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Trying for #2!
TxMoms2B
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So today I will be scheduling shipment of our swimmers to arrive on 11/8. We have enough stored vials for several attempts, but I'm still nervous about running out of our donor. My wife has expressed interest in choosing a new donor if we run out, but I'm not 100% on board with that, so I hope that it isn't necessary. Anyway, I will begin taking clomid tomorrow. I was hoping it'd be a monitored cycle, but my OB has decided against it. I will admit that I'm more nervous this go around than I was the first time. I don't feel as prepared, but at the same time I feel more experienced and just worried about it not working. I am afraid that I won't handle a BFN very well, as I've never had to experience one. I thought I was out when I got preggo with my son because of spotting, and I was very upset. So, the plan is to try and replicate my BFP from 3 years ago. The only difference is that the OB wants me to take clomid days 3-7 instead of 5-9. I'm also a little concerned because my period came a couple days earlier than expected. It's not unheard of for me to have a 27 day cycle, but I'm usually closer to 29/30. So tomorrow ill take my clomid, then swimmers arrive on the 8th, and I'll also start taking a dose a day of guaifenesin from the 8-12 (starting ~ 5 days before O). I should surge between the 11th and 14th, and we'll insem within 8 hours of positive OPK and again 8-12 hours later. From last time I've garnered that I O fairly soon after surging. Then to start eating some pineapple! Testing should be right around thanksgiving...so hopefully we have something to be thankful for!
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Status update: day three of clomid and I have a dull headache that just won't go away. Perhaps it's a combination of mental (I want to clomid to work, so I'm "getting" some of the side effects) and physical (I do get HAs often, but I usually take something for it and in prep for not being able to, I've cut out unnecessary OTC meds).
Period has been unusually light...
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Yesterday I woke up to TONS of ewcm and twinges. OPKs were light, but finally changing. I did my first cbe digi OPK @ 2:30 and it was very negative. I did another at 10 pm and it was a lot darker, but I was thinking it would prob get positive by Wednesday at that rate. I took one at 5:00 this AM with FMU (I know your aren't supposed to really) but it was clearly darker than even 10 pm's! I held my pee at work until 9:30 and it was positive! My wife was cheering on the phone! As soon as I get home we are going to do our first insem. Then another I'm thinking 8 hours later. I'm very excited to see that the clomid has worked!
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We are officially 0dpi (almost 8 hours past our first insem)! I tried to recreate my bfp cycle as much as possible.
BFP cycle was 3/30/10: I took clomid days 5-9, jumped the gun and insemmed cd16, positive opk cd 18, insemmed 3 hours after positive opk, crosshairs for ovulation cd19, bfp 11 days later.
This cycle was 10/30/13: I took clomid days 3-7 per OB instructions, took only 3 doses of mucinex, held off until positive opk this time on cd 14, insemmed 4.5 hours later, and will insem again at midnight (10 hours after 1st insem), hoping to test on 11/24.
I think our timing sounds good, although I'm going to be waiting for those crosshairs. Our donor has 8 known pregnancies, and all but 1 have gotten preggo on their first attempt with him. The last one we just don't know because of limited info shared. I'm hoping good timing + powerful swimmers = BFP!
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Did our midnight insem and now getting up 4 hours later kinda sucks. Especially since my temp was at normal pre-O level this am. I was hoping to see a dip, or hell, the spike! I guess time will be the judge now...
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This AM i got the temp dip that I was expecting the day before. So I should expect for my temps to start trending up tomorrow. Which means my timing was off; we definitely insemmed too soon. The only "hope" I'm holding onto right now is that even though our 2nd insem was at midnight, I put an instead cup in until 5 the next morning...idk if that extends my window but I'm hoping. I think my timing should have been 8 hours past + OPK and 24 hours later. But, I was trying to follow what I did with my sons cycle. *shrugs*
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Officially 3dpo (4&5 dpi), and my temps are way up. I know it is probably in my head (dw and I are trying to distance ourselves as much as possible from this cycle incase of bfn) but my appetite is way up (kinda insatiable) and I was looking at a picture today (one that I've seen a few times before) and really had to hold back tears. I'm not saying that "means" anything, but it is just what I noticed. This could also all be related to the stress I currently feel...
