I've got my anti-witch spray!

[giraffes]

Hello Fisttimer - welcome back. I can't imagine what you're going through right now, we're so blessed to have the nhs here so at least we don't have to worry about money as well as the normal TTC stresses. Good luck tomorrow, hopefully this will be your month.

Leia - I love the image of you sneaking off into the woods for a bit of action!! Definitely puts the fun back into TTC.

AFM - bleurgh, I'm still spotting, but at least my ultrasound is tomorrow. I'm torturing myself over the fact that I might be pregnant despite the fact that I know the chances are so low. It really doesn't help that my mum did a pregnancy test when she was 8 - 10 weeks pregnant with me and it was negative so I wind myself up thinking that maybe its genetic!! I'm so emotional today, I keep bursting into tears over the smallest things. Bleurgh. And to top it all off, I can't imagine that spotting for 15 days straight would be the healthiest start to a pregnancy anyway. Bleurgh!!

 

[wishnhoping]

1sttimmer- Welcome back! I am so sorry to hear about all your struggles. I will pray for you that the IVF wont be needed and this is it for you! How long have you been trying?

Giraffes- I cant help but get a little excited for you that this could be it so I can jsut imagine that oyu are a big ball of nerves over there. You better log in tomorrow and let us know what they say!!! Fingers crossed for you

Linz- lol ah the good ole sunday nap hehe...

AFM- I am cd9 prob will O next weekend but have started testing with my OPKs just in case its earlier. My plan is to BD every other day starting from yesterday, and then every day for 3 days after +...thats the SMEP right? Anyways we did BD yesterday but not sure if DH finished. Truthfully we were both pretty intoxicated so thats why I dont remember..Im a steelers fan and that game was pretty brutal to watch and the beer just went down a little too easy..oopsie. At least the BD was fun...DH said hes in a lot of pain today though (he needs his gallbladder out and BD aggravates it ) so I doubt we will BD anytime soon....just gonna keep trying to make it a spur off the moment thing (in his eyes) so he doesnt stress and hope we get the timing right

 

[linz143]

Firsttimer - fx'd for you this month my dear! I can't imagine how stressful that would be, but know I'm sending you my PMA and hoping for the best.

Giraffes - Please let us know tomorrow how the scan goes! Hopefully it's just a sticky bean getting snuggly, but I know I wouldn't want to get my hopes up either till I knew for sure.

AFM - Woke up this morning to a slight temp increase. Did have some ovary pain last night but nothing like usual, so I can't tell if it was actual ov or just a fake out before the real thing. Guess I will know for sure by whether or not I get any horrid pain by the end of the day. If not, then I suppose it was yesterday and just one of the least painful months I've experienced since going off birth control.

So after our "nap" yesterday, I was laying in bed with my hips on a pillow and DH was getting dressed and headed for the computer. I told him I'd join him in the office in a few minutes and his (joking) response was, "Oh no, you stay laying down until there's a baby in there."
Me: "So you're saying you don't want dinner?"
DH: "Oh hmm... (thoughtful pause). Ok, you're only allowed to get up to either make me food or if there's a baby in there. That's your only options."
Me: "Uh huh..."

Then he got back on the bed, put his head on my stomach and started talking to his sperm. I was laughing so hard and he told me I wasn't allowed to laugh either cause I was going to push them all out! It was pretty hilarious. Thought you guys would find it funny, too.

 

[wishnhoping]

Awww Linz thats so cute

 

[linz143]

Men are so weird. I don't understand. Sometimes they're totally into the process and want to joke about it and participate in it and then at other times they want to know nothing, don't want to bd, and then talk about how you're pressuring them too much. I just feel really lucky our timing was perfect this month, because it easily could have gone the other way if he kept his bad mood that he had when he came home from work on Saturday.

 

[leia37]

firsttimer - iui good luck with the iui. fingers are crossed for you.

Giraffes - good luck tomorrow, fingers crossed for you too. let us know how you get on.

Linz - lol

AFM - opks came today. only internet cheapies. Looks like it was positive, poas about 2ish so now i'm confused. would that fit in with me thinking i would ovulate around wednesday? today is cd12. but then does that also mean i've missed the window bding yesterday afternoon and not being able to again until friday night. Do i keep doing the opks until they become negative again? can you ovulate whilst opks are positive or do you generally ovulate after they start becoming negative again? I guess it wouldnt work to well this month as i wasnt able to do them early enough to see an increase into positive? Very confusing.

