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I found myself thinking about Robbie several times today, too. I do that with different "friends" from here pretty regularly, though. Those who are trying and struggling and those who are growing a baby. It's funny what triggers thoughts of TTC and those you discuss it with....

So today started day one for me on a new cycle. It's official. I did cry some, I won't lie. But it does feel good to also know that I am somewhat "normal" as far as BBT goes anyway. And if 14 days of and LP is good, then I'm on it in that area.

I'm kind of excited that today is day one, actually, because I was doing my numbers wrong and I thought tomorrow would be day one, so I feel like I am already a day up from what I thought. Again with the nerdy things I think about.

So, onward we go with cycle two of charting. Here's hoping for another ovulatory chart!

(I'm hoping we're all withchild as the new year rings in, too!!)

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DD, Dang, I thought I *grew* enough when I was waiting for an engagement. Now I have to do it AGAIN? Pooey!!

If long cyclers had to carry a baby an extra month, I would likely be really re-thinking this whole pregnancy thing! As it is, I'm sure I'll be testing my patience and others' by month 6 or so....
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Hey Fisher...

Ovulation and a 14 day LP - you're all set to go girl!

Now, arm yourself with Preseed and pineapples and get prepared for the BDing marathon ahead!
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I posted a thing earlier in the PG thread about what my dad told me they did before HPTs were around.

The hospital he was doing OB/Gynae in kept 3 toads. If they weren't sure if someone was pg or not, they injected one of the toads with their urine. If the woman was pg, the toad would produce spawn within 24 hours.

So, now you all know how to save loads of money on all those FRER etc
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Here's a fun link...
 
Fishy, yay for ovulation and a perfect luteal phase! That''s the biggest hurdle. Now you know all is in perfect order and you''re on your way.

Won''t you post your chart for us so we can admire it?

Yay Fishy!
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Wow, Pandora. If there is an epidemic where frogs suddenly disappear from the pet stores, we''ll all know why now: TTCers found out a secret! I don''t know about waiting 2-3 days for results though!! We''re an impatient bunch around here.

I was a little bit "proud" of my chart today, now that it''s *complete.* Not like I''m going to frame it or anything, but it did make me smile a little (even if with misty eyes) to know that at least this cycle was a good one for my body. I am hoping the others that follow will be just as good to me. Without the fake out ovulation would be nice, though.

I definitely hope to be able to handle and interpret my chart better this cycle, so I''m not posting it every other minute (thanks for the patience by the way), but since you asked, IndyGal, here it is, in all its ovulatory glory. That''s a fun phrase to say!!

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What a gorgeous chart Fisher! It''s so great that you were able to figure out your LP so that you will be much more ready for next cycle!
 
Hey Sabine, I was hoping you''d check in tonight. When you talk to Robbie next, let her know how much love''s going out to her from PS, please. We''ll be eagerly awaiting her silly self coming back to chat....
 
Fisher that chart looks great, and you even had the classic temp drop to tell you when AFF is coming... that''s one convenience I guess. Next month you won''t get fakes out because you KNOW your post-O temps are way up in the 98s. My fingers are crossed for you lady!
 
Okay, no update today, but I''m kind of in the routine of posting every morning now. Looks like I don''t have much "action" until I hit the 20s. So, I may be quiet around here for a time. Probably not, though. I like to read up on things, but that always leads to more questions.

How are things going with you, Ebree? Isn''t it nearing time to start peeing on sticks???

By the way, now that I''ve completed a chart and know my LP is 14 days, then I have no need at all to pee on a stick before day 14, right? So, in theory, the two tests I have left *should* be adequate for not only this cycle, but also the next. Nice. I won''t follow that, but it''s still good to know I have no need to test on day 11 or anything like that anymore.
 
Fisher you can test on 11 DPO is you want and could get a bfp. Knowing your LP will simply allow you to know when AFF is late for you, implantation can still occurr earlier and you can still know you are preggo earlier, if you felt like it. Sorry
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Fisher, my LP is 14 days and I got a BFP on 11DPO...
 
morning ladies!

fisher - now that is a lovely chart! congratulations on finally getting to the *end* and learning so much incredibly helpful info along the way. i''m wishing you lots of luck for this cycle.

i''m not really sure where everyone else is at in their process. hopefully we''ll have some good news on this thread shortly!

