Getting Fit Before Baby

[swimmyj1]

my bff is the same way both her kids were not planned. At least she know's whats going on and gets excited with me when I talk about +opk's and temps lol even though she has no clue what I'm talking about.

My grandmother actually sent me baby cloths and baby blankets in the mail today .... that is just not nice ugh. Trying to stay hopeful I went kayaking yesterday for a few hours but then came home and made some crappy food choices.

Hope you get a temp rise soon and +opk! hoping we get some BFP this cycle!

 

[ireadyermind]

my bff is the same way both her kids were not planned. At least she know's whats going on and gets excited with me when I talk about +opk's and temps lol even though she has no clue what I'm talking about.

My grandmother actually sent me baby cloths and baby blankets in the mail today .... that is just not nice ugh. Trying to stay hopeful I went kayaking yesterday for a few hours but then came home and made some crappy food choices.

Hope you get a temp rise soon and +opk! hoping we get some BFP this cycle!

I'm glad your friend is being supportive! I tried talking to a few of my girlfriends, but every single one of them had zero problems getting pregnant, so none of them can understand that it's not easy for everyone.

I can't blame them. We grow up thinking that we'll all become immediately pregnant if we have unprotected sex just once, regardless of when in the cycle it occurs. Scare tactics that adults use to make sure youngsters use protection, I suppose.


That grandma of yours, though! Sending baby clothes! She probably meant well, but it doesn't sound like she stopped to consider how you might feel about the gesture. Once you've been trying a while, it starts to get really stressful and disheartening.

I know that seeing all my friends and family cranking out babies like a factory assembly line (lol) all around me is so frustrating to ME, I can't imagine it being a cakewalk for anyone else either.



AFM --

Got my +OPK yesterday, and my temps have been climbing upward for the past three or so days, so it looks like things are FINALLY heading in the right direction!

Thank goodness DH and I managed to squeeze some BD in before he left for work yesterday, because this morning things have dried right up. I'm sure I O'd last night, since even my cervix has firmed up and whatnot. Just waiting for the temps to climb a little higher to confirm ovulation.

We timed everything so well this month, I really hope I get a BFP and sticky bean!

Had a chemical pregnancy in Dec 2014, so I'm just waiting for one that hangs around a full 9mos!

 

[cupcakestoy]

Exciting news I've! Good luck & baby dust!
Hi everyone else, my apology for no personals, but I've got a bum ear again went to clinic & got steroids & drops so I'm sure monday weigh in will suck :/

 

[Fern81]

Hi ladies

I also totally understand the anger & frustration that comes with ttc, especially ltttc. Everyone I know has kids. I am literally the only one in my "real" life that is unable to conceive. Even those with fertility problems have all since had their miracles. My sister fell pregnant the first month off the pill even though she has pcos; not once but twice!!! She is currently pregnant with twins. And I have told my mom that she's not allowed to say "you will definitely have children I just know it" ever again.

Anyhoooooo.... yesterday I had a bad cheat day. Ate well & very little all day. Then I decided to buy a treat bag of chocolates for the weekend (it's our anniversary & we are going out for a cheat meal so I just thought, why not). THEN I started spotting and cramping and it's even earlier than usual; after having really low post-o temps this whole cycle (Have been temping so I have something to show the new fertility specialist end of June). So it got me totally depressed because now I am spotting earlier than usual (nope it's not implantation I know my body by now ...), have had seriously low temps so my progesterone is probably nearly non-existent... Have to accept I'm never going to have kids bla bla bla..... needless to say I had half the bag of chocolates and mcdonalds for supper!

Need to get the idea of comfort food out of my damn head.

Good luck ladies who are ttc this cycle! Will be so awesome to see some added validation of the hard work and healthy eating going on here .

And hope you feel better soon cupcakestoy!

 

[ireadyermind]

Hi ladies

I also totally understand the anger & frustration that comes with ttc, especially ltttc. Everyone I know has kids. I am literally the only one in my "real" life that is unable to conceive. Even those with fertility problems have all since had their miracles. My sister fell pregnant the first month off the pill even though she has pcos; not once but twice!!! She is currently pregnant with twins. And I have told my mom that she's not allowed to say "you will definitely have children I just know it" ever again.

