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Hi ladies!
CD 10 today!
I got home yesterday while DH was at his class, noticed I had a good amount of EWCM, did the dishes, put on a little something risque and we got it in when he got home!
I am very happy!
And who knows? Maybe we will go again tonight!
I don't know exactly when I will O, maybe today or tomorrow.
DH has a work dinner tomorrow night so that's out.
But maybe we will go again Thursday?
We shall see!

Thank you guys for the prayers and well wishes. I also want to thank you all for keeping this a drama free zone. Iâ??m a member of another website and there is constant drama. UGH! Thereâ??s no â??group ownerâ?? here which, makes things a lot easier IMO. I am slowly backing out of one particular group Iâ??m a member of. Iâ??m too old for the games and in the grand scheme of things, I feel that everyone here is truly in the same boat. I know its bad but, Iâ??ve found myself resenting the young girls that can hardly compose a sentence and have been at this for two months. They tend to post pics of an opk or hpt six times a day and have less patients than those of us that have been at this for a while. Then thereâ??s the bitter women that have been at this for a while that are always negative towards others. Its just too much! Again thanks guys. You truly rock!! Youâ??re all helpful and go thru this journey with such grace. We all have our moments of panic, but we are all able to uplift one another in spite of our own personal issues. Ok. End of vent. Have a beautiful day ladies!

pbc910- Yup, I will try on that and will update you ladies.
Nychick84- hanging on! Trying to tell myself to stay strong, infact DH asked me over dinner earlier, if we should go on a trip together in 2nd week of Dec and Im like????!!!! Thats approximately the time of AF ( if no sticky next week ) Don't know to laugh or cry over his suggestions.

P.S: feels like talking to his sperms to swim to the right egg & tube

Cristi- Hi again! and good luck to you.

Blushingtc- Hi to you too!

Btw, anyone here tried fertility massage? Im on CD5 today. Gynae suggested that I should start bd on CD8,10 & 12..

Hopefully things go well for all of us.. Oh that reminds me to replenish my OPK stripes...

All the best to you ladies. Talk soon...

I'm CD10 today. I O between CD18-20....which falls right into Thanksgiving! I'm wondering if that's a good luck sign?? LOL!!

nychick84: I'm praying for a miracle:

Just an FYI----This might be TMI

I'm 17dpo and cramping like crazy. I feel like is here, but there's hardly anything to show for it.
Last night I had a tiny, tiny amount. My bbs are tender on the sides, my stomach is cramping like crazy, and I've been moody as heck.

I'm convinced that AF is late because I've been so stressed out lately. I've kept up with my cycles since last November - 27/28 day cycles.

Today has been a year since my mother passed away and I think my being so emotional isn't helping this to show up. Last year I was a week late and I think it's because my emotions were so out of whack from dealing with my mother's death.

All I ask for today is prayers and a miracle.

and to all TTC!!

@Christi - thanks for the insight from your RE. That makes me feel better. I certainly don't want to do something with a compromised uterine lining but the miscarriage was so early it wasn't that much worse than a heavy period, just some big clots (sorry TMI) and one dayish longer. And my HCG numbers were back down. And I certainly don't want to not try just for dating purposes. We BDed three times, which is less than usually so we kind of eased back in. We will see if we catch the egg. This month makes a year since we started trying.

Anyhoo.... my plan is to be much less obsessive this time. I mean, I don't even have a pregnancy test in my house at this point. That is HUGE.

~K

Oh, also, DH did a sperm analysis last week and everything came back normal, so that's good!

~K

Part 1 of 3:

ssura: It is good news that your body is responding, I have my for you for IVF. Are you going to do that in combination with other things like yoga and acupuncture?
I am only asking because the book I am reading Fully Fertile has reserach results that acupuncture increases the chances of IFV significantly.

acrichton: I know you are right, but I am still afraid of the results.
Thank you for walking around with crossed fingers and toes for me
How are you doing?

alyssa: I hope you are working hard on catching that egg !

