Well, we are on hold for 2 months. Hazen leaves for training in Texas on Monday, cycle day 10. There is absolutely no way I'll be ovulating anywhere near there, so this month is out. He will be gone until March 10 or 11. We will both be on supplements (Fertilaid) and I will undergo testing for PCOS. That is about all we can do while we wait.
Hopefully we have a reunion baby. We got pregnant with our miscarriage right after a deployment (deployment babies are very common!). :)
Friday, January 1, 2010
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
OPK, OPK, OPK
I'm on my fourth straight day of positive OPKs. I usually get two positives--the day before and the day of o. I think my o day was Sunday based on my CM and CP, but here it is Tuesday and my darn tests are still blazingly positive (MUCH more positive than the set of tests I posted before. Now I know how these tests look when they're positive!).
It's so typical that weird things would happen when I decide to put the thermometer away for a cycle. ;)
It's so typical that weird things would happen when I decide to put the thermometer away for a cycle. ;)
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Annoying signs!!!
I decided not to temp this cycle. I really stress myself out. So I thought I'd get some OPKs to help me determine when I ovulate, just so I have some idea. Turns out, that might be more stressful than just not knowing. They have all been almost positive!! How does that happen??
These were taken (in order) on day 10 at 12:30pm, day 11 at 12:30pm, day 12 at 11:30am and 3:30pm, and day 13 at 12:30pm and 7pm.
My CM and CP were fertile on days 11 and 12, and now everything is closed and dried up (wow, TMI) as if I've already o'd. But I haven't had a blazingly positive OPK.
I've never used this brand before, so I guess I'm just learning how they work for me. But I have to say this is annoying.
These were taken (in order) on day 10 at 12:30pm, day 11 at 12:30pm, day 12 at 11:30am and 3:30pm, and day 13 at 12:30pm and 7pm.
My CM and CP were fertile on days 11 and 12, and now everything is closed and dried up (wow, TMI) as if I've already o'd. But I haven't had a blazingly positive OPK.
I've never used this brand before, so I guess I'm just learning how they work for me. But I have to say this is annoying.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Okay, done with the pity party!
The day I got the semen analysis results, I was pretty upset. But I'm okay now. It's fine. :)
I took the soy on days 1-5, like I planned, and lowered the dose from 160mg to 120mg. I'm taking Mucinex every 4 hours, and it seems to be helping with the CM. I want to try Preseed, a lubricant that is supposed to be sperm friendly and help out if you don't have much, but we don't have a nearby store that carries it, so I would have to order it. I'm hoping for an early-ish ovulation since I took the soy, and my OPKs are already almost positive. So I'm not going to attempt to order something that I can't be sure will make it here on time. If we don't get pregnant this cycle, Hazen is going to Texas for two months, so I will spend that time getting our referrals and ordering Preseed and fun things like that. It will work out. :)
Hazen is taking his supplements and will continue to do so while he's in Texas. I'm taking all my vitamins and doing what I'm supposed to also. We won't be able to go to Missoula. There is no way I'm abstaining while I'm possibly fertile (no sex allowed for 2-7 days before a S/A) and after that we'll be moving and changing doctors and everything anyway. So we'll have to pay for one when in a couple of months when he gets back in. No biggie.
Just gotta stay optimistic. :)
I took the soy on days 1-5, like I planned, and lowered the dose from 160mg to 120mg. I'm taking Mucinex every 4 hours, and it seems to be helping with the CM. I want to try Preseed, a lubricant that is supposed to be sperm friendly and help out if you don't have much, but we don't have a nearby store that carries it, so I would have to order it. I'm hoping for an early-ish ovulation since I took the soy, and my OPKs are already almost positive. So I'm not going to attempt to order something that I can't be sure will make it here on time. If we don't get pregnant this cycle, Hazen is going to Texas for two months, so I will spend that time getting our referrals and ordering Preseed and fun things like that. It will work out. :)
Hazen is taking his supplements and will continue to do so while he's in Texas. I'm taking all my vitamins and doing what I'm supposed to also. We won't be able to go to Missoula. There is no way I'm abstaining while I'm possibly fertile (no sex allowed for 2-7 days before a S/A) and after that we'll be moving and changing doctors and everything anyway. So we'll have to pay for one when in a couple of months when he gets back in. No biggie.
