LTTTC, want to be buddies?

[babyjla]

BH2010, Okay yeah I thought you had said that you also had PCOS. You get your cycles regularly? I mean maybe not EVERY month, but like atleast every month and a half or two months? I used to get mine every other month, but now I just dont know. Before I took Provera, I hadn't gotten AF in 5 months. My DR told me the Provera should help regulate my cycles, atleast for a few months. But of course, still no sign of AF. I have made an appt to see him on the 30th to see whats going on. I hope I get good news!

jeoestreich, Are you still having symptoms? Or have they gone away? I'm still having symptoms and no sign of AF. I did test again yesterday and it was Negative, so I'm not sure whats going on. I guess it could be my hormone levels, but like I just said I've got an appt for my DR to see whats going on. Hopefully we'll get good news!

 

[BH2010]

My cycles are around 35 to 41 days on my own but no ovulation. That must have been so frustrating going 5 months without AF. That sucks you're still getting negative HPT's. Hopefully your appt on the 30th is good news!

We've been TTC 17 months and I have only ovulated 8 months out of the 17. And those were the months I used either Clomid, Vitex or Soy. So really we've only had 8 chances. I'm still waiting for the specialist to get back to me with an appt. Its been a week since I got the referral. Not sure why it would be taking so long.

 

[jeoestreich]

My boobs feel fuller to me and even my hubby commented on it. I still have mood swings, major heartburn. The new thing is horrible hip pain. If I sit too long, my hips kill me.

 

[babyjla]

Oh okay, gotcha. Well, this was my first round of Clomid. And yes, it was very strange not seeing AF for 5 months. I knew I wasn't pregnant, but I waited and waited and finally just took Provera to make AF come. Hmmm, maybe you should call the specialist. My DR never answers my calls haha. I definitely need to find a new one! Whats really hard this time around is I know I did ovulate, so there is a chance we caught the egg. I can't think of any other reason why I wouldn't get a period if I DID ovulate, plus with the symptoms its all very convincing. I mean, since I did ovulate I'm pretty sure my body would know to get rid of the old egg and stuff, although last time I waited five months for it to shed the old lining. So who knows. Hopefully my DR appt will bring me good news! Got another 2 weeks til then though! By then if I am preggers, I'll be 9 weeks along. I wonder if the DR can tell by a physical if you are preggy?

jeoestreich, Wow that sucks about the hip pain. I haven't had any of that. I've been trying to cut back on caffeine and stuff since there's a possibility that I am. Nothing seems to fill me up. Are you having a lot of hunger? I eat constantly! But I get a lot of heartburn too. Thats the worst thing. I live with tums by my side now, and I never used to get heartburn. I'm tellin ya, if this aint it I'm gettin put in the asylum and getting me some acid reflux meds too! haha.

 

[jeoestreich]

The constantly being hungry just started yesterday. It seems like I can eat and eat and eat. I don't but it seems like I could. I normally have some heartburn but it has been super bad lately. And it seems like with everything I eat I get heartburn now. I have start taking Zantac first thing when I get up because of it.

 

[babyjla]

Oh okay. I started getting hungry like 4 days after I ovulated. And it hasn't gone away yet lol. I have gained 3lbs since then, which I guess isn't horrible lol. I figured I would have gained like 15lbs or so. But nope. I just eat some tums when I get heartburn, I seem to be getting it all the time too. But I do know that tums are a great source of calcium and thats really good for a baby and they are safe to take when pregnant so I'll stick with those lol. Well, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

 

[dodgercpkl]

Awe BH2010, I'm so sorry!! I can't remember, do you also have PCOS? Welll maybe this month is your month! That would be a nice Christmas surprise!! I'm hoping that if I am I will get to tell everyone at Christmas time! I'll be 13 weeks then and barely out of the high risk miscarriage zone. But I want to get a bib for everyone in my family that says something like "I heart grandma" or "Auntie loves me" ya know. And let them all unwrap the gifts at the same time. I think it'd be fun! My entire family is so anxious for me and my hubby to have a little one, and they don't know that we are trying. So it will be a HUGE surprise.

I love that idea for telling the family! We are thinking that we'll get my parents t-shirts that say something similar (though since we live with my folks, I have a feeling that my mom might know before me. lol), but for my in-laws we might follow more of a Dutch tradition but with a twist! The tradition that my DH grew up with is to prepare a rounded toast like bread cracker thing with pink/white or blue/white sprinkles on top. Here's an excerpt from a Dutch lady's site:

during baby visitations, family and friends are offered with the beschuit met muisjes” [toasted, thick, and round biscuits smeared with butter and topped with sugar coated anise seeds] by the parents. If it’s a girl, the muisjes will be in pink and white colors, and if it’s a boy, it will be in blue and white.

And a picture: https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/740/512/320/beschuit%20muisjes.jpg

Anyway, we'd get the stuff (we can get it at a local store) and take a picture of it and send it to my in-laws.

