My New Year's Resolution: Get pregnant. Anyone else? SIX BFPs so far!!!

[shinyshoes]

Trying my best to keep the faith, but it can be testing!! My younger sister is due to have her first any day now and whilst I am so excited to be an Auntie I do also feel a tinge of envy. Still it's gonna be my turn next - that's all!! I do believe that postive attracts positive so any time I feel a doubt forming I just pop on here and see what you're up to!!

You lovely ladies are my therapists! I can say things 'out loud' here and therefore keep my sanity - well, what little of it I had to start with!!

I love the determination on here - together we're going to get those 2013 BFP's and celebrate with each other along the way.......feel a group hug coming on!!

pbl-ge - that is NOT a way to lose weight! You won't be going through that again I'm certain!

grace10209 - how's it going?

Right gotta dash so......

Happy and to you all!

 

[Jax41]

Shiny, having your sister about to give birth must be really hard on you I know how I felt with DH's DS's girlfriend had theirs, big smiley face but inside eaten up with envy. You know we are always here for you to sound off at and keep your marbles straight

Grace, how you doing? Do let us know!

I agree about keeping the PMA going, esp when my DH wasn't co-operating over O time I must be the only one here glad to be in the TWW but I had good results at the FS today re my scan, everything lookin' good no cysts, fibroids, abnormalities and evidence that my right ovary produced at little egg, ahhh Just hope DH's swimmers did the trick, please, please, please

Elpha, pbl, sweetmel, have a lovely weekend

 

[pbl_ge]

Ladies, I couldn't agree more--this positivity thing is hard to maintain! Especially watching some people flit through here and get their first BFP within a couple of weeks. VERY annoying. I'm experiencing a new wrinkle: a UTI during my fertile period. Oh well, just going to get some anitbiotics and power through. But it makes it a lot harder to hold onto pee long enough for an OPK! I just keep telling myself that my time will come, and it probably won't take me as long as others have had to wait, so I just have to stay strong. Keeping the focus on work helps, too.

A small triumph: I swam a mile for the first time since about age 11 yesterday. I just started lap swimming this month, so I'm really proud of myself, and thought I'd share.

Jax, super congratulations on the positive test results!!! Sorry OH wasn't on board. Hope he's back in shape next month!

Many hugs to you all. Anyone testing soon???????

 

[shinyshoes]

pbl_ge - damn the UTI, perfect timing of course Congrats on the swim - well done you!!!

jax41 - yep, it's def hard, envy isn't something I'm proud of! But I'm hoping to enjoy the Auntie role in preparation for being a mum, but it's not the same...........

AFM - well AF is due next Sat/Sun and so far everything just feels like I'm preparing for her visit but I guess time will tell

The daily orgasm was surprisingly hard work and I did miss one or two. Hopefully it's helped increase blood flow to the area and if needs be I will be doing the same again next month!

Grapefruit juice def improved moisture levels downstairs and a daily mug of hot water and a lemon must have been cleansing - help me absorb the COQ10 and other vits. If this hasn't been my month I have a packet of wheatgrass to try next month - anyone given it a go and is it as disgusting as it looks??

Have a docs visit on Friday to see what she makes of my watery periods.

So another week of work ahead and we'll see what next weekend brings!

and to all

 

[SweetMel]

Hi ladies,

Shinyshoes - I bet you will be a wonderful aunt. We will be your therapists. We don't mind a bit. Let it out. I've been doing some web searches this month to try to find helpful information on fertility. I found something interesting on the 'daily orgasm' plan. The website said that orgasms release oxytocin into the body and oxytocin helps with the LH hormone, and so they can contribute to ovulation. I found it interesting. It just might work. I don't know if they still work if flying solo.

Jax - What is up with DHs and OHs. They can be so frustrating! I think my DH has hypersommia. It interferes with BDing.

PBL - I'm sorry to hear that you have an UTI. Can you take a cranberry suppliment? I was drinking waaaaaay too much diet soda and it was making me go all the time. I haven't quit soda entirely, but I have cut down. I also added a cranberry pill to the large arsenal of vitamins I am taking. Good job swimming a mile!

AFM - I am waiting to ovulate. I am CD14. I have been having 32 day cycles. I think I will before the end of the month around Wednesday. I am doing well on my PCOS diet and I have lost 6 lbs. I want to get down to 145 which is what I weighed before I conceived both of my sons - seems to be the magic number. I currently weight 180.

