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

[MamaPeaches]

AFM I am on cd 19 and I still do not know if I have ovulated!?! (I'm usually 27-29 day cycle). I do not think I have based on my temps and none of the sites I use have detected it. It crept up a little higher over the last few days, but it's still too low. I know it might be later this month, but it's driving me crazy. My latest ovulation was cd 16 before so my patience is running out. I know many ladies routinely have to wait longer than cd 19. I'm only complaining as I do not really know what to expect this time and we've been 'busy' for a week and a half and I'd really like to see my temp go up!

I hope you get O detected ASAP! A week and a half is long to have to stay 'busy', by the end of our busy week I'm ready for an early night with a bubble bath and a good book!

 

[KatyW]

Hope you see your O day soon, Hopeful. That way perfunctory BD can stop, ha! At least, it lacks in usual excitement, lol, when it's been 6 straight days of it for us, can't speak for anyone else.

 

[KatyW]

ON the topic of exercise, for me, I still exercise, but have changed things since TTC. I don't pound out long distance miles on runs, I do weights, HITT, elliptical, etc., just shorter workouts and varied workouts. I am also careful to eat well afterwards, to keep myself at a healthy weight. I think you figure out your own body, and what works for someone else may not work for you. My body just functions well with moderate exercise every week

 

[chulie]

Hopeful....I know what you mean..it can be tiring and kinda takes the "fun" out of it when it's like EVERY day...hahahahaha......Like...I can only be "spicy" so many ways..hahaha..I eventually run out...I think it would be different if I didn't have a child or...didn't have so many house guests right now??? but basically we're limited to the floor on our bedroom (because the bed is too noisy hehe)....yeah...REAL spicy!!!

Lala sounds like profwife gave you amazing advice...just wanted to add...uhmmm I do have one spot on my chin that grows one long weird hair...so like she said it could be other things like age or whatnot?????

Lesh.....so sorry girl!

Ruskie......so are you in the 2ww now?

I had a weird thing happen this morning.....my sisters best friend has been in my life for like...20 years......her and I are doing this fitness squat challenge so we message eachother every morning to say we've done our bit for the day....we are "close" because I've known her so long....but...she's had a lot of bad things happen to her "baby wise" so....as close as we are we also have sorta a superficial relatioinship where we talk about fun things only.....we would NEVER talk baby talk or anyting like that........so I messaged her this morning to tell her I'd done my 105 squats and this is how our conversation went:

Me: Done my 105...get on yours!!!
her:You will have one soon....trust me
Me: what are you talking about??? was this for me?
Her: You know......
and then she followed up with an emoticon of a baby......

She then tells me she had a dream about me and that in her dream my daughter was holding a blond baby and she was asking me if I was pregnant and I said to her " no this is my baby I just had" and pointed to the baby my DD was holding.....she said she's 99% right when she has pregnancy dreams people usually are!

So.....at first it kinda made well...creeped out/super excited....hahaa..because I've NEVER spoken to her about even ATTEMPTING a second baby....and not even my sister knows we're trying for #2 so it's not like she told her...but then it kinda made me sad a bit...because I feel like it might be giving me a false hope that I just don't feel this month! I dunno....I'm due for my period on the 6th so...we'll see right???? Until then I'm REALLY trying hard not to read too much into things...but considering baby talk is SO taboo for her and I......I dunno....I really don't want to have false hope

 

[ClandestineTX]

@Hopeful: FX your wait is over soon!

AFM: FINALLY got a damn near positive at 5 PM yesterday and a definite positive at 11 PM last night and at 5 AM this morning. Made sure to get in an attempt this morning, even though poor Hubster was up at 4 AM studying for a test he has today and agreed we will try again tomorrow morning, to make sure our bases are as covered as they can be. No "spicy" here - both of us were making jokes this morning about a business transaction and having the perseverance to get it done one more day. It's just been a really long cycle and still not 100% sure when the TWW will begin!

