The Official TTC Thread!

[PilsnPinkysMom]

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Something about PS...

As soon as I posted, I jumped over to Amazon and ordered some tests. They don't arrive until Wednesday, thank goodness, so I have to hold out at least that long. 20 Wondfos and three FRERs.

AMC: Wanted to add that- it may be a case of "line eyes"- but when I tilt my monitor back, I can kind of see something on the second HPT pic you shared. I suppose it could be an evap line, but I scrolled up and down, and the shadow that I saw remained. I know what you mean about knowing where a line should be, and thus, seeing something in that space. Ugh.

 

[pancake]

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Hmmm have been using protection since Mirena came out in September. First cycle was 35 days and I know I ovulated around CD21 as I had EWCM.

Second cycle - got EWCM around CD19-20, then intense left sided dull pelvic pain for about 6 hours on CD21. Had a whoops with DH on CD22.

So we weren't really TTC, but I have no idea whether I'm in the 2WW or not. Maybe it's a "possible but unlikely"! Currently on CD 27, have some vague left sided deep aching but really don't think I can read anything into it...

 

[PilsnPinkysMom]

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Pancake: Definitely within the realm of possibility, I'd say! There are hundreds of charts on FertilityFriend that show BFPs when couples had sex on 0 + 1 and no other time during the fertile period. I'm assuming you two would be a bit surprised but generally excited to learn you were expecting another? How old is your sweet daughter?

AFM: Need to stop posting I'm grading 15 page research papers written by 11th graders. I. Need. Breaks. This is totally, totally silly... can't even believe I'm sharing it... but I was surfing around FertilityFriend and under my chart it read that if I conceived during this cycle, the baby's EDD would by August 5th. That's Ellie's birthday (though she was 17 days late) I SO don't believe in signs, but gosh, I hope this is our cycle, despite my lack of optimism that it will be.

 

[pancake]

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PPM - Oh yes, we would be totally thrilled! We were going to start trying in earnest next month S is 21 months now!

 

[lliang_chi]

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PPM, hoping you get lucky this cycle. It'd be sweet for E to have a little sibling sharing/near the same birthday. NEL's EDD for #2 is 2 days before/after her K's birthday. Aw! Good luck grading your papers. 15 is a lot! Oof! Hoping you have some good writers amoungst your students. I konw I could never be a teacher because I just hate doing grading etc like you do. Give me a project timelines and emails over students and grading. LOL
The last time I was TTC, I did acupuncture to alleviate my long cycles. I'd be willing to do that again, but it would require weekly or bi-weekly appointments which is kinda hard to do with a toddler. But if we're still unlucky, then I'll enlist a standing sitter schedule and do acupuncture as needed. Not sure if my midwife/OB will do anything to shorten my cycle. I have a feeling they'd be like "You body does what your body does" and leave it at that. Thanks (not really).

AMC, hoping this is your cycle for you. I suppose you'll find out on your cruise soon enough.

Pancake you are indeed in the TWW, missy! Fingers crossed for you How's your sweet S?

AFM: Nothing new to add on the TTC front. Still feeling resigned to wait it out until Spring time. "Fortuantely" with my long cycles, it's on 3 AFs until I'm ready to get back on the horse. But we'll see what happens as O-day rolls around.

 

[Clairitek]

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AMC- Sorry about that BFN just before your vacation. I hope you and your DH have a great time!

PPM- Nice to see you in these parts! I've been so out of the PS loop I find myself surprised about how many people I "knew" on PS before are moms and going for a second child! I know I said I wouldn't buy tests before I was ready to test but the thrifty party of me is liking the idea of some internet cheapies and a couple of FRERs to confirm. I wish you peace and serenity in your simultaneous TTC, wrangling of toddler, and preparing to sell a house. Oh AND grading 15 pages research papers. Like LC the grading of papers would deter me from wanting to teach.

LC- Vent away about those long cycles. I'm on the other end of the stick with pretty short cycles but I completely agree that its very unfair that you get stiffed out of 3 tries a year with the long cycles. I hope that you don't have to stress over getting a babysitter in order to get to acupuncture, but at least you know it worked last time.

Pancake- I'd say you are for sure in the TWW if you had strong O pains the day after you BDd!