Just gotta stay optimistic. :)
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Repeat S/A came back
And the results aren't good. :( His count and everything is up (yay!) but his motility is still really low--41%. "Normal" is between 40-100 with 50% or higher being preferred. His liquefaction is also not normal. It should turn to a liquid state within 30 minutes, and his doesn't do that. So we have to go to Missoula (about 100 miles away) and have a more thorough test done.
So, I'm going to have us try a couple of things. Both of us are going to take Robitussin. It can help thin out my mucus around ovulation a little more so that if his little swimmers can make it to my CM, then the fact that his semen doesn't liquify won't be a big deal. He can take Robitussin to help thin his semen a little bit as well, which will hopefully help his little guys swim a little better. He's also going to take L-Carnitine and Zinc supplements.
That's all we can do. I don't know what else to try. IUI isn't an option right now, we can't afford it. I just can't believe this has been so hard. There are all sorts of questionable people that can get knocked up over and over again. And I can't. I don't understand it sometimes. I know there must be a reason, but sometimes it's hard to remember that.
So, I'm going to have us try a couple of things. Both of us are going to take Robitussin. It can help thin out my mucus around ovulation a little more so that if his little swimmers can make it to my CM, then the fact that his semen doesn't liquify won't be a big deal. He can take Robitussin to help thin his semen a little bit as well, which will hopefully help his little guys swim a little better. He's also going to take L-Carnitine and Zinc supplements.
That's all we can do. I don't know what else to try. IUI isn't an option right now, we can't afford it. I just can't believe this has been so hard. There are all sorts of questionable people that can get knocked up over and over again. And I can't. I don't understand it sometimes. I know there must be a reason, but sometimes it's hard to remember that.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Woo-hoo!!!
My friend got her numbers back--beta was 213! That's a doubling time of less than 44 hours, which is so completely perfect!
Yes!!!
Yes!!!
Updates, updates
My period showed Wednesday afternoon. Because of that, there was no chance for Clomid this cycle. Not enough notice to get in on CD 1, Thanksgiving was CD 2, and we were out of town on CD 3. Oh well--hopefully it's a sign that things are going to go fine on their own. ;)
Hazen did his repeat semen analysis on Wednesday. If the results are the same or better we're going to try SMEP--the sperm meets egg plan. If it's worse, we'll keep doing every-other-day and start our IUI fund.
SMEP is basically having sex every other day. You start taking OPKs around day 10 (I'll probably wait until day 12 since the odds of me ovulating between day 10 and 12 are about zero!!) and then "baby dance" the day of the positive OPK and the two following days. After that, we'll keep it up for every-other-day until either a positive pregnancy test--FINGERS CROSSED!!--or my next period.
I'm not going to chart. It was stressing me out. I will monitor my CM and CP, and will also be taking Mucinex or Robitussin starting on day 13 to help with my fertile CM. The plan is to not take a pregnancy test until 15 days after my first positive OPK. I am going to get the 20 pack of Answer dip strip OPKs because those 7 packs never end up being enough for me. The catch with those is that you have to use the entire pack within 30 days of opening the package. So I will use them up even after I know I've ovulated. I had positive OPKs the same day I got a positive digital with Ian, so it will be my way of testing without actually testing. I'm so sneaky. ;)
Hazen did his repeat semen analysis on Wednesday. If the results are the same or better we're going to try SMEP--the sperm meets egg plan. If it's worse, we'll keep doing every-other-day and start our IUI fund.
SMEP is basically having sex every other day. You start taking OPKs around day 10 (I'll probably wait until day 12 since the odds of me ovulating between day 10 and 12 are about zero!!) and then "baby dance" the day of the positive OPK and the two following days. After that, we'll keep it up for every-other-day until either a positive pregnancy test--FINGERS CROSSED!!--or my next period.
I'm not going to chart. It was stressing me out. I will monitor my CM and CP, and will also be taking Mucinex or Robitussin starting on day 13 to help with my fertile CM. The plan is to not take a pregnancy test until 15 days after my first positive OPK. I am going to get the 20 pack of Answer dip strip OPKs because those 7 packs never end up being enough for me. The catch with those is that you have to use the entire pack within 30 days of opening the package. So I will use them up even after I know I've ovulated. I had positive OPKs the same day I got a positive digital with Ian, so it will be my way of testing without actually testing. I'm so sneaky. ;)
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