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[Brynden]

Glowstar - your gonna have a sticky bean this time!!! I know it

 

[prettymachine]

glowstar!

i think your ticker is wrong, if your test comes up 3+ you definitely have to be further along! it says on their website for 3+ means you are more than 5 weeks preggy!

I know I am just going by when I 'think' I ovulated as didn't start charting until mid cycle. In fact FF has me a day behind my ticker In theory I could be a couple of days ahead. I suppose I won't find out until my scan. Hoping to get an early one FX'd I make it that far

maybe since you hadnt been charting, ff thinks you had your "peak" because your temp was higher that day but really your peak was way before i am suprised they havent scheduled your scan yet! i know over here if you have had a mc they watch you like a hawk!

 

[ann89]

I have a question. I bought the soy isoflavone concentrate about 7 months ago but have never used them. I was told that it would be good to take to help get rid of facial hair growth, which I do have. But reading that its like clomid, I am really in shock. I didn't research anything.(stupid) I have been ttc for 13 years now. I was told 3 years ago that I do have PCOS. So my question is... I just started my cycle on July 22 after not having a cycle since Feb 18(last day I started). So when should I start to take them and how many??? Thanks

I read that it shouldnt be used with certain types of pcos. depends exactly what is wrong. i think i have pcos and it worked fine for me If you are going to do it you need to start asap. Today (26th) is last day you should start.

Sorry about all the problems you have had TTC. thats really awful

Hey if you ever find out what kind of pcos it is .. can you let me know?

 

[Scholesy]

Ann89 - I too have PCOS and this is my second cycle on soy. Jaz is right, it depends what type of PCOS you have, if you are estrogen-dominant (high levels) then soy won't do you any favours. My FSH/LH ratio is off and my estrogen levels are a bit up/down. My doc is going to prescribe me clomid if we don't conceive by August so I figured soy couldn't hurt for a couple of cycles. It has definitely shortened them, from 9/10 weeks to 6 weeks x

 

[Glowstar]

glowstar!

i think your ticker is wrong, if your test comes up 3+ you definitely have to be further along! it says on their website for 3+ means you are more than 5 weeks preggy!

I know I am just going by when I 'think' I ovulated as didn't start charting until mid cycle. In fact FF has me a day behind my ticker In theory I could be a couple of days ahead. I suppose I won't find out until my scan. Hoping to get an early one FX'd I make it that far

maybe since you hadnt been charting, ff thinks you had your "peak" because your temp was higher that day but really your peak was way before i am suprised they havent scheduled your scan yet! i know over here if you have had a mc they watch you like a hawk!

If you look at my chart...you'll see why my ticker is what it is.....it should actually really say 4+5 but I upped it a day as I'm not 100% sure. Also going by when we BD'd I could only be a couple days more than that.....2 probably at the most. I've got Midwife next week so going to try and push for an early scan...FX'd. I have been cramping a lot which is doing my head in...and feel really sick today which only seems to come on in the evenings.

 

[melissattc199]

Thank you all. It has been tough, but not going to give up. The last doc I went to he was the first one that ever told me I had PCOS. Don't know what type tho. What would the soy do if I did take them?

 

[ann89]

Not too too if I'm estrogen dominent. The only thing I do know if that I have high levels of testostrone.

 

[melissattc199]

I started getting facial hair when I was about 15. Back then my cycles were always reg. until I was 14 and didn't have a cycle for 4 months. My mom took me to a doc and got some pills so from then till I was about 19(been married for a year) my cycles went crazy. Thats when I started going to the doc. Now I get hair on my breasts, whole stomach, lower back, feet and toes. Its crazy. No one if my family has this. The women anyways lol. My sisters have not had any problems getting pg. The only person in my family that did was my great aunt.

 

[prettymachine]

glowstar!

i think your ticker is wrong, if your test comes up 3+ you definitely have to be further along! it says on their website for 3+ means you are more than 5 weeks preggy!

I know I am just going by when I 'think' I ovulated as didn't start charting until mid cycle. In fact FF has me a day behind my ticker In theory I could be a couple of days ahead. I suppose I won't find out until my scan. Hoping to get an early one FX'd I make it that far

maybe since you hadnt been charting, ff thinks you had your "peak" because your temp was higher that day but really your peak was way before i am suprised they havent scheduled your scan yet! i know over here if you have had a mc they watch you like a hawk!

If you look at my chart...you'll see why my ticker is what it is.....it should actually really say 4+5 but I upped it a day as I'm not 100% sure. Also going by when we BD'd I could only be a couple days more than that.....2 probably at the most. I've got Midwife next week so going to try and push for an early scan...FX'd. I have been cramping a lot which is doing my head in...and feel really sick today which only seems to come on in the evenings.

well lets hope there is only one in there if you had strong enough hormones to get the 3+!!!

i was under 5 weeks when i started getting sick too... while i hated it, it reminded me baby was still good in there. (mostly, i hated it though lol)

dont even worry about cramping... even today i think about 5 different times i felt like you do right before AF starts... possibly some cruel joke but of course pregnancy has to feel exactly like af!

