Any other DISers trying to concieve? Reread OP for the QOTD!

[ashjohnson80]

Well I don't know if this means anything, but my face is all broken out. I've never had much acne before and I have little zits all over my face. It's pretty nasty. I still feel a little crampy but not like yesterday. More bloated feeling. But I'm still trying to not get my hopes up.

 

[Stepharoonie!]

I honestly think I'm out. I went ahead and took another test today, the one that I took when I found out I was pregnant last year, and it was also a negative. I started bawling. My husband doesn't totally understand, and just kept saying, "Oh...we'll try again next month." He doesn't get it, and it ends up hurting me more.

So...

 

[ashjohnson80]

I honestly think I'm out. I went ahead and took another test today, the one that I took when I found out I was pregnant last year, and it was also a negative. I started bawling. My husband doesn't totally understand, and just kept saying, "Oh...we'll try again next month." He doesn't get it, and it ends up hurting me more.

So...

 

[Tiggerlover91]

I honestly think I'm out. I went ahead and took another test today, the one that I took when I found out I was pregnant last year, and it was also a negative. I started bawling. My husband doesn't totally understand, and just kept saying, "Oh...we'll try again next month." He doesn't get it, and it ends up hurting me more.

So...

 

[MindyGirl]

Wow, what a rollercoaster for your Steph.. Hang in there and don't get too down. I am sorry your DH doesn't "get it", it must be really hard for you. Although, I have to confess, I am still tuning in for any breaking news on the Boo-Bay story line.

Nicole, I can't wait to hear about any more lines, as faint as they maybe!

Michelle, you must have really strong will power not to be testing! Not sure I could be so self controlled when it comes down to it!

Well, I am currently CD 13 and am trying my hand at OPK's. There is only one type here available in the store, so not much of a choice! A kit of 7 is about $14, which wasn't too bad until I actually did the math, making it $2 each time I want to POAS! Oh well. Last month I O'd on CD 17, so hopefully I am getting close. My BBT's are all over the place, it will be interesting to see what this month looks like, it will be my first full month charting, although it is TTC cycle #6.

Enjoy your Sunday.. nothing too much planned for us.. laundry and washing the dog.. what very exciting lives we lead!


Mindy

 

[7beasley]

Hi

Steph--- I am sorry about the negative - but, as hard as it is - try to stay hopeful. The boo-bays really are a good symptom and it has to mean something! Tuesday is still several days away. Keeping my fingers crossed for you that AF does NOT show up!!

Ash -- I think the breaking out is a GREAT sign! I am hoping for you - how many days past ovul. are you today? When can you test?

Minday -- have fun POAS - are you temping too? Lots of girls here use Fertility Friend and seem to have luck with that. When I was using OPK sticks I was using Answer - 20 in a pack for $20 -- you could probably find them online. The Clear Blue are really the best - the ones that give you a smiley face when you are ovulating cause there are no lines to interpret. I had the Answer tests and one pack of Clear Blue (7 for $35) and saved those until I thought I had a dark line and then used Clear Blue kind of as a confirmation. Good Luck!

Tiggerlover - Hi - where are you in your cycle?

Carla -- so great about your Real Estate agent job - I hope it goes great - you can't beat the flexiblity of it. Lawyering is tough - the hours suck and the stress and demands are high - I am one too and I wonder how I am going to keep in that job if I have a baby...

JeninNH -- Hi -- your time is getting close - I am so excited for you!

Elaine -- How is sweet little Lily doing? I was shocked by your First Response story -- I can now see why so many people hate that brand.

DisneyDreamer -- hi - where in your cycle are you? Good luck.

LisaB --- Hi - nice to hear from you! Thanks for your good wishes!!

Michelle -- how are you doing - how are you feeling? Any symptoms yet? Are you still demonstrating incredible willpower by holding off testing? You are what 5dp5dt today? Post or email me soon - I am thinking of you!!!

Hugs
~Nicole

 

[7beasley]

So......I took a Digital test today......a test that leaves no lines to anyones interpretation......a test that just tells it like it is! Today (Sunday) I am 9dp3dt and today......for the first time ever in my life.....I got a.......


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BFP!!​

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OMG!! I am shaking from excitement. I still can't even beleive it. I have waited so long and have gone through so much to actually say the phrase BFP about myself. My DH and I are on cloud nine.

Beta is Wed.

And then another beta every two days for at least a week and then an ultrasound I think in 6 weeks and then -- perhaps my own ticker!!

OMG!!

Let's hope and pray for a sticky little baby!!

