ok so who wants to get pregnant in 2011? (closed group)

[Huggles]

fx'd this is your month sarah!

 

[sarahincanada]

I was just looking at my chart, the last month when my temp was this low I ovulated 2 days later. if I ovulate 2 days from now thats CD13.....so far Ive ovulated twice on CD13 and the other months have been CD16/17. I know I cant go by a single temp, Im just hoping it happens soon! I thought I was a little 'wet' yesterday too

 

[sarahincanada]

fx'd this is your month sarah!

its funny when someone says that I think to myself 'nah I bet it wont be' as Im so used to it not being, but one of these months will be my month, who knows which! I hope soon, as Im getting bored of talking about TTCing and want to talk about babies

 

[sarahincanada]

man Im having crazy cramps, it feels like someone is poking me up there, similar to my sono I cant remember feeling this before ovulation but I will have to remember this for next time.
sorry for all the posts I keep thinking of things lol

 

[flyingduster]

omg Huggles, YAY for another boy!!!!!!!!!!!

And Sarah, GOOD LUCK! FX for a lovely big fat egg being prepared and that's why the weird cramps! lol. Goooooooo super-sperm! lol

And because gestation is a 4-week-long window (38-42 weeks), 'halfway' can be anywhere from 19-21 weeks! I'm saying 20 weeks is halfway though, cos it's easier. And it's a 'milestone' number too. lol! But yes, I could be halfway now if I was to birth at 38 weeks.... Usually first timers go later rather than earlier though!! So we'll see...


Omg, I was just on facebook and a friend posted her weekly update; 30 weeks! sheesh! She only has 10 weeks to go!!! She announced her pregnancy about a month before I GOT preg, so it's always felt like she should be closer to my time than she is. lol! Just a bit weird thinking she'll be a mum in only a couple of months now... October still seems soooooo far away to me, but I realise it'll sneak up sooooo fast! eeep!

I have the day off today, and tomorrow (omg, two-day weekend! YAY!!!) and then monday I'm working until around lunch time and then have my scan at 3pm!! Mum (and my little sister) has the whole day off and they're coming down for the scan, so will be a very fun day.


Ugh. I have an annoyingly ticklish throat right now though! Hubby had a cough the other week, but his was chesty. Mine is not at ALL chesty, it's all sitting high in my throat, and it's driving me MAD at night!!! I don't want to take any cough medicine (they all say to speak to your doctor if you're pregnant... Cos they thin mucus...) so I'm going to see if I can find some lozenges that are safe so they might soothe my throat a bit...

But otherwise all is well. The sun is shining for a change, and while it's cool, it's lovely and calm! I'm off to pick up my horse float that's been sitting in a paddock unused for far too long. I'll see if I can get it warrented next week, register it again, and then once I've moved my boy to his new home I'll probably sell it. Bit of a waste when I hardly ever use it any more, and we could use the money on other things!!! lol

I couldn't get a very good pic with me sucking my tummy in; the lighting was weird this morning (I think I normally do it in the evening...) so I did what I said I wouldn't do, and lifted my shirt! lol. I am wearing my belly band though so it doesn't actually look as bad as I thought it would...
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/IMG_2144-1.jpg
The angle of the top distorts it a bit, I've not got quite that much of a bump if I really suck in, but it's certainly growing too!


And you know I keep saying that if I relax my tummy, that because of my weight, I look like I'm nearly full term already? Here, I got a pic:
https://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/flyingduster2/IMG_2143-1.jpg

!!!!!!!!!

 

[Huggles]

i can't see the pics flying as i'm on my phone and it's decided it's only loading the words now. But will check them later!

For your throat - honey often soothes a tickly throat. Either just eat a teaspoonful, or otherwise try warming some orange juice and add a teaspoon of honey and drink.
I make a homemade hot toddy for that, but it involves rooibos which i don't think you have. But warm orange juice with honey added should help nicely.

 

[babyhopes2323]

sarah, i know you feel quite dejected about the whole ttcing thing especially when it takes a long time and god knows ive felt like giving up many a times and have had massive arguments with dh over it too. i do totally understand how you feel and im not going to say chin up and stuff, because anyone can say that, but i am instead going to say that i am whole heartedly praying you get your bfp soon so that you dont have to go through these horrible feelings because i am only too well aware of them. xxx

nice pics flying. defo nice bump there ! :thumbsup: you know your scan on monday.. is that your anomaly scan? or just a general check up? if it is your anomaly , do let us know what they do and how it is conducted.. i cant wait for mine, i know they say its the big one with the radiologist, just dont know what to expect.

wow 19 weeks already, so excited for you..

to all of you, hope everyone is doing ok.

 

[Huggles]

The anomaly scan is very similar to the NT scan. They check all the measurements and that everything is there. They check that you can see the midline between the two halves of the brain, they check that the heart has 4 chambers and is pumping correctly, they check that the bladder fills up which indicates that the kidneys are functioning correctly, they measure the femur bones, they check the nose bone, they check there are 10 fingers and 10 toes. I think that's mostly it, although i might have forgotten one or two measurements. Oh, and they measure pretty much every part of the baby.

