Mare- I hope this is it!!!

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Holy cow is it busy here!!!

Mare ~ First of all, thanks for the well wishes for Binx, I hope you feel better too, secondly your DH is too cute! I hope you weren't imagining things...New job, new baby

Claire ~ Have you read TCC? I thought it was witty, an easy read, I can send it to you if you want... BTW, I love when my pee is florescent yellow, yay for B-complex!

Irene ~ LOL, yes, Cap'n loves his babies! He swears he would never be that way with real children. If he could wrap those cats in bubble wrap he would. He's totally the good cop when it comes to disciplining the cats, guess who's the bad cop??? Ewwwwwwwww for the fish burps! That's it, forget it, I'm out! I sometimes get Vitex burps (hence I take it before bed) and I can barely deal with that! I thought I had read somewhere that eating pineapple was good for either CM or bringing on O, I forget now...

Brandy ~ I think the same thing about Binx that maybe he ate something bad. My worst fear though is that he was bit by a snake... He seems a little better now, but I'm still not letting him out. I wish you temped, I wanna stalk your chart!

Bina ~ You have such a great attitude, I admire you so much! *hugs*

Becky ~ Thanks also for the Binxie well wishes. I thought of you yesterday when this woman came into the scrapbook store and she brought with her a scrapbook that she made of her cruise to Alaska. It was interesting the way she did it because she said that she didn't keep track of what she did each day so she did an ABC album of her trip to Alaska and every layout was a letter, very cute! Have fun!!!

Got an e-mail from my doc...I think I'm getting a referral to an RE...
Dear Melissa --
Thanks for your message. Sorry for the delay in response. We had an illness in the family.

Anyway, I don't have your husbands results yet. I think they were sent under his name. Let me know his name and MR number and I will look them up. We should also get you in to see the fertility folks since there is nothing obvious on examination or any of your tests to explain the situation. I will have my MA call you with an appt.


After I read this, I was thinking that shouldn't my blocked left tube be of interest????

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Mel - What a weird email. It seems like your doc forgot to update themselves on your file before writing! That is cool that you are able to email them, though. I think going to a new RE, however, is the way to go.

Claire - I know how you feel... my firm has to hire a different law firm to help retrieve money. It is sad... you do the work, you should get paid!!

Thanks everyone for the well-wishes. I really didn't want to test, but dh insisted. I know it is way too early. Dh has calmed down, but he is still optomistic. I told him we are pg when the doctor says so. lol. When we first met, he told me he wanted to have kids by the time he was 30. He's now 32. So, I think he is more wary of 'possible' pregancy symptoms than I am.

I'm not going to test until I'm at the doctor's office, which will be 12dpo. It was meant for a clomid check, but because I ovulated late I won't be out of the tww. Oh well, we will see. It is impossible to change the appointment.

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I'm really reaching back here...I think the earliest anyone's gotten a BFP around here is...8DPO? Maybe 7DPO, I can't remember. It was a long time ago (maybe Marci?). That's all I got for ya.

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Mare- That sounds like a good plan. My DH has this whole age/deadline thing, too. But he's not nearly as excited as yours.

Mel- So did your Dr get her(his?) degree out of a cracker-jack box or what? "Nothing obvious" HEL-LO! Blocked tube here....no to mention the fact that you bleed more days than you don't. duh. Referral is great news, though. yay progress! LOL capn' and kitties. What a softie. I'm the good cop, totally. Yesterday we took sadie for her last booster. There were two labs that were scaring her to death. She kept trying to get under my legs where I was sitting-even though I was CLOSER to the labs than DH! LOL. I have wanted to read TCC. Couldn't find it at borders, but have been meaning to look on Amazon. Thanks!.

Irene- LOL naming your bbs. I never did name mine....even though they are big enough I should have to buy an extra plane ticket..... poor girl with pebbles and bam bam! We actually nicknamed DH bam-bam bc he's so "gentle" with everything. He's such a lumbering galute. . I know, I'm so tough and wimpy all at the same time! LOL

Well, I'm exhausted. Mentally, physically, emotionally. DH and I got into it last night. He slept on the couch. I cried for hours. Finally this AM we had a great big long hash-out. I think, now, that we needed to, I was blaming our sniping on the finances-but I see now that we both had things going on that needed attending to.

