CD 14 - Temp dip

Had a great sleep last night, I think I slept all night.  Got up went to the bathroom, actually remembered to pee in a cup to take my OPK this morning, but forgot to take my temp.  So I went back to take my temp and it was 96.6.  I woke up to a cold house, so I was kind of expecting a low temp.  Did not think it would be that low though, even after I got u walked to the bathroom and back it was still that low?

I have not had any EWCM yet this cycle, but I checked my CP last night before BD and I am pretty sure it was high medium/soft and open.  It wasn't as soft as it has been in the past but it was close.  Maybe I am ovulating today but I am not sure.  I will have to wait a few days to tell.

On another note, I have been thinking about starting a new blog.  A Pregnancy/Baby wish list blog.  There are a few things I have found online or seen in the mall and thought to myself, I am going to buy that when I am pregnant.  I do not want to forget anything so I thought I would start a blog about it and see if anyone else has used them, heard of them, and their opinions.  Here is the first thing that will be on my list:

A bando that goes over your jeans if you can't button them up, lol.  I think it's great, I want one now! 

Tanning and TTC

The weather here has been nice enough for shorts the last few weeks which means people see my white legs.  At the start of every summer I like to go for a few tans (tanning bed) to get some colour.  I went once last week then DH and I went on Saturday for another tan.  I only tan maybe once or twice a week for about a month.  Now I am wondering does tanning in a tanning bed effect TTC at all?  I am curious if it is bad for males because I read that heat is not good for the sperm, should I ask DH to stop tanning?  I googled it but mixed reviews.  It can lower sperm count according to some people.  Anyone else tan while TTC?

Preseed Not Working For Us, and Ovulating Early?

Today is CD 11 and according to our SMEP schedule we should have BD last night, but I was studying for my exam all night and was too tired when I finally went to bed.  Since it was only CD 10 last night I figured we still had a few days until I ovulated anyways.  When I woke up this morning, I took my temp right away and it was 96.8, which is my usual temp right before ovulation.  I was so upset when I realized that I might have missed our chance this month, even though we BD on CD 8.  So DH and I decided to quickly BD before my 9am exam lol.  He is a morning person, and I am a night person, but apparently sperm count is higher in the morning?  I decided to give the Preseed another chance, I used a smaller amount than last time, no bigger than a pea.  DH was not enjoying the BDing, it felt too wet to him (and was taking forever) sorry for the TMI.  I am honestly no longer a fan of Preseed and will not be using it again.

It is now 9pm on CD 11 and I have been having some pains in my right side on and off for about an hour.    I typically ovulate on CD 17, and I always have EWCM before ovulation.  So far this cycle I have not had any EWCM.  So again, I am not sure what is going on with my body.  I do feel a little more relaxed this cycle knowing that DH is here and we can actually BD around my fertile period.  I did take an OPK this morning, and it was negative.  This cycle is going by fast... looking forward to seeing if the cycle never ends :)

Stephanie

CD 8 - Let the SMEP begin!

Today is CD 8, first day of our SMEPing plan.  I also started using my OPK this morning as well since I have quite a few of them.  There was a faint line there, but negative for sure.  I am hoping that I ovulate a little earlier this cycle, maybe around CD 15ish, because I am impatient lol.  Found out today that DH is heading back overseas for work on June 19.  So we will definitely get to go through this whole cycle together.  Tonight when we BD we tried preseed for the first time... I am not sure if we are fans of it.  I do not think we needed it, but I wanted to try it anyways.  I used only a very little amount but it felt weird down there as if I used too much.  I have not had any EWCM so far this cycle so I am not in my fertile days I know that much, but practice makes perfect right? lol. I find it very odd that we are planning and scheduling sex according to my cycle, but we are willing to try the SMEP this cycle so we will see how it goes.

I wanted to track my CP everyday of this cycle but I find it so hard to tell recently.  I have not been adding it to FF as it feels like it is all over the place each day.  Temping I have been doing, most days.  I do find temping a little stressful though.  When I am sleeping I find myself looking at the clock every few hours so that I dont miss 6:50 when my alarm goes off and it's time to take my temp. I think that most stressful part is knowing that I have to have a solid 3 hour sleep before taking my temp.  I have not been sleeping well at night for the past few months.  I think since I stopped working out.  Sports are picking up now so I hope I can start to sleep well at night again.

