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[missjaxon]

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Hey Ladies,

Just to add some confusion to the mix, I would have to say that FF got Miss J's O date correct. Here is a sample of one of my charts. I too have really low pre and post O temps. And while I have an almost exact temp pattern as Ms J, my other fertility signs confirm the O date.

Just to clarify what I was saying, I was not suggesting that the fact that her temps are low is why her chart this month is probably incorrect about o-day... the absolute value of someone's pre- and post-O temps is not very important for chart interpretation. What matters is that her cross hairs this month are pinned at a different point than they were last month. Most women will tend to have a signature pattern of pre- and post-O temps accross the months. So for *you* your typical pre-O temps will be in a certain range and *your* typical post-O temps will be in another range, and usually those two ranges are about .5 to 1 degree different. On MissJ's charts, notice that on her Aug chart the cross hairs are 2 tenths lower than on her July chart. That difference from month to month *could* mean the o-day is pinned wrong on her Aug chart. It would depend a little on what her typical pre-O temps look like on her other charts, along with other signs. At any rate, it is uncertain enough that it explains the apparent variation in her LP that she has been seeing, in my opinion.

As for your chart, lovely looking temps! How long is your usual LP? ETA whoops noticed it is from May, thought it was this month I will add that I think it is possible you ovulated a day later than the cross-hairs suggest too, based on the OPK and CF entries (as ovulation can occurr up to 36 hours after a positive OPK and can also herald a very quick drying of CF), and given that the temp shift is a little ambiguous. That is probably why your cross hairs are dotted. I would be curious to see if the cross hairs move if you remove your OPK information or your CF information or both... have you ever played around with the charts like that?

I sort of think with charting it is important not to get too hung up on the ovulation day, since there is likely a 2-3 day window when ovulation could have occurred even with the most perfect chart. Charting lets you know that ovulation *did* happen at some point within a window of error. That is partly why TCOYF recommends the three-day rule when TTC -- keep on BDing until ovulation has been confirmed with a three-day sustained and unambiguous thermal shift. Only then can you be fairly certain that you really did ovulate.

This is what I needed to hear, thank you for answering my original question about my LP. It is making total sense to me now.

 

[Dreamer_D]

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Thanks for posting dcgator. Now I am not sure about my ovulation dates at all, I guess I really need to add the other fertility signs to my charting before I can be sure of anything. My temperature rose again this morning to 97.7. I was expecting my period on 9 DPO when it started to fall, because last month is dropped and the same day I got my period, but now my temperatures just keep raising and falling and I am confused about it. I was hoping charting was also going to make it easier to expect AF because in the past I just wait and wait and wait....think I feel symptoms and wait some more. I have been having breast tenderness and some minor cramping so I hope it is on its way so I can start a fresh month and add the other fertility signs to try and get a clearer chart.

Think of the cross hairs as a finish line, only when the temp drops to the cross hairs or even below them should you even care one hoot about the temp drop. Any big variations in your temps as long as they stay above the cross hairs don't really matter much, it is not uncommon to have a spikey pattern. It is also not uncommon to have temps in the LP drop below the cross hairs for up to 2 days in the LP. Estrogen causes you temps to go lower and progesterone causes you temps to get higher. Estrogen dominates the pre-O phase of your cycle, and progesterone dominates the post-O phase of your cycle, and that is why temps are lower pre-O and higher post-O. In your LP, progesterone is dominant, keeping temps high, BUT there is actually a secondary spike in estrogen in the middle of the LP -- since estrogen causes temps to stay low, it can pull your temps down around the middle of your LP. At the end of the LP, when progesterone starts to wane, this will prompt your period... but it also prompts a drop in temps, which is why your temp drops often the day your period comes.

So the point is that although last month you had somewhat stable post-O temps, the variation you are seeing this month does not matter too much as long as your temps stay above the coverline.

You said you are TTC? The rise in temps today could mean you are pregnant

 

[Dreamer_D]

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I'm just stopping here very quick to tell Dreamer that she is a total pro with charts , so much better than the Fertility Friend advice.

I agree! Yay for Dreamer for being so kind and helping with chart interpretation. Especially for someone like me who gets confused easily, it is very nice to have someone who knows what they are doing.

Aw, you are welcome of course! It is fun to use this knowledge again after a couple years...

