Chart Stalkers February 2008

[Chrissy1]

Hi ladies, just wanted to pop in and say hi, It's very quiet in 1st tri after being in here for so long.

I got my first docs appointment tomorrow and my sickness is just starting to kick in so it's all still very exciting.

KMAC - I got my first BFP at 10 DPO with a internet cheapie so it is possible and I didn't use FMU either.....admittedly I hadn't drank much though. The lines were quite faint and were much darker at 14 DPO so try again in a few days and hopefully they'll be there then.


hurry up and get over to 1st tri you lot.... I miss chatting to you all

 

[KayKav]

Sorry I've been a little quiet - AF got me - but I thought it could be IB until this morning (

2 days late - 2 days of really light spotting - two tests - two BFN's!

Oh well!!!

DH has suggested that he do a fertility test - which is great that he suggested it!! I've agreed to 'help' him with it tonight, so it can be 'fun'!!

 

[skairdykat]

Morning ladies

Good luck with the testing tonight KavKav, should be fun

My temp has rose a bit this AM. Guessing thats good (?)
If I did have low progesterone how low would my temps be after O?

How is everyone else doing?

 

[Chill]

Quick mini-stalk this morning.

Skairdy - soz not sure on the progesterone levels/temps. I think I remember someone (becs?) saying that she had lots of dips
in the luteal phase and that was low progesterone. Not sure though, I have a very 'jaggy' LP so prob should look into that.
Yours look fine (to me, for what that's worth !).

KayKav - sorry AF got you Let me know how the test goes, I have one waiting for DH after we have finished the
current OV BD campaign. I really am being a scary mary this month

Chrissy - good luck at the docs. isn't it mad how keen we all are to feel sick like you hope it's not too bad.

Satch - I know how you feel about the 3 months thing, I'm a bit the same. But with 20% chance each cycle,
I guess we should stop worrying until at least 6 mnths and then 3 for good measure

Loola - fingers crossed, chart looking good so far.

ROM - Hope you are OVing now, I know how you feel, I am in seduction mode also. I am driven by hormones atm - I guess that's how men feel all the time

Gerb - I think I said it already but, yay.

Sookie - your cycles really mess you about don't they? Hope ov comes soon

Chokolatemunky - this is the good bit. No AF, No 2ww, just a concentrated effort to catch the egg

Kmac - I know what you mean about cystitis. I used to suffer really badly. Eases off when I drink gallons of fruit tea!
Also used to take cranberry tablets. Your chart looks great, hope you tested too early, fingers crossed.

CB23 - Not sure about your chart, CM looks like you may be gearing up to a late ov though??

CazH - Took me a wee while to get into charting. Takes a few months to get enough data in there. Addicted now though.
And if I get PG I don't think I'll be able to stop

Kittykins - glad the tests went ok

Sally12, Flossy82 , Babydust, charmed -

Sorry if I missed anyone, that turned into a maxi-stalk, better get some work done.

Chill
x

 

[CB23]

I got into to work to an email about the lady here who is due about the same time we would have been. They're doing her maternity leave presentation today

Then one of the really nice managers in the audit department came up to get me to sign the card. While I was doing that she started chatting about what they were going to get her with the collection.

I am now sitting here crying. Have closed my door but its a glass wall. I just want to go home. Our baby would have been due in 7 weeks, hers is due in 6.

 

[Loola]

Oh Claire Hope you will be ok

 

[Hara]

I can only imagin how hard it is for you.

People can just sometimes not think. I'm sure it's not intentional. Could you not take the afternoon off?

 

[CB23]

Thanks guys, it's not Kerry's fault (the lady who brought up the card) as she doesn't know. I should have maybe told her before as she's a lovely kind person I have known for many years now.

I'm OK, I did wonder about maybe going to work from home for the rest of the day but by the time I get home most of the day will have gone. I'll just have to get on with it.

 

[Chill]

 

[sookie]

Claire sorry you're feeling down. Your time will come, I am sure.