Needless to say, no BD last night. My temping has been so off what with Sadie getting up at 3-4am that I can't really tell what is going on. I was in some serious pain last night in the ovary region. I hope it was from the CL, not O.

I think DH finally saw this am how much TTC takes out of me and how important to me this all is. So he has dropped his "deadline" of PG by October or nothing at all. Thankfully. And he wants me to make him an appt with the urologist. So, forward progress.

OK, so I'm sure you are all SO interested in my marital drama-sorry. Just venting, or organizing thoughts or something.

OH, Mary- I meant to say something a while ago. You had some question about your O pain: TCOYF says that you can have pains from the follies building, O itself, or after o from the Corpus Luteum. I think I tend to have all of the above. And the pains are distincly different. HTH.

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Morning peeps!!!

Well af still is a no show but she'll be here sooner rather than later. I finished painting both bathrooms yesterday and boy was it hot but at least I got that done.

Mel - I would think if Binx was bitten by a snake there would be some swelling in the location of the bite, but I don't blame you for not letting him back outside. I have two cats that are just under a year and they aren't allowed outside (I live right on the highway) but my siamese almost always manages to sneak out as we are coming in. My sleeping patterns are just too out of wack to even try temping anymore and even if they weren't my munchkins found my bbt and took it outside to play with it. lol I just haven't gotten around to replacing it. That and I'm afraid that I will really start obsessing about every little dip and rise in temp. lol

Claire - I'm sorry you and dh got into it last night and had no bd but at least this morning you were able to clear the air and let him know how you really felt and how he felt. Now he can really be there 100% for you and your ttc journey.

Mare - I have my crossables crossed for ya!

Hi to everyone else!!!!!

Brandy

Brandy- Good job on the painting! LOL about your munchkins playing with your bbt. I'm picturing them dismantling it. Thanks for your kind words. And you are right, DH will be better support now.

So, I finally finished self-interpreting the results of my last b/w (my doc wanted my thyroid and bloodsugar checked.) And guess what? I'M FAT! Anything that was off was just barely off. So, should be more fuel for my weight loss fire, right. *sigh*

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Claire - sorry there was no BD but its definitely more important that you and DH came to an understanding. Sometimes we really need to just have it all out and it sounds like he really gets how much it means to you now... that can only be helpful in the future. And seriously everyone here must use photoshop or something because I've seen pictures of all you girls claiming to be fat and you must all carry it really well! But changing your diet and exercising more to get healthier is never a bad thing! I need to practice what I preach... I don't even bother with the stupid weight loss ticker anymore!

Brandy - thats alot of painting... I don't know how you do it in that heat! Thats funny with your boys taking the BBT... good thing you don't temp vag like I do

Mare - I don't know how you have the willpower to hold off... I would be testing everyday to see if the line gets darker... Thats good if Steph says someone else has gotten a BFP that early... it also means you implanted really early so that would be good right?

Mel - don't let the fish burps stop you... like I said I never had them and I think taking them with food really helps prevent that. I'm glad you're getting a referral to an RE... even though its cool that you can email your current doctor and actually get a response, it doesn't sound like the response is all that well thought out. Thats how I felt with my last doctor... she wouldnt' even take a second to review my chart b4 talking to me so she could never remember my particular case and that really bothered me... I know they see alot of patients so they can't always actually remember but thats what charts are for!!! I thought Mare was the one going to Alaska... I feel bad but I can't remember where Becky's cruise was to either

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Irene - I'm trying to keep myself busy today so I don't think about it. LOL. I'm going through all my drawers and making a pile of clothes to take to Goodwill. I hope I can hold off until the appointment. I looked at FF, and there are a few pictures of bfps at 7dpo. Not many, but I've heard implantation can occur as early as 5 days. I'm trying not to build myself up for a big let down, but I can't help it.

