Fireworks Will Fly With BFPs In July!

[RobertRedford]

Ugh, so sorry Waves. I really hope things calm down for you, so you can focus on getting some rest and taking care of yourself and the baby right now. I hope the moves go well and it is done quickly and swiftly. Like I said before, I wish we were all closer so we could help each other!

 

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Waves-Sorry about all the moving! Must be really tiring...

Sonia-Are you gonna call your doc today?

Cassidy-Did you test again this morning?

Ashlee-When is AF due?

AFM-Negative opk last night and this morning, so I'm pretty sure I O'd yesterday. I didn't get a big temp rise though, so I'm waiting on that.

AF is due on the 21st I think...lol my cycles have been so crazy that I don't know for sure. Going to start testing Friday I think though. If I can make it that long...

Waves, I am so so so sorry. That is such a disappointment and you must be exhausted. I hope everything works out.

Cassidy, I see something on test #2! can't wait to see your tests from today!!

Ashlee, I hope those are good signs for you! They sound really good!

Nikki, your DH sounds like a trooper. I really hope all goes well with your moms interview!

FRER was negative yesterday, so I am just going to stop testing. AF will probably be here on Thursday or Friday and I'm okay with it. I kind of have given up on getting a BFP without seeing a specialist. A part of me just feels that something is wrong. I have gotten pregnant 3 other times with a different partner (twice accidentally, once planned) with no issue. Now, with OH, we have been trying unsuccessfully for nearly 7 months to no avail. We have sex all the time, I O regularly, we're both young and healthy. Totally feel like giving up right now.

I really hope so too. I want my rainbow baby so bad. I hope AF doesn't show for you but I totally understand not wanting to take anymore tests, I hate seeing BFNs. That's why I'm trying to wait until I'm supposedly 14DPO to test.

 

[wavescrash]

Thanks Amanda. I appreciate that

My old OB (since I'm switching this pregnancy) FINALLY called and left a message with my progesterone levels and said anything over 20 is good and since I was 20.3, she doesn't want to start supplements and said they want to do an ultrasound at 6 weeks and I'll be 6 weeks on Wednesday. I know I have a new doctor/appointment and scan on Monday but I think I want to have an ultrasound done this week through my old doctor (mostly for reassurance purposes & because I'm impatient) and then just start seeing my new doctor next week.

 

[RobertRedford]

Ashlee, I wish you the BEST of luck waiting. We know how I am with waiting to test. I hold out for a few hours then give in. Terrible!!

In a way, I wish i had tempted this month, then I would have an idea of whats going on. This cycle has been absolutely nuts, if AF shows when I think she is, it will be a 37 day cycle for me, so weird.

Nichole, has AF shown up yet?

ETA: For those ladies who are going to try to diet/lose weight. Is today day 1? What are you all going to do today? I am already failing, having a mocha right now. whoops. I am going for a run after work though, maybe some ab exercises at home too. OH will be glued to the TV for the All Star Games, so ill be bored at home anyways. Trying to make an active effort to eat better too. I don't eat a lot of junk, I just forget to eat throughout the day and eat what ever is in front of me when I get home.

I have done this in the past (and lost 30 pounds!) and loved it. Will probably do it again. It seems a bit extreme but holy cow it works! https://www.drgundry.com

 

[asmcsm]

Ashlee, I wish you the BEST of luck waiting. We know how I am with waiting to test. I hold out for a few hours then give in. Terrible!!

In a way, I wish i had tempted this month, then I would have an idea of whats going on. This cycle has been absolutely nuts, if AF shows when I think she is, it will be a 37 day cycle for me, so weird.

Nichole, has AF shown up yet?

ETA: For those ladies who are going to try to diet/lose weight. Is today day 1? What are you all going to do today? I am already failing, having a mocha right now. whoops. I am going for a run after work though, maybe some ab exercises at home too. OH will be glued to the TV for the All Star Games, so ill be bored at home anyways. Trying to make an active effort to eat better too. I don't eat a lot of junk, I just forget to eat throughout the day and eat what ever is in front of me when I get home.

