Heidi and Kelly, look! It's a thread that doesn't take 10 minutes to open!! So let's carry on free of the bad MIL vibes and full of positives of every description! Babydust ladies x ↓
YAY!! Fresh start with a fresh thread...I'm SUPER excited!! Thanks for starting it Naomi. Thanks to both of you for the great comments. I am starting fresh and not worrying about what anyone else thinks. I don't even want to talk about it anymore!! Naomi....the clothes you got sound super cute. I love buying new clothes and trying them on and having a lil fashion show....sounds like you and your friends had a good time and a great reason to celebrate! So you're cd11 today right....what day do you usually O? Are you getting excited? I'm glad you bought some more vitamins while you were there...B6 I'm assuming? Heidi, thanks for your kind words as well. How are you feeling? I'm sorry that you had to drive all over the place to get your blood drawn....since gas is so expensive and all. When do you go for your next appointment and how often do you have to go? Nothing new with me....I did some reading online last night since I didn't really sleep well and looked into why my temps seem to be quite low. I am going to make an appointment with my doc to have my thyroid levels tested....just for my own sanity. I'm also going to get him to refer me to a ferility clinic near my place. I don't need to go right away but at least if I have it I can make an appointment if I feel the need to yanno. Well ladies...I'm super tired and need to jump into bed. Sweet dreams and loads of baby dust to you both. I thanked God last night that I "met" you ladies...you both have truly been my saviours these last couple days...so thanks so much. ↑
Hey there gals! Naomi – thanks for starting the new thread! AND, your clothes sound gorgeous! I am jealous – I haven’t bought a bunch of new clothes in years!!! Kelly – glad to hear that you are feeling better and staying positive! As for me, I am just plain cranky today. My not-so-d husband brought work home with him this weekend. When did he decide to really start putting a dent into it? Last night at like 9 p.m.! He didn’t come to bed until after 1 a.m. and then he tossed and turned for a few hours straight! When he finally fell asleep, around 3:30 a.m., he started snoring loudly! I ended up switching rooms at like 4 a.m., didn’t fall asleep until after 4:30 a.m. and his alarm woke me up (from the other room since it was that loud) at 5:45 a.m. ARGH!!!!!! I NEED SLEEP! I am trying to keep my eyes open at work – I don’t really have a choice because I am super swamped. Anyways, only 2 more work hours left today (I had to work through lunch so hopefully I will be able to leave right at 4:30 p.m.) Then, off to the lab to get the day 26 progesterone test…Naomi and Kelly, when do you gals ov? We can obsess during the wait together! In the meantime, thanks for listening to me vent!!!! ↑
OMG HELP!! Please take a look at my chart (ff dot com/home/1d0dc9)...I had a super high temperature on cd 12 which makes it look like I o'd on cd 11. I've NEVER had a temp that high pre-o, I mean not even close, even after lots of drink and no sleep lol! Can't figure out what would cause such a spike. I'm really hoping it's a blip and I didn't o on cd11. We bd'd the day before so I guess we're covered, but still - so weird. Oh well, I guess tomorrow's temp will reveal all. Just when you think you know your body...anyway, how are my girls? Kelly, so glad you're feeling better and even more glad if we had something to do with that - it's such a nice feeling to be able to help someone so far away :-). So Kelly, I don't think I asked you before, what fertility testing have you and dh had already? So low temps is a sign of a thyroid problem? Another thing to obsess about lol. I just had the progesterone and HSG and dh had a S/A but that's as far as we want to go for now (we discovered enough problems, don't want to know about any more lol!) And Heidi, I commend your patience, if my dh started snoring he would be poked so hard and told to go find somewhere else to sleep! Ear plugs maybe? Can't wait to hear your test results, hopefully you'll have all the right kinds of hormones flying around in there at the right times. OK, I'm off to work in outfit number 2 - I do love new clothes :-) have a good day ladies x ↑
