Temping Buds 8 'We will make it off this thread Eventually!!'

[RahRah1]

Ready is having difficulty in getting on the other thread due to length of it, so started a new one.

Rah ? ° CD11 LP14 (th Cycle)
Thinking ? ° CD11 LP14 (4th Cycle)
Minxi - 35.17° CD14 LP14 (16th cycle)
NappyValley - ° CD18 LP9 (17th cycle)
Ready - ° CD19 LP12(15th cycle)

Morning girls...hope we are all well

Nappy good luck tomorrow
Ready Hope you are ok sorry to hear you are having issues
Rah hope all is ok with you
gracie monitor has gone from low to medium still not peak but guess that maybe tomorrow temp v low today as well so will see

Howdy peeps...

Hope everyone is well.

All is very quiet on here! Maybe its all the BD going on!

Not on this side though! Feeling pants. Have swollen glands.

Glad your weekend was good Gracie

Rah ? ° CD12 LP14 (th Cycle)
Thinking ? ° CD12 LP14 (4th Cycle)
Minxi - 36.03° CD15 LP14 (16th cycle)
NappyValley - ° CD19 LP9 (17th cycle)
Ready - ° CD20 LP12(15th cycle)

temp rise but still not showing the highest point on monitor?!

Hope everyone else is good ....?!

Rah ? ° CD12 LP14 (th Cycle)
Thinking ? ° CD12 LP14 (4th Cycle)
Minxi - 36.03° CD15 LP14 (16th cycle)
NappyValley - 36.67° CD19 LP9 DPO2 (17th cycle)
Ready - ° CD20 LP12(15th cycle)

Morning all. Have been to consultant and it was an interesting time. Firstly he was actullay running on time hooray! and we were in and out by 9.30!

Basically looks likes DHs troops are very low, so they have asked him to repeat the test. because he could not believe we had a child! and therefore thought that it might be a bad day! Just goes to show that you can a BFP with poor swimmers we are the proof.

I did managed to get his attention onto the fact that my proesterone level was low and that my LP was 9. He said that indicated I was not ovulating and should try clomid - which they do folicle tracking throughout - which means going to the hospital every couple of days!

I pointed out that "why do I get a significant temp jump if I am not ovulating, can't we try a progestrone supplement instead of scary clomid" So... he agreed that it was a bit of an odd one and has agreed that we will do 1 cycle tracking without clomid to see what the F**K my corpus luteum (if there is one) is doing and then if I am not OV'ing (which he suspects) he hass given me a perscription for clomid and authorised that.

As you can probably tell I am a bit wound up and emotional and praise God for my amazing child that now seems such a miracle (well actually after a year of trying it felt like that at the time too - as many of you can probably understand).

Ok rambling again. DH taking it all very well actually and is off for another test next week.

Thanks for listening team you are all super stars.

Hi Nappy

Big hugs {{{HUGS}} I know how hard the appointments are. Especially when you don't get the best news. {{HUGS}}

Those swimmers are annoying! My husbands swimmers are deformed! Only a certain % of mens swimmers are formed properly and the rest have issues. Well my husbands deformed population is higher. It should be about 15% and his is 5%. But like you said you have DC, so it only takes one to be a hero!
Glad you husband is dealing with everything OK. Its a difficult one.

It sounds like you were telling your consultant what to do... LOL... Have you had the hormone tests to indicate your ovulating? Its good news they are going to follicle track. Its a great opportunity to ensure everything is working correctly

When do they thing they will start the tracking?

MINXI - I'm having an issue with my monitor too. I think the sticks are not getting the reading before I put it in the monitor. Today when the stick came out, it was only then the window started getting blue from the urine and then I got one clear line. Do you get this? I'm going to hold the stick down tomorrow and see what happens as I should be on a high at least. Well based on last month Not even had sex yet!
'the monitor says NO'

Rah ? ° CD13 LP14 (th Cycle)
Thinking ? ° CD13 LP14 (4th Cycle)
Minxi - 36.26° CD16 LP14 (16th cycle)
NappyValley - ° CD20 LP9 DPO2 (17th cycle)
Ready - ° CD21 LP12(15th cycle)

Rah hope we haven't wasted our money - monitor still only showing high and not PEAK!! As temperature rose yesterday quite considerably (cd15) I looked to ovulate yesterday ???? confused though - and now getting rather tired of this tedious bd just for the sake of keeping up with the bl*&^y monitor?! Spontaneity has completely gone out the window! and will have to convince dh that tonight is still a good time especially when he's abroad today and doesn't get home until 10 and he left at 5.30 this morning...grrrr

Oh well if it doesn't work this month then I am...well I don't know yet....

