Sticking Together Until We All Get BFP's!!!!

[Jrepp]

Kenna - I'm sorry your temp went down again

And at least one complete chart to compare on the next cycle..... So we will just try to relax this cycle but of course after SA its time for us to do the dance, lol. Who knows, we might conceive when not trying...

FX and everyone

The more charts you have the better, although a bfp would be so much better than a chart at the end of a cycle. I really hope your body waits to o until after your hubby has his sa done.

Sorry your temp is low again Kenna. Did you say your longest cycle was 36 days? So AF better be coming soon so you can start on a new cycle!

Mdscpa good luck... hopefully you can accomplish SA and BD as well

AFM: Sorry if you read my journal too, it's easier just to say the same thing: My temp was still high this morning. Three possibilities- I used the heated blanket last night, so it could have stayed high (I even temped a couple hrs after turning it off and it was still high so the adjusted temp actually stayed the same) or my LP actually might be extended- last cycle it was 15 days but I assumed it was because I was sick and it would go back to 13 days- or, I could have O’d one day later… since I didn’t take pre-O temps it’s hard to be totally sure. I definitely have a headache, and I’ve kinda had this headache for atleast 2 days now. Usually I get a headache before AF. This feels like a stress headache and since my back has also been hurting, I figured it was stress-induced (3 gigs this weekend, a lot of pressure) and I’ve been having to take Ibuprofen just to be able to focus and play my flute. Lately, my period has had a habit of showing up towards the end of the day on CD14.

The only unusual thing about this cycle: I had brown flowing spotting yesterday which eased up by the end of the day but was still there, and then this morning I still have brown flowing spotting. I usually only get one spot of brown CM (not flowing) the morning of the day before AF. Nothing else. This is more like a super light AF but brown. It honestly does sound a lot like what other people describe as IB. But I do NOT want to get my hopes up in the least. I don’t expect anything other than AF to come by either the end of the day today or tomorrow. Then, if nothing, I’m sure I’ll take a dollar tree test.

Megan do you know how your uterus sits in your body? I'm thinking that if you have lower back pain it might be a retro erred uterus. If it's upper back pain it wouldn't be your uterus though. I want you to be having implantation not period!

Thank you for that tip Megan! I didn't know how to do a spoiler so hopefully it lets me insert photos in it! I know sometimes announcement photos stress others out that are TTC and I don't want to be a cause of that. I'm just really excited! And I agree with Kenna (sorry that I never remember to call you by your name Kenna!), the brown spotting and temp staying high sound like great things!! Fingers crossed!

Spoiler

https://i61.tinypic.com/10ib62o.png

https://i62.tinypic.com/ixwm14.jpg

These are the two we've been passing around. Hubby keeps joking that we're going to have to re-take our photos with two pairs of baby shoes this weekend! He's convinced on the possibility of twins.

I definitely DO NOT want to see it. Haha JUST KIDDING! I think they are adorable! Did you have them professionally done? Why do you think there are two?

Awe Kenna I'm sorry ur temp didn't go back up..hmm..ur chart confuses the heck out of me. I really cant wait to see how the vitex works cuz its ALL natural and it can actually help.ur body even after u stop taking it (after getting regulated of course). Ugh, ur temps make me mad! Maybe ull have a two day LP dip...? Who knows! My fingers are always crossed for u!!!

Megan, I can't wait until u test! I just recently started getting a spotting type of flow the day before AF comes OR the day AF is about to show. This last cycle I was more back to normal but the two before that I had strange out of the norm spotting for me. I can't stand how much our bodies can mess with us!! I hope its IB for u! I really really do. Ill be stalking! And also, its def possible u oed a day later. Originally I remember asking u if u thought there was a chance that u oed a day later because at that time u had another higher temp in ur pre O temps that matched up with ur "1dpo" temp so that could have been right? Idk if u remember me asking u that about 2wks ago lol. But like u said, its kinda hard to tell with not temping the full cycle. I cant wait until u test! Even a dollar test would come up positive right now so I'm very excited!!


AFM, we put in our AC a few nights ago and ever since, ive had lower than normal temps. The one temp (97.61-CD3) was from us NOT running the AC that night so basically because of the climate change, my temps would be going higher but I think if I keep my AC on a comfortable temp every night, my body should get used to that. I guess this cycle will be q practice trial lol.

