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[Pandora II]

Date: 9/3/2008 5:34:54 PM
Author: fisherofmengirly
Pandora, I think we were cycle buddies, huh? Girl, I haven''t even confirmed an ovulation yet. Oh to be 8 days past ovulation...

Good luck. And yeah, we''re all nuts. Pee on a stick all you want to. I won''t tell.

Yup. Sorry, I''m one of those lucky people with the text-book cycle.

Not that that doesn''t leave a gazillion other things to possibly not work/go wrong etc but I do count myself very fortunate.

I think Mela has a 27 day cycle as well and is a day behind me.

Good luck tomorrow Mela - hope your POAS goes better than mine did this am!

Ebree - you''re testing this weekend aren''t you?

Robbie - I think you''ve out done DH and I on the BDing. You must be shattered! FX for you for this cycle.

Anyone else knitting at the moment?

(I''m actually hating this term at the moment - I''m started knitting a Shetland lace baby shawl 4 years ago and it''s half finished in a bag in my wardrobe and I feel guilty about it everytime I hear the word. Maybe I should do that instead everytime I want to POAS

)

 

[Pandora II]

Date: 9/3/2008 5:34:56 PM
Author: robbie3982

Date: 9/3/2008 4:01:08 PM
Author: mela lu
fisher - I had nausea and migrane headaches LAST cycle around o. I think it''s normal. Also, i love that you refer to your DH by his name. paul. It''s so much more personal and i *feel* like I know you two better as a result. hilar.


I''m going to test on Friday (which will be 9DPO). It may seem early, but I feel confident, and if it''s neg, then I''ll just have to pee, dip, wait and repeat on Sat!


Only 2 more sleeps....

Ooh, I hope that''s what it means because I''ve had a headache and slight nausea (didn''t mark it down on my chart each time) for the last few days.

I had a day-long migraine the day before O. I''d never realised that my mid-cycle migraine was oestrogen related till this month and the charting.

The vast majority of women with migraine get them when their oestrogen levels drop a few days before AF, and some get them with the drop just before O. They''re not normally as bad as it''s a much slighter drop - you have to be quite oestrogen sensitive to get the pre-O one.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Date: 9/3/2008 2:43:17 PM
Author: fisherofmengirly
Since so much of what you put into the chart is your own observation, I kind of doubt that I''m doing it right (what if what I think is one thing is another?), though.

Hey Fisher I totally hear this. I feel like it took me a few months to get the hang of it, because your own unique patterns become clearer over time. And that''s awesome you had another day of fertile CF! Don''t worry about not blobs in the toilet, I only ever got it with the master pupeteer technique... it only really matters that its up by the cervix anyways! Good luck to you!

 

[Dreamer_D]

Date: 9/3/2008 6:00:27 PM
Author: Pandora II

I had a day-long migraine the day before O. I''d never realised that my mid-cycle migraine was oestrogen related till this month and the charting.

The vast majority of women with migraine get them when their oestrogen levels drop a few days before AF, and some get them with the drop just before O. They''re not normally as bad as it''s a much slighter drop - you have to be quite oestrogen sensitive to get the pre-O one.

I always got headaches about 3 days before my period and usually 2 days in a row, pretty severe at times especially off the pill, but treatable with ibuprophen... and guess what? I got it the cycle of BFP. So even if you get a migraine this cycle, you could still be in the game... unless migraines are totally different beasties than regular horrid-back-of-the-neck, make-you-nauseus headaches.

 

[E B]

Another quick one from me (blarg), will catch up later!

I'm pretty sure I'm out this cycle. AF hasn't visited, but I'm a little crampy and noticed a bit of brown CM today, so it's only a matter of time. And I was so hopeful with the boob pain! It probably was a result of the Clomid. Next cycle, I don't think I'll opt to take the Clomid again. I don't really see the benefit- it was supposed to make me ovulate more "regularly," and I ended up ovulating either the day I normally do (CD 16) or a day later. Boo. Looks like I'm joinin' ya in AFF-ville soon, Radiant!

