NOT PREGNANT BUT TRYING? Week ending 4/9/06

averyjenn · 04-02-2006, 08:23 PM

Getting started early today!! Got a LONG day tomorrow and an early start!

Hope everyone is good. I O'd about Wed or Thurs last week and was busy doing some bding

Told dh I'm sick of this, let's just get this thing DONE already. It may be my 3rd month back at this but after 5+ years, it's TIME!!

QOTW: What do you do to keep your mind occupied in the 2ww?

For me, this week I'm heading out of town on Wednesday until Sunday so I can't test until Monday the 10th and I may do that!

Evil pee sticks came from saveontests.com so I have 20 to play with that detect hcg wicked early!!

janetaz · 04-03-2006, 12:38 AM

Hi Jenn! That's a good idea to go out of town during 2ww. I am going to try to stay busy spring cleaning this next 2ww. Today, I was roaming around Target and Mervyn's looking at all the baby stuff. Did buy DH more boxers.....(will try and implement anything I've heard!

)

Hope everybody has a great week!!! A truckload of baby dust for all!!

LuckyKitty · 04-03-2006, 07:56 AM

Morning, ladies

Waiting to O and/or be able to interpret my chart!

Janet - I had to laugh when I saw your post from last week. Nice to meet you, I'm the QUEEN of over-thinking everything!

QOTW: Jenn - going away (and seperating from the temptation of POAS

) sounds like the perfect way to get ones mind off the 2ww! I'm jealous

I'm probably gonna do what Janet's talking about and get my house in order. DH is going away from Thurs to Sun for his best friends bachelor party, so I can clean the place like I wanna w/o worrying about him messing it right back up

Also, all us abandoned wives/girlfriends are gonna get together and have our own party

TTFN
Have a great day/week, ladies! Baby dust to all!

LuckyKitty · 04-03-2006, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Godsbeloved79

Hello all.

Sending Baby Dust all your way. I'm still waiting patiently.

Just wanted to post this over here so everyone saw it..

Godsbeloved!

katrinaanne · 04-05-2006, 07:34 PM

Hi everyone. Can I hang with you all for a while? I am in the pre-TTC.

I am "hopefully" doing a frozen embryo transfer in late september. Quicky version of my story. I had a fresh IVF last sept that did not work. My back started hurting and we did not do the frozen not knowing what was wrong. Turned out I have a herniated disk. My husband has laid down the law and said her will not sign the consent for the FET until I lose a minimum of 40lbs. He doesn't want to see me in any more pain than I am now. Theory is since I only gained 25lbs with each of my 2 kids that the 40lb loss will give me room for baby gain and take into account that the wait will be centered in my front and my herniated disc is low back.

Hubby put it to me like this: "One of 3 things will happen. 1. you will lose weight, have fet and get pregnant 2. you will lose weight, have fet, not get pregnant, know that your body can't get pregant (my embryos were perfect, but I have had an a and p repair for prolapse bladder/uterus/vagina) and you will be 40lbs lighter and be healthy for a probable hysterectomy (my bladder has fallen again because uterus and bladder adhere together) or 3. You will not lose the weight because apparently you didn't want the fet bad enough, and you are still going to need a hysterectomy eventually.

I figure 40lbs by the 1st of september would be 1.9lbs per week. My goal is 159, but 161 is 40lbs. I was 201 on monday and today wed, I was 198. So I am ahead of the game already. That is good because I have to tackle many events in the future, including 7 days at disney world, 3 camping trips ( 1 with family 2 with scouts) and a scout training weekend where they supply the food ( we can't bring our own since we eat what we learn to cook over the weekend). I will probably sneak in a couple carb control shakes to have for breakfast unless it's eggs.)

I guess that wasn't so abbreviated. Bunches of babydust to all you gals who are TTC.

Katrina

LuckyKitty · 04-06-2006, 10:03 AM

Katrina!

Anyone who's willing to send out massive quantities of baby dust is welcome here, I think

We are in a similar situation with our TTC efforts, I'm just not at the IVF phase, yet. My goal is to get off at least 30 lbs before I go back to my OB (in September) so that hopefully

I'll just get PG on my own, but if not, I'll be in the best shape possible for the next leg of this journey. I know that my goal is doable, I just have to stay focused right now and not get distracted by the "I want"s that tend to plague me

Hope we can give each other some add'l support as we try to lose before we get PG!

RoxanneRoxanne · 04-07-2006, 09:25 AM

Katrina!

Babydust to everyone!

Epi_Doc · 04-08-2006, 06:52 PM

Hi ladies

I have not posted on your thread before but I have a question I hope maybe someone can answer. My husband and I are TTC #2. We have a 2 year old son. When I was trying to get pregnant last time I used the opks and discovered that I am a late ovulator. So I started using them this time too and again find that I am still a late ovulator. Like for a 28 day cycle I ovulate on day 17 or 18 instead of the "average" of 14. Which wasn't a problem..I conceived my son with the opks once I pinpointed when I ovulated.

