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Good Afternoon ... everyone sounds pretty chipper, which is nice to hear. Ladies, thanks for the info on not O'ing, I'll be checking my BBT closely to determine if I do or not, or perhaps I have the progesterone problem because of my low temps, who knows ... at least I'll be well prepared to see my doc with a few months of charting under my belt. Does anyone know what causes low progesterone, and if it can happen suddenly? I'll google it later on if I have time ... I just don't understand why I was able to conceive my daughter so quickly, and it's taking so long this time for #2, it's often on my mind. Christine, I would definitely schedule an appointement if you haven't O,d in 2 cycles, I heard that it's normal once in a while, but not 2 in row. going to get back to work now ... will check in tonight ...XXOO

right u might think im mad for laughing but aaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahaha right now i will tell u y ... as you prob all know it is half term hear in the uk ( think in U.S. it is spring brake) anyhoo my house has been full of children (step kids friends), well the girls where playing with there baby dolls and decided that they where sick and needed there temp taken (can u c where this is going yet?) ......yep thats right the little darlings got my digital thermometer and in the mids of taking dollies temp SAT ON IT hahahahahahahahah (if i dont laugh ill cry lol) so ive had to order another one as my old one is now not working (and has been demoted to dollie thermometer) ...... these thing where sent to test us right !!!!!!!! ...... just thought id share that with u as it made my giggle ( eventurally!!!!!!!)

Good morning and afternoon to all. Its morning for me I work midnites and just woke up!! I felt like such and a$$ yesterday. My RE gives me awesome results with the Clomid and the U/S..... so hes says start OPK tonite which was Monday you look like you are gonna ovualte anyday. I go home to my OPK wham.. smiley face on the OPK yeah but with an error. I was so pissed. So I take 8 billion sticks to work last nite and pee pee pee all nite on these things. I am going a little over board on peeing all nite (lol) and now they turned up negative. I will see in a few hours today (Tuesday) how the next batch of opks come out. Regardless have to be at RE's office first thing in the morning they said for another U/S or P/C test which that probably wont be happening. Just wanted to share the craziness. Good luck to all you ladies. Lets keep up the stories we need some BFP's!!!!!!! This month.

hey hey! Hmm lets see...I am on cd27, was technically supposed to start today based on my monthly calendar-ing. No signs of af as of yet, but i am not getting my hopes up as my temp drpped to 97.5 this am :( HOWEVER, that was a second reading, I dozed off on the first one and accidently lost the temp!! AND I don't have a coverline to go by, so who knows, could be a "thumb" rule - we'll see soon! I called a pharmacist about the p-cream question, I have to ask a different one tomorrow, one with education in fertility. I hate to wait hence causing an early mc by decreasing my p-cream (if I were pregnant). Am I making sense? wannabemom, I read in Taking Charge of your Fertility amung other online articles that progesterone cream can be used for the 1st trimesterin order to sustain a pregnancy - check into it. Not all doc believe in natural ways to heal or help. My mouth drops when an MD tells me to take vitamin C (which is great for constipation btw) Anyway, low progesterone, Kelley, can be caused by increasingly high estrogen levels or estrogen dominance - one of my issues. If you really want to know what your hormones are doing "as it happens" I recommend getting the 28 day saliva test done. It costs a bit, but well worth it. It can tell you if your luteal phase is short, if you "o"d, etc. here's a link to get one (it's the cheapest) http://www.holisticnurse.com/paypal_tests.html There are some sites that offer the test free for using their lab. Don't get confused w/the 3-day though blood can tell you that you'd want a "28 day saliva female hormone panel" Also, on the "o"ing topic, the obgyn I went to actually does repeated sonograms to watch the follicles as they progress to possible ovulation - sometimes up to every day for 10 days! Hence my reasoning behind charting in hopes to gain a bit more knowledge first, not sure ins will cover that. I hear it is extremely effective though. Can you compare any of your charts to the book (tcoyf)?

btw, kelley, if you want I am willing to share my saliva test results with you in order to get an idea of what it shows just email me [email protected] use a creative subject so I don't delete ya!

Katt, thanks for the "o" ing info. It explains why they saw me on Monday and now Wednesday for another U/S.

Kelley32, it is hard to wait for AF to come. Today is 4 days late, I am going to test tomorrow. I don't know what to expect, of course I am hoping BFP. We'll see.

fingers crossed maren ......

