yayayayayay my TTC buddy!!!!!! Wahooooo Jen!!!!

I think were close to the same cycle too.

Today I'm on CD 11. FX that the 16th I "O" this month. Not sure because last month I "O'd" 3 days later than usual. SO I think I will treat it as the 16th as "o" day, and the 17,19th.

I think we will start BD tonight or tomorrow. Don't want to wear out DH! He said he did'nt want it to feel like a job this time around.

But we really want it this month. I REALLY REALLY want that August baby!!!!!!

Baby Dust yeah!!!

Yay! A facebook buddy, too! lol!

I really really hope you get your August baby, too! I think it's so sweet how you memorialize your little angel, and that would be so wonderful!

Thanx!!

I'm making us a TTC buddy banner. For me and you. I'll post it in a bit on photobucket. If you want add it to your siggy!!

Woo-hoo! I've got the banner. I love it!

The great thing is that I think we pretty much have each other's back stories down. lol!

Your opk looks good!!! If you have a bunch, maybe take a few more tests. I got 3 super-dark positives 3 days in a row, so I'm BDing a few extra times, for good measure, just in case I "O" closer to the 3rd positive. Since I got the +'s Mon, Tues, Wed, I figure we'll BD again on Saturday. We BD'd on Saturday (or Friday and Sunday - so many BDs, I can't keep track!!!), Monday, Wed morning, Thurs night, and we'll do it again Saturday. Hopefully that covers it! Then it's the 2ww! Eek!

You know...somehow we got off schedule w/ each other. I wound up getting AF 4 days early, but you wound up being late!

I'm crossing my fingers for your August baby! I never really wanted a summer baby, because I wanted to be able to bake cupcakes for his/her class...but I guess now there are so many allergies and restrictions, a lot of schools don't allow that anyways! And, hey, by now, I'll take what I can get! lol!

You'd better get BDing! Lots of baby dust!!!!

Hey Jen!
I know we used to be on the same CD's as each other. That full moon last cycle messed me up I think. An now I'm "O'ing" early. Hmmnn. I jusy want to make sure we have all bases loaded this time!! We BD lastnight. And used pre-seed for the first time. And the soft cups for the first time too. Well 2nd time, first time i think I put it in wrong. I got a really dark + OPK for my AM test today! Wahoooo It's in my siggy!

I good thing about a summer baby is being able to have Birthday's outside!!! With my son, November birthday parties we're stuck inside!! And also when your preggers, you don'y have to wear barely any clothes!! That's what I did. I would walk around the house in my bra and shorts lol.

Praying to have an August baby. It will be kind of like bringing back the baby that we lost!
When I look up the possible due date, it says August 10th. And we lost ours August 9th. very close!!! With Santino I was 1 week early delivering him. But then again I was'nt charting and all that. So I had no idea when my LMP was. All I knew was that it was sometime in February.

Oh BTW my older sister's name is Jennifer . She spells her name Jenn. And my younger sister is Jessica.

When/Is your expected "O" day???

Love, Your TTC Buddy, Mary

Baby Dust

Oh yeah, your morning opk is screaming "YOU'RE GONNA OVULATE SOON!!!". lol!

I'm not sure when my actual O date is...since I got the 3 opks on the 9th, 10th, and 11th.

I loved the preseed...this time we used the drugstore one - PreConceive Plus. I like that too. Same price, I think, but I didn't need to ship it. I didn't use softcups this time...we used them the last 2 cycles, but last cycle, I think I was not putting them in right anymore, because it felt like it was scooping the swimmers OUT, when I got up. So, I steered clear this time, but now I think I should have tried again, because it would have helped Wednesday morning! I took Mucinex, and hubby took zinc, but that was later on, so that may not have helped any. I also tried Bethany's butt tip. Which was really hard!! I just wanted to collapse, but DH sat with me and gave me a magazine to pass the time. But, the stuff totally stayed inside...until I got up, so it may have helped!

I'll bet your wild, crazy, frisky BDing will work!!

OMG - That would be soooo sweet to have your baby at the right time to honor your lost angel!!

Thanks for the pros of a summer baby/pregnancy! Maybe I would wear a bikini for the first time! lol! I'm chubby, but I think pregnancy would give me an excuse! Pregnant women look so cute in bikinis!

You know what's funny? I spell mine "Jen", but everyone at work spells it with the extra "N"! For themselves, and for me! I saw pics of you and your sisters! You all definitely look related!!

