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Hi ladies! i wanted to post really quick before work got busy. I had a good weekend full of lots of fun and excitement! Good way to get my mind of baby. I am around 7dpo today i think. I am not feeling any different now, but really was last week. Last Friday I was so optimistic. I had so many twinges and pinching sensations that i had never felt before. Now it's gone. I just don't want to try and get my hopes up because I have done that too many times. We are going camping this weekend so that should be fun. We will leave most likely Thursday night to just get out of there.

@miracle-I actually reread that story last week. I needed to read it again. It was refreshing to go back and go through it. I hope we get our cake soon.

@mrsrogers-I am so sorry about your loss. Seeing our partners hurt is probably the hardest part about this process. I want to hug you! I hope you see your BFP soon, and of course a healthy pregnancy to follow.

@ashin-Keeping my fingers crossed for you that every keeps going the way it should. Try and stay healthy and take care of yourself!!

@Bean-I hope the rest of your TWW goes by quickly! FX for some BFPs!

Ok I gotta run and have tried to finish this post for about a half hour now! ha. Welcome to all the newbies, we are glad to have you!!

13 DPO and still BFN and Creamy CM. Nips are sore, but no real cramping since 10-11 dpo. Usually have a 28-30 day cycle... im at cd 26.

Someone mind looking at my Chart on my page and see if they think I may have O'd later, like CD 18?

I had a pos OPK and that along with my temps pointed to CD 13 as O date, but now im not sure.

Hi ladies, sorry I've been MIA. There's been a lot going on with school and life, so I apologize.

First and foremost, I wanted to apologize if I've ever skipped a response to someone. I never intentionally ignore someone's sentiments and don't mean to hurt feelings if I've done so. I never intend to hurt feelings. I know in the past I've felt as though my sentiments were being ignored, but then I realize that this forum often gets very busy and full (which is a good thing) and sometimes people accidentally skip over things. Anyway, my point is, I'm sorry if my carelessness has caused you any pain. This forum is a safe zone for us all!

It's been really stressful over here lately. About two weeks ago, I got this really nasty email from my grandmother's email address. Confused as to why she would email it to me (we've always been extremely close), I emailed her back a rather un-Christlike email. She promptly responded telling me it wasn't her that sent the email. Come to find out my aunt, who's always been extremely jealous of our relationship, logged into her account and despite my grandmother's wishes of sending it, sent it.

I was (and am) so hurt that my aunt would meddle and try to create friction in the family. I've never been anything but courteous to my aunt, and it really hurt my feelings that a family member would betray me like that.

On top of that family drama, I've been really doing very bad in school this semester. With the move, the pregnancy, and everything else going on, I have a class I'm really struggling in, and it's really frustrating.

I haven't been able to keep any food down the last few days- my nausea seems to be getting worse instead of better. Luckily, my husband has been very kind and gets me whatever I may need at the moment.

I'm much too far behind to adequately catch up on everyone's post, so I'll say hello to all and welcome to the newbies. I promise I'll be better at checking in more often so I can give a proper response to everyone.

I did want to tell @Skyline that her pictures are beautiful!

And to @Bean and @LSchrader the kitchen's finished we just need the cabinet guy to come back and put the pulls on and then we're good to go!

Again, I'm sorry. I don't want to make excuses for myself, but I've just been emotionally and physically drained these last few weeks. Just looking forward to seeing the little babe again this week (and really praying all is well with her...I think it's a girl) and getting out of the first trimester!

I've heard so many scary things about missed miscarriages, that I'm really trying to stay level headed and not worry or even think about that. :/

Happy Monday, you guys :)

For those who aren't friends with @lolee on FB, Hunter seems to be on the mend, I don't think he responded to the surgery at first and there were concerns about his heart, but it looks like he is starting to keep food down and his EKG came back normal.

@LSchrader - I didn't forget about the diet info! Friday ended up being crazy and the rest of the weekend never slowed down. If I have time, I will post it before I leave work today. I hope your camping trip is a blast. :)

@Margaleona - My DH is not very adventurous in the childbirth department, which is why I am so thankful I found the practice I am with. They operate out of a hospital and have OBs on call for every birth, so if there are complications the midwives call in the doctor. So DH has peace of mind and I get a waterbirth! :) I hope you see good results from your diet and supplement regimen!

@Ashin - Thank you! :) I hope you get the all clear asap. Sorry about the UTI and GBS. :( You're right, you are barely in and so many bumps in the road. I really hope things smooth out and you are able to enjoy a !!

@rebecca - I will take that as a compliment. I can totally understand how you feel, each woman needs to do what they are most comfortable and feel the safest with. Most of all, I want to accept whatever the outcome, because things very often do not go according to plan when it comes to birth. I agree, let your DH handle and worry about his mom. Hopefully she comes round, but you certainly shouldn't be made to feel bad or guilty over her pettiness.

@FireWife - I looked at your chart, it looks like CD18 may have been O day (if there is no reason to doubt the temp accuracy on CD15 and CD18). Your LH surge could have lasted a while, did you do an OPK on CD14, or stop with CD13? OPKs let you know that you are about to ovulate, I think the window can be up to 48 hours after your surge... I'm a little rusty on the details. But I'm pretty sure if you got your +OPK on CD13, you had to have O-ed on CD14 or 15 at the earliest. If your surge lasted longer than a day, it could line up with CD18 being O day. Keep waiting and if AF doesn't show, test again. Fingers crossed!

