~November Ninjas Thursday Check In~

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• luvbrettnizzy member

  March 2009

  Hey where is everybody! Stop working and get in here!!

  

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• ZAngel member

  March 2009

  MH and I have been TTC since July.  This cycle we decided to do everything we possibly could think of (charting, OPKs, CBEFM, pre-seed, Fertilitea, checking CP&CM, sex every night leading up to O and trying different positions).  I was really trying not to stress this month but around CD6 the "what if" started coming.  I began to over analyze everything the next day.  I watched my chart and all the phantom symptoms (fatigue, sore boobs, irritability, gas).  I told myself that I would not test until 14dpo but at 9dpo I couldn't resist.  After POAS I didn't see anything so I waited.  After another minute or so a line started to appear and then quickly disappeared.  I was so confused but chalked it up to being an evap line.  I told myself again that I would not test until 14dpo but the next morning I couldn't resist.  I POAS and this time got a very clear line.  MH was already at work and I didn't want to tell him over the phone.  That felt like the longest 7 hours of my life!  When he got home I tried telling him by wearing a shirt that says, "I'm not fat, I'm pregnant" but he didn't notice.  Eventually I just threw the pee stick at him and watched him get all excited.
  

  BFP #1 (DS, 10/98), BFP #2 (DD, 10/09)
  BFP #3 -mm/c @ 7wks, discovered at 9wks, D&C 9/28
  BFP #4 5/29 EDD 2/9 - please be our rainbow
  
  

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• karlybarly

  March 2009

  Ok my BFP story: I thought that I was getting my period. My left boob hurt like it always does before AF and I was cramping like crazy. I thought that DH and I had the worst timing and we missed my fertile window b/c he had gotten sick (I wasnt charting). So I was sure I was not KU. I decided to take a test anyway, see the negative, and the mentaly move on to the next cycle. So, I POAS and lo and behold, there was a second line! It was like a dream b/c I was so prepared for the opposite. Anyway, I showed DH the test when he got home and he couldnt have been happier!
  

  

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• mariahcohen member

  March 2009

  I'm here...very dizzy today!  Wish I could sleep! 

  DH for years said that our 4 combined children were enough! I never gave up thinking we could have "his/hers/ours".  The day after Thanksgiving he said he wanted to have a baby with me!  YAY!  I went off the pill in December and just got my BFP Saturday!  He is in shock...happy...but shocked!  I am too! I didn't think it would be fast at my age (39).  KMFC that it sticks!!

  
  
  

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• sunnydays99 member

  March 2009

  QOTD:  We weren't going to "try" until August of this year.  In December we had one night when we didn't use protection and thought "what are the odds" - sure enough I became pregnant.  We found out while on vacation, however 3 days later I started bleeding and had a chem pg.  We were devastated and thought we'd try again right away.  I started charting and didn't ovulate in Jan and my temps were crazy in Feb so I wasn't sure I ovulated then either.  But on the day AF was supposed to arrive I tested on a whim and it was VERY positive!!  I ran out and told DH and he was like "you told me you didn't ovulate - WTH"!!! 

  Anyways, we're very excited - but still nervous.  I can't wait to have an ultrasound in a couple of weeks to verify that everything is okay!

  
  
  
  
  

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• luvbrettnizzy member

  March 2009

  LOL - threw the pee stick! I am so happy for you both!!

  

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• Jacquiemark

  March 2009

  I don't have really an exciting story: DH and I planned on starting TTC as soon as my disability insurance was good to go which was January. DH really wanted to wait until March till we started because he has a family tradition (4 generations) of having first born sons born in December (he really thinks it will be a boy). I told him we shouldn't wait to try becasue you never no how long it will take and there is no guarantee that we will concieve in March. I didn't chart but always had a feeling when I was ovulating. To make sure we didn't miss anything we had sex almost every other day. The first time POAS I estimated it to be about 11DPO. There was a really faint line and I showed DH and he was convinced that I wasn't because the line was faint. Took the second test around14DPO and a BFP on the digital read. I ran in the bedroom and told DH it was his turn to now be the kitty litter scooper. We were both so excited. DH jokes with me and tells me to "hold it in" for 3 more weeks to deliver in December. YEAH RIGHT!

