Trying to conceive after loss or miscarriage ~ July '08
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KL - My ticker says I'm 1 day to O, but according to my CM, I'm 1 DPO. How exciting. My first 2WW on BB
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Here's a little summary, let's hope my 1DPO assumptions are correct:
Yesterday morning CM: wet (dripping), later in the day EWCM. Last night BD. It's funny cause DH doesn't know that I'm Oing (it stresses him out if he thinks he has to 'perform', so I pretend I don't know where I'm at) and after we had finished he said, may be there's a little bubba in there. I just said 'may be'. And left it at that. It's bad enough me having to survive the 2WW, so no need to torture him too!
I had a temp drop this morning, so I will have a rise in the morning. HOWEVER, I did read on the internet this morning that EWCM just means your body is ready to O, not that it is necessarily happening. But I've Oed every month I've been charting. So let's just hope that the MC didn't stop me from O this month. I'll see in the morning I suppose. Can I go to sleep now???? I am really excited, but don't want to get too excited in case the wicked witch comes to see me. Now, where's that list of what to do to make the 2WW go faster ... (this is from the articles section)
14 Things to Do when 14 Days Seem Like Forever, by Lynn Steen
Please note that this is a humourous article and is not intended as advice.
As any woman who is trying to get pregnant can tell you, the two weeks from ovulation to the due date for your next period are pure torture. You promise yourself you?ll just wait it out, distract yourself with other activities and you won?t even THINK about taking a pregnancy test until you?re at least a day overdue. Then something happens ? your breasts start hurting in a slightly different way than they did before, you get slightly nauseous, you have some spotting, or nothing happens, but you find yourself waking up wishing you could go to sleep again so that it would be another day closer to knowing. You can?t think, you can?t sleep, you can?t work, and you start taking HPT?s days before they are even possibly meaningful. You are deep in the abyss of THE TWO-WEEK-WAIT!
In my opinion, it?s no use advising women to stop obsessing, it?s impossible. Instead, I give you a list of more productive ways to obsess. Please note, however, that there is a limit that each woman must define for herself, between indulging in some baby daydreaming and going overboard. I?ve included some examples below:
1. Take a walk around your neighborhood and figure out what will be the best route for strolls with the baby. Find areas with nice pavements and easy curbs. Go ahead and daydream. But do NOT buy a stroller for the dog.
2. Clean out your wardrobe to make room for the maternity stuff you?ll be buying soon. Try on anything you haven?t worn for six months. Yes, if you wish, you may put a pillow in your undies to see what will work as maternity wear. But taking a picture of yourself like that is going too far.
3. Start a journal. Write down everything you?re feeling. It will be a great opening chapter for your child?s baby book. If you can?t put your feelings into words, draw something; try to create a symbol that expresses the frustration you?re feeling. Don?t get that symbol tattooed on your ankle.
4. Plant a hope garden. Or a hope rosebush. Or a hope citrus tree. You want to grow something inside of you, well start by growing something outside of you. Nurture it. Feed it. Give it water. Talk to it. But do not send out birth announcements.
5. Get better at photography. Really learn how to work all the buttons and settings on your camera. Experiment! If you have a digital camera, get all the downloading and editing stuff worked out. You will be well prepared once you have a baby, and will be able to get some great shots and get them emailed to your family before the child?s graduation. Do not take photos of your cervical mucous, even if Toni Weschler begs you.
6. Make an appeal to the committee meeting going on inside you. Sperm, egg, uterus, corpus luteum, progesterone ? they are in there either making a baby or not. Treat them like any other unruly committee you?ve ever addressed. Yes that?s right, go ahead and talk to them. Put your hands on your stomach and tell them how much you respect them. Make your best argument in favor of a baby, and then let them decide. It?s out of your hands. Addressing the committee within earshot of normal people is not recommended.
7. Paint your toenails. Imagine how difficult this will be when you are pregnant. Go shopping for the perfect pink and blue nail polish in preparation for a celebration polish. Alternating colors on the day you find out you?re pregnant, or a single color for the day you find out the baby?s sex. Don?t be tempted to paint a cycle day countdown on your big toes.
8. Make a cup of herbal tea. It is a nice ritual: boiling the water, adding the tea leaves, pouring into a nice china cup, adding some milk or sugar, sipping peacefully. Ahhhh. There?s nothing that a nice cup of tea won?t help. Yeah right. Well it does kill a little bit of time.
9. Swim laps. Think about the sperm and how they need to swim to your egg. Imagine that you are a sperm, the end of the pool is the egg, then GO, GO, GO! Don?t wear a tail or anything. Just imagine it quietly.
10. Make lists. List all the people you will tell when you get pregnant, and in what order. List all the little jobs you need to get done instead of obsessing about this 2WW! List all the healthy activities you intend to do this week. List all the girl and boy names you like. Lists are helpful for all sorts of things, most of all for passing time rather than actually doing something.
