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Athena - Oh yea, I just googled them and saw they have them at the Walgreens near me. I will be picking some up after work to use tonight!! Hee-hee
Thank you!

Oh, yea. I have a story to share. One of my best friends is about a month and a half preggers. She just got married this weekend and her and her DH were trying but not really. They said if it happens it happens. And it happened. Well she smokes and she said once she got pregnant she would quit (I bugged her about quitting BEFORE she got pregnant). Well she is still smoking and she tells me not to judge her.
But, she told me that I need to stop running. I am a runner and I work out avidly between boot camps and running, spinning. I've cut down tremendously though over the past 3 months. We bought a house in may and I've been so busy with that and also ttc so I've cut down on the working out. I still run a few times a week and do boot camp at least once. I just couldn't believe she was scolding me about working out while I'm trying to get pregnant. I know they say that excessive exercise will inhibit fertility, but I'm not doing it excessively. I don't feel that it is an issue. I was bewildered though on how working out should be cut out and smoking is ok???? Hmmm...

Exercise is actually good for you when ttc. It helps keep your hormones in check and level. Even when you are pregnant , you can exercise and I've read that it can help make your labor and birth easier. As for smoking, there is noth beneficial about it. It causes low birth weight and I think can cause under developed lungs. It. Sounds like she jus t wants to make you feel bad so she doesn't feel so bad even though she obviously knows its wrong.

@kristi- I found Walmart is almost $4 cheaper for a package of softcups than Walgreens is. So I just go to Walmart for them. They kinda work like that...a female condom. Basically on your period, you insert a cup and it catches the menstruation. Then during my fertile time I insert the preseed prior to sex, , then before dh pulls out he lifts my hips really high and as soon as he is out, cup goes in. Then he puts my hips back down and WALLAH!!!

Yeah your friend needs a slap upside the head. It's not a bad idea you cut down a little bit but exercise is perfectly fine as long as your body is used to it already. It's once your pregnant they dont want too much CRAZY exercise for fear of placenta pulling away from the uterus. But early pregnancy is fine.

Got my blood drawn today to make sure all the hcg was out of my system and to see how the metformin was doing. When I walked out there was a girl taking a pregnancy glucose intolerance test. I just thought, 'Lord quit teasing me!'.

Hey ladies, so i broke down and bought a pack of hpts. I'm taking one tomorrow morning. I keep going the the restroom to check for blood expecting af and nothing. good sign i guess. i've almost vomited 3 times already today out of nowhere. never comes up all the way.. i went to my wellness coach and found out i lost another pound and 2 more inches in the past 2 weeks. so not bad

Cool i will go to walmart then instead! Thanks for the tips ladies! Good luck to both of you!

Ummm....one more question, how long do you keep it in for afterwards?

It can stay in for 12 hours

Starting to get a little nervous ladies. Just started having small cramps like af, still no sign of af, no tender boobies at all and headache for some reason and i've been drinking like 4-5 bottles of water a day so it couldn't be dehydration. i quit drinking caffeine a while ago so i know it's not withdrawl. still checking constantly for any type of blood when i go the the bathroom. still nothing so far on CD37 not sure when i would've ov'd cuz i'm on bc so idk what is going on..testing tomorrow morning

Hey enbutler what are you doing to slim down? just wondering as I could lose a few kg's as it might help with conception? I'm not out of my healthy bmi just towards the upper end so i'd like to kick a bit of fat.

i actually use herbalife. i am obese (by med standards) i am big boned, but recently came into herbalife which has changed my world. great products and i sell them as well not just for people to want to lose, but those who want to just be healthy or even gain weight if necessary. in about 2 and a half months, i lost a total of 5.2 lbs and 8 inches off my body..