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• spectater member

  March 2009

  I went off BC and we started TTC in January 2008, but it wasn't until August 2008 that I actually started ovulating again.  I was still o'ing late, so my ob put me on clomid, but my charting showed i had a VERY short luteal phase.  He put me on progesterone, but it was still too short.  After getting tired of the, "try this for 3 months and come back if it doesn't work" BS, i decided to try an RE.  She was awesome.  She octupled my progesterone dose and we got our BFP on cycle ONE.  It still seems too good to be true.  DH still won't let me throw away the first pee stick.  It's still sitting on our bathroom counter as if the baby might disappear if the stick does.

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• luvbrettnizzy member

  March 2009

  spectater:

  I went off BC and we started TTC in January 2008, but it wasn't until August 2008 that I actually started ovulating again.  I was still o'ing late, so my ob put me on clomid, but my charting showed i had a VERY short luteal phase.  He put me on progesterone, but it was still too short.  After getting tired of the, "try this for 3 months and come back if it doesn't work" BS, i decided to try an RE.  She was awesome.  She octupled my progesterone dose and we got our BFP on cycle ONE.  It still seems too good to be true.  DH still won't let me throw away the first pee stick.  It's still sitting on our bathroom counter as if the baby might disappear if the stick does.

  Okay this may be gross, but I still have my pee sticks from my 1st pregnancy, 2 years ago!!

  

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• luvbrettnizzy member

  March 2009

  spectater:

  I went off BC and we started TTC in January 2008, but it wasn't until August 2008 that I actually started ovulating again.  I was still o'ing late, so my ob put me on clomid, but my charting showed i had a VERY short luteal phase.  He put me on progesterone, but it was still too short.  After getting tired of the, "try this for 3 months and come back if it doesn't work" BS, i decided to try an RE.  She was awesome.  She octupled my progesterone dose and we got our BFP on cycle ONE.  It still seems too good to be true.  DH still won't let me throw away the first pee stick.  It's still sitting on our bathroom counter as if the baby might disappear if the stick does.

  Okay this may be gross, but I still have my pee sticks from my 1st pregnancy, 2 years ago!!

  

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• DiscusCoach

  March 2009

  This was our first try after some major medical issues for me.  I have had endo for 16 years and have had, at this point, too many surgeries and proceedures to count. I was not expecting to get PG any time soon however, DH was supremely confident.
  I POAS on Tuessday morning and got nothing (12dpo). By the time I got to school I realized I had peed at 3 and tested at 5:30. You are supposed to hold it for at least 4 hours. I ran to the store during my prep - POAS in the teacher's bathroom and a faint line appeared. I ran downstairs to the Living Skills teacher (sex ed), kicked the kids out of the room and showed her the stick to confirm I wasn't A - hallucinating or B - seeing an evap line.

  I didn't tell DH until last night after I had it confirmed by the ob. We have been through hell and back in the last 11 months. His dad died of cancer, we are fighting for our lives with the evil international realestate developer from h*ll, my grandmother died and sil just lost a baby 2nd tri. I wasn't going to say anything until I knew for sure.

  I had to coach last night so I didn't have time to come up with anything terribly creative (every time I bent over to measure a throw I thought I was going to throw up). I didn't get home until 7. I said hello, DH went to play computer baseball in his office (with my encouragement) and I fixed a fabulous candlelight steak dinner. I put two tiny tiny booties on his plate on the table and when he came in I asked him to bring me the plates so I could put the food on them. I had my back turned to him as I have the most readable face in the world. He said - "Is this your way of telling me you are pg?" I turned around and we just held each other while I cried.
  
  I think he must have said "I told you so" one hundred times over the rest of the evening. Men!

  Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.

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• Redrose101307

  March 2009

  BFP Story:

  We were trying for 9 months, and with me having long and sometimes anov cycles it was no picnic but luckily i have a great RE who put me on met, and once i went on it i O'd every cycle! i still had a long cycle in there, but on our BFP cycle it was actually on the short side and i was so excited to be Oing early! the week of O i was exhausted and ended up coming down with the flu, and dh was sick too, but we sucked it up and did it anyway.

  well around 9dpo in the middle of the night i was woken up with weird AF like cramps, which i never cramp before AF so i was suspicious. i decided to test in the morning with a $tree test and right before i went to throw it away i saw the faintest of lines, so i ran downstairs with the test to show dh and he saw it too! we were so happy, and right after we celebrated i called my dr for my blood work!

  
  Dx PCOS 09/08 2000mg Met
  TTC #1 from 05/08-02/09 BFP 02/26/09
  DD Born 11/11/09
  Suprise Baby #2 on the way! EDD 8/16/13

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• SDKelli member

  March 2009

  Ok, here's my BFP story!

