It's been 7 weeks since mc but still not af...when to ring the GP?

[mlm115]

That's strange mrs Phez. Makes me wonder if I actually ovulated or not after my pos opks. I'm definitely too lazy/forgetful to temp though!

Hope those opks work for you Jane! I think the digital ones would have to work better for you than the other kind with your pcos.

I personally HATE coffee, so that is not a problem for me. Good luck to the rest of you that are giving it up though. I actually don't drink anything with caffeine and don't seem to miss it. Haven't had it in years.

Afm, no af yet, but thinking she should come by tomorrow based on when I ovulated.

 

[GI_Jane]

Good news with the OPK Jane. I hope they work out for you.

12 weeks tomorrow!! And also the last week I have to take progesterone, thank goodness. Trying to work when I'm almost in a coma totally blows. I almost had a stroke today because I thought all the reports I'd worked on from home were gone and days of work was just POOF. Turns out I was having a moment because I'm working on DECEMBER reports, and I was looking for a folder named January. I was literally freaking out for a good half hour. I always do reports for the previous month, same way for 2 1/2 years....can you say dingbat??

Haha, this must be what they call having a 'baby brain' when your pregnant, do they say that in the states?
Did you ever think you would reach 12 weeks? You give me hope

 

[GI_Jane]

That's strange mrs Phez. Makes me wonder if I actually ovulated or not after my pos opks. I'm definitely too lazy/forgetful to temp though!

Hope those opks work for you Jane! I think the digital ones would have to work better for you than the other kind with your pcos.

I personally HATE coffee, so that is not a problem for me. Good luck to the rest of you that are giving it up though. I actually don't drink anything with caffeine and don't seem to miss it. Haven't had it in years.

Afm, no af yet, but thinking she should come by tomorrow based on when I ovulated.

I totally hate coffee too, but I do drink a lot of tea which thankfully isn't as caffeinated but I did make the switch to decaf tea. I rarely drink any soda so hopefully my caffeine intake is not too bad.

Yes I don't think I would get on with the non-digital opk's.

Hope af comes soon Mlm. Do you think you'll do the digital opk's next cycle since this month it was a bit tricky telling what was a positive with the cheapies?

 

[MrsPhez]

Evening ladies,

Mrs phez, That's the great thing about temping and it's free but I don't have the discipline for it. I hope your DH will come round to your way of thinking when you do o

So I'm excited because I used an opk! I'm so sad aren't I! Haven't POAS for a while so was excited.....I didn't get a smiley face which is great because I didn't think I would be o'ing yet but with the PCOS you can get false positives so to see a negative was great and I hope indicates that opk's will work for me

Bobster, Yes, I've def heard about avoiding caffeine, 1 or 2 cups a day are ok but I would switch to decaf. I only drink tea but a lot of it and have been doing decaf for about 6 months now and I'm used to it.....the downside is caffeine in chocolate (a little is ok though).

Mackjess, is today 12 weeks for you?

Those sticks sound good! I fear the same thing (after having PCO before my son) and the false positives but my scan in December said there was no evidence of PCO. Guess I'm just weird! OPKs today were high and low but not positive enough to make me think it's gonna happen tomorrow.
Caffeine withdrawal headaches are not good, slow weaning might be best!

 

[MrsPhez]

That's strange mrs Phez. Makes me wonder if I actually ovulated or not after my pos opks. I'm definitely too lazy/forgetful to temp though!

Hope those opks work for you Jane! I think the digital ones would have to work better for you than the other kind with your pcos.

I personally HATE coffee, so that is not a problem for me. Good luck to the rest of you that are giving it up though. I actually don't drink anything with caffeine and don't seem to miss it. Haven't had it in years.

Afm, no af yet, but thinking she should come by tomorrow based on when I ovulated.

Mlm, don't worry, I'm an exception to the rule so I'm sure you did o. Temping for me is fun (I'm a science geek) so I get my kicks from plotting graphs

 

[mackjess]

Good news with the OPK Jane. I hope they work out for you.

12 weeks tomorrow!! And also the last week I have to take progesterone, thank goodness. Trying to work when I'm almost in a coma totally blows. I almost had a stroke today because I thought all the reports I'd worked on from home were gone and days of work was just POOF. Turns out I was having a moment because I'm working on DECEMBER reports, and I was looking for a folder named January. I was literally freaking out for a good half hour. I always do reports for the previous month, same way for 2 1/2 years....can you say dingbat??

Haha, this must be what they call having a 'baby brain' when your pregnant, do they say that in the states?
Did you ever think you would reach 12 weeks? You give me hope

Oh yes, that was a big time baby brain moment! And I didn't think I'd make it to the first scan to see the heartbeat. 12 weeks feels miraculous and I'm actually more hopeful myself.

 

[mlm115]

That's strange mrs Phez. Makes me wonder if I actually ovulated or not after my pos opks. I'm definitely too lazy/forgetful to temp though!

