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Good morning ladies,
Bug- thanks for that link!!! I actually ordered the ttc yoga DVD that wa on there. Looked like it would be nice thing to do while h is deployed that way if I don't get pregnant before he's gone then I will be nice and ready when he gets home lol! I know what u mean on the frustrating level too! One of my bffs just found out she is preg and they used a condom and bc! Ugggh! Try to keep ur head up we will get our bfp! I'm praying for all of us!

Afm: my friend told me about this amazing app (for all u iPhones, not sure if droid has it too) that's call my fitness pal, and it's an awesome way to start being healthier! I have a Zumba class tonight and really trying to get into better shape! This cycle I'm out for sure so now just waiting for af to show her dumb face :/ lol

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Hey ladies!

Algra - have a

Praying - Sounds like you are on the right track to being a more healthy and fit vessel to carry a baby in! I kind of wish I had been doing that before hand... I find myself physically unable to do anything!! Im so happy to hear you are on a positive note with everything including DH leaving for duty.

Krunchie - I know the doc said to wait another month but if you feel like your body is ready then go for it! No one knows you better than yourself. the worst thing that can happen is you get a BFN...if your body isnt ready it will let you know.

Katie - Glad to see you back in the game!!! temping might seem a little hard at first but then it becomes a part of your every day life. I had pretty erratic BBT the first month too. Just make sure you take it the same time every morning BEFORE you get out of bed... if your doing it orally dont speak or drink before taking your temp. I started doing it vaginally because I found it more accurate. but everyone feels differently about it. If you cant do it at the same time each morning then try to stay with in half an hour or record it. I found it helpful to use the chart on CTP to post up your temps so if you have any questions the ladies here can refer to your page and give you advice. I also used Fertilityfriend.com and found the chart there also very helpful. Good luck!!!!

Bug - it honestly breaks my heart to hear you so depressed. You have been a strong rock for many of the rest of us when we felt down in the dumps..I wish I knew how to cheer you up! Just think lady...if all else fails your appointment is less than 2 weeks away and you might finally get some answers. Make sure you have all your previous charts and such to show the doc so she/he can better understand your cycle and give you a better solution if she finds a problem. I am wishing you all the best!

AFM -I dont leave for vaca until the 29th but I am getting nervous and excited at the same time. I will be purchasing extra insurance in case something happens because I was unable to get the vaccinations since I am PG. I have an appointment with my doc friday so I can ask her a few final questions about what is safe to take while away in case I get an upset stomach or heartburn. I have been getting a lot more of it lately and it hits me at night when I am getting raedy to fall asleep and then I can sleep because the heartburn feels like acid it coming up my throat...nasty... I have to sit up in bed to avoid it.

Any way enough of me...

I will be praying for you all.

Hello my ladies!!

thanks for the reassurance. I'm sure if it happens this time it was meant to! but am trying not to think about what DPO I might be as I have not been tracking properly (just OPKs) so dont want to get my hopes up over nothing. Just waiting for my next period and then I will start the vitrex, EPO, BBT etc. all again. Thankfully, DH will be home at the crucial time (According to FF but again will confirm with next period) so that is relieving! but have also requested another fertility specialist appointment just in case so waiting to hear back for when that might be.

prayin - just downloaded that app a few days ago! Want to be getting back into exercise etc now that I am fine to start and was recommended that too. hope to be doing more walking along the beach at new home as well as cycle to train station to get to work in the morning. love my new ipod and apps!!

Katiemay - why were you put on the pill? i was to surpress any further endometriosis and I only came off that when the doc said I could as i wanted to avoid that if i could. you sounded to have come off it very early so i hope that isnt the reason you are still TTC? Also, i like fertility friend for charting. i now have it as an app on my ipod so it makes it so easy to enter in details. I was pretty good at charting my BBT and now with the app i can input it straight away before i forget what it was! on their website you can compare your chart to 1000s of others to see how it tracks against ttc versus cycles that ended in pregnancy.

Bug - wish i could give you a big hug right now! keep your focus on that appointment!! it was what kept me going for about three months! I just kept on telling myself if it was a BFN, it doesnt matter because if there is a problem i will find out soon and this is just another cycle's worth of information I can give the specialist so they can diagnose me quicker!!

fertile thoughts to everyone else!! xx

KatieMay, your welcome. It is frustrating.

Connie, I love your positive attitude. Thank you.

