TTC #1- Looking for buddies!

[Dream143r]

TB - no it's not any specific plan or anything. Just lots of water (which is making me pee every 10 minutes) No Dairy, Gluten, Sugar. Just simple clean eating fruits, veggies, lean meats etc.

CT - I hope Monday night will catch your egg. If you can though train again tonight, I don't think it's too late yet!

Sunny - I'm doing pretty good. Day 2. Haven't cheated yet. lol I went to Yoga last night. My body was like "ummmm wtf are you doing?!" hahaha. It felt really good though. I plan to cruise into some very light weight training tonight after work.

Chart looks good Sunny.

Testing early - I've been doing 1 day better every cycle. In May I started at 7dpo, June 8dpo, July 9dpo. So this cycle I won't start testing until 10dpo.

TB - Yes, we need that temp to drop so you can start a new cycle.

 

[tbfromlv]

Ok temp did not drop but AF showed her head anyway. I'm ready to get this mean cycle out of here!

 

[AmberR]

Glad you are now onto the next cycle tb!

 

[Dream143r]

TB - Yay for CD1

 

[CTgirl]

Awesome TB, may this cycle be the one for you x

 

[CTgirl]

Ladies, it's official - I O'd! First time I know for definite ever! Must say I'm really excited. I got a dotted line because I got two positive OPKs, but the first one was much stronger, so I'm going with the first one for sure. Am now officially in the TWW! Trying very hard not to get my hopes up. AF is due on the 21st so 11 days to go. Haha I bet I won't be able to hold out till then!

 

[tbfromlv]

CT- Yay for O! 2ww is the best and the worst. lol you've already done everything you can do so it's time to sit back and relax but also, you are dying to know if it worked!

AFM I finally got a temp drop so I feel confident about AF. Yesterday wasn't much so I wasn't sure if I was going to have a few days of spotting before AF officially arrived. On to the next! I did a lot last cycle so I guess I'm going to repeat it all. I was still concerned my lining wasn't up to par so leading up to O I drank pomegranate juice daily, vitamin e and B complex. Then stopped after O. Then of course acupuncture. FXd it works and sticks!

 

[CTgirl]

TB, FXd for you! I reckon the healthier you can be the better so it sounds like you're on to something!

 

[Dream143r]

TB - I see you got the temp drop today. Yay for new beginnings.

CT - FX for you. It's all up to the spermies now.

AFM - CD6, Clean Eating Day 3. Very tempted to eat some Welch's Fruit Snacks before bed last night but then I looked at the sugar content and was able to resist temptation. Glad I did! Lost 2.4lbs. woohoo, baby steps.

 

[tbfromlv]

Dream- That is awesome! Good for you!

Today was my first day back at work (no students until next week!) and it was long! I finally changed my last name with the school district and it pretty much messed everything up. We use Google Drive in our district and my life is on there... They deactivated my account and just created a new one instead of just changing my name on it.. so I had to work with IT for several hours to get that fixed ... UGH

ANYWAY lol all is well now. Tomorrow is my first acupuncture session this cycle. I need to get my brain back into positive mode!

Dream- Chart is looking good! You going to cave and test early or stay strong?

 

[AmberR]

Yay for TWW CT! Hope it goes by fast for you!

 

[CTgirl]

Aw Amber, when I woke up this morning your baby was the size of an M&M and now it's a tater tot - it must have turned midnight where you are in the time it took me to get from home to work! So cute!

Hmm, so it seems I may have a fallback rise or sawtooth rise. Was quite surprised to have a temp drop today but FF says it's normal. Not everyone has an "ideal" chart.

FF also changed my O date to the 21st. Hoping the tadpoles were right there from the night before as we didn't BD on the day. I find it a bit strange that it was changed though as my OPK was significantly lighter on Tuesday than Monday, even though it was still positive. Any of you experienced that before? And then what do you trust - FF or OPK?

 

[steph1607]

CT, the sperm can still do their thing up to 5 days later, so try not to worry too much about that side of things. I'm afraid I don't really know anything about FF vs. OPKs, but these ladies will when they wake up.

OMG, I'm on such a high still- went to the athletics world champs last night, a childhood dream come true! I saw the USA win 4 medals (congrats guys but you always do well!!!) and CT, I saw your golden boy too!!

 

[SunnyBe]

Dream, so proud of you! I really hope a change in diet will bring you that BFP this cycle

Amber, ahh a tater tot I love it!! How are your symptoms these days? Did the spotting continue? Just a few more days until your US

CT, you generally don't O on the day of your positive OPK, but 12-48 hours later. So if your first positive OPK was on Monday, I bet you O'd on Tuesday, which is exactly what FF suggests as well. I can't wait to see the rest of your chart the next couple of days.

Tb, it sounds like you're all set for your new cycle I can't help but feel very optimistic about your chances. That BFP certainly showed us that whatever issues you had with blocked tubes/endometriosis are gone. I really believe it won't be long now

And...

Dream- Chart is looking good! You going to cave and test early or stay strong?

It's a bit too early for Dream to start testing, don't you agree?

I haven't tested yet and I don't think I will. Expecting a temp drop tomorrow followed by AF later that night or Sunday so I'm sure I can hold out a bit longer I woke up early (4 am) again this morning (just like the day before and the day before that) and it's so hard to fall back to sleep. I tossed and turned for at least 90 minutes before falling asleep again, only to wake up 30 minutes later because I generally get up at 6 lol. That's the TWW symptom I hate most because I always wonder if it influences my temps.

Steph, ahh that sounds amazing So glad you had fun and what a great distraction

 

[tbfromlv]

CT- your positive opks show that your surge is happening, not necessarily that you're ovulating. Once you get a positive opk it can be anywhere from 6-48 hours before ovulation actually happens. Your consistent temp rises is what FF will base it on as well as your opks. I know last cycle FF (I think) was off a day, because I feel ovulation pains. I would just keep that in the back of your mind the rest of your cycle that FF could be slightly off or maybe they are correct. just gives you extra test days lol

 

[tbfromlv]

Lol sunny I clearly wrote the wrong name!!

Steph- that would have been so much fun!! And yes the US is a competitive bunch lol

 

[Dream143r]

Amber - A freaking Tater Tot! Cuteness overload.

Sunny - 10dpo and you haven't tested, you're my hero. lol

I hurt my ankle horsing around with DH yesterday. smh So I didn't get a workout in yesterday and it's still in pain today. I'm working from home because walking around is pretty painful. I'm not letting it hinder my clean eating though. Down another pound this morning. Hopefully it heals up soon so I can't get back to my workouts.

Happy Friday! I think I'll start OPKs on Tuesday at CD11. I have a brand new box of 50 IC OPKs and 40 IC HPTs. Yay for POAS.

 

[CTgirl]

Steph, isn't Wayde amazing?!?! You're so lucky you got to see all the excitement!

 

[SunnyBe]

Right on time... temp plummeted

 

[tbfromlv]

So sorry Sunny. Did your doctor say anything about your shorter LP? You'll go for bloodwork CD 3 this time right?