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[runnergrl]

Oh banana and Mama YOu two are learning so much about your bodies and your cycles..you could teach a lot to a lot of women who are struggling to conceive (and maybe you will in the future) I am praying for BFP's for you both very soon and Peace and comfort in the meantime

 

[banana07]

Trying to get my new FF chart on here - don't think its working.... This is a test....!!!

 

[banana07]

oh look there it is!!!

 

[runnergrl]

nicely done! Ill try to help with your chart as much as I can The first month I started charting, I became pregnant with my son! Be sure to record AS MUCH info as you can! From BD times, to sore bbs, to pos OPK's etc. The more info, the more accurate your chart will be. Good Luck!!!!

 

[MamaMac123]

Yay banana! You have a chart

Thanks Runner it really helps knowing I have all of you here who understand

No sign of ovulation. Temp has gone up a couple times but doesn't stay up there. This am it was higher but I checked it an hour early and when I checked again it was back down. So I'm starting the provera tonight. How's everyone else doing?

 

[runnergrl]

I am exhausted!! I didnt get much sleep last night--no idea why.. just kept waking up and had trouble getting back to sleep. Thats super annoying when you have to get up at 4:30 for work!! other than that, things are good here!

 

[Hann12]

I hope you can induce AF mama and get a new cycle. So next time you are taking just soy and no clomid? I hope it works

Banana - great to see your chart, it will help to have it - even to show the doctors but hopefully you only need one go and you'll get your BFP!

Runnergrl - I hear you on the no sleep, I have been suffering with pregnancy insomnia since about week 20, waking up at night and taking 2-3 hours to get back to sleep. Very annoying! Hope it was a one off for you.

I've got back pain, been told my pelvis has twisted and is resting on my sciatic nerve. Had a physio session last night which helped a bit, and strong painkillers. Not ideal with a toddler and no help but I guess only 4/5 weeks to go anyway!

 

[banana07]

Thanks Runnergirl - I prob will have 100 questions about the charting alright. The first temp is a lie I just wanted to see the blue line, I'll discard it when I get one more!! the cal says I'm due to Ov next Tuesday CD17 pretty normal for me.

I know the real challenge will be taking my temp at the weekend, I wouldn't normally wake until 9.30 or so when I'm not working. 7am when I am working so its been easy so far this week. Plus I don't know if I started to late, I got the stuff last Friday but forgot to start until yesterday??

So far I have been putting in about my CM, temps, clomid and some of the stuff like bloated and sore boobs but thats pre ov so prob won't make a difference and prob a side effect of the clomid.

Keep forgetting to take our vitamins too, will start again tonight!

Have read somewhere that clomid can thin the lining of the womb so alot of people take progesterone cream after ov along with it. I bought it last month but was very forgetful at using it and I ended up a week late so wonder if the few times that I did use it delayed AF and gave me that awful dissapointment. Very conflicting advice on the internet to use it or not. Maybe I should do this month with just the clomid and next month try the progesteron cream? Any advice???

Mama sorry about the lack of Ov - kind of know how you feel, even tho I had regular cycles the consultant has made me doubt if I ever really ovulated on any cycle I had this last 10 months or is it bloody 11 now 1 dunno. We are 1 year married this weekend, really really thought I would have either a baby by now or be very very pregnant

 

[elt1013]

banana- I think the charting is an excellent idea for you as it will let you know you are ovulating, so you don't have to wonder if you did or didn't! I think we all agree that it's always better to know what is going on even if it's not what we want, so we can try to get things back on track if needed!

Mama- Good luck with the provera and a new cycle! And I'm sorry the clomid isn't working for you anymore...very frustrating I'm sure!

runnergrl and Hann- I'm with you on the exhaustion.

afm- I fall asleep everywhere and can't manage to watch any television or read without snoring within 5 minutes, lol. I don't remember being this tired with DD! I'm also these days, but not as bad as with DD, so I guess I traded one for the other!! And, no I'm not complaining as I know I am SUPER DUPER LUCKY to be in these shoes ...just venting as it has been over 5 years since I felt all this with DD. And I know the rest of you will be feeling all these nasty but welcomed symptoms hopefully soon too!

 

[banana07]

Thanks ELT. Sorry you are feeling so tired, It must nearly be like going again for the first time after 5 years. DS was 6 last month and I can barely remember anything about the pregnancy or him being a baby - will be like starting from scratch!

Anyone heard from Happy or Issacralph - I seen from her chart that Happy Ovd a few day ago - fx for her

Just made apt to have my day21 bloods except day21 is on a Saturday so its actually day20 but its the best I can do!

 

[IsaacRalph]

Hey girls! Just checking in haven't got long to write as at work but I'm facing a major dilemma and need advice! Scenario is me and dh have been ttc for well over a year and not even a hint of a bfp. Due on anytime now and as usual know it's coming. Had repeat day 3 bloods all pretty much the same as 6 months ago but I asked fertility nurse to add amh levels which is another ovarian reserve test this has come back at a bit lower than normal for my age at 9pmols which just gets me into the satisfactory category which I have been told is ok? I think I may have lowered fertility due to this? Well I have a decision to make as to whether to start on clomid, I basically asked the nurse if it could help as it may just give my ovaries a boost. I had it before but i didn't get bfp but I did get bfp month after taking it? What do you girls think? Worth a shot?? They will monitor me during 1st round and can pick up prescription tomorrow if I decide to do it! I'll be joining banana and mama in the clomid crew.
Catch up properly tomorrow when I've decided.

 

[elt1013]

I was just looking for you and happy and here you are!

I say go for it Isaac...couldn't hurt and I've heard of others getting their BFP on or right after clomid also. Like you said, maybe all you need is a little boost!

