In search of sticky lil bean

Cycle Day 15 3dpo Felling a dull kinda pain in my pelvic area... not really crampy, but definitely uncomfortable. I'm still trying to get over this cold... tired. I learned not to put a whole lot into symptoms... the body won't always tell you what's going on and the built up anticipation is exhausting. I pray that when I test I learn that I am pregnant... I know what both a BFP and BFN feels like... I want to experience another BFP with a healthy pregnancy and little baby... To aid with implantation and uterine lining I'm taking Bromelain twice a day and I'm gonna mix up a yummy spinach, mango, pineapple smoothie for lunch! Pineapple is suppose to help with implantation... specifically the core, but I only have the yummier part LOL Bromelain helps with both implantation and lining... Bottom line I want a sticky lil bean :)

BBT charting with a cold

Ugh. No doubt about it, I'm sick. Sore throat, stuffy, coughing, headache, sneezing... This is the first time I am charting through an illness. Things have just been crazy since last Wednesday... my roommate came home with a bad cold and I picked it up sometime over the weekend. I just know it affected my bbt charting because I had a big dip and then huge rise way too early. I'm very routine, I ovulate on the 12th or 13th cycle day always.... Antyways last night was miserable... I had a fever and couldn't get rid of this dang headache... so I finally broke down and took two Tylenol... now I'm staying home from work and watching Sitting Ducks and trying to feel better. Good thing is Friday I started taking Mucinex... it's also good for thinning out CM and I know had I not taken it I would feel worse now... I just hope I didn't give Kyle my cold!!!! I'd feel terrible! This is a really nasty bug, yesterday was the worst day so far, body aches and all. I hope to be on the upswing really soon here! how it can affect BBT depends on your cold and how you temp... if its a head cold and you are all stuffy but temp orally... it could be lower because you are mouth breathing when you sleep. if you have a bit of a fever it could raise your temp (well obviously)

Home Sweet Home

Home from a LONG 12 hour day :) Glad it's over.... I just took another opk and it was semi positive faint line so I believe we caught the egg! Now the two week wait and to stay as happy and stress free as possible Kinda hard when you get ugly text messages about your priorities, but I know them and I did nothing wrong today. I'm gonna sit here and enjoy my V8 splash with oj and hope this nasty tickle in my throat goes away! Thanks so much to Ann for your support! Jenn for your wonderful heart! and Kyle for the sperm! No LOL Kyle you're such a sweet friend and I'm so glad you have a giving heart! Tired now (in my Willow Rosenberg voice) Desi

NIi- Baby Making Day

Excited to get today going! Was a bit concerned about ovulation and my crazy ass temps that dipped a few days ago and this morning sky rocketed.... grrr! But my opk gave me an instant positive today! How weird is that????? So I wanna get this done now but it's like five thirty in the morning LOL Thankful that Ann is driving... I'm way too excited. We'll meet up with Jenna to shoot my blog part of the show and then off to Kyle's to do the deed!!! It's funny thinking back to my interview and the question why NI.... Why not, sex is pleasurable and intended for the purpose of bringing forth children... That's my goal and that's Kyle's goal above all things. With my so called boyfriend not into me, why not have sex with this good looking guy anyway? Let's get to baby making!!!

NI tomorrow and this crazy cycle

Having irregular cycles suck for ttc... especially with a donor who live so far away!

New Cycle... New Supplements

Cycle Days 1-13 (or ovulation) 6oz pomegranate juice mixed: 1x/day, sometimes added to a smoothie 6oz red raspberry leaf tea: 2x/day, mid-morning and mid-afternoon Evening Primrose Oil Chopped Fresh Garlic Cloves: 2x/day Entire Cycle/Daily 400iu Vitamin E: 1x/day, mid-morning Vitamin B Complex: 1x/day, mid-morning B6 2X/day Pre-Natal vitamin Tropical Fertility Smoothie: To kick off the TWW Ingredients Frozen Pineapple (I buy it from the Produce section... it's fresh and I don't have to cut it :) I freeze it too... I don't use the Core... I'm already taking Bromelain so it's good. I just add it for a bit of sweetness! 1/2 banana, peeled and sliced (frozen) Sometimes I'll use Avocado 3/4 cup vanilla almond milk (Bennys to Almond Milk Kiddos!) 1 T coconut oil 1 small handful of baby spinach When I am really LAZY... and it does happen... I'll pick up the smoothie kit from Fresh & Easy Blend it up, add some extra ice if it’s not cold enough for your liking, and enjoy! The point of this fertility smoothie is to encourage your body to be receptive to implantation, so it’s best to enjoy this every day during the five days after ovulating. What a tasty way to kickoff the two-week-wait! A few notes… Banana contains 25% of your daily value of vitamin B6, which apparently also increases cervical mucus to aid in implantation. B6 is tied with increasing fertility. Coconut oil promotes hormone balancing and supports adequate fat stores for pregnancy. Baby spinach is highly recommended in any fertility diet! It’s loaded with iron, which is good for the blood, and as we all know, we need good, happy blood pumping to the uterus for implantation.

Yesterday Sucked...

I really thought I was pregnant again... I felt it. I was lightheaded and felt prickings in my womb that I thought were implantation. Once again, AF reared her ugly head. Thousands of thoughts went through my head... what am I doing wrong? Why is this not happening? But as much as I'm discouraged, I intend to continue on. Kyle is 23 and yes that makes me a cougar, but okay LOL! We've agreed we're gonna continue trying and I'm going to work on a few things myself. I have health insurance now so first things first, I'm making an appt for a pap and to discuss a few things with my new Dr.: Uterine lining, follicles.... i wanted to purchase a FSH test by first response, but couldn't find one.... so I'll try again for next cycle since today is CD2... I did see a grip of ovulation tests at the dollar store so I bought up and will start testing for ovulation right after my period ends... I'm wondering if I'm ovulating late or early... only way to tell my guess is to test every day until I get a definite signal... To ensure uterine lining I'm drinking 6 oz os pomegranate juice every day and simplifying my regimine. I'll still take b6 twice a day to lengthen my cycle, but for uterine healthy I'm adding vitamin E, Red raspberry Leaf tea, and Pom juice. I'm gonna blog more too... I need a record for myself. I don't share much what I'm doing becaue not everyone is gonna support or want what you want...