General chatter while we wait (and commentary on the "pull out method")

Bree I have to HIDE all my ttc from my meddling mother:shhh:- she lives with us, so hard to make it to a windowsill, and my window is shady all day

Gigs She's right late morning-late afternoon best, no fmu with $ opks, as they will read darker even if not true ( i have been using these for a year).
No way to predict when your opk will go darker, just do one each late am or afternoon ( make sure you hold for like 3 hrs) and when the line is half as dark, do one early in the day, the other late afternoon/eve. I don't know how fast your surges go. Usually when mine are half as dark I get a equal dark in like 2-3 days. THEN you should O 24-48 (some say 72 even) hrs after that.:thumbup:

Claire Sorry you are entertaining the :witch:, but another thing you can try is a Betadine or Iodine douche. There are "recipes" on how to mix here:
https://www.livestrong.com/article/83200-bacterial-vaginosis-remedies/
Or you can get the premix at most pharmacies. They say to use for a couple weeks, but if I ever felt funny down under:haha: I only used it a couple days.
During AF tho- fill the bottle with warm water and flush out the AF in the shower, then do the douche. Works awesomely, and your ph and natural bacteria will be back to normal well before O time:thumbup:

AFM they gave me the "new " doc so it was easy for me to convince him to leave my b/p meds as is. I will have to change once preggers anyhow. My b/p has been fine anyhow until mom decided to bitch for the whole 30 mins before my appt about random things that have NOTHING to do with me!?!?! :growlmad:

Anyhoo, gonna do a hold late tonight with a cheapie (my last) Walmart had no more in stock yet. I did get 2 frers but I am NOT wasting another till I see something stronger on the cheapie[-(
 
I'm US EST, east coast so Claire I think you are like 5-6 hrs further in the day than I am.
I know why Dobs is taking her time...she's in her car:cry:
over seeing twins:haha:
Really tho she had a DMV appt after the doc ...that takes FOREVERRRRRR
The twins will be on their way to college and she will be :jo: by the time she gets out of there:ban: lol
 
Hahaaa overseeing her multiple brood Lol!

Thanks for that link J im gonna take a look in just a minute, ive already too my Fluco**** blahblah tablet this eve but if it doesnt do the trick il be sure to try of them home remedies :) ive never douched.. Lol, sounds a bit porno hahaa does it hurt or sting or anything? Lol!

So will you be peeing before beftime them J?? Hehee fx'd for a darker line yay
 
Dobs i love that you quickly updated our 'thread' to say theres a scanner in your exam room Lol!!
 
No scan for me. Too early x.x I figured as much when I thought about it but she is at least giving me a beta
 
Ahh oh well.. Bloods are still good though, see thathcg rising nice & lovely :)

Will the first us be around 9-12 wks then?
 
I have my 1st prenatal on the 21st so I'll get a scan then. I'll be 8 weeks so hopefully I will get a cute little gummy bear pic. I also get one when I go in at 10 weeks for my pano. I had to go to the dmv before the lab so will swing by on my way home. She wants my levels to be close to 1000.
 
Bree I have to HIDE all my ttc from my meddling mother:shhh:- she lives with us, so hard to make it to a windowsill, and my window is shady all day

Gigs She's right late morning-late afternoon best, no fmu with $ opks, as they will read darker even if not true ( i have been using these for a year).
No way to predict when your opk will go darker, just do one each late am or afternoon ( make sure you hold for like 3 hrs) and when the line is half as dark, do one early in the day, the other late afternoon/eve. I don't know how fast your surges go. Usually when mine are half as dark I get a equal dark in like 2-3 days. THEN you should O 24-48 (some say 72 even) hrs after that.:thumbup:

Claire Sorry you are entertaining the :witch:, but another thing you can try is a Betadine or Iodine douche. There are "recipes" on how to mix here:
https://www.livestrong.com/article/83200-bacterial-vaginosis-remedies/
Or you can get the premix at most pharmacies. They say to use for a couple weeks, but if I ever felt funny down under:haha: I only used it a couple days.
During AF tho- fill the bottle with warm water and flush out the AF in the shower, then do the douche. Works awesomely, and your ph and natural bacteria will be back to normal well before O time:thumbup:

AFM they gave me the "new " doc so it was easy for me to convince him to leave my b/p meds as is. I will have to change once preggers anyhow. My b/p has been fine anyhow until mom decided to bitch for the whole 30 mins before my appt about random things that have NOTHING to do with me!?!?! :growlmad:

Anyhoo, gonna do a hold late tonight with a cheapie (my last) Walmart had no more in stock yet. I did get 2 frers but I am NOT wasting another till I see something stronger on the cheapie[-(


Darn!! Kind of anxious for you to take the frer!!! Do you have a dollar store? Go buy some cheapies!!!