Megan, that just made me think of u..is it hotter or colder for u at night (meaning weather wise) the past wk or so? In NH its been MUCH hotter...i read this a.m that a change in climate can make temps higher OR even lower...it all depends on how someone's body reacts to it but usually it goes higher when its hot and colder when its cold (obv) lol..idk why I even wrote that now...u obv know how hot/cold works lol. I wish u tons and tons of luck!! I hope u get it before even needing an hsg! Ill be soo happy for u!! FX FX FX!

It's been raining and snowing here, so I was shocked when you said nh has been hot. Do you sleep with a comforter on?

Im doing good! Im on my third day of letrozole, going to start opking next sat it will be cd 10. Im also going to give preseed a try. Its kind of nice not going to the doctor for labs all the time. The last time I was there, I made the lab techs laugh by telling them I felt like a professional at getting my blood drawn. I think that for the next 3 cycles we will just try at home then start gearing back up for iuis

Good luck Chelsea. What does the letrezol do? We have tried preseed. I highly recommend using waaaaaaay less than the recommended amount. We used a little bit as lube and that was great. When I tried it internally I used half of the first mark.....any more than that would squish out.

Hey ladies, I just wanted to say hello and sorry I over reacted that day. I think I was just super stressed out, and I hope you all accept my apology. I have been reading about you guys every day even though I haven't been posting. I felt stupid posting after the way I acted. But truth is I really felt bonded with you guys

No need to apologize. We all have our stress out moments. Glad you're back to posting

 

[Jrepp]

And AFM: we haven't had sex in like 2 weeks. Honestly, I am normally like a dude in the mentality all I want is sex all the time. Lately though, I'm just not wanting it, like at all. The two times we have done it since getting the go ahead have been really uncomfortable and I'm getting no where in self pleasure either. Maybe it's a hormone thing.

I'm starting to do some research into things to possibly try in our next cycle we can try. I'm looking into conceive plus, moon cups and fertility diet. Maybe some op other stuff but I don't know. I can't take prenatals or folic acid again until after leg surgery.

 

[froggyfrog]

It probably is a hormonal thiIiSometimes my libido lowers( im like a dude too). Letrozole is the generic of femara. Its the same concept as clomid. I was put on it because my progesterone was 10.3 a week after o.

 

[Wishing1010]

Thank you for that tip Megan! I didn't know how to do a spoiler so hopefully it lets me insert photos in it! I know sometimes announcement photos stress others out that are TTC and I don't want to be a cause of that. I'm just really excited! And I agree with Kenna (sorry that I never remember to call you by your name Kenna!), the brown spotting and temp staying high sound like great things!! Fingers crossed!

Spoiler

https://i61.tinypic.com/10ib62o.png

https://i62.tinypic.com/ixwm14.jpg

These are the two we've been passing around. Hubby keeps joking that we're going to have to re-take our photos with two pairs of baby shoes this weekend! He's convinced on the possibility of twins.

Had to go back and find these, I totally missed them earlier. Love love love!!!!!

 

[aidensmommy1]

Hey ladies, I just wanted to say hello and sorry I over reacted that day. I think I was just super stressed out, and I hope you all accept my apology. I have been reading about you guys every day even though I haven't been posting. I felt stupid posting after the way I acted. But truth is I really felt bonded with you guys

we all love u and I'm happy ur back!

 

[aidensmommy1]

Hi Chelsea Don't worry, we are happy you're posting again, we missed you. No hard feelings. So you're still TTC right? At home? Where are you in your cycle (sorry if I'm missing something, don't see it in your sig)?

mdscpa- thanks for the suggestion... it is a definite possibility, but tbh I felt O pains on CD13 so I feel strongly that it was on CD13... however, it's not like I have any proof of when O actually happened, for all I know I could be someone who feels O pain a day before O. That would definitely have me confused, lol.

I caved and tested- duh, what did I expect of myself lol- BFN.

Also, Mary- Inside my house is still pretty cool, we will use AC if it's hot out, but the thing about today's temp is that I used the heated blanket overnight because it was too cold inside when I went to sleep (DH had the windows open). So that makes me think if I hadn't used it, my temp would be lower. So today's high temp doesn't mean much to me. I still think AF will be here by tonight.

awe Megan I hope stays away from u!!!! FX so tight!

 

[aidensmommy1]

And AFM: we haven't had sex in like 2 weeks. Honestly, I am normally like a dude in the mentality all I want is sex all the time. Lately though, I'm just not wanting it, like at all. The two times we have done it since getting the go ahead have been really uncomfortable and I'm getting no where in self pleasure either. Maybe it's a hormone thing.

