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[am04]

MELA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats! Wow, you REALLY intuited this one! Oh, I''m so happy for you!

Okay, back to catching up. Just had to give you a quick contrats!

 

[TravelingGal]

Congrats Mela! I am glad you are not crazy, lol. Sticky sticky sticky!! Thrilled for you.

BB, awesome pics. That limestone is brutal on the eyes without sunnies, isn''t it?

 

[mela lu]

thanks Indy, Am and Lisa!!!

and ETA: thanks Tgal (who must have been posting at the same time as me)! Another 1/2 Croat on the way

 

[tiffanytwisted]

Blushing your pictures are gorgeous! Looks like you had a fabulous trip.

 

[am04]

Amber- I''m also keeping my fingers crossed for a June baby, no particular reason, I just think that''d be a great month to be born. Hopefully we''ll both get BFPs this month!
Sunkist- Welcome, I was a total lurker on this thread for a while too! It''ll be great to see more of you around here, hopefully soon!
Robbie- Happy belated anniversary! I also have a hard time sleeping through the night, I''m usually up around 2am to urinate. It stinks! Luckily I don''t have too hard a time falling back asleep. Re:the Jonas method. I think it''s total bs, but that''s just me. The only swaying technique that makes sense to *me* is changing the environment of your cm (making it more acidic or alkaline) depending on what you want. But who knows if that even works.
Peony- Good luck and have fun at the mall!
Fisher- Hand in there! Ditto what the other ladies have said, I think in the end charting will only make you feel better.
Charger- Yay for shaved ice! I''ll have to see if I have any pics from our trip to Kauai...
Lovely- I''m jealous of your 3dpo...I''m still high on the monitor!
Blushing- Fingers crossed for you, only a couple more days to go! Beautiful pics, btw.
Pandora and Mela- Crazy that your EDDs are a day a part!


Hi

to everyone else!

 

[am04]

Nothing new to report with me. I still haven''t ovulated and the we''re going on six days in a row of bding. I feel like my cycle is changing, maybe I''ll ovulate on CD16 again. I guess only time will tell. I just hope it''s soon, I really want to hit the two days before o but this is getting tiring!

 

[lovelylulu]

Hi am04 - don''t be too jealous, i''m strongly suspicious that there might be a bit of a hormonal glitch with my cycles, though i''m not going to be able to get to see a Dr. until after this cycle

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Has your monitor registered a high for the last 6 days??

 

[ChinaCat]

First-

CONGRATS TO PANDORA AND MELA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So excited for you guys. Sending you mucho stickiness and happiness!

Fisher- I can''t help you b/c I still don''t understand the difference, but I hope you figure out your cycle soon. You will figure it out though! You''re not crazy, this stuff is so confusing and new. However, although I haven''t used FF, I am starting to question the appropriateness of the name- Fertility "Friend"? What kind of a friend is this? When she changes the O date on you- it''s like she invites you to her super-cool birthday party, then uninvites you when someone better comes along. Grrrr. Keep us posted!

LL- So glad Ms. Cricket is better. My dog has a really sensitive stomach too, and I have no idea why he gets sick all the time, we don''t feed him anything but doggie food and treats- no people food at all. He must eat stuff on his walks, though I watch him so carefully. Cricket is so cute- and what a great name! Hope you are feeling a bit better this week. I am very impressed you are elliptisizing!

Robbie- Happy (belated) anniversary!

BB- Gorgeous pictures. We almost went to Croatia on our honeymoon, but went to Hawaii instead. We didn''t go to Kauai, nor did I have shaved ice, so I guess I will have to go back. But Croata is definitely at the top of my list!

Amber, Ebree, Sunkist, Peony, LovelyLulu, Am04, NYC and anyone else lurking (Applequeen?)- hi! Hope everyone is having a good week!

