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[LaRockera]

Right. I posted my pm to MinneGirl here, and almost sent her my response to the thread. You gotta love me.

MinneGirl hon, I'm so glad your appointment went well! It is indeed like the flip of a coin. That's why the say 90% of all couples will conceive within 18 months. And that's why it's true that each cycle brings us closer to our so badly wanted

Not much to report here. Was just with some friends who were smoking like chimneys, I've inhaled a fair amount of smoke for one day. I was a smoker for eight years or so, then quit for good three and a half years ago, and I can't stand passive smoking at all. I'm thinking how selfish I must have been, forcing other people to inhale my disgusting smoke! Ugh!

How's everybody else then?

 

[sequeena]

Keeping the faith here!

Stomach pains today, don't think it's O so no idea what's happening there.

Quite peeved though as court has been pushed back to November 29th instead of September 29th

 

[MinneGirl]

Sequeena, looks like you will be O'ing soon? Do you use OPK's or check CM?

We got one more good session in today, so I feel good that we did all we could this month I always feel a little relieved when it is over and I can relax..and just BD when we feel like it and are in the mood.

LaRockera, you and me girl...2WW When are we testing? Or maybe we shouldn't.

Had a fabulous meal tonight with DH, a tuna nocoise salad, YUM! My healthkick seems to be paying off. I feel much healthier. Tomorrow, I am heading out for a run. So happy the weekend is here

xoxo

 

[LaRockera]

Sequeena - nuts! How can they be asking you to wait for another two months? Easier said than done, but do your very best to think about something else. Like your future
pumpkin. Who's probably just around the corner.

MinneGirl - ooh, I think I'm 3dpo now? Doing my very best not to symptom spot- it's too early anyway. But it's dominating my thoughts, most definitely.

Hey,you know, I was to a friend's house for coffee. She has the cutest two-and-a-half-year-old, and she was telling me how they've been trying for a second. She also said that in her first pregnancy, the first symptom she noticed really was AF being three days late. So I'm thinking. Yes, we've been reading all those 'symptoms' pregnant ladies report for the early days of their pregnancy, but we really don't know they're really symptoms. Apart from the cm thing really, but not all women get that either.

Hope you're all rocking n' rolling today!

 

[BabyDreamer82]

Sequeena - nuts! How can they be asking you to wait for another two months? Easier said than done, but do your very best to think about something else. Like your future
pumpkin. Who's probably just around the corner.

MinneGirl - ooh, I think I'm 3dpo now? Doing my very best not to symptom spot- it's too early anyway. But it's dominating my thoughts, most definitely.

Hey,you know, I was to a friend's house for coffee. She has the cutest two-and-a-half-year-old, and she was telling me how they've been trying for a second. She also said that in her first pregnancy, the first symptom she noticed really was AF being three days late. So I'm thinking. Yes, we've been reading all those 'symptoms' pregnant ladies report for the early days of their pregnancy, but we really don't know they're really symptoms. Apart from the cm thing really, but not all women get that either.

Hope you're all rocking n' rolling today!

I think Ive had every PG symptom over the last 8 months, stupid body it will be interesting to see what - if anything- is actually different the cycle I do get PG.

Im still trying to not let myself come into this thread, but there were some conversations at my parents I wanted to share with you all.
So seeing Im engaged my family thinks its great to talk about me starting to try for babies soon after I get married -if only they knew!
So there was one really uncomfortable conversation with my Dad teasing me that maybe Im 'barren' seeing I haven't got knocked up yet - I wanted to cry - he was just joking, but ..it sucked!

Anyway my nephew is 9 months old & my SIL was saying my soon to be BIL & his wife(they married in Jan) will start trying but it may take a while as she has endo & we started talking about my Uncle & his wife who are not a lot older than me(big age gap between him & my Dad)
So they took 5 years to get pg with Maya, they tried IVF & stuff that didn't work & then they heard about friends of these who got pg after getting a disc in their back fixed, so Dana went to somebody (not sure if chiro or physio or what) & got her back checked & yes this disc was 'out' - she was pregnant 6 weeks later!!

 

[LaRockera]

Sequeena - nuts! How can they be asking you to wait for another two months? Easier said than done, but do your very best to think about something else. Like your future
pumpkin. Who's probably just around the corner.

MinneGirl - ooh, I think I'm 3dpo now? Doing my very best not to symptom spot- it's too early anyway. But it's dominating my thoughts, most definitely.

Hey,you know, I was to a friend's house for coffee. She has the cutest two-and-a-half-year-old, and she was telling me how they've been trying for a second. She also said that in her first pregnancy, the first symptom she noticed really was AF being three days late. So I'm thinking. Yes, we've been reading all those 'symptoms' pregnant ladies report for the early days of their pregnancy, but we really don't know they're really symptoms. Apart from the cm thing really, but not all women get that either.

