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*Herbs for Her is a proprietary blend of herbs that increase fertility! If it doesn't say Momma Kath, it's not Herbs for Her!
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Well we finally did it. After 5 positive HPT's and blood work which was positive I guess we are pregnant. We have been trying to conceive for about 8 months. What I did differently this month was baby aspirin, green tea and believe it or not "egg whites" on the day before ovulation and the day of ovulation. I am not sure if the egg whites is what did it, but it worked for us. Found out with my first HPT at 10 d.p.o. and couldn't believe it when I saw two lines within seconds, I though for sure I did it wrong so I tried another one and then another all positive!!! My symptoms were as follows (not many)
5 dpo Cramps, Creamy CM
I am still having light cramps here and then, and am still having vivid dreams. Well I hope this helps. |
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Here's my complete day-to-day TTC journal! :) TUESDAY SEPT 17: My CP Fertility Monitor is showing me my FIFTH High Fertility day! How is that possible?? I was sure I was going to show PEAK today. I BD'd on the 15th and 16th. (So far, the 13th-15th-16th). DH is getting tired, though. It seems like both our 'parts' are becoming sore and desensitized. FRIDAY SEPT 20: HIGH FERTILITY READING, BD SATURDAY SEPT 21: (FULL MOON!) I O'D TODAY! WE BD'D. SUNDAY SEPT 22ND: CPFM SHOWS O AGAIN...WE BD. I *THINK* SATURDAY WAS THE 'REAL' O DAY, SO I'LL MAKE SURE TO CHART EVERYTHING *THINK* I FEEL.... 1 DPO- STILL FEEL LIKE I'M O'ING 2 DPO- STILL FEEL LIKE I'M O'ING....CRAVING PINK GRAPEFRUIT JUICE? 3DPO- *tiniest* AMOUNT OF EWCM IN THE AM. I HAD *RAGING* PMS LAST NIGHT! :( P.M. report- WAS THIRSTY AS HECK ALL DAY TODAY, BUT IT COULD BE DUE TO THE SODIUM-FILLED HOT DOG I HAD FOR DINNER LAST NIGHT! *HA* I ALSO HAD ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF HOT FLASHES TODAY, BUT AGAIN, I'M HYPER-SENSITIVE TO NOTING "SYMPTOMS", SO IT COULD BE ANYTHING! NIPPIES JUST GOT TENDER THIS EVENING, BUT THAT HAPPENED LAST MONTH, AND IT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING! 4DPO- I GOT TEARY-EYED WATCHING A MAURY POVICH SHOW TODAY, AND THAT'S ALL. ABSOLUTELY *NO* CM, AND ABSOLUTELY *NO* SYMPTOMS. 5DPO- (A.M) NOTHING! NO SYMPTOMS, NO CM, JUST A LITTLE IRRITABLE. (ISN'T 8 DPO WHEN YOU START FEELING THINGS, ANYWAYS?) 6DPO- HAD ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING, FREAKY DREAMS LAST NIGHT! I WOKE UP TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, AND STILL FELT LIKE I WAS IN AN ALTER STATE OF CONSCIENCENESS. AGAIN TODAY, ABSOLUTELY NO SYMPTOMS OF POSSIBLE PG. NOT EVEN FEELINGS OF AF COMING. 7DPO- ABSOLUTELY NO SYMPTOMS TODAY....NOT EVEN LIKE AF WAS COMING. THE ONLY DIFFERENT THING I DID, WAS CHUG A BOTTLE OF OJ....BUT I HAD SALTY CHICKEN WINGS THE NIGHT BEFORE, SO I'M SURE I WAS JUST DEHYDRATED! 8DPO- I HAVE NO CRAMPING/AF FEELING AT ALL. I'M KINDA BUMMED OUT, BECAUSE IF I WERE TO GET IMPLANTATION BLEEDING, IT WOULD HAPPEN TODAY, AND I FEEL *NOTHING*.....NO SIGN OF ANYTHING IMPLANTING, OR GETTING READY TO IMPLANT. THE ONLY THING WEIRD THAT I CAN NOTE TODAY, IS THAT I NOTICED WHITE "Montgomery's Glands" ON MY NIPPLES. THEY'VE PROBABLY ALWAYS BEEN THERE, BUT I'M JUST PSYCHO WITH TRYING TO DISCOVER A PG "SYMPTOM". MY BOOBS DON'T HURT AT ALL. LAST CYCLE THEY HURT IF I RAN DOWN THE STAIRS TOO FAST, AND THIS MONTH IT'S NOTHING! I ALSO DEVOURED A BACON CHEDDAR BURGER AT DENNY'S, WHICH COULD JUST BE PMS. 9DPO- WOKE UP TODAY, AGAIN WITH NO SYMPTOMS. MAYBE I'M CRACKING UP, BUT I COULD *SWEAR* THAT I FELT A 4 SECOND LONG DULL-ACHE IN MY UTERUS. ACTUALLY, IT FELT MORE LIKE IT WAS DEEP IN MY VAGINA....WHERE A TAMPON WOULD GO. IT'S PROBABLY JUST GAS!! :^� 10DPO- I HAVE ALL THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS OF PMS...AF IS DEFINITELY COMING IN 3 DAYS. ;^( 11DPO- HAVE NO SYMPTOMS, BUT TOOK AN EPT PG TEST FOR THE HELL OF IT. (IT'S 11DPO, AND AF IS DUE THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW).........I'M SEEING A PINK LINE!! I'M NOT TAKING THIS SERIOULY YET, BECAUSE I FEEL WAAAAAAAY TOO NORMAL!! OMG!!! I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BUY 100 PG TESTS TODAY!! 12DPO- OH MY GOD!!! I TOOK A FIRST RESPONSE THIS MORNING, AND THAT SUCKER IS DARK PINK!! I'M FREAKING OUT, BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL *ANYTHING*! 13DPO-16DPO- HMMM, STILL NO OBVIOUS SYMPTOMS. I HAVE NO APPETITE, NO CM, GOT A LITTLE HEADACHE, (COULD BE B/C I QUIT CAFFEINE 100% AS SOON A I GOT A +++). AF IS NOW OVER 2 DAYS LATE. NEVER GOT ANY FEELING LIKE IT WAS COMING, EITHER! FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN READING PG SYMPTOMS DON'T START UNTIL 1-2 WKS AFTER A MISSED PERIOD. 17DPO- OMG!!! IT'S CONFIRMED!! I WENT TO THE DR TODAY, AND I AM OFFICIALLY 5WKS, 1 DAY PG!! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF MY LIFE! -Dena R. |
