Cycle day two! Anyone else with me?

[korink26]

Alright Chill, what's your status?! I watched the end of survivor last night night but missed the beginning. Will watch it tonight!
Lisa, did you get to see the Dr. yesterday?

 

[Lisa92881]

Yes, it was the fastest appt ever and kind of a waste of time! They just had me POAS to confirm, and scheduled my first ultrasound for March 12, I'll be 7 weeks then! My ultasound will be at 945 and then I have an appt with the dr. So I think I'm going to take a personal day (I have 3 to use by the end of the school year, or I lose them) and my husband will take the day off work too. Time is doing to drag by until then!

 

[CHILLbilly]

Lisa- dont drink to much water or they wont be abe to see..hahah I did that "last year" when I was preg. A 500ml water bottle is enough i was told..... I ended up with a transvag A.K.A. dildo cam...LOL
Its awesome to see the ultrascan pic.

So my status is the same..... I'm going to wait til I'm over 2 weeks late then get bloods done next week. I'm afraid of getting a negative blood and being given something to bring AF on.....all the while being pregnant and just to low for it to show.... I have read way too many stories aout girls not getting any positive tests til 2 or 3 months in....arggg dng my head in for sure!!!!!

 

[korink26]

Alright Chill what's your status now!? 29DPO has gotta mean something (BFP)!!
Lisa happy 5 weeks! Still feeling good?

AFM I have noooo fricken idea. According to my temps I O'd on CD12 (super early for me--especially because I take clomid on CD5-9) but my CBFM says I O'd on CD16. So I have no idea if I'm 9 or 13DPO---all I do know is I tested this morning and it was def. a BFN.

 

[CHILLbilly]

My status is the same.....I'm starting to think the 2 day red/pink spot was AF..and if so then 28 days later would be this thursday.... so I'm waiting it out....
Blood test on next monday if AF is a no show.....

Korink.....Fingers crossed you get your BFP soon...... some irls get positive 8dpo and ome have to wait til after AF due...hope you're an early one!!!!!!

 

[korink26]

Brown spotting started today so just waiting for AF full force. Sssooo I'll be calling my Dr. to see if they'll do some testing on me. So far they've only tested my thyroid and protein levels. I know they want me to just try another month of Clomid, but I just have a strong feeling there is something else wrong that needs to be addressed.

Have you ever had a cycle this odd?

 

[CHILLbilly]

I have had 2 AFs that started 1 week after Ovulation...... onc because I took Soy isoflavnes( suppliment liek clomid) nd other time was day we left for our honeymoom to cuba... so stress brought that one on...
This cycle I was a bit stressed about AF arriving the weekend we were going away. I started with 2 days of redish pink spot( only when wiping, that turned brown for 2 days after...... I also had pre AF cramping in the morning the whole week after the spotting. thats what is confusing me as well....No cramps since.
I thought I Ov on cd19- didn't feel anything rest of cycle...and of course didn't get to have my 21 day test, so no idea if I actually did Ov.....
I have a feeling I will get AF on thursday...I'm trying to think positive and just wait and see..I'm scared to get bloods and find out No....then be forced to take somehting to bring AF on..I have read to many stories of girls not getting any tests til 3 or 4 months into pregnancy....Kind of grasping at straws.

Boo for brown spotting..maybe Implantation....Thats what I'll be thinking for you!!!!!!
what tests have you had so far?? I haven't re-read this thread looking for details if you've already said..sorry....
has your Oh had any as well?

 

[Lisa92881]

Hey girls! Yes still feeling good, and still in shock. I went back to work this week (was on Feb vaca last week) feeling like I had a big flashing PREGNANT sign on my forehead. It's just such a weird feeling, and I'm a terrible liar so I'm hoping no one asks. No symptoms for the most part. Over the weekend I had a hard time finding foods that were appetizing, I'd be starving but couldn't find anything I wanted to eat. But that has passed. Maybe that was all the morning sickness I'll get?! YEAH RIGHT!

korink - If you haven't had an HSG I would ask your dr about getting one. If your tubes are blocked then any egg that Clomid makes won't get where it needs to be! My dr had me do one before starting Clomid, because she said it would be pointless if the HSG found an issue. Maybe also ask about bloodwork to check all your other hormone levels - LH, FSH, etc.

chill - I hope you get some answers soon. I feel like the stories of girls not getting BFPs until months into the pregnancy seem so common, but I'm sure it's actually quite rare. If your bloodwork does show negative, then bringing on AF is probably safe. Have you had to take Provera before? I did one round of it and had no issues at all, and was just so relieved to end my cycle (it was 123 days!).

