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

[garfie]

Es - In my years of charting I have learned a few things - one to temp before getting out of bed, drinking or anything else I may do

If I do happen to need to change my temps ie I wake up earlier/later I go to bbt adjuster and then go on a site called "when my baby" - I plug all my details in there and it works it all out for me

Finally you need to have at least 3 and half hours sleep between taking temps - so personally I would use the 9 o'clock one but make a note what it was earlier - hope this helps

Pinkcasi - I asked my hubby to make a cup of tea for me (as the world was ending) - he said you've got at least 10 mins before the end of the world - I said I want to drink it first now get on with it)



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[Starry Night]

Got some pink spotting last night and now I'm starting to get some beginner cramps. I think my first real AF is just around the corner. I hate to think of having AF over Christmas but the good news is that A) I did ovulate and I ovulated when I thought I did so my body is back to normal and B) In just over a week I can start to properly TTC!!

 

[Starry Night]

Hope everyone else is enjoying the Mayan apocalypse!

Ha ha yes thank goodness we're all still here, and i didn't go and tell everyone what i really think of them in advance of the world ending ,*phewey*

I forgot about that! lol Going to go make me a tin-foil hat and hide in my basement.

 

[garfie]

Starry Night - Aw that's great news about O hun - shame the witch is going to be here over Christmas - think she will be here for me to - at least we both know our bodies are working



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[Pinkcasi]

Unfortunately it means as the world didn't end i have to work late to make up my hours, *sigh*

Starry & Garfie, unlucky that you get AF over xmas, im lucky i think it's my 'good week' so i'll be having lots of xmas joy!

 

[jenkb123]

Starry - Even though af is not usually welcome, I'm glad that things are getting back to normal and you will be able to really start ttc next month!!

Garfie - It really is reassuring to know that our bodies are starting to work more normally again!! Fx'ed for you to get your bfp next month!!

ES - Good luck with the no smoking!! Good for you!!

Tink - We are in similar situations. I also took clomid (cd 3-7). This is my second time using it (fist time resulted in a bfp...but unfortunately I had a m/c). I should be ready to test around the same time as you.

So I am now cd12. Took my last clomid on cd7. Started opk's cd9 (which is way too early for me but I wanted to be sure not to miss anything). We are going to try to follow SMEP. So far we bd'd cd8 and cd10. Hoping that we will cover all the bases and that this can be a successful month!!

Good luck to everyone.....lets start out the New Year with a whole bunch of BFP's!!!

 

[mackjess]

Jenk - We SMEP'd in October and it worked for us, even though DH had a cold and we didn't get to do the 3 days in a row at OV. Seemed like the every other day leading up to OV worked for us!

 

[Storked]

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This is me lurking today
Love and and sticky thoughts for everyone!

 

[mackjess]

OMG stork, that cracked me up.

You find the silliest pics.

 

[Storked]

Thanks mackjess

 

[MamaTex]

Hey guys! I will be going back and catching up and replying!! I wanted to share my pics from today!! I was so happy to see my rainbow (well, the start of my rainbow anyway). I have gotten farther than I did the first time so this is a very good day for me!!

https://i45.tinypic.com/sgtj69.jpg
https://i50.tinypic.com/x1yohc.jpg

Gestational sac, yolk sac, and a very very very small baby appeared. I go back next week to track growth and see if I can hear a heart beat.

 

[MamaTex]

Storked: 10 books? WOw! I am lucky if I get around to reading just 1 a year. That is good!!!

And lol @ the photo. Brilliant!!!

Starry Night: Glad the surgery went well. And even if you did O a week ago, you are getting in some good practice. Nothing wrong with practice~!! It is good to hear that you are on your way to TTC!!

Mackjess: Hello Hello. Hope all is well.

Pinkcasi: I know how you feel. I should be in my Second Trimester!! I am happy for this baby but I STILL think about my little Jude I lost. My husband does not want to get a Christmas tree (poo!) so I have nowhere to hang his ornament but if I can't put it up on a tree, I will put the ornament and his stocking up on the wall!! Enjoy your Christmas. Sounds like you are goin to have a very busy one!!

ESwemba84: How are you feeling now that you are smoke free? Better I hope!! And I am enjoying the Mayan apocalypse!! It's been a good Friday for the last day on Earth as we know it !

garfie: You should drown out Aunt Flow with some wine and Christmas cookies (Maybe not at the same time though..)

jenkb123: Good luck! I looked at the SMEP but my husband's work schedule basically nipped that in the bud real fast lol. His work schedule gets in the way of a lot of things actually. He has to work Christmas Eve AND Christmas Day, but only till 3pm thank goodness. I would hang out in the tow truck with him those days but guests are not allowed

AFM: I am torn between baking some chicken in the oven and making this Italian meat pie. The recipe for the latter I got from a Better Crocker email but I am tired from being gone from the house all day so I think the chicken will win out lol

 

[Tybabydreams]

Hi all, just wanted to stop in quickly and say that all went great at the doctor's office today. I got to see my baby on u/s. Actually, it looks like your pics Mammatex. So healthy looking gestational sac, and the beginnings of a fetal pole. I go back next week to check growth & hopefully see a heartbeat. Also had to do more blood work today, so hopefully my numbers will look better since i'm on progesterone supplements now. I'll post pics of Baby gestational sac tomorrow

Mamatex, i'm glad your appointment went well today too. So exciting, our babies are around the same developmental stage, along with Runnergrl too

Mackjess, thanks for the heads up about the side effects of progesterone. I'm not looking forward to it, but i'll gladly suffer through it for a healthy rainbow baby.