Hey my girlies!! I'm such a loser but I was thinking about you guys today and wondering how things were going. Heidi, sorry DH was being a pain and that you're so tired. Make sure you get a good's night sleep tonight!! Let us know how your blood test goes. When is your next appointment? Naomi, so glad you're enjoying your clothes. DH bought me some stuff (b day is on wed) and I wore my top and jeans on sunday...I always love wearing something new for the first time. I bought a bra and some matching panties today. I figure I needed some retail therapy lol About the thyroid...my mom has an under active throid and when I googled lower BBT that came up. It says low thyroid function can cause low BBT, less fertile cm (which I have) heavy a/f (which I have) and delayed ovulation (which I also have) so not sure but want it checked anyway. My doc really hasn't done much testing. Once he looked at my chart from FF he agreed about the short LP and had 2 ultrasounds but really nothing else. DH has 3 boys so I know his swimmers are ok and b/c I did get pregnant once before they're not worried about him at all. (at least not yet!!) So, I'm going to check out your chart but I have a question....how do y ou know the addy of your chart...i don't even remember my password or anything for it b/c I just have it bookmarked to where you put in the temps (stupid question I know but I'm no good with puters lol) Maybe the B6 is making you O early...who knows but you have everything covered right??? Don't want you to miss the big O. I'll check it out and letcha know what I think. you girls are the best....we'll talk soon. Baby dust!! ↑
Hey Kelly, cool, you got new stuff too! it's so nice - until you accidently splash cooking oil on it...ahem. Anyways, to get your homepage addy click Sharing (on the lefthand column) and then select Homepage Setup. You can see the addy there and set up what other people can see on the page. Easy Peasy! I don't want to miss the Big O either - geez that would suck. I've never o'd this early so just hoping it was a mad random temp cos of something else! So do you think you'll get more tests done? I might get the cd3 bloodwork done too just to be sure to be sure! Talk later - really gotta learn to focus on work and not be distracted by forums lol. ↑
Morning Ladies...I'm on my way out the door but thought I'd check in to see how you guys are doing. Thanks fr the tip Naomi...my addy is ff dot com/home/1c2bc6....hopefully that works lol So...as for me nothiing new to report. I e mailed the guy your friend went to Heidi and he seems nice but he's sooo far into TO so we'll see. I am off this long weekend and besides getting my flowers planted etc I have an appointment with a guy on saturday morning so I'm pretty excited. he's not going to do anything..just sit and basically talk with me about what we would focus on etc. I really want to meet with him and see how comfortable I am since I'm not a big fan of any type of needle lol I'm sooo excited about this cycle...my sister bought me the book "The Secret" and it's really cool. I'm trying to think positive about everything...feeling good starting today lol Hopefully the big O will come soon Naomi and you'll be in the tww soon enough. Heidi, how are you feeling??? how many dpo's are you...do you have a chart as well?? well...i'm super late now lol so have a great day and i'll talk to you guys later....baby dust
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Naomi – not to get your hopes up too much but the cycles that my sister and my friend ovulated earlier than normal were the ones in which they succeeded in getting pregnant! Kelly – I agree with you – there’s nothing in the world like retail therapy! If only I had more money, I’d be the happiest gal in the world, hee hee! Well, I am getting close to being full-blown tww obsessive. The only good thing is that I can check my charts from previous cycles to see that no, in fact, this ‘symptom’ is not new, in fact, I get it every other cycle. Only 5 to 6 more days to go before round seven begins. My husband is going out of province for a month for work in June, so I have been trying to plan when best to fly out to meet him for some quick baby dancing around the time of ov. It would help so much if I were more regular!!! Oh, so get this – I just found out yet another friend of mine is pregnant. This brings the total to eleven friends of mine who are preggers right now! (When I add in the number of friends/colleagues who just gave birth, the number is over 20!) Ladies, I am trying to stay positive and believe that the three of us will get our BFPs soon – because seriously, at this point, I am sure that pregnancy must be contagious! Lol! Loads and loads of babydust!!! ↑
OK, phew, temp went down again today so I think we're still ok! Heidi, if pregnancy was contagious I would have CAUGHT IT BY NOW LOL! It's amazing, though how everyone seems to decide at the same time, ok, let's have babies! You're being remarkably calm for a woman in the tww - usually I'm a pillar of sanity until the last 3 days and then I turn into an obsessive wreck! My dh is leaving on Friday for a week so better have gotten my temp rise by then. Kelly, glad you're feeling positive - we need those moments on strength in all the madness, even just a few days of "ok, I can get through another month of this". But I gotta say since I met you girls, I feel so much more positive about it. I really do believe (maybe for the first time) that this could actually happen. Babydust x ↑
