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@Mrs.Panda: So you use OPK every day and that's it? How do you like using this method and what strips do you use? I'm curious because my temp/cm haven't been able to tell me much, and I dint know when I should use OPK (I have the actual sticks).

@snowjewelz: I tried that this month while also monitoring cm, and I liked it. I'm still unsure about the relation of a positive OPK to when I actually ovulate, though.

@Mrs.Panda: what cd are you?

@lioneyes: Congratulations!!!!!!!

@dc yoga bee: bruno did a great job!

@Mrs.Panda: what makes them more clear?

@Mrs.Panda: Those look.VERY positive!!!! Best of luck!

@Crystal: Yes! Exactly that, too. So far the Babi brand is consistent, for the most part.

@Crystal: Thanks! I know I can be a broken record sometimes "WHY WON'T MY OVARIES WORRRRRK" but I'm glad I have a safe place to voice those concerns rather than to my poor DH.

@lioneyes: congratulations!!! What a great way to start off the month!

@mrs.panda: those are beautiful opks!!! Better get busy with the bd'ing!!!!

We have decided to wait until after we are married in June to do the iui. We are gonna give it a couple more months with trying the Clomid and the preseed etc and see what happens. If nothing by July, we are gonna do it then.

SO....looks like I won't get to poas this month. AF got here on the 1st this month, with a 28 day cycle, I won't be due to poas until March 1st. I will be a cheerleader this month!!!

@Crystal: me too!!! I am hoping that we get our bfp and won't have to wait another 6 months, but we will have to see. All we can do is try and pray.

@MrsMccarthy: do you have an appt scheduled to see how to regulate your period w/o weaning? Or are you going to wait til your adorable son is a little older?

I'm also trying to remain optimistic. I'm doing an early POAS test in the AM, but with the last two being BFNs and not having any symptoms, I'm not too hopeful this is our cycle. I will be 10 or 11 DPO tomorrow.

@Crystal: 10 or 11 DPo is still so early! I hope it's positive for you tomorrow. I've decided to wait a few more cycles before going in. It will not be covered by my insurance and that means a few hundred dollars for the visit and god knows how much for any blood work or ultrasounds. I figure a couple more months probably won't send my eggs into the waste bin but by June is I don't get KU ill break out the big guns. Perhaps sooner. We shall see. I hope I get a BFP and it becomes an non issue. Int he meantime I am enjoying my son and playing around with nutrition and partial weaning in an effort to help things. I've also decided to avoid the B complex this month and see if that changes anything.

@dc yoga bee: I don't know anything about the monitor but I do know that a change in cm like that means you O'd! I wouldn't bother BDing unless the mood really strikes you and I will be testing early and often this time around!

ETA we have BDed the past 4 Days and I am tired lol DH is too. I am all about taking a break so take my advice with a grain of salt!

@Mrs.Panda:I just checked again, and it's definitely scarce and creamy/sticky cm We are a twice a month couple that has just had sex 4 out of the past 5 days. Please, no more sex!!!

@bushelandapeck: yep first month. I read it gives you automatic second day peak, so I'm ready to call this the start of tww! I'm really proud of us for hitting 4 days of fertile week, we've never had so much sex lol!! :Silly:

@dc yoga bee: thats great!
@lioneyes: congrats!!!

We are once a weekers usually, unless the mood hits! This is cycle 5 for us and the first 4 cycles we tried really hard to have sex every second day for the 6 days leading up to O. Last month was a no go, but DH is determined this month for some reason! It is funny.

