July WTO

rosemaryandthyme · July 2017

@vlagrl29 I think that's really smart to not take anything right now if there are no documented imbalances. Way too often people think, "hey, it's natural so I can just take it willy nilly and it won't hurt anything", but that's sooooo not true. Herbs especially can be just as potent as pharmaceuticals and can have a serious effect for either good or bad!

vlagrl29 · July 2017

yeah even with the vitex and soy iso they say not to take it if your cycles and hormones are balanced @rosemaryandthyme - Just thinking about taking anything right now makes me nervous. I have no idea why all that makes me a hot mess lol.

pghren · July 2017

Ok those of you who use opk's: what CD do thou usually start testing?

Mack2342 · July 2017

@allowachick i usually start at CD 8 or 9

leahcimmichael · July 2017

@allowachick Depends. If I'm using the cheap dip ones, I'll test starting around day 9 or 10. When I use the expensive ones, I usually start day 12, cause I'm cheap and don't want to "waste" them. I think that if you haven't used them before they suggest starting them pretty early in your cycle so that you don't miss an early O.

rosemaryandthyme · July 2017

@allowachick I just start on whatever day I begin having the wet quality CM, but I'd consider myself a lazy pee-er/charter. I do the least amount possible to still get the data I need, lol.

jchpg · July 2017

@allowachick I have about a 30 day cycle and have been starting at day 11. I usually O 15-17. I agree with @rosemaryandthyme this is also around when my CM changes.

leahcimmichael · July 2017

Hey everyone! Probably won't be tracking my temps this month, but will be monitoring CM. Doctor said it was up to me whether or not to TTC this cycle, so I'm thinking to try, but to pull-back a little on the charting.

*TW*
My doctor wanted to draw labs to confirm my chemical pregnancy and track my HCG back to 0. Got my lab results back from my Betas on 7/7. They're reading at <1. Huh? I know I had a BFP on 6/30, cause I used 3 different tests including a digital with a clear "pregnant" display. But now that the lab work came in I'm like "great, my doctor is going to think that I'm having phantom pregnancies." This whole TTC business is making me feel certifiably crazy.

dpjennifer · July 2017

@leahcimmichael if your cp was a super quick turnover, it's likely that by this point the hcg was already out of your system. I've had a few cps and my hcg level never went above 67. So you can have a quick turnaround down to 0 after that. At least you know the hcg is out of your system and you're free to try again!

leahcimmichael · July 2017

@dpjennifer It was a super early loss, so I wouldn't be surprised if my betas never got very high. I just didn't know that they could drop back so quickly. Sort of makes my whole last week feel like a bad dream (or a good dream depending on how you look at it). Thanks for sharing your experience. Helps to know that this is normal!

nursenat87 · July 2017

Start charting with my cheap internet opk's on CD5-6 and then use the clear blue ones with the high/peak fertility days on CD9-10 (I usually ovulate on CD11. This is my first real cycle charting since my d&c in May though and things have been chaotic to say the least.

Stac928 · July 2017

Mack2342 said:

Don't know why but I was driving today and all the sudden started crying. I think I'm trying to come to terms with the fact that my DS maybe an only child. In the beginning of TTC for #2 I never thought about that but after 2 losses and now round 3 of IUI I'm starting to look at that as a possibility and it makes me sad. Tears just came out of no where. I ended up coming home from work. This sucks

I'm sorry. And it does suck.

dpjennifer · July 2017

@leahcimmichael No problem! Glad I could help. You're definitely 'normal' for having a quick turnaround with CP. Sometimes the levels just never get very high.

weareturtles · July 2017

Who's joining me over in TWW soon? @jchpg?

jchpg · July 2017

@weareturtles I'll join you now! I got a positive opk Tuesday night. We had pretty good timing luckily - after a crazy three flights and running for my last flight I JUST made it before they closed the door. BDed 2 times so far, but no luck this morning- we're in close quarters with too much family around to make it work.... spending my time looking for a window

ngolimento · July 2017

I have no idea how I missed this thread. I've been pretty spacy this month, not sure if it is the hormone rollercoaster after my CP.

I am on CD13, and am getting antsy since I normally start seeing a progression of darkening lines on my cheapie OPKs by now. I suspect I will be having a delayed O, if any this month.