Good luck to the ladies still in! Baby dust!

 

[Dreamer_D]

Ebree well hopefully you aren''t out, but if you are {{{HUGS}}}. I thought the clomid was to create a healthier egg? Anyways, going au natural next cycle sounds like a good plan, esp. since it wasn''t clear why you had m/cs. Could have been bad luck only and nothing else! Dumb, stupid, lame-o bad luck

I hope you are still in and this is just some implantation spotting or something!

 

[E B]

Date: 9/3/2008 9:22:49 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie
Ebree well hopefully you aren't out, but if you are {{{HUGS}}}. I thought the clomid was to create a healthier egg? Anyways, going au natural next cycle sounds like a good plan, esp. since it wasn't clear why you had m/cs. Could have been bad luck only and nothing else! Dumb, stupid, lame-o bad luck

I hope you are still in and this is just some implantation spotting or something!

DD,

Thank you! If I ovulated on day 17, AF should arrive tomorrow. If it doesn't, I'll test on Friday.

Doc said Clomid is supposed to create a healthier egg, but I read it also has a higher rate of m/c with use because it can cause your body to release (unhealthy) eggs it wouldn't otherwise. It's so freakin' frustrating, not knowing what to do.

Okay, mini pity party over. I just sent my OK to Whiteflash to start my anniversary bling, so I'm in a good mood!

 

[february2003bride]

Am04 and Ebree- AF finally showed 2 nights ago. Late and horribly heavy but here nonetheless.

Ebree- Don''t count yourself out yet! It ain''t over till AF sings, remember? Will you continue the Clomid next month if it doesn''t happen this cycle?

 

[february2003bride]

Date: 9/3/2008 10:21:42 PM
Author: EBree

Date: 9/3/2008 9:22:49 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie
Ebree well hopefully you aren''t out, but if you are {{{HUGS}}}. I thought the clomid was to create a healthier egg? Anyways, going au natural next cycle sounds like a good plan, esp. since it wasn''t clear why you had m/cs. Could have been bad luck only and nothing else! Dumb, stupid, lame-o bad luck

I hope you are still in and this is just some implantation spotting or something!

DD,

Thank you! If I ovulated on day 17, AF should arrive tomorrow. If it doesn''t, I''ll test on Friday.

Doc said Clomid is supposed to create a healthier egg, but I read it also has a higher rate of m/c with use because it can cause your body to release (unhealthy) eggs it wouldn''t otherwise. It''s so freakin'' frustrating, not knowing what to do.

Okay, mini pity party over. I just sent my OK to Whiteflash to start my anniversary bling, so I''m in a good mood!

*Ears perking up* Anniversary bling?? Do tell!!

 

[robbie3982]

Quick check in. Temp is still at 97.2

. The marathon continues.


ETA: I just put in a fake temp for tomorrow of 97.2 and it gave me crosshairs. Dotted if I have EWCM today and tomorrow, but solid if I don't. Hmmmm. I'm not sure that I trust it though. My post O temps have never started out this low. I think we'll BD until I get a bigger temp jump. I've definitely had FF move my crosshairs before.

 

[robbie3982]

Wow, I think I just realized that I''ve been checking my cervix wrong. This is my first cycle really trying (gave up the first cycle I charted and never tried again) and I think I was confused about what I was supposed to be feeling. Everything you see generally shows our reproductive organs like the picture below, so I thought high cervix meant that I would have to reach in farther to feel it, whereas a low cervix would mean that I wouldn''t have to reach in as far. Today while I was checking I couldn''t find it, but I thought, gee, the back wall feels closer today and it''s kind of uncomfortable when my finger hits it. That''s when I remembered the picture on the right that I saw on the instead cup website (it''s from the directions of how to use them). To me, that shows that the cervix will actually be the same distance in, but it will actually be up or down, like towards the ceiling or the floor. Was anyone else confused about this?

Given the new info that my cervix is low and not high today and yesterday, I''m actually starting to think I have ovulated.

