light hearted ttc

[hello_kitty]

using the bathroom was one of the symptoms for me both times!

 

[mzswizz]

Well this will be my first cycle making it to 14dpo after the starting the meds. So now im just waiting to see.

 

[AC1987]

I think i saw a FAINT line.. but I can't be sure.

I wish you'd test today but yes I know what you mean about getting your hopes up... that disappointed feeling is hard to manage after a while.

 

[ricschick]

lots of cm was my symptom with this pregnancy and my last!! good luck Patrice I really hope this is your month!!!!

 

[mzswizz]

Thanks ladies. Well im pretty sure i used the bathroom 3 times already and i want to test but im just going to test in the morning with FMU. But thats if AF doesnt arrive today.

Im 14dpo and when i took my first temp, it was around 97.39 i think but i discarded that temp because i woke up to go to the bathroom at 4:44am and i usually take my temp at 5:15am so i was only laying down for 30 mins. after i got my 3 1/2 hours of sleep, i took my temp and its still low but a little higher than the first temp. My temp ended up being 97.61 now. AF still hasnt showed so far so im guessing that's a good thing . And im not on the progesterone so i know its not that which is delaying AF. So time will tell i guess. My nipples still hurt which is weird because usually nipples hurt and then my temp drops and then AF appears. But it has been a few days of lower temps and still nothing. Also, im still having that thick, creamy white cm. Usually, it starts drying up when AF is on its way. So we shall see.

 

[mzswizz]

AF has officially arrived. Onto Clomid cd5-9, trigger shot & IUI.

 

[AC1987]

awww I'm sorry...

 

[magicwhisper]

 

[mzswizz]

Thanks ladies. At first I was totally bummed. But DH wants to use preseed during this cycle along with the IUI and also he goes in for his SA on thursday while he takes a break from work so we are determined to get a bfp. But we have agreed that if IUI conceives the first child and we have a rainbow baby, then the next time we ttc, we are going to try naturally instead of IUI etc.

 

[ricschick]

ah bam it sorry Patrice xxx

 

[mzswizz]

dh and I decided that once again we are not doing the IUI, this time, if DH's SA is good then we will use PreSeed and timed intercourse and then if this is a no go then we know that we have used all our own options and IUI is the only option. We want to try to make it as normal as possible. It was hard for DH the first time to give the sample so I can just imagine how its going to be with the IUI. BUT if DH's SA comes out bad then we will do the IUI.

 

[AC1987]

awww well its something that you both need to agree on, I am sure it is really frustrating and hard to go through

 

[hello_kitty]

I'm sorry Patrice. I really thought this was it for you given the symptoms that you had. I heard pre seed is pretty good so hopefully you can get your bfp that way.

Afm, I am pretty upset right now. This is going to be a pretty long vent to bare with me ladies. My sibs called me this morning and asked me if I wanted to meet them at the mall that is like 1 minute of driving from my house. I was like "why not". So today I put Zachary down for a nap at around 2:30 because I didnt know what time they were going to be there. We were in the middle of napping when I heard banging at the door and it was my brothers. They said I didnt pick up my phone so they came to get me. Of course they woke up Zachary and I couldnt get him to go back to sleep so we headed out. I was super chilly out and this is the part that pisses me off. They woke up my baby, parking was a mess, had to carry my baby in the cold and when I got in there they decided to leave 15 minutes later. I'm not even kidding. They wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese, for those who dont live in the US, its like a kids fun place.

I told them I'm not going to go because they said they're going to be leaving chuck e cheese at around 6 pm and that would mean I would have to drive back to my house and pick and dh later because he gets off at 10 pm. My brothers wanted to sleepover but they didnt want to miss out on the chuck e cheese so they persuaded me to go and then they can come back with me. I said no because I dont know what there is to do after my mom leaves. So my younger brother was talking to my other brother and said "we cant stay at lily's house" and my other brother was like "she doesnt want us there anyways so thats ok". I confronted him and he tried to deny sayign that but hey im not deaf. I'm more than happy to have them sleep over but I dont want to go to the stupid chuck e cheese place.