@athena - Thanks. :) I am sure all is well with Eli, but as you know, I will be glad when you get that additional u/s and hate that you have to wait so long. It's hard to believe we are so close to the end!

Part 2 of my post... (Because I can't seem to write a post that fits within the limits these days!)

@miracle - So glad things are going better for you and your DP. I hope you are able to continue to heal and navigate the complicated waters of relationship and TTC with peace and love. Yes, that was the dress I made! :) Thank you! Wasn't the location beautiful? You would have loved that place. It was so peaceful and beautiful. You are right, being born in the water is a calmer transition for the baby. They say that sometimes women plan on the water birth, but get in and decided it's not their cup of tea, so there is always the chance it doesn't soothe me the way it does some. I will just have to wait and see how things go! And yes, time HAS flown. It's crazy!

@Bean - I haven't seen that show, but I have seen and read several water birth stories, I really like the idea of how it is supposed to help you relax. I'm a little high-strung by nature, so any additional help to relax and stay chill is more than welcome! I'm sure you saw my update on @lolee at the beginning. I don't know about @jsx, I don't know if she friended any of us on FB or not, maybe one of the others know something? I am glad that things are going so well for you guys. :) Keeping my fingers crossed that this is your cicle!

@mrsrogers - So glad you dropped in, you have been missed! I hope your results come back good and you get a BFP very soon, and that that little baby hangs in there tight. I hope time has been able to heal you and your DH's hearts as much as possible.

@football - That is awful about your aunt! When I was younger I went through a horrible experience of having the mother of one of my best friends send me emails pretending to be my friend. They were extremely hurtful and ruined our friendship for years. We figured out the truth of what happened back in 2007 and everything has been great between us since (she is actually the friend that did my photo session! ) but that kind of meddling can be SO destructive to a relationship if you fail to get to the bottom of it in time. I'm glad you were able to find out the truth and make things right with your grandmother. I hope the m/s starts to ease up soon and that school gets easier. It has to be pretty rough to try and study while dealing with the first trimester!

AFM - Our boss gave us more Braves tickets for Friday night and we decided to take a break from all our cleaning and make a day out of it. We saw two movies in ATL before going to the game and I was WIPED out by the end of the day. Saturday was a bridal shower brunch for my BIL's future wife. I really like her and it was a lot of fun hanging out with all my SILs and MIL. Sunday we cleaned all day and everything is thoroughly DEEP cleaned except the last bathroom. We just ran out of steam and couldn't finish it yesterday. Tonight I will finish the border in the nursery and it will be ready to set everything up!

@skyline, your pics are beautiful! And yes I did test but got a bfn. We took it better than we ever have with being so sure it would've been a bfp. We went to a local amusement park with most of my immediate family (12 of us out of 17) plus many more cousin's and aunt's and uncle's (company picnic for Wise snack foods, where most of my family works) and we had a great time and it before keep our mind off it. But I still figured I'd cry, but I didn't. I was at peace with it for the first time ever.

@ashin, congrats on your bfp, but sorry that it's been so difficult so far. I really hope it's a healthy pregnancy for you and that it gets easier for you.

@miracle, glad to see you're still checking in and that you and your dp are trying to work on everything. I hope everything works out better than you could've ever imagined.

@Pisces, if I ever didn't respond to you, it was absolutely not on purpose. I find it very difficult when I'm responding to remember who has what going on. But I do remember that you couldn't believe I hadn't tested yet. As I mentioned above, I finally did test last weekend but it was bfn. And for some odd reason I didn't crumble and bawl. I really expected to.

@everyone else, welcome to all the newbies, there was a lot of you in the last week and a half. I hope you all get your bfp, or for those of you that already did, I hope you have a healthy pregnancy.

I know I've been on this forum for almost a year, by I don't think I respond and check in enough to consider myself a veteran of the forum. I apologize for for not being there for you ladies. I do always wish the best for you all.

AFM, I'm 4 days past ovulation. And I've experienced an increase in my desire to bd. I can't explain it. I'm trying very hard not to spot check symptoms.

Baby dust, positive vibes, and prayers for all of you.

Also, I have asked this question of several people and never get a straight answer. So I'm hoping maybe you ladies can help. What kind of doctor would we go to to have my husband's sperm count and motility checked? I want to know his status so we are not wasting our time if there's a problem. I've been told to lose weight, and I wanted to anyway before I was ever told. But I've never succeeded to the 10% weight loss point. I've been going to therapy to deal with my relationship with food and long standing issues with my mom that I can't seem to let go of. I've also found an amazing book that is helping me. If the problem is all mine with our struggle to conceive, then I know that it's me. But if the problem is only partially mine, I can't ignore the other half of the problem. If it's a fertility doctor we need to see for a sperm count and motility test, the closest one to us is almost 2 hours away. So I'm hoping there's another doc we can go to. Please help!

@jandk - Thank you! :) I am so sorry about the BFN. :( I am glad it wasn't the difficult let down you were expecting. I really hope you get your BFP very soon! I think someone talked about seeing a urologist for a SA... Hopefully they will chime in and spread more light in that for you!

Jandk my ob-gyn put in a request for my dh's SA through the lab at our hospital.

@Jandk-we had my husbands sperm count checked through our reproductive specialist. I know around my area, there are a lot of clinics who offer that. I would just start by calling your doctor and getting a referral.

Ok I will respond to everyone tomorrow since I'm on my phone, but I have a serious increased appetite that I do not know what to do with. I'm so hungry all the time. Nothing has changed for me. If this is not my cycle, my body is in trouble!! This is not funny. I have never been starving after I eat....each meal.