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today is *finally* my appointment with my new doctor. to briefly recap - i had been seeing a gyn that practiced out of a major area hospital. when i moved to my city, i really didn''t do much research and just thought that the hospital would be the most convienent place to go. it was fine prior to TTC, but since I''ve recently become suspicious of my extended spotting I have been unable to engage my doctor. so i switched to a much smaller practice that came extremely highly recommended. today i''m meeting with a gentleman (not more normal preference, but i just don''t want to go through another cycle without answers) and i hope that he is receptive to my concerns. i''ve done a lot of reading on this topic (mostly on the internet which i''m sure will thrill my new dr
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) and opinions/treatments/even diagnosis seem to vary wildly. i''m just hopeful that whatever it is is either: 1) nothing; or 2) easily treated. it''s this state of being uninformed that bothers me tremendously. oh and the fact that i''m seeming living my biggest fear i.e. fertility issues. we shall see . . .
 
LL - good luck w/ your appt today! I''ll be keeping my fingers crossed that it''s nothing serious. Please update us when you can!

As for me, I''m on CD 15 today. My temps yesterday and today are slightly higher than my previous temps so I''m wondering if I''m nearing ovulation or past it? I don''t know...I''m just trucking along and trying to BD as much as possible this week. I''m enjoying charting though, i''m so excited to see what it looks like at the end of the cycle! I''m such a nerd!
 
Good morning everyone.

Sabine - Were you able to find the thermometers? The basal thermometers are often not kept with the other ones. At my local CVS they keep them near the prego tests.

Fisher - I''m sorry about AFF, but that is great that you know you ovulate and have a great LP! Yay~

Mela - I checked in on your ring thread. I really like that stone!

Lulu - Good luck with doctor today! I hope you get the answers quick and it those answers are all clear or something that is a snap to treat!

CD - If your temps stay up one more day, FF will most likely tell you that you ovulated the day before your temps went up! Yay for ovulation.

I''ve kind of lost track where everyone is. Ebree is in the TWW...who else?

As for me, well, my nips are EXTREMELY sore, which means I''ve O''d. So I''m really glad that it looks like my cycle is back on track. Which isn''t surprising considering that it was essentially a chemical pregnancy. So yay for that.

Kind of a weird question...I''ve noticed that I tend to get very easily teary around the time I O. It is strange. I find myself getting teared up at nothing...songs on the radio, etc. Just wondering if it is just me. Probably is.
 
Okay, girls...a few questions. So I honestly have NO CLUE whatsoever about charting and temping, etc. b/c I was very lucky and got pregnant with my son the 2nd month off of birth control. So how long did you guys wait before starting all the technical stuff? Right now we are just "seeing what happens" b/c my hubby is traveling a whole lot in the next 4 months, so it wouldn''t be heartbreaking if we didn''t get pregnant for a little while longer. Also, where did you guys get your wealth of info on how to chart everything? It sounds complicated, but I think if it takes more than a few months, I might start charting b/c I am ready for another baby soon!
 
Steph - this is my first month charting, so i''m no expert. But if you go to www.fertilityfriend.com you can find all the info you need!

We tried the last 3 months w/ the idea of just going w/ the flow, but I can''t go into this blind, it''s too frustrating not at least having some idea of what is going on w/ my body, so I figured I''d give charting a try. So this is our 4th month of trying, but first month charting.
 
hey ladies...me again
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I''m not sure if anyone knows anything about this, but figured I''d throw it out there. My DH recently had a yearly physical. He''s been pretty tired lately, so he wanted to make sure everything was ok. Well he''s blood results came back and the only thing that looks out of sorts is his testosterone levels. They''re low. His doc didn''t think it was anything too alarming, but to be on the safe side told DH to see an urologist. Could this effect TTC? Does low testosterone = low sperm count?

I''m pretty bummed, but at the same time, it explains a lot. He''s been tired and had very little sex drive for the past 6 months or so.

I don''t want to get too upset yet, since we don''t know how this is going to effect things for us, but it still makes me a little sad to think that this may make things more difficult for us.

Ok just venting....thanks!
 
Date: 9/24/2008 8:27:39 PM
Author: fisherofmengirly
Hey Sabine, I was hoping you''d check in tonight. When you talk to Robbie next, let her know how much love''s going out to her from PS, please. We''ll be eagerly awaiting her silly self coming back to chat....
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Fisher, Robbie says thanks for the warm thoughts (to everyone else too). She''s doing better today, but she''s still waiting for the results of her beta this morning.
 
Date: 9/25/2008 1:43:00 PM
Author: cdt1101
Steph - this is my first month charting, so i''m no expert. But if you go to www.fertilityfriend.com you can find all the info you need!


We tried the last 3 months w/ the idea of just going w/ the flow, but I can''t go into this blind, it''s too frustrating not at least having some idea of what is going on w/ my body, so I figured I''d give charting a try. So this is our 4th month of trying, but first month charting.
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Thanks so much!
 