I have done this in the past (and lost 30 pounds!) and loved it. Will probably do it again. It seems a bit extreme but holy cow it works! https://www.drgundry.com

Lol yea, I'm REALLY going to try and not give in to temptation this time. I have enough tests that I could start testing everyday from now if I wanted to but I know I got my last BFP later and I'm not sure I could handle seeing all those BFNs and I'd rather not waste them.

 

[morganwhite7]

Ashlee- I'm testing Friday, too! I'm thinking it'll be 9/10DPO and after that I'll wait til Monday. (Lol, or that's my plan at least...........)

Anybody else testing soon?? I'm sorry it's just so hard to keep track of everyone... Oh and who ISN'T on Clomid?!

 

[RobertRedford]

Goodluck, Morgan and Ashlee!!! I hope you both get your bfp's!! Anyone else testing soon?

Morgan, I agree, so many ladies are on Clomid! I'm feeling left out! haha. I have heard that clomid can help for couples who have a low SA because it makes you O stronger, which gives the little guys less room to swim. i don't know if it truly makes sense, but maybe its worth a shot? I should ask my doc.

 

[morganwhite7]

Mirolee IS !!! This wknd she's testing, saw from her journal. She's got a great chance, too!

 

[asmcsm]

mommyxofxone is also testing on Friday.

 

[HWPG]

you're so sweet! and i hope you're right!

 

[asmcsm]

I'm getting lots of little cramps around my uterus today. It's feeling a lot like the ones I had the first week after my BFP. Really trying to not get my hopes up too high but the only other time they've felt like this was when I was preggo

 

[RobertRedford]

Goodluck Ashlee! I am really rooting for you this month. All those symptoms sound suupppper hopeful! p.s. how was SF?

 

[BubsMom17]

AFM, I feel like I live in a zoo. My poor DH said: "Im living with a resent divorcee, a pregnant lady, 3 dogs and 2 cats". When he says it like that I feel bad for him. However I know it isn't THAT bad. Mom has a second interview with an interior design studio this week. If all goes well with that then she should start a job by early Aug. Maybe she'll need and month or 2 to save up a bit of money. And HOPEFULLY she get herself an apartment by oct/nov. I did tell her by the time the baby comes (say by end of 2013) we would like to start the baby off with a quiet house (aka. kick her and the pets out). However, I know if she is still jobless we wouldn't do that. However I think that is a realistic request of us and for her to have a goal. She isn't a leech or anything like that and is really grateful of us and she isn't taking us for granted. So I know she respects our request. Otherwise, everything else is great by me.

Nikki, I know what you mean by living in a zoo!
My mom lives with us, so 3 adults, and 3 year old, 3 dogs (my mom brought a puppy home 2 weeks ago by surprise... ), a cat and a fish. PLUS a baby on the way. On;ly difference is, this is a permanent situation for us! Oh well, we are happy, but it gets REALLY hectic sometimes! I am happy my mom is here to help us, and it will be a big help when the baby arrives since Daniel can't take more than 2-3 weeks off from work since he has only been employed there 3 months.

 

[goldstns]

Emily- glad I'm not the only one living like this. To be honest I kinda like it, but I know its not ideal for DH so I am not going to allow it to be permanent.

 

[RobertRedford]

I feel like I also live in a zoo. OH's parents are super sweet, but in the past few weeks his mother has brought home a kitten, 4 finches, and there is currently a chicken in their bathroom. She really should live on a farm

 

[NDTaber9211]

Hi ladies! How is everyone? Sorry I haven't been chatty, been super busy all weekend. I promise to catch up soon.

