TTC with #2, looking for a buddy! LO is 14.5 months.

[not_so_easy]

Hang in there hopeful, I will stay positive until for you until the:witch shows up! I went to parent orientation for the LO pre-nursery school. He Starts next week..., makes me realize he isn't a

Arm, I am going to call the doc again today. I left a msg on Tuesday and didn't hear back.

What about the rest of you ladies, any update?

 

[txbiscuit]

Welcome not_so_easy! My LO's first day of preschool was hard on us, but she loves it now. She gets really excited and says "Schoo fun!" when we start getting her things ready for preschool.

Holly, I'm still hopeful for you. You're only 9dpo, and I don't think implantation even happens for most people until 8-9dpo. Maybe use the cheapie tests until at least 11 dpo? I know it's so hard... it feels like the only way to get a definite answer is to use a FRER.

I don't have any real updates. I'm still in the super boring part of my cycle. I think AF should be gone by this afternoon, so I'll probably start using OPKs once a day on Monday. I've started taking fish oil this month and switched to a prenatal with iron, and I've had a lot more energy this month. I hope the extra energy means I'm healthy and ready for a BFP! Oh, I also started taking CoQ10 - one of my friends is undergoing IVF and said her RE recommends it for egg health. I'll be 35 soon, so I figure it won't hurt to try that for a couple of months.

 

[babytobe]

Welcome not.so.easy! I haven't been on bcp for 9 years now, but when I did come off it I had super long cycles for half a year or so. Not eating properly was part of that though too, I think. Have yo looked into Vitex? It's natural and supposed to help with that kind of stuff. I'm glad you found us!

HopefulH, it's still so early for you! I agree with what Txbuscit said....give it some time!

So we did dtd once more yesterday. Had crazy symptoms all night.....cramping, low back ache, headache. This tww is going to be so long! My period is due on Sept. 25, so that will be my goal for waiting to test.

 

[Hopeful H]

I'll carry on with the cheapies just to try and drill it into me that I'm not pregnant! I'm still feeling twinges etc, must just be wind!! I reserved myself a little kitten yesterday so that's helping!! Now I'm a crazy HPT/cat lady!!

Jackie, do you do OPKs? Maybe you ovulated early?

 

[not_so_easy]

thanks txbiscuit. He had a good at orientation...I know its harder for us then for him. When we told him he was going to school he kept repeating "I want school". its exciting to be almost at the end of the cycle, that's the fun babymaking part -- or I guess it is for me right now since we haven't been trying for so long! I just ordered some coQ10 myself...I'm actually 35 as well, so thanks for adding this.

b2b, I am taking vitex, evening primrose and drinking raspberry leaf tea. im on a low dose of vitex cuz honestly I am a bit afraid of it...I hear that if you stop it you tend to miscarry. but anything else you ladies suggest that may have helped, im all ears! Way to put your gameface on and wait until the 25th! how many DPO are you?

Hopeful - fingers still crossed!

AFM, I am starting to think I really did ovulate Monday! my temps stayed ok today and now that I take opks they are white as a sheet. That was not happening to me before, I would always get some type of line. so I am trying to not get my hopes up yet, but I might be waiting for my AF finally!!

 

[babytobe]

Hopeful H.....a kitten sounds like a great way to take your mind off things! Crazy cat ladies are great! 😊

Not.so.easy it sounds like you are doing all the right stuff to help your cycle. I think I stopped taking vitex once I found out I was pregnant with my first. It's hard not to get scared by what you read though. ... I totally understand! Well that's great if you have finally ovulated!

I am really terribly lazy about ttc, and to be honest probably a little too confident in our ability to conceive easily. So no, I do not use OPK's. When I got pregnant with my first I was checking cervical fluid and taking my temperature every morning, so I knew when I ovulated. I haven't been doing the temperature thing as much this time because with getting up with my toddler early in the morning to breastfeed, I think it throws my temperature off. So we just dtd twice around when I had egg white cervical fluid. So I don't actually know when I ovulated! Yup....that lazy. If we don't conceive in a number of months, then maybe I'll get some OPK's. My cycle has been consistently 25 or 26 days though for the last 5 months, so I feel like I can guess work and symptom spot ovulation pretty well.

