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

[SweetMel]

Sis, don't pay attention to different temps throughout the day. Your temp first thing in the morning is all you need. Sleep at least four solid hours, then before you do ANYTHING temp. Temping won't help you predict ovulation. It will just help you to know when you ovulated (unless you're me and then you still won't know).

Are those really your daytime temp? Aren't they kinda low for mid day activities?

 

[Sis4Us]

That's what I'm saying the only high one was after I was running to get the kids and go to the track meet .... Really think something is up w my thyroid : shrug:
BBT 6AM 96.63 a Lil higher today... but my dog was laying on me had to make her big butt move to temp
Guess we will see when I get a full panel done ... All I know is 25 ilbs in 4 mos is NOT good!!

 

[Elphabaa77]

Sis- If your first morning temp this morning was 96.63, I would say there is yet another reason to have that full thyroid panel done. My temps on occasion will dip below 97.0. They used to do it quite a bit last fall, but not so much anymore. I have read that low temps like that can be indicative of a thyroid issue. Of course, they can be other things too. Things as simple as snoring or sleeping with your mouth open. You would not necessarily know you were doing these things, but they could definitely cause your temp to be lower. If I have even a hint of a cold I won't even take my temp. If I know going to bed that I cannot breathe out of my nose... then my temps are not going to be accurate. lol

PBL- Hope those get where they are headed!

As for me, I took another Clearblue Advanced Digital OPK today. I have 4 strips left so I figured it was safe I wouldn't run out before ovulation if it was flashing a smiley yesterday. It was flashing a smiley again today! So I am predicting a solid smiley face tomorrow! Of course, there is no CHANCE for tomorrow! I won't get home from work until almost 8 pm and hubby will be passed out by then. (he gets up for work at 2:30 am) FIGURES! Oh well, the plan is to make a good go of it tonight and also on Friday before we leave for my sister's house for Easter. I really hate at my sister's house, but it looks like we are going to have to find a way to get it in on Saturday while we are there! I never really used to mind, until my 6 year old (at the time, but now 7) nephew surprised us in the middle of the night. It was literally within an hour of us being done. He just walked in because he wanted to snuggle with me. So precious... but terrifying as well! We sleep in the basement at my sister's house and the door does not lock anyhow, but in the cold months the house is so dry that it messes with the door frame and now the bedroom door won't even shut! My sister's cat even likes to try to come in and snuggle with me when I visit now. Almost need somebody to follow us down and put a box in front of the door so it won't open! Kind of a mood killer to say 'Hey sis, can you come down and block our bedroom door shut so we can try to make you a niece or nephew tonight?'

BUT desperate times call for desperate measures!!!!!

 

[Sis4Us]

PBl.... Get it done girl!!!
Elpha...I Prob do mouth breath quite a bit I know both my boys do
But before I even started temping and would go to the Dr my temps where always Low... Thought it was just because I might have drank something or what not but now I'm starting to really wonder hmmmmmm!!!!
Guess we will see in a week or so
Do whatcha gotta do to get in UR days hit the shower or U can even get him to do the deed in a soft cup and install it ... INSTALL!!
That's how I feel seems to be getting more and more like a operation or job!!

Sweet... Was trying to see if I pinpointed O so I know how long after I get a OPK and if I can tell the signs which I get pretty strong O pain so I think I know!!

 

[Butterfly67]

Pbl, yes get at it girl

Sis, my temps are quite low too (about 36.2 coverline -97.16 according to google) which makes sense with a TSH of 4.0 I guess

pebs, I am taking the bullets again this month - I have to say last month I didn't even really notice them - I took them at night in the back door - no mess or anything

Elphaa - can you put a chair or something in front of the door so it moves if anyone opens it - or maybe a bell

 

[Elphabaa77]

I bought the soft cups a couple weeks ago, but I am still VERY intimidated by them! So afraid they are going to get stuck up there! I mean, if I am checking for cervical position... I can barely reach my cervix when I am not fertile and it is supposed to be low and firm! When I have tried to 'reach' it on ovulation day.... well, it's not even worth the effort! lol So how am I supposed to get one of them cups up there to my cervix, let alone get it out.

 

[pbl_ge]

BF, my doc said TWICE a day. That's 200 mg of progesterone, which seems like a lot. It also seems like I'm going to constantly be oozing slime. I'm doing the tablets, not gel; is that what you use?

Elphaba, I second the chair in front of the door. If it opens the wrong way, maybe you need to pack a rope to tie the door shut. You've got PRIORITIES man--can't let this kind of thing stand in the way!!!

Sis, your temps throughout the day are pretty meaningless. It'll fluctuate a lot, and Dr.Google will likely tell you all kinds of things are wrong! Do you mean that you've gained or lost 25 pounds in four months? Either way, it does suggest something with the thyroid, unless you were trying really hard to lose/gain. It's good that you'll be seeing your doc about this. I think thyroid problems prevent a lot of women from being able to successfully conceive and/or get the bfp to stick.

