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Finally!

Me and my husband have been trying for our first for15 months. I was diagnosed with PCOS and hypothyroid. This is my 8th month of clomid but my 4th month at 150mg and I was to take one more month of clomid before starting injections. Thank God I dont have to do those!

so here are my symptoms:

1-5 dpo- nothing
6-9dpo - twinges
9 dpo - vivid dreams, acid reflux, restless
10 dpo - stabbing pain in bbs, BFP!

Added: March 7, 2010

Success!

I got a BFP this morning at 15dpo! So excited!!! I have been obsessively reading message boards during my 2ww and now it's my turn to add my story!!

These were my symptoms:

7 and 8 dpo: spotting
(started with a dark red smear in the morning and then went to light brown spotting on and off both days)

9dpo-15dpo: cramping
(cramps that felt kind of like AF cramps but more like constant dull ache/pressure in my uterus....I kept thinking AF was coming!)

12dpo: stabbing/shooting pains in my breasts when trying to fall asleep at night

13dpo-15dpo: breasts feel very heavy and full

Good luck to everyone!!!!!!!!!

Added: March 6, 2010

5	Are Blue Dye Test REALLY bad? I dont think so.

Ok, so here's my story. I have a 33 day cycle. I have been having symptoms from pretty much the minute of conception OR implantation. Hard to tell which with all sorts of mixed info on the web. But I remember distinct cramping just three weeks after my period began. Like I said, they were distinct. Not over to the side, not in my back, RIGHT smack dab where my uteris is. It was similar to period cramps, but much more defined. Not more painful, just more defined.Sort of like the clarity of a diamond. Does that make sense? I suppose it was so defined because there were no other symptoms in my way at the time. My body was totally quiet. So I took a test and it came out negative. I waited a few days and took Equate blue II test. I had a really faint blue line. I thought this was hard to believe so I took a name brand test. First Response. Negative. And negative and negative. Meanwhile, more symptoms were developing and the cramps eased way down, but still have not gone away totally (has now been 2 weeks) a few days ago I decided to give Equate a try again. Again a faint blue line. Now Im convinced that the test is screwy. So I decided to conduct MY OWN experiment. The test are so cheap anyway, why not. So I took an Equate test and dipped it in regular water and guess what? NOTHING! No line at all, no line after 1 hour, no evaporation line NOTHING! So now Im starting to own the fact I may actually be pregnant. I called my doctor and he had me come in the same day for a blood test. He called me the next day (yesterday) Negative. So I spend a few hours crying and all sad, but symptoms keep persisting. Not only that, but my Basal is up to 98.6 and thats just while watching TV. So this afternoon I took another First reponse. I got a very faint positive. FINALLY! Its sort of scary knowing that Equate knows more about this than my doctor does. :)

Added: March 5, 2010

2	We had success!

Me and my husband started trying for our third child on our tenth anniversary. I hoped it would be an easy ride but we had three miscarriages before we had our two children and one unexpected pregnancy that ended in miscarriage two days after we found out about it. But we were hopeful.

So we started in September of 2008. We tried for a few months to no avail. Finally we got pregnant in December. Things were progressing. I developed morning sickness and felt even more hopeful. Then symptoms seemed less severe. Next thing I know I'm spotting. I go to the ER to find out that I have a 50/50 shot of miscarrying. My HCG is low but it can be in new pregnancies I'm told so they sent me home. I took it easy and didn't leave my chair all weekend. The bleeding slowed and eventually was a tad bit of brown. So Monday I went back to work and I started to bleed again. This time red. Back to the ER where they told me my HCG had dropped. We were devastated. Our fifth miscarriage.

So we went to our doctor and he told us to get right back on the horse. I went out and bought OPKs because alot of people recommended them. Used them and we got a positive on March 22nd... and another on March 23. I knew we'd accomplished it on March 23rd! Sure enough I get a positive 10 DPO! I take tests every day for the next 4 days in disbelief. I first think it will be chemical, then just a plain old miscarriage. I have a Drs appointment for 6 weeks exactly and it was hell to get there. So we finally do and on the ultrasound there is my baby and there is a healthy heartbeat! Score! Well we have spotting, even red spotting, every other week off and on and every single episode I'm sure it is going to go bad. This happens till 20 weeks and finally the spotting stops. I did get alot of ultrasounds though to confirm all was well. But Those were horrid weeks... not only did I have bleeding but I had horrible morning sickness the whole time. I was actually thankful for it because I knew it meant the baby was fine.

After that I remained high risk because of my gastro intestinal disorders but we made it. At 37 weeks I got an amnio to confirm lung maturity and we get the go ahead to induce. We find out I'm already at 6 CMs so this should be cake! Labor was easy as pie. A few pushes and my son is out and he's more than perfect.

Well I now after all the blood, sweat and tears I have a 3 month old baby. The road was very hard and bumpy but when I look at that sweet little baby I know it was all worth it. So good luck ladies and remember there is ALWAYS hope. About a million times this was going unwell and it still turned out great. It turned out with my sweet son. :)

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Added: March 2, 2010

27	I'm pregnant after only 1 cycle trying!!

I'm 26 and my DH is 31. I've been charting this cycle, temping, using OPK's, and i've had so many pregnancy symptoms! Extremely tired, abdominal cramps, leg cramps, weepy, acne, increased creamy CM, sensitive nipples, boobs felt heavier and the most recent sign was the veins in my chest. My AF is not due until tomorrow but i really wanted to test today with Clear Blue Easy Digital. So this morning at 7am i woke up and took my temp. It was higher than yesterday! My chart was looking tri-phasic! Anyway so i got all nervous and excited and used the HPT with first morning urine, waited, and it was positive!!
I jumped on my hubby who was still in bed and told him "We did it!!! It's positive!!"
He's been with me through all the details, very supportive and so happy he's going to be a father for the first time.
I can't wait for my baby belly <3

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Added: February 27, 2010

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