My current problem...I'm still ovulating about day 17/18 but my luteal phase seems to be shorter now than before. Something like a 26 day cycle. So if I'm ovulating on day 17 and my cycle ends on day 26 that doesn't leave much time for implantation and I'm thinking I need to lengthen my luteal phase. So do any of you use chaste berry? Does anyone know if it would maybe help lengthen my luteal phase? The reading I've done indicates that it could be helpful. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with it??

Thanks for any input. I'll post to the pregnant thread too to see if anyone can help.

Good luck to all who are TTC

Niccole

RoxanneRoxanne · 04-08-2006, 10:16 PM

Hi Epi_Doc

I can't answer your question but I hope that someone else here can. Good luck and baby dust to you!

janetaz · 04-09-2006, 05:56 PM

Hi!! Hope everyone is having a pleasant weekend! Well, based on some recommendations, I bought the Clearblue Fertility Monitor with 30 testing sticks. I was nervous and excited at the same time. Last night, DH and I went to a late movie and I was trying to set it up since today is Day 1 (new cycle

) I had bought new AAA batteries to go with it to be completely ready for this.

Half hour later, I was almost in tears, it wouldn't work! Found some other batteries, tried those, started thinking where is my receipt for this thing, where is the nearest 24 hour store to get more batteries, etc. Finally, my husband came over to investigate. In a mere 60 seconds, he had it working, I put the batteries in the wrong direction!

I was so nervous and wrapped up in this, that a simple battery change was getting the best of me.

Well, no turning back now!! It's the very official TTC time! Raising a glass of ice water with lemon to all of us!!

04-02-2006, 08:23 PM	#1
averyjenn Queen of Cream Cheese Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 6,169 Gallery: averyjenn Stats: 240/156 now 180/170/148 5'6" WOE: Kickin' it old school Start Date: 2/21/05	NOT PREGNANT BUT TRYING? Week ending 4/9/06 Getting started early today!! Got a LONG day tomorrow and an early start! Hope everyone is good. I O'd about Wed or Thurs last week and was busy doing some bding Told dh I'm sick of this, let's just get this thing DONE already. It may be my 3rd month back at this but after 5+ years, it's TIME!! QOTW: What do you do to keep your mind occupied in the 2ww? For me, this week I'm heading out of town on Wednesday until Sunday so I can't test until Monday the 10th and I may do that! Evil pee sticks came from saveontests.com so I have 20 to play with that detect hcg wicked early!! __________________ ~Jenn~ Become my friend! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...14&ref=profile

04-03-2006, 07:56 AM	#3
LuckyKitty MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,712 Gallery: LuckyKitty Stats: size 22-24/12-14/toned 8-10 WOE: Applying what I learned from Dr. A to MY body Start Date: 9/1/02	Morning, ladies Waiting to O and/or be able to interpret my chart! Janet - I had to laugh when I saw your post from last week. Nice to meet you, I'm the QUEEN of over-thinking everything! QOTW: Jenn - going away (and seperating from the temptation of POAS ) sounds like the perfect way to get ones mind off the 2ww! I'm jealous I'm probably gonna do what Janet's talking about and get my house in order. DH is going away from Thurs to Sun for his best friends bachelor party, so I can clean the place like I wanna w/o worrying about him messing it right back up Also, all us abandoned wives/girlfriends are gonna get together and have our own party TTFN Have a great day/week, ladies! Baby dust to all! __________________ Kat Feed yourself what you would feed a person you loved and care for. Love and care for yourself. ---Juniper01

04-05-2006, 07:34 PM	#5
katrinaanne Guest Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kentucky!! GO BIG BLUE Posts: 421 Gallery: katrinaanne WOE: atkins	Hello everyone. Hi everyone. Can I hang with you all for a while? I am in the pre-TTC. I am "hopefully" doing a frozen embryo transfer in late september. Quicky version of my story. I had a fresh IVF last sept that did not work. My back started hurting and we did not do the frozen not knowing what was wrong. Turned out I have a herniated disk. My husband has laid down the law and said her will not sign the consent for the FET until I lose a minimum of 40lbs. He doesn't want to see me in any more pain than I am now. Theory is since I only gained 25lbs with each of my 2 kids that the 40lb loss will give me room for baby gain and take into account that the wait will be centered in my front and my herniated disc is low back. Hubby put it to me like this: "One of 3 things will happen. 1. you will lose weight, have fet and get pregnant 2. you will lose weight, have fet, not get pregnant, know that your body can't get pregant (my embryos were perfect, but I have had an a and p repair for prolapse bladder/uterus/vagina) and you will be 40lbs lighter and be healthy for a probable hysterectomy (my bladder has fallen again because uterus and bladder adhere together) or 3. You will not lose the weight because apparently you didn't want the fet bad enough, and you are still going to need a hysterectomy eventually. I figure 40lbs by the 1st of september would be 1.9lbs per week. My goal is 159, but 161 is 40lbs. I was 201 on monday and today wed, I was 198. So I am ahead of the game already. That is good because I have to tackle many events in the future, including 7 days at disney world, 3 camping trips ( 1 with family 2 with scouts) and a scout training weekend where they supply the food ( we can't bring our own since we eat what we learn to cook over the weekend). I will probably sneak in a couple carb control shakes to have for breakfast unless it's eggs.) I guess that wasn't so abbreviated. Bunches of babydust to all you gals who are TTC. Katrina

