Getting Fit Before Baby

[mrs.green2015]

Thanks! My temp went back up today so I'm hoping j did ovulate. But if I did it was 3 days after my m close to positive opk....
Ya she wants me to wait a year since mc. But I just want HER to see what's going on...

 

[ireadyermind]

Well gals, it doesn't look like the SIs affected how early I ovulate, so let's hope they affected the quality of those eggs!

I got a temp spike today, but no +OPK. I'm pretty sure it had to do with the crappy sleep I got last night, and the fact that it was cold enough at bedtime that I turned the bed warmer on. I also forgot to turn it OFF, so I woke up this morning in a sweat because it was still cranking out heat on its lowest setting. It has an auto-shutoff timer, but I hadn't been asleep long enough for it to do that. Erf.

How's everyone's weekend going? Today I'm on a mission to get a few odd tasks around the house completed, like I finally got the appropriate screws and washers to mount my cleaning supplies storage rack more securely against the wall. The garage needs another tidying up, and I bought hooks for the garage wall so we can hang all our yardwork tools up off of the floor. At the moment, though, I'm so tired from that crummy night's sleep, my eyes are blurry. Here's hoping coffee brings me back to life!

 

[Mrs. Tigger]

Hi Ladies

Well, I'm a bit glum / frustrated, but I thought I'd check in.

My last post was on CD27 and I'd been having some brown spotting that started on CD24. I thought was on her way and I'd be starting soon with a new cycle that I could track, but it turns out the spotting stopped on CD28. I had a good check-up on CD27 where the specialist was happy to see a triple-line configuration on my endometrium and felt like my cycles were acutually real cycles. So that, combined with the spotting, of course left me expecting , but no such luck.

Instead CD30 through CD34, I had weird aches and pains and odd twinges, particularly on my lower left side (perhaps my ovary, last month I had odd pains off and on on my lower right side). I suspect the PCOS makes my ovaries ache off and on now that they are starting to "wake up" somehow. Oddly, I had EWCM (which I don't think I've ever had) on CD33. It dried up after a couple of days.

Then yesterday morning (CD38) DH and I and afterwards, realized I was a bit bloody, but it was weird, like a pinkish brownish bit of blood, and only a really small amount. We also on CD35 and CD33, but no blood either of those times.

Once again, I thought was finally going to make her appearance, but It was just a bit of spotting, then nothing. I had had some weird cramps late in the day on CD37 (though they felt more like uterus cramps instead of ovary cramps).

Now it's late on day 39 and still nothing. So frustrated I have no idea what is going on. I checked my cervix and it's pretty high and very tightly closed, so I don't think is on her way after all. Grrrr. I am having some very mild cramps/twinges in the uterus area, but it doesn't feel like AF cramps, more like a weird pain as if it were cramping and stretching at the same time somehow?

In other news, I've been slacking a bit with my diet lately, but this week I am getting back to it (I did better today). This is my last week at home for awhile (I'll be traveling for 3 weeks for work in March), so going to try to enjoy the time with DH. The side effects from my metformin seem less and less as time goes on, which is great. Though this past week I've been super, super tired all the time and the last couple of days I'm always dizzy if I stand up too fast (I don't know if that's from the Metformin or something else).

I hope all of you ladies are doing well; I've been a bit out of the loop as I haven't been keeping up with the boards. I hope to catch up this week.

and to all!

 

[ireadyermind]

Good to hear from you again, Mrs. Tigger!

I have had similar cycles to yours. The cycle I MC'd, I didn't ovulate until CD30-something, so don't give up hope! But if it takes too much longer, do you think your doctor would give you a trigger shot to bring on AF, or do you think (s)he would advocate for waiting it out?



AFM - Finally braved it and stepped on the scale. I've gained a ridiculous amount of weight since January, unfortunately. I told DH that it means we need to crack down again. Obviously our healthy habits are slipping and it's taking its toll on us. It's just so stressful to have to weigh out every food, count every calorie, measure and step on scales and and and. Arg.

My mother, who is in her 50s, simply goes to the gym a few times a week, and eats slightly better food (though every time I see her, we have pizza and alcohol and chips and so on, so I'm not entirely sure what her diet plan is.. lol), and she's shedding weight and inches like crazy!

