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Posted By: Renee ttc#1 +HPT today!
Monday, 14 February 2000, at 5:46 a.m.
It was positive!!! (more & long details!)
OK guys, I'm still pinching myself to
make sure I am not dreaming. I
used Confirm this morning and got a
2nd line! I ran back to bed and woke
dh up and made him convince me that
it really and truly was a 2nd
line. He was stunned! I'm thrilled
but also very nervous that somehow
the test was wrong. In my heart I
really feel that it's true, though.
This is going to be long because I
want to give you as many details as I
can think of. I know that I always
want as much info as possible every
time someone gets a positive, so I
want to cover everything.
I have very long cycles and I
never know when O will occur. I know some
of you are concerned with late
ovulation (I am, too) ....well,
this cycle I didn't O until cd26! And
hopefully, I am pg. I was thinking that it
was way too late to be o-ing,
but my temps rose .6 on cd27 and have
stayed up so I guess a very late O is
okay (I hope). Today I'm at 15dpo (cd41)
and my temp was 98.7 so that is
what gave me the courage to test.
Here are my temps...
cd 1-23 below 97.9
cd 24 97.9 BD
cd 25 97.9 BD +OPK
cd 26 97.7 (o-day)
1dpo 98.3
2dpo 98.4
3dpo 98.5
4dpo 98.5
5dpo 98.4
6dpo 98.6
7dpo 98.5
8dpo 98.2
9dpo 98.4
10dpo 98.2
11dpo 98.6
12dpo 98.5
13dpo 98.9
14dpo 98.6
15dpo 98.7
This was the first cycle that I used
an OPK and I have to say that it
really helped since I have such long
cycles. I had a little ewcm on cd14
and then again on cd19 and thought I
was going to O both times, but
then my temps never rose above 97.9.
I had creamy cm that was sort of
watery for a few days leading up to
O, but never had any ewcm. I started
using the OPK's on cd19 and finally
got a + on cd 25. I know I would
have missed it if it wasn't for the
OPK since my cm wasn't very good.
We BD'd only the two days before O,
not on O-day or right after. This
was the first time since I started
charting that we bd'd early (5:30pm)
on the night before O. It just
happened to fall on a Saturday this time
and we were home, not working.
I practically stood on my head each time
afterwards because that is what
my grandmother told me to do! She
said that was the only thing that
worked with my mom. It's the first
time I did it....wait until I tell her, lol.
My cm since O has gotten very yellow
and there is LOTS of it. As for pg
symptoms, I really haven't had
any at all surprisingly. I've had a
backache (lower) since 6dpo and that
is always a sign of AF for me. At
8dpo I had AF-like cramps on the left
side only that lasted all day, and
then they were gone the next day.
I'm thinking now maybe it was implantation
because that is the day my
temp dropped to .2 above cover. I
didn't have any spotting.
I haven't been nauseous, haven't had
sore breasts, no blue veins, etc..
All the symptoms I am looking for
every month were non-existent this time.
It did feel like AF was coming
from about 9dpo...a little bloated
and maybe a twinge here and there, but that's all.
Vitamins: I've been taking prenatals
since October, vit B6 (200mg) and
B-complex since November-for my
LP which was only 10 days.
I also used progesterone cream
for the first time this cycle, hoping to
increase my LP. I used it from O until
today. I ran out of it this morning and
I'm hoping that I will be okay without it.
I'm going in for a blood test
tonight after work and I'll post again
when I get the results back. I'm a little
nervous since dh and I are living
in Poland right now and I'm not able
to go to my doctor in Chicago yet. He
assured me that if I happened to
get pg while here, he will monitor
everything by fax & phone with a doctor
here and then I will fly home to see him at 16 weeks.
I owe so much to Momma Kath and
Elizabeth for giving us all this
wonderful board, and to all of you who
have been there for me and helped
me with so much over the last 6
months. Thank you all so much from
the bottom of my heart. Thank you
LynnP for keeping me so positive and I
know I will see you on the alum
board very soon!
Momma Kath, I just got the OPK's you sent
me in the mail today, lol.
That was the best money I ever
wasted.
I also want you all to know that it
was so hard for me to imagine this
actually happening for us, and it did.
So please have faith that it WILL happen.
Thank you so much God!!!
Lots of love+++++,
Renee
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