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@MrsMcD: hey ive been busy with work got hurt so was out of work for a few days hubby took me on a little weekend getaway which I sooo needed and now back at work today. Im on my tww not sure when I ovulated so dont know how many dpo I am af is due on the 22 or 23 so just taking it a day at a time not getting so worked up if im not prego bc itl drive me crazy did take a hpt yesterday and it was a bfn so not sure if it worked this month but none the less staying positive.

Hello Ladies! I have been gone for a while with my in-laws in town from DC and preparing for DH's brother's wedding. I will have to catch up later today. Hope everyone is doing well!

Update for my cycle: I am 2DPO we BD O-3, O-1, and O+1 and this morning just for good measure. I really wish we would have hit O but our work schedules did not permit. Hopefully that was enough. Let the TWW continue...

@AmeliaBedilia: hmmm.....I took progesterone after IUI and stopped and seemed my body made it again, I know many HB that had spotting and such before a BFP

Hold out and if no true AF in a few days test,

It is such a mind game.....praying for you!

@Snowdrop: Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I only hope I can be as lucky as you and have things happen so quickly!

@simply_london: you have a great attitude! I moved you to the 23rd on the list. Keep us posted!

@organicmama: That's exciting about the blood work!!! Do you know how long you will have to wait for results? And do you have a little break in between your two jobs?

@ctegge0416: That's a great amount of BDing!

@AmeliaBedilia: i'm hoping out hope for you, too! And I did just once have a random super early AF. So either way I'm sure its nothing to worry about.

@LindsayInNY: You went to the RE today?!?!? Please share all the details!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@MaryM: Hi, lady!!

@MrsMcD: Haha, well... Had a hard time finding my left ovary because it was hiding behind some bowel obstruction. Pretty sh*tty, huh? (I'm hilarious, I know). I LOLed about it though. Otherwise uneventful! Starting Clomid tonight and going from there...

@MrsMcD: We were in West Virginia on the Shenandoah. It was WAY slower than I imagined, but we were ok with that.

If I see DH really depends on his schedule. If he opens he'll be home by 9 or 10 and I'll wait up for him. If he works a mid he's home around midnight and I might wake up when he gets home. If he's closing, I might try to wake him up in the morning instead. Those shifts stink though.

I think his other day off is Tuesday, so hopefully that falls on O or O-1. But Tuesdays and Wednesdays are difficult even if he's off because they're the nights I'm in class until 10.

@LindsayInNY: That's an awesome plan!!!! And a funny female doctor is as good as it gets in my book.

@GoGoSnoGirl: Hi lady! What's the good word??

@LindsayInNY: FX for you!

Thoughts on acupuncture please: If you were about to start clomid for the first time, would you also start acupuncture for the first time that same cycle?

I have a totally regular cycle, so I'm nervous to start anything that might knock my cycle out of whack.

@LindsayInNY: Thanks. That's what I was thinking too.

And OMG... there's nearly a week gap between the current and the upcoming POASers.... Will I have to sacrifice myself and POAS early and often?

@organicmama: hcg makes the corpus luteum work harder tp produce more oesterogen and progesterone just like If you had conceived and yes the immature eggs were diagnosed by lowish oestrogen levels and the fact my corpus luteum wasn't making very good amounts of progesterone.

@MrsMcD: well, I did POAS again this a.m., which is 13dpo, but still BFN & no AF. So waiting & watching... Ugggh. I'm so impatient! I want a clear answer in either direction so I can get excited or on to scheduling our next steps already.
I've been curious about acupuncture as well, but haven't yet tried it. I do go to a massage therapist who does fertility massage, though, & she warned me last time I saw her (on CD1) that she probably got things flowing & not to be surprised if I bled more heavily that day/next. And was she right!! So, I'd guess acupuncture could well be even more "powerful".

Bleeding seems to be less and mostly brown. I am still going crazy with this spotting and praying that it is implantation and doesn't turn into AF. Silver lining- I feel a little less crazy being able to vent to you ladies, and know you're sending good thoughts.

I was at Target today and a bunch of baby stuff was 50% off, some even 70% off. I love getting deals, so it was really hard not to buy the travel system for $56. I thought how nice it would be to have a cheap set for friends or family if they were watching LO. It was definitely girly, which made it easier to pass on. I sound so crazy!

@GoGoSnoGirl: It is so hard to be in limbo! Sometimes not knowing is harder than getting the answer you don't want. Hoping you still get your BFP and it's just too early.

@lindsayinny: sounds like a success story in the works

@mrsmcd: I will join you in the sacrifice. Ain't no way I'm waiting til the 29th to test! More like the 26th that will be 11 or 12 dpo.

@ameliabedelia: good luck sister!!!

@KelLeeLeee: 27 is YOUNG, honey! You have all kinds of time.

Bleeding is now bright red and heavier. Totally AF, except why is she here now, giving me what I believe is a 5 day LP? Anyone try off the progesterone and have a rebound cycle where LP was extra short? I don't get it, I am angry, frustrated, and devastated. To make matters worse:
1. I bought a new menstrual cup, and the silver lining this month was supposed to be using the new menstrual cup- still not here. Plus I figured buying it would make a BFP come- of course you buy something to make AF better and then you don't need it, right?
2. The timing sucks. I have a work conference for 4 days that I have been going to for 3 years, and trying to get elected to help run it for the past 2 years. I finally got it, and it is 4/29-5/2. I am out of town (without DH) 8/5-8/11. This meant we would miss the entire FW, which guaranteed that I wouldn't get a BFP next cycle. I was partially looking forward to a break from TTC, using my acne medication for the next 6 weeks, etc. I am sure some of you probably think I'm being a whiny baby, but given we are now in our 17th cycle (and I had charted for over a year before TTC with normal periods and no risk factors for IF), I feel like I have given up so much for TTC, not done so many things because I thought I would be pregnant, and this conference is really important to me, and the thought of giving it up just makes part of me die inside. Now I am probably O 8/4. Due date would be 4/27 "with elective delivery after 4/20." So what do we do now? Condoms? Abstinence? NTNP and risk missing the conference? Do I go back on progesterone? I am a mess!

ETA: conference is 4 days, and I can probably get direct flights each way (1 hour 45 minutes). I could have my mom come and watch baby while I am in the conference, and they are pretty family friendly (though they might think I was crazy for trying to come 1 week PP).

@LindsayInNY: Sorry for my frustrated ramblings. I did acupuncture on CD4. My spleen meridian, one of the three that is most important in fertility was off, and she was able to confirm that is now fixed. I always O on CD15. EWCM seemed to confirm (though difficult with conceive plus and frequent BD- I struggle telling CM from semen). I took my temp once on CD16, and it was high (I realize not very helpful). I have had an intermitent tinge of very mild dark brown discharge intermittently starting CD18. Yesterday (CD21) it was more and intermittently pink and other times brown. It seemed to decrease last evening, but now heavier and red, seeming like AF. I started a probiotic last cycle, but no new supplements this cycle. The other big thing is I am not working right now so the stress level is lower (though still some stress with tying up some loose ends with old job and lots of stuff with starting new job).

@LindsayInNY: Acupuncture that one day only. Bleeding seems a little less than full-blown AF, but seems way too heavy for implantation bleeding. Thanks for caring, listening, and trying to help. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it!!!!