Elphaba, I bet you a quarter you get your temp spike tomorrow! I hear you about those soft cups. I used them to deliver when I had the UTI, and it was really odd. It's hard to put a cup of something into a non-space. I'd suggest practicing a couple of times before you do it for reals. The angle is not what you'd think. A lesbian friend of mine (many lesbians use soft cups as their sole method of insemination, unless they get to the IUI point) told me that you should do it upside down so that stuff will spill in the right direction. But maybe you're just doing it to hold the goods up there, so to speak?

AFM, the OPK this am was more positive than I knew was possible. Seriously. I'm taking a photo of that sh!t when I get home--OUT OF CONTROL dark! I usually get two days of + before O, so the question is whether yesterday's half-positive was day 1 or day -1. Only time shall tell. In the meantime, we're doing daily until I see the temp spike.

 

[Butterfly67]

Pebs my prog bullets are 400mg. When I do ivf they say do them twice a day (so 800mg ) but I got these OTC in dxb so thought I would give them a try

Yes soft cups need a bit of practice (I have never reached my cervix when trying to find it ) so give them a go first

 

[Sis4Us]

Tried Soft cups for the 1St time today !!!!!!
Yea I should have practiced that Shit I have a tilt so I'm thinking it's not even possible lost all my goods I think
I wonder if I can find that on Utube... not that I want to look at another womens Whowho
GL Everyone get that BD going!!!

 

[pbl_ge]

I do NOT need to see how-tos of soft cups on youtube. OMG. I hope they don't exist!!!

 

[Elphabaa77]

Pbl, yes get at it girl

Sis, my temps are quite low too (about 36.2 coverline -97.16 according to google) which makes sense with a TSH of 4.0 I guess

pebs, I am taking the bullets again this month - I have to say last month I didn't even really notice them - I took them at night in the back door - no mess or anything

Elphaa - can you put a chair or something in front of the door so it moves if anyone opens it - or maybe a bell

Well, somebody would have to do that from the outside. The door will not latch shut and it opens out to the basement so it's hard to find a way to block it closed from the inside. lol

 

[Elphabaa77]

I do NOT need to see how-tos of soft cups on youtube. OMG. I hope they don't exist!!!

 

[Elphabaa77]

Hrm, a rope to tie the door shut from the inside! THAT is brilliant! Now to find one!

I probably won't have my spike tomorrow, but I should hopefully have my peak positive on the DIGI tomorrow meaning I will ovulate tomorrow or Friday. My temp spike sometimes doesn't happen until 2-3 days after my positive OPK, but we will see!

 

[Sis4Us]

Was saying W just the Cup
That's why I included the no Whoha Note.... U big Pervs

I'm really thinking they are WAY TO BIG... For Any WhoHa!!!


Soft Cups Aside get to Ladies

Good Luck to All!!!

Hoppy Early Fri!!!

 

[SweetMel]

Hey pebs. I hope your really dark positive means something awesome is about to happen.

 

[SweetMel]

Sis4Us, I checked out your FF chart (had to go back to page 22) and it looks like you ovulated on CD 13. Yay! Now we will see how long your lp is.

Pbl, when you posted the link https://kelliekrasovec.com/files/hormone-levels-for-fertility-patients1.pdf I couldn’t get it to come up at the time. I’ve since tried it again, and it had a lot of good info in it. Thanks.

OMG! No soft cups for me. It makes me cringe just thinking about putting something so far in there.

Elpha, did you lock the door?

 

[Jax41]

Sweetmel, I'm with you on the softcups can't bring myself to even look at them!

Pbl, happy

Sis, Elpha

 

[Sis4Us]

Sweet ..... I know we will see if I spilled ALL my goods or Not!!! FX

Pbl and Elphabaa ..... Hope U got in lots of

Jax41 .... 5 more days to test FX...GL!!!!

AFM.... Going to the FS Wed. Hopefully I'll get answers who knows maybe they will detect a PG (doubt it) but who knows!!!
As for the soft cups I really don't see how it's Humanly possible .... I guess if a watermelon can come out of there a grapefruit can go in there.... I'm just not the one to subject myself to that!!!!!

Hoppy Easter Ladies!!!!

 

[pbl_ge]

Hi Ladies! Happy Easter/Pagan Celebration of Fertility and Spring! You know the Easter Bunny is a bunny because they're famous for having manymanymany offspring, right?

Sis, good luck at the FS! The softcups weren't AWFUL--you kind of fold them, so they get smaller than they look. We're both 4 dpo today! High five, TWW buddy! I'm getting a blood test on the 10th. Hope this is the month for both of us!

Jax, how's that TWW going for you? When are you testing?

Sweet, nice profile pic--is that you? Beautiful! *whistles*

Elphaba, looks like you might be getting your crosshairs soon. I need to go check your journal. Is this the time you're DTD in your family's basement?

to everyone else!

Nothing to report here. 4 dpo, so too early to even entertain myself with symptom spotting. I will say that I am NOT a fan of the progesterone bullets. BF, we may need to share tips on these. I'm REALLY not enjoying them.

Big hugs and dust to one and all!

 

[Butterfly67]

Hi peb well I tried one of the bullets in the front door yesterday and today got a wadge of creamy stuff when I wiped so I am reverting to back door just poke it up there at night time and forget about it. My poo does get a bit of a creamy ripple in it the next day (tmi?!) but that's about it