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

[ProfWife]

Ruskiegirl! That sounds promising!!

 

[MzImpatient]

Hi ladies! Sorry I've been MIA. I've been having a rough month. Between end of May and late June we've had multiple deaths in the family.
Congrats on all the new BFP"s!

Rusky I hope you get your bfp soon! and a sticky one at that.

AFM: I o'd early. cd 12 and 2-3 days later had ewcm??? wth? I haven't really charted cause this was gonna be my stress free month, but when I saw the ewcm I started temping and according to previous temps I'm 9-10 dpo and I've only tested twice!!! That's incredible for me. BFN of course. BUT I had a huge dip this morning from 98.17 to 97.54 wonder what's up with that.

 

[stargazer0726]

I think that I FINALLY (CD 15) got a possitive OPK this morning, its not quite as dark but its so pretty darn close that i'm guessing i will get a positive tonight or tomorrow morning. We have been dtd almost every day for the last week and this morning as well so fx'ed this is my month. I think I need to push my test date back to the 28th. We will see if I can't wait that long to poas. The waiting is sooo hard, this month especially!!!

 

[ClandestineTX]

FX for you, stargazer0726.

 

[Mme2kdee]

Congrats on the positive opk stargazer!!
Ruskiegirl- Yayyy!!! I hope this is it!!! Can't wait to hear what frer shows!

Well.. I posted that I started but still just spotting red and some brown. I have had crampon but mainly my right side yesterday and today somewhat both. My doctor did some blood work already (not much) and wanted me to send her my charting after a full month so ill be doing that .
Question for you all...if I don't start a consistent flow do I just mark ff as spotting not light and when do I count my af start date, when I started spotting or flow?
Thanks everyone!!!!

 

[melann13]

Mme2kdeeI always counted CD1 as heavy enough flow to need a pad vs. liner, but I usually only had 1 day of spotting. Good luck!

 

[mommyxofxone]

hey ladies i'm back did i miss anythign exciting? any new bfps???

 

[ClandestineTX]

@Mme2kdee: the standard definition of CD 1 is the first day of "bright red flow" - spotting is typically pink/ brown and only shows up when you wipe.

 

[Mme2kdee]

Ok, basically I am just spotting then I think. (LOL you would think after 7/8 months TTCI could figure it out haha). a panti-liner was fine all day - I had 4-5 spots and then when I wipe.

 

[ClandestineTX]

I didn't have cycles for 10 years when I was on Depo... when we started TTC I had to look up all kinds of things most 31 year old women know by now... including what defined CD 1, so don't feel bad at all... you're in good company!

 

[ClandestineTX]

LOL and you should have seen me shopping for feminine care products! My, my how technology has advanced and the number of options is mind-blowing, I felt like a man in that aisle!

 

[Mme2kdee]

Haha! I think we all still feel that way! Thanks so much for your help - it's very much appreciated

 

[Hopeful2014]

@omgbaby I moved you to TBA for now. Fingers crossed for this cycle!

@ClandestineTX I agree completely! EDD mattered to me so much when I first started. I wanted it to be before 2013 was over. I wanted a baby to be here for last Christmas and hoped I would have one here this year. After realizing that wouldn't happen it was a little easier not to plan for dates. I was a little hopeful last month because it would have been in my birthday month, but oh well! ASAP sounds good to me!

@Ruskiegirl Fingers crossed for darker lines tomorrow!!

@MzImpatient I'm sorry to hear about your losses. I hope that drop means something big! Shall I keep you for testing on July 18th? Good luck!!

@stargazer0726 I hope you see your true positive soon! It sounds like you'll be covered! I'll move you to July 28th. Good luck!

@Mme2kdee I've always heard that you count day 1 as the day when you get a consistent, red flow as well. I think the spotting is technically supposed to count as part of the last cycle, right? That's great that your doctor is going to take a look at your chart!

@mommyxofxone Did you have a nice time away?

Ladies, I'm 27, mature and educated, and a married woman. I have always felt uncomfortable in the feminine hygiene section and I still feel a bit unsettled when others walk down the aisle when I'm there. You can imagine my horror when it came to buying condoms and even now with hpts and opks. I guess it's great that my husband usually helps me get all of those things. Has anyone else ever pretended to look at other things when someone comes by or cover those products with something else you are buying?!?

