actually happens and remember this is post mmc and d&c for me. i'm expecting it to take forever. i'm really pissed off right now that i keep having such terrible luck. some girl rammed into my drivers side door and smashed it as i was getting out of the car the other day. it was entirely her fault and today i get a letter from the stupid rental car company saying i'm to blame and owe them 3000 dollars for damages to their car - and mine's out in front of my house, parked in the ghetto, with a smashed door that wont close. i can't drive it. NOT COOL. My intended is having issue with his heart!? hopefully nothing. we went for tests yesterday. -an ultrasound where there *was* a heartbeat. (unlike the last ultrasound i went to.. get it?) : P -And what else was I gonna complain about. Oh work sucks. I have to pay for the d&c out of pocket!!! the bills are rolling in. despite all this, i'm feeling a hell of a lot better than i have been for weeks. life! is like a kick in the balls.

 

[Rachel789]

LBK-That sounds like it was the best news you could have gotten in this bad situation. I hope your son's anemia can get under control asap and his heart murmer goes away.

Horsey- Sorry for all the troubles you have been having! It is stressful having all those bills piling up then to top it off now the car issues I hope you get it all figured out and squared away soon.

When was CD1 for you? Did you have a bleed after the D & C? You should input in FF when you had that bleed then it will start you a new chart.

 

[horseypants]

lbk

rachel, thanks. ...as for my cycle, the last blood that happened was d&c related, so no bleed after the d&c. i'm waiting for it to happen and will input when it does. i bet my body is already trying to o and that it will before a new bleed. (i bet it's gonna be gross too!) ....but the good news is once it happens, ff will finally start a new chart. i didnt want to artificially start a new chart by calling the d&c a period.............. in fact, it wasnt till a couple weeks later that my hcg got low. it was still 6 on 5/26, so i guess if you're counting yourself, ccycle day one is once it's all the way down. who knows, it could still be 4 or something?! but it's probably back to normal.

 

[sweetpea417]

Oh horsey! I hope for better news for you soon

Rmsh1 it does sound suspiciously like af but I am hoping it is really o in disguise.

Lbkmom- glad you are getting answers for your son!

Haus what's going on with ya?

Camping tomorrow (after a half day at work)... I am stoked! Though it is raining now bleh

 

[rmsh1]

Sorry about your son LBK sorry I haven't said so earlier. I hope they can get some good iron into him and increase his hemoglobin levels,

I hope you O soon too horsey

AFM, I entered light flow into FF, and you guessed it, new cycle. So that was a 27 day anovulatory cycle. I guess it could have been worse, it could have been a long tortuous anovulatory cycle. Instead it ended early.

I will call my doc today and see if I cant day 3 bloods tomorrow, and add on TSH etc so I can get results quickly.

 

[sweetpea417]

sorry to hear af got you rmsh1

Random question: How does someone know if they have an annovulatory cycle if they don't temp? And does every woman have them here and there? My doc said it's normal to have them, but I don't know if I ever have or how to tell or what. What causes the bleeding if the egg and corpus luteum isn't being shed?

 

[rmsh1]

sorry to hear af got you rmsh1

Random question: How does someone know if they have an annovulatory cycle if they don't temp? And does every woman have them here and there? My doc said it's normal to have them, but I don't know if I ever have or how to tell or what. What causes the bleeding if the egg and corpus luteum isn't being shed?

Maybe if you dont temp you dont know for sure if you have annovulatory cycle? I had no fertile cm, and my cycle was far too short for me. Though lots of people have super long cycles when they are annovulatory. My body did not even try to O this time, it just gave up completely. So I might have guessed due to the lack of fertile cm

I dont know what causes the bleeding as such, but this is not the same as a normal AF for me, probably because with no progesterone, my lining did not get that extra build up. It is just icky brown blood, no red at all

 

[ashleywalton]

So...yesterday was the worst day of my life. The baby in my tummy is doing alright but my 3 year old baby broke her arm. Absolute worst feeling ever! We are waiting to go to a children's hospital and they will decide if she needs surgery or just a hard cast. Husband and I are hoping and praying she won't need surgery...

 

[Rachel789]

awww Ashely I am so sorry to hear that I really hope she doesn't have to get surgery.

 

[ashleywalton]

Thanks Rachel. We are definitely hoping she doesn't either...

 

[horseypants]

ashleywalton, i'm so sorry to hear about the broken arm! i'm glad to hear the one in ur tummy in thriving

fingers crossed your three year old will heal just fine without surgery or anything.

 

[Rachel789]

I forgot to update earlier. I had my scan today and it looks like the clomid is working! I had a 14 mm follie and the Dr thinks I will o by Monday

 

[LbkMom4Life]

My doula gave birth to her fifth child earlier today. Via c-section due to the placenta covering her cervix. Baby Luke was 4lbs 14oz 17 ½ in long. both momma and baby are doing fine. Not much to update on me. I took a pregnancy test but it was negative had some pinkish color before I got off work this morning. I go into work again at 1am lol its almost 12am.

 

[Hausfrau]

Ashley and Lbk

Rachel, I'm so glad that the clomid seems to be working for you! Are you on a different dosage now?

Any news from anyone else???

I'm still here, on cd 8 (I think - gotta check the app on my phone lol). I just got off a plane after beng home for two weeks, my grandmum isn't doing well and had to be rushed to hospital a few days before I left. she probably won't make it much longer...

 

[Rachel789]

haus I am so sorry to hear about your grandmother

I am on a higher dosage this time, 100 mg, I was on 50 the first cycle. The only problem is that my cm is REALLY dried out which is a somewhat common s/e from clomid. I am so upset I hope it doesn't affect my chances. We are using preseed and I am injecting it internally so hopefully that will help the get to where they need to go! I am going to take an OPK today I will post it if it looks interesting. Hopefully I will O in the next couple days!

 

[LbkMom4Life]

Nothing to update on my end. Af due in two days. Debating on testing in the am while at work. Dunno yet. I don't wanna get a neg and start early lol its a painful start when it starts early or late