I'm starting to do some research into things to possibly try in our next cycle we can try. I'm looking into conceive plus, moon cups and fertility diet. Maybe some op other stuff but I don't know. I can't take prenatals or folic acid again until after leg surgery.

ugh I'm sorry jess! I'm the same way as u! Lol I'm like the dude in our relationship when it comes to instigating sex lol. I hope u can find comfort soon hun

And yes, I use a comforter but I use the same regardless of the weather and I like it cold at night so of course we cranked the AC lol. It was rainy here for a day or two on and off but very very humid. Today isn't too bad tho, its only 56 degrees. But for almost a wk it was 70-85 out. Of course I was sick the day it was the most humid out so that didn't help the way I felt :-\. Back on track now, I think since ill be consistently sleeping in a set temp for the season, it should prob blend in and show a clear pattern. Do u think I'm prob right on this?

 

[Wishing1010]

And AFM: we haven't had sex in like 2 weeks. Honestly, I am normally like a dude in the mentality all I want is sex all the time. Lately though, I'm just not wanting it, like at all. The two times we have done it since getting the go ahead have been really uncomfortable and I'm getting no where in self pleasure either. Maybe it's a hormone thing.

I'm starting to do some research into things to possibly try in our next cycle we can try. I'm looking into conceive plus, moon cups and fertility diet. Maybe some op other stuff but I don't know. I can't take prenatals or folic acid again until after leg surgery.

Hmm, I hope that you get your sex drive back! Your body has been though a lot, it makes sense why it hard for you to find pleasure right now. FX that you will start feeling better soon!!

 

[Jennuuh]

Thanks ladies and welcome back Chelsea!

Jess - I'm not at all convinced there are twins in here! I did ovulate at least one egg from each ovary and my beta over 72 hours had a doubling time at 24 or 25 hours (I've read a normal doubling for HCG is actually 31-72hrs and not 48-72hrs so it's not anything dramatic) but my RE said I could have one very healthy singleton or there's a possibility that both eggs fertilized and implanted. If there are twins they'd be fraternal probably, so we should find out Friday if so!

Also, my cousin took our photos on my cell phone and she is by no means a professional! I edited them myself and voila! Complete.

 

[froggyfrog]

Congrats jennuuh! Your pictures are too cute and you saved so much money! I love the idea of having twins at first I didn't, but one of my ultrasounds showed two mature follicles so I knew by triggering I would ovulate both and kind of fell in love with the idea!

 

[confuzion]

I love your pictures jennuuh! I can't believe that was on a camera phone! Spiffy editing job .

Chealsea - nice to see you back

I know I don't post much here ladies. I pop in and read often, but this thread moves so fast sometimes it's hard to just jump in and join in on the conversation lol. Hope you're all well!

 

[Wishing1010]

Confuzion

I would love twins, triplets, etc as long as they would all be healthy!

 

[aidensmommy1]

Ive been thinking ALOT about twins as well lately lol. They do run in my family as it is and if I do ivf, we will more than likely have them try transferring 2 embryos for that extra like 5-10% chance of it working but i already have very high odds of it working just fine so we'd probably get both . Dh and i at first were quite skeptical on twins but now after talking about it alot, we would actually rather have two babies in one shot if we have to do ivf, u know? Lol. Ill be happy with just one and wont be expecting two if IVF ends up being what we have to do but at least I know DH is on board with twins IF it happens lol Watch us all have twins now...hehe

 

[Wishing1010]

Yay twins! Lol!!! That would be amazing if we all tried for so long and got multiples!

DH won't bd this weekend as he has had a sinus infection. I don't want to miss anything but understand that he feels unwell. So I'm impatiently awaiting the next BD session haha!

 

[froggyfrog]

I read something that im going to try today. During your lp you can assist your body to keep up your temp and it will help implantation. Si little things like wearing socks and eating warm foods. Im going to eat oatmeal for breakfast and soup for lunch. I usually can't stand anything on my feet while I sleep, but im going to try to keep socks on all night. And maybe have a hot cup of decaf tea before bed. I didn't know if you all knew this or not, I know you all temp and pay attention to rises. But I thought its a stress free thing to try. Im also going to eat a piece of pineapple core for 1-5dpo

 

[Jrepp]

I keep talking about twins too. As much as I've been through twins would make a lovely surprise. Lol. For real though I am a twin and have twins in the family and hubby has mega amounts of twins as well. Only time will tell.

