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The Official TTC Thread!

Date: 5/7/2010 1:42:51 PM
Author: Bliss

So... I have some news to share. I had some cramping at 5DPO, which is what happened in my first pregnancy. (Early implanter? Slip N'' Slide fallopian tubes? LOL) And then no other symptoms other than cramping. BBs are not even sore! But got my first faint positive on 8DPO...which darkened later in the day as I took more Wondfo strip tests... then today 9DPO, darker still but not super dark yet! I have an appointment with Dr. Kind & Nerdy on Monday. I''m concerned because I have no symptoms so I''m thinking that maybe...this isn''t a viable pregnancy??? It doesn''t seem real this time around! And 8DPO is so early - it seems too early to get a bfp. With my first, I had soooo many symptoms early on. No bfp until 13 DPO. This time, it''s like I am not even experiencing AF symptoms, which is very odd. So we''re just cautiously optimistic but almost not accepting that it''s real yet. I don''t want to get my hopes up at all!
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Maybe it''s a chemical pregnancy since it''s so early or not viable? So scary! I don''t feel pregnant at all.

The one thing I did this month was run. I love to jog/run but stopped for a long time because I was afraid to during my last pregnancy and I was too depressed to run after the mc! This time, I was like... Ahhhh, no more fear! So I ran a lot and got strong again. Even now, I run! I think if the peanut is here to stay, it will hang on! I don''t want to creep around anymore like I did last time. I think I lost myself and I want to be strong & fit again.
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I hope this peanut sticks, but if not... I think I''ll be OK with it. Of course, things are different when it actually happens - but I''m really putting it in God''s hands. And I''m going to live...and run, baby, run!!! It''s what I love to do and it makes me happy.

Lots of love and dust to you ladies!!! Hugs, too!!!
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Bliss, I just wanted to add my sincerest yet cautious CONRGATS to you and Mr. Bliss.
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I really hope that your BFP is here to stay and that the doctor gives you some good news on Monday.

Not that I have any experience, but I think the other ladies are correct in saying that every pregnancy is different, so I wouldn''t worry about the non-symptom thing. Besides, your line wouldn''t get darker if you weren''t producing more HCG. Just enjoy the initial happiness with your DH and keep positive (which I know you do so well
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). Hugs right back at you!
 
Bliss!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!! I'm praying this is it for you!
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Melz -- that is the cutest, sweetest looking puppy!!! You must be so in love!!!
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Bliss - I have been lurking on TTC for awhile and you have been such a positive gal through all the ups and downs - I sincerely hope that this is the real deal for you!!!
 
dc-thanks! I''ll take all I can get!!
 
Congratulations Bliss
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Sending tons of sticky dust your way!
 
BLISS!!!! Welcome back, my love!!
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Soo good to see you. How is your friend doing? I hope everything is better..I am so sorry to hear that things were so rough there for awhile. I am soooo excited for you and your darkening BFP''s.....I just have a feeling that this is IT for you.
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Plenty of women have zero symptoms early on, and each pregnancy is different, so it doesn''t mean much that you''re feeling different than last time. In fact, it may even be a GOOD sign that you''re feeling different, right??
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I am sending all kinds of sticky healthy peanut dust your way!!!!

OK, I promise to write a nice long post to you girls tomorrow (since it''s my day off). Still working my tail off in the PICU...hard work and depressing too (sick sick kids).
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But still finding time for the BD marathon...had an *almost* positive OPK last night, and definite positives this morning and this afternoon, and my temp spiked up this morning, so I may have O''ed yesterday, or maybe I haven''t yet and my temp''s gonna spike higher...we''ll see! Either way, we''re taking advantage of our window.
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Gotta run....more tomorrow! Love and dust all around!!
 

Bliss:Congratulations!!!!!!!I knew it!!!! About a week ago, I started thinking, “I bet that girl’s knocked up!She’s going to come back any day now and tell us she’s knocked up!”So sorry to hear about your friend and your rough patch with DH, but I’m glad everything’s much better now!


Catluver:I wouldn’t worry about the running.My friend ran 5-8 miles a day, and she had no problem getting pregnant twice.She actually just ran a half marathon or something, and she’s 4 months pregnant.


Bella_mezzo:I’m so jealous you can move onto this new cycle.I’m still waiting around for AF.


Ryan_Claire:Thanks so much for the dust!Maybe you’ll be so relaxed that you’ll O in Costa Rica!You know how fruitful vacations are around here.


