Resisting the title Wonky Cycles R Us....boarding the Maca Train to BFP Central!

[nypage1981]

Well thats fabulous! When are you due to test?

Im with ya. Think i O? But sometimes cant get a darn positive OPK just close. Sooooo, who knows. I dont temp. And YES I know temping is wonderful and I should do it, but I dont! I just hafta hope I ovulate every few months at least and catch it when it does. PFffft.
You takin anything now or just au natural? I need to clean out my system I think but afraid if I quit things it'll be even more messed up. I've had 2 MC also very far apart from each other so I do not get pregnant very easily. Boo.

 

[kelster823]

Gonna test Feb 1st but I KNOW I will be doing it WAY earlier then that

I had two MC to close together... 1st Oct 2009 and then April 2010... LOL 1st ever pg at the age of 38-- now 40 ummm I don't have much time left and didn't think I could EVER get PG so my 1st MC was a SURPRISE-- didn't even know I was pregnant and I was 6 to 7 weeks along based on my BETA levels

I hear ya on the temping but do you think if you do then you might have a better shot of knowing for sure? there is such a SMALL window of opportunity

 

[ttcbaby117]

kel - well I have been reading and a second estrogen surge at 4-5 dpo is normal....maybe I am finally normal...imagine...LOL

leeze - yeah well I usually get that too around 8-9 dpo but never this early! Oh well....like we all know every cycle is different.

never - feel better hun!

yazzy - yeah for the scan!!!

hi dandy, NY and everyone else! I am going to spend sometime with Brad...he is sulking on the couch b/c he is sick of his cast! He is threatening to cut it off early...men can be such babies...but we love them!

 

[nypage1981]

Heya TTC! You'd be testing around end of jan/ begin of feb? GL on that being normal! haha.

Hi Kel- yes, its rediculous that I wont temp. But my Hunny thinks im being too stressed about this already and he may just think its too much if I do that so I dont want to turn him off to the whole idea now, ya know? He is fine with me pushing vits on him, cutting his caffeine, and doing my OPKS and having outbursts of crazy if I dont feel we are BDing enough But dont want him to lose interest in the baby making! Soon though, I keep saying that, SOON if nothing works I WILL temp. I know that has to be done before ever going to a specialist too so they know whats up.

Im due for AF around feb 1st also. So we are close in all that. Have you guys done the FS route also? I so hope this is your time....im sure you do too! How old is DH?

My MC were feb 2007 and oct 2009 so yea....no protection against babies in all that either so my body is stubborn. 2009 we think I may have lost twins. Go figure. Seems if I keep having MC's there will be a lot of dates that are hard to get past each year! The due dates are hard, and also the dates of the MC, and then there's baby loss awareness day in October.....Ok, enough of the boo hooing! Sorry for the rant. Im working overnight and too bored.

 

[yazzy]

Leeze - good luck for testing...I am sooo hoping for you

Kel - you still have plenty of time to have a baby and I would be over the moon to see it happen for you this year. Just really pleased you got your positive OPK this month, gives you a bit of a boost.

Never - hope you are feeling better and are ok for the weekend.

Celtic - yep definitely tired at the mo but this is easing a bit now. How are you feeling? Can't believe you are next in line for baby arriving....I remember when you got your BFP!

Dandy - good luck for testing, just remember PMA!

Nypage - I don't think i've said welcome yet! I hope you enjoy your time with all of us

Right I best get back to work, sooo tired today as I just couldn't sleep last night. Looking forward to the weekend although all the baby Devon Rex kittens are going to their new homes this weekend - where have those 13 weeks gone!!
Have a lovely day everyone, speak to you later

 

[nypage1981]

Thanks Yazzy. Im excited to try my maca next cycle. I may have already read this answer, but did you have OH take the maca also? And how many cycles on it until you got your bfp and how long did you try before that? Just wondering if you think it was, in fact, the maca that did it or if it was just combination of all.

 

[nevertogether]

wake up kel and ttc! i want to see your temps!

yazzy - hope you get a lot of rest today after work. i can't imagine how exhausted you are. i'm very excited for your scan!

my unit! so proud of them..

https://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/mede...DMTBubDFvaGwyBHBvcwMyMARzZWMDZXAEc2xrA2ltYWdl

 

[Delilahsown]

Good Morning Ladies!!
Yahoooooo Kel! Loving that temp rise!!

