Incoming!!!!
Attack from left field!
BAM!
Uggh! Really?
So yesterday my OPK was still negative but there was an obvious second line so I figured today it would be positive and then I would ovulate maybe Saturday. This morning I wake up and my temp is 36.85. -blink- That is a post-ovulation temp for me. 70s is the ambiguous zone but 80s is ovulation. I had a full extra layer on last night because it was cold but I didn't feel all disgustingly hot when I woke up and it never has really made a difference before. -insert confused face here-
I took an OPK before I went off to the gym this morning and it was as close to positive it gets. Now it looks positive but when I first did it, it was probably just a little negative. My body feels peak fertility right now but it seems to do that after I've ovulated rather than just before. FF will probably put me as having ovulated today based on the information I'll give it. I'm wondering if I am seeing the tail end of the LH surge and I ovulated closely afterwards?
We are covered. We got busy last night and I spent about 1.5 hours on the floor propped up on various heights of cushion so ensure that his swimmers had EVERY opportunity to get to where they needed to be. I have to admit this morning I was a bit reserved with my cardio too. Won't be possible tonight but we will try again Saturday to cover our bases.
I'm not sure I can expect much out of this cycle but I was really hoping for a nice clear count down to Clomid. Ah well. I guess I can expect AF by Wednesday week after next!
Freeeeeezing cold. Hot shower time!
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
CD16 - A Plan of Attack
I have been dying to get on here and post but I've been a little bit stuck for time!
I went and saw my OBGYN who I affectionately title The Wonderful Dr. A. After yesterday's appointment, I remember why. After a year of battling idiots trying to get my son's issues diagnosed, it was so nice to feel totally relaxed, have all the right questions asked and come away with a clear management plan. I love this guy. We had a great catch up about everything over the last year and shared stories of sleep deprivation and the emotional fallout from a raising a reflux child. And of course there was a little bit of business in there as well. He just made it so easy!
The short of the long is that I'm starting Clomid next cycle. We will do 50mg the first time and if that doesn't clean up my cycle we will jump back up to 100mg (which is what I was on when we conceived DS). I have mixed emotions. There is always that element of "what if it doesn't work and I get through an entire script of Clomid". But the other element is excited that we are getting real. Sure it is coming about a lot earlier than I had originally planned but I am cool with that. :-)
Now for all you ladies who were hanging out for it, I did ask about the cardio/elevated body temp thing. He said it was fine so long as it wasn't sustained for hours and hours. So, my hour to hour and a half sessions are fine and non-detrimental. Realistically, that is more like 20 minutes most sessions except for kettlebell days which are closer to 50 minutes as the weight component doesn't cause me to spike. I'm glad because I really didn't want to have to kill cardio for a "maybe". At least not over the next two cycles. I've sort of prepared myself for the possibility that it may not work out until we get to the 100mg again.
At the moment I'm CD16 and my temps have broken out of the classic pattern. OPK is still not quite positive yet but should be tomorrow. DH and I are going to try and get busy tonight again. Guess we have to try on the off chance that something does come to fruition!
Funny thing happened today actually... On recommendation I went and took DS to a dude who is a chiropractor and naturopath and just one of these people who are all psychic like. Part way through the consultation he turns to me and basically declares that we will be pregnant with at least one, but possibly two quite imminently. Pretty well didn't hear a word he said after that point. -sigh- I think I want him to be right a little too much... :-o
I went and saw my OBGYN who I affectionately title The Wonderful Dr. A. After yesterday's appointment, I remember why. After a year of battling idiots trying to get my son's issues diagnosed, it was so nice to feel totally relaxed, have all the right questions asked and come away with a clear management plan. I love this guy. We had a great catch up about everything over the last year and shared stories of sleep deprivation and the emotional fallout from a raising a reflux child. And of course there was a little bit of business in there as well. He just made it so easy!
The short of the long is that I'm starting Clomid next cycle. We will do 50mg the first time and if that doesn't clean up my cycle we will jump back up to 100mg (which is what I was on when we conceived DS). I have mixed emotions. There is always that element of "what if it doesn't work and I get through an entire script of Clomid". But the other element is excited that we are getting real. Sure it is coming about a lot earlier than I had originally planned but I am cool with that. :-)
Now for all you ladies who were hanging out for it, I did ask about the cardio/elevated body temp thing. He said it was fine so long as it wasn't sustained for hours and hours. So, my hour to hour and a half sessions are fine and non-detrimental. Realistically, that is more like 20 minutes most sessions except for kettlebell days which are closer to 50 minutes as the weight component doesn't cause me to spike. I'm glad because I really didn't want to have to kill cardio for a "maybe". At least not over the next two cycles. I've sort of prepared myself for the possibility that it may not work out until we get to the 100mg again.
