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@LindsayInNYC: WOO HOO...looks positive to me!! So thrilled for you!!

@babycanuck: Bahahahaha! Love it! I have been the same way... I don't have the best "drive", if you will, and I've been putting out like crazy. I think he knows he's a piece of meat right now.

Finally! I think my poas date can be added as march 19! Thanks

I'm going to use another OPK tonight to see what it says... DH is still sick. He wants to BD tonight regardless. I have mixed feelings. I believe that God has a plan for things but at the same time I think we have some control over our own destiny... If my OPK is right and I ovulate today/tomorrow, I would have essentially a Thanksgiving due date. The Saturday before my cousin is getting married in AZ (cross country). I worry that I'll get a BFP now and my family will be out of town when I go into labor. I would live the LO tax deduction this year but I'd also like to give birth early next year so that I can earn a high bonus for this year. I don't know... This is all such silly reasons to NOT BD though. At the end of the day, at least I know I ovulated. Will have to see what happens tonight...

@LindsayInNYC: Congrats mommy!!! That is def a line;)))

@Pirouette: I didn't/don't have any O symptoms really. Have noticed varying CM over the past couple weeks though. I'm afraid to admit this but I started OPKs around CD 24 or so? Since my first cycle post BC was 40 days, I guessed a normal 12-16 LP. I was doing the OPKs daily until this past weekend - CD 45 or something? So for a good 20 days. They were just the cheapo Wondfo strips. This weekend DH said to just gamble and do them EOD which is what I've been doing. I'll try another tonight though. ETA: I just looked at my chart, I've been doing OPK since CD19 - holy cow! LOL.

@walnutems: Welcome! For the first little while off BCP, anything is fair game so there's not much sense in symptom-spotting, even though I know we can't help ourselves.

I was on the pill for 12.5 years, and in the weeks after I stopped I got sore nipples (first time in my life), nausea and cramping off and on. The symptoms all ended when I had an **extremely** light and short period right on schedule as if I were still on the pill. I think it was all just hormones regulating.

I'm now on CD 19 with no symptoms of any kind, no positive OPK (I've been testing every day around 6 p.m. since CD9 just in case), and nothing notable in my BBT. So far.

We're here for you when you get impatient, frustrated, or KU!

@walnutems: Echoing what @Lately said! My first cycle post-BC (after 12 years on it) was 40 days. My current cycle (2nd post BC) is now 49 days. I've been doing OPKs since CD19 (I kid you not!) and just now got a positive. I thought I noticed some symptoms last cycle but haven't noticed much this cycle aside from CM.

@LindsayInNYC: This is why I'm charting right now. I just started a job and I'd really like to be here a year or close to a year before I have another baby. I don't think it's a bad thing to hold off on BD if the timing wouldn't be right.

@LindsayInNYC: ha, that's a lot of OPKs! i got a + OPK on CD16, and then basically stopped them. but now i'm kicking myself because i have no idea if i O'd. next cycle i'll definitely do them more consistently. and i totally understand the timing, especially as a fellow esq!

@walnutems: welcome! I have never in my life had tender breasts, and holy crap, this am i couldn't even put on a sports bra, let alone trying to run...ouch! haha, it's my second month off bcp, and i must say it's a bit of a trip...i hope things settle down after a few months for all of us

@LindsayInNYC: I totally get that. but i also get not wanting to regret taking time off, especially when it's not necessary even just a month, more like a month and a half or 2! i think i'd just keep working hard, trying for the bonus, and then see what happens...at least you will know soon if this is an issue, and if it is, you can enjoy easing up on the billing a little this year not that i'm saying you should slack at your job, haha. there are some years that i just value leaving a little early and not driving myself crazy over trying to make a bonus. if it's a make or break bonus for you, though, just have faith in the system...one cycle wasted is not the end of the world

@T.H.O.U.: Thanks! I thought this was going to be the neverending cycle... I agree, there's no guarantee of a BFP this cycle, next cycle, anything. I just wonder if I can help control my destiny to some extent?

No go on the progesterone test. I'm a little bummed. The nurse said nobody in the office tests it unless it's an iui patient. So I asked if they would check it once I get pregnant and she said no again. So then I asked if they would check my betas once I get a positive test. She said to call when I do and I can sit down with my midwife then. Funny part of the conversation: my midwife says if I'm getting positive opks that I am ovulating. She needs to join the hb boards or use Google to learn that's not true. staying hopeful this is our month.

@Ash: i feel you!!! that was the same reaction my Dr. had..."if you are getting a positive OPK than you are ovulating", i swear some Dr.'s just dont care...

@marionberry: do you need a recommendation to go to an RE? I have Kaiser so i am not sure how that would work...

@marionberry: the practice I go to is 2 midwives and 5 doctors and she said even the docs don't test. I'm going to call the other ob group in town and see about switching. I'm afraid a RE wouldn't be covered by our insurance.

@MrsCastro: that's how I felt. I didn't say it but wanted to ask if they even care about someone being able to sustain a pregnancy. Surely doesn't seem like it.