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@mrskansas: Its so weird. Acne as an adult means I feel like everyone is looking at me and wondering why my face looks so splotchy. I don't typically wear make-up to work but some days I wish I did wear it to hide behind.
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@snarkybiochemist: I am a really sparse makeup wearer but I could not have come to work yesterday or today if it wasn't for concealer. I'm so self conscious even with it covered up, let alone with no makeup. It's bad.
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@mrskansas: I don't even possess concealer to try, and a full face of foundation sounds just awful. Thankfully I hide in my lab and don't see many people.
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@snarkybiochemist: Yeah I can't do full foundation, it feels gross to me, no matter what brand/type I try.
Maybe we will get lucky & have amazing skin when we do get pregnant??
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@mrskansas: I hope so. I really hope I have an easy pregnancy after all these issues getting pregnant, but with my luck and hormone history it will be rough.
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@snarkybiochemist: Yeah I'm with you!
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@mrskansas: Fingers so crossed for us both
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@periwinklebee: Wow I'm so sorry, that's incredibly insensitive. One of my friends who I saw while I was on vacation, who has a 1 1/2 year old son, was like "Have you tried xyz..." a couple of times. And I was like, sweetie, I love you and I know you're only trying to help, but believe me if it exists I have tried it.
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Ahhhhh am I sabotaging myself??!
Yesterday evening I got my positive OPK and then we went out for dinner with some friends, and I had every intention of BDing when we got back. But we didn't get home until like 10, my husband stayed up and watched TV and I went to bed. In my head I was like "Ohhh we'll try in the morning" and then this morning I didn't have an alarm set since I'm working a late shift today, and my husband overslept and woke up right as he was supposed to be out the door!
Took another OPK this morning and it was still positive... but it was a looooong hold, like 9 hours. Ugh why am I doing this to myself after all this effort?!
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Oh but I did want to share that last night DH and I were talking and he was like "We should start a band and call it Luteal Phase." LOL! I think I really like it. He plays drums and I play guitar and sing so maybe we should do it, haha.
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@bizwitch: I'm sorry, this process is so complicated. I second guess everything all the time and its super frustrating. I never tested for OPKs in the morning, so I have no idea how the hormone levels look after that long of a hold.
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@snarkybiochemist: Our timing is not terrible as we did BD the morning of CD 14 and I got my positive OPK the evening of CD 15. So in theory the little swimmers should still be in there knocking around looking for an egg. If not, hopefully tonight won't be too late. But unfortunately I work until 8 or 9 tonight then have to be back at work at 9 tomorrow morning, so I'll have to shove some food in my face, BD and then go straight to bed. So romantic.
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@bizwitch: TTC sex is always romantic, Announcing I'm ovulating is the new sexy lingerie and pouring wine. It very clearly lets my husband know we will be having sex tonight no matter what your opinions on it are
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@snarkybiochemist: I almost never O from TTC sex. I just like... am so oriented on his O that I don't even think about mine. It only gets worse as the months pass too.
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@bizwitch: I know you say that you've tried everything, but have you tried the "coming inside" trick? Just sayin', little known strategy, but I've heard it helps.
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@periwinklebee: LOL WHOA. Good idea.
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@periwinklebee: @bizwitch: don't forget to stand on your head for an hour afterwards. gravity is a real bitch
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P.S. I hope you've read the rest of the board from this morning, otherwise you'll think I lost my marbles!
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@bizwitch: Not to get to personal but we worry about my husbands orgasm during sex and then he typically makes me orgasm in non-penetrative ways. This means we both get the release without having to be concerned about making it happen when the baby making part is happening
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@mrskansas: Hah, hah I also had a friend who swore the trick was that you had to have a pillow under your butt while doing the act - otherwise, how would the sperm get to where they needed to go
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@periwinklebee: I must say, it might be nuts but I do try and lay down, sometimes with a pillow under my butt after sex. Its all just crazy old wives tales but anything to help right? After my IUI I had to lay down for 10-15min, so there might be something to it.