Never- HAVE FUNNNNN!!!! Santorini is the ONE place that when people ask- where would you want to be right now- I say- Santorini, Greece. I am always in awe when I look at photos of the place. so beautiful. And hey- you might get a surprise out of it

Yazzy!! How are you feeling these days??

Welcome Nypage!

TTC, Dandy, Celtic, Leeze, TnT, AJ, Char....

i know i've missed a lot- hard to keep with this thread! Hope you all have a fab day!

 

[kelster823]

Good morning

Never I'm up I'm up and been outside SHOVELING FLUCKING SNOW AGAIN.........enough already AND more to come Tuesday into Wednesday and heard that is suppose to be a WALP of a storm................ GRRREEAAATTTTTT

AWESOME you should be very proud Never...

Yahoooooo Kel! Loving that temp rise!!

me too sweetie me too of couse I am gonna have to be a SLOW riser but I will frigin TAKE IT!!!! just to know my tootie toot is working down there makes me happy I LUV your rise to hun.................. whoopie

kel - well I have been reading and a second estrogen surge at 4-5 dpo is normal....maybe I am finally normal...imagine...LOL

ahhhh haa so I am waiting to see what today brings YOU my friend

But my Hunny thinks im being too stressed about this already and he may just think its too much if I do that so I dont want to turn him off to the whole idea now

soooooooooo soooooooo hear ya on that one BIG TIME- it just seems like it is a routine and that we only do it to DO IT.. and I want back to way it was before I got pregnant the 1st time .... my hubby will be 42 in April and I will be 41 in August

you still have plenty of time to have a baby

ahh thanks babe but in reality I don't- just look how long it took me to really O - 10 months- I can't be waiting every 10 months...

ok so I am gonna get my coffee

Hello to ALL the other ladies that haven't checked in yet

I'll be back in a bit

 

[yazzy]

Nypage - I had a few issues when stopping bcp - it took 6 months before my first AF arrived! I started Maca around this time and also my OH took it for a month or 2 with me. I then bought organic capsules and OH said he could swallow them lol so I continued taking them. My cycles AF arrived 3 months later (actually kind of normal for me) then they shortened to 53 days, next one was 43 days and on the following cycle I got my BFP (this cycle was also 43 days). I had pretty much stopped the maca by this point but I believe it helped to start regulating things. It was a total of 12/13 months of stopping bcp before getting my BFP but month 3 of having cycles every 6 weeks (was due to start clomid). Hope that helps

Delilah - i'm feeling a lot better in myself this week thank you, hormones hit me hard from weeks 5 - 9 but now i'm feeling more myself I am back to being on top of the world again...although full of gas which is horrendous...never had anything like it lol! How are you? Are you testing this month???

Never - I forgot to say ahhh Santorini looks beautiful, have a fabulous holiday and enjoy the sunshine

 

[dandybrush]

well morning ladies :wave: kel sorry the snow is being so painful, it seems to be weird weather all around something to do with the lanina?

have a great day girls, im off to bed

 

[nypage1981]

Wow yazzy im glad it worked for you! How exciting you are almost out of 1st tri also!

Kel- i hope you had many good years of BDing before making it business

Does anyone know this- how do maca and vit B work together? Correct me if im wrong here- doesnt vit B make the cycle longer while maca is supposed to make it shorter? I confused!!!

 

[AJThomas]

Ok, i think i'm all caught up now but you guys added a lot of pages in just a couple hours!

Never i hope you feel better soon and great news about the honeymoon! DH and i had our official one just about two weeks ago and it was lovely so i know yours will be great, especially in such a lovely place!

Kel i'm so happy that you ov'd! Lets just hope that temp keeps up now and we're in business!

Hi to everyone else! Everything else i read seems to have flown out my head.

AFM not much to report, CD 9 i think so this is the boring part of the cycle, nothing to do really.

 

[ttcbaby117]

NY - what do you do for work that has you up overnight? A nurse???? ANyway looks lke we are cycle buds...I am testing on the 30th....I believe the B Vitamin will make your LP longer...maca will make you ovulate sooner so it will shorten the first half of your cycle. Does that make sense????

Welsh - Where are you?????/not sure if you are taking orders but I am testing on the 30th....

Kel - I am loving that temp today!

never - you are funny! Temp went back up....Those pics gave me a chill...they are just so brave....and we forget about how much they are sacrificing sometimes....

Delia - we are also cycle buddies....awesome...when are you testing???? Any symptoms...I am trying so hard not to S/S but it is almost impossible.

