I didn't get to post last night, sorry girls.
Megg, are you saying that your mc was caused by the infection? Did they determine what it was? That's just terrible. I'm soryy you're having so much pain, that's really not
fair. I do hope that they checked to see what it is so they can check to make sure it's
gone.
Sweet_Alida, cd10-11 is on the early side so I think it would be hard to
get earlier than that. So since you are an early bird I would say start on cd9, that allows for a little bit of variance to your early +opks.
Sbmello, I see it on the blue. Of course the only thing to do is keep peeing. Good luck girl.
Haley, did you get an antibiotic? I hope that somehow you can rest and get better.
Amber, your chart looks great. O looks oh so obvious.
Gueyilla, I hesitate to say anything because I'm scared of saying something wrong and I don't want to hurt you. This is a delicate time and it's harder to know how a person will take things especially online and not really knowing each other. At the same time, if everyone is scared to say something you may feel alone and ignored. So I'll type, but I hope to not come across as insensitive because thst would make me really sad.
It hasn't been that long since you lost your baby boy. Didn't you say it was 3 months? Or was he 3 months. I looked at your link for him, he was a beautiful baby and looked so perfect. Maybe you updated his link since I read, but I didn't see what happened. Do you want to share? There are so many here to offer support.
It could be thst you are emotional because of the trauma oc losing a child and not hormone related at all. It really is a big deal. But if it's hormones, it could be o coming, af coming, or pregnancy. I do hope you tested again before taking your parsley tea. It could have just been too early when you had your blood work done.
I know I preach charting a lot, guess that I will again. It would tell you if you have o'd or not or if this is an anovulatory cycle. The thing about anovulatory cycles is that they can go on for a long time. You can get some break through bleeding but not really af. So I think if it were me I'd try to get o to come before trying to bring on af. I'm not a dr, so please don't take what I say as law or anything.
Without the chart, you can't know where you are and that makes it harder to know what to do. Your boday may be trying to o and those stress hormones can keep it delayed. I have a close friend who lost her baby at 18months and they tried to get pg for a long time. When you're still greiving that's still producing stress hormones that could be messing up your cycle. I know your sad, but imagine him dancing on rainbows and blowing bubbles from heaven. Anything that makes you feel better and more at peace. Your body and mind and heart are very connected.
I would do vitex or maca to help balance things first. My second step would be to try to bring on o, soy. If it didn't cause o I would then use a progesterone cream to sort of mimic the process and try to trick the body. Then I would try the parsley. Or the cohoshes cause cramping, any herb that it said to be an abortificient should help, I know that's not what you are using it for but maybe Queen Ann's lace. I'll look in my herb book later today.
If you are tired of waiting for it to balance out, and I really think it will with time, your first step really should be the chart. I wouldn't do anything without it. Amanda showed you a good reason not to do it without knowing. I don't really think parsley is strong enough to do the job quickly, it probably won't be quick any way you do it because your fighting against what your body is trying to do.
Amanda, gorgeous hat an a pretty little boy. Love those little round cheeks too.
Cami, I wish I could come help get the baby's room ready. I love to paint. But really, this late don't worry about it. Put up a bassinet in your room, or let the baby sleep with you. That should be fine for a couple of months and you'll recover from your natural birth, (wishing a positive natural birth for you) and you'll feel great and ready to do his room. You won't need a highchair for a while still. Soon it'll be garae sale time and maybe you can pick up a bargain. I don't know if you get WIC, but they give out breastpumps. They only get so many so if you participate put your request in early. You won't really need a breastpump if you breastfeed, just feed the baby andyou shouldn't need to pump. If he comes too early you will need to pump, but the hospital will have one for you to use then you can breastfeed when you get home, that would be ideal.
To keep things simple for now, since you're out of time and shouldn't be doing too much. Exchange your carseat as soon as convenient. Wash the onesies, socks, gowns, and blankets. The rest isn't really needed early on. It's fun to have the cute clothes though. You need to wash your bunting or whatever you'll be using for a coat too. Oh, the hospital should give you a diaper bag or two and you could reuse some of the prefilled formula bottles at first if necessary. Just do what you have to for now, and the minimum isn't really that much.
Amber, if you're making diapers, is there anything I can help with? There is a little fabric store in the next town, there aren't any big fabric stores here. Anyway, there isn't as much of a selection but the prices are great. I got minky for less
than $10 per yard, flannel is usually less than $4 per yard. I plan on going today or tomorrow, if I can get out of the driveway. Do you use regular cotton on the outside? What for the inside and how many layers? I may even have fabric here. I really do want to help, any way that I can.
Mari, I didn't get to see your bump pics. Where are they?
Zoie, I didn't get to see your opk pic, I have some pbotosharing stuff blocked at certain times to protect the kids, sometimes it backfires on me. I hope you just kept bding.
Katie, is this cycle making you crazy? I really thought that you already o'd with the temp rise yesterday. But I had a suspicion about that discarded temp because your temp rise was pretty even with that one. What is up with the discarded temp? Did you sleep later. Then you had that super dark opk yesterday and I thought your o would be yesterday. Then today's temp is still kinda hanging out. So now I think it's today. How do you feel? Did you have ewcm only on those few days before your +opk? I'm all anxious watching your chart.
Andrea, I see something on all of your peesticks. I know I always see something on yours but this time I think they look darker on each set of pics so I'm pretty hopeful for you. Even on the funny colored one I can see it. How's your pain? Are the antibiotics doing there job? Keep poas and I can't wait to see your next one.
Ttc3, hi and if there is any pink to the test line within the time limit I say it's a bfp. Can you pretty please post a pic for us?
Nikki, your temps are holding beautifully. I'm hoping you get a nice natural cycle with a well deserveredbfp in the end.
Stacey, how are you?
Sweet Alida, I see crosshairs was already explained that it's just lines on the chart that mark the ovulation date.
Speaking of crosshairs, Andrea there are charting rules. I'm going off the top of my head but I could check my book later. You have to have 4 lower pre o temps followed by 3 higher post o temps to confirm o. I'm pretty sure that's how it goes, it's been a long time since anyone has had to really interpret their own chart since FF does it for you. So this may be why ff removes your crosshairs without your +opk. I wouldn't worry about it, it looks lime you o'd just perfectly.
Afm, nothing, waiting to o. I expect to see some o signsin the next couple of days.
Have a good day girls.
so hard for you darling....I highly doubt its my positive but I can only think LOL...I won't believe its a sticky til past the 12 weeks mark or so.....if I get another positive I'll call the doctor an get my blood work done ASAP....she tried to get me to do it yesterday an I told her don't you think 7dpo is kinda early.....and shes like your right I'll just give you these antibiotics in my book thats safe for pregnancy an I was like OKEE DOKEE 
whatever you say 
Man I really need to take a craft class!
being sent your way! Keep testing and keep posting!
I'm so sorry. That is never easy. 
