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[Brandy_R]

That's awesome!! I am soooo excited for us! It seems like every step I'm still anxious haha. First it was the meds, then the follicles, then the shot and now it's the bd. next will be the tww :-/ lol. I cannot believe I found someone to talk to about this journey that's on the same meds and cycle down to the same trigger day!!!! What are the odds of that? My problem with O is I'm not sure what it's supposed to feel like because I don't know if I ever have. My stomach is bloated? Oh and I was told that I might get moody or sad because the shot will make you feel pregnant and I have been in the BEST mood today! It's so weird how that happens. Let's hope it's the same story tomorrow and I don't wake up like Madusa haha. Let me know how your opk looks tomorrow!!! Do you use digital or regular? I just started digital but I'm not sure I trust them yet so im going to use both (hopefully not sounding like a crazy lady)

 

[Brandy_R]

Soooo I got my smiley face this ISNT blinking!!!! I think everything is right on track. The rest is up to God. That's a great feeling to just put it in his hands now. What a relief lol. How's your opks going? You still feeling good? My stomach doesn't feel as bloated today and I just keep getting twinges in my lower stomach. Other than that I feel fantastic. Do you know how you know if you've ovulated or not? I don't know anything abouy that part

 

[spiritbear]

Hi Brandy! I think it's smart to use both!! I stopped doing my temp and opks a few months ago because I had already gotten useful information from them and they became just another thing for me to stress over. But, since you are tackling the ovulation issue, it's super smart you are using them.

If you got the positive on opk, you'll most likely ovulate within the next 24 hr!��������

I think I ovulated today because the cramping stopped and my CM is dry.

I'm feeling positive for us both! I'm glad the shot didn't make you feel bad, I feel good too

 

[Brandy_R]

That's awesome if you ovulated so quickly!! I don't have the bad cramps on my sides anymore or bloating but kinda painful twinges in my lower stomach like by bikini line? Does that sound like O? That's the only thing that sucks is I don't know what it's supposed to feel like :-/

 

[spiritbear]

Yep, could be!! It's probably a little different for everyone. Some people don't feel anything! You can be confident though with the shot and positive opk though

 

[Brandy_R]

Thank you! I need to hear that lol. I was s little worried that the shot wouldn't work because of how easy it was. Seems to simple comared to everything else. Do you have a test day? Mine is Feb 19th

 

[spiritbear]

I'm not sure if I'm going to test or wait out my period. The dr said my period should come 2 weeks from today. Also we will be out of town from the 4th-10th so hopefully that'll keep my mind off it

How are you feeling?
Apparently I'm allergic to something in the trigger shot because I've been itching all over haha

 

[Brandy_R]

That's a great idea to go out of town! That should definitely help keep your mind off it! I think I'm going to test on the 9th. I believe she said 16 days after you so the shot. My periods aren't regular so I can't wait for like a certain day. If I could I definitely would because then I think it's less disappointing that way.

I feel like I had a crazy O. Yesterday i was sooo sore. It was like my uterus or cervix was going to fall out when I walked. Today is much better!! Still a little tender but no where near as sore. Thank GOD!!! I'm starting to think I'm extra sensitive or something because I could feel everything. Like my follicles growing and ovulation. I can't believe that people don't know haha. I think I might be because I've never ovulated before so I'm not used to it or something.

Do you have a good feeling about this month? I did but now that I'm not feeling much it makes me second guess. I'll be doing this the entire time until I test probably. We have just never had this good of a chance before. That's probably why?

 

[spiritbear]

The 9th is when they said I should expect my period or could test too!

That's good that you are in tune and feeling everything with ovulation I don't think there is a sure way to know now if it's working until the 2ww is up. I've had months where I've felt everything (even had what seemed like implantation bleeding) and some where I felt nothing...the progesterone released after ovulation gives the same symptoms as pregnancy symptoms so there is no way of knowing

This is awesome that we are on the exact schedule this month!!

 

[Brandy_R]

I know! That is awesome we are on the same exact schedule! You might end up passing me though, because I have had to take Provera the last couple months to get my period to start. I am going in on Feb 5th for a consultation about starting injectables next cycle. We were very annoyed with Femara and all the craziness it makes me do, but I think we decided to try one more round because it worked pretty good this month. How long are you guys thinking of trying femara for? If we do another one, this will be my 3rd round and I would feel that I gave it a pretty good shot by then.