  We got married in September 2008, but we have been together for almost 6 years, so we felt we were ready to TTC. So I stopped taking my BC at the end of December 2008. In January, we weren't really trying, but not really avoiding either. Then we got some bad news...we found out that I have hypothyroidism, which upset us because it can affect fertility. We were kinda bummed and were prepared for a possibly long road ahead of us.

  So in February we tried for the first time. I was so excited in the 2 WW that I took 3 tests and all were negative. I had pretty much given up hope for the month and was pretty sad, although I knew it was only our first try, so I was ok with it. I went out and bought a BBT thermometer and an OPK to start charting and get serious about it the next month.

  Well, then a funny thing happened...I didn't get my period when I thought I should of, but since I had just come off BC I kinda shrugged it off. I didn't get it the next day either. Thinking AF was just messing with me, I decided to prove her wrong by taking a HPT to show her I wasn't pregnant! Thought the old hag was just being stubborn! So I POAS and immediately saw the 2nd line. I had to wake my H us to ask him how many lines he saw on the test because I couldn't believe it! I had a digital test too so I took that one and got a "Yes." We were so excited and really shocked that it had actually worked the first time! I went to the doctor the same day and he confirmed that I am in fact prenant!! We are still pretty shocked and I keep thinking it's too good to be true!!

  

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• imaPrincess

  March 2009

    I'm busy working, so here's the shortened version.... DH and I got pg on our honeymoon in May only to m/c in July at 11 1/2 weeks.  We started ttc again after some testing (this was my second m/c) in October.  I started to get some odd cramps around  7dpo that were telling me something was up, plus my bb's were getting bigger and sore, so I thought, wth, and I POAS at 9dpo, the control line popped up and then the test line began to emerge, faint, but I was able to see it without squinting.  I wrapped the pee stick and "My Boys Can Swim!" in a gift bag and left it on the table for him to open when he got home from work.  We was so excitited!  I'm cautiously excited this time, I couldn't be more happy really, but so nervous after my last 2 pg's.

  :::stick baby "M" stick!:::

  

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• csquared425

  March 2009

  MH and I were going to take one last vacation this summer before we started trying.  I have been charting so I was aware when we needed to be careful, and when not to be.  Well, I thought I O'd on CD12, and we were in the clear on CD14 - but, that wasn't the case. 

  I tested on 13 DPO (a Thursday) and got 2 lines right away.  I was in shock and didn't say anything that night, and took another test on Friday AM before work, and another when I got home from work, and both BFP!  So I bought a card and put the sticks in a gift bag, along with a "My First Red Sox tee" and put it on the breakfast bar.  When DH came home, he didn't notice the bag, so I had to point it out to him.  He took one look, and knew.  He kept saying "are you sure?" 

  It was his idea to not tell anyone until our 2nd trimester, but we had dinner with my BIL and SIL and he told them within the first 2 mins of seeing them. 

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• SilentC

  March 2009

  Hi Everyone - happy Thursday!

   

  QOTD - Our BFP story

  DH and I had been TTC for 3 cycles off BCP. I had an ultrasound in December where they found that I have a small cyst on my left ovary, and in January, they scheduled an MRI for me to check it out further. So my doctor told I should probably put off TTC until after the MRI.

   

  But?. We decided to go for it for one more month, and then take a 2 month break (to avoid a Christmas due date). We figured that since my MRI wasn?t scheduled until March 31, we?d know before then if I was pregnant and the chances are slim anyway.

   

  I decided to start testing at 10 DPO. Somewhere deep down, I suspected I might be pregnant, but I didn't want to get too excited. I had really tender nips, which isn't normal for me even with PMS. Otherwise, no symptoms at all.
  
  So on day 10, I woke up out of the blue at 4:30 a.m. and took my temp. It went up. And then I could not for the life of me fall back asleep, thinking about testing. After about a 1/2 hour I decided screw it, I'm going to pee on a stick and woke DH to tell him I was going to test.

  
  And lo and behold... something appeared. I woke DH up and told him that I think I see a line.

  He didn?t believe me that it was a line ? he thought it was a mark on the plastic and said I should just test again tomorrow. But that wasn?t happening! I dug the little plastic cover off, and there it was - a light pink line that definitely wasn't the plastic cover.

  I tested again later and again with a digital the next day? and I?m still in shock!