DCgator: Yay for the towel method! Thanks for thinking of me.I really don’t think I’m pregnant though.I don’t even know that AF will be coming this weekend. I really don’t even have any PMS symptoms yet.I’ve just had really sore boobs for the past two weeks.I have to say that I’m really enjoying the appearance of my fuller chest.I think they’ve swelled about half a cup size.I’ve got my fingers crossed for you too that this cycle is it for you!

 
Early congrats Bliss with fingers crossed :)
 
Bliss

I missed you! Congratulations on your BFP...Keep thinking positive (pun intended) thoughts
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Is it possible to have a higher temperature but still feel like you''re freezing your butt off? I am bundled up in sweats brrrrr and last night my feet felt like icicles still (poor circulation i think)
 
Thanks everyone for admiring our pup! Yes, he has us wrapped around his little paw.

LV, Bailey is a chocolate cocker spaniel. Just over 6 months now (and a lot bigger and furrier than that photo!). I love that you have rescue dogs, my last dog was an old guy from the pound and he was my best friend for the few years I got to have him.
 
Congrats to Bliss!
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Date: 5/7/2010 9:12:50 PM
Author: Smurfyimproved
Is it possible to have a higher temperature but still feel like you''re freezing your butt off? I am bundled up in sweats brrrrr and last night my feet felt like icicles still (poor circulation i think)
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Think about when you have a cold or flu. You can have a fever of 101 but still be freezing and bundled up in blankets. Maybe you should wear socks.
 
Date: 5/7/2010 9:33:11 PM
Author: brightlight
Date: 5/7/2010 9:12:50 PM

Author: Smurfyimproved

Is it possible to have a higher temperature but still feel like you''re freezing your butt off? I am bundled up in sweats brrrrr and last night my feet felt like icicles still (poor circulation i think)
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Think about when you have a cold or flu. You can have a fever of 101 but still be freezing and bundled up in blankets. Maybe you should wear socks.
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I am
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Thick wool ones lol I turned the heat up, dh says it feels like we are at his grandparent''s house haha oh well :)
 
Loves Vintage... Oh, I am SO happy for you!!!! It's crazy how we know we're pregnant so early! I feel like 8DPO, 9DPO... it's so early. I'd love to be 14DPO and going strong like you! It's crazy to be having my first OB visit at 12DPO but I just need to know for sure. I feel secure in my role as paranoid pregnant lady! LOL I doubt anything will even be visible on the ultrasound by then. Maybe a tiny sac, maybe not! How are you feeling? YAY FOR YOU AND YOUR STICKY BEAN!!!

Keepingthefaith: More dust heading your way! Pickle park! Love it! LOL! Awwww, thank you so much for your amazingly kind words. Thank you so very much! It means a lot.

scarlet16: so excited for you! Let us know how the book works out for you!

CDinNYC: Missed you! How are you?

dcgator!!!! Ohhh! You totally have it covered with your BD plan. Way to go!
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And yay for positive OPKs! Oh, I missed you as well! I missed your sense of humor that had us all cracking up!!! Ohhhh, you O'd today maybe!!! Sounds like it! Keep BD'ing until it's sustained! Wooohooo!!! Thank you for the cautious congrats! Hugs

Catluver: Major dust for your 2WW! Awww, don't worry about the jogging. I worried in the past as well. But those peanuts can hang on pretty well, I think! As long as you don't exercise too strenuously, I think your eggie will be OK! Exercise helps fertility, too! Increases blood flow and does lots of good things to your body. I am almost convinced it's what helped us this month.

Melz, your puppy is soooo cute. SOOOOO CUTE! Argh! Too cute! Welcome!

Charbie!!!! Huge hugs, just want to send you lots of dust and love. You are such an angel here.

Ohhhh lili!!! Really???? You'll be trying shortly? How exciting!!!!

Hey Smurfy! Welcome and good luck!

Oh BELLA!!!!!! Bella Bella Bella! Thank you! I'm excited for your CD 1! I feel like May is going to be it for many of us ladies! Also, you are blessed with super regular and shorter cycles. So you get to try more! I will let you know what Dr. Kind & Nerdy says! Ha! DH is coming along and I think they will get along well! Sorry AF is so rough with you this month!!! She needs to see Mandango again??? Let me know!

Hi Laila!
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Huge congrats to you, too! Awww, 9 weeks! Wow, time flies! So happy for your little one's strong heartbeat! Did your BBs get huge and sore? Mine are fuller, but only slightly. And not sore!

Ryan Claire!! LOL, this leakage talk is making me giggle. After BD, I cross my ankles and it stays there until the next morning! It's like an Instead cup that traps everything up there! LOL, OK...maybe not. But I do lie there for at least 20 minutes after BD. There were a few times I jumped up right afterwards, but usually I like to lie there with a big grin on my face! Thank you for the congrats! Awww, you are so kind.