rachel: Welcome and that is MIA and you get your !!!!
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rebecca: It is funny isn't it, we wait for almost two weeks, and then our brain gets the worst of us and we test at the worst time and then we cannot stop thinking about it. Did you test today?
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Cristi: So? Did you ovulate last night??? Working on catching these little twins???
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Blushing: I actually like your attitude here, you are right, whatever happens happens, we need to live our lives and when the time is right a little angel will come into our lives. But it is just so hard to continue living when you want that angel so bad, we love perspective of everything else and TTC becomes our lives.
I wish there was an easy way to break the spell.
I also know what you mean about wanting them to surprise you and tell you that you are pregnant, I have that thought everytime I go to the doctor's.
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You are so right about this group being great, you know, I don't need to see other groups to know this is special, this cannot be the norm , everyone here is just so great!
I know what you mean about th younger ladies who just started, but remember yourself when you started. I cannot say that the first month's was any less painful and disappointing than 9 cycles later. I am truly happy for the girls who can get a within a few months, I would not wish the feeling we have on anyone.
Also, god gives us what we can handle, and we come out of it stronger than ever, maybe some people cannot handle more maybe it is not their time in life to learn any painful lessons, that might come years down the road in one way or another.
In any case and we love you here too

Part 2 of 3:

sugar: I know what you mean, but temping takes less than a minute a day, you can use regular thermometer, after ovulation temp temds to go high enough to be noticable on a regular one, I used a regular one for 3 months and I saw my pattern clearly, now I use a basal one and it looks the same.
The truth is, temping is the best thing that happened to me, my cycles are between 27-47 days and if you don't know when and if you ovulated a 47 day cycle can be hell. Temping will confirm when you ovulated and you can count the two weeks to or since the luteal phase is in most cases +-1 day is the same for each woman.
I don't know if I would go for the dye test, it sounds like absolute torture.
I know it is discouraging the more months go by the further away the whole thing seems, but it will happen, and will be a huge and happy surprise, hang in there.
I am happy you are going to acupuncture, I am sure it will help you both emotionally and physically.
I have not tried the fertility massage, but I am going to try fertility yoga. If you try, please share your experiences here.
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pbc: Sorry you had a bad weekend, you will get that !!!
I am glad you will try and fit acupuncture into your new year budget, I am sure it will be worth it! I have been reading so many amazing things about it.
Are there natural ways to try and regulate thyroid or will you have to take medication for the rest of your life?
I hope you have a good day today! and

Nychick: Thanks .
Happy 1DPO to you, I am alsways excited when 1DPO arrives .
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stephc: I knopw how stressful the first month can be when you don't know what to expect from your body yet. Your fluctuation is not that big given you temp at different times sometimes, try to relax, our body does not stay the same temp even if we test at the same time every morning after 8 hours of deep sleep. There are other factors, things we ate, the heater, a bad dream, our body is fighting a virus that is going around, take a deep breath, and remember you are doing this to lear about your self so that in a couple of cycles you will have a better idea of what to expect.
As for ovulation, if your cycles are anything like mine you might ovulate later, since I started temping and OPK, I had ovulation on day 15 to 25, so try to be paitent, because stress can delay ovulation. Like last month CD16 arrived and OPK was showing no sign of ovulation I started to stress, and was stressing for a bit, until the following week I relaxed, went for some walks with DH and TA-DA I ovulated.
I really know it is easier said than done, and I hope I am not getting you upset with all the advice, I just really want to help.

tgpreg: I hope you got some good swimmers in that EWCM who will live a few days waiting for that egg .
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myluckyduck: I hope it is a good sign
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Part 3 of 3, WOW there was a lot to reply to:

gds: Your symptoms sound very promising. According to this book I read, which has loads of great information but also made me aware of all these issues we can have (Taking Charge of Your Fertility), your luteal phase is plus minus one day is always the same length. Stress can only cause you to ovulate late. If you weren't checking ovulation through OPK/temping/and CM, you might have a wrong idea about when you ovulated. But if you ovulated 17 days ago, and your luteal phase is normally 14 days, well you know what that means .
The stress of it being a year since your loss of your mother , might have caused a lot of stress and delayed ovulation.
I have my for you, I hope this is it for you!!!!
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While: You have a great approach now and .
I hope this is your month.

AFM: CD13, started OPK yesterday since CM started. Oh, and started , that is always fun. But I think this month it will be every 2-3 days until signs of ovulation are stronger, don't want to do what we did last month where we tried to get into it for over two weeks and by the time ovulation arrived we both needed a break...
O can be C15 or CD25, my body is not consistent. Maybe acupuncture tomorrow will help.
I get my test results tomorrow, we'll see what they found, I am a little scared...
Have a great day everyone.