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• emilyhellacool

  March 2009

  I'd had a lot of health problems and the only reasons I went off bc is because everyone (us, doctors) thought we would have trouble ttc.. We didn't want to wait for a few years to start trying, only to find out we'd have to go through IF and I know that can take a while, etc.

  I hadn't been able to catch an LH spike until last month. ?LMP started on Jan 30th and I got my spike on Feb. 6th.. I kept missing it because it was so early. ?We did our thing and I guess it worked! ?ha ha

  I knew I was pregnant about a week later, when the boobs started to hurt.. and then things started to smell horrible.. I swear my cat poops nuclear waste. ?

  DH knew I thought I was. ?I finally broke down and tested on the 23rd and it was a BFP. ?I called DH at work about 15 times to tell him. ?I couldn't wait and do something cute when he got home.. he doesn't like surprises anyways. ?:) ??

  We didn't think we'd get pregnant this easily or quick. ?I'd only been off bc for 6 months and it took 3 for my period to come back. ? DH is so excited. ?He wouldn't shut up about baby names last night. ?ha ha

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• EbethM0231

  March 2009

  Hello Nov. ladies!  I am home sick today....boo!!

  Our BFP story is not that exciting.  I had gone on BC at first b/c of acne problems, so I go my BC from my dermatologist.  She gave me nearly 8 months of YAZ for free, so I wasn't going to pass that up!  So Jan. was my last month of "free" pills and I just never went and got more.  I never charted or checked my CM (we weren't actively TCC yet...), but apparently we had sex at the right time b/c before I knew it, my period was late and I was feeling all crampy and my boobs were getting really sore.  So I took a test and sure enough, there was that 2nd line.  It was faint, but it was there!  I showed DH and just stared at it forever and said "are you sure about this?"  So I took another one in the morning and the line was there again!  And then I took a $ store one.... and then a digital test, which said "pregnant!"  I guess we were pretty hard to convince...haha!  We told the families and no one really seems excited, which has dissapointed me greatly.  Almost sad and they have made us feel like we have made a huge mistake.  Oh well... we are very excited....just can't wait till my first doctors appt. on April 1st to make sure Baby C is doing fine!

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• Amanda Parsley

  March 2009

  Well my husband and I just got married this past November and were not planning on trying to get pregnant till after at least a year, but we got this little surprise and could not be happier.
  

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• DiscusCoach

  March 2009

  EmbethMO231-

  I went to the doctor once for a conclusive test (AKA - one DH would believe) and our first REAL doctor's appt. is also on the 1st. April Fools Day.

  Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.

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• ashleyb0604

  March 2009

  DH and I started talking about TTC in November and planned to wait until March since I graduate in December with my Masters. So I threw out the BC in January and by February we couldn't wait anymore. We decided to go ahead and start trying in February with the expectation that it would take at least a couple months to get pregnant. SURPRISE! It happended on the first try and I hadn't even started charting yet. I took three tests earlier in the week two and one days before Aunt Flo was due to arrive and they were all negative so I waited and waited for that b!tch to show up and she never did! I went and got a digital HPT and it waited my three minutes NEVER guessing it would actually say yes, but when it stopped blinking and flashed a big fat YES+ I about died!!! I ran out to the living room where DH was watching TV and I yelled, "I'm pregnant!" and immediately broke into a happy dance. DH grabbed the HPT and just stared at it before saying, "I told you so." LOL

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• peas out

  March 2009

  H and I were married March 20, 2008. We started charting (not trying, just for back up. I had a prior ectopic pg and it makes me nervous) in May of 08 and trying in Aug 08.

   Everything about my last cycle was different. Temp patterns, symptoms, everything. I am not usually an early tester, but because different is a good sign, I tested anyway. Imagine my surprise when at 10 dpo I got the fainest + you have ever seen on an IC. H saw it too, but he didn't think it counted. Tested again 11 dpo FMU on an IC and still super faint. Later that day day I bought FRER, so I tested with one of those and DARK + shows up almost immediately! Pics in my bio, I can't believe how light those lines were!

  So we are now happily awaiting our Meatball!

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• shunt1983 member

  March 2009

  Me and DH starting trying this month.  I had learned how to chart but had been using condoms and off Birth Control for a few months.  So we tried and 6dpo I took a test and it was negative I was already "feeling" pregnant so disappointed.  I had already decided how to tell him.  he's a golfer and bought a onesie that said Daddy's Lil Caddy, since our first one I didn't get to tell him in a special way more freaking out.   So then 8dpo I was watching a movie with Emma Bee Movie and started crying not normal for me and so the next day I took a test and sure enough.  Same day little Emma took her first steps.  I wrapped on the onesie and put the test in a plastic bag and gave it to him. 