At the moment I'm CD16 and my temps have broken out of the classic pattern. OPK is still not quite positive yet but should be tomorrow. DH and I are going to try and get busy tonight again. Guess we have to try on the off chance that something does come to fruition!
Funny thing happened today actually... On recommendation I went and took DS to a dude who is a chiropractor and naturopath and just one of these people who are all psychic like. Part way through the consultation he turns to me and basically declares that we will be pregnant with at least one, but possibly two quite imminently. Pretty well didn't hear a word he said after that point. -sigh- I think I want him to be right a little too much... :-o
Monday, May 28, 2012
CD13 - Catching Up
Been a little MIA. We had the snots, spews and poos run through the household this week and then I had work over the weekend as well. Not much time to get on and I've missed a few post by my bloggy buds but done my best to catch up on the most recent stuff.
So I can't even remember when I last posted but the run down of things gone by is that AF came in the evening on 11DPO last cycle which technically gives me an 11 day LP...by like six hours. -insert eye roll here-. AF was the most painful by far and reminds me of what it was like just before it got really bad with the endo. It was also extraordinarily light and short...which was also what it was like just before things got really bad with endo. Anyone else catching the trend here? I decided that I would ditch the aspirin and just go natural. So we had days and days of this right ovary burning, aching blah blah blah and then on CD10 I had brown stained mucus. And the more on CD11. On CD12 it was just plain old spotting and by the end of CD12 I actually thought that AF was arriving because there was red blood and the liner I was wearing just wasn't cutting it. Spotting again this morning and then brown mucus and down to nothing...ignoring the fact that I feel like AF is about to start all day with lower back pain and bloating etc.
I officially cracked a sad and went to my GP and I now have a referral back to my OBGYN with an appointment set up for Wednesday morning.
Up until this cycle I've felt pretty good and pretty level headed about things but I'm not quite feeling that way anymore. I can't say I feel the faith in body, I'm frustrated by all these people around me who seem to be able to have sex once and go BAM UTD and I just have this general sense of "here we go again...". It's not so much that I'm desperate to be pregnant or having deprived parent syndrome or anything of the sort. Afterall, I've got one gorgeous little man and the older he is before this happens, the easier it will be too. It's more that we are ready for this to happen and I just want to be on an even playing field to everyone else. I don't care if it takes a while so long as it has a chance of happening and my body is behaving somewhat normally. It would be nice to feel like I'm waiting for my turn rather than wasting time. I hope that makes sense.
Anyway, had some clear EWCM and cervix is starting to feel more fertile so decided to temp from this morning. It's at the point which is usually about two days before a postive OPK so we will need to get busy soon I guess. I have decided that I'm only going to wait until FF confirms my CHs and then ditch temping. My sleep is too disrupted and I find it a little hard watching my body abandon the cause via temping. lol!
Oh! Oh! And I tested the exercise sperm baking theory last week too! I was fine doing weights. Came back 36.8 which is 98.24 F. However, when I jumped on the treadmill and did my interval sprints it came back 38.0 which is 100.4 F i.e. the equivalent of a low grade fever. I'll ask my OBGYN on Wednesday about the effect when inside the womans body but I may put a hold on the cardio workouts post sex until after ovulation. You know.. cause a miracle might happen and I might get pregnant. LMAO.
And that is where I am at... Sorry, bit of a downer post I know. Hopefully come back with something promising to share after Wednesday!
P.S. -waves at new follower Laura McNeir- Hi!
So I can't even remember when I last posted but the run down of things gone by is that AF came in the evening on 11DPO last cycle which technically gives me an 11 day LP...by like six hours. -insert eye roll here-. AF was the most painful by far and reminds me of what it was like just before it got really bad with the endo. It was also extraordinarily light and short...which was also what it was like just before things got really bad with endo. Anyone else catching the trend here? I decided that I would ditch the aspirin and just go natural. So we had days and days of this right ovary burning, aching blah blah blah and then on CD10 I had brown stained mucus. And the more on CD11. On CD12 it was just plain old spotting and by the end of CD12 I actually thought that AF was arriving because there was red blood and the liner I was wearing just wasn't cutting it. Spotting again this morning and then brown mucus and down to nothing...ignoring the fact that I feel like AF is about to start all day with lower back pain and bloating etc.
