Hi ladies!
MrsR your symptoms sure sound promising. Especially the bit where you can smell yourself from two rooms away
cheepz, sorry that AF got you. Secretly I was hoping that with you being all relaxed about it all, it was bound to happen for you. Still, keep up the cool. I'm sure it won't be long now, and one month more or less is not such a huge difference, is it. You know, your theory that it is easier to conceive when you are more relaxed, really worked for me. Hoping it will work for you too.
glasgow charting your temperature is really easy, but it does take some discipline. Basically you measure your temperature every morning BEFORE getting up and write it down. If you use a programme such as FertilityFriend.com it will do the analysis for you and explain everything. It will tell you when you ovulated (but only in hindsight) and will tell you when to expect AF or when it would make sense to test. Overall, you learn to understand your cycle a lot better. However, temp-ing cannot replace OPKs. In order to PREDICT ovulation, you have to observe your cervical mucus. FertilityFriend also explains how to do that.
Hey, and if you think that's too much trouble and want to stick with OPKs: Have you tried the cheap e-bay ones? Saves you lots of money.
lee good to hear that you are de-stressed. How are you now? Has AF already announced her arrival?
No, I won't get an early scan. I've got an appointment with the midwife on 14th January and the scan will probably only be towards week 12, i.e. in February - if I make it so far. Maybe I'll ask DP for a private scan as a Christmas present
louise Good for you, that your body is back in balance enough for you to ovulate and that you are TTC again already! My fingers are all crossed for you. I was wondering, given your "history", did you try anything like baby aspirin or progesterone cream? I started taking baby aspirin last week. GP said yesterday that she would not advise me to take them but would not tell me NOT to take them either. I'll keep going for now. Anything that might help.
Welcome effilump and sorry for your loss. It is so sad. Wishing you all the best for TTC again - you'll find lots of lovely support here. I can't believe they told you to bring the "baby" in. How do they think you should manage to do that?!
runfor, I hope you got through the anniversary of your MC all right. Have a hug. It's great that your cycle is finally sorting itself out!
Zayja, our new charting queen. It's scary sometimes, isn't it, to discover things about yourself you were pretending to yourself about... Still, take it easy dear, don't let it turn into an obsession.
boodle I think it is just natural to have times when you soooo just don't feel up to it. Take it easy on yourself.
Me: Well I'm going strong so far. All feelings of nausea have left, but I realized that this coincided with me starting to take vitamin tablets containing ginger against nausea, so not too worried. Am still charting my temps and every morning when I get a high value I am immensely relieved. I am just past the time when I MCed the last pregnancy - feels good. Was a bit surprised about the GPs attitude - she was all "well you are pregnant, so you are having a baby" while I was very "so I'm pregnant, let's see how long it lasts". I realised that perhaps I should let myself believe in it all going well. I mean, it won't really hurt less if it goes wrong if I kept worrying beforehand. If this pregnancy doesn't last long, I might as well enjoy it while it DOES last.
Wanted to say: Thanks everyone for all your support, now and in the past. I don't know what I would do without you all.