Hi Keller,
Thank you so much!! And I am wishing you a BFP very soon, too!!! Just keep thinking positive and tell yourself that it is going to happen. I went off the pill in Jan 07 after being on it for 10 years. It took a few months for my cycles to get normal and we officially started TTC in April. I turned 35 and my DH is turning 37 and neither of us has kids and I have never been pregnant. I have hypothyroid and was diangosed with that 10 years ago and it was so underactive that my doctor said that if I didn't get it under control, then I could have major problems with fertility. They even put me on fertility meds back then to regulate my hormones and I was put on BCP to regulate my cycles and to keep me from getting pregnant at that point.
So when we decided to start TTC, I started right away with getting everything rechecked and I always try to take my Thyroid meds. My family doctor gave me a clean bill of health, and I started tracking my cycles, checking for EWCM and doing OPK kits. Since I am officially over 35 now, I started freaking out that maybe we wouldn't be able to get pregnant since it didn't happen the first few months. I even asked my doctor about putting me on fertility meds but she wanted to do further testing to rule out other things before putting me on meds. My day 3 fsh and day 21 progesterone test came back normal and she said the next step if was not pregnant in the next few months was to due an HSG and to have dh tested. I was bummed, but decided to listen to her advice.
But I did start doing research on vitamins, supplements and herbs because I have always been big on taking vitamins!!
I was using the Clear Blue Easy OPK that gives you a smile face read out and it was right on the money each month and my cycles became very predictable. The one thing that I did notice that concerned me was that I was not producing alot of EWCM so I ordered Preseed to help out. This was our second month using it so I think that it helped. Also, I started watching my diet and started taking flaxseed oil. I used EPO from cycle day 1 up to the day that I got the postive OPK and I also used Vitex for about 3 months. I also increased my b vitamin intake and took extra b6. I am not sure if all this worked or if it was just conincidence but something happened for sure.
I got a positive OPK on CD 12 so we BDd that night, early the next morning and couple of times on the days after that. (I know that it is TMI...)
Thank you so much!! And I am wishing you a BFP very soon, too!!! Just keep thinking positive and tell yourself that it is going to happen. I went off the pill in Jan 07 after being on it for 10 years. It took a few months for my cycles to get normal and we officially started TTC in April. I turned 35 and my DH is turning 37 and neither of us has kids and I have never been pregnant. I have hypothyroid and was diangosed with that 10 years ago and it was so underactive that my doctor said that if I didn't get it under control, then I could have major problems with fertility. They even put me on fertility meds back then to regulate my hormones and I was put on BCP to regulate my cycles and to keep me from getting pregnant at that point.
So when we decided to start TTC, I started right away with getting everything rechecked and I always try to take my Thyroid meds. My family doctor gave me a clean bill of health, and I started tracking my cycles, checking for EWCM and doing OPK kits. Since I am officially over 35 now, I started freaking out that maybe we wouldn't be able to get pregnant since it didn't happen the first few months. I even asked my doctor about putting me on fertility meds but she wanted to do further testing to rule out other things before putting me on meds. My day 3 fsh and day 21 progesterone test came back normal and she said the next step if was not pregnant in the next few months was to due an HSG and to have dh tested. I was bummed, but decided to listen to her advice.
But I did start doing research on vitamins, supplements and herbs because I have always been big on taking vitamins!!
I was using the Clear Blue Easy OPK that gives you a smile face read out and it was right on the money each month and my cycles became very predictable. The one thing that I did notice that concerned me was that I was not producing alot of EWCM so I ordered Preseed to help out. This was our second month using it so I think that it helped. Also, I started watching my diet and started taking flaxseed oil. I used EPO from cycle day 1 up to the day that I got the postive OPK and I also used Vitex for about 3 months. I also increased my b vitamin intake and took extra b6. I am not sure if all this worked or if it was just conincidence but something happened for sure.
I got a positive OPK on CD 12 so we BDd that night, early the next morning and couple of times on the days after that. (I know that it is TMI...)
December 15, 2007
I am so happy about your BFP! Congratulations sweetie! It definitly came at the perfect time... what a great gift during the holidays :)
I hope you dont mind my asking how long you tried for and if you used any fertility meds to help? Thanks so much for sharing your encouraging story! Congratulations and sending you loads of super sticky glue :)