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Hi ladies, looks like I've been MIA for a while, sorry about that. Been busy, my sister was over with her BF for a few days.
This is CD11 for me, nothing to report, will be starting OPK tomorrow. Still no results from the colposcopy. Started working out (LOL my desperate try to look a little better for my vacation in less than 3 weeks).
Other than that nothing is new. Hope everyone had amazing holidays and I wish you all a Happy New Year full of BABY DUST!

Scooby: So sorry for your loss, maybe a break will be healthy for you mentally. Some time to take care of you with acupuncture, some therapy, and just good alone time with DH. Maybe some rendom BD this coming month will get you a sticky bean, many ladies seem to get BFP right after a m/c.
I hope you feel better soon, and I am sure you will have a little sticky bean soon!

pennylane: how is your TWW going? I have my fingers and toes crossed or you that this is it! When do you get to test? Another 8 days?

rebecca: How are you? Are you feeling better? AF left?

GVDML: How are you doing?

Blushing: So far seed cycling seems to affect CM, a lot more of it than I am used to. As for cycle regulation, I will let you know if I finally ovulate like a normal person this month (before CD 20 LOL).
The seeds are not bad, I put them in my daily shake with the fish oil (I do 1 banana, some frozen strawberries/mango/other fruit, coconut or goat milk, probiotics, 1-2 tablespoons of ground raw organic seeds, 1 table spoon of concentrated fish oil with vitamin D, some agave).
How are you? AF Done?

gds: How are you?
There is no way to truly pinpoint ovulation, it might seem like it is coming but it can be delayed by any stress on the body or mind and this can happen for a while. All you can do is check CM, temp, and use OPK. Your EWCM should be around the same time of the +OPK, and the next day your temps should go up and stay up, that way you will know that you most likely ovulated. Although in some cases everything will look like you ovulated when you didn't. So like I said no way to pinpoint. So all you can do is watch MC and OPK like a hawk and BD BD BD!
Sorry AF got you, try to do CM, temping and OPK this cycle :)

firsttime: How was your progesterone test yesterday?

ready4babies: Welcome and baby dust! What do you do in TTC? (BBT, OPK, etc). You weren't expecting AF for another 4 days and it showed up, was it because you ovulated earlier than you thought or because you have a short luteal phase?

Yogamama: Wow Nova Scotia that is far, it must be cold out there on the Atlantic.

MyLucky: Glad your infection is all gone but a cold sucks, hope you feel better really soon! Ovulation will probably delay due to the infection and cold (so your fertile week may be next week or later), hope you feel better and get a +OPK, don't forget to BD :)

Sugar: I looked at your HPT images, it looks like you ovulated 4 days ago. Like I said the clearblue has many errors, I would stick to the little cheap sticks that are a lot more accurate and the one from 4 days ago is a positive one, I hope you managed to BD. You might have had a surge before and got a solid smiley but you did not actually ovulate (probably because of getting sick) and now that you recovered you ovulated on CD14. It is totally normal, relax. Did your temp go up and stay high from CD15?
And I know it is so annoying to hear this but try and relax, find something that relaxes you, stress will mess up your hormones and make it hard to get a BFP. For me it looks like acupuncture and working out helps and breathing exercises when I actually remember to do them. Yoga helps too when I manage to get to the studio :)
Thank you for the heartwarming wishes for the new year :) So sweet [HUG]
As for DPO, I would start counting from CD16 (the first day of -OPK after a +OPK).

Genie: Did you get the full bloodwork results? Did you ovulate?
Sounds like you have the same cycle issues as me, with the OPK going up and down for a while.
I am trrying seed cycling, started this month, we'll see if it helps the cycles and hormones.

Sweetbabe: Welcome and baby dust! So sorry for your loss.

While: How are you? Sorry AF got you, I hope October 2014 will be your month!

achricton: Happy new year to you, DH and you little sticky bean!

Nychick: So sorry for your loss [HUG] and I hope you feel better. Good luck on your appt.

maimunah: Congrats and happy and healthy 9 months to you!

tiffanykuhl: Congrats and happy and healthy 9 months to you!

Mrs.Tiddle: Welcome and baby dust!

JHarvey: Welcome and baby dust! When are you testing?

ToriDailene: Welcome and baby dust! When are you testing?

patience: Welcome and baby dust! Did you test?

Any one else I missed: Sorry and how are you doing? How is the cycle going?

** I have a question to the pregnant ladies and mommies here. A friend of mine has this theory, that in order for someone to have a healthy baby, someone close to them needs to die, and I do see a lot of pregnant ladies losing someone, did any of you notice that too? **

Hi Ladies!
Jharvey- Welcome! I had endo surgery last month AF just went off and I'm taking this month to try naturally. I've had 3 iui's (all BFN) and have been ttc for 4 years and I don't remember ever having AF cramps during the TWW. I've had cramps that have felt different than AF, however...I hope those cramps are a good thing for you!

first- KMFX'd that your progesterone draw comes back better than expected.

gds- I'm going to start using OPK's this cycle as well. I have a few left over from my last cycle. I purchased a box to see if I could determine where I was in my cycle before starting progesterone supplements.

Tori- Welcome! When are you testing?

Sugars- FX'd for you!

