The Official TTC Thread!

[blushingbride]

Date: 12/15/2008 11:30:27 AM
Author: peonygirl
Vizsla, working out could be doing it. However, I do not think it''s abnormal for your cycle to increase 5 days, especially when it''s still within the normal range. My cycles have increased twenty days over the course of the six months I''ve been off the pill. Now that''s concerning.

I really do think that you''d get SO much great information from temping, but I can''t convince you do it if you don''t want to.

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Blushing, the fact that you''re only 31 blows my age theory out of the water.

Dreamer, I just found your belly pic that other posters alluded to a while ago, and it''s ADORABLE!!! Are you getting to the uncomfy stage yet? Also, do you know the sex, or are you waiting to find out? I''m VERY excited for you!!

I know strange - I figure she knows about this way more than I do since I live in NYC and my practice is huge - in fact the day I went, she said I was 3rd person to be given the sperm analysis info - and it was only noon. Anyway, I''ll definitely ask more questions if I have to go that route and may even get a second opinion - we''ll see.

 

[Festy]

Good afternoon everyone! Back from a wonderful weekend in SF with DH. While there and BDing like mad, DH tells me he was conceived in SF. Talk about pressure! Then I get to thinking...always a dangerous thing. People like to talk about where they were conceived. But now that I have all this information rattling around in my head I have to wonder, does conception happen when the egg drops or when the sperm is deposited? If it''s the former, then it''s possible our future child will have been conceived on an airplane, (even though we are NOT members of the mile-high club) since I''m pretty sure I O''d on the way home. That''s my deep thought for the day.

Welcome, SM and CA - it sounds like our resident experts have addressed your specific questions, so I''ll just say hi! And don''t worry for a second about sounding "crazy." Crazy is the new normal here in TTC land.

Blushing, that''s interesting about Clomid making you O harder. Sounds painful. But again, thanks for sharing. I''ll probably be right there with you next month if nothing happens for us this time.

Good grief, Peony, that''s funny. They say that having a child is seriously humbling, so I guess discussing all of your cycle info in front of strangers is prepping you for the inevitable day when you''re spreading your legs left and right for any med student who happens to walk by. (This was pretty much my mom''s description of her birth experience).

Fisher, I hope your trip to Bama was awesome! My best friend is from B''ham and we''ve had some mighty good times there.

InLuv, hello my cycle buddy. CD 16 here. Gonna try and put down the BBT after O is confirmed, but I''m not making any promises.

 

[sunkist]

Good morning everyone! Well, I guess it''s almost afternoon here and well into the day for most other people I''m at work, so I''ll reply more later. Just wanted to show my chart, look what happened over the weekend! Maybe the rise is a fluke because I had a couple extra blankets on me the past couple nights. I guess we''ll see, but it is kinda exciting!

 

[phoenixgirl]

So . . . AF came on schedule.

Does this sound crazy? I really think I had a fertilized egg that tried to implant there for a little bit. For about five or six days (from a day or two before what seemed like implantation bleeding to a day or two after) I was really nauseated/gassy and I burped constantly. I just felt different, and I was super tired and unable to focus. Then around Thursday it went away (after I got a sharp sore throat and felt icky Wednesday night), and I started to worry that I wasn''t pregant at all/anymore, but I thought, well, I''ve never been pregnant before and don''t even know if I am now, so maybe it''s normal for these feelings to come and go. Now I think that''s when the hormone levels were dropping back to normal.

But if my theory is correct, then would I still have gotten my period at the regular time, exactly 14.5 days after ovulating?

I''m worried that the alternative is that I am some nut case who had phantom symptoms! But I didn''t even know what implantation bleeding was and when I read about it, that''s exactly what I was experiencing, and I had already been experiencing queasiness at that point without even thinking about being pregnant.

Anyway, it was definitely disappointing. 2008 has been a terrible year for a lot of reasons, and I thought it would be nice to at least end it on a high note of being pregnant. Sigh . . .

 

[Pandora II]

LOL Festy, I think most people go by where they were when they DTD that resulted in them getting KTFU if that makes sense.

Ours was conceived on my Grandmother''s 91st birthday - not sure that I''ll be admitting that, although she''d probably be pleased. DH and I were married on her mother''s 131st birthday and she was very happy about that (sheer coincidence).

I always think of Margaux Hemmingway, who was conceived the night her parents had drunk a fine bottle of Chateaux Margaux - hence the name...thank goodness they weren''t drinking Special Brew.

