I know everyone says that you shouldn't stress yourself out about TTC because it's harder to get preggo. BUT.....how in the world am I not supposed to be thinking about it all the time when I"m charting my temp and taking OPK tests every day?! Does anyone else struggle with this? It's all I can think about...and we just started trying! Ahhhh!
I know everyone says that you shouldn't stress yourself out about TTC because it's harder to get preggo. BUT.....how in the world am I not supposed to be thinking about it all the time when I"m charting my temp and taking OPK tests every day?! Does anyone else struggle with this? It's all I can think about...and we just started trying! Ahhhh!
Patience is your friend. There are people here who have been trying for years, you just learn to live with it.
I'm with you. This was our first "real" cycle trying, and I was absolutely obsessed with it. I think next month I am goiong to try to chill out a little bit and let nature take its course. We are not in a big hurry yet, so I think we just need to have fun at this point until/unless we have something to worry about.
How are you charting your temps? Are you using Fertility Friend? All I do is take my temp each morning, enter my data in FF, and go. The more cycles this is taking, the less stressed and obsessive I am becoming. How long have you and YH been trying?
ETA: I see you just started. Just take a deeeep breath. I don't mean to be a debbie downer, but you've got to prepare yourself for the fact that it doesn't always happen right away for a lot of couples. It might happen this cycle, or it might happen in six months. KWIM? If you're stressing that much about it now.. how will you feel then? Yikes!
To me it is just fuvking with a few extra steps and hoping an outcome oppsite of what I spent a number of years hoping for.
Plus it is only potentially stress sex a few times a month, the other times it is banging for the joy of banging.
You have such a way with words Milli
TTC since 07/2009
Me: PCOS, Blood/Immune Issues DH: Low all 3
Jun.- Sep. 2010 IUI#1-#3 = BFN
Oct. 2010 = IVF #1 = B/G Twins (passed away Feb. 2011)
May 2011 = Myomectomy and trans-abdominal cerclage (TAC)
Sep. 2011 = Surprise BFP = C/P
Feb. 2012 = sFET #1 = BFN
Feb.2012 = Hail Mary IUI #4 = BFN
April/May 2012 = FET #2 w/our last two embies = BFP (Please let this be it!)
Beta #1 8dp5/6dt = 234 Beta #2 10dp5/6dt = 695 Beta #3 12dp5/6dt = 1796
Beta #4 17dp5/6dt = 17,888 U/S #1 May 17, 2012 = Twins
Baby B's heart stop beating at 9 weeks 5 days
Our little miracle baby is a boy.
Baby Boy Owen and Baby Girl Avery were born too early on Feb. 13, 2011 due to a pedunculated fibroid, incompetent cervix and suspected placental abruption.
"What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose." - Henry Ward Beecher
SAIF/PAIF Welcome
Lots of love and luck to my PAIF/3T/IF Veteran ladies, especially my dear friend Zookie. Congrats to Papps, Teach84 and Starbuck on their little ones.
How are you charting your temps? Are you using Fertility Friend? All I do is take my temp each morning, enter my data in FF, and go. The more cycles this is taking, the less stressed and obsessive I am becoming. How long have you and YH been trying?
ETA: I see you just started. Just take a deeeep breath. I don't mean to be a debbie downer, but you've got to prepare yourself for the fact that it doesn't always happen right away for a lot of couples. It might happen this cycle, or it might happen in six months. KWIM? If you're stressing that much about it now.. how will you feel then? Yikes!
Yes, I am using FF to chart my temps, and this is the first cycle that I started using the OPKs....only on CD5 right now. We just started trying...this will be the second cycle and I know it could take a while. I'm just trying to keep telling myself that it will happen when it happens and I can't control it. I need to put on my patient panties
wait....this is your 1st cycle and you are on CD5? AND you are stressing?
i'm confused
No, this is the second cycle of trying, third cycle off BCP after 10 years. So far am having NO signs of ovulation so it's in the back of my mind....even though I know that it can take up to a year for my body to regulate after BCP.
wait....this is your 1st cycle and you are on CD5? AND you are stressing?
i'm confused
No, this is the second cycle of trying, third cycle off BCP after 10 years. So far am having NO signs of ovulation so it's in the back of my mind....even though I know that it can take up to a year for my body to regulate after BCP.
ok well i guess i misread it...
but you know...it is still early... plus i mean its up to you, but i prob wouldn't start OPKs this early in the cycle, but to each their own!
~after 34 cycles we finally got our 2nd little bundle of joy~
My IF blog
wait....this is your 1st cycle and you are on CD5? AND you are stressing?
i'm confused
No, this is the second cycle of trying, third cycle off BCP after 10 years. So far am having NO signs of ovulation so it's in the back of my mind....even though I know that it can take up to a year for my body to regulate after BCP.
You're on CD5. What sort of signs of ovulation do you expect to have?
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wait....this is your 1st cycle and you are on CD5? AND you are stressing?
i'm confused
No, this is the second cycle of trying, third cycle off BCP after 10 years. So far am having NO signs of ovulation so it's in the back of my mind....even though I know that it can take up to a year for my body to regulate after BCP.
ok well i guess i misread it...
but you know...it is still early... plus i mean its up to you, but i prob wouldn't start OPKs this early in the cycle, but to each their own!
Oh, my OPK kit instructions said to start testing the first day after the end of my period. Should I not be testing this early? Now I'm confusing myself
wait....this is your 1st cycle and you are on CD5? AND you are stressing?
i'm confused
No, this is the second cycle of trying, third cycle off BCP after 10 years. So far am having NO signs of ovulation so it's in the back of my mind....even though I know that it can take up to a year for my body to regulate after BCP.
