Early 30's TTC #1

[hopefulmama2b]

Hi Finally! If you want to see what someone elses's opks look like look at the bottom of page 2 on this thread. I posted mine a while ago. I always have a very faint line present, but it does kind of have a fade in pattern as I start getting closer. When you start getting close you may want to do 2 per day so you don't miss it. I have tested negative at 2 pm and then positive at 6 pm. Good luck!

 

[finallyready]

Thank you so much everyone!

I think I was/am just so excited to actually see a 2nd line show up on a test that I just got really really excited, having been shut out so often with PT tests haha. Thanks again and I'll keep you posted if that line ever does get dark in the next few days! FINGERS CROSSED I have a feeling I won't OV until next weekend though...we shall see!

 

[Soleil Breeze]

Arianna - are you taking maca, too, or just dh? I read a few negative things about maca online. Have either of you had any bad symptoms as a result of taking it?

Just a general throw-out here: ladies, for those of you who get an ovulation twang, do any of you consistently ovulate from the same ovary? This is so weird, but for three cycles in a row I ovulated from my right ovary. What's up with that? Ovaries are supposed to alternate. Anyway, just wondering if anyone else experienced something similar?

Also, for all the gals who have gotten pregnant so far, were any of you spotters? I.E., did you spot for three-four days before your actual period? I'm just wondering if this is a low progesterone problem...I got the blood work done months ago that showed that my 7 dpo ovulation was normal, but I'm wondering if it quickly tanks 7 dpo; hence why I spot every cycle?

Thanks, ladies!

 

[Soleil Breeze]

& my answers on the OPK are pretty much the same as everyone else's; sometimes though, my surge appears to last for two days (two days of a line darker than the control line), but it all depends on when you test. I'm also one of those girls whose line gets progressively darker as O approaches.

 

[finallyready]

Thoughts? Does this look like a positive OPK?

They are both from today....12pm and 5:20pm....?

Sorry to bother you all with this...

 

[Soleil Breeze]

I got the blood work done months ago that showed that my 7 dpo ovulation was normal

- that was supposed to be "progesterone level" BTW, and not "ovulation" Sorry for spelling your name wrong, too, Arianne - just typing too fast!

 

[Soleil Breeze]

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Does this look like a positive OPK?

I'd say you're almost there, but not quite. It's possible that if you did it again around midnight, it would be "there." From my experience, you're probably going to O sometime between tomorrow afternoon and the next day. Test again in the morning, it will let you know for sure. If it's the same color, or darker, than the control line, then it means you are definitely surging. That, in turn, means that you can ovulate anywhere in the next 24-36 hours. Basically, get to

!!

 

[Soleil Breeze]

Changed my mind - the top looks like the "surge!" What that the later test?

 

[piccolo]

Soleil,
I don't spot like that every month, but I have a few times since ttc. Then when my period does finally come it's sooo heavy, like everything that was saved up during those 4 days of spotting comes at once in a giant gush. My progesterone also was tested and seems to be normal. Maybe it's just stress? Do you exercise a lot? I'm not saying that's what's causing it, but I was wondering if maybe exercising too much was causing my spotting. It seems to be better when I take it easier. But I can't prove that scientifically.
I know you've been trying more than a year - have you ever been checked out for fibroids or anything like that? That's the latest thing that has me worried with my weird periods. It's so hard to know where the line is between paying diligent attention to our bodies and becoming a hypochondriac!

 

[finallyready]

Changed my mind - the top looks like the "surge!" What that the later test?

Yes the top one was at 5:20pm where the bottom was 12pm. I'll keep testing tomorrow....and I'll be on just to OV!!!!

 

[rosababy]

Arianna - are you taking maca, too, or just dh? I read a few negative things about maca online. Have either of you had any bad symptoms as a result of taking it?

Just a general throw-out here: ladies, for those of you who get an ovulation twang, do any of you consistently ovulate from the same ovary? This is so weird, but for three cycles in a row I ovulated from my right ovary. What's up with that? Ovaries are supposed to alternate. Anyway, just wondering if anyone else experienced something similar?

Also, for all the gals who have gotten pregnant so far, were any of you spotters? I.E., did you spot for three-four days before your actual period? I'm just wondering if this is a low progesterone problem...I got the blood work done months ago that showed that my 7 dpo ovulation was normal, but I'm wondering if it quickly tanks 7 dpo; hence why I spot every cycle?

Thanks, ladies!

What did you read about Maca? I'm curious, because if this cycle doesn't work out for me (I'll find out tomorrow), then I was planning on trying Maca. Actually, my dh and I were both going to try it. However, it still makes me nervous.

Also... I can't remember whose opk pics I was just looking at (can't see the posts when I reply) but the top one looks positive to me. Try again in the morning, but either way, get bd'ing!!