On another note, I finished my first bottle of prenatal vitamins (100 pills) this week, so I hope that means that my body is ready for a baby now :)

CD 4 - Roller Coaster Weekend

I have had a very long weekend filled with an emotional roller coaster ride.  It all started with a stressful day at work on Friday.  Friday's at work for me are always a very busy day.  That is the day that all of my financial reports are due for work to be reviewed by the president.  Everyone else in my office gets to enjoy a Friday afternoon and look forward to the weekend, but I never do.  So anyways Friday was not going well for me, just felt like I was running out of time all day long.  Then at 5pm, when I was leaving work for the weekend I decided to check my facebook quickly as I walked to my vehicle. And what do I see... my cousin announces her pregnancy (12 weeks, 3 days).  I was happy for her, but for some reason I was so upset and had a few tears.  I felt like whoa hey isn't it my turn, she already has a little boy.  I know I shouldn't feel like that, but it is hard to see others get pregnant and not me.  I thought for sure that we timed it perfectly last cycle, but obviously it didn't work for us.

When I got home from work, my husband had a really good supper (pork tenderloin) ready on the table.  So we ate dinner and sat down to watch some tv together.  We decided to go to Toronto Saturday morning for some shopping so we went to bed early Friday so that we could get up really early to drive to Toronto.  At this point I was still only spotting very little before we went to bed that night.  Later that night, the AF cramps came so quickly and painful i couldn't sleep.  I tossed and turned for an hour then got up.  I find that if I sit up on the couch sometimes it relieves some of the pain, but that was no working.  Then I had the hottest bath ever and had some advil then got some sleep.  So that was how my Friday night went.  Then came Saturday morning... we did not leave early for Toronto since I was up all night, I slept in late.   On Saturday the temperature was supposed to be around 30 degrees C, so for the first time this year, I needed to take out my summer clothes.  That was a bad idea.

Last summer I got married so I worked out like crazy, had soccer twice a week, and baseball twice a week, and was on the treadmill everyday, so I obviously lost weight and was a size 6-8.  After a full time job and school work all winter and spring... I am no longer a size 6-8.  I am more like a 10 (tight) now.  So trying to fit into my summer clothes from last summer was very depressing.  I knew that I have been slacking in the workouts (more like not doing them at all), and eating un healthy, but I didn't realize how much my weight had changed until I tried on my summer clothes.  It took me about 2 hours to get dressed Saturday morning, and of course every outfit I tried on I would ask my husband if it made me look fat, and he would say no, but I knew he was lying.  So i ended up wearing black yoga pants (sweat pants capris) and a black long sleeve shirt.  Then we drove to Toronto, we always decided that since it took my so long to get dressed that we would get a hotel room in Toronto for the night because I hate to drive at night.  When we got to Toronto it was sooo hot, and me dressed in all black was even hotter.  So I decided to try on shorts and tank tops so that I could change.  That didn't not go well either.  Nothing was fitting well.  So we went into Lulu Lemon and I spent $150 on 1 workout tank top, a pair or shots and a headband.  That was all I bought that weekend pretty much.  We decided to go to Red Lobester for dinner.  I never drink, but i decided to order a Mango Mai tia, or whatever it is called, and I ate shrimp.

Well today is my first day of soccer practice and I am excited to start my workout for the summer.   Shoot, this post was long and now I am running late, lol.

Cd 2

Well the witch got me good this month. Had some bad cramps yesterday night and AF showed up same time. Was up all night with bad cramps. Had the hottest bath ever at midnight to try to knock me out so that I could sleep a little. Worked for a bit then started eating my multigrain tostitos chips and cranberry juice. Then I googled to see if someone found a cure for cramps yet... No such luck. Maybe tomorrow there will be a cure for it. New cycle anyways. Going to try really hard this whole cycle to get pregnant.

14 DPO... Still only spotting

I am still only spotting very little.  When I enter "spotting" in FF, it still does not give me a new cycle?  Should I enter it as light, so that my new cycle will start?  Now I just want to start another cycle so that I can count down to ovulation again.

Bloody nose for 2 days

So I'm at work but I have to post a quick update. Still no af not even when I wipe. However I have a bloody nose I had one yesterday morning as well lasted little over an hour or so. Now the same thing today. I never get bloody nose. Any ideas what is going with my body I am so confused.