I officially cracked a sad and went to my GP and I now have a referral back to my OBGYN with an appointment set up for Wednesday morning.
Up until this cycle I've felt pretty good and pretty level headed about things but I'm not quite feeling that way anymore. I can't say I feel the faith in body, I'm frustrated by all these people around me who seem to be able to have sex once and go BAM UTD and I just have this general sense of "here we go again...". It's not so much that I'm desperate to be pregnant or having deprived parent syndrome or anything of the sort. Afterall, I've got one gorgeous little man and the older he is before this happens, the easier it will be too. It's more that we are ready for this to happen and I just want to be on an even playing field to everyone else. I don't care if it takes a while so long as it has a chance of happening and my body is behaving somewhat normally. It would be nice to feel like I'm waiting for my turn rather than wasting time. I hope that makes sense.
Anyway, had some clear EWCM and cervix is starting to feel more fertile so decided to temp from this morning. It's at the point which is usually about two days before a postive OPK so we will need to get busy soon I guess. I have decided that I'm only going to wait until FF confirms my CHs and then ditch temping. My sleep is too disrupted and I find it a little hard watching my body abandon the cause via temping. lol!
Oh! Oh! And I tested the exercise sperm baking theory last week too! I was fine doing weights. Came back 36.8 which is 98.24 F. However, when I jumped on the treadmill and did my interval sprints it came back 38.0 which is 100.4 F i.e. the equivalent of a low grade fever. I'll ask my OBGYN on Wednesday about the effect when inside the womans body but I may put a hold on the cardio workouts post sex until after ovulation. You know.. cause a miracle might happen and I might get pregnant. LMAO.
And that is where I am at... Sorry, bit of a downer post I know. Hopefully come back with something promising to share after Wednesday!
P.S. -waves at new follower Laura McNeir- Hi!
Monday, May 14, 2012
That's Alright. Karma Will Kick Your Ass.
That's what I would say to my body if it were a person. If my body were a person I would also like to imagine roundhouse kicking it in the head. See I could only imagine it too because I am not really a violent person and I avoid confrontation. But that's not the only reason. I also haven't been able to roundhouse kick at head height since I had DS. But that is a minor detail. I really nasty thigh kick would do the job too.
Right, getting off track a bit. So if you click on my FF ticker thingy it will take you off to my chart. On my chart you will see that my body decided to jump ship at 9DPO and I've been spotting and cramping ever since. I was so sure I was going to have such an awesome cycle and that ovulating at the right time was going to be the magic solution. >>***BAM***<< Reality check. Apparently, my body still sucks.
AF hasn't broken yet. I'm expecting it any minute. And of course the fact that it is making me feel vaguely nauseated is really motivating when I have the house to myself and I should actually be cleaning it. (Someone play a really small violin for me here?) -sigh- - insert wiping of brow-
So...think I am going to give it another cycle and see what happens. Suspect I really just need to decide whether I go back to Dr. A. fairly soon and get Clomid going or whether I put TTC on hold until after my fitness comp.
And you know what, even though I am a tad disappointed in the general sense and quite miffed at my body, I'm ok with this situation because I was prepared for it as a potential possibility. :-)
Right, getting off track a bit. So if you click on my FF ticker thingy it will take you off to my chart. On my chart you will see that my body decided to jump ship at 9DPO and I've been spotting and cramping ever since. I was so sure I was going to have such an awesome cycle and that ovulating at the right time was going to be the magic solution. >>***BAM***<< Reality check. Apparently, my body still sucks.
AF hasn't broken yet. I'm expecting it any minute. And of course the fact that it is making me feel vaguely nauseated is really motivating when I have the house to myself and I should actually be cleaning it. (Someone play a really small violin for me here?) -sigh- - insert wiping of brow-
So...think I am going to give it another cycle and see what happens. Suspect I really just need to decide whether I go back to Dr. A. fairly soon and get Clomid going or whether I put TTC on hold until after my fitness comp.
And you know what, even though I am a tad disappointed in the general sense and quite miffed at my body, I'm ok with this situation because I was prepared for it as a potential possibility. :-)
Friday, May 11, 2012
7DPO - The Declaration of Unpregnance
Hahaha! Ok so when we were TTC #1 I remember there was a day sometime during my luteal phase (can't remember whether it was 6 or 8DPO) where I'd wake up and knew categorically that I wasn't pregnant. I suspect it has a bit to do with progesterone winding down after hitting its peak. Anyway, today was that day for me. I woke up and recognised a change in mood and felt that "I'm totally not pregnant" feeling. This is usually accompanied by a sudden feeling of impatience. Certainly not as extreme as it used to be but recognisable for sure. I'm inclined to pack up my thermometer and leave things be for the rest of the cycle. I'm not feeling all PMT rage like just yet so I think AF is a little way off yet.