Quite a few of us started charting before TTC.

DH and I had decided to start TTC in October and since I am 36 and wanted to be PG by Xmas for financial reasons I reckoned we needed to maximise our chances.

In the end we decided to stop all birth control (I came off the pill 2 years ago) on our wedding night at the end of July. I got preggo the first full month of trying/charting.

I used Fertility Friend - as do most of the girls here - it''s pretty simple and totally fascinating. I had no idea how my body really worked till I started temping etc. It even sorted out the mystery of my mid-cycle migraines as well (coincides with ovulation).

If you are of the control freak/detail obsessed personality you will like charting.
 
Date: 9/25/2008 5:39:50 PM
Author: Pandora II
Quite a few of us started charting before TTC.

DH and I had decided to start TTC in October and since I am 36 and wanted to be PG by Xmas for financial reasons I reckoned we needed to maximise our chances.

In the end we decided to stop all birth control (I came off the pill 2 years ago) on our wedding night at the end of July. I got preggo the first full month of trying/charting.

I used Fertility Friend - as do most of the girls here - it''s pretty simple and totally fascinating. I had no idea how my body really worked till I started temping etc. It even sorted out the mystery of my mid-cycle migraines as well (coincides with ovulation).

If you are of the control freak/detail obsessed personality you will like charting.
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There''s also a book called "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" that is great. But really, Steph, all you really really need to monitor is your cervical fluid, and then get busy on the days it is fertile quality. You can find lots of descriptions of what fertile quality cervical fluid looks like on fertility friend and in the book I mentioned. So it isn''t all that technical to kep track of fertile CF, it''s just a little gross
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Ok, I have a tiny bit of exciting progress towards my hubby being on the TTC wagon!!
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The other night he said that he is more ready for me to have a baby now. Now he clarified that he's more ready for me to have a baby, he didn't say that he was actually ready to be a father yet, but we're getting closer
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I went to the Dr. the other day to get a renewal on my BC pills. I really don't want to start year 3 of them. But if I do I think it could only be for a few months longer.

But now hubs is saying that he not sure when he wants to start TTC, because if we were to get preggo between now and February I'd have my last trimester falling in the hot summer months and if we had a baby arrive in the summer that is his horribly busy time of year at work. But I told him that you can't gaurantee when you're going to get preggo. If we did start TTC today we have no idea how long it would take, 1 month or 2 years.

Since I've been planning and dreaming about becomming preggo soon, I've been hoping I can miss the hot summer months. But really it's silly to put off TTC just so you can work around being preggo in the summer, isn't it??? Is anyone else doing anything like that?

Fisher congrats on a beautiful chart this month. hooray!
Lulu good luck with your new doc~
Cdt I hope everything is still ok with your hubby's fertility!
Steph have fun trying for baby #2
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And HI
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to anyone else I missed!
 
That sounds really encouraging, Sunkist!! Husbands are sometimes slow to come around, but once they''re on board, they tend to stay there. Yay!!!
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We had talked about putting off TTC so we wouldn''t have a baby in the hot months, too, originally. But at this point, I don''t care if I''m huge preggo in July or August. Paul never cared and thought it was silly that we''d stop for a season reason. My sister in law has two August babies and swears they weren''t any more uncomfortable to carry than her two December babies or her February baby. For us, summer might end up being better, because Paul has the summer off (well he starts back the very beginning of August). I know several people who have *talked* about putting off TTC when it would be making a baby who would be born in summer months, but I don''t know anyone who actually *did* put it off.
 
Congrats on the progress, Sunkist!

We originally decided to start TTC in August because
1) We wanted a May baby (my mom had a May bday and she passed away last year),
2) We were waiting until after friends of ours got married in August (so I could thoroughly enjoy the entire wedding WEEK!) and
3) We live in Maine (but I'm from Texas), so I decided I didn't want to be due in a month where there could be a snow storm. I said I didn't want to have my first baby in a car. (my mom had my little sister, her third, in the car, because of a snowstorm in Indiana!) So that ruled out being due in Dec, Jan, Feb, and to be safe, March. I didn't want to be due in July or August because it can get hot here during those months, and we don't have A/C! So after all that, it left April, May or June, then Sept, Oct, Nov. My best friend, who has one baby, originally laughed when I told her my plan. She is a teacher and wanted to be due in March or so, but they had some trouble and eventually had an August baby.

And now, honestly, after trying for 2 whole months now, I could care less when the baby is due!! I just want to get pregnant! So I know why my BF laughed at me...So, while it's fun to plan and think you can plan for when you'll be due, just think of your plan as an ideal situation, but not the most probably scenario!
 
