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@mrskansas: Yahoo! Good luck!!!

@snarkybiochemist: I think I also tend to be prone to over-analysis, mild anxiety, and getting tunnel vision where I can just get really focused on one thing and find it hard to keep stuff in perspective. It was always something I could manage fine on my own, but I feel like the recent loss has provoked a ton of anxiety. I think it is largely hormonal, as it didn't happen til after the D&E and then came on very hard and suddenly. I guess it's a good warning to expect something similar if we do finally have a baby - if the past few weeks are any indication, I will be a post-partum mess. For now I am just trying to take care of myself, and may see someone about it if it doesn't resolve by the time I get my period back.

I see I was already taken off the list, but I am out.

@snarkybiochemist: Thanks!

@dc yoga bee: I'm sorry

@periwinklebee: I definitely suffer from anxiety as well, it runs in my family unfortunately. I also get tunnel vision when trying to conceive and it's so frustrating. Since my loss I'm even more focused on it since I feel like my first pregnancy was taken from me and I don't feel like anything will be right with the world until I'm pregnant again. I know it's not healthy to think this way, but I can't help it.

@snarkybiochemist: My chart and my OPK say ovulation was on CD 15, but I had some residual ewcm on CD 16 so it is possible that I ovulated on CD 16...so I could be 13 DPO. This is also a cycle where I had an HSG, so...who knows maybe that has something to do with it. I'm sure I'll start spotting tonight...it's also possible the spotting just hasn't made its way down from my cervix yet, and If I were to do a more in depth check I would find some spotting. blegh.

@PeaceLily: I think it's perfectly normal to feel that way - even if it feels terrible. Sending you lots of and for a sticky baby soon.

@chypmunk: On my Clomid cycles the doc said to do it in the morning, but I think you can really do it any time of day that works for you. My positive OPK came in the evening of CD15. What brand are you using? The digital ones never worked for me but with Wondfos I got a blazing positive with and without Clomid. You can always do it twice a day if you want. More feasible if you buy the Wondfo cheapies online instead of buying the drug store ones which are $$$.

@tionn3: I'm so sorry. I feel for you, I really do. I'm on cycle 24 right now. Are you late for AF?

I was pleasantly surprised by the RE today! He agreed that my luteal phase was too short on Clomid and said it was a "good catch." Called me "sharp" and was very complimentary. I resisted telling him that I'm less sharp and more obsessed... LOL.

We have a new plan for next cycle. I will do Clomid CD 3-7, then will come in for an HCG shot on the day I get a positive OPK and will start progesterone 3 days later, for 14 days. If I'm not pregnant after 3 months of that then we'll do the same course of medications but with IUI.

We are also ditching the monthly ultrasounds and bloodwork x2 since ovulation has already been confirmed two months in a row. That's a relief because it was costing me around $300/month for all that stuff. However, he does want me to come in next cycle on CD 2 or 3 for a blood pregnancy test. I was like "Wouldn't my period starting tell you that I'm not pregnant?" He was like "I've had women bleed from CD 30 until they give birth nine months later." So that's a great bit of anecdotal evidence we can all use to drive ourselves crazy.

Really, really relieved that we have a new plan. I'm feeling good about this!

@Tionn3: Drink til it's pink! Enjoying a beer or a cocktail during the TWW helps me not obsess.

@bizwitch: I used the easy @ home kit.... this was the first time using it, and the first strip i did at night on CD9 the start of my fertile window as per my tracker... but i have done mornings since and i feel the first one i took was probably the darkest... on a whim i tried one last night and it was still light, as was this morning..... and per my tracker it should be my ovulation date today.... so i'm very lost.

@bizwitch: at this point i have 3 trackers.. the one i use religiously now is ovulation calculator which has a whole range of questions daily to figure the fertile window, the ones i used prior was just the period dates.... 2/3 of the my trackers have the same window, and the other one has my window one day later.. maybe the current window is off by a day? maybe it's tomorrow.... it's all so new to me so im learning every day...

@chypmunk: It is really confusing! And there are no easy answers, unfortunately. It will take several months of OPKs to notice a pattern. If you're not getting positive OPKs, you may want to contact your doctor. But at this point your best bet is just to have lots of sex! Good luck!

@knittylady: Did you do another beta today?

@knittylady: True. And feeling nauseous is a good sign!

@chypmunk: I have a heck of a time with OPKs and temping is useless because I work 1/2 day shifts and 1/2 night shifts so when we were actively TTC my first we just dedicated ourselves to BD every second day from the end of ,y period to the beginning of the next. It was a damn good thing I have a strong sex drive though - turns out I have PCOS and wasn't ovulating on my own so we did that for a year and conceived on my first full metformin cycle.