March/April BFP's who's going for it!! NEW LADIES COME JOIN IN!!

[Pinkcasi]

Oh and also tell me what on earth is a winter melon lol it looks like a marrow, my oh is a chef and he's never heard of a winter melon

 

[garfie]

Ladies

So finally the doctor contacts me (not the original one she's busy)

So what does he say:-

"Have you heard of clomid"
"Yes I have"
"Well I'm reluctant to prescribe it - at your age you're a higher risk of cysts multiple pregnancies etc"
"Ok so what now"
"So I think I should refer you back to the FS"
"Ok"
"Yes I can see you have had 5 m/c I presume you are still trying"
"Correct"
" If you've had 5 m/c - you must Ovulate"
"That's what I thought - but the test tells me otherwise"
"Yes 10 or under suggests no ovulation - so I think the best way forward is back to the FS"
"Ok - so if I become pregnant this cycle it will be a miracle"
"Yes" and he laughed

So ladies keep your fingers crossed for a miracle BFP to prove them all wrong

5DPFO (5 Days Past Fake Ovulation) and counting



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[Kat S]

Garfie, wow that wasn't terribly helpful of him, was it? Well, good luck anyway!!

AFM, CD 14 and another day of blinking smiley on the ovulation monitor. I don't think I'm ovulating this cycle. I read that late ovulation rarely results in pregnancy, so even if I do ovulate later this week, it seems to be a bust.

 

[garfie]

Kat -Thanks hun oh don't say that you are out on CD14 - remember this is an un medicated cycle for you right? - otherwise there is no hope for me I didn't O until CD20 this cycle and just so you know my last pregnancy was O on CD16

So come on lady grab some PMA with me - we are not out yet



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[Kat S]

Kat -Thanks hun oh don't say that you are out on CD14 - remember this is an un medicated cycle for you right? - otherwise there is no hope for me I didn't O until CD20 this cycle and just so you know my last pregnancy was O on CD16

So come on lady grab some PMA with me - we are not out yet



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Really?? Oh, I should stop listening to Dr. Google!! That makes me feel much better! Thank you for telling me that

 

[Starry Night]

I ovulate on CD26 and I have gotten 5 bfps. Actually, I conceived my son on a 70 day cycle so I ovulated on CD50 something. I mean, late ovulation results in a higher risk of miscarriage but you can get a baby that way (my son is living proof). and this pregnancy seems to be going well. I find out on Monday if there is a heart beat. Nervous!!!

Anyways, don't give up just because your cycle doesn't go by the text book.

 

[Kat S]

Starry, thank you! That really does make me feel better. And OMG good luck on Monday!!

 

[garfie]

Starry - Good luck on Monday hun - can't wait for an update on your rainbow baby



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[Pinkcasi]

Oh starry will be thinking of you and hoping hard!
It'll be good news I can feel it! xx

 

[mackjess]

You've been so sick still, I know it's going to be great news Starry!

Kat and Garfie, lots of PMA and prayers your way lovelies.

 

[eyemom]

Pink, I was looking at your ticker trying to figure out what that was! I had not heard of a winter melon either. I googled it and I still don't think I've ever tasted one or even seen one in person??

Garfie, hoping you get your miracle! Show those Drs!

Kat, I just wanted to echo what all the ladies have said already, more eloquently than I could or am about to....

So you know that show "I didn't know I was pregnant"? Those ladies are always like, "I don't have regular periods so it wasn't weird to not have one." They must have SUPER long cycles to not miss a period for 9 mos and you know they wouldn't have a super long luteal phase, unlikely to be longer than 18 days. So they have to be ovulating WAY late. So to ovulate on Day 16 or even later wouldn't necessarily be bad at all, you could still have about a ~30 day (or so) cycle (depending on your LP) which is still normal. To be a little less extreme with my example you hear about all kinds of ladies with irregular periods talking about how they managed to get pg whether on accident :-/ or with considerable effort, but in any case it happens. So chin up girl keep up the PMA you never know when your body will surprise you...in a good way.