11. Create a fertility dance. Choose whatever music speaks to your soul and make up a dance routine as a prayer to the universe for the growth of an embryo. Move your hips, rotate your belly, let your arms flow ? but close the curtains.
12. Prepare a folic acid feast. Cream of broccoli soup as an entree, followed by spinach lasagne, enriched whole grain garlic bread and frozen orange juice sorbet for dessert. Dedicate the meal to your baby-to-be. Just don?t set a highchair at the table in his or her honor.
13. Delegate the burden of the two-week wait. Clearly someone has to worry constantly during this time, but does it have to be you? Divide the days up among your best friends and closest family. On their assigned day they are required to think, wonder, and worry all day about whether you are pregnant or not. At the end of the day they have to call or send you email describing how agonizing it was. Also they have to report to you if they had any ?symptoms,? such as sore breasts, excessive urination, nausea, bleeding, fatigue? you will be surprised how many people, male and female, have early pregnancy symptoms if they just look for them.
14. Write a list of 14 things to do during the Two-Week Wait and post it to the internet. For me, this killed nearly 3 hours. Now what? I?ve still got 9 days to go? Aaaarrgrhhhh.
BB: Don?t forget to check out our Two Week Wait Diaries where you can read about others surviving the two week wait or contribute your own two week wait diary!
Bring on testing day (10 days from last night - 10 July) the day after DD's birthday!
Hey girls I'm on from my cell again on personal post right now just wants to say hi and share some things I read today ... a womens mag I pick up today say have a bowl of enriched cereal every morning doubles your chances of giving birth to a boy and your odds are even higher if you top it with banana...
To boost fertility apply pressure to the center of your big toe... why it works this move stimulates the ovaries, triggering the release of the fertilty hormone prestaglandin. In Danish study of infertile women who tried unsuccessfully for seven years to get pregnant. 15% found themselves pregnant after just six months of reflexology treatments.
I found those two things interesting ... babydust to everyone !!!
Joey - I love that TWW list. My favorite part is "Don't wear a tail or anything. Just imagine it quietly."
Good luck with your temp tomorrow morning!!!
Baby Blue Eyes - I'm so very sorry to hear about your loss. Your reason for coming to this thread is a sad one, but you'll find everyone extremely welcoming, understanding and compassionate.
My DH and I decided not to wait to TTC again after our angel left us. Unfortunately we haven't fallen pregnant yet. But SaraJane lost her angel around the same time as me and fell pregnant straight away. She's now 7 weeks pregnant. So take hope in that and I hope you TTC journey with us will be a short one.
Treelo - Welcome back to the TTC game Hopefully you won't need to stay here with us for long
Toccara - Ok, so now I'm avoiding bananas, lol. I want my girl! Bananas are good for getting a boy because it contains potassium and to get a boy you should increase you sodium and potassium to calcium and magnessium ratio
Is it bedtime yet? I want to take my temp in the morning!
someone wanted to know about who's on facebook? i am!
jen: i've checked you out! you dont look like a teddy, but im sure you're friendly enough! i got the smiles right!
krystie: check you out too! you're gorgeous! you & your godfather of funk are going to have lovely bubs! hey are you on chinese herbal medicine or accupuncture too? i read a thread on the charting section about accupuncture & chinese herbals & success stories - great read! i hope we'll be able to join & add our success story to it!
Sorry to hear about your MC. I MC 2.5 weeks ago, although it seems like forever. We are doing the same as you. Didn't bother waiting for AF, just straight back into it. Last night was our night. So I am now in the 2WW. It's nice to be 2WWing here with all the girls, they are so supportive.
How far were you when you MC? you won't have to wait to long until you O.
Hope you're going ok through this sh*t house time.
Hello lovely ladies....its been a while since i have been in here but i just wanted to wish you all well and to let you know that there is going to be a meetup in Brisbane for all ttc ladies. just go here https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...cc-meetup.html
I will be a little more regular in my visits from now on, as we are back to trying to concieve.
Trying to conceive after loss or miscarriage ~ July '08
I just said 'may be'. And left it at that. It's bad enough me having to survive the 2WW, so no need to torture him too!
I will have a rise in the morning. HOWEVER, I did read on the internet this morning that EWCM just means your body is ready to O, not that it is necessarily happening. But I've Oed every month I've been charting. So let's just hope that the MC didn't stop me from O this month. I'll see in the morning I suppose. Can I go to sleep now???? I am really excited, 
but don't want to get too excited in case the wicked witch comes to see me. Now, where's that list of what to do to make the 2WW go faster ... (this is from the articles section)
Hopefully you won't need to stay here with us for long 
Sorry to hear about your MC. I MC 2.5 weeks ago, although it seems like forever. We are doing the same as you. Didn't bother waiting for AF, just straight back into it. Last night 
was our night. So I am now in the 2WW. It's nice to be 2WWing here with all the girls, they are so supportive.
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