 

[banana07]

Hey Issac - I was just asking for you!- I agree go for it. Ha then all 4 of us left will be on clomid, you, me, mama & happy - what a bunch we are!!! I have been reading lots of stories about clomid recently as this is my first month and loads and loads of people seem to get pregnant the month after they stop taking it. I suppose it prob just coincidence it takes a few cycles for the clomid to really get working properly. And from what I have also read it brings you up to the same or slightly higher chance of getting pregnant as "normal people" about 30% each cycle.

We will have to change the name of our thread to the clomid crew!!! haha!!!

Had great Bd last night band on schedule as consultant said lots of bding CD10 - CD20 - and our anniversary is this Sunday (2 days before expected Ov!) so perfect timing. We are going away to the hotel we got married in for the night with dinner and wine and breakfast in bed and I just ordered sexy knickers online today - fingers crossed I get them by Friday!

 

[MamaMac123]

Hey ladies!

Runner, Hann, Elt - sorry you guys are having sleep issues. I'm sure when I finally get pregnant I'll be complaining about all the symptoms too! Of course I welcome them now haha

Banana - happy anniversary! I love hotel weekends! Awesome that the timing is so perfect! Hopefully with that and the clomid this will be your bfp month!

Isaac - good to hear from you! I think you should go for it with the clomid! And I've also heard of people getting pregnant right after clomid. My friend who had the twins recently got pregnant the month after she quit clomid. Heck maybe taking a month off clomid and switching to soy instead will give me that kind of luck!

Afm - weird stuff over here. So I was going to start my provera Tues night but all day Tues my boobs were aching big time which happened last cycle right before ov so I second guessed myself and opted to hold off. Well last 2 days all opks have been stark white but yesterday my temp dropped. What is with my body?? So today still no big temp rise and I decided again that tonight I'd start the provera. Now I'm spotting! Light brownish spotting like the start of AF! I looked back at my chart and its been 11 days since I thought I should have ovulated and my chart temps the last 2 weeks have been on the higher side of normal range. I don't think I ovulated because no real temp shift happened but I wonder if the clomid raised my hormones enough that I'll still have a "cycle" with AF even though no egg released. So bizarre! So I'm again going to wait it out another day or two and honestly I'm thinking I'll just bag the provera and see if AF comes full swing. If not I'll just count this spotting as AF as its right on schedule and head right into a new cycle with the soy. That way I can hang on to the provera for next cycle if the soy fails to work.

My body is so confusing! Also this week I listened to a podcast about hypnofertility which was really interesting where hypnosis is used to help your body and mind relax about ttc to help you destress an up the odds of conceiving. In general it's the idea of replacing all te negative stressful "I'm never going to get pregnant" thoughts with positive statements to have your mind help your body to do what it's supposed to. I'm not planning to run at and get hypnotized but I'm try and going to keep trying to be more positive and replace those negative thoughts with positive ones.

 

[Hann12]

I'd go with the clomid too Issac - you can always do a month of it then if you don't like it just stop. Let us know what you decide though

Mama - I'd definitely hang tight on the provera. I used natural progesterone to extend my LP, by taking it you give yourself progesterone which extends the LP until you stop taking it but if you never ovulated then it could mess with your hormones more. Just my opinion so feel free to ignore if its wrong. Plus having the spotting will hopefully mean AF is on its way and you can start again.
I think power of the mind is an amazing thing and so I think its well worth you looking into it. Even if it just relaxes you it must be worth it

 

[IsaacRalph]

Cheers ladies! Well I kinda made the decision to hold off on the clomid for few months as I'm having my tonsils removed in may they are always causing me problems! Want to be on top form when I take but its such a relief they will let me have it! Geez we could all end up with multiples at this rate, banana, mama and happy!
Talking about hypnotism mama that sounds right up my street, how lovely it would be! I'm constantly thinking negative and am always on the bloody Web looking at everything ttc! I could do with a brain transplant, I'd love to go back to the days of not knowing all that is ttc! Yeah I'd hang fire on provera too hopefully you'll get af start any min. Mine is holding back too, had 29 day cycle for last 6 months and now cd31 and no sign but am sure it will come bfn today! Typical the month I stop doing opk's I ovulated later than normal and the timing for sex would've been out also! Back to opk's this month! Hurry up af I'm so over this cycle.
Han and elt thanks for the advice will defo start clomid in say 2 months if no luck! Hope your both well, can't wait to hear about the upcoming birth han and pics please!

Banana good to see your charting are you going to use opk's too! In theory the clomid should make you ov around cd 14 so I would defo use opk's of they're not monitoring you! Are you on 50mg?? When I go on mine I'll have a scan on first cycle to check how many mature follicles and possibly a trigger! I did last time. Good luck babymaking on your anniversary break sounds wonderful, we had a weekend away for our 1st anniversary this time last month but unfortunately I had just finished af so not the fertile time but hey it was great and it all helps!
Runnergrl hope your well and bump is cooking up nicely, catch you all very soon xxxx

 

[MamaMac123]

So just took a washroom break and AF has arrived! I'm actually kind of happy about it because even without ov my cycle is a relatively normal length. That's at least a step in the right direction hormone wise! So I'm cd1 now!

 

[elt1013]

Yay for AF Mama.. you didn't have to wait long at all. Fresh new cycle!

 

[MamaMac123]

Yeah I'm pretty excited actually, that was only a 31day cycle and it was annovulatory. At least this is a step in the right direction for my body

How's everyone doing this morning

 

[runnergrl]

oh goood mama! and I love all the stuff about having a positive outlook and attitude!!