Mid-August Testers

[NotNic]

That seems like a very common link then! Three positives after increased blueberry consumption.

It's really good news that you are feeling a bit better. Your strength and PMA will really kick in and make a difference soon. I hope Friday goes well and you get some well-deserved good news. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Bex. Keep us posted. Do you have anything nice planned for when your hubby is back?

 

[CHDickey]

Bex- high five-ing him right now for you! I am so glad you are feeling a bit better. You are a strong woman! Fingers are crossed for no surgery!! Hugs to you!!!

Snowflake- same way here just doing what I do! Went to the A&M/Arkansas game and was having a blast all weekend with my college buddies and hubby! didn't think about a thing. Pretty sure no BFP for just one night of BD for hubby and me, so pretty sure I missed the mark! Not even really keeping track of post o temps. Everywhere I turn friends and family are having babies and announcing pregnancies. My bf this weekend said not to fret that my time would come!!

Going to give it one more strong go next cycle, but will have to hold off and wait until January after that. Do not have short term disability and will not be able to sign up until the 11th. So come January there will be no holds!!

Have a fabulous Tuesday!

 

[InHisHands]

Nic - i do use preseed... i was just wondering what it was like for you. I am completely dry still... so im sure it didnt happen this month.. but with that said.. im okay. Im just biding tme. I am so excited for you Nic

Bex - i hope everything goes well. Keep us posted.

 

[snowflakes120]

Another lowish temp this AM. Just have a feeling I am out again this month. I feel if we had done it my temps would be higher by now - these are the lowest by alot then they have ever been compared to the same dpo's. I am quite sad today about it. I guess I just want AF to arrive at this point to start cycle #5. I am just not feeling anything different except my BB's have hurt everyday since OV - which is odd.

My mom started talking about my cousin and her pregnancy yesterday. It was like daggers in my heart. Saying she can't wait to see her next month when she goes to visit AZ - and that my cousin finds out the sex the week before she gets there. Blah de blah. Hurts me alot. Mom doesn't know of our TTC so....

 

[jchic]

That seems like a very common link then! Three positives after increased blueberry consumption.

It's really good news that you are feeling a bit better. Your strength and PMA will really kick in and make a difference soon. I hope Friday goes well and you get some well-deserved good news. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Bex. Keep us posted. Do you have anything nice planned for when your hubby is back?

Hey Nic!

How are you feeling? I forgot to ask you - how many cycles were you TTC? Any tips??

 

[NotNic]

Helloo! To be honest I don't really know how on earth we managed to catch an egg this month! It was my 6th month of BCP and my 5th cycle, but that last cycle lasted 50+ days. I think my body skipped a month, because if I work back from the IB my CD1 would have been around the time I missed my first period (if that makes sense). I didn't use opks or anything special because I was lost in my cycle. I don't know if it just took that long for my body to return to normal . I did eat a whole heap of blueberries throughout August - so perhaps that helped to boost my vitamin levels and get the body working? We also joke with that his swimmers weren't suffering stage fright because they didn't realise it was the real thing!! I was super calm this month. Normally I'm a bag of nerves. Perhaps that helped?

Hands - Are there anything you can take to boost EWCM? I've heard mixed things about different supplements. Maybe that is something you could look in to?

to everyone and lots of PMA xx

 

[MrsBea23]

Hi ladies,

Bex - So pleased you are feeling a bit better I am really hoping that everything is out and that you don't need an operation.

Hands - I have never really got EWCM or cm and since getting my BFP I still haven't had any cm. I tried preseed but didn't like it and didn't use it the month Igot my BFP so I wouldn't worry too much about not having EWCM.

Snowflake - My temps dropped for the 4 days before my BFP and I even went below coverline the day before I tested (I tested because it went back up) so don't stress about your temp dropping

CH - Here is hoping you get your BFP this month or next, I will keep everything crossed for you.

Nic - Has it sunk in yet? have you told anyone?

jc how are you getting on?

 

[InHisHands]

Well i was at work today walking around the classroom when i felt something wet between my legs. Sure enough... my ewcm has finally arrived. I've been having period type cramps today, so when i came home from work...i took my last ovulation test. -- it was a FIRM positive (the darkest i have EVER seen)...

Hubby and i BD Sunday morning... and im going to try to get him to do so tonight as well.

My only concern is that... with me ovulating so late into my cycle - CD19 ... unless my cycle is longer than normal.. its only going to give me a LP of about 9 days... which isnt very long to give the egg time to implant.

Oh wells, at least i ovulated... and im not broken completely LOL my PMA is way high with the news that i didnt miss ovulation this month.

Mrs. Bea -- thank you so much for your last post.. it was so encouraging to hear your positive thoughts and comments -- thanks to bea's post, sounds like you are still in it snow.

 

[NotNic]

That's brilliant news Hands! I thought that your LP should stay pretty constant if you do take anything to help extend it, and it was how long it took to ovulate which causes longer cycles. I would test when you are in excess of your normal DPO days. Even if you do have a LP of nine days it's still possible as implantation can occur as early as 6DPO. Keeping my fingers super crossed for you! It sounds very good for this month (just keep bding a few more times just in case eggy is a slow leaver!)

Snowflakes -how things looking today? I am sending lots of positive thoughts and your way!

Bea - it's not really sunk in at all yet! I took a digital this morning and it said I am 3+ which was a bit of a shock. I was convinced i might have tested too early and that I might have a chemical pregnancy. That doesn't seem the case now! Haven't told anyone yet and trying to keep it a secret for as long as possible. How are you feeling atm? Any symptoms or ms?

CH and JChic - how are you guys doing? Will you test this wkend?

