Thanks Keli
Think i'll give them a try - like you say it can't do any harm!
Claudette x
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Thanks Keli
Think i'll give them a try - like you say it can't do any harm!
Claudette x
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.
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?
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?
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!
Hey all,
Keli - In relation to the Maybe Baby - I tried it too, but it just showed ferns all the time for me, which is an indication of high estrogen - so therefore I wasn't Oing which was confirmed via progesterone test and hence the need for Clomid. I think it is a good tool if you have regular cycles & O with no issue but for me it was no good. Also in relation to DTD, yep my DH has had issues 'coming' , usually if he is tired or more b/c we have to DTD. That is why we are going by the OPK's, not DTD every second day like the last 5 cycles on Clomid.
Mez - Thanks for the book details - might have to look into it. DH & I are thinking of staying in the City one night, which I'll try to make it around O time, so hopefully that will help too.
Claudette - I tried taking my temp prior to Clomid and b/c I wasn't Oing at all it really was confusing and messed with my head (I didn't know I wasn't Oing at the time), so I have just stuck with DTD every second day for the past 5 cycles on Clomid, which we haven't had any success with, so I have bought OPK's and will be using them this cycle. DH & I are over the DTD every second night from CD 10 to 21. I am hoping this will pinpoint for sure when I am Oing as I only know that it is sometime between those days, most probably on CD 14/15 but don't know for sure. It can be such hard work & so confusing at times!
I just wanted to share something with you that my GF told me. She is going to be starting IUI next cycle & the nurse at the FS office told her to have a diet high in iodised salt. Not 100% sure why but it is something the nurse really stressed to her. Also the FS told her DH to take Menevit (the mens version of Elevit)....
Claudette- I find all the OPK's tempinf, maybe baby, checkinf for changes in CM etc, all a bit bamboozling. Mind you, if someone told me that a slide rule and a bag of M&M's were the trick, I'd probably try that too! lol
Kel & Mez- I'm really glad someone brought that topic up! We were DTD every day for a about 10 days each cycle, but it was too much pressure and it was painful for both of us. I guess becasue we all feel like it's a task we have to do to get pregnant, the enjoyment and passion goes out of it after a few days! I might just pop out and find that book, Mez, we're coming up for o sometime over easter...
Julia- I wonder why the iodised salt? I'm going to google that. DH and I also use my predicted o times, and my own obs, before we start DTD ever night. We've pretty much got it narrowed down to 3 nights now, and that's more manageable for us! GL this cycle, looks like you, me and Keli will be TWWing together again!
Bye for now!
Bec
Hey Julia, Thanks for the info on Maybe Baby, yeah think I will just stick with what I am doing as that “seems” to be working most of the time. As for DH having performance issue, thanks for sharing, it’s really good to know we’re not alone in all of this. I was really dreading sending my first post of the day this morning and I have had such a great response from you all that I am now feeling soooo much better and feel that I can tell you ladies anything. So thank you. Also thanks for the info on the iodised salt, do tell more when you know more but in the mean time I will look into it myself. And yes I too have been looking at Menevit for DH, not sure how he’d feel about it but if they think it works we might have to give it a go.
Hey Bec, thank you to you too for sharing your thoughts about the issues with our DH’s. Poor things, I think the pressure really gets to them sometimes, more than we think too. I really appreciate your honesty and input into this topic, I am feeling much better about it just knowing we are not along. GL over Easter.
AFM: Well have done another OPK today and finally I have a +ive, so I’m thinking that I haven’t O’d yet but will do over the next few days, back to DTD then, woo hoo.
GL to everyone coming into O time, yes Julia & Bec I think we are going to be 2WWing buddies this month.
I check out the iodised salt thing, and I'll I found out about it is that it can help with thyriod problems when pregnant and is often used to ensure that women don't become iodine deficient when pregnant.
Never heard that one before. Guess I'll try it along with my slide rule and M&M's...lol
Night girls!
