Mid-August Testers

[CHDickey]

Nic don't be shattered! If you accidently catch an egg, it would be awesome if dreams really do come true!! Fingers crossed!!

 

[InHisHands]

i still havent ovulated yet (but its only cd12). Usually hubby and i would baby dance every other day during our fertile period.. but im not sure if we should wait until a positive OPK. If there is a problem with hubby's sperm count, it might be best. *shrugs* I guess i will be playing this month by ear. Last time we dtd was Saturday night.... so we are working on day 3.

 

[snowflakes120]

Nic - Maybe your spotting is IB? Possibly! I am still crossing my fingers for you!

CH - Hit those sheets girl.

Hands - You should be good with every other day if hubby has swimmer issues. You want to get rid of the old swimmers and have him make some new healthy swimmers.

As y'all know, this month I was caught totally off guard and we only got in that 1 good try. We were gonna try to do SMEP again this month but that didn't work out again. Oh well. I really hope that our 1 BD was good enough and successful. I;m really not too sure and too positive about that really. But the past few months we have BD'd everyday during my fertile period so maybe that change up will be a good thing!! Huge temp increase this AM too.

 

[Srbjbex]

Hands - I agree with snowflakes... dont save the sperm up. Every other day ensures you have fresh and healthy swimmers!

 

[snowflakes120]

OMG Girls. I am totally stressing. I need to stop right now. I was so calm that my OV was earlier this month and now I am big old stress ball again. I need to get back to where I was. Calm, cool and collected.

I posted a thread about how I got another + OPK yesterday even though I had a temp raise. Well, a girl responded and said to put in 2 fake temps for the next 2 days. So I did, and FF has my OVing yesterday not Sunday like I thought! So now I am totally sad because I got that extra day that I wanted to BD and we did BD but in the AM and I know that that just really isn't enough time for him to produce more swimmers bc we only BD'd like 12 hours earlier. And I didn't use any Pre-Seed either. Had I known that this was going to happen - I would have waited til the evening when I was out of work and hubby was out of school and we could have done better. I am so sad. I feel out already - Still gonna pounce the hubby tonight even though my egg is prolly dead. Poooop to the max though!! All in all I just feel like all the cards are stacked up against me this month. Feel like I messed everything up royally. Timing just was not on our side at all this month.

Phhewww! Thanks for letting me vent. You can go about your normal business.

 

[InHisHands]

snowflake-- dont worry, when its your time, it will happen despite how many times you BD. cheer up, it will be okay. It only takes 1.

Maybe i can convince hubby to babydance tonight.. but im not sure due to the fact that i got a call at work, telling me to leave immediately and head to the hospital. -- The reason? My hubby has had scabies for 2 months. They misdiagnosed it as a fungal... and most likely im a carrier (6 week incubation period). GRRRRR

Nic - im really hoping fora BFP or AF for you soon girl.

 

[jchic]

i still havent ovulated yet (but its only cd12). Usually hubby and i would baby dance every other day during our fertile period.. but im not sure if we should wait until a positive OPK. If there is a problem with hubby's sperm count, it might be best. *shrugs* I guess i will be playing this month by ear. Last time we dtd was Saturday night.... so we are working on day 3.

Im on CD12 too! I am waiting to ovulate, hoping by Friday! We have been DTD everyday, but tonight I think I need a break, LOL

 

[NotNic]

Hands you might be completly fine. My OH had impetigo for nearly two months before he checked it out. That whole time we slept in the same bed, I wore his dressing gown, and used the same hand towels, face cloths etc. Once they realised what it was he was signed off for two weeks because it's highly contagious. I never got it, even when I was the one dressing his sores (sheets were boiled washed once I found out!)

Breathe Snowflakes! Hands is right. You only need one spermy. While all that other stuff helps, many, many babies have been conceived without them and your egg could have always been a bit slow leaving, giving those swimmers more time to get there. Not long to find out! Lots of

Jchic - good to hear from you. When do you think you might O?

 

[NotNic]

Sorry I've just realised you said Friday! Need to wake up / go to sleep.

 

[InHisHands]

Ugh.. okay so i went to the hospital after my last post.. and they are treating me with a cream that is toxic. What did the dr. suggest when it came to ttc??? -- wait 2 months!!! Oh yeah right! when i got home tonight, i looked up more information about the drug.

It is toxic... but when it comes to pregnancy it is in Category B... which means in animal studies it showed no effects in reproduction nor fetus development, but no conclusive studies have been done on pregnant women.

Doctors can and sometimes do perscribe the drug to pregnant women, but only when the effects outweigh the risk.

In summary: I think it will be okay. If i ovulate in 2 days... and the maybe baby wont even implant for another week after that...

These "medical professionals" aggerviate me.

I guess no baby dancing tonight... but i didnt have a positive opk this morning either.. so there is still a chance.

 

[snowflakes120]

Oh hands - That is hard. I am not too sure what I would do. I would ask a Pharmacist though what they thought too to get a 2nd opinion and ask for them to give you the pamphlet that comes with the cream and read that over as well.