Ahhh, Claritek....thank you! I'm nervous and I still don't believe it! Today the test was a lot darker after we went to see Iron Man 2. (Good movie, but not as good as the first!) Ahhh, I will keep you posted after Monday's visit!

Hudson_Hawk: Thank you!!!!!! Thank you for the reminder, too. I need to hear it! Every time I look at my BBs and they don't look as insane as last time, I wonder if this pregnancy is even real? Oh, you are so lucky! How is your bun? Thanks again for the advice. One day at a time... breathe in...breathe out!
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LANIE!!!! Huge congrats to youuuuuuu!!!!!! Awww, thank you for the prayers. I sure do need them! DH is taking all the credit this month because he would wake me up and feed me pineapple during the week of implantation. I got so sick of pineapple! But hey, I believe it works! The graduates of this board swore by it so I told DH...next thing I knew he was making me eat it every day! I kept telling him I didn't feel any symptoms so we were out this month. I guess each and every pregnancy is different, like the wise women here say. Because I don't feel pregnant at all. It worries me a little, to be honest! I was soooo miserable last time with big glaring signs like huge veiny BBs, nausea, hot flashes and etc. This time, not a peep! Wah!

FIERY!!!! Oh, I hope I am blessed enough to have a beautiful girl like yours!!!! Thank you so much for the congrats and sticky dust! I really hope this one sticks! I do!!!! Hugs

HOU!!!!! OMG, so great to hear from you - my cycle twin! Ohhh, your words are so reassuring. Let them be true, please God! Yes, this pregnancy is so different from the last one. The chart was very different, too. My temp range was a lot lower and I had a fallback rise plus implantation dip at 5DPO, which is unusual for my charts. I hope that is a good thing, but every little thing kind of worries me! Awww, you must be loving your work helping the teeny weeny babies... working so hard! Those babies are very lucky for your care and intelligence. Hey, congrats on the positive OPKs!!!!! BD, woman! BD like there's no tomorrow!!!!

brightlight, thank you!!!!! Oh, you have good intuition! To be honest, I really thought we were out this month. I just have a zillion Amazon cheapie tests so I'm in the habit of taking them every day...I also squint at them, take them to the window (best to viewing faint lines) and tilt them this way and that! Heeheee. I swear, so many times I imagined a line only to take it to the window and see its stark white background. Gah! So I was pretty amazed on 8DPO to see a super faint line. DH said he couldn't even see it! I had to take it later in the day again to show him. Boys! He didn't believe it until today.

modernsparkler, thank you!!! Huge hugs to you!

luvinlife, thank you!!!! Ohhhh, I need positive thoughts!!!! I do! I do! Thank you!
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Since I've harassed all the other ladies for their stories, thought I'd share ours.

So on 8DPO, I saw the faintest line. Did the crazy tilt this way and that, took it to the window...squinted with one eye closed...hopped on one leg...mumbled to myself like an old crone...craned my neck...held the strip to the sun, then down...did the hokey pokey... you name it! I saw a very faint line!

So, I called DH over by exclaiming, "OMG, I think we might be pregnant!" He ran over from the other room - I can still hear his big feet slapping down on the wood floor while he sprinted over. So cute. Breathless, he grabbed the test...squinted...held it this way and that..only to proclaim, "I don't see it!" Ha!

So I had to demonstrate the special viewing conditions and pointed to the ghost of the line... then he goes, "Hmmmmm....I think I see something." I asked, "Is the line gray or pink?" We agreed that it was pink and then we stared at each other for a long time. We were both too frightened to be that deliriously happy and I think we are still in disbelief. We're afraid to believe! Later that afternoon, I tested again and got a stronger line...since then, it's been getting darker. Every so often, DH will ask, "Is it true? Is it real?" And he's rubbing my tummy a lot more now... we're hopeful but afraid to celebrate yet. We kind of don't want to tell anyone until the baby is born. LOL Can it be done? We were so hurt the last time we are afraid of going through it again; although, I would go through this a million times if it means holding our baby one day.

Hugs and love to you all!!!! And lots of sparkly baby dust!
 
Tons and tons of sticky dust to you Bliss!!

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Hi friends!!

I have so much to catch up on, but I just wanted to pop in and say hello! I got back from my trip on Sunday, but this week has been a bear at work.

I''m CD 12, Eva is giving me "Highs" but I don''t think I''ll O until early next week. Haven''t started the BD marathon yet, but DH is taking me out for oysters and lobstah tomorrow night, so ...
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I hope that you all are well!!
 
