Early 30's TTC #1

[AnnetteCali]

It's official! Two more tests confirmed it, I'm preggo!!!!!!!!

I couldn't wait til tommorrow so I used another frer and a fr gold digital and it said yes!

Yay!! That is soo exciting!! Congrats!!!

 

[sillysilly7]

Thanks annettecali!

Your temps were so similar to mine, hopefully you'll be next!!!! Fingers crossed for you!

 

[AnnetteCali]

Thanks annettecali!

Your temps were so similar to mine, hopefully you'll be next!!!! Fingers crossed for you!

Hopefully.. if not this month.. next month!! No pregnancy signs for me though.. and I've been POAS since 6dpo lol... nada!

Congrats again!! I'm happy for you!!

 

[AnnetteCali]

Thanks annettecali!

Your temps were so similar to mine, hopefully you'll be next!!!! Fingers crossed for you!

What symptoms do you have?

 

[sillysilly7]

I've had a bit of discomfort in my uterus since 4dpo that is pretty constant, but sometimes gets a little worse on one side or the other. Slightly sore breasts started 6dpo, I would hardly notice if I hadn't been grabbing them to 'test' them regularly. Dizziness was pretty bad 7 and 8pdo, but not too much now. Nausea comes and goes-since 7dpo. The increased peeing started yesterday, but was much more today (9dpo). Fatigue started 8dpo also. Started randomly burping yesterday, seemed a little like it went along with the nausea, but less today. As I said before, I just had a feeling december would be my month. By 5dpo I just had a feeling. Oh, by 8dpo pants that buttoned 6dpo were quite uncomfortable-bloated!!!

 

[AnnetteCali]

I've had a bit of discomfort in my uterus since 4dpo that is pretty constant, but sometimes gets a little worse on one side or the other. Slightly sore breasts started 6dpo, I would hardly notice if I hadn't been grabbing them to 'test' them regularly. Dizziness was pretty bad 7 and 8pdo, but not too much now. Nausea comes and goes-since 7dpo. The increased peeing started yesterday, but was much more today (9dpo). Fatigue started 8dpo also. Started randomly burping yesterday, seemed a little like it went along with the nausea, but less today. As I said before, I just had a feeling december would be my month. By 5dpo I just had a feeling. Oh, by 8dpo pants that buttoned 6dpo were quite uncomfortable-bloated!!!

awww.. thanks for sharing!! I'm excited for you!! I'm pretty certain no baby for me this month.. just not feeling it! Congrats again!!!

 

[rosababy]

It's official! Two more tests confirmed it, I'm preggo!!!!!!!!

I couldn't wait til tommorrow so I used another frer and a fr gold digital and it said yes!

Congratulations!!!!

 

[nativetexan]

Hi ladies! Mind if I join in? I'm 30 and we are in our third month of ttc. Well, the first month we were not trying, but not preventing. When nothing happened and we were both disappointed, we decided to really try. Last month I had a chemical, so now we are trying again. I'll be going into the 2WW next week, so hopefully we'll have better luck this time. I only have one ovary, but I've heard that it shouldn't be a factor.

I've always been the kind of person who, once I decide I want something, I just go get it. The lack on control with all this is a little frustrating! Lol. Good luck to you all and I look forward to sharing stories.

 

[AnnetteCali]

Nativetexan.. welcome and sorry to hear about the chemical pregnancy. The 2ww is the worst part for me.. I tend to over analyze symptoms.. or lack of symptoms... etc!

I agree with you... having no control over this is very frustrating. This was my first month charting.. hubby and I BD on all of the right days.. and still nada! AF is due on Sunday.. I have zero signs of pregnancy.. so pretty sure this isnt my month.

Keeping my fingers crossed for all of you!! It's not over till the witch shows her face!!

 

[Holpop]

Just to say a BIG welcome to everyone who's joined this thread recently & a BIG congratulations to sillysilly7!!!

It looks like there could be another BFP - whoop, whoop! On Wednesday morning i decided to test as CD39 is defo longer than usual & my tummy was feeling a bit strange. The reading was 'Pregnant 3+ weeks' & i'm over the moon. I've been off the BCP since Jan last year & we've been actively TTC since June. I was waiting for my AF to arrive as my Doc had put me forward for CD2 blood tests. I was beginning to question that i might have a struggle getting a sticky bean but it looks like i've got there. I'll be doing a 2nd test at the wkend just to be sure & fingers Xd!

Bucket-loads of Baby-Dust to you all! I really hope that 2011 is a fantastic year for all of us, x

 

[AnnetteCali]

Holpop.. that's great news!!! Congrats!!! Keep us posted on your second test!! yay!!! whoo hooo!!!

 

[rosababy]

Holpop, congratulations!!!! What a nice surprise!

 

[sillysilly7]

Congats holpop!
This thread is on a lucky streak! GL to everyone waiting for their bfp!

 

[nativetexan]

Congrats Holpop! That's great news!

Annettecali: I know what you mean about over analyzing sypmtoms. Now that we are ttc, any little thing that different with my body has me wondering. And now that I am a little more familiar with the symptoms (from the chemical preg) I am going to be even more obsessive, lol.

 

[piccolo]

Hello again ladies,
I've been off bnb for a while. I thought in the last 6 weeks or so that I had finally reached a place of peace. I was feeling more positive, continually reminding myself that the average for women over 30 is 9 cycles, and just not obsessing so much. I was out of town a lot so I didn't do any opks or temping and stayed away from the internet and it was all working. Cycle six ended amidst a ton of other distractions so I didn't even have time to be too upset about it. But in the last week everything changed. I started obsessing again, symptom spotting even though I was trying really hard not to. Now my period is starting and I am soooo low. So much for my inner peace. I can't believe I'm starting cycle #8.
I wish I had never heard of implantation spotting - I feel like I can't even just accept that I'm not pregnant and try to move on until I'm bleeding heavy, and it just drags out the disappointment.

