Claire ~ *hugs*

Ashley ~ Glad things worked out btw you, DH and MIL

Rebecca & Mare ~ Can't wait....

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Good morning, and back to reality.

Claire - How super sweet of DH to come home early. It's the small stuff isn't it?

Ashley - DH always says "how are your pregnancy friends" or "what's up with the pregnancy club today" I think he's starting to like the fetile mertile time. Then he knows its a forsure. LOL... I try not to say anything about ttc to DH, but recently it's been really bothering me. And I need him to understand that this is tough for me, I've always wanted a lot of kids, and now I can't even get pg! It's been so nice for me to join here, learn a lot and have people who can relate so well to what we're going through.

Lindy - I'm jealous I haven't ordered some more yet. DH is like always asking for that stuff now. And keep up the good work, me and DH are on the every other, and I agree with the OPKs although I haven't seen any line at all! But we will continue to keep BDing!

Rac - I meant to ask you yesterday, what kind of boats? We used to have 18' Bayliner, and last year moved up to a 20' Chaparral. We didn't see too many huge crusiers out this weekend with those stupid gas prices. Which was nice. I'm so glad now that we didn't get anything bigger, bigger boat, more to haul, more to haul, more gas!

So are weekend was great, a couple of small rain showers here and there, but nothing that interferred with the sunny boat weather. DH is still working on, helping out more, and actually being responsible on the boat when we're out there. We shall see. I hope I O this month, after looking back through my other cycles, my temp doesn't really ever show an O. But I guess if that's an issue at least I know now. I hope everyone has a great day, I'll be back on later.

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Mary - We have a 16' aluminum fishing boat. We just got a Merc 15hp for it yesterday - just had a small 6 on it. Planning to take it to Temagami next month. We also have an 18' MFG sitting in the side yard that I hope moves into someone else's yard SOON! We don't really have a need for such a big boat. We're not weekend boaters, just occassional fishers. I got a new fishing pole yesterday and new hiking boots, too. You have no idea how much I am looking forward to our trip.

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Good morning ladies! I hope everyone had a fabulous 3-day weekend. I totally jacked up my chart. I temped on Saturday and Sunday morning but my temp from Sunday was exactly the same as Saturday's so I think I might not have actually turned the bbt on (remember I temp vaginally under the covers so I can't hear the beeps). And then we put the boat in the water on Sunday and slept on it and I forgot to bring my BBT for Monday mornings temp. So I'm not sure which day I Oed - I really hope it was Saturday so there's a chance for Thursday nights swimmers. Oh yeah we didn't get to BD on Saturday since DH ate something that didn't agree with him and spent half the night in the rr. I told him that I hope our kids get my stomach because I almost never have problems. My temp wasn't super high this morning either but I took tylenol last night because of course first boating day of the season and I get a wicked sunburn.

Ashley - I'm glad that you had a good conversation with DH and came to a decision - June is only a few days away

Ashley/Mary - it can be hard to find a balance between not wanting to overload DH with TTC stuff and feeling like you're keeping secrets from him... especially since they're the ones we talk to first for everything else.

Lindy - the thing I've noticed about the EPT OPKs is that alot of times the line is half positive like this: POAS ~ OPK FAQ So even though it looks lighter it might be positive since you have to read the dark half. I guess you get what you pay for!!!

Claire - I hope O shows up soon. Its not so surprising that the stress of the lap could have delayed your O... it is pretty invasive.

Jen - welcome back to this side. We all understand how you feel. Its terrible to have the added fear of keeping a pregnancy along with the regular TTC fears.

Mare - I'm glad your dog is doing better aside from a little diarrhea. Sorry for the BFN but your chart is still looking good

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Rac - I guess we would probably be consiered the weekend boaters, but I love to fish, and to hike! And I'm jealous that you're actually going on a vacation, it seems like once everything is said and done at our place, it's a lot of work! But a lot of fun too! When do you leave?

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Mary - Not till the end of June. It can't come fast enough.

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Ugh... my evil MIL called last night. She is a witch... really! She asked if we were *sigh* still trying to get pregnant. DH said yes, and she asked us if we even knew HOW to get pregnant. Then she pointed out that she had 6 kids by the time she was 28 (including 2 sets of twins). After that she gave us a speech on what things we need to do and refrain from doing. B**ch!! I just sat there giving the phone dirty looks... DH was trying to make me laugh to cheer me up. Why don't people understand??

This morning... another POAS...another BFN. I don't know what is going on... I wish AF would just come. You know that Geico commercial where the two squirrels cause a car accident and then celebrate? I think my ovaries are doing that. lol. I've got a doc appt next wednesday, so she can give me something to start the next cycle if AF hasn't come. I'm pretty sure I ovulated (+OPK, the normal pains, temp rise)... I don't know.