Funny thing is... Dh and I just signed up for a pub tour while we will be in Canada. haha.

Oh... when signing up for FF, did anyone's bank charge a fee? I paid with a debit card, and my bank (BOA) charged me a fee... I'm getting so annoyed with them. ANY international transaction (even if it is USD) gets a fee added.

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I hate it when I read posts then don't respond right away because I forget everything I already read, lol.

Mare-I don't want to get your hopes up BUT I have found the clearblue easy's (the blue plus sign right?) to come up even darker than FR so I wouldn't be surprised if it did pick up a BFP that early. The waiting game sucks though! I would test again Monday to give time for the HGC to double!

Claire-sorry that you didn't get your BD on, but it sounds like a much-needed conversation took place which is probably better in the long run for your marraige and TTC. As for me being strong, I don't think we realize how strong we truly are until we have to deal with a tough situation, kwim? Plus there are so many women who have been through a lot for so much longer and still have no baby to hold. I think this would have been a lot rougher on me if this had been my very first PG for numerous reasons. As for my diagnosis, I think it is basically that because my LP is only 10 days (even with taking progesterone) that a bean has to hurry up and implant well before 10dpo to have a chance at making it. And if you ask me on a really bad day, I may say that maybe my eggs are just going bad and that is why I am prone to chemicals and had this recent m/c, lol. Sorry for the long response but you asked

Irene-I took the fish oil today and no fishy burps here! The thought alone makes me want to gag a little.

Don't know if any of you venture to the toddler side, but I am about to post pics of the wedding and my trip to Cali if you wanna see. I can also post a few here if it is easier.

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Well, I'm not going to get my hopes up yet, because I know it is still really early, but I got a very very very very faint bfp today. I wasn't going to test until Monday, because that's when I'm supposed to or whatever, but I couldn't wait, and I tested today. It was NOT with FMU, so I think that also has something to do with it. It was a dollar store cheapie, but still.....it was a bfp. I am going to test again on Monday or Tuesday, and then call the doctor to get a blood test done. I can't quite decide whether or not to be happy yet. I am TERRIFIED, but at the same time, I'm THRILLED. Hopefully this doctor will be right and the suppositories that I have to do will allow me to keep this pregnancy. I am shaking.....lol

We'll just have to wait and see, and I'm not joining the pregnancy chat until I get a blood test, for my own piece of mind, but I think I'm pregnant.

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OMG!!! Congrats!!! I know what you mean about being cautious. I bet if you tested with a FR or Clearblue Easy and with FMU you would get a clear BFP!

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JEN! {{{hugs you SO tight}}}

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Wow! Someone got the chain reaction of BFP started!

Jen- congrats! Keep us posted.

Irene/Bina- Thanks for your kind words. I was certainly "off" today, but all-in-all, I'm feeling better. I'm more and more certain that I DID o, but my temps are stupid screwy......And wouldn't you know, I CAN'T find the brand new BBT I ordered a month ago?

Bina- Don't apologize at all for the long post, silly. I guess I don't understand the progesterone (what, supplement? Pill? Medication?). I kinda thought that if you were on it, you LP would be as long as you were taking it-and if implantation/fertilization didn't occur, you quit taking it and af came. Maybe that was a special case-a girl I talked to on another board was pretty much chemically inducing her cycles bc they were so screwy. It wasn't just progesterone she was on, either. And as far as thinking there's something wrong with your eggs.....well, I'm glad I'm not the only person who thinks something is wrong, even though it can't be proven.

Irene- Thanks about saying I don't look huge.....most of my pics on myspace are 20lbs ago. And I choose the ones that make me look good. But being nearly 6' tall helps, too.

MAre- No, no charge. But then again, I pd with credit card. LOL about your pub tour....of course, you don't HAVE to drink on that, right? he he. Its like washing the car to make it rain, right?

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Oh wow! That is awesome! I just wanted to let you know that I tested with a c/b digi and it said pregnant when my hcg was less than 15, they are very sensitive now .

Can't wait to hear an update next week!

Good to know,Thanks! Did I read somewhere on here that your IUI was successful and you are PG?

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