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me - that was a funny comment about the monkey, it made me smile. congratulations sherry, it always gives me more hope when i hear about someone getting pg especially if it's been somewhat of a struggle to do so. jcr - i've read that book and i've now started it again so that i can try and work out my own profile. i've also contacted a local acupuncturist who specialises in women's issues so i'm waiting to hear back from her too. i'm very fortunate as dh is very supportive and will basically support whatever i choose to try and has even begun to change his own diet to make it healthier...yey! however, i have had a stomach bug the last couple of days so i'm thinking it may delay when i ovulate this week, does anyone know if this might be true? enjoy the rest of your weekend all.

the monkey comment came from Dora the Explorer, her best friend is a monkey "Boots!" One day you will all know about Dora the Explorer-she is a favorite of children!! I hope I don't give birth to a monkey-:)!Justine I think you ovulate rain or shine, healthy or sick! So take some vitamins and get ready go girl. RE emailed me back saying because the bloodwork was taken while on metformin, it may be pcos after all. I think she has no idea and neither do I! YEEEEEEESH! talk about discouraging! Baby and monkey dust to all!!!!

Happy Halloween everyone. Well it looks like i'm off and running for ovulation countdown as noticed lots of ewcm last night. dh was suitably seduced and bd was a success...lol! i'll start testing with the opk tomorrow as if all is as normal i should ovulate on thursday. jcr - that's soooooo frustrating when the dr has no real answers for you. what stage of your cycle are you at now and has the dr got any suggestions for you? hope so as you can't be sitting twiddling your thumbs for too long. me - how are you doing?

I hear ya me. i saw your post and I said that's me I feel like a failure today too. Although today I got some news that good help me...before the obgyn didn't know what was wrong with me all tests had come back ok but the results of my progesterone test last week were very low. What exactly does that mean? I talked to the nurse and she said she would have my doc call me back tomorrow. Is it serious? I know it means I probably didn't ovulate and if I did become pregnant I couldn't carry it. But what can they do for low progesterone? My doc wants to put me on clomid and test progesterone again on day 21. I hate taking that clomid. My dh says please no to that. It makes me sooo moody and he says I don't need a pill to make me even more moody. If anyone knows about low progesterone please let me know. THANKS and good luck to all of you!

Hi Mandy. I don't know much about progesterone but what I have read is that it is important during the luteal phase after ovulation. Basically it helps prepare the uterine lining for implantation and then helps sustain pg if implantation occurs. It's the progesterone that causes the rise in temps after ovulation and keeps them high if you get pg rather than dropping for af. As far as I know, and please anyone correct me if i'm wrong, there are creams and things that the dr can give you to raise progesterone levels. Good luck to you and let us know what happens.

You are correct about the creams and suppositories. It helps elevate your progesterone levels to help sustain pregnancy. It should be an easy fix for you if that is the only thing wrong. I hope it's easy anyway :) I actually can't wait to start clomid. I can't right now due to my cyst, but I am hoping it helps me ovulate. Best of luck to you Mandy and keep us posted!

Hi all. Just wanted to say a quick hello. I've just used an opk and the line was just a tiny bit lighter than the test line so I think I should ovulate tomorrow. my temps have dropped over the last couple of days also so i'm hoping they show that big rise soon. however they have been a bit erratic so who knows! me - do you have a date for when you can start using clomid? i hope it does the trick for you and you finally get your bfp. i've just made my first appointment to see an acupuncturist for 7 november and then i have my appointment with the re the day after so it will interesting to see what they both have to say.

Hi all. I just wanted to see how you're all doing. cd 13 for me today and dh and i are busy bd...yey! my temps are not looking good though as they seem abit erratic but i did get a positive on the opk yesterday so we'll see what happens. have a good day.

