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cbella- only time will tell, and your time is about due to have a baby. :) As far as those in HS, well... its good that things turned around for them. Some may think the same for me if you only knew me in HS. I was the only girl on the HS football team that started wide reciever (I wasn't big) and played many sports. I almost went into the olympics for softball and I am a kickboxing champian in the states. I never wanted to get married, nor have any children. That all changed when I met the love of my life. Well, not really. We got married with his knowledge that we weren't going to have any kids. He knew that. Well.... the first pregnancy wasnt planned and I almost lost my life due to the ectopic. He watch me in the hospital with my BP 69/16 and completely blue due to losing 5.5 pints of blood. More than half the blood in the human body. After I woke up from surgery, it hit me that we both just lost a baby and he almost lost me as well. About a year later, I told him that we need to talk. I said to him that I decided that our relationship deserves a baby and he would be the best father and I dont want to take that from him and I do want a child now. He cried!! No joke... he held me tight and cried. He is a strong military man of 6'5" and that was the first time I seen him cry. The only other time I seen him cry was when we lost the last baby when its heart stopped. ANYHOW...... So, things do have a way of changing around and we now have an awesome family that I thank God all the time for. Once again, time will tell!!!! Good luck!!

I loved my week ends playing softball I lived for it and when softball season was over it was net ball season I even loved training while everyone else seemed to hate it. Erin must be feeding in sympathy for Little John every 2 hrs or a growth spurt but Im not at all tired. I am glad its a long week end thou and school hols start Fri. so thats good too.
CBELLA hope it goes well for you and DawN lookin forward to your results hope its a BFP.

Bee- does she skip any feedings?? Just over a week ago little John started skipping his midnight feeding. I am getting him back to his schedule on every 3 hours. Finally starting to get things fixed from what got messed up wtih MIL. Anyhow... He goes from his 9pm feeding to 3am feeding with no problems. In fact last night I fed him at 8pm, gave h im a bath at 9pm (since he always seems to take an hour to eat) and off to bed at 10 pm we went. He didn't wake up until 3 this morning. So, finally getting things back on track. He is such a great baby that I can't complain at all. He never cries unless he needs something.. like hes hungry, or needs to be changed. Once and a while he cries when he's tired, but not for long at all. The most he cried ever was when MIL was here. Like I said, I learned from this and the next will be much different. How is everything else going Bee?? You gotta send some pictures of that sweet pee you have. :)

No she doesnt skip any feeda she was feeding at 10pm and again at 2am and 3 hrly after that like my last babe she has trouble getting her wind up you can tell she got a belly ache pulling up her knees and shes a chucky babe too we got a heater for our room to take the chill off as its freezing here at the moment. Also I might try use dispoible nappy at night while her clothes are not getting wet her nappy is very wet when I change her...her no#2s are dying off thou which helps. Ill work on the pics having trouble converting them to a size that will send this year send me some too ok.

What in the heck is dispoible nappy?? LOL... Thats so funny that its getting cold there... its starting to get hot here. Its like you are right under me, but we have opposite seasons. LOL I know when it was freezing here, I went there and it was pretty hot. Think maybe it was Oct. or something. So, how old is the baby now?? How is it going with the other girls around?? Are you able to have sex yet and are you going to go on bc or anything like that??

Oh my gosh Daniella I'm so sorry-I didn't mean to offend you or anything...that was very rude of me (what I said about the guy from HS) I was just a bit (maybe more than a bit) emotional--sorry! That's so neat that you are a kickboxing champ, and the Olympics...wow you are quite ambitious!! Bee-I'd love to see your little one too. I always have trouble formatting pictures on the computer. Dh and I are going to look at a house tomorrow. It looks great on the outside and sounds good from what the owner says (though they always make it out that way), so we'll see. We're still undecided between building and buying, but I'm just so anxious to do SOMETHING!