Love,
Nicole

 

[helenabear]

Oh Nicole.... you have no idea how happy I am for you!!!!!! I could nearly cry!!!!!! Sending lots of sticky dust your way

Steph, sweetie... quit testing! You are still very early for that! I wouldn't test at all until the day your period is due now. Your symptoms are still enough to give hope! Okay now that I have fussed at you I do hope for the best!

Rebecca, well the good news with the cycle being so short is that you have less time to wait for the next one to begin I just hope that made you smile a little. I suppose there is good and bad (like now or when you don't want to be pg) to it though.

Ash, I can't tell you what a breakout would mean. When I was pg, I didn't get broken out at all really. I always do break out before I get my period though. So I would imagine if it is different, then maybe it is a good thing.

Mindy $2/stick is still better than about $10/stick for pregnancy

Oh and Nicole, I was shocked after I found out what my levels were when that thing came back with a super faint line. That's why I will never use them again. And even one of them was so faint I didn't even see it at first. Stupid tests!

Church day here... better get moving!

 

[Tiggerlover91]

Hi
Tiggerlover - Hi - where are you in your cycle?
Hugs
~Nicole

This is all so new to me. I suppose you mean where am I til my next period? It's supposed to start March 13th, so I've got a ways to go. I had a 35 day cycle because of how I took my pills. DH and I never "Have Fun" while I'm on my period, nor for about a week after that. So I wouldn't start taking my pills til the fun week arrived. I'm going to have to really keep up with my cycle now as before on the pill...I knew that Tuesday of the green pills it would come. And nine times out of ten it always did. Only late once, but early a few times, but only by a day or two. It's still very early for me. I'm excited, but not concerned yet. My old OB/GYN told me once going off the pill, it should be six months at the MOST for me to get pregnant. We'll see. Thanks for asking Nicole!


ETA: Now that I think about it...she said six months for my body to regulate and even possibly get pregnant, but if I wasn't pregnant after a year to come see her and she would see what she could do.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

So......I took a Digital test today......a test that leaves no lines to anyones interpretation......a test that just tells it like it is! Today (Sunday) I am 9dp3dt and today......for the first time ever in my life.....I got a.......


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BFP!!​

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OMG!! I am shaking from excitement. I still can't even beleive it. I have waited so long and have gone through so much to actually say the phrase BFP about myself. My DH and I are on cloud nine.

Beta is Wed.

And then another beta every two days for at least a week and then an ultrasound I think in 6 weeks and then -- perhaps my own ticker!!

OMG!!

Let's hope and pray for a sticky little baby!!

Love,
Nicole

I feel silly...what do you mean Beta is Wed? Have you been trying naturally or have you had to do other methods? How long have you been trying? I'm sorry Nicole..I feel a little out of the loop and sometimes I don't understand the lingo.
May I ask how old you are?

 

[7beasley]

Hi Denise - don't worry about the lingo - you will catch on and always feel free to ask any questions...

Beta is a blood test to see how much HCG (the pregnancy hormone) you have in your blood. A HPT (home preg test) just tells you positive or negative but the blood test gives you a number. HCG is supposed to double every 2 days. Mine should be at least 50 (but hopefully higher) on Wed.

I just turned 33 in October.

My DH and I went off the pill in May of 2005 and tried to conceive on our own for a year. My periods after coming off the pill were very irregular. And I was doing OPK (ovulation predictor kits) on my own and charting my temp on my own and I did not think I was ovulating. In June of 2006 (after multiple appts with my obgyn where she did lots of blood tests and ultrasounds) I finally saw an RE (reproductive endocrinolgist - specialist) - he also did a bunch of tests and on 6/23/06 I was diagnosed with POF (premature ovarian failure) -- which basically meant going through menopause at 32 and I had no eggs of my own and therefore would not be able to get preganant on my own - but I have a healthy uterus and I can therefore carry a baby fine.

This news was obviously devasting - our only option was egg donation or adoption. We spent some time looking for an egg donor and at the end of July found a wonderful anyomous donor. We then had months of testing that we both had to go through. Then we were going to do the IVF (invitro fertilization) in Nov but our insurance claim got denied -- we had to go through appeals which we lost so we had to switch insurance carriers.

Our new ins. kicked in on Jan 1 and we got our IVF/egg donation approved and our donor started her meds in Jan and her retrieval was Feb 13. This was such a long road and battle for us --- my uterine lining was not thick enough - it has to be at least 8mm and one week before the scheduled IVF mine was only 4.2 -- -but thank god - the docs were able to fix it and get it right for the IVF cycle -- so that was a huge and horrible hurdle.