Omg girls...I'm sooo tired tonight lol...it's sick. I stayed online last night reading Perez Hilton lol way to late and man did I pay for it today. My store was super busy today too and we had so much merchandising to do..my feet are killing me. DH picked up a pizza for dinner and has been a super sweetie all night...man I love him (sorry for the mush lol) Heidi, feel free to obesess even a lil...don't worry...we'll keep you sane and not let you go crazy. I am soo thankful that I had my obsess moment and for Naomi to talk me down from the ledge so to speak lol Are you going to test or wait for a missed a/f? Naomi...I feel the same way. I have never chatted regularly on a thread before and I can't tell you how good it feels to have a couple people that totally get it yanno. This WILL happen for us....it would be cool if it happened at the same time but the chances of that are slim...I just hope that no matter what we would still keep this thread going....would be so cool. Because of you girls I have a new hope and a new lease on this ttc madness....ok...i gotta stop the lovefeast and go to bed before I make myself puke lol ni night lovely ladies....baby dust!! ↑
Good morning ladies. Well, the weather here is FINALLY getting nice – yay! Thank goodness for small miracles! Not much is new with me. I was so antisocial yesterday that I stayed home, plopped myself on the couch and watched P.S. I Love You. Even though it really wasn’t that good, I still cried. I am such a sap! Have you guys seen it? In a way, it puts things in perspective. I sometimes find myself thinking that once I get pregnant, ‘my life will start’…but really, I am living my life already and actually enjoying it quite a lot, thank you very much! Another thing that is keeping me smiling is that there are only 5 more days until I can start eating feta cheese and sushi again. I told my dh that every month when af arrives, we have to go for really yummy sushi at least a couple of times so that I can gorge myself silly, consoling my sorrow of not succeeding, yet again. I think we are going to go this Sunday or Monday, if/when the spotting starts…As for testing, I used to obsessively test every month beginning WAY too early in my cycle. I have started to control myself because, like you guys, I just can’t face a BFN. I use strips that I bought online so they are pretty cheap. “Talking” with you guys has definitely kept me more sane – thank you for being there for me all the time! I know that every morning when I am driving to work, I look forward to checking the forum to see what’s new with both of you!!! Hope – welcome! Please feel free to join in! The more the merrier!!! Baby dust to one and all!!!! ↑
Hi girls, just a quick note...glad the weather's getting better over there Heidi. We're having a very mild hot season this year - usually we're all falling over with the heat but it's not to bad thank goodness! Anyways, give me heat rather than cold any day - I am a reptile lol. My body is driving me mad this year, my temps are so erratic - I'm starting to wonder if I'll be able to see ovulation. Hopefully FF isn't as confused as I am! heidi, I love your AF consolation dinner idea. I just reach for a bottle of wine tee hee...that's something I know i won't be enjoying when I'm preggers :-). And Kelly girl, stay away from Perez Hilton, stay away! That stuff will rot your brains lol. talk later ladies x ↑
Good morning ladies. Well I am 9 dpo today and the obsessing has kind of started a bit I am sad to say. I am going to test on Sunday or Monday if I don't start spotting before then - ff says to wait till Monday, but I am not sure I will be able to. I keep thinking that I am having 'new' symptoms, but then I go back and check previous months on ff and I seem to have similar symptoms in previous cycles too. My bbs are bigger and somewhat sore, I am a bit nauseated, I have a slight headache off and on, and cramps off and on, oh and my skin looks disgusting! Plus, beginning last night, I have become semi-moody, lol! BUT, like I said, I seem to have some or all of these symptoms every cycle. So, who knows! Up until yesterday afternoon, I was soooo sure this was going to be my cycle, but now I am starting to waiver...please help keep me sane!!!! ↑
Lol, NO IT"S NOT MONDAY YET. You're just like me, sane til the home straight and then mad as a brush! Sometimes I'm almost relieved to see AF arrive just so I know the insanity is over. Sit on your hands, get dh to hide the test somewhere - resist, resist! Come on, you can do it - just a few more days ;-) At least you have a few symptoms to enjoy! So your LP is usually 10 or 11 days? I think you should hold out til MOnday but easy to say when I'm not in the insanity zone yet lol! dh is leaving today for europe for a week - bd'd one more time this morning and may try and squeeze one more in before he leave tonight. Hopefully that'll be us covered! Babydust xx ↑