 

[linz143]

AFM - opks came today. only internet cheapies. Looks like it was positive, poas about 2ish so now i'm confused. would that fit in with me thinking i would ovulate around wednesday? today is cd12. but then does that also mean i've missed the window bding yesterday afternoon and not being able to again until friday night. Do i keep doing the opks until they become negative again? can you ovulate whilst opks are positive or do you generally ovulate after they start becoming negative again? I guess it wouldnt work to well this month as i wasnt able to do them early enough to see an increase into positive? Very confusing.

Hey leia - So I was watching a fertility specialist answer questions on youtube, and he said the best time to bd was actually the day before an OPK turns +. he was encouraging women to not wait until the opk turns + because if you catch it toward the end of your surge and then ovulate immediately after, the bd may not have any effect.

Also, I've heard that once you get your first +, there is no need to keep testing. You can get +s for a few days later just depending on how quickly your body metabolizes the LH surge. OR it could fade out in 12 hours. Either way, knowing how long the LH surge lasts in your urine doesn't tell you anything as to when you will ovulate. They say the OPK turns + 12-36 hours before you ovulate but it can turn + up to 48 hours before if you catch it right in the beginning.

I did a test Saturday morning at 7 am and it was negative. At 1 pm it was blaring +, so I know I caught it right at the beginning. 31 hours later on sunday night I was having ov pains and then had a slight rise in temp this morning.

Basically, if you don't know whether or not it was + yesterday or not you don't know where in the surge you caught it. I would say that means you will ov anywhere from tonight thru wednesday!

 

[gemmy]

Hi ladies, good luck with the opks! I did start the bd before the surge as well as during and after with a hope that I have caught it. I am currently half way through my 2ww and getting ready to spray that antiwitch potion....Fxed for all you lovely ladies, enjoy your baby dancing

 

[firsttimer30]

1sttimmer- Welcome back! I am so sorry to hear about all your struggles. I will pray for you that the IVF wont be needed and this is it for you! How long have you been trying?

Giraffes- I cant help but get a little excited for you that this could be it so I can jsut imagine that oyu are a big ball of nerves over there. You better log in tomorrow and let us know what they say!!! Fingers crossed for you

Linz- lol ah the good ole sunday nap hehe...

AFM- I am cd9 prob will O next weekend but have started testing with my OPKs just in case its earlier. My plan is to BD every other day starting from yesterday, and then every day for 3 days after +...thats the SMEP right? Anyways we did BD yesterday but not sure if DH finished. Truthfully we were both pretty intoxicated so thats why I dont remember..Im a steelers fan and that game was pretty brutal to watch and the beer just went down a little too easy..oopsie. At least the BD was fun...DH said hes in a lot of pain today though (he needs his gallbladder out and BD aggravates it ) so I doubt we will BD anytime soon....just gonna keep trying to make it a spur off the moment thing (in his eyes) so he doesnt stress and hope we get the timing right

Thank you.....we have been trying for a little over 6 months...

 

[leia37]

Thank you Linz, will just have to keep fingers crossed that i ovulate today. I have to say womb feels kind of sore but have none of my usual ovualtion pains. Have covered this weekend anyway Will have to see whether this week brings any other ovulation symptons.

 

[giraffes]

Linz - I love the idea of your oh talking to the sperm

Don't worry I'll be on here as soon as I get back from my scan, but it won't be till late on, it isn't scheduled until 15.30 GMT so if you could all send positive vibes towards the ultrasound suite that would be grand. Hubby was warning me how hard I would find it, as it's in the antenatal unit, so I'll be the only non-pregnant lady surrounded by bumps.

 

[linz143]

Giraffes - ew, good luck on being the only bumpless babe in the lot. However, think of it as your major step toward being one of them. Doing this will certainly bring you closer to your own bump!

Gemmy - I was just reading your ticker and realized that you're 7 dpo, and we alllllll know what that means.... Any implantation symptoms??? Hmmmm?? lol, how's your tww treatin' ya?

 

[gemmy]

hi linz, it is dragging slightly as always. no sign of implantation unfortunately. my tummy is a bit crampy on and off throughout the day, bloated but been like that since ovulation and during previous two 2ww. not holding my breath. if i have no will power i may test at 11dpo on friday but will try to make it to monday.

Have you ovulated now do you think? hope you catch the egg x

good luck giraffe will be thinking of you! x

 

[linz143]

Well good luck! I know it's hard on 7/8 dpo because that's when everyone assumes you'll start seeing symptoms, but the reality of it is more like only 5% of women see any real symptoms by then!

