Hi girls, it's been a few months since I've posted in this thread, it's nice to see some good friends in here, SnugBug & Emmy and hello Ferrals & Sparkles
I guess I was feeling ok for some time but it's been 5 months since my last mc and I thought I would have been pregnant again by now as I got another BFP 2 cycles after my 1st mc... I guess with AF approaching tomorrow I am really hormonal and a bit down about it today I feel like I am waiting in this lottery to be the lucky winner who has a healthy baby but I keep ending up the looser
Did anyone see that story on 60 min or a current affair the other night (not sure which one it was) about mc? It was good to see it on mainstream tv to make the public awear that it isnt' all roses for everyone ttc...
Sorry to come in here without any persies and make a sad post
Ive just had a MUCH needed time out from everything.
Hello & to all the newbies, sorry to see you hear and hope you leave sooner than some of the rest of us!!!
Will catch up with personals later on, Just have a question, and then im off to a staff meeting. Booooo!
Question for whoever uses OPK.
Has anyone ever used the confirm brand from the supermarket??
According to my CM & My temp I have already ovulated...but according to this opk I am yet to or am just about to ovulate... I know my chart is pretty empty but from previous cycles, when i ovulate the temp is much lower, not in the .70's...also that was an early temp..normally wake and temp about 8:30-9
The tests say they're "Ultra sensitive" so Im wondering whether that is why im still having positives? The internet cheapies seem to be the better ones apparently.
I dont really trust it. Just wondering if anyone else has thoughts
Based on previous cycles, every second one, I ovulate on cd12/13..which is this time, and every other time its on cd14. It has been like clockwork since the laparoscopy so Im fairly confident Im correct.
and hi to everyone. I haven't posted in here for absolutely ages, but you are all not far from my thoughts.
Coco - i only used the Confirm OPK's and for me they worked spot on. I would only test untill i got a positive then stop testing. I would find that about 2-3 days after the positive my temp would rise quite obviously. Not sure on the specific answers for your chart, but just thought I'd let you know that i found those opk's to be very good. (Just a tip - which you may already be doing??! - LH will typically surge in the afternoon so best to test around 3pmish and test at the same time everyday) These tests helped me get my bfp's so good luck to you.
and good luck to you all. hope your journey in this thread is a short one.
Thanks for all your advise, Just been to the shops and bought a pregnancy planning kit form Bigw it is a confirm brand and has 5 Ovulation prediction test and 1 pregnancy test includes little cups to pee in too for just over $14 so glad when Igot back there was a reply by juleswa saying how she had used them and the tip about the afternoon testing well thanks for that as I haven't used these before so will start testing soon !
Thanks ferrals4 for that site address I will give it a try next time hopefully I won't need to but you never know may have to eat my words next month
Hope everyone is ok Murraycod can't beleive its only 6 days till testing that means we will be testing together me for LH surge and you for a BFP !role on the next 6 days !
will pop back later to post again Have a great day !
Hi all,Ferrals ,thanks for posting about the opk's site ,might try it next time but hopefully will not need to...craftymummy-i use confirm,good luck...mummy of 4-it's easy to get our hopes up when we want something so much...Murraycod-not long now ,i'll be testing around the same time as you...Bookworm-good luck with testing tomorrow...loubee-hope the meds are doing their job...Scarypinkfairy-i agree this thread is overdue for some bfp's...cherished-sorry your feeling down,hope it's your turn soon,I too think public awareness is important.Congrats on the weight loss, dd17 just lost 10 kg's through the jenny craig program,she struggling with the last 2 kg's she wants to lose...coco-nice to hear from you,i use confirm ,don't think i'm there best advertisement material though.FS told me they should all be fairly accurate...Juleswa-hope all is going well for you...
Just a quick post before I head off to Brisbane for the weekend. I had my appointment with my FS on Tuesday and according to the blood test I didn't ovulate so now I'm just waiting for the dreaded AF to arrive and then take 100mg clomid for 5 days . I was on 50mg but obviously that didnt work for me. If the 100mg doesnt help me ovulate on time, I'm then to go to another FS an hour away who can help me further... the problems with living in a regional area!
Also, I asked him about Vitex.... he hadn't even heard of it! But he didnt recommend it (after looking it up) as there seems to be no scientific proof that it helps women.
Hope everyone is doing well.... looking forward to hearing whay murraycod has to say in a few days time!!
I have never ever ever got a positive from a OPK. There is something wrong with meeee! But all other signs point to me Oing (like, I dunno, say, getting pregnant that one time? And CM, and textbook charts etc)
Was just up at the chemist to get some nail scissors, and they had conception vitamins for $2! Sure, not far off their use by date, but even if I only use half the pack it's still an enormous saving! Yahoo!
Have fun in Brissy, loopy! Be nice to cyclists - they're all my friends!
