Posted By: Kim from NZ, ttc #2, cyc2, cd 36,
AND JUST FOUND OUT I'M PREGNANT!!!
Wednesday, 20 December 2000, at 2:19 p.m.
Pregnancy details

Sorry, this is probably going to be really boring and of no help to any of you, but here it is anyway! Last cycle were were at it like rabbits, day in, day out bd'ing ourselves silly. This month, things weren't going right (I strained my back around the time I O'd) so we thought nothing would happen, and eased off. As of cd25 I started getting those AF-like cramps. Have had them every day since now. Also for the last week I have been getting nausea on and off. Yesterday my BB's started hurting and thats when I dared to get my hopes up! Did a test this morning and got a very faint line, but a line all the same!! I am off to my Dr this afternoon so that I can have a blood test to confirm. What an awesome xmas present!

Oh yeah, I haven't been taking any meds etc, just thought we would try it naturally for the first couple of cycles....

Hi.

A lot has changed since I have been on the web site.
Anyway, I am 13 weeks pregnant,

My husband and I were suppose to start artificial insemination but I had a cyst on my ovaries so my infertility specialist said we had to wait until next month to begin. Well, 2 weeks later we got pregnant with no drugs.
It was totally amazing.
We are extremely happy.
Thank you, for your support.

KellyG

I'm 15 dpo, temps still high above CL and 3 +++ hpt's. DH and I have two dd's. We decided to try for a third child. I stopped taking bcp in mid September. I am on cycle #3, and am so happy to report that we have conceived!!! I really thought this cycle was going to be a bust from the get go. Me and DH have both been sick, taking antibiotics, my bbt thermometer stopped recording accurately at 4 dpo. My temp dropped below CL at 4 dpo and I thought that I was having progesterine problems or something. Now, I know it was due to my bbt being inaccurate. Anyways, I didn't get to temp every day. I did go and buy a new thermometer and temped here and there during my lp. I did take robi this cycle for the first time. Well, I really started to get suspicious when my temp at 12 dpo didn't drop like it had in the previous cycles. I always get AF at 13 dpo with a temp dip the day before. I also started having horrible cramping around 10 dpo and it continued to 12 dpo and then let up some and I've had fleeting cramps since then. I NEVER got cramps prior to AF. Usually I would experience them the morning of AF and then they were only mild and would subside by CD 2. The cramping that I got this time made me believe that AF was on her way a little early. I actually told another ttc'er that I thought she was coming on with avengence for me this month! I would go and check every little bit figuring I'd find her but never did. Well, Christmas Eve was 13 dpo for me and when I awoke and took my temp it had come down 1/10 but was well above CL still. I was really shocked. I had contended all along that there was no way we could have gotten pg this cycle.

Then, Christmas morning, 14 dpo, awoke and took my temp again it came down 1/10, still, I had no sight of AF so I took a hpt. The result was a very, very faint line in the test region. It was readible, you could see a second line, however faint, it was there. I took the test and put it in a card and gave it to DH Christmas morning as we were opening gifts. When he opened it he said, "really?", I said well, I think so, but I want to test again and see if I get a darker line. So, this morning, 15 dpo, when I awoke my temp had risen 2/10 , I took another test and it too came back +++, although it was lighter than the control line, it was darker and more prominanet than the test I had taken the morning before. Still, not fully convinced, I went to town and purchased a different brand hpt and came back and took it and it too shows two beautiful lines! I guess after 3 pos in a row, I can now release all of the excitement that has been building up in me for two days! My EDD is 09-02-01, that is, according to my ovulation date of 12-11-00. Now, all of this charting has paid off because I can take my chart with me to see the Dr. later this week and tell her when my babies expected to will arrive!

I want to say to all ttc'ers out there that my belief in prayer has really paid off. I have prayed to God for a baby and I can tell you that the power of prayer is better than any other instrument that we will ever use in ttc. Keep praying, keep up the faith and it will happen for you too!

Well, Momma Kath, this has been my story. I want to especially say a word of thanks to you and to all ttc'ers out there. I have learned so much about pg on this site. Thank you for being there and thank you for caring so much!!!

Sonya

I can't believe I it, but I am pregnant! I have hoped for a long time to get to add myself to the list!

