positive opk @ 8dpo...HELP!!!

[L.E.]

Well since the kids (DS and my niece) stayed up so late (normal for DS) and I wasn't ready for bed, I did some shopping online, and had some alone time with DH, and by then it was a little after 3 a.m. Then when I was trying to fall asleep, I heard a noise and had to investigate downstairs, so I woke up even more, then I laid there paranoid for a little after I went back upstairs lol. So last time I looked at the clock it was about 4:35 a.m. I figure I fell asleep a little before 5.

 

[staceyj83]

Oh I see lol

 

[mzswizz]

l.e. your opk is looking pretty good i must say. hoping you ov soon and yes i made it safely to DH

stacey-dh did black friday shopping. he surprised me by buying me an ipod

AFM, im on cd2 today. AF came yesterday and I must say I am enjoying this new AF Its lighter than my normal flow its like a light flow (close to spotting) and I have no pain like cramps or anything So im pretty happy with that. Dont know how long its going to last though but Im keeping an eye on it. Also, dont really have any clots. I havent seen any so I guess the BCPs are doing their job Tomorrow starts week 3 of the BC already I tell you the time is just flying by. Im on day 3 of my vacation and I am loving every minute of it. DH and I went on a date to the movies yesterday and I enjoyed it We are going to go on a submarine tour on Monday and Thanksgiving was wonderful. On a good note, we were able to dtd before AF came Also, dh made me smile when we were talking about the future yesterday. We were saying we are going to pay off half of the credit cards before I move to where he is going to be and he said that we got to save also because and I quote "we are going to have kids very soon" So, he is ready and prepared and Im happy because of that because that means he is taking it seriously and we are on the same page for kids so thats great Today, is my relaxation day because today is DH's duty day. So i will see him tomorrow morning Well all is well around here.

 

[staceyj83]

Awww sounds like you are having a great time and dh is sooo sweet I love when guys are like that

 

[L.E.]

Glad you guys had a good reunion, MzSwizz! I bet it's so nice being together again! Yay for the iPod too. I had an older one I got off ebay for mabye $10 that was broken and DH fixed it for me. Then there was some defect with the battery on that model (ours seemed to be fine though), but you could send it in for a free replacement, which was a newer version. So for $10 we had a new iPod shuffle. Not too shabby. Anyway, so happy you're getting some together time and that DH is ready for babies soon too.


Well nothing interesting happening here. I have my niece, so my sleep was a bit interrupted. However, I think I got the 3 hours sleep (barely) uninterrupted before I temped, so it should be pretty accurate. My temps are just strange. I'm not sure what's going on there, but that's nothing new for me lol.

Question: If you are on week 3 of your pills, shouldn't AF still be a week or so away? Whenever I took regular BC, you took the hormones for 3 weeks then started the sugar pills (or skipped them) for a week, and during that week of sugar pills is when you had your withdrawal bleed/AF.

 

[mzswizz]

stacey-yes finally we are on the same page. before he was kind of back and forth with the whole "baby" idea but now he is like ok im ready.

l.e. i have the lo loestrin f.e. BCPs. And its 4 weeks of hormonal pills. There are only 2 brown pills that are called "reminder pills" and those are the only 2 that dont have any hormones in them and they are taken on the last 2 days before you start the next pack of BCPs. I guess thats why they said i can either have spotting or no periods at all. Also, they are the newest lowest dose BCPs out for right now so maybe thats why there's 4 weeks of hormonal pills and only 2 non hormonal pills

 

[L.E.]

Well tonight I caved and bought First Response Ovulation tests. Never used that brand for ovulation, but it's the brand I run to for pregnancy tests, so I figured I'd try it for ovulation too. I didn't feel like going to the Dollar Store again and Target was closer lol... However, I think once I run out of these tests, I'm not going to buy anymore. By then if I haven't O'd I'm calling my doc anyway. Here is tonight's negative on the First Response.

 

[mzswizz]

L.E. wow your line looks pretty good. hope it gets darker soon for you.