 

[chulie]

@Hopeful: FX your wait is over soon!

AFM: FINALLY got a damn near positive at 5 PM yesterday and a definite positive at 11 PM last night and at 5 AM this morning. Made sure to get in an attempt this morning, even though poor Hubster was up at 4 AM studying for a test he has today and agreed we will try again tomorrow morning, to make sure our bases are as covered as they can be. No "spicy" here - both of us were making jokes this morning about a business transaction and having the perseverance to get it done one more day. It's just been a really long cycle and still not 100% sure when the TWW will begin!

Yipeeee!!!!!!! and good job on your hubby for getting it done! hahahaha..

 

[ProfWife]

@LaLa - Endometriosis can cause irregular periods as well. There are some who believe that endometriosis and PCOS can also be related. One of my sisters had endometriosis severe enough that she was becoming anemic and they did a hysterectomy when she was only 32. My mom didn't have that, but she had painful cysts. She had a hysterectomy in her early 40s due to cancer spreading to those organs. She still battles fibro-cystic breasts which are often mistaken as breast cancer on mammograms. My oldest sister also has painful cysts which have put her in the ER before.

Your cycles being about as wide spreading as mine were, getting checked out is definitely going to put your mind at ease whether you have it or not. Make sure the gyn knows about your family history with endometriosis as they may test for that as well.

Best wishes. I know how hard it is to feel that you have a condition, especially when the medical community doesn't believe you do. I tried to get this checked out by a practitioner I thought I could trust last summer. Her response was "you might have it, but you don't have enough symptoms; your problem is stress. Stop stressing and just have lots of sex. You'll be pregnant within 3 months." 1) I did have a medical issue which she ignored, 2) Hubs and I have now had "lots of sex" for 8 cycles now without a pregnancy, and 3) THAT is causing me more stress than closing down school for the 8th consecutive year of my career would.

So, don't back down. If you want tests run and you're willing to pay for them if insurance doesn't cover it, make sure you get the best medical opinion you can. My suggestion is ask your doctor or lab for a copy of every blood draw and all ultrasounds/xrays. That way if you ever need a second opinion, you'll have all your paperwork already. Best wishes. I know how frustrating and scary it can be to have these unknowns.

If it helps at all, my doctor told me this week that if I'm ovulating regularly the PCOS will not pose enough of a problem to cause infertility on its own. I've been taking FertilAid for 4 months now. Since I started taking it, my cycles have started to regulate. I believe it is the Vitex in the pills. You might want to look into that.

 

[Lala8]

Hopeful....I know what you mean..it can be tiring and kinda takes the "fun" out of it when it's like EVERY day...hahahahaha......Like...I can only be "spicy" so many ways..hahaha..I eventually run out...I think it would be different if I didn't have a child or...didn't have so many house guests right now??? but basically we're limited to the floor on our bedroom (because the bed is too noisy hehe)....yeah...REAL spicy!!!

Lala sounds like profwife gave you amazing advice...just wanted to add...uhmmm I do have one spot on my chin that grows one long weird hair...so like she said it could be other things like age or whatnot?????

Lesh.....so sorry girl!

Ruskie......so are you in the 2ww now?

I had a weird thing happen this morning.....my sisters best friend has been in my life for like...20 years......her and I are doing this fitness squat challenge so we message eachother every morning to say we've done our bit for the day....we are "close" because I've known her so long....but...she's had a lot of bad things happen to her "baby wise" so....as close as we are we also have sorta a superficial relatioinship where we talk about fun things only.....we would NEVER talk baby talk or anyting like that........so I messaged her this morning to tell her I'd done my 105 squats and this is how our conversation went:

Me: Done my 105...get on yours!!!
her:You will have one soon....trust me
Me: what are you talking about??? was this for me?
Her: You know......
and then she followed up with an emoticon of a baby......

She then tells me she had a dream about me and that in her dream my daughter was holding a blond baby and she was asking me if I was pregnant and I said to her " no this is my baby I just had" and pointed to the baby my DD was holding.....she said she's 99% right when she has pregnancy dreams people usually are!