As for me- AF came on Saturday, much to my relief. So my first cycle off the pill I started about 4 or 5 days later than normal, which isn''t too bad. I was getting a little concerned about possibly being a jerkstore, because I have always been super regular, even when not on the pill. I know that it is normal so I wasn''t jumping the gun, but by Saturday I was beginning to think about the possibility. Of course, there is the tiny part of me that would have been excited but the more I thought about it, the more I got nervous. I hadn''t been on prenatals very long, did a lot of drinking the past few weeks, got my hair highlighted, and the most important part- if I got preggo right now, I would probably miss my best friend''s wedding in April- it''s in California, and that would be a no-fly time. I really really really didn''t want this to happen, so I was actually happy to see MsAF. However, the good news is that gives me a time frame- so I can start TTC in October or November and be safe. So I think that is what we are going to do!!!! And DH sounded down with that. So I can wait another month and hang with you ladies before I start complaining about cross-hairs and temps!!!!

 

[happy in love]

Hi ladies,
I decided to check in aside from my congrats to pandora and mela.
I think I''m 9-10 dpo, a negative test this morning. I stopped charting right before O was confirmed after an arguement with DH.
It seems like for the last 2 months, everytime it''s go time something is happening w/ DH''s work, leaving him stressed and not really up for the dancing. Well, then I get upset/frustrated cuz I know it''s time and I feel like we should maximize our chanced by BDing more than once or twice in our window. Fast forward to an arguement about me being too focused and him not being focused enough.... and in the end no BD anyway. SO, no charting and no opk''s next cycle, and we''ll see if the more "lets see how it goes" approach works.

That being said, next day (the day I think was O day) we BD, so I''m not counting this cycle out ''til AF sings. My bday is tomorrow, a bfp would be the best present ever!!!

Blushing- great photos!

Can''t wait to see more of you ladies KTFU

 

[am04]

Hey Lovely! I can''t remember, are you recently coming off bcp? I hope that this cycle is a good one for you...

I got my first high yesterday, cd 13. So it seems like things are progressing as usual, just at a later pace. I''ll be interested to see how many days I get a high reading.

 

[peonygirl]

Oh my gosh Mela, congrats!! Wow, you really knew your signs! I wonder if I''ll "feel" pregnant when I finally get there. And blushing, GORGEOUS pics!!!

Mela, I have a question for you. So the tests were completely negative every day until 13DPO? Not even a hint? Today is my 13DPO, but it could be 12 because I missed a day of temping due to my 24-hr experiment. I guess I still have a teensy bit of hope.

Everyone else, is the First Response Early Result test the best? I will try one if I don''t get my period by Saturday. Is there only one test with this name (don''t want to buy the wrong one)? Thanks!!

 

[mela lu]

oh HIL I'm so sorry that the timing has been so brutal. Just know though, it only takes one magical time to KU the FU! haha. Hopefully, you're special time will be here before you know it with no dramz. Like you said, it ain't over till...

Peony - both times I was KTFU I got my first + with "Clearblue Easy". I know the blue dye ones get bad reviews, but they've been good to me!
Every test I did prior to 13DPO was totally negative. I tried dollar store strips, First response, Clearblue easy. Today was my first + and it was very faint. It was there, but faint. I just bought some more cheap strips to pee on for reassurance but I also booked a Dr's appt for tomorrow.

ETA: Happy Birfday Tomorrow Happy!

 

[am04]

ChinaCat-Thanks for checking in! Sounds like your body is regulating itself, that''s awesome!

HIL- Fingers crossed for you! If this isn''t your month it seems like you have a good plan for next cycle.

Has anyone ever heard of stressing making you o earlier as opposed to later? When I started tracking my cycles I had months of high stress at work coupled with family health issues (I was having hair loss and stomach issues as a result of the stress). During those months I always ovulated on CD12 or 13. DH and I went on vacay for a month and I haven''t really been stressed since. The first cycle after the trip I o''d on cd16 and I will ovulate on cd16 (at the earliest) this cycle as well. My luteal phase has been a consistent 10 days across all these cycles. Just curious...

 

[ivanadiamond]

Mela CONGRATS!!!!!!! YAYAYYAAAAAAAAAAAY!!