I'm 31 with no children. DH and I have been trying to conceive since we got married in August of 1998. Nothing. After 11months of temping and checking CM and timing intercourse, I went to my doctor who ordered a HSG (came back fine), ordered a SA, and then put me on clomid. Four months of clomid with great ovulations and hormone levels yielded nothing. I had a bit of spotting each month before my period, but no really painful cramps like I hear of with endo. However, I could not stand another month of treating with clomid if I didn't know if ovulation was the problem. My doctor agreed and last month I had a laparoscopy. I had mild/moderate endo that my doctor removed with a laser. I went home bruised, groggy and cautiously hopeful.

I recovered quickly from the lap and we resumed lovemaking within a week. We didn't have any reason to think we would get pregnant this month, but had intercourse every 2-3 days because we felt like it. I have no real idea when I ovulated.

Christmas was approaching and a couple days before my best frind called to tell me she was pregnant. I was happy for her but cried for myself anyway. Well, that night my breasts began hurting, which was late in the cycle for me. I really had no idea if I might be pregnant, but on Christmas Eve I took a Fact Plus HPT first thing, since I intended to consume alcohol quite liberally on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I'm guessing I was 12 dpo. Much to my surprise, it was a light, but visible positive. Having imagined enough lines in the months before, I knew this had to be a positive result. But I raced to the store and bought an EPT and a store brand. The EPT was positive faster than the Fact Plus, but still light. The store brand was a faint positive that I would not have believed without the other two.

Still I did not believe it. My DH told me that I was being overly cautious, and the chances of 3 false positives were remote. But months of disappointment kept me from believing. I had to wait until today, 3 days later, to go to the doctor who confirmed that I am pregnant and am due at the first of September. Now I believe it and I am ecstatic!

I have no real symptoms yet other than off-and-on breast tenderness and swelling. I am a bit bloated. I saw on another success story that a woman had dry, burning eyes, and I don't know if that's a symptom, but I have had that. Not a lot of CM, either. Strangely enough, I am looking forward to a little bit of nausea so I feel pregnant.
Best wishes to all!
Nina

Daniela here, EDD 9/19/01.
I know how much I loved success stories and even though I am still early, I wanted to post them asap! First of all, I have alway been a late o'er (long cycles) and very irregular. So there is hope!

This cycle, I drank a cup of green tea almost every day. Took alfafla and was on my second month of vitex (though I don't think it had a chance to kick in). Decided to bd every other night, after getting fertile cm (to build up sperm) and made sure not to stop til 2 days after o. Also, laid with pillow under hips for at least 20 minutes each time. NOTE: I did not hit o day, so it is possible to get pg anyway. This cycle I had 5 days of EW, but I only noticed it after a bm and otherwise really wasn't all that lubed.

Symptoms: 6 dpo, had a rush of creamy cm that I ran to the bathroom thinking I was bleeding or something. CM has been more abundant thanh usual after o. 7 and 8 dpo- indigestion (never have it). 9 dpo (twinges and lower back cramping for about an hour). I also broke out more than usual after o and in different places than usual. Other than that, I have felt completely normal.
DUH, forgot to mention that my temps shot up after 6dpo and ended up being triphasic.
Hope this helps!
Daniela

Karen_a PG success story.....
TTC #1, 28 yr,,
TTC since 5/2000, 5th cycle clomid (150),
EDD 9/15/01

I still can't believe it...I'm totally shocked. I had always known it would take me a while to get pregnant because I have always had irregular cycles and it took my mom 3 years. I started seeing an RE right away after not getting AF for 2 or 3 months after stopping bcp. I was given provera to start my cycle and even that didn't work so clomid (50 mg) was given. With 50 mg clomid, I did not ovulate but I did get AF so I was happy about that. I started looking into herbs and was taking EPO, Alfalfa for cm, prenatal vit. and B6 for LP and drinking decaf green tea every day. I had almost no cm on the clomid so I was trying alfalfa which I think did help me a little. During the fertility work up, my husband's sperm count was normal but it was low on morphology so we not only had my problems with ovulation but with the 'little guys' as well.