Anyhoooooo.... yesterday I had a bad cheat day. Ate well & very little all day. Then I decided to buy a treat bag of chocolates for the weekend (it's our anniversary & we are going out for a cheat meal so I just thought, why not). THEN I started spotting and cramping and it's even earlier than usual; after having really low post-o temps this whole cycle (Have been temping so I have something to show the new fertility specialist end of June). So it got me totally depressed because now I am spotting earlier than usual (nope it's not implantation I know my body by now ...), have had seriously low temps so my progesterone is probably nearly non-existent... Have to accept I'm never going to have kids bla bla bla..... needless to say I had half the bag of chocolates and mcdonalds for supper!

Need to get the idea of comfort food out of my damn head.

Good luck ladies who are ttc this cycle! Will be so awesome to see some added validation of the hard work and healthy eating going on here .

And hope you feel better soon cupcakestoy!

Man, that's rough.

I'm sorry about your difficulties, Fern! That's so crappy. I completely understand resorting to comfort food in those situations. I refuse to even BUY snack foods because I know the next time I feel a little blue, I'll chow down and finish off a whole bag of whatever it is. I don't have the self control to keep myself from doing that time after time, I guess.



No temp spike for me today, but my temp didn't drop back down again either. If you look at my chart you can see all these steep drops all month long, followed by another spike, and another drop, etc. My temp only went down a tenth of a degree or two this morning, so I'm hoping for a spike up again tomorrow.

CP is High - Firm - Open, and CM is creamy and almost gone, so O happened somewhere in the last two days or so. It's just that my temps haven't confirmed it. I really hope the spike arrives soon, because I'm already looking at a 51 day cycle here. Grr.



Also my back went out last night. It used to happen every year like clockwork, 'cause I was born with a spinal problem... but since I had started exercising and eating better for my wedding a few years ago, the back issues diminished too... Now I'm getting back up to this heavy weight again and my back flipped out as a result. All I did was carry my dinner plate to the table and sit down. Ugh.

That means no workout for me today, and possibly for the next few days as well. I was on such a roll, too! I decided that, to compensate, I'll aim for the lower end of my calorie range every day. I hope I can see it through until cheat day. Haha

 

[swimmyj1]

Fingers crossed on keeping below your goal! I went to the dentist today and just happened to sneeze while they were cleaning my back molar .... No joke ended up needed stitches in my mouth lol only this bad luck would happen to me. And I love the dentist. For some reason I got on the crazy bus and tested at 5dpo implantation doesn't even happen until like 6-12. I blame my nana and her box of baby stuff that has been looking at me all day.

 

[ireadyermind]

Fingers crossed on keeping below your goal! I went to the dentist today and just happened to sneeze while they were cleaning my back molar .... No joke ended up needed stitches in my mouth lol only this bad luck would happen to me. And I love the dentist. For some reason I got on the crazy bus and tested at 5dpo implantation doesn't even happen until like 6-12. I blame my nana and her box of baby stuff that has been looking at me all day.

Oooo that's cringe-worthy! I've fallen asleep in the dentist's chair before, and then dreamt I was falling and jerked really hard when my dream self 'landed' -- thankfully no stitches though. Blech! I hope you're not in a lot of pain or anything.


Finally got a big temp spike today! Went from 97.72 up to 98.28 so that's good! It looks like I'm officially in the TWW! FF hasn't given me crosshairs yet, but its little info tidbits say that ovulation happens the last day of fertile CM. I believe that means I ovulated the same day as my first +OPK since things immediately started to dry up the following day. I think that means I could be 2 DPO right now, but not entirely sure.

Anyone wanna give me their two cents on that? I'm trying to figure out the earliest I could test!


ALSO -- I keep having dreams about being pregnant, and so does my husband. This is the first time that's happened to me. In earlier months when I was way more obsessive about TTC than I am now, I didn't really dream about pregnancy at all. But this month I've had at least 5 or 6 dreams and even my husband had one (where I announced casually over dinner that I was pregnant). Oye. The one I had last night was of my Sister In Law telling me she was certain I was pregnant and driving me around town in search of a physician who'd do blood tests for me same-day. Made me want to test right when I got up, but I knew it'd be negative since I'm only 1 or 2 DPO. lol

Any of you gals have the same sorts of dreams?