 

[kennedy]

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Hello my fellow TTC'ers,


Kennedy - Goodness gracious girl, get thee to a pee stick immediately! LOL Ok, so that is what I would do, but we are all a little bonkers around here and are mostly POAS addicts. Either way though, if you are 11DPO, there is a decent chance of picking something up. I really do hope that you get lucky and get a BFP on the first go. Please let us know when you do test, as we will all be here with bated breath. Good luck! (and AF, stay away!)


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AFM - Just trucking along and trying to keep up with everyone There seems to be a few of us in the 2WW, so good luck ladies!

I am kind of freaked out about taking a test too early. I feel like I should probably wait until I am at least within 3 days of my period, right??? The thing is, I don't temp, so I don't really know for sure when I ovulated. I was trying to be chill and relaxed this first TTC cycle and just have lots of sex around the time I think I ovulated based on CM and breast tenderness (my main secondary O sign). I'm currently on cycle day 25 and pretty sure I ovulated somewhere between CD 13-15. At most, I'm 12 DPO.....isn't it best to wait until at least 14-16 DPO?

I actually don't really think I'm pregnant this month. The odds are against me and I don't really "feel pregnant". It's funny because the only early pregnancy symptoms I remember with my daughter were an increase in breast size and feeling warm a few days after my missed period. But somehow this time I feel like I should be feeling all kinds of things!

Does everyone find this waiting complete torture?

I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you and everyone else in the LONG 2WW!!

 

[Steel]

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MissJ: Sorry you might as well put up tea leaves for me to look at! It will be interesting to see if AF does arrive tomorrow.

Kennedy: You can't POAS I used them all up. Fingers crossed for you. Keep us informed.

KTF: I think I will do a home colour from now on. I'm back to a basic choc brown so that won't be too hard to keep up. I found the high & low lights were not keeping the ba$tard greys away for long. I'm sooooooo old . I'm sorry your colourist had a brain fart - I understood what you wanted prefectly. Live and learn eh? I'm glad to hear your plan for the future and love that you are going to POAS! You will be pregnant soon, I just know it.

Modern: Look at that teeny lizard thing! too cute. Good luck egg hunting!

Gaby:


AFM:

I'm CD4 and nothing doing, so here is the randomness that is in my head at the moment:

I got a bee in my bonnet that I was going to get my eyes finally laser-ed. I checked it out and booked consultation and was approved for surgery. I was going to get it done just over a week ago. But I did piles of research (nothing fancy just the internet searches a la Google ) and found out that getting your eyes done if you plan to become pregnant is a no-no because of the changes that can occur during pregnancy to the eye, water retention etc, plus the possible need for further corrective surgery once post op, once you are actually preggo - anaesthetic etc. So I decided to leave it on the back burner and was really cranky about it. Then I went to my optician who recommended the continuous wear 30 day & night lenses. I have just finished my trial and have been approved for the lenses and am delighted. They cost €23 a month and I pop them in on day 1 and out on day 30. End of. It is so cool I cannot tell you. I have comfort drops which I use up to 3 times in a 24 hour period which wet the contacts (I have some dry eye in my right eye) but apart from that I can see first thing in the morning, last thing at night and to get up to go potty in the middle of the night! Whooooooo

Carry on.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

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Just a drive-by to say THANK YOU to you ladies.

DC, especially; I hope I took your AF from you! I'm officially (barring any starts and stops) CD1 today.

I'm so incredibly embarrassed to seem so chuffed about what is normally the worst week of my month. But, yay for it coming 6 weeks (on the dot) to the day I had my surgery.

OK, had to get that out to someone because I've wanted to tell every female I work with today, and I'm pretty sure that's not really appropriate office talk - even for my small start-up company.

 

[Steel]

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Just a drive-by to say THANK YOU to you ladies.

DC, especially; I hope I took your AF from you! I'm officially (barring any starts and stops) CD1 today.

I'm so incredibly embarrassed to seem so chuffed about what is normally the worst week of my month. But, yay for it coming 6 weeks (on the dot) to the day I had my surgery.

OK, had to get that out to someone because I've wanted to tell every female I work with today, and I'm pretty sure that's not really appropriate office talk - even for my small start-up company.