 

[Pandora II]

Date: 9/3/2008 6:32:00 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie

Date: 9/3/2008 6:00:27 PM
Author: Pandora II

I had a day-long migraine the day before O. I''d never realised that my mid-cycle migraine was oestrogen related till this month and the charting.

The vast majority of women with migraine get them when their oestrogen levels drop a few days before AF, and some get them with the drop just before O. They''re not normally as bad as it''s a much slighter drop - you have to be quite oestrogen sensitive to get the pre-O one.

I always got headaches about 3 days before my period and usually 2 days in a row, pretty severe at times especially off the pill, but treatable with ibuprophen... and guess what? I got it the cycle of BFP. So even if you get a migraine this cycle, you could still be in the game... unless migraines are totally different beasties than regular horrid-back-of-the-neck, make-you-nauseus headaches.

Migraines are one sided, throbbing type pain normally behind one eye (I''d quite happily remove my eye at times it hurts so much - like there is huge pressure behind it). You normally feel very sick and really need to lie down. I get ''classic'' migraine with aura before mine where everything looks a bit odd and you get flashy lights. I also go a bit numb down one side and find it hard to talk without slurring everything.

Sadly nothing ''over the counter'' works for me, so I just have 3 days of hell with it.

I''ve never heard of a back of the neck ''migraine'', but there are variations....

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Yeah, Ebree! We want to hear about this anniversary blingage, pretty please!

I''m trying to talk Paul into getting me another matching wedding band for the other side of my ring. I told him that would make a "complete, complete" set. So far, he''s not biting.

Then, I saw the 5 petaled flower on Whiteflash. WOW!! I like that a lot, too.

So, what are you getting? Hmm?

In other news, my thermometer is acting *wonky.* I take my temp every am at 5:30, when Paul gets up. So, this morning, I turn it on, start to take the temp, fall back asleep, like always. Never hear a beep beep that it''s done, look down, it''s off. Turn it back on and start over, staying awake this time. Gets up to 98.38, then shuts off again, without beeping it''s complete. I''m thinking, "oh you better work, you hunk of crap. I''m possibly going to be able to confirm that I''m Oing and that I could one day be a mother, like for real, and you''re going to work!" So, I turn it back on and start over. This time it works and I get 97.81. But, since it''s been acting all crazy nuts, I think I should do it again, just for good measure. This time it gives me 97.49. That''s BIG difference from 97.81!! So, what should I put in the chart?

I could be jumping the gun, but I think I ovulated. My temp dropped then raised and hopefully soon I''ll have a confirmation on FF. I told Paul this last night and he said he was really, really happy. I of course thought this was because it meant that we could put the worry of not Oing behind us, but no. He said he was looking forward to it being a surprise when we do it again, instead of a routine we follow based on charts and "crap."

Okay, off to work for me today. I won''t post 500 comments today. Yesterday was a really hyper day for me and I kept thinking of more and more I just "had" to say. Nerd.

Thanks for all of the information, ladies. It really does help! (And I''m glad that there are other people who are as nuts about all this stuff as I am. May not make me less insane, but at least I have company!!)

 

[Dreamer_D]

Fisher, I am tempted to say you should chart the lowest number to be conservative, 97.5 (you really don't need to 1/100th decimal place). And I also think you should get a new thermometer, that sounds like a battery issue. You may also want to make sure that each time you do it you place it is *exactly* the same place in your mouth. If the battey isn't dieing, such divergent temps suggest that you may be putting it in different places in your mouth, maybe. ETA It is possible that you ovulated. Based on your temps from the chart you posted a few pages back, I would place your cover line at 97.4 (I used the rule of thumb to exclude the high temp on CD 16 to come up with this), which means that to confirm ovulation you need temps above 97.4. On CD 20 your temp was 97.6 and today it was (conservatively) 97.5, both above the cover line. The real test will be your temp tomorrow and your CF pattern. Why don't you enter a temp for tomorrow of, say, 97.6 and see if you get cross-hairs (confirming ovulation)? Also, is your CF still fertile today?

To be safe you may want to keep BDing until FF gives you cross hairs. And keep temping girl! Your temps in the presumed luteal phase are very important for confirming ovulation and seeing how long your LP is.

