Newbie to TTC, looking for other newbie buddies! :) 33 ladies, 6 BFPs!!

[Abii]

Here's a TMI observation if anyone cares or has any insight:
We have been BD every other day for the past week in hopes of hitting 'the ' day or whatever. Today was my suggested O day on one calendar. Anyhow, so this time every position hurt really bad, as tho my V was shorter than normal or something. Like every way we did it felt like he was going in too far which is unusual, it usually feels fine.
When you're ovulating would your vagina feel shorter, or uterus feel closer ... or something?

Is that a totally stupid question? I'm kind of embarrassed writing it!

Good luck all!

Thats normal, it happens to me all the time during the end of my cycle. During ovulation your cervix is high soft and open, after ovulation it goes back to being low firm and closed which is why your feeling that pain. The cervix moves all day so sometimes during the day it will be high then at night it will be low
(I check my cervix daily and its actually helped me alot)

 

[Bee Bee]

Here's a TMI observation if anyone cares or has any insight:
We have been BD every other day for the past week in hopes of hitting 'the ' day or whatever. Today was my suggested O day on one calendar. Anyhow, so this time every position hurt really bad, as tho my V was shorter than normal or something. Like every way we did it felt like he was going in too far which is unusual, it usually feels fine.
When you're ovulating would your vagina feel shorter, or uterus feel closer ... or something?

Is that a totally stupid question? I'm kind of embarrassed writing it!

Good luck all!

I had that the other day too. I think it's just that your cervix is sitting low! That would be my guess anyway

 

[Bee Bee]

15 or 16 days (usually 16) so I have a while for AF to show.

By the way Brittany, I was having a really long cycle this summer because I hadn't ovulated so I took maca on CD 49 and ovulated on CD 60. I don't know if it would work for you but you could check it out. I attached my chart from that cycle.

Thank you! I'll have to look into it!

 

[KellyAnne33]

Hello,

I'm also TTC #1, my husband and I were married in Sept and this is our 4th month trying, Currently on CD17 and 4DPO. I'm 28 and he is 32

would love to join your group!

KellyAnne33

 

[Reba1987]

Here's a TMI observation if anyone cares or has any insight:
We have been BD every other day for the past week in hopes of hitting 'the ' day or whatever. Today was my suggested O day on one calendar. Anyhow, so this time every position hurt really bad, as tho my V was shorter than normal or something. Like every way we did it felt like he was going in too far which is unusual, it usually feels fine.
When you're ovulating would your vagina feel shorter, or uterus feel closer ... or something?

Is that a totally stupid question? I'm kind of embarrassed writing it!

Good luck all!

Thats normal, it happens to me all the time during the end of my cycle. During ovulation your cervix is high soft and open, after ovulation it goes back to being low firm and closed which is why your feeling that pain. The cervix moves all day so sometimes during the day it will be high then at night it will be low
(I check my cervix daily and its actually helped me alot)

So do you think that would mean I already ovulated? I hope so because we did it a bunch of times before that day leading up to it. Woo I really need to learn all about checking my cervix and stuff !

 

[Reba1987]

Hello,

I'm also TTC #1, my husband and I were married in Sept and this is our 4th month trying, Currently on CD17 and 4DPO. I'm 28 and he is 32

would love to join your group!

KellyAnne33

Hi welcome!!

 

[Reba1987]

Ff finally confirmed my ovulation, it says I ovulated on cd17 so that puts me at 5dpo today like I said in my pp, I am trying really hard not to symptom spot but its not working out too well lol I knew it wouldn't because when you feel symptoms they are hard to ignore. Anyway so yesterday all I did was clean the house a bit, made a roast in the crock pot(which just sits there for 8hrs and cooks) and played with zo, by the end of the day around 9pm I felt so tired I literally had to go to bed because my eyes were closing on their own(we dont go to bed until around 11ish so it was kind of weird), I have been having cramps off n on for a few days now and just today I woke up and my back killing me. Ugh lol I think they are pms too so its not helping at all.
Hope you are all doing well

Sorry what is "Ff" ?
Also, you go right ahead and symptom spot girl!

 

[KylasBaby]

Ff finally confirmed my ovulation, it says I ovulated on cd17 so that puts me at 5dpo today like I said in my pp, I am trying really hard not to symptom spot but its not working out too well lol I knew it wouldn't because when you feel symptoms they are hard to ignore. Anyway so yesterday all I did was clean the house a bit, made a roast in the crock pot(which just sits there for 8hrs and cooks) and played with zo, by the end of the day around 9pm I felt so tired I literally had to go to bed because my eyes were closing on their own(we dont go to bed until around 11ish so it was kind of weird), I have been having cramps off n on for a few days now and just today I woke up and my back killing me. Ugh lol I think they are pms too so its not helping at all.
Hope you are all doing well

Sorry what is "Ff" ?
Also, you go right ahead and symptom spot girl!

Fertility friend. It's an app to track your whole cycle. BBT, cervical position, cm, signs and symptoms, opk and hpt results, mess taken...there's a lot it tracks. Very helpful.

 

[Bee Bee]

Here's a TMI observation if anyone cares or has any insight:
We have been BD every other day for the past week in hopes of hitting 'the ' day or whatever. Today was my suggested O day on one calendar. Anyhow, so this time every position hurt really bad, as tho my V was shorter than normal or something. Like every way we did it felt like he was going in too far which is unusual, it usually feels fine.
When you're ovulating would your vagina feel shorter, or uterus feel closer ... or something?

Is that a totally stupid question? I'm kind of embarrassed writing it!