 

[LadyBlue]

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Hi everybody, I was a little bit MIA because as everybody here, I went nuts and I thought I was Prego and did not want to jinx it but now my hopes are going down and down . Well this is my first month charting and using the expensive OPKs from Clearblue. My pasted cycle was a 28 days cycle, I'm usually 35, at least for the past year I had been pretty regular, 35 days as clock, except this past month.

This cycle I started using the OPKs in my day 9. taking in consideration that my cycle could be 28 days again, by my day 30 I run out of OPKs, with no positive and with no sign of ovulation in my chart. In my day 35 I had cramps and all signs that AF was coming, but she did not come, I stop BD because I swore AF was on the door and today at my 48 she still not present. I started testing since day 36 and I had got 12 BFN .

Surprisely on day 42, my chart tell my that I ovulate on day 39 I did not hit any day close of 39, the days I hit where a lot before or after , so It seems I missed it. Anyways in my mind was that I had never been this late 48 cycle and counting.

Now I still having a small hope, even if AF arrives, I feel motivate that at least I ovulate.

Here is my chart.

 

[Dreamer_D]

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Gaby it looks like you had some stresses that delayed ovulation this month! It is hard, but very common. It must have been confusing

Still, this month will help you in a few ways for next month: You can get a feel for your pre-O and post-O temperature ranges, and you will get a feel for how long your LP is... knowing you usually have a 35 day cycle, if this month you end up having a 14 day LP (for example) then you can know next month, if things are back to normal, then you can expect to ovulate around CD 20! All good information to have.

Have you tried also monitoring your CF at all?

 

[Dreamer_D]

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And yah LTP!

 

[Bella_mezzo]

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Yay LTP Yep, totally not office talk, but A-OK here on PS

gaby-Sorry you had such a confusing cycle!

CD11 here...same old same old...I am not peeing on a stick until Sunday (holding firm, but every morning I almost change my mind

our 1 year anniversary is next weekend (Oct 3rd) how on earth has it been one year?!?!?!

 

[Dreamer_D]

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Yay LTP Yep, totally not office talk, but A-OK here on PS

gaby-Sorry you had such a confusing cycle!

CD11 here...same old same old...I am not peeing on a stick until Sunday (holding firm, but every morning I almost change my mind

our 1 year anniversary is next weekend (Oct 3rd) how on earth has it been one year?!?!?!

Do you mean 11 DPO Bella?

Hold firm, I am a big believer in no POASing.

 

[Bella_mezzo]

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ha-ha-ha! You know my cycle better than I do Yes, I am 11 DPO!

 

[Keepingthefaith21]

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LTP - Soooo incredibly happy for you!!!!! I am praying you do not have any stops and starts!!

 

[Dreamer_D]

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ha-ha-ha! You know my cycle better than I do Yes, I am 11 DPO!

haha... No, I just thought that even YOU would not be cukoo enough to want to POAS at CD 11

 

[kennedy]

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Yay LTP Yep, totally not office talk, but A-OK here on PS



Hold firm, I am a big believer in no POASing.

Hey Dreamer,

Just wondering what you mean by this? Do you think it's best to wait until an actual missed period? I'm really trying to decide when to test -- I'm on CD 25 of a 30 day cycle and can't decide how best to proceed. I want to know, but also want to give myself the best chance of having a reliable result.

Thanks!

 

[dcgator]

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Hey Ladies,

Just to add some confusion to the mix, I would have to say that FF got Miss J's O date correct. Here is a sample of one of my charts. I too have really low pre and post O temps. And while I have an almost exact temp pattern as Ms J, my other fertility signs confirm the O date.

As for your chart, lovely looking temps! How long is your usual LP? ETA whoops noticed it is from May, thought it was this month I will add that I think it is possible you ovulated a day later than the cross-hairs suggest too, based on the OPK and CF entries (as ovulation can occurr up to 36 hours after a positive OPK and can also herald a very quick drying of CF), and given that the temp shift is a little ambiguous. That is probably why your cross hairs are dotted. I would be curious to see if the cross hairs move if you remove your OPK information or your CF information or both... have you ever played around with the charts like that?

That is too funny that you mentioned my crosshairs are dotted. In actually 8 of my 10 charts, my crosshairs are not solid lines. I do have a slow, gradual rise pattern and have see-sawed temps, so I guess it just naturally assigns me dotted lines. I don't think I ever noticed that before you mentioned it though. Go figure.

