Fit For Future Families - September 2011
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Guys.....I'm so lost.....so I went pee today....and was wiping away pink.....what the hell....I got my period Sept 5th....which was over a week late.....but the tests were BFN. Wasn't a normal period for me either..pain, colour, clots....so I figure it could have been a spontaneous miscarriage.....which I updated you guys about....but why am I wiping away pink....and its not all the time either. My period finished on the weekend.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I wonder if I'm overreacting or if I should go see the doctor....0 -
Guys.....I'm so lost.....so I went pee today....and was wiping away pink.....what the hell....I got my period Sept 5th....which was over a week late.....but the tests were BFN. Wasn't a normal period for me either..pain, colour, clots....so I figure it could have been a spontaneous miscarriage.....which I updated you guys about....but why am I wiping away pink....and its not all the time either. My period finished on the weekend.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I wonder if I'm overreacting or if I should go see the doctor....
We are def the same person but in different countries! I had the same thing yesterday LOL....I figure it's just reminence of the miscarriage? I had a pap yesterday and they said everything seemed fine so i wouldn't worry about it. My hubby said that he read that spotting is a sign of ovulation (as I've told you he knows all of the POSSIBLE signs and keeps looking for them) so who freakin knows....if my cycle hasn't gotten normal again by next month then I may consider doing back to the doc.0 -
Sending hugs your way Pam! way to keep your head up and have fun on your anniversary!
So I don't know if it was a miscarriage or not, but I decided that if it was then if nothing else it is a sign that I'm fertile so that's a plus. Also I have read that you are more fertile after a miscarriage. Granted that is from the internet and I read some stuff that says your not, but I'm going to stick with the thought that I'm more fertile because it makes me feel better lol
After going to the doc it turns out I don't have a yeast infection but I do have BV. The meds she gave me say not to take it if you're pregnant so I'm thinking of waiting until after my projected period to take them just in case. I took my first OPK yesterday, I took it because I wanted to know if I had ovulated, if I didn't then I would just use the meds now. Anyway, yesterday was the day after what fertility friend said would be O day, it got a very faint positive so I'm guessing that means I had just finished? either that or I'm toward the beginning of the 36 hours. Either way, for now I'm not using the drugs and if I turn out to be preggo I'll ask the doc for something that's better for pregnant women. I'm also thinking of ordering some OPK's I get why Jalara said they can be addicting. For me, it's like #1, it tells me my cycle is relatively normal and #2, it's nice to see those double lines even if it isn't a BFP. does that sound dumb? It feels dumb but oh well, I'm just gonna roll with the punches and see where I end up
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Must resist the urge to pee on things.....CD23 and 9DPO....I've made a deal w myself either lab results or CD29....which is NEXT tuesday....this whole 2WW thing SUCKS....been crampy and "stiff" in my uterine area...not sure what that means besides keeping me pretty cranky and uncomfortable....0
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Guys.....I'm so lost.....so I went pee today....and was wiping away pink.....what the hell....I got my period Sept 5th....which was over a week late.....but the tests were BFN. Wasn't a normal period for me either..pain, colour, clots....so I figure it could have been a spontaneous miscarriage.....which I updated you guys about....but why am I wiping away pink....and its not all the time either. My period finished on the weekend.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I wonder if I'm overreacting or if I should go see the doctor....
Have you POAS since? I'm not trying to scare you but I had this same thing happen to me, I tested up until AF with BFN's then on CD8 I started spotting. I POAS just in case, in fact I forgot to look at it for over an hour cause I didn't believe it could be positive. Turned out I was pregnant and loosing my baby. At the very least POAS then no matter what the results are you should call your doctor.0 -
Guys.....I'm so lost.....so I went pee today....and was wiping away pink.....what the hell....I got my period Sept 5th....which was over a week late.....but the tests were BFN. Wasn't a normal period for me either..pain, colour, clots....so I figure it could have been a spontaneous miscarriage.....which I updated you guys about....but why am I wiping away pink....and its not all the time either. My period finished on the weekend.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I wonder if I'm overreacting or if I should go see the doctor....
