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

[athena87]

Congrats hopeful, I want either obviously but I really want a little girl.

Afm I'm going to give fertilitea a shot along with the rhodiola. I've had it for a while but never gave it a true shot. So I figure I can try it til I get my Clomid and maybe I won't need the Clomid. I'm also going to focus on eating better and exercising.

 

[ProfWife]

Congrats hopeful! Now you can focus on names!

AFM, I used another opk and it was negative. I'm guessing that the one time I used the advanced digital in the afternoon threw it off. So, I'm going to get another one and use it properly (I'd started a bit early in my cycle anyway. We are DONE for the semester. Almost 3 weeks off. Doctor's appointment and appointment with my natural family planning contact tomorrow. We will see if they have any insights...

 

[Hopeful2014]

@OurLilFlu Thanks!

@nikkilucky77 Thanks! Good luck with finishing the assessments. Are you almost out for a winter break? I hope you have a great break too! Don't feel bad about being upset. It's completely understandable. I know it will happen for you! I'm sure you have an idea of when O usually happens so you can just go by that instead of opks and temping. I hope af leaves soon and you can get into this next cycle. I hope it's the one!

@burgbrandy Thanks! I updated your date. Those sound like great ovulation signs! I hope the holidays serve as a wonderful distraction! Good luck!

@al335003 Thanks! We were much closer to a boy name because the first name would be my husband's (passed from his grandfather, to his father, and to him) and we were almost settled on the middle name. We had to give up our favorite girl name a while ago because too many people around us chose something similar. We are making lists and trying names out now. How are you?

@athena87 Thanks! That sounds like a good plan. Let us know what you think about those. Will you not be using Clomid this time? Good luck! I hope you get your baby girl!

@ProfWife Thanks! Congrats on being finished for the semester! I hope you get to sleep late in the morning! Good luck at your appointments. I REALLY hope they do have some insights and a plan for you!

 

[athena87]

Well I'm out of Clomid so I had to order more and it takes a while to get here and I'm sure it will take longer since it's so close to Christmas so I figured is try this til then.

 

[al335003]

Hopeful: I'm sure whatever name you pick it will be beautiful! I'm in the opposite boat- we have a for-sure girl name picked out but struggle to agree on a boy name... But I guess we shouldn't worry about that until we get our BFP! hehehe

I'm taking my last dose of Clomid today and should be able to do the trigger shot and ovulate either Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday. DH is officially on a stay-cation until January 6th and I'm counting down the hours! I feel very relaxed and just kind of "whatever-ish" about this cycle. I'm going to just relax, spending time at home and with family and try not to get all caught-up in the TTC stuff... But don't get me wrong there will be lots of BDing going on! Hahaha

If AF doesnt show I should test January 8th.

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

 

[ProfWife]

Doc took FOREVER today (I didn't see him until 1.5 hours after my appointment was scheduled!).

He likes the way my charts looked. He wants to test this cycle's progesterone levels about a week after ovulation. He is considering adding in a few potential layers to the progesterone. He is worried that I might have a low grade infection, but can't test until my next cycle. There's another medication he is suggesting, but I'm not 100% sure I'll take it. All that said, he said that last month's reaction from my BBT and NaPro tracking show a clear and undeniable strong ovulation. He thinks that this month might be our best month in a while based on my charts. Let's just hope we get plenty of time together in.

CD9 for me. I got a new advanced digital kit to use in the morning but I'm also using a standard OPK as well. Looks like I'm going to ovulate while we're up with his family.

 

[Kalush]

It sounds like a lot of us are getting ready for fertile time. So happy bding to everyone! Merry Christmas!

Profwife - Sounds like things are looking good. Hope you can find some alone time away from his family.

Al - Sounds like a great attitude. Hope you have a great time with dh and your staycation, it sounds great!

Nikki - It's okay to feel sad about it. It can be really hard to wait and then keep waiting. Glad af is almost gone, hope she takes a really long vacation this time.

Hopeful - Congrats on the girl! Little girls are so much fun. Picking names, exciting! We had our girl name picked out really early, boy name took a long time. I was convinced she was a boy, we didn't find out. We're already talking about girl names, still have the couple boy names we liked from last time.

I am finally feeling better, only a slight annoyance of a headache and only occasionally dizzy/lightheaded. Such an annoying time to not be feeling great. Think DD and I are ready for the trip. Travling with DH drives me nuts, so going to bed and hoping he doesn't wake me up whenever he finishes whatever nonsense he decided had to be done tonight. It's kind of funny, the first time we were tcc I was ready for it to take a long time. DH has an issue which can cause infertility. This time I figured 6-9 months. The plan is to stop bf DD after her birthday, so maybe 6-9 months after that.

 

[Hopeful2014]

@athena87 Good plan! I'm sending you good luck with or without Clomid!