Thanks for the info though. Regarding the other signs, I do occasionally remove the OPK's to see the effect on the O date. Most of the time it will stay the same, although I have had to make a call once or twice.

 

[dcgator]

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Hey Dreamer,

Just wondering what you mean by this? Do you think it's best to wait until an actual missed period? I'm really trying to decide when to test -- I'm on CD 25 of a 30 day cycle and can't decide how best to proceed. I want to know, but also want to give myself the best chance of having a reliable result.

Thanks!

Hey Kennedy,

Don't stress about POAS. Everybody has their own way of doing it and there is no right or wrong. Some of us start by 8DPO and some will wait until AF is late. It's however you want to do it. Just do what feels right for you

 

[Dreamer_D]

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Hey Dreamer,

Just wondering what you mean by this? Do you think it's best to wait until an actual missed period? I'm really trying to decide when to test -- I'm on CD 25 of a 30 day cycle and can't decide how best to proceed. I want to know, but also want to give myself the best chance of having a reliable result.

Thanks!

Hey Kennedy,

Don't stress about POAS. Everybody has their own way of doing it and there is no right or wrong. Some of us start by 8DPO and some will wait until AF is late. It's however you want to do it. Just do what feels right for you

Yes! Whatever feels right is right.

But really, the only real negative is AF showing up, until then, it could just be too soon! So for me, it was so painful to see the negative and then have to remind myself that it was not real or to hold out hope still, so somehow I think it is easier to just wait until your period is late, at least then you prolong the "what if" feeling.

 

[Dreamer_D]

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Hey Ladies,

Just to add some confusion to the mix, I would have to say that FF got Miss J's O date correct. Here is a sample of one of my charts. I too have really low pre and post O temps. And while I have an almost exact temp pattern as Ms J, my other fertility signs confirm the O date.

As for your chart, lovely looking temps! How long is your usual LP? ETA whoops noticed it is from May, thought it was this month I will add that I think it is possible you ovulated a day later than the cross-hairs suggest too, based on the OPK and CF entries (as ovulation can occurr up to 36 hours after a positive OPK and can also herald a very quick drying of CF), and given that the temp shift is a little ambiguous. That is probably why your cross hairs are dotted. I would be curious to see if the cross hairs move if you remove your OPK information or your CF information or both... have you ever played around with the charts like that?

That is too funny that you mentioned my crosshairs are dotted. In actually 8 of my 10 charts, my crosshairs are not solid lines. I do have a slow, gradual rise pattern and have see-sawed temps, so I guess it just naturally assigns me dotted lines. I don't think I ever noticed that before you mentioned it though. Go figure.

Thanks for the info though. Regarding the other signs, I do occasionally remove the OPK's to see the effect on the O date. Most of the time it will stay the same, although I have had to make a call once or twice.

Hmm now I am all curious why FF is making them dotted! It makes no matter, it is just a mindless program, but if you remove the CF and OPKs does it become solid? Also, if you are ever bored, then there is another setting on there where you can choose the method it uses to give cross hairs, I think it is something like "standard" and "research" or some such, and back in the day for some ladies it would move around the cross hairs too!

 

[charbie]

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My TTC friends Hi!

dc- i think with the BD'ing you're doing, if you're off a day or two on when you "think" O occurred, your bases are covered. and per you're chart...you're doing the deed

bella- eeeee- guuuuurrrrlll. i'm getting anxious for you. amazing willpower! my anniversary is oct. 3rd, too. what a great anniversary gift if you're preggo!

steal- i actually had lasik surgery the month i got pregnant...in fact, my approximate O day was right around the day of surgery. of course, i wasn't trying at the time, so i FREAKED out. in fact, after my husband and our mom's found out, the next person i think i told was the eye doctor who did my surgery! they told me in no way did the surgery have any effect on my m/c, but i always had that tidbit of blame i gave myself for quite a bit. i had the 30 day night and days before i had the surgery, and LOVED them. it's so nice to have the surgery tho! i recommend it when the time is right!

missj: you've got some great looking charts there! and DD is right...you may be preggo already!

ltp: my period came 5 weeks to the day after my d/c, and i remember how thrilling it was! haha! ive talked with a friend of mine who also had to have a d/c, and we both were laughing about the excitement of getting our periods. are you jumping in the ttc pool again soon?