And then, as if things were going bad already -- our donor only produced 7 eggs -- which was WAY less than expected -- most donors have 15+. So that was anohter big problem. But someone was watching out for us because of the 7 eggs - 6 were mature and all 6 fertilized and all 6 grew and turned into healthy embroyos -- so we, on our day of transfer (Fri Feb 16) had 6 healthy good embroyos.

They transfered 2 of them into my uterus and froze the other 4 for later. Then - it was a tense week waiting to see if the iVF would work and the embroyos would implant.

And today I found out it looks like it worked and I am finally pregnant--- almost 2 years after we first started trying -- alot of highs and lows since then -- a devasting diagnosis with a happy (so far) ending and $20,000 spent for the egg donor fees and clinic fees!

So - there is my long story. It is not the typical path to a pregnancy but I am so happy that we have made it to the next step and at least our embroyo(s) have implanted --- it is going to be a long 9 months!

Thanks for asking.

Good luck to you!

-Nicole

 

[MindyGirl]

YEAH NICOLE!

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Not that we're happy for you or anything!



Mindy

 

[helenabear]

Denise, I have to admit I think that is way too optimistic of your doc to say about the 6 months. It can take up to 6 months after going off the pill for the body to regulate. Also is there any reason why you take a week off after your period stops for "having fun"? I just know if I ovulate early taking that time off is a bad thing because I am nearly at the middle of my cycle. Just something to think on.

I'd say your average person never gets the Beta tests done. I had them done three or four times when they were monitoring my hormone levels. They are the quantitative amount. Most just need to know if you have the hormone in your system or not.

Don't ever feel out of the loop. I had no idea what most of the lingo was when I first started out here.

I'll give you some of my history. I am 30 years old and my DH is 29. We have been TTC for over a year now. Last September I got a positive, but miscarried at 12 weeks and had a D&C the Friday before Thanksgiving. I can't say I am nearly as much into "TTC" now as I ma just letting life happen (as some would say on God's time, not mine). I love the girls here so I doubt I'd leave no matter what

 

[DisneyDreamer8]

Nicole-I am so so happy for you!!!! I hope your Beta is high and sticky baby dust fairy stays on your shoulder. Please keep us updated and I can't wait to see that ticker in your sig.

Steph-don't give up hope yet It is still to early to get a BFP. Try and wait...I know it is hard. As long as your Boo-Bay's are still doin their thing there is still a chance.

Mindy-Have you tried buying them online? Hope you get your BFP soon

Denise-I know all of this can be kinda confusing but don't be afraid to ask questions. I was told that after going off of BCP it could take 6 months for my cycles to even out. Then it could take another 6-12 months to get pregnant. It could happen sooner or not. But just be patient and chart. Baby Dust to you

Elaine-How is Lily settling in? She is so cute. Don't be afraid to post more pics if you want

Michelle and Emily-Hope you both are doing well!!!

I am now CD10. I still have not had a +OPK so there is still a chance I could O after my HSG. Maybe being sick this week has been a good thing. I agree that sometimes it is nice to have short cycles. I know that if I don't get pregnant I won't have to wait long to try again. But I still think that I have low progesterone. So it will be interesting to see (if this cycles is indeed a bust) what the 21 day progesterone level will be next time.

A little history-I am 29, DH is 31. I went off BCP in April of 2005. We have been TTC since May 2006. I am currently on Cycle #12. I am having an HSG on Monday (HSG is a test that injects dye into your uterus and tubes to see if there are any blockages, scar tissue etc.). Then I will be going on Clomid (a drug that helps you O or gives you a stonger O and helps time BD'ing).

 

[PoohPrincess76]

This is all so new to me. I suppose you mean where am I til my next period? It's supposed to start March 13th, so I've got a ways to go. I had a 35 day cycle because of how I took my pills. DH and I never "Have Fun" while I'm on my period, nor for about a week after that. So I wouldn't start taking my pills til the fun week arrived. I'm going to have to really keep up with my cycle now as before on the pill...I knew that Tuesday of the green pills it would come. And nine times out of ten it always did. Only late once, but early a few times, but only by a day or two. It's still very early for me. I'm excited, but not concerned yet. My old OB/GYN told me once going off the pill, it should be six months at the MOST for me to get pregnant. We'll see. Thanks for asking Nicole!