Hey girls...sorry I didn't get here last night....Dh picked me up from work and took me out to the greatest place for my b day dinner. Was soo nice and kinda romantic. I would be telling lies if I didn't admit that I really thought I'd be pregnant my 33....BUT, I will get pregnant this year so I guess I'll get pregnant IN my 33rd year lol How are you ladies doing.....Naomi...I give you credit for bd'ing so much in the am. I looked at your chart ....what do your temps usually go up to after O? How long will your DH be gone on his trip?? Heidi, hopefully you can start us off with the BFP!! How are you feeling? still not spotting? I would wait to test as well although it's true...easy to say, not so easy to do. As for me....we have been working our butts off and have not bd'd at all so we really need to get in some practise before the main event lol This weekend i'm off all weekend so we have alot to do including some serious BD!! We bought our flowers tonight and will plant them this weekend. I have an appointment with a man who specializes in fertility accunture so I'm meetingwith him saturday and excited to see what he has to say. Nothing else new to report. I'm sooo tired girls...I really need to get to bed but please i know i'm thinking about you and wishing everyone buckets and buckets of baby dust...the real sticky kind!!! ni night and talk soon.....Kel ↑
Belated Happy Birthday Kelly!! Aw, your hubby sounds like a sweetie. I'll turn 34 in August so still hoping to get preggers at 33 too! My friend told me that research shows 34 is the best age to become a mum so we still have time, lol. you must be coming into fertile zone real soon so get busy over there! I think I'm o'ing today - just a hunch, we'll see what temps bring tomorrow. Usually my post-o temp is between 36.8 to 37 (that's Celsius) but my pre-o temps are so high this month I don't quite know what to expect. I'm already at 36.83 but I don't think I o'd yet. How exciting about your appointment - take notes, we want a blow by blow account afterwards. What else is everyone planning for the weekend? I have to work on Saturday and Sunday - I work with kids so it's the only time we can spend together during term. Love 'em and all but still, urgh! ↑
Kelly - HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! That was really sweet of your dh to take you out for a romantic dinner! Hopefully the romance will start to spill over to the bedroom - lol - you need to start baby dancing this weekend! Naomi - like Kelly, I am impressed that you can get it on in the mornings! (Though they say that the man's sperm is most fertile in the am, I just can't get into it before lunch at least! hee hee) Hopefully you will ov today and then join me in the tww zone! So, I just got back from my second acupuncture appointment. This time I got needles in my feet (same location as last), in my inner wrists (new) and in my forehead (same as last). He also did the moxibustion again, but not as many this time and only on my abs not on my back. I told him I was cold last time, so this time he covered me with a tinfoil like sheet (which heated up under the lamp). I really hope this helps! Anyways, my nipples are still sore (somewhat burning) but overall the bbs are not as sore as yesterday, which makes me a bit scared. I am really trying to keep my hope up! There are moments where I am SURE that I am preg but then there are others where I start to lose faith...argh! ↑
OMG girls....DH and I have been sooo busy...I can't even remember the last time we didnt have something to do after work and now DH has gone to his second job and I'm going to getstarted on cleaning our place so we can plant the flowers tomorrow. I'm SUPER excited about my appointment tomorrow morning...I'll letcha know how that goes. Heidi, sounds like your appointment was interesting again. God I hope this works for you!! Did he suggest that you take any vitamins or anything and if so what are they?? Just remember that your boobs can get sore and then ease off a bit...that doesn't mean that you're not pregnant...it comes and goes from what my girlfriends have told me so don't lose hope!! Are you still gonna try and wait until monday to test?? lol Naomi....so...I checked your chart....did you O? Why do you think your pre-O temps were higher...what is the normal range of your temps? Interesting to know. As for me...waiting to O...DH has to work tomorrow night as well and sunday our friends are coming for dinner and to watch the fireworks. We live on the 17th floor and you can see all the firework shows from Toronto and Mississauga...it's honestly an amazing view!! As soon as they leave we have some serious bd'ing to do!! We have already decided that monday will be spent in bed *wink wink* lol I'm gonna go start the dishes ladies....I can't wait to get pregnant with you guys!!! sooooo excited! baby dust ↑
