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TTC Thread 13.................Still send babydust our way please

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Tania2 · 02/11/2004 12:23

Well girls here is another thread.
Lets hope it brings us as much luck as 10 did to all our friends that graduated it.
Love Tan Tan

OP posts:
Tania2 · 05/11/2004 12:30

That would be handy having dh as a dr. Hope she is well soon you take care of yourself too she needs her mummy to be well also. Off now to wake dh just incase iam oving. not really in the mood but scared that i may miss my chance iykwim

OP posts:
Bibi20 · 05/11/2004 12:44

Back from hospital (like you all want to know my every movement zzzz) - blood tests nice and quick this time - walking there and back took longer than the waiting time!

Tania - good luck - if you are still ov'ing then hopefully your cycle will be longer cos your LP should be the same length (unless you're Jeddah who is just special!)

Sallie - sounds like you're having a rough time of it - hope your dd is better soon (((hugs)))

MunnzieB - so sorry, missed your post about af

Sallie · 05/11/2004 12:57

Bibi thanks for your kind wishes. I really really hope dd stops vomitting soon as she has been unwell now for sooooo long. Anyway, hope you get some results soon from your bloodtests - the waiting is always the worst bit, isn't it? I am now into that wait between ov and af although not holding out any hopes this month as ov on Monday and Tues when dd started to be very unwell!
Munnzie - sorry about your af - put your feet up if you can and pamper yourself. Otherwise have a jolly good work out in the gym - always helps me when I have time - gets rid of all that pent-up frustration and aggression !!!

hester · 05/11/2004 12:59

Tania, I think bibi's point is important about not trying to diagnose too much from feeling your cervix only once. You really can only tell what is going on by monitoring it over time, so you have something to compare it to.

Remember that all cervixes are different - some women can reach theirs easily, others are really high (TMI alert - I've never found mine), so trying to judge 'high' or 'low' as a one-off is imipossible.

Having said all that, if i were you I'd get in a quick bit of BDing if you can - just in case. Good luck

bonkerz · 05/11/2004 13:08

dh was lovely last night about my af arriving! he even said he was gonna really make a huge effort this month and try to crack it! so heres to loads of bding! would it be awful if i was to tell him im ovulating for more days? (will use medisave ov tests!)

RudyDudy · 05/11/2004 13:48

Hello all - just popped in to say hello and see if there are any updates (Congratulations Cosybear ) and seem to have entered a cervix checking frenzy!! Not really an option for me as apparently mine is 'hidden'...

Nothing to report from my end. From having all sorts of 'symptoms' and god knows what going on in my body over the last week today I feel totally great but not in the least bit pregnant. Oh well, at least if AF comes I'll be able to start persona and get some info on when I'm ov'ing.

Sorry to hear about your DD Sallie - I hope she starts to feel better soon. It really is the most worrying thing when they're ill, isn't it? Hope you get better sleep tonight.

RudyDudy · 05/11/2004 13:49

Am trying to learn about CM and EWCM - would someone mind giving me an idiot's guide to what I should look for and when it means I should BD? Thanks

Cyndii · 05/11/2004 13:49

pamina 3 ~ congrats to you too I suppose we will meet up on the July Thread!!

Keep trying everyone and believe me I know how disheartening it all can be!

My advice bd before during and after what you "think" is your fertile time!

Keep trying....

Sallie · 05/11/2004 13:54

Rudydudy
Thanks for your kind thoughts. Best of luck with Persona - I think its fab as is really easy to use. I should work for them really as am always recommending it to people. Found it much much easier to use than opks and cheaper in the long run.

RudyDudy · 05/11/2004 13:57

Thanks Sallie - I used persona for DS and then lent it to a friend who also got pg. Now have it back but forgot to reset it this month so it thought I was her!

My only thing with it is that I've heard that it gives you boys (iykwim). I'd be more than happy to have another boy but I just don't like to think that I'm planning for one. What was your experience? (Please tell me you used it for your DD )

Sallie · 05/11/2004 14:03

My ds was conceived whilst I was on the pill. Rather romantically he was conceived on the evening of our engagement/house warming party when I quaffed far too much fizzy and puked the next day!!! DD was conceived whilst I was using Persona (first month of using it but 5th cycle of ttc). Never heard that it produces boys! I have to say Cyndii's advice re bd-ing before, during and after you think your fertile time is, is the best advice. persona just helps you to pinpoint the relevant time.

Twiga · 05/11/2004 15:18

Hi! Tania, hope you're feeling brighter x
Hester {{{hug}}}
Sallie, good to hear that your dd is out of the hopital, best wishes for a swift recovery. It must be tough being at work right now, I know things are pants fo ryou anyway on that front {{{hug}}}
MunzieB, sorry about af +++++*+ for your coming cycle x

jeddah · 05/11/2004 15:54

sallie.....hope dd is feeling better.

