[AlexBebe]

Well, after being at this for 6 months now, I thought it might be fun to document our journey here.
Our 1st child was soooooo easy to conceive. All we really did was decide to go off our Birth Control - and voila! Baby #1 was conceive 2 weeks later. This one has been anything but easy.

Last year we decided that I would go off my Birth Control in November 2005. We did not want to start "trying" though until January (We were heading to Cuba for a Christmas wedding, and we didn't want to go pregnant).
So January came, and the baby making officially started - and then January came and went - without 2 lines.

Believe it or not I was surprised that I wasn't pregnant - so I thought that perhaps I should buy into this whole charting thing.

February was our first charting month. I took my temp every morning religiously, I checked my CM everyday, I checked my CP everyday, and I documented all of my possible symptoms.

Again, we didn't see the two lines in February.

Feeling really discouraged and stressed out from the pressure - DH and I decided NO MORE TEMPING!! March, April and May - we did nothing except enjoy our BD sessions - as random as they were!

So now here I am in Month 6 (May). Feeling rather at peace with our journey, I started Temping again this month. After reviewing my past 6 cycles, I discovered that my Cycle lengths are quite a bit shorter than I had thought (25 days instead of 28).
Since I know that my luteal phase is approximately 15 days, I should be ovulating anytime around or after CD9.
I have discussed this with basically anyone who will listen, and the ladies at work swear by the every-other-day rule for BDing. Heck - Why not? It's worth a try. So starting on CD 9 that's just what we did. Today is CD 11 - looks like I'm getting lucky today!

I think we may have been depleating our chances because we BDed every day whenever we thought I could be ovulating. Sometimes that meant BDing for 9 or 10 days straight. It was fun even if it wasn't productive.

I'm not sure if this is correlated or not, but I have been losing a fair amount of weight lately (intentionally). I am beginning to wonder if the weight loss has an effect on my cycles.

I started off at 179 pounds about a month ago, and I am now 160. I have been working hard, and I'm feeling awesome.

So I think that is enough for my first diary entry.......................I've caught up to where we sit today.

Our DD is so anxious to have a baby in the house - it's quite priceless. She tells everyone that we are hoping to have a baby soon - but that it will take 3 seasons to cook!

Here are the things I am doing to help this process along:

Folic Acid - 1 every day
Evening Primrose Oil - 8 every day until O day (just started this during this cycle)
Raspberry Green Tea - 2 a day until 0 day (just started this during this cycle)
Vitamen B complex - 1 every day ( I have always taken this to help fight off illnesses - I'm a teacher, need I say more???!!)
Lutein - 1 every day ( I have always taken this to help preserve my eye sight - I have a rare disease......it's not related to TTC)

Good bye for now!

Alex

[AlexBebe]

Well it's now CD 12, and still no spike in temp for me. According to my previous 4 or 5 cycles, I should have ovulated around CD9. Hmmmmmm.

We have stuck to our "every-other-day" BDing routine, and today is not the day. Bummer.

My previous cycles have been fairly short - but the last time I tempted (January) I had a long cycle. I sure hope this isn't a long one. It just means I have to wait that much longer before testing.....lol.

Well I'm home today because my DD (5) lost half of a tooth last night (yes, half) and she is going to need to see the dentist.

Hopefully tomorrow the temp will spike.

Alex

[AlexBebe]

Cycle Day 29 today.

My temps haven't dropped much - a 10th of a degree over the last 3 days.

I've tested 3 times this week - all NEGATIVE.

This evening I started feeling as though AF is on her merry way (brown discharge, feeling a little crampy).

I am currently 16 DPO which is strange for me, but I'm wondering if perhaps I o'ed a little later than FF suggests.

It appears we will be heading into our 7th month of TTC. I am getting quite discouraged.
I have suggested to DH that maybe we should stop. I am not interested in going through ANY fertility treatments, and nor is DH. I am 28 and DH is 31 - so we still have loads of time to decide I suppose. DH wants to keep trying. I sort of want to go back on the pill. I am so sick of all of the negative effects of being off the pill (acne, bloating, mood swings) especially when I don't appear to be getting pregnant anyway.

Bad Day - and if AF shows tomorrow - it is bound to be a worse day.

I need a good day.

Alex