I have to conclude that it's because she's going through menopause and her hormones aren't getting in the way of weight loss. Sigh. I wish mine wouldn't hinder me, either! How nice would it be to just say to myself, "Well, guess I'll work out a few times a week" and then lose 20+ pounds? Oye.

 

[swimmyj1]

IRYM - Im sorry you gained those holiday lbs. Glad you have a plan though. Random story (not saying this is what your mom is doing lol). But my mom and I did a competitive diet program and she was shedding weight like crazy. I was working out 6 days a week and cut my cals a ton barely lost 15lbs and she had lost almost 50. just this year she admitted that she had been taking a prescription diet pill during that time. Cheater cheater! lol

 

[cupcakestoy]

Fly by post! lol Been super busy here! Started round 2 of the Fix Monday, sticking to the gym for workouts tho. Made it everyday so far! I'm determined to go each day this week! Eating & water is on point! My elbows are MUCH better, FINALLY! Nothing else new here! Hope to see some +opks & bfps soon on here! Will catch up on personals later! HUGS!

 

[mrs.green2015]

Hey ladies I've been so busy at work lately I haven't had time to catch up.

My update:

9dpo today. Yesterday I spotted and then it stopped. I've been checking my cervix and there was a little dark blood this morning but no more spotting. I though AF was here so I made an appointment with my NEW doctor for Monday. I think AF will be here tomorrow.

 

[swimmyj1]

Green - hope this new doctor can give you guys some answers and get a good plan going

cupcake - so glad your elbow is better!!

 

[ireadyermind]

Swimmy - Not fair, cheating! lol -- I've been considering going to the local weight loss clinic here and asking them to give me their appetite suppressant. I am really skilled at counting calories, making healthy meals, etc. but cutting back on what I'm eating is really difficult when I'm hungry all the time! It would be so much easier to stick to my calorie restrictions, low carb foods and so on if I didn't feel like my stomach was chewing on itself. Eesh.

Problem is that it costs soooo much money to go to the clinic, get an exam, and pay for the meds every month.



Cupcake - Sounds like things are going well for you!


Mrs.Green - That sounds like a low progesterone issue. Short LP and spotting before AF are signs that your progesterone levels are low. So you're probably ovulating well enough, it's just that your body isn't making enough Prog. to stave off AF long enough for that egg to get implanted!


AFM -- Really sore abdomen the past couple of days. OPKs getting darker, but not positive yet. So the SI's didn't help me ovulate earlier at all. I might take them from CD 1-5 instead of 3-7 next time and see what that does.

I'm estimating I'll get a +OPK in a day or two, right on schedule. Wish it was sooner! But let's hope that they're better quality eggs this time around.

 

[mrs.green2015]

Irym- I have the same issues with eating. I do well all day then I eat everything.

 

[swimmyj1]

green - i had to take progesterone my LP was only 10-11 days hope that's your issue because its a super easy fix

IRYM - that stinks you have to go to the weight loss clinic to get appetite suppressants around me Primary docs can give them out as long as you can show how you have been tracking calories for a few months and working out.

Can't believe how much snow we got last night. We went from having 55 degree days to having almost a foot and a half of snow over night. Thank you crazy Michigan weather lol

 

[mrs.green2015]

Swimmy- oh my gosh that's a lot of snow!!! Here in Cali it's always sunny lol

So AF is officially here today. My doctors appointment is Monday. I'm not sure what to tell my doctor. Technically I never got a positive opk but temps say I ovulated... Some doctors don't trust temps though... So I'm to sure if I should even say anything about my temp? Or just let her do whatever she thinks is the best. What do you ladies think?
Also, according to Google (I know I know lol) maybe I just didn't have a sting ovulation? Does that make sense? Thats why I never got a strong lh surge and that's why maybe I spotted and/or had low progesterone?

 

[ireadyermind]

Swimmy - It's not that I have to go to the clinic, it's that my current doctor said there was "nothing" she could do for me even though I'd been tracking calories, exercising, etc. for ever. She just told me I needed to attend one of the company's healthy eating classes just to see if they had something new to teach me.