I wanted to thank everyone for the thoughts and prayers. It really means a lot to me.

My first beta was 9.2 and the second came back at 2 something so they said there won''t be any need for intervention. I''m so grateful to Lysser for recommending this group of practices. They''ve been really great throughout the whole process especially considering that I''d never had an appointment there before and I didn''t make it to my first appointment since this happened before I could. I''ve spoken to the nurses many times on the phone and to 2 different doctors as well. So, on the bright side, I know I can get pregnant and I''ve found a great group of doctors.

I asked the doctor about trying again and she said they usually recommend waiting until after you get your first AFF. I asked if this was to make dating a new pregnancy easier or for some other reason and she said it''s partly for dating purposes, but partly so that the lining can build up again. She also said, it''s really up to us and I think we''re going to start trying again right away. The bleeding hasn''t really been any worse than a normal AF for me, so I can''t really see why it would take any longer than normal for my lining to build back up again.

One thing that I''ve learned from all of this is that we will NOT be telling family (or even close friends other than sabine) next time before 12 weeks. I thought I''d want to be able to lean on them if something were to happen, but it turns out I just wanted to be left completely alone. FIL has made some really insensitive comments to me over the last few days and I really don''t know that I can refrain from snapping if it continues. He''s not trying to upset me, but he is, so I''d rather he just not know until later on next time. I just hope he manages to keep his mouth shut this weekend at his birthday party. DH''s siblings don''t know (we were planning to tell them when his sister comes up in a few weeks) so I''d rather not burst into tears in front of them.

This weekend is also my friend''s baby shower. I picked out decorations with her mom last weekend and I was supposed to be helping to set up, but luckily she knows what''s going on and completely understands why I can''t be there. I feel awful that I''m skipping it (we''ve been friends for over 10 years and she''s the first of my close friends to have a baby), but I really don''t think I can hold it together so soon at a baby shower.

Anyway, sorry to be such a downer on my first post back. I promise to try to be more upbeat in the future.
 
Thanks for checking in Sweetie.

I''m sorry your FIL is being a prat - people can say really stupid things at times.

I''ve been intrigues by just how many people on FF seem to get pg the month after a loss, so I totally understand your trying again straight away.

Sending lots of hugs and good wishes and hoping to see you celebrating a BFP as soon as possible.

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robbie: please don''t feel the need to apologize - we''re all hear to listen and support you. it sounds like you are being incredibly strong during such a difficult period and i''m sorry that in addition to everything that''s going on, some people can''t manage to find the right thing to say. maybe they should just try saying nothing at all (perhaps your DH could pass along that simple advice to your FIL . . . ).
 
Thinking of you, Robbie. I think you should go ahead and get busy if you want to. Sending lots of hugs and warm thoughts.
 
Hey there Robbie - I''m glad to see you around! I''m also really glad you like the docs in the practice group. I thought they were really great too, and like you said, you know you can get prego, which is really half the battle...It is great that you can at least see a silver lining, you know?

FWIW, we''ve reached close to the same conclusion regarding telling folks and when. I will still tell my parents and my sis and DH will probably tell his - and I''ll tell my best friend ...but other than that, NO ONE in real life will know. Like you, I really found that I just didn''t want to talk about it with people...other than my bestie and my close family.

Also, I''m sorry FIL is being a jacka$$. That just stinks. Could your DH talk to him? Maybe give him some advice as to what not to say? Just a thought. I do think that some people just don''t know what to say when something like this happens...

And please, be as much of a downer as you feel. Simply stated, what you''ve been through totally and completely sucks... And we are here for support and stuff.
 
Robbie thanks for checking in. I think all your plans are totally sensible and understandable! I''m sure TTC again right away won''t pose any problems at all, and I totaly get not telling anyone when you are pg again... And about your FIL, I would snap at him if he''s being an ass! Why are his feelings more important than yours?? Poo on him, that''s what I say. And don''t apologize for how you feel, all feelings and thoughts are allowed on this thread and no one will judge or try to change you. {{{HUGS}}}
 
And I wanted to add another thought about how wonderful it is to have a thread like this... In real life, many of us don''t/didn''t know anyone else TTC. Having a community like this is so great because it really helps to realize how common it is to have all kids of strange
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things happen when TTC. Because of this thread, we all know at least one or two (or three or four of five) other people who have cried about a BFN, paniced over a short LP, lamented BDing for 10 days in a row, lamented a DH who drags his heels, and who have had an m/c. I for one am so greatful to know that all of these things are NORMAL!! It has helped me a lot when I was TTC, and I hope it helps others too.
 
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