 

[Pandora II]

Date: 9/4/2008 6:26:03 AM
Author: robbie3982
Wow, I think I just realized that I''ve been checking my cervix wrong. This is my first cycle really trying (gave up the first cycle I charted and never tried again) and I think I was confused about what I was supposed to be feeling. Everything you see generally shows our reproductive organs like the picture below, so I thought high cervix meant that I would have to reach in farther to feel it, whereas a low cervix would mean that I wouldn''t have to reach in as far. Today while I was checking I couldn''t find it, but I thought, gee, the back wall feels closer today and it''s kind of uncomfortable when my finger hits it. That''s when I remembered the picture on the right that I saw on the instead cup website (it''s from the directions of how to use them). To me, that shows that the cervix will actually be the same distance in, but it will actually be up or down, like towards the ceiling or the floor. Was anyone else confused about this?

Given the new info that my cervix is low and not high today and yesterday, I''m actually starting to think I have ovulated.

I find the best way to tell is (and this is going to sound RIDICULOUS) to imagine that the cervix is a bit like a ''sausage'' that is in the middle of your hoohaa. When you are fertile it will be very high up and you may not be able to feel much of it at all - basically as if it''s about half an inch long. When your are not fertile it''s longer (maybe 2 inches) and feels much firmer.

If you are checking with your finger you will be able to touch the top wall of your vagina and the cervix will almost feel like part of the wall - just sticking out a little bit, and very soft to the touch. When you are not fertile, you can still touch the top wall, but there will be this hard sausage thing that is sticking down - so to feel the end of the cervix your finger will be some distance away from the top wall and so you don''t have to feel so high up to find it.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Date: 9/4/2008 7:59:23 AM
Author: Pandora II

Date: 9/4/2008 6:26:03 AM
Author: robbie3982
Wow, I think I just realized that I''ve been checking my cervix wrong. This is my first cycle really trying (gave up the first cycle I charted and never tried again) and I think I was confused about what I was supposed to be feeling. Everything you see generally shows our reproductive organs like the picture below, so I thought high cervix meant that I would have to reach in farther to feel it, whereas a low cervix would mean that I wouldn''t have to reach in as far. Today while I was checking I couldn''t find it, but I thought, gee, the back wall feels closer today and it''s kind of uncomfortable when my finger hits it. That''s when I remembered the picture on the right that I saw on the instead cup website (it''s from the directions of how to use them). To me, that shows that the cervix will actually be the same distance in, but it will actually be up or down, like towards the ceiling or the floor. Was anyone else confused about this?

Given the new info that my cervix is low and not high today and yesterday, I''m actually starting to think I have ovulated.

I find the best way to tell is (and this is going to sound RIDICULOUS) to imagine that the cervix is a bit like a ''sausage'' that is in the middle of your hoohaa. When you are fertile it will be very high up and you may not be able to feel much of it at all - basically as if it''s about half an inch long. When your are not fertile it''s longer (maybe 2 inches) and feels much firmer.

If you are checking with your finger you will be able to touch the top wall of your vagina and the cervix will almost feel like part of the wall - just sticking out a little bit, and very soft to the touch. When you are not fertile, you can still touch the top wall, but there will be this hard sausage thing that is sticking down - so to feel the end of the cervix your finger will be some distance away from the top wall and so you don''t have to feel so high up to find it.

Robbie, do you mean that when you were imagining "high", you imagined that it meant you would have to reach in further towards your back, whereas in fact, "high" means that you have to reach in and actually up towards your head (or towards the "top wall" as Pandora put it). Is that right Robbie? Things are angled in there, so high will feel like you are reaching inside and up to your head a little, whereas low you will feel it on the top wall only a few inches inside. I usually run my finger along to top wall starting at the opening and moving inwards until I feel the cervix.

 

[blushingbride]

Hi All - another quick check in!

MELA!!! Have you POAS yet this morning??? We''re waiting!!

Robbie - I hope your BD-A-THON is almost over and you caught the egg!