hey i am ok get funny turns thou were my feet hands swell up and i can feel my heart racing its like when u use to run cross country at school and u could feel ur heart beating in ur cheast and head. and thats me sitting down . my belly is getting bigger thou the kicking has changed to her moving and trying to get comfy i think its like she is wriggling inside me feels funny. troy tikkles my belly at night and she kicks him its quite funny. i have my appt tom my twin is coming with me as troy has an important meeting at work. so i will let u know how it goes if i dont its cos they have kept me in again i hope they dont cant stand hospitals lol yeah bee it is cold here now but not as cold as winter back home in scotland . my fammily are coming out at xmas i hope its not like last yr were it was 45c on new yrs day that was a killer. troys mum is planning on coming out on the 18th of sept (will be the first time i have met her) i am dreading it as i dont take well to ppl telling me what to do or trying to take over so i hope she is not like that! i am due on the 8th anyways its my twins b/friends bday today so i best go take care u all

cbella-- oh wow, I didn't mean to even make it sound that what you said was wrong. I took no offense to that one bit.. I was just saying that I bet no one from my high school can imagine me married, much less with a baby. LOL... Then again, I never once wore a dress or girly type of clothes then. I didn't wear anything bad, just not real girly stuff. Usually just preppy clothes, like khakis or I wore sports clothes... Anyhow, yea.. I didn't wear any of that stuff until about a year after I got married. Now I actually get my nails done and do my hair nice, etc. Things I never cared about before. So, people do change. Anyhow.. all I was saying is time does tell... so, in only a matter of time will you get that BFP and go full term to have a healthy baby in your arms. Sometimes it takes longer than others to get there.. but, I believe it will happen for you. Just now the waiting is no fun. It will all be worth it in the end

Goodmorning - I just got caught up on all your posts from over the weekend. I went to the library Saturday in hopes of getting online and updating all of you but I had no luck. Only 4 computers and they were all occupied so I left. Anyway, I had a minor meltdown on Saturday.....Went to the gym at 7:30am and afterwards started to feel more significant cramps then I was having the days prior. Spotting started shortly after and A/F really got rolling Saturday night into Sunday. DAMMIT!!!!! I am so frustrated everyone. Really really thought May was our month. I mean I was feeling weird, getting up to pee at 3am, had a metal taste in my mouth one day, a/f came a day, almost two, later then it should have based on the OPK and my past cycles. I really thought everything timed out well last month but I guess not. Now we wait again and try again and wonder again. I wanted so badly to get online on Saturday to vent about DH. I told him when he was home on a break that I thought A/F was coming and he was like "You dont know anything until you get a full blown period" Telling me that what I thought were symptoms was psycho-symatic and not trusting me that I have sorta got a handle on my cycles now -- That it is biology and you can not predict it" I was so mad, why could he not just say? "I am sorry sweetie, I hope you dont get cramps too badly and we will try again this month" But no, he makes me feel like crap and like I am making stuff up in my head. Anyway, I am not a happy camper and just keep thinking to myself "How long can I keep doing this?" I have said it before, I am WAY too impatient for this. Why did I get pregnant on the first try last summer after going off the pill but now when I am taking my temp, using the saliva scope, peeing in a cup am I not getting lucky? Maybe I turned 35 and my eggs dried up. Forgive me, I am just frustrated but goodness. It sounds like the rest of you are doing well. Except for Coda, rest up girl and keep up posted on your appts this week. Do not want to mess around with pre-term labor. Like Daniella said, only 10 more weeks, you can do it. All for right now - Lots of work emails to address but more soon. Disappointed Dawn :-(

Dawn--sorry to hear you got a/f. DH's can be a little ignorant sometimes when it comes to women's issues. I get pms every month with terrible moodiness and every month DH acts like it's a surprise-he says "why are you so moody?" argh! I am getting a little antsy myself--DH and I are going to ttc in a couple of weeks. I am still waiting on af to come--I am on cycle day 37. I hate irregular periods!! I bought some ovulation predictor strips and I can't wait to use them. I suppose I will just have to guess when to start testing. If I don't get a positive on my ovulation tests this month then I will have to talk to my dr about possibly not ovulating. Maybe next month will be THE month for the both of us!! L

LAVENDAR - Thanks for your response. Yes, a very disappointing weekend indeed and a rough day today. Do not get me wrong, I love my husband but sometimes I just want to wring his neck. I have had a 37 day cycle since this m/c and it was not uncommon in my 'Pill free" cycles of the past. I just hope that I am ovulating. Charting my temps should help determine that. I have only charted for two months so I will continue trying and see where it gets us. I just have to keep thinking that if I get pg later, then that means nicer months off for maternity leave :-) Dawn

Dawn--FINALLY! Someone out there with crazy long cycles like myself! I can go anywhere from 32 to 40. How are your temps looking? I started charting at the beginning of this cycle (had my d&c on 4/12) and my temps are crazy!! There are multiple times it goes way up and then is level then way down, then up again.. Has anyone else experienced this after a m/c?