 

[spiritbear]

That makes sense. Sounds like you gave it a fair shot. Hopefully they make a good plan moving forward- but hopefully it won't be needed.

I don't know what we'll do. Apparently I'm super allergic to the hcg shot. I'm going in today due to tons of hives that have been getting worse and worse I hope that it doesn't somehow cut our chances for the month.

Since they can't find anything wrong, I might take a break completely from the specialist for a while and just try on our own. It's a lot of added stress and I'm not sure it's helping! We'll see. Still hoping this is the month though

 

[Brandy_R]

Oh my!! Sorry to hear about your trigger issues What did they end up saying? I hope you're not allergic to the hormone itself. That's scary.

How have you been feeling other than that? My cramps have went away for the most part. I'm trying not to symptom spot but its fun to talk about At the beginning of the week I thought it was going to be a BFP because I've never had the chance to ovulate before and all the cramps I was having. Now I'm not sure exactly what I think.

I'm sorry you're getting discouraged with the specialist and everything. Maybe its not bad to just try on your own. You ovulate on your own so you still have a chance. I'm almost the opposite. I feel really good when I have my appointments and go in and see how everything is going. The 2ww is defiantly the hardest part for me. I think its because I'm not doing anything to help it like everything else in the process :-/ I'm going to g today and get some HPTs to try to test out the ovidrel so that way I'm at least doing something to monitor progress haha. Whatever works I guess. All I know is it is going to be a long 13 days. I'm testing on the 7th because I'm going to the casino for my bday and I want to know if I can drink or not. Lets hope if I'm pregnant it will show up. If it's neg I'm only going to have a couple I think because I'm actually supposed to test on the 9th but I would like to know before we go.

I really hope everything went ok with the Dr. Let me know how it turned out and what they said and all Talking about other thing will hopefully pass our days

 

[spiritbear]

Thanks for the support!

I guess I'm allergic to something in the shot. I'm just taking allergy medicine which helps (and they assured me is safe in the case I am pregnant). Yeah, we'll try on our own for a while after this I think.

I'm so glad you're RE is so helpful and leading you in the right direction I'm very hopeful and excited for you!

Fun plans for your birthday! Yeah, it's smart to take a test and enjoy a couple drinks if it's negative. Or, enjoy an awesome birthday present if it's the BFP.

It's getting closer to finding out

 

[Brandy_R]

I know!! We l be half way to testing tomorrow!! I bought some tests yesterday and I took 2 today and they were both negative so 'm glad I don't have to worry about to ovidrel being in my system when its test time. Are you going to test yours out? I'm sorry but all this ttc stuff I feel like I have to do something to help, but as of now there is nothing to do.

Hows the allergy meds working? Hope they get rid of that stuff fast. Usually that stuff works pretty quick so hopefully.

I'm sorry been having a rough time. That's awesome that you s can try on your own though and still have a chance though! If I went on my own I would be trying forever haha.

thinking that I should have symptoms and since I'm not I'm starting to think this cycle is a bust. I used to think for sure that I was going to get pregnant this cycle, but as the time bye I'm thinking I was wrong. :-/ How do you feel about your cycle?

 

[spiritbear]

I know!! We l be half way to testing tomorrow!! I bought some tests yesterday and I took 2 today and they were both negative so 'm glad I don't have to worry about to ovidrel being in my system when its test time. Are you going to test yours out? I'm sorry but all this ttc stuff I feel like I have to do something to help, but as of now there is nothing to do.

Hows the allergy meds working? Hope they get rid of that stuff fast. Usually that stuff works pretty quick so hopefully.

I'm sorry been having a rough time. That's awesome that you s can try on your own though and still have a chance though! If I went on my own I would be trying forever haha.

thinking that I should have symptoms and since I'm not I'm starting to think this cycle is a bust. I used to think for sure that I was going to get pregnant this cycle, but as the time bye I'm thinking I was wrong. :-/ How do you feel about your cycle?

Hi Brandy!

The allergy meds are working good but it's not gone yet UGH! My only symptom is that I've been in a terrible mood all week must be from the hcg shot and the hives. No other symptoms could be a good sign for me though since every month I've seemed to have them all!!