Bec
Lol, thanks for the info and the humour Bec :clap:
Hey Ladies,
OK so I think I finally O’d last night. Got a +OPK yesterday and then had really bad O pains last night. We DTD (successfully) last night, yippee! So with any luck this will be our month, but we will DTD again tonight and maybe tomorrow night just to make sure, as my temp hasn’t gone up yet but that happened last month too, temp didn’t go up for 1 day or so. Anyway, fingers crossed.
Hey question, when you get O pain does that mean you are O’ing or that you are about to O? Does anyone know?
GL to everyone coming up to O time!
Hi Keli:
Yay for Oing!! My FX for you.
I have no idea about O pains. I used to get them for about 3 days so I'm not sure if it meant that I was O or I was about to or I had just finished lol.
fingers crossed for you keli, hope you start the ball rolling in April :)
Hi ladies
Hope you are all well. Re iodised salt, the reason it is recommended we eat it is that our every day diet is quite low in iodine (something to do with not much iodine in the soil), so you only need a little iodised salt to help you along. I think most breads also use iodised salt in them now. Most nutritional supplements for women trying to conceive will have iodine in them.
As for the men, make sure they are taking adequate zinc supplements - very good for their spermies. My naturopath had DH on zinc, vit c, multi vitamin and fish oil. If you go to a naturopath they will be able to design a good preconception care supplement program for both of you. It's a good idea to get a blood test to check your vitamin levels etc...i just found out I'm low in iron so red meat is back on the menu (DH hated me being a vegetarian so he's very happy now!)
As for O pains Keli - I used to get O pains for 24 hours just before my temp would increase. Like you, I was always unsure whether they meant I had ovulated or was about to, so we just tried to DTD as soon as I felt the pains...
Rhi - good idea to spend a night in the city...ramp up the romance and you never know....
Good luck to the girls coming up to O time or entering the 2ww....let's hope the Easter Bunny brings more than chocolate this Easter!
Morning all,
Porsche, Tammara & Mez, thanks ladies for all your positive thoughts for me, hopefully this will be my month and I can join you lovely ladies in the UTD club, woo hoo!
Mez, thanks heaps for the info on the salt. Yes my hubby was on zinc last year when we were seeing the Naturopath, can we just buy zinc from the chemist do you know?
So O pains have stopped and temp has begun in accent, yey! So almost positive now that I have O’d. On with my 2WW now I guess. Has anyone else O’d yet? If not GL coming up to it girls, fingers crossed this is a BIG month for BFP’s!
Also just for information, I have been checking my cervix this month and am pretty sure that it was high and smooth (not sure about being open) when I O’d, so quite happy with myself that I could teach myself how to do that over the net. I recommend it to anyone else that is not grossed out by it and is looking for another way to know when they O.
Fingers crossed for everyone that our bub’s are just around the corner for us all!
Hi Keli
Because I'm nosey I wanted to check out your chart but the link isn't working properly. It's bringing up the login page. or perhaps it's just me?
Hey Porche, I have just sent you a private msg with my username and password so you can login and have a look. If anyone else would like it just let me know and I will send you a private msg. Happy for you all to check out my chart and comment, just dont want to post my username and password on this site for all to see.
Porsche, not nosey at all, that's what it's there for. I found looking at your very helpful in the past to see the similarities.
HI Again
You shouldn't need to give out your user name & pass word so we can all look. You'll need to add your particular link and we should just click it and it shows your chart only.
You'll need to do the folowing.
Menu on left hand side look for "Sharing" then click on "Home page set up".
It has a "Your Charting Home Page Web Address:" right at the top and underneath that title will be your personal web address for your chart. You'll need to copy and paste that address in your signature. That way it's safer for you for us to have a look.
Thanks Porsche, lets try this again then!
Please click on my link below!
Hi Keli
Ok that's the address but the link isn't working but that's ok I cut and pasted your web address into my browser and I can see your chart just fine.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the next couple of days. You've had quite a big temp rise today but you've also had a + OPK. I would have thought you O'd yesterday but I would have thought you would have had a - OPK today. Were there any differences while you were sleeping? Were you hot? Did you have a consistent 3 hours sleep? They can affect your temp. But I'm very interested to see what happens.
