Keepingthefaith21
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Re: The Official TTC Thread!
Hi DC - Chin up, I can tell you that hormones take awhile to do their job in your body - do don't despair at the progesterone making you feel a little funny, your body will adjust. You aren't out of the game this month yet and I'm keeping the hope burning for ya!
AFM I have been getting negative HPT's for a little over a week now, thanks for asking. However, it doesn't mean all of the hCG is gone - it just means my tests may not be able to pick up on trace amounts. Every time I got to the bathroom I am so hopeful that I will see the beginning of AF and it just isn't happening. I had a bit of EWCM but it ended abruptly. I know many say some do not ovulate post MC and others get pregnant within 2 weeks of a MC so there's no reliable information avalible to support either argument. It's all up to your body. I am growing frustrated because DH and I are trying to adhere to the reccomendation that we wait a cycle before having
without protection. We haven't used condoms for years and had a frank discussion that condoms just don't feel good to either of us. It makes feel forced and unsatisfying. I am feeling incredibly frustrated and emotional about this limitation which makes me grow more and more frustrated with each periodless day. I know this will all end shortly and everything will be back to normal and I am keeping my thoughts positive but it isn't always easy to remember these things every day especially when all I want back is the physical connection with my husband. I'm not even asking the universe to give me AF for the purpose of getting pregnant at this point, I just want to make love to husband the way we have both grown accustomed to. It's the only way that feels right to us anymore. Thus ends my pity party...
Hi DC - Chin up, I can tell you that hormones take awhile to do their job in your body - do don't despair at the progesterone making you feel a little funny, your body will adjust. You aren't out of the game this month yet and I'm keeping the hope burning for ya!
AFM I have been getting negative HPT's for a little over a week now, thanks for asking. However, it doesn't mean all of the hCG is gone - it just means my tests may not be able to pick up on trace amounts. Every time I got to the bathroom I am so hopeful that I will see the beginning of AF and it just isn't happening. I had a bit of EWCM but it ended abruptly. I know many say some do not ovulate post MC and others get pregnant within 2 weeks of a MC so there's no reliable information avalible to support either argument. It's all up to your body. I am growing frustrated because DH and I are trying to adhere to the reccomendation that we wait a cycle before having
without protection. We haven't used condoms for years and had a frank discussion that condoms just don't feel good to either of us. It makes feel forced and unsatisfying. I am feeling incredibly frustrated and emotional about this limitation which makes me grow more and more frustrated with each periodless day. I know this will all end shortly and everything will be back to normal and I am keeping my thoughts positive but it isn't always easy to remember these things every day especially when all I want back is the physical connection with my husband. I'm not even asking the universe to give me AF for the purpose of getting pregnant at this point, I just want to make love to husband the way we have both grown accustomed to. It's the only way that feels right to us anymore. Thus ends my pity party...
Even typing this stuff is making my heart pound...... 
I am totally ready in some ways and totally not ready in others. My recent goal was to finally lose the last of the baby weight, and I did plus more! Now 11lbs down, 7 less than pre-pregnancy with number one. My goal is to lose 15 more lbs before TTC but we'll see how it goes. Getting pg now would mean a May baby, and I would like to have kiddo number 2 in 2011. DH is getting eager to try again and since I did not go on hormonal BC after having Hunter, really any time we could just throw caution to the wind. It is mighty tempting. My cycles are so regular now and I am so much healthier and my fertile signs are so obvious that I know *exactly* when I am fertile... so we shall see if we actually hold out another 4 months like we plan!
It looks the place is hopping, so yeah for activity. Do keep it going!
It totally is liberating when you realize that your body can do what it's supposed to do after being on BC. I remember I was equally as thrilled when I got a confirmed O after 9 years on BC. Tell your body to keep up the good work! As for pre-TTC stuff, I would definitely schedule an "pre-conception" appointment with your OBGYN. She can run down what you should/shouldn't be doing and also test you for immunities for Rubella and also a couple other things, like Taxoplasmosis, if you have cats. She can also give you a script for prenatals, or should be able to tell you some good OTC ones. I do recommend the pre-natals, as they certainly don't hurt and the DHA is good for the baby's early development (ie first few weeks/months). And ditto on the hospital affiliation. That is how I chose my doc.
As for the drugs, from hearing other people's accounts, it seems like the fatigue and/or dizziness kinda come with the Prometrium, so I am not thinking that will go away completely. I won't mind it either, so long as it allows me to keep a LO. However, sans getting KU, this sucks. 
I suppose I am still hanging onto some kinda hope b/c well, that is what you do in this exhausting TTC process, but I am pretty much counting this one out. I would still love to feel like an idiot tomorrow if I get a BFP, but I am mentally preparing myself for a no go so I don't have another emotional crash in the coming days. Additionally, I was told the progesterone will delay AF, so if I am still BNF and AF-less by Tuesday, I have to go into the OB and take pregnancy test before I am allowed to stop taking the progesterone. Blast this non-working Monday! 
) My other friend just told me to relax and it would happen 
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