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Hi guys! For anyone following my saga after of more than a year and a half of trying we have this: I'm not sure what worked--this month was my first off of clomid in 5 cycles, I have been spending a ton of money in weekly accupuncture appts for the last 2 cycles and I caved and finally had a consult with a fertility specialist 2 weeks ago. We were waiting on my next period for testing...so for fathers day I was able to tell my husband that he would be a daddy again and the ETA is his birthday. It still seems so surreal. So, see you guys in the pregnancy thread:)
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Roxy Rouge posted:Hi guys! For anyone following my saga after of more than a year and a half of trying we have this: Hooray!
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Jun 24, 2010 06:06
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[quote="Roxy Rouge"] Hi guys! For anyone following my saga after of more than a year and a half of trying we have this: CONGRATULATIONS!
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Jun 24, 2010 13:22
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Congrats! We have officially gotten the ball rolling on trying for babby number two this month. I have to go through an estrogen cycle first, so we're looking at a time frame of hopefully conceiving at the end of July at earliest.
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Jun 24, 2010 14:17
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Moms Stuffing posted:Congrats! We have officially gotten the ball rolling on trying for babby number two this month. I have to go through an estrogen cycle first, so we're looking at a time frame of hopefully conceiving at the end of July at earliest. Good luck and I can't wait for another Mom's Stuffing babby! 
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Jun 24, 2010 14:21
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Congrats Roxy Rouge! That is totally awesome : )
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Jun 24, 2010 14:54
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Congrats, Roxy Rouge!! Mom's Stuffing, if you get pregnant in July, maybe the new babby and Cecilia will share a birthday. 
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Jun 24, 2010 15:49
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Congratulations Roxy!
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Jun 24, 2010 15:53
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Thanks for the congrats,y'all! I'm really excited and just a little disbeliving still. Good luck to you guys I hope you are joining me in the pregnancy thread soon!
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Jun 24, 2010 19:15
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..and another one. After a year and a half of trying, my wife just showed me a faint stripe next to the test line. Time for me to go through all her pregnancy books. 
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Jun 25, 2010 01:10
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Has anyone ever done a cycle of Estrace before they went ahead with fertility treatments before? This is the third time I've done this, but for whatever reason I'm getting hit with a lot of side effects this time and it's really annoying. I'm nauseated and so bloated that I don't want to ever wear pants again. I feel like I'm in the first trimester, but I'm not even pregnant yet. 
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Jun 27, 2010 04:40
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Hey folks, guess what! I tested it 3 times, I couldn't believe my eyes because we took a break and stopped trying so hard last month. And we got this We're ecstatic but also really nervous because it's still so early and anything could go wrong. I keep thinking back on all the coffee I've been drinking or unhealthy food I ate and it's hard not to freak out! I haven't got any syndrome besides some mild period like cramping and general tiredness...but I'm only a few weeks along if I calculate right. When would be the right time to see your OB when you find out anyway?
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Jul 6, 2010 19:54
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Noirex posted:Hey folks, guess what! Yay Noirex! Congratulations
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Jul 6, 2010 19:58
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Congrats Noirex!! Don't worry about the coffee and stuff you've had; pretty much everyone cuts the stuff out that they're worried about once they find out, and it works out fine. I saw my OB for the first time when I was approx 8 weeks pregnant (6 weeks post conception). I had tested the week prior and discovered I was actually pregnant, after a false negative. That early on, you probably won't see much if they have you do an ultrasound (I had a dating ultrasound because I didn't have a last missed period, even though I knew exactly when I conceived), but by about 12 weeks pregnant, or 10 weeks post conception, you should be able to see and possibly hear the heartbeat on the ultrasound!
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Jul 6, 2010 20:02
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Noirex posted:
Hooray! Congrats! And don't worry about coffee or anything like that. It takes more than coffee to make something go wrong.I think it really depends on your doctor when they want you in for your first check-up. Mine said to wait until 10-12 weeks.
