[bargdill]

ia am 9 dpo and have been crampy the last two days. i figured af would show early but she still isn't here and with dd i was crampy but af never showed my temp did go down a little today. what does everyone think, be honest.

[Mari13007]

Your temps are still way above your coverline, and if your cramping on and off, I would take that as a good sign, hopefully it a lil' one implanting itself. (((((((Baby Vibes)))))))

[usmcaviatorwife]

It looks really promising to me!!! Hope you get your BFP soon!

[bargdill]

yep, been cramping on and off just like dd, i guess i didn't think it could really happen already with my short lp. af usually comes at night so we will see what happens tonight.

[mlgteach]

Keeping my fingers crossed for you!!

[TeresaSuperMama]

It looks great! Good luck! When do you plan to test?

Teresa

[bargdill]

i guess i'll test thursday if no af still

[bargdill]

still no af, temp went down today though. i did take tylenol before bed.

[alexa]

Tylenol can make your temp go down. I hope that your temp jumps back up tomorrow.

Have you talked to your doctor about your concerns with a short luteal phase? There are things they can do to help it and lengthen it to make sure the egg has time to implant. There are also some natural remedies such as taking vitamin B6 and using natural progesterone cream.

[bargdill]

haven't talked to doctor i wanted to chart a few cycles first this is only my third. i do have so progesterone cream which i quit using. i thought you were supposed to take it for 20 days then quit for 8 to regulate your cycles but i spotted a lot and thought it might be the cream. do i need more b6 then what is in my lactating vitamins? i am hoping the short lp is breastfeeding related, dd has slept through the night almost all month so i am hoping that will help.

[drewbears]

haven't talked to doctor i wanted to chart a few cycles first this is only my third. i do have so progesterone cream which i quit using. i thought you were supposed to take it for 20 days then quit for 8 to regulate your cycles but i spotted a lot and thought it might be the cream. do i need more b6 then what is in my lactating vitamins? i am hoping the short lp is breastfeeding related, dd has slept through the night almost all month so i am hoping that will help.[/b]

When were you using the cream??

progesterone cream can be used to help keep you pg, and it can also be used to bring on AF.

[bargdill]

it was before i started charting. i can't really remember how it went but i was spotting alot that may have just been from breastfeeding because it was around April and I hadn't had many periods yet.

i just wanted to use it to get my cycles regular because i didn't know what was going on. my first two were like 25 days and i was like alright this is great because i have always had really long cycles. than they just got crazy.

[drewbears]

it was before i started charting. i can't really remember how it went but i was spotting alot that may have just been from breastfeeding because it was around April and I hadn't had many periods yet.

i just wanted to use it to get my cycles regular because i didn't know what was going on. my first two were like 25 days and i was like alright this is great because i have always had really long cycles. than they just got crazy.[/b]

Are you still nursing??

If you are, you may not have really regular cycles.

My cycle came back when my little one was nursing and he was 7 months or so?? and then I had cycles that were all over the place.

[bargdill]

i am but not much, she is almost 18 months. i got first af 9 months ago but this is only about my 6th cycle. one was over 100 days. she mostly only nurses before bed and at her nap. she has always been a night feeder though and still sleeps in our bed. only this last month has she been sleeping through the entire night.

sorry if this is being nosey, but doesn't pcos make it hard to concieve? how did you manage 5 already? you are very lucky.

[drewbears]

i am but not much, she is almost 18 months. i got first af 9 months ago but this is only about my 6th cycle. one was over 100 days. she mostly only nurses before bed and at her nap. she has always been a night feeder though and still sleeps in our bed. only this last month has she been sleeping through the entire night.

sorry if this is being nosey, but doesn't pcos make it hard to concieve? how did you manage 5 already? you are very lucky.[/b]

Wanna here something odd... for me when I was nursing Tad 6 to 10 times a day and in the night my cycles were almost regular. (Even though I had 3 m/c) but they were not SUPER long like they have been in the past. Longer than normal, but not endless.

Well then when he got down to only nursing 1 or 2 times a day, thats when my cycles went into the never ending mode!!!! That is when I looked into the progesterone cream to help bring on af and start a new cycle and such.

As for the PCOS. I never had any sign or hint of it till AFTER I had #3. And then a few months after giving birth to him I had all these strange symptoms popping up. I thought it was just that I was getting older or I was just going crazy or something LOL

It wasn't until we were TTC #4 and I was no longer nursing and still not having a a cycle that I saw my doc and was tested. I found out then I had PCOS BUT I am not insaline resistant. Go figure. I have all the other signs/symptoms though.

My last 2 babies were clomid babies.

I have seen my GP this time in TTC and wasn't given a good outlook. She pretty much said she didn't feel I had any chance or getting pg and staying pg without Clomid again. SOOOOO..... I was referred to a fertility specialist of which I haven't seen yet.

I don't have the heart to go through the testing again. Nor do I have the heart to have someone tell me I need to lose weight (of which I have been TRYING to, but unless I just don't eat for weeks at a time, it doesn't come off) and I don't need to be told that I already have too many kids and I need to wait another year before going on fertlity meds.

I know that not every doc will do that, but that is my fear and I don't have it in me to go on that rollercoaster right now.

[bargdill]

i know pcos makes it hard to lose weight but have you tried ww? i gained 90 lbs with dd and have lost 33 in the last 6 months (i am now 5 pounds from pre-baby weitght) . it really does work. we have a small group of about 30 and of those 3 people there have lost over 100 pounds. i have so much energy and feel better than ever.

as for my cycle af is still not here. i thought my luteal phase was not supposed to vary by more than a day. now i am confused. i mean it is good if my lp is in the normal range which i believe it is this month now. but when should i expect af?

[Tacey]

Are you going to test today!!!!!!!!!!

Have you tested yet? Good luck.

[drewbears]

i know pcos makes it hard to lose weight but have you tried ww? i gained 90 lbs with dd and have lost 33 in the last 6 months (i am now 5 pounds from pre-baby weitght) . it really does work. we have a small group of about 30 and of those 3 people there have lost over 100 pounds. i have so much energy and feel better than ever.

as for my cycle af is still not here. i thought my luteal phase was not supposed to vary by more than a day. now i am confused. i mean it is good if my lp is in the normal range which i believe it is this month now. but when should i expect af?[/b]

WW isn't an option for me. with 5 kids anda hubby I don't have extra time and money to be counting points and trying to make 2 meals.

My friend has tried to get me into it. I don't have extra $$ for the membership either.

Plus I am not one that likes rules. Now if I do it myself its different, but rules someone else says to follow, not so much LOL

I am also a recovering anorexic, which when it comes to losing weight and eating/dieting brings up a bunch of other issues in itself.

I had lost weight before getting pg with #4, in a matter of 3-4 months I lost about 50lbs. I was low carbing drinking lots of water, and not eating much.

But again, I end up doing the no eating thing eventually.

Its hard to explain.

I ended up gaining back all I lost when I broke my ankle and had another baby.

Such fun! LOL

As for the LP not not usual that it varies, but being you are nursing, even a little that can throw things out of wack from one cycle to the other.

I have had different LPs that have gone from 9 days to 16 days. That was while nursing and that was before I had PCOS when TTC #2 and #3.

[bargdill]

my family all eats the same things, i follow the core plan. it is a healthy eating plan so i feel it is good for everyone, but convinience foods don't really fit in and with 5 kids i can see how hard it would be.

about the luteal phase varying that really stinks, so i pretty much need to wait till day 16?