Making a Baby

[Kern]

Right? So stressful!

 

[lunamoth]

Hi ladies, joining this forum a bit by surprise -- my husband and I joined the NTNP club this month (I haven't used birth control for three years since a very bad IUD experience, which was more about my personal biology than the IUD itself) ... on Sept 2, CD5, we stopped using the pull out method and just said, what the heck, we'll stop around the time I ovulate, but if nature surprises us then, it's cool.

My cycles have always been all over the place, but one thing has been reliable: I seem to be able to pinpoint (via CM and sudden intense mood swing/libido) when I ovulate. So we felt pretty confident doing the deed without "concern" on CD5, 9, and 13. I even did OPKs for the first time ever, just to get a better understanding of my cycle for when we do start trying in earnest.

I tested every day except CD12, because I ran out that day. Every day was a negative. Then on the morning of CD13, we BD. And then I go to work, pick up a new pack of OPKs, take a test at work. I get a line that isn't positive but stronger than any previous line. I think to myself, aha, perhaps I'm about to ovulate earlier than normal. Fascinating. That afternoon: EWCM. The next day: Negative OPK. And then three more days of negative OPKs.

So I think I may have ovulated early, either on CD12 or 13 ... right when we BD. On the afternoon of CD 13, I had all my normal symptoms of O. (Normally I expect O around CD17 or 18). So I may have inadvertently crashed your TWW party.

So, uh, hi! I'm Luna! I'm excited, and scared out of my freakin' mind!

 

[Disneylovers]

Welcome Lunamoth, Gatecrashers welcome

 

[flyingduster]

Wow, lots of posts to catch up on, but I am babysitting a friends kid right now so I'm distracted and won't try reply to everyone!!

Welcome to the new ones though, this is a fun thread!!

AFM, I'm now at CD 12, n real sign of much yet. I've had some stretchy CM but it's been tinged veeeery slightly brown from AF still!! So I'm not calling it fertile stretchy... My predicted O day from my previous cycles six years ago is to be next week, so I'm still waiting and watching really. I'm happy with my temps at he moment, considering I wake frequently to nurse, and I'm temping orally!!! They are fairly consistently low with only a couple of slightly higher ones, so hopefully I stil show an O spike later.

 

[FTale]

Welcome lunamoth

And oops moment is what made me reconsider wanting to actually ttc again. I ovulated earlier than expected and nervously waited to see if I was preggers. When I wasn't, I realized I wanted to be and Hubby jumped on board with me. FX for you!!!

 

[FTale]

Alright ladies, I need some help here. I've been struggling with fertility matters for over a decade but I am stumped with my body with ttc#2

I got my results back from the scan on Tuesday.

1. Uterus looking normal sized with a 1cm lining.
BUT with 3 intramural fibroids with the biggest being 1.5cm. I only had 2 in Jan. of this year.

2. Right Ovary: simple cyst 2.0 x 1.8 x 1.0cm

3. Left Ovary: simple cyst/dominant follicle 1.8 x 1.5 x 1.4cm

The only thing that I understand is that 1cm lining is good. Everything is questionable. Like why are they both called simple cyst but one is a cyst and dominant follicle but smaller than the other?

Regardless, my doctor got the report and didn't seem too concerned but clearly she didn't read my other scan from Jan. showing only 2 fibroids. Also, the nurse was the one who suggested I make an appt. with my OBGN to get a better understanding of what I personally need to do.

So between now and then I either grew another one fibroid or they simply missed it at my OBGYN's office. I had my recent scan done at an imaging center separate from OBGYN's office.

I just hurt. Lower back, and both ovaries are just bugging me. I'm walking around feeling like they are brushing up against my body as I walk and my bbs are killer. Too much estrogen?

Anyone have any experience with fibroids or cysts?