Hope those opks work for you Jane! I think the digital ones would have to work better for you than the other kind with your pcos.

I personally HATE coffee, so that is not a problem for me. Good luck to the rest of you that are giving it up though. I actually don't drink anything with caffeine and don't seem to miss it. Haven't had it in years.

Afm, no af yet, but thinking she should come by tomorrow based on when I ovulated.

I totally hate coffee too, but I do drink a lot of tea which thankfully isn't as caffeinated but I did make the switch to decaf tea. I rarely drink any soda so hopefully my caffeine intake is not too bad.

Yes I don't think I would get on with the non-digital opk's.

Hope af comes soon Mlm. Do you think you'll do the digital opk's next cycle since this month it was a bit tricky telling what was a positive with the cheapies?

I think I'm not going to use opks this cycle. I only get ewcm the one day I get a true positive opk, so I usually know its going to be positive before I even see the result. This cycle was just strange cause I ovulated 5 days later than normal.

 

[mlm115]

Jess!!! 12 weeks is awesome!! You give me hope/motivation too.

 

[MrsPhez]

Yes, Mackjess, it gives us hope of getting to the other side! Congrats on passing the 12 week mark!
My BBT rose this morning at last, 3 days after the first OPK was positive. No idea when I actually o'ed, EWCM disappeared sooner than my temp went up but would day CD20-21 which sounds good for me.
Now to hope my LP is more than 9 days this time! There's always something to move on to next, my philosophy is always to look forward. Like I never think about where I would be in my pregnancy if the loss hadnt happened. Everything happens for a reason.......
Happy Tuesday ladies!

 

[GI_Jane]

Mrs phez, you saying that your most recent scan showed no PCO got me thinking so I looked up to see if pregnancy can reverse PCO/S and there appears to be evidence that it can for a time after the pregnancy has finished. Didn't spend too long looking in to it but that's positive news for making #2.

 

[MrsPhez]

Mrs phez, you saying that your most recent scan showed no PCO got me thinking so I looked up to see if pregnancy can reverse PCO/S and there appears to be evidence that it can for a time after the pregnancy has finished. Didn't spend too long looking in to it but that's positive news for making #2.

Sure is! I'm hoping those cysts don't return for a while. Although it would be quite nice to go back to 3 monthly cycles when I'm done having kids! Hope I'm not tempting fate saying that!
So I saw someone post a link to the peeonastick.com website on another thread. Fascinating stuff. It seems there is a window of 4.5 days between positive OPK testing and temp increase, this was good to find out after my recent concerns.
Are you OPK testing Jane, you did one this month, right, just to see...

 

[GI_Jane]

Mrs phez, you saying that your most recent scan showed no PCO got me thinking so I looked up to see if pregnancy can reverse PCO/S and there appears to be evidence that it can for a time after the pregnancy has finished. Didn't spend too long looking in to it but that's positive news for making #2.

Sure is! I'm hoping those cysts don't return for a while. Although it would be quite nice to go back to 3 monthly cycles when I'm done having kids! Hope I'm not tempting fate saying that!
So I saw someone post a link to the peeonastick.com website on another thread. Fascinating stuff. It seems there is a window of 4.5 days between positive OPK testing and temp increase, this was good to find out after my recent concerns.
Are you OPK testing Jane, you did one this month, right, just to see...

Yep, I did one just to see and that was cd20 for me. I think I will o between cd27 and cd38 so I will do them everyday from a couple days time in the hope of catching it. So I'm definitely trying this cycle but putting less pressure on myself.

Had my first reflexology session today, hope it helps balance out my hormones a bit. The lady said if i keep going, in 4-6 months time she thinks my cycles will be closer to 30 days....but obviously she wants my repeat custom!

How we all feeling? Bobster did af finish? You and I might be in the 2ww together did you get af yet Mlm?

 

[mlm115]

How did you like the reflexology Jane?

Af just came today. It seems like my luteal phase is pretty consistent, since I ovulated exactly 2 weeks ago. I guess that's good to know.

 

[MrsPhez]

How did you like the reflexology Jane?

Af just came today. It seems like my luteal phase is pretty consistent, since I ovulated exactly 2 weeks ago. I guess that's good to know.

That's reassuring mlm! I hope for 14 days LP this time.
I just looked into natural ways to increase progesterone after my short LP last month and vit C was something that was mentioned so I'm taking that with folic acid now.

 

[MrsPhez]

Got a huge temp rise this morning, full degree above my pre-o temps Got there eventually!
Jane, reflexology sounds interesting, I hope things settle earlier than 4-6 months! If she gets you sorted, you'd carry on going anyway wouldnt you? Would you still go when you get your bfp?

 

[bobster]

Mlm thats great that you've got a healthy luteal phase. Mines been 14 days too apart from first one after mc which was 9. You have short cycles too so hopefully you won't have to wait long until your next 2ww.

MrsPhez thats great that you've ovulated! Exciting, Did you manage to jump OH enough?