I on the other hand am very discouraged, not sure why, I guess I have hit the 5 month hump. I really did not think that it was going to be easy for me to get KU, and I truly would have been shocked if I do get KU with out some sort of intervention. My DH is becoming more and more talkative about it, we chatted for over an hour the other night in bed about what our line is for fertility treatments, I explained as much as I knew about IUI and IVF, and drugs to help you ovulate. We talked about sperm and egg donation, and adoption, domestic vs. international. It was a very interesting but in lighting converstation. We sit on the same page for some things, and some are very different. It is nice to know what his thinking and feelings are so that if we ever get to that point we already know each others views. It is the first time he has been very open about all of this. He even asked if when I go in to see my doc in April if not KU by then and get referred to a GYN how he gets tested. It is nice to see that he is taking this on his shoulders as much as he can.

I am just going to keep plugging away, this is day 6 for me, AF has finally left the building. Have had positive OPK`s on day 11 and 12 the last 2 months and I bought some wondfo this month instead of clear blue digital.

Happy Monday everyone! I am at an inservice all day, so will most likely check in to keep myself awake!!!

Left a message with the doctor this morning, to see if they want to explore my missing period. (And because they told me to call).

DH and I really kind of got into it last night. It started because I tossed a pack of cards into the back of the car after they frustrated me (they fell out of my hands a few times on the way to the car.) I've been irritable. No doubt about it. Even if I'm not pregnant, there is no denying that my hormones are up to something. Something that they have never done before. DH wanted to know more. And I've been silly. I wanted to surprise DH with some adorable pregnancy announcement, like I have been watching on youtube for years.

He's bummed because he hasn't had a chance to comfort me when I have been struggling emotionally for the last week. So now he wants to be intimately involved in the process, which sounds like a good plan. I have a super awesome husband.

He also confided in me that he is incredibly excited about having a baby- and sooner than later. He's always made it sound like he would be fine waiting for a years, but maybe he was just trying to put on some manly persona. Or maybe he's come to terms with the fact that we don't have years.

I ran out of HPT this morning. I am also thinking that DH would be willing to buy a fertility monitor for next cycle, whenever that may be.

I wanted to be normal. I wanted to forget that we have a 1% chance of conceiving naturally. I wanted to be like all those women in the movies and on youtube that get positive pregnancy tests and can surprise their DH. If I get bloodwork done and find out my hCG looks good- I won't even have a neat picture to post. I know it sounds so stupid. But it's not THAT stupid, right? It's like dreaming all your life about a beautiful wedding and then you elope. Ultimately, it's wonderful that you are married, but you still mourn a little bit about the lost wedding. Or planning a natural birth and end up having a c-section. You still have a healthy baby. That's what matters most- but there are still many women who are sad that they had to give up their desires of an unmedicated birth. Some women feel like failures.

And maybe that's what I'm feeling like? A hormonal failure? Like I can't even do pregnancy right... or I somehow messed up my cycle? It's silly. And this is a huge long post. Thank you SO much if you read this huge novel. I guess I just want you all to know that if you ever feel these feelings... you aren't alone.

I feel like I should make this post worth your while. So here we are:

Too Long, Didn't Read:
CD32. Ran out of HPTs. Called and left a message with doctor, per their request. DH wants to be more involved. I cried. I want to feel normal. I love you ladies. Thanks for supporting me. Here is a funny dog.

@Adira: Thanks, Adira! It feels really good to feel validated. I didn't really think about the journey part.

It's just so odd. Since being off the BCP, I have had 42, FORTY TWO, normal 28 day cycles. And now this? Blargh.

@HolisticMama: ((hugs)), There's nothing wetting for feeling the way you feel,and wanting to be able to do things you've always imagined! I agree this is an incredible journey we are on, with many ups and downs and surprises along the way.I hope you not only get answers soon, but that all your dreams come true, including poas experience with the positive to share with dh. He sounds like a real keeper too

Good news over here - EWCM this morning, so it looks my cycles are getting shorter and are on their way back to my normal! Woo hoo. DH and I have been BD EOD because it's just better all around if he doesn't know too many details about timing (live and learn...). I should O within the next few days.

@septca: Excellent!! I think I remember you're poas Feb 14?!? Poas twins!! I'll be 12dpo then! Good luck