 

[Pandora II]

Date: 12/15/2008 2:31:36 PM
Author: phoenixgirl
So . . . AF came on schedule.

Does this sound crazy? I really think I had a fertilized egg that tried to implant there for a little bit. For about five or six days (from a day or two before what seemed like implantation bleeding to a day or two after) I was really nauseated/gassy and I burped constantly. I just felt different, and I was super tired and unable to focus. Then around Thursday it went away (after I got a sharp sore throat and felt icky Wednesday night), and I started to worry that I wasn''t pregant at all/anymore, but I thought, well, I''ve never been pregnant before and don''t even know if I am now, so maybe it''s normal for these feelings to come and go. Now I think that''s when the hormone levels were dropping back to normal.

But if my theory is correct, then would I still have gotten my period at the regular time, exactly 14.5 days after ovulating?

I''m worried that the alternative is that I am some nut case who had phantom symptoms! But I didn''t even know what implantation bleeding was and when I read about it, that''s exactly what I was experiencing, and I had already been experiencing queasiness at that point without even thinking about being pregnant.

Anyway, it was definitely disappointing. 2008 has been a terrible year for a lot of reasons, and I thought it would be nice to at least end it on a high note of being pregnant. Sigh . . .

Sorry to hear that Phoenix. I felt EXACTLY the same way the first month we TTC - nausea so bad I had to go home from a party, emotional, sore bbs, everything and then suddenly I just didn''t feel it anymore and AFF arrived right on schedule.

Next month when I did get KTFU, I had no symptoms at all....

If you had a chemical pregnancy, you could still have AF on the usual day, but it would be unusual to have pg symptoms that early. This time, the nausea didn''t kick in till week 6.

I think we all feel like nutters at some point when TTC, I certainly did.

If you already have a 14.5 day LP then that is a good thing and it sounds like your cycle is very regular. I would think you won''t find it takes to long.

In the meantime - enjoy drinking and eating bad things at Xmas.

 

[Festy]

Nice chart, Sunkist! I''m guessing you''ll get crosshairs tomorrow if you have another high temp.

Phoenixgirl, I''m sorry about the fakeout, or whatever it was. I can''t speculate about what is or isn''t medically possible, although I''m tempted to say it''s entirely possible that you had a chemical pregnancy. Either way, it really sucks, the disappointment.

 

[Festy]

Date: 12/15/2008 2:35:15 PM
Author: Pandora II
LOL Festy, I think most people go by where they were when they DTD that resulted in them getting KTFU if that makes sense.

Ours was conceived on my Grandmother''s 91st birthday - not sure that I''ll be admitting that, although she''d probably be pleased. DH and I were married on her mother''s 131st birthday and she was very happy about that (sheer coincidence).

I always think of Margaux Hemmingway, who was conceived the night her parents had drunk a fine bottle of Chateaux Margaux - hence the name...thank goodness they weren''t drinking Special Brew.

That''s so cool! Will your grandmother get naming rights then?

Great pics on the preggo thread, btw. You may feel like crap but you look great!

 

[phoenixgirl]

Thanks Pandora. I just need to work on being patient and living life each day.

My two friends at work got me carried away because one of them pointed out that I was acting really spacey and was it possible . . . ???, and then when I mentioned my spotting the other one said that''s exactly what happened to her when she had implantation bleeding. Those two things put together really put it into my head that I was pregnant.

It is a blessing that my cycles are regular (so far) and that I can predict when I''ll be ovulating and then feel it when it happens, but it also seems like a curse because then I''m thinking of exactly what would be happening right then if I were pregnant. Ignorance is bliss sometimes. For the second month in a row I took a PT about an hour before I got my period because I thought, well, who knows when I''ll get my period and if I were pregnant the hormones should show up by now. But now I need to say to myself, who knows when I''ll get my period? . . . The answer is I do. And I need to wait until 16 days after I ovulate at least to test or even worry. I told myself I wasn''t going to test until tomorrow, but then with all the signs and speculation of my friends I just couldn''t wait. I told my husband I''d rather find out from a stick than from the unpleasant discovery of you know what in your you know where.

 

[peonygirl]

Ugh, website just ate my post! Anyway, I got my progesterone lab values back, which showed that I did ovulate! But even though I'm now on day 52 of my cycle and they're just getting longer and longer, my ob/gyn told me she won't consider prescribing me Clomid until I've been trying at least a year. Her reasoning was the 5-10% chance of twins.