CD 33 / 13 DPO **Update**

AF still not here!  I definitely ovulated on CD 20 (the day DH got home).  Here's a summary of my last two cycles:

Last cycle: 28 days, ovulated CD 17 with a luteal phase of 11 days
Cycle before last: 31 days, ovulated CD 17 with a luteal phase of 14 days

AF should be here tomorrow based on my ovulation day and luteal phase. This cycle feels so long. Oh and my temp went up .1 today to 97.5.  Which is still above my coverline (97.4).  I have been having the weirdest dreams the past few days.  In my dreams I get up and take my temp and go back to bed, and keep repeating that pattern throughout the night.  I am bad for hitting the snooze botton on the alarm so now I keep feeling like I have already taken my temp but really haven't, or have I?  I think it was a dream...

******UPDATE*****  So about 5 minutes after I posted this, I went to the bathroom and had a tiny light brown/redish spot on my panties :(  Sorry TMI.  When I wiped there was nothing and I checked my cervix and nothing.  So I guess this is the beginning of AF, I will find out in a few hours for sure.   :(

12DPO

So I went to the bathroom every hour at work checking to see if AF showed up... and nothing.  I checked my cervix after work, and it is high and firm, and no red/brown in my CM at all.   I have been having the pulling pains in my right side still, but no AF cramps yet.  If it wasn't for my low temps today and yesterday I would be a little excited right now.  But I'm pretty sure my thermometer sucks so ya never know.  I also have not ben sleeping at night the last week or so.  I get up every few hours. I am looking forward to tomorrows temp and see if AF shows up.

CD 32 / 12 DPO

I decided not to use my last FRER this week as my temp went down .1 to 97.4 today.  AF still has not shown her face yet.  I have looked at my past cycles and I am due for AF today based at my low temps.  Still no AF cramps this morning.  I have a feeling she will be here this afternoon some time.  I just want AF to get here and leave fast so we can try again.  This next cycle I am going to try to put as much info in FF as I can starting CD 1.  Hopefully I ovulated my normal CD 17, instead of 20 like this cycle.  that's 3 more days I have to wait lol.

11DPO Temp dip :(

I have no cramps this morning but when I woke up my temp was down to 97.5 which is below the coverline.  So I am now expecting AF to show up sometime today or first thing tomorrow.  I had a weird night last night while sleeping.   DH decided to turn the AC on for the first time this year so I went to bed freezing, and slept with my normal duvet didn't add another blanket or anything.  Around 2am I woke up sweating, I got up and splashed cold water on my face then back to bed.  That doesn't happen to often. I am always cold when I am home.  So now that I am pretty sure that AF is sitting at my door step ready for her visit, it is time to start planning our next cycle.  This will be our first TTC cycle that we will actually be planning and scheduling BD time, lol.  DH will be home for this whole cycle.  I have about 25 IC ovulation test strips and the preseed.  This cycle we will try the SMEP thing, and preseed as well.  I am still a little confused with the whole preseed stuff, what if we use too much?

I am excited to start our first good TTC cycle.  I might also try to drink green tea everyday.  When my temp dipped today I gave in and had a normal coffee this morning (not my decaf that I have been drinking).  Man was it ever good!   Well Im off for the day to try to kill the witch and stop her from visiting me for the rest of the year.  I can still try right?

CD 30, 10 DPO

So here is what I was thinking of today.  My last cycle was 28 days, and the cycle before that was 31 days.  So AF should be arriving any day.  My luteal phase is between around 12 days.  I really do think that I ovulated late this cycle (CD 20).  If I ovulated on CD 17 as per my normal pattern, my luteal phase would be over now and AF would have been here by now.  But she is no where close.  My lower back is still sore and my hips and back are itchy.  I hate waiting, I just want to POAS again lol.

Yesterday was Mother's day, and I went for dinner with my mom, my sister, gramma, aunt and her sister and their mom.  I was the only non mother :( and it was sure pointed out as well.  I really hope that yesterday was my last mother's day as a non mom.

2 more days until I take another test, if the witch stays away that is.

