Early 30's TTC #1

[SMFirst]

That's good you've been enjoying the BD'ing Rosa..

I am in the "fertile period" right now too so I've been sure to get my DH to turn the TV off early so there's no missing important days. (we are BD'ing every other day, though I may try to make it every day for the next three days..)

My Dad (who knows a lot about birds) was over yesterday and spotted a wild Dove in our back yard - they apparently are found in our specific area) - so my DH thought that was a good omen


good luck to us both!!

 

[mrsmax]

Hello everyone

Rosa - good news on the ECWM. dont often have great fluids, but am trying to track mine this cycle - problem is since using preseed I can't always tell the difference.

As this is my 12 month (yours too right Rosa) I am trying to have lots of positive vibes as I really want to get pregnant inside of a year!!!

I have an acupncture appointmemt tomorrow - ,y second one, but the first one was consultantuon only. Am going to try it for a couple of months and see.

Happy Tuesday everyone.

 

[Crumbs]

Rosa, yay about the ewcm! It's nice to hear you're enjoying TTC. DH and I have been enjoying ourselves recently as well, which is amazing since our fertility tests are coming up soon and we should more stressed than usual. Maybe it's all the gardening?!

My CD 21 blood tests will be this Saturday - I'm excited! DH postponed his semen analysis for Monday when we realized that this week is our "special week"

Can we just be pregnant already ... seriously, all of us ... pregnant ... now! That would be great!

 

[Crumbs]

SMFirst, what CD/DPO are you? I'm Fxing that the doves are a lucky omen!

mrsmax, good luck on your acupuncture appoint! Let us know how it goes!

 

[mrsmax]

Crumbs - the gardening comment made me laugh. I never really thought of gardening as sexy

 

[SMFirst]

Today is CD14 for me (so maybe DPO1?). I had three full days of gardening and I agree it's a great stress reliever (especially when you are digging up ugly plants and planting nice ones like lilacs!!)

For myself, I noticed a little more EWCM than usual so I hope that's a good sign. We also used preseed as I would really like to make it work this month.

 

[rosababy]

mrsmax, we use preseed too, so sometimes it IS hard to tell the difference. There was no mistaking this, though! It's slowed down, so I wonder if I already o'ed? It's only cd14. We bd'ed on 10 and 12, so hopefully that's enough. We'll bd again tonight, tomorrow, Friday and next Sunday just in case. Cover our bases.

Last night, I finally decided to move to a different school. So, I'm busy getting my resume ready, and finding vacancies. I work in a fairly large district, so it should just be a matter of transferring...just finding the vacancies at this point. It's pretty frustrating, but exciting at the same time!

 

[Birdie Dorf]

Confused about preseed: does it help with carrying the guys along, I thought it was a sperm friendly lub?

My temp keeps going up! I'll take that as a good sign in the 2ww.

Peace and love to all!

 

[SMFirst]

Birdie - I figure that using the preseed helps carry the sperm along and also gives a good environment when they are in there.. Because even if you have EWCM it might not be the best pH or whatever for the sperm (termed hostile CM).. It worked for us last time, sort-of...

 

[rosababy]

Confused about preseed: does it help with carrying the guys along, I thought it was a sperm friendly lub?

My temp keeps going up! I'll take that as a good sign in the 2ww.

Peace and love to all!

I've heard it carries them along, but I'm not convinced. I thought it was just a sperm friendly lube as well.

 

[Soleil Breeze]

Thanks for the encouragement, my friends. You have no idea how much it is appreciated. Rosa and SMFirst - I really hope that this week ends up being the week where tadpole meets egg! (Sticks! and grows healthily!).

Nothing good to report on my end. HCG levels have only risen to 477; progesterone is holding steady. Doctor has me in for an ultrasound on Monday. They are "concerned" that the baby has implanted somewhere other than my uterus. Yeah! That would be great.

Anyway, as you can see, I am still in a fairly bad funk and will probably be in a worse one after the ultrasound (and more bloodwork) on Monday. So I may not be in immediately because I do not want my bad vibes funking up this thread!


I really wonder what I did in a past life...
Good news: my car was found.

Much love to all!

