My Rainbow is thiiiissss BIG...

Lilypie First Birthday tickers

Friday, September 23, 2011

Feeling good about Cycle 8...come on baby!

Quick check in and cycle update!  I've been very busy in seems and have not had the time to focus on my Blog, sorry.
I'm am currently Oing!  This cycle, so far, has been the best and most promising yet.  I say that because, for some reason, my Pre-O temps have been higher than usual and the past two cycles I've O'ed earlier than normal.  This is good news.  I'm CD15 and got my + OPK yesterday.  I expect to possibly see another + today with a temp rise tomorrow morning.  The BD'ing has been good (CD 15, 13, and 10), although I would love to get one more in before my temp rise, hopefully tonight!  Then the waiting begins. ugh. 
I'm due for my Annual Pap next month, so if no baby by then I will talking with her about my journey so far.  I am concerned I may be having issues getting PG due to accumulated scar tissue (from all of my surgeries), but that is just a theory.  I'm thinking of asking for a hysterocopy to help determine that, just for my own knowledge.  But, I'm still believing in miracles over here and holding on to Hope with white knuckles!

Stay tuned....and, by all means, Keep those fingers crossed!! :-)

Saturday, September 10, 2011

UnLucky Cycle 7

Well, this is going to be short and sweet, cause I'm really not in the mood to Blog, but as you can read from the title, I'm not Pregnant.  (SHOCKER) gasp!  I'm struggling to stay positive that I will ever have my rainbow, but holding on like a hair in a biscuit.  The Saga will continue on to Cycle 8...and here's to hoping that 8 is GRrrrreat!  Now I must go and comfort myself with the heating pad while dear Aunt Flow lingers with her unwelcomed visit. :-(

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Crazy Cycle 7!

Cycle 7 has not proven to be lucky or not, yet, but it sure has proven to be my most confusing charted cycle yet!  It all started on CD15 when I was shocked to get an early + OPK, thank goodness I started my OPKs early!  I was excited that I was going to O earlier this cycle!  Although I clearly had my + OPK, I still felt my CM was there, but CP wasn't quite Soft & Open yet.  This cycle I had wanted to make sure we BDed on the day of O, so figuring since I normally have two days of +'s before I O, we could start BD CD15, skip a day and BD again on O day.  Sounds simple enough, right? Wrong!  I had two +'s CD15 & CD16 and was able to BD both days.  On CD17, before I could even OPK again, I noticed my morning temp had risen to Post-O status!  I figured I O'ed on CD16 and was elated because I had BDed on O day and the day before, perfect!  Everything was looking great until the morning of CD18 to find my temp had drastically dropped way below my cover line back to Pre-O temps, this had never happened to me before.  Had I not really O'ed yet, was this a weird, fall-back temp, what was going on??  I decided to use another OPK that afternoon just to see what it would say and lo and behold it was another +!  Not only that, my CM/CP were the most fertile yet!  WTHeck!? And to make matters worse, I was unable to BD that night (thanks to my moody/tired husband).  I thought, well, if I haven't O'ed yet, then maybe tomorrow's OPK will be neg. and I will O that day and try to BD that day as well.  Thankfully, the next day (CD19) brought a negative OPK with fertile CM/CP and BD, BUT my temp had spiked back up to Post-O temps.  My temps have sustained Post-O temps since then, I am currently CD22.  So now to get to how many DPO I am, well, that's the problem!  Thanks to my crazy signs and temps, I have no idea exactly.

1.)  I either O'ed on CD16, which means I BDed on O day and day before (which would be great) and I'm 6dpo.
2.)  I O'ed on the day of my temp dip CD18, which means BD timing would suck, having done it 2 & 3 days prior to O, but still not impossible.  And would make me 4dpo.
3.) I O'ed on the day of my neg. OPK after my + (like I usually do) on CD19, with my temp sustained above that temp, which would again be great with BD on O day and BD also on days 3 & 4 prior to O, this would make me 3dpo.

So, as you can see, I have no idea how many dpo I am at this point, but I can figure at least anywhere from 3-6!  All in all the BD timing would still work for all scenarios, better for some them others.  So, here I sit in a very confusing 2WW and praying it pays off with a nice BFP!!
So far, I've had the normal Progesterone induced sore bb's, but I have had some unusual light cramping the past few days and I'm hoping that's a good sign.  I plan on testing in one week,( Wed., Sept. 7th)  I will be either 10-13dpo and should be able to get a reliable result by then.  Hoping this crazy cycle still turns out to be my lucky one!