 

[hopefulmama2b]

Finally- Top looks positive to me!! It's go time!!

 

[finallyready]

Hopefully I can seduce my hubby in the middle of the night!

 

[arianne]

yes finallyready! your first opk looks +

Soleil, yes I also started to take maca this cycle... dont worry maca is a food! it wont harm you in any way! Everybody in my country-where maca grows- eats it since they are a child... it's soo good for you, is not only for fertility...
Maca has been consumed in Peru since the incas civilizations with positive results...it is now entering into foreign markets and starting to gradually grow...
Start with a low dose, but try to take at least 1500mg/day, otherwise it wont cause any effect... also make sure is raw organic! to avoid contamination from the mining, as it grows at high altitudes where the mine exploitations are done...

 

[Crumbs]

Hi ladies! I'm new here! I've been stalking this thread since Dec and didn't join because I thought I was too late! Now here I am 26 pages later! (I admit to skimming after page 16 to look for new BFPs) and I've copied all your man-vitamin recommendations and BD the day of, etc.

I totally regret not joining sooner and if you'd have me, I'd love to join now.

A little about me: I'm 33 years old (turning 34 this year - yikes!) my DH is 30 and we're working on our first little bean. We're on our 2nd cycle TTC and on CD20, either 3 or 4DPO (I got a positive OPK at CD15).

Before we started TTC, I had fears about our chances of conceiving. I have pretty normal cycles but I always thought that maybe I wouldn't be able to ... and although my DH is younger than me, he was born with 1 undescended testicle, which was only operated on when he was around 6-yo. I've read that it can seriously affect fertility. We haven't seen any specialists or any doctors yet. I've been taking pre-natals for the last few months (more like vitamins that are equivalent to pre-natals) with extra folic acid, calcium, and just added Omega-3's. I've been making hubby take multi-vitamins just recently.

Next month, I plan to start charting - hopefully I can determine the length of my luteal phase. Oh, I have to add that I think this thread is LUCKY!

Babydust to all!

 

[rosababy]

yes finallyready! your first opk looks +

Soleil, yes I also started to take maca this cycle... dont worry maca is a food! it wont harm you in any way! Everybody in my country-where maca grows- eats it since they are a child... it's soo good for you, is not only for fertility...
Maca has been consumed in Peru since the incas civilizations with positive results...it is now entering into foreign markets and starting to gradually grow...
Start with a low dose, but try to take at least 1500mg/day, otherwise it wont cause any effect... also make sure is raw organic! to avoid contamination from the mining, as it grows at high altitudes where the mine exploitations are done...

Thanks for giving us more info on Maca. I really appreciate it. Do you have a recommendation on what brand to look for? I've looked online, and there are SO many to choose from. I have no idea what's the best kind, which one is safe, which one is not safe.

 

[rosababy]

Welcome, Crumbs! It's never too late to join us. It's an awesome thread, and I hope you get your really soon!!

 

[nativetexan]

AF is due this Saturday. I'm just ready to get it over with. 99.9% sure I didn't ovulate this go around, so I just want to get through AF and try again....so hard to be patient! lol.

How is everyone else doing today?

 

[rosababy]

Well, I'm 15 dpo, and tested bfn this morning. I have had AF cramps for like 6 days or so, but they're VERY mild now, if at all. Boobs are a little tender. I'm really trying hard not to symptom spot...she's NEVER been this late before. I'm hoping to pull a bfp in the next few days. Or AF comes, but whatever, let's get on with it already! If she even comes in the next few days, I'll be ticked that I had to wait this long!

 

[Soleil Breeze]

Soleil,
I don't spot like that every month, but I have a few times since ttc. Then when my period does finally come it's sooo heavy, like everything that was saved up during those 4 days of spotting comes at once in a giant gush. My progesterone also was tested and seems to be normal. Maybe it's just stress? Do you exercise a lot? I'm not saying that's what's causing it, but I was wondering if maybe exercising too much was causing my spotting. It seems to be better when I take it easier. But I can't prove that scientifically.
I know you've been trying more than a year - have you ever been checked out for fibroids or anything like that? That's the latest thing that has me worried with my weird periods. It's so hard to know where the line is between paying diligent attention to our bodies and becoming a hypochondriac!

Hey, piccolo! I don't exercise enough! I started yoga in August last year and went once a week, but it's been a month since my last visit. Argh. Will get back into it this week. So, if anything, lack of exercise might be a problem for me! As for the fibroids, I haven't thought about it. My periods are never heavy. The first day (after a few days of spotting) is medium and then it just gets lighter and lighter. It does linger for a while though. Between the onset of spotting and it finishing = about a week and a half!

Don't worry too much about the fibroids. I knew a girl who had them; she still got pregnant and now has a 7 month old boy.