L, your welcome. How cool I thought about starting that myself but haven't ordered the video. Makes me feel like a failure when I hear stories like your BFFs. Thats a cool app. Wish I had the iphone.

Beca, Thank you. I think I'm more depress now because all of my girls who I was so close to when I first started this forum are all gone or pregnant now and I'm still left behind and it's just not the same. No offense to the others but it isn't. Yes, my appointment is only a week away and hoping that I'll get some answers. They say if you have heartburn a lot when your pregnant your carrying a boy. Wifes tale of course but so far everybody I know who has had it is carrying a boy. Hugs.

Katie, My love, I'm so glad to see you. I'm glad your doing alright and your pumped up again. I wish I could give you a hug too. Yes, one week till that appointment but not sure what all will happen there don't even know if test will be run so its hard to say I'll get answers then. thanks for the positive vibes cause I sure dont have them.

Ladies, I'm still waiting to O. I'm Cd 22 now and its killing me that my temps havent risen at all. I'm beginning to worry I wont be Oing at all. I have never O'd this late in any of the cycles I have tempting. I know they say a normal person can have one or two cycles of annovulatory and I'm hoping this isn't what that means for me this cycle. UGH....so sad and frustrated.

THIS IS NOT FAIR. I just got an email from my cousin who has two kids that just got out of a relationship with one guy and now IS PREGNANT with another guys baby. She's not even married and didn't even try. What the heck? I'm so pissed off at GOD for this. why does he allow this?

And my mom keeps hanging up on me because I'm bawling my eyes out on the phone screaming about how unfair it is.

Oh bug! I'm soooo sorry!! Shame on her. She should have the common sense not to bring babies into the world with random people. Poor babies. I am so thankful for all the ladies here who are trying to get pregnant with people they love and plan to spend the rest of their lives with them! It's so much more special and healthier for the babies and the parents.
I have no idea why God allows bad things to happen. I feel like if I were God things would be rosey all the time, but thankfully I am not God because I know he has a much better plan for us than we can ever know.
I'm sorry it feels different around here for you! It is so hard when people come and go and those that we are attached to get the thing we want most! I really hope and pray that you get your baby soon! I pray for all of us, but there are some people that I am moved toward more than others and you are one!
I completely understand, I have had to take breaks from here and MedHelp because so many of my friends got pregnant and I just couldn't handle the disappointment. But thankfully you and I are strong women and we are able to take our time and then jump back in and start over! Just keep your head up and remember, no matter how unfair, and hard and long the journey is, God still loves YOU and he still has perfect plan for YOU and it will be much better than your cousins because you are following God's plan not your own. Hugs girl.

Praying, I love that app! If it's the one I'm thinking of it tracks your running and biking with GPS so you can get an accurate reading of how far you went and how fast you were going. I love it! And I have it on my Droid. I've done my fertility yoga video a couple of times. It's really amazing I think you'll love it! But I got light headed a few times because you sit with your feet above your head for a long time and my body isn't used to it. LOL but you feel really good afterwards! Come to think of it, I should start doing it again! Thanks for the reminder!

That's great krunchie! I love it when O lines up with our lives! If my calcs are correct, I will O one more time around hubbies surgery and then once right when he's released to BD! I know it will be to early but it feels great to know it lined up perfectly! Hopefully that is the O for you guys! Can't wait to hear!

Super sticky Baby Dust to all you ladies!! Hope to hear more BFP stories!!

Hi Krunchie- I went back on the pill as I had to have surgery for the very early start of cervical cancer. I had the procedure done in Dec 2010. After the surgery I had to go in for 2 follow ups (to make sure it didn't come back) at 6 months and then a year later. When I went in for my first follow up in May I found out the test results from my surgery showed clear margins, meaning they got it all. And none of it had come back and they told me it looked good.

So, from this news I decided to stop the pill the end of July as we were getting married in August. They want you to wait a bit after the surgery because if one was to become pregnant right after the surgery the weight on the unhealed cervix could be too much.

So, smart or not I just decided by July I couldn't wait any longer and stopped the pill. Which, in hindsight I am glad I did because 6 months later I'm still waiting.

And thanks for the tip :) I'll have to check that app out.

Bug- I am so sorry to hear about your cousin :( Forgive me for my bluntness but some people are just insensitve jerks!

A lady I went to college with and have on facebook has 3 different kids from 3 different fathers, and all she does is make endless posts about fights between her and her exs and the kids and I just think- WOW.

