Those that TTC together, Stick together!! 4 BABY BOYS/3 BABY GIRLS

[Kylarsmom]

Hey ladies! How is everyone today? Love, thats hilarious! I haven't had any boob leakage yet! With Kylar, I had some but it was toward the end! Fun stuff huh?! Are you planning on b/f?
Ny, Sure am thinking and praying for you lately , I hope baby bean is ok in there! Can't wait for your scan on Thurs... sometimes not knowing is worse than knowing even bad news. I can't stand not knowing what is going on with me, or my baby! So frustrating! And it give you so much time to let your imagination run wild, which can be dangerous!
Hope everyone else is doing good, I read some of the posts but not all!

So I've been feeling the baby move sooo much lately!! I mean it almost makes me cry he will just wiggle and squirm and it is soooooo amazing!! Funny story though, last night I was laying in bed just enjoying the wiggling , when DH decided it would be funny to stick ice down my pants... well i JOLTED b/c I mean, who wouldn't when they have ice in their crotch, right?! Well, I jolted so hard that I started getting horrible horrible cramps! Ouch! It hurt soooo bad! And now I haven't felt baby move =( Hopefully he is alright and daddy just scared him a bit!!

 

[loveinbinary]

Yeah... I didn't think it was so great lol. I knew this was going to happen eventually, I was just expected to have another couple months with the girls lol before they became leaking milk dispensers.

 

[loveinbinary]

Kylar- I'm definitely planning on breast feeding as long as possible. How about you?
I wish I felt little button wiggling around all the time. I feel it sometimes, mostly when I'm laying down. I think it's because I was a bit overweight before getting pregnant.

 

[rosababy]

All right! Back from my doctor's appointment! He looked at my charts, said I'm ovulating, which is excellent. Agreed that my progesterone level was a bit low, but it's not zero, which means I'm ovulating. He also said this hormone changes from month to month, so we may have just caught it on a bad month. He put me on Clomid!! Starting it today for 5 days, and I am to on CD12, 14, 16, and 18. I asked about cervical mucus and he said it was overrated in his opinion, and not to supplement with robitussin or anything. Plus he said I shouldn't notice a huge difference in just one or two cycles of Clomid.

He said charting is fine, but I might as well stop because he's seen too many women get obsessed. I was like guilty as charged!! We laughed. I'm ticked because my dh JUST got me a cool new thermometer and I JUST paid for 3 months of FF. Oh well. My dh was like if the doc says stop, then do it. What will knowing your temp change? I'm like I'll think about it. It's hard to stop...says the addict.

He gave my dh 2 fertility specialist labs to go get his checked. He said a healthy 31 year old man SHOULD be fine, and the vast majority of them are just fine, but might as well check it off the list. No appointment needed, so hopefully we'll get that done this week.

He said he knows that this is frustrating, but I'm 31, healthy, no major problems that we can see, and it'll happen. It'll just take a little longer, but it'll happen. Wow. I feel so much better.

I asked about Maca...he said he had never heard of it. He said why don't we give Clomid a chance to do its magic by itself. Which is fine with me...I've been having major nausea and upset stomachs for about a week, ever since I switched to the new brand of Maca. It's not sitting well with me lately. I do think it helped my hormones this past cycle, though. My chart was way better, more like it SHOULD look, and I give the credit to Maca. My cm was also great...I really hope Clomid doesn't kill the cm. Oh well. Here we go!

Thanks for listening to my totally selfish post...how is everyone doing?

Love, what a funny story! I guess everything really does change when we're preggo, huh?!

 

[ready4baby]

Rosa, that's great news! Go Clomid girl! And a SA to boot! Sounds like a good doc; he's really trying to help. Very happy for you I hope your bfp is just around the corner!

Interesting that he downplayed a bunch of things that we obsess about it...I think it's just a control thing. We want to feel like we're doing something to help ourselves

 

[loveinbinary]

Rosa- so glad to hear the doctor gave you good news. I kind of agree with him abou the charting, it's so easy to become obsessed over it and only add more stress to your life. Congrats on the clomid!!! Hopefully that will do the trick and you'll be getting your bfp very very soon!! Watch you get your bfp this cycle now that you have this whole plan set into action lol.

 

[rosababy]

Thanks Love and Ready!! I'm only on CD 4, so I'm starting Clomid today. Yippee!! I also found it interesting that he told me not to chart or do opks. I guess since I'd been doing them for "11 months" that it was stressing me out. I proved that I was ovulating from my charts, which is why I charted in the first place (to show the doc). He has a point, I do obsess and the stress probably is not helping. I'll try anything. It'll be hard to rip away the thermometer and not POAS everyday...

My only thing is what if I o late and don't know it...

