MAY we all be blessed with baby! May 2013 and beyond (BFFs Seeking BFPs)

[omgbaby]

I tested Friday morning with Walmart cheapie & bfn so maybe tomorrow with another cheapie. I have 3 cheapies & 1 frer left! Lol

 

[Mme2kdee]

Fingers crossed for you omgbaby!!!

 

[Tangerine]

LOL. Too funny, the uterus temper tantrum while you're in the woods is AWFUL. OH's parents live in northern Ontario. I swear every time we've been up there to visit, or go fishing and hunting, AF has decided to come with us! OH even started calling me "bear bait" because it happens every time without fail.

OH and I have been best friends for years but on our first real "couple" trip ever, we had only been dating a few months and went on a week long trip to a hunting cabin in northern Ontario in February. NO plumbing, just outdoor "facilities." Of course, AF had to come too! We ended up getting snowed in up to our hips on the first night, then the temperature dropped to around -40C. I TRIED to do my business outside (where I had some privacy from OH) but there is some kind of involuntary muscle reaction at temps that low, and I just couldn't do it. The poor man had to fetch me a bucket to use by the fire in the cabin, then empty it for me, as I'm mobility impaired and couldn't even lift it myself! I just wanted to crawl into a snow bank and die, I was so embarrassed.

I am actually excited about possibly being there while pregnant, just to have a chance to enjoy it with no AF ruining the party.

please keep us posted omgbaby

 

[Hopeful2014]

@chulie Enjoy the cuddles. I hope your daughter feels better tomorrow!

@momwithbabies Thanks for that. I'm so happy that all of you are going through it with me as well! I'm sorry that af is here. I've updated your date. I hope dh is in town during o time. Good luck!

@ClandestineTX I'm sorry. I'll keep you in TBA until you have the date for July. Fingers crossed for next month.

@Mme2kdee You'll have to let us know what you think about the fertility monitor. I usually research more (most likely more than I need), watch tv, and try to keep busy during the time I'm waiting for ovulation. Good luck this cycle!

@mummy2o Good advice on the fertility monitor!

@burgbrandy I'm so glad you can have some quiet, relaxed time with your dh. It sounds like you're planning, relaxing, and getting recharged. Good luck with this cycle! I hope you get your BFP!

I agree with you ladies. AF always comes at the worst times. A nice toilet, toilet paper, and a shower is a must have for sure! We had an ice storm once. Although we had a generator for some electricity, we did not have warm water. That made for a terrible time. Cleaning/trying to shower in cool water with dim lighting = -> -> ->

 

[Ruskiegirl]

Well about to go bed , I started getting pinching pain near my right ovary FX its implantation pain

 

[KatyW]

OK, looks like ovulation happens today or yesterday - OPKs positive and temp rise this morning. Happy to be getting to the TWW

https:// [url=https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/30cf2b/]https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/30cf2b//thumb.png My Ovulation Chart[/URL]

 

[nikkilucky77]

Hope everyone is having a good weekend! I am excited that FF gave me crosshairs, last month I had to manually do it. I am 5 dpo and it is getting close to that time of hmm is that something? Or was that something I ate? Like tonight my back is killing me but I know it is too soon for anything. Men don't even understand what we go through during tww. Sure my hubby is like get a baby in there already but he doesn't have to wonder about his body doing weird things .

 

[Hopeful2014]

JUNE , HERE WE COME!!!

Ladies, Remember
1. That it's not over until AF comes
2. That many ladies get false negatives
3. That implantation happens 6-12 dpo
4. That we are here for you no matter what


June is here and we are ready for some more BFPs! Some of us got a BFP in May and we are starting to see BFPs in June! Some of us are continuing on our journey into June and July. I look forward to hearing more about the pregnancies already taking form and the upcoming pregnancies soon to be announced. We started this group in April-all with the same goal-wanting a BFP. Since then we have expanded on that goal. I want us to have a thread where we all know each other and can help each other along. I want to see a BFP blinking by each of our names. I want it to be a place we can look back on in time (while cradling baby!) and remember our struggle and and share our happiness. We will keep adding to the list from May and on until we can see everyone have that beautiful beside her name. Good luck and fingers crossed!