AFM- I'm anxiously awaiting a positive OPK. I'm only on CD7 so I likely have another 3-5 days to go but that didn't stop me from dipping one in FMU today. We start our wine tasting trip on Saturday. I was supposed to be going to see a friend in San Diego who was deployed in the Middle East from February to September. I haven't seen her since December and she's one of my close friends from college. She's now on a hospital ship heading to the Phillippines so we won't be seeing each other. She married another close friend of mine (they met at our wedding) so we are still making the trip to hang out with him. She had all of 65 days home before being sent back out. They were just about to TTC so I feel horrible for them. I hope DH and I can bring some fun into her DH's life while she's gone and will likely be missing all holidays.

 

[pancake]

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clairitek the O pains (or what I assume to be O pains) were actually 24 hours prior. Which is why I suspect the chances of being inadvertently KO are low, but we shall see...

LC - I am glad we are TTC buddies again! I have been reading along, I am so sorry to hear of your friend's passing. S is great, thank you! Every time I think it can't possibly get any MORE fun, it does! But she is definitely not a baby any more and I am very much feeling ready to go again

 

[anchor31]

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Hi pancake! Want to be my TWW buddy? 2DPO here...

AMC - Any news?

 

[Clairitek]

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clairitek the O pains (or what I assume to be O pains) were actually 24 hours prior. Which is why I suspect the chances of being inadvertently KO are low, but we shall see...

LC - I am glad we are TTC buddies again! I have been reading along, I am so sorry to hear of your friend's passing. S is great, thank you! Every time I think it can't possibly get any MORE fun, it does! But she is definitely not a baby any more and I am very much feeling ready to go again

I totally read it backwards the first time! I'll still maintain some hope for you though. I am a serious optimist.

Anchor- Fingers crossed for you!

I'm only on CD8 but I am cursing myself for forgetting to use an OPK this morning. My first cycle TTC that I've been anxiously awaiting for months and I forget? What the hell, brain? I know it's unlikely that it would be starting to turn positive but that really annoyed me as I turned around to flush and went, "Ohhhh yeah I knew I was missing something."

What's the normal time for a supply of healthy sperm to grow? Just considering the timing of things for the next few days. I want to make sure we give ourselves the best chance but don't want to get to the critical point and leave ourselves without the best quality sperm. I realize that in all of my reading of this thread over the years that bit of information has not stuck around.

 

[monkeyprincess]

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Clairitek, ah, that's the worst when you forget to take an OPK! I wouldn't sweat it. You can take one this evening just to give you peace of mind or wait until tomorrow. Anyway, just wanted to answer your other question. When a guy is giving a sample for an SA, they say that they want him to have abstained for at least 2 days but no more than 5 days. So I would think for optimal results you would want to make sure it hadn't been more than 5 days. Assuming your DH has normal counts, which he most likely does, you would be fine to BD every day, every other day or every few days leading up to O.

 

[monkeyprincess]

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Pancake, just saw your posts. That's exciting that you are possibly in the 2ww. I remember you were surprised how quickly you get pregnant last time around, so hopefully, you'll get a similar surprise this time around. I would love to see and hear about another Pancake baby!

 

[dragonfly411]

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So, IF my opk was correct then I am at 15dpo just hanging out all blahdy blah. I think I had my DPO off before and tested wayyyyy too early. My cycle days were all confused thanks to FF but it seems to have straightened itself back out.

Here's a question for you ladies. Last cycle I had light spotting for two days before AF became really angry. Would you consider first day of angry as CD1? Or would you consider Spotting as CD1? I think FF is counting spotting as CD1 as it puts me at CD28 right now. If that were the case then my O would have been at CD13 which seems somewhat reasonable. If CD1 was on the first angry day then that positive opk could have been wrong? Or did I just O really early? That would have only been CD10, which seems early to me, but I never got another positive either.

Pancake - Super exciting for you!!!
Clarirtek - Hoping for your OPK's!
I assume AMC is on vaca right now and that is why it's so quiet. ::twiddles thumbs::

 

[aviastar]

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Hey dragon- I think CD1 is the first day of full flow. FF does not count my spotting days; can you post your chart? Also, I just chatted with my midwife yesterday and she had zero concern about spotting at any time between O and CD1; she said it just happens some times.

 

[Clairitek]

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Clairitek, ah, that's the worst when you forget to take an OPK! I wouldn't sweat it. You can take one this evening just to give you peace of mind or wait until tomorrow. Anyway, just wanted to answer your other question. When a guy is giving a sample for an SA, they say that they want him to have abstained for at least 2 days but no more than 5 days. So I would think for optimal results you would want to make sure it hadn't been more than 5 days. Assuming your DH has normal counts, which he most likely does, you would be fine to BD every day, every other day or every few days leading up to O.