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Jul 6, 2010 20:04
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Congrats Noirex!!
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Jul 6, 2010 21:25
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Congratulations Noirex!
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Jul 7, 2010 02:28
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Edit: Ok it was a huge mistake posting this here.
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Jul 7, 2010 03:21
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Well, congratulations to all of you on this page! So much pregnant going on. 
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Jul 7, 2010 05:17
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Thank you all! I'm still trying to sort out my insurance so I'll probably only see a doctor in another week's time. I will try not to worry too much about everything in the meantime, which is really hard to do considering I'm such a tremendous worrywart. Thanks for all the advice and reassurances, I don't know how I could have kept sane without this awesome thread and it's posters. Good luck to everyone trying, please keep your chin up! Noirex fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Jul 7, 2010 |
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Jul 7, 2010 23:37
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Have y'all seen this series of commercials with the theme "Birds and bees can't always make babies" at http://increaseyourchances.org/? I'm kind of in love with them, perhaps more so because they're sort of a goony looking couple.  I think they do a good job of getting a public dialogue going, even if they're fertility specialist oriented, they're cute and portray frustration without being depressing or judgmental.
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Cross postin' here and the Pregnancy thread... I got a positive test this afternoon. I thought I was out for the month when I started having brown spotting yesterday, but it stopped after a few hours, and my temperature was still super high this morning, so I bought a digital. It says 2-3 weeks since conception. Oh my! The doctor at the loss clinic gave me a requisition for hcg and thyroid blood tests to be done as soon as I got a positive, so I'll be heading to the hospital tomorrow morning, and I've already sent a message to the clinic to see what I need to do next. This is my fifth pregnancy, guys, I'm so... I don't even know what the right word is. Terrified? Here we go again, AGAIN.
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Jul 12, 2010 19:16
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Good luck! I'll be thinking of you and keeping my fingers crossed! Super super super good luck!!
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Jul 12, 2010 19:31
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My girlfriend and I started having sex a week ago. Today she tells me that yesterday her left breast started to hurt, feels slightly swollen and has a purplish streak on it. We used condoms, we were fairly sure nothing got out. she is in the least fertile part of her cycle. so her period wont be for three more weeks or so. should we be worried?
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Jul 12, 2010 19:36
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Bonefish posted:My girlfriend and I started having sex a week ago. Today she tells me that yesterday her left breast started to hurt, feels slightly swollen and has a purplish streak on it. We used condoms, we were fairly sure nothing got out. she is in the least fertile part of her cycle. so her period wont be for three more weeks or so. should we be worried? No.
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Jul 12, 2010 19:41
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Bonefish posted:My girlfriend and I started having sex a week ago. Today she tells me that yesterday her left breast started to hurt, feels slightly swollen and has a purplish streak on it. We used condoms, we were fairly sure nothing got out. she is in the least fertile part of her cycle. so her period wont be for three more weeks or so. should we be worried? It's highly unlikely that she's pregnant, but if I had a sore breast and could visibly see streaks of color on it, I'd want to see my doctor right away to make sure everything's ok.
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Good luck, longpig! I'll be thinking of you too. So a couple of weeks ago I finally had a period, and started charting--as an aside, to anyone else who's hesitant about buying Taking Charge of Your Fertility, like I was, go for it! I was using an old digital thermometer I found in our bathroom cabinet and deemed it "Probably good enough for now." Since all my waking temps for the last couple of weeks have been around the same, I figured I was okay, but the last couple of days I've been getting weird readings. Today I woke up and the thermometer read 96.5. Since that seemed absurdly low, even for me, I grabbed a digital thermometer my husband's using for some medical study (it's brand-new and nice) and it read 97.7, not even 30 seconds after I took my temp with the first thermometer. So I'm thinking the first old thermometer's batteries are dying, or something, but what should I do about charting? Should I just ignore today's temp and pick up charting again tomorrow with the new thermometer? I probably might not think of it as a big deal, except over the weekend I had lower right abdominal pain and yesterday I had midcycle spotting, which clued me in that I might actually be ovulating. I was hoping a thermal shift might confirm it, but now I'm not sure what to do about my thermometers.
