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Ivygirl - What do you do for a living that you work those hours? Do you and your SO both work those hours? Thanks for sharing the O signs with me. It's always interesting to hear what others notice.
Pam - I feel bad for your friends. I agree with you, it would be really hard if you don't have a reason.
Well, the battery on my laptop is about to die so I'm going to go veg and hope my hubby lets me sleep in tomorrow (even though he is home sick), I doubt that will happen, but we will see. Back on track with food tomorrow too. I ate out every meal yesterday and brunch and dinner today, and I also over ate at BBQ. So much for my plans for this week. I'm just not including the weekend and following through with the rest of the week. No eating out and no Starbucks!
have a great Sunday!!!
Oh well i work at a tanning salon so its not me who is actually working that late. My husband works at Nestle as a machine operator and he usually works from 3pm-2am. LONG hours but since he cant go right to bed when he gets off he stays up a little later and then wakes up later as well so we spend an hour or 2 together before work and an hour or 2 after work. Plus sleeping but thats not really spend time together. I figure we can get away with having such a crazy sleep pattern since we dont have any kids. But that will all change if/when i am pregnant. I will just have to get used to not spending as much time with him. The good thing is that every 3 weeks he gets 5 days off!!!0 -
Ivygirl - What do you do for a living that you work those hours? Do you and your SO both work those hours? Thanks for sharing the O signs with me. It's always interesting to hear what others notice.
Pam - I feel bad for your friends. I agree with you, it would be really hard if you don't have a reason.
Well, the battery on my laptop is about to die so I'm going to go veg and hope my hubby lets me sleep in tomorrow (even though he is home sick), I doubt that will happen, but we will see. Back on track with food tomorrow too. I ate out every meal yesterday and brunch and dinner today, and I also over ate at BBQ. So much for my plans for this week. I'm just not including the weekend and following through with the rest of the week. No eating out and no Starbucks!
have a great Sunday!!!
Oh well i work at a tanning salon so its not me who is actually working that late. My husband works at Nestle as a machine operator and he usually works from 3pm-2am. LONG hours but since he cant go right to bed when he gets off he stays up a little later and then wakes up later as well so we spend an hour or 2 together before work and an hour or 2 after work. Plus sleeping but thats not really spend time together. I figure we can get away with having such a crazy sleep pattern since we dont have any kids. But that will all change if/when i am pregnant. I will just have to get used to not spending as much time with him. The good thing is that every 3 weeks he gets 5 days off!!!
That's great he gets 5 days off every 3 weeks. my hubby works a rotating shift, so his Monday (which right now is Wed) he works 2pm-midnight and by the end of his work week he is working 4am-2pm. It works out fine now, although I miss him a lot, because I'm not working and my daughter isn't in kindergarten. However, once I go back to work and in a couple years when she starts school we will never see him.0 -
Tomorrow is weigh in days ladies. This week I am going to get in 12 glasses water a day. The 9 just doesn't seem to be cutting it for me. I had to get new jeans last week - okay, they were jeans I bought last summer without trying on that have never done up around my tummy (under it, yes, but not around it :laugh:). I tried them on last weekend and they actually fit and did up.
We had a party last night and I planned to wear them...They still did up, but not as comfortably. As far as I know my weight is lower than that of last week, but I'm obviously more bloated. Bloated = drink more water. I figured out the dayglo yellow situation. It started around the same day I started taking a new multivitamin. I'm thinking it has to do with that. On the days I don't take it first thing in the am, no flourescence. When I do, I do.
I looked it up and it seems to be common. I'm a little concerned by some of the responses from people on the web about the reasons. One person says it's because my body is rejecting the vitamins themselves. Another person says it's the B2. Going to do a little more research because they specifically call out the magnesium stearate in the prenatals as being a bad thing - immune suppressant and all that. It's ridiculous though that there doesn't seem to be a reputable website with the answers. They're all user answers, which don't get me wrong aren't a bad thing but this is something that now has me questioning my approach to preconception. I'd like to get professional answers not some guys opinion on the subject. Most common (non conspiracy theory) is that it's the riboflavin (B2). http://www.healthcentral.com/peoplespharmacy/408/57114.html is the most professional answer that I've found with this answer. As for the magnesium stearate, it looks like it's not harmful in the small doses being put into multivitamins. http://www.livestrong.com/article/37138-side-effects-magnesium-stearate-/
Not sure when the next fertility clinic meeting is. Going to call them later this week and decide on a date I think.0 -
I was going to say when you were all talking about dayglo pee that it was probably due to the vitamins. As far as I'm aware, it's due to the water soluble vitamins. If you have enough in your system, the extra leaves via your urine. I've never heard a problem about that.
