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

[FngrsCrossed]

Thanks MsSwizz...I like the way my chart is looking too. I think you are going to do well in the Navy. It does sound like an adventure. All that beautiful water!!!

L.E. your TCOYF chart looks gorgeous! How are your opks looking today? I have been tempted to get a FRER...Please stop me. Why not wait until tomorrow when DH gets them for me? Have I no restraint?! I think the only thing that could stop me is the heat....Then I question if that would work too.


I think I have gotten beside myself with how my chart is looking. sheesh Fngrs, you will be 9dpo tomorrow!!! C'mon ladies quote that!!! Tell me "Sheesh Fngrs, you will 9dpo tomorrow"! Oh me oh my...Wal-Mart Pharmacy is calling...or I can even try out Target!!! yay!!! NOOOOOO!

 

[ADR]

welcome ADR!

Fngrs-your chart is looking good.

L.E.- how are you?

AFM, im on cd9 and my temp is 97.61. I'm still experiencing spotting so it looks like AF might end soon. I haven't been on because DH and I have been pretty busy. We took the ASVAB yesterday and we both passed Now, decisions have been changed and made. As far as the Army goes.....we are NOT going to the Army. But as far as the military goes...we've decided completely to go forward with.........the NAVY. The Navy is the type of military branch that we want to be in. You get to travel, the benefits are MUCH better, when it comes to pregnancy...they make sure everything goes well with the pregnancy and they take care of the women, pregnant women WILL NOT be on a ship if they are pregnant even if they are only 6 weeks pregnant , they have the Buddy Program which is a program that the government created for only 2 people to be able to be stationed together. For example, husband and wife, sibling with sibling, best friend with best friend. Which is pretty good. As far as deployment, dh and i cant be on the same ship because of what happens in the early 1900s when the Navy first was created. They dont want the whole family on the ship just in case, God forbid, if something happened to the ship..the entire family wont be gone and the legacy will be able to continue on. So we both will be assigned to ships but will only be on the ship for deployment and drills. Deployment wise, we will not be stuck at sea for months without seeing land. They are in the water for 2-3 weeks and they stop at different locations on the way to the destination and have 4-5 days off where we can just visit the location and the days off dont come from our vacation time which is good They also said if either of us are deployed, we can call each other when we go to a location, say where we at and we can fly out and be with each other so thats pretty awesome All of our questions were answered and there was no gray areas compared to the Army and we DONT have to worry about combatitive jobs etc because the Navy Seals etc are the combatitive ones. We WILL be able to see each other during basic training, just wont be able to sleep in the same bed. The only time we will be away from each other is when we do job training and deployment. But even if he deploys i can still take some time off and go vacation the location with him so its a win/win for us. I've talked to my friend in the Navy and she is happy. She said we would love it and she has enlisted for 8 years So i know she loves it. The pay is MUCH BETTER than the Army and they have great careers. Basic Training will NOT be 99% hard fitness work because the Navy isnt combatitive. They are mostly in classroom training with a small percentage of working out to stay fit of course and swimming. Which i feel is better. And they said they dont yell and be all in your face like the Army because they feel that wont help you push yourself. Everything is pretty much what works for us and they work with you so its great. From hearing Navy stories, you would think they are terrible but actually talking to people and especially our family currently in the Navy, its not bad at all. Oh and for sea sickness..they give you meds because everyone will get sea sick the first time around so atleast i know just in case. So yes the Navy is where we are heading. We are already doing the paperwork for the background check so we can push forward with the medical/physical. One we pass background check and the physical which is a normal physical check up..we decide our job and then decide how soon we want to leave and then receive the date we will leave out to basic training etc. So we are excited about this new journey. For now, we are putting ttc on hold until we get in and stationed and then ttc because we want to be situated first. But we still will go to the doc on July 23rd to figure out everything and then we wait which I have no problem doing. Im ready to travel the world with my DH and start our careers and family!!!

Hey MzSwizz, I would love the opportunity to talk to you prior to you making a decision on Branch. By no means am I trying to sway you but I would love for you to make an informed decision. Like I've mentioned I use to be a recruiter for 3 years and I've worked with Navy, Marines and Airforce recruiters... and the fact is recruiters lie. For example the pay is the same for all branches... it's regulated by the gov't and what sets you apart is your rank and time in service... so no one branch gets paid more than the other. Please give me a call I would love to talk to you 347-782-5651. As I've said not going to sway you or change your mind but just want to give you some facts that I am positive any recruiter will with hold.