 

[aidensmommy1]

I read something that im going to try today. During your lp you can assist your body to keep up your temp and it will help implantation. Si little things like wearing socks and eating warm foods. Im going to eat oatmeal for breakfast and soup for lunch. I usually can't stand anything on my feet while I sleep, but im going to try to keep socks on all night. And maybe have a hot cup of decaf tea before bed. I didn't know if you all knew this or not, I know you all temp and pay attention to rises. But I thought its a stress free thing to try. Im also going to eat a piece of pineapple core for 1-5dpo

I wish this worked! Be careful with green tea (even decaf) in ur LP. The ingredients aren't the best for implantation. Honestly, I dont think these things actually help implantation...ur body warms up from progesterone any given cycle and sometimes there can also be an increase FROM implantation due to the change in extra pregnancy hormones but you cant make ur body warmer for implantation. Ive actually read against using heating pads and such in the tww and that women actually take colder showers to help the process (cuz heat is bad even in pregnancy). The reason it may look like the socks and hot tea and such helps is because, especially drinking hot stuff before bed and sleepin with socks when u usually dont, it'll make ur bbt higher regardless of if ur in ur LP or if its before O. Itd be nice if it worked like that for sure! I'm sure the women that did this probably were about to get their bfps anyhow and because of the extra factors causing a rise in their bbt, they may have tried connecting it. I'm not saying it def wont work, anything is for sure worth trying! I just dont think its possible to help implantation by making ur bbt higher :-\.
Can I ask where u read this? I'm just curious who's putting out such ideas! my doc told me to avoid hot tubs and such in the tww because of heat being harmful to an embryo. I wanted to share my knowledge on this just so u can research it more before deciding. Plz share that website tho! And regardless of what you do, I hope u get ur bfp ASAP! I prayed for every last one of u ladies In church today

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong about the heat and stuff (what i said above). I know ive seen some threads with women talking about stuff like that but as I said it looked like a coincidence to me in those cases, given their info/charts. If this is really possible, ill be sleeping with a heating pad all the time lol

Chelsea, the pineapple core is a great idea tho....ive heard of that working for many woman because it helps feed the corpus lithium and keep it alive longer and that CAN help implantation and once/if implantation occurs, it'll end up raising your temp in that way. The temp rises AFTER implantation....did this whole post make sense? I tried explaining it the best way I could think of for u! Good luck hun and again, I am so happy u are back!

FX for many manyyyy bfps this cycle!!!

 

[aidensmommy1]

I keep talking about twins too. As much as I've been through twins would make a lovely surprise. Lol. For real though I am a twin and have twins in the family and hubby has mega amounts of twins as well. Only time will tell.

Lol! I really hope we all get knocked up with twins now! Haha it'll save alot of stress and just get two babies at once and not need to try again for a bit (or forever for me if I got twins, id be done in the baby makin department lol) Fx! The only thing I worry about is how little I am and I know u said ur as small as me jess...idk if our bodies could handle that! Lol is ur mom really small too and if so, how did she do with twins?

 

[Megamegan]

Hey everyone... I have such a bad headache and I read everything but I don't have the energy to respond to everything... just wanted to let you know I have not gotten AF yet! I don't feel it coming at all right now and my spotting has stopped as of this afternoon... my back hurts SO bad (it's my upper back Jessica, but thank you for the suggestion) and I think it's going up through my neck and causing my head to hurt even more than usual. I need to take another pain pill tonight, I'll do a Fioricet because the Tylenol3 makes me way too sleepy and I have an early morning tomorrow.

I did want to mention, I've also read that it is good to nurture your body with warmth during the 2ww... my acupuncturist also told me to do this. I didn't read that it would in turn make your temp higher and thus help implantation, but I did read to do it.. like the warmth creates a more welcoming environment for a new life to begin... but I don't know anything other than that. I had soup tonight and it was delicious. Creamed white asparagus with fried potatoes on top. Yum yum.

Goodnight Pray that AF stays away... although I believe she will not!

 

[Jennuuh]

Twins for everyone! That would be awesome

Sometimes I'm like 'What, am I having twins.' and then there are days (like today) that I'm like 'Nah. Impossible.' Although it's actually not impossible since we know I O'ed from both ovaries. Before my BFP I had bad cramps in both ovaries which my regular OB said was a great sign of a healthy O from both. Friday cannot get here soon enough!