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Hey ladies.. thanx for asking @skyline.. i tested today and got negative result.. i started my period yesterday arvo but it seems diff than normal period.. Realistically I dont know how easy it would be for me to get preggo coz I have a history with endo and poly as well.. and had an op 2009 to check cysts and they saw them but left them in there.. they then gave me a mirena and i had that untill feb 2013 then had it taken out coz it made me sick it was knotted and not in propperly ..so they said it wouldnt have worked so that makes me think in all those years and since I had it out too nothing happened.. so really not sure what to do now.. :)

Ugh I'm so irritated, I typed out this long post 5 hrs ago and it didn't post. Guess I'll have to try again tonight.

Hi ladies, and thank you Miraclemama2be for starting this forum. You are the reason i joined, I followed your posting all the way. I learnt a lot from you ladies, job welldone and keep up the spirit of support. I am 4dpo and feeling weird, tired, nipple tingle, little nausea. But i guess is all in my mind. I miscarried last year(2014) June was 14 weeks, ever since I have been TTC. Let us walk the journey

@Miracle- I'm glad that you and your DP are figuring things out! Relationships are hard, that's for sure. How are you guys doing? Where are you in your cycle?

@LSchrader- My heart just broke for you when I read your post. I'm so sorry. I know that there's nothing I can say to take your pain and frustration away, but I completely understand where you're coming from. Any new updates about the IVF process? You're GOING to get your baby. I just know it. I'm so sorry it's been such a struggle for you- you've been so supportive of everyone that has gotten pregnant in your life..it's your turn to enjoy pregnancy, dangit! Sending you hugs from FL and wishing your Seahawks good luck against those cheaters! (I can't stand Tom Brady!)

Well, ladies, time's running out. And I don't mean I have to get off the computer, I mean I'm being induced in a short 18 days! His nursery is just about ready to go and then we'll be set! The baby shower was so much fun and we got so many things we (he) needed!

I had an ultrasound yesterday to do one last check on him, and he's still head down/face down...yay! They're also estimating he weighs 5lbs7oz and is measuring a week ahead! Everything looked great. We even saw him practicing breathing and sucking his thumb! I had to hold back tears during the u/s because I kept thinking back to the very first time we saw him when I was just 7 weeks. He was so tiny but his little heart was beating away. This has been a fabulous journey.

I'm down to weekly appointments. My next one (36 weeks) is Tuesday and I'm doing my first NST and then I'm getting the Group B test (yuck) and my doctor's also going to do a cervix check to see where my body's at so she can know roughly what medicine we'll need to start with at the induction.

I hope everyone's doing well! I think about you and pray for you all often!

@athena----I HATE THAT!

@StepmommyNoBabiesYet- Welcome and sorry to hear that AF may have shown. I am also sorry to hear about your other issues going on. I hope that you are able to get pregnant. Since it sounds like you have a history with some fertility issues, i would go get checked out by your lady doctor and see if they want to do further testing. be your own advocate and listen to your gut.

@Bhanna -Welcome and so sorry to hear about your m/c. I hope this is your cycle! As we all know, progesterone is just like pregnancy symptoms and you are pretty early, but i hope you have some more strong symptoms and a bfp here pretty soon!

@football- Thank you! I don't know why it hurts so bad! Well i do, but still, i wish it didn't. This journey just sucks sometimes. I just hope IVF works first time for us. I think yesterday was CD 1 for me, although today is much heavier. Regardless, hopefully this is our last cycle before IVF. I am just so excited to get that going.

I cannot believe how close you are! Your little man is little!!! I hope he gets bigger before he makes his grand entrance! Eekkkkk!

Thanks ladies for your constant support and love. Would NOT have made it through these last two years without it. Can't believe next month marks two years for us either :(

Miracle - glad to hear you and your man are working things out. Relationships are all about constantly adjusting to one another and what's going on in our lives, aren't they. Hope you're both doing well.

Skyline - sorry y'all have struggled with colds. Everyone here got sick with some type of head cold while we were in NC. Well, everyone but me and Titus. They were miserable. Hope you get to feeling better. Love your new FB pics. Oh, and glad your friend and her baby got to come home without spending time in the NICU!

