~~~Preggie Pact~~~

stoneycakes

I forgot to post this last week.  What's up, everyone?

stoneycakes

I got AF last week so my NTNPing didn't amount to anything.  Which is totally fine with me because I've been drinking all the fall beer.  I'm trying to decide what to do about this month.

YellowLily2013

I got AF last week too! I kinda convinced DH to ntnp this month, since next month we *might* actually start trying! Eeekkk

Although, it'd be nice not to be pregnant in Hawaii. The whole nausea and not drinking would put a damper on the trip.

Loriimagination

I think we are officially ntnp. I have so many conflicting emotions. I want another baby but I don't want to do anything that might make F wean before he's ready. And he's definitely not ready (neither am I). We were ttc for years before him, though so I feel like we should get this ball rolling. Ntnp is my compromise with myself, I guess.

km_md

Dirty lurker here. @Chickypoo2468‌ I have some wondfos that expire in a couple of months. If you want me to send them to you I would be happy to!

ETA: I won't be offended if you don't feel comfortable giving out your address and say no

KLXVI

Day 12 here. My last cycle was 35 days so that has me ovulating next weekend. Stupid long cycles...

Mandmeesh

you need to have sex to be in the Preggie pact right? 

Meesh. Out

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Mandmeesh

theultimatesak said:

Mandmeesh said:

you need to have sex to be in the Preggie pact right? 

Meesh. Out

Meesh, i came in to this thread purely because i saw you were the last poster and I was excited to hear you were on the ttc train.  So much disappointment right now

llol

Mandmeesh

stringy813 said:

Mandmeesh said:

you need to have sex to be in the Preggie pact right? 

Meesh. Out

Not in my house.

Good point. I was going to say something nasty like "have sex or at least some sperm" but then I threw up in my mouth a little and decided to shut it. Lol

stoneycakes

stringy813 said:

I missed ovulation last week. I did OPKs twice a day and tried to temp. Never got a positive but temps rose. We will see when my period comes. Is this normal!!?!? Lol.

I find OPKs to be hit or miss.  A lot of times I get positives for days on end.  I've read about other people never getting positives.  Your temps tell the truth.

stoneycakes

Also, lately I seem to be getting better results when taking OPKs in the evening, which goes against most advice.

stoneycakes

stringy813 said:

stringy813 said:

I missed ovulation last week. I did OPKs twice a day and tried to temp. Never got a positive but temps rose. We will see when my period comes. Is this normal!!?!? Lol.

I find OPKs to be hit or miss.  A lot of times I get positives for days on end.  I've read about other people never getting positives.  Your temps tell the truth.

But I need to know before I ovulate. Once temps rise I'm SOL.

I know.  But once you've been temping for awhile you'll hopefully see a cervical fluid pattern that lines up before a temp rise every month.

CLLDLL

stoneycakes said:

stringy813 said:

stoneycakes said:

stringy813 said:

I missed ovulation last week. I did OPKs twice a day and tried to temp. Never got a positive but temps rose. We will see when my period comes.

Is this normal!!?!? Lol.

I find OPKs to be hit or miss.  A lot of times I get positives for days on end.  I've read about other people never getting positives.  Your temps tell the truth.

But I need to know before I ovulate. Once temps rise I'm SOL.

I know.  But once you've been temping for awhile you'll hopefully see a cervical fluid pattern that lines up before a temp rise every month.

Stoney is wise. After 3 or 4 months temping I realized that I could tell by CP and CM when O was coming with pretty good accuracy.

Into+the+Kitty

stringy813 said:

I missed ovulation last week. I did OPKs twice a day and tried to temp. Never got a positive but temps rose. We will see when my period comes. Is this normal!!?!? Lol.

FWIW I use OPKs at least three times a day around O. I've had short surges that only one out of several OPKs that day is positive.

TJ1979

Did y'all hear something? No? Must just be a mosquito buzzing around. Never mind.

Into+the+Kitty

Chickypoo2468 said:

I'm the one who bumped this thread, yet I seem to be invisible... Thanks guys

If anything, my cycles got longer, so I'm no help.

Mandmeesh

TJ1979 said:

Did y'all hear something? No? Must just be a mosquito buzzing around. Never mind.

hopefully not a fly/spider

ElleBeeDub

Oh my goodness... We've seen so many bees since getting here! What is the deal?!

Into+the+Kitty

ElleBeeDub said:

Oh my goodness... We've seen so many bees since getting here! What is the deal?!

stoneycakes

Into+the+Kitty said:

stringy813 said:

I missed ovulation last week. I did OPKs twice a day and tried to temp. Never got a positive but temps rose. We will see when my period comes. Is this normal!!?!? Lol.

FWIW I use OPKs at least three hundred times a day around O. I've had short surges that only one out of several OPKs that day is positive.

FTFY

stoneycakes

Chickypoo2468 said:

I'm the one who bumped this thread, yet I seem to be invisible... Thanks guys

Sorry, MK.  Mine just went back to normal.  But I also didn't get AF for 13 months.

TJ1979

I had 2 six week long cycles then a +HPT. Hugs MK. I know jacked up cycles are really frustrating.

ElleBeeDub

Into+the+Kitty said:

ElleBeeDub said:

Oh my goodness... We've seen so many bees since getting here! What is the deal?!

Sorry, all the talk of flies got me thinking about buzzy flying things, and I had an outburst... ">

stoneycakes

FF can be a stupid bitch sometimes.

RockiesNugget

MK, completely not the same but I had my cycles go crazy like that a few years ago. I was on BC and wasn't PP, but I have a hormone imbalance and had recently moved/changed jobs, so that extra stress caused my body to ignore all BC and just have a period every couple of weeks. Have you had your hormone levels checked? I know you are wanting to get pregnant, but maybe try BC for a month or two to get your cycle regulated? Like I said, I Wasn't dealing with the same situation as you, but I understand the frustration of really short cycles.

stoneycakes

Chickypoo2468 said:

Seriously. I don't. Feel. Well.

Yeah, I'm going to second calling a doctor.

TJ1979

Yikes.

stoneycakes

But did the doctor say it was normal to feel woozy from bleeding so much?

mrshudson618

stoneycakes said:

But did the doctor say it was normal to feel woozy from bleeding so much?

Yeah, that doesn't seem normal.

candlequeen

Omg you are scaring the hell outta me. Tell your Dr i said do something!

KLXVI

@Chickypoo2468‌, when I was having really heavy periods I had my acupuncturist/herbalist prescribe me two different herbal mixtures. I'll try to explain their reasons since it's been a few years. One would help me slowly release (something) throughout the month so it wasn't a dramatic loss at the end of my cycle. Then I would take the second at the start of my period to build something in me back up. I think they really helped level me out throughout the month. I just mixed it in a cup of hot water every morning. Maybe that could be an option for you?

KLXVI

Chickypoo2468 said:

Wait so you spotted all month?

Nope, no bleeding. I think she said that it was releasing chi throughout the month. I don't know how it works, but it seemed to.

KLXVI

No idea. This was before TTC. It might be worth talking to an herbalist about it, though.

ElleBeeDub

Maybe consider at least taking iron (and vitamin c!) supplements during and after your period?

ElleBeeDub

Or getting your iron levels checked.

joyfultrex

when TTC I took red raspberry leaf tea. It helped regulate hormones and make my cycles longer so that I could get pregnant. Normal used to be 23 days and it got them to the "normal" 28 within 2ish months. No PP AF here yet, so I can't comment on how it worked post kids, but it's worth a shot after talking to your Dr.