*** Positive Mental Attitude TTC - Anyone joining us? ***

[Smiler82]

Lilesmom it's probably worth finding a maternity vest and just seeing how you get on with it. I don't think I would feel too happy about restricting baby's movements either but appreciate it's a tough call if it's going to do more damage to your back by not wearing the tubi-thingy. Will you have the same rude woman next time?? Hope your other physio is back! Would it also be worth asking your midwife and doc too for any opinions? They might say it's ok for bubs to be a bit restricted and won't harm them in any way.

Haha sorry your DH is now moaning about not finding out Hopeful If you're desperate you could always have a private scan? So lovely that you're feeling lots of kicks

Thanks for all the good wishes re 6th. I'm feeling alright about it at the moment, think having the 10 wk scan has helped to keep me calm and the last couple of days have been feeling sick and getting cramps - I wonder if that happens when baby's having a little bit of a growth spurt? That's what I've been telling myself anyway. If we get the OK then we'll start telling family (though our parents already know) and am going to wait even longer to tell friends.

babybemine hope AF stays away x

 

[mommylov]

Thanks hopeful! Funny thing, we bd on Sunday and when we went to the dr yesterday, she was telling us how she was going to let us know when to try and dh and I looked at each other and said um we bd on Sunday and she said to abstain until further notice. We were like two kids that got in trouble for being naughty lol. Oh well just a couple more days. I realllllly hope my follies grow some more before fri and we can have another scan. She said that if I get a + opk before that she won't do another scan

Babybemine, I'm sooo sorry to hear af came I've read of lots of people changing from clomid to fermera and getting pregnant that first cycle. Dust to you!

Hope everyone is doing well!

 

[mommylov]

Smiler, the 6th is just around the corner. Can't wait for your scan!

 

[lilesMom]

sorry posted a double by accident, not sure how

 

[lilesMom]

babybemine sorry af came, hope femara does the trick for u this cycle hon xxxx

mommylov ur in with a great chance, i have a feeling this be ur lucky month, i really really hope so xxxxxxxx
ur so naughty , hee hee , sure how were u supposed to know not to if they didnt tell u to . when ur not allowed u prob want to even more

hopeful that was my tired brain yest tryin to figure stuff out, i try and type too fast for myself and have billions of typos xxxxxxx thanks hon.
ive cut my tubi strip in half , im wearing one layer instead of the usual 2, it wont be as much support but isnt anywhere near as tight for bub
yeah i was thinking spanx would squash d life out of us
but there are maternity spanx but my size is sold out on all the web sites id found
im gonna stick with half a tubi bandage for now and see how i get on
hope alls well with u chick xxxxxx

smiler il ask my doc alright but i think il just keep goin with the one layer for now and see if its enough support without squishing my tummy. i dont think squishing him is a good idea, babies build up strength by moving and kicking , i dont wanna make him a weakling just for my back
how u doin babe?
i def get stretchy crampiness when bub grows , il have it for few days and then bigger bump would make sense to be sick too, cos it takes lots of hormones to grow xxxx
im sure ur scan will be great, u wont miss it then till u feeling the kicks
i was in the bath last nt and i could see my belly moving where i felt the kicks , its so cool pity Oh was on late shift, every time i call Oh bub stops,

 

[Smiler82]

mommylov why is your doc telling you to abstain? Does your DH have a low sperm count? If not then you are supposed to have sex frequently so his sperm is constantly being refreshed. Sperm that's been hanging around for days and days is not as good as new sperm! Our doc said to us to just stick to every other day and we'll be fine. That's what we did and ta dah! I'm not sure your doc has done enough reading :/

Good idea to cut the tubi strip in half lilesmom. That makes sense about the baby gaining strength by moving, I didn't think of that Awww shame your OH keeps missing the wiggles! I can't wait to be at that stage it must be so cool I'm doing ok thanks just feeling a bit sick and so tired these last couple of days. I never nap during the day normally and keep trying to fight it but realised I just need to go with it and be thankful I work at home so I'm able to sleep when the fatigue hits!

babybemine so sorry I think we posted at the same time earlier, didn't realise AF came FX for the femara I know someone who's had great success with it x

 

[mommylov]

mommylov why is your doc telling you to abstain? Does your DH have a low sperm count? If not then you are supposed to have sex frequently so his sperm is constantly being refreshed. Sperm that's been hanging around for days and days is not as good as new sperm! Our doc said to us to just stick to every other day and we'll be fine. That's what we did and ta dah! I'm not sure your doc has done enough reading :/

Good idea to cut the tubi strip in half lilesmom. That makes sense about the baby gaining strength by moving, I didn't think of that Awww shame your OH keeps missing the wiggles! I can't wait to be at that stage it must be so cool I'm doing ok thanks just feeling a bit sick and so tired these last couple of days. I never nap during the day normally and keep trying to fight it but realised I just need to go with it and be thankful I work at home so I'm able to sleep when the fatigue hits!

babybemine so sorry I think we posted at the same time earlier, didn't realise AF came FX for the femara I know someone who's had great success with it x

I think she wanted us to hold off to see what the follies would look like. She didnt say anything about him not being able to "clear out the troops" so I might have him do that tonight just incase. He is 34 and hasnt had any kind of testing done but since I got pregnant twice relativley quickly I dont think he has an issue... I think its me. Maybe she didnt want me to fall pregnant with an unhealthy or small egg? But 16mm folli on cd11 isnt terrible right?

