October Sticky Beans!

[mrscletus]

That's a good sign Beth!!

Can we talk about headaches now?? Im really trying not to do this- but I feel warm, tired, and have a headache now that wont go away... I really hate doing this to myself but I cant help but think what might be causing all of this

 

[todmommy4568]

Angel yay for crosshairs, hopefully you will feel better tomorrow

Lawes welcome :wave: so sorry to hear about your losses

All good things Beth

Cletus hopefully you are getting the beginnings of some raging pregnancy hormones

AFM I have a raging headache and have felt very off all day, hasn't been fun. Hoping that I dont O until Friday since OH just told me he will be out of town tomorrow, Thursday, and most of Friday. I was looking at last months chart and I got this weird bell curve that I am having now 4-5 days before I O'ed. Also if any of you remember last month my opk got dark then faded out and went positive 4 days later well my opk Sunday was dark and now they have massively faded out. Hoping this all means I am following the same path as last month as that would make for good timing.

 

[Blackrain90]

Welcome (back) lawes, hope you get lucky this time around!

Angel YAY welcome to the TWW!

Beth that is very odd but not a bad thing!

Todmommy there is a good chance your body will follow a smiliar pattern so fx'd you get some BD in before O!

MrsCletus I am right in that boat with you (though not much of a headache but a little last night). But I am boiling and exhausted. Skipping the gym tonight! Hoping your temp dip today is a good sign.

Trying not to symptom spot but it's impossible. But at the same time I wonder how much is in my head since I know all the possible symptoms.

So far: pelvic aching around 5-6dpo
Yesterday 7dpo, felt like I was getting a cold (with a sinus headache)
Today- exhausted and irritable (but the irritable is more likely PMS as I get bipolar mood swings before AF). Heartburn the last few days (but got post O last cycle too.)
Occasional 'pricks' by my nipple (only way I can describe) but could also be in my head as they aren't sore to touch. Also very thirsty today.
Weird one- burping a lot. Not full out loud ones (except once) but like constant air bubbles coming up my throat if that makes sense.

I feel like it's all moreso normal stuff but will see what the next few days hold. The insane impatience/irritability is making me feel out as I always get that way several days before AF.

 

[Blackrain90]

Well, noticed some pink spotting after BM this evening, very light mixed in wet CM (and only when I wiped a bit more inside). Had pink discharge/spotting after BMs last cycle too although it was sticky CM. Very grumpy this evening and feeling bleh. Not a headache per say but a bit foggy I guess.

 

[Angel5000]

Hi Lawes! Welcome to our group! So sorry to hear about your losses. Do you use temps or OPKs to help pinpoint Ovulation ? Odd that you jumped up in weight the last few days, any chance you've had a lot of sodium or anything and it's just water weight?

mrscletus - Yes! Getting solid CH is such a great thing!

cscbeth Smell huh?! Hoping that is a good sign!!

AFM, my nipples are still REALLY sensitive and painful to touch. For those of you who get sensitive nips during O, how long after O does it last? I don't get this every cycle, but a couple cycles I have and I can't remember how long after O it lasted.

Hoping my cold gets better soon, but now I suspect I might be getting a UTI. I have frequent need to urinate and I have very mild burning sensation. It's mild but enough that I notice it, and that's a problem. I've started taking cranberry pills, drinking loads of water, and taking extra vitamin C (heard it helps). Hoping it doesn't get worse because I can't just leave class and go to the bathroom whenever I need to.

 

[lvksa]

up early again today with a still slightly higher than usual temp. Really hoping that today my stomach calms down. Its been 3 days of everything going straight through me. Trying to keep hydrated and hoping that it will pass without having to go to the doctors.

@todmommy4568 I actually don’t have an epsom salt here and I’m not sure if/where I could buy it. That would have been so nice yesterday.

@lawes1987 welcome

@csbeth8421 Since I came to live in Riyadh my nose is almost always half plugged from it being so dry and dusty in this city. I think I would go crazy if I could smell every little thing like that!

