Chart Stalkers May 2008

[kmac]

Good news rom!!
Sorry you had a weird cycle Kitty
good luck sookie
xx

 

[sookie]

Thanks for all the s girls!!! Well still no AF So am in with a chance.

Loola the dress is gorgeous! I love that style. Isn't that Maggie dress different from the last one you linked? Looks different.

My wedding dress cost $90 australian. Mega bargain. It was gorgeous too. Ivory silk, with an antique lace trim down the front with buttons going down. Then it flared out just a little at the back and was a bit higher at the front. Hard to describe and I don't have any photos here with me. I was happy with it, and Dh certainly was with the price!

Oh Rom - I'm so happy for you. What a relief.

Hi to everyone!!!! I will keep you updated if AF arrives tonight. If not I will test in the morning.

Chao ladies

 

[reallyoldmum]

Anyone want to join me at my AF party? Feel like I want to go up to people in the street and tell them Do you think they would lock me up Well she is definately here - even updated FF I am so sure..... As I have said in my other thread I just hope the clinic will still carry out tests for us as it may happen again this cycle only time will tell!!!

 

[Loola]

ROM - I think you may be carted off to the nuthouse if you celebrate AF in public!! I am secretly celebrating for you though! So chuffed for you, I really am

Sookie - I am nervously excited for you today hun! Let us know as soon as you have tested!

 

[rach]

sookie good luck today hun we are all crossing everything for a bfp for you xxxxxxxx

rom am absolutely over the moon for you hun maybe your cycles will return to normal now and hopefully it was just a blip xxxxxxxx

loola not much longer till ov for you everything crossed for you hun really hope you catch that egg this month xxxxxxxxxx

kitty lovely to see you back so glad hubby has recovered good luck ttc hope you get your bfp soon hun xxxxxxx

everyone else good luck we are all waiting in 1st tri to welcome you all over xxxxxxxxxxx

 

[Locachica]

Hi all,

Sorry ive not been in here much

Well Mays looking good for lots of people

Tasha: Congrats
ROM: I'd say you've never been happier to see AF

Loola: Those dresses are lovely

Sookie: Things are looking promising for you love.

Hey to anyone that i missed. I hope you're all well.

I'm happy today I had loads of EWCM. FF still hasn't picked up ovulation yet though... oh well.

I'm not over-riding it myself. I'll be temping vaginally next month, as I alaways seem to have a habit of sleeping with me mouth open (Or so OH tells me).


I'm back to my holding cell thread, need to see if theirs any newbies to detain

 

[sookie]

Hi Guys,

So woke up to a temp rise - it's looking good again. I did an i/c and BFN. So I thought what the heck and used one of my 2 precious digitals and that told me the same thing - NOT PREGNANT.

But still no AF and a higher temp again. So it's just possible that if AF stays away my second digital will be brought out on Saturday and maybe I will get a different answer.

Thanks for all your wonderful support ladies I am not down yet, as the temp rise has perked me right up. Especially if it was implantation spotting on CD11 then it is still very early to show (I have read 4 to 5 days after for the levels to be high enough to test +) So there is still hope. But maybe I am clutching at straws. Please tell me if I am delusional!

 

[Loola]

You are not delusional at all Sookie! I totally agree with you, it may have been too early after the IB to get a positive. Im still praying for you and that high temp today is fantastic!

 

[sookie]

You are not delusional at all Sookie! I totally agree with you, it may have been too early after the IB to get a positive. Im still praying for you and that high temp today is fantastic!

Thank you my dear Loola!

 

[reallyoldmum]

sookie dont you dare give up until AF shows!! Your temps are looking fanastic and many people dont get BFP's until after AF is late...... I just have a feeling this month maybe your month

 

[Loola]

No worries my dear Sookie!

I have a funny pain today in my right side, not my usual ovulation pain, but a dull ache. Ive had it since last night though it only really hurts when I walk Very odd. My OPKs are coming back negative, only a very faint line which hasnt got any darker since I started testing 5 days ago. I think Im in for a long month!

 

[Tasha20]

Sookie your temps look fantastic! I really hope you get your bfp on Saturday

 

[sally12]

I agree that it still looks good for you Sookie!

Loola - Hmm I dont know what your pains could be I thought I might be in trouble last night as I had tummy pains...but it turned out to be trapped wind! So much goes on down there it is hard to know what is important and what isnt!! Try not to worry about it because it might delay Mrs O!

ROM- still chuffed to bits for you

 

[welshpolly]

sookie - your chart still looks fabulous! I don't think you're being delusional. I am praying so much for you

kitty - I am so glad your hubby is recovered now. I hope your doctors appointment goes ok on Friday. Thinking of you and hope things start to get better soon

Trudy - good luck for Sunday!!!

ROM - Glad she finally arrived! @ AF party!!!

Loola - oooo sounds like a fabulous day dress shopping! My computer is being a pain so it won't open the links but I am sure the dress is gorgeous! I'm not sure what the pain is but I hope it's a good sign!

Loca - glad it looks like you're ov! you catch that egg!



Rich did his sample today! All the tests have been done now so we're just waiting for June 11th!!! AF showed today after spotting most of this cycle but I didn't expect anything as it's been full of tests this month! I thought something was brewing as I was completely irrational in Sainsbury and nearly burst out crying over a bag of lettuce!!!!!

Nelson is back to his old self now

My parents are hopefully coming over this Saturday and it will be lovely to see them! Dad wants to take me out for a meal so the diet probably won't go so well then! Rich is on nights so I won't see him now until Monday morning.

I hope everyone is ok and sookie I really am praying for your BFP!