I wrote you a message Hun.
Everyone else - I'm sorry but there is no way I'm going to be able to get caught up on everything. I really wish I could but I just don't have time.
Things are okay here - still waiting for my period since the miscarriage and the doc put me on Baby Aspirin to thin my blood a bit in case implantation is our issue. I also have progesterone suppositories in case we get a BFP.
School has started and I'm crazy busy with my Pharmacology class (oh the joys of medication math).
To everyone who is new I'm very happy to have our community growing!0 -
Pantera: I have had that happen before. I never really thought much about it though, because my body is just weird. I have never seen a doc about it... but I hate doctors, so you probably shouldn't listen to me on that end. lol.
9Honey:
I'm so sorry. Lots of hugs and prayers to you.
AFM: I weighed in today and I am down 1.5 lbs. Yay! And I made a doctor's appointment, which I am definitely not looking terribly forward to, but I guess it's a good thing.0 -
Hey all! WHEW this board is rockin.
Not much to report here. Day 5 of Weight watchers--doing pretty good so far. My first "test" will be today and tomorrow--hubby has been away for the week at a trade show in Baltimore. Little guy and I are driving up there to meet him tonight, stay in the hotel, and then we are all going to the Children's Museum tomorrow. I think it'll be fun...but it'll be a lot of eating out, so I'm going to have to watch it carefully. One new phrase I hear from WW to encourage good choices while eating out that I'm liking right now is "The treat is not the food when you eat out. The treat is not having to cook and clean up." A good way of looking at it!
In baby-related news, AF arrived today. Sounds crazy to say I'm happy, but today was the best day, since we are starting a treatment cycle--if it had come yesterday, I couldn't have gone to Baltimore, and if it had come tomorrow, I'd have to drive almost 2 hours one way to get a 2 minute bloodtest at the only office open on Sundays. At least this way I only have to drive about 45 minutes. Sigh....
Hubby took the secondary infertiility book I had on his trip for a little light reading. i didn't know he had done it, but he told me he was reading it. I was glad to hear it. I knew if I pushed it on him, he'd be resistant, but he did it on his own this way. I hope it will help discussion, and help him understand some of the stuff I'm coping with. We'll see....
Happy almost weekend to everyone!0 -
Hello everyone, I thought I would join in since my husband and I have been TTC for some time now. We can get pregnant but we can't stay pregnant. Hopefully we will get our take home baby one day before my eggs shrivle up to dust! I have put on tons of weight since 09. Alot of it was from depression about miscarriages, the whole TTC process and just giving up on myself. Well I'm tired of making excuses and I've got to get the weight off. I'm not using bbt's, opk's or anything anymore. I opted not to have surgery for my fibroid out of fear of something going wrong and having to get a hysterectomy!! So I'm going the natural way to try and shrink that sucker on my on. My doc seems to believe that my eggs keep trying to implant on top of my fibroid so there isn't enough lining for growth! He said if it were to go the anterior portion of my uterus, I would be fine. Well I'm just focusing on losing weight right now and shrinking this fibroid. If were to get pregnant right now, I would be happy but scared!
Age: 36
Where you live: Alabama
Job: Social Work
Length of time on the board: almost 3 weeks
Marital Status: Happily Married
Length of time you've been with SO: 5
Do you have kids: I have kids, he has none
Length of time TTC: two 6w mc's, one chemical over the course of 2 1/2 years
Diagnosis: DX submucousal fibroid August 19, 2011. 5mm, half protruding in uterine cavity and the other in the wall
Do you chart your BBT: I used to for a long time, found it too stressful!
Do you use OPKs: I use to put it made me furious so now I know my window very well
Are you on any meds for TTC: no
Height: 5" 6
Weight: 238
Goal Weight: right now I'm just focusing on losing 40 lbs
Strange fact about yourself: I change my voice when I talk, maybe 25 times a day..LOL! I don't do it on purpose! Whenever I answer the phone, the person on the other line never thinks that it's me! The only person I can't fool is my husband!0 -
Hi, just want this to pop up on my topics. We thinking of TTC in the next few months. So want to keep updated. Hope you are all well.x0
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been crampy and "stiff" in my uterine area...not sure what that means besides keeping me pretty cranky and uncomfortable....