I think I'll buy some from Walmart tomorrow just to have some in stock. Doesn't hurt.
 
I have my 1st prenatal on the 21st so I'll get a scan then. I'll be 8 weeks so hopefully I will get a cute little gummy bear pic. I also get one when I go in at 10 weeks for my pano. I had to go to the dmv before the lab so will swing by on my way home. She wants my levels to be close to 1000.

Too bad on not getting an us. The 21st seems so far away!
 
ahhh, bummer!!! I was so dying to see what a scan looked like!!!

My OPK dried fairly dark...is it like an HPT where you aren't supposed to pay attention to it after the time period? I looked at it about 20 minutes later and I'd say it's almost half as dark as the test line. I'll be taking another one tomorrow :D

Oh yeah, I can see how these would be addicting...I only got 6. We'll see how long they last...

J, I'm so excited to see what tomorrow brings!!! grrr I hate having to live vicariously!
 
Dob the first scans you can't see much anyhow AND they shove the wand up your Vag lol Not my fav time for scans. I prefer belly ones when you can watch the babies try to evade lol
How soon on those beta results??
Well if it comes back around 20,000 mail each of us one of your quintuplets:haha:

I know a surrogate who had 2 embryos put in, and one split- TRIPLETS lol
she was like HUH. Even worse on her early scan they only saw 2, missed the 3rd ninja baby!
 
Gigs with $ ones I def check them once dried and use that as my ref.
They say dsiregard after 10 mins but I can tell you from a year of doing them, if they dry darker you can usually go by it on $ store cheapies.
I would expect it to be a bit darker than your pic since you are having some ovary pain.
My theory is cheaper test materials on those opk, but they work so hey:shrug:
 
Gig- I would recommend the target brand OPKs because they're so darn cheap. You can get 7 for like $7 but I always get the 20 pack for $14.
 
Oh Answer brand opks come with 20 sticks for like $15 I think at walmart...I always look but decide No since I rarely use more than 10 a cycle, and OF COURSE I never think I will have to do this again next cycle :rofl:

Just took the :dog: out and MAN I got ate up by the Florida State Birds! (mosquitos)
I HATE them! On a better note My friend gave me the tops to like 6 pineapples about 3 yrs ago. There has been a full grown pineapple on one for like 4 months no joke. I finnnnally went out to cut it and those friggin things have like Battle armor razor edges!! ouch!!
Funny thing is these are Florida wild pineapples, so inside they are white pulp inside, but super sweet. My mom was like "eww it's not yellow, it's not ripe, it's not sweet blah blah blah" I tried it and so did my older son OMG super sweet! I was like WTF ...she's :jo: :haha: her taste buds are expired!
 
:dohh: I always forget to add something- I meant to start a urine hold at 8pm (35 mins ago) and messed up making a cup of coffee:dohh:
Well I didn't drink much, couple sips...
I usually start a hold by peeing and NO fluids at all for 4-5 hrs....well I have no idea when my hold technically started now sigh...
I know I peed at 2 before I went to the Dr. but I recall having to pee as I ran to get the frers...and an Icee for my son...but I really don't recall if I actually peed when I got back at about 4:30...
If not I have been holding almost 7 hours:shock:
If I did pee then I have been holding since 4:30...dammit:jo:
Guess I will just hold another hour so it will either be almost 8 hrs by then, or 5 hrs...I hate when I don't write it down.
Seriously, I can have to pee sooo bad, but get involved in something else ( my gardening and rearranging the :fish: tank, and I forget ALL about needing to pee lol
I love my koi but they are like wreckingballs for tank decor
 
OMG where are you allll???
I forgot to tell what happened at walmart! So I go to get the frers, and I can't get to them because an OLD man, I mean like 90, is blocking the hpts. SO I patiently wait as he peruses the shelf...Then he TOTALLY picks up a bottle of WARMING LUBE!!!!:shock:
I think surely he is confused and thinks it's a massage oil for his sore old bones...
Guess who starts looking thru the CONDOMS!?:shock:
Omg I legit reached past him and grabbed the cheapest frers and kept going
LMAO Go Viagra!!
 

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