Blushing Bride, those are incredible pictures. Looks like an amazing trip!!

 

[AmberWaves]

Ahhh, Happy. You just shared one of the reasons I''m not KTFU yet! We''re always griping about that, and I''m like, yeah, but the time is RIGHT, right NOW. And then he goes and pulls the "I''m not an animal, Amber". Yeah yeah yeah.

Stressful much?

I hope you get a great B-day present!

 

[happy in love]

Amber- ha! I know when you were posting about this before I was thinking it sounded familiar

Good luck to you for a summer baby! I''m still toying with the idea of skipping the TTC for a few months to avoid a summer due date, but I don''t know if I''ll be able to quit cold turkey. lol.

 

[robbie3982]

Peony, make sure you get a First Response Early Result. There''s also something called First Response Rapid Result which is not meant for early testing. It''s supposed to show a result more quickly, but isn''t as sensitive.

Happy, Happy early bday! I hope you get your BFP!

am04, I''ve never heard of stress doing anything other than delaying, but I guess it''s possible.

 

[lovelylulu]

amo4: i''ve been off bc for a while, so this issue isn''t related to my body needing time to *regulate* just have to wait and find out what the experts think . . . hope that you get a peak soon!!

hil:

to timing. and if you feel that all the charting, etc is putting too much pressure/taking away all the fun of TTC it might be a really good idea to step away from it for a bit and try the au naturale method

just out of curiousity why do you want to skip the summer? Are you in an already warm climate?

amber: i know that you took a break for a little bit - are you planning on resuming charting or just resuming TCC w/o all the data collecting?

chinacat: glad to hear that your cycle is pretty darn close to being normal and i hear you on that issue of timing too. we have a couple of weddings already lined up for next summer

 

[snlee]

blushing, those pictures are amazing! Thank you for sharing!

robbie, happy anniversary! I can''t believe a year has gone by already! I remember looking at your wedding pictures and it doesn''t seem that long ago!

mela, CONGRATULATIONS! I am thrilled for you! Lots of sticky dust!

 

[happy in love]

Hi Lulu- The charting and stuff makes me feel better about everything, but it does stress DH out a little, so since this is a joint effort I will step away from the charts for a little while

As for skipping summer... June isn''t tooo bad, but July and August are super hot where I live, and while I know it''s not the end of the world to be preggo in the summer here, I just figure why not try to avoid it? It''s taking us longer than I had anticipated anyway, whats and extra 4 months in the end, right?
We''ll see though, I''m sure I won''t be thinking that way in a few weeks. I keep reminding myself that we''ve *only* really been trying for 3 months, which is not very long at all.

 

[mela lu]

okay. I''m losing my patience looking for that website someone posted a ways back about the first few days after conception. it was SUPER cool and had a day-by-day update on the cells.

anyone? bueller? I got to page 93 and gave up

 

[AmberWaves]

lulu, sadly I''ve been charting this whole time!

So we''re just going to get back into the business of baby-making- no more "avoiding". If pestering your husband for sex can be called "avoiding".

 

[mela lu]

oh Amber. that sux the big one. Last month, I was a bit of pest for sex, so I kept it ''interesting'' by dressing up for him

. He laughed most of the time but appreciated the effort.

 

[lovelylulu]

mela: i remember the website, but i don''t recall its address. i think that blen posted it shortly after she found out she was pregnant . . .

 

[Sabine]

Congrats Mela Lu!!!

BB, those pictures are amazing! I know that my mom''s size of the family came from Croatia, but sadly, none of the living generations know enough about our heritage to be meaningful. Your pictures are breathtaking, and that is one of the places I definitely want to visit!

Amber and HIL, I''m sorry your dh''s are not cooperating, but I have to say, it''s a little relieving to find out that my dh isn''t the only one who doesn''t being pestered to bd. My dh and I had a chance to bd one more time on the day that I now think is O day, but we ended up getting into a huge fight because dh wasn''t interested and I thought it was because he didn''t want to bd just to ttc, and that made me all paranoid that he didn''t want to try as much as I did. It turned out he does, but the fight made us miss a great opportunity.

