sammysam
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TFAS 4/16
Apr 16, 2018 7:26:42 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 16, 2018 7:26:42 GMT -6
Schools are closed today so I'm just going to start this early.
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remi
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Post by remi on Apr 16, 2018 7:59:44 GMT -6
Age of LO(s): 5.5
Month/Cycle: 5/4
CD/DPO: according to FF I'm CD21/DPO3
Timing: -4, -2, O
RRCS: I'm really frustrated with H, this month he has not seemed into actually having sex when we need to. And between the 2 of us it's usually me that needs to be talked into it. But I wanted to at least try for Saturday and Sunday and he rolled over and went to sleep both nights. And FF thinks that I ovulated on Friday which would be CD18, and I think I just missed my O because I didn't test Friday night. I'm having a really hard time being optimistic about this cycle.
My question is, should I put in a positive OPK for Friday even if I didn't test at night? I had a pretty dark OPK on Saturday morning but it wasn't a true positive.
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Post by wildhoney on Apr 16, 2018 9:15:21 GMT -6
Age of LO(s): 2 and 4
Month/Cycle: 10/10
CD/DPO: 19/7
Timing: -2, -1, O
RRCS: I’m starting to feel so discouraged about this TTGP journey I’ve been on. I got pregnant so quickly with my first two (which I feel so fortunate for) and I never imagined 10 months of this. It’s so disheartening. I took a break from temping this cycle and it has been nice. No chart to obsess over in the TWW.
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Post by wildhoney on Apr 16, 2018 9:21:00 GMT -6
remi I get 1 day of a darker test line than control line and 2 days of the lines being the same color (one before and one after). Is that how it is for you too? If your lines were like that for Thursday and Saturday, I would put a positive for Friday. I'm sorry your DH was too tired to have sex when you wanted. It looks like you still got in some decent timing though
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Post by remi on Apr 16, 2018 9:46:20 GMT -6
remi I get 1 day of a darker test line than control line and 2 days of the lines being the same color (one before and one after). Is that how it is for you too? If your lines were like that for Thursday and Saturday, I would put a positive for Friday. I'm sorry your DH was too tired to have sex when you wanted. It looks like you still got in some decent timing though Last month I got one similar to the one I got on Saturday the day before I got a glaringly positive. So I thought that I was gearing up for it on Saturday and then when I took the PM one it was super, super light. And Sunday 2 more super, super light ones. I forgot to take one on Thursday
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Post by Tlex on Apr 16, 2018 9:52:54 GMT -6
Age of LO(s): 2, 4
Month/Cycle: month 11 cycle 8
CD/DPO: CD 3
Timing: n/a
RRCS: All over the place right now on whether I want to take a break from TTC, or maybe call it off indefinitely. I have some testing at the end of the month (checking out my ovaries) so maybe that will give me some more clarity on my feelings. Right now I'm just totally emotionally drained. We'll hit the 1 year TTC mark in this cycle.
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Post by charliefox on Apr 16, 2018 10:48:01 GMT -6
Age of LO(s): 2.5
Month/Cycle: 20/4AL
CD/DPO: cd6
Timing: n/a
RRCS: Two more days of Letrozole/Femara, super glad I haven't really had any side effects (I get really dizzy when it kicks in but I take it at bedtime so no biggie). Just crossing all things that this magically makes 2 perfect follicles! I'd be really nervous with 3, and might cancel the cycle unless one is significantly smaller. Although, it's also possible that we will have already hit my fertile window by the time my monitoring ultrasound rolls around. It's all so stressful.
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sammysam
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TFAS 4/16
Apr 16, 2018 10:49:13 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 16, 2018 10:49:13 GMT -6
remi I'd put a positive in for Friday. I'm almost certain you would have gotten it had you tested later at night;)
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Post by sharebear on Apr 16, 2018 11:35:22 GMT -6
Age of LO(s): Almost 3
Month/Cycle: 1/1 (Cumulative ~14 mos + a long break=>Starting fresh at 1)
CD/DPO: 17/ n/a
Timing: TBD. I don't think I'll be ovulating until Wednesday. Which would make it -4,-3,-2
RRCS: I feel like such a newbie this cycle. Getting the all clear to try last week led me to scramble to get OPKs and a thermometer and to re-install apps... I'm not expecting to GKU this cycle due to my husband's work schedule (he travels M-Th for work) and my own screwy cycle. So I'll count this as a rehearsal for the medicated cycle we will do next month. Random: in the past I used a ClearBlue digital fertility monitor because I never got a surge on Wondfos (even testing multiple times a day etc). I'm back to Wondfos because I'm trying to save a few dollars and I'm frustrated already and feel like the Clear Blue digital test would have been less frustrating. At least the Glow app now has a line detector that is easy to use?