When we got in the elevator they started being all loud and screaming and clapping (typical teenager style) which upset Zachary. He started crying and they were still acting like elephants and my mom didnt say a word. SO pretty much Zachary's grumpiness got to me because he cried every time someone tried to get near him and they called him a cry baby and my mom was like "whats wrong with him?" I told her its cuz his sleep was interrupted cuz they banged on the door.

So that was my family problems. On a side note, my husband told my MIL about me being pregnant again last night and she revealed to us that his sister was also pregnant around the same time as me. I dont know why but I got a little upset because I dont feel our news is exciting or special anymore. Also I have the nt scan at my next appointment so I am stressing out. Hope the number will be ok. So now I have to deal with a grumpy baby until his bed time since I dont want to put him back down for a nap at this hour only because of a 15 minute stroll at the mall. And I am gaining too much weight with this pregnancy 2 lbs in 2 weeks (sigh).

 

[mzswizz]

Ashley-yes im just trying to do it as natural as possible because i dont want dh to feel like he isnt "equipped" to naturally conceive. If his SA is good, then we will just try one more time with preseed this cycle, dh has already planned to purchase it on the 15th and if his SA doesnt come out well, then we will do the IUI. I've actually read about the preseed on their actual website and ive been telling dh that i think my body is killing off his sperm which therefore results in me not getting pregnant. I dont even really get the fertile cm like most women get so im just hoping this works.

kitty-so sorry you had to go through that. what a day. And ive been to chuck e cheese...by force as i got older and its not fun once you are of age and think differently about the games. So i understand where you are coming from.

 

[hello_kitty]

Patrice I understand how you feel about going natural. You did get pregnant before right? Maybe its just having to find the right method.

I dont mind going to chuck e cheese. I can even have a good time there its just that the timing doesnt work thats why I cant go and they got upset with me cuz they think I was givign them an attitude.

 

[mzswizz]

Yes, i have gotten pregnant before naturally so now i think if we use preseed because i have found out that Clomid makes your cm hostile that we shall be on our way to a bfp. Oh and im not temping this month.

 

[hello_kitty]

Good luck Patrice!

 

[mzswizz]

thanks kitty.

 

[AC1987]

Lily, dont even get me started on sibling issues omg.. I'm having a crazy time with my younger sis.
Lets just put it that she is blaming me for ruining her vacation, because she sprung it on me mid day yesterday that they needed to spend the night at our house, only we were at my in laws I mean they were supposed to be flying to miami to catch there cruise. blaaahh so now its MY fault that there vacation is a mess because they chose to drive instead of fly.
and I've lost sleep and tears over this and I'm trying not to stress over it anymore.

And I too am unhappy when someone messes with cassidys schedule like THEY dont hafta deal with her upset I do.. so unless they will take over taking care of her they dont dare mess up her schedule LOL
And I put my foot down to waking her from a nap. you should too

 

[mzswizz]

Hope you ladies have better days to look forward to.

Im cd2 and seems like this AF is not as heavy as my normal ones. Which is a good thing. Also, the cramping has went away. After calculating everything, Ive realized that this cycle is the last cycle we will be able to ttc with until DH returns home from deployment. So if i get a bfp then great!! DH will be back when im around 7 months pregnant but if im not, then im going to stop the Clomid and most likely go on a low dose birth control or the depo shot so i dont deal with my painful AFs while DH is away. This cycle, there will be no temping. I will just input when we dtd and when i get the trigger shot etc like i normally do..i just wont involve any temps. Also, we are going to purchase preseed the day of my follicle scan and hopefully trigger shot. Ive read the directions and instructions on how to use it so i am excited to try it. Also, DH is having his SA on Thursday. If the results come back great, then its timed intercourse after trigger shot, if not then its IUI. At first, I kept pushing IUI on him because I just want results right now but ive realized that I put him in a pressured state of mind and so i actually thought about everything and just relaxed and compromised. If this cycle fails then we have no other choice but to do the IUI. So im just hoping we get a result this time around because i think it would be awesome to be able to conceive naturally like we have done before. But we shall see.