After two months of 100 mg clomid, my RE had to bump me up to 150 mg clomid because of a short LP. She also started me on projesterone supplements. I started my fifth cycle of clomid at 150 and had an HSG done during this cycle. They found that I had a blocked left tube...devastated. I couldn't believe it. I thought for sure I'd never get PG between my two issues and my husband's sperm issues. Around cd 20 (which is when I was ovulating on the clomid 150), I had a follicle scan and all the follicles were very small and the RE thought this cycle was a bust. After the HSG results I was so depressed and I think my body was so stressed form the procedure that I responded to the clomid by producing only very small follicles. I was given provera to start in two weeks if AF did not come. I stopped all herbs, green tea, everything but the prenatals as I figured, forget it...this cycle is done and I was on to surgery for what they thought may be a fibroid blocking my tube and then on to injectibles.

Well, about a week and a half later after the follicle scan, I started to feel ovulation pains....I took an OPK and it turned positive. I couldn't believe it!!! Could I be ovulating on my own or what....the week before I had been blessed by a family friend that is a priest and he said a prayer to St. Charbel for me. Maybe that was what I needed! Maybe God and St. Charbel and St. Gerard (who I had been praying too for months) finally heard!! My husband and I bd the two days before I ovulated and that's all it took. (Which is also unbelievable since he had low morphology?) For the two weeks after ovulation, I was charting and on 8 dpo my chart went tri-phasic. Could it be I thought? I also had just gotten a cold so I thought for sure it was the cold pushing my temps up. I started to feel very slight AF achiness on and off around 10 dpo and I thought for sure AF was around the corner. 11 dpo I thought I saw more blue veins in my BB but it was so slight that I thought for sure I was just trying to see them! I had also woken up feeling hot so I didn't know what to think. I broke down and at 12 dpo I used Clear Plan Easy PG test and it showed two lines right away....I couldn't believe it. I had envisioned this moment for so long that could it really be true. I hurried to the doctors for a blood test and sure enough...PG! I went back two days later to make sure the HCG was doubling and it sure was! Wow! I sit here writing this and still can't believe it. I am now 15 dpo and still nothing except slight AF achiness on and off. The ironic thing about this is that this was the month that was suppose to be a bust so I stopped all herbs, green tea, everything and was thinking about the months to come with injectibles and what that would bring. I had also gotten a second opinion about my HSG results and the second doctor thought for sure it was an air bubble and not a fibroid. That really put me at ease which I think led to me ovulating on my own. I believe the prayer really worked and somehow by ovulating on my own everything came together. Now I pray for a healthy pregnancy, a health baby and that it really is an air bubble and not a fibroid.
Good luck to all the ladies on this board....
my thoughts are with you.
EDD 9/15/01.

Posted By: francesca,37 y/o, ttc #1, cd 39!, 23dpIUI#1 w/clomid.TWO LINES!!!
Wednesday, 3 January 2001, at 9:42 a.m.
TWO LINES!: Some hope for male factor
(and you "older and wiser" ttcers)...m&l

Happy New Year to everyone,

With some real happiness and nervous concern I am writing to say that I had TWO LINES on four EPTs and 2 Confirm tests. I took 2 tests on Christmas morning (14dpIUI) and had a + but not too strong, still definitely a line. Then Dh and I had to leave to go visit my family in New England. I told only my father (my mother passed away several years ago)and Dh and I went out and bought more tests four days later (19dpIUI)and they came up clear and very readable. Though I will say the Confirm test was way too hard to read. We liked EPT much better. We are back home now and today is 23 days past my first IUI w/50mg clomid. I go in tomorrow for a beta to RE. The amazing part is that I was only inseminated with 2 million swimmies post wash but RE said there is a chance with more than a million. Dh has a low count/low motility but he's been taking vitamins and the motility got better. This was my first round of clomid, I ovulate but RE thought given my age, clomid would give me a stronger ovulation. I have had lots of cramping especially at 8 and 9 dpIUI and then after in the middle of the night waking me up. I have had no spotting and my nips are tender but other than that I have no real symptoms except tired from traveling. The cramps worry me but they only last a little bit and then dissipate.

I was preg eight years ago and lost the baby at 8 weeks and had really bad MS but not now. Maybe its still early. Anyway, thank you for all your help and advice. I used to be on the boards a lot then suffered recently with depression and could only keep up with a minimum of tasks. I am feeling very happy right now but am restraining my total enthusiasm until I get some reaffirming news from my doc.