PS just so you know I didn't use your login details.
Keli - I buy 'Zinc Drink' from Metagenics, which you can only get from a naturopath. It's worth getting the good stuff as you never know what the quality of the stuff is like from the chemist. Good luck in your 2ww. I hope it flies past quickly for you and we get some good news from you:pray:
HI guys,
Keli- glad you o'd! Hopefully I wont be far behind, it should be Sunday ish...but I was late to ovulate last month so, who knows?
Thanks for the info on iodised salt too, Mez.
Julia- How are you going this month? any luck yet?
Porshe & Mez- I'm glad you guys are still here! You give us hope that it WILL happen for us too!
Have a great Easter guys, I'm off for camping fun on the Mornington Peninsula. I plan to do very little besides enjoy time with DH & DS. HAve a good one!
Bec
Morning Ladies,
Hey Porsche, thanks so much for having a look at my chart for me, yeah so I’m thinking that I O’d in the evening of day 16 cos that’s when I had the really bad O pains. Temp has had another massive jump this morning but this is basically what happened last month too so I think that is normal for me. Yes I am surprised that I have had 3 days of +OPK’s will see what happens today. No didn’t seem to notice anything different about my sleep, yes had a consistent 3 hours sleep. Hmmm anyway I guess it’s just onto the 2WW then isn’t it. How’s everything going with you now? You must be at least 8 weeks by now?
Hey Mez, Cool thanks for the info on the zinc, might get DH back onto it shortly (if this month isn’t a goa).
Hey Bec, GL for Sunday (ish) hope all goes well and you catch that little egg. Enjoy Easter away with DH & DS.
GL to all coming up to O time, hopefully you will all be joining me soon in the 2WW and then hopefully there will be lots and lots of BFP’s on this site, that would be awesome. Hope everyone has a safe and happy Easter and tries not to stress yourselves out about this pickle that we are in! :pray:
Hey Keli
I'll be watching where FF puts your cross hairs. Hopefully it all falls into place this time for you. I'll be watching lol.
I'll be 9 weeks on Saturday so its about 3 weeks till my 12 week scan. I had a dream the other night that I had twins lol 1 boy and 1 girl. I guess we'll see soon enough.
Hey all,
Sorry I have been MIA, been busy getting organised for Easter. We are hosting this year, so have to clean the house, tidy the garden and get food organised etc....
Bec - Thanks for asking about me :) I have been using OPK's for the last three days and today it is noticeably darker (not the same colour as the control line) plus I got a tiny amount of EWCM, so I am predicting that I will O over the next few days. Hopefully DH is up for DTD - it's been a little while...!
Hi to everyone else, gotta run again. Have a great Easter if I'm not able to get back on before then :)
Hi everyone!
Happy Easter! Started the day with a lovely chocolate easter egg!
I've come to the conclusion that my body is playing tricks on me!! I think wanting to be pregnant triggers somethin in my brain to make me believe that my boobs are sore and I'm having cramps! Period is not due for another week, but I seem to be having these 'symptoms'. Fingers crossed for us all this month. If I am unsuccessfull, I'm about to start round 4 of Clomid. I must have taken one tablet too many in one of the cycles and i'm only left with 4 tablets to take next week. Does anyone think this will make a difference? I go to see me fertility specialist beginning of June - so thought I would just wait till then. I'm heading to Spain next week, will have to take stuff in case period arrives, pregnancy test before starting Clomid, and the Clomid -gone are the days of just packing suncream and hair straighteners!
Good luck to everyone this month - it's been a long one!!
Claudette
Hi girls!
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter and a good break from hecticness (if that's a word!).
Rhi- hope the easter hosting went well. The worst thing about hosting is you have to clean up before and after the event, but the bonus is you can have a champers or two!
Clamgee- Wow, Spain! That will be amazing! Fingers crossed for you that AF doesn't turn up.
AFM: I am thinking I must be about to ovulate. A bit of EWCM today and crampy since yesterday. Looks like o has moved back to day 23/24 now, silly thing! Oh well. At least I can guarantee Af will be here 14 days after that (or not arrive, which would be even better!).
