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Ovulation kits and basal thermometers
Hi all
A cycle is such a long wait. isn't it? Even longer than waiting for payday!
I'm looking for info on Basal thermometers and ovulation kits. I have PCOS - should I use any of these - or would my body trick them into believing i'm ovulating?
Thanks for the advice!
Good luck to all this month!
Claudette x
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Hi Claudette,
I take my temp every day and use OPK's. Until this month I have always found them very useful. I have heard that Clomid can interfere with them, particularly with the OPK's but have not experienced it myself (until maybe now). I think go for it though, all the help we can get the better.
GL
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Thanks Keli
Think i'll give them a try - like you say it can't do any harm!
Claudette x
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Hi ladies
Keli - maybe baby is a little microscope thing that you spit on and depending on the shapes that form within your saliva indicates whether you are about to O or not. To be honest, I didn't find maybe baby the most reliable out of my 'tool kit' and much preferred the OPKs I bought off ebay - much cheaper too as maybe baby is about $80 from the chemist.
And I so hear you about DH not being able to DTD when it counts the most. I never really wrote about it here, but since you've brought this topic up.... (tune out if you don't want TMI!) DH and I had lots of problems where he couldn't even get it up, not that he has problems any other time - only when it really mattered. It turned into a vicious cycle because he would beat himself up about it and get stressed, inevitably blame it on work occupying his mind or something I did (once I was breathing too heavily!!!) and then I'd be in tears. So there were quite a few cycles we missed DTD just before O because he couldn't perform. We had lots of deep and meaningfuls to try and resolve it, but cycle after cycle we'd have the same problem and it seemed like DTD at that time was mechanical and loveless. It was a chore that both of us kind of dreaded each month! So I don't know whether it was coincidence or not, but for the cycle we conceived, I had bought a Karma Sutra book to help inspire us (one with articles, not just the pictures!) and we gave massages, set the scene with candles etc and took it very slow. Anyway, for that cycle we 'made love' and now we're UTD (I actually think it had more to do with the laparoscopy and clomid, but it's nice to think the karma sutra helped as well!)
I guess we sometimes forget that the TTC journey can be just as hard and stressful for our partners and unlike us girls, they often don't have anyone to talk to about these things (or are too embarrassed to talk).
Good luck to the girls coming up to O time.
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Oh Mez, Phew! Thanks so much for the honest reply, I know how much courage that must have taken as it has taken me months to post anything about this also. Glad to know we’re never along (no matter how bizarre our issue may be). Yes I find the same thing, when we are both relaxed and taking it slowly then DTD comes so much easier, but when we’re both stressed and know that performing is very important that’s when the brick wall goes up. Thanks for being so open and sharing this with me. Might have to have a look into the Karma sutra, whatever works I say.
As for maybe baby I think I will just stick with what I’m doing, it’s confusing enough sometimes, and yeah $80 is a bit pricy too, especially if you’re not too sure that it even helped.
On a separate note, did you say you are teaching Pre-natal yoga in Glen Waverly?
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Hi Keli
I'm glad my sharing helped - you are certainly not alone in having to face those issues. The book I got from Borders is called 'Tantric Sex: the path to sexual bliss' by Kavida Rei. I doubt DH will ever read it, but he seems happy for me to make some of the book's suggestions!
I'm currently teaching prenatal yoga in Prahran and South Yarra. This month I'm focussing on some marketing work so more people know about them. I've had some flyers printed so my job over Easter is to get them out there! I figure I won't be able to teach my normal yoga classes soon enough, so I need to focus on the prenatal ones!
Do you know if you are in your 2WW yet or still unsure if you've O'd?
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Hey Mez, Thanks for the info on the book, I might head down to the bookstore and have a look myself also, yes don’t think I have any luck with DH reading it but he is always up for new suggestions when I make them so might be a good idea.
Yeah so I’m still not sure if I’ve O’d, will just continue to DTD for a bit longer I’m thinking until I can be sure, don’t know how I plan on being sure but anyway, ha ha!
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