  

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• Temp200154562509288

  March 2009

  Long story short, I just had a feeling that this was the month so I tested 2 days before my missed period and got a super super super faint line, that I thought I was seeing things so I took another brand of test and it was a BFN, I was dissappointed since I was so sure that I was pregnant this month. Five days later I got the urge to test again, for no reason and there is was my BFP!

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• MommyPhotographer

  March 2009

  Husband and I have been trying to conceive our 2nd baby for 6 months. I swore i felt implantation on a friday and sat night i broke out in hives! The next week i was so itchy! I decided to get an early test just to be carefull becuase i was taking medicine for the hives and it turned postive right away! I was in shock 6 months of seeing negatives to see a positive is crazy Anyway I am still really itchy but the hives are gone thank God

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• TeamV

  March 2009

  DH and I have been married for almost a year (next week is our anniversary). I stopped taking BCP in Nov. 08 and started charting on FF. Temping, checking CF and CM, using OPK's, the whole thing. We got our BFP in our 4th cycle. I found out on Monday, 3/2, when I was 13DPO and I was 3w5d. It was one day before my test date and when AF was due, but my temps were higher than usual so I went ahead and tested. I didn't have my contacts in and I was so surprised to see that second pink line on my Dollar Store cheapy HPT! I immediately dipped a FRER into the cup with my FMU and sure enough, a dark line showed up. I thought it was possibly going to happen this month because I was having a lot of twinges in my lower left abdomen (the side I felt O-pains on) around 7-10 DPO and was thinking it could be implantation. It was! I've started feeling nauseated in the evenings and sore bb's started today.

  

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• hause1nm

  March 2009

  Since before we got married DH had always said that he wanted to wait at least a year before we started TTC. So I was pleasantly surprised when he announced that he was ready in December. To be honest, I wasnt familiar with my body or ovulation signs so Dec and Jan were pretty much a waste, but come February I had read a few books and felt pretty confident that I knew when I was ovulating. So we had a wonderful Valentines Day together and 9 days later my boobs were huge and I just knew we were pregnant. It sounds silly, but I just knew. I tested and it was a very light line, so I tested a few days later and low and behold our BFP. I had planned on doing something cute to announce the news to DH, but I tested while he was home and starting crying so loudly in the bathroom that he busted in because he thought I was hurt. haha. So it definitely wasnt romantic, but it was without a doubt a very surreal moment that I will never forget.

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• heather1406

  March 2009

  Hi Ladies! I'm glad to be joining the group!

  DH and I had only been TTC for a couple months, however February we both went through all of the fertility testing because of some false information I had been given by another doc. The first doc thought that I had a bicornuate uterus...found out that was false...and they thought I had low progesterone...that was false too...I thought this month would be a wash because of the testing, but we tried anyway! I took a test the afternoon of 9DPO totally expecting it to be negative because it was in the afternoon and it was so early, but it was a faint BFP! I was shocked! DH was on his way home from work so I didn't have to wait long to tell him...I barely let him get through the door before I shoved the pee stick in his face showing him that there were two lines! He was also in shock, but we were both super excited! I POAS the next morning and that was positive too, this time a little darker of a line! I went in for a beta 2/27 and it was 54 (woohoo!) and then went in for another one on 3/1 and it was 158! So now we are just praying for a super sticky little peanut!

   I have felt pretty good aside from bad sleep, sore boobs, and light cramping! I have to go back to the Doc tomorrow for another Beta because i has some light spotting this afternoon...hoping for the best!!  

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• K&S2005 member

  March 2009

  My husband and I decided to start trying in December. I had been charting and thought for sure I was pregnant the first 2 cycles. This cycle I didn't really think about it too much because my husband's grandpa was in the hospital and I was more worried about that. My chart looked totally different than past months so I decided to test even though I didn't feel pregnant at all. The second line came up almost immediately. I knew my husband would have no clue what that meant so I dug out the digital and when that came up "pregnant" I ran out to the living room to tell him. We told my mom later that day by giving her a late birthday present of the grandma willow angel figurine. And we told my husband's parents and siblings by putting an "I'm going to be a big cousin" sign on our niece. It was a fun day

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