Actually been thinking about things...again... and I think I'm gong to give it until the end of the year. If we haven't succeed in December, I'll go see my OBGYN in January. It will have been nine months by then. It is more than the six months he told me and I think it is a reasonable time frame. It will also give me time to do my fitness comp etc. :-)
The aspirin is having a cumulative effect and I'm starting to bruise. A lot. LOL! Going to stick with it for another month so I know whether it is the thing that impacted ovulation this cycle. I suspect I may have a cyst though... I've been having this ovulation-ish, achey, stabby type pain on my right hand side for the last two days. Hopefully, nothing of consequence...
So, tapping out of this one and stalking my bloggy girls instead. :-D
Actually been thinking about things...again... and I think I'm gong to give it until the end of the year. If we haven't succeed in December, I'll go see my OBGYN in January. It will have been nine months by then. It is more than the six months he told me and I think it is a reasonable time frame. It will also give me time to do my fitness comp etc. :-)
The aspirin is having a cumulative effect and I'm starting to bruise. A lot. LOL! Going to stick with it for another month so I know whether it is the thing that impacted ovulation this cycle. I suspect I may have a cyst though... I've been having this ovulation-ish, achey, stabby type pain on my right hand side for the last two days. Hopefully, nothing of consequence...
So, tapping out of this one and stalking my bloggy girls instead. :-D
Monday, May 7, 2012
4DPO - Unravelling the Mystery of Baked Sperm
So, kinda couldn't help myself. I took an ear thermometer with my to the gym this morning and at the end of the session I measured up. 37.3 it read. (99.1 for you US folk). I was all like YAY! This is so good! Of course, my joy was short lived when I went home and tested the thermometer I used against the expensive one which I forgot in DS's room. Bah-bow! There was as much as 1.2 degrees difference. Colder. (That's like 2.2 F for the rest of you). Fail. So my temp was technically a low grade fever. Hummmm.... Of course I'm going to have to repeat this test on Monday to make sure...with the good thermometer. LMAO!
Otherwise, FF rested on CD15 (as predicted) for ovulation. Today I had a big dip which will either be the corpus luteum or the fact that I was wearing about three less layers to bed because I felt soooo hot despite the freezing cold. See what happens in the morning.
I'm feeling really good this cycle. My hormone balance must be so different having ovulated at the right time. Normally, I'm all so full of hope, then I pop an egg and them I'm all defeatist like instantly. Right now I feel good. Optimistic. Excited to see how this cycle will play out. I'm full expecting AF to show but I just feel like it is going to be a healthier cycle. :-)
Oh and now that I've got a few more friends and blogs to read, I've created a blog roll. I am not quite happy with its position but it will do for the time being!
Otherwise, FF rested on CD15 (as predicted) for ovulation. Today I had a big dip which will either be the corpus luteum or the fact that I was wearing about three less layers to bed because I felt soooo hot despite the freezing cold. See what happens in the morning.
I'm feeling really good this cycle. My hormone balance must be so different having ovulated at the right time. Normally, I'm all so full of hope, then I pop an egg and them I'm all defeatist like instantly. Right now I feel good. Optimistic. Excited to see how this cycle will play out. I'm full expecting AF to show but I just feel like it is going to be a healthier cycle. :-)
Oh and now that I've got a few more friends and blogs to read, I've created a blog roll. I am not quite happy with its position but it will do for the time being!
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Plan of Attack
I'm thinking perhaps I was wrong and that I ovulated CD15 instead. Kinda fits with all my other charts... Just looking at the pattern of ovulation pain etc too. That being the case we are O-2. Not good enough IMO. At least, I don't exactly have a track history of being fertile enough to conceive off that. I'm also somehwat convinced now that I've baked DH's sperm. LOL! So, watching my LP and pretty well ruling this cycle out.
So, the plan from here is that I'm not going any cervix checking and only whatever CM is really obvious. After I get my CHs from FF then I will only bother taking my temp if I don't get all sleep distrupted over it. My test date, if I should make it that far, is 17 May. LOL. When AF arrives I'm going to shoot off an email to my OBGYN (he's used to me asking stupid stuff like this) and query the baked sperm hypothesis. That way I'll know if I need to ease up around ovulation next time or whether I can really just stay focused.