cnd: so glad to see you're dipping your toes in again! i think we both were dipping our toes in around the same time last time...and both fell in and drowned. grrrr. i know this might sound a bit crazy, but there were a number of ladies around here who were all ttc'ing around this time last year and unfortunately had m/c's (bliss, HOU, noel, geri...a few more possibly) and now they are all entering their 3rd tri together. i know there will be a great group of us over on the preggo thread soon one tube and all!

gaby: i would have freaked at a 48 day cycle. never in my life had i ever gone over 32 days i think. i'd be convinced i was pregnant as well. but it is nice to know that even if it was delayed O, you DID O, and all it takes is an egglet and a spermie to do their thing and you get a bebe!

modern: maybe you brought back another souvenir from your vacation...like, one in your belly!!! i'd have lost it if i had a stow-away like that. and DH is such a baby, he would have made me take care of the little lizard!

kennedy: i kinda like your "not wanting to POAS" attitude. i sort of feel the same way...it took me a long time to actually POAS the month i got pregnant actually. not because i was scared to see a negative more like i was scared id freak out if it was a positive! i was so nervous! ive peed on 4 sticks in my life: 3 were preggo sticks (all positive) and then 1 was a drug test stick (negative. obviously. but a line appeared if it was negative...totally messes with your mind! it was for a job).

RC&lili: hope you two are doing well!!!!

anyone else i missed (i'm sure there are lots)- hope everyone is doing well in TTC world!
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AFM: this charting thing is just mind blowing. THIS is what they should teach you in sex ed in high school! sheeesh! so much more useful. i mean honestly. all you ever learn about is how NOT to end up pregnant, but no one ever tells you that your body goes through so much each and every month. that knowledge is just incredible, and could also be used to help girls not get pregnant, too! anyways- i'm not using FF, just an app on my phone. i don't temp at exactly the same time every day- just make sure that the first time i wake up in the morning before i get out of bed to pee, i stick the thermometer in my mouth and record the temp right on my phone. yesterday, i had tons of EWCM, right on track. so we'll see what the temp does tomorrow! i'm actually sort of thinking im going to do this temping thing for the next few months, just to make sure i'm O'ing, and then i think i'll stop when we really start to TTC. that may help me not obsess. i think i'm the kind of person who would rather just not know how many DPO i am. i'd rather just wait until it feels like its been awhile since i had my period, and POAS as a nervous mess.

on another note- i'm going to dinner next week with my hubs (he is FINALLY moving to the same city as me...its been 5 weeks since we've lived together...amen that i'll hopefully be 4-5 DPO and not having to worry so much.) and good friends of ours who will be 36 weeks pregnant. she is having a boy, and i mean, she is carrying like she is having a boy. that belly is so "vertical"- its crazy! i'm not sure how open she is going to be to having people visit at the hospital. i want to know how her "visiting hours" are going to be and when i'm gonna get to meet this little bundle. this is actually one of my first "close friends" to give birth in the same city i'm living in...so i don't know how to go about asking her. i guess i'll just bring it up at dinner. i don't want to bombard her in anyway. i'm planning on cooking her a few meals to freeze so she's got stuff to eat after baby gets here- should i bring it before or after baby?

 

[Laila619]

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FF assigns dotted crosshairs when something is contradictory with the supposed day of ovulation (for example, your temps show ovulation on CD 14, but egg white CM was recorded on CD 16, or temps show ovulation on CD 14 but a positive OPK was logged on CD 16). It's saying the data is somehow contradictory, so it can't be certain of O on that particular date.

 

[Dreamer_D]

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FF assigns dotted crosshairs when something is contradictory with the supposed day of ovulation (for example, your temps show ovulation on CD 14, but egg white CM was recorded on CD 16, or temps show ovulation on CD 14 but a positive OPK was logged on CD 16). It's saying the data is somehow contradictory, so it can't be certain of O on that particular date.

That was what I thought too. I was more curious about what the contradictory evidence was in DC's chart, just for meaningless curiousity!

 

[kennedy]

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Thanks Dreamer and DC! I know it's a personal decision, but I'm so conflicted. My goal is to wait to see if I even have a missed period, but the temptation to test earlier is definitely strong. I tested positive with my daughter on CD 32, so I'm going to aim for that. I think I worry about losing hope if I get a negative....even if it's just because it's too early.

