This'll be the month to remember, with BFPs in September!

[frsttimemama]

Thanks Morgan! Ours is usually at night. Hubby isn't much of a morning person in general.

 

[frsttimemama]

Amelia, isn't there iodine in table salt? If so, couldn't you just use some salt and stick to whatever vitamins you're taking? I don't want to have to change mine because they don't make me sick.

 

[RobertRedford]

I'm in the same mood...Ugh cycle 7...Hopefully OH's SA comes back with good results though it is really nice that your insurance will cooperate if there is a problem. FX you'll be able to do it naturally and it will happen soon! Ugh...that makes me wanna cry too I was married in June and thought I'd be pregnant by now...this is the 4th cycle since miscarriage...I didn't think it would take this long after it happened on the 3rd one the first time

Thank you. Still super grumpy, feel like im going to cry at any moment. UGH! I know that all of us will get pregnant, and it will happen when its meant to..i just want a baby so freakin badly! Fingers crossed for you this month!

Aw Ash & Amanda I'm sorry loves it will happen

Amanda I hope OH's SA is amazing and you don't have to go that route, but either way, you're getting closer and closer to that BFP!!!

Ash- so unfair, you should have your BFP by now. You're doing everything in your power, timing is great, and I know you're gonna get that rainbow baby soon. I KNOW IT!

I have 69 points on FF right now. Highest i've ever had I think. But tests are BFN and I know AF will be here tomorrow.

Thank you, i hope so too! Still holding out hope for you for this month!

Ashlee, I'm feeling like crap, too! Aches and pains everywhere .. and I promised to help Hubby with yard work tonight and grocery shop. Blah.

Amanda, I had one of those days yesterday. I'm so sorry. Hopefully you guys will get answers and a plan of action!

I didn't think I would be here either. We got married in June, and I continued BCP til January .. then it took me til October to get pregnant and I carried full term and he was stillborn. It's so unfair, but good came of it. I'm closer to Hubby than ever. I'm blessed to be alive. Every day is one day closer to another chance and to getting to see him again. I am trying to eat right, exercise, and not stress. TRYING. Lol. I'm also going to try the softcups.. can't hurt to keep 'em in there awhile longer! How long do you leave them?

Thank you. so sorry you had one of these days too! Life is so unfair sometimes. I cant wait for all of us to get bfp's!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Yay for BFPs - sorry for B*tchy Witchy attacks (finishing up mine now) and awesome news Morgan - so pleased for you!

Saw my gyno today too - it was a weird appointment and i left feeling worse than when i arrived. She thinks that even though my cycles are long, that thing are actually ok. Wasn't interested in the weird cramping or spotting 9-12dpo. Thought spotting wasn't IP ("IP is not really very common so i wouldn't read into it".. really? thanks lady) no comment on the cramping.

Also said that she thought that first preg was "beginners luck" and if we keep trying it'll happen... gave me a referral to a fertility specialist but said she didn't think i should go for another few months and see what my cycles do.

I'm totally lost. I don't know what I should do - DH is still in colorado so i dont think we could really take advantage of Fert Clinic right now but that being said I WOULD like to know if I have any issues that need to be resolved ahead of a successful BFP.

Also she gave me a long talk about pre-natals not having iodine and how she found some research linking low iodine and autism so now she wants me to take some fancy pre-natals rather than the generic ones i have been taking.

Thoughts ladies?

I say while you are there and comfortable with the dr go see a specialist what can it hurt.
My dr never said anything about iodine, but look at it this way. How many people do you know that get pregnant without any vitamins and never have a problem. I say stick with the generic ones-at least until you get a bfp. But I will do more research.
AFM: I am so tired and worn out. The weekend was kinda rough on me.

 

[asmcsm]

Aw Ash & Amanda I'm sorry loves it will happen

Amanda I hope OH's SA is amazing and you don't have to go that route, but either way, you're getting closer and closer to that BFP!!!

Ash- so unfair, you should have your BFP by now. You're doing everything in your power, timing is great, and I know you're gonna get that rainbow baby soon. I KNOW IT!

I have 69 points on FF right now. Highest i've ever had I think. But tests are BFN and I know AF will be here tomorrow.

Ugh! I know! Timing was perfect this time and clearly my hormones where awesome too by looking at my chart....stupid FF gave me 77 points this month but clearly I'm not preggo so don't think I'll be putting much faith in that. Really hope this is our last month of TTC for the rainbow baby.

Ashlee, I'm feeling like crap, too! Aches and pains everywhere .. and I promised to help Hubby with yard work tonight and grocery shop. Blah.

Amanda, I had one of those days yesterday. I'm so sorry. Hopefully you guys will get answers and a plan of action!

I didn't think I would be here either. We got married in June, and I continued BCP til January .. then it took me til October to get pregnant and I carried full term and he was stillborn. It's so unfair, but good came of it. I'm closer to Hubby than ever. I'm blessed to be alive. Every day is one day closer to another chance and to getting to see him again. I am trying to eat right, exercise, and not stress. TRYING. Lol. I'm also going to try the softcups.. can't hurt to keep 'em in there awhile longer! How long do you leave them?

Sorry you're achey too it sucks! Hoping you get your BFP soon, you and your hubby deserve to have another baby in your lives so much.

Yay for BFPs - sorry for B*tchy Witchy attacks (finishing up mine now) and awesome news Morgan - so pleased for you!

Saw my gyno today too - it was a weird appointment and i left feeling worse than when i arrived. She thinks that even though my cycles are long, that thing are actually ok. Wasn't interested in the weird cramping or spotting 9-12dpo. Thought spotting wasn't IP ("IP is not really very common so i wouldn't read into it".. really? thanks lady) no comment on the cramping.