LOL, my dh is just one of those guys who wakes up ready for action! We've totally gotten out of the habit of bd'ing at night time cos we're usually both exhausted. Wow, Kelly it sounds like you guys work hard ALL the time. Good luck with the planting - sounds like fun! What are the fireworks for? You live on the 17th floor!! My God, I'm getting vertigo just thinking about that - we don't really have high up living where I come from. So I think I o'd yesterday - temp went up a bit today but I'm not going to start taking the progesterone tablets til I get crosshairs on FF. DH is gone for the week but his job is done anyway lol. Heidi, I totally feel your tww pain - poor you, sounds like torture. Hang on in there, you'll know REAL soon...just keep sitting on those hands (unless they have needles in them of course). Not that I'm one to give people false hope or anything, but sore nipples??! Hmm. Sprinkling extra helpings of babydust your way :-) OK, I'm off to yoga - I missed my class on Thursday so I'll be the one at the back on the room creaking and groaning! ↑
Kelly - just reading about your schedule is making me tired - I don't know how you manage to do all of that and think about getting it on too! Naomi - the coming Monday is Victoria Day in Canada (a holiday day - yay!) I will keep my fingers crossed for you that you did ov! As for me, I have to confess - i have tested twice now, lol - both yesterday after work and first thing this morning - both BFPs. BUT I used the sticks that I ordered online and from what others have posted, these sticks aren't that great if you use them before you miss AF. Nonetheless, I am discouraged. I am only 11DPO though so I am still trying to keep up hope. Based on my previous charts, the latest my temp has dropped/spotting has started is 12 DPO, so I guess I will know more tomorrow if the temp stays up. I bought a couple of good tests yesterday which I might use tomorrow if the temp stays elevated. I am really going to try to hold off until Monday though because I just can't handle the bfps! On the good side, I think I might have some really light blue veins in my bbs now which weren't visible before...Anyways, I am off to eat breakfast. Loads and loads of baby dust to both of you!!!!!!!! ↑
OMG OMG OMG!!! First of all LMAO to Heidi for testing twice and then telling us lol I almost spit out my drink and lol'd. You got a BFP?? Why aren't you more excited or am I readiing it wrong?? You can't handle more BFP...did you mean BFN? Please post soon b/c I can't handle the suspense!! ↑
ok...now that I got that out of my system lol Naomi, looked at your chart and I think for sure that you o'd but wait and see what your temps look like tomorrow. It's funny...I look at your chart and enter mine right before I check our thread. Do you have a FF chart Heidi cuz I'd love to look if you don't mind. God I hope you are pregnant, then Naomi next and then me!! It will be so great to get pregnant with you girls!! As for me, went to my appointment today and it was really crazy and cool. I didn't get anything done b/c I was just going in there for a interview with him. He is the sweetest old asian man and sometimes I had trouble understanding what he was saying. I had brought in my chart for him to look at but he said...let me tell you what is wrong with you before you tell me what is wrong with you. I laughed b/c I always try and be in charge of a situation and he wouldn't let me so that was kinda hard. He felt around, checked my pulse in different spots...(he kept telling me to be quiet lol) and after about 10 minutes he said he needed to ask me a few question. he asked me if I get constipated easily (sorry tmi) and I do, he asked if I getheartburn often and I said yes, he asked if I had trouble with my progestrone anyway blah blah this man was right about everything. he told me that I have poor circulation in my pancreas (i have no idea how to spell that lol) but anyway he was so amazing. He explained what it does andwhat my problem is...I have been eating so well so take off some weight and I'm on my feet walking around my store all day (8000 square feet) and haven't lost much weight at all. he thinks that this is why....girls, I don't know if maybe I just want to believe this or not but I don't care....I have been ttc for over a year and nothing has worked so far....do I give him a chance. DH says that I should do after this cycle is done. I need honest opinions here. DH got his package