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hi jelly...I'm on my CD1 today..Got all my pg symptoms and fooled today...will be cycle buddy 4 u...really frustrated actively trying for the past 3 months..going to start taking pills,gonna start my charting work,decided to eat healthy stuffs..planning to chose a new doctor this month for consultation..wat r ur workouts jelly??

Keep posting ur updates..we ll have next month and we ll identify what is troubling us..

Pretty much the same, trying to eat healthy, taking prenatal vitamins. I go for 2 miles walk every morning. I thought I was having pregnancy symptoms, like bloating, cramping, spotting but it was just signs of AF. :( It's frustrating and a little discouraging. Everybody around me are having babies. :( I know I just have to be patient. This is also my second month of drinking Fertilitea.

Keep me posted too. I hope you get your BFP!!!

***BABY DUST ***

Hi ladies!

Jellybean, we are in the same boat. I went off the pill November 2011 and we have been actively trying since June 2012. Not even a sniff of a BFP! So frustraing. OH and I am on cd 2 and TTC #1 as well.

I do OPKs, BBT, cm checking, cervix checking, you name it! I have also tried lots of fertility aids. This month, I am taking prenatals, vitamin B and evening primrose oil. Might try softcup again as well.

I work out as well. I strength train 3 days a week and I run on the treadmill 3 days a week.

Lots of to you ladies!

we all get our

hi jelly bean and jassy...

We ll identify the reasons for our m/c and ll work on the same to avoid happening again..if we take our prenatal will it affect our opk results like getting false positive???

waiting4anangel,

taking prenatal vitamins, it should not affect your opk at all. They are just supplements that get your body ready for a baby and DHA help form the babies brain and central nervous system. When using your opk, you will notice that the line will start to show/ be viable sometimes faint lines and then when you do O. The line will match and sometimes even be as dark as the control line. That's when you BD a few days before and also the day of and after.

Actually i'm getting a faint positive only on one day (if i test continuously for five days)and the next day im getting a negative in opk test...what does that mean??My supplements r not enough r any other hormonal prob???How to get a darker line ??

pls advice..

Waiting4anangel,

I think you are doing all the right things. I don't think there is a problem. But if you are really concern. Maybe talking to your doctor.

For me my opk are faint up until I do O. Since having irregular AF, I BBT and check my MC. That way I know for sure if I O. I had to get to know my body. Opk are a back up for me. I've notice that I O about CD14 and sometimes CD15. So I BD every other day and the actual O day and also after too. I just keep testing until I get the dark line. Closer to CD13, I will test mid afternoon around 1:00pm and the test again at about 7:00pm. So I don't miss my window.
I did notice that about a month ago I O late. Sometimes that can happen in cycles. I think you just have to be patient, keep testing and BD. :)

Not sure if this is any help. Keep me posted and let me know how it goes.

Waitingforangel,
Do you chart your temperature? That will tell you if you are ovulating or not. OPKs can be tricky. If you don't test twice per day, you can miss the surge, which happened to me last month. All my opks were negative, but my temperatures showed that I did indeed ovulate.
A great book for learning about this stuff is 'Taking Charge of Your Fertility' by Toni Weschler. It is an AMAZING book. I hily recommend it!

Jelly bean,
I too use opk as a back-up. Charting is less confusing when you have multiple signs to track!

I am waiting for AF to end... Still spotting. DH had an ultrasound and semen analysis. We get the results tomorrow. We think there might be a problem with varicose veins, but hopefully the results come back positive! Feeling nervous...

ladies!