Let me know if there is info I left out or anything I can answer for any of you wonderful women.
much love,
francesca.

Hello all!
After 1mc and trying to conceive for 20 months
our prayers were finally answered.
I was on the clomid (50mgs starting on cd5)
for four months - nothing happened except
I was starting to get very depressed.
I took a couple months off the clomid
and then my RE suggested a dose of 100mgs cd2-6.
I thought that we would give that one last shot
before we started with the IUI.
Fortunately one shot was all we needed.
We did the dance every other day for two weeks
(my temps indicated that I O'd on cd18)
I had an indication that I was preggers,
but I didn't want to jump the gun
(too much money wasted on early hpt's
over the last year and a half!)
I waited until I was over a week late
and then when I tested I thought that it was a mistake -
I was definitely in "two-line" positive shock.
I've just completed my first trimester
(12 weeks down, only another 28 to go!)
I had some early signs.......
sore breasts, fatigue, whitish discharge
(which unfortunately hasn't decreased yet)
stretching cramps and lots and lots of bloating and gas.
Positive thoughts to all of you -
your support was a constant daily friend to me.
You are all in my prayers!
Teresa H

I have a funny story!
My husband and I have been ttc for 3 years....
Finally we went to an RE, and went through
all the tests my ins didn't cover...
Finally, my doc told me we were going to try Clomid,
starting day 3 my next cycle. I was so excited!!!
I still temped that month, bd around o out of habit,
and for the first time couldn't wait to see AF!!!
I only took Geritol (girl @ work swears by it)
last month and dreamt about finally getting a chance w/Clomid.
I bought a new OPK, filled my script, and waited...and waited...
My temps were staying higher than usual...
I figured I estimated my O wrong...
was getting frustrated...where is she???
Had cramps, sore BBs, just like all PMS...
she never came...I figured...how does she usually come?
An hpt usually sends her here...So I took one I had under my sink...
and it was ++++++!!!!!! Blood test confirmed it!! My EDD is 9/9/01.
We are so excited....my dh said maybe I just needed to carry Clomid in my purse!!
So, I really had given up on conceiving on my own..and what a miracle...it happened!!!
Thank you guys here so much!!!
This site is a tremendous help!!!

Christy

It finally happened!!

After 11 long months of TTC we are finally pregnant!

I am so happy to be sharing my pregnancy success story as it was all the success stories on this wonderful site that helped me to get through this very tough period in my life. I read them all over and over again looking for clues that might help me get pregnant or that I might actually be pregnant.

I am 36 and DH is 40. We have a wonderful 5 year old DS and began trying for #2 at the end of 1998. After 5 months I found out I was PG but sadly miscarried at 10 weeks. Five months later I was PG again. I just felt all along, though, that something was not right. So I had an ultrasound to ease my fears and found that pregnancy had only lasted to six weeks. I was scheduled for a D/C the next day and can honestly say that was the saddest time of my life. But, I was eager to try again and thought it would only take another 5 months......WRONG!!!!

Every month I thought for sure I was PG with every known symptom only to have AF show up right on time,and sometimes AF would show up late just to make matters worse.

We tried everything. BD every day, every other day,elevated hips, OPK's , boxers and no more hot baths for DH, vitamin coctails for both myself and DH ...you name it! We decided next month we would start fertility testing.

This month was the only month we decided to not TTC. All the disappointments month after month had taken their toll on me and we were going on a skiing holiday, so we thought it was a good time for a break. I just knew I would want to enjoy some holiday drinks and didn't want to have to worry about anything.
So, there must be something in that 'once you stop trying' thing.
We only BD on day 10 of my cycle w/o protection because we figured we were in our infertile period,but I guess we were wrong!
I continued to take my prenatals, but because I figured this month was a write off I had 2 cups of coffee every morning and had a few glasses of wine nearly every night. I just relaxed and actually it was a relief not to think about TTC. DH said it was a relief too and glad I hadn't even been talking about it.
The things I noticed that were different with my body this month were:

Around CD19 I began to get pimples on my face and neck and every morning I woke up there would be another one. That hadn't happened since I was in my early 20's.