Hope you are all relax and ready for the week,
Bye,
Bec
Morning Ladies,
I hope everyone had a fabulous Easter, relaxing and enjoying time with family.
Porsche, ha ha how good would twins be? I know I’d be wrapped, GL for your 12 week scan coming up.
Julia, hope your Easter hosting went well. And what about O’ing, did that happen over Easter also? Fingers crossed for you.
Claudette, ha ha yes don’t you love the ‘fake’ pregnancy symptoms your body gives off. Fingers crossed they are not fake for you this month. As for taking 4 Clomids, do you think you could phone your FS and get them to send you a new script for Clomid, just tell them you have lost your old one. I’m just thinking that they probably get you to take it for 5 days for a reason, totally up to you though love. Have fun in Spain!
Bec, Wow you really do O late don’t you? I used to O that late before my opp, but now I’m back around day 14-17.
AFM: Currently on day 24, 8 DPO well I think so anyway. I am also sick today which I am not happy about. My big sister is getting married on the 17th of April (less than 2 weeks away) and I am her matron of honour. I am hosting her Hens party (a mad hatter’s tea party) this weekend at my house, so truly cannot afford to be sick right now.
Anyway so my question this morning is, I have thrown up twice this morning and have put this down to being sick (don’t normally throw up when I am getting a cold). Is it possible to get morning sickness this early? Or am I doing a Claudette and just hoping that I am? He he!
Hope everyone else is doing well. GL for those coming up to O time, and fingers crossed to the 2WWers. Some good news on this site this month would be fantastic.
Hi Ladies
I hope you all had a great easter break. It's back to the grind stone today grrr.
Keli - FF hasn't put your cross hairs in yet. I would have thought it would have by now hmmm wonder what's going on?
As for your M/S question I have no idea as mine didn't kick in until I reached 6 weeks. But I guess it is possible. FX it is! Your temps are nice an high so hopefully they stay that way.
Hi ladies
Keli - Oooohh a hen's party - how much fun. Hope you feel better soon so you can kick up your heels. My nausea didn't kick into week 5 (no vomiting yet thank god!), so maybe your chuck was from being sick, but you never know. My friend at work had severe m/s from pretty much the moment she conceived until the day she gave birth. GL and let's hope this is the cycle that does it for you.
Claudette - deffers get some more clomid so you can finish your 5 day course - god knows what those hormones will do to you if you don't take them as prescribed. I remember when I was in Spain you could buy antibiotics without a script, so maybe you can buy clomid over there from the pharmacy.
Bec - GL with your 2ww - I hope this time your baby dance brings you a baby.
Well I went to the gyno today and my progesterone was 3.24 - didnt O :( Im quite disappointed
Hi everyone!
I hope your Easter was great. Mine was, although a bit hectic with hosting!
Claudette - I would get another script too. I have to take the five tablets, so it must be a standard prescription thing to do on Clomid? Have an awesome time in Spain - so jealous! We wanted to go to Spain when we were in Europe but couldn't fit it all in!
Bec - I definately had a few wines, which made me relax a bit! GL catching that egg!
Keli - I never had m/s when pg but my gf was throwing up straight away, so it could very much be a sign. I wouldn't think a common cold would make you throw up. Fingers crossed. When will you test?
Porsche - Hope you are well
AFM - OPK showed a + on CD 15, so I take it that I am officially in the tww (CD 17). I won't test until CD 29, so have about two weeks to wait - hope it flies by ;P
Have a great week all
x
Hi girls!
Keli- I hope that it is moring sickness! I as told that if you are sick early on, one of those early HPT will show a positive too, becasue the hormone levels will be high. Good luck any way.
Julia- I think I am o'ing either yesterday or today, so I'm also 2WWing as of today ish.
ahurani- so sorry about not o'ing. Don't worry though, chances are they'll just up your does and it will help. I didn't o on 50mg one month, so they uped it to 100mg. Not sure if your PCOS, but apparently clomid response can be inconsistent from month to month if you are. GL!