Still no AF, still annoyed and obsessive lol. Been having AF like cramps for 3 days now but nothing's happening. I had a moment yesterday while shopping for the 2 year old. I came across a book called 'I Love You, Stinky Face' and I just started crying. I read the book and totally pictured my husband and I reading it to our little one. It was like a punch to the heart. I just don't want to be broken. I would have been ok if my body was working right and I could actually try. Being stuck in limbo is really getting to me. Blah...

 

[asmcsm]

Goodluck Ashlee! I am really rooting for you this month. All those symptoms sound suupppper hopeful! p.s. how was SF?

Thank you, it would really be amazing to see those beautiful pink lines in a few days. SF was really fun. I'm so exhausted and sore and got a little sunburnt lol. I woke up at around 6:30 each day, did hair and makeup for 20-30 senior models overall and when I wasn't doing hair and makeup I was running around with them at the photoshoots so my legs are dying! We shot at Crissy Fields, Clarion Alley, Palace of Fine Arts, over by the Embarcadero and on Powell and in Union Square. Half the time I didn't even have time to sit for a meal and was shoving food down in between models lol. But yesterday after we finished we went to Pier 23 Cafe because it had been on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and I had the oven roasted dungeness crab and it was the best crab I've ever had. I ate the whole friggin thing lol. If you look up Studio 530 photography on facebook(or just look at the link I shared on FB) you could see some of the pictures. They were just senior models, but it it was fun to see them get so excited about their photo shoots. I even got my picture taken by my favorite mural at Clarion Alley lol

 

[RobertRedford]

Goodluck Ashlee! I am really rooting for you this month. All those symptoms sound suupppper hopeful! p.s. how was SF?

Thank you, it would really be amazing to see those beautiful pink lines in a few days. SF was really fun. I'm so exhausted and sore and got a little sunburnt lol. I woke up at around 6:30 each day, did hair and makeup for 20-30 senior models overall and when I wasn't doing hair and makeup I was running around with them at the photoshoots so my legs are dying! We shot at Crissy Fields, Clarion Alley, Palace of Fine Arts, over by the Embarcadero and on Powell and in Union Square. Half the time I didn't even have time to sit for a meal and was shoving food down in between models lol. But yesterday after we finished we went to Pier 23 Cafe because it had been on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and I had the oven roasted dungeness crab and it was the best crab I've ever had. I ate the whole friggin thing lol. If you look up Studio 530 photography on facebook(or just look at the link I shared on FB) you could see some of the pictures. They were just senior models, but it it was fun to see them get so excited about their photo shoots. I even got my picture taken by my favorite mural at Clarion Alley lol

FB is blocked on my work computer but ill check later! I LOVE the Pier 23 cafe, its a few blocks from my work so we go for lunch a lot. super yummy. It sounds exhausting but fun! Glad SF treated you all well! I secretly want to get married at the PoFA! I drive past it on my way into the city every day and looove it. Goodluck, I can't wait to see your tests!!! (And I LOVE DDD! HRD Cafe was also on it and is a few blocks away from our office in the opposite direction. So yummy)

 

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FB is blocked on my work computer but ill check later! I LOVE the Pier 23 cafe, its a few blocks from my work so we go for lunch a lot. super yummy. It sounds exhausting but fun! Glad SF treated you all well! I secretly want to get married at the PoFA! I drive past it on my way into the city every day and looove it. Goodluck, I can't wait to see your tests!!! (And I LOVE DDD! HRD Cafe was also on it and is a few blocks away from our office in the opposite direction. So yummy)

Pier 23 is probably my new favorite place to eat in SF lol. Lucky you get to go there often! PoFA was gorgeous. We did a night time shoot there when it was all lit up and it was really awesome. There actually was a bridal party there doing photos at the same time lol. Haven't heard of HDR cafe but I will have to go next time I'm down! Thanks! Me either! lol

 

[clynn11]

Another faint line on this mornings test that won't photograph. You can def. See the line now that its dry but like nikki said I just cant trust it. On dh's cell but will post pixs here soon. Woke up starving and had af like cramps last night and this morning. Hmmmm