Also said that she thought that first preg was "beginners luck" and if we keep trying it'll happen... gave me a referral to a fertility specialist but said she didn't think i should go for another few months and see what my cycles do.

I'm totally lost. I don't know what I should do - DH is still in colorado so i dont think we could really take advantage of Fert Clinic right now but that being said I WOULD like to know if I have any issues that need to be resolved ahead of a successful BFP.

Also she gave me a long talk about pre-natals not having iodine and how she found some research linking low iodine and autism so now she wants me to take some fancy pre-natals rather than the generic ones i have been taking.

Thoughts ladies?

Ugh sorry your gyno wasn't very much help, that's super frustrating! I'm sure you'd be fine to take the prenatals you're taking now and just add an iodine supplement. Probably less expensive that buying the fancy prenatals and does the same job.

 

[morganwhite7]

Sandy- MY DH is NOT a morning person either, but one morning this cycle (I had a really low temp and felt like I was getting ready to have my Ovulation spike) I made hubby BD before work, I just had an instinct that it NEEDED to happen. So moral of the story, if you think it'll boost your chances that month and you just "have that feeling", wake him UP!!! (Hehehehe I must admit though Hubby didn't realize it was a BD until he woke up to it. Any man's dream right?!! )

I have such high hopes for you all, I'm not going ANYWHERE!!!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Sandy-my dh is not a morning person! I have to push him out of bed to turn off the alarm. I am not really a morning or a night person. I have to get about 8 hours of sleep to be human but I never stay up past midnight. Well except for this weekend I did thus I am grumpy!

 

[asmcsm]

So what's everyone's plan of attack this month? lol I'm doing SMEP again and these are the dietary and other things I'm planning on doing:

1 Spring Valley prenatal per day
1 Spring Valley DHA(200mg) per day
1 Spring Valley EPO(1000mg) per day up until O
1 Fairhaven Health Organic Maca(500 mg) per day
1 Baby aspirin(81 mg) per day
2 cups Fertilitea w/ honey per day until O
2 tsp Robitussin(Guaifanesin)2 times per day during 5 days leading up to O
1/5 fresh pineapple(bromelain) 1-5dpo
handful of sunflower seeds(selenium) 1-5dpo
lemon water
1 fresh fruit smoothie per day
soft cups
opks
bbt charting

 

[ricschick]

Congrats Kiamaria83

so glad the bleeding has stopped morgan! roll on Thursday!!

sorry the witch is hanging around lets hope she buggers off soon!!

 

[ricschick]

my plan at the moment is to just bed as much as possible

 

[TTCaWee1]

My plan is to root you all on!

 

[frsttimemama]

Plan of Attack (POA!):
1 prenatal vitamin
ground flaxseed daily (I eat it in my yogurt)
Low carb diet (100 -130 grams of carbs per day)
lemon water
2 cups green tea daily (decaf)
No more than 3 cups of coffee daily (switching to half caf version )
BBT tracking
OPKs
Trying softcups for the first time
Trying the pineapple and sunflower seeds for the first time
Trying the guaifennesin like Ashlee said for the first time
Trying not to stress!
Try to walk 3-4 times/week for at least 15 minutes.

I cannot think of one more thing. Lol!

 

[Cowgirl07]

My POA
1. Take prenatals-like a good girl
2.Make dh continue to take his vitamins.
3. Drink more water
4. Maybe do SMEP again it didn't go so well last time.
5. Legs up afterwards.
6.Use opks
7.Try not to stress.

 

[VivianJean]

I'm just going to have a good old fashioned shag the day I am likely to O because it's the only day close to O that DH and I will be in the same zip code...

Jokes aside-

1. trying to limit coffee to only two a day (when I'm editing I normally drink a million cups)
2.pre-natals
3. vit D tablets
4. thyroid meds at the right dose
5. temping vajayjay style + charting temps
6. OPKs
7. visualization of the baby growing in my body
8. de-stressing by walking the dogs and exercising regularly and lifting weights so i feel strong and in control of my body

 

[frsttimemama]

Oh yeah, getting Hubby to take his vitamins, too!

 

[morganwhite7]

Amelia- Lovin #7

 

[TTCaWee1]

I hope you all get your bfps soon. I know just how frustrating it is. It was our 13th cycle when we finally got our bfp. Speaking of "we" there is a thread in the first tri board with all these people complaining about saying "we are pregnant." Like really? It kind of irritated me to even read it.

So I worked last night and we played with the u/s machine and looked at the bean. Or I guess it's bigger than a bean now....hr of 180 and it was about an inch. Still so scared but it seems like everything is progressing like it's supposed to.

 

[NDTaber9211]

I am so sorry that I havent been keeping up with you ladies so far this month. AF is really freaking kicking my butt. I've been busy showing apartments trying to get them leased.

My POA this month is
1. Clomid
2. Prenatal
3. Vit D
4. Thyroid meds
5. Temp vajayjay style
6. Opk's
7. Every other day bd starting from CD13 then 3 days of bd when get +opk
8. Soft cups.

If I don't get my this month I might be taking a break. I am thinking about stopping everything and focusing on losing weight for 4-5 months. I would still be checking cm and get some bding in when it turns ewcm. I am not sure yet. I am just so over feeling like crap every time the witch shows up. It is really getting to me emotionally.

 

[Unexpected212]

Opks finally getting darker at cd16 but still nowhere near positive

Good luck everyone xx

 

[prgirl_11]

My plan of attack is to continue doing what I've been doing, I guess. I mean, it's been working. I just have to figure out why my little ones aren't sticking.

Here is what I've been doing:

1. Raw Pre-Natals
2. Coconut oil instead of Pre-Seed
3. ClearBlue Ferility Monitor
4. SPME Plan
5. Vitex tincture first thing in the AM