Denise, I am a sometimes poster on this board, but, I always try to keep up with the other ladies. I honestly feel a bit bad though. I went to my Dr. in mid-October and told him DH and I were going to start TTC in January. He advised me to go off BCP when I was done with my current pack (early November) and it could take a while to regulate and not to worry if it didn't happen in January. Well, when I went off I had a short cycle (about 3 weeks between, not the usual 4), I thought really nothing of it because I was temping and FF said I had not O'd. Well, I quit temping in December because I was overwhelmed with it all. Based on my new schedule I should have started just before Christmas, which didn't happen. I honestly had no thoughts of being late because I figured I was regulating. The day after Christmas I was sick, I called my cousin who is a RN and asked her, she told me to go buy a test PRONTO...well, I bought a digital (Which I loved) and it said "Pregnant" with no "NOT" in front of it. I was in utter shock. We weren't even really TTC yet. Which is why I feel bad on here. All these woman are great and what makes me concieve and them not. Why am I the lucky one? I just pased the 13 week mark, and things are going fine. I just wish everyone had it as easy as I did. So, the moral of the story is don't give up, there is always the possibility.

 

[skuttle]

OMG, Nicole!! Congratulations!! I am SOO happy for you!! Sending you sticky baby thoughts for sure!

:hugs: Steph, I'm sorry you got a BFN. Don't give up until AF shows up, though! I totally understand how you feel re your DH. Mine is the same way. While I'm crying, he's always there, optimistic as ever, "We'll just try again next month." It does sting sometimes, but at the same time I think it's better to have him optimistic than down in the dumps with me!

Hi, Denise. Every one is so different...It's hard to judge how things will go. I'm 28 years old. I have a 3.5 year old DS who was a wonderful surprise, so actually trying to have a baby was new to me! I went off of BCP last June and still have nothing.

I'm on CD16. Not sure what's going on this month. I was sick earlier this week and then DH was sick towards the end of the week. Not sure about my O date, either. I went out of town last weekend and forgot to temp, then I got sick...once I stop temping for a few days, I usually have a hard time getting back into it. Last month I O'd earlier than normal, so we may have missed this month. I'm frustrated because I REALLY wanted to be able to get pregnant and have the baby all in the same year due to our high deductiblle insurance plan. I still have one more month, I suppose.

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

Nicole, I'm so excited!!! Hooray for the BFP!!! Praying for lots of sticky baby dust for you, and I can't wait to hear the results of the beta!

Steph, sorry about the BFN, but hang in there - as others have said, it's not over until AF shows her ugly face.

Denise, ask all the questions you need! I've learned tons about TTC from these ladies here, and it's been a great support system. My quick bio is I'm 35, and DH is 40. We'll be married for 3 years on Feb. 28, and we've been TTC since July '06. I chart with FertilityFriend.com and use OPK's as well because I have a very irregular and usually long cycle. I also have lousy insurance, so every so often I come here to vent about that!

It should be O day for me any day now, and DH has just come down with the same cold I had last week. Illness always hits him harder than it does me because he's diabetic, so we may not get any BD in for the rest of this cycle. It's our anniversary week, too, so I had high hopes of lots of romance...poor guy. I hope he'll be feeling well enough for our date tonight - we have opera tickets to see La Traviata and I've been looking forward to this for months, but I'd hate for him to be miserable through the whole thing. If he's really sick I'll try to find someone else to go with me, but it's not so easy to find people who appreciate opera!

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

Nicole, I am so happy for you! I'm praying for you.

Stephanie,

Well, AF started today...8 days late. I am so upset. I took a test last Sat and it was negative, but I was still holding out hope. My cycles tend to be long, so it sucks that much more having to wait so long before I even O. I just want to go to bed and cry.

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

Well, AF started today...8 days late. I am so upset. I took a test last Sat and it was negative, but I was still holding out hope. My cycles tend to be long, so it sucks that much more having to wait so long before I even O. I just want to go to bed and cry.

I'm so sorry AF showed up today, Amber. I know what you mean about the long cycles - mine are anywhere from 30 to 38 days long, and I usually O between CD21 and CD28, so it feels like forever waiting for that "window" when we can try again.

 

[GypsySue]

Hi guys! So glad to have found this thread. We’ve been TTC for four months now. I was CONVINCED I was preggers last month (I even talked myself into having the symptoms, I guess--a hazard of too much research), but, alas, no. That was a hard blow. I am trying to remain positive, but it hasn’t been easy.

History: I’m 31, DH is 33. We’ve been married for 2.5 years (together for 5) and this would be our first child. I was diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis last year that damaged a fallopian tube. I’ve undergone undergone surgery and drug therapy and an HSG revealed that the tube looked clear, so we started trying.

I am going to try using OPK this cycle--anyone have any brand recommendations?