@mrscletus @blackrain90 hard not to symptom spot haha. I do it for record keeping purposes as I struggled coming off of BCP.

 

[cupcake.]

Good morning ladies! To all of you in the TWW and symptom spotting: hope you all actually did catch and that's where the symptoms come from! Keeping my fingers crossed

As for me.. i'm going out on a limb here and suggest i may have ovulated yesterday? Haha temp is up significantly today so yesterday may have been it. We didn't end up BDing but it's okay, i was already assuming we're out and now if i really did O yesterday we BD on O-1, so we may not have the best chances but we're not out either.

That is if I did O, i started getting a sore throat and stuffy nose so it may also be that my body is fighting an infection. So I just gotta see if my temps stay up.

 

[Lawes1987]

Hey everyone! Thanks for all the lovely comments! I hope I get lucky this time, I certainly feel more ready for it.

I'm not a broody, gooey person at all, I'm quite hard faced really. But I just have this little itching in my heart for a baby. I'm great with everyone elses and I have been with my husband for over 4 years now.

I am not taking ovulation tests or checking my temperature. I'm using the App Ovia and I'm monitoring my cervical fluid. Based on two days of egg white consistancy and 2 days of water consistancy, it pinpointed that I ovulated on either Friday 25th or Saturday 26th, days 16 and 17 of my cycle.

Today is day 21 of my cycle, which I assume is 4/5 dpo. When do I test? Ovia doesn't want me to until 9th October, which is the day after my period is due.

I'm having some slightly odd very mild crampy feelings near my cervix today.

 

[mrscletus]

Well ladies.. I caved! At 7dpo I figured I would get this result. Now back on the reality train and waiting til the weekend! At least I got it out of my system and expected this result.

Will catch up more later

 

[cscbeth8421]

Good morning ladies! To all of you in the TWW and symptom spotting: hope you all actually did catch and that's where the symptoms come from! Keeping my fingers crossed

As for me.. i'm going out on a limb here and suggest i may have ovulated yesterday? Haha temp is up significantly today so yesterday may have been it. We didn't end up BDing but it's okay, i was already assuming we're out and now if i really did O yesterday we BD on O-1, so we may not have the best chances but we're not out either.

That is if I did O, i started getting a sore throat and stuffy nose so it may also be that my body is fighting an infection. So I just gotta see if my temps stay up.

If you did O yesterday you BD'd the day before so you're still in the game! What a fantastic temp jump!!

 

[todmommy4568]

Black- IB? you usually have a short LP right?

Angel- you just can't catch a break! Hoping your body starts treating you better soon

Cupcake- fx'ed that it is O! O-1 doesn't sound like a bad chance to me at all!

Lawes- I would think the 5th or 6th would be about the earliest you could possibly get a reliable answer. I wouldn't be able to hold out that long but that just leads to squinting and editing pictures lol

Cletus- I swear I see a shadow on everything

AFM had to start a new digi moniter and it gave me a low which I was kind of expecting, if it's the same digi once you get a flashing smiley I think it stays that way pretty much until solid. Got in some BD'ing at about 2 AM last night and just put it for this morning since it was so late in the night.

 

[cscbeth8421]

Off topic- In regards to my husband and my weight loss challenge. I am down 6lbs in 8 days! woo hoo! I think he is down 3. GOOO ME! And as some of you see on fit bit, i am killin' it with my steps! I better get a BFP and win $100 from him on Tuesday!

No real symptoms to spot right now. Just hanging in there. NOT testing. still 6dpo, so too early anyways (just keep telling myself that!) Temp staying nice and high at 98.2 this morning. I looked back yesterday in FF and noticed of the 4 times i have gotten + pregnancy tests, the DAY i got the + my temps dropped into 97's. interesting.