 

[FngrsCrossed]

ASD,
Rarely so you find any recruiter that is willing to be honest. I said it earlier that recruiters lie a lot. Their job is to recruit a certain quota every month. i am so glad that you came when you did, so MsSwizz can get all the insight that recruiters fail to explain or be honest about. It's nice to have a former recruiter willing to take the time out and give ALL information that is being omitted.

 

[ADR]

I can't belive this horror, take a look!
https://www.theroot.com/buzz/should-pregnant-women-be-tasered-cops

That is insane!!!

 

[FngrsCrossed]

I can't belive this horror, take a look!
https://www.theroot.com/buzz/should-pregnant-women-be-tasered-cops

That is insane!!!

This is recent news too!! This month and this year. It is insane. So not only do you have to worry about being mugged, murdered, or raped...Now you have to worry that the one department that you are suppose to be able to trust, may decide to tase you if you catch them on the wrong day. What ever happened to treating each other the way you want to be treated? Doesn't anyone in the world do that anymore?

I hope that it doesn't have any affect on her baby. That's like being electrocuted isn't it? I'd imagine it could cause some sort of brain damage to her baby, something that can't be seen on ultrasound at that. How evil are those cops?! Not to mention she fell in the process of being tased!

 

[L.E.]

To quickly answer you, Fngrs, my opks are negative today... decent this afternoon but definitely negative. I'm feeling very broody. I've seen lots of FB pregnancy posts this week (mostly baby bump pics) and tonight's sent me over the edge. Someone I know is pregnant with their 7th! They're a great family, but man it gets me down. So I'm listening to some music with headphones on and trying not to think about it. Not staying on here tonight. Just can't.

 

[FngrsCrossed]

To quickly answer you, Fngrs, my opks are negative today... decent this afternoon but definitely negative. I'm feeling very broody. I've seen lots of FB pregnancy posts this week (mostly baby bump pics) and tonight's sent me over the edge. Someone I know is pregnant with their 7th! They're a great family, but man it gets me down. So I'm listening to some music with headphones on and trying not to think about it. Not staying on here tonight. Just can't.

Awe, I'm sorry you were having a bad evening. I bet you are going to be so much better this morning. Like you said sometimes going to sleep is best. I know it's going to happen L.E., it just has to. Have you called the Dr. back? maybe it is time to see about the Provera, or maybe you are just emotional because ovulation is on the way and estrogen/soy is working it's magic. I have kind of limited my FB visits to maybe a couple times a week. I am like you and don't want to see bump pictures.

7 children?! Wow, what a blessing!! She is definitely a fertile myrtle. Wish we were that fertile. How the heck does she get preggers so much. She must have never done birth control at all, and her hormones are perfectly in order. Gosh, I wish I had ovaries and a uterus like hers. She probably gets EWCM every cycle too. (sighs) Well as long as they make Pre-Seed I guess I will be ok, that's my EWCM substitute. We just all need our positive, really soon. Patience, patience, patience...wish we didn't have to have it. :/ But good things come to those that pray and wait on God.

 

[mzswizz]

Fngrs-wow reading about that lady was terrible. Couldn't believe it but that's the world these days unfortunately.

L.E. i know what you mean. It can get you down sometimes when you find out someone's pregnant but its just motivation to keep on pushing.

ADR-How are you today?

AFM, today is cd10 and the spotting is gone so AF has left the building on cd9. Well at least i only spotted for 2 days and it only lasted 9 days this time Also, I've noticed my temps are in between both of my previous cycles' ranges so I don't know what to expect this time. But im thinking im going to ovulate because my temps are a little higher than last cycle's temps Well, right now, we've just been busy trying to get all the info from our family so we can fill it out in our paperwork. We've been pretty tired lately and this is the first cycle where we havent really been dtd because we've just been so busy. Also, now our nephew will be graduating high school in a few weeks and now he has decided to join the Navy too. But we kept telling him that he may not be stationed with us and just because he is our nephew doesn't really hold any significance. But he still wants to do it so we are supporting him and his mom (my SIL) is happy of his decision because she wants him to become independent and a man. Now, in order to make a decision for the Navy, we've talked to my friend Jeyvis who is currently enlisted and my dh's cousin who is going to retire in January after serving 20+ years in the Navy and also my godbrother who is currently enlisted and wants to retire in the Navy. We've talked to all and told them the things the recruiters said to see if they agree or they disagree. Majority of the things were accurate and they said training may be changed to 13 weeks now but they are not sure but if they said 8 weeks then its probably still 8 weeks and 13 weeks wont take effect until the following year. So we are pretty confident and all of them want to stay in there so that must mean something. We heard from all 3 different lifestyles how the Navy is. My friend is single, my godbrother is married with no kids and dh's cousin is married with 3 children. So if they can do it, we know we can The days are starting to move faster which is good because then i get to see my ob/gyn and figure everything out before we do leave for training but that's if we arent set to leave before then. But we shall see. If i cant get it done..then i will tell him my situation so he can put in notes for my next ob/gyn to do it. So everything will work out for us

 

[L.E.]