Matthewsmum - thanks all is good with us. currently 10w1d pregnant but being nervous and cautious. have been having weekly scans and due for another one on monday. just praying this little one sticks and then to be able to relax a bit and enjoy the pregnancy.
i haven't really been in to announce cause i wasn't really a regular poster anyways and didn't want to come in just to blurt my news. but often lurking around you ladies and keeping up with your journeys.
Coco-good to see you back i alway's go by the OPKs as i don't get cm and my temp is not reliable and my FS said OPKs only detect the LH surge when you are going to ovulate so if you get a positive then go for it.
Craftmummy-good luck using OPKs for the first time.
Loopylouie- most FS are all for science these day's and i actually read a sight that had done a scientific study on vitex and a placebo with over 5000 women and it was a medical sight and it actually proved that it work's it is not a miricle cure for infertility it helps womens bodies that are out of wack to get back to normal i will swear by it as it helped with my PMS and premenstral pimples and i got pregnant straight away and i know my girlfriend tried for 18 months then took it and fell pregnant not long after taking it my FS said it is great for helping women get pregnant the natural way but not good for ivf as it can interfere with the blood test results if your FS has never heard of it how can he dissmiss the idea i believe the numerous womens BFPs and multitude of information on many sight's that i have spent's months surfing and reading but in saying that vitex is not for everyone and everyone tries different thing's to help get there BFP.
Snugglebean-i have read that some women have the LH surge for a short time and can miss it on the test's i myself get a positive and it stay's positive for a week have you had BT to see if you ov.
Juleswa-great to hear you are doing well.
AFM- for those of you who know the story of my horrible SIL who told my mum she was pregnant the day we found out we would lose our daughter and then she went on to be a cow because my mum was to upset to be happy for her as she went though watching her daughter (me) give birth to her dead grandaughter and then went on to exclude my mum from everything to do with her pregnancy all because we were mourning and were not dancing around pulling sparklers out of our a##ses because she was having a healthy baby well she had her baby a boy last night and they diddnt even bother to tell my mum and stepdad until 4 hrs after the baby was born and wont tell them what hospital they are at how bad is that i am so cranky with her i will not even bother with her ever again she is so heartless and pathetic at least she had a boy that makes 7 boy's and 2 girls so i hope i can give my mum another girl.
coco and craftymummy, sorry I'm not much help for OPKs as the availability of brands, etc is different in the US. I've been happy with the Answer 20-count kit, but who knows if you can get that in Australia.
cherished, I'm sorry the wait has been so hard. I can only imagine, it's been only 3 months for me since the m/c and it's been sooo hard to patient. Hang in there.
ferrals, I'm sorry your SIL has been so hard to deal with--I guess some women who haven't had a pregnancy loss can't or don't want to understand the pain. At least your mother has been supportive when it counted. My mom went to the emergency department with me when I was having heavy bleeding and a lot of pain during my m/c and it meant a lot to me--DH couldn't be there and she was a big help.
juliewa, nice to "meet" you, congrats on your BFP! I hope all goes well for you as your little one keeps growing.
AFM, AF hasn't shown up yet, but I'm still not out of the woods. It's possible she'll make an appearance before Saturday, so I'll wait until then to test. HPTs cost money, and it won't kill me to wait a couple of days. In the meantime, the MP3 player my DH ordered for me arrived this morning. He took it to work to charge it and transfer all the music we put on the laptop, during his dinner break. It should be ready to go when he gets home from work tonight. We also have new DVDs that came in the same package from amazon.com, so we can have a movie night. Maybe I should dig out the popcorn popper, mix up some orange juice, and we can make it festive. (FYI, since we don't drink alcohol, that's about as festive as we get. ;-) )
hello ladies....
they say that the universe gives us what it thinks we can handle... well enough is enough i say!...i found out today that ANOTHER collegue is pg this one is EXACTLY the same time i would have been... 13weeks...now i feel i am handling the mc well....i have come to term with the fact that it was not the right time for whatever reason and that when i am well again, we can give it another go, and while DP and i have the support and love for eachother we'll be ok... but its like at EVERY turn there is someone PG close to what i was ...i feel like the universe is reminding of what my body couldnt get right... i think if one more person tell me they are PG i will scream! thanks for letting me vent.. i dont have anyone who can relate to my headspace. thanks
Ferrals - I'm still lurking and waiting for that great result from you with this round of IVF! Your SIL sounds like a jerk, I remember the stories from our ttc time
Coco - glad to see you after your time out and hoping you are doing well and ready for the rollercoaster again! got my fingers crossed for you.
Good luck to everyone else with your journey...never give up hope, its to important a time of your life.
Ferrals I can't believe your SIL has dragged this on for so long now, she will regret it when her kids don't have a great relationship with your family
Jules thans honey for your pm, I've replied to you this morning
SnugBug hugs from you are the bestest I wish you were coming to the tri today...
