TTC#3 in August...looking for a buddy

[jojosmami]

Trey, my son was born @ 4 wks early (actually my daughter was born 6 wks early as well) but he was born without Tear Ducts. Well, he was born with the tubes but they were fused shut and never developed an opening. They described it as the tear duct is supposed to look like a piece of macaroni but he was born with a piece of spagetti.He had a lot of problems with his sinus and ear infections because there was no drainage in his face. He would wake up with his eyes glued shut with puss and stuff that would normally drain back into your body or out your tear ducts.His eyes would get so infected that when I would put a warm rag to clean his eyes blood and puss would SQUIRT out.so he had surgery to try and naturally poke holes in the tubes twice which didn't work, he had tubes put into his eyes twice which worked the second time, he had tubes put in his ears, and his adenoids taken out. They wanted to open his face and reconstruct his sinus cavity but he wasn't even 3 yet and had already been thru so much. My DH and I decided to wait for a while because the tubes in his eyes were working to see if as he got bigger and his face structure spread out a little if it would fix itself naturally. ANd for the most part it did. The tubes grew skin around them and they then removed the tubes and because he grew he has a bit more drainage. If he gets sick his boogies still come out of his eyes instead of all of them coming from his nose and gets some infections but nothing like it was thank God! I was only 21 when all of this started and it was really hard. Especially because that's not they only health problems he had. He was allergic to virtually ALL food ( no lie), he had febrile seizures, an immune diffeciecy disorder,asthma, and has a passing out disorder. Now He's 5 and has no allergies except peanuts,no seizures,asthma only has flare ups if he's really sick,and we have a handle on the passing out. We practically lived at the ER and the children's hospital in the city! My DH tried to help out as much as possible but he had to work to pay for all the med bills and I don't have a lot of family so I took him to all his MRI's, CAT Scans, Specialist Dr. Appt. all of that by myself. My DH was at all the surgeries and stuff but you do what you have to do for your babies. When people heard we were trying for a 2nd baby they thought I was crazy because all I went thru with my son but all of that doesn't matter when they smile and laugh. You're a mom, you know. I went thru a lot of issues with my 2nd pregnancy too so hopefully I'll be blessed with a nice normal pregnancy this time around! I am gonna test in the am. I can't wait! I'm so happy to hear that your AF isn't here! It's so exciting! I've been seeing a ton of too on the other threads I have too. Feels like a good month. And I know how you feel about having a place to share our crazy obsessions! I thought I was the only one who would go to the dollar store and by $20 worth of HPT and do them everyday! It makes you feel a little more normal. LOL!

 

[jojosmami]

Well, ladies, I was getting kind of worried because I haven't felt any kind of implantation symptoms. This afternoon my boobs are sooooo sore and itchy and I started having increased CM. Its pretty watery though so don't know if that's good or bad and have been having ( I'll use the word cramp but it's not really a cramp) in my lower right abdominal area. It's a dull achey pain that's going all the way into the crease of my leg. The stronger the pain gets the more CM I get. WHAT DOES THaT MEAN?!?!?!?! This is driving me crazy! They say implantation could happen between 6-12dpo w/an average of 8-10 and I'm 9dpo today so maybe that's what it is. But why would I be having so many symptoms before the implantation happened? This is so stressful! HAs anyone had the same symptoms?

 

[caz81]

I think all your symptoms sound really good jojosmami, any plans to test yet?!

I dont have many symptoms at all so not feeling positive about this month I had such a funny cycle

 

[jojosmami]

I'll probably test in the am. I just feel like I can't wait any longer. Although if this is implantation I am feeling It won't show up as a for a couple days anyway. Don't give up yet Caz. I've seen so many women on diffrenet threads saying the month they didn't have any symptoms was the month they got their Stay positive!!

 

[caz81]

Have you tested yet? HOw did it go? Im all excited for you!

Im trying to stay positive!

 

[jojosmami]

Well I tested this morning and it was a . But the cramping is still here on and off, and when I wiped this morning there was pink blood. The second time I went pee this morning and wiped it was brownish. So, I guess this could be implantation because its not a lot yet, my boobs are still killing me and last night I yacked up all of my dinner again! I also woke up with a really stuffy/runny nose. If I'm throwing up like this and I'm not preggers I'm gonna be pissed! LOL! I have a couple of $ store tests and I'll test in the am but my AF has been know to show up early soooo.... How you feel Caz? Any new symptoms? I think Trey is testing this morning too. Can't wait to see if she gets her her AF still hasn't shown up so we'll see!!

