I've been lurking on the boards for about 3-4 months, haven't posted too much..TTC for about 9-10 months, really getting serious about it for 7 months with intense charting
I wanted to give back all i could..so here is what i did this month for success!
Sorry it's long.
We bd'd every other day leading up to ovulation and then on cd 18 in the AM did an OPK and it was + so bd'd that morning and the next evening, then 4 days later and again 4 days later(i'm giving every detail!). The big big difference this month was that I had an HSG on day 6 of my cycle. Another difference was that this month I relaxed much more at home and at work, hanging out with out my dh going out to bars, having a few beers now and then.. tried to be really carefree.
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I took 2 Evening Primrose oil capsules and 2 Vitex every morning and evening and Dong Quai herb supplement in first half of cycle. Drank 2 dosage cupfuls of Guaifenesin (Plain Robitussin)every morning and evening also from about day 11 till after ovulation. (Ovulated day 18 or 19). After ovulation, I applied Prolief brand Progesterone cream (1 to 2 pumps) every morning and evening. I drank caffeinated green tea the first half of cycle and decaf green tea the 2nd half. I also drank Red Raspberry tea and Pregnancy Tea(traditional Medicinals brand) on and off throughout cycle and some detox tea in first half.I took Rainbow Light Brand Complete Prenatal System vitamins (6 per day which is recommended dosage),a B-Complex vitamin, Vitamin C 500mg and Baby Aspirin daily throughout cycle. In second half of cycle I took false unicorn root liquid herb supplement. geez..that all sounds obsessive!
i think that's about it.. drank more water .. did shoulder stands (like in Yoga) for as long as i cou ld after bd'ing and then laid in bed with a pillow under my hips. Slept that way as long as i could too! let's not forget the "visualizing" I did during and after bd! I really wanted it to happen so I visualized it happening.. maybe it helped
ok, now for some symptoms: had ewcm days 18 and 19 and bd'd those days. day 18 was the +OPK. starting on 3 dpo i had sticky mucus, then it was creamy from then on and still is (today is 20 dpo) CP went from High and Soft on 3dpo to Low and Hard 5dpo to 10 dpo.. it varied depending on the time of day, but mostly LH those days. Then on 12 dpo it was out of reach and was high and medium to hard whenever i checked after that. I had cramps on 3 dpo nothing serious and some more on 8 dpo and really no cramps until 15 dpo. From then on I've had cramps but very mild most of the time.. just enough to notice it. This was a bit different from my usual cycle where I have more frequent and worse cramps just before AF.I have a metallic taste after i brush my teeth, but I get this before AF every month.
Very sore breasts from 8 dpo on. Breasts are very large too.. more acne than normal. No nausea at all..I had very vivid dreams starting about 4 or 5 dpo on.
On 13dpo and 14 dpo had very light spotting only noticed on the toilet paper when urinating. This is when i normally would have got my period..On 16 dpo in AM I did an Aimstick Pregnancy test from the TTC Store, and it showed a very faint line within 3 minutes. I started to get a cold on 13 dpo and it turned into a major disaster with sore throat and very stuffy keeping me awake several nights (15, 16 and 17 dpo). i never get sick so saw this as a sign of a diminished immune system from pregnancy maybe..had such high temps..triphasic starting 12 dpo.. reaching 99.0 on 18 dpo.. wasn't sure if it was a fever.. On 18dpo did another test using a CVS pregnancy test which is supposed to be the 2nd most sensitive after Aimstick and the line appeared within 2 min. which felt like 20 min..My doctor confirmed with me today at 20 dpo.
I'm in shock and still sick so it hasn't sunk in.. also, i keep feeling like i don't want to get my hopes up until maybe 10 weeks pass.. i'll be 37 in 2 months so hope it "sticks"!
Thanks to all the great posts and success stories on this site.. i've read every success story posted on the site more than once! i wanted to give a lot of the same details that really helped me out.
i feel like if it happened to me (and dh was just told he had slow motility too..) that it will happen to all of you nice women.
then I was put on b/c.
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