On one hand, I appreciate that she's being conservative, but on the other hand, I think she may be being TOO conservative. I understand what Dreamer is saying that this might just take time for me, but as one of those very, very hardworking and generally high-achieving people

it just KILLS me that I am feeling SO helpless right now! I mean, I if there was ANYTHING I could be doing to exert efforful control over this part I my life, I would doing it!!!

This leads me to the question of whether I should change ob/gyns. I'll need to discuss that with the DH, who honestly dislikes this dr., mostly because of her bedside manner. When we went to the appointment together, she basically ignored him the whole time and brushed off his questions.

Festy, about the whole med student thing, I'm gonna have to say that I'd be okay with those students peeking at my hoo-ha during labor, as they've got to learn somehow. I'll hopefully be in that learning situation in a few years, so it would be hypocritical of me not to allow it, especially if they're well supervised. Heck, my own husband has caught a bunch of babies in the hospital where I'll hopefully be giving birth, and even sewed up a few c-sectioned abdomens. I can understand why someone wouldn't want that though.

P.S. Do you gals think I should test tomorrow? It would be 11DPO, maybe 10DPO.

 

[peonygirl]

Oh yeah, and I STILL don''t have crosshairs on FF Advanced version, and Research TOOK AWAY MY CROSSHAIRS! I still have FAM crosshairs though.

 

[NovemberBride]

Peony,

That''s great news that you ovulated. I totally hear you on the hard working, over acheiving thing. I am exactly the same way - about as type A as you can get. It also kills me that there isn''t really that much that we can do to speed this along, beyond the temping and monitoring and timing BD accordingly.

As to whether you should change ob/gyns, that''s totally a personal decision. If you and DH don''t like her manner or feel comfortable with her, you should definitely switch. I am not sure I''d switch just because she won''t prescribe Clomid until at least a year of trying for someone in their 20''s who is ovulating fairly regularly though. I think that is a pretty standard practice and not necessarily a sign that she''s being too conservative (I''m sorry if I''ve missed some other signs you''ve gotten that she''s conservative though). I''d probably be a little suspect of a doctor who is willing to prescribe it after only a few cycles of trying without any medical indication that it is necessary.

At least all this waiting is teaching us patience which will be helpful when we become moms!

 

[peonygirl]

November, glad that you understand what I''m going through! The main reason I really want Clomid is that I''ve been reading some articles (in reputable places, like WebMD) that say that one has a much lower chance of getting pregnant on an ovulatory but very long cycle, as the egg is less viable and the endometrium (uterine lining) has been hanging around for a while. Also, this is what my friend''s RE told her.

P.S. The DH wants to test tomorrow before we make our next move, so I guess I''m testing! We''re not getting our hopes up though.

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Hi everyone,

The weekend was fabulous.

My crosshairs haven''t gone away. I still feel sick in the morning, but I think it''s more of an "in my head" thing than anything else. Who knows. I''m not going to take any pregnancy tests, as it''s highly unlikely that I''d be preggo *and then* FF give me crosshairs. Plus, I''d be not far enough along to have any symptoms, anyway.

New game plan: Conception 2009. Haha. Here''s hoping. A whole year. That''s full of a ton of oportunities.

Peony,

Let us know how that test goes, girl!

I can understand where you''re coming from, wanting to get started on Clomid. I''m the exact opposite. If I know my body can do it, then I want to give it time to see if it will, on its own, so to speak. But I can see where you''re coming from, too. I think to begin with, I was much more expectant with the process, thinking I would be pregnant when *we* wanted to be, but really all we want is a baby to love and grow in the ways of the Lord, so we''re not too stressed (yet) about when that baby comes along. I won''t lie, though. I am tired of the heartache as each new cycle ends (or drones on and on and on). Everyone is different and I think you should search out a Dr. who you''re comfortable with. That''s the best plan!!

 

[peonygirl]

Ugh, temp drop today and the expected BFN. I am REALLY down right now.

I also found out I rocked my finals and got a 4.0 this semester, which should make me feel happy, right? Oddly, I just feel numb.

 

[Pandora II]

Date: 12/16/2008 10:41:16 AM
Author: peonygirl
Ugh, temp drop today and the expected BFN. I am REALLY down right now.

I also found out I rocked my finals and got a 4.0 this semester, which should make me feel happy, right? Oddly, I just feel numb.

Peony I had a temp drop (but still above the coverline) on 10DPO and 11DPO. I got BFNs both mornings - then an incredibly faint BFP in the afternoon.