Pandora - Happy Knitting and lots of baby dust to you!!!

Ebree - I''m sitting here in AFF-ville along with Radiant, Feb2003.

I really hope you can find a way to avoid coming here...it blows.... Please tell

Am04 - is this your first cycle using the monitor?

I''m on CD 5...

 

[lovelylulu]

morning ladies - some of you are up bright and early!

fisher - you are definitely not the only one doing *crazy* things. i'd like to think of myself as a pretty mellow person, but since embarking on this little journey i've become more than mildly obsessive compulsive

pandora - glad that you got your crosshairs!

feb -

to AFF, so are you officially going to be TTC now? i can't remember if this past cycle had more of a happy accident?

ebree - perhaps the cm is that elusive implantation bleeding. i'll keep my fingers crossed for you

I got another high reading this morning. I was a little fearful that it would go straight to peak and then on top of having an annoyingly prolonged spotting issue, i would also have an annoyingly early ovulation issue. I'm at only at CD9 . . .

ETA: blushing, i think you and I win the prize for being emoticon crazy!!!

 

[robbie3982]

Date: 9/4/2008 8:13:38 AM
Author: dreamer_dachsie

Date: 9/4/2008 7:59:23 AM

Author: Pandora II

Date: 9/4/2008 6:26:03 AM

Author: robbie3982

Wow, I think I just realized that I've been checking my cervix wrong. This is my first cycle really trying (gave up the first cycle I charted and never tried again) and I think I was confused about what I was supposed to be feeling. Everything you see generally shows our reproductive organs like the picture below, so I thought high cervix meant that I would have to reach in farther to feel it, whereas a low cervix would mean that I wouldn't have to reach in as far. Today while I was checking I couldn't find it, but I thought, gee, the back wall feels closer today and it's kind of uncomfortable when my finger hits it. That's when I remembered the picture on the right that I saw on the instead cup website (it's from the directions of how to use them). To me, that shows that the cervix will actually be the same distance in, but it will actually be up or down, like towards the ceiling or the floor. Was anyone else confused about this?


Given the new info that my cervix is low and not high today and yesterday, I'm actually starting to think I have ovulated.

I find the best way to tell is (and this is going to sound RIDICULOUS) to imagine that the cervix is a bit like a 'sausage' that is in the middle of your hoohaa. When you are fertile it will be very high up and you may not be able to feel much of it at all - basically as if it's about half an inch long. When your are not fertile it's longer (maybe 2 inches) and feels much firmer.


If you are checking with your finger you will be able to touch the top wall of your vagina and the cervix will almost feel like part of the wall - just sticking out a little bit, and very soft to the touch. When you are not fertile, you can still touch the top wall, but there will be this hard sausage thing that is sticking down - so to feel the end of the cervix your finger will be some distance away from the top wall and so you don't have to feel so high up to find it.

Robbie, do you mean that when you were imagining 'high', you imagined that it meant you would have to reach in further towards your back, whereas in fact, 'high' means that you have to reach in and actually up towards your head (or towards the 'top wall' as Pandora put it). Is that right Robbie?

Exactly. Today it's so low that I actually couldn't feel the opening, just that the sausage thing was there and hard, blocking the back wall. I hate misleading diagrams. The first picture totally makes it look like the cervix would be at the end of the vagina, like on the back wall instead of the top wall.

Oooh, Fisher, it sounds like we might be O buddies!

 

[mela lu]

All of this in-depth cervix talk is hilarious. cracks me up. but it's GREAT and totally valuable. I never really *thought* about it in detail, other than, "oh, there's my cervix I must not be fertile" vs. "where the dingleberry is that cerv....oh whoa, there it is, way up there! - get cracking girl!" LOL

I had some restraint this am and did not test. What I did notice however, is that the BIG PULSING thick BLUE vein is back on my left (*) This happened last time I was preggers. It's disgusting, but I suppose necessary. It's so dark and thick. that's the gross part. Anyways, I guess that's a good sign! ETA: The other thing I've done (like last pregnancy) is get weepy during the evenings; at TV commercials, random thoughts, and other irrational things. Testing tomorrow which will be 9DPO. Hopefully I'll get my BFP so that I can tell my Mom, who thought I was batsh!t crazy when I told her in NYC at 3DPO that I was preggers.