 

[Unexpected212]

I ovulate late. Day 19 of a 31 day cycle but I still have a 12 day luteal phase so it's ok

I've got pregnant twice. Once was a surprise and the second was the 1st month trying it just sadly ended in miscarriage so I don't think it's always a bad thing as obviously my son is here

 

[MamaTex]

Hey y'all!! I don't have too much to add. Just know that I am rooting for everyone TTC and continuing to follow journeys. I don't want to talk about baby stuff on this thread, as I know it can be hard to read when you are actively trying. I will say that I am very excited about the holidays. Well, sort of. For the past few years I have spent much of Thanksgiving day with my husband's family. On Christmas Eve we have traveled to Galveston, Texas to his sister's house to open presents. On Christmas Day I will go and visit my parents after we do our thing at our house. This year my husband qualifies for two weeks of vacation, which he wants to use the week of Thanksgiving and the week of Christmas. My husband wants to spend more time than I want with his family. I want to start our own traditions and not have so much of his vacation time taken up by quality time with his family. He works a lot as it is (hence why I feel a baby won't happen any time soon, even if he wanted one because he works so much), so I understand him wanting to spend time with family he doesn't regularly see, but I want to spend time with him alone too. Blah. Anyhow, I am still hoping for the best for everyone. Best of luck and well wishes to all!

 

[Kat S]

CD 15 and another "blinking smiley" today. Thanks for all of your late ovulation stories, everyone! Thing is, I've been as regular as clockwork until this cycle. If I normally ovulated late I wouldn't worry about it, but this is a one-off. I can't help but doubt I'm just ovulating late. Well, since I don't think this happened before, I need to hope it won't happen again next month. We'll just have to hope for better in December. The last time I found I was pregnant was in December, so I can't help but hope I get a bfp by then. I hate the thought of passing that milestone with nothing.

 

[Starry Night]

Passing any sort of milestone without anything to show for it really stinks. Kat, I really admire your ability to press on and continue to fight. I'm not sure I would have been that strong. I really hope you get your bfp before then.

 

[eyemom]

Passing any sort of milestone without anything to show for it really stinks. Kat, I really admire your ability to press on and continue to fight. I'm not sure I would have been that strong. I really hope you get your bfp before then.

Ditto.

 

[mowat]

Hi Mama! It's really hard trying to have a real holiday when you feel like you have to visit family too. Hope you get it figured out. It costs a small fortune for us to fly anywhere, so when we always have to go visit family on our vacations it sucks. THey live on the opposite side of the country so we always have to go for at least 2 weeks to make it worth it.

I'm having a weird cycle too Kat (if that makes you feel any better). With the stomach flu in our house we didn't even start trying until after FF says I ovulated. What? I think they must be off this month. I only got a somewhat positive OPK after they say I ovulated. Huh? We've got to figure out something to help make this necessexing (is that spelled right Eyemom?) easier. The pressure is not helping my OH. Maybe we should just do it every few days all month and I shouldn't tell him when I'm ovulating? I'm at the point of asking him to see the doctor. This month won't be my month for sure, don't think I'll even bother using the progesterone. It's going to be a long wait until next month when I can't even really be hoping for a BFP this month.

 

[eyemom]

I haven't been anywhere on vacation except to see family in over 6 years, and DH's family is now only 2.5 hours away. Ohhh family problems. But I haven't taken a full week off (close though, a time or two) in over 5 years. Sigh. Hope everyone gets some much-needed away time one way or another. That is hard.

Mowat, don't you hate that? So confusing. And yes, I think you spelled that right, LOL. It's easy to get carried away. Necessecessecessecessex.........

I'm wondering the same thing for us. I try to think about it from the male POV when there is pressure to perform, and my DH feels the pressure a lot too. Because he REALLY wants this baby too, and he knows how much I want the baby. As the woman, it's nice to be able to enjoy it, but if necessary, we can just lay there and let the man make his deposit. Gosh that sounds awful. But it's lower pressure, in a way. But anyway, we've contemplated doing just every other day, but every time we get down to when I'm 99.99% sure I'm about to ovulate, I just can't bring myself to let a day go by. But if you can, maybe DTD every 2-3 days just about all the time might take some pressure off. My DH is always asking how the OPK turned out though so I can't even be sneaky.

Pretty boring part of the cycle around here. Hope everyone else is doing alright.

 

[mowat]

Yep, you nailed that one right on the head Eye---they kind of do all the work sometimes. I was thinking of looking into home insemination kits. Is that weird? Thought it might take some of the pressure off? Probably not though.

 

[Kat S]

Mowat, we're using an at-home insem kit. It's clinical, but gets the job done!