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Jul 12, 2010 20:44
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Congratulations Longpig and I'm crossing my fingers for you!!
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Banana Cat posted:Good luck, longpig! I'll be thinking of you too. When I was charting my temps I had poo poo luck with using a digital one. I got an old fashioned basal thermometer from amazon and charted it by holding it under my armpit to get a reading.
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I had really confusing temperature readings, with peaks often, so I relied heavily on cervical mucous and ovulation strips to figure out when I was ovulating.
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CONGRATS LONGPIG! All my thoughts are with you guys. Fire In The Disco posted:I had really confusing temperature readings, with peaks often, so I relied heavily on cervical mucous and ovulation strips to figure out when I was ovulating. Me too, and the month we conceived was the first month I tried ovulation test strips.
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Jul 13, 2010 00:22
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Same here! For me, those suckers were lifesavers.
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All right, I guess I'll just keep an eye out for other signs. I had bought 50 or so cheap ovulation strips, but since I went a few months without a period, I used them all up during that time trying to figure out if I'd ovulated or not. And my cervical mucous still hasn't gotten back to "slippery" at any point since I had the Mirena taken out, which is why I was sort of hoping that temperature charting would help me know when (if) I ovulated this cycle. Oh well, I guess since my possible-secondary-ovulating-signs have passed, I'll wait out the rest of this cycle and hope that it's not another 3 months before my next period again! I swear I've never wished to get my period so badly before than in these last few months .
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Fire In The Disco posted:It's highly unlikely that she's pregnant, but if I had a sore breast and could visibly see streaks of color on it, I'd want to see my doctor right away to make sure everything's ok. I think the streak may have been a (single) vein, but under inspection now, there are no veins to be seen. However, visible veins, and breast (she says mostly nipple) pain is a pregnancy sign. even though we checked the condom right after sex (exactly a week ago) I'm still pretty worried. Bonefish fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Jul 13, 2010 |
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Jul 13, 2010 06:04
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A week past conception is really, really, really early to have pregnancy symptoms; in fact, for most women they don't really kick in until 6-8 weeks pregnant. But by all means, take a test if she misses her period.
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Bonefish posted:I think the streak may have been a (single) vein, but under inspection now, there are no veins to be seen. However, visible veins, and breast (she says mostly nipple) pain is a pregnancy sign. even though we checked the condom right after sex (exactly a week ago) I'm still pretty worried. I think with pregnancy it would be BOTH breasts. She should go to the doctor in case she has boob cancer or something. It's most likely the two of you are just freaking out over nothing because you think sex automatically equals pregnancy.
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Bonefish posted:I think the streak may have been a (single) vein, but under inspection now, there are no veins to be seen. However, visible veins, and breast (she says mostly nipple) pain is a pregnancy sign. even though we checked the condom right after sex (exactly a week ago) I'm still pretty worried. Breasts can become tender during periods and probably during ovulation, as well.
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bamzilla posted:Breasts can become tender during periods and probably during ovulation, as well. Also with some birth controls, if she has started on the pill or anything.
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Longpig posted:I got a positive test this afternoon. I thought I was out for the month when I started having brown spotting yesterday, but it stopped after a few hours, and my temperature was still super high this morning, so I bought a digital. It says 2-3 weeks since conception. Oh my! I hope it all goes well for you, Longpig. You definitely deserve to have a happy, healthy, stress-free pregnancy with all that you've been through. Good luck to you.
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Longpig posted:Cross postin' here and the Pregnancy thread... We're trying for pregnancy #3 now and I really really want to get pregnant, but drat am I going to be freaking out that I'll lose this one as well. I have a good feeling for you Longpig <3
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