DC -- Where are you in the 2WW? How are you feeling about this cycle?

This whole charting business is complicated stuff!! I'm impressed by everyone's knowledge!!

 

[Bella_mezzo]

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Ooh-Charbie!!!! you are so right. This is what people should teach in HS sex ed. 1 look at "my beautiful cervix" and I bet teen pregnancy rates would plummet Seriously though, I think it is really important to know and respect what you body does. it truly is a fascinating and complex process.

Holding strong here on 12 DPO, just waiting it out, but the suspense is starting to get to me DH is REALLY hoping this is the month (as am I) but I am so sick of being disappointed that I'm trying not to get my hopes up We'll see. nothing major to report, my b**bs seem to get HUGE, heavy, hot, and very very tender/painful late every night (but that has happened to me before in the 2ww--why does that happen? they are fine during the day...) and I've had some cramping and a strange sort of icy tingly feeling in the general uterine area-who the heck knows though...I have had crafty sneaky symptoms before, so I put no stock in them...two more days until AF shows her face or I get to POAS

tons of dust to everone in the 2ww and super big hugs to Steal and DC and everyone else who is having a not so fun time with TTC right now!

 

[dcgator]

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Hey ladies,

Yeah for a busy thread. I all the chatter and tips! Now the only problem is coming up with everyone

Bella - 11DPO, You are a super trooper girl! Gold star for patience! Whether you hold out till Sunday or not, you are still a wait-to-test inspiration in my book, lol. Sorry to hear about the lack of sleep, but hopefully DH and you can get that figured out before someone else starts dictating your sleeping plans, lol Congrats on the upcoming 1 year anniv. It is crazy how fast it goes, indeed!

Steal - How is the soy going so far? Notice any side effects or same old? No need to go into details, but good luck on your new game plan for this month. I really hope it works! PS Of course you are a smarty pants, that's why I heart you,

KTF - I am glad to hear that your doc isn't too concerned and I really hope that whatever the issue is (if any) that it resolves its self quickly. I also hope that you get some clarity in the next week or two. I too am always amazed at the hope and resiliancy that we all have. Even when things look bleak or negative, we always seem to keep that glimmer of hope somewhere inside of us. Please do keep your head up and hang in there sweetie!

Modern - Thanks for the well wishes. I hope that you are able to time your BD'ing well this month. Oh, and your little souvenior was too cute, what a handsome fellow!

Miss Jaxon - It sounds like you are in very capable hands with prof. Dreamer. Good luck holding out till AF, and I really hope you get your BFP when you do decide to POAS!

Kennedy - No pressure on the testing front. As I was mentioned to Miss Jaxon, its a personal choice. Some of us start testing way to early for our own good, and some wait till AF. It's your call hun. Statistically though, a good number of people will see a BFP before 14DPO, but everyone is different, so do what feel right to you. And yes, I think every single lady on here will agree with the torture thing, the 2WW just SUCKS! PS I am 6DPO.

Steal - Wow, those contacts do so quite nice. It can be a PITA to have to worry about toting your solution and case, etc around everywhere and of course being able to see when you wake up is a luxury our full-sighted friends totally take for granted. I hope that this cycle goes well for you!

LTP - Yeah for getting AF. And you are more than welcome to keep her (at least for this month)! I am glad we could share in your AF joy and I hope that she does her thing and moves on so you can get down to the real business.

Gaby - That is quite a interesting chart. But it clearly looks like you O'ed this month, albeit later than you hoped. Since it looks like you are 9DPO, I hope that you will get some clarity regarding AF or maybe even a BFP in the coming days. And you never know timing wise. I think Charbie got KU from BD 5 days before O (sorry if that wasn't you Charbie, but I think it was?) Let us know how it goes and fingers crossed for you!

Charbie - Sorry if I was wrong in the previous comment, hopefully it was you. LOL on the BD'ing. Yeah, we have definitely been going for the gold the last few months...sigh. Anyway, let's hope the HSG was the magic touch we needed! It sounds like you are really enjoying hte empowerment that comes with knowing your body. It is really cool when it starts doing everything that its supposed too. As for the friend's baby, I think that is super exciting. I don't know if they are going to want visitors in the hospital, but I am sure they would welcome the pre-made meals. And I would say to bring them over before baby, and just leave some simple instructions with them, especially if DH is not kitchen savy. Let us know how it goes!