MP- Thanks for the information! I only use a work laptop and I didn't want to do a Google search for that sort of thing for obvious reasons.

DF- I agree with Avia that it's your first day of full flow since a lot of women spot leading up to AF.

Avia- I read on the other thread that your midwife appt went really well. My obgyn had the same reaction to charts the first time I showed them to her when I tracked a few years ago after going off of BC. I'll keep lurking over there to see how things turn out. Yay for her willingness to be pretty proactive in getting to the bottom of any possible issues.

 

[dragonfly411]

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FF counted mine for some reason. It marked Oct. 23 as CD1 which is when I had spotting. That is all I marked was spotting. I'm manually adjusting to be the first day of real flow. So with that in mind, Can O happen at CD11? Is that normal?

 

[aviastar]

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Thanks, Claritek!

Normal? What is this normal you speak of, Dragon? Yes, CD11 O is totally possible and not even generally problematic. How longs are your total cycles, generally?

 

[dragonfly411]

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Aviastar - LOL. Normally 29-30 days. My Aunt Flo likes to surprise me on one or the other.

 

[aviastar]

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I think you're fine!

 

[Clairitek]

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I think you're good, too, DF. I tend to ovulate somewhere in the CD10-12 range, too.

 

[lliang_chi]

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DF, I'd count the 1st day of heavy flow as CD1. Sorry I can't help you much with short cycles. I have the opposite problem.

Pancake, yeah it's fun to have TTC buddies from last time too. Hoping you get lucky this cycle I agree this age is SO MUCH FUN!

Claritek, hey don't beat yourself up too much about missing the FMU for the OPK. Just start tomorrow. I'm very impressed by you ladies that have the discipline to use OPKs and the fortitude to not get discouraged/disappointed with negatives. In a very small way, I find it hard getting any negatives. Even with just OPKs. It's a me-issue, I"m fully aware.

Anchor, fingers crossed for you dear!!!

 

[pancake]

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anchor - sure! I feel like a bit of an impostor, haha, but will keep you company

monkeyprincess - thank you! So weird to think about "another Pancake baby", but very exciting too. I hope that we'll be preggo buddies this time!

LC - it would be so cool to have our 2nd bubs at a similar time too! I get why you are so bummed about your long cycles. My first month without Mirena was 35 days - I was quite happy about that because I thought it might be much longer; when I came off the OCP I ovulated on day 43 (counting backwards from my EDD with S) so it was a pleasant surprise that it was shorter. I am unsure of exactly when I ovulated this cycle (hence the confusion and uncertainty about whether I'm in the 2WW or not!) but I think it must have been roughly around the same time, sometime around CD20-21. So we can be long cycle buddies too...

I must say, overall, it's very weird to be in this limbo kind of situation. I've only had one cycle off the OCP in the last 14 years (aside from the one when we conceived S but that's not a "typical cycle"!) and so I have no idea whether the foot cramps I had yesterday meant anything, or the vague mild cramps, or sleeping better at night... or whether it's just that I've just had a week's holiday in the sunshine, or it's just "one of those things", or it's normal cycle hormone dynamics...

 

[anchor31]

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Holy heartburn batman! It might be last night's mexican, but if I am pregnant, it doesn't bode well... I was sick for 6 months with J, and had heartburn/reflux for the rest...

 

[lliang_chi]

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Anchor, oh no, sorry to hear about the heartburn. But I'm hoping this is a good sign. Keeping fingers crossed and doing a yoga Eagle pose for you.


Pancake, It'd be totally great if our 2nd's can be within weeks of each other too. Well, I'm still going to keep my fingers crossed for you on this cycle, even if that means you'll be beating me to the punch. Definitely need more baby Pancakes. Well coming off a holiday is a great way to be relaxed about the TTC process.

 

[PilsnPinkysMom]

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Holy heartburn batman! It might be last night's mexican, but if I am pregnant, it doesn't bode well... I was sick for 6 months with J, and had heartburn/reflux for the rest...

Anchor: Heartburn sounds promising!! But I hope it came and went- certainly not fun!

Pancake: Foot cramps??? Have they abated? Also doing an eagle pose or you!

DF: I concur with the other ladies here- CD 11 is totally plausible. I don't think it's concerning, either... I'd be curious to see how your other cycles shape up (actually, hopefully we won't be able to b/c you'll be pregnant soon!)