Ebree- nooooooooooooooooooo. bad AFF. Bad. urgh. I really hope that is not the case. I think it's great if you stop taking the Clomid if you're not satisfied with it. Trust your gut.

As for estrogen migranes. Mine is always at the back of my head/neck, on the left side. Terrible.

ETA: I'm a florist today so without a computer. Monday - Wednesday I'm a graphic designer at an office. Thursday-Friday (some Sat's) I'm a florist. Have a great day everyone!

 

[Dreamer_D]

Date: 9/4/2008 9:03:56 AM
Author: robbie3982


Exactly. Today it''s so low that I actually couldn''t feel the opening, just that the sausage thing was there and hard, blocking the back wall. I hate misleading diagrams. The first picture totally makes it look like the cervix would be at the end of the vagina, like on the back wall instead of the top wall.

Oooh, Fisher, it sounds like we might be O buddies!

Yeah, that diagram takes what is actually a curving canal and makes it into a stright highway!

Leave it to male doctors to change our anatomy just to make it easier to draw!

 

[robbie3982]

Date: 9/4/2008 9:10:39 AM
Author: dreamer_dachsie

Date: 9/4/2008 9:03:56 AM

Yeah, that diagram takes what is actually a curving canal and makes it into a stright highway!

Leave it to male doctors to change our anatomy just to make it easier to draw!

I don''t think it''s just male doctors. I think it''s map makers too. This is totally embarrassing, but until some time in college, I thought that Alaska was an island

due to how it''s usually shown on maps of the US. Seriously, they make it look like it''s floating in the ocean like Hawaii and Puerto Rico!

 

[robbie3982]

Agh! I hate posting on here with firefox. I have no idea why it put what i said in the quote box.

 

[radiantgirl]

Mela - Good luck on poas! Hope this is month is it!

EBree - So sorry that AFF is going to show up. Looks like we''ll be on the same cycle this month. I was wondering why you were on Clomid. It doesn''t really sound like you really needed to be on it, but what do I know. My friend was on it this past month, but she has a really short luteal phase so it''s supposed to regulate her cycle. Yay for anniversary bling! We can''t wait to see it.

February - I''m sorry that AF showed for you too! Boo!

robbie - hopefully you have ovulated. I check my cervix too, but I''m not sure if what I am feeling is right either.

fisher - sorry about your wonky therometer. Hopefully FF will confirm O soon!

blushingbride - I''m still waiting for AFF. She should show up today. My temp dropped even more today and I am continuing to cramp. I have a feeling it''s going to be heavy and bad. Hopefully AF will go away for you soon so you can get ready to O already!

Baby dust to all!!!

 

[AmberWaves]

Hi everyone!

This is a quick check in, I''m 3dpo according to FF. Not much going on, just doing housework and having crazy nightmares! I''m reading a book right now called "Inconceivable" by Ben Elton, it inspired a movie called "Maybe Baby". It''s about a couple that has been TTC for 5 years without going to the doctor to see what''s wrong, and told from both perspectives via diary entries. So far it''s good, and far, far too relatable. Check out this one part:

"The only way I can determine the optimum bonking moment (they are going the route of no sex until the day she deems most fertile) is to apply scientific methods of research, which I''ve never been very good at, not even being able to program my mobile phone. In theory it should all be quite simple. Just a question of counting days, studying your pee, and taking your temperature all the time. But it really is a horrible and soul-destroying business. I count days, I collect urine, I pee on a little traffic light from Boots, I take my temperature, I fill in my chart, I do some more pee, I put some more little red dots on my calendar until it''s completely covered in little red dots and crossed-out little red dots so that I don''t know which little red dots are which. It''s like trying to have it off in an intensive care unit."

Hearing it from his perspective as well is entertaining, and kind of eye-opening. I totally recommend this book to everyone!