I don't understand it either. It always seems to be the 'wrong' people or the 15 year old girl in highschool who gets pregnant instead of the dedicated, wonderful women who deserve it!

Like Connie said, it is wonderful that we are all trying to bring a new life into this world with people we love and are committed to.

AFM- this is definitely my last month 'trying' and I'm giving it my absolute best shot. I started looking around at other ttc forums, but found them all to be so confusing and not user friendly, and then questioned myself why? I've read everything, researched everything there is to know, know all the stats, what more could I possibly find!?

I am really hoping this is my month. AF is set to arrive the day we leave for Mexico, and there is no way I'm bringing my thermometer and ttc journal all the way to Mexico to wake up to the beep of my thermometer!

And people say taking a vacation is so good for ttc, except for the fact that af is due the day we leave and I won't be anywhere near O time for the whole duration of the trip!! Figures with my luck.

O well, I am just very thankful that I O this cycle on a weekend, makes my life oodles easier. And I'm thankful I have an incredible husband, a wonderful home, a job, amazing friend and family, amazing pets and everything else I am blessed with :)

Hi Katiemay - so sorry to hear about that, how awful but glad everything got the all clear. I guess its true what others said before, you know your body best and if you felt it was time to come off the pill then it was time. Hope it doesnt take too much longer for you now. Hope you enjoy Mexico! I got my first BFP while on holiday and i was also determined not to track temps etc! It didnt work out but at least i fertilised an egg which up until then I wasnt sure if I was capable of even that! So focus on the lazy mornings if that is your thing, or adventure packed days and live for that moment!

And when I get down about all this crappy process, what you said is exactly what my husband says, that we have so much to be thankful and happy for.

Bug - that all sucks! About your cousin and your mum hanging up. if you need someone to ball your eyes out to you can call me and we can have a match about who can scream the loudest! but seriously, here if you do need that kind of support. there are numbers you can get for cheap international calls! When you go to your appointment, make sure there is some sort of plan and not just a "well that's how it is, come back in thre months" kind of attitude. if they fob you off, ask to see another doctor. ther are simple tests that can be either administered straight away or at least put in the diary (like blood tests to check hormone levels at certain times of your cycle to make sure they are at the levels they should be, but you might have to wait for that time in your cycle. even so its still a plan to move forward)

AFM - received my new thermometer in the mail this morning so temping from tomorrow! DH went back to work this morning so here starts the better eating (ts already been better, lost 2.2kgs in my first week of Weigth Watchers!), more exercise (i'm begining to increase now that my waiting time after surgery is over) and packing of the house. House open this morning went well so confident we will have a tenant by the time we move out, which i hope will still be 3rd Feb!!! EEEPPPPP!!!

Was going to use all my willpower not to pg test until next wednesday but sadly that didnt last! (like my new years resolution of no energy drinks DOH!!) Of course it was negative, what did i expect about 5 DPO!!! Ok, no more until 18th...

(but dont hold your breath! hee hee!!)

not that I dont love hearing about your PG thoughts, but I do worry that we all can get a bit carried away with it to the degree of insanity (I know I can, seeing as i POAS at 5DPO!!) so, what else is going on in people's lives... me, i bought a new house!
Bug - what is your new businesss that you just bought?
Katiemay - you said you have amazing pets, what are they? I am a dog lover myself with two of them!
anyone else>>>??

Thank you ladies for all your heartfelt thoughts.

I'm still stuggling but I'm trying to be more rational about it, I guess. Still haven't O'd yet. Which is Odd because normal I would have O'd by now.

As what you said Katie, The business thing is still in a holding pattern. With the holidays the banks didn't get us the loan money in time and so we are still sitting and waiting on that and so the business is still waiting on us to buy it. However, at this rate I'm not even sure that will be happening now since my DH is taking his slow time getting in touch with everyone he needs too. I remember you saying you bought a house. We actually found a house we want to buy but we have to wait till we sell the condo before we can move forward with that. Hopefully, the house will still be around when we do sell this condo. The sellers of the house we love actually want us to sign a contract saying we will be buying it once the condo is sold but my Dh doesn't want to do anything until we have a person living in this condo. That can take forever. UGH..it's already been 7 months on the market and no lookers at all since August. The seller said that normally people buy houses between March-August so hoping in a few more months we can have a buyer.