I was like that with my son before I knew I was pregnant. We weren't trying to get pregnant and so I kept thinking the cramps were pre-period ones and I had noticed my uteran area was oddly stiff or hard. Found out two days later I was preggo! GOOD LUCK! SENDING OUT GOOD VIBES AND THOUGHTS!0 -
goals last week:
increase water consumption - hit and miss, but getting better
take all medication without forgetting - check
continue the habit of eating breakfast (by 8am) - check
balance running (four days), 30 day shred (five days) and bikram yoga (everyday? every other day?) - check, went with every day but one, switching to every other
start volunteering in the boys' school again - check
get rid of extra books - check
work on paper clutter in office - total miss
goals this week:
consistant water consumption
take all medication without forgetting (i already know this is a miss)
send review book packages in the mail
work on paper clutter in office
spend the day saturday doing things my boys want to do instead of what i want to do0 -
"The treat is not the food when you eat out. The treat is not having to cook and clean up."
love this quote and it's really so true.0 -
My update: I will officially start my testing in the AM! I have taken tests already cause I'm an ADDICT! But they've all been negative so far. Although this morning I 'thought' I might have seen a little something on the test. Keeping my FX, last time I 'thought' I saw something in the morning, and nobody else could see it, I got my positive in the evening. Really hopeful, but I'm going to try to hold off until the morning.
Currently 7dpo, nervous and excited, this feels so promising right now!!0 -
Pantera/imarunner: My vitamins are from the brand vitafusion. I got them at a Target but I've seen them basically everywhere.
Whoever it was that was talking about the expense of gummy prenatals, honestly, mine were only 2 dollars more than the name brand prenatals with the same number of doses... I know the brand isn't an isse for some people, but I don't do off brand vitamins, personally... it makes me too nervous. And for me, I can take these easily. The last time I tried taking vitamins years ago, I wasn't good at doing so because swallowing them literally hurt my throat (I literally took them so rarely that I ended up having to throw out the bottle half full of expired vitamins). So it's more worth it to me. Be careful about taking too many vitamins when mixing them with children's gummies though. I don't know about the children's ones specifically, but I know that vitamins in general really shouldn't be taken in bigger doses than recommended without a doctor's supervision because too much of certain vitamins can cause all sorts of problems, particularly in women (like reproductive system cancers). I'm not a doctor or anything, so feel free to ignore my advice, but that is just what I've been told in the past.0 -
Looks like quite a few people are hopping on board or having minor successes a long the journey of gaining a future family. Good job to all you guys!!!
AFM: So I have the most ridiculous story to tell. Today is day 26. I've had my blood tested 3 times to see if I've ovulated (I've had regular 36 cycles for almost the last year) in the past week and nada....so I got the news yesterday that we were putting the stuff on hold so I could have a cycle of BCP to help kick start me. As I walked out of the office yesterday, my nurse yelled out, don't forget to call with your day 1!!!! This morning I get into the office, make my tea and breakfast and realize I have to use the bathroom. Head in there and wipe and WOWSER RED stuff!!!! WTH!!!!!!! LOL So I called my DH and told him and he kept calling me crazy and to call in my day 1. So I called my clinic and they were stunned with my cyclical activity (not for the first time, either). What do you mean it's day 1....uh....not sure what else to say....LOL Are you sure it's not just spotting......Yup...uh....okay, then on Saturday when we were going to do a pregnancy test, we'll run some day 3 bloods, I guess and you get to go for more ultrasounds....LOL She hung up the phone muttering.....LOL
So the good news is I assumed some key facts incorrectly....I start BCP on Saturday for 14 days. Then we add in the Lupron for another 5 days, stop the pill and continue Lupron for another 9 days. That should trigger AF. Then I wait 3 days and start another round of Lupron and then go in for retrieval. Hopefully, our transfer will be happening on Halloween. That means a June/July baby for me!!!
