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Hi Emmaspouch and clf1994! I just joined last week, so I'm pretty new here too. Welcome and good luck. Hope you both get a BFP soon!!

Hi clf1994,

good to have someone with a similar cycle to me :-) I have my fingers crossed for you this month! Hopefully we will be lucky. Have you been testing every month? I will be testing on the 24th which will be 12dpo, I have a meal round a friends house that night and probably will involve alcohol. So I want to know if I can have a drink or not! First world problems and all

Emma xxx

GB1020 - I think we're on the very same cycle. I'm just a half day ahead of you since I live in a different time zone.

Well yesterday I picked up another box of clear blue ovulation tests for this month. I hope this is the last month I have to do this! My plan this month is to continue taking all of my vitamins, test with OPK's and just relax.

I'm drinking herbal pregnancy tea every day this moth. On tuesday I'm seeing a fertility acupuncture doctor. If I like him I'm going to continue to see him this whole month. Apparently he has an excellent success rate!

On Wednesday I made an apt with my doctor to discuss my fertility options. A few of my friends told me that after they had their tubs cleaned out (although very painful) they were super fertile. I'm going to see if the doctor will allow me to do this before I ovulate next week. I'm only 31 and have been trying for 5 months but I'm hoping she gives me the go-ahead. I'll keep you all posted on her recommendations.

I think our biggiest mistake over the last few months is that we did plenty of BDing before we saw those happy faces on the stick and during the happy faces but never as soon as they stopped. I believe that's when I actually O'd. I've also been incredibly stressed during my ovulation period due to trying so hard. I'm hoping to relax more through acupuncture.

I've also been taking Robitussin vs pre seed because they dont have pre seed here. I hear that cough medicine can be a savings grace! Any thoughts here?

emma - welcome! i am also 6DPO today!

gb - ah ok, so most months you likely have a great LP length. i am also so hopeful this month and october would be awesome! we have like 7 family birthdays in october and the kicker is my sister-in-law is getting married the 4th and as of right now my EDD is the 5th. that could get interesting, since we're in the wedding too :D

katie - i just finished off my box of clear blue digital opk's with the smiley faces this month, so hoping i don't need to buy a box for next month! i can make a box last me 3 months. i've been thinking about acupuncture, but i don't know of one recommended in my area. i just had a sono HSG done on the 8th of this month. when they push the saline it's uncomfortable when it's done slowly, then when they actually push it to check the tubes it is super weird and very painful for like 2 seconds. my doc only had to do those painful ones like 3 or 4 times and we were done. i only took 400mg ibuprofen prior to it. i'm crossing my fingers that higher fertility part is true and we'll be lucky this month! the docs at my fertility hospital only do those procedures during CD5-10 though. i also worry that we stop BD'ing too soon, but it looks like i ovulate almost asap after my positive opk and i swear my fertile cm disappears right away too. have used preseed, really like it. never tried robitussin. baby dust to you!

AFM, 6DPO. been using progesterone since 3DPO evening. very fatigued and sleepy this cycle since 2DPO, but i swear i've been sleeping enough and work isn't any different. bbs very tender, but that's normal for me. trying to be very positive this cycle! if anyone is interested, my symptoms and chart are on my profile.

Hay Ladies, quick question for you all... I'm 1DPO today & had a huge temperature surge this AM, is it important that I continue temping into my luteal phase now I've already confirmed my O? <3

Hi everyone. CD2 today so joining in on October now. I think EDD is end of October for me, but since O date is all over the place (from CD16 to CD37) no idea when I will actually O. EDD could become November very easily.

Emma - 1 day of temp rise is not enough to confirm O. You need at least 3 consecutive days to confirm. If you stopped temping, you wouldn't know for sure you Oed, as tomorrow's temp could go back down. So you should keep temping at least until O is actually confirmed.

With that said, I decided not to temp this cycle. It has made me stressed out, mostly when I wake up too early to temp, but too late to get back to sleep for enough hours to get an accurate temp. Last cycle's chart has so many holes and discarded temps. I wake up at 5am every day including weekends, but there were so many mornings where I woke at 3 or 3:30. Drove me nuts. As helpful as it has been to realize something was wrong (it was what helped me get to see an RE quicker than my OBGYN had intended) and eventually got my PCOS diagnosis, I'm going to give it a break this cycle. I stopped testing with OPKs mid cycle last cycle too. I'm going to let the metformin work (assuming the doc says to start it finally), and just go with the flow for a few cycles and go from there.

Genie82: Thank you for the advise, this is my first month temping but learning quickly! I will continue for a few more days, but I'm sure I defo O'd yesterday, my last 2 cycles I've actually felt it! Glad to hear how it helped you with your quick referral and diagnosis of PCOS, but I agree it does add extra stress! That along with OPK's, I'm glad to be in the TWW for a break! Lol <3

hey guys,
CD2 for me today so late october baby would be welcome!

I joined this site in 2012 when pg with my baby girl. She's 17 months now. TTC'ing agin since Augustus 2013 but still nothing. Hope this is going to be our month!
Susy

Miss talking with all of the September 2014 ladies!!!

13dpo and have taken 4 HPT's since 10dpo and all are 's. I'm still charting my temp every morning and have since Cycle Day 1. EDD is 9/29/2014 but I decided to join the October board anyway to help give you ladies some inspiration and hope. I don't like the countdownmypregnancy page.

Hello everyone! I am CD 22. I believe im around 7/8DPO. I had a UTI for 3 days which I haven't had for years! And on 5/6DPO I had brown CM it only last for around 2 hours. not sure if it's to early for possible implantation? Also have quite sensitive nipples again this isnt a normal pms symptom for me however im not prepared to rule it out yet im due to test on friday 24 january. I have been trying not SS but finding it hard not to this cycle. Any advice as to whether these symptoms mean anything or am I looking into it to much? Thanks ladies lots of baby dust to you all!!