9DPO BFN

I bought 2 FRER last night and used one today with FMU, and BFN.  My lower back is so sore this morning.  I am sitting on the couch with the laptop watching tv, and I feel uncomfortable sitting here.  There was no line whatsoever on the FRER, either it's still early or I messed up my ovulation day.  Still not giving up until AF is here, but I cant help but lose a little hope after a BFN at 9DPO.  I will use the other test on wednesday (12DPO) if AF doesn't show up before that.

Also my cervix this morning was so high that I almost couldn't reach it, still firm though.

Ice cream and crushed Oreos

Ice cream and crushed oreos... that was my breakfast today.  I had a craving for an oreo cookie when I woke up this morning, which led to hmm... lets add ice cream lol.

Anyways today is 8DPO an my temp today was 98.5.  FF gave me an unfilled circle today as i took my temp around 8am instead of the normal 6:50 ish.  DH is away this weekend to visit his family and I am stayed back since my mom is here visiting.  She is staying at my sister's house this weekend so i have a free day today to just relax.  Right now I am catching up on my recorded birthing shows.  I will try to have a nap in a few hours then head out to see my family.  Tomorrow will be 9DPO and Mothers day, i would love to take a test tomorrow because I am so impatient. Part of me thinks that my delay in ovulation until DH was home was a sign that this cycle it was meant to happen.  I am trying to figure out what a "twinge" is.  I have been feeling this pulling feeling on my right side.  Not like a period cramp, but more like a pulling/stretching.

So my mom is here visiting for a couple weeks, and my sister (she knows that we are TTC) has been telling my mom no to come here and that she has to stay at my sister's house.  Well I found out today that my mom mentioned staying at my house for a weekend and my sister told her that we were TTC so she couldn't stay here. lol.  I found this out after my mom asked me if I wanted to go to my cousins house for dinner, which was a tuna casserole.  I dont know if anyone else TTC is avoiding fish and tuna, but I am.  So i told her that I couldn't make it because I was sick.  My mom asked if everything was okay and I was getting tongue tied and said ya I am fine I just was up all night with an upset stomach i ate a bag a chips last night that made my stomach upset.  Total lie.  And it got worse from there, lol.  So i had to tell her why i didn't want tuna because she's my mom and I havent seen her much since she has been her.  That is when she told me that she knew.  Her response to me not wanting tuna because we were in the 2WW was a big laugh, lol.  She went on to tell me that she had no problems getting pregnant, nor did my sister.  It happened right away for her.  I have an older sister, and had an older brother.

Get this... my brother was born June 3, 1986 and passed away(SIDS :(  ) September 3, 1986. (i think that was the date, if not close to it).  My parents way of coping with the death of their child was to plan for another one right away.  9 months later my due date was June 3, 1987, and they thought I was a boy.  Sure enough was born one week late (and a girl).  Long story short, both my sister and my mom  can apparently get pregnant very easily.  I hope that I am the same way.  I do not know too much about DH's family history with babies other than twins run in his family, and his brother has 3 kids (all within years).

Wow this is my longest blog post ever.  I am praying for that BFP this week.  If not this week then 4-5 weeks from now.

Temps are stressing me out

Today is 7DPO, and my temp is 97.7.  My last 2 cycles I have had temps around 98 the whole two weeks almost.  But this cycle they are all over the place after ovulation.  I am sure to take it at the same time everyday and I do enter it into my cell phone FF app right away.  The only thingI can think of is that I have not ben sleeping well this week.  I toss and turn all night.  Would that not make my temp go higher? I did some research on low temps after ovulation and some people take progesterone to help with it.  I may do some more research this weekend.  The only symptom i seem to be having is increased appetite and very tired due to not being able to sleep at night.  I am happy it's Friday and I can try to sleep in the next 2 days.

I think my thermometer sucks

Today is CD 25/5DPO and i took my temp this morning at 6:50am as I always do and it was 97.1.  So i double checked the number made sure I was looking at it right and yes it was 97.1.  So a few seconds later I checked again, thinking my temp should be the same, right?  No, it was 97.6.  So I checked again in a few seconds. 98.0 was my new temp.  Is that normal, or is my thermometer not working?  I was laying down the whole time so I wasn't walking around or anything.

On another note, I am trying to add my cm for everyday to FF, and yesterday i had yellow EWCM.  Does EWCM have to be clear?  What would I select at my CM option?

