EDA: Padbrat (Deb): I am praying in EARNEST for you right now. I can't pretend to understand God's will in our lives. But I know that if there's any chance that you will carry this little baby to term, I will pray that for you and intercede on your behalf.
Butterfly, love your work. I'm really responding to the Aubergine Tide and the Dockside pieces. Love them! ((Thinking how get one for my office, LOL)).
bblve, omm-whatevs!
I hope you start to feel better OMM.
MJ: OK, I LOVE the Whatevs Welcome Wagon, LOVES it! How funny! But it is entirely possible that you haven't OV yet. But if you didn't want to drop the $$$ on another set of OPK, I guess you try the old fashioned way and get in at least three
weekly, and you should be hitting your OV time with that. I wouldn't bring HPT to my vacation though if a BFN would ruin the trip. I would probably limit myself to one glass of wine but I would enjoy the time with DH. I was pretty free with the likka this cycle.
Thank you Lava, for cause me to spit out my water with the OJays "Love Train" remix.
Skye, hope you're feeling better--not quite so swollen today. Have fun in Florence! I have never been to Italy, and would like to go. Yeah, I might have tested a little late in hindsight. More on that lata.
Hi LynnB!
Hi Never: Awesome pics of the DH and you. DH and I go to Vegas once a year (pretty easy when you live in California). You all make me feel bad--I'm trying to figure out best way to post a pic won't cause me a bunch of drama at home, LOL. ITA with you that BFPs are in the waters this month, so I'm hoping that a bunch of us will see them.
Lava: It's looking VERY GOOD for you. I totally understand about not wanting to get your hopes up. It sometimes feels like at soon as you think you'll accept that it might be a BFP for sure, the itch will come or something horrible, so you prepare for the worst. But all the signs are pointing to a real BFP, not the trigger, so I'm holding out the best hope for you! I'm glad you're moving forward with the blood test.
Welcome back Gingerbread!
FM: Acid reflux SUCKS, so I'm sorry you're suffering from it. It does make sense that you see a doctor at this point, because your symptoms have been pretty severe this cycle and you want to ensure that everything is all right. You'll be in my part of town for your holiday, and I want to ensure you be here in the right frame of mind! LOL
Labrat: There will indeed be lots of pages upon your return from the trip. LOL. I don't think food affects the OPK results, as it's looking for the LH, which I don't think is found in any food I'm familiar with. I understand that Clomid (if testing very closing to taking it) and PCOS can affect the OPK though. Good luck on testing and hope you get in good
during your trip.
Hugs to you MissyT!
The infinite capacity to love a child that is borne from your heart rather than under it is an awesome and bittersweet feeling. Being "a" mom but never being "mom" is really one of the most selfless acts we can do, and it is often a thankless job, but really, it makes us better women, doesn't it?
Hi HA: I wouldn't live in the City either, LOL, and I live nearby. Enjoy your time off with house-guests and not running to the doctors every few minutes.
AFM: Well, nothing. I know that I "could" test, and maybe I "should" test, but for some reason,
. Maybe I just feel like there's some other reason the Itch isn't here yet. Skye, I do think that maybe I did OV earlier than I thought though, as if I OV late (after CD20) that would have meant that my PMS symptoms started in earnest 2dpo, which would be pretty unusual (although not impossible).
But I do feel better physically today. Everything is mild-the pulling twinges (which now I wonder is a muscle, because when I think about it, or if I think about certain things emotionally, it reacts), the boob pain, the bloat. I dunno ladies--I've put down in another thread that I will test 6/7. That would put me as much as 20dpo, which seems would factor any Clomid variables, you think? Although I've heard of women with 50 day Clomid cycles, so I don't know what to think.
Pulling for that confirmation of your 
!! 
. AF is due CD26, so I guess DH and I will just keep BDing every other day until then (God help me) to be on the safe side? Or do I now consider myself at the beginning of the interminable 2WW? I don't know. DH and I are going on vacation in a couple of weeks to a cabin on the lake, and technically I should POAS smack in the middle of vacation, which I'm afraid will ruin everything if I get a BFN. 
(I think I have officially bounced myself out of the "Whatevs Wagon"...)
There is actually a yoga pose that helps - it's called the "wind-releasing pose"!! 
May those of you in the tww have lots of patience and sticky 
- I wouldn't even care about having keyboard face for the remainder of the day - Uggggghhhhh! Come on 12dpo!....seems so far away. 
...that made me giggle right out loud!
is scheduled to land (at the beginning of our vacation...seriously, who planned this??
). DH said he's in it for the long haul, so whatever I want (or can survive). I may have to get my poor DH a willie-splint after this cycle. 