Koti- YES! AF is done. I've taken the Soy Iso CD 2-6 and waiting to O now. How long will it be for your results?

AFM-I just realized I'm actually CD8 when I thought I was CD7. No big deal except I want to start opks around CD10. I decided I would temp from the end of AF until confirmed O and last night I forgot to put my themometer near my bed so I took my temp after using the bathroom this morning. I'll just discard that one after a few days.
I started my SI on what I believe was CD2-6. I'm still having issues determining what was CD1 *shrugs*. Either way, the earlier you take it in your cycle, the more follicles you're supposed to produce and I believe a stronger O...
I am taking Geritol and Follic acid and I have to go grab some green tea today.
I still feel somewhat nonchalant this cycle :-) which, I'm happy about because I'm not ready to go back to the real angst of TTC.

Whew! What a catch up. I've been MIA lately, too. Just holiday stuff though. Nothing exciting yet.

Today I am 9DPO so I'm going to start testing tomorrow. I had been testing anyways because I had to test out my trigger, but that was definitely 100% out of my system the other day so I did not test today. Gave myself a day off. I'm on progesterone gel (Crinone) this month so I'm fairly certain AF won't break through until I stop. Last month she did not. My temps usually run between 98 and 98.5 during my TWW. This cycle I had been in that range, then today it shot up to 98.7. That's the highest I've ever seen it in all my ttc journey so I'm hopeful, but not getting carried away just yet. I added my chart to my profile in case anyone wanted to take a peek.

Fingers crossed for us all!!

Just wanna update quick. Ugh, roller coaster emotions today! Lab released and I saw it online. Normal progesterone in follicular phase 0.2-1.4. Range in luteal phase 3.3-25.6. I had my sample drawn at 7/8dpo, when you should be pretty high, and it was 3.2. I proceeded to mentally freak out for the next half hour until I luckily caught the nurse on the phone. All they can say is there's an ovulation issue. I bbt charted this month and to me there's a clear shift and had horrible mittelschmerz at that time, so I should've ovulated, right? She said I'm apparently not out yet though this cycle. If I miss my period and HPT positive I need to call for labs and go from there. If it didn't work they wanna move up the SA and sono HSG. I was really positive this cycle too... Now I'm not so sure :(. Any advice or insight is much appreciated! My bbt is on my profile. Thanks ladies!

Welp, AF has come....not surprised, but was hoping the HSG did some clearing out.

I am not sure if we will be able to proceed with IUI at this time (long story) so I don't really know if I will continue to try or not. I will be checking up on this board but officially moving to October.

Baby dust to everyone!

First: my doctor wants to see a level over 5 for Unmedicated cycle n over 10 on medicated cycles (clomid etc).
Could your body gear up for ovulation and perhaps not complete the process (that would explain the o pain n low levels of progesterone). But i cant explain the shift in temp without confirming ovulation.
im sure other ladies will give their input!
Fx anyways! U are not out !!!

First - It could be a number of things, but probably treatable. You definitely have a thermal shift, but that doesn't mean you ovulate a good egg. Or your body could be going through all the right motions but no egg is popping out. Or it could just mean you have low progesterone and you ovulate fine. But progesterone is what makes the baby "stick" so w/out it chances of implantation are slim.

I have this issue. I get the thermal shift each month, but have low progesterone after O. My drs think that I go through all the right motions, but I'm not actually ovulating, or I'm ovulating empty follicles. The usual treatment I think is to prescribe clomid to ensure that you grow mature follicles, give a trigger shot to guarantee ovulation, and then give progesterone supplements to support your luteal phase. Sometimes you may only need one of these, or you may need all 3.

It could be something totally different, but that is my first instinct. Low progesterone is definitely fixable.

This is my second month ttc my first child. Last month ended with a chemical pregnancy...very disappointing. Told myself I would not test that early again, and what do you know tested this morning at about 8-9 dpo! Well....got a very faint bfp!! I'm keeping this to myself for a few more days to make sure it sticks. I'll test again in about 2-3 days hoping for a much darker line. Good luck to you all! If this sticks it will be a September baby!

Hi ladies! Well, we had a cp on Nov.2 and 6 days ago got another BFP! It has been exactly 1 year of ttc and we are so excited. EDD Sept.5, 2014. Good luck to all of the ladies ttc. Don't give up hope!

Koti- I didn't temp after gynae visit on cd8, as I showed him the temp chart he says it's doesn't seem right and he suggested that I stop. Just use opk.. I'm seriously hoping for Xmas miracle as CD16 is Christmas Eve!!! Santa be dropping gifts! I need the baby dust! And so are the rest of us here..

I see quite a fair bit of BFp!! Congrats ladies!

I should be dpo5 today. Nothing to report like seriously except hoping n hoping yes to the level that quite worried get stressed up.
Still having gatherings going around am very tired but it's not a symptom I would like pin up.
Cm is sticky today.. And leaves dry patches on undies ( tmi!! ) nipples start bit sore (pain?, tender?) anyway not gg to overly think it's........ Just take it slow I guessed. We did our best, crossing fingers right ovary get the job seal !

All the best lovelies! And I'll chat more tomorrow. Heading to bed now... dH seems to be falling sick again...

Xoxoxo,
Sugar