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anyone else feel like they go crazy a little during this journey. i cried for the last two days. i swear the hormones are driving me nuts. i worried i did not have any follicles, and then i worried my E2 was not high enough and now i am worried since i have not had any cramps that i have ovulated already this morning, and my insemination is not until Thursday. I know i have cetritide to keep me from ovulating but darn it i have to worry about something lololol

hello Ladies

Unfortunatelly a BFN today... I took a Clear Blue digital that said not pregnant. Darn!
Still, i have a question: when i took out the battery from the test (we are here obliged to discharge of all batteries in a Special Container) the Strip inside the test showed a second line on it, only it was very faint... still a Chance ? my AF was due yesterday at 15 dpo but until now no sign of it...

@xomandy- How's your temp this morning?

@texasgirl- definitely! My IUI last year was so nerve wracking. I had to keep reminding myself that they know what they are doing. My estradiol sucked at my first bloodtest. They thought they'd have to cancel my iui but turned out I was getting sick with a cold and my body was pushing back ovulation til I was better. But a few days later when my fever came down, they reran my E2. I was scared to death that it would suck and my mind went to dark places thinking something worse was wrong with me and boy did I cry. Turned out my E2 shot up and I was able to trigger. Oh and I was so obsessed with my E2 because I read the amount can determine how many mature eggs. I wore out google that cycle lol. I'm sure everything is fine sweetie . If you're worried and if you dont temp to see OV, then I'm sure if you ask, they'll check for OV to make sure they dont inseminated you for no reason.

@astrid- It aint over til the witch sings! Those digitals require more hcg hormone to read positive so it's always possible that if you are pregnant, that the hcg needs a couple more days to rise. Unfortunately, all those butthead digitals have 2 blue lines . The computer in the test reads those lines differently than our eyes can. It's like a mean joke by the hpt companies.

AFM- I had quite the surprise this morning! My AF showed!!!! I had only been doing the progesterone cream for 10 days and hadnt stopped it yet. Last cycle, 10 days didnt work and I had to do 2 rounds of progesterone. But this time it came all its own. I know I hadnt OV'd so I wonder if my testosterone being lower this cycle allowed AF to happen easier? Dh thinks it's the vitex but I've only taken 5 days of it lol. SO!...cd 1 for me :). This cycle is fertility massage, vitex, and progesterone cream. Come on body, line up and ovulate!

Well, 13DPO for this chick! I usually try to temp for a few days leading up to today but for some reason forgot Monday. However yesterdays temp was 97.99 and today's temp was 97.76 so it is dropping. I assume tomorrow is when it will plummet. I am going to start temping though regularly this cycle cause I have no idea where my cover line is. I am still staying positive until tomorrow :-)
I will do another round of Femara/IUI this month then go from there. I am pretty certain I am going to take May off and try the ole natural way :-) LOL! Then do a month of injections/IUI then move on to IVF.

WOOHOOOO on AF showing on her own. That is awesome!

@Asterid, it is possible!

@xomandy- I've been slacking on temping too. I know my post OV temps but I wanna kick myself sometimes for not temping all cycle cause I wind up wishing I knew my coverline.

Weird thoughts have entered my mind today...
One- We call our AFs witches, we curse them, and blame them for the reason we cant get pregnant. Most of the time, we absolute hate our AFs and want them to take a flying leap. But, it's really not our AFs screwing things up. It's hormones, anatomy etc.. We are falsely blaming our AFs for being witches. In conclusion...TTC feels like the Salem Witch Trials!

Two- We eat a chicken's unfertilized eggs. Could you imagine eating our unfertilized eggs is they were big enough. Then I thought...DANG..could you imagine passing an egg the size of a chicken egg every cycle?!?!?!

I literally busted out laughing!

Astrid- thank you

Tara- you're weird thoughts had me laughing.

AFM- I have been feeling the baby fluttering around more each day which is really cool. Morning sickness has subsided though I still need to take the pills to help. I've gained back 3 pounds, I feel fat..lol I don't even eat that much. My pants are still overly large in me and I have to wear a belt..lol it's kinda nice actually. My ex and I are talking finally after month and a half. He's ok with this now, but he's planning to get a vasectomy. Hoping it's a boy. I have an interview tomorrow morning. Wish me luck ladies.

Baby dust to all!

Hallo Ladies!

Still no sign of the witch... I am 17 dpo today, i guess i will try another HPT tomorrow morning.

Tara, you made me laugh! By the way, did you ever try inositol? It really helps with Ovulation and with the Quality of the eggs...

Wish you all a great day ladies!

xomandy, i Keep my fingers crossed for you!

Baby dust to all of you!

Temp was back at 98.08 this morning. Not putting too much thought in to it being last month I had a 15 day LP instead of my normal 13. Typical with fertility treatments I guess. So I will give it a few more days before I test. I'm thinking Sunday if I haven't started or my temp hasn't dropped.

Astrid, I would test if I were you. When was the last time you tested?

Enbutler, Glad to hear you are gaining your weight back. Exciring about feeling the baby! I can't wait for that day.