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Better luck this cycle Brandi!

Sara - Sorry got you this cycle. Keep your chin up, you're still early in TTC. I know it sucks to hear that, trust me I do, but you are. If you look under the Tools & Tickers tab on this site and go to Intercourse Timing Calculator - they have all different methods of having intercourse to get pregnant...maybe try a different one every month? I think you should definitely stay horizontal after you BD for at least 20-30 min. I feel like if we get up and go pee right away it's bye bye sperm lol. I laid with pillows under my butt and legs up against wall for 30 min last night - hoping it does the trick...we shall see! I'm on my 3rd day of +opk tests. First two days I had blinking smiley face which means high fertility days and then today I had a still smiley face which means peak. Hoping this is my cycle!!! This is cycle #5 for me TTC so I know how you feel!

Staying horizontal is a great idea. I usually have to pee afterwords, lol. I will start putting a pillow under my bottom and see how that goes. Great ideas ladies.

Well showed up yesterday so no for me this cycle . And we just found out that my boyfriend has a disc protrusion between his l3 and l4 disc so no BD'ing for us for at least the next month . Or until he gets better. He was told to take a month off work and do lots of therapy, Will hopefully alleviate his symptoms so he can function and not be in pain. I just went back to work after being off myself for two months after carpal tunnel release surgery in November. We have only been TTC for three months now. I am trying to relax and just focus on getting back in the swing of things and taking care of my boyfriend. It will be a good month to just track my symptoms I suppose.

AutieBell - Sorry showed up, sending positive vibes and your way for your next cycle!

If anyone plans on testing around Valentine's Day - I created a board so we can all check in on each other's symptoms and keep eachother company on our TWW period...

http://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/forum/post.php?postid=46996

Good luck AuntieBell & keep the faith! GB1020, I will be testing on Vaelntines day!!! Will keep you posted.

Thanks everyone. I realized I need to relax and no stress too much. It will happen when it is meant to happen. Need to get back to healthy and semi-normal life. So lots of luck to everyone. For now I will be just tracking!

We will start bding every day this month. I'm only on cd 6 so probably won't o for a week, but I heard that the week before is the most important.

SO...I got my BFP!! :))) My EDD is October 8, 2014. But I have a question for you ladies. I had some light bleeding 2 days ago that lasted for 2 days (approx. 3 days before AF was due). Yesterday nothing, it all stopped. So, I took a HPT and faint pink line! This morning I took another and the line is def darker. I have some light spotting today though. Is this normal?? Today was the day AF was due. This is my first time being pregnant so I don't know!

Congrats jpm805!!! I'm glad the baby dust is working!! As for spotting, I would normally suggest that it is implantation spotting.. but that typically occurs around 9 dpo, and not on AF day. But it could most definitely still be implantation (maybe just late implantation?), since you got a BFP! If you are getting a BFP, that means the hcg pregnancy hormone is there, so perhaps google 'implantation spotting on AF day', and see what it says. I would keep testing throughout the week to make sure.

Now *baby dust* to everyone else too!!
-Sara

Yes that is implantation bleeding. 30% of women get it. If you're worried call your obgyn :) congrats!!!