Crazy cycles!!! I'm confused......0 -
Congrats fitterpam! Hopefully it will happen quickly for you now that things are getting back on track!0
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Not being real great at responding to everyone but wanted to pop on and say hello. I hope everything you're doing helps! I know other people posted stuff I wanted to comment on, but it's too early and my mind is not working right now. Have a great day all!0
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That's great news Pam!
Fingers crossed for you Smores0 -
Kittyfelize- Go and get your wisdom teeth out.....Trust me....I just went through the same thing....only mine weren't bothering me...all they were doing is shifting my teeth....and I thought to myself if I don't get them out now...I never will....and will spend thousands on braces to correct my teeth if I got pregnant and they kept shifting....then who wants to get their teeth out with a new born to care for?? It will be that much harder for you to get them out later.....Do it...do it if you're bad
I'm bad!! LOL
Haha, I know I need to so bad! And I need to do it soon otherwise I'll be too busy at work soon to take time off. Stupid wisdom teeth!!!0 -
Kitty- YAY for getting a tattoo, I'm addicted! Also, I am with you on wanting to get financially fit before ttc, I ultimately came to a position where I realized that I will never be ready for a kid, but I know that I will be able to make the most of it no matter what so we decided to just go for it. My sister says that a baby is well worth going into debt for
Haha, that's good to hear because I may just go into debt for it. At this point I am just going to do what I can with what I have and not worry too hard about what *may* happen. Money sucks! LOL0 -
Hello ladies!!
So much happening in here I can't keep up! Baby Dust for you ladies in your 2WW, I think I saw a couple of those.
I finished Taking Charge of Your Fertility, SO GOOD. It's weird right now to really get what's going on, every twinge, cramp, all of it is making sense in terms of where I'm at in my cycle.
So now I started "Making Babies", if you haven't read it I HIGHLY recommend it. It's a three month plan to get your fertility working in the best way. It's written by a Western fertility doctor and a Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor that work together in New York and combine the best of both practices. They talk a lot about how most couples may just need simple fixes to overcome infertility and how to optimize your chances of conceiving naturally and if not at least preparing your body for fertility treatments. Please please get this book if you've never read it. I don't know yet if I will have a problem conceiving but I'm going to do everything I can in the meantime to get ready and make sure everything is working as it should.
In other news I finally got myself to a new Yoga class. It was near the beach in the park and it was AWESOME. So excited and they even have pre/post natal classes for when that time comes.
I have baby fever, I can't stop oogling babies and pregnant moms and even children. The best part is even husband has it too so we get to share that. I actually had to ask him to stop blabbering to people that we're going to start TTC cause I don't want everyone to know and ask silly questions. He's too sweet, love this guy!
How goals are shaping up:
Started my DHA pills and prenatals - CHECK!
Started Yoga - CHECK! Can't seem to get motivated for anything else but baby steps... pun intended.
Eating good but still having fun - CHECK!
Losing weight - Not really but I am *feeling* a little thinner... I dunno really...
Started acupuncture Tuesday - CHECK! And I have a standing appt to go every Tuesday now.
Wisdom Teeth - I've considered making an appt... that's something at least. HAHA!
Finances - CHECK! Put money in savings and have made decent payments to credit cards, looking at being done with CCs in a few months. Yay!!
So that all I have for now, going to go have a date with husband which will be fun!
Have a great weekend ladies!!!0 -
So now I started "Making Babies", if you haven't read it I HIGHLY recommend it. It's a three month plan to get your fertility working in the best way. It's written by a Western fertility doctor and a Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor that work together in New York and combine the best of both practices. They talk a lot about how most couples may just need simple fixes to overcome infertility and how to optimize your chances of conceiving naturally and if not at least preparing your body for fertility treatments. Please please get this book if you've never read it. I don't know yet if I will have a problem conceiving but I'm going to do everything I can in the meantime to get ready and make sure everything is working as it should.