and as far as I can see it's not covered. The clinic said that they could bill 2 sessionsn a month under massage to help with the cost. I don't worry about the money...I just need to know what you guys think....honestly. So, what else is going on....I almost have all of my planting down. I'm so dirty lol I'm just taking a break now. I feel kinda bad b/c my girlfriends are getting together today but I just didn't wanna go. One just had a baby, one is 6 months pregnant and one is 7 weeks but has one already. I just wanted to enjoy my saturday off...I feel like a terrible friend b/c I think they were disappointed that I didnt go. Anyway, I should get back to planting but thought I'd check in and see how you're doing...baby dust to both of you...I'm just waiting to O talk later girls.....Kel ↑
OK,Heidi, I read your post once, almost fell off my chair, starting writing a response and then read it again and realised that it didn't make any sense unless I changed bfp to bfn :-( So assuming that the tests were bfn's...I'm sorry hun, there's nothing worse than staring at the place where the line is supposed to appear...again. I hope you're not too disappointed. But, like you said, it's only 11dpo, they were internet cheapies and your temps are still up...hopefully tomorrow will ease the suspense one way or another. Throwing big handfuls of that babydust that gives you late bfps ;-) ↑
Kelly, wow, your appointment sounds pretty intense. Where is the guy from in Asia? Just curious cos if he's from around these parts I could ask people about his technique. My only advice is if you go for it, then you need to go for it 100% - there's not point having doubts or thinking of it as a last resort of whatever. Mind over matter is a BIG part of Asian treatments. Acupuncture has a proven track record of helping infertility so there's nothing bogus about it. I say go for it! I can totally understand too why you would avoid your girlfriends - wow, must be really difficult to be around them right now with all the bumps and baby talk. So I'm starting to wonder if I'm having my first ever anovulatory cycle. i've never o'd later than cd17 but it's cd19 now and my temp actually went DOWN this morning for crying out loud. I'm almost at the point of quitting temping til af comes and writing this cycle off. I figure if I do o late I'm out anyway cos dh is away. I don't have sore boobs like I usually do after o but, get this, yesterday and today I've got sore nipples which has never happened before. I mean, should i start taking the progesterone, or wait, or what? Confused! ↑
Hey Naomi, yah he was born and trained in China for many years and has been in Canada for the last 18 running 2 clinics...one here is Mississauga and 1 in Oakville. He actually told me to stop talking the B6, only take a prenatal 3 times a week and stop the prometrium and baby aspirin. He says I don't need the aspirin b/c I don't have "sticky" blood...just not flowing well. I think I'm going to continue taking everything until this cycle ends and see what the result is. If I am pregnant then great but if not then I'll start with him and see what happens. He seems to think that it'll take a couple months to get things working properly so he won't even start the actually accupunnture for fertility until he seems improvement everywhere else. I've been trying for so long that a few more months doesn't freak me out. I know that I will get pregnant soon...I just feel it for all of us which may sound weird but I have never felt so sure before. (am I sounding like a nutcase lol) so we're assuming Heidi meant bfn then...it's just it said it 2 different times in her post so I got really excited!! As for you Naomi, my cycle in march i think it was i never o'd which never happens so I was quite shocked. I would still start taking your progestrone anyway...I mean really it can't hurt right and if maybe your temps are playing tricks on you then at least you have it in your system just in case. When does DH come back? I got all of my flowers planted and they look great but man does my back hurt lol I haven't really started cleaning the inside yet....walked over to Tim hortons and grabbed an iced cappuccino and picked up some thai food and sat on the balcony and just took some time to enjoy my hard work!! I still have so much to do but wanted to check in and see if Heidi came back to post. I can't believe it's almost 11:30pm and I'm just really starting to clean lol...I'm such a slacker. Well, don't give up girlie...good thiings will happen for us. My sister bought me the book "the Secret" and I'm telling you...it's freaky cool and has really starting changing how I see things....keep putting postive thoughts into the universe....it'll come back to us...I promise. sweet dreams and talk tomorrow. sticky baby dust!!............Kel ↑