You are testing early!

 

[peonygirl]

Thanks Pandora! I still don''t think I''m pregnant, but even a little hope will make it easier to get through work today.

Also, DH and I decided to make an appt with a RE for later this week, even though it''s very expensive and we''ll be paying out of pocket. We just want an expert to tell us what he thinks so far of my very long cycles and if there is anything else we could be doing. Heck, I don''t even know if Clomid would help me that much, since I''m ovulatory. Maybe he''ll suggest doing an HSG and a "official" sperm analysis. I''m not exactly about to start IVF or anything, ha!

Since he probably has WAY more experience helping people get preg than my ob, if he tell us we''re doing all we can and we just need to wait, I''ll be happy with that answer. Heck, it might even help me stress less.

 

[lovelylulu]

peony: I definitely know how TTC can become all consuming BUT, Congratulations of the 4.0

That is certainly an accomplishment to be proud of!!! I also relate to your need to find answers and I think it''s appropriate to switch doctors if you are unhappy with the treatment you are receiving from your current one, but I wouldn''t switch in an attempt to try to find someone that would prescribe clomid. Maybe the RE will have more specific insights!

blushing: thanks for chiming in the other day. I have been super busy at work and haven''t had time to respond. I''m glad that your doctor is being responsive - but o''ing harder?

I''m going to think that we lay people lost something in translation! Hope that this is the cycle for you and your DH

Fisher: hope that you had/are having a great trip! and keep on coming with the positivity. i love reading your posts!

As for me, I had an adventure up in VT. There was a tremendous ice storm that caused a number of trees to fall down across streets and power lines making for a few u-turns. My brother''s house lost power (which also means water?) so we had a big sleepover at our condo, but we celebrated despite the weather and my nephew (age 1) was just a blast. In an interesting development, I think that my SIL may be KTFU. She drank only water and sprite, ordered a "hot" sandwich from the deli and ate a salad with every meal - completely unusual on all accounts. I put it together instantly, but respected their privacy. I can''t deny that I felt a little bit wounded? at first, but now I''m really excited. They live MUCH closer than VT and I do love to dote

I had my first peak reading which is one day later than normal and have been temping.

I think that if I don''t get a BFP this time or the next two I will seriously hassle my doctor or seek out an expert. Like fisher, I want to let me body have a chance, but that will be nine cycles. and that will be enough.

Thinking of you all.

Lulu
CD 12

 

[Festy]

Peony, congratulations on that 4.0, girl! Isn''t it nice to have some control over the outcome of tests?

If you are out this cycle, at least you can look forward to talking with the RE.

Fisher, so glad those crosshairs are sticking around!

LLL - I understand the mixed emotions that come with thinking/knowing that a close friend or family member is KTFU. Which brings me to my thought/self-centered rant for the day:

It''s so weird to have other people invested in when you get pregnant. Most of our friends and family members want us to get KU right away, of course. Pressure. Then there''s my BFF. She is divorced and tried briefly with her ex to get pregnant. The beginning of the end of their relationship came with his not wanting to have a baby. She''s always desperately wanted to be a mom and it''s been really hard on her seeing her younger sister and family members get KU before her, with multiple babies. (She''s my age, 35/36). She''s now in a serious relationship, headed toward marriage with a great guy who wants to have kids! This makes me so happy. I''ve been sharing the basics of our TTC journey with her...I told her that Thanksgiving was a little hard on me this year, as I was with DH''s family and had just gotten a BFN. She was super understanding and supportive, and then said something like, "I really want this to happen for you, but there''s also a part of me that wants you to take a long time to get KU so we can be pregnant together." A very honest and understandable feeling that I wish she''d kept to herself! I wanted to cry a little bit and make her understand that if it takes us that long to get pregnant we will be desperate and miserable! But I said nothing because she truly is so supportive in general. And yes, it would be fun to be KU at the same time, but preferably NOW.

Rant over. Thanks.

 

[sunkist]

Peony, Congrats on finishing finals and scoring the 4.0!

 

[lovelylulu]

Festy: i think some people lack sensitivity until they are in the same situation. but, i was having the same feelings - in reverse - one of my closest friends got a BFP this summer and I was hoping to follow along quickly because I thought it would be great to go through it at the same time . . .