Porshe- hope you are travelling well and not feeling too rotton with m/s. I often dream that I have twins and triplets! Don't know why, but DH is a bit worried! One baby would be plenty!
AFM- pretty sure oing is occurring as I type (figuratively speaking!), so I'm hoping that the excessive DTD will be enough. We're going for the every day thing too. So much for not being in mood...DH doesn't know what hit him! rofl;)
any who, best be off. I love holidays, but I feel bad if DS and I are still in our PJ's when DH comes home, so I better go and shower!
Bec
Hey Keli
Fingers crossed your body is super sensitive and you are preg. Personally about 2 or 3 days after my egg transfer i started feeling extremely tired, im not sure if this was because i was preg already or just exhausted. So i have hopes that you are preg :) good luck
Hi Tammara!
Haven't heard from you in a while! How's it all going?
hey bec
im going really well still feeling pretty lucky no morning sickness as yet - just get a bit seedy when i dont eat (good excuse to keep snacking lol )
Im 9 weeks 4 days now so cant wait to get to that 12 week scan to make sure everything is going well, cant wait to feel something going on in there so i can be sure im actually preg. At the moment its still like a dream cos im not really having symptoms other than tiredness and tender boobs.
Hope your all going ok and coming up to O time lots of luck to you all xxoo
Hey Guys hope everyone is well and had a nice safe easter.
Been reading and catching up on everything in here sounds nice and busy...
Hope all the BFP's keep coming.. And those who have are feeling well...
Im 28 1/2 weeks, been feeling great, bub is keeping me awake at night's tho with lots of kicks, and really bad heart burn... But apart from that everything is fantastic. cant wait for ALL of you to feel this way..
Morning Ladies,
Sorry I have been MIA for a few days, very unlike me I know. I have been off work, sick.
Porsche, yes I don’t know what is going on with FF, I thought they would have put cross hairs in by now, I think they are in debate because I didn’t have much mucus around O time so I think they are confused. That’s ok, I’m almost positive I O’d around day 16 so I’m not too stressed.
Mez, thanks for the advice, hope all is going well for you, looking forward to hearing good news from your 12 week scan.
Ahurani, what dose Clomid where you on? And what round? Sorry to hear you didn’t O. Feels like such a waist of time doesn’t it? Hopefully they get the dosage right next month, fingers crossed for you.
Julia & Bec, Thanks to both of you for the info on ms, yes fingers crossed hey. GL for your 2WW’s, we can all be 2WW buddies, well at least for a few days anyway. Looking forward to hearing some positive news from you both very soon.
Thanks to you too Tammara, will let you know how it all goes.
AFM: Ok so I ended up throwing up 3 times on Tuesday, had yesterday off work sick and slept till 10.30am and has no sickness at all (Oh yeah and I also did a PG test yesterday which came up BFN). So I had just put the throwing up down to being sick. But…..then again this morning I have thrown up at work, not feeling too bad at the moment. So….I really don’t know what to think at the moment. My stomach has been cramping like crazy for 4 or 5 days now. Will test again tomorrow, but who knows hey. I am currently on day 26 so still could be too early for a BFP, here’s hoping hey?
Fingers crossed to those in there 2WW and GL for those egg catchers out there.
Hope all you ladies in your pregnancies are going well and hopefully we will all be joining you very soon.
Ok ladies so I know I just posted but I have to post again. I am at work and because I threw up again this morning I thought that I should do another PG test. And…….it has 2 lines, arrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhh I’m still in shock, I am shaking. This literally happen 5 minutes ago. I have called DH and he is over the moon but I wanted you girls to be the first to know. Going to get some more tests at lunch time to double check cos I seriously don’t believe it yet. But yes there is a BFP. Ok best get back to work now before my boss begins to wonder what is going on, he he!
OMG! OMG! OMG!!!!!!! Whooo Hooo! I'm so excited for you keli!!!!! This is the best news I've heard all day! I couldn't believe it was a BFP when I did my first test, so did 10 more over the next few days to make it sink in. So do some more tests!
Keep us posted! And I hope the vomiting subsides....