ladies! Been lurking, not posting for a bit due to time constraints. And work will be busy this week so catching up…
Pad – you are a poet, girl! DH is starting to think I’m a “temporary alcoholic”. But I tell him, it’s NOT FOR ME silly, jeez.
I gotta have one for Pad, one for LadyH, one for Purps, one for Asry, one for Fro, and of course, one for me, so really
I have only had 1!
Purple -
More in your journal.
Never – thank you for being a good journal babysitter & information super-highway!
Dwrgi – I’m with you on not thinking about it. You can maybe keep your mind occupied & have a really busy schedule, but you can’t help what you see/feel when you wipe or what you feel in your body when it’s O & AF time. And the thing is unless you have a very healthy sex life & better yet, have the time & stamina for it, the odds of it “just happening” at our age are so slim. Especially when you think about the problems we tend to have – anovulation, lack of progesterone, hostile or dry EWCM, lower egg quality, lower sperm quality & those are just the normal-for-our-age ones. Add specific problems to that list & your odds just go through the floor. I’m sorry for the ignorant comments you got as well. People don’t get it unless they’ve been here, so I really chalk it up to ignorance. Just like if I complained about my leg hurting & there I’m standing next to a veteran who has no leg… Its still hurtful, but I do my best to realize they just “don’t know” what they are saying.
L You are a lovely person & always so caring & concerned for others, and you make me feel better, thank you my beautiful Welsh friend
. Btw, child abduction & kidnapping are very WRONG – just in case certain individuals have been thinking about that lately, I’ll throw that out there!
Chicken – I can’t see you ever making bad comments either! And as far as GP
, seriously? And it’s one thing if they don’t know something – fine we are all human & no one can memorize everything – but don’t bullsh%$ your way through someone’s health concerns & questions, just say “I have to look it up” & do so on the spot, FFS!
I hope you can do what Nessaw suggested.
Helen – that’s what we do each month when :witch arrives. Think of something new or some way we can improve ourselves for the better (all the way around too, not just for TTC) & that helps us a lot. GL
Pebble –Yay for REAL
!!!
I can’t believe you’ve been doing this since JULY
You poor thing.
I’m glad you have a Plan B. Its good to think ahead a little & talk over options ahead of time “just in case”. Everyone is different & having you & DH on the same page is huge
.
BF – Sounds like you had a great birthday.
I posted in your journal but didn’t get to post here, sorry.
Dashka – WOW, that’s the most cusswords I think I’ve ever seen you type, so those hormones must have been raging
. If I ever need a bodyguard…
Aw, thanks for taking up for me & wielding that heavy club
& not one but TWO guns
!
Yes, progesterone is evil – unless its helps us get pregnant! So glad the cupuncture balanced you out & got you to relax
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Nessaw – People don’t realize a mc isn’t just a 10-second thing when you go to the toilet (I always thought that from movies?) & that it takes days & sometimes weeks. And then the emotional/mental issues take even longer. You are right, those things will pop up here & there. All you can do is get through them the best you can, and if something upsets you, like a friend’s baby shower, you can always politely avoid the situation & explain it to them or just plain lie – have a stomach bug or something. Painkillers often numb not just the pain, but emotions too, so coming off of them may have triggered the emotions that you’ve been storing up. I hope you feel better soon, we are all thinking of you.
Mirium – So sorry for the BFN
Owl – thank, hun
. At least it’s nice that we have couch, wine, movies & yoga to go to when we are down. I happen to like those weekends when DH is away once in a while.
OMM – long time, no “see”
Yup, some of us are still here… I am glad that you have moved on & are looking forward to traveling. I am sure that had to take a long time to wrap your head around that after 4 years & 6 mc’s. I’m sorry about your losses – I’ve had 4 mc & one I tried to ignore as well. Just snuck up on me later, like you said. Happy travels – how exciting! I’ve always said if I can’t get pregs, I’ll reward myself with travel & adventures, and perhaps volunteering. Good to have a back-up plan.
La Bergere -
to everyone else! I can't name names anymore - hard enough just keeping up.
AFM – so luteal cyst delays period because it sits there & keeps producing progesterone. So, I guess I can take comfort that my body can produce so much prog. that it delayed my period? Silver lining. So,
came yesterday at 18DPO. I also have a painful UTI that actually started – guess when? Friday afternoon, of course, when all of the things that need urgent attention happen! I’m so sick of cranberry & yogurt but my Dr. called in Cipro for me, God Bless him – didn’t even have to go see him & he’s putting a refill on it for “future use”
. Oh yeah, and I found out that you can pee on a stick for a UTI - so I got a +UTI over the weekend
(Hey, its something! Not even my OPK's give me a +!)
). Hope you feel better soon, and that you're getting ready for the Triple Lindy assault in a week or so's time! I'm egging you on 
haha:
. Hope youre taking care of yourself, too, lovely. 
)Lots of cranberry products in my life, in addition to luuuuuuuuuuuuuube 
But I do keep a stash of those dye-your-pee-orange pills that help with the pain. 
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I still have a second bucket of blood tests to do, which require a full food and water fast for 12 hours! Food I can do without, but water? DH is dragging his feet a bit on doing the SA, but I'm sure he'll do it.