I got a smiley face on my OPK this afternoon, so hooray for that. Hopefully this is our month, finally!0 -
I was going to say when you were all talking about dayglo pee that it was probably due to the vitamins. As far as I'm aware, it's due to the water soluble vitamins. If you have enough in your system, the extra leaves via your urine. I've never heard a problem about that.
I agree with this. I've heard that too and I also get "dayglo pee" from taking vitamins in the morning. I've started taking them at night now so I don't see it. :laugh: I've also heard that B vitamins are particularly dayglo producing. I wouldn't sweat it at all.
Just think of it like this: you're body is healthy enough that it doesn't need ALL of the multi vitamin dose so it expells the rest. Must mean you're eating well! Keep drinking a good healthy amount of water, but remember that too much is not good either. :drinker: :flowerforyou: 0 -
Yep - it's good to know. I'm even more concerned though. I've always been told I was B vitamin deficient. I have really low energy levels. I was surprised to hear that it might be B2 excess. My energy levels haven't really gotten much higher - I still sleep 8 hours a day and nap for 1-2 daily.
I guess I will take the miracles where they happen though
Hope everyone has a great week and that we start seeing lots more BFPs in the next little while 
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I got a smiley face on my OPK this afternoon, so hooray for that. Hopefully this is our month, finally!
I got mine today too! How fun!!! My hubby is at the movies right now but I'm impatiently waiting for him to get home. I've never had an actual cycle buddy before. This is pretty cool :laugh:0 -
Thank you everyone for the pee topic. my pee has been pretty yellow for a long time and I was alway told when you are properly hydrated it should be clearish. I couldn't figure it out because I drank a lot of water. I was recently told that when you take Vit B's your body will absorb what it needs and you will pee the rest out, but I never thought to ask if your pee is a different color due to it. Very interesting! Thanks for always informing! :flowerforyou:0
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FFF SW = 268.6
Week 6 Weight = 252.9 (-2.2 lbs)
Week 7 Weight = 253.5 (+0.4 lbs)
Week 8 Weight = 250.8 (-2.7 lbs)
Week 9 Weight = 246.9 (-3.9 lbs)
Week 10 Weight = 244.9 (-2.0 lbs) Total 10 Week loss = 23.7lbs
Again, a good loss this week all things considered AND hit my next mini goal - 2+ weeks early. I'm going to have to move a few things around now to make sure that I don't start slacking.0 -
Pam - what vitamen and dosage are you on? I can look it up for you on the hospital database. Also, I didn't realize you were in ON until last week - I'm from Halifax! I got a mesage from a woman the other day who is living in the town I grew up in - such a small world!
Well I had a rough food weekend, and I sat on my butt to boot. That said, school started, we got our new furniture so our home looks incredibly different. DH and I, when rearranging the living room, actually had aconversation about where the baby swing will go later on... so fun!
Looking forward to TTC in 3 months! Only 3 months! Wahoo!
Hope everyone on here is doing well!0 -
Pam - what vitamen and dosage are you on? I can look it up for you on the hospital database. Also, I didn't realize you were in ON until last week - I'm from Halifax! I got a mesage from a woman the other day who is living in the town I grew up in - such a small world!
Thanks for the offer. I'm really waiting on the "samples" the fertility doctor is going to give me when we see her next. I'm going to make the appointment tomorrow. I wouldn't mind knowing more about those, but I don't know the details of them yet.
Yep, I live about an hour north of Toronto but my husband's family is Acadian so we travel to the coast every year...Specifically Moncton and Sussex areas. Depending on how long our trip is this next time (depends on whether the cousins come with us), NS was our next choice. Love to see the highlands. We did PEI a few years ago and our trip this year was focused on a funeral. I'd love to do NL too, but it's an extra 10-15 hour drive up...which is almost how long it is to drive from Toronto to Sussex. We like the mini trips because I love my in-laws, but living with them for 1-2 weeks gets to be a little much.
It's a very small world. I just met up with a woman on here that probably lives 15 minutes from me. And at the birthday party I went to on Saturday, amusement parks came up as a topic and I had to think of this forum as Cedar Point was crowned the best amusement park of them all. Way better than Canada's Wonderland but I'm not a coaster fan....so what do I know0 -
SW: 204
LW: 166
CW: 163.5
I lost 2.5!!!! :bigsmile: I’m not sure how that happened, but I’ll take it. I tried to eat good all week, but we had dinner at my mom’s and DH’s grandma’s house last week and neither of them cook light. I didn’t know how to log the food, so I just watched my portions and prayed. I did get 12 glasses of water a day and did something active every day, so I guess it all evened out.