Hi to everyone else must dash.l.

Rah ? ° CD12 LP14 (th Cycle)
Thinking ? ° CD12 LP14 (4th Cycle)
Minxi - 36.03° CD15 LP14 (16th cycle)
NappyValley - 36.69° CD20 LP9 DPO3 (17th cycle)
Ready - ° CD20 LP12(15th cycle)

Thanks Rah. Had a bit of a meltdown today while round with my antenatal group. 2 have already had their second and 1 is due Jan. I am feeling really low, because up til now I just thought it was my problem and figured that with some progesterone we would be fine, but with sperm it feel beyond my control.

Still you never know. I know someone (from Coventry as it happens Rah) who was about to start taking her IVF drugs and then found out she was pregnant.

herbaceous, nice to meet you
Yes, it is normal for your temp to vary a bit day to day, it is the overall trend which shows the ovulation pattern.

Rah, what a nice thing to do in Bert's memory.

Littlesquirt, Yeh, for getting a high reading on your new monitor.

Gracie, fingers crossed that the refloxology works.

NappyValley, Mixed news from the consultant. It must be hard being around lots of newborns when you are tying hard to TTC

minxi, so what does medium and lows mean = no ovulation ?

Ready, Sorry to hear you are having RL problems hope things get better soon.

Sorry to be missing in action recently, had a few issues off line, but hopefully I will be around and posting more now.

Hi girlies...

Hope everyone is well.

Minxi - I think it take quite a few months for the monitor to get use to your cycle and then 'apparently' it becomes easier.
I have had 2 highs so far and on CD13. We could start a monitor thread so we can keep details on our highs and peaks?

Thinking - hope the issues were nothing to bad, glad to have you back!

NappyValley - I know its so horrible seeing what other people have as time goes by and its not happening for you. Since I have been trying some of my friends are on number 2 as well. Soul destroying, I know! But I always take the view there will other people that are even worse off. One of the girls on sands said she kept seeing a lady around locally who was pregnant and she kept seeing her getting bigger and bigger and really blossoming. She said she thought the women had it all a lovely baby on the way, not a care in the world. Then she went to visit her baby's grave and a couple of graves down the lady she had been seeing around was there caring for her own child's grave. I suppose the moral of the story is you don't know whats happening in other peoples lives, you just see what they have that you want. IYKWIM. I know its hard {{{HUGS}}} but it will happen for all of us.

Hope everyone else is OK.. Big HELLOS!!!

Thanks for the support. Feeling much better today. Had a good chat with DH last night and have found my centre again. You are absolutely right Rah, very wise words. I am totally blessed already with a very cheeky little chap, and now that things look less likely to happen than before I feel less anxious about age gaps, wanting another baby and all the rest, I just fell very very grateful and lucky (well most of the time when he is not throwing a paddy)

You are so right though Rah, our time will come. Any news for you on when they will start IUI, I think you mentioned January?

Thinking - missed you, hope nothing too serious.

Ready - you are not forgotten

Oh and those monitors will take at least 1 cycle to get calibrated I reckon.

Hugs to all.

Rah ? ° CD14 LP14 (th Cycle)
Thinking ? ° CD14 LP14 (4th Cycle)
Minxi - ° CD17 LP14 (16th cycle)
NappyValley - 36.89° CD22 LP9 DPO5 (17th cycle)
Ready - ° CD22 LP12(15th cycle)

bit of a hike in my temp this morning. Don't normally seem to break the 36.70 barrier much these days, maybe I actually had a good eggy this month, now all I need is a miraculous surge of progesterone and we are home free.

I might be remembering badly, but didn't seaside have a poor LP and look at her now getting all fat and tired!!