@al335003 I made name lists before the BFP but I was always silly and nervous about jinxing it so I never settled on anything in particular. I hope you get your Christmas baby! It's great that you're relaxed and that you both have some time off together. to lots of bding. I hope the relaxed atmosphere and the holidays add to that. I updated your date! GOOD LUCK!!

@ProfWife I'm sorry you had to wait for your appointment. I know that can be annoying sometimes. I'm sooo glad to hear that your charts are looking better and that this could be the best month in a while! I know you'll be away, but I really hope you can find some time together. Perhaps wake up earlier than the others and sneak it in or try to wait an hour or so after you think everyone's asleep. Perhaps have lots of quick sessions. Good luck!

@Kalush Thanks! I think we're getting close to a name. I hope you got some rest tonight and that you have a great trip! I'm sorry it's taking longer than you wanted. It sucks when our bodies don't do what they should. I hope it doesn't take much longer.

 

[ClandestineTX]

Congrats, Hopeful, on team

:wave: Hi everyone, still NTNP (even though my doctor has me temping and doing OPKs, because my cycles are still messed up). Ovulating really late, but normal LPs. Technically, I am somewhere into cycle 14 now. I'm really not too bothered about not being pregnant anymore - at all. We added a low-dose of hydrocortisone (HC) and took away one of my thyroid meds. It seems I wasn't using the replacement hormones for my thyroid because I had a low cortisol level. I'm just focusing on getting my hormones sorted out, imagine my cycles will let me know when we've achieved that and definitely not getting any hopes up for a pregnancy until all of this is dealt with. The up-side, I haven't had an energy crash since starting the HC and even though I'm only a week into this cycle, I feel like my body is working better in all departments. Can't quite explain it, I just feel almost normal and less sickly.

For the ladies looking at supplements for stress hormones: get your levels checked before supplementing anything - just my $0.02. Anyone that looked at me without checking my labs would have assumed I had a high cortisol (stress hormone) level and I have a mild deficiency (just below normal range). The stress response/ inflammatory hormones parallel the reproductive ones and by messing with one side of things, you can absolutely affect the other. You don't want to try to help yourself and accidentally delay your efforts in the process!

FX for everyone still testing and for those who are already onto 2014, best of luck on your BFPs in the new year!

 

[Lazydaisys]

Glad you are doing ok clandestine xxx

 

[ProfWife]

Clandestine...the hydrocortisone is also on the plate for me...depending on my energy and crashes due to stress. Let me know how it continues to work for you. Another of my friends was on it and it worked beautifully for her.

Hubby is napping next to me at our get away hotel. It's not anything fancy, but it's a change of pace that he definitely needs. It has been a beastly week at work for him. I'm not in the best of moods, but I think he's trying to make it a good weekend trip in spite of lack of planning.

How are everyone's Christmas plans shaping up?

 

[Hopeful2014]

@ClandestineTX Thanks! I'm really glad the hydrocortisone seems to be helping. I hope it's not long until your hormones get sorted out. I know it must be exhausting and so frustrating. Yay for feeling better! I really hope you start the new year feeling better and that it lasts throughout the year!

@ProfWife It does feel nice just to have a change of pace and scenery sometimes. I hope you'll both able to rest and enjoy the weekend. My Christmas plans are good, although we will miss a couple of our usual parties. I have all the gifts, but I still need to wrap them. I love this time of year, but it's so hectic. How are your plans?

 

[ProfWife]

I'm doing a homemade Christmas this year to avoid the shopping centers. So, lots of doilies and crocheted stars. So far, I'm about halfway through. (I'd have more time but husband's injured foot has required me to drive pretty much our whole trip.). The city lights of the place we're visiting were beautiful last night. I saw two old friends and their new son walking down the main trek of the city (with several hundred others!). Due to length of waits, we ended up eating at a window table of the restaurant we always wanted to visit. So, all in all we have had a good trip. Double Christmas dinners tonight an hour and a half apart...should be a heavy eating night!

 

[ClandestineTX]

@Lazydaisys: thanks!

@ProfWife: we started me on 5 mg of HC (due to low cortisol/ high ACTH), after trying a DHEA supplement experiment that worked too well and took me from cortisol deficient to EXCESS cortisol. After that bottomed out, I was getting debilitating fatigue again - so we're trying the HC. It increased the biological effect of the T3 thyroid meds I was taking, so now on the HC (2.5 mg AM and 2.5 mg at lunchtime) and only the T4 thyroid replacement (synthroid/ levothyroxine). I have been doing REALLY well on it. No crashes, until today, when I missed my mid-day dose. It's still just crazy, because this is also why I always seemed to be unable to quit smoking. When I was smoking, my cortisol level was barely in the normal range (like kissing the bottom of it). Every time I tried to quit, I would get SO TIRED I felt like I was dying and my heart rate would drop from 70-80s to mid 50s to mid 60s. Turns out, when I quit the cortisol level bottomed out. So instead of smoking (been off cigarettes since 08/19/13)... been actually treated my medical issue with medicine... keeping my fingers crossed, but so far, so good!