 

[CHILLbilly]

Ah Lisa...glad you're feeling good.... It must be so hard to NOT shout I'm pregnant!!!!! while at work.
Hope the MS doesn't get too bad.....and I found that eating little meals helped..I craved lots of veggies and fruit...guess my body wanted good foods..hahaha

AND I see you have a journal to stalk......hehe

Korink-I agree about HSG test.... check out your tubes..and fix if there's a problem....plus the flush of tubes may make you more fertile..so nothing to loose there. AND get OH to check his sperm if he hasn't already!


if I have to wait 123 days before getting AF I would have gone insane..seriously.......Longest cycle i have had was 33 days due to clomid. I will get blood test and if negative then will talk to Dr. about Provera. I want to get on with it....


I wonder what happened to all the other ladies that were on this thread....Hmmm .. maybe all got BFP and left us

 

[CHILLbilly]

So I re-read this thread..and looks like its been just the 3 of us for a month now.hahahaha
and I saw lisa took her clomid 2 days earier and used mucinex during Ov.....and then got her long awaited BFP..
so guess what I'll be doing next cycle..haha

 

[korink26]

Omg Lisa I bet you can't wait to tell every person you see "HEY, I'M PREGNANT"!!! I just looked back and realized you said DH had a SA and had 3% morph----omg you gave me so much hope because mine had 4% morph with everything else really good. I keep crazily worrying his 4% is a major issue.....now you prove it's def. possible.
I have a HSG scheduled for Tuesday morning at 715.....I'm sooo worried about it, and afraid of the pain I hear some women have. How was your experiences? I've heard you're supposedly more fertile after the HSG, although they told me that after my D&C too and that clearly didn't help me none. lol
Chill you are so right---Lisa did switch days this month!!! Omg Lisa, that's amazing aren't you so glad you did?! I'll have to look into this musinex business.
Yeah, I'm so curious what happened to the other girls....maybe off enjoying the start of their pregnancy?

 

[CHILLbilly]

korink- I did;t have any pain during procedure.... I was very tender after...BUT I was driving in car for a LONG time...2 hr to drive home but ended up going an extra 1 hr drive north....waited in car for OH while he was in a meeting,then 1 hr drive home....
The next day I couldn't walk without holding my belly... probably due to all the sitting I did.
I took a few extra strength tylenol about 45 mins before appointment.. It does feel weird when the "cathator type tube" goes thro your cervix...and pressure when dye goes thro as well.....

here's hoping you get your pipes flushed and a BFP is on its way!!!!!!!!
Good Luck.....

 

[Lisa92881]

korink - Yeah his motility and count were a bit low too. Motility 40% (normal said 60%+) and count I think like 48 million (normal 60+). So don't get too disheartened by SA results. Hubby was never really all that concerned about it, and after a few days I was ok too. The more I thought about it, I realized there's just so many things that can affect the results, and people were making babies long before SA's were ever done, so unless it shows like 0 sperm there's always a chance! As for the HSG, my dr said to take 3 Aleve/Ibuprofem (any painkiller than also reduces swelling) an hour before the procedure, which I think helped me a lot. I had no pain at all, and I'm a big baby and was really scared. They even had a hard time getting the catheter in and there was a lot of extra poking around down there and I was fine (the doctor had to call in ANOTHER doctor! talk about being scared out of my mind! Not to mention I wanted to say, "Come on in everyone and have a peek at my vagina!") I was fine to go into work right after, and my job can be physical at times, I work with special needs preschoolers. Later that night and the next day I had some dull AF-type cramps, and I felt swollen inside and bloated, but it was gone 2 days later. That's awesome you already have one scheduled, did you just call your dr and ask??

As for switching my Clomid days, I'm not sure it helped much. I actually ovulated 2 days later than when I took it days 5-9. So my plan to ovulate earlier backfired, but I obviously don't mind that now. I honestly think it was the Mucinex and Conceive plus that helped!

chill - You craved fruit?! Oh man I can't stop eating crap. It doesn't help that it's girl scout cookie time and everyone at work keeps offering me them, lol. I've been bringing fruit every day with my lunch, but it's definitely not my first choice!

I like that it's only the 3 of us! I've joined a few threads in first tri that I never even write in because there's like 50 people and I can't keep up! It's so impersonal when there's too many people!

 

[CHILLbilly]

You can stay here with us..hahaha
rub some of that baby dust on us as well!!!!
hey I saw on your journal a really cute idea for positing weekly bump pics.....
I'm, going to do that when I have a chance.....

 

[CHILLbilly]

Feeling like Af is just around the corner.... and counting days 28 after I had that weird spot...So...I'm not keeping my hopes up for a bfp.......
and because I didn't bd much for the last 3 weeks...no chance I caught an egg..so...onto next cycle i guess.
(due date would be dec8th, nice early christmas present) thats the only good thing I can think of....

EDIT: i had a bit of red/brown spot sat at 7pm.. Put in a tampon.... checked at 12am and only had a bit of brown colour on it....and nothing since... All day Sat been checking and nothing...no cramps either..
not sure what to think... but am feeling so frustrated.... Hope AF doesn't show on my first day of new job on tuesday..argggg
I can't win!