AFM, right about now..im in alot of pain. AF has came with a vengeance. Still not my normal flow but its heavier than how it was earlier. Plus im having alot of bad cramping. I looked online and one of the side effects are painful menstruation which is just great (sarcasm). But i believe if i can get through this pain, I can get through alot. Im not expecting AF just have a change yet because this is only my first month taking it and I started taking it in mid cycle. But on the bright side..atleast I got an AF so hoping to get AF during the duration of taking the BCPs so i can see if there is any change or not. I know when I get home, I have my 2 doc appts so I will be back and forth to find out whats going on. Also, hoping to see if the BCPs have been working to get rid of the cysts but we shall see. DH will be home for vacation Dec. 20th-Jan. 6th so atleast we can probably go to some doc appts together if i have any scheduled. From what I have been going through..im able to get appts rather quickly so thats great. Well, I know i wont be seeing my primary care doctor soon because my next follow up appt is feb. 18th. So its deciding on what's going on between the hematologist and ob/gyn. Seriously hoping to get everything fixed and under control before I stop taking the BCPs so im not running around frantic once I get pregnant thinking it wont last because something isnt fixed yet.

 

[L.E.]

I say if it keeps up, call your ObGYN as soon as you get back home. I personally don't think you should be bleeding at all with it, let alone having painful bleeding. Maybe it isn't strong enough. Have you taken any hpts recently? I know you haven't seen DH in a while, but I was just curious. I don't remember having painful periods on the pill, but everyone is different. Hope it eases up soon for you.

 

[L.E.]

I took the first pic at 2 or 3 mins and quickly at that because my mom made lunch and it was ready. The 2nd pic was at about 25 mins on today's test. I'm soooo excited!!! Of course I had plans to BD last night since the kids went to bed early but then DS woke up while DH and I were watching TV, so it didn't happen. Making sure it does today or tonight. We did BD on Thursday, so that one may even "count" too.

It does make me nervous, though, because with my chemical pregnancy, I conceived around CD25 or 26, and today is CD25. Of course now I know what my "normal" could be. But I'm sure there are a ton of people that ovulate around the same time with a chemical and a healthy pregnancy, so here's hoping. And I'm hoping that my egg actually releases and I conceive and my bbt goes up. Did I say I'm EXCITED??!!

 

[staceyj83]

wooohoo get it girl yayyyyyyy

 

[L.E.]

Ha thanks already did . And Thursday's was technically like 3 a.m. on Friday, so it could definitely help. I plan on BD tomorrow too, and maybe Tuesday too if we can. I'm just really hoping this is a good surge with a good egg and we can get our forever baby. I was feeling really discouraged like it wasn't going to happen since the 23rd and 24th passed without positive opks. If this were a fake surge, I think I'd cry. I'm going to use an opk later to confirm. I think it will get darker than today's if it really is my surge, though today's is definitely positive to me. Blabbering now. I'm supposed to be napping lol.

 

[staceyj83]

Yayyy lots an lots an lots of baby dust

 

[L.E.]

Well I hope it wasn't a fluke. Just took another one and it is negative. I sort of thought it would be, though. I guess we'll see what tomorrow's shows. I haven't limited fluids today and tonight's sample wasn't nearly as concentrated as earlier. If the other was an error, I'll be soooo sad. I was really excited today. Plus DS lost his first tooth today, so it was a day of big things. I hope that positive was legitimate. It wasn't even questionable to me, though. It was very obviously positive. So yea, I'm going to do my best to limit fluids for a while tomorrow and see what it says. Made me sad to see it negative though. I wish I hadn't tested since I knew it wasn't the best sample. Grrr.

 

[staceyj83]

Ohhh no

 

[mzswizz]

L.E. well i kind of figured that AF was going to be normal this time around because it is a very low dose but at the same time..i started taking the BCPs around close to the end of my cycle so i dont think it took effect in time to stop my body from preventing AF. She said i can either have no periods or I can have spotting or light flow for up to 4 days. I researched and alot of women bled regular their first month on it and then one it was the 2nd month and so forth..thats when they either had no periods or spotting so im thinking thats whats going on with me. Also, i did read that one of the symptoms is painful menstruation with these pills so i wasnt surprised when I got it but was upset that it felt as bad as when I first started getting my AFs at 10 years old. So maybe they are doing something but its just taking awhile because its such a low dose. Now back to you miss lady..whats the update for today's opk? Dying to find out if you o'd. Im thinking the first one was accurate FXed you caught the egg!!!