Rah, Thinking an Minix I hope you are at it like rabbits!!!

Rah ? ° CD14 LP14 (th Cycle)
Thinking ? ° CD14 LP14 (4th Cycle)
Minxi - 36.33° CD17 LP14 (16th cycle)
NappyValley - 36.89° CD22 LP9 DPO5 (17th cycle)
Ready - ° CD22 LP12(15th cycle)

Hi girls.... well we were bd daily and cd15 was the last time, as dh too tired!! we did agree that we were going to keep going until cd18 which is tomorrow - men useless when it comes to the crunch!!!! Had ewcm yesterday and today but ff says I did ovulate cd15 still showing high on monitor so maybed i did based on temps...lets hope so....!

Nappy glad you are feeling better

Rah are you feeling better?
Ready hope you are ok and all is ok in rl... keep lurking - we miss you!!

Hi girlies, hope everyone is having a good weekend.

I'm still getting a high on my monitor. Have a feeling like you Minxi that I won't be getting a peak this month until the monitor gets to know me.

We have managed the deed twice this month so far, so unfortunately not like rabbits

Nappyvally, If your temp is higher does this mean this is a higher chance of pregnancy? My temps are always about 36.6, so if you achieve higher temps is that an indicator? I have not ovulated yet, so just asking a general question. Fingers crossed anyway it sounds promising.

MINXI - thanks for asking, I'm feeling OK thanks. Did a bit of xmas shopping though today for some of our friends kids and DH ended up in tears, so its ups and downs. It will always be hard, just over time we will be able to manage our feeling better. It breaks my heart seeing my hubbie like that though. Maybe we should start a dadsnet and he can meet some peeps like you that are great support. Would be great!

Right better be off and stop waffling, hope everyone else is OK.

Love Rah Xx

Big hugs everyone!! I am missing you all, and sneaking a peek whenever possible, I hate not having internet at the touch of a button though

Miss you all.

xxx

Rah ? ° CD16 LP17 (th Cycle)
Thinking ? ° CD17 LP14 (4th Cycle)
Minxi - 36.35° CD20 LP14 (16th cycle)
NappyValley - ° CD25 LP9 DPO5 (17th cycle)
Ready - ° CD25 LP12(15th cycle)

Not sure if I updated that correctly....

anyway morning girls - hope all is well with you all...

for dh Rah hope all will be fine in the rahrah house hold!! We will all have a lovely christmas I can just feel it there will be celebrations all round
can't believe I'm still here a year later waiting for the christmas emoticons though...
Ready keep lurking we want to hear the news first from you...
Hello to everyone else
My monitor is confusin me as I have had highs for the last week and even today cd20 still showing high but no peak maybe I haven't ovulated not sure what is going on and now frustrated that shouldn't have wasted money as its just another thing to worry about flipping highs and peaks and lows!!!

anyway must go have a lovely sunday

Morning everyone..

Hope your right Minxi... I don't want another miserable Xmas.

Sorry to add insult to injury but I got a peak on my monitor. But I have done some investigations and I pee in a tub first and hold the stick down for 15 secs then I hold it down until all the pee has run through the test window. As before it was not working. So I think that helps. Give it a month and it will be showing you peaks, i'm sure. I know what you mean about worrying about peaks and lows etc...
You stopped taking clomid didn't you?
But we have as different problem... DH sperm is coming out yellow! Really yellow... normally its creamy... I'm really freaked by it and I'm paranoid that the end of his stock and we are even more buggered! Has anyone else had this... its really bright!!! It can't be producing good sperm???

Hello to everyone else...

Ready we miss you too!

I give up, we are no longer TTC.

I have just had an argument with my husband. I told him to decide which brand of condoms he wants to use and I'm off to buy them this afternoon.

Yet again this month me being horney equals him running for the hills. I think this is because although he wants a second child, he wanted to go with the flow and not get pregnant straight away. He doesn't understand that last time was a fluke and even if we did time it right every month, it will take months to conceive this time.

He doesn't realise the hassle of taking folic acid every day, watching for ovulation so I can stop drinking, eating anything forbidden etc. This affects my life day to day.

