who else is 6 dpo and would like to be cycle buddies???

I am not sure about exactly when I ovulated or if I even have. My last period started on August 27. I also started a thread about getting a cycle buddy. We seem to be close...join me and Julie if you want. Would love the company!!!

sure will! My last period started August 24th, so we are close!

Im 9DPO, close enough. = )

I'm dpo too!!!! Are you guys waiting until AF to test or are you testing sooner?

** 9 dpo

yes laura we are close enough and thunder too! I am waiting to test until af hasnt showed up if that is HOPEFULLY the case!!!!

I am waiting until after AF is due too, which is Monday. I tested early for a year and Im done with that crap! = )

I am going to try to wait until AF has not shown up as well :), but I will probably break down and test earlier. Baby Dust to all of us. This is going to be a record month!!!!

Do you all use the OPK's? I have not done that and this is my first month taking my temp. So I am not positive when I have ovulated. My cycles have been 26-28 days in the past. My gut says yesterday.

I get these horrible pains around the time I should ovulate...one day the start, next day a little worse, next day real painful, next day a little better...you get the drift. Is that ovulation pain??? It lasts more than 3 days, but it happens almost every cycle. I have read that ovulation pain should not last more than three days. Thoughts?????????????

I think its best to WAIT till missed period because 1) your not wasting more money on HPT's like I've done soo many times! 2) your not letting yourself down so much if you test too early and get a neg and than end up being preg. like I was before and lost the baby at 4 1/2 weeks along.. Jeri- that could be ovulation pain. I dont really get the pain that much though. I get it 1-2 days before I ovulate and than I ovulate and than I am done. lol But its different for everyone.. and YES I did use OPK's for about 4 months and than I stopped because now I know for sure when I ovulate and that I DO indeed ovulate. Thats all I was worried about. Now I know I ovulate on cd 12-13 and plan around than! dh and I have been ttc#1 for over a year now and with 1 chemical pregnancy June/July 2008 so just praying we are!!! Had 3 people tell me within 2 days that they were pregn. *my good friends* and here I am out of the loop AGAIN! they wernt trying and they havent even been with their bfs that long!!! ahhhhhhhh

Laurie-I am so sorry that you have went through all of that. I was one of those girls that got pregnant (25 yrs) and wasn't trying. I had been wanting to try for a long time, but my DH was wanting to wait until he felt comfortable with his job. Thank goodness that God had another plan for us. My 4 1/2 year old son is the light of my life. Just lately has my DH decided that he is ready to try again. I guess that crazy guy assumes that when you are ready you just get pregnant.:) I am 30 yrs and my time is ticking. I am so glad I found this site because it is hard to talk to others that are not going through all the ups and downs we are. God is my strength and he will see me through this.

I'm feeling pretty bold this month - I'm testing with dollar store test - on days 10, 12 and 14. I really want some pepsi so I just need to know so I can have it. I'm getting to the point where I just don't care. I feel like in a sense I've accepted that I may just have one child for the rest of my life or need to pay for ivf.

I had a natural iui this cycle.

Jeri - I do think those are ovulation pains, especially since you get them every month. I get them for about 3 days. I didn't use opk's this month because my dr. used an ultrasound to measure my egg. I hope it's record month but have a feeling ( i know it cliche` ) that I'm out for the month but I'm okay with rooting you guys on!!!

Laurie- right after i had my m/c - I had to sit in a waiting room with pregnant women and their husbands. It was horrible. When I told my mom about it she said " don't hate" she's right but still....

But it's great to know Laurie that you CAN get pregnant though!!

Do not count yourself out Thunder. I know that is easy to say, but hard to do. I had a melt down today worrying that I will never get pregnant again. I bet my mom wishes she had never picked up the phone to call me. LOL. I know I am only on my 2nd month of trying, but getting a BFN hurts no matter how long you have been at it. It may just hurt differently. I have been wanting to TTC for 3 years, so now that I am I still feel like I have been TTC longer. Oh the emotional roller coaster ride we have all decided to go on. I try to reming myself that God is in control and all my worrying is for not. Some days are better than others. Lets keep our chin up together. SMILE ;)

Hi Laurie. Thank you for starting this thread. I would love to join the 2WW with you all. I'm 5 DPO. I just had a U/S the other day just to make sure that I did O. Crossing my fingers for you and everyone on this thread. I'm going out of town this weekend, so it should be a good distraction to not think about it so much and counting the days until I can POAS!