She also said that regardless of whether or not I was cutting out calories, I had to work out a minimum of an hour every single day of the week if I hoped to lose weight, and since I wasn't doing that, that was why I keep gaining.



Now, I know that I ought to work out more -- but it's REALLY hard to do when I'm absolutely starving afterwards! If I am supposed to cut back on 300 - 500 calories a day, but then I'm also supposed to work out and burn off at least that much, then I'm technically at a 1,000 calorie deficit! I could really use that appetite suppressant at that point.

She's just not a very helpful lady at all. But she's the one that's closest to me within the network our insurance covers, so I'm kinda stuck. Blah.

 

[cupcakestoy]

got me today too! Boooo! But it does seem my cycle is back on track, so it's ok....Kinda excited about next cycle, as dh leaves for the Emmaus Walk next Thursday and won't be back until Sunday night, meaning He will get home just in time to start bd for my fertile time should O around Weds. Hoping the extra time away will make our reunion serve a purpose! lol I have decided to stick with my plan for NO meds until IVF! Figure I've waited over 3 years now so whats another 5-6 months? Doing good with eating & worked out everyday, except today :/ Stupid cramps & snow put a damper on today!
In other news my dd who just turned 17 came home with a mad crush on a guy at her work.....He's 26!!!!!! So needless to say, she wasn't thrilled with my reaction! Tough. I'm her mom, not her friend. Nipped that in the bud, REAL fast!

Mrs. G-Sorry to see af got you too, but excited for your appt! Have they checked your progesterone levels in the past? I would take in copies of your charts & tell her about the -OPKs. Sometimes they will prescribe Clomid to encourage a stronger O.....Good luck!

IRYM-I've taken phentermine in the past. It does great with my appetitie suppression for 1st 2 weeks then doesn't work as well Of course it can run up your bp & cause tachycardia too, so I'm not a big fan!

Tigger-How are you?

Swimmy-Are you having any genetic tests done? Not that I'm worried, but you could find out the sex super early! lmbo!

Urs-Any news?

 

[mrs.green2015]

Cupcake I'm sorry AF got you but I'm kind of excited about a cycle buddy!!

 

[ireadyermind]

Mrs.Green - Looks like we posted at the same time yesterday! Sorry AF got you and Cupcake. On to the next cycle, eh?

Still no O for me. I'm still inside of my "usual" window for ovulation, though, so no big deal. AND I saw a teeeeny bit of EWCM this morning! Still no +OPK, but the EWCM speck was promising.

DH has been really uncooperative about BD this month. He just drops into bed and passes right out (he's one of the lucky people who fall asleep the moment their head hits the pillow), so I'm not feeling too optimistic this month. If no BFP this month, next month I am taking a break, going to NTNP, and focusing on my weight loss.

I do NOT want a December baby, and if I got pregnant next cycle, that's what I'd get. So I'm going to just avoid that if I can. Haha.

 

[mrs.green2015]

Irym- I wouldn't worry aolbout the bd schedule size you haven't gotten a positive opk yet. When do you think you'll get a positive?

 

[ireadyermind]

I actually got a SUPER dark positive out of nowhere last night! My OPK for that morning had been the same level of darkness as every other test this month, and then BAM!

That's why I worry about not getting enough BD in. There ought to be little swimmers in there waiting for that +OPK, you know? But I made sure we BD'd last night at least! Will see if DH is awake enough for more of it tonight. Saturdays are when he does his sword fighting, though, so he's usually pretty pooped out.

 

[mrs.green2015]

Bd once you get a positive is good! Because little swimmers will be waiting for that egg!

 

[swimmyj1]

Cupcake - didn't do the genetic blood work sense it really only tests for downs and we are not at risk. So we still have a while till we find out what we are having. Sense DH wants to know so bad we are going to find out just not tell anyone in our family. I'm sorry the witch came around but I'm glad your going back to being more regular. I think that was the medication I tried for weight loss. I dropped like 7lbs in a week but felt horrible and stopped taking it. Made me way to tachy.

Irym - yay for a +!! Hope DH stays awake lol

Green - fingers crossed this cycle for you