So.....at first it kinda made well...creeped out/super excited....hahaa..because I've NEVER spoken to her about even ATTEMPTING a second baby....and not even my sister knows we're trying for #2 so it's not like she told her...but then it kinda made me sad a bit...because I feel like it might be giving me a false hope that I just don't feel this month! I dunno....I'm due for my period on the 6th so...we'll see right???? Until then I'm REALLY trying hard not to read too much into things...but considering baby talk is SO taboo for her and I......I dunno....I really don't want to have false hope

I think that's really random for her to dream that if you have never talked about it before. You never know, she could be a little bit psychic? Weirder things have happened. Stay positive

 

[Lala8]

@Hopeful: FX your wait is over soon!

AFM: FINALLY got a damn near positive at 5 PM yesterday and a definite positive at 11 PM last night and at 5 AM this morning. Made sure to get in an attempt this morning, even though poor Hubster was up at 4 AM studying for a test he has today and agreed we will try again tomorrow morning, to make sure our bases are as covered as they can be. No "spicy" here - both of us were making jokes this morning about a business transaction and having the perseverance to get it done one more day. It's just been a really long cycle and still not 100% sure when the TWW will begin!

We have gone past the spicy stage too, it really is more like a business transaction. It's such a shame but it's just what happens when you are having sex for a reason I guess. Hopefully when you are pregnant you can bring back the fun into the bedroom. At least that's what I am hoping for

 

[Lala8]

@LaLa - Endometriosis can cause irregular periods as well. There are some who believe that endometriosis and PCOS can also be related. One of my sisters had endometriosis severe enough that she was becoming anemic and they did a hysterectomy when she was only 32. My mom didn't have that, but she had painful cysts. She had a hysterectomy in her early 40s due to cancer spreading to those organs. She still battles fibro-cystic breasts which are often mistaken as breast cancer on mammograms. My oldest sister also has painful cysts which have put her in the ER before.

Your cycles being about as wide spreading as mine were, getting checked out is definitely going to put your mind at ease whether you have it or not. Make sure the gyn knows about your family history with endometriosis as they may test for that as well.

Best wishes. I know how hard it is to feel that you have a condition, especially when the medical community doesn't believe you do. I tried to get this checked out by a practitioner I thought I could trust last summer. Her response was "you might have it, but you don't have enough symptoms; your problem is stress. Stop stressing and just have lots of sex. You'll be pregnant within 3 months." 1) I did have a medical issue which she ignored, 2) Hubs and I have now had "lots of sex" for 8 cycles now without a pregnancy, and 3) THAT is causing me more stress than closing down school for the 8th consecutive year of my career would.

So, don't back down. If you want tests run and you're willing to pay for them if insurance doesn't cover it, make sure you get the best medical opinion you can. My suggestion is ask your doctor or lab for a copy of every blood draw and all ultrasounds/xrays. That way if you ever need a second opinion, you'll have all your paperwork already. Best wishes. I know how frustrating and scary it can be to have these unknowns.

If it helps at all, my doctor told me this week that if I'm ovulating regularly the PCOS will not pose enough of a problem to cause infertility on its own. I've been taking FertilAid for 4 months now. Since I started taking it, my cycles have started to regulate. I believe it is the Vitex in the pills. You might want to look into that.

Wow thank you so much for all the information.

I will make sure I don't back down and I want them to run every test possible.
The gyn I want to see is the one who did my mum's histerectomy a few years ago, I was reading about him last night and he is meant to be really good!

It's so good to hear that your cycles are regulating, I hope this continues and wish only good things for you in your future.

I will keep you updated on my situation, thanks again for all your advice and information.