Hey Jeri I found this thread. I get ovulation pains as well. Mine only last a day and are pretty bad. Just like the cramping you feel when you get your period. Well I only have 8 more days until I can test. I will be 12dpiui then but I think I will wait this time until 13 or 14 days. Like Laurie said, I hate to waste the money on the tests.

Hey Thunder don't give up yet!!

***BABYDUST**** to everyone!

Julie- My pains are not like what you have. Mine are sharp and intense. It really hurts when I push. Last cycle it started on my right and worked its way across to the left as the days went on. This month it did the opposite starting on the right. I did have a diagnosed cyst when I was in highschool and they could see it drain on the ultrasound. Maybe I have them every month at the same time. Am I crazy? I have had a laproscopy in 2001 and everything was normal, I have had a colonoscopy and a urologist has checked with a scope to try and find the source of the pain. No luck. Urologist said my uterus was laying on my bladder (his soultion was a hysterectomy) Yeah right, I was like 27! I came up with ovulation pain on my own as I started journaling my cycles. I am worried that something is going on that will stop me from conceiving. If it is it has been going on like this since I was in highschool. I am 30 now.

all you ladies are wonderful! I sure hope this month is it for ALL of us. But who am I kidding right?! But one can only hope! I do know we all will get pregnant eventually. We just have to keep our heads high and have hope and pray that God will give us our mircle babies that we all so deserve.. Have a great night ladies... Tonight I am just relaxing and enjoying movie night with the hubby! Its nice to just relax and not worry.. =)

laurie

Jeri...if you only have the pains around ovulation time they have got to somehow be due to you ovulating. Wow that urologist must have been a quack! I've never heard of such a thing!

It couldn't hurt to go and get checked out. Maybe see your ob/gyn. He/she could maybe do an u/s just to recheck whats going on in there if anything. It would give you peace of mind.

Thanks Julie- I would think it would have to do with ovulation too, but you always have that doubt in the back of your mind. When I was pregnant with my son in 2003/2004 no one ever said anything about seeing a cyst with the ultrasounds I had, but I know pregnancy changes everything. I did get many UTI and one kidney infection during that pregnancy. I was actually on antibiotics almost the whole pregnancy due to blood visible and unvisible in my urine.

Sad thing was that urologist was a supposed to be a great one. Go figure...I never went back.

My temp dropped but its still high. Its taking the same pattern it usually does though. It will probably continue to drop now, like it usually does. I think I'm out. = ( AF should be here Monday.

Good luck everyone!

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Awe Laura- Im sorry to hear that. Just keep you head high girl! =) It will happen soon! Just pray and hope and God will bless you with a mircle baby soon! =)

laurie

Laura there is always hope. Maybe you were just cold this morning. Try to stay positive.

I was snooping on some chart galleries and going by those I think I still have a chance. My temp is still way above the cover line and is the 2nd highest temp in 10 days. If my temp drops again tomorrow though, I really think its over LOL. I'm trying to keep my head up = )

Thanks ladies!

feeling a little more cramping today and some bloating feeling as well. Not so sure whats going on though.. I hate this roller coaster of a game. I totally hit my all time low and sat in my shower lastnight and cried my eyes out.. =( I just want this to happen so bad & I prayed to God to please let this be my month. So I guess we'll see if he truley does answers prayers.. I am going insane!

so today is 7dpo and like I said above cramping and bloating and right now the cramping gets so severe and than it stops. I dont know what to think.. Lastnight I felt so naeauted like I was on a rollercoaster that wasnt stopping and I like forced myself to bed because I felt so sick. I couldnt bare to stay up any later. Anyone else feeling symptoms or anything at 7dop?

Can I really have symptoms this early? I am currently today 7dpo and on cd 20 (I think) lol would implantaion be occuring soon if I was going to be pregnant or what... So confussed!!! ahhhh!