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Ok, I'm starting up the next POAS month club! For my girls from the Feb POAS ~ here we go again! I purposely seduced the hubs yesterday for early Valentines Day due to getting my smiley face on the OPK. AF is due last day of Feb or early March! Fingers crossed!!! Again!
AF showed up today. I guess I am a little relieved because honestly, we are living in a hotel right now because of our house fire. All of our belongings are in storage and it is hard saying when we will have a stable house again because of this mess. Going tomorrow to the credit union to get us pre-qualified for home buying. Home buying is the final thing to mark off before definite TTC time - as we have been NTNT for a year. Hopefully soon, we will see an upside to all of this chaos.
@brittanym526: So sorry to hear about the fire, but glad you all are safe! Good luck with the home buying ~ have fun with it!
Hi.I am hesitant to join. This is cycle 8 I think, I'm getting discourageD. And now I have a cold so I hope it goes away in time to BD.
Goodluck ladies!!!
@brittanym526: I am so sorry to hear about your home. Sending you best wishes as you deal with everything. I can't even imagine how difficult it must be.
@frcklface: were on cycle 7 now and I know what you mean about the frustration.
AF is due right at the end of feb so I would probably test begining of march,all being well :)Im feeling a teeny bit more positive this month,weve been using OPKs,making sure we BD lots at the right time (im ovulating around now) etc. Although the OPKs have been totally useless and shown me nothing helpful,Im feeling a bit more aware of my body this month, so keeping my fingers crossed
I have been stalking the POAS threads for a while now, while trying to decide. I am on CD2 now, and I really can’t help but wonder if my mum went through the same mindset as I am these days.
This will be Cycle 3 for us & I'm no Spring Chicken in regards to fertility years! I've been using the OPK's for 2 months now & have temped for a month. The Opk was positive in the AM like last month & just a day later so that is nice to see some regular activity. Last month I think we were too late but this month I'm hoping we were right on! The temps are cool as well.
Good luck ladies...I detest the 2ww!
I tried to fight the urge to join but I REALLY want to be one of the finally lucky ones who can say "Is this a BFP?!"
First round of clomid this month, 50 mg. AF is expected to arrive on the 5th or so - when I'll be in New Orleans. I can guarantee I will be testing early and daily.
This is cycle 5 or 6... I haven't kept good count because we had a false positive, I failed to take birth control some time before the wedding, etc.
hold the phone ladies!!!I just took another OPK just when I was about ready to give up on them,and I think I have a positive!All the others I have taken have only really had shadows on them (the kind where you squint,put your head on one side and think "maybe its the light..." lol)but I took one and have a definate line much clearer than the others. It didnt show up staright away,but the tests say it can take up to 30 mins for a positive to show so Im hoping like crazy its not just an evap line (none of the other hundreds Ive tested ever got darker after 30 mins due to evap)
Quick question though,this may sound stupid, but do positive OPKs mean that your actually producing an egg, or is it just measuring the hormone levels meaning you MIGHT be producing an egg?
Heres hoping Im popping out an egg soon!
If my current math is right, it'll be more like Leap Year POAS...which I am strangely excited about. This is our first official NTNT cycle...though we've been bending the rules of NFP for a while.
@SugarBean: same here. I'm in the over 35 club. If DH and I don't get pregnant this month we have to start all the fertility stuff. so I hope we can plan the BD'ing correctly. I have been temping for 3 months. Fingers crossed for you.
@SFreeman2187: I tried to resist too. I think you and I may be the only two from the mid-Feb group to not get a BFP. Good Luck with Clomid. Can I ask you why you are on CLomid? (I'm just curious b/c I don't really know what it is, etc).
Good Luck ladies!!! luck of the irish i hope!!
I'm on CD4 here... so I'll join! Fingers crossed I get another ovulatory month - last month was my first one in almost a YEAR. I'm on the same 100mg Clomid dose & am having a HSG tomorrow, so hoping it might give us a miracle baby before we dive into IVF.
@jaguar: hi. I'm just becoming more curious as to all the meds and what not. What is HSG? And what is the clomid for? If DH and I don't get preggers this month I have to go in for blood work CD3 and like CD 18 next month (I guess to see if I am really releasing an egg... even though my charting has shown that I have ovulated the past 3 months). Just curious. I don't mean to be so forward, but any info helps! GOOD LUCK TO YOU!!!