BH2010, Okay yeah I thought you had said that you also had PCOS. You get your cycles regularly? I mean maybe not EVERY month, but like atleast every month and a half or two months? I used to get mine every other month, but now I just dont know. Before I took Provera, I hadn't gotten AF in 5 months. My DR told me the Provera should help regulate my cycles, atleast for a few months. But of course, still no sign of AF. I have made an appt to see him on the 30th to see whats going on. I hope I get good news!

That's frustrating isn't it! I've been without a natural period since coming off my bc in June of 2010. It's HUGELY frustrating. My OB has me on prometrium to start my cycles, and my endo has me on metformin to help get my cycles back in shape, control my insulin resistance/pcos, and lose weight. So far, I do think it's working. It's looking a lot like I might have actually ovulated this cycle which would mean that I should get my period in a couple weeks! Well... or what I'm REALLY hoping for which is ofc a bfp.

 

[babyjla]

dodgercpkl: Thats neat! I never thought of doing anything with food lol. I'm going to be put on metformin after I have a cycle, or if I am preggy then after the baby comes. The doc told me it will help with the hormones and make me lose my extra weight lol. Its just aggravating because I know I did ovulate. And now I'm having all these symptoms and negative tests! Have you been TTC since June 2010?

 

[dodgercpkl]

dodgercpkl: Thats neat! I never thought of doing anything with food lol. I'm going to be put on metformin after I have a cycle, or if I am preggy then after the baby comes. The doc told me it will help with the hormones and make me lose my extra weight lol. Its just aggravating because I know I did ovulate. And now I'm having all these symptoms and negative tests! Have you been TTC since June 2010?

Yeah we have been, but with no ovulation, I'm not sure you can classify it as true ttc! I had a period brought on by provera in October 2010, and then nothing again until I switched ob's and she put me on prometrium every 6 weeks if I'm not pregnant and don't start my period on my own (that was in June 2011). I've had 3 periods since then, and all of them have been brought on by prometrium.

I do think that the metformin has been working for me though. I think it (and the low gi diet that I've been on) have really helped me lose the 40+ pounds that I've lost since june 2011. I also noted a bit of spotting last cycle which was at the time that a period should have been coming. It didn't actualize into a full period, and I ended up taking another round of prometrium to start my current cycle, but it was the first bleeding that I'd had on my own since June 2010, so I do think my body was trying to do it's job. I credit the metformin (and weight loss) for that.

Hopefully it will work even better for you since you are ovulating on your own already! When did you ovulate? I'm rooting for good things for you!!!

 

[babyjla]

Thanks And Ditto! But I actually have to take clomid to ovulate. Me and my hubby were trying for quite some time and finally I found an OBGYN that could figure out what was going on. I have PCOS, so I had to take Provera to have a cycle (as I hadn't had one in 5 months) and then I took clomid. So I did my OPK's and I did ovulate, and so far no AF!! And lots of symptoms. But all neg tests. If I am preggy I am 7 weeks on tuesday, so I'm not sure why I wouldnt be getting a positive test. Although I have heard that PCOS will effect a test, so thats what I'm hoping it is. But thats where we are now, waiting for my DR appt on the 30th to find out whats going on!

 

[dodgercpkl]

Ahhh! Ok, I haven't started clomid yet. I just got the prescription for it for next cycle if this one doesn't bring any joy. The fun thing is that it's looking like I might have ovulated on my own this month, so I've got my fingers all kinds of crossed that that is the case!

I've heard the same thing about pcos and tests (including opks) so I'm really really hoping that your body is being slow to give up the secret that you are pregnant!

 

[babyjla]

Ohhhh thats so exciting! I really wanted to ovulate on my own without the Clomd, but if thats how its gotta be then thats how its gotta be! What day of your cycle are you on? When can you test? I really hope so too, and a BIG part of me believes thats what it is. Because my breasts are sore a good bit, which never happens unless I'm JUST rolling out of bed lol, I have been getting heartburn like crazy. I never get heartburn. I have been SOO hungry, and only gained a few pounds. I figured I'd gained like 15lbs by now with the way I'm eating. But nope, only 4lbs. My husband says I've been real short fused and kind of crabby lately lol, and he thinks its all soooo funny because he REALLY wants a baby too. Plus the bloating, occasional more frequent headaches, and my sense of smell is impeccable. I can smell EVERYTHING. My biggest fear is just that I want it so badly I'm making myself THINK I am, and causing all these things. But I know I ovulated, and I havent gotten AF. So who knows!!

 

[dodgercpkl]

You just spoke every single one of my fears of symptom spotting! lol I'm noting them down only so that I can keep track of things that might be related to other things like the metformin or something, but I'm having pretty much all of the symptoms you mentioned except the sore breasts and eating. But I'm having (sorry probably tmi) diarrhea (more then usual these last few days), so who knows.