In other news I finally got myself to a new Yoga class. It was near the beach in the park and it was AWESOME. So excited and they even have pre/post natal classes for when that time comes.
I have baby fever, I can't stop oogling babies and pregnant moms and even children. The best part is even husband has it too so we get to share that. I actually had to ask him to stop blabbering to people that we're going to start TTC cause I don't want everyone to know and ask silly questions. He's too sweet, love this guy!
I might have to check out that book. Congrats on finding a good yoga class! I wish I lived somewhere bigger where they had stuff like that readily available... I know what you mean about the baby fever, I keep seeing newborns and want one soooo bad!!!
AFM: BFN so far, called the doctor today and they won't even put me on progesterone until I get a BFP, but it's Friday so if I get a BFP over the weekend I will have to wait until Monday. Just praying it won't be too late by then!0 -
KittyFeliz-- I was curious if anyone was into natural fertility remedies~ excited to see you're reading Making Babies! I've been reading that and The Infertility Cure. Nice easy reads, and really interesting! Did you just start doing accupuncture? I really want to but im chicken lol Tomorrow I start drinking Fertilitea and adding a few vitamins to my usual prenatal+dha. Even if it doesn't magically produce a baby, at least my body will be healthier if there are any problems down the line. Happy reading!
AFM bleeding from miscarriage has finally ended, and we are ready to get back up on the horse We just celebrated our 5 year anniversary today and kicked off month 3 TTC! My husband has also turned some crazy corner and has become so much more supportive and loving regarding all the baby craziness-- I mean, he has always wanted a baby too but now instead of rolling his eyes about bbt charting he's actually reminding me to temp in the mornings! It's a miracle! 0 -
Honey- I'm so sorry about your m/c. If you need someone to talk with feel free to message me. I've been through 2 now, it's been rough but hopefully the last one is the last forever! Glad you DH is being supportive now though! It makes a world of difference. Good luck this cycle, sending lots of sticky baby dust your way!0
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Honey- I'm so sorry about your m/c. If you need someone to talk with feel free to message me. I've been through 2 now, it's been rough but hopefully the last one is the last forever! Glad you DH is being supportive now though! It makes a world of difference. Good luck this cycle, sending lots of sticky baby dust your way!0
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A million thoughts are running through my mind and I need to type it out....
My DH and I are not officially TTC, however I am not taking any kind of BC. For more then a year I have been off BC and it's been all about getting me healthy. I was actually excited for my period to start this month, because I am going to start charting during my next cycle. ANYWAY.... I have PCOS and have only had somewhat normal cycles for the past 4 months. I am on day 35 of my current cycle and every day I think "should I test?" or "am i late?" or "is this a TOM symptom or pregnant symptom?". I don't know what to do. Since my cycles are only sorta regular I don't know when to test.....and since we aren't really TTC I don't want to get my hopes up. I have had it up to many times.
Beyond that....if I am going through this many emotions and we aren't TTC...what's it going to be like next month when I start charting!! My inlaws are here this weekend, and so I haven't had any time to talk to my DH and I am going crazy! I guess we will see what next week holds!!!
Sorry for my rant...I just had to tell someone!!!0 -
Honey - glad to hear you're on the horse and YAY for DH being more supportive. Mine rolled his eyes and then got supportive and then just took it over....LOL now I temp in the morning without even waking up (DH wakes up about 30 minutes before me and by the time I've woken up, he's already taken my temp.....Lucky me!!!!)
Melissa - it's good to keep busy during this time - I know now that even testing doesn't help....LOL I just always thought that the tests were lying.....What are you doing to keep the PCOS at bay?