Not sure if it's the same there as here, but the scan lasts anywhere from 30-45 minutes as there is a lot to check. But it's great seeing your baby for so long!

 

[babyhopes2323]

thanks for the detailed explanation huggles !! i did end up googling it and youtubing one video too, it is very detailed in and is nice to see your baby for so long. cant wait ! x

 

[sarahincanada]

hi everyone!

flying love the bump!! its definitely looking like a lovely pregnancy bump so next week we will have your half way there party. its crazy how fast it goes.

preethi, I know a lot of you remember how it feels as a lot of you were TTCing quite a while before you joined my thread. I dont feel that anxious or stressed, more so losing interest if that makes sense? We started 'trying' last february, even though a lot of months we didnt BD around the right times as I wasnt tracking things so it doesnt really count, but its still a long time to be waiting. Im not very good with things that take ages, I lose interest quickly! thats why ive never been able to lose weight, I find I dont see results as quickly as Id like and then give up. obviously Im not giving up but Im a bit fed up of talking about TTCing and waiting, so for the most part Im just hear to follow you guys through your pregnancies

well I have egg white cm today, as it stretched in my fingers, so ov should be soon right? Im really hoping that I ovulate tomorrow

 

[sarahincanada]

funnily enough my FF page had the following info for today

"As estrogen levels begin to increase you can observe changes in your cervical fluid. The most typical pattern shows cervical fluid changing from dry, to sticky, then to creamy then to watery or like eggwhite. Your own pattern may vary. Watery or egg white cervical fluid is considered the most fertile because sperm can survive in it for up to several days while waiting for an egg to be released at ovulation."

last month I recorded watery then egg white on the day of ovulation. Ive only really noticed wetness 2 days ago but didnt check, and then creamy yesterday and egg white today as I checked and it stretches.

dew you should be back from vacation this weekend, hope you had a nice time! I think you will be in the last week of the 2WW so keeping my fingers crossed for you, you getting a BFP would really boost my mood!!!

 

[Desperado167]

Sarah ,good luck let the bd begin

 

[Huggles]

It sure does sound like you're about to ov!

 

[nypage1981]

Huggles congrats!! We are both team blue!

Sarah- sounds like a really good ovulation this month with the pain and CM. Really got my hopes going for you.

Flying- great bump you got going there!

Hope eeryone is well. I woke up feeling aweful today, guess yesterday I overdid it. Time to go be pampered on the couch Well, maybe not, OH is painting our room so he is sorta busy.

 

[babyhopes2323]

sarah very excited, does completely sound like ov cm. thats how its supposed to be and i guess you have it ! so go on super sperm !
yea i get quite frustrated and tired and sometimes i think of giving up but i think im too adamant and hot headed to give up easily. im glad that you are not taking it too badly and are holding yourself together. i tend to become a wreck easily .

hope everyone is doing good. NY , i totally feel you on what youre saying. this morning i woke at 10:20 or 11am, massive backache and i was so not well, ended up sleeping on the couch again for a couple of hours with a hot water bag !

take all the rest you can. !

 

[sarahincanada]

man its hot here! makes me so sleepy, hubby and I went out for lunch and we had the top down on the car and so the heat makes me sleepy! should be tidying the house but instead Im lying in bed on the laptop

I think we are going to BD tonight, just incase I get a smiley face tomorrow. last month I got my smiley face and ovulated the same day according to temps, so thats not much of a window. and if I dont get the smiley tomorrow I will probably keep BDing till we do. We are really enjoying the so its all good!!

I have to remember to ask my FS about these kind of pains, it feels like when she stuck up the catheter thingy for my sono...like a sharp shotting pain from cervix to uterus, not so much around the ovaries. I cant remember having these, another one for the book!!!

 

[sarahincanada]

awww when I scan the page from top to bottom its so amazing to see 3 beautiful baby scans, and to think we started the year not knowing what was going to happen. anytime I feel down I just think to myself that any month could be my month.

remind me everyone how long were you trying, from first month to BFP?

 

[sherylb]

We were NTNP in October. We didn't actively start trying until the cycle before my .

 

[Huggles]

i think we NTNP'd in november and december (we weren't really planning to try yet, but then dh started trying and i was still avoiding important days, but there was no protection involved and might have accidentally bd'ed on a day or two we shouldn't have). Then we started TTC in january. AF arrived next month (feb 17th) and then got my bfp in march. So we were properly TTC for 2 cycles.

I think last time was 3 cycles, but i'm not sure exactly when i started ov'ing again as i had been on depo injection and only just gotten af back when we started ttc, but my cycles were very irregular the first 3 months. First proper cycle (28 or 30 days, i forget) was when i got my bfp, but i'm not sure, i might have been ov'ing before that.

I don't temp or opk or anything, just guess according to cm and we a lot.

 

[sherylb]

Huggles how did I not know we were both products of depo?? Seems like something that would have come up in all these months.