 

[ProfWife]

@Hopeful - I used to do that. At this point, I figure it can be a warning flag. If you see a woman with feminine supplies, hpts and opks in the same cart, it should be a "Do not approach sign." ;-)

I don't really have a problem with the hpt and opk purchasing. The condoms when we were first married though...just no. We were in a store looking for latex free due to my allergy when an elderly man 80+ years old walked over to give us some "guidance" on his favorites. From then on I purchased online.

 

[newbie2013]

@Hopeful - I used to do that. At this point, I figure it can be a warning flag. If you see a woman with feminine supplies, hpts and opks in the same cart, it should be a "Do not approach sign." ;-)

I don't really have a problem with the hpt and opk purchasing. The condoms when we were first married though...just no. We were in a store looking for latex free due to my allergy when an elderly man 80+ years old walked over to give us some "guidance" on his favorites. From then on I purchased online.

Brilliant!! Just brilliant!!

I once had to buy condoms, feminine supplies and a hpt at the same time - i deliberately went to a male register operator because i figured he wouldn't connect the three and give me an odd look!!

 

[Hopeful2014]

JULY , 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


July is here and we are ready for some more BFPs! Our BFP list is growing and I can't wait to add more names to the list! 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:
July 15: Sparkle_13

 

[mommyxofxone]

@mommyxofxone Did you have a nice time away?

Ladies, I'm 27, mature and educated, and a married woman. I have always felt uncomfortable in the feminine hygiene section and I still feel a bit unsettled when others walk down the aisle when I'm there. You can imagine my horror when it came to buying condoms and even now with hpts and opks. I guess it's great that my husband usually helps me get all of those things. Has anyone else ever pretended to look at other things when someone comes by or cover those products with something else you are buying?!?

I did thank you hun!!! nice to run away for a day or two.

oh and i won't buy condoms, husband has to do that!!!! lol!!!!

 

[ClandestineTX]

I have bought OPKs, feminine care products, and HPTs in the same trip. I have also hidden OPKs and HPTs in my cart (primarily due to fear I'll bump into someone I know at the store) - less to do with cashiers. I don't get embarrassed by the feminine products, just confused! Seriously finally thought I'd found the right collection of things and bought the wrong one last cycle (because the box looked identical and the major information seemed to be the same) - will have to do better at looking at images and reading fine descriptive print from now on!!!

 

[melann13]

HAHAHA You guys are making me laugh.
My awkward buying experiences have been:
Being in Walgreens waiting to ask the clerk about something random while a man consulted her on what size condoms to buy, and whether he needed the magnum size or not. I was SOO uncomfortable, and yet the clerk proceeded to tell him which ones she and her husband used. I left with my question unanswered.

Second: buying feminine products- usually I don't find this awkward, but last year on Ash Wednesday (the Christian celebration at the beginning of Lent) I had gone to church and had ashed on my forehead. I made a stop at Target on the way home. A few others there had ashes too, so it wasn't super weird, but while I was in the feminine products aisle an employee (who I believe has some mental disability) who also had ashes YELLS across the main aisle to me "Happy Ash Wednesday" which of course made everyone in a 20' radius turn and look at me as I stood there debating whether I wanted scented or unscented tampons. Mortified!!!

Third: Night before my wedding, after the rehearsal, I was driving home with my girls and my BFF asks if I have everything I need for the wedding night (DH and I were virgins). I was on BC, so I asked what she meant, she said, well, it's your first time, you might want lube. So the 5 of us ladies, including my friend from Italy, go to the drugstore to buy lube. We grab some, just std KY, my friend from Italy is asking why we need such a product, and while we try to gently explain to her, we realize that none of us has the guts to check out with it. We stood in the aisle for a solid five minutes pulling straws. Finally the bitch of the group (we're not really friends) grabs it and says "
"FINE! I'll do it. Happy Wedding!"
That's my story.

 

[KatyW]

I literally run into MULTIPLE people I know at the store, almost every time I go, if I want to shop on the cheap at the U.S. base. I order pregnancy tests on Amazon Prime for some semblance of privacy, ha. I would buy German tests except I'm cheap, and they're more expensive (for me, since we're paid in U.S. dollars). Oh, and I don't think I would be as fulfilled seeing the word "schwanger" as I would be seeing the word "pregnant." Ha.