The Official TTC Thread!

[robbie3982]

Pandora, it has to be almost 11am there. Update????

 

[Pandora II]

Okay, I'm up and off out to get a FRER & a digi...

I did two cheapies one after the other - and they both have a faint thick line which is a tiny bit darker than yesterday's. I have them all lined up (DH thinks I'm now certifiable) and I can see the line really well.

I'm starting to be quite excited - I've been testing since 8DPO and believe me, if there had been an 'imaginary' line I would have seen it on the others

. I cautiously think you definitely can't have 4 evaps in a row within the time limit...

I'll report back...

I'm slightly worried as my tests say they measure 10 miu, if the FRER etc are not as sensitive, they could come up as a 'no' right now?

 

[robbie3982]

Oooh, Pandora, you are a jerkstore!!! If your level is only 10, then the FRER would probably come back BFN, but since you said that the ic''s are getting darker, I bet you get a BFP on an FRER. I can''t wait to hear the results!

 

[Pandora II]

Two trains and a lot of walking later... I''m back... with a double pack of FRER and digis...

and.....

I''M PREGNANT!

Faint-ish positive on the FRER and those happy words on the digital!

OMG - I''m in shock. I was so, so sure I was out this month!

 

[robbie3982]

YAY YAY YAY!!!! CONGRATS!!!

 

[icekid]

woohoo, so exciting! Congrats Pandora

 

[ljmorgan]

Congratulations Pandora!!!! And you thought you were out silly gooose!

I am so excited for you!

I think those cheapie strips are liars. Mine said they''re super sensitive too, detecting 10 whatevers, but as I said before the lines were BEYOND light. Meanwhile I got a pos in the digi like you, which is supposed to be sensitive at either 25 or 50?

Either way, that''s not a problem anymore because you are PREGGO!!

Also, is it lame that as soon as I woke up, the first thing that I did was get on the computer and go to pricescope to see if Pandora got her good news??

 

[lovelylulu]

Congratulations!!!

so funny how you just had that conversation with your neighbor!!!!

 

[lovelylulu]

Date: 9/7/2008 8:58:08 AM
Author: *Lindsey*


Also, is it lame that as soon as I woke up, the first thing that I did was get on the computer and go to pricescope to see if Pandora got her good news??

Ha! I basically did the same thing

and I don''t think that I ever said congrats lindsay - i was away on vacation, but loved reading about your *surprisingly* good news!!

 

[littlelysser]

Congrats Pandora!!!!

 

[robbie3982]

Date: 9/7/2008 8:58:08 AM
Author: *Lindsey*

Also, is it lame that as soon as I woke up, the first thing that I did was get on the computer and go to pricescope to see if Pandora got her good news??

Nope, I did the same thing! And when I saw that she hadn''t responded yet, I kept checking back every so often.

 

[Sabine]

Congratulations Pandora!!! See, now there''s no way your dh can accuse you of being crazy! The proof is in the digi! I''m so happy for you!

 

[Dreamer_D]

Yippee Pandora! LOL... you thought you were out, ha ha! You were WRONG and now you are a jerkstore!

For all us mental cases, you now have to post pictures of your tests, your chart, and any syptoms you had! hee hee hee

I am so happy for you... that happened fast! Now you can have those 5 kids you wanted Fertile Mytle

BTW do you live in the coutry? Two train and a long walk to the pharmacy, your must have been going mental the whole time!

If you DH really excited?

 

[peonygirl]

Pandora, that is wonderful!!!! I''m feeling down this morning because I got a BFN at 11DPO.

It hurts way more than I thought it would.

 

[Pandora II]

Date: 9/7/2008 11:13:57 AM
Author: peonygirl
Pandora, that is wonderful!!!! I''m feeling down this morning because I got a BFN at 11DPO.

It hurts way more than I thought it would.

Aw honey, if it makes you feel any better I bawled my eyes out for 2 hours in the car last month when I got a BFN on 11DPO. I so wanted a honeymoon baby...

I also got a definite BFN yesterday morning. What tests are you using?

 

[lovelylulu]

Date: 9/7/2008 11:13:57 AM
Author: peonygirl
Pandora, that is wonderful!!!! I''m feeling down this morning because I got a BFN at 11DPO.

It hurts way more than I thought it would.

DPO11 is really early to test, so it doesn''t mean anything yet!

 

[peonygirl]

I am using the ones from early-pregnancy-tests.com (same as the ones you posted, I think). They are supposed to be crappy, but I feel like I should be getting a hint of something. I just feel like we did everything right this month, so there must be something wrong with one of us that we can''t get pregnant. It seems like everyone I know IRL either got pregnant on their first month or trying or had major fertility problems. However, I know that truly your chances of getting pregnant each month are only 20% (but I''m not quite sure how that works since the online FF course never went over that). The ob I went to said gave me a 25% chance (marginally better) of getting pregnant this month, since I''m young and my chart looked good.