I'm a bit curious as to whether I'll ovulate early next cycle or whether that was all about the B6. I figure, if it happens late again then I'll dose up on B6 after ovulation to AF each time. That's a small trade of for being kinda normal.
My fitness is going really well. At this stage I've returned to being inclined to wait until after my November comp to try Clomid if we don't make it before hand.
So, the plan from here is that I'm not going any cervix checking and only whatever CM is really obvious. After I get my CHs from FF then I will only bother taking my temp if I don't get all sleep distrupted over it. My test date, if I should make it that far, is 17 May. LOL. When AF arrives I'm going to shoot off an email to my OBGYN (he's used to me asking stupid stuff like this) and query the baked sperm hypothesis. That way I'll know if I need to ease up around ovulation next time or whether I can really just stay focused.
I'm a bit curious as to whether I'll ovulate early next cycle or whether that was all about the B6. I figure, if it happens late again then I'll dose up on B6 after ovulation to AF each time. That's a small trade of for being kinda normal.
My fitness is going really well. At this stage I've returned to being inclined to wait until after my November comp to try Clomid if we don't make it before hand.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
CD15 - Hrrrrmmm
I woke up this morning, whacked the thermometer in and got a pre-ovulation temp back. Hmmmm I went to myself. The OPK was definitely negative and my cervix didn't quite feel as fertile as it had yesterday. I am thinking that I probably ovulated overnight and it hasn't caught up with my temp yet. I know this is possible because I came to blows with my first FS because I was sure I hadn't because my temp hadn't come up and he was sure I would have had to have... The blood test prove he was right and my temp rose the following day. LOL! (That wasn't exactly the reason I ditched him. It was more that I was freaking out and he took it as a professional challenge. That and he just wasn't very user friendly outside of actual appointments. My current guy rocks the house!) I had a lot of pain and what not last night. Putting the pieces together it just makes sense. FF will probably put my ovulation date as today based on temps. I don't think we will get another BD session in so hopefully we are only O-1 if I didn't bake the sperm. Still trying to do some research about thermoregulation during exercise.... Anyhow, see how it all plays out... I'm pretty happy. Whether it was yesterday or today, this is the best ovulation I've had ever! Will be interesting to see how my LP goes...
CD14 - Positive OPK!
Wooooooooo! Okay so yesterday my OPK was still not positive but I was very obviously fertile with some nice EWCM. (Actually had a lot of it over the previous two days. Really nice consistency. Think the green tea has been doing some good). I didn't feel like I was fully there but didn't want to risk it. We got busy with a little bit of the drink. DH finished, hips up and crashed. Didn't lose a drop until I woke up at 1am to pee. Sooo hoping we got some little buggers up there. Today, my temp was high...more in the post ovulatory range but not quite. Not sure if it was from the 1am wake up or what but when I got up, I KNEW that I was peaking. Sure enough, blindly, dark, obvious positive that came up as soon as the pee hit the spot. I'm bloaty and crampy and achy...So it is happening or has happened today. Temp tomorrow should hopefully confirm. But guess what!? I have NEVER had a positive OPK on CD14! I'm like a normal person!! Wow! Wow! Wow! So now I get to see what my body does with my luteal phase.
I had a bit of a random thought today though. Sperm are made in the testicles which are kept away from the body so they done overheat. Then they get stuck in the body and hang in the fallopian tubes. But what if I do what I did this morning and run through a wicked work out. My body gets HOT. Have I just killed them all??? I can't seem to get an answer from Google in reference to the female factor. I know temp doesn't affect implantation cause I was going nuts when I conceived DS. But, we DTD the morning after ovulation... Think next cycle I will try to abstain from the workout and see what happens.
So I can accept I'm probably not going to get pregnant this time and it will give me a good chance to see what my body is doing. :-)
I had a bit of a random thought today though. Sperm are made in the testicles which are kept away from the body so they done overheat. Then they get stuck in the body and hang in the fallopian tubes. But what if I do what I did this morning and run through a wicked work out. My body gets HOT. Have I just killed them all??? I can't seem to get an answer from Google in reference to the female factor. I know temp doesn't affect implantation cause I was going nuts when I conceived DS. But, we DTD the morning after ovulation... Think next cycle I will try to abstain from the workout and see what happens.
So I can accept I'm probably not going to get pregnant this time and it will give me a good chance to see what my body is doing. :-)
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