The New Positively Positive Thread of Positivity *13* BFPs!!!

[Bumblebee2408]

Hi Brie!!

I'm being induced later today!!! Eeehh it's 2.40am here now and I can't sleep for being excited and anxious but can't wait to meet our baby. I will update asap once he's here xxx

 

[Brie1117]

Hi GingerPanda!! Thank you for the warm welcome!! What is RPL???

Bumblebee - eek!!!! Best of luck!!!!! How exciting!!!!!! Can't wait to hear all about it!!


I've got a question: WHAT THE HECK DOES "sore or tender" boobs in very early pregnancy actually FEEL like??

I'm gonna lay out a long description, cuz it's been FOREVER since Ive gotten to talk about this stuff with anyone!!!!

I had a light period (on our honeymoon, of all the times!) and then 13 days later I had this random uber light spotting (like, light pink to lift brown, scant on TP and undies, lasted for about an hour) and am calling that O day (only thing that makes sense, to me). We had bd on CD8, 9 & 12, so it may have been ok timing.....Now, actually from 4 Dpo to tonight, 7 Dpo, m boobs have been doing THE STRANGEST things, which they'd never before EVER have done.

One minute they'll be totally fine & I won't notice them at all. Another minute (like mid conversation with a friend) my nipples & tips will go all iceyhot tingly. Another minute, stabbing pains in all sorts of random points. Another minute, a dull throb of an ache - SOOOO WEIRD, and yet, they definitely do NOT hurt to the touch (although putting my strapless bra on was interesting - they didn't like that and for about 20 minutes I was REALLY uncomfortable!)
Definitely not in my head (though, I keep convincing myself it is).

I wouldn't say it's THE WORST my boobs have ever felt, because I'm expecting them to be sore to touch - but definitely the most they've ever felt like this.

On top of that, I am generally tired, but not over fatigued, have some ovary twinges (standard for me at all points in my cycle) some sensitivity to smells and hot flashes (both also standard after O).

I lost my mind for a minute and took an HPT (at, like, 4pm on 6 Dpo) and I KNEW it was going to be negative, I mean duh. But I hadn't poas in so long, I just think I had to get that out of my system.

So, I'm chalking these Boobie pains up to Ovulaition hormones, but I am curious to know WHAT the difference, or description of sore tender pregnancy boobies is.

Thoughts??

PS - it's ok to tell me I'm crazy - I haven't done this in a long time :/

 

[GingerPanda]

RPL = Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, basically multiple miscarriages, especially in a row. Usually they don't do testing until you've had 3, but I demanded some tests after 2 and got a possible answer.


As for the boobs, it definitely sounds interesting! I think it feels different for everybody. For me, it felt like my whole boob was bruised. Very painful to the touch. Also, there was like a burning sensation in my nipples sometimes. If I went without a bra, they would have a constant low-level radiant pain. It hurt to put bras on, but they felt better in the long run.


I hope you get a BFP!

 

[Brie1117]

GPanda - I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring that up.

You demand that shit!! Lol

For me, the boob craziness is, I'm guessing, probably something to do with estrogen - I think my body was making a bunch of ovum/follicles, as I was having crazy o pains off & on for a few weeks. The spotting may just have been related to that. Temps show that I haven't even O'd yet, so....
Back on my old ttc regimen of Vitex tincture 3x daily, Mexican Ovulation Tea 1x a week, prenatals + dha + omegas + calcium + b complex, Temping daily & using OPKs. All this helped my cycles be more predictable before our ttc break.
I convinced my husband (gosh that's so fun to say husband, now!) that, when he hears my temp alarm go off, he has to stick the thermometer in my mouth so I don't have to move or anything, lol xD - we'll see.

Changes we're making :
- hubby taking more vitamins (1.000 mg of vit C, & zinc every day)
- veggie smoothie every day in our nutribullet (yaay wedding gifts!!)
- our own version of SMEP - bd every other day, as long as we feel like it/almost positive opks, then every day once pos OPKS. Hips up for 10-20 min each time.