 

[Elphabaa77]

I am just at the beginning of my new cycle... that just had to show up! So, now my HSG test is scheduled for TOMORROW! I originally thought it would be next Tuesday, but it has to be tomorrow because the RE that will do the test is only in the Fort Wayne office on Tuesdays. He is based out of Indianapolis. Since the test has to be done before CD10, next Tuesday is too late. AF may still be around tomorrow, but the nurse reassured me it was fine as long as it wasn't heavy. Yeah... fine for them! A weeeee bit embarrassing for me, but I will get over it since the only other alternative is to wait another cycle. I am getting SUPER nervous now... originally I thought I had a week to prepare myself. Hubby is probably happy though, because now we won't have to refrain from for an additional week!

I will know tomorrow if my tubes are clear or blocked and then hubby's sperm test is a week from tomorrow!

SweetMel- Where did you find your PCOS diet? I tried doing low amylose once, which is similar to low carb but supposedly better for PCOS. It was so hard to do with only a Walmart to shop for groceries in! Their produce, meat, and organic sections are a bit of a joke!

Hope all is well with everyone!

 

[vermeil]

Vermeil, miraculous story. My prayers to you. I hope bun #2 stays in the oven a while longer. WE CAN DO IT!!

I’m on CD9 today. I can already feel my ovaries gearing up for ov. I have been on my low carb diet for almost a week now. Now if I could just get out and exercise, but it has been too cold lately.
Good luck ladies!

Thank you SweetMel, I do happen to think my son was a miracle too. And yes I hope #2 bakes a few weeks longer. I have zero interest in reliving that hell, thank you very much

You mention it being too cold - are you in Canada too? I admit that's been keeping me inside lately, too insanely cold brrrr. What have you been doing to keep nice and warm?

2013 will be THE year ladies!

 

[SweetMel]

Elpha – I hope everything goes well for you tomorrow. Maybe it is a good sign that you are getting in tomorrow instead of next week. The diet, well it’s a long story. I will try to make it short. I was depressed and overweight after having two miscarriages. The doctor I was seeing at the time told me that there wasn’t much more he could do for me which made me more depressed. I decided to take control of my life by getting healthy. So I read some books like the carbohydrate acdicts diet, the zone diet, the Adkins diet, the South Beach diet and the Dr. Phil diet. They were all saying pretty much the same thing so I put what I learned into action. Six months after my second miscarriage I had lost weight and managed to get pregnant without clomid or metformin. That pregnancy and the next fourth one didn’t make it, but I started seeing a new doctor who did blood work to find out I had thrombophilia (blood clotting). I got pregnant again as soon as we started trying and had my first son. Twenty-three months later I had my second son. I feel extremely blessed to have my two boys. My new husband of 18 months doesn’t have a biological child and so I am trying to do this one more time before I’m 40. I do a very low carb plan with a ton of green veggies (salads), meats, and a bit of dairy. You can do a google search for the PCOS diet and find lots of information.

Vermeil – No I am not in Canada. I bet you have it cold. I shouldn’t complain. I live in Missouri. The temperatures here fluctuate wildly. It will be in the single digits one week and in the 60s the next. The saying here goes: If you don’t like the weather, wait an hour. I just use the weather as an excuse not to get out and exercise.

 

[pbl_ge]

Hello, Ladies. How are you. Fantastic.

Elphaba, so sorry about AF! It’s the worst when you’re optimistic that it might be a BFP month. I think TODAY is your HSG? Let us know how it goes! Mine was fine, but I took 800 mg of ibuprofin in advance, so that might have helped. Those things are always mildly humiliating and not fun, but this test tends to go quickly. I hope you get good results!

Vermeil, I’m in Western New York, and last week was FREEZING! For several days the high was between 10-15 F!!! We put in a wood stove in the fall, so we just curled up around it. We also have the world’s thickest, warmest comforter. The house can bee 57 degrees, and I’ll still break a sweat under it! Today it’s high 40s. Tomorrow near 60! Where are you in your cycle? There are other ways to keep warm!

SweetMel, sounds like we’ll be TWW buddies! So sorry to hear your story—very sad! But you’ve hit the jackpot twice, so I’m hopeful you’ll be able to do this one more time! Good luck on the weight loss!


