Trying for a Baby Part 7

Nicki

On the liquid intake, Marilyn Glenville, who is my absolute guru on all things fertility and diet/supplement related advises drinking between 1.5 and 2 litres of liquids a day (not tea or coffee). So I personally think the benefit of cutting down hard on fluids so you can hold your pee for long enough to do an OPK is more than cancelled out by the corresponding negative effect on your fertility.

LittleMoog

Thanks for the advice on fluids guys. I normally wouldn't drink anything after teabreak at 4, until 6ish when I've got in and sorted dinner etc, so think I will pee as normal, and then once I've been for a pee after 6 and collected an OPK sample, will continue to drink as normal for the evening. If I don't get any positives I'll try a bedtime one as well, but I normally drink 2-3 pints of squash in the evening, so would probably need to cut back then as well.

dizsiebubba

QQuaver wrote: »

dizsiebubba, (((hugs))) for BFN, but you are not out yet. Is your cycles usually very regular?
Stress can delay ov, especially TTC stress.

My cycles are usually 28 days with a 7 day AF from hell.

Maybe stress could be delaying AF though? I am very stressed...I lost my amazaing and beautiful nanny (aged only 65) to cancer just over 2 weeks ago and i cannot take my mind off how much i miss her - she was a fab friend too and i cant cope that she is really gone... Prior to that I was very poorly just before xmas and even spent a few days leading up to xmas in hospital being let out on xmas eve just to lie in bed for a week

Aside from that - hugs to all who are feeling low today. I know the feeling of thinking life isnt going the way you want it to

Well done to all those who got their BFP so far this month too x

Natterjack88

Thanks for all the welcomes

And thanks for adding me to first post . Im on CD10. Not sure when ov is me n oh just go for it . I was put back 6 days with ds so this probably means I ov late? Not even sure how long cycle is- was about 32days but seemed shorter between Jan and Feb maybe about 30ish, anywho I'll prob be one of the first March Testers! AF was 2/2 so might try a first response on the 1/3 just in case I do ov late.

tinkwings

QQuaver wrote: »

I've just ordered DHEA, it's supposed to improve egg quality:cool:

I've tried Chinese medicine, acupuncture, royal jelly, melatonin, soy, Vit B complex and now this:rotfl:
TTC can make one crazy. I never thought I'd try all these placebo sounding supplements, but anyway, it's on with DHEA:p

Tinkwings, yay for your DD walking:T

What is DHEA?? or am i being stupid???

Just spoken to DD1 dd2 has not walked yet today!!!! I think she did it to show us now thinks don't have to bother again!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

DH rang............made up..............make up s x later me thinks ;):p

rumfeeble

mokba43 wrote: »

I am so envious lately i feel so angry at myself!!! It is getting ridiculous. it is coming from a place i cant just seem to control.
The latest one and of which i'm embarassed and upset about is i am distancing from some really good friends who decided to go for it after saying they wouldn't and got pregnant on their first ever try. Their baby girl is 2 months on now, and i just cant put up with the updates and photos anymore. I 'unsubscribed'. I am incredibly happy they have got a happy gorgeous family, but every photo is a reminder that i don't.......

I can understand that feeling, it seems everyone is pregnant or has a bouncy baby in their arms but me.

The overwhelming feelings of jealously are keeping me away from several friends and family members who are expecting or just had babies, I just dont trust myself to not say something mean or to burst into tears. The baby photos and updates on facebook seem to be taunting me but I cant help but look and then feel so upset that its not my turn, and then feel so cross with myself for feeling such things about people I do actually care about.

The more I see my sister and SIL and the two girls at work get bigger bumps the more I just want to cry.

DH thinks I am going mental, all I seem to think about is babies and trying to get pregnant. Ive tried to look at a hobby or project to distract me but I cant seem to concentrate on anything else and honestly I dont really want to, I want to decorate the room weve been planning to become a nursery, I want to wander round Mothercare and pick out the cot and buggy that I want. I refuse to book a holiday because OH wants to go skiing and I wouldnt dream of doing that kind of holiday if I was PG, so Ive said we can book the time off work and then wait for a 'last minute deal' the week before. He says, thats how you end up with the rubbish holidays that noone else wanted!

I also feel like Im a bit out of control of my feelings and Ive never been like this over anything before and it doesnt feel nice

tea_lover

QQuaver wrote: »

Tea Lover, (((hugs))). I hate long cycles, my longest was 54 days, I ov'd at CD40:( Do you think you've ov'd yet?

I got some EWCM on CD21, but that's really all I had to go on. I was going to start temping, but the thermometer I got from amazon had gone rusty! The battery had leaked and it was really manky :mad:

My cycles are all over the place, 49 days last time! :eek: Before that they were usually 30 something (last six months were 34, 34, 36, 39, 32, 34). I don't think I've ever had one in the 20's. So it's not like long cycles are anything new, I'm just really fed up with it this month. I'm 33 now and feel like time has run out, so it's really not helping that there's so long between chances.

Am also getting really annoyed at myself for being so negative, which just makes me more stressed and then even more negative.

Am really going round in circles lately and definitely not getting anywhere.

ETA: rumfeeble. That's just how I feel too (not that that helps!) It's like I have no control either over what's happening (or not happening), or over how I react to it.

vesper

Ooo just got a high on the CBFM, looks as though I'll Ov over the next couple of days. Yay Valentines s.e.x.
I'm not one for valentine's day, we had our couple of days away last week, and I'm at work tomorrow night so there won't be time for meals out (which I feel are overpriced and tacky at least around here). May make up OH's favourite tea. He's just told me that the only present he wants is a BFP at the end of the month, not much pressure there then.
I admit I would like to get him a little something, but tomorrow is the anniversary of us getting together. So it is a kind of special day for us, hence why he would like a BFP even more, valentines baby.

QQuaver

tinkwings wrote: »

What is DHEA?? or am i being stupid???

It's some new mumbo jumbo which some say improves egg quality in older wiser people (me:p), also reduces mcs:cool:

Don't take it unless you are like me, exhausted all avenues and don't care less about its side effects etc:o

I'm only going to try it this cycle as I'm not doing anything (no BD or IVF).
http://www.centerforhumanreprod.com/dhea.html#intro

tea_lover wrote: »

thermometer I got from amazon had gone rusty! The battery had leaked and it was really manky :mad:

:eek:

Am also getting really annoyed at myself for being so negative, which just makes me more stressed and then even more negative.

Am really going round in circles lately and definitely not getting anywhere.

Sounds like you've ov'd:D

vesper wrote: »

Ooo just got a high on the CBFM, looks as though I'll Ov over the next couple of days. Yay Valentines s.e.x.

Lovely:happyhear

TeamLowe

Im ok with friends and family having babies as they're lovely, I have to stop myself from looking at the pregnancy threads and then hating them. Apart from our lovely graduates. Those poor internet strangers getting all my jealousy

Valentine's will be spent in Swansea as we got a premier in deal. Payday is fifteenth so money is a bit tight til then but hopefully we'll have enough for a meal at frankie and benny's cos I've seen a sign in our local one saying if you book after nine you get a free bottle of wine. Although, DH won't book a table cos he says the waiters will judge him for only taking me there lol
We don't usually make a fuss of it, we get cards cos he writes lovely things in cards and he's just come home with an Easter egg cos he knows I like the chocolate

Today has been spent trying to make a snout for a pig (long story) and cleaning the house so mum doesn't judge me when she comes to look after the cat. She's so sweet, always insists on looking after him when we're away, even though he really hates her. He's a bit of a d*ck my cat :rotfl: x x