The next strange thing that happened was I just felt great all month. Usually I get cramps on and off from O day until AF arrives. I felt nothing all month until CD29 and had only mild weird fluttery type cramps but, thought for sure AF was on her way.
On CD 27 my boobs started getting sore and every day since have gotten more sore and fuller looking.
On CD 30 when AF hadn't arrived I figured that was because of travelling and that it would show up in a day or so. Still having strange cramps. Not strong like pre-AF.
I have never tempted, but noticed my CM seemed less than usual and yellowish.
On CD32 I thought I better take a HPT. I thought there is no way on earth I could be PG! But, after about 20 seconds I saw the 2 red lines.I was in shock! I just kept walking around the house going 'I don't believe it!!!!'
After all this time when we finally decide to absolutely
avoid trying to get PG it happens, go figure!!

Another reason I am so happy to be sharing my story
here is we decided to wait until we are into our
second trimester before we tell any family or friends.
And although we are happy we are nervous to get
too excited because of our past history with MC's.
I just hope and pray this is a successful one and in 9 months
I have a happy healthy baby to hold. I also wish all you other
TTCers out there will soon be blessed like my DH and me.
Don't give up it will happen for you too!
It happened when we least expected it.
Kathy H.

Having been actively ttc#1 for 2 1/2 years, I wanted to post my story to those "elder" ttc'ers, especially anyone who has diagnosed with endometriosis and those who have miscarried. Here are the stats!

Started ttcing 8/98, conceived 2/99 naturally but m/c at about 6 weeks, supposedly due to low progesterone

After six more natural cycles, I was diagnosed as being annovulatory, and went on to:

4 clomid cycles 2 clomid/IUIs lap w/ stage II/III endo 4/00 4 INJ/IUIs (AF always arrived right on time) 1 IVF (transferred 4 embryos) - negative beta

Finally - the cycle after the IVF I got a + beta - surprise - after a natural cycle!

My first beta was 64 at about 18 dpo. Four days later the 2nd beta was 448!

Dh and I are in complete shock. How did this happen the natural way after I have spent the last 1 � years on fertility drugs?! We only bd'd twice in the last couple of weeks, so I guess this just goes to show you that miracles really DO happen.

We still have a long way to go, and I'm terrified of having another m/c, but I never would have made it this far without the support of this board..

Thank you from the bottom of my heart Momma Kath for providing such a safe haven to learn, share, laugh and cry. You are a very special woman.

****NEVER GIVE UP YOUR DREAMS****

Ellen, 37 yo, ttc#1, 2 � years

well it is certainly true that when you stop worrying it will come to you....we have been trying to conceive for nearly a year on and off, and on 2 cycles of clomid 50mg...i actually thought this month was a bust because i did an OPK on saturday and it was positive but we did not BD until Sunday, although that was a positive OPK as well.....so we did it twice in one day, and once on the monday, but i did not think it would be possible.

the things we did differently this month are for one i stopped worrying...i have been going mad for months not having fun and not going to parties and so on, so i thought i would go to a friends and have a few drinks (too many but there you go) and eat some junk food.....we had not been BDing at all...I wanted us to wait until the exact day, much to my husbands annoyance, but when we did it nothing came out afterwards so i said either you were faking it or they were determined and thought no more of it....

I was also on 2 tablespoons of Robi a day, plus alfalfa tablets, and vitex from my naturopath and my mucus was unbelievable...heaps of it so that was good...i have not been having caffeine for ages either.......anyway i was taking my BBT and then one day i took it and it jumped up at least .5 degrees and i thought it a bit odd and thought i would test for fun...so i did the test and hopped in the shower and when i got out expecting to find a negative it was a very very very faint positive...my husband could hardly see it...so i did another the next day and another positive...anyway about 9 tests later and a range of varieties (yes i was paranoid) i went to the doctor who did all the blood work and confirmed it.....i still cant beleive it and i am nearly 8 weeks now.

so i am having a lovely time with nausea but no vomiting luckily, but i can stand it as it is all for the best cause ever....and sore bb's like huge melons which hubby thinks is great but i am not amused.....and falling alseep all over the place....my due date is August 22 of 2001......it is funny as other months i had all the symptoms of pregnancy and got nothing but AF, and this month i got cramps like AF on her way, but no other symptoms and it was positive.

if i can give you any advice it is to stop worrying all of the time....i know that is hard to hear and god knows i wanted to thump everyone who said that to me, but i decided i had had anough and was going to have a great christmas and new year and get stuck into the champagne, and look what happened....a very dry new year indeed...

thanks to all at TTC who gave me advice, and who made me feel like i was not alone in this never ending crusade, and i hope with all my heart you can all join me soon in this journey......baby dust *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ to all.