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04-03-2006, 12:38 AM	#2
janetaz Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 680 Gallery: janetaz	Hi Jenn! That's a good idea to go out of town during 2ww. I am going to try to stay busy spring cleaning this next 2ww. Today, I was roaming around Target and Mervyn's looking at all the baby stuff. Did buy DH more boxers.....(will try and implement anything I've heard! ) Hope everybody has a great week!!! A truckload of baby dust for all!!

04-06-2006, 10:03 AM	#6
LuckyKitty MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,712 Gallery: LuckyKitty Stats: size 22-24/12-14/toned 8-10 WOE: Applying what I learned from Dr. A to MY body Start Date: 9/1/02	Katrina! Anyone who's willing to send out massive quantities of baby dust is welcome here, I think We are in a similar situation with our TTC efforts, I'm just not at the IVF phase, yet. My goal is to get off at least 30 lbs before I go back to my OB (in September) so that hopefully I'll just get PG on my own, but if not, I'll be in the best shape possible for the next leg of this journey. I know that my goal is doable, I just have to stay focused right now and not get distracted by the "I want"s that tend to plague me Hope we can give each other some add'l support as we try to lose before we get PG!

04-07-2006, 09:25 AM	#7
RoxanneRoxanne MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,477 Blog Entries: 30 Gallery: RoxanneRoxanne Stats: 285/236/185 Start Date: Re re re re restart: 3/17/2008	Katrina! Babydust to everyone!

04-08-2006, 06:52 PM	#8
Epi_Doc Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 606 Gallery: Epi_Doc Stats: 236/159/149.5/140ish WOE: Atkins and now LFL Start Date: Feb 2005	Hi ladies I have not posted on your thread before but I have a question I hope maybe someone can answer. My husband and I are TTC #2. We have a 2 year old son. When I was trying to get pregnant last time I used the opks and discovered that I am a late ovulator. So I started using them this time too and again find that I am still a late ovulator. Like for a 28 day cycle I ovulate on day 17 or 18 instead of the "average" of 14. Which wasn't a problem..I conceived my son with the opks once I pinpointed when I ovulated. My current problem...I'm still ovulating about day 17/18 but my luteal phase seems to be shorter now than before. Something like a 26 day cycle. So if I'm ovulating on day 17 and my cycle ends on day 26 that doesn't leave much time for implantation and I'm thinking I need to lengthen my luteal phase. So do any of you use chaste berry? Does anyone know if it would maybe help lengthen my luteal phase? The reading I've done indicates that it could be helpful. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with it?? Thanks for any input. I'll post to the pregnant thread too to see if anyone can help. Good luck to all who are TTC Niccole

04-08-2006, 10:16 PM	#9
RoxanneRoxanne MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,477 Blog Entries: 30 Gallery: RoxanneRoxanne Stats: 285/236/185 Start Date: Re re re re restart: 3/17/2008	Hi Epi_Doc I can't answer your question but I hope that someone else here can. Good luck and baby dust to you!

04-09-2006, 05:56 PM	#10
janetaz Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 680 Gallery: janetaz	Hi!! Hope everyone is having a pleasant weekend! Well, based on some recommendations, I bought the Clearblue Fertility Monitor with 30 testing sticks. I was nervous and excited at the same time. Last night, DH and I went to a late movie and I was trying to set it up since today is Day 1 (new cycle ) I had bought new AAA batteries to go with it to be completely ready for this. Half hour later, I was almost in tears, it wouldn't work! Found some other batteries, tried those, started thinking where is my receipt for this thing, where is the nearest 24 hour store to get more batteries, etc. Finally, my husband came over to investigate. In a mere 60 seconds, he had it working, I put the batteries in the wrong direction! I was so nervous and wrapped up in this, that a simple battery change was getting the best of me. Well, no turning back now!! It's the very official TTC time! Raising a glass of ice water with lemon to all of us!!