Aliko, you mentioned trying to wean your toddler. I think I need to do that soon too. I know my energy levels are still not back to pre pregnancy and I think it's because I'm still breastfeeding. I've been thinking more about it lately. Part of me just loves it and doesn't want to give it up, but I think my body may need a break before I go head deep into another pregnancy. Its hard though! Oh man. Decisions decisions!

 

[Hopeful H]

Did another cheapie and it was the biggest BFN ever. It definitely is not my month.

 

[not_so_easy]

Ugh...cd50 and still not ovulated...I was wrong about Monday. Here we go again testing with strips etc.

Hopeful, where r u in the cycle? Is it just too early?

B2b, I bet u that using ur laid back approach u will have a bfp in no time. Not stressing is the perfect way to have a baby!

 

[Hopeful H]

AF is due either tues or weds, and I'm testing with ones that say not to use until the day after missed AF but surely something would show up by now. Got another bfn this morning.

How is everyone else!!

 

[txbiscuit]

Sorry about the BFN Holly. Congrats on the kitty! How exciting!

not_so_easy - I hope you ovulate soon. Waiting to ovulate is so much more frustrating than the 2ww. At least there is a time limit on the 2ww.

Jackie - I think watching EWCM is probably just as effective as temping/OPKs, and probably about 1000 times less stressful. When do you think you'll test?

I'm doing OK. Feeling a bit run down from the weekend, but otherwise OK. I started taking OPKs today in case any of the supplements move my ovulation forward. I got a little annoyed with a super fertile friend who confidently planned her life around conceiving her next child on the first try, in the first month. Sure enough, she got her BFP as planned. I'm happy for her, but fighting off feeling like the green-eyed monster.

 

[not_so_easy]

Hey hopeful, I say wait until Wednesday (if possible) and test, you never know!

Txbiscuit - no worries about feeling like the green eyes monster here...I think all of us going for the bfps would feel the same way. She was super lucky to get here and her he's body to work in sync like that, lol. I have to admit that my first was a bit like that. I wanted the baby to be like my hb as much as possible so I was hoping he would be born around the same time as him. My son came 3 days after my hb's bday. But I definitely didn't have that luck this time! Btw, they are very alike!

afm...so excited you would think I got a bfp, but I finally got a positive opk!!! So excited.

 

[Hopeful H]

Sandra, I would feel exactly the same so I wouldn't worry. A friend of mine fell pregnant whilst AF was there and I couldn't stand her for it. I got my BFP 4 months later but I felt like I was in a race. I think she's ttc #2 at the moment as well and I can't help but hope that she has to try hard like the rest of us. How mean of me is that.

Ah not_so_easy, that's wonderful!! It must be so difficult waiting for that.

I got a "not pregnant" on my cb monitor this morning so surely I must be out for this month. It's crazy how sick of ttc I am after only 2 months!

 

[txbiscuit]

Holly, I know how you feel. I don't know how people cope when it takes 2-3 years or more to get a sticky BFP. I'm sorry about the BFN. I hope next month is your month.

not_so_easy - A positive OPK! Are you generally a pretty big symptom spotter during the 2WW?

I'm finally getting to the interesting part of my cycle. I had some EWCM today, so I expect I will ovulate sometime between Friday and Sunday. Hopefully we can do a little better job with our timing this month. I went to acupuncture for the first time yesterday. I didn't go for fertility reasons (I went to try to improve my sleep) but I feel much more relaxed. Maybe it will help the TTC efforts! I think I might also try to book a massage or at least a chair massage sometime soon. My neck is constantly stiff.

 

[babytobe]

Yay Sandra....time to have some fun, right?! 😉 Definitely the exciting part of the month!

Sorry to hear you are out Holly. Has AF officially shown up yet?

Not.so.easy....congrats on your opk! Let us know how you're feeling (symptoms).

I'm feeling very back and forth about my symptoms. Definitely feeling pregnant sometimes, but I'm totally doubting myself a lot of the time because I felt the same way last month and wasn't pregnant. My friend just told me she's pregnant and it made me feel like I need to be pregnant now, like it's a race (as you were saying, Sandra). I don't know why we start thinking like that! I had to tell myself to be happy for her and ill get pregnant when it's right for us.