 

[Treykid3]

Hey you guys!
I didn't post much yesterday because I was bummmed. AF showed up at lunch time. I cried and sluked but now I am better!! Now, I know what NOT to pay attn to as far as pregnancy symptoms. One being nausea. (I'm talking about me - we all have different signs and symptoms) I'm ok...I took time to appreiciate what I have - two beautiful kids and a loving and understanding husband AND awesome supportive friends AND you guys!! OH, I think that huge glass of wine and good food and dessert last night helped too.

So! on to the next cycle (#6). Not planning anything except to take my temps. No OPKs-no planned BD.

Caz, I know this is your first cylce trying...are you coming off of BCP?

Jojo, girly you have some impressive symptoms for not being pregnant. I have my Fx for you. If it is implantation you have at least 3 days before an early test will give you a BFP. I know you only posted a few hours ago, but have you felt anything else?

There is something positive about AF - the feeling of release and a "good" mood. Hormones reek havoc on my moods. I am in a pretty good mood for being sooooo disappointed!

 

[jojosmami]

AWWW I'm so sorry Trey Its normal to be sad and disappointed but I'm happy that you are keeping your head up and staying positive! As for me I'm thinking this is the . Getting more cramps that are starting to feel more like AF but spotting is still really light and on and off, my boobs are still swollen and itchy so maybe they are just growing finally!LOL! I can dream can't I? So I'm staying hopeful but being realistic. If AF does come I want to start doing my temps and start trying to loose some weight. Might as well keep my mind focused and I def could stand to loose a few!! Trey could you explain to me how to do the temp thing? I've never done that before. Does it really work? Sending lots of love your way today and I'll keep you posted on how things are going for me. Did you have IB with your kids? I think I asked before but not sure. If you did what did you experience?

 

[caz81]

Im sorry Trey hope next month is the one for you, Its so horrible when af comes

Ive not been on any bcp as we knew we wanted to have the next one close to our daughter! We had to spend the last 3 months in different countries (we had moved back to UK and hubby was waiting for a visa) so that was a pretty good contraceptive

Jojo - im sure you will get your bfp - it was prob just too early to test.

My symptoms are just: more hungry, bloated in the evenings & had heart burn today as well!

 

[jojosmami]

Well, as of this afternoon, cramps are slowing down and no more spotting. Was only pink one time and the rest were brown and now nothing so fingers XX'd. I'm really trying not to get excited but its so hard. @ Caz if you never have heartburn and now all of a sudden you do that sound pretty good to me! I had heart burn in the last stages of both my pregnancies but with my son the most. It would hurt so bad I felt like pouring milk down my throat! I would eat tums like candy! Are you gonna wait the full 2 more days to test?

 

[caz81]

Sounds like it was probably ib

Im going to wait a few more days before I test because I ovulated really late this cycle - normally cd11, this time 16/17 so I think it would be too early at the moment I never had heartburn apart from when I was pregnant before so fx

When do you think you will test again?

 

[Treykid3]

Jojo – I’m glad that your son has come through so much and that he is okay. I’m watching your symptoms and I have my FX for you!!! The bleeding has stopped so that could very well be implantation! I had IB with my DD – that’s what alerted me to thinking that something was up.

BTW – I am on cycle #5 not #6!

I forgot Caz you asked about temping too, right??

First of all you both need to register with fertilityfriend.com. It’s a free VIP membership for a month then it switches to the free version which is just as good. It also gives you a 20-something day training that comes through email. Before you get started get a Basal Body Thermometer. They are not expensive…around $12. FF has soooo much info but I’ll give you the skinny:
Rules are that you test first thing in the morning before you do anything and it should be at the same time every morning. So set your alarm - open eyes – reach for thermometer – take temp – then do what you have to do. You can temp by mouth or vaginally. I do the mouth. You don’t want to switch bn the two bc vaginal runs higher than your mouth so you could mess up your results. Don’t forget to record your results. I have a therm that remembers the last temp taken in case I forget to write it down. FF also has a place to record OPK results, CM, Menses, BD, etc.

Okay, so the whole idea around temping or charting is to find out if you have ovulated. It does NOT predict when are ovulating only that you ovulated. Cause what happens is the day after you ovulate your progesterone spikes and so does your temperature. Once that spike happens and stays elevated the FF program will create crosshairs which tell you 1. The day you ovulated and 2. The line that you want your temp to stay above. If your temp stays elevated 15+ days after ovulations then you have a good chance of being pregnant. This past time mine started to decline a day before AF arrived.

Gotta go for now. Let me know if you have any questions. I was typing as fast as I could go so pls excuse the typos!!