On that note, is anyone else a control freak like me, and detests the expensive tests? I don't need a condescending smiley face, I need more data, man! Line progression soothes my type A brain.

shri929 · July 2017

Man, can't wait to join you ladies on this thread. Still waiting for AF after d&e 6/20. Seeing BFP on here makes me so happy. Good luck! If anyone wants to share how long it took to get their AF after s similar process I'd so appreciate

rosemaryandthyme · July 2017

*Sigh* CD 9 here and still bleeding a bit ("normal" pre-loss was 4-5 days, no spotting before or after). Being my first cycle post MC, I figured things would be a little wonky, but was still feeling hopeful for a quick regulation since I ovulated normally and AF started when expected and was normal until this pesky tail-end-brown-bleeding peskiness. Planning to take a "wait and see" approach now, but considering benching myself again this month if it just doesn't feel right when/if O comes. As much as I'd like to be pregnant again, I don't want to risk it too soon and then have another loss. Well, shoot

pghren · July 2017

Sorry if I never replied to all of you. Mobile hates my guts sometimes. I have cheap tests so I did start on Monday, still nothing but family is in town so a later O this cycle works fine for me!

@leahcimmichael by the time I got labs for my 5wk loss my betas were back to 0 as well. Granted I was benched after that, but only because it was my second loss. Good luck!

@ngolimento
I am addicted to data collecting with cheap tests too!

@rosemaryandthyme
I totally understand staying on the bench till you feel emotionally and otherwise ready. That's pretty much what we did in March/April after we were technically cleared to try again. It was the end of a semester and a rugby season and we decided to wait till summer

Edit:sp

Stac928 · July 2017

@allowachick I have 32 day cycle and tend to O late. I usually start around CD12

pghren · July 2017

Rant: just got home from a rugby tournament and got a positive opk. I'm dead tired and dh and I are grumpy ... not good timing

rklinge0 · July 2017

@allowachick did you end up dtd yesterday or the day before? I just remind myself that sperm can live in the body 5 days.

rosemaryandthyme · July 2017

@allowachick Time for business-like-purely-baby-making sex? Not that fun, but worth a shot?

vlagrl29 · July 2017

Ugh I hate that type of sex @rosemaryandthyme I've gotten to where if it's a chore I'll pass.

pghren · July 2017

@rklinge0 unfortunately no, we had my mother and grandmother in town till Friday

@rosemaryandthyme @vlagrl29 we dtd this morning because timing but it didn't end up seeming purely chore like which was nice

Just hoping the timing wasn't too late now

rosemaryandthyme · July 2017

@allowachick I think anything in the 24 hours following a positive OPK is perfect timing! FX for you this month!!

MooFish2364 · July 2017

I go here now. Spotting yesterday and af today. I've never had spotting before af until after my laparoscopy so it's kinda weird. Anyways, RE appointment is tomorrow and looking for some solutions.

pghren · July 2017

@MooFish2364 good luck at RE sorry you're back here

MooFish2364 · July 2017

Thanks @allowachick. I'm really anxious for my appointment today. My RE is optimistic so hopefully he's right. I just don't want to get my hopes up.

Mack2342 · July 2017

@MooFish2364. Good luck today. I hope they come up with a plan for you. I'm waiting for mine to call today so we can come up with plan if this 3rd IUI didn't work

splashmountain · July 2017

@MooFish2364 good luck at your appt today

leahcimmichael · July 2017

3rd day in a row of blinky smiley on my OPK. What the hell ovaries, what the hell?

sprkls8506 · July 2017

@leahcimmichael that's the OPK I will be trying next month. I thought that the smiley might be more reliable

MooFish2364 · July 2017

@leahcimmichael it's been a while since I e used that type of test but it seems like that happened to me the first cycle that I used it. But I finally did get a solid so hopefully you will soon too!

leahcimmichael · July 2017

I usually only have 1 or 2 days of blinking before I get a solid, but this month it's being cray. My lady bits are just cruel and want to make me BD everyday since it's 100 degrees outside

It's too darn hot for this tomfoolery!

rklinge0 · July 2017

Go here now. Haven't had a real period since April. This will be interesting.

leahcimmichael · July 2017

@rklinge0 Sorry you're back at CD1, hopefully AF won't be too mean to you.

rklinge0 · July 2017

Thanks @leahcimmichael. It's been pretty painful. Birth control messes with my periods after pregnancy so it's good to see it come back after stopping.

weareturtles · July 2017

CD2.

MooFish2364 · July 2017

Sorry you're back here with us @weareturtles

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