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[PegasusOnFire]

ok I might try that, if this month AF comes

 

[tigercub]

ok I might try that, if this month AF comes

I keep saying that (I will buy an ovulation-prediction kit etc) if AF comes this month...I never do though.

I think I am still hoping we will just 'fall' with a minimum of charting/fussing

There should be other ways to be a ovulation scope test- besides ebay. Have you tried the Maybe Baby website? It's U.S. I believe.

 

[PegasusOnFire]

nope I haven't, might look at that one to.

 

[PegasusOnFire]

that one is more expensive then the ovuscope, like $20 USD more

 

[tigercub]

Ah.

Definitely give Ebay a go...you can pick up some really good deals on there.

 

[tigercub]

I just found this and thought it might be useful for some (though a lot of it is tongue-in-cheek);

1. Take a walk around your neighborhood and figure out what will be the best route for strolls with the baby. Find areas with nice pavements and easy curbs. Go ahead and daydream. But do NOT buy a stroller for the dog.
2. Clean out your wardrobe to make room for the maternity stuff you’ll be buying soon. Try on anything you haven’t worn for six months. Yes, if you wish, you may put a pillow in your undies to see what will work as maternity wear. But taking a picture of yourself like that is going too far.
3. Start a journal. Write down everything you’re feeling. It will be a great opening chapter for your child’s baby book. If you can’t put your feelings into words, draw something; try to create a symbol that expresses the frustration you’re feeling. Don’t get that symbol tattooed on your ankle.
4. Plant a hope garden. Or a hope rosebush. Or a hope citrus tree. You want to grow something inside of you, well start by growing something outside of you. Nurture it. Feed it. Give it water. Talk to it. But do not send out birth announcements.
5. Get better at photography. Really learn how to work all the buttons and settings on your camera. Experiment! If you have a digital camera, get all the downloading and editing stuff worked out. You will be well prepared once you have a baby, and will be able to get some great shots and get them emailed to your family before the child’s graduation. Do not take photos of your cervical mucous, even if Toni Weschler begs you.
6. Make an appeal to the committee meeting going on inside you. Sperm, egg, uterus, corpus luteum, progesterone – they are in there either making a baby or not. Treat them like any other unruly committee you’ve ever addressed. Yes that’s right, go ahead and talk to them. Put your hands on your stomach and tell them how much you respect them. Make your best argument in favor of a baby, and then let them decide. It’s out of your hands. Addressing the committee within earshot of normal people is not recommended.
7. Paint your toenails. Imagine how difficult this will be when you are pregnant. Go shopping for the perfect pink and blue nail polish in preparation for a celebration polish. Alternating colors on the day you find out you’re pregnant, or a single color for the day you find out the baby’s sex. Don’t be tempted to paint a cycle day countdown on your big toes.
8. Make a cup of herbal tea. It is a nice ritual: boiling the water, adding the tea leaves, pouring into a nice china cup, adding some milk or sugar, sipping peacefully. Ahhhh. There’s nothing that a nice cup of tea won’t help. Yeah right. Well it does kill a little bit of time.
9. Swim laps. Think about the sperm and how they need to swim to your egg. Imagine that you are a sperm, the end of the pool is the egg, then GO, GO, GO! Don’t wear a tail or anything. Just imagine it quietly.
10. Make lists. List all the people you will tell when you get pregnant, and in what order. List all the little jobs you need to get done instead of obsessing about this 2WW! List all the healthy activities you intend to do this week. List all the girl and boy names you like. Lists are helpful for all sorts of things, most of all for passing time rather than actually doing something.
11. Create a fertility dance. Choose whatever music speaks to your soul and make up a dance routine as a prayer to the universe for the growth of an embryo. Move your hips, rotate your belly, let your arms flow – but close the curtains.
12. Prepare a folic acid feast. Cream of broccoli soup as an entree, followed by spinach lasagne, enriched whole grain garlic bread and frozen orange juice sorbet for dessert. Dedicate the meal to your baby-to-be. Just don’t set a highchair at the table in his or her honor.
13. Delegate the burden of the two-week wait. Clearly someone has to worry constantly during this time, but does it have to be you? Divide the days up among your best friends and closest family. On their assigned day they are required to think, wonder, and worry all day about whether you are pregnant or not. At the end of the day they have to call or send you email describing how agonizing it was. Also they have to report to you if they had any “symptoms,” such as sore breasts, excessive urination, nausea, bleeding, fatigue… you will be surprised how many people, male and female, have early pregnancy symptoms if they just look for them

 

[Green Orchid]

^ That was funny! lol

 

[Katakalupto]

tigercub that was great!!!! As for number 1, I saw a woman in hobby lobby with her dog in a stroller. Jewell looked at the stroller and starts to say "baby" she said "baaaa, ugly baby." It was so funny. The woman got really mad and huffed walking away with her nose in the air like she was really offended. Number 5 was probably my favorite.