Jane- which cd are you on now? My af finished, it was completely normal for me which was refreshing after all that cycle craziness after cp! I'm cd 8 and usually o on cd 20 so still have a way to go yet until predicted ovulation (around 21st Jan). Fingers crossed but I'm thinking like you this cycle- going to try and relax as much as possible. Me and OH are hardly bd'ing at the moment so it may take a while to catch on and I don't want to force it again as I get so stressed.

I was thinking of trying reflexology- how often are you having it? Is it expensive? If it works for you I might have a go.

 

[MrsPhez]

Mlm thats great that you've got a healthy luteal phase. Mines been 14 days too apart from first one after mc which was 9. You have short cycles too so hopefully you won't have to wait long until your next 2ww.

MrsPhez thats great that you've ovulated! Exciting, Did you manage to jump OH enough?

Jane- which cd are you on now? My af finished, it was completely normal for me which was refreshing after all that cycle craziness after cp! I'm cd 8 and usually o on cd 20 so still have a way to go yet until predicted ovulation (around 21st Jan). Fingers crossed but I'm thinking like you this cycle- going to try and relax as much as possible. Me and OH are hardly bd'ing at the moment so it may take a while to catch on and I don't want to force it again as I get so stressed.
I was thinking of trying reflexology- how often are you having it? Is it expensive? If it works for you I might have a go.

Ha, no he wasnt up for it this month but I think with good reason (unhealthy December) he has the patience of a saint unlike me! DTD 4 days prior x3 so you never know! Not feeling pregnant though (with my first pregnancy, symptoms were constipation and unbelievable tiredness).
Now having a healthy January so if he refuses next time I will be stressed too! He's trying to give up cigarettes so things are a little strained and he keeps delaying but he's promised by the end of January. I'll believe it when I see it! I hope he does, our little boy will start picking up on it soon enough and I don't want that to happen.
Encouraging aboput your LP after your 9 dayer, really hope I will be in the same position.

 

[GI_Jane]

Hey ladies,

Yes I did like the reflexology thanks. bobster for an hour it is £35. She said ideally I should have it done weekly but she only comes to my work place every other week and since its on site it's convenient for me to do it in my lunch hour. She's also qualified in pregnancy massage! So if I do get a bfp I would still like to go and get some relaxation of some kind.

Bobster I am cd 23 and have negative opk's so far. I'm planning plenty of bd'ing at the weekend with pre-seed to help them swimmers stick around a bit longer for when I do o which I think will during next week.

Mrs phez, yey, for your temp rise.

Bobster, will you SMEP this cycle?

Mlm, pleased you got your LP of 14 days, one less thing to worry about

Do you guys believe in fortune tellers? A few years ago I had my future read and he said I will have miscarriages. Well obviously that did come true but I distinctly remember him saying it in the plural and I've only had one mc so far...so as much as I feel hopeful that I will get a bfp again I can't picture me holding my baby in my arms. Me and oh talked about Ivf the other day (should it ever be decided that we need it) and we decided we wouldn't put ourselves through it.

How far would you go to TTC, would you consider Ivf or adopting or do you just not think about it?

Sorry, I've posted far too much...time for dinner.

 

[mlm115]

I had a psychic tell me once that I needed to take self defense classes- haven't found out why yet! I hope miscarriages (plural) is not in your future. I've thought about "what if" scenarios (ivf, adoption, etc) but haven't really gone deep into it. I'm still positive it will happen soon. I guess I won't be able to make that decision unless I have to.

 

[MrsPhez]

Hey ladies,

Yes I did like the reflexology thanks. bobster for an hour it is £35. She said ideally I should have it done weekly but she only comes to my work place every other week and since its on site it's convenient for me to do it in my lunch hour. She's also qualified in pregnancy massage! So if I do get a bfp I would still like to go and get some relaxation of some kind.

Bobster I am cd 23 and have negative opk's so far. I'm planning plenty of bd'ing at the weekend with pre-seed to help them swimmers stick around a bit longer for when I do o which I think will during next week.

Mrs phez, yey, for your temp rise.

Bobster, will you SMEP this cycle?

Mlm, pleased you got your LP of 14 days, one less thing to worry about

Do you guys believe in fortune tellers? A few years ago I had my future read and he said I will have miscarriages. Well obviously that did come true but I distinctly remember him saying it in the plural and I've only had one mc so far...so as much as I feel hopeful that I will get a bfp again I can't picture me holding my baby in my arms. Me and oh talked about Ivf the other day (should it ever be decided that we need it) and we decided we wouldn't put ourselves through it.

How far would you go to TTC, would you consider Ivf or adopting or do you just not think about it?

Sorry, I've posted far too much...time for dinner.

Jane, it's all a load of mumbo jumbo if you ask me (science geek here again). Anyone could predict that as m/c is so common so I wouldnt worry about it.
I am lucky to have one son so IVF would not be something we would pursue but I love the idea of giving a child a much needed home through adoption if we couldnt have another, from a war torn country perhaps. Brangelina style, only not so many!