 

[mrsmax]

Soleil - I have everything crossed for you on Monday. I'm sure everyone does too. Life can be so cruel and unfaor sometimes - I really hope that the ultrasound shows only good things xxx

Rosa - good luck with the transfer. It is nice to get something moving - even if it isn't the baby plan. I have decided to stick with my current job for now, but have applied to do some freelannce weekend lecturing so I could end up with the best of both worlds.

Saw accupunturist today - was really interesting and I could definitely "feel" something happening! He poured over my charts and noticed I have a high blip half way though period and towards end of cycle - apparently this could be messing up my follicle production. Who knows but I'll go with it for a while and see if anything changes! First time anyone has identified anything "wrong" so kinda felt positive.

Feeling good this cycle and have quite a positive vibe (even though not started fertile window yet!!)

Sorry for long post - off to eat my tea now.

 

[SMFirst]

Soleil - I hope you get answers.. I really hope the egg has not implanted somewhere that may cause an issue. Hoping for you but if it is bad news, please lean on us for support!!

Rosa - good luck with the school change..

mrsmax- that's great news about the acupuncturist.. I've heard a few stories about them working miracles for conceiving...

Well for the past week and then some I have been suffering from an ear infection. Today is the first day that I can hear normally again so I am happy today

 

[MsJMouse]

Soleil. Good luck this week. Hopefully it is good news. Take care.

Rosa - good luck with changing jobs. Sometimes it is hard to take that first step to make change.

MrsMax - keep us updated on the accupuncturist. I have never been to one and would be interested in how things go.

SMFirst - glad to hear you are feeling better. Ear infections are horrible.

Well I am in the TWW at the moment. Not really feeling bothered either way at the moment but then I have my little sister staying for a month at the moment. She has only been here since Saturday and already is causing dramas. My head is killing as I didn't sleep well last night stressing about her.

 

[SMFirst]

Well I am in the TWW at the moment. Not really feeling bothered either way at the moment but then I have my little sister staying for a month at the moment. She has only been here since Saturday and already is causing dramas. My head is killing as I didn't sleep well last night stressing about her.

sounds like a handful

 

[MsJMouse]

She is two months shy of 18 so definitely a bit of a handful at the moment.

Anyway must get ready for work - have a good day (night for those of you on the other side of the world!!).

 

[mrsmax]

Wow MsJMouse - that should take your mind off ttc for a while!!

 

[MsJMouse]

Hopefully it will but this morning - no it is not. Though she stayed the night with my other sister last night so I don't have to worry about her and getting her to college or her job until tomorrow as she isn't back here till late tonight.

Even though I think I am out (bd wrong dates) I am still symptom spotting. I swear this TTC stuff just constantly lurks at the back of your mind even when you are busy, just waiting for a moment to pop back up again.

How is everyone doing this lovely weekend?? It is getting quite cool here (down to around 3 degrees at night - no idea what that is in farenheit - but 0 is the temp where water freezes) but today is a beautiful Autumn (Fall) day. Time to get out and do something fun. Might go for a walk if I can drag DH out.

 

[mrsmax]

Sympton swapping is the worse isn't it. I tried to give up after I convinced myself I was pregnant in December afterhaving all the symptons - nausea back ache etc!! I think the only time I would begin to believe it now is if I got the implant spotting - now then I would be excited.

I remember though when Kcali conceived - she said she felt pregnant and it turned out she was...so who knows!

It is spring here in the UK so warmish. Chillin today and then down the pub for dinner with friends tonight. Long walk and picnic on the bach planned with DH tomorrow

MsJMouse = I can't imagine it getting cold in Queensland. We were there last spring and it was gorgeous!!

 

[MsJMouse]

MrsMax - it depends on which part of QLD you are in and whether a westerly wind is blowing. Some areas have been known to get snow (rarely but it cna still occur).

Managed to drag to DH to the shops. So at least we got out of the house which was nice. Haven't been window shopping in ages.

Off to Zumba at 9am tomorrow morning. Hopefully no westerly winds are blowing otherwise I might freeze some parts off.

Only a few more days of symptom spotting as AF is due on Thursday assuming my cycle is the same as last month. I am hoping that if AF doesn't show her face I can hold out to the weekend to test as my cycle is normally a bit longer.

Have a great evening - off to bed if I am going to drag myself out of the house before 9am tomorrow.