Sending lots of

 

[sookie]

Morning Lovely Ladies!

You are all so wonderful, sending me tons of babydust and all ing for my BFP. Thank you soooooooooo much

But I'm afraid it didn't work. My temp dropped drastically today, so I expect AF to show up later or at the very latest tomorrow. It seems my LP was extended, and now I don't know if those 2 15day LPs were the blip or if the 11 and 12 day ones are. I had just thought that since I was on the same hormone meds this cycle, and it is supposed to trigger a withdrawal bleed by day 29 when you come off them on day 26, that by now she would be here like last month. But maybe not.

I know I still don't have AF so there's a possibility, but if you overlay my chart with the other 2 that had 15 day LPs they are almost identical. Given that I never get a + OPK I had wondered if the Ov date was wrong on those other charts but Ov cannot be disputed this cycle as I had the ultrasounds.

Now my head is swimming with thoughts about this whole ttc thing. It's just so hard.

 

[Trudyscrumptious76]

Oh sookie I don't want to give false hope but just wait until she actually shows. You never know. I know what you mean about the whole TTC thing tho. It's really hard at the mo for me too. I just don't know if I can carry on for now or if I should just take a break.

I hope you get a rise tomorrow and then your BFP.

Sorry I've not done a proper stalk in a while. Everything is too hard at the mo so taking a bit of a break. Babydust to all.

 

[Loola]

Oh Sookie This absolutely sucks Its not over yet until AF arrives.

I am feeling the same way as you and Trudy, I think I may stop this TTC business for a while myself. Its just too hard. Ill see what the Dr says next week, after that I may not come on here, not so much anyway. I want to just chill out about it all. I will not stop TTC completely but no more charts or OPKS i think is a good idea. It will happen when its meant to, Im sure Im just causing myself more harm than good. Im still young and I cant let it take over my life.

 

[Kittykins]

Sookie - It's not over yet, but if this isn't your month, maybe it would be a good idea to take a break from thinking about it all whilst you're on holiday, and then see what happens when you get back? WHen do you leave Colombia and return to Oz?

to Trudy too.

Well, I went to the doctor's this morning and I shall tell you about it simply because it's always reassuring to hear what other people's doctors say!

Sooooo... I said I was back because I'd been told to come back after 3 months. I said most cycles were 30-32 days with an 11-day luteal phase, but they'd gone a bit odd after the chem pg for 3 months (as the doc has said they might), and then I had a weird 17-day cycle this month. Was there a problem or reason why I wasn't getting pg?

The doc said that although some women have cycles like clockwork, most aren't so lucky and some are very unlucky. It's quite common to have 'regular-ish' cycles, i.e. you can predict which week AF will turn up, if not which day. He said that a 17-day cycle isn't normal - but that one 17-day cycle is not abnormal, and if your cycles aren't like clockwork to begin with, you're more likely to have the odd cycle here and there. It's not indicative of a problem.

He also said that my blood tests were all excellent, and that the progesterone test was 'optimal' (54.2, I think, if that means anything to anyone), so he was satisfied there was no hormone problem. My weight has fluctuated within a very small (2kg) range for the 8 years I've been with him, which is also great and further suggests no medical problem such as PCOS or thyroid. BMI should be within 20-25, and it's always around 21.5-22, so again, absolutely fine. Blood pressure and heart rate are both optimal too, so no underlying health problems.

Basically, his conclusion was that it's just bad luck. 80% of couples conceive within a year, and a further 10% within a second year, with no assistance. Within the first year, it's not frontloaded -i.e. 20% of couples will conceive months 1-3, 20% 3-6, 20% 6-9 and 20% 9-12, with a futher 10% after 12. These are the couples with no known problems, or pre-existing, managed problems (eg if you're being treated for PCOS that was known about before TTC). That's just the way it is.

The upshot was that there's not much that the doctor can do at the moment because there's no obvious problem - he fully expects me to get pg within the next three months (well, rates it as 90% likely, anyway!). His view was that if you're ovulating, and having regular-ish periods, and the blood tests come back fine, then it's just a waiting game, which is boring, but tough. As he says, in this situation, the longer you've been waiting, the less time left to wait... He said that the next investigative steps are intrusive (laparoscopy, etc) and not particularly comfortable, or else involve drugs 'to see what happens' - but given that there is no obvious problem, he didn't think throwing drugs at me was the solution (and I totally agree), and he also felt that I might be happier to wait a little longer before going for intrusive examinations (too bloody right...). So the outcome was that I should go back in 3 months if not pg, and sooner if I am


In some ways you may all think this isn't particularly helpful, but actually I'm quite happy to be 'doing nothing', as it's managed nothing... I feel quite reassured.

Hopefully it'll reassure some of the others on here too - I'm thinking particularly of Trudy , whom I think is in a similar situation to me, but a couple of months further down the line?

btw, the doc did say that if I had been having very long irregular cycles, or not ovulating, he would be pushing for medical intervention much earlier, so it's definitely worth getting the blood tests done. HTH.

 

[Trudyscrumptious76]

Sorry you're down as well Loola. Your dresses look gorgeous BTW. I'm sure you'll look great in any of them. You concentrate on your wedding. I'm sure you'll get an extra pressie by then.

I'm gonna use up the last of my OV sticks and then see how the progesterone cream goes. I need to try and live life for a bit this TTC thing has been ruling my life for 18 months. I'll be keeping an eye on you all. Hope you get your BFPs v soon.

 

[Kittykins]

is it really 18 months??? I thought it was just over a year now. Gosh. Have you had blood tests and so on done, and if so what were the results?