Hope you're all rocking n' rolling today!

I think Ive had every PG symptom over the last 8 months, stupid body it will be interesting to see what - if anything- is actually different the cycle I do get PG.

Im still trying to not let myself come into this thread, but there were some conversations at my parents I wanted to share with you all.
So seeing Im engaged my family thinks its great to talk about me starting to try for babies soon after I get married -if only they knew!
So there was one really uncomfortable conversation with my Dad teasing me that maybe Im 'barren' seeing I haven't got knocked up yet - I wanted to cry - he was just joking, but ..it sucked!

Anyway my nephew is 9 months old & my SIL was saying my soon to be BIL & his wife(they married in Jan) will start trying but it may take a while as she has endo & we started talking about my Uncle & his wife who are not a lot older than me(big age gap between him & my Dad)
So they took 5 years to get pg with Maya, they tried IVF & stuff that didn't work & then they heard about friends of these who got pg after getting a disc in their back fixed, so Dana went to somebody (not sure if chiro or physio or what) & got her back checked & yes this disc was 'out' - she was pregnant 6 weeks later!!

If he only knew, yes. Sometimes our tongues function faster than our brains, don't they? So then I presume none of your parents know? Just tell them first things first and that they'll have their grandchildren eventually, but by 'joking' like this they put extra stress on you.

It's funny how people related baby-making to engagements and marriages. My DH had been together for six years, but it's only after we got married that everyone decided to start telling us that 'the only thing missing now is a baby'. My parents know, but it's just the two of them, and they both advised I said nothing to nobody. Not even my in-laws know. Good thing is, I keep using my PhD as an excuse, and most people seem to accept it. Which gets them off my case anyway.

All that said Babydreamer, before you think of the worst, bear in mind that it can take as long as 18 months for a healthy couple to conceive. Like that doctor told MinneGirl, it's really like the flip of a coin. I can truly understand how cycle after cycle all these nasty BFNs get you agitated, but do remember that each cycle brings you closer.

And if you are really worried, why don't your DF arranges an SA? Did you know that 85% of male population has that vericocele problem, and it's fixable with an one-day operation? But if that stresses you out too much, then just keep doing your thing, hon. This may not be much of a consolation, but at 8 months, you're almost halfway there.

Keep the faith hon, and don't get disheartened. It's not easy, I know, but like I said, every cycle brings you closer. I've been thinking, I'm a newlywed. I've got things in some order, and should enjoy life as much as I can. Think of your engagement. Think of your wedding planning. You'll probably be pregnant close enough to your wedding, and people will be saying, oh your so lucky to have fallen pregnant that soon.

 

[sequeena]

I've done nothing this month just chilling and going with it. I know I ovulated earlier though as I'm one of those who always get a cramping pain in my side (either side, depends on what ovary is releasing the egg) when it happens. So instead of being 1dpo I'm 4/5dpo

I was hoping court and everything else would be done by Christmas so I could move on with my life - fat chance of that!!!

 

[LaRockera]

I've done nothing this month just chilling and going with it. I know I ovulated earlier though as I'm one of those who always get a cramping pain in my side (either side, depends on what ovary is releasing the egg) when it happens. So instead of being 1dpo I'm 4/5dpo

I was hoping court and everything else would be done by Christmas so I could move on with my life - fat chance of that!!!

There's not much I can say to you that's not going to sound ignorantly patronising or just plain stupid, so all I do hope for you hon is that you get your before the trial, so that you have something truly worthwhile to dedicate your energy and time to.

 

[sequeena]

I've done nothing this month just chilling and going with it. I know I ovulated earlier though as I'm one of those who always get a cramping pain in my side (either side, depends on what ovary is releasing the egg) when it happens. So instead of being 1dpo I'm 4/5dpo

I was hoping court and everything else would be done by Christmas so I could move on with my life - fat chance of that!!!

There's not much I can say to you that's not going to sound ignorantly patronising or just plain stupid, so all I do hope for you hon is that you get your before the trial, so that you have something truly worthwhile to dedicate your energy and time to.

I hope I get my before then too. This may seem a little ignorant too but it would mean I would definitely need special measures. I don't want to go in the court room

 

[LaRockera]

I've done nothing this month just chilling and going with it. I know I ovulated earlier though as I'm one of those who always get a cramping pain in my side (either side, depends on what ovary is releasing the egg) when it happens. So instead of being 1dpo I'm 4/5dpo

I was hoping court and everything else would be done by Christmas so I could move on with my life - fat chance of that!!!

There's not much I can say to you that's not going to sound ignorantly patronising or just plain stupid, so all I do hope for you hon is that you get your before the trial, so that you have something truly worthwhile to dedicate your energy and time to.

