The Two Week Waiting Room

But a little more hopeful this month, because it's my second round of Clomid, added in progesterone, and I O'ed 2 days earlier this month!

I had spoken too soon that i was starting my new cycle, it literally stopped as soon as it started yesterday.  I have seen nothing of AF today, although i feel her presence.  SO my period is 2 days late, i'm i think 13 DPO (my cycles are usually only 25 or 26 days)  and all my tests come back negative, i've been using the cheapies wondfos and i used my last first response which should for sure show up because it says its for 6 days before your missed period.  I have a fever of like 99.2 which could just be this head cold i've been fighting.  I have so many symptoms between being sick, my period, and the pseudo pregnancy symptoms i'm not sure which ones are real.  bah! I know stress can mess up your cycles and i have had some but nothing extreme, and i've gone through much more stressful times than now and never noticed it pushing back my period. I'm not sure if i even expect an answer because to me the obvious answer is no but its still playing w my emotions! 

so this has been bugging me so i figured i might as well ask, do you guys drink or really anything that would potentially harm like a week old blastocyst?   My husband and I are going on vacation next week and it will be me 2ww period, we've had the trip planned forever and we do like to party but is that totally selfish?  I've read that when you are ttc you should live life like you're pg, eat healthy, take prenatals, rest, but what if i have a really lame time and then get my period when we get home? I have also read that you can't do much damage in the 1st couple of weeks.  We are going to disney world w my family, it was actually a wedding gift and i hate disney world but we are going for the food and wine festival so there will for sure be drinks had.  i have like the angel and the devil on my shoulder, the angel says don't drink you don't want to do anything to harm a little bambino (i have experienced a mc over the summer so i am super nervous this time around), but the devil on my shoulder says you're being ridiculous because everyone is going to think its weird you aren't drinking and question it, disney world suck sober, and the entire reason for the trip has the word WINE in it.  

What, if any, pregnancy symptoms did you share with your mother?

Hi all. I’m Jenn, married, 25 this coming Tuesday. My husband has a zero sperm count, so we, after three plus years and a couple rounds of trying using donor sperm back in 2008, trying once again using donor sperm. I’m now 10 DPO, so nearing the end of my 2ww. But, as many of you know, the last few days of the wait are always the hardest. I’m in that stage now where I COULD get a positive, but more likely I’d get a bfn, and it may not be accurate. So I’m going to be good, at least until Sunday or Monday. I was going to wait until after my birthday on Tuesday, but I’ve kind of changed my mind. If I’m not pregnant, I want to be able to have a few drinks when we go out to celebrate my birthday. I am feeling some symptoms, but I don’t know what to make of them. Today I feel pretty much like I do on the first day or two of my period. Mild, constant cramps, tender boobs, fatigue and irritability. The only thing missing is AF herself. I’ve never had a cycle shorter than 25 days before, and this is only CD 22, so I’m hopeful that what I’m feeling is pregnancy related, and not just my body playing tricks on me.

I’ve avoided going to the store, because I know I’ll break down and buy some HPT’s. I’m going to have to go tomorrow though, because we’re dangerously low on that little thing they call food in the fridge. LOL. So I figure that tomorrow it’ll be safe to get some tests, and I might be able to exercise self control until Sunday. Maybe. I might snap before then, though.

Good luck and baby dust to you all. I hope everyone gets that BFP very, very soon.

So, this 2ww I decided to take up crocheting! It's actually pretty relaxing & I'm doing alright with it so far.
I decided I'm going to make crochet animals for my baby room theme, which will be a Fantasy-ish Forest place.. with unicorns, fairies, woodland creatures, and such. :)

I started a Koala (yes I know, not really woodland, but he's so damn cute!)

Well, I got the body of the koala done, but the head has gone ALL wrong!!! XD

I don't know how it's supposed to look or if it's supposed to be just a circle.. but umm.. it looks like a doiley.

Here's the instructions for it:

http://www.womansday.com/Articles/…rocheting/Cuddly-Crochet-Creatures…tml 


I'm wondering if anyone knows how to crochet who can help explain the head!?

