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Had pretty good cramping yesterday. Like menstrual cramping ... I don't remember that in my first pregnancy at all. Did my usual crazy googling and it seems pretty common in early pregnancy. No AF yet. Fingers crossed... POAS Friday if nothing between now and then...

@crazydoglady: Congratulations!! So excited for you!

@MamaBear87: Yep, I'm charting using CM, OPKs, and temps, so I'm obsessive about it all. Last month I had an odd temp climb/drop cycle that drove me nuts. I'm hoping for a clearer temp chart this month, but who knows.

@youboots: love that you're in on this one!

@MamaBear87: knowledge isn't power, just more crazy -- isn't that the truth???

I did it! I literally was shaking! A day earlier then I said I would, but I couldn't wait any longer!

@JLC53: yay! Congrats!

@JLC53: @crazydoglady: Ahh! Congrats you two!!

I live on the East coast and we are currently getting slammed by snow and wind. I've been going to see the RE every day since Tuesday for monitoring. I know I'm about to surge and did not want to miss my appointment this morning. Lots of anxiety but I made it there and back safely. I finally got the go ahead to trigger! IUI scheduled tomorrow and Saturday morning. So excited!

@nicollette1189: I took my name out of the ring-we are going to wait a few more months. I don’t know if we will use a BC method but we won’t actually try with much effort until June. I would love a 4+ year gap. Technically I’ll have to POAS every month.

@Bluemasonjar: I feel strongly about avoiding the holidays but I feel more strongly about keeping our age gap as close as possible to four years and not getting any older (this is extremely unique to me, my mom has early onset Alzheimer’s and I’m approaching the age she was when she had me so it’s creating some additional stress.). I think avoiding the holidays is a great call if you can make it, it’s already such a stressful time of year.

I’m definitely out but because I’m on the edge of the month, my next O date is Jan 20th and my POAS date can be the 31st.

@Ms.Mermaid: Sorry to keep jumping in (I have been following along but never roll called because I thought I had no shot this month!) So, the only thing I did differently this cycle was acupuncture and take these. They were recommended by @shantuck: to increase egg health. I have taken coq10 before (along with other supplements to increase fertility) but these must have made a difference

Ahhh, unfortunately out for this cycle. I’m glad my cycle is back to its normal schedule...but I was really hoping to not see AF this month (like every month)! Crossing my fingers for some more for you ladies! And I’ll likely be rolling over to February depending on when I ovulate.

I can chime in. I have a DOR and was TTC my 2nd at 35 with no luck for 6 months. I did acupuncture and started CoQ10 at the recommendation of my acupuncturist. She said 600 mg per day and at the time I didn't realize there was a difference between ubiquinone and ubiquinol (both are forms of CoQ10 but ubiquinol is much more potent) so I took 600 mg of ubiquinol and got pregnant. Unfortuntely, that ended in a loss and I stopped the ubiquinol. Several months later it occurred to me that maybe the ubiquinol helped so I took it again and got pregnant that cycle again. I had another loss but tried a third month and conceived my daughter. Now at 38, I took it again (after it had taken me 14 months to conceive my daughter) and once again got a positive test that very first month I tried. This was another loss (I have old eggs and you are supposed to take it for 3 months before you reap the benefit, which I didn't do) but I'm taking it once again so I'll be ready once I'm cleared to try again. I read this author's book but she also talks about this on her blog: http://www.paleo-mama.com/coq10-might-help-reverse-biological-clock/ and http://www.paleo-mama.com/which-coq10-is-best-for-fertility-ubiquinol-or-ubiquinone/.

Basically, this probably won't help a 25 year old but if you are in your 30s/40s and nothing else is diagnosable, it might be worth a try.

I second Ubiquinol. I've been taking 100mg/2x every day and DH the same. I have PCOS and DH has low motility and morphology. I tried acupuncture before I saw a RE and she recommended we both take it. I think it's helping. DH sperm has improved! My cycles are more regular but this could be the combination of vitamins I'm taking - who knows. Here is the one I purchase:
https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Origins-Ubiquinol-Non-GMO-Count/dp/B00B0YQ7JI/ref=sr_1_17_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1515265087&sr=1-17&keywords=ubiquinol

@Ms.Mermaid: I got mine off of Amazon and I'm happy with it. They have a few to choose from. https://www.amazon.com/Multi-Function-Thermometer-Temperature-backlight-switchable/dp/B01MFFBT8Y/ref=sr_1_4_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1515329819&sr=8-4&keywords=bbt+thermometer+backlight&refinements=p_72%3A2661619011