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

[mickeyboat]

I'll join the just feeling cruddy group. I just can't shake the end of this cold.

Christal - good luck with the IUI.

I'm trying to decide whether to test. I'm on CD 30, and have no idea if or when I o'd. But I've been starving one day, and completely nauseated the next. I had absolutely no symptoms last time, so that's no help. I'm really paranoid about testing. The negatives just make me so sad that I'd rather not test if I can avoid it. My husband really wants me to though, so I think I'll suck it up and test tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Good luck, Jen! And don't forget, your second pregnancy might feel completely different than your first. I expected them to be the same, but they really weren't. Labor and delivery were completely different for me, too.

Denae

 

[ChrizJen]

Good luck Jen! I would say that cd31 should be a safe day to test!
As long as your cycles are normal (28-31 days), it sounds like you should be right around time for a missed AF...Good luck!! Lot's of baby dust to you!!

Let us know, and I hope you feel better!

 

[ChrizJen]

No news from Jen?!?!?

I've been having pains this afternoon that are like the pains I usually feel right around O (what I've always taken to be midpain). But this time, it's early (I've not had any ewcm, and no +OPK) and they're SHARP pains...not like the dull pains I usually get. And I'm not scheduled until tomorrow morning for the u/s. I'm really hoping this doesn't mean that I'm O'ing early... *SIGH*
I'm hoping it's just the follicles stretching really big to make room for the MONSTER eggs that are getting ready to release in a few days!!

OK, enough worrying. That's definitely not good for the process...

So HAPPY FRIDAY to everyone! Hope all's well! Have a great afternoon!

 

[Jen_in_NH]

BFN. Not really suprising, but still depressing

Christal - it's just huge eggs, and everything will be perfect on Monday.

 

[ChrizJen]

BFN. Not really suprising, but still depressing

Christal - it's just huge eggs, and everything will be perfect on Monday.

Sorry about the BFN...
Just keep on chuggin I suppose, right?

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I was giving my ovaries a pep talk earlier. "Make some big ones this time!!"

 

[GypsySue]

Jen, Sorry about the BFN. BFNs suck!

I'm just sitting here waiting to ovulate. . .is there a smiley for that?

 

[D&DDisney]

How about this??

OR

Good luck!!! Here's to new life in the new year!!!!

 

[ChrizJen]

I'm just sitting here waiting to ovulate. . .is there a smiley for that?

That's funny! Good luck with that!

Well, I've had some strange happeninigs that past few days. Went for u/s Saturday morning, and had one really good follicle, and a couple of OK ones. So we did the trigger shot Sunday Morning, and I started getting some light spotting yesterday afternoon/evening. (this has never happened to me at O time, but whatever). So then I had the first of 2 IUI's this morning (2nd one is tomorrow morning) and I mentioned the spotting to my RE. She said that it might be ovulation bleeding. I'd never heard of that before, but apparently it does happen sometimes, and it's supposed to be a very good indicator of fertility. Well, yippeee if that's true! But now I've got some mild cramping (but it could be from the trigger shot...my whole rump/lower back area is sore...) and some more spotting.
UGH...this whole process sure can feel like too much sometimes, you know?!?! Oh well...I'm here at work, bored, tired, and just want to be in bed...Hope everyone has a safe, fun, and fertile NYE!!

And like D&DDisney said: "Here's to new life in the new year!!!!" That's good, I like it!
-Christal

 

[skuttle]

Christal, I'll be thinking good thoughts for you!!

Beth, I need that same smilie. LOL! This will be my first full cycle on the metformin, so I'm hoping it works wonders.

I'm on CD11 today and plan to start doing OPK's tomorrow just in case the metformin moves my O day up since I normally O so late. I don't want to miss it! Bad thing is I was planning on making DH so his sample later this week, but the instructions say we can't BD for a day or two before. Of course I didn't think it through before...otherwise I would have made him do the sample last week when I knew O wouldn't be coming around. *sigh* I'm not sure what to do! I'll have to read the instructions again. If it's just 24 hours, that wouldn't be too bad.

I hope everyone has a great NYE! We're having our 11yo nephew and 4yo niece come over tonight. We're going out to Chuck E Cheese for dinner and then we have a ton of fireworks to play with later! What a rock star NYE, huh? LOL!

to you all. Many thanks for helping me get through this past year of TTC. Hopefully those of us still TTC will be members of the graduating class of 08! Christal, I think your IUIs will kick start a string of BFP's in the new year!

 

[DISNEYmooner2008]

I just saw this thread and would LOVE to join in!!! DF and I are getting married in 5 days. We are not TTC yet, but will be soon!! I am only 19 and DF is 21, but we plan to start a family very soon. DF loves children and talks about our future family constantly. I have had PCOS for 4 years and it is becoming increasingly worse. The doctor recommends that I get rid of some excess weight (which we all know is hard for women with PCOS...) before we start TTC both for my health and for the health of the baby. I plan to drop about 50lbs and then begin trying. I'm currently on the pill (Yaz) and plan to remain on it until my weight is lowered. Good luck to everyone TTC currently!! My thoughts and prayers are with you all!!!