 

[tigercub]

I am considering making some lists...I love making lists!

 

[Beth1231]

Tigercub, that was awesome...just hilarious!

Hubby agreed to baby dance every other day from the 16th of Sept to October 1st....my fertile time is the last week of Sept, so I hope it works. I'm back to really hoping, because now I have the job and I'm learning about it, so I'm not so stressed out. PLUS if I get pg the first month we try, that means I get two months with baby before I go back to work next Sept...yes, I think ahead, but don't we all really? And so you don't think I'm an awful TTC mom to be, it's only four hours in the morning and baby will be with a mom at her house. Now I'm getting all excited again


Okay, question (just to make this post longer)...are there specific months that you avoid? For instance, I really don't want a Dec baby. Christmas and our anniverary New Year's Eve...it's just too much. So we won't TTC the month of March at all. Anyone else wacky like that?

 

[Green Orchid]

Yeah, I don't want a December baby either because of the holidays. And not October either because it's our anniversary.

 

[tigercub]

Okay, question (just to make this post longer)...are there specific months that you avoid? For instance, I really don't want a Dec baby. Christmas and our anniverary New Year's Eve...it's just too much. So we won't TTC the month of March at all. Anyone else wacky like that?

I am not too fussed, though I would like to avoid being heavily pregnant in summer as I live in the Sunshine State of Australia (Queensland) and I don't handle heat well!

My mum however...said we should avoid having a baby in March/April because its; my wedding anniversary, Mother's day, Easter, mum's birthday (and her late father's, something we still recognise) my little brother's....a pretty busy couple of months for us! Would also like to be able to go to AGMF aswell (Australian Gospel Music Festival, held each year on Easter weekend)

I don't really mind, though if I cold choose I would love to give birth around July/August, my favourite time of year (winter)

 

[Beth1231]

Oh wow, Tigercub you live in Queensland? Steve Irwin's death must have hit pretty hard, I'm so sorry.

 

[tigercub]

Oh wow, Tigercub you live in Queensland? Steve Irwin's death must have hit pretty hard, I'm so sorry.

Thanks. Everyone seems to have felt it...everyone is just being that little bit quieter....

We live in Brisbane, about an hour's drive from Australia Zoo (and where the Irwin's live) which is in Beerwah, near where my husband grew up (Glasshouse Mountains)

 

[PegasusOnFire]

We are TTC around the school schedual, as I am a bus driver. As it stands now, if I am pregnant I will be due 2 days after school lets out for summer.

 

[AJoyfulNoise]

We have our less convenient months, but at this rate, I'll take absolutely whatever I'm given. I really REALLY didn't want to be pregnant during the summer and, if I am pg now, I'll be due in late May/early June - so this is my last chance to escape the super-hot months. But no way will I quit TTC for two or three months just to put me delivering in the cooler months - I'd still be miserable through the hottest part anyway.

 

[PegasusOnFire]

Hehe I would have to agree, while it would be convenent for us to conceive now, I really don't care what month I deliver, as it stands now, if I am pregnant, then that will be the 6th birthday in May, my twin sister and I are on May 5, my brother Trevor is May 21, my brother Richard is May 29, and my nephew Isacc is May 30. If I am pregnant then I would be due May 27, that would make 3 birthdays the same week!

 

[SweetBella]

For those of you who have pcos, please read the following and tell me how much of this relates to you..........

"PCOS can affect almost every area of your life. With it, you have a much higher chance of developing diabetes, high blood pressure, bad cholesterol levels, heart disease and stroke. It can also affect your moods. Many women have originally been mis-diagnosed with bi-polar (manic/depressive) disorder and/or clinical depression before realizing it was PCOS. It definately can affect your fertility, as many women are not even diagnosed until they try to conceive and have difficulty. It can affect your self-esteem and your relationship with your significant other. It can even affect your libido and your ability to enjoy physical intimacy."

 

[tigercub]

AF arrived

About an hour before elm0 & someone_else did....

 

[DivineFiliation]

sweetbella, nope, not me.... I just have polycystic ovaries. I have had trouble with depression in the past and it may have been related but it wasn't a huge deal.

I am a thin "cyster" and I don't have a LOT of unwanted hair (which is typical for pcos). I do not have trouble with diabetes or high blood pressure.