Edited to add: Feels like both ovaries are trying to release right now...in a ton of pain and my lower area is swelling up. Strangely this happens after my sweet hubby brings me some Pepsi home to drink. I've been staying away from caffeine/sugar but gave up because feel like this cycle is a bust. I guess I just needed to relax and have some Pepsi. But seriously pray that these both don't explode on me...

 

[FTale]

Wow, lots of posts to catch up on, but I am babysitting a friends kid right now so I'm distracted and won't try reply to everyone!!

Welcome to the new ones though, this is a fun thread!!

AFM, I'm now at CD 12, n real sign of much yet. I've had some stretchy CM but it's been tinged veeeery slightly brown from AF still!! So I'm not calling it fertile stretchy... My predicted O day from my previous cycles six years ago is to be next week, so I'm still waiting and watching really. I'm happy with my temps at he moment, considering I wake frequently to nurse, and I'm temping orally!!! They are fairly consistently low with only a couple of slightly higher ones, so hopefully I stil show an O spike later.

Do you normally have many days of fertile cm? How long is your cycle usually?
I had spotting in my ewcm this go around. Totally not normal for me. Your temps do look good and consistent. I think you will see a clear shift for sure.

 

[TaylorK]

Thnks everyone ...so I got my stash!! I didn't test tho as I got them well after my fmu ...but hopefully tomorrow..I'm sooo nervous....

 

[bbygurl719]

How do I post a pic from my phone

 

[Disneylovers]

How do I post a pic from my phone

If you scroll to the bottom of the page and tap the desktop view button, it should give you the options on advanced reply to attach pics, they have file size limits so something like a private photobucket acct may be easier (you want the codes from photobucket)

 

[Disneylovers]

FTale, the cyst I had with DS (corpus litum sp? Aka left over from the egg releasing) felt twingy pains when i o'd but after that it didn't hurt, but it also didn't go away until I was about 7-8wks pregnant I only knew it was there because I had bleeding at 6wks and they found it on a scan. I want to say it was 1.1-1.3cm it was gone by the time I had my dating scan with my OB

 

[bbygurl719]

Thank you trying to post my opks since I had the inplanon removed

 

[Bay Blonde]

Ok folks, here's my daily update again. I just finished 5 DPO. My boobs on the underside and top are still sore. The bloating has subsided some, as I have eaten more veggies and less salt the past couple of days. I just took my last Bromelain dose for the cycle and I am going to hold out until my period is due to test, since I have been wrong before in the past. FTale, my boobs normally are not sore past ovulation. I have had ovulation pain before on the day my egg released in past years, but not recently. I had a tiny amount of cream discharge this afternoon. So we will just have to wait and see. My next question is, would you like me to tell my news here either way or post to another forum and post a link for you to follow? I don't want to offend anyone here, so I'm leaving it up to all of you novices to decide.

Catch you all on the flip side!

 

[FTale]

FTale, the cyst I had with DS (corpus litum sp? Aka left over from the egg releasing) felt twingy pains when i o'd but after that it didn't hurt, but it also didn't go away until I was about 7-8wks pregnant I only knew it was there because I had bleeding at 6wks and they found it on a scan. I want to say it was 1.1-1.3cm it was gone by the time I had my dating scan with my OB

Thank you for sharing. I think what I had was definitely holding the egg and I hope that it doesn't get left now that the egg is out.

Did it hurt when you started bleeding? Was it the cyst or your progesterone drying up? Did your doc put you on progesterone? Sorry for all the questions.

Thank you trying to post my opks since I had the inplanon removed

Did you try again? Or was it a post for some place else. I needed a pic distraction and was just waiting and waiting..LOL

Ok folks, here's my daily update again. I just finished 5 DPO. My boobs on the underside and top are still sore. The bloating has subsided some, as I have eaten more veggies and less salt the past couple of days. I just took my last Bromelain dose for the cycle and I am going to hold out until my period is due to test, since I have been wrong before in the past. FTale, my boobs normally are not sore past ovulation. I have had ovulation pain before on the day my egg released in past years, but not recently. I had a tiny amount of cream discharge this afternoon. So we will just have to wait and see. My next question is, would you like me to tell my news here either way or post to another forum and post a link for you to follow? I don't want to offend anyone here, so I'm leaving it up to all of you novices to decide.