Good luck all!

Thats normal, it happens to me all the time during the end of my cycle. During ovulation your cervix is high soft and open, after ovulation it goes back to being low firm and closed which is why your feeling that pain. The cervix moves all day so sometimes during the day it will be high then at night it will be low
(I check my cervix daily and its actually helped me alot)

So do you think that would mean I already ovulated? I hope so because we did it a bunch of times before that day leading up to it. Woo I really need to learn all about checking my cervix and stuff !

I don't know anything about cervical positions Alls I know is that they definitely sit higher or lower depending on where you are at in your cycle

 

[Bee Bee]

Hello,

I'm also TTC #1, my husband and I were married in Sept and this is our 4th month trying, Currently on CD17 and 4DPO. I'm 28 and he is 32

would love to join your group!

KellyAnne33

Welcome!!

 

[Abii]

Reba, the only way to know if you ovulated would be to chart your bbt. Cervical position will tell you 'when' you ovulated if you catch it in time but it will not confirm it. Ff stands for fertilityfriend, its a really helpful site to keep your bbt records, cervix checks and cm checks

 

[Abii]

Well this morning after I took my bbt, I noticed that my temps have been quite low even though I am suppose to be 6dpo, so of course I go and google it...now Im terrified if we did conceive.
I had hypothyroidism during my pregnancy with dd but they said it wasn't severe and that I didn't need treatment(it should of gone away after 1st tri), well Im starting to think mine never left because the only thing I could find on having low bbt readings is either hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. And since its affecting my bbt/fertility Im scared of it affecting a pregnancy(it can cause a bunch of probs like preterm labor, pre-e, low birth weight or even a sudden miscarriage)
Ugh dammit, idk why I even went on google everyone knows that its the worst thing to do when your worrying.
Sorry for long post I'm just at a loss and feeling so down. This is going to make me crazy
hope you guys have a good day

 

[Reba1987]

Fertility friend. It's an app to track your whole cycle. BBT, cervical position, cm, signs and symptoms, opk and hpt results, mess taken...there's a lot it tracks. Very helpful.

Ooooh gotcha! I use that!

 

[Bee Bee]

Well this morning after I took my bbt, I noticed that my temps have been quite low even though I am suppose to be 6dpo, so of course I go and google it...now Im terrified if we did conceive.
I had hypothyroidism during my pregnancy with dd but they said it wasn't severe and that I didn't need treatment(it should of gone away after 1st tri), well Im starting to think mine never left because the only thing I could find on having low bbt readings is either hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. And since its affecting my bbt/fertility Im scared of it affecting a pregnancy(it can cause a bunch of probs like preterm labor, pre-e, low birth weight or even a sudden miscarriage)
Ugh dammit, idk why I even went on google everyone knows that its the worst thing to do when your worrying.
Sorry for long post I'm just at a loss and feeling so down. This is going to make me crazy
hope you guys have a good day

I have had hypothyroidism for 4 years. It was extreme enough that I had to have my thyroid removed in August. Now I am hyperthyroid which is probably why I haven't ovulated yet this cycle. :/

I would suggest that if you feel like you might have thyroid issues then to go and get a blood test done for it as soon as you can. If you do still have an issue then it should be relatively easy to fix with medication

 

[Reba1987]

ugh my mom has thyroid issues, that sucks..

random thought but I read yesterday that iodine deficiencies can cause thyroid problems especially with people that use sea salt instead of iodized salt -- but i'm sure we all probably take lots of baby makin vitamins that contain it =)

 

[Abii]

I have to wait until I get back from WA, by then I will know if Im pregnant or not(pretty sure Im not) but then I will definitely be going to get my blood taken since now I am covered under hubby's insurance.
Why must ttc be so difficult

 

[Bee Bee]

ugh my mom has thyroid issues, that sucks..

random thought but I read yesterday that iodine deficiencies can cause thyroid problems especially with people that use sea salt instead of iodized salt -- but i'm sure we all probably take lots of baby makin vitamins that contain it =)

Are you sure it's not the other way around? O: Because the thyroid is one of the few organs that can process iodine. So, when you have thyroid cancer, instead of chemo they actually give patients irradiated iodine which ends up being not as harsh on the patient as compared to chemo.

I only know this because when the growths on mine were first discovered they thought it was cancer. So, they were letting me know what would happen if it was. Thankfully, it wasn't.

 

[Reba1987]

ugh my mom has thyroid issues, that sucks..

random thought but I read yesterday that iodine deficiencies can cause thyroid problems especially with people that use sea salt instead of iodized salt -- but i'm sure we all probably take lots of baby makin vitamins that contain it =)

Are you sure it's not the other way around? O: Because the thyroid is one of the few organs that can process iodine. So, when you have thyroid cancer, instead of chemo they actually give patients irradiated iodine which ends up being not as harsh on the patient as compared to chemo.

I only know this because when the growths on mine were first discovered they thought it was cancer. So, they were letting me know what would happen if it was. Thankfully, it wasn't.

I just know that if you aren't getting enough iodine in your diet it can cause thyroid problems because the thyroid needs iodine to function properly. So that would make sense for them to give iodine

 

[toasty6]

Yes a severe lack of iodine, often seen in countries that don't have iodized salt available, can cause thyroid goiters which are large growths on the thyroid and appear as big lumps on the neck.

 

[Abii]

Ahh I am freaking out today ladies, Im so nervous
Tomorrow I leave for WA but I haven't ever been on a plane before and Im freaking out. Anyone have some tips for me?