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@bhbee: @sandy: I am in love with my doctor. She is incredible. I would live with her if I could

Seriously, if anyone is in the Richmond, VA area and looking for a doctor I'll give you her info. She is so wonderful.

@septca: I told myself I wasnt going to test so early but this cycle I felt so off and was having the weirdest symptoms. I have never felt like that!! Today, for sure feel like AF is coming, the earlier symptoms disappeared!

@gksj: good luck and fx!!

@septca: The first month we were trying, I was so sure it would be negative (DH was working 90 hour weeks and we literally BDed like 2 times the whole month) that I didn't test until AF was due. And even then it was because I wanted to take some advil and I figured I should be 100% certain I wasn't preg. Turns out I was!

Unfortunately we lost that one, so the next time I was way more obsessive. I used opk's, and started testing at 6dpo. My logic was that early bfn's would be no big deal since they were never likely to be positive, and seeing negatives early would make later negatives less depressing. Not sure how well that would have worked out, because I got a bfp at 10dpo.

And unfortunately we lost that one as well. This time I'm SO over it. Last month (first month trying again) I did test a little early, but the bfn's were really upsetting. This month I'm waiting as long as humanly possible. I probably won't even take my tests with me on our trip to West Virginia, which is right when AF is due. So if she doesn't show by the time we get back, then I'll test. Maybe. I just really don't want anymore negatives.

So all that to say I've pretty much tried it all! Super early, last minute, everything. But waiting is a lot healthier for me.

@septca: I think I've always waited until 12DPO, if not later. I refuse to POAS during the week. I don't want to have to work after either a BFP or a BFN so I always wait until the weekend. I POAS tomorrow at 14DPO (no AF until I stop the progesterone so nothing too promising based on that).

I am so mad right now. I put my temp in for today and FF moved my O date AGAIN. It says I'm 3 DPO I'm going to lose my mind! I don't know what to trust, I would think I O'd on CD15 or CD16 but FF seems to think otherwise. I'm going to go back to bed and see if anything changes grrrrrr!!

@Mrs.Panda: Can you post the link to your chart again?

@Mrs.Panda: I cringe saying this, but I don't think you have O'ed yet...

@stratosphere: Those are good-looking tests!!!!

@littlek: have a wonderful spa weekend!!!

@Torchwood: I'm so very sorry for your losses

Ladies I forgot my phone at home today! Oh the horror! Cd 14 still a negative opk, but watery cm womp womp womp. So tired of having sex every other day sheesh!!

@dc yoga bee: Thanks. I try not to mention it too much on here, since I know no one TTC wants to think about losses, but I wind up bringing it up a lot because it's relevant! Also, I go nuts when I leave my phone at home! And totally feel you on the being tired of scheduled sex. I decided not to tell DH that AF was over yesterday, just because I know the sooner we start the sooner I get sick of feeling like I "have" to, and DH usually starts saying no after a few times, which is when we most need to since that's when we get close to O!

@septca: @Torchwood: Thanks! So excited!

@LindsayInNY: I have a very special plan for telling him, in the same spot where we got engaged (and where we went on our first date). It's going to be tomorrow morning... (must go during daylight and we both are at work all day today). It is KILLING me to wait but I've had this idea forever and I know he'll love the significance.

To everyone gearing up to O sometime soon, I leave you with this...

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/05/21/technology/21-baby/21-baby-custom1.gif

(It doesn't have the full effect when uploaded...)

@septca: @LindsayInNY: Aggghhhh that would be so depressing to not O yet. I work overnights at a hospital for 12.5 hour shifts so when I do get home to sleep (an hour away) there really isn't too much time for restful sleep. Coupled with the fact that I am a terrible sleeper to begin with (frequent wakings, about 2 a night) it makes temping more challenging. I did put EWCM on that random day because it was pretty stretchy, but not like it was during that cluster of days around when I thought I O'd. I missed 2 days of OPK tests when we were moving and then got the fertile CM soon after, which led me to believe I did O but missed my surge on the test. I have been taking OPKs since then, too, and have still gotten -'s.

I sent my GYN a message through the patient portal asking for a script to get my progesterone levels checked to confirm O. Hopefully she will provide me with a script next week because I need answers, damnit!

@dc yoga bee: I hate when I forget my phone at home. Mine died a little bit after halfway through my shift last night and I felt like a lost puppy dog. All my patients were sleeping and I kept popping in on them to check how they were doing. One little old lady goes "Honey, you gotta get back to sleep, it's 3am!". That would be so awesome if I were allowed to sleep at my job...

ETA: yes, this is my first *real* time charting. I've charted before but didn't ovulate and had to resort to progesterone and then I got a near positive OPK. It was a pretty annoying experience. FF puts my coverline so high, I think it's more along the lines of 97.1, what do you think?

@Mrs.Panda: Hypothetically. You missed OPKs and temps on CD12 and 13. BUT, even if OPKs would've been positive, you would've had a temp spike afterwards and you didn't. So I don't think either of those days were O. (Speaking of OPKs, have they been close to + at all or still fairly light?) If, for example, the temps on those days were around 97.4 or so, it's possible that FF wouldn't have given you crosshairs yet (can you tell I've played with FF a time or two??) since your recent temps wouldn't have been any higher really. Were you on BC or anything before? Do you know if your cycles are regular? Having been in your position before, I would keep doing OPKs every day and I would also keep BDing EOD or every 2 days in the meantime, just in case.

ETA: I saw on your blog that you have PCOS. I don't have a ton of knowledge about it, but you took Clomid at the beginning of this cycle which, I presume, was suppose to make you O, right? I'm wondering if it's possible that it didn't. Might be worth asking some of the other PCOS bees to see what they know? Maybe @pui: since I know she took it a couple cycles.

@Mrs.Panda: I've tried that before - changing the O method in FF, entering fake temps on days I've missed or removing suspect temps/OPKs...

@Mrs.Panda: I'm not totally regular either - when I think I am, my body decides otherwise! It's definitely frustrating. Ultimately though, if you did O around the days you think, either a BFP or AF will come! In the meantime, I would have some wine and pizza rolls (I love the pepperoni and combo ones!).

@mrs.panda: I do 12.5 hr nights too all though thankfully not too often and I find they delay o for me. Last cycle I did 4 in a row and it delayed O by 4 days and my first cycle I did 11 (with days off between) and was delayed by 10 days... More than just a coincidence I think!