TESTERS:
June 9:
hopeforamirac
hariansh

 

[ClandestineTX]

...Oh and I also LOVE shooting guns!! I'm in Canada so it's not common here but we have friends in California and when we went to visit they asked what I want to do...I said shoot guns! Hahaha so they took us to a canyon/range and we got to shoot all kinda of stuff!!! It was SO much FUN!!!!!! Hahahahaha...

As of this moment, chulie, you are my favorite Canadian on planet earth. I'm not from Texas, but my family (on both sides, quite a few generations back) have been US military - and we have guns. Canadians usually don't miss the opportunity to tell me how barbaric my family is (even though all of my guns and rifles are unloaded and trigger-locked at this very moment).

@Hopeful2014: I promise I will update with a July testing date as soon as I have ovulation confirmed. Still not sure how it's going to turn out... have a real-life friend who's TTC#2 and had a blighted ovum (anembryonic pregnancy) + D&C and a chemical... will be staying at her house July 4th weekend for a visit and I think that's when I should be testing... not sure if I want to test there or not... so I don't know how it will turn out.

 

[Tangerine]

@Hopeful2014: I got my crosshairs today confirming I will be 10 dpo for father's day on the 16th. I'm going to pick up a FRER or two and test that morning.

 

[chulie]

...Oh and I also LOVE shooting guns!! I'm in Canada so it's not common here but we have friends in California and when we went to visit they asked what I want to do...I said shoot guns! Hahaha so they took us to a canyon/range and we got to shoot all kinda of stuff!!! It was SO much FUN!!!!!! Hahahahaha...

As of this moment, chulie, you are my favorite Canadian on planet earth. I'm not from Texas, but my family (on both sides, quite a few generations back) have been US military - and we have guns. Canadians usually don't miss the opportunity to tell me how barbaric my family is (even though all of my guns and rifles are unloaded and trigger-locked at this very moment).

@Hopeful2014: I promise I will update with a July testing date as soon as I have ovulation confirmed. Still not sure how it's going to turn out... have a real-life friend who's TTC#2 and had a blighted ovum (anembryonic pregnancy) + D&C and a chemical... will be staying at her house July 4th weekend for a visit and I think that's when I should be testing... not sure if I want to test there or not... so I don't know how it will turn out.

Hahaha well they've clearly never shot one then to understand how ridiculously amazing it is!! Hahahahaha. But I know what you mean. Lots of Canadians are like that...lets face it. We're the country who used our military to dig us out of a snow storm...hahaha. It's just very opposite culture....some just don't get it. But ya, they also don't understand what responsible gun owners most Americans are. All they see is crap on television. I've just been lucky to witness and be part of it and know the truth!

Oohhhh Ruskie!! Lets hope this is it!

Omgbaby that sounds so promising!

 

[melann13]

Chulie and Clandestine- TOTALLY agree.

My dad is ex military (worked with the CIA and was a photo interpreter for the Air Force during Vietnam). He taught my brother (his step son) how to hunt when he was 12, and when I got to be that age it was never a consideration that I wasn't a boy. He asked if I wanted to learn to hunt and I said yes. Gun safety is very serious in my family, and if anything I think that growing up with them taught me the utmost respect. My uncle qualified for the Barcelona Olympics for target shooting. We all hunt together and when we got engaged DH learned as well. (I learned to fly fish for him .
Since our state got a concealed carry law my dad now owns a handgun. I can't think of anyone I'd feel safer with having one.
I'm honestly not trying to be political at all, just sharing a joint interest for those trying to be distracted from TTC! Have a good day everyone!

 

[burgbrandy]

My husband also has his conceal carry and always has his gun on him. I had never shot a handgun until we got together and now i love it! My entire family has guns and now i have a common interest with them so we go shooting with my uncle, dad, and grandpa a lot! We have 5 handguns in our house and a few shotguns. Our girls watch us shoot and we are planning on letting them shoot this summer, with our help and from a stand on a table. They will never have the gun in their hands alone, only with our hands on theirs. I know they are young but they know gun safety and we got all our guns out the other day to show them how they work and different sizes of ammo and stuff. They loved it! And they love picking up our clay targets when we get the shotguns out. Lol!

 

[momwithbabies]

Hi, ladies! It's CD 2 for me. I'm considering trying temping. Here's my worries though. Please tell me what you think:
1) I don't sleep well, EVER! Will temping even be possible?
2) TTC is stressful. I already do OPK's. Do you think this will make me more stressed?
3) My cycles are long! Lately, they have ranged from 36-42 days!!!