 

[Smiler82]

No, 16mm on CD11 is great. All I know is my doc told me an egg would only be released when it was good and ready so I don't think there's such a thing as too small an egg. Re how healthy the egg is I don't think they can tell that just from looking at the follie on a scan. It just depends on the person, I know someone on here who got pregnant after seeing an 18mm follie, then someone else had a follie that grew all the way to 26mm before she ovulated, but she didn't fall pregnant, so I don't think size dictates health. Sounds like your DH prob does not have any problems since you conceived twice already.

Are you having another scan to keep checking the progress of your follies? And didn't she say she thought you would ov by Friday, if not before? In which case I would def be having sex every other day this week if I were you. Sorry if I am just confusing you! I'm just worried for you that you could end up leaving it too late. Sperm can survive a few days in the right conditions, and everything that I ever read recommends having a little stash of sperm up there ready and waiting for the egg to drop. The sperm can last days whereas the egg only 12 -24 hours so the sperm really do need to be there xx

 

[mommylov]

Thanks Laura!!! I hope this cycle is the one too!

Thank you so much Smiler! I def appreciate all the info I can get!! I kind of thought the same thing too but maybe thought she knew something that I didnt? I have no idea but I am testing with O tet strips and the second I get a surge, I am bding. I havent had any kind of O pains yet but it is only wed. Also good to know about the folli and egg size. This is all new to me since the 1st two times I got pregnant naturally so again I appreciate all the info! With a 16mm folli on cd11 and my uterine lining being at 7, I should still have a good chance right? I wonder if we should just bd tonight just incase and hold off tomorrow night?

 

[Smiler82]

Yes I would def have sex tonight and again on Friday, and so on til you know you've ovulated. Some ladies do the Sperm Meets Egg Plan where you DTD every other day, then every day for 3 days once you get a +OPK, then one day break and one more day for luck. We did that one cycle but didn't work, then the cycle I got pregnant was the time we just stuck to every other day. Everyone's different so hard to know which method would work best for you!!

I don't know anything about lining measurements but I was just reading another thread I'm part of, and someone was saying her lining was 6 and her doc said she would gain 1mm each day and he was happy with 8 and above.

 

[mommylov]

I think that we didnt bd much the first and the second time we did every other day too. I agree with the every other day until +opk and then 3 days in a row and then break. Never did the one more for good luck but maybe I should! lol I too read the same thing... that a baby can implant in 7mm so Im thinking if it thickens a bit then I shoul dbe ok. Since the follicle size doesnt affect the egg quality, then that makes me feel better. They did a cd21 progesterone test on me last month and deteremined that I do O so Im thinking I will this month. I guess I just have to hope its a healthy egg and that we catch it

 

[lilesMom]

smiler dont fight it, when u can sleep and need sleep too, thats just a phase that passes, i took a nap whenever i needed to. but there is only a few weeks in it, my energy came back around 15/16 weeks, (except for patch when thyroid and iron dipped) , so while u need to and while u can nap away, i think there is sooo much going on growing bub, growing boobs, extra blood flow, extra hormones being made , that ur body just needs extra rest . it honestly does pass and u will be flying around the place before u know it
plus i used to feel less sick if i wasnt tired, tiredness used to make my nausea worse.

mommylov i agree with smiler, its more important to Bd before Ov, im not sure why she said hold off. i did my own version of smep this time and u know i got bfp within 12 days of tryin i def think every second day , then every day around Ov and every second day after Ov for a bit just in case. xxx fx for u honey xxxxxxx

 

[mommylov]

Thanks Laura! Im going to work on dh tonight hehehe

 

[lilesMom]

hee hee good luck, it can be hard to persuade guys against docs orders but prob not in this case

 

[mommylov]

heheh.. ya he usually is the one wanting more than me so he really has been loving this ttc aside from the mc's and heartache ofcourse. So I dont think it will take much tonight lol He is just afraid of more mc's and wants the best chance of concieving a healthy lo so I think he is wanting to do exactly what the dr says. If by some miracle I cant get him to go against the dr and bd tonight... if we dont fall pregnant this cycle I can use this as an example and he will listen to me going forward.

 

[lilesMom]

id say u will amnage to persuade him alright hon hee hee xx enjoy

 

[Smiler82]

mommylov I hope you managed to persuade DH last night!!

Lilesmom that is a great point about nausea being worse if you're tired. I never made the connection!! I can't wait to be 'flying about'

How is everyone today? X

 

[lilesMom]

smiler i have a funny mental image now of the 2 of us flying to meet each other for a chat hee hee for the last week ish, i have been cleaning and tidying lots , big things that i have been putting off for ages are finally getting done, some days i feel like superwoman and have more energy on the whole, thats what i mean by flying about ha ha

mommylov hoping Dh complied

 

[lilesMom]

the other nt at 12 at nt , i baked an apple tart for my dad, made stewed apple, baked ham and soup i was wrecked but couldnt stop myself, its weird

 

[Smiler82]

NESTING!!!!

Haha it would actually be quite good to get to that stage as we're thinking of moving this year so the house will need to be cleaned top to bottom so we get our deposit back

Wouldn't it be cool to meet properly for a chat!