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Yogurt
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TFAS 4/16
Apr 16, 2018 13:14:48 GMT -6
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Post by Yogurt on Apr 16, 2018 13:14:48 GMT -6
Age of LO(s): 2 and 4 Month/Cycle: 10/10 CD/DPO: 19/7 Timing: -2, -1, O RRCS: I’m starting to feel so discouraged about this TTGP journey I’ve been on. I got pregnant so quickly with my first two (which I feel so fortunate for) and I never imagined 10 months of this. It’s so disheartening. I took a break from temping this cycle and it has been nice. No chart to obsess over in the TWW. We are the same. I got pregnant easy with dd, and now cycle 12 tfas, with just a chemical pregnancy to show for it.i also don't have much of a chart this month, so I can't obsess either.
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Apr 16, 2018 14:31:13 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 16, 2018 14:31:13 GMT -6
Age of LO(s): 4
Month/Cycle: 15/7AL
CD/DPO: 19/8dpo
Timing: Good I think...-2,-1,O,+2 (just in case O was later)
RRCS: Nothing. Trying not to feel too hopeful. I like the hope and anticipation each month but not the eventual let dowm:/
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Apr 16, 2018 14:34:03 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 16, 2018 14:34:03 GMT -6
sharebear I use the clearblue digital OPKs. I use the clearblue advanced fertility monitor too but I always use the OPKs too because the monitor misses my peak quite often. I can't do the strips. I need a smiley face to tell me when it's positive.
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Apr 16, 2018 14:39:13 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 16, 2018 14:39:13 GMT -6
wildhoney Tlex Sorry you are both feeling so discouraged. It took 4 cycles for us to get DD (which felt like forever at the time), 8 cycles for our loss...and now we're already at the tail end of cycle 7 AL. We've been TTC for way too long at this point. I just keep trying to remember that there isn't any reason why each month won't be the month. But I know month after month of disappointment gets pretty hard to take.
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Post by remi on Apr 16, 2018 15:51:56 GMT -6
sharebear, I use the iProven OPK and it came with 20 pregnancy tests from Amazon. Not too sure I would recommend them, once these are gone I will probably get digital.
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Post by remi on Apr 16, 2018 15:53:10 GMT -6
sammysam, I feel really, really hopeful that this is your month. Your timing looks really good! Did temps confirm O?
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Apr 16, 2018 16:20:22 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 16, 2018 16:20:22 GMT -6
remi Yeah...confirmed O on CD 11 (so a week ago Sunday) but I had a dip on 3dpo...we DTD 2dpo just because so I'm hoping were covered either way...but I'm pretty sure it was CD 11 (FF agrees which is nice). I'm hoping a bunch of us get out of here in the next couple of cycles!
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Apr 16, 2018 16:32:31 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 16, 2018 16:32:31 GMT -6
charliefox Does having 3 follicles increase the chance of multiples? Is that what would cause a cycle to be cancelled?
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Apr 16, 2018 16:36:14 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 16, 2018 16:36:14 GMT -6
So my symptoms on bfp cycles and BFN cycles are pretty much the same. Which is so frustrating. And I've never temped on a bfp cycle so I don't know what my chart would even look like. Gah. I'm trying not to test until Wednesday at the earliest (which would be 10dpo) but my will power sucks.
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Post by sharebear on Apr 16, 2018 18:31:47 GMT -6
remi sammysam thanks, that makes me feel less crazy. Once this box is done, I’m going back to digital.
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Apr 16, 2018 18:46:56 GMT -6
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Post by Yogurt on Apr 16, 2018 18:46:56 GMT -6
So my symptoms on bfp cycles and BFN cycles are pretty much the same. Which is so frustrating. And I've never temped on a bfp cycle so I don't know what my chart would even look like. Gah. I'm trying not to test until Wednesday at the earliest (which would be 10dpo) but my will power sucks. I used FF for my first pregnancy and I can't find my old log in to access that chart. Not even sure what user name or email, etc. I have wished I could find it to analyze, lol.
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Apr 16, 2018 18:56:39 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 16, 2018 18:56:39 GMT -6
So my symptoms on bfp cycles and BFN cycles are pretty much the same. Which is so frustrating. And I've never temped on a bfp cycle so I don't know what my chart would even look like. Gah. I'm trying not to test until Wednesday at the earliest (which would be 10dpo) but my will power sucks. I used FF for my first pregnancy and I can't find my old log in to access that chart. Not even sure what user name or email, etc. I have wished I could find it to analyze, lol. I kept a symptom log for each dpo of my bfp cycle with DD. I spend way too much time reading through it.
