Trying for a Baby Part 7

Maddie_S_2

emsbet wrote: »

We all have some small level of LH (Lutenizing hormone that OPKs detect) in our bodies most of the time which is why OPKs are not considered positive until the line is as dark as the control.

If the line starts to get darker then I would say that your body is starting to gear up for ov. Just keep checking them everyday.

What CD are you on?

xx

i'm on CD 18 at the moment, and have been having cycles of about 32-35 days so would be expecting to OV any day now. This is the first month i've used the sticks tho so there's always a chance i'm doing something wrong!

sexymouse

Well before someone nabs it, I'll guess 34 secretdebts.

Secretdebts

And the contestants so far - in the competition to win a bar of chocolate are.............

TTC40 - 28 days:D
Emsbet - 32 days;)
Mrshappy - 33 days:)
Sexymouse - 34 days :cool2:
Tinkwings - 35 days:cool:
QQuaver - 36 days:p

May the best cycle win

***********Adjudicator's note**************
If the above competition is voided by reason of a BFP then all contestants will be awarded a bar of chocolate:)
:EasterBun:EasterBun:EasterBun:EasterBun

Secretdebts

Loving the way you're all predicting decent length cycles for me - havn't seen any 50 or 60 day cycles in there!!

emsbet

Maddie_S wrote: »

i'm on CD 18 at the moment, and have been having cycles of about 32-35 days so would be expecting to OV any day now. This is the first month i've used the sticks tho so there's always a chance i'm doing something wrong!

What sort of time of day are you using them? They are best used between about 2pm to 8pm (ish I think- afternoon anyway). You need to hold your wee for 2-3 hours and not drink anything in that time.

Hopefully you should see the line darken anyway now. I would BD every other day until then just incase you miss picking up the surge on the OPKs.

xx

sexymouse

Well ladies (and gent), I finally made the sweet potato and spinach bake, and added ricotta cheese to each layer. To be honest, I don't think the ricotta really added anything to the recipe other than another texture, as it doesn't really have any flavour to it. I think that other recommendations in the comments section below the recipe to add feta cheese, may be a good idea, as the salt in the cheese will add more depth of flavour. I also found that the sweet potato in the bottom of the dish wasn't as well-cooked as the higher layers were, so I may parboil the potatoes in future and then bake in the oven for less time.

Still, Moon loved it, and it should help his reproductive health according to the article emsbet posted earlier. :T

claire16c

Maddie_S wrote: »

i'm on CD 18 at the moment, and have been having cycles of about 32-35 days so would be expecting to OV any day now. This is the first month i've used the sticks tho so there's always a chance i'm doing something wrong!

You could ovulate up to CD21ish then so dont panic.

phunkles

QQuaver wrote: »

I post there too, we've been TTC for 2 years:o Had one mc at 11 weeks, and since then done 3 IUIs and 1 IVF (unsuccessful).
DH's morphology is 1%, and motility 22%, I have PCOS.

*unlurks*

I thought you had pco not pcos and my understanding is they are very different. Just saying like.

*lurks*

emsbet

sexymouse wrote: »

Well ladies (and gent), I finally made the sweet potato and spinach bake, and added ricotta cheese to each layer. To be honest, I don't think the ricotta really added anything to the recipe other than another texture, as it doesn't really have any flavour to it. I think that other recommendations in the comments section below the recipe to add feta cheese, may be a good idea, as the salt in the cheese will add more depth of flavour. I also found that the sweet potato in the bottom of the dish wasn't as well-cooked as the higher layers were, so I may parboil the potatoes in future and then bake in the oven for less time.

Still, Moon loved it, and it should help his reproductive health according to the article emsbet posted earlier. :T

Sounds good, I would definitely parboil the potatoes - I always do when making those sort of things as I find they cook more evenly then alternatively you can slice them thinner . Feta would be good as it goes well with sweet potatoes

I made a potato gratin type dish also tonight with blue cheese and chorizo (left over from our lunch on Monday :money:) it was yum.

xx

kittycat1977

Hi

I am a long term lurker who has been dying to join this thread. I am 34 and my partner 46 and we have been together for 16 years. We have put off having a baby until we could afford it, finally got into a position where we could and then he was made redundant. He managed to find another job and then I was made redundant so we have decided to throw caution to the wind and just start trying as if we wait until we can afford a baby we will be too old to have one.

I came off the pill 2 weeks ago so fingers crossed.