Oh Laila, bless you! And lots of happy baby dust to you, too!!!

Lots and lots of preggy dust to us all - I feel that May will make April look like a slooooow month!

Hop to it, ladies!

Oh! And I have an offering for you all!!!!

You MUST watch this song - Ovulation Celebration!!!! The song is funny to the end!!!!
It made me laugh and laugh! Laughter is stress relief! Come on, ladies! Let's have an OVULATION CELEBRATION!!!!!

Dancing and singing pee sticks! What could be better?
Ovulation Celebration Song

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ETA: Hi Krissie! This song is for you!
 
Bliss-I wish u all the luck in the world! I have been following your story and I hope and pray that this is it for you guys! I know it will be! You are an awesome person and deserve the best!
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Bliss I just looooove your story and how cute of your dh!!
 
Just popping my head in to say congratulations and send sticky dust to Kunzite, PlantationCatt, LV and Bliss. I''m so excited for all of you and praying for good news for everyone over the coming weeks.

PLantationCatt - have you told your mum yet? I imagine it would be such a positive thing for her to hear right now! I hope she is doing well, and you too of course>

LV - How exciting that this happened on your month off!! Sending lots of sticky dust to you and your little bean.

Bliss - A cautious congrats to you and DH!! I hope you are able to enjoy the early stages - I know it isn''t easy but I really hope this is it for you after all you''ve been through.

A quick helloo to everyone else too. Best of luck for May.
 
Oh, Bliss! You are totally preg!!! Wishing you luck while you find out for sure for sure!!! It''s so cute how excited your DH is. I''m sorry about your friend. She is lucky to have you as a friend.

Bella, sorry about AF. It will be time to try again before you know it. Thanks for the support.

RyanClaire - Thank you for info re: Instead. I am totally going to try it next time. It would be great to be rid of the drip...Costa Rica looks beautiful; hope you get to relax on your trip.

Melz, I don''t really know you, but your puppy has one of the cutest puppy faces I''ve ever seen. Lucky you!

dc, congrats on being done with the marathon! are you going to run at all during your 2WW?

brightlight - if you have unusually large & sore boobs, that sounds promising!!!

LV - thanks for your info! We did the same pattern as you except there were 24 hrs in between.

So I was inspired by Bliss to test today (8DPO) and it was as white as snow! Haha. I''m not super optimistic but we''ll see. After I said I felt guilty about running yesterday, today I did some jumping/dancing around the house (to irresistible Glee songs), so if the running didn''t knock anything out, maybe the jumping around did!

Off-topic - does anyone get replies to this thread delivered to their email? I''ve tried clicking the box on the reply page and tried through the "personal section" but can''t get it to work.
 
Bliss - that is good news and I hope it''s just the start of much more great news to come. I was wondering what it was you hoped to achieve seeing Dr. Kind & Nerdy so early on, but if it''s to confirm the pregnancy, then I understand. I totally hear you on not wanting to tell anyone until you actually have a baby in your arms, but we waited until AF was due and didn''t come before we told our family so that they can be there for support (hopefully the good kind). and as someone who has gone through a similar situation as you, I can confirm that this pregnancy with the symptoms is different than the first one. I can also tell you that the way you feel about this pregnancy will be different than the 1st time because of the history, and that too is completely normal.

Melz - in your avatar pic, I thought your puppy was a little bull because his ears look like horns. he is SO adorable.
 
Bliss, I''m whispering congratulations and am so thrilled for you so I''ll send you the big guns, my wee dust fairy and wish you all the health and happiness for the next 9 months.

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Posting from my phone but BLISS!! I am so so so so thrilled for you!!! Just totally thrilled.

Hoping all you ladies oing are enjoying your bday marathons! I was all set for preseed and instead this marathon but my FIL is in the hospital so not sure well make it to much bding
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oh well I am just trying to support my MIL. Everyone love on your healthy DHs, we are all lucky :)
 
Just a quick drive-by post as I''m out of town visiting friends and they''re all still sleeping but I wanted to wish Bliss a cautiously optimistic congratulations! Wishing you the best and a happy and healthy 9 months. I''m beyond thrilled for you!

Hope your friend is doing better, too. I''ll be wishing her a a quick recovery.
 
i have a question i can''t seem to find an answer to online
after you ov, is it normal for cm to return to a thicker type substance?
 
here you go smurfy. but remember that every woman is different. I have never seen any EWCM of my own but I obviously do have it.

http://www.early-pregnancy-tests.com/cervicalfluid.html
 
BLISS_that is insanely funny--who has time to create something like that?!?!?
 
Smurfy, after you O, your CM should basically dry up.
 
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