We got a BFP!

We got a BFP at 9 DPO, that is pretty early.

I had been feeling off since last weekend. had a stuffy nose, slightly upset tummy, extra hot, extra tired. plus i just suspected. So on wednesday afternoon i took a dollar store test.It look like a BFN at first but when i looked later there was a line. So i took another dollar store one the next day with FMU and it was a faint positive so i went out and bought FR and digital ones. The first response was a BFP that afternoon. I took another FR and a digital this morning with FMU and got another BFP. So i got a BFP on 9,10, and 11 DPO :)

I hope the early symptoms and BFP are good signs. But i have done all i can, it is in Gods hands now. I wil let you know in 20 weeks if it worked.

Oct attempt

Well we have been doing research for about 1 year and TTC for 6 months. It took 6 months of TTC to concieve DD too so i am hopeful.

I was taking calcium 1000 mg, 100 mg b vitamin complex, 10 mg Loratadine(antihistamine), sudafed a couple of times. Drinking several glasses of cran-razz juice a day. cut back on sodium, and increased dairy.

My ph was 5.5 , and DH was 7.5-8

We did O+12. We BD 24 hours after my 1st + OPK, and when my CM had shifted. My cervix stayed soft and my temps were low for 2 days. Then my cervix went firm and temps spiked. But my CM stayed sticky.

About 5 minutes after BD i added a big glob of replens and went to bed. I added another big glob of replens the next day too because my ph went up into the upper 5's

All set for October

our attempt for October is about a week away. Getting excited again.

no go for Sept

Well i developed a UTI this month. We are skipping it and looking forward to Oct.

My experiment continued

First of all we got a BFN for August. So we are on again for Sept. We are following the same plan again O+12, i just think we need to bd as soon as possible after my CM turns sticky.

On to my experiment. I retested the RO water with enhanced minerals, and also i found some purified drinking water that is RO without enhanced minerals. The ph of Both was 5.5 which is good. So i am going to be drinking this purified water and check my ph and see if it changes.

our August attempt

We got a BFN for July So we started again with Aug. This time i O'd earlier than expected. On CD 8 i stated to get some EWCM witch is normal. My temps were really low this month, and on cd 11 i had a temp drop from 97.5 to 97.4. Also on cd 11 I had a +OPK and my cm was sticky by the end of the day. I was not sure what to do so we did not have the attempt that night. The next morning I discovered my temp had risen to 97.6. Still had sticky CM So we BD that night after BD I used some replens. I tested this before and replens brought my ph down to a 4.5-5.0. The next morning it was still a 4.5 to 5. I think we might have been to late. We had one other unprotected BD 5 days before o. I an not holding my breath for this cycle but you never know.

doing an experiment

The ph of various waters was discussed recently on the board. Someone suggested that the ph of reverse osmosis(RO) water was very low. That got me thinking When we conceived Gabby We had an RO water filter for drinking water. I think it was for only drinking water but i can't remember exactly. When we conceived all three boys we were not drinking RO water just spring water or filtered water.

So i have been doing an experiment. i tested the ph of our tap water and it was at 6.75. Then i tested the ph of our filtered fridge water and it was a 7.0. I am not sure why the difference but it was there.
then i got some purified water that was filtered with an RO filter. The water was enhanced with minerals Magnesium Sulfate, Potassium Bicarbonate, and Potassium Chloride. The ph was kid of hard to figure out one of my ph strips said 5.2 and the the other one said about 6.0 so i am not sue about the discrepancy.
My next step is to find some RO water that is not enhanced with minerals.

our attempt this cycle

Ok so we tried o+12 this month. On cd12I had ewcm and my cervix was soft. CD13 cm was sticky and stayed that way all day. my cervix was soft in the morning but felt medium by the end of the day. So we bd last night before bed at about 10:30pm.

This morning my cm was obscured, but my cervix still felt medium. My temps went as high as i would have liked either. I hope i did not bd too soon, or if i did o i hope we did not wait to long.

here is my chart .
I guess only time will tell.

BFN for last cycle.
Well ,we are skipping this cycle. My ph is totally wacky this month. Last week it was in the 6's right after Af. Then it went down to the high 5's. now it is up to the high 7's. After i got the high ph's last week I started taking a probiotic pill everyday to see if that would help lower it. obviously it did not. Also i have learned that going in the pool might cause it to go up.
So no pool, no probiotic.

here is a list of all the supplements i am taking.
1200 calcium
250mg magnesium (every other day, every day made me so irritable i thought i had permanent pms)
100 mg b6
500 mg vitamin c
1900 mg cranberry
81 mg baby aspirin
10mg loratadine (generic for claritin)

I took sudafed around o time last cycle 3 a day fr three days, but it did not dry up Cm or make my ph any lower.

rephresh does not work it made my ph go up.

the only thing i have not tried is douching. some ladies on the board have said that vinegar douche makes their ph go up. so if i try that i will definatly make it a lime one.

my new plan

Well around o time my cervix usually is high and soft for about 3 days, and i have some ewcm. then my cervix shift to low and my cm becomes sticky for 2 days then my temps shift up. So i was thinking instead of trying to stop 3 days before o we could just wait and bd during that time my cervix and cm switches until my temps rise.

Well the time has come

Well we had our first attempt. Well to start with for the last two months I have been taking cranberry, and calcium supplements. As well as eating increased dairy, and lots of pasta. I have also added aspartame an artificial sweetener to lower ph. My ph is in the 5 range when not oing and in the6 range during o. It is not really changing much. i have also been excersising a few days a week.

This is our first attempt. We started frequent bd starting on CD4 until CD10. We were planning on going until cd 12 but my body started acting like it was oing. On cd 9 i has cramps low on my right side and on cd 10 i had some cm with pink streaks in it. Now we jst have to wait and see what happens. I really hope i get Af so we can try something else next cycle.

my plan now

It is now about two months until when i wanted to start trying for pink. i have been thinking alot about the time frame i concieved my DD. I was not swaying, but i was consuming a lot of dairy, i was cooking a lot and using low salt seasoning. drinking cran juice, excersicing 3 times a week. So i was trying to duplicate these things.
So for the next two months i want to
Eat lots of dairy, cook using low salt, drinking cran juice, and excersicing at least 3 times a week. I also want to add cran, and calcium supps.
Plus monitor ph and cycles.

hopefully i will be ready for my first try in june :)

Tested ph

And it was 5.5 not to bad that is pretty acidic. I just wish i could incorporate some sort of exercise
routine into my schedule. I really think that may have had something to do with it last time.

long cycle

did i mention it was a 35 day cycle.

Cycle #2

Well it is cycle day 1 again. I could not tell you when I ovulated. It was very unclear this time, hopefully it willget easier as time goes by.

first cycle

Well i had my first cycle since having Dillan. I am going to wait until he is weaned before i attempt gettng pregnant. So for now i am just tracking my cycles.