Catch you all on the flip side!

Oh, no, please, post away!! We are all here to see each other through ttc. A bfp is a very important part of it ...lol

And did you mean novices?? I didn't understand how that part.

 

[FTale]

It took all night but I OVULATED!!

I tossed an turned and took care of my daughter on and off but ultimately at about 3am I woke up with that horrible release feeling (said to be of blood in the abdomen coming out with the egg). I am waddling around better now but that was the most intense ovulation I have ever had. And my temp shot up like crazy.

There is only one thing to do now OH wait, more like find a cup and hunt hubby down as I'm still on task to clear up the annoying UTI which by the way does not hurt anymore or cause my pee to smell foul. But I'm not going through that again.

I'm betting this egg has plans on being a boy. Let's catch it

 

[OilyMamma]

Ok folks, here's my daily update again. I just finished 5 DPO. My boobs on the underside and top are still sore. The bloating has subsided some, as I have eaten more veggies and less salt the past couple of days. I just took my last Bromelain dose for the cycle and I am going to hold out until my period is due to test, since I have been wrong before in the past. FTale, my boobs normally are not sore past ovulation. I have had ovulation pain before on the day my egg released in past years, but not recently. I had a tiny amount of cream discharge this afternoon. So we will just have to wait and see. My next question is, would you like me to tell my news here either way or post to another forum and post a link for you to follow? I don't want to offend anyone here, so I'm leaving it up to all of you novices to decide.

Catch you all on the flip side!

POST HERE! dont leave us hanging lol. No one will be offended. We are here to support each other. BFPS make us all happy even when they arent our own

 

[OilyMamma]

It took all night but I OVULATED!!

I tossed an turned and took care of my daughter on and off but ultimately at about 3am I woke up with that horrible release feeling (said to be of blood in the abdomen coming out with the egg). I am waddling around better now but that was the most intense ovulation I have ever had. And my temp shot up like crazy.

There is only one thing to do now OH wait, more like find a cup and hunt hubby down as I'm still on task to clear up the annoying UTI which by the way does not hurt anymore or cause my pee to smell foul. But I'm not going through that again.

I'm betting this egg has plans on being a boy. Let's catch it

How the heck do you guys know when you ovulate! I have paid so much attention to my body the last couple years and have yet to feel ovulation! But ladies on this site talk about it all the time. I go by cm and thats about all i have to go by as i dont temp or use opk either.

 

[Jalanis22]

Im with you Oily lol i dont even know when i ovulate i go by the cm discharge. I will pay close attention to see if i get those pains too.

 

[Lyo28]

I actually felt ovulation for the first time in ages this month. I had gotten pos opk that morning. Then that night had left handed pain and constipation all day the next day cm changed. So I'm pretty sure I ovulated then.

 

[FTale]

Ladies, trust me as Lyo28 wrote about the pain and the constipation..it is not a treat by far if you aren't ttc. But if you are it takes a lot of the guess work out.

I don't know why some women feel it. All I know is as a child I had painful periods. I started my cycle at the age of 10 like literally it was "Happy Birthday to ...oh hey, there's your period". I remember playing on the monkey bars and getting my period while wearing a skirt but not wanting to stop playing because I was a kid and who wants to deal with adult matters.

I'm sorry though. I know it would help so many others out to know.
On the flip side I have really hostile PH and I need assistive lubricant to get pregnant yet I also have a sensitive vaginal area and UTIs just like throwing me a party whenever I use soap it doesn't like, or hold my pee for too long. So you can imagine the whole lying in bed for 30 minutes after bding with my legs in the air just gave my body the perfect excuse to UTI me.

Its not a perfect science - tons of hope behind it. Otherwise, I think I'd have 10 kids right now.