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@Anya: just saw the updated list, thanks!!
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Just wondering: what is everybody's position on drinking during the TWW? Most resources I've seen suggest it doesn't pose much risk to a pregnancy since you don't share a bloodstream with baby yet, but it makes me feel sort of guilty and nervous! But, I do love a glass of wine, and it seems like sort of a bummer to give it up for half the month every month when I don't even know if I might be pregnant!
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@angelachase: I wouldn't give it up unless you really want to. I don't usually drink during the TWW mostly because it affects my temperatures and I want to have an accurate chart, but if not for that I would indulge more
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@angelachase: im drink til its pink. i had a mixed drink the night before my bfp with LO 1
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@angelachase: I'm not a big drinker (as in 1 or 2 alcoholic beverages a year) so it depends on what your comfortable with!
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@angelachase: my position on drinking during the TWW is a big fat positive - as in, I love my wine and try to enjoy it even more than usual
(always assuming, incorrectly for the past three cycles, that it will be a long time before I get to imbibe again). I say, if you enjoy it, drink 'til it's pink!
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@Anya: @googly-eyes: Wine
I'll have to make sure DH and I go to get sushi before I test too. Both are things I might have in very tiny quantities toward the end of pregnancy (I did with LO#1) - but the prospect of not being able to have something has always made me want it more.
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With all this writing about wine, I just realized we don't have any in the house... pretty sure my TWW started yesterday, so this is a problem!
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@Anya: @sorrycharlie: @keepcalmcarrie: Thanks for the reassurance! I went ahead and had two glasses of yummy white wine tonight!
@MrsStar: Haha.....I am more like 3-5 alcoholic beverages per week, soooo.....
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@angelachase: I'm not a big drinker but I had a glass of wine the week I got my bfp. I don't plan on changing any habits until I get the +
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@Anya: could you please me add me on May 10?
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@angelachase: I am usually a pretty obsessively careful person but I am SOOOO drink till its pink this month! I will probably go back to a more obsessive MO later but after 5 months of stressing (6 if you count a NTNP month) I need a chill pill. Oh and for what it's worth I am not a big drinker by any means but I did drink coffee and alcohol with my son because I was on honeymoon and didn't think in a million years I would be pregnant. He is healthy. Maybe just luck but I think most people are safe so long as they don't go overboard.
Tomorrow is CD 10 and I haven't decided yet if I will even use OPKs this month. I might just because I'm curious to see if I will ovulate early again but I am feeling so lazy about the whole process.
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@keepcalmcarrie: Sorry for the delayed response -so busy this week. My symptom spotting is not getting any better. I've been noticing nausea, tons of CM, sore breasts and nipples and very moody . I'm only 7 dpo now, so I'm probably just imagining most of it. What sort of symptoms did you notice early on? Anything as early as 5 dpo? I always thought you can't have symptoms until you implant.
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@angelachase: I usually try to act like I'm pregnant during the TWW, just in case. I have to say though, now that I'm on my 4th cycle, it's getting kinda old.
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@Anya: Whenever AF arrives I get a bunch of indulgent food and watch crappy reality TV with my heating pad. Haha! It sounds so pathetic, but it really helps!
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@Anya: @keepcalmcarrie: Will you move my POAS to 5/4? That should be 11 DPO, I'm pretty sure. I don't think I'll be able to wait until 5/10
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@HeartAbandoned: done!
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@MrsHansen82: I had the same symptoms you're describing - the sore breasts being the most noticeable, because that is never a PMS symptom for me. I think my symptoms started around 6DPO... I could have sworn it was in the first week of the TWW. Not sure if that makes sense with implantation, but it's what I remember
I have a good feeling for you!!
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@MrsHansen82: yes i love my heating pad!
@keepcalmcarrie: that's so true, being told to stay away from something would make me want it even more, even if I never craved it too much normally
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Ladies, I am trying SO so hard to not get my hopes up this cycle.. but that is difficult when your chart looks like this
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@Anya: now that is a beautiful chart! FX for you, I don't think it hurts to get your hopes up...
I have a really good feeling about our POAS group so far!
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Cycle day 19
Cycle # 10
POAS date // May 7
Baby # // 1
Game plan this month // Started taking Pregnacare conceive vitamins and loads of prayers this month. Keeping fingers crossed -
My first time really participating in a POAS thread!
Cycle day // CD2
Cycle # // 1
Ovulation & POAS dates // O maybe May 8. POAS May 18. Cycles have been really weird lately so I’m hoping I ovulate at all.
Baby # // 2
Your game plan this month // Remembering to temp. I bought a digital OPK so I hope it works or will give me an idea if I’m ovulating.
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@Anya: that chart looks perfect! Good luck!
@MrsMccarthy: Thanks for the reassurance! I am trying not to get too anxious about it all.....women have been getting & staying pregnant for thousands of years, so we must be pretty resilient, right?
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@Anya: Thanks for adding me to the list!
Your chart looks textbook! The second temp jump after 5DPO looks especially encouraging. I'm getting really excited for you
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@Anya: wow! That's beautiful!!! FX!
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Ladies, will you take a look at my chart? I have not been temping/charting very religiously in the past few months, so I don't have much practice in recognizing when I O'd (and Kindara doesn't have the crosshairs like FF does). Do you think the temp increase shows I O'd yesterday, or is it not big enough of a shift?
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@angelachase: it is definitely a big enough increase, it just depends if the shift sustains through tomorrow and the next day. If your temp stays high tomorrow, I'd say you definitely O'd yesterday!
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@Anya: What a beautiful chart! I'm glad to see how high your temps are before your jump, too. This is my first month charting, and my temps have been in the upper 97s + so far, which seemed odd based on what I've seen from other people. So thanks for sharing
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@angelachase: I don't temp, but based on your CM and rising reps, I'd say your chances are pretty good!
@Anya: That chart looks great! Maybe we'll get BFPs on the same day!
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@HeartAbandoned: I've mentioned this on other threads but my temp has gone up over time and was lower overall when I temped orally (I now temp vaginally). I've been charting for a long time so of you are interested you can see all of the charts on my FF page, I think the link is on pg 2 or 3 of this thread
Thanks everyone! Hope it still looks good in a few days
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@Anya: Ooh, Thank you for that info! I'll stalk your charts now
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@angelachase: Uh, I was on vacation leading up to BFP and drank the most I've ever drank in years
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@snowjewelz: Hahaha, that was me before my first BFP! Just one night in a Mexian restaurant where I clearly thought I was out for the month and had 2 huge margaritas, plus 2 glasses of wine when I got home... so much more than I ever drink...oops!
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@Anya: Fx for you!!
@keepcalmcarrie: Haha maybe the secret is to let go & drink lots afterall
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Will likely be joining here in a few days...
@angelachase: I didn't give up alcohol my first 3 cycles, but now I am starting to worry it could be hurting my chances to conceive, so I think for my next cycle I will cut it out.
@Anya: Your chart looks sooo good
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@Anya: such a pretty chart! You're hanging onto April, like me!
FF says I'm 13dpo, but I might only be 11dpo. I'll POAS this weekend, which is why I haven't jumped into the May board yet... Been following, tho!
I'm hardly having any symptoms this TWW and my temps are nice and stable - which is either a good sign for pg, or just a sign that my Naturopath/Acupuncturist knows what she's doing and has stabilized my hormones this cycle!! Either way- good news.
Wishing all the May-be Babies good luck and sticky beans.
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1 MrsHansen82, lilyofthewest, Anya, ValentineMommy
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Hope this is it for you!! 
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