It is so upsetting to be trying but have no chance as he won't even make an attempt whilst I'm in the mood and just laughes at me (he explained that is his way of letting me down gently )

The moment I say, oh well looks like we missed this months slot...he seems to gather energy and finds his sex drive. It is so hurtful that he can't even try to get in the mood when I am, when I always try for his sake (and always end up enjoying it)

So for my own sanity I want to use condoms hopefully with zero pressure, I might actually have a chance of getting sex when I need it most (always turns out to be around ovulation, mother natures way I suppose)

I know we won't get pregnant this way, but no sex equals no baby either. I give up, I just want some affection. I have one child, which is more than some other people have, I'll just have to get use to the idea of having an only child, unless my husband really changes his mind. Saying you want a child is not enough, if you don't actually have a go at making one.

Sorry for the long rant, I am just so unhappy and sad today. I think I ovulated today so I guess another day or two and sex will be back on the menu, until next month of course

Oh Thinking what a stress...men can be so me me me. I would be a bit more at a rant than you - basically he is holding you to ransom and it can't be healthy not discussing the possibility of having a second child, the stress of ttc is bad enough when the dh don't want to put out because they're too tired, busy, sick with cold etc - what about when we don't want it, yes we can be a bit manipulative especially around ovulation time - to be honest I would just not discuss the timing and just grab sex whenever.... don't discuss dates, cervical fluids etc! Good luck {{{hugs}}}

Rah of your peak but that its there.... and yes I will need to dip as yesterday looked as if there wasn't enough coverage and it was like a splodge of blue not a line??? weird ! anyway good luck.

Just stuffed myself with bacon (bacon medallions) sarnies, pizza(only a slice) and crisps (low fat) ....not good for the figure especially before christmas - oh well...it is a miserable sunday !

He wanted to go for a second child months before I was ready. He was pleased that I was now ready to have a go.

This time around I am very relaxed about TTC, I don't temp religously (can't as often I am woken up at odd times by DD)

I don't mention when I am ovulating until it has happened, nothing about my cycle. He is not interested, unless AF is late and I am testing.

In every other way apart from the actual act itself, he is supportive and talks about our second baby and would it be a girl/boy ect and seems to look forward to adding to our family. Which is why it makes it all the harder.

He says he doesn't want to use condoms and he just thinks we should carry on trying (not that we are trying, as all activity is in the wrong times)

I do love him.

I haven't been temping at all. It is quite liberating I have to say, and I wonder if I will go back to it once I am more settled

How's everyone doing?? There have been a few bfps with people I know on other threads, so I guess there will be one on here before long

Rah ? ° CD17 LP17 (th Cycle)
Thinking ? ° CD18 LP14 (4th Cycle)
Minxi - 36.09° CD21 LP14 (16th cycle)
NappyValley - ° CD26 LP9 DPO5 (17th cycle)
Ready - ° CD26 LP12(15th cycle)

Morning girls...monitor still showing high!! FF had put me as ovulating cd15 but has now changed its mind....so have no idea what is happening to me.... anyway must go and get dc ready...

Hope everyone is well

Hi girls,

Thinking - Sorry to hear your having such a hard time - men are a mystery my DP is struggling at the moment with my MC (which I can understand) and I know he is reluctant incase it happens again insisting that we 'wait and see what happens' but doesn't seem to want to bd very often so nothing will b***y happen if we don't. I don't know where I am with my cycle had various bouts of EWCM which could just mean I'm not ovulating this cycle, and my need to be pregnant seems to be stronger than ever since the MC and I know that getting obsessed again won't help our chances. Its so hard when the whole ttc is out of our control, I'm thinking of you and sending you ((hugs))

Ready - It's difficult with temping although I feel more in control when I do it, the constant reminder that your not pregnant I struggle with especially when temp starts dropping towards the end of your cycle - instead I like to torture myself with hope I hope your more sorted now and I know what you mean about BFP's there have been a few who have been trying for ages and have got theirs this month so there is hope out there - we so need some good news on this thread its been a long time coming

Minxi - Sounds like your possibly ovulating at the moment if its still showing high? Have you ovulated this late in your cycle before?