Thanks for the stalking Kmac and Chill. But alas, no, Ov has run away from me again TBH, I'm bloody sick of this palava every cycle. I wonder what the point of trying even is. Every month something seems to conspire against us to get that BFP. There's been 2 cycles recently where we didn't even have a chance as we had given up BDing. It's hard to stay motivated.

Anyway, gotta get to work. Have a nice day ladies.

 

[Flossy82]

Morning all ladies! Well i took me 3 attempts to take my temp this morning i was getting the shakes and couldnt sitt still Im feeling really posative about charting although im a newby im sure if i need help il be able to call on you guys!

 

[CB23]

Sookie keep going love, you'll do it. It must be awful, I've had a glimpse of what you go through this month and its crap so my heart goes out to you having this every month

Sometimes I've though of stopping charting because I think it makes it more stressful, but then I think stepping away from taking my temp every day won't step away from the stress and disappointment plus I know I would miss you guys and the support I get so much.

 

[reallyoldmum]

Sookie I am sure it doesnt make you feel any better but there are a lot of us out here that feel the same

 

[Kittykins]

Oh Claire you poor thing. If you ever feel really down, you could PM me and we could meet up for a drink. My friend's baby is due in 6 weeks - they phoned me with the news they were expecting the day my chemical pg was confirmed by the doctor. Though I don't feel any emotion or sadness over that, it does remind me of how much time has passed and I'm still not pg. Anyway, if you want a commiseration drink when everyone else is celebrating, I'm your woman!

Flossy - what do you mean you couldn't sit still? How are you temping? I don't even sit up - I literally reach out with one arm, grab the thermometer and stick it in my mouth, propped up on my other fist so that if I doze off again before it's got the temp, it won't fall out of my mouth But I definitely don't sit up or turn on the light or pull off the covers or anything. HTH!

Sookie - There's not much I can say but don't give up... it'll be worth it all one day!


I'm going to admit to heresy today (and probably hypocrisy too, given my advice to others above!) - I couldn't be bothered to temp this morning That's right, at 6am I reached out for the thermometer, and then wondered why the f*** I'm doing this, and what the point of it all is... so I put the thermometer back and lay there feeling sorry for myself. TBH, there was a little logic in there too - I had a crap night's sleep last night as I'm really worried about some work stuff, and I'd been lying mostly awake, occasionally dozing, all night, so the temp was hardly likely to be accurate anyway. DH was a bit surprised - but didn't say anything.

 

[reallyoldmum]

Kitty You devil you know what you mean though its the first thing I do in a morning and I am beginning to hate it!!

Flossy I was thinking that too? It is much better not to sit up before you temp - just reach out and pop the termometer in your mouth. Good idea about propping yourself up Kitty - this morning I must have been face down and I fell forward and the end pressed into the soft bit under my tongue!! Boy did it bring tears to my eyes!!

 

[CB23]

Ouch ROM I sometimes fall back to sleep when I'm doing mine too.

Thanks Kitty it really helps to have people to talk to

Oh we're all a bunch of sad people today, we should do a big group hug

 

[Loola]

Ill join you in the group hug Im feeling low today too, the realisation that my normal pre AF moodiness has set in has hit me. I always get wound up really easily a few days before AF arrives and this month is no different, I have no possible pregnancy symptoms and I really dont think this is my month, again.

Roll on month 11 of TTC I guess the good side of that is that its a month closer to being able to see the Dr, hopefully one with some medical knowledge next time too.

EDIT: Oh and now, just to top off my feelings of complete joy , my colleague has just told me that she thinks she may be pregnant, which is an accident, and will be her 4th child. She knows full well that I am trying and not succeeding, so that has really rubbed salt in the wounds. I despair.

 

[Flossy82]

D'oh its because it was on my chest of drawers and i had to get it Il remember to have it beside the bed tommorrow

 

[CB23]

Loola your temps are still up, you're still a week of AF being due,don't get down just because you're in a mood, it could be other hormones after all

 

[reallyoldmum]

Loola your chart looks great you have a nice dip at 6 dpo. Its really not over until AF arrives and I have heard it said that if you do conceive then you can be moody in the tww.