WHO IS TESTING THIS WEEKEND???????

Sallie · 05/11/2004 16:43

Thanks sooooo much for all your kind wishes re dd. Will update you on Monday morning.
I won't be testing for another 10 days or so - am in that horrid in-between time - between ov and af. Just our luck that the week I ov, all this happens!! So not holding out too much hope though still managed to bd up to ov every day and on the two days when persona said 'o'. Only day we missed was day after the o signs but managed the day after that so who knows..... Best of luck to all those testing soon

Sallie · 05/11/2004 16:58

Thanks sooooo much for all your kind wishes re dd. Will update you on Monday morning.
I won't be testing for another 10 days or so - am in that horrid in-between time - between ov and af. Just our luck that the week I ov, all this happens!! So not holding out too much hope though still managed to bd up to ov every day and on the two days when persona said 'o'. Only day we missed was day after the o signs but managed the day after that so who knows..... Best of luck to all those testing soon

pamina3 · 05/11/2004 17:01

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SHELY · 05/11/2004 17:16

(thanks for the head's up twiga) hi all! sorry it's been awhile, my computer has been on the fritz. very frustrating when i am used to using it day and night. ughh--- well, anyway here iam! i went to my specialist yesterday. after checking all of my bloodwork, sonogram, hsg test, and hormone levels, along with my hubby's sperm test, he is in awe of why iam not getting pregnant. i never saw such a professional doctor look so darn puzzled. well, what he suggessted now, is that when i get my period which is sue in less then a week now (if i get it fingers crossed that i won't), but if i do, he is going to start me on clomid, so i have more eggs, even though i have no problem ovulating, and we are going to try the IUI, for a couple times this next cycle. (where they put the sperm into my uterus w/ a cathetre), doesn't found fun, but iam excited that they are taking action with me. the only thing i can think of that may be wrong, is my lack of that fertile, stretchy mucus, when i ovulate. i tried the robitussin, but it didn't do enough. i guess the IUI, will make it so the sperm bypasses the need for that mucus, and is right in good standing for meeting the eggs. i know the odds each time, aren't as great as i would like them to be, but iam happy to try, even though the hubby now has to pay 15% of all of my doctor's visits and tests, until january 1st then they will cover everything up to $50,000. i just can't wait 2 months for this ya know? they said if this does not work i would go straight to the IVF, cause there are no other issues for them to treat. that i would definately wait for insurance to pick up. have any of you guys had this procedure done, or know any one who has? was it ever successful. i have never been on a fertility drug eigther so iam excited thoug a bit nervous as well. thanks for listening guys. i hope all is well, and that we get some more success stories on here!! baby dust to all!! ((hugs!))

Slink · 05/11/2004 17:52

Please send some to me, didn't try last month but af just finished and will be waiting for the ov date lets hope ?????????????good luck to all

MunnzieB · 05/11/2004 17:59

little off the topic here but i've been looking in all day...

OMG Tania/Bibi, what r u 2 on today??? lmao, talk about a well woman check in club! lol. i've never seen so many women intrested in their cervix b4! lol. (still it brightened up my day reading you two darting off to the loo!)

Jed/Hester, keep on going girls! you'll have to get there sooner or later. (((hugs))) to both.

and lastly, Persona or first responce fertility moniter? which one is the best, I want to get one of them, but I don't know which one is a good allrounder, and most sucessful. ta.

RudyDudy · 05/11/2004 18:55

Hi MunnzieB I don't know about other things as I've only used Persona. I really liked it as it was easy to use and you don't need to do much (just the occasional weeing on a stick and BD'ing, of course ) It took 3 months of using it before it told me my O days but we got pg the first time it did. 3 of my friends have all used Persona and gotten pg pretty quickly (well, less than a year anyway). HTH

MunnzieB · 05/11/2004 18:59

do u need to do the pee thing every day with persona?

RudyDudy · 05/11/2004 19:01

no - the first month you do 16 tests as it builds up info about your cycle. after that you do 8 per cycle. It has a light on it and if it's yellow in your 'testing window' (a time of day you can pick) then you do a test. Otherwise the light is green or red with red meaning there's a chance of getting pg.

MunnzieB · 05/11/2004 19:06

here's to bidding on ebay then! lol, off for some t now, talk later, oh don't u just loveeeeeee choc butter icing (baked a cake yesterday and have just iced it now.... god i could live on that stuff!

MunnzieB · 05/11/2004 19:38

thanks for the into!

MunnzieB · 05/11/2004 20:06

can u use persona if you are taking the herbal remadies?