 

[finallyready]

Piccolo - sorry your feeling down
Holpop/Silly - congrats on your BFPs What a great year to start the new year!

Senora Frog - Welcome Thanks for sharing your story. Sounds like you've tried everything! are you sure your hubbys are ok?? Your right that it could take a bit for the new to regenerate from stopping the spinning...

Also welcome Nativetexan and Rosababy!

Well I don't know if it had anything to do with the Fertil-Aid or not....but arrived in full force yesterday! I had a tad bit of spotting on Wed then Thurs she was here (with a vengence) and I am loving it! Not loving the fact that I don't have a BFP but super happy to finally have a normal since stopping BC 6 months ago!! When I thought I had my first AF back in Nov, it was only 'spotting' and didn't really progress into anything....but now it has

My next step is to figure out if I am ovulating or not, so I plan on buying some ovulation Tests and see if I can get a Positive OPK! A question for you ladies: At what point in your cycle do you start taking OPK tests? and when do you start ?

 

[Senora Frog]

My next step is to figure out if I am ovulating or not, so I plan on buying some ovulation Tests and see if I can get a Positive OPK! A question for you ladies: At what point in your cycle do you start taking OPK tests? and when do you start ?

So... I think you should start taking the OPK at about CD8 if you have a normal cycle. That means you should ovulate in the next 12-48 hours. OPK can be pricey. But I just ordered some off of Amazon, 40 OPKs and 10 early preggo tests for $11. a very reasonable price!!!!

Good Luck!!!!

 

[rosababy]

Piccolo, I totally understand how you feel. I go through "cycles" (for lack of a better term) of feeling hopeful and at peace, and a week later, I'm totally devastated, and am convinced that I'm infertile. I always get really upset when AF comes. In fact, I get really down a few days before, probably pms hormones and then AF comes and I'm like WILL THIS EVER HAPPEN FOR ME?! Then, my fertile period comes again, and I'm excited and hopeful. I am about 3 or 4 dpo now, and am feeling some little crampy twinges. I'm trying to completely ignore them and not think about them, because last cycle, I had perfect pregnancy symptoms and I was convinced that I was pregnant. Even my dh was convinced that I was pregnant! Alas, I was not. It'll happen for you. Hang in there.

Finally, I'm glad AF came for you...? That sounds strange to say! It's nice to get back on a schedule, though. Now you can start to plan! I would start to temp if you really want to find out if you're O'ing. Opks will tell you when you're about to O, but it doesn't mean you actually O'ed. The only way to know is to see a rise in your temps. (And ultrasound, but who's actually going to do that?) Doctors will ask to see your charts before they give you meds anyway. I usually have cycles from 27-33 days, and I start opks around CD 10 or 11. It depends on how long your cycles are. If you think you'll have shorter cycles, start opks earlier. I usually start to fade in with my opks, meaning they go from stark white to a faint line to a dark line, to finally a positive. When it starts to get faint, I test a few times a day, just to make sure I don't miss the surge.

 

[piccolo]

Thanks Rosababy, nice to know I'm not the only one on the crazy irrational emotional roller coaster.
Finally - most OPKs come with a chart that tells you what cycle day you should start testing on based on your cycle length. I have adjusted the start day a little if I start to see fertile CM or have other little signs that ovulation might be approaching. I usually get a bit of a "fade in" pattern too - but I've also had it fluctuate a little bit before I actually got my surge so if it gets darker then lighter again don't freak out - it doesn't necessarily mean you are not ovulating or that you missed your surge. Also, they say your prime fertile time can actually be a day or two before the +OPK so unless your OH has low sperm don't wait for the positive - apparently they aren't always reliable either so you wouldn't want to miss it because you were waiting for the stick to tell you when. Ultimately you have to listen to your body too. Good luck!

 

[rosababy]

Thanks Rosababy, nice to know I'm not the only one on the crazy irrational emotional roller coaster.
Finally - most OPKs come with a chart that tells you what cycle day you should start testing on based on your cycle length. I have adjusted the start day a little if I start to see fertile CM or have other little signs that ovulation might be approaching. I usually get a bit of a "fade in" pattern too - but I've also had it fluctuate a little bit before I actually got my surge so if it gets darker then lighter again don't freak out - it doesn't necessarily mean you are not ovulating or that you missed your surge. Also, they say your prime fertile time can actually be a day or two before the +OPK so unless your OH has low sperm don't wait for the positive - apparently they aren't always reliable either so you wouldn't want to miss it because you were waiting for the stick to tell you when. Ultimately you have to listen to your body too. Good luck!

Interesting that you say don't wait for the definite positive, because they're not always reliable. We usually bd every other day starting on day 10 or 11, and then the day of positive opk + 2 days afterwards. However, since I fade in so much, I usually get an entire day of "almost positives". I wonder if we should start THAT day instead of waiting. Next cycle, maybe we'll give that a shot. Thanks for the tip!

My ewcm usually comes like 2 or 3 days before O. Is that what you all find? Last cycle was the only day I actually saw ewcm for more than 1 day. This cycle, it was only 1 day of it, and it was 4 or 5 days before O. I temp, so I know for sure it was that early. Is that normal?