The next two weeks are going to be tough. My in-laws will be here from Puerto Rico this Thursday and staying with us until they leave October 7th. I love them, but it’s going to be two weeks filled with food! :laugh: They’re taking up with them to Atlantic City on Saturday for a full week so we’ll be eating out a lot. Thankfully, the resort my FIL booked has a fitness center and a computer lounge, so I can try to squeeze in some workouts and still have access to MFP.0 -
I got mine today too! How fun!!! My hubby is at the movies right now but I'm impatiently waiting for him to get home. I've never had an actual cycle buddy before. This is pretty cool :laugh:
Too funny! OK, question, do you temp too or are you just doing OPKs? I didn't get a temp increase this AM and my OPK had gone back to negative, but I've definitely got O pains this morning. Hmm... my chart also compares to all others that today is O day, I just assumed I'd keep getting +OPKs until I actually O?0 -
SW: 139.9
CW: 138.4
I was way down all last week. I hit 137.4 yesterday, but back up again today. It was a rough weekend with a lot of eating out though I stayed really close to my calories... so I imagine whatever is going on with the 1 lb gain is probably hormonal. And now I'm completely torn about continuing the workout I started last week or going back to easy stuff because I'll probably be in the two week wait starting tomorrow and want to give a little egg every chance of implantation since we probably actually timed it well this cycle. Hmm...0 -
I got mine today too! How fun!!! My hubby is at the movies right now but I'm impatiently waiting for him to get home. I've never had an actual cycle buddy before. This is pretty cool :laugh:
Too funny! OK, question, do you temp too or are you just doing OPKs? I didn't get a temp increase this AM and my OPK had gone back to negative, but I've definitely got O pains this morning. Hmm... my chart also compares to all others that today is O day, I just assumed I'd keep getting +OPKs until I actually O?
Temp doesn't go up until after ovulation. Expect the peak of temping to be tomorrow. As for the OPKs, I think they are designed to show when best to time things to conceive. Theoretically, you want to actually baby dance before ovulation so everything is at the right place at the right time. It's riskier to wait until after O'ing although still possible to conceive.0 -
Temp doesn't go up until after ovulation. Expect the peak of temping to be tomorrow. As for the OPKs, I think they are designed to show when best to time things to conceive. Theoretically, you want to actually baby dance before ovulation so everything is at the right place at the right time. It's riskier to wait until after O'ing although still possible to conceive.
Right, I've read that ovulation can happen anytime between 12 and 48 hours after a +OPK, so I wasn't fully expecting a temp shift this morning as I got a - yesterday morning and + at 7 pm. I figure I'll get my temp shift tomorrow. However, I was expecting to keep seeing a +OPK because it said your surge can last until you actually O. So that confused and concerns me.0 -
Happy Monday everyone!
Well my weekend was as usual (not so great for my diet), but I’m convinced that this week will be a good week! I’m going to workout 5days - 6 if I’m feeling really good! I’m going to get all my water in EVERYDAY not just most days, and finally I will stay within my calorie limit. Maybe next week I’ll get to see the scale go down.
SW 165 lbs
CW 161.0 lbs
MG 159 lbs for next Monday
MG 145 lbs for Christmas
GW 125 lbs
I also got my first basal thermometer this weekend and am anxious to start temping. I know that it’ll only be useful to start once AF has started, but I’m going to start right away just to get used to doing it every morning.
What’s OPK stand for? I’ve been trying to figure that one out.0 -
OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit. They are sticks that can test the LH levels in your urine. LH is the hormone that tells your body to release an egg. So you get an LH surge 12-48 hours before you actually ovulate and a positive OPK as a result.0
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Tomorrow is weigh in days ladies. This week I am going to get in 12 glasses water a day. The 9 just doesn't seem to be cutting it for me. I had to get new jeans last week - okay, they were jeans I bought last summer without trying on that have never done up around my tummy (under it, yes, but not around it :laugh:). I tried them on last weekend and they actually fit and did up.
We had a party last night and I planned to wear them...They still did up, but not as comfortably. As far as I know my weight is lower than that of last week, but I'm obviously more bloated. Bloated = drink more water. I figured out the dayglo yellow situation. It started around the same day I started taking a new multivitamin. I'm thinking it has to do with that. On the days I don't take it first thing in the am, no flourescence. When I do, I do.