Wow, it's already out of your system? I think I might try that too!
I didn't realize you had the ovidrel shot.. I had the hcg and they said if I do the shot again I can do ovidrel since I'm allergic to the hcg shot.

Honestly, I'm feeling 50/50 on my chances this month. I'm hopeful but my hopes aren't up too much.

So, you can get symptoms from progesterone starting the day you ovulate. Then, after implantation (tends to occur between 6-12 dpo), your body starts releasing HCG which gives you symptoms. During this time, your progesterone is still kicking though too, so I've learned that it's impossible to tell if it's HCG or progesterone giving you the symptoms. Plus some people feel absolutely nothing different right when they get pregnant so you definitely are still in the running this month!

But, our possible implantation day could happen any time now!!! I've been eating 2 kiwis a day and 3 brazil nuts a day because I heard that can help haha (not that it's helped me yet though! ) You *should* get a positive HPT 2 days after implantation I've read.

I think I might test mine out too...
sorry for the long post! have a good Friday!

 

[Brandy_R]

I thought ovidrel and HCG shot was the same thing? They told me that I might get moody or emotional because it's like bring pregnant? I don't know for sure though. I'll have to look it up lol.

Yeah you should definitely test it out! That way you wont be second guessing yourself if you get a BFP. I am testing next wed. I know its probably early but that's my bday and it would be awesome to get a BFP then. If not, it will be sat the 7th and hen on the 9th if its still BFN then I assume that this month was a bust.

Don't mind writing long posts. I write long ones all the time girl. Theres so much to talk about and its exciting I couldn't believe that it was out already either. Usually I don't have too much of a problem keeping things in though so I thought it would be out pretty quickly.

Kiwis huh? I haven't heard that! Guess I better go get some of those today I am going to start drinking a couple glasses of green tea but I didn't know about anything you eat. That's cool!

Are you still going to wait until AF is late to test? I was thinking it would be cool if we tested on the same day just for fun but I wasn't sure what your plan was lol

 

[Brandy_R]

Just testing out my profile pic

 

[spiritbear]

It's adorable- what a sweetie!

I'm not actually 100% sure on the trigger shot differences, but they said ovidrel was a synthetic version of what I got and so I could try it instead.

Ok, I will test tomorrow to see if it's still in my system
You are so sweet/adorable for wanting to test together- I love it!

So, we are going to be gone from the 4rd-10th and probably won't have access to the internet. If I test out the HCG, I was thinking of testing on the 3rd or 4th before we go. But, that would be only 9 or 10 DPO which is still pretty early... what do you think? should we give it a try that early?

If my period hasn't come, I would test on the 11th since that's the first day we'll be back and that will be 17 dpo so should be accurate by then. I don't want to take any tests with me because I'm going to try to forget about it

 

[Brandy_R]

Aww thanks! He's my baby! Is the pic crooked though? I don't know why because when I took it on my phone it wasn't but some reason it looks loke that whenever I post it :-/

Interesting about all that HCG/ovidrel stuff! Never heard the difference lol. That's good though because it gives you a good option

Well...I looked up on a website and it said at 10dpo you have about a 70% chance of knowing if it's postive which is worth a try for me because it would be super special if I could find out on my bday I just think it would be awesome if we did it the same day because we are on the exact same page with everything. It's really up to you whenever you want to test though. My main plan was to test on the 4th, 7th and 9th but if we both found out the same day that would be sooooo awesome!!!!! I know you're going on your getaway and I am honestly too anxious for my own good :-/ lol

 

[spiritbear]

Yeah, the photo is sideways, but it still looks good What kind of dog is he?

So, I tested this morning and a faint positive so it looks like it's almost out of my system. Your birthday is on the 4th? That would be an amazing present but I don't want you to be sad on your birthday if it's not positive Sounds like you have a fun day planned though!

I'm going to test the morning of the 4th too then... it'll be my excuse to have a few drinks while we're gone if it's negative.

How are you feeling? I have 0 symptoms over here (except that I am still itching away from this awful allergy) which actually gives me a little hope since I usually have so much going on during the 2ww (terrible cramping, sore breasts, acne, tired etc). I also went to acupuncture a lot this month so maybe that balanced my hormones out and that's why they are nice and quiet this month

fingers crossed that our eggs got fertilized and hopefully implanting any day now...... !