Hi Girls ... bluejada, what a funny story, that`s what I love most about children, they`re funny without even trying! Katt, thanks for all the info, and for the suggestion on the saliva test, I think I may try that after I complete this cycle, and thanks for the willingness to share your results with me, you`re really sweet. I have seen all sorts of charts like mine, the only problem is that it falls into many categories ... ovulatory, annovulatory and pregnancy, the realm is so varied, I just can`t tell yet, but I do look forward to morning to see what my temp will be! Hoping that they stay up, but from some other charts that I`ve seen, even low temps can mean pregnancy. Anyway, going to order a pizza now, don`t feel like cooking today. Katt ... hope AF stays AWAY!!! Will look in later. XXOO

Hi Ladies... I too am on my second month of Clomid this month. I just took my second dose of 100mg tonight. I am taking it CD 5-9. Last month on 50mgs CD 5-9 my progesterone level was only 1.6!!! Cecka... we have something in common! I have PCOS and don't ovulate on my own. Last month the clomid gave me some wicked side effects so I am hoping that they don't get worse this month! Thank you for letting me join your discussion! Good luck to everyone and lots of baby dust!

hi ladies,
i would like to hop on board too. I saw my ob monday and he said we are going to test my c/m after having sex to see if it is hostile to the sperm. i forget what this is called but am excited to finally move on to the next step. I went behind my insurance's back and went to my mom's ob that actually delivered my older sister 25 years ago and delivered her babies. the bad part is we'll probably have to pay out of pocket for this test. but it's worth it, cuz i don't like my hospital i'm signed up with. they always treat me like i'm too young to want a baby and tell me to go home and keep trying, if i'm not prego in 6 months then come back and see them. well it's been a year and i'm sick of waiting. and sick of them telling me to go home and try for another six months. know what i mean? i think nine months is long enough to wait for your baby. amen...
i did not ovulate this month. was disappointed about that. so looking forward to a/f coming at the end of this week and then ovulation a couple weeks after. since i didn't ovulate i'm probably going to have a irregular if at all a/f, huh? wish you all luck.

I would like you join you in this TTC in April. AF is due today, let's hope she doesn't show up. I tested on Monday and got a BFN, but that doesn't mean anything does it? I know I will probably go to the bathroom at least 50 times today to check for AF. Good luck to everyone and lots of baby dust!

Morning ... so Maren ... do u have any news!!?? Ahhhh, the stress and anticipation is really getting to me this month ... I'm now on CD23, 7DPO, and time is going slowwwwwwww. I had another high temp this morning, well, not really high, but well above coverline, so I'm happy about that. Cloe, I hope AF stays away, and LOL, I know what you mean about going to the bathroom 50 times to check! I will be doing the same thing next week. Well, not too much news to report this morning, except that winter has come back, woke up to my flowers covered in snow, and even had to scrape the ice off my car, weather here is strange, was 23 celcius last week, now it's -2 , go figure. Well, same old, same old ... I'll check in around lunch time ... hoping to hear about some BFP's soon, we've only had one so far!!! Need some more!!! XXOO

Good morning to all. Just left the RE's office for level checks and u/s. Said my left side follicle looked larger than monday right side saw a lot but they arent maturing. Starting to notice this morning a lot of CM so I guess thats a good sign that Clomid is working. I will see what the next step is later when I call for my results this afternoon. Anyway going to bed worked all night. Have a great day everyone.

welcome tracy and crystal... hi cloe ...kelley i got a tone of kiddies stories as i also work with kids !! i only work term time so ive got 2 weeks off as well YYYEEEAAAAAHHH!!, i get a nice lay in with D/H (wink, wink) well ladies im on c/d7 couldnt tell u what temp is (still waiting for new thermometer lol)... had some C/M this morning watery? put it on my chart that i have on fertility friend .com and it is now telling me my O date is today !dose anyone know y that is? cos my predictied O is on the 12th as both r showing on the chart im not sure whats going on with it !!
just a bit brain boggled with it LOL ... anyway maren "STILL thinking of u hun hurry up and get back to us", god i hope u got some good news to tell .....(( baby dust))...... folks ill cheack beack in later xx

Been talking with you gals for a little while and finally decided to sign up. I have an apt with my ob next Thurs. Hope everythings alright. Im on CD21 of my current cycle and thought I O'd last week but not positive. Expecting af this weekend. Anyone know of a good monitor? I currently have the saliva one but want another one. Maren hoping for a BFP for you. We need some good news and I could really use some to cheer up my day. babydust to everyone. bluejada funy story aren't kids so cute. I have another question for those of you on clomid.... after how many months of trying did you aquire about it?