 

[korink26]

Ok girls---how are you?! Lisa, still feeling good---no sickness yet? You have an appt in the next week, don't you?!?! Don't you forget to let us know how great it was!
Chil---what is going on?!!? Still no AF? Did you have a Dr. appt this week? Do you temp at all (I forget if you've already told me) to confirm you did ovulate? And hope your first week at your new job has been great! Were you stressed about starting the new job at all---that may have something to do with your funky cycle? Or else, you're just PG!!!!
My HSG was all clear, but damn, the most painful thing EVER. Not sure how I'll ever give child birth!!! She could not get the thing in my cervix, so that was an ordeal, but after many attemps she got in. She said initially when pushing the dye through it resisted a bit, so she said I could have had some gunk in there, but it spilled through on both sides. She said we can't TTC this month, so have to take the month off. it's weird to think that for the first time in what, 16 months I won't have a TWW or a BD'ing schedule? Actually kind of a relief...She said she wants to do 3 or 4 more rounds of clomid, and at that point, then I may want to first think of seeing a FS. Can't decide if I should just go to a FS right now and pay the $800 and do IUI + Clomid, or if I should just try the Clomid. I'm hoping I did have some gunk in my tubes and now that they're cleared out I'm good to go.
Also, Lisa I ordered Conceive Plus last night! I'll try that now instead of the Preseed. All I could find was the individual prefilled ones. Did you use the whole tube, or did you find that to be too much?

 

[Lisa92881]

Yes still feeling good. Nausea comes and goes but it's still very mild, haven't gotten sick yet. My appointment is Monday, I'm so excited and nervous! Eeeek! The cycle I got my BFP I didn't use the mini tubes of conceive plus, I had the bigger tube and then had some little applicator thingies from once when I got Monistat for a yeast infection. A while ago I did have those little individual tubes, and found that using the whole one was ok. They're a good size, not too big.

Glad your HSG is over and it showed nice open tubes! Funny, my dr couldn't get the catheter in either but it wasn't painful. So crazy how it's different for everyone. I bet that it was just the good "flushing out" that you needed. I would maybe try a few cycles before paying big bucks for the FS. One of my best friends tried for 18 months with no luck. She was just about to start the process of Clomid + IUI when she got her BFP naturally. She had her HSG in early October and got her BFP in December. She thinks (and I agree) that the HSG must have helped. (We are going to have babies just 2 months apart and I'm so super excited!! )

Did she say why you can't try this cycle? I've never heard of that, and I did quite a bit of reading (on here and other sites) about the HSG. Most dr's say you can't BD for only like 2-3 days. When do you expect to ov??

 

[CHILLbilly]

So sorry to hear your HSG was painful!!!!
and hopefully you're super fertile now!!!!!!
i was told that i couldn't TTC the month of HSG but it was before...cause dye would flush out the egg or implanted bean.

Lisa.....Is your Appt. for an ultra sound/scan?!!! Yay!!!! and how nice to be 2 months apart with your friend!!!!
a Real Life bump buddy for sure..haha

.......... So I called my dr. on Tues. asked for a lood test for pregnancy because I haven't had period sinc jan 19th..only spotting for feb and march. Mrch ( acually last Sat was 1 drop, then browny beige CM) so not even close to a period.......
So guess what happened when I get there.....URINE TEST only....I was pissed!!!!!
if I get a negative result I will call my fertility specialist and try to figure out my weirdo cycles!
I feel so mixed up too... some days i feel nausea,sometimes I feel so bloated and sore, some twinges, and pre AF cramping when AF is due...I'm so confused, and because I am 40 I'm starting to think maybe perimenopausal......
so scared thats it, but trying to be positive its BFP or just clomid......
Hope you girls aren't bored with my whineing about absent periods!!

 

[Lisa92881]

Yes I'll have an ultrasound and then an appt with the dr. I took a personal day so I have the whole day off. Hubby took the day too.

How annoying that they only did a urine test!!! We def aren't sick of your whining, that's what we're here for! So you took the Clomid, did you ever confirm that you ovulated? Or could this be one long anovulatory cycle??

 

[CHILLbilly]

I don't temp....so not 100% sure i did ovulate. i didn't get 21 day blood work done as I had spotted 4 or 5 days after suspected Ov. I get the same pains on usual Ov day....before clomid and during 1st cycle.
So I felt a few of these pains on cd 19..... should have had 21 day bloods.. then i would know for sure.
So hopefully the pee test will give me answers...
I have a dull ache usually all day long....whole belly area is tender. I eat then feel ok for a bit, then feel a bit sick after...... So if not pregnant ..I need to find out why i feel so poorly....

Lisa.....if they dont give you scan pic...take one with phone or camera to post..haha
cant wait to see your bean!!!