I hope I get my before then too. This may seem a little ignorant too but it would mean I would definitely need special measures. I don't want to go in the court room

We're keeping our fingers crossed for you, babe.
xxx

 

[MinneGirl]

Hi gals!

Sequeena, I really hope you get your BFP soon--you truly deserve happiness in your life

I'm 1 dpo SUCH a boring time! But I always feel really excited at this point, imagining what *could* be happening in there...maybe a little Minne cooking

I intended on getting so much done today, including going for a run and cleaning and instead, ate some fatty food and watched too much football. Luckily, I just drank lemonde and told everyone it was due to my overconsumption on my bday, which wasn't a total lie

Oh well, hopefully a more productive day tomorrow.

I'm off to finish the night with my book- The girl with the dragon tattoo, which I quite enjoy.

 

[CedarWood]

Hi girls

Minnie - I love the two week wait - when I know I have got some good bding in Glad you had a good appt and have got the ball rolling.

AF corn bread - can't help as used a packaged gluten free mix Corn meal should be naturally gluten free but you need to check labels as there is the risk of cross contamination during processing. I try to buy lots of flours and mixes while in the US or UK as here I cannot be sure (they do not have labeling for gluten free - only on some foreign made packaged pastas and such - not flours).
Some of the best corn bread I ever had, that was really moist had pieces of fresh corn baked in.

I read 'The girl with the Dragon Tatoo' then 'The Girl who Played with Fire' and then half of the 'Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest' but could not get in to the last one - only read about half way then checked the ending and stopped. You know how sometimes you have a book but just can't plow through it - you carry it with you and try to get further but it is just not working. The first two were good - this last one was just a bit too much.

Sequeena

Baby dreamer - wow about the disc in the back.... Wonder how that was related?

LR - hey

AFM just waiting it out till I can start bding and obsessing! CW

 

[BabyDreamer82]

Cedar - yea I thought it was really interesting, I did some googling & read stuff about chiropractors for fertility & something about nerves in your back that can lead to infertility if your back isn't in line proper -maybe that was it. Although sometime my SIL does exaggerate in her stories - so it could be completly wrong

 

[LaRockera]

Hi guys.

Nothing much to report here. A bit of mild on-off cramping, and white creamy cm on panties, but I'm only 5DPO, and I'm sure I've had those the previous cycles as well, so nothing noteworthy from my front.

DH and I are off to Athens tomorrow for ten days. Not sure if I'll have internet there, so don't know when I'll be online next. Hopefully soon enough.

Hope you're all well.

 

[MinneGirl]

LaRockera, you are quite the traveling couple! Have a great time in Athens, I've heard it is beautiful.

Nothing interesting here either--3 dpo, lots of creamy CM and that is it. BORING. So hopeful for all of us to get our much anticipated How cool will it be when we are all in 1st tri?

Okay, well have a great day girls!

 

[MinneGirl]

Ps....my due date if I concieved would be June, 3rd. Awwww, a Summer

 

[MinneGirl]

This is boring....where are you girls??????!!!!!!!!!

4 dpo and nothing going on

Just found out my cousin is pregnant--SURPRISE, got pregnant the first month. My mom and dad told us and probably wondered why our reaction was so subdued...like "if we hear about one more person getting pregnant"....even DH is getting annoyed. But my parents have no clue we are trying, so it isn't their fault. I tried to act excited, but really...

I'd love to not have all these tests next month...what a blessing it would be to cancel them

to you all!

 

[LaRockera]

You might not have to actually. Fx

6dpo for me too. Nothing out of the usual. Still loads of creamy white cm but I'm sure this same thing happened last month as well, and then I gradually dried up. So I'm def. not counting on it.

On a different note, I sat next to this girl in the plane today that just wouldn't shut up. I had a torturous 45 minutes of constant jabbering, it was a relief to FINALLY land. So we're in Athens now. We just had a delicious fattening dinner, DH is watching football (soccer for the US ladies), I'm fooling around with my laptop, and in a bit I'm going to as I feel absolutely exhausted. I woke up early, and the airport was exhaustingly crowded today, and then I had a shower and wrapped myself in my in-laws' soft, wonderful-smelling towels.

How's everybody else? MinneGirl's right, this thread is getting awfully quiet. Wake up everybody!

By the way, as you can see, I got internet!

 

[MinneGirl]

Seriously...with BabyDreamer taking a break from bnb, and the other gals over in pregnancy land...we are BORING these days! Maybe we need to do some recruiting ?

A hot shower and a nice cushy towel sounds amazing. Makes me want to take a bath

We are meeting with a builder tonight to discuss the possibility of builiding a home! It is something we really want to do and so we are taking the first step. I can't wait! Oh & I have pilates tonight, which is always fun! Trying to get this a$$ in shape prior to falling preggo

 

[MinneGirl]

Cedar, what cd are you on now?