AFM, the UTI is going away slowly with lots of cranberry juice, antibiotics, and that stuff that turns your pee bright orange. The OPKs are getting darker, so we’re still trying to SMEP. Slight modifcation: a lady on another thread suggested the use of soft cups as a delivery mechanism. Brilliant! But a little tricky, so I’m not 100% I did it right. Once I’m feeling better we’ll go back to the traditional delivery mechanism, but I don’t want to give myself a kidney infection in the meantime!

Kind of a crap week at work, but otherwise we’re doing okay. Hope all of you lovely ladies are doing well, too!!!

 

[SweetMel]

Well ladies my cm isn’t getting any better this cycle. I’m CD 17 and I don’t see it getting stretchy anytime soon.

 

[Elphabaa77]

PBL- Glad to hear the UTI is starting to go away... I always used to laugh at the color some of those UTI meds turned my pee. At first it was alarming, then it was just funny. Also... 'traditional delivery mechanism' made me giggle.

Yesterday was my HSG. I went in expecting either really good news or really bad news... and ended up with partly confusing news. Um, yay? Right side is fine and clear but left side is a bit, um, inconclusive? That's a good word. I was on CD5 and just wrapping up AF, but if I did not go yesterday the nurse told me I would have to wait until next cycle since the test has to be done before CD10 and the RE is only in town doing those tests on Tuesdays. I ended up irritated with that nurse after TALKING to the RE yesterday. He said he is comfortable going up to CD11, and in my case, CD12 would have been fine because I ovulate no earlier than CD25. He said my test would have been clearer if I would have waited. Basically, because I was on CD5 and not completely done, he suspects I still had clots. He actually saw a clot on my right side up by the fallopian tube entrance, but he pushed through on that side. On the left side he suspects a clot was blocking because the dye never even made it out of the uterus on that side. He said if he were to do the test again in a couple of months, he is 95% certain it would be fine and clear, BUT with my history he could not be 100% sure. The pressure/flow of the dye just pushed that clot right up and lodged it. He tried to push through on the left, but could not because the dye just kept spilling out the right where it was clear. He did reassure me that if it was a clot blocking up there, that would dissolve and be fine.

He said he is comfortable telling my OBGYN that it is fine to proceed with clomid, he doesn't see the need at this point to redo the test. (Thank goodness because I don't have another $1,000 to blow!) He said if I am not pregnant after 3-4 cycles of clomid, we might revisit the HSG test then.

I also had an 'air bubble' which initially scared the heck out of me when I saw a big circle in the middle of my uterus on the screen. haha Then he had my wiggle around and it moved like an air bubble in a bottle of syrup. Was kind of humorous. The test itself was not terribly uncomfortable. I have had cryotherapy (cervix frozen) and a LEEP biopsy done and those were a LOT more uncomfortable! I am having a bit of sharp stabbing pain today on the left side. I am guessing it has to do with him trying so hard to push through that clot.

Hubby's sperm test is text Tuesday, so HOPEFULLY that goes well! If so, I will be starting Clomid and Estradiol in early March when AF shows up again. I think she said Clomid CD 5-9 then Estradiol CD 10-21. Then on CD 21 we will do bloodwork to check my progesterone levels and just make sure I ovulated. I didn't understand what the point of Estradiol was... but then I read that since Clomid can thin your uterine lining and dry up CM, the Estradiol apparently counteracts it. Helps to build a nice lining and give you plenty of EWCM.

 

[pbl_ge]

Elphaba, glad the test went relatively well! I don't know how much you've read about others' experience with HSGs, but apparently having one tube flow better than the other is totally normal. Add to that your AF issues, and I'd would bet that you can assume both tubes are fine until proven otherwise. I can't BELIEVE they gave you such conflicting information! Perhaps they should give you a free second round?? Good luck on OH's SA!!!!!!!

Sweet, I hope your lady parts cooperate and you O soon! Sooooo frustrating when she takes her time! I think I FINALLY did O yesterday or today. I'm a bit bummed because it means the best two chances (if you will) were not the "legs in the air" (props to Dwrgi, here on BnB) variety, but were the soft cups method, and I'm just not confident I did that well enough to be effective. It's harder than you'd think! But, sperm were put in the general vicinity of my cervix, so we'll assume I have a chance this month. Think positive thoughts for me!!!

 

[SweetMel]

Elpha, wow hon. The things we do to have babies! I have always disliked the people working for the doctor that don’t have the slightest clue what they are talking about.

I don’t know if I ovulated or not. My cm has been better this cycle, but it never did reach a really good quality of ewcm. Now instead of feeling left/right twinges off and on, I’m having a very uncomfortable feeling in the middle. It is just like last cycle. It doesn’t come and go like cramps. The feeling is constant and annoying.