Yes, I'm starting to believe that I ovulated yesterday since I really haven't had any ov pain today. Plus, I've now passed the 48 hours since a +OPK so I'm going to assume it has happened. The only thing that would worry me is if I don't get a huge temp rise tomorrow, but I'm sure I will since I've never geared up to ovulate and then failed to release an egg since I came off bcp.

1 dpo is kind of ho hum since it's too early to SS and I don't want to go into the TWW forum yet. Sometimes it gets a little overwhelming in there with all the test NOW and my nose is running, do you think it's a sign??? I'm in my relaxed happy place atm and not ready for the second half of the TWW yet, if that makes sense? Only thing that is bugging me is killer boob pain atm. Think I'll hide out in here and the TTC forums for the next 5 or 6 days. Minimize the stressful part of it all!

 

[gemmy]

Well good luck! I know it's hard on 7/8 dpo because that's when everyone assumes you'll start seeing symptoms, but the reality of it is more like only 5% of women see any real symptoms by then!

Yes, I'm starting to believe that I ovulated yesterday since I really haven't had any ov pain today. Plus, I've now passed the 48 hours since a +OPK so I'm going to assume it has happened. The only thing that would worry me is if I don't get a huge temp rise tomorrow, but I'm sure I will since I've never geared up to ovulate and then failed to release an egg since I came off bcp.

1 dpo is kind of ho hum since it's too early to SS and I don't want to go into the TWW forum yet. Sometimes it gets a little overwhelming in there with all the test NOW and my nose is running, do you think it's a sign??? I'm in my relaxed happy place atm and not ready for the second half of the TWW yet, if that makes sense? Only thing that is bugging me is killer boob pain atm. Think I'll hide out in here and the TTC forums for the next 5 or 6 days. Minimize the stressful part of it all!

Thanks that statistic makes me feel better about lack of new symptoms. Good that you ovulated - yes that makes sense completely. lol to the runny nose comment! These threads do keep me sane though, I have several I follow but signing on here has got a little obsessive I must admit....must keep busy today! Have a good day

 

[giraffes]

Well that was suitably horrible. Sat in a waiting room full of excited couples, who then come bounding out of the room clutching their scan photos. I swear infertility clinics should be as far away from maternity as it is possible to be. And sharing the same room is just torture. So the abrupt sonographer told me, when I really pushed her, that I was totally normal ovary wise, which I am trying really hard to be positive about. But to be honest I just left the room and burst into tears in the toilets and then cried all the way home. I knew it was a long shot, but if I'm not pregnant then I at least wanted an explanation as to why I am still bleeding with no sign of it stopping.

To cap it all off I asked the receptionist when my HSG was going to be and she said that I hadn't been referred yet and I would need to speak to my consultant tomorrow about it.

It's just not fair, and I know I'm just feeling really sorry for myself but I just want a break from feeling such a failure as a girl.

 

[linz143]

Oh giraffes, you are not a failure as a woman! It is truly unfair to have them seat you in the same area as the pregnant women. Insensitive to say the least. Did they give you any indication of what the problem was? Or they just did the scan and said you could go?

Just know that getting pregnant is not as easy as everyone makes it seems, which is why they won't even see you till you've been trying for a year. Not getting pregnant before then does NOT make you a failure. It makes you normal, my dear. Hang in there. I'm off to the dentist so they can look at my tooth and tell my to get ready for oral surgery. Fun day for us all, I suppose.

 

[giraffes]

Thanks Linz - good luck at the dentist, hope you don't have to have surgery.

She said everything was totally normal, I felt like stamping my feet and telling her it most definitely wasn't normal! Who bleeds for 16 days straight instead of 6 without a cause?! But I decided that wouldnt' help matters and she wasn't really there to find a cause, it was just a coincidence of timing that it was this week as it was part of our overall infertility checks (hubby had his SA this morning).

 

[wishnhoping]

Giraffes- I am so so sorry. How awful that you had to sit there with the preggos I hate when people tell you nothing is wrong when you clearly know that its not normal for your body. Anyways, I have had an experience with extensive bleeding ..I wold bleed for like 3-4 weeks then stop then start again within a couple of days. This went on for a few months. I didnt really think too much of it at the time. I wasnt ttc and it didnt really hurt or anything..just annoying to have my period all the freaking time. I finally got fed up with it and went in to get it checked out. They told me everything looked good and that the constant bleeding must be from burst follicles/cysts (which I am prone to). Thats it...they told me nothing else. I was so pissed. Eventually my cycles got back to normal but nohing was done. I am so sorry its happening to you....hopefully once your dr gets the report they can tell you more

 

[wishnhoping]

PS- You are NOT a failure as a girl!!!! ***HUGS**