I wish I was the Master of all things o!LOL!!!
I am sending you a big big hug Spring :hug:
I agree go the choc top!
We are going Christmas shopping in *the big smoke* aka Brisbane on the weekend - just my husband and I. We are going to stay overnight and movies are on the evening agenda - I know Chris will be angling for the new Bond - I must admit I am not a fan of Bond movies. However after succeeding in getting him to the shops I will just have to grin and bear it!!!
Deb, thanks for that info. The OPK that was almost as dark as the control I assumed was the start of something so having been baby dancing ever since. That was about 3 days ago. I still am not sure If I am using them correctly so didn't want to mess around just in case.
LOL at you ob working at coles. She is obviously pretty sure of herself.
Spring, I have been trying to loose weight now for 3 weeks, and lost 4.4kg so far so really excited. I joined WW 3 days before I got my BFP with Max, so hoping it has the same effect this time. Mind you a choc top sounds lovely right now. And what types of pancakes can you get at pancake parlour? That sounds interesting too.
It sounds like you would have covered it Clare. I hope so. So, you and I are at a similar time in our cycle... Wouldn't it be wonderful to both have some good news to spread in the next 10 days or so!!!
My obs is an absolute dag. She is incredibly down to earth - she doesn't take appts on Monday mornings as that is school morning (she's a mum). I really like that she is so unassuming yet very knowledgeable and open to debate. It's early days with her but so far I really love what I see.
I am glad we got this cycle sorted as next cycle she will be away on holidays... She has me stocked up with path forms, referrals etc so I can go through my next cycle (if I have one!) without her.
Yay on the weight loss Clare - that's just great!!!
Spreading :bfp: vibes everywhere!!!
Clare - 4.4kgs in three weeks is excellent!!! I have done WW previously and still have all the books so might give it a try again. Do you know if it is safe to do while TTC? I remember that there was too much to eat. Sounds silly I know but I found at the end of the day if I had points left over I thought I could use them up with a glass of wine. Perhaps that is why I didn't go so well (lol)
Flowerchild, it is great when you have a ob that you can trust and is knowlegeable beyond what they have to know. It must make those dreaded trips to docs office that little bit more bearable. I have always been petrified of hospitals ( I had 3rd degree burns and operations/skin grafts when I was two) and after everything that has happened with Harrison, I faint at even the mention of the docs. Big sook I know.
Well me, not holding out much hope for a BFP this month. AF is due on Friday but since this is my first cycle since I had Harrison I am not sure if it will be longer than 28 days. I did a HPT this morning and it was BFN. I keep telling myself though that I didn't get a BFP with the twins until I was 5 weeks. If and when AF comes to visit, I am going to buy OPK and get to know my cycle. I have had some nausea over the last few days but I didn't have one day of ms with Harry so I don't know what to expect. I think it is more an upset tummy though but I won't gross you all out with the going ons of my tummy ;) To be honest because I don't have my hopes up I think I will be OK if AF arrives, I am probably fooling myself but today I feel OK so I am going to enjoy it while it lasts.
Well my gorgeous ladies, DH is on holidays at the moment so we are going to try to get some of the jobs we have been putting off in the garden done before Summer really hits.
I'll pop in later to say hi
Mwah
Spring Angel
Morning all
Deb I wish the ob I saw was as good as yours, but I suppose that's what I get for going public! Mind you my GP is fantastic, she is pregnant herself so she understands what we are going through. She nearly cried when I told her I had lost Max, very sweet.
I still don't think I have o'd yet, but it will be any day that I am sure of. Still feeling really achy and pukey so hopefully that temp will jump up tomorrow. I have my mum staying with us from Thursday and DP wont DTD while she is in the house, so it better be soon :lol:
Spring WW has changed quite a bit since I first joined, if you do points it goes on saturated fat instead of total fat, I do the no count and as far as I know it is perfectly safe to do while TTC. WW is great because you are eating sensible, and not cutting anything out of your diet. My GP knows I am doing it and she said it was OK.
Me - I have just finished cleaning the house. I have had DP home for 4 days and you can imagine the mess he left behind. I cant wait to just O so we can stop bding - so over it.
Spring, if you dont get your BFP this month you are welcome to my stupid OPK's!!! I think I will just stick to temping.
Have a good day girls
MWAH
Clare,
I would say when that line was as close as the control that that was it. Have they lightened up since then or do they continue to be dark???
I nearly gave up on opk's too when I first started using them. I found them frustrating as I would dip away for days with only feint lines. I found though in time that I ovulated much later than I thought.
I also found for me (and of course we're all different) I only ever got a shade lighter than the control. I also found that to get a true positive I needed to test twice daily. However, in time I learned that close to positive for me was a positive so I didn't need to test as often... Just initially when I was learning about how my body was reacting... We know I ovulated when I suspected I had because my cd21progesterone level was congruent with ovulation having occured when I calculated by my "nearly positive" opk.
I also found that the supermarket brand was more difficult to get a positive than the ones I buy from Lullaby. What brand are you using???
I HEAR you sister about being over the bd fest. It becomes a bit mechanical doesn't it? However, my husband is off to work each day with a smile on his dial so that's a good thing!
My news is.....I GOT A POSITIVE OPK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
So, it looks like I have another two days of getting jiggy with it!!!!!
Go Deb & look out for your DH!!! Wishing you every success this month wonderful woman!
Thanks Kirsty!!!!! I am wishing for a healthy egg to meet healthy sperm and voila!!!
Awesome Deb, you better ring your Ob and let her know she doesn't need to take that job at Coles! Enjoy your next 2 days ; )
I honestly think DP is quite happy about this baby making business too, mind you he did say to me the other day, AAH your ovulating that's why you want it so often. lol
As for the OPK's, the second line was getting darker but not as dark as the control line, but that was 5 days ago now I have no lines what so ever. My temps haven't signified that I have ovulated yet either so I don't think it was a true positive. I think they are the ovunow brand, bought off the internet.
Hi everyone,
Better day today, my boss took us out to a restaurant called Becco for a kind of xmas lunch and the food was delicious and the wine beautiful. Plus I have the day off tomorrow so of course that always cheers me up.
Deb - :fertilise: Swim little buddies, swim!
Clare - Pancake Parlour has absolutely any pancake you can imagine. They have savoury ones (my fave is cheese & potato), dessert ones with ice cream or fruit or butterscotch or anything, and they even have this one that is a chocolate pancake topped with strawberries and ice cream and choc sauce..... droooooooooooooool!
Spring - :pray: for a bfp for you, I wanna be the first to know ;)
Speaking of OPK's, I don't really get them either. I'm not that confident I did mine right after reading everything you guys have written about them, and seeing as we obviously didn't succeed it is possible I stuffed up. Who knows, but I'm gonna stick with them next month anyway - I think I have this mental condition where my mind takes over and I can't stop myself testing, whether it be OPK's or PG tests, especially the latter. It has become an obsession. Thankfully Spring recommended a site where I ordered heaps of both so I don't have to worry about wasting all that money now. So I just test away and figure its keeping me happy and I feel like I am being pro-active, aah any excuse will do.
Take care all,
Mel/Homer :D
Hiya lovely ladies time to lock this thread & a new one is started over here