ahh--now i can type better!
I remember seeing some threads regarding tampons and infertility. It was early on and i didnt pay much attention but it stuck with me. Like you faithmum, i have a pretty heavy flow and go through the super jumbo in a couple of hours. (yeah-i found one up from super plus!-my daughter looked at it and was like OMG mom thats HUGE!). I hate that messy feeling and am paranoid about leaking. had two super long pads with wings stuck lengthwise all week! lol
anyway, i tried researching and the best i could find is that they think tampons could be related to the increased rate of endometriosis. that the tampon plugs up the flow and the flow "backs up" the tubes and out-leading to bits staying out and starting to grow in the wrong places.
I have no gyn issues that i know of-i think by know if i had endometriosos or PCOS or something i would know. but i do know that my flow will stop and start more when i use them, so i thought maybe it would be better to just "let it all out"
who knows -it was a thought...but a huge PIA!
LOL about your pad description Bonnie. If you have a brand that you think works best I'd love to know the name!
I meant to write to you about CoQ10. I'd be surprised if that's the reason you were feeling tired. I would think that if anything you might be feeling a little more energy from it. I know that lately I've been more tired when I'm on my period and I can't really put my finger on why. Maybe it's the emotional investment we have in the 2ww followed by the letdown of AF? That might explain the days during AF but that wouldn't explain being exhausted the day before we know she's coming. Maybe it's the body revving up the mitochondrian parts so our metabolism is gearing up to burn enormous numbers of kcals because we've been so terribly deficient in CoQ10 and evetually we will appear emaciated and all kinds of friends and relatives will implore us to "eat....please just eat". Got carried away there.
Well night night ladies. I had myself a nice glass of wine tonight and I'm so tired from this week's work that I'm heading to bed and it's Friday night at 8:30. Pathetic!! Good thing we bd'd last night.
Faithmum-i use Always Thin Overnights-they are the longest and then i overlap the 2 longsways. i think it's just my big butt but it never fails-the mess heads back between the cheeks and no pad is ever long enough! So i have made my own!
Energy has been much better today so i am thinking it has just been af-and like you said-i think it could be an emotional letdown/mini depression-hadn't thought of it like that--although this past month it was so expected.
Ummm-i was ready for bed at 8 last night (friday) without the glass of wine! I managed to make it to 9-9:30
how will we keep up with a baby??? lol
Hiya ladies!
I have to ask whats a soft cup??? Never heard of it before! I have had a lovely nap which is rare in my house
currently on cd6 and
has ended
feeling nervous in a funny way now
Anyone else near the same cd as myself??
Bonnie how long did it take for gails prediction to be sent to you? Ordered mine last night so im looking forward to seeing what she says
I ordered my reading on 2/28 and recieved it 3/1. It says to give her 3-5 days but it is usually sooner. I can't wait to hear what she tells you!
Um yeah-the softcups are as described below-I found them at CVS under the brand name INSTEAD. decided to try them out of curiosity for af-also claimed to keep the af back to
that was a fail
i didnt really care for them so i have had some hanging around and now through ttc have found a new use...i have one left--not sure if ill buy more or not.....
hi ladies,
had friends over, had a few drinks (maybe too many) and now i am here reading your wonderful posts. i cant believe that until today i did not know what a softcup is ( just goggled it)...
anyways my opk still negative this pm but cm increased so we bd today again just in case.
i really hope we catch that egg this bd schedule is certainly too much for me!
hope you all have a lovely weekend!
good luck catching that eggy! at least have fun trying!
Hiya ladies!
I have to ask whats a soft cup??? Never heard of it before! I have had a lovely nap which is rare in my house
currently on cd6 and
has ended
feeling nervous in a funny way now
Anyone else near the same cd as myself??
Bonnie how long did it take for gails prediction to be sent to you? Ordered mine last night so im looking forward to seeing what she says
Hey Dysan - I think that's the best plan - when you're getting closer to the O date you might as well sneak in a BD. I agree that the schedule can be a bit rigorous though. It becomes kind of laborious when you KNOW you have to muster up the mood, the strength etc. It sure was easier when I was a lot younger.
Hi Fluffy - I'm CD 10 today. For me this is the honeymoon period of the month because the witch is gone and you can be nice and hopeful. The 2ww gets me more nervous than anything because I hyperfocus on my body. I'm going to try really hard this 2ww to not symptom spot and to not test really early. Then again - who am I kidding??
The softcup is something developed for an alternative to using a tampon during AF. It is a flexible disk type device that has a cup built in to it that is meant to catch blood over a 12 (?) hour period. Many women use it after bd'g to keep the rascals inside - to keep gravity from letting them slip out. I tried one the other night and it was easier than I thought it would be to insert it. Pulling it out was kind of gross and I can't imagine using during menses because it seems it would look like a crime scene. I ordered mine from Amazon but I think they are at drugstores.
Baby dust to us all here!!
CRIME SCENE!
yeah it is quite gross--one of things i decided i didn't like about using them!
AFM today.....the day started out rainy and icky---DB and I went to wallyword for our usual saturday morning grocery shopping-it is really so much nicer going early when there is hardly anyone there (usually we go between 6am-8am) then to Adam's for meat shopping. came home and after stuff was away had to take the pup (who's birthday is today!) to the vet for her rabies shot.
Lunch and packed meat away-DB has been having fun with video games and the sy-fy channel.. Oh yes--i lost a bet this morning so I also made DB chocolate mousse from scratch...who knew Applebee's was open for a pancake breakfast on Saturday mornings????
So now it is beautiful out Sunny & 50, but getting too late for a walk this close to dinner-hopefully tomorrow
we did talk about bd plans for next weekend-gave him the heads up-how romantic!
we talked about summer stuff we want to do---an i should be able to do more than we planned now that i wont be as pg as originally thought......DB found a program for climbing 46 of the Adirondack Mountains..looks like we will be doing some hiking!
in the meantime i plan on attacking later
Might have another wine cooler or two--only on day 4 so i have time!
on to another week!
March is our month!! I love the part about overriding!! If they only knew what we talked about on here.