 

[drjo718]

I'm at a weight loss hypnotherapy session right now ladies! We'll see if it works...

 

[ireadyermind]

I'm at a weight loss hypnotherapy session right now ladies! We'll see if it works...

Oo you'll have to keep us posted on that. I've always wanted to try it!

 

[swimmyj1]

I'm new to the charting but I agree I think your 2dpo. I have had some seriously real pregnancy dreams. I remember one that I had taken like 5 pregnancy test and they were all positive and we did ultrasounds and everything. I woke up and AF had shown up lol talk about a bad wake up. Right around my wedding I had a lot of dreams that i had already had a baby. Sometimes our dreams are just crewel.

What is hypnotherapy weight loss???

 

[deafgal01]

Any of you gals have the same sorts of dreams?

I've had pregnancy or baby dreams. Never happened so it's just cruel way of my body for teasing me on my need/want to be pregnant.

I've had a really close best friend say she's dreamed of me having babies or symbols of having one baby because she dreamed of a baby onsie once or having me show her pregnancy tests revealing pregnancy. I'm taking it with a grain of salt though because we all know how hard this type of journey is and I don't even know if it will ever happen, I seem to get older and have no chance at conceiving without any dr help. The curse of male infertility factor...

 

[drjo718]

I don't think the hypnotherapy helped...I had a blizzard on my way home lol.

 

[ireadyermind]

I don't think the hypnotherapy helped...I had a blizzard on my way home lol.

lol! Maybe it just takes time to kick in? Are you supposed to go for repeat sessions?

 

[cupcakestoy]

Hey gals! I'm feeling better, but this week has been a TOTAL fail! Ugh been in a steroid induced eating frenzy, which I will pay for when I'm sweating it off at the gym next week :/ Work has been horrific & AF is due tomorrow too so no need to tell you what my weekend had been like lol

 

[ireadyermind]

Hey gals! I'm feeling better, but this week has been a TOTAL fail! Ugh been in a steroid induced eating frenzy, which I will pay for when I'm sweating it off at the gym next week :/ Work has been horrific & AF is due tomorrow too so no need to tell you what my weekend had been like lol

Sorry to hear! I hope things turn around for you soon!

 

[drjo718]

I don't think the hypnotherapy helped...I had a blizzard on my way home lol.

lol! Maybe it just takes time to kick in? Are you supposed to go for repeat sessions?

It was a one time thing but I do have a cd of the session I can listen to whenever.

 

[littlejune]

husband. This is the first time that's happened to me. In earlier months when I was way more obsessive about TTC than I am now, I didn't really dream about pregnancy at all. But this month I've had at least 5 or 6 dreams and even my husband had one (where I announced casually over dinner that I was pregnant). Oye. The one I had last night was of my Sister In Law telling me she was certain I was pregnant and driving me around town in search of a physician who'd do blood tests for me same-day. Made me want to test right when I got up, but I knew it'd be negative since I'm only 1 or 2 DPO. lol

Any of you gals have the same sorts of dreams?

I had a pregnancy dream around the time I implanted back in january. I dreamt I was at my own baby shower. It was weird. Lo and behold, I'm due in sept.

Sorry for being mia ladies, I've been trying to stay fit thus far but it's hard to do so right now. I'm pretty much always uncomfortable so I walk about a mile or two a day and then my ankles and hands swell up huge so I have to stop haha. Oh well!

Good luck all, hope this month it the month!

 

[swimmyj1]

Random but has anyone ever take an opk during the ttw? My friend did the other day and she got a faint second line (so of course I tried it lol) and I did too. I know after I ovulated this month it went back to no line so I was just currious.

 

[ireadyermind]

I generally don't do OPKs after one or two positives. From what I've read, you have the LH in your bloodstream almost all the time. That's why the OPK test says that the read-out has to be as dark as the control in order to be positive, not just for any line to show at all.

The opposite is true for pregnancy tests, because your body only makes that hCG hormone during pregnancy and no other time. So if any line shows, it's a BFP.

 

[drjo718]

I have lines of varying darkness on opks all cycle long with no rhyme or reason. Doesn't mean anything unless it meets requirements of being positive.