Rah - Have you sorted the yellow sperm thing - I'm sure he's not running out, could it be something he's eaten? Sorry not any more knowledgable than that

Haven't ovulated this late in cycle for many many months...temp dip suggested cd15 which is more likely as that seems to be usual for me... oh well first month on the monitor will see what it shows next month!

Gracie stay positive after mc and just encourage dp go with the flow its hard but we some how have to pick ourselves up and get on with it why can;t they?! the likelihood of it happening again is slim so just go for it... hope bfp's soon x

Rah forgot about the yellow sperm...could it be an indian he's eaten - yellow spices eurgh...haha

Morning girlies...

How is everyone?

Thinking - sorry you are going through such a hard time. This TTC business is so hard {{HUGS}}. I have been moaning about my husband on another thread , I think men just find it hard to understand and don't feel under pressure about age etc.. I'm glad you guys have talked and he does not want condoms, how do you feel about that?

Minxi - my cycle seems to be much longer too. Especially after my 23CD's last month. I'm now on CD18 and no temp hike for me. But got 2 peaks in a row and then a high today. I thought you could only get one peak? Very weird?? As long as the monitor works how it intended too, I think it will be so relaxing just to read the results and go by the monitor and not bother with anything else. I have defo found it better than OPK's and CM watching.

Ready - Hope all is well. Your in the last stretch of 2ww, have my fingers crossed for you XXXXX XXXXX

Gracie14 - Big {{hugs}} for your hubbie... My husband has been very similar and feels he can not risk what happened last time to us and I think sub-consciously the way too deal with it is to not get pregnant in the first place for him. Trouble is if your not in the race you are never going to win. I spend many an hour talking to him, trying to understand how he feels. Its very hard and I think men deal with things very differently.

well thanks everyone for the 'yellow sperm' investigations. It now seems to be back to normal ... PHEW!

Also I will be off line from Thursday until we get new internet connection. It will be at least two weeks before I get on line. Therefore any BFP I need a text about! Ready I pass this job to you! Thanks Hopefully I will be able to log on in the office, but I have had so much time off recently I have so much work to do

Hello all sorry forgot to temp AGAIN. but thought I would update the CDs

Rah ? ° CD18 LP17 (th Cycle)
Thinking ? ° CD19 LP14 (4th Cycle)
Minxi - 36.09° CD22 LP14 (16th cycle)
NappyValley - ° CD27 LP9 DPO5 (17th cycle)
Ready - ° CD27 LP12(15th cycle)

AF due Thrusday and then should be starting tracking - except I have worked out that I will be OVing when we are away on luxury mini break in Bath (child free). Good for babies but not for tracking!!!
Also off to hospital later as DH has to redo test, and wants some moral support (I think we are good at making each other laugh in awkward situations!!!)

Thinking I am so sorry you are having a tough time with DH. Maybe the best thing is to use condoms for a few months and then try again. I found 12-18mos was one of the hardest times in raising a baby, as they are hard work, mobile, but lack the comprehension. We also found in our NCT group that a few of us felt quite distant from our partners at that time as you have even less time for your partner than you did when they were little babies!! Use some condoms, have some great sex at all different times of the month and then sit down have a serious talk about ttc and what that involves about commitment on both sides. Good luck and huge hugs.

Who would have thought these boys could be saying no when we are throwing ourselves at them!!

minxi ooo Christmas emoticons can't wait!

rah yellow sperm!!! Here is a quote that supports the "ate the wrong food" theory..

your semen (which you ejaculate) is a combination of two things. Seminal fluid... (clear/white liquid), and sperm (the little guys that swim around... These guys are actually yellow.) .. Some men encouter times when they have yellow clumps in their semen.. (after not ejaculating for a while).. This is the little spermies. It can have a gel-like texture.

If you're having a yellow pigmentation to your whole ejaculant. This is usually caused by excess riboflavin in your body... (aka vitamin b2).

If you are experiencing both yellow semen and painful ejaculation then you likely have chlamydia. This will cause inflammation of your urinary pipe and from the tube connecting your testicles to your prostate gland---in some men resulting in yellow semen. (apparently gonorrhea can cause this too, but I have never read the medical journals to back this claim up.)

OK got to go