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Sunday, 15 April 2012
Fertility signs are doing my head in.
I think over analyzing everything must just go hand in hand with TTC cos my brain has been working overtime for the past 24 hours. I've been stressing about fertility signs and trying to figure out if my cycle is already a bust or not. I did an OPK last night and it was +ve. That's a 36 hour gap between my -ve blood test Friday and +ve OPK Saturday night at 10.30pm. Then this morning I woke up to a temp rise. So I have no idea whether I caught the surge on Saturday night at the start or the finish but the temp rise this morning has me worried. I did a saliva test and it showed full ferning - ie time to get busy with sperm. My clinic doesn't do IUIs on the weekend so despite all the signs suggesting I'm either ovulating or about to, there's no chance of inseminating! They usually use an antagonist to delay ovulation if they think it'll happen over the weekend but clearly on Friday it looked like we still had plenty of time. So I went in for the blood test this morning and told them about the positive OPK last night and they were like "Great!". This confused me since I'm freaking out at this point that I can't inseminate till tomorrow afternoon at the earliest (they also only do inseminations in the afternoon - can it get any more restrictive?!). So now I'm worried I'm missing my window of opportunity. If I caught the surge at the start and I haven't ovulated yet then a Monday afternoon insemination might still be ok. But if it was the later stage of the surge and I've ovulated today then I'm screwed. Anyway, they took my blood this morning and rang me later to confirm the surge and told me I'm booked for a 4pm insemination tomorrow. They've also cancelled the scan as it's apparently no longer necessary (probably because the egg will have already done a runner by then if it hasn't already!). I'm trying to stay positive but I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't concerned. I am just hoping that tomorrow morning my temp drops again or stays the same. A spike will be a disaster. I am relying on the fact that my temps have been all over the place for the last two cycles, I never ovulate this early, I've not gotten any EWCM yet and I'm only at day 12. But I've also never done injectables so who knows what impact that's had. I think I am just going to have to hope for the best and try not to stress that my little follicle has already flown the coop.
Saturday, 14 April 2012
Camera shy ovary?
Bloods came back with baseline levels so we still have time to grow this follicle :). I've decided I'm going to get Scout to do some reflexology on me tonight to stimulate my ovaries ... Random but I figured it may be worth a try. I'm still a little paranoid about missing the surge so I think I'll go buy some sticks to pee on tonight. I don't usually get a good indication from OPKs and gave up on them awhile ago while tracking my cycle but now that we're actively TTC it's probably worth trying again. My saliva test shows the beginnings of ferning so it's getting closer. Starting to get excited :). Just hope that follicle keeps growing at a good pace. Fingers crossed it's 18mm+ by Monday.
I am trying to ignore the fact that this follicle is on the right. Eggs have been know to travel across to the other tube and the fact that my tubes have been recently flushed has got to work in our favour. I'm also convinced (or perhaps in denial) that there has to be another follicle on the left. They've always had trouble finding my left ovary with the higher tech machines so perhaps (in my fantasy land) the basic ultrasound used by my Dr just doesn't have enough resolution to see what's happening on my left. I know ... it's a bit far fetched but it makes me feel better to believe that there's some rouge follicle hiding in there that just might save the day! Anyway I'm off to buy some sticks and tomorrow we go in for more blood tests :)
Also - we're back from our trip so I have some pics to share!
I am trying to ignore the fact that this follicle is on the right. Eggs have been know to travel across to the other tube and the fact that my tubes have been recently flushed has got to work in our favour. I'm also convinced (or perhaps in denial) that there has to be another follicle on the left. They've always had trouble finding my left ovary with the higher tech machines so perhaps (in my fantasy land) the basic ultrasound used by my Dr just doesn't have enough resolution to see what's happening on my left. I know ... it's a bit far fetched but it makes me feel better to believe that there's some rouge follicle hiding in there that just might save the day! Anyway I'm off to buy some sticks and tomorrow we go in for more blood tests :)
Also - we're back from our trip so I have some pics to share!
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| Exploring the rock pools at Cape Liptrap |
 |
| Tidal streams at Squeaky Beach |
 |
| The tooth fairy has been working overtime ... |
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| Beautiful views around the Prom |
 |
| Camping in style ;) |
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Showing posts with label OPK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OPK. Show all posts
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Fertility signs are doing my head in.