Sonja from Australia

After trying to conceive a baby for three years,
my doctor prescribed 50mg of Clomid.
We were pregnant the first month!
I am now 21 weeks pregnant
with no complications
and having the time of my life!

SandyA

Hello Everyone!

I have been reading your stories for quite sometime, and now I can finally share mine. My husband and I decided to have a baby and I came off b/c pills in December. We started really trying in March. Please don't give up hope if getting pregnant is taking longer than you anticipated. I have NEVER had a regular cycle. We wound up seeing an infertility specialist, and that same day, I found out I am pregnant :o)

I had an HCG test on Monday, but thought it was useless since I started what I thought was my period the same day. It seemed like a normal period to me, so imagine my shock when the results came back positive at 9.45. Not only did I have what I thought was a period, but all the pregnancy symptoms I had been having started fading. I tested again on Thursday morning and the numbers were already up past 17. I go in again tomorrow.

I did nothing special to become pregnant. I didn't chart because with my irregular cycle, it wouldn't have told me anything anyway. We dtd at least every other night (more like every night). The biggest symptom I noticed was sore nipples (showering was almost impossible!), I got motion sick on the train, and my back hurt (it still does).

Thank you all for your support. I wish you the best of luck!

Steph

Good luck to all of you

Hello, I just registered not too long ago with your site
and with only one round of clomid I am pregnant!!!

I have been trying for 4 1/2 years and
finally it has happened!!!

My projected due date is September 19, 2001.

Thanks for the wonderful website,
and I look forward to going into some of
the other chats now that I am able to talk about
other things than TTC!!!!

Thank you so much!!!!
AmyJ :)

I'm pregnant!

Bec (27), EDD #1 8/30/01, endo, ttc for 16cy

My dh and I have been ttc for over a year, and after a normal HSG, normal bbt charts and normal lh surges, we were wondering if we could ever conceive. It didn't seem this hard for everybody else! Then my doctor did a diagnostic lap and found stage II/III endo. We were all very suprised since I didn't have much pain to speak of. Doc said he removed a bunch of endo on my ovaries and on my bladder, and also a bunch of blood in my abdomen. The first thing the doc told my husband after surgery was "I know why you haven't been able to conceive!" We were both excited to finally know what was wrong, but scared of the disease. The doc seemed very optimistic thought that we would conceive in the next 3 months. He put me on clomid and told us to go for it. I was a little skeptical, not wanting to put too much trust in my doctor (did he really get all of it???) and also didn't want to get my hopes up too much. Well, surprise, I was pregnant the first full cycle after the lap! When we took the hpt, we both just stared at the results...did we really see 2 lines...does that really mean I'm pregnant??? It seemed like such a long road, so painful at times, I thought about it constantly, and now I'm pregnant?! I still can hardly believe it! We still have a long way to go, EDD 8/30/01, but we are very excited!

I really thought I would never get pregnant. I started reading these success stories just a couple of months ago, and they really lifted my spirits and made me believe deep down it COULD happen to me. Never give up hope!

Rebecca

Here is my pregnancy story.