You're on CD5. What sort of signs of ovulation do you expect to have?
This. Give it some time. And trust me - simmering is the key to surival.
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wait....this is your 1st cycle and you are on CD5? AND you are stressing?
i'm confused
No, this is the second cycle of trying, third cycle off BCP after 10 years. So far am having NO signs of ovulation so it's in the back of my mind....even though I know that it can take up to a year for my body to regulate after BCP.
You're on CD5. What sort of signs of ovulation do you expect to have?
Didn't just mean this cycle....no signs since I got off the pill.
wait....this is your 1st cycle and you are on CD5? AND you are stressing?
i'm confused
No, this is the second cycle of trying, third cycle off BCP after 10 years. So far am having NO signs of ovulation so it's in the back of my mind....even though I know that it can take up to a year for my body to regulate after BCP.
You're on CD5. What sort of signs of ovulation do you expect to have?
This. Give it some time. And trust me - simmering is the key to surival.
Re: I need to simmer...
Patience is your friend. There are people here who have been trying for years, you just learn to live with it.
"Preggo" is not a word.
How are you charting your temps? Are you using Fertility Friend? All I do is take my temp each morning, enter my data in FF, and go. The more cycles this is taking, the less stressed and obsessive I am becoming. How long have you and YH been trying?
ETA: I see you just started. Just take a deeeep breath. I don't mean to be a debbie downer, but you've got to prepare yourself for the fact that it doesn't always happen right away for a lot of couples. It might happen this cycle, or it might happen in six months. KWIM? If you're stressing that much about it now.. how will you feel then? Yikes!
To me it is just fuvking with a few extra steps and hoping an outcome oppsite of what I spent a number of years hoping for.
Plus it is only potentially stress sex a few times a month, the other times it is banging for the joy of banging.
BFP 3/17/10 Missed M/C Confirmed 4/12/10
MIF+Unexplained DX Feb 2012: Femara+Trigger+IUI=BFP
Hahaha
You have such a way with words Milli
Me: PCOS, Blood/Immune Issues DH: Low all 3
Jun.- Sep. 2010 IUI#1-#3 = BFN
Oct. 2010 = IVF #1 = B/G Twins (passed away Feb. 2011)
May 2011 = Myomectomy and trans-abdominal cerclage (TAC)
Sep. 2011 = Surprise BFP = C/P
Feb. 2012 = sFET #1 = BFN
Feb.2012 = Hail Mary IUI #4 = BFN
April/May 2012 = FET #2 w/our last two embies = BFP (Please let this be it!)
Beta #1 8dp5/6dt = 234 Beta #2 10dp5/6dt = 695 Beta #3 12dp5/6dt = 1796 Beta #4 17dp5/6dt = 17,888 U/S #1 May 17, 2012 = Twins
Baby B's heart stop beating at 9 weeks 5 days
Our little miracle baby is a boy.
Baby Boy Owen and Baby Girl Avery were born too early on Feb. 13, 2011 due to a pedunculated fibroid, incompetent cervix and suspected placental abruption.
"What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose." - Henry Ward Beecher
SAIF/PAIF Welcome
Lots of love and luck to my PAIF/3T/IF Veteran ladies, especially my dear friend Zookie. Congrats to Papps, Teach84 and Starbuck on their little ones.
She was informing you that your slang sucks.?
Uh, yea, I get the reference.
Yes, I am using FF to chart my temps, and this is the first cycle that I started using the OPKs....only on CD5 right now. We just started trying...this will be the second cycle and I know it could take a while. I'm just trying to keep telling myself that it will happen when it happens and I can't control it. I need to put on my patient panties
Um, yeah. Slag is for HS.
Welcome to adult-hood.
DS 6.12.11
Hypermenorrhea, Anovulatory & Hypothyroid
TTC#2
My Lack of Ovulation Chart
Charting and using OPKs does not necessarily have to equal stressing.
What stresses me out more is people using the term "preggo"
Wow, that was kind of harsh. Didn't meant to offend anyone with my slang.
Unless you are using bang/banging/bangly*/bangest/banged for sex because that is so juvie it is cool.
I am hard core arhhhhhh! Raawwwwkkkk.
*non-traditional conjugations are accepted and appreciated when discussing banging.
(edit: bad spelling is not raawwwkkk)
BFP 3/17/10 Missed M/C Confirmed 4/12/10
MIF+Unexplained DX Feb 2012: Femara+Trigger+IUI=BFP
My dear, if you think this is harsh, you better put on your big girl panties along with those patience ones you promised you were getting.?
You never fail to crack me up
wait....this is your 1st cycle and you are on CD5? AND you are stressing?
i'm confused
~after 34 cycles we finally got our 2nd little bundle of joy~

My IF blog
No, this is the second cycle of trying, third cycle off BCP after 10 years. So far am having NO signs of ovulation so it's in the back of my mind....even though I know that it can take up to a year for my body to regulate after BCP.
ok well i guess i misread it...
but you know...it is still early... plus i mean its up to you, but i prob wouldn't start OPKs this early in the cycle, but to each their own!
~after 34 cycles we finally got our 2nd little bundle of joy~

My IF blog
You're on CD5. What sort of signs of ovulation do you expect to have?
Oh, my OPK kit instructions said to start testing the first day after the end of my period. Should I not be testing this early? Now I'm confusing myself
This. Give it some time. And trust me - simmering is the key to surival.
Didn't just mean this cycle....no signs since I got off the pill.
bwahahaha! Best advice I've heard in a long time!
DS 6.12.11
Hypermenorrhea, Anovulatory & Hypothyroid
TTC#2
My Lack of Ovulation Chart