Hope everyone is doing well. Sending you all much and a great Christmas!

 

[mackjess]

ty, I've read the suppositories can cause less side effects, I take it orally. I think they just use oral pills more on this side of the pond. I've also read suppositories dont show up in bloodwork as much, which is totally fine since you are getting the prog right to the source for the baby, but less of it gets in your bloodstream so dont sweat it too much if the numbers don't go up a lot. your little bean is still getting all the hormones it needs.

congrats tex and ty on your scans!

 

[tinkerbellsie]

Congrats to you ladies with s

Sorry the witch got you Garfie

Afm. I am on cd7 just waiting to go to work really.. I am on a late today and early tomorrow. Good job baby dancing not starting until Monday (hubby is away til tonight) xx

 

[tinkerbellsie]

Oops sorry Garfie I thought AF was here... Stay away

Jenkb123 it's nice to have someone in the same situation. I'd love the ovulation timing to be more precise lol. Xx

 

[nevergivingup]

Hi ladies a quick jump in... This thread is growing so beautifully, loving how everyone is so darn sweet and helpful!!

MamaTex: Yayyyyy for an awesome appt. and your little bean is looking beautiful in there...now Grow Baby Grow!!!! I'm so glad everything is working in your favor, and how life seemed to turned itself around. Now embrace your pregnancy ma'am, you deserve it!

Tybabydreams: Kudos to you as we'll for having an awesome appt. Glad everything is working for you!! Happy to hear you're on progesterone it really does calm the mentality to kno you're on top of it. I had to take it and between God and those Progesterone sticks they both did the job and I pray it will work for you too

Stork: Im like you, seem to be doing more lurking then commenting, always getting sidetracked here. And I think you are in the right mind frame as far as TTC a bit more then putting a cap on it for when you move, I'm so excited for you, why do I feel like I will be missing one of my neighbor friends when you leave??? That's how you know we've been here for a while...and I just love ya!!

Hi Bamagurl!!!!

Garfie: FX that AF stays away and that you get really lucky again. How was that last cup of coffee?? Lol that was cute. Are you charting?

to all the ladies I missed

AFM: counting my days down, my older cousin just had her bundle of joy yesterday, a baby girl 2 weeks early weighing In at 5lb 5oz. She is sooo beautiful. I pray I can get there, 2 more months to go and now it seems as if time has slowed down again

 

[ESwemba84]

MamaTex, that's an awesome ultrasound. Glad to see things are turning around.

Yesterday was rough. I didn't smoke at all, but I did use 2 pieces of nicorette just so I could make it through the day. I got a baby shower invitation from my friend, and I knew it was coming. I had already decided I'm not going to go unless I'm pregnant by then. Because I was looking through her registry and I remembered starting a registry of my own right before 11 weeks. A week later I lost the baby. I got so upset because I should have been able to experience the joy of a baby shower and later on the birth of my child. It's not fair how some pregnancies work out, and others don't.

My body was still showing signs of fertileness yesterday, so we had sex one more time. Although FF says I ovulated on CD13 (today is 16) I don't really believe it......I thought the fertile signs were supposed to go away after O and I definitely had the EWCM and HSO cervix up until yesterday. Whatever, I guess I've done what I can this cycle and we will see what happens!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

[mowat]

Good luck with quitting smoking ESwemba84---I can't even imagine how hard that is! I had a friend who quit smoking and he had a screen saver for his computer that was constantly updating with different categories like how long since he'd quit, how much money he'd saved, how long until his lungs were back to normal... So cool and very motivating!

I'm still in the 2ww. Didn't think I be stressing this month since we were only able to bed once, but here I am obsessing anyway. Ugh. About 10dpo today and a BFN. I haven't had any "symptoms" at all so far which is nice because my last few cycles have been horrible for headaches and cramping. I didn't even have cramping when I ovulated this month. Guess there's still plenty of time to get a BFP, but I'm not too optimistic.

Happy holidays everyone!

 

[Starry Night]

mowat - it's so hard not to obsess. My AF is pretty much here but since it's not going beyond spotting I keep thinking "what if it's IB" and "are my boobs bigger" even though we didn't dtd for almost a week after I ovulated and we used protection except for once. We weren't trying AT ALL this time.

ESwemba - that's so great that you're trying to quit smoking. I can't even imagine how hard that would be. The closest I've come to something similar is giving up coffee. Not the same.

And I'm sorry about your friend's baby shower. I avoided all the showers I was invited to after my first loss. It's so tough. Maybe send a gift along with another friend?