 

[littlelysser]

Hi ladies. I'm still around, just sort of lurking in TTC feh-dom. I didn't temp this month and I'm sort of taking a giant step back from this whole process. Last month stunk, and frankly, I don't want to go through that again. I know my CM pretty well and I know when I've O'd because my nips get super sore. Also, I'm sort of making myself okay with the fact that it might not happen for DH and I and that I need to get the other parts of my life figured out in the meantime...so yeah.

On a totally unrelated TTC note, I think I'm going to back to school. As much as I love designing and making jewelry, I'm not a big fan the business side of things. So yeah. Long story short, PhD may be the way for me to go...I'm researching and stuff - but I miss academia and I love law school...so here I am...trying to figure out how to get back into the academic world. And also trying to get more letters after my name than any person should!

On a TTC related note, we dtd near the time I O'd...and my nips have been sore for the past 5 days...but I've faked myself out so many times I'm attributing it to absolutely NOTHING.

Hello to the new folks!

Phoenix - There is nothing worse than other people talking about and convincing you that you are KTFU when you may not be. It makes a hard situation even harder. FWIW, I'm not POASing again until I'm actually a day or two late.

Congrats on crosshairs Fisher! Perhaps Conception 2009 won't be necessary!

in-luv - Good luck with the marathon! Baby dust to you!

Peony - Congrats on the 4.0! And on ovulating. And I'm sorry it looks like this cycle is a bust. Good luck with the RE!

LuLu - Good luck this cycle! Much dust your way! And I understand feeling down about someone else getting KTFU. I haven't had to deal with it yet, but I think it is just a function of time...

BB - I hope this is the month for you and that will render all doc talk irrelevant! You've been in my thoughts. ANd really, same goes for you Lulu

Festy - I'm sorry about your friend's comment. I think that people that haven't started TTC just don't understand how hard the process can be...blergh

Amber - Hope you are doing well!


Oh, and even though I'm not really posting much, I'm reading every day and thinking of you guys!

CD 18. Some days past O.

 

[peonygirl]

Fisher: Thanks for your encouragement!! I''m glad that your faith in God is helping through this process a bit. If you want, please share with us how your religion is helping you cope with this trying process. Sometimes I wish I had that going for me. I do strongly identify with my religion for cultural reasons (I''m Jewish), but I''m more of a secular humanist.

Thanks Lovelylulu! Yeah, I''m not as gung-ho about the Clomid thing as I was before since I do appear to be Oing. I just don''t have enough information about whether it would help me, honestly! I will report on what the RE says, as he comes highly recommended. I''m glad that you had a fun trip!

Festy: I totally think you''re right that a deep-seated need for control of SOMETHING helped my academic performance this semester! There was a point at which I was SO down that I didn''t even want to think about studying (somewhere last cycle when I hadn''t Oed by day 30), but luckily DH gave me a good talking to and got me in line again.

Sunkist: Thanks girlie!

LL: Congrats on potentially making a move to start school again! Before I started this pre-med thing I was ABD with my PhD. I actually had a good experience, but ultimately it wasn''t a great match for me, if you know what I mean. I feel like my life is filled with people with a million darn letters after their name!! Currently my MIL is winning that race by having two bachelor''s, a PhD (there might be a nonterminal Master''s in there too), PharmD, and she''ll be getting her MBA in less than a year! I would probably be a professional student if I could, because I love school. Definitely keep us updated with how your plans are shaping up.

By the way, do you really think it''s easier to wait until you miss your period versus testing? I HATE pregnancy testing (probably because I''ve always been disappointed), but then again I could totally see myself getting my period at work and then bawling my eyes out in front of my boss. When you got your eventually period on the cycles where you weren''t knocked up, was it less devastating than getting a negative test?

P.S. I am starting to feel a little better about my grades now! Considering that I was taking 4 pre-med science classes, working 20 hrs a week, studying for the MCATs, trying to be a good wife (hehe!), and spending 92.459% of my time plotting and dreaming about TTC, I''m pleased with how everything turned out. Especially after I saw the final grade distributions and noted that the number of Cs, Ds, and Fs given out FAR surpassed the number of As, especially in o-chem.

So yay! Plus I got my hair cut today, and I like it.

 

[peonygirl]

By the way, since other people--both the well-meaning and the thoughtless--often seem to irk us in this TTC journey, I''ll share something cute that one of my best friends wrote. She has a food blog, and yesterday she posted a recipe she made that my DH had enjoyed (his name is Ian, btw). Here''s a quote:

"I call these Ian’s Thumbprint Cookies because he loves them so much. They’re simple enough to make that I can see him tackling the recipe with his future little ones. Everyone would wear aprons, and they’d take turns rolling out balls of dough and squishing a well in the center with their thumbs. When Ian’s back was turned, the kids would steal nibbles of dough, sweet and buttery on the tongue. I can’t wait to meet his little ones."