I looked it up and it seems to be common. I'm a little concerned by some of the responses from people on the web about the reasons. One person says it's because my body is rejecting the vitamins themselves. Another person says it's the B2. Going to do a little more research because they specifically call out the magnesium stearate in the prenatals as being a bad thing - immune suppressant and all that. It's ridiculous though that there doesn't seem to be a reputable website with the answers. They're all user answers, which don't get me wrong aren't a bad thing but this is something that now has me questioning my approach to preconception. I'd like to get professional answers not some guys opinion on the subject. Most common (non conspiracy theory) is that it's the riboflavin (B2). http://www.healthcentral.com/peoplespharmacy/408/57114.html is the most professional answer that I've found with this answer. As for the magnesium stearate, it looks like it's not harmful in the small doses being put into multivitamins. http://www.livestrong.com/article/37138-side-effects-magnesium-stearate-/
Not sure when the next fertility clinic meeting is. Going to call them later this week and decide on a date I think.
I'm playing catch-up from the weekend on here-wow so much going on. I can tell you that it is Niacin (B3-I think) that causes that. This is from my dr. and from being a pharmacy tech. I take a super b complex and have some dayglow yellow pee!0 -
Temp doesn't go up until after ovulation. Expect the peak of temping to be tomorrow. As for the OPKs, I think they are designed to show when best to time things to conceive. Theoretically, you want to actually baby dance before ovulation so everything is at the right place at the right time. It's riskier to wait until after O'ing although still possible to conceive.
Right, I've read that ovulation can happen anytime between 12 and 48 hours after a +OPK, so I wasn't fully expecting a temp shift this morning as I got a - yesterday morning and + at 7 pm. I figure I'll get my temp shift tomorrow. However, I was expecting to keep seeing a +OPK because it said your surge can last until you actually O. So that confused and concerns me.
I'm on another TTC site and from what I get from the women there the morning OPK isn't very accurate. I know the Clearblue tests say you can do it, but I've heard it's not a good idea. Maybe you want to try to test again tonight. Otherwise, I would assume you are Oing 48 hours from last night. I don't temp, so I'm not really sure.0 -
I weighed in on Friday, but wanted to regroup myself on my goals since it's Monday and I overate WAY too much this last weekend.
Starbucks only on Friday and a day I have to leave before anyone else is up in the house
Walk the neighborhood (2WW so slow down the workouts) every day (I did walk to my mom's last night)
In general get back to the frame of mind to just be healthy (even if it's going over the cals a little bit) and try to reconnect with what got me started on here, being healthy and a good example for my daughter.
I hope everyone has a great day!0 -
Yeah, I'll probably test this afternoon, though maybe I just have a short surge. The OPK is all new to me. Though I've heard the issue with first morning testing which is why I was testing in the afternoon previously. Thanks!0
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OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit. They are sticks that can test the LH levels in your urine. LH is the hormone that tells your body to release an egg. So you get an LH surge 12-48 hours before you actually ovulate and a positive OPK as a result.
Thanks for the clarification! Which one is more reliable the basal thermometer or the OPK? Or are you supposed to use them together for more accurate of a timeline?0 -
Temping and OPK both have their issues with things if you are not 100% healthy.
OPK will give you an idea of ovulation before it happens - but you need to have a certain level of hormones before it works properly, so if you don't ovulate at those levels or miss the time when the levels are acceptable, you'll get negatives.
Temping tells you when you ovulate, but only after it's already happened. I'm personally a temp-er, only because you can also tell when your AF is going to visit. You also learn much more about your cycle.
If you get really into it, CM (cervical mucus) is the best indicator but a lot of people find it too intense to go that far to predict. I found it most accurate, especially with PCOS. Temping wasn't always accurate (environment plays a factor there too I found, time, etc.) and OPK would never work for me since ovulation is a hit or miss monthly. Temping also requires a minimum 3month baseline, whereas OPK can be used on the first cycle but can get expensive.
My opinion, do everything you can to get to where you want to go - all hands on deck so to speak. If you use more than one method, you're more likely to identify the ovulation time period (and added benefit, plan around AF).0 -
OMG! So, much talk over the weekend. I'm actually worried about going off BCP now, if I'm going to so aware of my body soon after. I guess some of it is in the head too though, when you want something so bad, everything seems like a sign....just like seeing all those preggo people on the streets now-a-days. I swear every family has at least one person pregnant in this city.
With all the pee-talk...I take a iron-free multivit, and my first pee after I take the pill is green, but it goes back to normal after. So, maybe it's just different with different pills?
abeare - good luck with your temping...
kiffypoo and ericaroo - good luck with your OPKs. Keep us posted!0 -
Wow, it's getting hard to catch up on everything that is going on.. LOL
Thanks for all the "O talk". Being that I haven't Oed in prolly 4 years, it's nice to learn the ins and outs from those that have. And yes, I'm still waiting...:grumble: Anyone know what I can do to naturally boost my system, or at least help it along? Hopefully by January it will be time to TTC.