FF removed my crosshairs UPDATe

CD23 - Huge temp tip this morning 96.8 which was way under my coverline.  So now I am very confused.  I guess I havent ovulated yet.  My cervix this morning was firm, but still very high.  DH will be happy now we are good to TDT again without my being scared to screw anything up. lol  This is the weirdest cycle for me so far.  What could affect such a low temp drop if if I did ovulate 3 days ago?  I slept with the window open last night but I doubt that would affect it at all.

UPDATE
I checked my thermometer again after work and my temp was 98.6 this morning not 96.8. Ff gave we a ovulation day of Friday :) My thermometer keeps the last temp the next time I turn it on.

EWCM???

So we DTD 2 nights ago and yesterday i had some EWCM which I thought was semen, but I am still randomly having EWCM.  Am I right by thinking that it is just semen or could it really be EWCM, and I am still in my fertile period?  Is sex okay during the TWW? I don't want to screw anything up if i did ovulate.

FF confirmed Ovulation

Today is CD 22, after I added my temp, FF gave me an ovulation day of Thursday (CD 19).  How reliable is FF?  If I ovulated on Thursday, but still had a high, soft open cervix on friday night, is it possible that I ovulated on Friday but my temp started to increase?  I am now 3 DPO so I guess I will find out in 10 days.  This wait is killing me, lol. When are they going to create a HPT that we can use right away? lol

CD 21 or 1/2 DPO

Temp went up this morning to 98.5, big rise today.  I have been having on and off cramps all morning.  As well, cervix is now firm, closed and not as high as it was yesterday.  I really hope we made it just in time.  FF has not confirmed ovulation yet, but I think I am now in the TWW.  When i checked my cervix i noticed that there is something at the opening of my cervix, i noticed it a few weeks ago but thought nothing of it.  But now I am curious as to what it could be.  It doesn't feel like a bump, but more like the tip of a pen sticking out of the opening of my cervix.  Is that normal? 

CD 20 - PM. Cramps!

Well its about 10:40pm, DH is almost on his last flight until he finally makes it home. The last 20 minutes or so I have been having on and off cramps, which I am pretty sure is ovulation pains.  Feels the same as what i felt the last 2 cycles around ovulation anyways.  So do the pains mean that I am ovulating now? So tonight will be the first time we try Preseed as well.  I hope it works well, I am a little confused with the whole process but I will try it anyways.

Baby dust to everyone!!

CD20 - Cervical position

Today is CD 20 and this morning my temp did rise to 97.3 ( up from 96.6 yesterday).  My cervix seems to be very high, very soft and open.  I am not sure what the different CP mean, I find it all confusing.  DH was supposed to be here at 8pm tonight, but his flight was delayed until midnight now.  I am getting excited to see him, aslo feeling like its too late (to conceive this cycle).  DH has ben traveling for 2 days to get home, 4 flights and not much sleep.  I hope he has enough energy when he gets home tonight, LOL.  If we are going to catch the egg this cycle there is not time to wait. lol.

CD 19 - PM

Its around 9pm CD 19, and I still have not felt my usual ovulation pains.  My last 2 cycles I have felt sharp cramp like pains during ovulation, but nothing so far.  Just before lunch today i did start to feel dizzy at work, and that continued for the rest of the day.  After work I stopped by at Wendy's and got a chicken burger and fries, and a pop... and a chocolate frosty :) After eating all that I did feel better.  Then I had a hot bath.  I know hot baths are not good for people TTC, but I just needed one it is so relaxing.

CD 19 Temp still decreasing

Today is CD 19, and my temp went even lower this morning.  I have been taking my temp consistently at the same time all week, and it dropped from 96.8 to 96.6 his morning.  DH is due home tomorrow around 8pm.  I dont know, but I have a feeling luck is on my side this month.  Another thing, I had a lot of EWCM this morning and nothing yesterday.  Here is my chart:

http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3b68d7 

I hope this link works.

CD 17 (usual ovulation day for me)

Temp went up .3 today to 97.4 which is still a lot lower than my normal after ovulation temps.  On another note, DH's first flight was delayed 24 hours, so he has to change his other 3 flights because of that so I am not sure when he will be home now maybe Friday or Saturday.  I thought that Thursday was pushing my luck for this cycle, so Friday or Saturday is way too late.  Which is fine, because how my cycles work, hopefully we can have 1 actual cycle of TTC, then test 10 days after ovulation which would be my 25th birthday!  Still not giving up this month though.