I'm on CD16 right now, and with today's temp, my crosshairs on FF moved from cd11 back to cd10. cd10 was the day it originally gave me crosshairs on when the crosshairs first appeared. Other then the fact that I have one weird temp before that, I definitely do see 2 distict temp trends on my chart. I wish I knew how to share my chart.... lol FF tells me that I should test on the 30th which is 4 days after it tells me my period should show up.

I agree on that whatever it takes idea. lol I'd like to O on my own as well, but if this is a fluke and isn't right, then I'll gladly go ahead with clomid to get pregnant.

It sucks that pretty much everyone of the symptoms can be attributed to something else doesn't it? Ugh. I'm hoping that all those symptoms are pointing towards pregnancy with you though!!!

 

[babyjla]

Thanks! I hope so too! But I think its pretty common for everyone to fear that they are imagining it, especially when they really want it. I had diarrhea the first two weeks after ovulating too. So that kinda threw me off cause most women say they get constipated, but not me. But then again, my best friend had diarrhea when she first got preggy too, so it is possible. Well, hopefully for you this will be you're lucky time also. I go to the DR on the 30th lol, so I guess we'll both be finding out around the same time

 

[dodgercpkl]

Thanks! I hope so too! But I think its pretty common for everyone to fear that they are imagining it, especially when they really want it. I had diarrhea the first two weeks after ovulating too. So that kinda threw me off cause most women say they get constipated, but not me. But then again, my best friend had diarrhea when she first got preggy too, so it is possible. Well, hopefully for you this will be you're lucky time also. I go to the DR on the 30th lol, so I guess we'll both be finding out around the same time

Hah!! That would be awesome if we both were able to have good news to post!

 

[babyjla]

Haha, yeahh! And right in time for Christmas! It's sooo hard not to tell everyone I know! I just want to tell the world! I've been taking prenatals and stuff and I was almost out so we went to walmart last night to get some, and I REALLY wanted some pistachio ice cream. So our item list contained tums (THE REALLY BIG BOX), ice cream, and prenatal vitamins. The lady at the register thought it was funny haha. But yes, that would be awesomeeee! And it would be RIGHT IN TIME for Christmas for both of us. Ohhhh, FINGERS CROSSED!!

 

[dodgercpkl]

Mmmmm icecream! I can't wait for you to find out!! I'm honestly not sure that I'll be able to keep myself from shouting it out to the world if I do finally get my bfp. I think it likely that my joyous shout will ring around the world and cause a LOT of people to wonder what the heck that was.

 

[Sammylou2905]

Hi everyone, I have been ttc for nearly two years and I am looking for someone to buddy with. Everyone I know has no trouble at all ttc, but for me with pcos its a lot harder. I believe I ovulated this month around oct 14-oct16th. I have had an increase in appetite since then, which is making me think im crazy haha. Anyone in the same boat???

I'll be your buddy too

Been ttc for over 3 years, just about to get referred for clomid and yes i too have the dreaded pcos!
x

 

[babyjla]

dodgercpkl, I think its going to be the same way for me lol. My husbands already telling everyone at work THIS MIGHT BE ITTTTT! Hahaha, he can't help himself! Which I can't blame him. We almost got busted yesterday. We've told my sister in law because she is a medical assistant and just recently had a baby. So on the way home from the Carolina game we were talking about heartburn, and I've been getting heartburn since 3dpo. So she says, "You knowwww, that could be a sign too!" And I was like OMG! BLOW IT! haha. She didnt know we hadn't told anyone in the family, but they all know I have PCOS, and I've made it pretty clear we can't afford clomid. So I'm hoping we're okay, but his mother in law is a vulture and she DOES NOT want us to have a baby yet. She wants us to wait til we're like 30, and I don't want that. So I'm trying to save myself the stress for the first 3 months and just tell her after the higher risk of miscarriage is gone. But we'll see what tonight brings because we have to go over there for dinner

Sammylou, WELCOME! You've been TTC for 3 yrs and they haven't given you Clomid yet?!?! Thats crazy! Have you been trying other fertility methods? Isn't PCOS a bitch. Ughhh, I wouldn't wish it on anyone!

 

[dodgercpkl]

@babyjla - Awww... sorry your MIL is being like that. You find out soon right? Less then 2 weeks? Oh I really hope it is! And yeah, I can totally understand you not wanting to wait if both you and your hubby are ready. I'm sitting here at 36 and hoping I get pregnant before I hit 40!!

Welcome Sammylou! I've been trying for 1.5 years and just got my prescription for clomid as well. What other things have you tried so far? When did you discover the pcos?

OOoooo! I have possible news! I'm cross posting this in a lot of areas, but I'm pretty excited for the possibilities!

Ok now I'm really symptom spotting! I just went to the bathroom and when I glanced at my wipe, there was a tiny bit of bright red spotting! With that dip and raise in temp, I'm having a hard time NOT thinking that it could be implantation! Oooooohhhh I hope so! The timing would be right from what I can read. Please please please please let this be implantation!