Laila and Dreamer - Thanks for weighing in on my chart. Yeah, I think the conflicting thing is that my fetile CM does not just quit as soon as I O. It kinda lingers for a bit longer. But, I am confident in my O'ing, dotted line or not. So, it's all good

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AFM, I am 6DPO and hanging in there. I am having a symptom or two here or there, but nothing worth getting into, b/c symptoms are seriously tricky little buggers. So, besides the current 2WW, my family is coming up this weeknd, so that should be fun (and a good distraction). Anybody else have some fun weekend plans? Either way, I'm sure we are all looking forward to a few days off work! Hang in there ladies, its almost Friday

 

[dcgator]

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And since it hasn't been updated in about a week...

Ryan Claire - CD
LaurenThePartier - CD2
Steal - CD4
CDNinNYC - CD6
moxie.moo - CD7
Po - CD12
modernsparkler - CD13
Charbie - CD15
iwannaprettyone - CD17
dcgator - CD18
Keepingthefaith21 - CD20
Kennedy - CD25
Bella_mezzo - CD30
MissJaxon - CD30
gaby06 - CD48

In the TTC pool - NewEnglandLady, Lili, ParrotTulips, Dreamer_D, Dragonfly411

(A new category) MIA - Amandine, Scarlet, Any other old friends - We miss you, and are here if you need TTC battle buddies!

 

[Bella_mezzo]

Re: The Official TTC Thread!

OMG-You all totally know my cycle better than me I was like "I'm not CD 30..." then I log onto FF and lo and behold...CD30 It's so funny since I o'd so late this month.

Anyway, ever just have one of those days?!?!?!?!

DH called this morning and said he wasn't at work b/c our car got towed, apparently we had old parking tickets from April then he went to get it and pay the massive fines and...turns out his keys fell out of his pocket so he re-traced his steps and found a note saying to come to such and such building b/c they found keys. he went there, and they aren't home...so he can't get the car until they come home.

I am stuck at work with an avalanche of projects that just exploded today--no clue when I am going to be be able to leave, probably not until at least 7...plus he's the only one who drives the car, so we just have the one key (I commute via subway). If he can't get his keys we'll have to go to the dealership and get a copy. problem is...DH put the title in the car so I'm not sure what we'll take with us if we need to get a new key made at the dealership...

ARGH!

 

[missjaxon]

Re: The Official TTC Thread!

Thanks Ladies, that is what I was originally thinking too when my temps started going higher, then they fell and I thought maybe not, then they went higher and well you get the idea lol, but this morning my temp fell below coverline so I am sure AF will show any minute now. Thank you for all of your advice and being so welcoming. I will be here more permanently after October (hopefully you will have all graduated to the Pregnancy thread *lots of dust*) - I will be leaving in a week and a half to California to marry my FI after 10 years together. Maybe the vacation will be good for us. When we get back I have decided I will talk to my OB/GYN about moving forward with whatever the next step for us is and we will go from there. I wish all of you ladies *OODLES* of luck on your TTC adventures and hope to see many BFP while I lurk over the next few weeks.

 

[missjaxon]

Re: The Official TTC Thread!

And since it hasn't been updated in about a week...

Ryan Claire - CD
LaurenThePartier - CD2
Steal - CD4
CDNinNYC - CD6
moxie.moo - CD7
Po - CD12
modernsparkler - CD13
Charbie - CD15
iwannaprettyone - CD17
dcgator - CD18
Keepingthefaith21 - CD20
Kennedy - CD25
Bella_mezzo - CD30
MissJaxon - CD30
gaby06 - CD48

In the TTC pool - NewEnglandLady, Lili, ParrotTulips, Dreamer_D, Dragonfly411

(A new category) MIA - Amandine, Scarlet, Any other old friends - We miss you, and are here if you need TTC battle buddies!

Thank you for including me dcgator! You can change mine to CD1 .

Best of luck to you Bella_mezzo, I hope this is it for you sweetie! *lots and lots of dust* P.S) Sorry to hear you are having such a crummy day, I hope you get your car situation figured out - I hate when things like that happen. *BIG HUGS*