Sorry to be a downer!! I really am happy for you.

 

[peonygirl]

Thanks lovelylulu. The darn place I bought my tests said "you can begin testing accurately as early as six to eight days after conception." How exactly that works, I don''t know. I don''t think most people get a positive that early.

 

[lovelylulu]

Peony, I know the doubt and uncertainty that inevitably come from getting a BPN or just from the TWW. I also know that both lindsey and pandora thought that they were *out* this month. and i''ve seen quite a few charts on FF where women tested negative, only to go on to get their BFP. i know its hard, but just be reassured by the fact that you are young, healthy and have a great looking chart. it''ll happen!!

 

[Pandora II]

Peony, yesterday I wrote a whole long post about Fertell and how it worked and how I was buying it for DH to test with because no way was I going through this month after month if it turned out after that that we had problems. Then I lost the post while trying to submit and couldn''t be bothered to write it out again.

I couldn''t understand what the heck we could have done better - other than position - and I was totally miserable and down about it all.

Hang in there, until AF shows you''re not out. Finger''s crossed tomorrow brings happy news. Do you have a pic of your chart?

 

[NYCsparkle]

Congrats pandora!!!

anyone else testing this coming week? I''ll be in the tww starting tuesday and i promised myself i''d only poas 1x this month

we''ll see about that since i foound a $ tree 5 min. from my house

 

[Pandora II]

Okay, for all of you who like me need EVERY available thing to obsess over and check your ''is it, isn''t it'' POAS tests against, here are the gory details:

My chart...

 

[Pandora II]

The POAS tests in date order (starting at the top and going down) with the control BFN at the bottom:

 

[peonygirl]

Thanks lulu and pandora, you guys are the best! In some ways I feel like I don''t have a right to be this upset, because as you''re saying this is my first month trying and I haven''t even gotten my period yet. Which of course makes me more upset because I''m mad at myself for taking this so poorly.

DH really wanted to get Fertell for himself before we started trying, but then I reminded him that just about every dr. would say we had to try for 6 months anyway before we were evaluated. However, if they trust the results of that test, then maybe not. My chart is on page 132 if you want to check it out.

 

[Pandora II]

Inverted...

 

[Pandora II]

This am''s FRER:

 

[Pandora II]

Last photo - this am''s digital:

 

[peonygirl]

Oh wow, everything looks even more exciting in pictures!

 

[Pandora II]

Signs and Symptoms:

Basically, not a lot.

My bbs don''t hurt in the slightest - they don''t even feel like they do when AF is due ie a bit firmer.

CP - very high, very closed, very firm.

CM - pretty much nothing at all for the last week or so

No nausea, no cramps - although a few twinges on the right hand side, but I don''t get cramps anyway so probably couldn''t tell you if I had them or not.


Things I did notice:

- Feeling deeply miserable for the last 5 days - I thought it was because I cut down on my meds, but maybe not.

- Bursting into tears a lot (thanks for the heads up on that one Lysser

)

- This is going to sound REALLY strange

- smelling of warm buttered popcorn... I kept thinking I could smell it, then I was on FF yesterday and read some ''symptoms'' page and one of the women was saying her skin and pee always smelt like warm buttered popcorn when she was pg. That was kind of what spurred me to take the test just for the hell of it.

That''s it.

Things I tried out this cycle:

- Pre-seed

- Eating 200g of fresh pineapple - including the edge of the core - everyday. I always have it for lunch at work as I don''t like to eat a lot at midday. Apparently there is an enzyme in pineapple that helps with implantation. I had no idea about it until I read it on FF a few weeks ago.

Last month I didn''t have any pineapple as I wasn''t at work over the crucial period due to the wedding.

 

[Pandora II]

Date: 9/7/2008 12:05:47 PM
Author: peonygirl
Thanks lulu and pandora, you guys are the best! In some ways I feel like I don''t have a right to be this upset, because as you''re saying this is my first month trying and I haven''t even gotten my period yet. Which of course makes me more upset because I''m mad at myself for taking this so poorly.

DH really wanted to get Fertell for himself before we started trying, but then I reminded him that just about every dr. would say we had to try for 6 months anyway before we were evaluated. However, if they trust the results of that test, then maybe not. My chart is on page 132 if you want to check it out.

Do you have an updated chart?

That one looks pretty darn good to me at that point, what are your temps doing since then?

Don''t be so hard on yourself - I felt exactly like you are feeling 24 hours ago for the exact same reasons. Now I''m both super-happy and petrified. I don''t dare be too happy in case I end up with a M/C and I don''t even want to think about 9 months time...

I felt so bratty about it all last month. This time I was much more resigned. The first month seems to be hell for a lot of people!

I''m one of these people who like to know that the ducks are all quacking as well as being in their row, so I would want to do the tests. I also think if you got a negative there they would probably take it quite seriously.

My OB friend was suprised I wanted to chart so quickly, but I wanted to be that 6 months ahead of the game so if we had problems.