Hi, Ladies! Yes, I'm feeling better today. It's always the first day someone announces it that I have such a hard time with it. And you know how if a picture or post is popular, somehow it manages to be at the top of your updates... yea so one lady took one pic but got several comments, and the other one had a photo shoot and kept adding new pics, plus they were being commented on or liked. And then a friend liked or commented on her friend's baby bump pics so those were popping up too. I eventually hid that. Hearing about my 'friends' is one thing, but I don't have to hear about everyone else's too!! That was all this current week too. Oh and another friend of mine had her little girl on Mother's Day... her 4th child and she's been married less time than I have (same with most of my friends). Haha look I'm playing the violin for myself! I know I'm complaining today... sorry.

Ya that lady is pretty fertile. She made it sound like they were actually avoiding this time which makes it sting a little worse. I believe she's about 40 and the kids' ages are roughly 18, 16, 12, 11, 5, 4 and new baby due in Dec, so she did have a gap there twice now, but still much smaller than my gap will be. They're missionaries to Ukraine and great people, though.

Ooops... nope, still teary haha. I'm a nut case.

Anyway, Fngrs, did you get your FRER yet and test? Don't let my bad day get in the way. Being sad for me doesn't mean I won't be happy for you. I still pray for you and MzSwizz to get your BFPs with sticky bean forever babies, even last night.

MzSwizz... sounds like you've done you're checking up which is great. I really hope the Navy is everything you want and that you get your forever baby too!

I know I shouldn't let it get me down, but I've been on this road such a long time... I just go through spurts of being hopeful and then feeling hopeless and discouraged. A positive OPK sure would brighten my day. Oh yea, and tomorrow will be dreaded CD100.

 

[L.E.]

PS Fngrs, your chart looks fabulous!

 

[L.E.]

You know I felt really stressed and down the past couple days so I figured I needed dinner out with DH. We're eating dinner and I feel like I'm leaking so I tell DH- "I think I'm bleeding!" Good thing I always wear liners. Now I have to decide if I'm going to try Soy again in 2 days or just see what happens. I'm afraid it's going to be my "bad bleeding" vs an actual period, since I didn't ovulate. I guess I didn't make it to the dreaded CD100. Part of me is glad, part is sad, and the majority of me is worried.

Do you think I should try the Soy starting at CD3 or wait? I guess the feeling down and wanting to Hulk out was PMS... I really did not expect the bleeding at all today. Cm was just clear and slippery this afternoon.

 

[mzswizz]

L.E. thanks. we will get our forever babies soon!!! And i think you should take the soy on the recommended days. Atleast now you know what happened last cycle and you can start fresh and dont have to worry if you missed ov or not I think everything will work out. And i didn't ov last cycle and this new cycle, I had an actual AF so i think it just all depends.

AFM, im cd11, temp is 97.53 and the opk is negative. DH and I dtd for the first time this cycle this morning. It was actually DH who initiated before work so it took me by surprised because i thought he was tired but I guess not DH and I, well let me rephrase that to I, am trying to complete our applications for the background check. I am almost done with completing mines. Now I just have to be done with mines and then finish the other half of DH's and we are good to go. I'm going to complete mines and then save it and then complete DH's and then send both off at the same time It's been a pretty tiring week and I have to go to work today. Then im off for 3 days yay DH and I have decided that we are going to sell this house whenever we go into boot camp etc because we don't want to continue making payments for the mortgage if we already know we are not coming back to this house. We have already been trying to save up to move because this area and this house are nothing but headaches and stress and we just want to get out of here. Hopefully, today flies by so i can come home and start my 60 day endurance program on the kinect. I must say the UFC trainer game is working well for DH because he is getting smaller and you can REALLY see the difference. So i'm happy about that.

 

[L.E.]