Pbl_ge, I guess you are in the tww. Let us know how you feel so we can help you symptom spot.

 

[Jax41]

Hi Girls just catching up with all your news

Have to say I'm losing my PMA fast this cycle - noooooooooooo, come back!!!!!!!

Are you all okay?

 

[shinyshoes]

Jax41 :wave: oh no, don't lose your PMA, come on girl you gotta keep at it!!! You chase that PMA and grab ahold, we're all in this together - lol!!

SweetMel: lets hope you ovulated.........I get a lot of niggly cramps in the TWW enough to make me tetchy and reach for a hot water bottle.

Pbl_ge: how's it going for you TWwaiting patiently?!

AFM: Just waiting for AF to arrive this weekend....and I know she's going to because I couldn't resist the overwhelming urge, despite saying I wouldn't, to POAS today to get the usual BFN - which honestly was no suprise. BUT it is NOT going to get me down. I say 'bring it on witch coz this may well be your last visit'. Ok, I know I sound nuts but what else is there?! What's the bet she arrives the same day as my sister has her baby?

So, today I did my Zita West meditation (fell asleep) and I'm going to find 20 mins for this every day. I've some more changes in mind for February. I've bought an organic wheatgrass cocktail - yeah, I'm somehow thinking it won't be the sort of cocktail I'd like however I will be taking 100ml after breakfast from tomorrow. Anyone else here taking wheatgrass?

And I'm going to start the body balance class I've been meaning to to - so that's Friday mornings sorted. I'm also hoping to do a yoga class. I feel a new toned me coming on. I'm also going to cut back on sugar as I hear so many bad things about it - I can't see how I can cut it out completely but today I had a lovely chocolate and beetroot cake which had no dairy and no sugar - and much to my surprise it was delicious!! Oh and I HATE beetroot.

Am going to keep up the vits, supps and daily orgasm (well you know, it can't hurt ) and on the advice of SweetMel I plan to involve DH more - can't see him complaining!!

So to all of you with positive vibes on top and remember - keep the faith (Jax41, I'm looking at you )!!

 

[SweetMel]

Jax,

What is PMA?

 

[shinyshoes]

Hmm - I posted a long reply here but it went to the moderators - will it come back do you know or do I need to retype??

 

[pbl_ge]

I THINK PMA = positive mental attitude. Right?

Shiny, I've never had a post go to the moderators. That's no fun! I hope they save it for you. There must be some kind of algorithm that they use to automatically flag posts with certain words or phrases. I've had the word bast### automatically censored, unlike most other curse words, which I thought was interesting.

No real symptoms yet, except that I'm getting the same CM that I had during my BFP month. I don't think it's a very convincing sign, so I'm not reading much into it. Keep your fingers crossed for me, ladies! I don't have much time left before my would-have-been-due date, and I can't make any promises that I'll remain sane or well-behaved if that date passes with no BFP!

Jax, are you symptom-free? Apparently lots of women don't have many. Good luck!!!!

 

[grace10209]

Hi everyone

Hope everyone is doing well. I have had a crazy week, My beta was done on friday 2/1 and i was a wreck, i did not test at all at home beforehand.
I had a horrible week at work with major issues with an employee, i had to meet HR and the persons union representation and I was shaking like a leaf and crying a lot. ughhhh, not crying in front of my employee but behind the scenes,
ANYWAY
at 12dpo on Wednesday i started spotting and i was devastated, so i started planning my next iui cycle. A friend of mine i met on here said to me,
IT WILL HAPPEN - YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH, and although i have heard that 10000 times before, it really stuck, so i kept saying it to myself over and over.

So beta was done friday morning, i was busy at work all day and scared to death to get the call, so i shut my phone off and left it in my purse, when I left work and got to my work, i had a voicemail. the message that said my test came back positive and that my beta was 269, they said at 14dpo they hope it to be 100 so 269 was a great number!!!!!!!!
I STARTED BALLING!
they said i am to go back monday for a 2nd beta check and they want the number to have doubled by then.

I am so thankful and cautiously optimistic for this little one.

please stick little bean, mommy loves you already!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

SO, have faith ladies! it will happen! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[pbl_ge]

Grace

Spoiler

That's fantastic news! Sending you lots of sticky thoughts! Let us the SECOND you get your next HCG test!