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The month I got pregnant I did not feel the usual symptoms (frequent urination, queasiness, heartburn, sleeplessness). Instead I was very thirsty and my gums hurt when flossing. One morning (about 9dpo) while dressing I looked in the mirror and thought I saw a bruise on my breast. At closer look it was dark veins. No, no way I thought. These veins are here every month, right? Besides, I was not the least bit hot-flashed or nauseous. I took a 20miu test at 14dpo to see if I should go off my progesterone. There was a very faint pink line. I was in disbelief. But then after my walk that morning I came home to see brown spotting. Okay, I've seen this before: weak test + brown spotting = early miscarriage. Still, I went to OBGYN later that day to get a recurrent yeast infection checked out. I never saw any more spotting. The doctor told me I was "pregnant as could be" (his urine test came up dark and quickly) and gave me a blood test. Two days later I found out my beta was 252. I went on vacation and tested 13 days later at 13,019. That's a doubling rate every 1.46 days :-) I am happy to say now that in my 7th week I am nauseous as ever and even showing a little. We had been TTC #2 for eleven months. After reading some scary statistics in a magazine I had decided we may only have one bio child and would adopt more later. I was getting okay with that. Then, the month before I conceived, my dh said "you'll never get pregnant without help, I'd like you to go on fertility drugs after our vacation". WELL, nobody tells this Irish chick she can't do anything. So here's what I did (and only God knows what really helped:) The month I conceived I took the following for cell meiosis: flax oil 6g (great for libido too :-)); B6 300mg; Zinc 55mg; B12 1000mcg; Folic Acid >800mg. The week before O I was on Terazol 7 cream (similar to Monistat) and about three days before O began taking 200mg guaifenesen tablets liberally. I continually asked St. Gerard, patron saint of pregnant women, for intercessory prayers. The month or two before conceiving I had totally quit caffeine, began taking 50mg Zoloft for depression and drank tons of decaffeinated tea (both green and regular) sweetened with stevia. I had cut out most sugar (do Krispy Kreme doughnuts count?) and stopped temping, except to confirm thermal shift. I think it is important to emphasize the Zoloft, as I conceived dd shortly after beginning Zoloft several years ago. Of course I wean off the drug when pregnancy is confirmed but can't help but wonder if the extra seratonin makes for happier implantation. And, as every month, I took baby aspirin and Prometrium 200mg from 3dpo and prenatals religiously. Ladies, this has been long because I survived on long stories for almost a year. Thanks Momma Kath for the forum. It is true when people say the magical month can feel less pregnant then regular AF. I did not even start to feel nauseous until 25dpo or sore BBS until about 30dpo. Keep the faith ladies! And don't let anyone, not even a fertility specialist, tell you you can't do it. Blessings, MJM |
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Hello Ladies and Gentlemen! :) Here I am after over a year of "trying,"(but six months of diligence,)and a m/c in May, finally writing my own sucess story! I would like to share with you all of the things that my DH and I did to achieve this pregnancy. *We started out over a year ago by replacing his" tightie whities" with boxers,and no more hot tubbing! My DH cut back on the Guinness(finally stopped completely for three months before conception.)He started taking zinc,selenium,folic acid,lecithin and vit.E,along with his normal multi.( I have been putting his vites. out each morning,so I traded his regular multi with my pre-natals this month.(I figured,why not? It couldn't hurt,if it's good for the goose it has to be good for the gander...I was right!) He began to curb his work-a-holic extreme schedule to come home early enough to get a good ammount of rest,and to de-stress. I was also very much doing my part to encourage this baby to join our family as well.I bought a! nd read the book TCOYF,and began to chart all of my fertility sign s.I have been taking pre-natals for over a year, and for the past two months had also added:before O :Vitex,and EPO.After O:switched EPO with Flax Seed Oil.All Cycle:I took 1 baby aspirin,zinc,folic acid,lecithin,alfalpha,and drank two or more cups a day of red raspberry, mixed with green tea. * I have been doing beginning yoga for three months now, and it GREATLY reduced my tension,plus twice a week I've been going on a two hour(about a