Sometimes I feel like being in my husband's head would be soooo much easier. They jusy don't tend to over think this kind of stuff!

I guess I should say...I think im at least 3dpo and my symptoms are fatigue, low back ache, lower pms like cramps, head feeling funny.

 

[not_so_easy]

Hey ladies-
B2b - I hear ya about thinking about this like the hb. This is why I'm so happy to now have found a place where I can post all my craziness! Hopefully you can keep feeling those symptoms...the tww is the worst!

Thanks txbiscuit - funny enuf, the first time I wasn't a symptom spotter but this time I am totally being silly about any little feeling in my belly. I assumed the first time it was gonna take a few months so I was shocked when the 2nd cycle I was pregnant with my sticky bean. I just assumed this time would be the same...n now I know waaaay 2 much so I'm totally obsessing. My stomach was a disaster yesterday...sorry if it's too. And I was freezing, I had 3 pairs of socks on. I think it has more to do with low progesterone or the progesterone shock to my body. Called the doc again...not too happy that I haven't gotten any type of a response...

Hopeful, is it just too early? I am hanging on to it until you actually see AF!!!

 

[Hopeful H]

Hello all!!

It's turning out to be a funny old month. I think I've mentioned it but when I got pregnant first time, I had a couple of days of brown cm in place of AF. I was convinced I was pregnant last month as I had the same thing, then AF showed after a couple of days. I've had the exact same thing this month - started with brown cm on Tuesday and still there now. I got another negative on the monitor this morning (I'm 15dpo) so I'm not pregnant, but I just wish I knew what was going on. My body is usually like clockwork and AF always just starts for me, full on. I think it weird that this has started happening as soon as we've started ttc - I hope there's nothing wrong. I've got period pains now so I think AF will be here today.

Has anyone got any exciting symptoms?!

 

[not_so_easy]

Hey hopeful - that is super weird! It seems late to still not have AF or a bfp. Keep us posted...hopefully u will know one way or another soon.

I had my 3rd day of decent temps today after o. My temps have stayed high for 3 days before but this is the 1st time I've gotten a positive opk. So tomorrow gonna be the important day to see if the temps stay up. Yesterday I was super irritable and still having what I like to call "bubble guys". I told hb I don't think I ever want to go back on bcp again...we will have to figure something else out. My doc finally got back to me and she is willing to give me meds to make AF come but I will wait to see what happens next week.

When do you get xhairs on FF?

 

[Hopeful H]

When do you get xhairs on FF?

What does that mean?!

I'm so glad that you've had your positive!

Just went to do another cheapie and AF has showed up. I feel weird that my cycles are suddenly becoming longer and AF is changing. I really hope its nothing to worry about.

 

[not_so_easy]

Hey hopeful...sorry to hear af showed up. I really hope this cycle is it for you. How long have you been trying?

Xhairs was crosshairs....sorry, tried to make one up since I see FX for fingers crossed...lol.

I hear you about your concerns which is why I think I am going to ask if it makes sense to have the doc do a workup on me. I am going to be 36 (eek!) in a month and change and I am trying to avoid pregnancy at 37 to avoid the extra testing and amnio. I had to ha e this done when I was pregnant with my soon due to an unexplained fever and I was petrified I was going to deliver a preemie! I would like to figure out what is going on before that cutoff...I already asked her about my low temps and if I have a weird AF, then definitely will keep pushing.

 

[txbiscuit]

not_so_easy, I think fertility friend gives crosshairs after 4 days of high temps. It never really gives me crosshairs (just dotted lines at best) even on the months my temperatures are super normal. I didn't even get solid crosshairs on the month I got my BFP with Ellie. I'm not sure if it's something I do wrong when taking my temperature, or if I have something set wrong in FF. I hope you get crosshairs (or at least answers) soon!

I am so tired this morning I'm ready to give up on TTC entirely. My husband normally works nights, with a lot of overtime. His schedule has been different the past two weeks, and my daughter does NOT want to sleep when he's home. Last night they woke me up 6 times between the two of them. I am sure I will feel like TTC again after I get a nap, but right now, I don't want DH near me with a ten foot pole.