AFM, today is cd4 and AF is still here and still heavy. Been dealing with the menstrual pain on and off but im starting to adjust and get use to it. Hoping this AF ends soon though because it is really messing up my time here. DH and I went on a few dates to the movies and out to eat. Its around 37F degrees right now outside. Im also adjusting to the weather. Supposedly, it suppose to be rain/snow either tomorrow or Wednesday Well, i know my MIL is moving here stuff in while im gone so im really not looking forward to coming back home to be honest I just think we really are going to clash because DH already sees how she is taking over and I talked to him about it and im glad that he didnt just dismiss what i say and he called up his mom to let her know im head of household while he is gone so whatever i say goes and she needs to respect that So im glad i can talk to him about anything and its good to see that DH cares about me because I seriously thought he would've gotten mad about it and just told me thats his mom or something but it was the total opposite. Well when I get back home..atleast 2 days later.. i start going back and forth to the doctor so that will keep me occupied while MIL is there. Even though I love her to death..im hoping she gets her own place because two strong women in one house is not going to work But i hope it does for the time being. DH is happy that im getting all the proper medical procedures done and out the way. I had told him that im nervous though. And he asked why and I told him because we are finally getting answers and all the problems fixed and I know after this is all said and done, when I finish the BCPs...we are going to end up with a baby and that is what makes me nervous because I know we are ready but just when it actually happens..then its just going to be a shock and unbelieveable and I then we really are going to be parents. And he told me he was nervous too because he knows that this is God's way of soon blessing us with a baby and he know we are ready but its just nerve wrecking KNOWING its going to happen soon. So atleast we are on the same page with that Well, i am pretty sure I wrote enough to start the first page of a book So im going to end this with..dh is at school and then we are going to spend time together

 

[L.E.]

MzSwizz, I'm glad DH called his mom and put his foot down. A lot of guys wouldn't do that, which is a shame. I'm hoping she backs off once you get there. That AF had really bad timing for you! Stinks but at least you're getting it out of the way before your appts. I hope all this makes your forever baby happen, especially since you both are ready for it. Last night I watched a few videos of DS when he was a baby and it surely made me miss that stage. I can't say I would want DS back to that stage, because he is such an amazing little boy and I love this age, but another LO would definitely be a dream come true.

I haven't taken any opks yet today (haven't been up very long), but I did take another last night and it was negative. I really don't know what to think. My cervix is super-high today- I could only feel a tiny part of it and it was very very soft. However, I'm not sure about my cm. I still consider yesterday's and today's creamy because it is white. TMI.... when I first look at my fingers they are shiny like watery cm, but if I "gather" it together, it looks creamy, but a very thin version. When I checked, I thought it felt slippery inside. Sorry I know that's a lot of TMI lol. I just don't know if I should keep marking it as C like I have, or mark it as W. Any thoughts?

Oh and I personally think my chart looks really pretty... like mild temps that aren't erratic.

 

[L.E.]

Well I guess urine concentration DOES matter! I limited fluids and held it for almost exactly 2 hrs, and my test looks much better than the light ones last night. Soooo I think I'm going to count yesterday's and today's as positive and just hope I see a thermal shift tomorrow or Wednesday. You know I haven't used this brand before, so I hope these are real positives for me, and not like Wondfo's where they have to be crazy-dark to count. First response said the test line needs to be "similar or darker in color" to be positive, so I think today's is still considered positive. Yesterday's was a little darker, but I'm counting both as positive. I'm being cautiously optimistic.

I'm going to try to do the same thing tomorrow at about the same time (limit fluids and hold for 2 hours) to see what the line looks like tomorrow. If I keep getting dark tests and no thermal shift, I'll know that these would have to be super-dark too. If I go out later, I'm going to get a couple Dollar Tree OPKs to test out. I saved this sample.

 

[mzswizz]

L.E. yes AF knows just when she isnt wanted to show up and i thought the same thing. Atleast im getting it out the way before the docs so thats a good thing. Also, yes i hope she backs off when i get home too because i been stressed out dealing with everything so hoping it dont lead to an ongoing argument when i get home and stress. And told you your test was positive cant wait to see that thermal shift!

 

[L.E.]

I still don't trust my body (but can you blame me?). If I had some ewcm I would maybe believe these tests. However, my CP is very high and soft, and my temp is low, and I'm right around the time I O'd in Jan. So like I said, cautiously optimistic. I know it may not be the real deal, but I'm still hoping.

I've also had a little bit of a headache the past 3 days, so I'm hoping that is a good sign too.

PS- I know I've asked this before, but I don't remember what you said. Would you consider my cm (white put pretty thin, looks watery til "gathered") C or W? A few days ago it was thicker, then moved to the thinner version. Should I go back and mark those W once I noticed it had thinned-out? Like Nov. 18, 19, 20, and 21 it was thicker, and from the 22nd on it has been thinner.