 

[ChrizJen]

Welcome, Disnemooner!!
I hope the best for you in your marriage and in your quest to become a mom! We'll be here for you when you start the journey!!

Allison - Looks like you'll have your hands full for NYE!! Sounds like fun! Good luck with all of your timing. It gets so overwhelming sometimes and you start to feel like your whole life revolves around TTC...It's crazy!!
-Christal

 

[D&DDisney]

Okay, I see my first smilie disappeared and left a cute advertisement. Bummer! It was a banner with 2 eggs in a nest that said, "Waiting to O".
Then there's the smilie with the thermometer in mouth. If that isn't someone checking for O I don't know what is.

I was on another thread that asked "How old is too old to be pregnant?" Many people wrote in to say a specific age and then went on to say things like "All my children will be conceived and born by my age of ___. Must be nice to have control over your fertility. What must it be like to say "Tonight I am going to get pregnant" and boom it just happens??? I guess I'll never know that.

 

[DznyLvr2005]

Hi everyone,... Well I'm almost 11 weeks and almost out of this horrible danger zone of being in the first trimerster. It's so nerve wracking. My final t/v ultrasound is on Friday at 1:30, I'm of course, so nervous. If things are OK at this appt, I might as well start planning on actually knowing that I'm going to have a baby. I still don't think it's going to happen!! M/c's really screw you up.
Anyway, Happy Wednesday...

 

[ChrizJen]

Hopefully those of us still TTC will be members of the graduating class of 08! Christal, I think your IUIs will kick start a string of BFP's in the new year!

Somehow, I missed this last part of your post!! I sure hope you're right!!
I could be crazy, but I'm allowing myself a little bit of hope this cycle. I was really bummed because I had the spotting on Sunday (CD14) that lasted off and on until this morning. I went in for my IUI Monday and my RE said that there was some pretty good spotting going on in there (just inside my cervix). Went in for my second IUI yesterday, and she said that it was mostly cleared up. So let's hope that it WAS ovulation bleeding!! Maybe most of the other months were anovulatory? Because I've never experienced mid-cycle spotting...AND I actually had some real mid pain on Monday evening! I'm pretty sure I've felt it before, but it's ALWAYS been on my left side. Well, this month the pain was clearly on the right side (the side that the u/s said had the really good follicle!)
I'll remain cautiously optimistic!

DsnyLvr, I'm sure everything will go great!! I'm so happy for you! Just keep doing what you're doing, and you'll make it through your first, second, and third trimesters, and end up with a healthy, beautiful baby!! Let us know what you find out on Friday!


Happy New Year to everyone, and hopefully it's going well so far!!!

-Christal

 

[GypsySue]

Had IUI today and I feel really positive about this one. They actually saw that the eggs were releasing in the U/S prior, so I know the timing was right on. Now for the dreaded 2WW!

 

[skuttle]

Christal and Beth...good luck in the 2ww!!

I'm still waiting to O. Today is CD14. No positive OPK yet, but the lines are a bit darker than they normally are this time in my cycle, so maybe the metformin will push up my O day. Normally I get the positive OPK around CD 17. Yesterday the test line was already starting to show up a bit. We'll see, I guess.

Welcome Disneymooner! Good luck with the weight loss! I'm also trying to lose some weight to help with insulin resistance. My OB/GYN mentioned PCOS to me in passing, but never actually told me that's what I have. I do have some of the symptoms, though. I slacked off on the weight loss during the holidays, but I'm trying to lose some more before we head to WDW in February (So I can gain it back. )

D&DDisney, wouldn't it be great to have that much control. One of my cousins and my BFF that's pregnant right now both always get pregnant on the first try. I'm so jealous of them both! I think the lack of control is the hardest part in TTC. You want something SO bad, but there's only so much you can do to help the process along. It's frustrating!

 

[D&DDisney]

Here's to skuttle waiting on O!!!!

For the 2WW - May time go quickly. Think positive thoughts.

 

[D&DDisney]

Double post - Sorry!!!

 

[CheshireVal]

Hey everyone-- Happy New Year! I haven't been on the computer much over the holidays, but I'm trying to catch up with what's going on with everyone. Here's to a successful 2008 for those of us still trying!

I have finally managed to start charting this cycle, though I've missed a day here and there due to being out of town. My temp spiked significantly on Day 10... which seems a little early, doesn't it? Since AF has been dragging on for 6-7 days since going off the pill, it seems weird that I'd ovulate like a day or two later.

I guess I won't really be able tell what's going on until I've charted a couple of cycles to get a good baseline for what's "normal" for me, but I'm now more confused than ever!!!

 

[DznyLvr2005]

Hi well I went for my ultrasound today because I was having what I thought was cramps, but apparently it's normal stomach pains... but anyway.. baby is alive and healthy!!!
169 beats/minute and measuring right on time. I can't believe I'm actually having a baby this time.