(Is it supposed to be just a circle or is it supposed to become a tubular shape like the body did??? I understand the sc2tog, but I'm stuck & don't get the '1sc in the next 3sc' .. UGH!)


Thanks for all your help!

Good Luck to all you ladies!    *~Baby Dust!~*

  Well since Halloween is coming up & I'm having a party I need decorations! I went to the farmers market yesterday and picked up some off-white gords & munchkin pumpkins. Got home and whipped out my paint supplies & made the cutest little Halloween faces on them! There's a pirate, vampire, frankenstein, a smiley, a sad & a squiggly face! The gords I turned into ghosts with just 3 black ovals for the eyes & mouth and as simple as they are, they are quite adorable! I must say I'm pretty proud of these little guys! I'll probably post pictures later, but had to share this cause I am so excited about it!

A bunch of girls and I from trying4ababy have been looking for a 2ww community, so I'm so excited we found one! We ALL need a distraction from our TTC 2ww that drives us simply crazy!

My name is Sarah, my hub's name is Kevin, we're from Wilkes Barre, PA and have been TTC for about 15/16 cycles. I have my first RE appointment on Thursday & am hoping that I conceive this cycle before having to spend a bunch of money on testing as I don't know how much my insurance will actually cost.. We do have a furbaby though, named Levi, he's a Cairn Terrier (like Toto from the Wizard of OZ.) He keeps me company when I'm about to pull out all my hair & shrivel back into my hole when AF arrives, or when I know it's imminent.. We're both originally from MN and miss it very much, but we're trying to make the best of it.

For my first suggestion of what to do during your 2ww, break out an old vid game you used to love, like Sims 2.. That's what I pulled out, I designed the home of my dreams, it's definitely amazing! I mean the colors aren't all what I'd want, but they don't have the ones I do. It probably took me a couple days after work and it took the whole weekend! It was perfect & got me though the first half... now just for the second half...

Good Luck & *~Baby Dust~* to all! :)

Hello all - I just joined the community and am, perhaps, a little emotional today ... but I really need to make a decision and am looking for the advice of Dr. LJ.

I'll do my best to be brief, but I suppose I should give my back story. I have been trying to get pregnant with my second child for nearly 2 years. I got pregnant with my first child on the first try, so you might understand that 2 years seems absolutely crazy.

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I don't know if I have any options other than 1.) continue clomid 2.) stop using clomid and just let what happens, happen. I can't even make my mind up between the two, and was really hoping some people here might have some thoughts and advice.

Thanks!

So, I disappeared for a while to clear my head but that doesn't mean hubby and I stopped trying. It has officially been a year and well, nothing... Every month comes and goes, AF rears her ugly head and then disappears and then its back to TTC again. I guess I figured if I stopped writing about it, I would stop thinking about it but I was wrong.
I sometimes wonder if my age (36) has something to do with why it hasn't happened yet. All I know is that I refuse to accept the "you already have 2 kids from your ex, you should just be happy with what you have" attitude. My kids are now 11 and 7 and from my ex. As much as I love them I want a baby with my husband. I regret having my tubes tied after my son was born (perhaps if I hadn't I might have gotten pregnant by now but it was necessary at the time as my marraige was falling apart).
All I can tell anyone at this point is that we are still trying. Boy does it stink to have to say "still". I am so happy for anyone who has gotten pregnant lately and actually have a close friend of my husbands who just delivered her first yesterday. And a few more on facebook and other places that are pregnant now, I just wish I was there already. Part of me really thinks it is just not going to happen and that maybe the surgeries messed me up. I do know that on the last test my husbands sperm motility was a little low but we are trying to eat healthier and hope that it helps.
Jury is still out for this month as the earliest I can test is this weekend and I made myself a promise not to test until I am actually late. I keep thinking of all the $ wasted on tests and then I would get my period the next day! I don't even have one in my house right now, not a single one!!
Anyway, I wish all TTC'ers the very best of luck and lots of baby dust. Our time will come!!