Trying to Conceive after Miscarriage or Loss #2 April '08

[AJC]

Ok, of course I found the usual boxer shorts, no hot baths, no alcohol, 1 - 2 cups coffee max per day, balanced diet with lots of fresh fruit & veg in particular green leafy veg.

Sperm friendly foods: oats, rye, wheat, egg yolks, fish oysters, sardines, shrimp, anchovies, haddock, tuna, bananas, bilberry, ginger, parsley, butter beans, green peas, black beans, liver, chicken, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, fennel, garlic, turnip, potato, carrots & most kinds of nuts (cashew, pecan, walnut etc).

Supplements - Jodsan pretty much covered this one well. I've bought DH zinc & vit c as well as a multi. I think now he may have the motivation to take them EVERY day.

Also said that intercourse every 2 - 3 days (regardless of what stage of cycle) maintains high volume.

Well - hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. It FINALLY stopped raining here today so I've caught up with my washing and even got some gardening done. Hoping for more sunshine tomorrow, surely it can't rain again??!!??!!

[mollycat]

AJC - Certainly was much better with no rain today - i've definately had enough, trying to work out how to put floaties on my lawnmower, the yard just squishes underfoot!
Looks like your dh is going to undertake a change of diet. just wanting to wish you all the best hoping this is your month.

Love these long weekends it's great to spend that extra time with family. Just hope the weather holds out for the rest.

for all of our friends.

[AJC]

Mollycat - aww thanks. lol at floaties on the lawnmower.

How are you doing, weren't you going to try a new treatment? Hope all is going well for you.

[mollycat]

yes, clomid wasn't working for me (i was o'ing, but doing that by myself anyway, getting great levels with clomid but nothing happening), on first cycle of tamoxifen, AF due 1/5 so we'll see how that goes.

[jen805]

AJC--Wow, you really did your homework! Can you really get your DH to eat the fish oysters, sardines, and anchovies? Ew, and the liver? There's no way I could ever get DF to agree to eat any of those, but luckily for him, I don't think he has any problems with his !

Glad the rain stopped for you! I've heard that our seasons are different--is that true? Heard mention of Spring Break the other day, so was thinking it must be Spring there as well. My kids had their break in March around Easter. Our weather has been fluctuating like a bad yo-yo diet! The beginning of the week was cold, gray and super windy. Yesterday was in the 80's. Today's supposed to be even hotter, which means DH will probably be in a terrible mood all day--he's not a fan of the heat. I'll take the heat over the cold any day!

mollycat--I'm lol at the floaties on the lawn mower, too! Could be an ingenious invention! that the Tamoxifen works for you!

nickster--Hey mama! Good to hear from you, I had hoped you were lurking around here somewhere! Can't believe you're 14 weeks already--that alone must be such a relief! Thanks for the glimmer of hope! Still no AF... Just still not sure that it'll work out that way for me. Haven't BD'd since the 14th, which I know doesn't put me out just yet, but I can't possibly be that lucky! Trying to stay positive, but also realistic as to what is the "norm" for me. The way it works for me is that if it can go wrong, it will--I'm just blessed with bad luck, my mom even says so!

megsmum-- back! Sounds like your cycle is finally getting back to normal! You've definitely come to the right place for support and understanding! We're all here for you! Good luck for this month, sounds like you're on the right track to a BFP!

smilanatu--Haven't heard from you for a while! Hope things are well with you and that you've kicked AF to the curb! Still no AF for me... she really screwed us up didn't she, we used to be cycle and BD buddies! She really is an intolerable witch! Hope you're having a great weekend!

[jen805]

Hey ladies, I found a new site that I found interesting. It's giving me that urge to test again, but still think I'll wait it out for a few days.

[mmteacher]

Hello Everyone!

I am so glad for the weekend-I have been fighting a cold all week and really needed to get sleep!!!

Jen~There's still hope girl...I have been on that site before too-it is a good one...helps occupy me during the TWW! Still for you!

AFM~I am little concerned....Even though my ticker says O should be here today or tomorrow, I haven't started Bd'ing yet because I didn't O last time with the Clomid until day 17...However, this morning I had a lot of EWCM so now I am thinking I will O today...The OPK still says no but that happened to me the month I conceived and I realized that night I felt O and Bd'd anyways...So I think we are going to try this afternoon and again in the morning and hope that we don't miss it! UGH...I hate all of this confusion!

Has anyone had EWCM but not O that day?

MMTeacher

[jen805]

mmteacher--Woo hoo--get busy, lady! I think I know what you'll be doing tonight! Wish I could help you on your O question. The day I had watery CM my chart changed showing it was a fertile day, so BD away!!! Good luck catching the eggie! :woot:

AFM... Loved that site I went to today, makes me wish I had bought another test while I was downtown a little while ago! Still having some weird twinges on my left which I've never noticed before. A couple sharp, stabbing pains then it was gone. Then I'll feel a little crampiness, and think, here comes AF, then that disappears! Now I have this weird pain in my left armpit, not really my armpit, but more on the side--but still near my armpit ( if that makes any sense at all!) When I push on it, it kinda feels like a sore muscle, but I haven't done anything strenuous that might cause this feeling--it even goes into the side of my left bb. And the best part of this site for me was how many women had tested negative--in some cases 3-4 times they got BFN, but ended up being pg! So now I'm starting to feel like there's a little hope for me still, but then my more cautious side tells me I'm just fooling myself, there's just no way... I even took a nap on the couch yesterday--which is NOT like me at all! Emotions have been up, down, and all around, but that's common during this time, so that's no real sign for me. Even the irritability seems a little more of my norm lately--my poor family, I just can't seem to help it! Nipples still slightly sore and tingly... Argghhh! I'm home-bound for the day now, so no testing today for sure... maybe I'll buy one tomorrow if I go out! Or maybe AF will start before I have to bother! Ok, I feel like I'm rambling and just going back and forth, could I be, or no? Sorry gals, thanks for letting me get it out! Had to laugh when I was checking that other site out at how many of those women used HPT's from the Dollar Store! You may remember our posts about those tests... apparently some of them do work! And some of them even turn + after the initial -, and they were actually right! Can you believe it????