Posted By: MicheleC...ttc#1..15(+)dpo...
Thursday, 7 October 1999, at 6:49 a.m.
My Details...2+ hpts' under my belt...
thankful to GOD!!
Okay ladies, here it is!
First off, i must say thankyou to
each and every one of you...
some of you have posted to me,
others just kept ++ thoughts (as i do for all of you).
I really feel that made a tremendous difference for me!
Here is what i did differently this cycle:
purchased green tea, but as yet havent opened the box!
(i was waiting until next cycle, as i bought it
half-way into this cycle!!lol).
Maybe the fact that it was just in the house
impacted my fertility! lol
I purchased 81mg (baby) aspirin...
which i took every night.
They were extremely expensive,
but now they are worth every penny to me!
I think i will continue to take them as well,
as i have heard that other pg women
continued to take them to avoid m/c??
The one other treatment, if you will,
that i opted for this cycle was vitamin B6.
I purchased it near to the beginning of my cycle
...i really wasnt sure what it did exactly,
i think it lengthens ones' LP??
Well, i didnt think i had a short one,
but i thought, why not!!
I did drink alot more water this cycle,
in an effort to get healthier,
and i also completely cut out my usual
24+ cans of diet coke a week!
I always said i would cut out caffeine
once i was pg...since it wasnt happening as
quickly as i had thought,
i thought why not just stop now!
I did eat a large package of baby carrots
this cycle also, but i think the majority of it
was consumed after O, so i dont think
they made a difference! LOL
I have been taking pre natal vitamins
(with folic of course!),
since January of this year as well.
As for bding...i had a strong + opk on wednesday the
22nd...starting the sunday before that,
dh and i dtd as follows:
4 times on the sunday before +opk,
and 1-2 times each day (or night usually)
after the sunday...we took a break from dtd
i think by the sunday after the +opk
(the 26th). I didnt get up at all after most
dance lessons, if i had to, i waited
at least 20 minutes. LOL
Lastly, symptoms were pretty distinct early on...
i have always thought each cycle that i was pg,
but this cycle taught me what the real,
not imagined, signs were!! I felt a
strong pulling and twinging across my abdomen
starting almost immediately after O,
to the point where i noticed
i was walking a little differently!
This pulling lasted @ three-four days.
I also noted that i was going
to the bathroom like crazy, even if
I hadnt hardly drank anything!!
I would empty my bladder, and then
not twenty minutes later, be right back where i
started! Every time i went, the volume was
like the first morning time!! lol
One really major sign was on
saturday (25th-@4dpo), after a shower,
i noticed a little bit of pinkish tinged cm.
I thought perhaps it was the precursor to AF...
then i realized it was too early for that,
so i figured it was implantation??
Regardless, it made me curious,
as did the fact that normally post O,
when we havent conceived, i get alot of clear,
wet, slippery cm...
tells me AF will be making a star appearance.
Well, this cycle, after O, there were days of
nothingness, and a few days of a yellowish tinged cm,
not what i would call creamy though. I had read
on this site that others would also have
the slippery cm when AF was coming,
so i took great comfort in seeing it was
absent this cycle!
The thing that impacted this cycle the most,
though, is yet another thing i learned here;
let God take control. That doesnt mean
you are going to be passive in your ttc
struggle, but it means, for me anyways,
that a weight is lifted from your shoulders.
I surrendered completely (even though i have
never gone to church, nor do i consider
myself overly religious...I DO NOW!!),
and let God dictate when we would conceive.
I just let a peace wash over me,
knowing full well that God wouldnt let me go
childless...after all, He knows what is in our hearts,
and He knew that dh and i have so much love to give our
child!! Sorry if this offends anyone, but, when i was ttc
and reading success stories, i was willing to do almost
anything that had worked for someone else in my quest to
become a mommy!
One thing i forgot...also a big sign for me,
i was soooooo teary all of the time. I am a sensitive person,
but it was ridiculous!! I would bawl at the drop of a hat...
either here, reading posts, or watching Baby Story,
or even just walking to my car!!!LOL A very noticable change
from my norm!!! My bbs didnt really alter though...
i always have blue veins all over, even during AF etc.
I am seeing some tiny red spider veins now, but they are not
abundant.
Just believe in yourself, your dh, and your God,
whomever that may be. I really calmed down this cycle...
and just took the attitude of "it will happen"...
every cycle that it doesnt just increases
the joy tenfold for when it does!! I
will continue to think + thoughts for ALL
of the women here ttc (see, teary teary teary)...
i have said to many of my "real life" friends
that no women would make better moms',
or deserve healthy and happy babies,
more than the women who come to this site.
Our children will truly know love.
+++Michele+++
(sorry for the length, but i didnt know
how to keep it shorter!!)