mile all total) walk along a beautiful trail here in the Santa Cruz Redwoods.It amazes me how much better I feel, and how well I am able to handle the daily stresses of life now that I am more active! I had also stumbled upon an amazing web site called,"association for pre-perinatal psychology." It describes to the reader how you can communicate to the soul of your unborn child before conception in order to welcome the childs body into yours! .My DH and I practiced these types of visualization/meditation activities to encourage the baby to feel welcomed into our family even before creation! It was also very bonding between my DH and I, which alleviated the stress between us and helped us to both feel very much a part of this baby! I am not just a vessel for this child,my DH is just as close and connected to him or her as I am, despite the fact that I am carrying the child. He has even displayed PG symptoms also( he's had funny food cravings, and was up all night having to use the potty!)Anyway, on and on I go, so I should probably wrap this story up now, so as not to seem too long winded! * I hope our baby story helps someone out there to remember that babies are not just of the flesh, they really are angels who come to be with us for awhile! ~*~*~*~*~*Sarah |
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Ok I finally feel comfortable in requesting that you add my name to the alumnae roster and ticker. I am 13 weeks tomorrow and all is well. We have never made it past 10 weeks so we are pretty excited. My due date is May 6th which just happens to be my bday too! Hope all is well for you, and many every loving thank and prayers coming your way for all the hard work you put into the site! It has been a total god send for me over the years! Love and prayers
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I stumbled across this wonderful website when I was ttc almost 3 years ago I have PCOS and was able to find so much information from the other ladies here...I also formed some very powerful bonds and connections with the other women struggling with the same problems. After almost a year of trying unsuccessfully a family friend (who is a endocrinologist) suggested Glucophage....after 6 mos. of taking the glucophage it worked! (Glucophage, Clomid, HCG and artificial insemination)
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Thank you for responding- I forgot that I had even asked- I am sure that you have tons of e-mails a day! But I just wanted you to know that after a 14 months of faithfully reading your site I am pregnant. It was the first full cycle after my surgery and I am finally pregnant. I am not sure if you are a religious person or not- but I feel that this is the Lords way of taking care of me The doctor told me not to even try to get pregnant- he wanted me to use Lupron, and wait 9 months to even try, in fact I was scheduled to go in to start all of the treatments the week that I found out I was PG. I am so happy, and my husband and I can hardly wait for our baby! Thanks for your site, I learned so much while there- and really feel like it was not only an asset to me- but a comfort as well!
Aleesha
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Well, I do not know if it was the
False Unicorn Root, the baby aspirin or the whole body tonic, the V8 Splash, or everything just starts lining up in proper order,
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First Round of Clomid - Success Hey everybody I just had to come back and tell you guys that we are finally pregnant after 15 months of TTC#3 it finally happened and with my 1st Round of clomid 100 mgs per day taken on cycle day 1-5 at first you guys I really didn't think it would work but it did. The good news came to me on Jan 8th 2003 at my doctors office on a routine checkup. There i was sitting there babbling to the nurse how long i have been trying to conceive and she was like just hold on a sec today might be your lucky day and she was like come i have to show ! you something and there it was a BFP i was like are you sure and she was like come on now :) and i had her to do another in front of me and there it was the first line came across it was the blue control line and then right before my very eyes the second line appeared a pink line a little faint the nurse said it was faint because i am real early early pregnant but it was a line no doubt i have been use to seeing only one line for so long seeing this took my breath away i was so nervous and excited both at the same time i couldn't wait to call my DH and tell him the news.
Well i was given a blood pregnancy test and it was also POSITIVE
Clomid really works
Well my EDD is 09/21/03
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed reading my experience
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