Thank you in advance for any opinions or advice! And I enjoyed the gun conversation

 

[omgbaby]

Ugh. I'm just about done with my body. Temp went down to 96.82 this morning, JUST above cover line!! Took another cheapie & BFN.

WTH. last night I fell asleep on couch & OH woke me up 1-2 hours later & I was totally out of it. So hot & irritated, couldn't get sweatpants off. Then dizzy & nauseous. So I just went in bedroom. Lol
This morning I woke up with a ton of creamy cm. Then tested.

Since then nothing, maybe a little gas. That's it.

 

[melann13]

momwithbabies
I think temping is different for everyone and until you try it you won't know if it works for you. I can't speak to your first question as I tend to sleep pretty soundly (esp since my caffeine intake plummeted), but as far as the 2nd and third, for me temping didn't add stress, it actually eased some of it. I am a very scientific person and I liked having information and feeling like I was doing something proactive. It made me feel less helpless and I completely believe it helped me to make better decisions (for instance when my prog. BW came back low I was calm because I knew it was only 3dpo instead of the 7dpo that the doc had intended- I demanded it to be redone based on my schedule, not the assumed 28 day cycle, and when done properly it turned out my prog was perfect, and did not require the clomid the doctor had wanted).
My suggestion would be to try it for 3 months. The first month or two you are just gathering info and you have to treat it that way. Don't expect to have your cycle all figured out within the first month of temping. You want to find patterns, and even if you're irregular (I was a bit irregular after my MC) you will STILL find some patterns. For me even realizing that my temp dropped every month at 2-3dpo (due to an extra estrogen surge) made me feel like I knew what was going on. By month three you will have a better sense of whether it is valuable to you or not.
My best friend tried temping and she found that it made her obsess about TTC as she thought about it every day. So for her it was bad, and she quit. Your call
Hope that helps.

 

[omgbaby]

I'm in one of those moods today.. After a low temp, bfn & knowing my friend has a newborn I'm upset. I just want to stay in my room & be alone..

 

[OurLilFlu]

Hey ladies, as another fellow Canadian I think for us it really depends on where you grew up, I'm a farm girl and as a kid we'd go out shooting mice and gophers, my dad always had a .22 to keep the coyotes away from the garden and yard. We'd raise our own cows and my dad would do it all himself and bring it to the butchers. Lots of my friends from in town had never seen a gun let alone handled one.gun safety is a huge must but in our society I think it would be strange to have a gun in the city as protection, if I lived out in the country though I'd def consider it. It is pretty fun though! Just not a Canadian thing!

 

[Lazydaisys]

Hi, ladies! It's CD 2 for me. I'm considering trying temping. Here's my worries though. Please tell me what you think:
1) I don't sleep well, EVER! Will temping even be possible?
2) TTC is stressful. I already do OPK's. Do you think this will make me more stressed?
3) My cycles are long! Lately, they have ranged from 36-42 days!!!

Thank you in advance for any opinions or advice! And I enjoyed the gun conversation

Just my opinion..
I use clear blue monitor and sometimes other ovulation a tests to see if they tally around ovulation.I tried temping but had enough after about four days. I personally found it stressful. I like to leave all monitoring and try and relax after ovulation. I know lots of girls on here love tempting so it must work for some people... X

 

[Mme2kdee]

Hi, ladies! It's CD 2 for me. I'm considering trying temping. Here's my worries though. Please tell me what you think:
1) I don't sleep well, EVER! Will temping even be possible?
2) TTC is stressful. I already do OPK's. Do you think this will make me more stressed?
3) My cycles are long! Lately, they have ranged from 36-42 days!!!

Thank you in advance for any opinions or advice! And I enjoyed the gun conversation

Momwithbabies - I just started temping. This will be my first official month - my cycles are normally 28days but last month was 40. I started temping last month on cd21 and it help since I didn't O until cd28. It can be stressful but just dont get too down on yourself if you forget one morning the first month. I am finding it helpful and also it is something for me to do every day of the month to keep me on track and excited. I am someone who wants to do something throughout the month besides opks to see any possible change and this helps me so far! I would highly recommend it. My OB also was happy I decided to try because it will give her a better outlook of my cycle and what's going on.

It takes getting used to but now I am used to it and love it!