HPTs came today- BFN on a cheapie and on a FRER. I'm either 7 or 8 dpo... 7.5? A BFN is not surprising, but it was still a downer. I'm feeling a bit crampy today. Last cycle I started spotting at 8 dpo and AF was here my 10dpo, so we'll see if that happens. I plan on using a Wondfo each day, and if AF hasn't shown by Sunday, I'll test then with a FRER.

 

[pancake]

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Thanks for the eagle poses ladies!

I think I'm about 9-10DPO now. Since I think it's unlikely we caught the egg this cycle and I'm only semi-here, I figured that I'll try not to test unless AF doesn't arrive by next Tuesday. I think my LP last cycle was 14 days (I wasn't temping so just estimated O by EWCM) so I think it's fair to test if AF doesn't turn up at 14DPO!

 

[dragonfly411]

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Anchor, oh no, sorry to hear about the heartburn. But I'm hoping this is a good sign. Keeping fingers crossed and doing a yoga Eagle pose for you.


Pancake, It'd be totally great if our 2nd's can be within weeks of each other too. Well, I'm still going to keep my fingers crossed for you on this cycle, even if that means you'll be beating me to the punch. Definitely need more baby Pancakes. Well coming off a holiday is a great way to be relaxed about the TTC process.

I envy this eagle pose.

 

[Clairitek]

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Holy heartburn batman! It might be last night's mexican, but if I am pregnant, it doesn't bode well... I was sick for 6 months with J, and had heartburn/reflux for the rest...

Anchor: Heartburn sounds promising!! But I hope it came and went- certainly not fun!

Pancake: Foot cramps??? Have they abated? Also doing an eagle pose or you!

DF: I concur with the other ladies here- CD 11 is totally plausible. I don't think it's concerning, either... I'd be curious to see how your other cycles shape up (actually, hopefully we won't be able to b/c you'll be pregnant soon!)

HPTs came today- BFN on a cheapie and on a FRER. I'm either 7 or 8 dpo... 7.5? A BFN is not surprising, but it was still a downer. I'm feeling a bit crampy today. Last cycle I started spotting at 8 dpo and AF was here my 10dpo, so we'll see if that happens. I plan on using a Wondfo each day, and if AF hasn't shown by Sunday, I'll test then with a FRER.

Now you're making me wish I had purchased some cheapies, too!

Anchor- I really hope that the heartburn is related to a baby on the way! Sorry you're uncomfortable, though.

Pancake- I think that sounds like a plan- to test at 14 DPO. I personally know I would never be able to hold out that long.

AFM- Nothing going on here just yet. I'm on CD10 and my OPK this morning didn't have even a hint of fade in towards a positive. I'm trying to remember when I started to see it happen last cycle and I think it was CD11 because the positive came on CD12 in the afternoon. I'm totally understanding what LC said before about being disappointed in any negative test, even if its an OPK before you normally ovulate. I guess since this is the first time we are trying I'm just anxious to get the show on the road. The earlier I O the earlier I can test! I thought I saw the start of EWCM yesterday but it was just wishful thinking. Here's hoping today things start to turn around. I really, really need to get it out of my head that we will get pregnant on the first cycle. I can sense that I am just assuming it'll happen and if I don't get some reason in me I will be heavily disappointed if it doesn't happen. On the positive side (way positive!) my friend didn't end up getting sent to the Phillippines afterall! She will be home for the holidays and her husband let slip to me that they had already pulled the goalie. I can't wait to see them next week in SD.

 

[PilsnPinkysMom]

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Wompwomp. Two BFNs for me today at 8/9 DPO. The plus side is that I also haven't noticed any spotting. My LP is usually ten days, so AF should be here soon. If she holds out, at least it's a sign my LP is lengthening. Still cramping.

Claritek: Cheapies are no good. It just compounds the disappointment over seeing a negative.

Fun science experiment for anyone who's lactating: After reading about breastmilk's effect on tests, I decided to waste a Wondfo. Turns out my milk causes a BFP! Pretty interesting! I'd be curious to know if this works for anyone else. I contemplated freaking my hubby out, but decided against it

 

[megumic]

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Holy heartburn batman! It might be last night's mexican, but if I am pregnant, it doesn't bode well... I was sick for 6 months with J, and had heartburn/reflux for the rest...

Heartburn was my 1st symptom with #1!!!

 

[PilsnPinkysMom]

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8DPO and spotting, right on schedule. I jinx myself by posting on here.