Today is day 11. I got my email reminder that "it's important to have intercourse by now, at least every other day and follow that till at least day 18 to be safe." I'm already well aware when we need to plan things, and we've got that covered. I hate the fact that we are not getting an u/s sometime soon till it's past the point. I have been debating opks, but I hate them. And I always get confused by them. Plus before a doctor told me not to use them while on a medicated cycle because it can sometimes cause false positives. Which apparently happened to me not the last try, but the one before. It was very clearly positive, and they did 2 progesterone draws to confirm, and it never even went above 1. So is it worth me wasting the money right now?
I have noticed cm is coming back. Nothing important yet, but tmi, right after the bleeding was gone, it was painfully dry. Must be the meds. But it is coming back so that's a good sign I hope. I'm drinking green tea to try to help as well. I've also been mentally telling myself, "this is working. I am going to ovulate. It is going to work" over and over lately. I hope if it happens, I feel something, that I actually know it's happened. Since it never happens, you would think I'd feel different somehow after it has.
It warmed up over the weekend. