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[BBWttc29]

Hi, at my highest I weighed between 330-345. I have since decided to lose weight to improve my chances of getting pregnant. I am now 293 and have started using opks. I finally got a positive opk which never happened before. Me and my husband bd'd the day I got a positive opk and the day after. Will the weight loss and the days we bd'd help chances of conception? I'm at 5DPO and I've been experiencing gas, cramps, and alternating twinges of pain

Hi BBWttc29 - welcome!
First I'd like to say congrats on the weight loss! That's amazing and every little pound is a great triumph!! As for the opks I have no idea what they are, lol. But for sure both things will help with the increasing chances of conception.
Another thing to try for higher chances are totry BDing every other day around time of ovulation, that way even if you are on the day or close to there is a better chance of catching the egg and getting PREGNANT!!!
Hope this helps

Thank you it definitely helps I will try that.. Opks are ovulation prediction kits.. Before I lost weight they were always negative

 

[Frodi]

Well, it already looks like a good sign if you're getting positive results now!

 

[BBWttc29]

Well, it already looks like a good sign if you're getting positive results now!

Very true. I just wish period symptoms and pregnancy symptoms weren't so similar. I don't remember ever experiencing all this with my period before so hopefully that's a good sign.

 

[Frodi]

Well, it already looks like a good sign if you're getting positive results now!

Very true. I just wish period symptoms and pregnancy symptoms weren't so similar. I don't remember ever experiencing all this with my period before so hopefully that's a good sign.

Me too, They should be more different! lol

well I'm sending you some on good results!

 

[BBWttc29]

Well, it already looks like a good sign if you're getting positive results now!

Very true. I just wish period symptoms and pregnancy symptoms weren't so similar. I don't remember ever experiencing all this with my period before so hopefully that's a good sign.

Me too, They should be more different! lol

well I'm sending you some on good results!

Thank you!! Hopefully ill have god news soon

 

[Frodi]

Well, it already looks like a good sign if you're getting positive results now!

Very true. I just wish period symptoms and pregnancy symptoms weren't so similar. I don't remember ever experiencing all this with my period before so hopefully that's a good sign.

Me too, They should be more different! lol

well I'm sending you some on good results!

Thank you!! Hopefully ill have god news soon

Can't wait! you must come back and let us know!

 

[BBWttc29]

Well, it already looks like a good sign if you're getting positive results now!

Very true. I just wish period symptoms and pregnancy symptoms weren't so similar. I don't remember ever experiencing all this with my period before so hopefully that's a good sign.

Me too, They should be more different! lol

well I'm sending you some on good results!

Thank you!! Hopefully ill have god news soon

Can't wait! you must come back and let us know!

I will and if I don't get my BFP this month hopefully ill get it next month

 

[brandonsgirl]

Mah - Acid reflux can vary in different people i think. I know some people can throw up with it but thankfully i haven't. I got it ALOT in later pregnancy with my son. And then get it every now and again since having him. Its a little bit like you feel like you need to burp or your feel like there is acidy feeling in your chest/throat. Its a little difficult to breath like your maybe fighting a burp. And if you burp a little its like the acid come up just slightly. I really hope that made a little sense lol. I suck a explaining stuff. It often goes hand in hand with heartburn i think.

Cutler - Any more smileys?

Frodi - Did you experience a withdrawal bleed from the pill? I did, and am currently waiting for my first natural AF since coming off. Is that what you meant as well, or have you not experienced any bleeding since coming off bcp?

BBWttc29 - Welcome to the thread! :wave: Congratulations on loosing all that weight. In regards to catching the egg etc. A + opk is always a good sign but remember to check your cm also. Have you done any other opks since that or did you stop at your +? Also like Frodi mentioned, dtd (doing the deed) every other day will improve your chances. Its most important the days following Ovulation and the day of, but remember not to stop just as soon as you get the opk and expect to ovulation. Some women can gear up to ovulate and then not for what ever reason, and ovulate later in their cycle. Which is then easy to miss their window for catching the egg as they assume dtd before +opk is all that's needed. Hope that made sense. Good luck TTC, and feel free to ask any questions

 

[Frodi]

Hey Bg!! That's gonna be ,y short form for you brandonsgirl! Lol
The first day I stopped taking bc was April 01st and that same day I had bleeding and then nothing since.
Today (tonight as I work might shift) I started getting cramps on my right side, not has painful or anything as period and I usually get that on both sides but not so mild that their unnoticeable. Guess well see what happens when I wake up today.
I've also noticed that my nipples are "hard" more often then not, like even when their warm and should be "flat" their hard

 

[mah0113]

Hi, at my highest I weighed between 330-345. I have since decided to lose weight to improve my chances of getting pregnant. I am now 293 and have started using opks. I finally got a positive opk which never happened before. Me and my husband bd'd the day I got a positive opk and the day after. Will the weight loss and the days we bd'd help chances of conception? I'm at 5DPO and I've been experiencing gas, cramps, and alternating twinges of pain

congratulations! how did you do it? Thats really impressive, and I am sure it will help your chances of conceiving. I would say that once your opk's start getting darker, bd as much as possible up until you can confirm o actually happened via thermal shift. This cycle, my opk's were darker earlier than last month [but I think last month was an off cycle] and around cd13 it looked alllmost positive, which some women say is as dark as theirs gets, so i thought I may o. Then it went back to light, then on cd16 it got the same way and maybe even a hair darker but still not as dark as the control line---i had diarrhea, pains in my groin area, a huge dip in temp----EVERYTHING that pointed to o. my cm even dried up. But my temps never shifted up afterwards so I was confused. Had I not been temping I would have assumed I o'd. Anyway so THEN, on cd20, since my temps hadnt shifted, I took another opk and it was positive! and 2 days later my temps went up and ocnfirmed o. So..point being, you need to just make sure you cross reference constantly, and dont think you o'd until you know for SURE you did via temp.

 

[Cutler101]

Officially in the TTW got a negative today on the digi . Now its the waiting period thats gonna suck boooo .


but i wonder why my signature sooo behind . how are you ladies ??

 

[mah0113]

yay! congratulations cutler! when will you test? I feel like I am getting my period any minute, but I know that cant be possible bc the progesterone keeps it away.

I have an international tax exam in 1 hour! so Im freaking out haha, but its keeping my mind off of testing for the moment! I also picked up my graduation tickets today so super happy I will be so thrilled if I am preg at graduation.

back to studying..last exam is tomorrow at 9 am! so EXCITED TO BE DONEEEEE!!! will check in with you ladies later today or tomorrow after my exam

 

[Cutler101]

I plan to test on the 20th .

What is progesterone ?? & are you graduating from high school or college ??

 

[brandonsgirl]

Frodi - Did you finish at the end of your packet or did you stop bcp mid cycle?

Cutler - YAY Now for the tww lol. Do you have any plans to keep your mind off the tww?

Mah - Super good luck for your test. I hope you do really really well! Let us know asap how it goes. And yay for the graduation tickets. You must be so excited!

 

[BBWttc29]

Hi, at my highest I weighed between 330-345. I have since decided to lose weight to improve my chances of getting pregnant. I am now 293 and have started using opks. I finally got a positive opk which never happened before. Me and my husband bd'd the day I got a positive opk and the day after. Will the weight loss and the days we bd'd help chances of conception? I'm at 5DPO and I've been experiencing gas, cramps, and alternating twinges of pain

congratulations! how did you do it? Thats really impressive, and I am sure it will help your chances of conceiving. I would say that once your opk's start getting darker, bd as much as possible up until you can confirm o actually happened via thermal shift. This cycle, my opk's were darker earlier than last month [but I think last month was an off cycle] and around cd13 it looked alllmost positive, which some women say is as dark as theirs gets, so i thought I may o. Then it went back to light, then on cd16 it got the same way and maybe even a hair darker but still not as dark as the control line---i had diarrhea, pains in my groin area, a huge dip in temp----EVERYTHING that pointed to o. my cm even dried up. But my temps never shifted up afterwards so I was confused. Had I not been temping I would have assumed I o'd. Anyway so THEN, on cd20, since my temps hadnt shifted, I took another opk and it was positive! and 2 days later my temps went up and ocnfirmed o. So..point being, you need to just make sure you cross reference constantly, and dont think you o'd until you know for SURE you did via temp.

Thank you! ! I cut out sugar, bread, rice, and pasta. I also workout 5 days a week. If I don't get my BFP this month ill also start temping next cycle

 

[Cutler101]

I plan to test on the 20th but i know me i might start testing at 3/4DPO i KNOW its to early but im a POAS crazy person . plus ive been trying so HARD to get pregnant for a year . i went on the pill for two months like my dr said to give me a boost . i didnt really add anything to my cycle beside baby asprin which ive seen ALOT of ladies on here get pregnant by other then that its SMEP , softcups & pre-seed . so i got my fingers crossed and hoping i get my BFP this month .

Frodi - Did you finish at the end of your packet or did you stop bcp mid cycle?

Cutler - YAY Now for the tww lol. Do you have any plans to keep your mind off the tww?

Mah - Super good luck for your test. I hope you do really really well! Let us know asap how it goes. And yay for the graduation tickets. You must be so excited!

 

[brandonsgirl]

Im confused, why would your dr tell you to go on the pill for two months? Wouldn't that counteract the objective?

 

[Frodi]

Congrats cutler!!!! That's so exciting! Keep busy! Lol
BG, April 01 was one pill number 2 of the pack and I had taken that day, as period came. And it lasted 7 days.
Mah!! Congrats on the graduation!!! That's so excite! Good luck on the exam!

 

[mah0113]

I plan to test on the 20th .

What is progesterone ?? & are you graduating from high school or college ??

progesterone is the dominant hormone in the tww. once the egg is released, teh follicle turns into the corpus leteum or something like that and it releases progesterone, which make the uterus lining soft and cushy to help implantation. if your luteal phase is too short or you have insufficient progesterone it can cause early mc [like me, had two] because the egg doesnt implant properly. so you basically insert this hormone into your hoo ha every night after o is confirmed. its not a fun process..and you have to keep doing it until 3rd trimester if bfp, otherwise you stop, wait for your period, and then start again after o.

it sucks bc its mimics preg symptoms so I am always in a state of hope haha.

and omg, I wish I was so young Id be graduating high school lol---I am graduating law school. Free legal advice for you ladies

 

[Frodi]

Well, the cramps I was talking about this morning are totally gone!!!
I have no idea what's going on!! :s