Lschrader - sometimes people try to be kind and just wind up making it hard. I'm sure your friends don't mean to hurt you. But unless you've been where we've been, it can be difficult to really understand all the complex emotions we go through. Hugs to you, dear, and I hope you get some news at your next dr appointment.

Bean - love keeping up with you on FB. Your LOs picture was just so precious. Hope you're continuing to do well.

Athena - your little man is growing fast! He looks like he's just the sweetest thing. I know he's got you and your dh wrapped around his finger. And good job with all your exercising! You look awesome!

Pisces - how are you? Hope everything is going ok for you. Check in when you can.

Welcome to the new ladies! I'll try to stay more up to date so I can get to know you better.

Afm - sorry I've been MIA for so long, ladies. January has been a tough month. We were with my inlaws in NC until the 15th. I can't remember if I told you the final outcome, but my FIL has been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease that was triggered by his taking Musinex DM. What happens is your body attacks itself, and his point of attack was the nerve clusters that controlled his tongue and throat. He couldn't talk or swallow and eventually couldn't breathe. They had to do 7 plasma transfers, I think that's what it's called, kinda like dialysis. They take your blood out, wash it, and put it back in. It gets rid of the antibodies that are attacking you. He finally came back home Tuesday. Things at our house have been hectic. Titus was sleeping through the night in his crib before we left for NC. Since then he's been sleeping with us. He wakes up three or four times a night, wanting to nurse and snuggle - I think to reassure himself that he's safe and with people he knows. As a result I have been running on fumes since the 1st. I wake up multiple times a night to make sure one of us hasn't been rolled over on him, so I guess I'm not entering that deep REM sleep. I've been cranky and short tempered with everyone. Trying to juggle taking care of Titus (who's now eating cereal twice a day sometimes), teaching the kids, and washing and cleaning and cooking and all the errands....I feel like I'm drowning. My 2nd DS has to go back to the orthopedic dr because his broken foot is still hurting. My DD has to see the urologist and a pediatric gastroenterologist to get tested for her bathroom issues. My dh has been told he's developed insulin resistance, so he's been put on a strict diet...like a phase one South Beach or Atkins, where he can't have any carbs at all. Plus both our vehicles have been acting up and need work. AND...I have a cavity that needs filling (first one ever) and no one can get me numb. I have to see a sedation dentist, my insurance won't cover it, so I have to pay $585 out of pocket and can't nurse Titus for 24 hours. Any prayers would be greatly appreciated.

That sounds really rough @Rebecca.. I hope things start falling in place for you soon.. you are on my prayer list â?º You sound like a strong lady thats doing an amazing job at keeping it all together even though its hard times.. *

Hi Ladies,
I'm here reading along. I think ovulation was yesterday on Cd 17. I am 1 dpo today. Cm has dried up. I go to UCLA to see a fertility dr on FEB 19th to find out what kind of uterine abnormality I have once and for all. I want to know if surgery is an option for me. If not, than I need to get on with my life and move into more acceptance.

@Rebecca - Oh my goodness, WOW! I can only imagine how overwhelmed you must be feeling with ALL that is going on in your life right now. I am sorry you have so much to deal with. I will be keeping you and your family in my prayers for sure. I hope you start getting some sleep because we all know that without sleep we can't cope very well. Sleep deprivation is crazy making. I hope that you get out of tooth pain, you ds gets relief and healing with his foot pain and that your daughter gets her bathroom issues resolved too. Very sorry to hear about your FIL falling ill like he did. i hope he gets better soon. You are all in my prayers for a smoother, calmer and healthier life.

@Lschrader - I can't believe next month marks 2 years that we have all been on this ttc forum journey together either. Like I have said early on, I KNOW you will get to be a mom. It's not a matter of IF but WHEN for you. Keep trusting and giving your doubts and worries to God. You have time on your side. :) I know it's hard and it sucks to not have it NOW but you will. I know it. When do you start the IVF cycle, meds, ect?

@Football - I am on cd 18, possibly 1 dpo today. I go to UCLA to see a fertility specialist to discuss exactly what kind of uterine abnormality I have and wether surgery is an option or not for me. I can't believe you will be induced in 16 days. Wow! It was just the other day that you said you were pregnant. I am getting excited for you. I'm glad all is well at your weekly dr appointments. Seems like baby and you are healthy and going to be just fine. I see you having a smooth delivery.