 

[ClandestineTX]

We have gone past the spicy stage too, it really is more like a business transaction. It's such a shame but it's just what happens when you are having sex for a reason I guess. Hopefully when you are pregnant you can bring back the fun into the bedroom. At least that's what I am hoping for

I made a joke this morning, which I think I just posted on my journal (or maybe a friend's journal) - that we were joking about the 'business transaction' - only that it was more like making a deposit into an investment account that IF it accepted your deposit, you'd be guaranteed to lose money on it! because babies can be expensive. Hubster and I agreed whenever you have to do something, it makes it feel like work and for most of us, work does not equal fun. The minute we no longer have to do it, I'm sure it will be fun again!

 

[burgbrandy]

Hey ladies! I haven't been saying much on here lately but I've been keeping up!

Nothing much going on with me. 6 dpo and just pinching and crazy amounts of creamy cm. Testing Saturday before our cedar point trip! Oh, and I have been peeing constantly! Woke up twice last night to go to the bathroom.

DTD has been a business transaction for us too, but we try to keep it spicy. Hubby is on 3rds again so our bd has been a little lacking. At least we got in quite a bit around o!

 

[Lala8]

I made a joke this morning, which I think I just posted on my journal (or maybe a friend's journal) - that we were joking about the 'business transaction' - only that it was more like making a deposit into an investment account that IF it accepted your deposit, you'd be guaranteed to lose money on it! because babies can be expensive. Hubster and I agreed whenever you have to do something, it makes it feel like work and for most of us, work does not equal fun. The minute we no longer have to do it, I'm sure it will be fun again!

Agreed!

 

[Lala8]

Hey ladies! I haven't been saying much on here lately but I've been keeping up!

Nothing much going on with me. 6 dpo and just pinching and crazy amounts of creamy cm. Testing Saturday before our cedar point trip! Oh, and I have been peeing constantly! Woke up twice last night to go to the bathroom.

DTD has been a business transaction for us too, but we try to keep it spicy. Hubby is on 3rds again so our bd has been a little lacking. At least we got in quite a bit around o!

Fingers crossed for you!

 

[ClandestineTX]

@burgbrandy: if you're only going to be able to do it a few times in any cycle - around O is the best time to do it! FX for your testing!

 

[chulie]

Hey ladies! I haven't been saying much on here lately but I've been keeping up!

Nothing much going on with me. 6 dpo and just pinching and crazy amounts of creamy cm. Testing Saturday before our cedar point trip! Oh, and I have been peeing constantly! Woke up twice last night to go to the bathroom.

DTD has been a business transaction for us too, but we try to keep it spicy. Hubby is on 3rds again so our bd has been a little lacking. At least we got in quite a bit around o!

Well that sounds promising.....and...even though I know NOTHING about charting...I "think" your chart looks awesome right?????? like if it stays high isn't that a great thing????

 

[MamaPeaches]

We have gone past the spicy stage too, it really is more like a business transaction. It's such a shame but it's just what happens when you are having sex for a reason I guess. Hopefully when you are pregnant you can bring back the fun into the bedroom. At least that's what I am hoping for

I made a joke this morning, which I think I just posted on my journal (or maybe a friend's journal) - that we were joking about the 'business transaction' - only that it was more like making a deposit into an investment account that IF it accepted your deposit, you'd be guaranteed to lose money on it! because babies can be expensive. Hubster and I agreed whenever you have to do something, it makes it feel like work and for most of us, work does not equal fun. The minute we no longer have to do it, I'm sure it will be fun again!

That is so funny and true

 

[Mrs A]

Hey I'm out again.
Can you change my test date to 21st July

 

[poppygirl05]

Anyone ever had a chrlie horse of sorts in your uterine area? I did yesterday. Hurt like hell. Af is one day late no other symptoms. Ideas?

 

[chulie]

Anyone ever had a chrlie horse of sorts in your uterine area? I did yesterday. Hurt like hell. Af is one day late no other symptoms. Ideas?

Hmmmm...not that I remember...but af being late is always a good sign if you have regular cycles?? And any weird muscle movement could mean things are happening??? Maybe wait and test again tomorrow?? Did you use a sensitive test??