 

[Jaz78]

yeah i am cramping on and off all the time too. it is an annoying pregnancy symptom!! I have already been nauseous for 1.5 weeks so before i must have even been 4 weeks. Everything is happening way quicker this pregnancy than my last one.

 

[Glowstar]

I never cramped with my first two pregnancies, only this one and the one I just lost :-/ unfortunately having a MC totally takes away any joy you should be feeling right now and replaces it with fear

 

[poppy666]

Totally understand the fear Glowstar, i had terrible cramps with this one and week 13 i actually thought it was the end.... the innocents of pregnancy has gone now after a loss and i still get scared now Huge hugs sweetie

 

[Glowstar]

Poppy, I really didn't know that, so sorry you've had a bad time. It truly does take away the enjoyment, I just want to fast forward time. I did have bad cramps with my 2nd around 14 weeks, enough to phone NHS 24 but was assured it was just uterus stretching etc.
Touch wood, things have been a bit better today, will see how long it lasts! I have been trying to drink loads of water to see if it makes a difference. Have been feeling sick but strangely enough more in the evenings and at bedtime.

 

[poppy666]

Yeah i got evening sickness with korben which was better than morning lol this one got it all day till bedtime but thankfully only in week 8 and 9 x

 

[prettymachine]

i know what you mean... every time i have any kind of pain i worry its the end... with my MC i had really bad back cramps... so when i had back cramps this time i went to the hospital! everything was fine... but until she is in my arms, i am still going to freak out over every little thing... its something all of us are going to unfortuneately going to have 40 weeks of

 

[PandaLuv31]

Just popping over from wtt to ask a quick question. Poppy & Pretty Machine (and/or anyone else who knows), there have been some recent debates over in the other forums (wtt & ttc) about taking soy and the main questions are: Does soy still work if you already have normal cycles and O regularly? Does it only work if you have irregular cycles and not O'ing? If you do have regular cycles and take it, does it actually mess them up?

Thanks for your help with this!

(I am sure these questions have already been answered this somewhere in the thread but I have not had a chance to read back through the whole thing).

 

[poppy666]

I had regular 28 day cycles and as far as i was aware ovulated as normal every month. The month i tried Soy i ovulated on CD18 and got my BFP ( first time temping) . Sadly MMC'd that pregnancy so tried Soy again once af returned 7wks later and luckily i ovulated earlier on CD10 and got my BFP and here i am

Hope that helps.

 

[PandaLuv31]

I had regular 28 day cycles and as far as i was aware ovulated as normal every month. The month i tried Soy i ovulated on CD18 and got my BFP ( first time temping) . Sadly MMC'd that pregnancy so tried Soy again once af returned 7wks later and luckily i ovulated earlier on CD10 and got my BFP and here i am

Hope that helps.

Thank you so much for replying! Sorry about your previous loss and very happy for your new coming soy bundle of joy!!! . I have regular 25-26 day cycles and I have done a few test cycles so I know that I Ov regularly. I already bought the soy for when I start ttc in Sept, so I think I will give it a try! Thanks, again, for sharing your soy stories with me.

 

[prettymachine]

Just popping over from wtt to ask a quick question. Poppy & Pretty Machine (and/or anyone else who knows), there have been some recent debates over in the other forums (wtt & ttc) about taking soy and the main questions are: Does soy still work if you already have normal cycles and O regularly? Does it only work if you have irregular cycles and not O'ing? If you do have regular cycles and take it, does it actually mess them up?

Thanks for your help with this!

(I am sure these questions have already been answered this somewhere in the thread but I have not had a chance to read back through the whole thing).

i had regular cycles until i started ttc(of course lol) but in my 6 months ttc they ranged from a normal 28 to about 33 days. i was OVing but i took soy to have stronger OV and bigger, healthier eggs. worked frist time for me!

and i have seen plenty of examples on here of women taking it with either irregular cycles, or not OVing that had their cycles shortened and/or were able to finally OV

 

[PandaLuv31]

Just popping over from wtt to ask a quick question. Poppy & Pretty Machine (and/or anyone else who knows), there have been some recent debates over in the other forums (wtt & ttc) about taking soy and the main questions are: Does soy still work if you already have normal cycles and O regularly? Does it only work if you have irregular cycles and not O'ing? If you do have regular cycles and take it, does it actually mess them up?

Thanks for your help with this!

(I am sure these questions have already been answered this somewhere in the thread but I have not had a chance to read back through the whole thing).

i had regular cycles until i started ttc(of course lol) but in my 6 months ttc they ranged from a normal 28 to about 33 days. i was OVing but i took soy to have stronger OV and bigger, healthier eggs. worked frist time for me!

and i have seen plenty of examples on here of women taking it with either irregular cycles, or not OVing that had their cycles shortened and/or were able to finally OV

Thanks for your response! Congrats on your soy baby! So, from what both you & Poppy have said, it can actually work for some people with regular cycles (love the thing you said about stronger Ov and bigger, healthier eggs - this is what I am trying for since my cycles are already pretty regular). And it also works well for certain people with irregular cycles or problems with not Ov'ing. This is great information and I really appreciate you two answering these questions. Can't wait to try soy! I will update you & let u know how it works for me in Sept. Thanks, again!