 

[peonygirl]

Hi gals! Just wanted to let you know that I had my ob/gyn appt today and it went well! I really liked her! She''s really nice, gentle, and seems knowledgeable. I showed her my chart for this month, and she said that it looks great (I guess many of her patients bring in charts without a clear pattern). My chart is below. I didn''t really know who to pick because I recently went from student insurance to having a job, but DH asked his favorite ob/gyn prof for recommendations for someone on our insurance. She recommended two people and the other one wasn''t taking new ob patients. So yay! The only thing was that I was sooo nervous that I was having trouble getting out words. It was like, "I''m trying to get um, um, um pregnant and here is my um, um, um chart." I do have a bit of a stutter, and it was acting up. Oh well. She was really nice about it, and she even said that she was impressed with how much I knew about cycles/charting.

Also, I tested this morning (8 DPO) and nada, but I was expecting that. I wish that I could be more zen about this, but it''s driving me crazy! I may test again on 11 DPO, unless you guys can convince me not to. Since the tests were so cheap and I have so many of them, it''s REALLY hard not to be tempted.

 

[am04]

Date: 9/4/2008 6:26:03 AM
Author: robbie3982
Wow, I think I just realized that I''ve been checking my cervix wrong. This is my first cycle really trying (gave up the first cycle I charted and never tried again) and I think I was confused about what I was supposed to be feeling. Everything you see generally shows our reproductive organs like the picture below, so I thought high cervix meant that I would have to reach in farther to feel it, whereas a low cervix would mean that I wouldn''t have to reach in as far. Today while I was checking I couldn''t find it, but I thought, gee, the back wall feels closer today and it''s kind of uncomfortable when my finger hits it. That''s when I remembered the picture on the right that I saw on the instead cup website (it''s from the directions of how to use them). To me, that shows that the cervix will actually be the same distance in, but it will actually be up or down, like towards the ceiling or the floor. Was anyone else confused about this?


Given the new info that my cervix is low and not high today and yesterday, I''m actually starting to think I have ovulated.

Based on your cervix checks it sounds like you did o. Can''t there be a delay (I think I read up to a couple of days) between oing and a temp jump? I think I read that somewhere but I''m not sure...

 

[am04]

Lovely- Yay, we''re cycle buddies! I''m jealous of your high...I''m still low and ready to get this party started! I hope the highs stick around for a while, when do you normally o? It sounds like switching docs is a good plan, I''m glad you were able to get an appointment. The end of the month will be here before we know it!

Ebree- As they say, it''s not over till it''s over! Do tell about the anniversary bling...

Feb- Oh, I''m sorry! Thanks for the update. If it''s not too personal, do you think you are going to try again? I know this month wasn''t exactly planned. Anyway, I hope to see more of you around these parts!

Mela- Yay for more symptoms! Can''t wait for you to test...

Blushing- This is our second cycle TTC, but the weirdo that I am, I been using the monitor for several months to get an idea of what my cycles looked like. I hope you find it as helpful as I do!

Fisher- I hope you o''d, if not, sounds like you are well on your way!

Amber- Thanks for the book rec, it sounds like a good read.

Peony- Glad the appointment went well!

 

[Pandora II]

I tested yesterday, today and intend to test every day until AF.

I have NO will power at all - and a house full of cheapy POAS tests.

My temps went back up today.

It''s a bit odd - I have 5 days left of this cycle and normally from about 7 days out my (*)(*)s start to get a lot heavier and a bit achy. I don''t seem to have anything like that at all. I do keep running to the loo though - and had to get up in the night which I NEVER do. I was panicking it would screw up my temps.

You just have to have 3 solid hours to get a ''real'' temp, right?

Anyway, I''m just not feeling it at all.....

 

[am04]

Nothing much to report here. I feel like I have been sleep deprived for the the last month between the Olympics, the DNC and now the RNC. I need to start going to be earlier!

CD9 and still low on my monitor. Maybe I'll ovulate "late" again this cycle, I usually have a high by now. I guess time will tell...