Getting Pregnant

jelandusn · #1 October 21st, 2008, 03:34 AM

Well, I thought I would start a journal and keep it up until I get a BFP. Hopefully it doesn't take too long!!

This is my first month officially trying and using an opk. I am on day 19 and might have ovulated 2 days ago. I started using the opk to pinpoint ovulation but never got a positive. I did however get a temp drop and then a rise for the past 2 days so we'll see if things still stay up. Hmmm... I guess I'll go on to my feelings. Last night I noticed my breasts were a little tender and I have slight cramps on my right side. I do get sore breast after ovulation so I'm guessing my chart was right. Oh and I've been feeling a little sick and tired which is also normal around this time. I think after I run out of test strips I will only chart and not use an opk. It's too much to have to remember when to pee and to take my temp every day. Plus I didn't even get a positive and I test twice a day. I will post again tomorrow to see if my temp stays up. If so, I will be 3 days into the tww!

jelandusn · #2 October 21st, 2008, 04:54 PM

Ok, so now I'm totally confused and guessing I haven't ovulated. Atleast according to FF I haven't. My temp is still above my lower temps at the beginning of my cycle but a little lower than yesterday. I thought for sure I would get cross hairs, but it still says ovulation not detected. I also think that my opk was positive for three days around the time my temp shift so I added that to my chart and still nothing. I read that on some tests you should take the darkest part of the test line and compare it to the control line and if I do that, I get a positive on days 16-18 of my cycle. Oh well. I guess I have to keep charting. I was looking forward to not having to take my temp for 2 weeks while I wait. I guess I also should still use the opk.

If I have trouble pinpointing ovulation using opk and charting for 3 cycles I'll go to the doctor and get checked out. I was worried I wasn't ovulating because my cycles aren't regular and my fears are getting worse.

jelandusn · #3 October 22nd, 2008, 05:36 PM

FF finally gave me an ovulation date! It's the day after I thought I ovulated. So, now that I have an ovulation date, I'm going to stop temping and make myself super busy so I won't go crazy during the tww. That means I won't be writing much here, either. Unless I have symptoms or something...

jelandusn · #4 October 27th, 2008, 01:24 AM

I am 7dpo but I'm still not sure if I believe it or not. I don't have any symptoms at all. Usually my breasts get sore after I ovulate and now they still feel fine. Also, my temp isn't high at all. I have kept temping because it didn't get high and it has only been around 97.9-98.1. That's where it was before I "ovulated" which is why I'm doubtful. We'll see what happens in a week. I get the feeling, though, that it's going to be one of those long cycles where I never ovulate...

jelandusn · #5 October 27th, 2008, 05:37 PM

I've been getting really annoying cramps since last night. I think it might be because I had diarrhea last night. This morning I'm still very crampy, AF like cramps, but haven't felt the need to go to the bathroom. I was also very tired yesterday and today and my breasts are sore, so I think I did ovulate. I'm not sure why my temps are so low, though. These things, (minus the cramps), are all normal for the end of my cycle, so I'm not getting my hopes up.

jelandusn · #6 November 4th, 2008, 03:50 PM

Here's a quick update. I tested at 11dpo and got a bfn. But, the good news is, I think I ovulated 4 days later than FF says. I kept temping because I just didn't believe I ovulated since there was no rise above my starting point. 4 days after FF gave me cross hairs, I got another dip and this time my temp did rise so I'm pretty sure that was my O day. If I hadn't lost my thermometer in the move, I'd still be temping and I'm pretty sure FF would have moved my O date. As it is, going by the first date, I am 16dpo and going by the second date I am 12dpo. I think I'll wait until monday or so to test again. I've been having a lot of cramps and my nipples are still sore which is a good sign. Usually they get better about 2-3 days before AF comes. The cramps are new, though. I never get cramps until after I start. I don't want to get my hopes up, though, so let's just say it's gas...

jelandusn · #7 November 17th, 2008, 04:58 PM

It has taken me a while to update, but AF came 10 days ago. I'm actually very relived. I was worried that I wasn't ovulating, or my LP was too short but I am ovulating and my LP is 14 days! The only problem is my cycle is so long, so I have to wait so long to ovulate. I think starting tomorrow I'll start taking my temps. It'll be cd11 so still a little early, but I think I should start doing something before I forget what day I'm on and miss ovulation. Starting cd16 I'll start using the opk but only once a day. Last month it was such a hassle to do it twice a day and I still never got a positive. I don't expect to ovulate until cd20 or 22 so I have a while...

Crunchymommy · #8 December 1st, 2008, 01:07 PM

Good luck!

jelandusn · #9 December 1st, 2008, 06:41 PM

Thanks a lot Laura! Unfortunately, I think I'm out for this month. Hubby put off going in for his testosterone shot, so his friend isn't cooperating. I think I ovulated a couple of days ago, but since I wasn't going to be able to catch my eggy, I haven't been taking my temp regularly. I used a opk stick on thursday and it was really dark but not quite positive. I took another one on monday and there was a line so faint that I could barely see it. So, I probably ovulated saturday or sunday. My breasts are a little sore, so we'll see what they do in a couple of days. If they get a little more sore than I'll be sure I ovulated. I was really mad at hubby for not going to the doctor on time, but now I'm a little grateful. I will have this month to track my symptoms so that I can see what's normal for me. I never paid attention to my cycles until after ttc, so, right now, everything is a pregnancy symptom! Some things may be normal, so I'll use this cycle as a learning cycle. That way, later on, when something odd does happen, I'll know! Yay for taking a month off!!
Here are my symptoms now at around 3dpo
Slight cramping and tender nipples. I'm also super tired, but I think that's because my dog kept me awake all day on saturday. We went on vacation and stayed the night in a hotel with 2 of our dogs. I will NEVER be sharing a room ever again with our Tenten! She woke me up every hour!!! Then hubby got mad at me because I accidently woke him up twice that night. I told him how horribly I slept, but he said it was between me and the dog and he should not have been included. Sometimes hubbies can be such buttfaces!!

jelandusn · #10 December 3rd, 2008, 11:47 PM

Well I'm probably about 5dpo.
I'm still cramping and have tender nipples. I didn't know cramping was normal for me. I'm not tired anymore and I really mean it when I say I'm NEVER sharing a room with my dog. Next time, she's sleeping in the bathroom! I'll update again if I have anymore normal symptoms during this 2ww for AF to come.

jelandusn · #11 January 20th, 2009, 04:20 AM

Well, just in case anyone was following this, we have stopped ttc. Not by choice but because hubby's SA came back with a 0 sperm count. Sometimes life sucks but I guess things happen for a reason...