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@LAZB: a Christmas eve baby sounds so romantic to me for some reason.

There is a good number of us on this board this month. I really hope this month is a positive one for this group. It's officially April!

@LAZB: My grandpa was a Christmas birthday, and apparently as a kid complained enough about how lame it was that his birthday was Christmas that his parents started celebrating his half birthday. Up until he died we had birthday cake the day after Christmas but also on June 25.

@LAZB: yes you do.

I have 0 pg symptoms and plenty of AF symptoms but, still getting the blood work pg test tomorrow. I kind of have to know because I leave for my 10 day trip Tuesday and I need to take my Femara prescription with me. AF is due Wednesday.

My husband has agreed that if this and next month doesn't work, we will both go in for testing to see if there are issues other than old eggs. 🤨

@LAZB: I just checked my potential due date because you mentioned it, I would be December 19 but also don't go 40 weeks. 2 of my 3 nieces have nearly Christmas birthdays and I have 2 friends with Christmas birthdays. I think it would be fun sometimes, but then other times the stress of holidays and property taxes being due that a mid to late December baby freaks me out a little. One of my friends did have a summer birthday party every year because he was a Christmas baby.

@Ginaandcorey: good luck tomorrow! I ordered more cheapies that will be here tomorrow. The absolute earliest I can test is Thursday which is my son's birthday, so I'm trying to decide if I should just wait and enjoy his birthday, but then I will also be thinking about it if I don't test. Gahhhh

@MamaBear87: thank you! I want to test, but I don't... His actual birthday is Thursday, and his party is Saturday and we will have house guests from Thursday to Sunday; so all sorts of chaos right in my testing window. I had my first triphasic last month, but it was also my first month on Clomid and I'm pretty sure that effected my temps some (and I might have had a chemical). But I hope yours is because of a baby!

@Sams Mom: @LAZB: @MamaBear87: my potential due date is my mom's birthday. It's fun to imagine...even if the cheapie I peed on this morning was stark white. Haha.

@MamaBear87: look at those temps! I hope they keep going up!

@Ginaandcorey: Good luck today!

Started testing yesterday (8 dpo) with cheapies. Two BFNs, which is to be expected. But my chart keeps going up too. Actually today's number way wayyyyyy high, I'm thinking I probably shouldn't trust it.

I submitted a question to the closest fertility clinic on Friday about whether the standard 1 year/under 35, 6 months/over 35 still held true since I'm 32 and DH is 46 and someone actually called me back this morning. She told me that yes although there are studies out there that show DHs age can affect fertility it is still believed that female age is more of a factor. We're no where near ready to go down that road, but I think I just really needed to hear the experts opinion on that.

@MamaBear87: look at those temps!

@BadgerMom: I was 10 cycles (starting my 11th) in when I made my appointment for fertility check. Even though I'm not old (29), I'm a little neurotic and my doctor had told me that I could come in at 10+ cycles because I'd do nothing but stress myself. So depending on if your doctor can run some tests and try the first steps (clomid/Femara) it could be a smaller step in that direction instead of going straight to a fertility center (if that would help you)

@Sams Mom: I have an appointment with my OB in April so I plan to bring things up then. I'm Hoping that maybe she can do at least some preliminary testing (SA, CD 3 & 21) when we're ready. It was just nice for my peace of mind to get a quick opinion from the experts in relation to our age situation so I don't have to worry that my OB is "holding me back." I just didn't want to go into the Fertility Clinic at some later point down the road, they take one look at DH's age, and say "why the heck did you wait so long?!"

@BadgerMom: That totally makes sense!

I just scheduled my annual well woman appointment for May, and I'm really hoping I get to cancel it for a prenatal appointment. It makes me a little sad that I conceded and scheduled.

@afc061018: Great news on your IUI! I hope this is it

5DPO and feeling really discouraged. Having cramps and a 0.4 temp dip this morning, it's still well above my cover line but I just have a bad feeling. Sorry for the whining, just feel like I could eat all my feelings

@MrsMom: I have had some unusual temp fluctuations at 5 dpo too. I don't feel as excited about this month as I have in the past, but then again I never ended up pregnant in previous months... So who knows.

@Sams Mom: we really should only look and say yep ovulated. It's so hard not to get either down or hopeful based on a chart though.

@MrsMom: thanks! Hope your temp dip is just a dip and things go back up tomorrow

@MamaBear87: @BadgerMom: True statement! It drives me crazy, but I keep doing none the less... Pre clomid I get fairly faint control and test lines on OPKs that I liked to temp to make sure that I got ovulation right. Now, maybe I could try the abbreviated chart, I already skip my period because its all sorts of weird.

@MamaBear87: I should be ok, lots of ladies on the Tempdrop facebook group use it like that. The Tempdrop doesn't actually learn your cycles, it just learns your nightly sleeping patterns and then spits out what it thinks is the most accurate temp in the morning. So it's more of just a wearable thermometer than a fertility monitor, if that makes any sense?

That is nice that your temp chart makes you less crazy, I think we're all just trying to figure out that delicate balance of feeling like we're doing something without feeling like we MUST. DO. EVERYTHING.

@Sams Mom: My chart is very similar to yours....Hopefully that's a good sign for both of us!

So, I didn't get blood work today. I'm 99.9% sure AF will show tomorrow, weds or Thurs. Since I'm leaving tomorrow night, I took my lo out to dinner and we had a great time, and I had 2 glasses of wine. I went ahead and got my Femara prescription to take with me. Thankfully it's the least expensive thing I've done while TTC... Even cheaper than a FRER. LOL.