Keep up the BDing!! As my hubby tells his swimmers "Find the egg, guys! Go to the egg! No detours!!" lol!! Hope your DH's guys find your eggie!

Hi TTC buddies! I'm just checking in. Seeing how everything is going.

Mary - I'm so sorry about your cat! I told my Dakota about it (for some reason I feel like my cat wants to know what's going on in other cat's lives, since he's stuck at home), and he's being a mushball. Very attached. I think he is sad for your loss. Also, I was wondering if you could tell me how to imbed tickers on my yahoo email. Last year I tried to do a Christmas countdown ticker, but I can't figure out how to do it, and you're like the ticker queen! So, I figured I'd ask.

Michele, welcome to our buddy group. Where are you at in your cycle?

As for me, I'm feeling a little lower abdominal cramping, but it's early for AF or pg. It could be ANYTHING. So, I won't look too much into it. My DH thinks that maybe our problem is that I keep referring to our "future baby" or "non-existent baby". So, I've started more positive thinking. And hope it comes true! I tried telling my eggie what fun stuff we'll do, all the cool books I'll read to it, the family vacations we'll go on. Trying to entice it. My friend (who gave birth to her 4th unplanned baby in December) hadn't had AF since she gave birth. She had horrible cramping, and leakage. She said it felt like early labor. She had to take some hormones to get it going, if not...possibly surgery. She took the 10 day dose, and it didn't work. I told her that I hoped AF went to her and skipped over me for 9 months. 3 days later, she just got AF, so I'm crossing my fingers that AF follows through with my half of the deal!

Hi Mary and Jen,

I am approaching the big "O" in 4 more days. I just received my OPK's from this site so I will start to test in two days. Hubby and I BD yesterday to be on the safe side. I rather be early than late!

I hope we have an august baby too because I will be 40 on August 9th so to have a baby around that time would be a birthday present!

I am also on clomid which I finished 3 days ago; so I am taking EPO, tussin and vitamin b6. Hubby is working out to boost that sperm count so I am hoping that this is our month!

Okay ladies. I'm getting really anxious...I'm due to test in a few days, and I don't have any symptoms of anything. I've had some lower abdominal cramping coming & going, but that started 4 dpo, so that's too early. It may have just been gas or something! I also had an itchy boob last night. But other than that, no soreness, nothing else. I don't FEEL different. And I guess I'm upset, because I have 2 friends who know we're TTC (family doesn't know because they tend to be insulting if they think I'm doing something wrong). One friend just had her baby, so she's concerned with that, and doesn't want to talk about me. My other friend's childhood BFF is also having a hard time ttc, so she's more concerned with her, and is even considering becoming a surrogate (the TTC'er has been trying as long as me, but has not been using OPKs or anything at all - just trying to BD according to the calendar). Now, there are 4 BFPs lately, and while I'm truly happy for them, (no, seriously!) I'm nervous that the luck won't stick around for my time. And, I know it's so hard to keep track of everyone here, and I try my best to remember everyone, but I guess I get a little bummed because I get lost in the shuffle (in real life, and online), because most of the other ladies are being rooted for, and I'm so close to testing. Maybe it's because I've been trying so long. I'm old news. My hubby was watching a National Parks show, and he saw the narrator with his daughter in Shenandoah. He said he got teary-eyed, because he wants that. He wants children, and he wants to take them to National Parks. This is really breaking our hearts, and we're having a hard time. Our insurance just got changed at work - it now costs more, and we get less coverage. Go figure. So, we're worried that if it doesn't happen this time, we can't afford treatment. I know. I probably shouldn't worry til I get that BFN. But it's been really rough lately, and I needed to let it out! Thanks!!

Okay, now onto you ladies!

Michele - looks like O day is today? Have you confirmed with opk? Hope you have a great BDing weekend!

Mary - sore bbs sound promising!

Jen- I know I am not your TTC buddy but I always like to keep track of you and Mary and Wisdom. Yall were here when i started and have given me a lot of support, so I am eavesdropping on your buddy posts. I know you may feel like you get lost in the shuffle sometimes. But I always read your posts and follow your story. I may not always comment but I care and I am always cheering you on! I REALLY would love to see you get your BFP. I know that must have been really hard for you to see DH get emotional about the dad and little girl. This is such a hard time and I wish you had a better support system offline with your friends and family b/c sometimes you just need a BIG HUG! I am sending you a "virtual one!" LOL! Keep your head up. This just may be your month. Keeping my FX for you! You are next, Jen!!!!!!!! BFP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep us all posted!