Luck of the BFP! Welcome back groupies and wevwelcome new friends!

[goldstns]

mirolee/Emily- I was attempting the SMEP. Can you remind me.... its every other day and once you get a pos OPK its 3 days in a row and 1 day off and 1 last time?

What happens when your every other day is the day before your +OPK, so I should do it for 4 days in a row (day before +OPK and then +OPK day and 2 days after +OPK)?

 

[tryingandhope]

Cassidy- I like that statistic! Thanks for throwing that one out there!

 

[HWPG]

golds it would be like this:
#1: plan: mon-wed-fri. pos opk on wed. bd wed, thurs, fri, sunday
#2: plan: mon-wed-fri. pos opk on thursday. bd thursday, fri, sat, mon --> and since you did it wed, it would end up 4 days in a row (yikes, lots of sex!)

 

[goldstns]

Mirolee- I got a pos on sunday... so then what? (and I did BD on sat and sunday so far)

 

[goldstns]

I think you are saying we should BD tonight (mon), Tues and thur?

 

[TTCaWee1]

Thanks for all the encouragement. I know I probably should wait the whole year like they say but I just want to make sure everything is OK. I'm not looking for any interventions at all except for some blood work and MAYBE a HSG. It took my mom 6 years to get preggo with my older sister and another couple for me. My older sister got pregnant once and had a miscarriage and has had nothing since...that was over 10 years ago. I was on a stimulant for a year and a half up till we started TTC...they said it cancelled out the effectiveness of birth control so we needed to use another form. We did for a short time and then said screw it once I got closer to finishing nursing school. Well nothing ever happened, not even a scare. I know I am probably being overly dramatic thinking that there is something wrong but it is just a feeling I have. I think if anything, maybe a tube blockage. I think my hormone levels are good because my charts look good. Next step is for DH to get a SA but I really don't want to have to put him through that. Funny, when I talked to the office today they were giving me a breakdown of what my insurance covers and said that a SA costs only $14 but my consult will be $59. WTF lol.

Kyla - don't feel out yet. Easier said than done though, I know. Oh and I like your new siggie!

Nikki - I don't have any fun names for mine but I hear a lot through the job....coinpurse, Nancy, pocketbook, rosebud, bud....

PDX - thanks for the info, I'm a little nervous for my appt, but relieved at the same time that they scheduled me and I may get some answers. I think I would feel better if I had at least been pregnant before so I know I can get pregnant. I had a chemical once but I really don't even count it because it was a very faint line and never got darker. I was only 4 days late...

Emily - fx for DH that he gets the job!

 

[HWPG]

you should def tonight, most probably if you can tomorrow. even if you ovulate today or tomorrow, you'll have day-1 and day-2 in your pocket. those are the *best* days.

 

[TTCaWee1]

Oh and as far as SMEP, I ovulate the day of my +OPK so I don't know if that would work for us...would it?

 

[HWPG]

ttc, i am like you - i just want all my ducks in a row, and have never been pregnant so not sure what that means for me/my body/my partner. i cant tell you how relieved and relaxed i've felt since getting our test results back - even the ones with elevated hormone levels (mine) becuase it gave us something to work with. we have also been trying less than a year, but i want all my drs ready to pull the trigger when we say "go". information is knowledge.

 

[HWPG]

ttc, SMEP woudl still work:
#1: plan: mon-wed-fri. pos opk wed. you had sex at day-2 and day 0. great!
#2; plan: mon-wed-fri. pos opk thursday. you had sex at day-1 and day 0. awesome!

 

[tryingandhope]

Rachel- I don't think you're being dramatic about going to see someone at all. I've thought about it too and it's been the same length of time as you. Even though I've been prego before, i often wonder if maybe something is wrong with me and that it has to do with why I lost Kennedy, maybe something about my body can't support a pregnancy anymore. I think if I go another 2 months with nothing, then I will start charting again in preperation for seeing a specialist.
But keep your chin up, i'm here with you all the way, month after month! we are the 'no bump buddies' remember?

I'm so jealous of you guys, God what I would give to have TTC on MY schedule instead of someone else's! (Right Julie?) To be able to try every other day would be a dream!

 

[TTCaWee1]

Thanks Mirolee and Kyla. I'm super emotional right now thanks to AF and bc I'm sitting at the airport headed back to SC I'm excited to see DH but I miss my fam already

 

[tryingandhope]

Aww Rachel, we're here for you . You'll feel better when you see DH, is he picking you up at the airport??

 

[TTCaWee1]

Yeah he is. Oh yeah and we are still no bump buddies but hopefully not for long

 

[goldstns]

Rachel- Lets be honest, I am with you. I couldn't even wait that long. Iv been to the doc already! You girls have waited long enough. If you want information then you deserve information. There is NO problem with getting information!

So some good news, but not getting my hopes up (well I am, but I shouldn't) . I work for the fed gov (USA), but as a contractor. So I don't get the govt benefits. My DH and I have obviously been talking about IVF, since it might be in the future. My BIG scare is the money side of it. Well I just found out today that they are really looking into hiring me and DH in the next year (lots of paperwork to hire us). I looked at the medical plans the fed gov offers and (if I am reading it right) look like there are 2 plans that pay for IVF!!!!!! So that kind of excites me. I hope that we get hired (because its WAY better). I hope that we don't have to do IVF. And I hope if we do have to do IVF it will be covered!

 

[clynn11]

Nikki- that is awesome news!!!!!! How exciting!! Hopefully it doesn't come to that, but if it does you now know you'll be covered!

I honestly was told that a doctor won't even talk about fertility issues unless you've been trying for over a year, have history of miscarriages, or really irregular cycles so I honestly haven't even looked into it. I've always worried about it so maybe i'll go to a doctor just to talk over all of the TTC business and statistics to put my mind at ease.

 

[tryingandhope]

Hah- I went to my regular doc (the GP who was seeing throughout my pregnancy as well as my previous one- been my doc for 10 years) back in late September about TTC (because I was convinced there was somethign wrong with me) and he said 'well do we look at fertility drugs? the only problem with that is the risk of multiples' and i looked at him sideways and said 'i've only been trying for 1 cycle.... if I go another 6 cycles like this then maybe we can talk about that but i'm not worried yet'. And then when I went in February, he offered them up AGAIN and I declined. I was like seriously? Are you really so unconcerned that you would give me fertility drugs just to get another person through your office? Are you that busy?

 

[tryingandhope]

Having some cramps and lower back pain... don't know if this is good or bad.....

 

[overanalyzer]

Hi everyone. I'm back from vacation. It was a very nice get away. Although I kept up with the thread, I didn't comment...I just needed a break. I'm really glad to hear things are starting to look up for everyone. Whether that mean, positive fertitly test results, possilbe job opportunities, or just simply answers from FS's regarding ttc. Sounds like Kyla is the nearest to testing? With some sweet symptoms if I may add.

ASFM, just hanging out. CD 13 I believe. A friend who is like 6 months preggers gave me some of her extra ovulations tests she didn't need anymore so to kill my curiostity I used on of the OPK's this afternoon and was surprised at how dark of a line I got (see pic below). Granted I haven't ever used this type of OPK (First Response), I didn't think I would get as dark a line and I have no other signs or symptoms of O. Tell me if you think that looks like a positive, please. I attached two pictures to see just for shits both taken within time reading limit and right after each other. And then, post to be continued...

 

[goldstns]

Wow Alyssa.def pos. Were you expecting to o? How r u feeling? Get to bding.