@frcklface: No prob! I'm pretty open about our journey so far.
A HSG is a test where they check to see if your fallopian tubes are blocked or have any abnormalities. They inject a dye into the uterus and take pictures as it spreads.
As for Clomid - well, I take that to induce ovulation. I've been TTC for 14 months now (started Dec 2010) and I've ovulated possibly three times in that frame - which is my biggest problem. This will be my last Clomid round (#4) before we start injectibles instead.
@jaguar: Good Luck to you. I can't imagine how frustrating and heartbreaking your journey has been. Thank you for sharing.
As far as I can tell I'm O'ing. I think DH and I are just either not timing our BD'ing correctly. I've been off BCP since July. Since I started temping my O date has been CD7, CD9 and CD11. So will I be CD13 this month? Do we just BD every day from CD 5 on? I'm also drinking green tea in hopes of increasing EWCM. Oh the all-consuming process.
I'll join...this will be out second month trying! AF just ended today, so it's onto the good stuff.
@kimbo89: hi. I'm not sure how OPK's work. I haven't tried them yet. But Good Luck! Fingers crossed for you!
can i join? being off bc for one month now and AF still hasn't shown up yet, so don't even know whether and when i'm ovulating again and don't want to get my hopes up but still who knows what might happen this month :-)? hopefully some kick starting o action and the poas with the rest of you!
@frcklface: In response to your question, I am on Clomid for a numbre of small reasons that are insignificant but put together, mean a little bit. :)
I was diagnosed with PCOS, unofficially, by my GYNO a few years ago. I have since lost some weight and am back to having regular periods. My bloodwork has checked out okay. DH is a bit up there in age. I also have a job that is very important to me and I flat out told my GYNO that if I wasn't pregnant by May or so, we would have to hold off because I will not have a summer baby - doing so would decrease our income, potentially, $30k+. Selfish, I know, but at the same time, I know my limits.
GYNO said, I will help you as much as I can and I will do what you want to do. I will not make you wait 6 months or a year.
And so here we are.
I'm in. I should be ovulating next week and testing the week 3/10. My bday is the next week so that will be an AWESOME Bday gift.
@frcklface: I'm over 40 and my RE is requiring me to use OPKs. Basically, it checks for your LH surge. Because I have ovulation cramps, I can tell when I'm ovulating but the OPKs help for me to discover when the urge will start. I don't temp because it stressed me out but I do use OPK, check CM and cervix. I also use My Days for my Droid. I do suggest you try the OPKs.
well Im still O`ing last time i checked, and my tummy feels very tight like bloaty so Im hoping its good signs. Ugh, I had a girl on facebook whos my friend from school, shes 7 months pregnant,and telling me all about how to get pregnant.When I told her I knew everything she mentioned (OPKs,CM, LH surges etc) she changed tactics and told me getting pregnant was basically the worst thing shes ever done!!!
it was so frustrating that someone a few years younger than me, gets pregnant without trying and then talks to me in a really patronising way, about "how to get pregnant properly" and that we "musnt be doing it right" I just felt like screaming "go away little girl!!!"
Sorry for rant 
it just really got to me and I cried to DH afterwards. I may or may not have stomped my feet and said "its not fair" once or twice too...
@SFreeman2187: Good Luck to you! It is such a crazy experience. You know what you want, and how to get it but it just doens't work the way we want it. I completely understand the need to "time" having a baby at a certain time. Originally DH and I were hoping for a summer baby, but now we will go with whenever.
@squeak35: Thanks! If this month doesn't work I will definitely be thinking about using OPKs. The temping isn't too bad for me ( wake up at 5am everyday, even if I have the chance to sleep in).
I think DH and I just need to increase our BD'ing this month. I am CD5. Since I've ovulated 3 very different days over the previous 3 months I think we will try to BD every other day (starting today) and then hopefully throw in a couple of extra BD's. Fingers crossed.
A little TMI but just thought I should share. I know people always tell you that if you just relax, you will get pregnant. Annoying. As. Hell.
Well, I'm certainly trying to take that advice and trying to relax and with my personality, it's soooo hard. Anyway, the last few days, I've been spontaneous with DH. For instance, early afternoon living room sex, woken up just minutes after he fell asleep sex, etc. Point is, it's been fun and I've noticed that even though this is my most stressful time with work, I feel a bit lighter, a bit happier, and kinda breezy.