I thanked her for the sweet image, and she just wrote back:

"I love your family, including the members who are just a twinkle in your eye right now. You and Ian are going to be great parents. And hey, with this recipe, since there aren''t any eggs in it, you don''t have to worry about anything more than a sugar high if your kiddos eat too much raw cookie dough. "

She knows that we''re having trouble TTC, and I think she approached in the perfect way--with lots of hope and little pressure. Yay for good friends!

 

[sunkist]

Peony, what a sweet note from your friend. That''s the kind of support every girl needs. And those thumbprint cookies sound delish! I''ve got to make some

Hi Fisher, welcome home, glad you had a nice time away. That''s great news the cross hairs stayed put! Yayy!

I was so excited when I put my temp in this morning and got my own crosshairs! So apparently FF thinks I O''d, although since I didn''t know it was coming and didn''t see any obvious signs in my CM we didn''t DTD anywhere in the fertile window. Hopefully next month CM will kick in so we can get some good timing.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Date: 12/16/2008 9:13:58 PM
Author: sunkist
Peony, what a sweet note from your friend. That''s the kind of support every girl needs. And those thumbprint cookies sound delish! I''ve got to make some

Hi Fisher, welcome home, glad you had a nice time away. That''s great news the cross hairs stayed put! Yayy!

I was so excited when I put my temp in this morning and got my own crosshairs! So apparently FF thinks I O''d, although since I didn''t know it was coming and didn''t see any obvious signs in my CM we didn''t DTD anywhere in the fertile window. Hopefully next month CM will kick in so we can get some good timing.

Yah for the O Sunkist!

I''m sure you will find that your CM gets better in the months to come!

 

[peonygirl]

Yay Sunkist!! I had creamy CM almost my whole first month off the pill too. Also, I recently got a tip that drinking a lot of water does increase CM (especially the thinner stuff), and it seemed to work for me this cycle even though I probably tried it too late. Just a tip.

 

[sunkist]

Oo, I''ll remember the tip to drink more water. Thanks! How did you cut your hair cut, Peony?

 

[peonygirl]

NYC and Sabina, thanks for the information, and good luck to you both!! I am having my period and Oing regularly (but my cycles are getting longer and longer) so now I''m thinking I probably don''t have PCOS. Even though I''m not overweight, I have major blood sugar issues though--basically I get really, really tired when I eat sweets--and part of the reason that I thought I might have PCOS is that insulin resistance can be a symptom. But my DH says that the reason I''m probably getting tired is that my blood sugar is actually falling, whereas with insulin resistance it should be elevated. We''re hopefully getting a glucose monitor tomorrow since I''d like to figure out what''s going on with that in general!

Blushing, I think that I might know what your dr. means about Oing harder. It sounds funny, doesn''t it! Basically, it causes your body to increase the hormones that naturally increase when you''re supposed to be Oing (such as FSH). I have heard mixed reports on this, but some REs seems to suggest that it can give a more viable or robust enviroment for the egg. However, it is unlikely that it would dramatically increase your chances of getting pregnant on any one cycle if you''re already Oing (and it can decrease them if you take it for too long and your CM decreases). Of course it can sometimes release multiple eggs (although the rates of hyperstimulation are quite low). I guess that one other benefit is that it makes your O much more apparent in cases where people are having trouble timing intercourse. I must say that I was METICULOUS about my temping and OPKs, and I used about 30 OPKs last cycle. And that''s only testing from like day 18 on and only once a day! I''m very jealous of those people who have a better handle on when they O.

 

[peonygirl]

Sunkist, thanks for asking! It wasn''t super exciting or anything, but my hair was about 1/3 of the way down my back and I got a big trim to the bra strap. Same cut as I always get, long layers.

By the way, I''ve been thinking lately that maybe we should do a getting-to-know-you, 20-questions type of poll since it would be interesting to learn more about you great gals, and since the vast majority of us are waiting, waiting, waiting for something (waiting to O, waiting to test, etc) it could help to pass the time.

I''m not terribly good about thinking of questions for these types of things, but we could have basic demographic info, maybe a few questions about your TTC history, and then some fun questions about hobbies or something. You can also feel free to post pics if you feel comfy with that. Any takers?