As for me, I''m getting a little frustrated that I didn''t chart this month and that my cycle is irregular due to being the first month off the pill. Based on my "usual" cycle from before I went on the pill, AFF should be due this week, but I''ve had some signs that I just O''d a few days ago, so I *think* I''m in the 2ww. And it''s probably just me being hypersensitized to symptoms, but my nips have been sore all day!

 

[Pandora II]

Peony, I got positive looking evaps on the blue dye ones last month. I used ICs - which I was impressed with as they didn''t do evaps at all. I''ve been testing everyday and they are getting steadily darker, this mornings was the first where I could see without any doubt whatsoever.

I then used First Response Early Result and a digi to be sure on the Sunday. That was 12DPO and it was a VERY faint line on the FRER.

Mela, I''m seeing my doctor on Thursday morning. Can''t wait - poor man will have a heart attack, he''s been nagging me about TTC for over 2 years, and practically put money on my needing at least 6 months to get KTFU. I should have taken him up on it!


HIL & Amber, I hear you on the TTC sex, DH was already saying that we couldn''t make it THIS technical if we were going to be trying for a long time. Problem is that when you are tracking everything and then they''re not so keen you get emotionally upset in a way that you don''t normally.

I had a minor fit on our honeymoon when DH did''t want to one night - looking at that month''s chart and this month''s and my O date, that particular night was O night...

I''m not sure that men totally understand the stress that goes into TTC on a woman''s part.

Anyway, keeping all available bits of me that cross crossed for all of you this month.

 

[littlelysser]

Hey everyone.

Well, as per doctor''s orders, I took a prego test today and it was a BFN...which is actually good. I''ve got no pg hormone left in my system. So yay. But also, feh. So after this cycle we have the okay to get back to business. Part of me wants to try right away...but the other, rational, part of me is going to wait and continue to process everything.

Cricket is a-okay. In fact, my sis and I went to lunch today and we stopped at this great cupcake place and we got each of the dogs the cutest little pupcake...teeny dog sized cupcakes. They both had them and totally enjoyed them. Of course, I also had a cupcake, which I completely enjoyed...

BB - Your pics are just amazing. Lovely!

Mela - I don''t remember the website either, but wasn''t it nova or something like that? Congrats again!!


For the ladies with more reluctant DHs...My friend always pumps her DH full of vitamins and stuff when it is TTC time. I think it worked pretty well for her...and him, apparently.

 

[lovelylulu]

I''m having almost the opposite problem with the frequency issue, as in gently telling DH that not all weeks are marathon BD weeks

he probably secretly wants this TCC thing to go on and on and on

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Mela! Congratulations, girl!

I see the positive sign. What a great feeling it must be to have all the "symptoms" add up to what you knew it was. Whoo hoo!

Hope the pregnancy is a smooth one that results in a wonderfully healthy baby!!

Blushing,

Pretty pictures of Croatia. The sky is so very blue in some of those pictures. Gorgeous!


In my world, things are okay. I'm a little less hyper than I was yesterday about the crosshairs. I mean, it's a program. It doesn't know everything. I took the CM off from yesterday and it changed back to a solid line. I think that what I chose as CM during O time is right, so I put them all as watery, since it was a combination and apparently wasn't as stretchy as it could have been. I dunno. There wasn't a thing sticky about it, so I know that's not what it should be labeled.

The weird stabbing with what felt like the dull tip of a pin has stopped, so that makes me happy, too. And since my temp shot back up, now I'm just hoping it continues to hover over the cover line. If it does, then maybe the drop I had yesterday and the day before wasn't such a bad thing.

There sure have been a lot of positive tests around here lately, it seems! Here's hoping the trend continues!!

Robbie, have you decided to wait to test until Sunday?

 

[peonygirl]

Here is the Nova video set you want Mela: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/program.html. I''ve already watched all of them.