I never talk like that. Ha!
Get busy, ladies! And enjoy!
Hi I'll join! I am on cycle 8 CD11 testing 1st week of March. Good luck!
@kimbo89 I totally get how hard this is. I hear comments on spacing kids apart and they have no clue how much we have been trying to get our one!
@kimbo89: that is so annoying!!! My age has caused people at work to mention/comment about when DH and I are going to get going with having a LO. So annoying b/c you want to keep it private (at least around people who aren't your closest friends). I also know people who aren't really interested in having kids right now..who then just got pg and were like "well you know sometimes it just happens". Ugh!
@SFreeman2187: that is awesome! I know the "just relax" comment is so annoying! it is hard to since it is on your mind 24/7. but I like your spontaneity. I think that is great! I may have to take your advice and "surprise" DH a bit over the next few days.
I am joining even though I am technically still Feb POAS- AF is due next friday. I had the stomach bug for the last two days though...I am pretty sure that is what it was because it is way too early for morning sickness.
However, @kimbo89 I hear your frustration! I got a text from a very close friend and two people at work who asked me if I was lying about my stomach bug to cover for "morning sickness".
Ummm when is that appropriate? Just because I am married now, I can't throw up without people asking me if I am pregnant? First of all, if it was it is none of you business. Secondly, if it is not, what if I wish it was and I am sad that it is only the stomach bug? Never question a woman's fertility. People have no idea. So annoying!
On that note: Good luck everyone! 
Just going to vent a little here....not having a good day and it's only 8:13 AM. First off i've been charting & my opk was + this past Monday & I was waiting for the higher temps to assure ovulation via Fertility Friend & it won't cooperate! 2 days higher temps & then one lower & this morning higher - went from 97 to 97.7 except for the day before yesterday when it dipped to 97.5. So thinking I didn't O??? I think you can get a + on opk & not O & I'm sad if this is what happened. :(
Then I get another text message from a friend that is pregnant announcing they went to their anatomy scan & found out they are having a girl... it just makes me want to cry. We lost our baby girl almost a year ago to birth defect that was found when we went to our anatomy scan...this has been the 5th person that has found out their babies are nice & healthy in the past few months & it just makes me realize again how random our case was & then I have a pity party for myself & do the "why me" thing. I would never wish harm or unhealthy babies on anyone & it's not that I'm not happy & RELEIVED for them...it just makes me sad. I feel like no one understands that & I can't tell anyone how I feel, so I'm telling you guys.
Hi guys,
CD8 and plugging along here waiting for a possible O - praying like mad that the Clomid works.
I've had a crazy temp rise early in my cycle this time around, so not quite sure what's going on.
@SugarBean: I'm so sorry. You can vent all you want! So much of this process is difficult to understand. But it is wonderful to be part of this community of people. Best wishes!!!
@jaguar: I'm at CD8 also. Fingers crossed that you O. I always get nervous that I won't. (I realize you have a very different situation then I do). I hope the Clomid works for you.
@frcklface: Thanks lovely. Yeah, it's a horrible feeling - knowing whether or not it's a waste of time waiting around, you know?
@frcklface: I didn't get a BFP either! That chart was wicked productive...but not over here! AF just showed up this morning, but I got a BFN on Valentine's Day (early tester over here).
Thinking I'll O around March 10 or so, which puts me at testing around March 22. Thank goodness that I can at least rely on a 12 day LP.
@jaguar: Seriously hoping that 100mg of Clomid is your magic cocktail and that you O again this month. And fingers crossed that your HSG cleared enough things up that you get that boosted fertility like people claim. A miracle baby before the pain/time/expense of IVF would be so wonderful.
Ultrasounds on Monday to check for abnormalities/cysts, etc. Maybe it'll tell me something awesome.
@redsmarties: Darn, I was holding out for you! Make sure you come back after your testing and let us know how you got on with it all.
Fingers crossed for this next cycle for us, eh?
@redsmarties: Oh no!!! I'm sorry. Your chart was looking good. It is frustrating. Im hoping we can be as productive on this board. Come on BFPs!!!
@frcklface: @jaguar: Thanks, guys! I hope the testing goes well, too. We'll see how the ultrasound goes - I'm hoping that either they find NOTHING wrong, or they find something that explains this infertility thing. A wishy-washy answer will just frustrate me even further.
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