Hi Ladies!!! Back from vacation. Trip was relaxing and tiring at the same time, but it was soooo nice to be away. Missed you all!!! Just finished reading all the pages since last week. Ok, this will be a long post... really looking forward to catching up with you all.
Mirium - so glad your surgery went well and you are recovering. Hope you are relaxing and enjoying the weekend
Pad - sending lots of lovely pink your way!
Dash - Ahhh lots of visits with the MIL. Keep enjoying that chocolate!!!!! Hope AD is getting more used to school and is coming home with lots to tell you! That is so wonderful to hear you had an emotional release during acupuncture... I hope you are feeling relaxed and renewed
Purple - 3 more weeks, and then no more work?!! Ohhhh how exciting!! So happy it is getting so close for you!!
DrHouse - Hope the temping is going well!! I have been doing the OPK's too. I have found that I have to test 2-3 times a day when I think my surge will happen!! My surge lasts literally hours. My tests are strips that I dip in a cup (Answer brand). The test line gets progressively darker in the 1-2 days before the surge happens (I *really* like that - it helps me calm down knowing that at least the LH is rising...). I test around 10:30am, and then at 5:30pm on the days leading up to the surge, and then on the days that I think I could surge, I test around 10:30am, then a few hours later around 1:00 or 2:00pm, and then around 5:00pm. I usually surge around 1:00-2:00pm and then by 5:00pm the positive is gone!! Just wanted you to know that mine is quick so you may want to test multiple times on the day you think it might happen. No freaking out if your strips aren't positive yet though!!
I do that every month when there is no test line, but eventually it appears. I haven't started temping but probably will in another couple months if no luck with a BFP before then. I do feel pains in the ovary area around O time, so that along with the +OPK surge and increase in CM, I'm pretty sure I'm ovulating (even though I'm not temping to confirm). I feel like I'm doing a little chemistry experiment when I do the OPK... My little scientific process: Get out test strip. Full up little dipping cup. Dip strip for 15-20 seconds (I actually time this haha). Lay strip down on bathtub rim. Use timer on my phone to time the 4-minutes I have to wait to look at the test line. Rinse dipping cup while waiting. I always wanted a chemistry set when I was little. Guess I got one now. LOL.
Grkprn - I'm so so sorry about the bleeding. I'm keeping everything crossed for you that a fetal pole shows up. Lots and lots of
and positive thoughts and love to you!!
Butterfly, Lils - I do yoga for back pain too, so I hear ya!!! I also get sciatic nerve pain that is HORRIBLE if I don't do yoga at least twice a week. I hate having to work out just to keep the pain away - it's like I'm slaved to it. Ugh. But at least I know how to manage the pain now and I like yoga... I do DVDs at home... I love the 25-minute routines!!
Lils - we rented one of those multiple-bedroom houses on the beach too!! My DH's cousin was getting married so the bridal party, us and the parents of the wedding couple stayed there. It was a blast!!! The house was in Nags Head. After we were there for a couple days, we went to Manteo and stayed at a B&B. We loooooved Manteo!! Really cute little town. We also went to Kitty Hawk and saw where the Wright Bros did their first flight, which was a huge highlight for DH and I. I'm sorry work has been so exhausting!! I think I remember you said you work in accounting/finance, so you must be swamped with everyone trying to spend their $$ before the FY ends!!! I hope you are having some wonderful relaxing time this weekend. My work FY is ending Sept. 30 too... so we're all trying to wrap up and plan for next year too... bleh!! Only a couple weeks to go though, so there is light at the end of the tunnel
LadyH - LOL!!! Love it - you enjoy those knockers!!!
Chicken.... Oooo yay!! so you're thinking O on Monday?! Have fun with the associated prep work for O
Nessaw - boo that no internet in the classroom!!! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!!
Owl - hope you're feeling better by now!! Also thanks for the heads-up on looking to see if insurance covers fertility treatments. Now I'll remember to look into that this fall since I'll be able to switch work insurance plans in the November timeframe if I need to... no idea what the plans offer... I'm on a pretty basic plan now.
Pbl_ge - hi and welcome!!! I'm so sorry for your loss... lots of love and
Cape Cod sounds wonderful - I have always wanted to go there!!
Firebaby - hi and welcome!!
Froliky, Asryellah, Manuiti, Twinkle, Maddy and everyone else I missed, lots of love and
Some of you ladies are talking about IVF... all my best wishes. My BFF has a 6 year old with her ex, got remarried 2 years ago, had 2 m/c's within the past year, and is now about 8 weeks PG from IVF with a DE. She chose to do DE b/c her son is having to go for treatment for some genetic growth/development issues he has. After her two M/C's she decided that a DE with IVF was the way to go for her. I am so happy for her. It is inspiring to me that she took the steps she needed. That gives me hope. I will try naturally for a few more months and then will head to the fertility specialist for tests and help. I know IVF (and DE) is a big decision, but after seeing how happy my friend is now, it just made me realize how lucky we all are to have the options we have with modern medicine if we choose to go that route. It's still an egg and spermies that make the baby, and I still think there is a higher power that helps it happen. That is my personal take on it, and I think it is a wonderful option, and I will definitely consider it if I don't have luck with other methods. And... even if IVF doesn't take, I have read stories where ladies try IVF, don't succeed, and then get PG naturally afterwards (I guess the IVF stimulated their system), so I look to that as hope and possibility too.
AFM - Vacation in the Outer Banks of North Carolina was lovely. Got home late last night. Yes, def pledge to the vino!!!!
haha mmm wine. mmmmmmm. DH and I had a bottle of bubbly moscato on the trip - not very high alcohol % but it still got us both buzzed since we drank it quickly on an empty stomach!!! harharhar
Well, tomorrow starts week 2 of the cycle for me... so it will be a week of green tea, whole milk, continuing the Cock (I mean CoQ10 haha) and vitamins, no more coffee or wine (they dry me out.... so big time boo), OPK chemistry set and
. Lots and lots of