Coco I replied to you in the other thread, I love my internet cheapies for anyone else who was wondering about advice ont eh OPK's and PG tests
Matthew mum wow your dd has done really well with the weight loss, how did she find JC? that is a fantastic loss I am nearly back to what I was before my 2nd pg this year... I had another pg earlier int eh year and put on 4 kg's with that one too so I had 8kg's to loose from being pg this year and no baby to show for it So another 4 and I will be back to pre pg weight... Than I want to loose another 7! So I'll see how I go
bookworm patience is not my strong suit... This is the 1st cycle in 14 cycles that I have not been insane in the tww But doing something else with my brain like loosing weight has been wonderful to stop thinking about ttc
budgi, you are right hon, you will have a healthy baby soon when the time is right with your body and your dh's spermies
AFM AF showed up today after spotting last night and I also had a drop on the scales so there's some sadness and happiness all in the one day..
Cherished-sorry AF turned up hang in there we are on this rollercoaster together and a drop on the scales is always a spirit lifter.
Bookworm-we havn't had a BFP for a while someone needs to break the drought.
Budgi- I KNOWWWWWWWWWWW! what you mean i was the first and only one pregnant at work and in my family and when i lost abbi BAMMM! they are everywhere i had 4 at work all within weeks of each other and my GRRRRRRRRRRRRR SIL and then my 2 good friend's and believe it or not but someone up there is helping a little cause so far out of the 7 there has been 5 boys which is good for me i dont think i would handle seeing a newborn girl all in pink but there is still 2 to go.
Hey TinaR-thanks for keeping an eye on me i hope i can give everyone some good news soon i feel i an letting everyone down with all the bad luck we have had all our family are waiting on eggshells for something to happen talk about pressure.
budgi I struggle too with other peoples pregnancys. One especially my good friend. Worst of it she keeps telling me others stories and I am not along. She isn't really the person who should be councelling me when she has no clue the pain I am/have been in. And then their are two due same time as me (one was IVF, 41yrs of age and multiple late m/c) so that makes it easier and if one of us had to m/c it should have been me (due to me having more age on my side and not been an IVF pregnancy and not taking 3yrs to conceive) so that makes it abit easier and shows me that for me it should happen again at some stage even if its not in the time frame I hoped for. If I could have choose anyone out of the 10 people that are pregnant to be pregnant she would have been on top of my list. So that makes me happy.
coco1411 I had trouble with the supermarket OPT they were positive for too long. Made it hard to interpret. Yeah the internet ones seem to be accurate. I am not going to bother with OPT anymore unless there is a new type out which shows which side I am ovulating from IYKWIM.
cherished1 always lovely to hear from you. Wish stupid AF didn't show. But I am praying this is the last one till another 9-10months when your baby arrives.
Hello to everyone else. I am on MIL computer so have to be quick. She is not happy with me or anyone else to be honest. Now I just need this computer to freeze so she can come read it and actually have something to be ****ty about.
AFM 20days till my op which hopefully will improve my chances of another BFP in the near future.
Just wondering other opinions. Should I make an appointment to see a FS now (due to the waiting list) for when I need it (when I am not pregnant) next year and if I am pregnant (which I think is unlikely) I will cancel it? I don't want to make an appointment in 3-4months time and have a 3month wait but I also want to know when and where I am going IYKWIM.
Thanks ferrals and Emmy my lovely friend who I have been missing thank so much I would make the fs appointment now in anticipation, as you said you can always cancel it and even if you do get UTD keep the appointment right up until a few days before, they always have waiting lists for cancellations so don't feel bad about cancelling it, HTH
ferrals, craftymummy, coco, murraycod, snugglybean, eliselouise, loppylouise, scarypinkfairy and all the other members of the group
sorry i was away from the post, but constantly checking in about everyone...
i had a reddish spotting yesterday (CD21), and tummy cramps, couldnt sleep aswell the night before yesterday.....so i went to my GP, completely freeked and panic..like what happened...she said, it could be ovulation spotting or you may get you periods soon...i said i did used OPK and had a LH surge on 23rd of oct...so finally she said...its too early to say anything; so she decided for blood test for Early Preg detection...i will get the results tonight....lets see whats on the cards...
i am very nervous and freeked out...i dont want to get hurt and disappointed once again...
chrshd! You're not a loser! Oh, you poor love, you'll be OK! It will happen for you, it will.
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I feel like I am waiting in this lottery to be the lucky winner who has a healthy baby but I keep ending up the looser
I wish you were coming to the tri today...
I am nearly back to what I was before my 2nd pg this year... I had another pg earlier int eh year and put on 4 kg's with that one too so I had 8kg's to loose from being pg this year and no baby to show for it
So another 4 and I will be back to pre pg weight... Than I want to loose another 7! So I'll see how I go
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