Great job to those who lost this week! Keep up the good work! :flowerforyou:
And for those who have seemed to not make the right choices (like me) lets get back to it together! This weekend was terrible! I over ate horrible foods! I'm sure the pound I lost this week will find it's way back. Thank goodness I had time to go grocery shopping yesterday! Now I can get back on track. The rental house is still not done, so I am going to try my best to not stop at fast food for dinner after working on it.
LW 147.8
CW 146.8 (this is my first time ever loosing a whole pound in one week!)
MG 145 (YAY Getting close!)
I have completely forgotten about my goals! So here we go again!
~ At least 8 glasses of water (this is hard for me, I can go all day without drinking any!)
~ 20 push-ups every morning
~ 100 crunches every morning
~ Eat out only once this week!0 -
Thanks for the clarification! Which one is more reliable the basal thermometer or the OPK? Or are you supposed to use them together for more accurate of a timeline?
I've been temping for 7 cycles or so and, for me, it has been pretty accurate and easy to tell when I'm going to ovulate based on previous cycles. But I have a very regular cycle. After 7 cycles of temping and no BFP, I decided to throw in OPKs to make sure that I was actually getting accurate temp results. We have had issues with timing everything just right because my O day ranges from CD 13-17, so sometimes we lose steam before it happens. It was nice this cycle to know that we're actually going to have the timing down. Of course, if my period shows in two weeks, I'll probably be even more depressed than usual.Thanks for all the "O talk". Being that I haven't Oed in prolly 4 years, its nice to learn the ins and outs from those that have. And yes, I'm still waiting...grumble Anyone know what I can do to naturally boost my system, or atleast help it along? Hopefully by January it will be time to TTC.
I've heard soy isoflavones can act as a natural estrogen supplement. Also, maybe try fertility yoga. This site has a few videos:
http://www.conceiveonline.com/fertility-videos/fertility-yoga/0 -
Morning Ladies!
Hope everyone had a great weekend! I tried to keep up with everyone this weekend (while hubster watched football...) and looks like people are O'ing all over the place! :-) I like to see that and hope the best for everyone! Enjoy the BDing!
It was so nice to get to spend some time with my family. It's nice having my husband back. It's amazing how quickly we get back into a routine together when he's home. Although Saturday afternoon i was informed that i am NOT allowed to mess around with my B.C ever again...I had a bit of an emotional breakdown that was CLEARLY hormonal and completely out of the blue...I promptly informed my husband (even though he already knew....) that this was the last month i would be ON B.C anyway so it didn't matter. We were able to kinda sit down and really talk about it, he expressed some concerns about how his big fear is that i will get preggo really quickly and he'll miss the birth, I told him we would do what we needed to make sure that we didn't get pregnant until we were ready. I told him we would go out and buy the "his and her pleasure" condoms to make sure that even though we have to use them we would make it fun! I hope this eases his mind. I don't want him to not be on board with everything but he also doesn't understand that going off birthcontrol does not mean that i'm going to get preggo right away and that my body needs time to adjust to not having help regulating AF and I need to O on my own for a month or two so we know when to try to get pregnant. * sigh * Men... :-)0 -
Hi Ladies, I'm new to this post, but so glad I found it! Here's a little about me (or a lot)
My name is Sara, I'm 30 years old and have a 7 month old daughter named Madison. I want to start trying again, but want to lose about 20 lbs first and I've had no success over the last few months. Hubby and I started TTC in April of 2008. We conceived our first baby in June of '08, but had an ectopic pregnancy and lost that baby almost as quickly as I found out I was pregnant. I had to wait 3 months before TTC again. In September of "08 we started TTC again and I got pregnant in December, found out at my 11 week appt. that our baby had no heartbeat. It was a little girl and I had to have a D&C on Feb. 27th. We started trying again almost right away and I got pregnant in May and had my daughter Feb. 13th.
I did everything, used OPKs, temped, charted, checked cervix, you name it so hopefully I can help a lot of you ladies while I bide my time trying to lose this weight and TTC again.0 -
I weighed in today and i am at 195.6 So i have totally come up since what i lost when i first joined this site. Kind of sad, but oh well today is a new day.
I have a dr appt on Weds (day 28) to get a new RX for clomid. That is if i am not pregnant!!!
Good luck to you ladies that i O'ing. I know what your doing right now 0
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