It's amazing the amt of effort, tracking, pills, positions we're all willing to try to make a child..... Blows my mind


On another note, and I will try to make this brief, my girlfriend got in trouble with Child Protective Services and is in the process of getting her 1 year old daughter back permanently. Through a strange series of events, my sister, mother and myself are being cleared as foster parents. SO THERES GONNA BE A BABY IN OUR HOUSE!!!!!!! I wish I wasn't so dang busy & could really enjoy this time, but maybe my body will respond in some crazy magical way and I'll get a baby in me by osmosis, or something, lol

Hope all is well with you ladies!!!

BUMBLEBEE - I hope everything went amazingly and that you are head over heels in love with your new addition! Can't wait for pics!!!

 

[GingerPanda]

Woohoo for a baby in the house! You'll make a great foster mama!

 

[wantanerd]

So I found out our new insurance covers NOTHING fertility related which gutted me. We don't have the money (living near DC is freaking expensive) to do anything. We had hoped our insurance would cover what our military insurance did which was anything before IUI.
But it doesn't cover a thing. I am meeting with a specialist here to find out if they offer any packages. In CO, the RE offered 3 IUIs, monitoring included for 1500$ with a refund if you conceived on the first or second try. I still hope I don't need an IUI but thanks to PCOS, ovulation strips and BBT doesn't work on me. I always show all over the place with LH levels. Femara and the HCG shot worked after the 4th try but I had to rely on 4-7 ultrasounds a cycle and thats the killer financially.

So unless a miracle happens and I get pregnant on my own, I don't think it's a possibility for us to afford anything for at least a year. I was pretty low yesterday.
It sucks because everything started to look up, we have renters, i am not nearly as heavy as I thought I was, I have been really good on my diet and we were in a place where the stress was low and we were ready to start the fertility process again.

I can try the femara on my own, the costs of meds aren't the issue, it's whether it will work without the HCG shot. And without knowing when I ovulate, the shot doesn't work.

I do have an appointment with a regular gyno next wednesday and will see if she can't help me. I need refills of my thyroid med and metformin. But it really hurts that I am in the window of not needing serious fertility help (IUI and IVF) but taking the pills on my own doesn't work.

I am turning 30 in 12 days and I know my fertility odds go down and that's hard to take since I want more than one child. I was an only child who wanted nothing more than to have a sibling so it's killing me inside to not be able to have another baby for my son. I know there is still plenty of time to conceive and turning 30 isn't the end of the world but when you have insulin resistant PCOS having your chances decrease as you get older is one more thing I don't need in the long process of conceiving.

I feel defeated. Finding a job up here is pointless thanks to high childcare costs so I am feeling stuck. Yeah I know conceiving can happen naturally but I am not the luckiest when it comes to fertility. Even though I am the classic easy fix, I can't do anything about it thanks to stupid insurance companies. I hate living in this area. I hate that everything is doubly expensive thanks to all the crazy money that people have in this area. A simple fertility consult costs 350$!

I am spotting again and I am hoping against hope my period is finally on its way. But I have spotted last month and nothing. I hate living in Va. If we lived in Maryland and the company was based there, there would be mandatory infertility coverage, but since we are in VA, there is nothing. No plan my husbands company provides offers fertility coverage.
I hope everyone is having a better week than I have and I feel so bad venting since I am lucky enough to have one child. Infertility is no joke and it can bite me.

 

[GingerPanda]

I'm so sorry to hear this bad news, Wantanerd. I hope you can get something figured out with your doctor.

 

[Bumblebee2408]

Baby Jack arrived on 17.06.2014 @ 10.27pm after being in established labour only an hr and a half induction made things go stupidly quick!! Had to have a episiotomy to get him out but did it all on gas and air and he is gorgeous!! He was born weighing 8lb 15. We've had some problems feeding due to tongue tie but we're now expressing and getting there xx

 

[wantanerd]

Congrats!

 

[GingerPanda]

Congrats!