 

[InHisHands]

Oh i sure hope so Nic. - I did get hubby to BD last night... some nights i feel like i have to beg lol He was really excited to see the dark test line though... and commented "But its the wrong test" -- meaning he's wanting to see a second line on a pg test.

At the beginning of this cycle i was planning on not testing till my brother's wedding if AF hadn't arrived.. which was suppose to be 10 after my missed period. I think i will stick with that plan, only it will be 5 days now. So most likely AF will come before then, if she's going to come.

 

[InHisHands]

Where is everyone at in their cycles? -- im totally off track with you guys now. Im 1dpo.

I totally want day by day symptom updates from you Bea and Nic.

 

[snowflakes120]

Morning ladies!

I am 9dpo. Today I had a temp spike up! And a fairly large one at that - back to where I was. I made a post about my room being cooler and got a response to add a blanket and warmer pj's to counteract. I did both last night and wham a temp raise. We will see what tomorrow's temp brings. I still am thinking I might be out - a got a blemish this AM and BB's are getting a teeny bit less tender - which both seems to happen before AF. Oh yea - and my CM dried up. BOoo!

I totally still plan to test Friday AM (11dpo) anyways - not really sure why seeing as I am almost 100% sure I am out. AF due Monday.

Hands - SOooo happy for the OV! I knew it was coming - just a bit late! And yup, your LP should stay the same no matter how late you OV.

Mrs. Bea - Thanks for the encouraging words about my temp yesterday!

Nic - Hey Nic! Hope your feeling well!

 

[MrsBea23]

Hands - So pleased you O'd, from what I have read your lp should stay the same even with a late O. Fx'd you caught it this month.

Snowflake - Good news about the temp increase, I hope it goes even higher tomorrow.

Nic - I haven't really told many people just our parents and 1 friend, still no symptoms or ms for me. I have my nt scan next Tuesday so if that is all good then i will start telling people.

 

[NotNic]

You have a plum Mrs Bea!! I'm made up I 've got a pip, but to have a plum is amazing news! I hope all goes well next week. I don't really have any symptoms yet. I get a bit bloated, and I go through stages of being absolutely starving. I don't normally eat much of an evening, but I had a boy's portion for dinner last night. One small thing I have noticed is that I am sleeping better than I did before my BFP. I'm not noticeably more tired, but I am sleeping straight through, which I would never do before.

Snowflakes - I have a lovely feeling for you. Keep us posted.

Hands - Lots of and pma to you.

CH and Jchic - Hello :wave: Hope you are doing okay.

Joey - Haven't heard from you recently. Any news?

Bex - Lots and lots of love heading your way xxxx

 

[InHisHands]

I'm good Nic. Though i would love to be pregnant, im starting to move on with my life with the notion that it may never happen and it is doing me a lot of good.

Bea - You made it to your second trimester!!! Oh this is something to be excited about! Do you guys want to know the gender when it's time?

Bex - Where are you? We sure do love you and miss you.

CH- Haven't heard much from you this cycle. What's going on right now?

Snowflake- i really hope this is your month. I really hope that we all can get our sticky beans soon.

 

[snowflakes120]

Hey Chicas -

Temp went down today. But for some reason I am still a bit hopeful. Still plan to test tomorrow AM but if temp goes down again - I might not. IDK. Also, I know I wrote that my BB's weren't very tender that much yesterday - however, they kill today. And day 10 of ouchy teeny tiny BB's are not fun - I really hope that this amounts to something.

Hands - I can tell already you feel so much more at peace with just living life. I really do think that you will get your LO soon.

Nic- Thanks for that!

Yeah Mrs Bea - for a plum!!

 

[InHisHands]

Snow - Keep your pma girl.

As for me... i notice yesterday morning(Thrusday) that i had a lot of ewcm still ... even though i had some ewcm and had a positive opk on Tuesday... so i asked hubby to BD with me. We foreplayed... used the preseed... and then... nothing.. hubby just couldn't do it... so i hope our last BD on Tuesday night will last.

Hubby really wants a boy, but if it happens this month, odds will be that we are going to have a girl. *sighs* I hate it when this happens... but in the end, i just want a healthy baby girl or boy and hubby will have to deal with not having a son (im not planning on having more than one pregnancy).

 

[snowflakes120]

Hands - FX for you! I would like 2 children preferably close together bc I am already 31 yrs old.

Sooo, I also used a FRER test and got the faintest of all faintest lines known to man. I totally can't even call it a + what so ever. So I decided to take it apart and see if it looked better that way - still saw it about the same. Asked hubby what he thought - Said yup, there's a teeny tiny line there. Now I am afraid it is evap line or something. Someone on another thread said that FRER have had bad evap lines lately so it kinda scares me. I hope it really was a true legit line. I don't think I'm going to test til Sunday or Monday (depending on how my temps go) so I hope that the line gets stronger. AF is due Monday. I am very scared to get excited bc it was so very very very light. But in other good news, my temp went up today! Boobs still hurt too.

 

[MrsBea23]

Snowflake - I have my fingers crossed for you I really hope this is it.

Hands - If you bd'd on the day of O then it is more likely to be a boy so fx'd you catch it this month and get that boy.

Nic - how are you getting on with you pip?

:wave: everyone else

 

[NotNic]

That sounds really exciting Snowflakes. Definitely wait. I was desperate to test from weds and didn't test until Saturday, and got some very fat, no doubt about it lines! I hope this is it for you. I'll wait with you if you like?

Hands and CH - once is enough. I'm proof of that! Keep positive!

Bea - Pip has given me a gift of supersonic smellyvision today paired with a tiny bit of queasiness everytime I get mildly hungry! How's your plum? . x