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Mare - There's no question about ovulation. You definitely O'd. Hang in there. My MIL used to say things like that to my dh, too. Mostly it was 'you kids need to relax'. Uh, Carol, relaxing doesnt' get you pg. Finally, dh told her to stuff it and explained about us going for IUI. She shut up.

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Thanks for the kind words, Rebecca.

There is no hope for her. She has always been like this about everything. She almost got kicked out of the hospital when one of her granddaughters was being born because she kept telling the doctor he was making mistakes. She has one of those medical books at home, so she thinks she is a doctor. lol. DH told me early in our relationship that once I let her think she is the expert on everything, she will love me. DH said he has just learned to bite his tongue.

When we miscarried at 9 weeks, she said it was to early to tell people, as a pregnancy isn't confirmed until you miss 3 periods (whatever). I told her, "fine, next time we get pregnant, we won't tell you until we are 3 months along." She didn't like that comment to much. lol. But, after thinking about it, DH and I decided we wouldn't tell anyone (except everyone on this board... of course ) until we are out of the first trimester.

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Mare- Oh, yeah, you O'd. How long is your cycle normally? Sorry for BFN, hang in there, it's not over yet. OMG! tell you MIL to stick it, seriously. I would have said something that would have totally got me in trouble, like; "no, MIL, we DON'T know how to get PG-why don't you and FIL come show us". That sucks, I'm sorry.

Lindy~ Yep, I think the OPKs from EPGT.com suck too!!!! I finally started using one of them AND a CBE. Results totally don't jive. So I got some answer POAS OPK yesterday and DH says "MORE tests?" poor guy, he keeps asking when we need to BD again. He's trying so hard to be supportive so I dont' have to command him to BD. I'm a lucky gal.

Ashley- I'm glad your DH said June, but really-it's like a week away, what's the difference? LOL, silly boys. I've always said about my DH that he is more like training a mule than a horse (what can I say, I used to be a pro trainer) See, with a horse, you can assert yourself and show them who's boss. With mules, you have to convince them that everything is thier idea. Hang in there, girl. I know with my DH I finally hid all the books and the pissy sticks and stuff.

Irene- Uggg, I hate it when I screw up my own charting. Did you have fun at least?

Rebecca- HELP! oh, please, please, all-knowing queen of CT! So, how long could O be delayed-if it was? I'm still POAS w/ OPK's and I'm starting to get lines, just not as dark as normal. Is it possible to just have enough LH in the system to set off the test even though my body has no intention of O? And my CM is starting to dry up.

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Ok so I'm sitting here staring at my chart trying to will myself to O, and it dawns on me: this is my first cycle since quitting smoking. Now, I'm still on the patch, but I wonder if quitting smoking could affect O? Any thoughts?

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Mare - My mom said something similar to me when I was pg and still getting negative tests (prior to confirming anything other than my symptoms and my chart and of course that gut feeling). She told me to just wait a few more weeks and see. They always waited for three missed periods.... blah, blah, blah. Hello, this is 2008 - not 1968 for crying out loud! Of course they waited - it was a completely different world then. Makes you want to slap them, huh?? I never even told my mom that we went to the RE and did IUI. I didn't want to hear her remarks.

Claire - Hmmm.... quitting smoking.....I'm not sure if there would be a physiological effect on the endocrine system or not. I'm thinking not. However, the stress you put on yourself about dh being gone, could affect it. Your temps aren't all over the place and you're cycles are very regular so I am hopeful that you will just have a delayed O. It is possible, however, to have an occassional anovulatory cycle - and it's pretty normal, too.

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P.S. Staring at your chart and willing yourself to O probably won't work.

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Claire - back when I first started temping I had two super long cycles where I Oed on CD32 and CD42. I'm not sure if it was hormonal, stress or what that caused it. I hope that your O isn't that delayed - if you're starting to see something on the OPKs thats a good sign. See my post to Lindy about the EPT OPKs...

Rebecca/Mare - when I told my mom about the chemical she actually asked me if I was sure I was pg or if I was just late. It is really sad when you can't talk to your mother about things like this but it just stresses me out even more.

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Lindy, Def. I agree. I've noticed that I have to do that with him quite often, but I don't care ne more... whatever it takes!

Mel, Thanks! **Hugz**

Mary, DH just thinks we're all nuts! Who knows, maybe we are. No, we are, but it's all okay!

Irene, I know, i'm psyched... now if I can only O when he's home, this could be the perfect month. Just what he wanted, and perfect timing for me??? Fingers Crossed!

Claire, LMAO about the horse/mule... yeah DH is def in the mule category

Irene - did you guys have fun? What kind of boat do you have? And where do people boat in NYC?

Claire - You are so funny! But I'm afraid that same comment would probably come out of my mouth too! I hope O comes soon for you. But even if there's a faint line it's a + right?

And I'll keep that in mind when I'm training my DH, a mule huh that already makes more sense. Men such weirdos!!!

lunch time!!!

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