AFM - ultrasound and bloodwork today. They're going to process it and then call, but the nurse didn't seem to think they were going to give me the pill to jump start the cycle. I have 21 and 25 follicles on right and left ovaries up from 19 and 21 last month and 1 that is more than 10mm (which is up from none last time) so it looks like I geared up to ovulate, but just never did. Also, I have a little free fluid, which I didnt' have the first time, and since I haven't ovulated, it's probably related to the PCOS, which was more controlled before. Left there and went to the clinic (where I saw the same lady that was ahead of me in line for the U/S) and did the bloowork, then the nurse took my BP. My BP is always perfect, but of course today, my diastolic was a little high at 90....so she didn't want to call in my prescription until the doctor approves it later today.....BLAH So I'm not sure where we go from here - do we just try wait out another cycle and see if I ovulate on day 19 again or are we going to medicate to induce ovulation? I guess I'll find out later today. This weekend is going to be crazy for me.....have a baby shower this afternoon (that I haven't even bought anything for yet) plus we're heading out to pick up my cousin's daughter for the weekend (she's my 2 year old cutie patootie! Awesome, but a handful - her bio dad bailed on his weekend with her, again!!!) and then we've got a houseful of guests coming tomorrow. All this with DH working the weekend leads to a busy weekend. Oh and don't forget, it's around 40F here right now and my furnace has chosen not to come on - so we might be needing to buy a new furnace on top of everything else this week.....*sigh*0 -
Hi ladies, do you mind if I join you? Only just joined myfitnesspal, but my motivation for getting fit is to be able to have a healthy pregnancy one day, as I have a history of high blood pressure, and my mum was in hospital for 5 months when she had me with hers.
Age: 26
Where you live: Cleveland, England
Job: Planning Officer/Starting own business
Length of time on the board: 10 days
Marital Status: Married - 1 year 1 week
Length of time you've been with SO: 3 1/2 years
Do you have kids: Not yet
Length of time TTC: 4 months ... but I was on implanon for 9 years so my cycles are just about starting to settle down but I'm not expecting anything to happen any time soon
Diagnosis: None
Do you chart your BBT: Yep, and anything else my body does! http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/354fdc/
Do you use OPKs: Yes
Are you on any meds for TTC: None, although I'm taking EPO and
Height: 5"6
Weight: 140.2lbs as of this morning
Goal Weight: 120lbs
Strange fact about yourself: I struggle with boundaries, I often say the wrong thing and I can never see limitations as to why something can't be done. Not that interesting but I can't think of anything right now - 30 day shred has rotted my brain. Oh I once hit Andy Cole in the head with a door - does that count?
Really looking forward to getting to know you all x0 -
KittyFeliz-- I was curious if anyone was into natural fertility remedies~ excited to see you're reading Making Babies! I've been reading that and The Infertility Cure. Nice easy reads, and really interesting! Did you just start doing accupuncture? I really want to but im chicken lol Tomorrow I start drinking Fertilitea and adding a few vitamins to my usual prenatal+dha. Even if it doesn't magically produce a baby, at least my body will be healthier if there are any problems down the line. Happy reading!
AFM bleeding from miscarriage has finally ended, and we are ready to get back up on the horse We just celebrated our 5 year anniversary today and kicked off month 3 TTC! My husband has also turned some crazy corner and has become so much more supportive and loving regarding all the baby craziness-- I mean, he has always wanted a baby too but now instead of rolling his eyes about bbt charting he's actually reminding me to temp in the mornings! It's a miracle!
Hi Honey, so sorry to hear about the miscarriage, glad you're getting back up on the horse! Happy anniversary and BABY DUST!
It's such a good book isn't it?! Yes I just started acupuncture but I've had a treatment before. My best friend practices Traditional Chinese Medicine so it's so easy to talk to her about everything. Right now we're doing treatments for fertility/moods/metabolism, the whole shebang. Do not be nervous, I'm actually a needle-phobe. So bad I get pale, start shaking, cry and pass out. Honestly, I'm such a wuss. Acupuncture is not scary at all. She showed me how the needles are so tiny and delicate you can actually tie them in a knot, they didn't seem that scary after that. And they don't go in very far. I get them in my feet, legs, stomach, hands (these are the weirdest cause they twitch, it's kinda cool), face and scalp. It's really relaxing and fun to just sit and feel all the energy rushing and the different areas tingle but it never really hurts. Give it a try!0
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