Should I be concerned about these flat (adjusted) temps on TCOYF? I put the end of the last cycle and the start of this one together, and you can see that my temps are flat when rounded. My thermometer should be fine. It's not giving me exactly the same numbers, but close, but gives me different readings at night, so it's not the thermometer.

 

[mzswizz]

i dont think you should be worried. Sometimes i have flat temps. I t just happens. especially during AF time.

 

[L.E.]

Thanks. I'm down to just some spotting already so we'll see if it picks up any or not.

Fngrs, Where are you today? Did you test? I see your temp is still up but the ferning is gone...

 

[L.E.]

I didn't start Soy today. It made me a little nervous dosing so close together, so I may start it tomorrow or CD5. Yesterday and today I would consider my bleeding Light at most. I don't even know if I'd call it a flow, but a little bit has made it to my pad, so I guess it is a flow. I'm thinking Either CD4-8 or 5-9 and dosing at 160 each day. I guess the worst thing would be that I don't stop bleeding or start up again a week after like I did this time. Then I would know not to use it again. But if there is even a small chance it will make me ovulate, I want to try it.

 

[mzswizz]

Fngrs-Where are you?

L.E.- GL on the Soy. Hopefully you will be able to conceive this cycle. When some make it to the pad but not enough to call it a light flow, i label it as spotting.

AFM, im cd13, temp is 97.80 and opk is negative. It's pretty strange that my temp keeps rising. Yesterday's temp is 97.71 and today is 97.80. I guess its just my body doing its own thing. I know I havent o'd yet for sure so i guess thats all that matters. Well, we've finished the paperwork for the Navy so now we just wait and see what happens. We've just been preparing physically for the training so atleast we dont get into it with being physically out of shape. So now we just patiently wait for that. I think my body is doing its own thing. I have clear cm but it has no stretch to it. But it was pretty weird. My temp went up and i have this clear film of cm. It's kind of like the type of cm you get when you get aroused (sorry tmi). But whatever my body is doing, hopefully its something good and not me not going to ov again. Im just hoping i do ov this cycle so atleast i can see if my ob/gyn theory is right. DH and I were talking about ttc and he seems excited about ttc while in the Navy He was already saying hopefully we get good doctors and if its necessary, they prescribe the best drugs and we end up conceiving rather quickly. So its looks like we will be ttc as soon as possible. But im thinking like a couple months after we get settled in so at least we get adjusted to our work schedule etc. But at least I know that dh still wants kids and he still wants them as soon as possible. So im thinking this will all work out for us. And here's the pics of my recent opks.

 

[L.E.]

Thanks. I'm ready to take the dive into Soy again tonight. Trying to be optimistic.

Sounds like you're excited about the Navy too. I've heard mixed things about military doctors, but I believe that all or most of the medical is paid for, so that's really good and a load off your shoulders if that's the case. I don't think you O'd either, but the temp climb is interesting. I was so paranoid Saturday night because my temp was high around 3 a.m. and I was afraid I magically O'd and didn't get to BD... but it was right back low when I temped at 9.

Fngrs, You're worrying me! You've been missing almost 3 days! Your temps are uploaded though, so I guess you're alive, but busy. Your temp still looks good. Update, please!

 

[mzswizz]

Yes medical is paid in full so thats good and I think Fngrs is quite busy. I think temp wise, my body is just doing its own thing. As long as i ov this cycle...my temps can do whatever they want to as long as i get my crosshairs

 

[FngrsCrossed]

Hey ladies...I had a busy couple of days. Tired and sleepy, my daughter injured her toe yesterday after church playing softball with DH and the siblings at my mom's. So I think we will be hitting the ER tonight if it doesn't get better. She can move it, so it's not broken. I know what they are going to say, ice and Tylenol. :/

L.E. I am so glad to see that you started a new cycle, that soy is wonderful! I'm glad you decided on taking it again this cycle. I know you are going to ovulate this time. And glad that you are temping to catch it. Your flat temps are good, that means you hormones are doing what they are suppose to do, by them not being all over the place. I did get a FRER, took one this morning with diluted urine, I can see a line, but it won't show in pics. So going to get more. Also I took a First-signal; 88 cents at Walmart. I love them, got a faint something on that. So really waiting until I get a good hold. Not sure about when I ovulated, NOW.

The dreaded evil one is due tomorrow, so I could wait her out and see if there is any need to go back to walmart and spend another small fortune on FRER's. I am going to try to get a good pic uploaded and you ladies can tell me what you think. I mean that line is sooo light, but it has color. Maybe it just needs tweaking...