Hi Everyone, I was taking a break from

I have been getting a dull aching over my right ovary this month. Today it seems to have gotten worse. I weighed myself this morning and I literally gained 4 pounds overnight. It seems like another huge cyst may be coming on. Just when I thought I was getting better. I am near the middle of my cycle. Maybe I should get an OPK? What do you think? The thing that sucks is that I will be going on vacation the 17th of Nov, which is when I an due for my period. This means i am going to have to skip this month's blood work and ultrasound, and therefore the clomid...again. I am going to check with the RE and see if I can get something done on vacation. Damn my body. Why do I have to have such bad timing with things? sigh...and a round and round we go...emotionally.

Hi, sorry for the funny post, I think my daughter hit a button before I got everything sent?? Anyway. I was taking a break from it all for a while. I quite opk'ing and temping for a while, then I remembered I o'd late in my cycle last month so.. Tuesday morn I took my temps (dipped) and opk was +, wed the ewcm started, we bd's last night and will tonight. My temps went up this morning, which was a good sign. I had an acupuncture appointment this morning and feel so much better mentally and physically. She keeps saying I'm young and she can help me. She also said something iinteresting that I didn't know. She said to keep bd'ing for the next couple days because although I have o'd it can take a couple days for the egg to travel, so keep going. Me, I am so sorry for the pain, it may be ovulation, how are your temps? I would call your Dr they may want to do an ultrasound. I hope it isn't a cyst. I will keep my fingers crossed. Justine, I am excited about your acupuncture appointment. How did you find yours? My temps were all over the place earlier in the month, but I am pretty sure I o'd. So I guess we are in the 2ww! Baby dust.

me - it certainly is a roller-coaster and particularly frustrating when you don't know what your body is doing. i hope for your own peace of mind thats not another cyst your getting. have the drs said what they can do to treat any cysts and keep them from recurring? i would definitely go with the opks as it just gives you a clearer picture of what's going on and where your at in your cycle. i'd be lost without mine now... i'm completely addicted to poas be it opk or hpt...ha ha! jcr - that was interesting what your acupuncturist said about continuing to bd when you think you've ovulated as last month our last bd was on the day of ovulation as we thought the day after was too late. wow, the info out there is very confusing and mixed! i found my acupuncturist by searching the internet and then talking with her on the phone to see if we had a good rapport and to discuss things a little. she was very nice so i'm very excited about my appointment. i also spoke with my re today confirming my first appointment for tuesday so next week will be very interesting. so it looks like we're on the dreaded tww now. I MUST NOT OBSESS...lol!

Well, here is the latest with me. I had the pain on my right side last week and wentin for an ultrasound. My RE said that it looked like I was halfway through my cycle. However, there was no cyst on my right side, and the one on my left side got bigger. I had the pain on the right side and my RE said that it was probably referred pain from the left side. He said when you get pain down in that region, you can't really ell which side it iscoming from. Have you ever heard of that? Sounds squirrly to me. Anyhoo, they did a progesterone test and aid my levels were low. That can indicate that I am due for AF or that I literally ust ovulated and my levels were too low because the corpus luteum didn't start making it yet. Since my ultrasound said I was halfway through, I am hoping it was that I just ovulated. I also bding that morning, so if I did have the pain, I nailed the sex part of it, timing wise. We now begin the 2 week wait and hope that AF does not come. How are you ladies doing?

Good morning. me - welcome to the 2ww, don't you just hate it...lol! i'm at 5 dpo today and not feeling too many symptoms apart from being a little more tired than usual. i have my first acupuncture treatment in a couple of hours so i am very excited about that and hope that it will help me to get pg if disaster strikes this cycle and the witch shows up once again. jcr - how are you doing?

This may be a silly question, but if you keep having sex every other day, will it effect implantation? I don't think it will, but I am not sure if and when I ovulated, so I am still bding every other night. Anyone knows if having sex affects implantation?

me - it's not a silly question as i've wondered that myself. i've done alot of reading on alot of stuff about ttc and i've never come across info that says that it can affect implantation. what i have read is that if you're not sure when or if you've ovulated but you're still getting fertile signs then keep bd. i guess for your own peace of mind you could keep the bd fairly tame with nothing too energetic or acrobatic going on...lol! good luck. and i really hope that this is our month.