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@Sams Mom: Good luck with the sneaky-freaky BD-ing!

@Sams Mom: doesn't really matter. I start mine The night of 3dpo

After Day 6 of my UTI, I gave in and went to the urgent care center to see the Doc on call. No amount of Cystex, water, chicken broth, unsweetened cranberry juice, d-mannose, Tylenol, yogurt, apple cider vinegar, kombacha, and kimchee was healing me. ☹ Another 7-day treatment of Macrobid -- cue the nausea and poo. Ugh.
On a more positive note - this TWW has been breezing by. Perhaps, because I've been feeling cruddy or maybe because I've been preoccupied with work, appointments, planning for G's 4th Bday, planning to have company around Christmas, decorating, and so on. IDK 🤷‍♀️ but it has been whipping by!

OK, ladies, let us not allow DECEMBER POAS die here.

D-POAS CPR, Here goes:
6 or 7 DPO - Starting with non-symptoms... or maybe symptoms from the Macrobid, I can't tell anymore.
Non-symptoms: Still feel the d#mn UTI, fullness in lower stomach (bloating, uterus, or bladder, who knows? 🤦‍♀️), not really hungry, tired, and breasts getting sore (upper toward sides). The last 2 months I had virtually no symptoms so, IDK ... could be something, could be nothing. 🤷‍♀️

Have any of you ladies heard of anyone having a UTI from after OV and last the majority of one's TWW, still going on to have a BFP? ‍♀️ I haven't personally so I was just looking for anecdotal evidence to keep my morale up this cycle. TIA.

P.S. Thank you, @Jessiemuller88.

I’m 5 dpo, nothing exciting happening here. My back is hurting again, but I’m going to wait to do more steroids until after I test.

@LAZB: no! that’s crappy

Good morning, ladies.

Nothing exciting here.
Macrobid is making me feel "ixchee" (icky) as my DS says (* he has a lateral lisp - it is adorable when he says it). It always does. I looked back to my last two cycles on it (January 2018 and March 2018) and Macrobid appears to SHORTEN my luteal phase when I take it. My January cycle was 19 days from AF to AF while March was a whopping 16 day cycle. Both had confirmed OV with a reduced Luteal. A bit frustrated atm that this may [hypothetically] happen a third time as my temps are already dropping at 7/8 dpo. Of course, a two day drop at this time can be anything - good or bad, so I'm trying not to put too much into it. My main concern is that since antibiotics rid one's body of good strains of bacteria/biotics which regulate hormone levels (especially estrogen for producing significant endometrial lining and progesterone to maintain a pregnancy when TTC), aren't I sabotaging myself by taking them post OV? I do know that I need them at this point because my symptoms were pointing to kidney infection which would have been even more detrimental were I actually to conceive (sepsis, miscarriage, etc.). Anyway, just putting my thoughts to paper ... er, rather keypad, as otherwise they'd endlessly float around in my mind all day long. 🙄
Thank you for baring with me.

I don't have any news either. I'm 8dpo today and my temp dropped a bit. I didn't temp yesterday, I didn't sleep at home, but at this point of the cycle I can afford skipping a day. I'm guessing it'll pop back up tomorrow, it's a bit early for me to start a downward trend.
This cycle's non-symptoms include sore breasts, feeling a bit ill/feverish and growing a brand new chin (or possibly a nose?) on my face, I'm hoping it'll make itself scarce as soon as possible...

Sorry I’ve been MIA the past few days. Obviously Thanksgiving was happening, and of course I was working quite a few days, but yesterday my favorite uncle (only have 2) finally lost his battle to cancer. My mom is devastated as are we all - but now she can’t think about anything but her own mortality since she’s the last one left of her nuclear family. Been FaceTiming with DD to cheer her up. DH and I did spend the day decorating for Christmas though which is my all time favorite day of the year, so that was a good offset.

AFM, I go back to the RE tomorrow morning for an US and estradiol level. I’m hoping things are on track. One thing the US is looking for is to make sure I’m not ovulating on my own through the estrogen. I’ve been temping (whatever that’s worth on a medicated cycle) and the occasional OPK with no signs of OV. So hoping for good news tomorrow that we are on track for our Dec 3 transfer.

Out of curiosity- my OPK did this weird dye run thing. Is that a second too long in the dip?

@Sams Mom: Oh crap you just reminded me I need to take my evening dose of estradiol! Thank you!

@Kaohinani: @Sams Mom: It wasn't fun, but I think mine is on the mend now.

@yellowbeach: I'm so sorry for your loss.

Nothing exciting today (8/9 dpo). Had a bit of Creamy CM today. Tired and a wee bit crampy. Ate cottage cheese 2 days straight (which I haven't had since I was living with my parents before college for my undergraduate degrees.). Still, nothing uber-exciting. ‍♀️

I figured I would post my chart because to POAS would be pointless this early. 🙄 My chart is "so vanilla" (as my DD says) this month that it is painful. 🤣 No exciting "dramatic" dips to keep me on the edge of my seat, no accelerated rises, no triphasic level - BORING! LOL.

@mrskansas: I'm sorry to read that. ☹ Since you suspect the possibility of PCOS or a similar cause of hormonal dysfunction which would cause ovulatory metergasis, will you be requesting additional testing to find out why your cycles are so long?

@mrskansas: Wow, everything does look within the scope of normal numbers. 🤔 The only other things your RE may suggest are as follows: a pelvic exam, another transvaginal US, a possible second HSG, and, in rare cases, exploratory surgery. Heck, he/she may try therapeutic doses of fertility medications in the hopes of shortening your cycle a bit.

@Kaohinani: The first/last HSG I had was a year ago so that could be a good idea to repeat. I also thought about asking for a semen analysis since my husband was only checked at the time we did an IUI (everything was fine though).
Also maybe an endometrial biopsy to rule out issues there.

@mrskansas: IDK, 🤔 definitely something to ask your RE about. I hope you are able to find out something helpful and soon. If you find anything and feel comfortable doing so, please share as I'm certain it would be helpful to someone else here reading these posts.