Yazzy - awww so you found homes for all of the kittens?

Aj - Oh I understand .....it is teh boring part of the cycle....I tend to past the time tryign to figure out when to have sex...LOL

TnT - Hope you are doign well hun and your inseminations are going well.

 

[kelster823]

TTC WHOZZIE yippie a temp rise.. this is weird we have a BUNCH of us testing around the same time. and I am just so happy to able to be one of them

NYpage- ohh yeah we have had many years of FUN been with hubby for 21 years and married 17 this year.. OMG 17 years..........

AJ yeah this is the VERY boring part of the cycle.........

Dandu sending SNOW your way

Yazzy!!! yeah so glad you did find homes... I would of LOVE to have taking one BUT 1. we live in different countries 2. hubby said no more cats.. I miss my kitties very much but I DO NOT Miss the litter box AT ALL

 

[kelster823]

I SEEEEEEEEEEE LINNY ON HERE


LINNY LINNY LINNY How are YOU- how is miss lil thing?? what ya name her??

OMG I am so excited to hear all about it

 

[nypage1981]

TTC- Im in radiology! So kinda like a nurse but no but wiping....'cept that one time.....
Glad to have you as a cycle bud. I do get it about the maca and vit b...kind of. Lol. Wonderin if its beneficial to do both or not...any suggestions on that matter from anyone?

I wont be testing unless AF doesnt show. But thats bonkers anyway, since last cycle I was a week late with BFNs so that was no fun! Im feeling all weird though because ive had cramps for the last 2 days. No idea what day I am or if im a DPO so seems weird to be cramping now since AF due in like 2 weeks yet.....sigh. Im broken. Anyone know of a good adoption agency??? shesh.

 

[yazzy]

TTC - yes all kittens found homes within 2 days of being advertised...have a look here if you like https://kermaludevonrex.wordpress.com/ my sister put together a little website/blog for people to follow. My mum is keeping Matilda, the chocolate girl is off to London and the 2 boys are going to Torquay. Its going to be sooo sad to see them go!

As Kel said exciting times with lots of the maca girls testing around the same time...I hope January/Febuary are lucky months

 

[ttcbaby117]

NY - I would take them both! The B12 will help with the LP which will give the eggy time to embed and the maca will help you ovulate sooner and maybe with a better quality egg....cant hurt I dont think!

yazzy - oh that is great! I love kitties but am so allergic...it stinks!

 

[CelticNiamh]

Wow yazzy im glad it worked for you! How exciting you are almost out of 1st tri also!

Kel- i hope you had many good years of BDing before making it business

Does anyone know this- how do maca and vit B work together? Correct me if im wrong here- doesnt vit B make the cycle longer while maca is supposed to make it shorter? I confused!!!

Maca blances out your hormones it works on the putirty gland in the brain so if your cycles are long yes it will reduce them back to a more norml length, here is some information Ive copied the best info!

(Maca is a nourishing food for the endocrine system, aiding both the pituitary, adrenal, and thyroid glands (all involved in hormonal balance.) Maca has the ability to affect key hormones in both women and men without containing hormones itself.

Maca helps to stimulate and nourish the pituitary gland, acting as a tonic for the hormone system. When the pituitary gland functions optimally, the entire endocrine system becomes balanced, because the pituitary gland controls the hormone output of the other three glands.
In women, maca works by controlling estrogen in the body. Estrogen levels that are high or low at the wrong time can keep a woman from becoming pregnant or keep her from carrying to term. Excess estrogen levels also cause progesterone levels to become too low. Taking maca may help to increase the progesterone levels which are essential to carrying a healthy pregnancy.

Estrogen in men produces erectile dysfunction or lack of libido, low sperm count, and lowered production of seminal fluid. Men who use maca have been seen to have an increased libido and healthy sperm.

Maca may help to

# Balance hormonal levels in women.
# Increase libido in both men and women.
# Increase egg health.
# Increase seminal volume, sperm count per ejaculation, and sperm motility.

I found that infor herehttp://natural-fertility-info.com/maca but they are trying to sell thier own brand so got the best info out of it

as far as I know vit B 6 works on your LP so if its short it lengthens it! I dont think the two will contradict each other they both work on blancing hormones in the body. do you have a problem with your LP is it a 10 days or shorter?

ALso if your taking Vitamin B if I remember correctly its better to take the whole complex so look oit for the Vit B complex I got mine in tesco!