Thanks girls. I feel much better today. I made dinner and then I rested for the rest of the night and did my nails all nice and pretty and watched some TV. Felt good to be lazy. Back to being cool, calm and collected. Que Sera, Sera!!

 

[InHisHands]

*sighs* okay maybe im just being impatient but its cd 14 and no sign of a positive opk .. and i normally ovulate 14th or 15th day. I have no extra cm, no sore boobs, and no positive opk.

After 10 months of ttc, and always having positive opks on cd 14-15 (only used opks 6 of the months tho)... im wondering if my hormones could be messed up... or if im just being very impatient. I have a feeling that this is gonna be a long month for me.

 

[NotNic]

Hang in there Hands. The last few weeks have been a bit stressful for you, so you might be a day or two out this month. Keep bding xx

 

[InHisHands]

Well i finally started to get ewcm.. though not a lot yet... so hopefully my positive opk is tomorrow or the next day after that!!! yay!!!!!!!

How is everyone else? Pre or Post ovulation? Symptoms? How is your Edgyness, etc?

 

[NotNic]

I don't knowif you want me to bore you with a 'no update' update!! Still no news here. I *thought* that my chest and boobs were looking a bit veiny yesterday, but on refection it's probably the last of my summer tan had disappeared under a jumper in august! I might test this wkend if I have no spotting between now and then. How's everyone else? Xx

 

[CHDickey]

Nic- did the doc do a blood test??

Hands- hang in there you would be amazed at how much stress and such can mess you up.

My cycle seems to be more normal this month O'ed on cd 13 or 14. Had cm and positive opk, but.... Only BD on cycle 12 so I am going to go ahead and say, it's not going to happen for us this month! Oh well!

 

[InHisHands]

Still no positive opk. Yesterday's test was even stronger than todays test but didn't look like it was a positive.. just high *scratches head*

A positive thought would be that since i only test once a day maybe i ovulated between tests. A negative thought would be that i have always had sore boobs after ovulation and i don't have them, so i must not have ovulated. Never thought i might NOT ovulate after all of these months.

I have two more opk tests.. but i got a call last night and hubby is on lockdown until further notice, so he might not even be home in the next couple of days. With the cards stacked against us i have a feeling it just isnt going to happen this month for us.

Maybe my hormone test will come back if i didnt ovulate with the Cause and they can fix it.

 

[NotNic]

Yep, the doctor did do a blood test. I wasn't pregnant last Wednesday, however my hormone levels suggested that I had just entered the LP of my cycle. I just don't know when I O'd. If it was Monday or Tuesday then I would be c. 12DPO, so the could be here at the weekend. I had some spotting on Sunday, so I might test tomorrow. If that was IBD, then levels should be high enough 4-5 days later to be picked up on a test. Fingers crossed! xx

CH - Keep positive. We only need one strong swimmer! x

Hands - Perhaps if your O day is delayed, you might have your OH back from more bd'ing.

JChic - How are you doing? We haven't heard from you in a while.

Hope everyone else is okay xx

 

[snowflakes120]

CH - I still think you def have a chance as Nic said - it only takes one! That is what I am trying to tell myself as timing wasn't that great for us this month either!

Hands - Are you doing your OPK's in the AM? I think you are in the US, right? They work best in the afternoon - I tend to do mine between 4 and 6pm. I am thinking maybe you missed your LH surge...It's prolly peaked between yesterdays AM and today's AM - esp since you had EWCM. OPK's also don't tell you if you def do OV. You can get a positive and then your body never ends up OVing - the only way to confirm is by charting or bloods.

Nic - Can't wait to hear what your test says this weekend.

AFM, My edgyness is not good this AM. I started thinking about timing with hubby's school and basically this cycle that I am in currently is my last perfect one. It would mean that hubby would be out of school and working full time for the entire time that I would be on Maternity leave only making 60% of my pay and he would have plenty of time to help with the baby. Next cycle (in Oct) he would be working full time for 1 month after baby would be born and then going back to school and working part time - which wouldn't be so bad - I could have him around to help more that 1st month. Then the cycle after (in Nov) is horrible. He would be starting school around the same date as my Due Date and only working part time - so he wouldn't be around much for help and we would both only be getting part-time pay.

The pay isn't really what I am worried about. We can swing it even if both of us only make 50% of our pay. It is him not being able to help that worries me more - with him being in his senior yr of college and working part time - basically being very busy already and not having time/energy to help me out scares the bejezzus outta me. We have no family near by either since we moved 11 hours away from our family 6 years ago.

We are praying really really hard that this is our month.

 

[Srbjbex]

To my lovely mid-august ladies.

I wanted to let you know that on Wednesday this week, I had some bleeding. I was admitted to hospital where the doctors confirmed that I had miscarried. I was in hospital for a couple of days and I was given some medication to help it along. This hasn't fully worked. I've been let home now, but I need to go back in a week and if needs be I may need to have surgery to make sure.

Needless to say we are really upset, but we have wonderful friends and family who are being super supportive.

Bye bye little one