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This could all be in my head, but I keep having a "full" feeling in my lower abdomen and my cm has changed to sticky/creamy.
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Idk if it was the dumb bra I was wearing (normally dont wear this one) but 4 hours after taking it off my nipples are very sensitives.
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May be completely unrelated but I just had the weirdest dream...and I remember it ALL. There were co-workers in it, my family, my kid, my wife, my mom's house, my OB and her husband were there, Miley Cyrus and her "sisters." It was like some jacked up slumber party with no real point and no real reason for any of them to be there. Right before I woke up everyone had either left or was on their way out. Totally unusual dream and I can remember the details from start to finish right now. Just wanted to get that out of my head before I forget.
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Boobs mildly hurting/sensitive again today. Breast tenderness is not usually a pre-period sign for me. Temps are still high.
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6 DPO.
Feeling very stressed regarding OB/RE, and subsequent cycles.
Very on edge/moody.
Little to no cm of any variety.
Breast tenderness generally localized to right breast for last 1-2 days.
Temps still up and holding pretty much steady.
Haven't worked out in nearly 2 weeks - I'll go when AF shows up.
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My tits hurts and I'm moody as hell. Period or preggo? Hurry up TWW!
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At 7dpo I went to RE to discuss next cycle. She wants me on metformin and to do a monitored clomid cycle with a trigger shot. My boobs were hurting badly yesterday and I had one instance in the evening of lotion like cm. Otherwise, I'm still mostly dry. I had some renewed sense of hope after the RE because she said my timing looked good. Yesterday I was bubbly and happy.
Today at 8dpo I woke up to a slight temp drop (not even below...or close to cover line) but for some reason seeing that drop changed my focus again and I'm feeling very negative right now. Cm is dry again and boobs are mildly sensitive.
How much of this **** is in my head? I wish I were a little further into the TWW where testing wouldn't seem crazy.
It'd be so great if I were preggo...
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I just realized that all these symptoms may mean nothing. I don't usually ovulate, and it was confirmed that I did (saw corpus luteum on US), so these things that I'm feeling may just be "normal" precursor for AF...just I don't usually feel them. Boy is that a sad revelation...
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Around 11 pm last night I went to the restroom. I wiped and saw a tint of red on the TP. Wiped again and got a creamy mucous booger like glob. Wiped a third time and brighter red blood...but just a bit. My period isn't due for 4-5 days.
Yesterday morning I was 8dpo and has a temp dip, lower than any temp since O. This morning my temp spiked to almost a full degree above my cover line. The highest this cycle. No blood on the TP this am.
On 8dpo with my son I started spotting a little, and on 11 DPO I got a faint bfp. I wanted to test so bad, but I don't want to feel disappointment (and I am also too early if implantation occurred yesterday).
However, I have renewed hope! But...now my hopes are high. I'm so scared that they could come crashing down, but I still feel hopeful.
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I took clomid cd 3-7 again, added metformin (but I'm not really compliant with that). Started testing last Friday and got an almost pos OPK...subsequent tests were lighter and lighter so I thought metformin had moved my O date up and I'd missed my window. Especially after I had 2 days with elevated temps. I resigned myself to send the sperm back. But I kept testing cuz I'm a poas whore. They started getting dark again. I was hoping for a smiley last pm, but I got it this am with fmu. So my guess is I surged sometime between 11-4 last night. Body seems on board with this: lots of ewcm, cervix is pretty SHOW, positive OPK. Then there is my temps. They were back up this am. Wtf?! Everything seems on board except my bbt. I'm not sleeping great and its way colder than normal and we have our heater on and I'm actually using a heavy blanket. I could throw one erroneous temp out, but 3??? I think I'm going to put away the bbt thermometer for the remainder of this cycle. We're gonna insem about 12/24 or 15/30 depending how things work out. I'll start progesterone after 48 hours. Testing right around Christmas Eve.
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