 

[jojosmami]

Thanks for the info. I tested again this morning and its was another , I still have no cramping at all or signs that its my AF, the bleeding has turned dark pink now though and all the info I read says IB can start out pink then go to brown but if its brown then goes red its not IB. Its not at a red color yet, and its still not even enough to wear a panty liner overnight. Only when I wipe. Who knows! I guess I'll just wait it out to see if it turns into AF. The info I read and people I spoke with says the spotting can last up to 3 days so I guess time will tell but I'll not getting my hopes up for the month. Trey, I am signed up for FF but only the free part. Will it still do the ovulation calculations with the free program or do you just use that for the recording your temps?

How you doing Caz? Any new symptoms?

 

[Treykid3]

Quick post....yes it will still do the ovulation calculations. I would say take a look at mine but I think it only shows the current cycle and I won't start temping until I come off of AF.

 

[caz81]

Jojo – I’m glad that your son has come through so much and that he is okay. I’m watching your symptoms and I have my FX for you!!! The bleeding has stopped so that could very well be implantation! I had IB with my DD – that’s what alerted me to thinking that something was up.

BTW – I am on cycle #5 not #6!

I forgot Caz you asked about temping too, right??

First of all you both need to register with fertilityfriend.com. It’s a free VIP membership for a month then it switches to the free version which is just as good. It also gives you a 20-something day training that comes through email. Before you get started get a Basal Body Thermometer. They are not expensive…around $12. FF has soooo much info but I’ll give you the skinny:
Rules are that you test first thing in the morning before you do anything and it should be at the same time every morning. So set your alarm - open eyes – reach for thermometer – take temp – then do what you have to do. You can temp by mouth or vaginally. I do the mouth. You don’t want to switch bn the two bc vaginal runs higher than your mouth so you could mess up your results. Don’t forget to record your results. I have a therm that remembers the last temp taken in case I forget to write it down. FF also has a place to record OPK results, CM, Menses, BD, etc.

Okay, so the whole idea around temping or charting is to find out if you have ovulated. It does NOT predict when are ovulating only that you ovulated. Cause what happens is the day after you ovulate your progesterone spikes and so does your temperature. Once that spike happens and stays elevated the FF program will create crosshairs which tell you 1. The day you ovulated and 2. The line that you want your temp to stay above. If your temp stays elevated 15+ days after ovulations then you have a good chance of being pregnant. This past time mine started to decline a day before AF arrived.

Gotta go for now. Let me know if you have any questions. I was typing as fast as I could go so pls excuse the typos!!

thank you for explaining it

 

[caz81]

I have a couple of new symptoms, this morning I was making hubbys breakfast & he likes these sausages that come in a can, as soon as I opened the can & smelt the sausages was sick & have also been so tired today...its the first time I have begun to feel a little bit positive about this cycle.

jojo-its still looking good to me, its not over till the witch shows up properly! Any new symptoms?

Trey - I think I might start temping in a couple of cycles, will give me time to get everything sorted. How are you feeling today?

 

[caz81]

I have asked for a blinky for us to add to our siggys so waiting for it to be done now

 

[jojosmami]

Well ladies the spotting got heavier today and turned dark red, and the cramps have started as well. Guess it was the coming early. But, I'll just stay positive for the next cycle! Trey, I'm going to start temping this cycle so I should wait till my AF is gone to start and then just record it in the same spot I record my AF? Can't wait to see the blinky Caz, thanks again! I'm so excited for you! I really hope you get your WHen are you testing?

 

[Treykid3]

Ahhh...jojo, I'm sorry. It was looking so good for you! Our bodies play tricks on us. You know its weird...I still feel nauseous at times. That's good that we are around the same cycle time. I usually wait until after my AF because temps are so erratic during that time. Temps have their own place for recording. Take a look again and let me know if you still dont see it.

Yea! a blinky. Thx caz. I have my fx for you. I would start temping if this cycle is a bust (which we hope is not the case). I say that cause then u can practice and look for trends.

I'm typing this on my phone and it is becoming the hardest thing ever! Touch screens suck! I'll try to get on later. Time to wash hair!

 

[jojosmami]

Thanks Trey. There is something going on with my body because my AF usually is not very heavy and I''m not one of those women who have bad cramps. BUt this AF is HORRIBLE!!! I was up all night with horrible cramps,the bleeding is REALLY heavy. I'm using a tampon and pad and still have to change them like every 40 mins. TMI ALERT ( there is a lot of blood clots too.) So, I'm just taking some tylenol and thinking that maybe my body is doing a little "house" cleaning so next cycle our new little bean will have the perfect place to hunker down and getting ready for its 9 month stay!! I'll look at Fertility Friend again Trey and I'm gonna start temping as soon as my AF is over.

How you feeling Caz??