 

[Kylarsmom]

Kylar- I'm definitely planning on breast feeding as long as possible. How about you?
I wish I felt little button wiggling around all the time. I feel it sometimes, mostly when I'm laying down. I think it's because I was a bit overweight before getting pregnant.

Yes I b/f Kylar for 9 months, and I'd like to do a year this time. I would of done a year with him, but he got SO active and basically just started refusing the boob and i dried up =( was pretty sad. Im actually REALLY looking forward to doing it again! It is soooo worth it to feel like you are giving your baby the best thing out there! And the hormones it releases are so calming and comforting and i just miss the feeling so bad!! Cant wait! YAY for boobie babies!!

 

[ready4baby]

Rosa, you'll know from your CM if O is close, and you might feel flushed afterwards. Although, if you know your body's cues anyway, how is that different than temping? Will you feel less stress by not knowing each temp?

 

[rosababy]

Rosa, you'll know from your CM if O is close, and you might feel flushed afterwards. Although, if you know your body's cues anyway, how is that different than temping? Will you feel less stress by not knowing each temp?

That's true...assuming Clomid doesn't dry me up. I'll add cd 20 to the list, just in case I o late, just to cover our bases. You're absolutely right about knowing my body's clues, and by temping in the past, I know what to look for. I'm not sure if I'll feel less stress. It might help not knowing which day of is "it", but I'm not sure. I guess I'll find out! It might help, though, because like everyone else, I worry about each little dip and spike. OH my gosh it didn't go up when it was supposed to, or blah blah blah. I'm going to give it a try. No charting. I'm scared!

Has anyone else tried Clomid?

 

[loveinbinary]

It's all so new to me. I don't really know how long I should ideally do it for and when a good age to stop is. I'm just afraid of what it's going to do to my poor boobies. Worth it no matter what though.

 

[ready4baby]

Rosa, I think andrea started it this month, didn't she? Just wondering...what other follow-ups will your doc do? Is there an ultrasound during O, or blood work after or anything? I'm not sure what is standard, and just curious in case I do it...

 

[Kylarsmom]

It's all so new to me. I don't really know how long I should ideally do it for and when a good age to stop is. I'm just afraid of what it's going to do to my poor boobies. Worth it no matter what though.

lol, it didnt really affect my boobies after i quit , its all pretty hard in the beginning, but its so worth it once things get to normal. i started reading and researching and preparing long before kylar came, so that i'd have an idea what i was doing when the time came. if you want and advice, let me know! I started with a small goal, i said, no matter what, im going to b/f for 3 months, then at 3 months i said 6 months, and so on... it really does get easier so i dont know why people quit at 3 months b/c you've just gotten over the hard part! They say the longer you can do it, the better. 3 days is better than 1 day, 3 months is better than 1 month... so all in all, just the longer you can do it the better although im not about to be b/f a 2 year old... no thanks!

 

[rosababy]

Rosa, I think andrea started it this month, didn't she? Just wondering...what other follow-ups will your doc do? Is there an ultrasound during O, or blood work after or anything? I'm not sure what is standard, and just curious in case I do it...

Yes, I'm going in for blood work on cd21. I think he's just checking my progesterone, though. He said everything else looked fine. No ultrasound yet.

My dh couldn't get an appointment until my fertile period, so we're waiting until the beginning of the next cycle. Whatever. I was hoping to get some answers in the next few days, but it is what it is. Maybe we won't need it!

 

[ready4baby]

I hope you won't even need it, Rosa! I wonder if I'll do the progeterone thing too; I bet that's the next step after this cd3 testing. I'd really like an ultrasound mid cycle to check my lining. I think my lining is thin and that worries me. TMI, but what kind of flow do you guys get? I usually have less than a day (even just half a day) heavy and then kinda light for 2-3 days. Not much cramping at all. That's why I started the baby aspirin in the first place.

 

[Kylarsmom]

great news from the dr rosa! so happy for yoU!

 

[loveinbinary]

Kylar- I'll take all the advice I can get. I want to make it at least 3 weeks, much longer if my body can handle it. I'm guessing a year is average then? Two years seems a bit much. I can't imagine holding a fussy todler to my chest, especially once they have teeth lol eek.

 

[rosababy]

Ready, my first cycle day is usually heavy, but I have nothing to compare it to...? The next 2 days are medium and then light, respectively. I usually only bleed for 3 days and the last day is very light. Today was cd 4, so I was glad I was done, because I had my doc's appt!

 

[ready4baby]

Thanks! I'm cd4 too, and still have very light bleeding. So I guess we're not too different there. I know some girls have it really heavy and I've never been like that. Who know what's right! Blagh--I'm emotional AGAIN today My hormones are in overdrive this cycle.

 

[robo123]

well I am not going to temp or chart or even use OPK this month just a whole lot of
Hopefully i will get My BFP. the only thing that worries me is I am starting a new job,
I have so much to catch up on here lol xxx