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@periwinklebee: I read it and laughed out loud multiple times. This board is the tops.
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@snarkybiochemist: Yeah, I saw somewhere that lying down for 10 minutes increased the success rate of IUI, but also read that sperm can get to where they are going in like 2 seconds. I try to lay down for a few minutes after, just in case.
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@periwinklebee: We all do what we can
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@bizwitch: @periwinklebee: @snarkybiochemist: so many lulz, this board is going off the wall right now.
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@Tionn3: We have to at least entertain ourselves
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@periwinklebee: I also try to lay down for 20 - 30 minutes afterwards, sometimes with a pillow under my butt...not sure it's really necessary. Last month I took it too far though and would just go right to sleep afterwards without peeing or anything. I ended up with a UTI...
The month I got pregnant I don't think I laid down for more than a couple minutes, if that. I had thought I was way past ovulation at the time I actually conceived.
Since we've been trying again these past few months I find myself laying there thinking "just keep swimming, just keep swimming." I love Finding Nemo.
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@PeaceLily: Ugh, sorry about the UTI. Yuck.
On the one hand, it feels good to know that you're doing something that maybe (maybe) could help, but on the other hand it's easy to go overboard. We're not even TTC again yet, and I already find myself too obsessed with perfecting my diet, or staying hydrated enough, or doing whatever little thing almost certainly doesn't matter but I desperately want it to help me get pregnant again.
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@periwinklebee: I get obsessive as well and tend to try new things every month thinking I must have not done enough the previous month. I started acupuncture in December before we even started trying again, in January I used OPKs and preseed, in February I added in grapefruit juice to help with cm, and this month I started drinking organic raspberry leaf tea since it's supposed to strengthen your uterus. My husband hates that I feel the need to try new things every month.
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@PeaceLily: Yeah, I can tell myself over and over that there's not much that I can do besides getting the timing right, but my mind can't help but enter problem solving mode to try to figure out what's not working and what needs to be fixed...
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@PeaceLily: ha, the month I conceived my son I made DH and me drink like a gallon of pomegranate juice for reasons related to fertility that I no longer recall. It's hard to not try everything in your power, even if it's not entirely rational!
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When we were TTC my first LO I had an older coworker go into intense detail about how more foreplay allowed more sperm into the semen so I had to really spend time "getting your man going" and then some very intense tips on how to make sure I O after he ejaculates so the cervix dips into the semen he deposited more effectively.... so much brain bleach needed after that ...
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I'm just now catching up with this thread--"make sure he comes inside you?!" LOL!!
Let me go get my cup and turkey baster.....
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Catching up and you ladies have made me lol at all the "helpful advice"!
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@snarkybiochemist: You can put me on the list! I feel confident enough, although you never know.
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Positives
msmini shellio
3/9 freelikewater
3/14 snarkybiochemist
3/17 mrsbubbletea, oureastandwest
3/18 bizwitch, bananasareyellow
3/21 raspberry
3/27 ttcbee
3/29 mrskansas
3/31 bushelandapeck, peacelily
TBA lilyofthewest mrs.panda
Cheerleader coral
goodluck everyone -
I am prone to over analyzing and overthinking things and some anxiety, but TTC has made all of that worse, and all of it super focused on my body. I now pay attention to every cramp, twing, pang, hell even gas gets my attention. I love knowing what my body is doing, mostly, but I really hate this.
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@snarkybiochemist: Yeah it sucks. I get a lot of anxiety over this stuff too but am trying to relax a little (trying).
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@mrskansas: I'm trying as well, because honestly focusing on the twinges is not going to make me any more pregnant or not pregnant
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Today is my last day of Clomid!
I guess I'll start OPKs this weekend and start making more of an effort to BD every day.
Let me go get my cup and turkey baster.....
msmini shellio 
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