How is everyone else doing? I'm sorry so many of you are getting sick with colds and stomach stuff. ugh. But i guess that happens with the changing of seasons. The weather here in Boston is like a monsoon right now! so much rain! But it was a super dry summer and our lawn shows it.

 

[todmommy4568]

Beth- congrats on the weight loss! I can't catch up to you on my leader board lol but I am trying. I decided I would try and make sure I hit my 10,000 every day this week, very gratifying so far. You are rocking it!

 

[lvksa]

I'm deciding if I want to start testing tomorrow at 10dpo or if I'll wait a couple extra days...

Just for fun...here is a pic of our wedding cake from the wedding in Vermont a couple weeks ago while I was away .

 

[Blackrain90]

Cupcake I have read that O-1 is as good as (if not better) than O so you have a great shot!!

Todmommy, I had this kind of spotting after BM several days last cycle so not really leaning towards IB, though that would be wonderful. I feel pretty out TBH. Will get my tests from DH tonight and test then but will still be a bit early.

Ivska that looks gorgeous!

And yay Beth!!!

 

[AngelOb]

Angel: I've never had super sensitive nipples but I've started to notice that my bbs are sore from the first day of O all the way up until AF shows. I hate how pregnancy symptoms and pms are so similar, really screws up symptom spotting for me lol

cupcake - I would say you are definitely in the game if you O'd yesterday (which is what it looks like by your temp), both of my last bfps were from bding the day before and not the day of. Fx'd for you.

Ivksa: that cake is beautiful! I'm a sucker for wedding stuff right now, the bf and I are talking about getting engaged so it's a big front thought in my mind.

AFM I am on cd13. The past two cycles I have O'd on cd15 so I'm assuming I'll follow that again. Got in some bd last night just in case and will probably try to have another go today and tomorrow just to make sure we catch it lol. Otherwise just waiting until I'm in the tww, feels like such a long time even though its only a few days away.

 

[Angel5000]

Checking in before work. I was at another (boring) training yesterday (continuation of the trainign from before), so I'll be glad to be back in my classroom. Plus, I'm hoping I can get some steps in! My fitbit is woefully behind!

Unfortunately I am EXHAUSTED. We went to bed at 8:30 last night (alarm goes off at 5) and I just cannot seem to wake up. I did take cold meds last night, but took significantly less than before and I woke up just fine, I'm just so very very exhausted. I can't wait until this weekend when I can SLEEP. The last 2 weekends cleaning out the estate has left me feeling like I haven't had a chance to really relax or sleep or anything in a very long time.

cupcake Hope you did O!!! FX! Sorry tohear you're getting sick though, I've caught a bad cold too and it's really unpleasant.

Lawes So once an egg is released it can take approximately 6-12 days to implant, with the average being around 7-9DPO. Once implantation occurs, the hcg starts to build in your system and it takes a few days of that before you can test. Anything before that won't detect implantation. Temping will sometimes let you see a dip in the temps that might indicate implantation (but is not always there or may not always be implantation), but if you aren't temping then you just have to wait. Most people say that anything before 10DPO is going to come up BFN so you should wait at least until 10DPO, but it is best and most accurate if you wait until AF (period) is late. Of course....most of us can't ever wait htat long. but that's the "smart" thing to do.

AngelOb Yeah, I was just saying the same thing to DH, that God was playing a cruel joke when he made pregnancy and AF symptoms so similar.

 

[lvksa]

@Angel5000 I'm so sorry that you are feeling so much fatigue. I hope that you start to feel better very soon. Make sure that you are drinking enough water!

 

[todmommy4568]

Beautiful cake ivska!

 

[cupcake.]

What a pretty cake ivksa!

Thanks angel, i do hope too haha

I hope O-1 is going to be enough BDing, obviously chances would be better if we had BD a couple more days but that's ok. I was sure i wouldn't even ovulate haha
I took some medicine that's supposed to keep an infect or a cold from developing when you feel like there might be one coming up and i must say i feel tons better than last night or even this morning so that's a plus