I think over analyzing everything must just go hand in hand with TTC cos my brain has been working overtime for the past 24 hours. I've been stressing about fertility signs and trying to figure out if my cycle is already a bust or not. I did an OPK last night and it was +ve. That's a 36 hour gap between my -ve blood test Friday and +ve OPK Saturday night at 10.30pm. Then this morning I woke up to a temp rise. So I have no idea whether I caught the surge on Saturday night at the start or the finish but the temp rise this morning has me worried. I did a saliva test and it showed full ferning - ie time to get busy with sperm. My clinic doesn't do IUIs on the weekend so despite all the signs suggesting I'm either ovulating or about to, there's no chance of inseminating! They usually use an antagonist to delay ovulation if they think it'll happen over the weekend but clearly on Friday it looked like we still had plenty of time. So I went in for the blood test this morning and told them about the positive OPK last night and they were like "Great!". This confused me since I'm freaking out at this point that I can't inseminate till tomorrow afternoon at the earliest (they also only do inseminations in the afternoon - can it get any more restrictive?!). So now I'm worried I'm missing my window of opportunity. If I caught the surge at the start and I haven't ovulated yet then a Monday afternoon insemination might still be ok. But if it was the later stage of the surge and I've ovulated today then I'm screwed. Anyway, they took my blood this morning and rang me later to confirm the surge and told me I'm booked for a 4pm insemination tomorrow. They've also cancelled the scan as it's apparently no longer necessary (probably because the egg will have already done a runner by then if it hasn't already!). I'm trying to stay positive but I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't concerned. I am just hoping that tomorrow morning my temp drops again or stays the same. A spike will be a disaster. I am relying on the fact that my temps have been all over the place for the last two cycles, I never ovulate this early, I've not gotten any EWCM yet and I'm only at day 12. But I've also never done injectables so who knows what impact that's had. I think I am just going to have to hope for the best and try not to stress that my little follicle has already flown the coop.
Saturday, 14 April 2012
Camera shy ovary?
Bloods came back with baseline levels so we still have time to grow this follicle :). I've decided I'm going to get Scout to do some reflexology on me tonight to stimulate my ovaries ... Random but I figured it may be worth a try. I'm still a little paranoid about missing the surge so I think I'll go buy some sticks to pee on tonight. I don't usually get a good indication from OPKs and gave up on them awhile ago while tracking my cycle but now that we're actively TTC it's probably worth trying again. My saliva test shows the beginnings of ferning so it's getting closer. Starting to get excited :). Just hope that follicle keeps growing at a good pace. Fingers crossed it's 18mm+ by Monday.
I am trying to ignore the fact that this follicle is on the right. Eggs have been know to travel across to the other tube and the fact that my tubes have been recently flushed has got to work in our favour. I'm also convinced (or perhaps in denial) that there has to be another follicle on the left. They've always had trouble finding my left ovary with the higher tech machines so perhaps (in my fantasy land) the basic ultrasound used by my Dr just doesn't have enough resolution to see what's happening on my left. I know ... it's a bit far fetched but it makes me feel better to believe that there's some rouge follicle hiding in there that just might save the day! Anyway I'm off to buy some sticks and tomorrow we go in for more blood tests :)
Also - we're back from our trip so I have some pics to share!
I am trying to ignore the fact that this follicle is on the right. Eggs have been know to travel across to the other tube and the fact that my tubes have been recently flushed has got to work in our favour. I'm also convinced (or perhaps in denial) that there has to be another follicle on the left. They've always had trouble finding my left ovary with the higher tech machines so perhaps (in my fantasy land) the basic ultrasound used by my Dr just doesn't have enough resolution to see what's happening on my left. I know ... it's a bit far fetched but it makes me feel better to believe that there's some rouge follicle hiding in there that just might save the day! Anyway I'm off to buy some sticks and tomorrow we go in for more blood tests :)
Also - we're back from our trip so I have some pics to share!
|
| Exploring the rock pools at Cape Liptrap |
|
| Tidal streams at Squeaky Beach |
|
| The tooth fairy has been working overtime ... |
|
| Beautiful views around the Prom |
|
| Camping in style ;) |
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