@Bhanna - Hi there, welcome! Your comment made me smile. I am so glad you found us crazy, awesome group of ttc ladies. We have all put in our time, love, support and continual effort to stay connected for sure. It's an individual journey for each of us, yet we are not alone entirely.. we have one another to lean on. How long have you been ttc? WIll this be your first baby? I am very sorry to hear about your miscarriage last year. I am sure that was devastating to go through. :( Are you temping, taking anything for your cycles, and are you regular? So many questions.. lol. Just trying to get to know you. I hope you see that bfp very soon. Sending baby dust your way.

@athena - Argghhhh! I understand how frustrating it is to type for days and then it gets erased when you try to post it.. Congrats on all your motivation to be fit and lose weight. Very inspiring. Keep it up.

@stepmommy - not sure if I have said hi to you or not. Hello! :) Welcome to this ttc group of ladies. I hope your body finds the healing and balance it needs to get pregnant. I have heard that herbal teas can help with endo, pcos, cysts and such. Have you ever thought about looking into that or acupuncture? Hoping you get your bfp soon.

@Pisces - How are you friend. Miss you. Sending you a california warm sunshine hug out to the east coast to ya. Check in when you can.

@Bean - Hi mama. How are you feeling these days? How far long are you now? I can't remember. Keep us posted.

@skyline - your new picture on fb with you holding little Oliver is precious. You and him need to be in a magazine for mama and me modeling. You both are so beautiful.

You ladies are all so nice :) Thank you for the advice @Miracle. I do drink a bit of herbal tea, I prefer it over any other hot drink hehe but I will try to drink more, coz I dont drink it as regularly as I did in the past.. I think Im going to go to the doctors this week to try and get them to suss out what is going on. I am quite nervous because I am still feeling sick and what I think may have been my AF was really different to my normal and while my cycle length has always been all over the place the duration and amount of AF has always been the same except for this time..and that plus how sick I feel is making me worried I am scared it may be ectopic or big cyst or something else. Im so nervous though because my experience with doctors for the most part have been really bad. At some stage before my surgery they told me 70% of abdominal pain goes undiagnosed (even though it was so bad I had a prescription for tremadol, the strongest painkillers you can get outside a hospital in NZ and they dont give that easily) And with my surgery they said there were cysts but they did not remove them, the doc seemed like he cant speak english and they fobbed me off again saying they think its constipation (but I have been in hospital 3 times in 2 weeks, I was only out of hospital for 3 or 4 days in total over 2 weeks and was on morphine the whole time in hosp which make you constipated but that was not what caused me to be in there in the first place)Also seen a dietitian at the hospital same day that said she doesn't understand why they sent me to her, went over my diet and all that and said its actually pretty good. And all of that happened after my specialist diagnosed me with poly and endo and I was on a waiting list for surgery that was going to take about 9 months but ended up needed emergency surgery which is why I had a diff doc do that. So yeah now I am really nervous to go back to the doctors, I havent been since then (and that was may 2010) fingers crossed the doctors goes well because I have been feeling like death warmed up for almost 3 weeks now. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I dont know anyone that has children or been through anything similar so Im always worried that Im being silly or something hehe

Hi beautiful ladies, happy Sunday to you all. I am technologically challenged, I want to respond to all quoting names but the latest conversation jas vanished as soon as I clicked reply, lol. But none the less:

@rebecca, I speak super natural healing unto your family.

@miracle, I feel so close to you, lol, i so much wish your uterus could just respond positively so you granted the opportunity of being mom, oh, i pray for you always. In terms of kids, I must say im blessed, I have two boys, but Gosh im craving for a girl with all my heart. I had 3mc's since 2007, now the time is ticking, I am older and chances are limited by the day. But feel prego right now, im 7dpo with fingers crossed. Won't test until after 14dpo, tired of bfn.

ladies with endo, cysts pain, my colleague recommended lennon: haarlemensis drops with milk, since myself and another two friends took it we never complain of pains. Not sure if you have in your country though, it might sound Chinese, lol. Have super journey all, wish I could quote each just like you do.