LAVENDAR -- Yes, the varying cycles sucks. Since my m/c in October my cycles have been from 31-37 days. Before I went on the pill back in 1994 they were all over the place. I was so glad I was not really sexually active back then. I would have been worried every month wondering if I was pregnant. My temps have been pretty good. I think that I am seeing the rise after the LH surge which leads me to believe that I am ovulating. I have not taken my temp the last two days though. Today I HAD to get up to go to the bathroom and the day before I was having problems breathing thru my nose so I said screw it. They say you dont have to temp during a/f but I will starting tomorrow if I can. Otherwise I do not think you get a clear picture. So are you using the chart out of the book Taking Charge of your Fertility? It really helps I think. Not sure what to say about your temps. Allot can affect it. Are you taking it at the same time everyday and getting three hours of sleep beforehand? Dawn

Lavendar-my temps have been crazy this month too! Last month was just ideal, but now here I am in what I'm thinking might be an anovulatory cycle. We'll see. Like Daniella says, only time will tell! Here is my cycle if you want to look at it: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/12b535 Dawn-so sorry to hear that af arrived. I know how hopeful you were that this was the month. Baby dust to all!

cbella--I looked at your chart--mine looks similar--hopefully next month is a little less erratic! I'm not quite sure how to get over this feeling of anxiety and extreme impatience. I can't wait to get started--this will be the first time dh and I actually ttc. The first one was a surprise--but it ended with a m/c--now I want a baby SO bad! I want to experience pregnancy and feel my baby move. baby dust to everyone--L

Dawn- Im starting to wonder/think that maybe the pill helped you get pregnant. Especially if your cycles weren't regular before the pill. My sister got pregnant on the pill right away. Then after her daughter was born she had been trying and trying for YEARS... 9 years to be exact. I mean, we think 9 months is bad of trying, try 9 years... Anyhow, they tried everything. She ended up going back on the pill, skipped a dose and BAMB got pregnant the very first try from the pill. The pill actually acts as a hormone balancer to get everything together with just an added level of a hormone to keep you from ovulating.. but, if you stop the pill your body is still balanced but not enough of that hormone to keep you from ovulating. Remember right after my miscarriage I was put on provera to bring on my AF... well, many think that the progesterone in provera actually helped me keep my pregnancy. Provera is a form of birth control. Well.. my whole life I've NEVER had a regular period. I would go 3 months at a time without one and once and a while get 2 in one month. I never knew when it came and I don't think it was EVER 28 days after the other. If it was it was a complete coinsidence. lol... anyhow... do a google search on "luteal phase defect" I know that just because I have it doesn't mean you gals do, but it doesn't hurt to check it out. Not only may it cause you to not get pregnant, it can cause a miscarriage if you do get pregnant. All of which we have experienced. Lavendar- Cant your doctor just test you about 16-18 days after your AF to see if ovulation did indeed occur?? My friend goes every month around that day and gets a sono and not only does it show if ovulation occured, it shows how many eggs were released and of those eggs, how many were mature. For example... a few months back she had released 3 eggs (mind you they had her on clomid since she has been trying for a few years).. but only 1 of the 3 eggs were mature. She still didn't end of concieving even though her hubby checked out, they had sex perfect timing and a mature egg was released... AND she was given progesterone right after ovulation was known to occur. Progesterone keeps the lining of the uterus nice and thick for implantation. If you aren't producing enough you may not ovulate, if you do, your uterus may not be nice enough for implantion. Can also cause early miscarriages because it didn't burrow well into the lining of the uterian wall. I wonder how many times I actually might have been pregnant but never knew and just thought it was another screwed up cycle.