Why did they put your friend on it? Also curious why they are considering it for you. Before my present doctor, no one ever checked my cortisol level before, so it was really surprising that this has been an issue, basically my entire life (like I needed days or a week to "recover" after serious stress or illness).

@Hopeful: not kidding about the "exhausting" part, before this, I was having days where I was so tired, I honestly felt like I was dying. FX things keep improving. I miss being myself and having enough energy to engage my life. I still want a baby, but not nearly as much as I want to be able to make it through every day in a week like a normal person (LOL, or at least as normal of a person as I can be).

 

[Kalush]

Profwife - So glad you are having a good trip so far. Hope the food was good. I love homemade gifts.

Clandestine - Great to hear from your. It's great to hear you are feeling better. So glad you found a doctor that has been able to help. Have a great Christmas!

Afm - We made it to my parents. All of our flights went smoothly, which is great. A lot better than last year. Started to have fertile signs yesterday, figure o will be between Tuesday and Thursday. I hope that is the timeframe at least. Poor DH though, woke up today with the flu. Hope he feels better tomorrow since we really need some sneaky bathroom bding action. It would be nice if he is better to enjoy Christmas at least, don't want him to miss out on all the delicious food.

 

[newbie2013]

I haven't posted in a while, mainly because I've had a busy few days. DH's sister arrived from abroad on Wednesday with her DH and 3yo. He's adorable but was hugely jetlagged and they were staying with us (the 3yo was walking up at 3-4am!). AF was also being a pain - hung around for 7 days! It wasn't heavy, but I just kept spotting. Gone now and bding started. Nikky - we're cycle buddies again!!!

I hope you are all enjoying the festive season. I still can't quite get used to Christmas being in winter. You'd think after 6 years in the Northern hemisphere I'd be used to it! I'm looking forward to speaking to my niece and nephew on skype on Christmas day. I hope they like the pressies I got for them (thank goodness I got that sorted during summer when I was there, so I don't have to think about it). I've got two weddings over the next few days - one on Christmas Eve and the other on the 27th. Aside from that, we generally take things easy at this time of year.

Enjoy getting ready and spending time with your families!!!

 

[Hopeful2014]

@ProfWife Yum! I hope the dinners were great. I prefer my husband to drive most of the time, but I am always the direction provider and never feel I can look away. I haven't seen any big lights yet. I hope I can before the season is over, although we're probably only leaving the house one more time before Christmas (besides the quick drive to in-laws). The shopping centers are mad so it's probably best to avoid.

@ClandestineTX I hate that you had a mid-day crash. It's good to know that it probably happened because you missed your dose, which should mean that's the problem and you're on your way to fixing it. I definitely understand wanting to get everything sorted with yourself first. I think once that's finished that you will be on your way.

@Kalush I'm glad you had safe flights. I feel so bad for your husband. I know having the flu is the worst and it's terrible for it to happen around the holidays. I had the flu for four days during Thanksgiving week last year. I hope it's only a 24 hour flu and that you're able to have some sneaky bathroom bding.

@newbie2013 I'm glad af is gone and the bd has started. Isn't Skype amazing? It's so neat that we are able to communicate in the ways we can now. Have fun at the weddings! I bet a Christmas time wedding is beautiful if done with Christmas colors/flowers. My sister-in-law got married in early December and the church she got married at had it all decorated for Christmas so it was very pretty.

 

[ProfWife]

@Clandestine - She was under lots of stress and her cortisone levels were freaking out. So, they supplemented to support her so that her body wouldn't constantly fluctuate due to the stress. In my case, both versions (to supplement and to control) are on the table for me. We haven't pulled the bloodwork yet, but I get extreme fatigue. I can sleep for half a day, wake up, and go right back to sleep 4-5 hours later. So, after the progesterone cycles this month and next we're going to look at what else needs to be corrected if we're still not pregnant.

Well, looks like I'm getting my Christmas wish. No flashing smileys with the new test, just went from negative straight to solid smiley. The cheapie tests backed it up - positive yesterday and today. So, it looks like I'll O before we leave for his hometown. I'm actually thankful for that though. Less stress while we're up there!

 

[melann13]

@Profwife, Congrats, that's great! Get to BDing and have a blessed Christmas.

 

[lesh07]

Well ladies after the start of my miscarriage 17 days ago (10 days of bleeding) I have a positive O test after 3 days of testing. I am shocked that it all started again so soon. Really hoping for a rainbow baby soon. xxx