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Apr 16, 2018 19:01:34 GMT -6
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Post by Yogurt on Apr 16, 2018 19:01:34 GMT -6
Age of LO(s): 2.5
Month/Cycle: 12/3AL
CD/DPO: 28/9
Timing: -4,-2,+1
RRCS: I havent temped in like 4 days so there is nothing to scrutinize, lol. I'm in the same boat as many of you where like I can't even hardly imagine seeing a bfp at this point. A friggin year of disappointment and fading hope. I can't even bring myself to test anymore, it seems like a cruel thing to do to myself. I will test on 15 dpo, Saturday. I just feel so gutted about ttc. I snooze every pregnant person on Facebook. The second I see a pregnancy post, I just immediately do it. I just can't. And as a teacher there is about a zillion pregnant ladies at work, including my classroom aid and the school psych and counselor all who I work with closely. Haha, even when I went for my chemical pregnancy to the hospital for an ultrasound the girl who checked me in was hugely pregnant. I'm sad it's not me too.
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Apr 16, 2018 19:08:00 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 16, 2018 19:08:00 GMT -6
Yogurt I need your will power. I "should" wait until Saturday to test (it would be 13 dpo for me) but I'm sure I'll cave and test Wednesday if my temps stay up. I hate the BFNs but can't help but give in to the glimmer of what if.
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Apr 16, 2018 19:12:03 GMT -6
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Post by Yogurt on Apr 16, 2018 19:12:03 GMT -6
Yogurt I need your will power. I "should" wait until Saturday to test (it would be 13 dpo for me) but I'm sure I'll cave and test Wednesday if my temps stay up. I hate the BFNs but can't help but give in to the glimmer of what if. Honestly it was the all the, maybe it's too early girl! And it never was too early, well except my CP cycle. That cycle I had negative on 9dpo and 11dpo and then I stopped testing. I got 3 bfp on 15dpo. So now I know I really can't trust a negative on anything earlier than at least 12dpo. However I got bfp with my kid at 10dpo, so I used to test early all the time.
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Apr 16, 2018 19:17:21 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 16, 2018 19:17:21 GMT -6
Yogurt I need your will power. I "should" wait until Saturday to test (it would be 13 dpo for me) but I'm sure I'll cave and test Wednesday if my temps stay up. I hate the BFNs but can't help but give in to the glimmer of what if. Honestly it was the all the, maybe it's too early girl! And it never was too early, well except my CP cycle. That cycle I had negative on 9dpo and 11dpo and then I stopped testing. I got 3 bfp on 15dpo. So now I know I really can't trust a negative on anything earlier than at least 12dpo. However I got bfp with my kid at 10dpo, so I used to test early all the time. I know exactly what you mean. With DD I didn't test until 14 dpo. The line was faint but definitely there. With our loss I got a negative at 12 dpo and a barely there positive at 13 dpo. So for me, really, I likely wouldn't see anything until at least 13 or 14 dpo. But I still can't help testing early. Just in case this time is different. I know I know...the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result:/
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Post by charliefox on Apr 16, 2018 22:03:47 GMT -6
charliefox Does having 3 follicles increase the chance of multiples? Is that what would cause a cycle to be cancelled? Yup. We know we are taking a risk using any sort of follicle stimulating drug but we are doing it to hopefully have 2 chances at pregnancy (2 follicles) this cycle rather than just 1. Having 3 would worry me even more. My RE loves that we are worried about multiples since so many of her patients think that multiples would be great. I totally understand how those struggling with IF could see multiples as a good thing but as my RE puts it, multiples are a side effect of what she does NOT a desired outcome.
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Apr 16, 2018 23:30:26 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 16, 2018 23:30:26 GMT -6
charliefox Multiples is the biggest reason that SO is worried about going to an RE and starting treatment. It's good to know there is a way they can monitor for this at least in part!
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Apr 17, 2018 5:11:12 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on Apr 17, 2018 5:11:12 GMT -6
So my subconscious really does hate me. This morning I took my temperature and entered it (around 4am as usual). The first 3 pregnancy charts that FF gave me as similar were all virtually identical to mine so far. So of course when I went back to sleep I dreamed that I took like 10 hpts and that they kept coming back positive. But then when I looked at them again I couldn't figure out how to read them because they were all different (one was a charm bracelet just to give you an idea of the level of frustration this dream had). Then when I went to test again there was a bunch of watery blood and really white cm like paint. So I couldn't figure out if AF was coming early, if I was losing a pregnancy, or if I was pregnant. If I keep having dreams like this I may give up sleep.
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Apr 17, 2018 6:22:56 GMT -6
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Post by purple on Apr 17, 2018 6:22:56 GMT -6
Much sympathy, sammysam. My brain is out to get me this week, too. It's a horrible feeling.
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Apr 17, 2018 6:35:54 GMT -6
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Post by purple on Apr 17, 2018 6:35:54 GMT -6
Age of LO(s): 2 3/4 Month/Cycle:26/ 4AL CD/DPO: CD22
Timing: N/a
RRCS: I'm just tired. Loss brain is killing me. I don't know how much more I have in me. Going back to NTNP is the right thing to do for my physical health and it's messing with my mental health. I hate this.
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