Where to begin. My DH and I got married in July 2000. We had talked about TTC before hand, but thought that we would wait a year or so. Well, after our niece was born in October 1999, DH (before he was DH) said "I think that I want to start TTC now." So, when we got home from our honeymoon, I made an appointment to have a pre-conception doctor's visit. We went through all of the usual questions and concerns and realized that I was not immune to Rubella. I then got the immunization and was told to wait 3 months before TTC. During the first month, I researched everything I could on Rubella and wondered why I needed to wait 3 months (DH is 35 and we felt that we needed all the time we could get our hands on). I could not find a good reason to wait the 3 months, so I called my OBGYN. She said that there is NO documented sided affects of the Rubella vaccine, so since it had been a month we could start TTC. That was October. I immediately became a fanatic. I searched ALL the websites and read as many books as I could get my hands on. The first month, I did BBT. Nothing. Month 2, I took Robitussin, baby aspirin, did BBT, and used the ClearPlan Fertility Monitor. Nothing. Month 3- I had a fight with my father (long story) during my supposedly O weekend. Well, on Monday I still hadn't Oed. The whole week came and went without any signs of O. On day 21 I finally Oed (I had never Oed this late). Well, the same day, I came down with the flu. No BDing for us. The flu lasted about a week, and we really thought our chances were minimal. So, the next few weeks came (including Christmas and New Years). On January 5, I was expecting AF. Nothing. Saturday, I took a HPT. Nothing. Sunday, I took another HPT. After about an hour, a second faint line showed up. Then, on Monday, I took another HPT and it immediately came up +++. (this was 17DPO). So, I called my OBGYN and she said "if you took a HPT and it showed positive, then you must be pregnant." They don't have you come in and take another test because she said that HPTs have an accuracy rate of 99.9%. So, I have made an 8 week appointment for January 26. Right now, I am still in a state of shock. Every twinge I feel I think that I must be M/Cing. Hopefully, that fear will go away shortly. I have absolutely no signs of PG except for the HPT and the lack of AF. I don't know if this means anything, but I am taking this pregnancy and the next several weeks one day at a time.

Congratulations to all of you out there who have gotten a + HPT. And to those of you who haven't - don't worry. It will happen when you least expected it. At least that's what happened to me.

Sheryl
EDD 9/9/01

Hi there all,

I was starting to feel like I'd never be able to add my story to the website, but I finally got a + hpt!!! It's very light, so I will buy more & continue to check, but it's a line all the same, & AF hasn't arrived which I normally would get at cd32 & today is 33. Here's the scoop: 30yrs, 11 months of TTC (started 2/00), 6th cycle of clomid - 3rd & last month on 100mg. This was the last try before my dr. wanted me to visit fertility dr. for a 2nd opinion. Was actually scheduled for today, but based on above, happily canceled. This time I tried to lay off caffeine & alcohol for most part, took women multi-vitamin daily, drank decaff green tea daily, robitussin on cd 17-19, lots of bd'ing - cd 14, 16, 2x on 17 since we did in morning before received +opk, & then again that night after receiving +opk, again on cd 18 & 19. Tried to have knees up w/ pillow under butt for 20 mi! nu! tes or so immediately following, but sometimes not that long. Think I ovulated on day 19. By then we were incredibly exhausted, & think dh is still recovering! To top it all off, I had gotten bad cold just in time to start the bd'ing, so wasn't ideally romantic, but did it in spite of not feeling well.

Symptoms that clued me in - about 5 dpo, started to experience some cramping & lower abdominal tightness & pain. Was actually very strange feeling cause in-between cramps, stomache also felt similar to the way you feel after doing many sit-ups, & since I had just worked out that day, thought it was due to that. About 10 dpo, stomache started to feel very hard & really sore, especially if I tried to sleep on it. Although I usually get cramps around AF, lately I haven't been getting until AF actually arrives, & this felt slightly different. About 9 dpo my bb's started to really ache, which I get about 1/2 the time 1 or 2 days prior to AF, but not usually that long before. I continue to experience both, & now the abdominal area feels even more sore & tight, & again, like I've just done a 100 sit-ups which I haven't done in over a week. Other symptoms continue to include a lot of di! sc! harge, lower back pain starting 9dpo & extreme hunger every 3-4 hours. I am very tired - I remember just sitting down after going to store for few hours, & feeling extreme exhaustion, but then again, I'm generally an in bed by 9:00 person anyway. Also past week or so had to pee a MILLION times, but again, I always go a lot more than avg. person so it's hard to tell. I blamed it on the tea that I drank after dinner, but 1 cup can't possibly be enough for 10 bathroom visits!

Actually just started a new job, so I guess timing not exactly perfect, but oh well! Maybe in some way it helped, & I was definitely obssessed! Hope this helps! I cannot wait to completely confirm - I think I'd be due some time in Sept.. Good luck to all of you!!

Andrea