 

[borr.dg.baby]

Congratulations!!!

 

[Bumblebee2408]

Thanks ladies.

Wantanerd: sorry to hear about the problems with insurance

Xx

 

[Brie1117]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-haaaaaaaaaaaaaawwww!!!!!

MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW MAMA!!!!!! Way to Go, Bumblebee!!!!!

Wantanerd - it's things like this that makes me think we all need to secede to Sweden where everybody gets free health care, and the fertility insurance is, like,#1 in the world. :/ here's hoping a solution pops up quickly, or AF truly comes and a new cycle!


Ladies, have any of you ever tried Canola Oil as lube?? I'm reading so many mixed things about it. Here's the thing, tho - Preseed gave me infections. Obviously KY, Astroglide and Saliva are not options. And I'm very hesitant to use ACTUAL eggwhites..... But we've been using the Canola Oil for the last week, and I'm kinda diggin' it - has anyone tried it and had a NOT so good response??? I know it's sperm-friendly, so I'm kinda of the mind that, if the shoe fits.....

Oh!!! And TWO VERY IMMEDIATE AND POSITIVE OPKS TODAY at 5:00-ish pm on Wondfo AND Dollar Tree (I'm gonna stop using the dollar tree ones because they seem to be giving me strange reads). Bought 40 pack of wondfo online, as well as Clearblue digital opks - I like being able to confirm my initial findings.

Already this morning before test, so today is covered. Gonna make sure we get it in tomorrow and next day, too. We'll see what temps do.

Right now, I'm too amped up from tonight's rehearsal to go to sleep, so I'm bugging you guys instead, lol!!!!

Ok, I'm done

PS - we find out on Thursday if that little baby is coming to live with us for a spell...... Eek!!!

Love you all!!! Buenos noches, amigas!!!!!

 

[GingerPanda]

I've never heard of using canola oil, but it sounds messy! Whatever works for you, though! We have never used any fancy lubes. We usually just use saliva. I know it's not considered "sperm friendly", but I have gotten pregnant both times they were able to medically induce ovulation. So, I dunno!

Totally agree about seceding to Sweden! They're definitely some smart fellows! (Plus, I'm obsessed with IKEA, lol)

So excited to hear about the baby!



AFM, I'm still waiting to hear from my doctor. He's in town this week, but technically still on vacation. They said he might call, or he might not until next week. This was a really crappy time for him to agree to do RPL testing, then run off on vacation for two weeks! I wish the time was flying by as fast for me as it probably is for him!

 

[wantanerd]

I so totally want to leave this country for one with free health insurance.

 

[GingerPanda]

I really think infertility should be mandatory coverage under the ACA.

 

[wantanerd]

Since the 1980s, 15 states—Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and West Virginia—have passed laws that require insurers to either cover or offer coverage for infertility diagnosis and treatment. Thirteen states have laws that require insurance companies to cover infertility treatment. Louisiana and New York prohibit the exclusion of coverage for a medical condition otherwise covered solely because the condition results in infertility. Two states—California and Texas—have laws that require insurance companies to offer coverage for infertility treatment. Utah requires insurers providing coverage for maternity benefits to also provide an indemnity benefit for adoption or infertility treatments. While most states with laws requiring insurance companies to offer or provide coverage for infertility treatment include coverage for in vitro fertilization, California, Louisiana, and New York have laws that specifically exclude coverage for the procedure.
Anyone want to help mount a national campaign for fertility coverage? I so wish my husband's company was based 20 miles away in Maryland!

 

[GingerPanda]

My husband's office and my doctor are in Ohio, but we live and the company is based in Kentucky.

 

[wantanerd]

When I was first given clomid, it was only a $5.00 prescription with insurance so at least in my home state of Florida that was covered.

 

[JenzyKY]

Congrats Bumblebee!! Ouch episiotomy! Hope the tongue tie can be clipped soon to help with feeding!!

I think fertility testing and meds should be covered. Anything diagnostic should be covered.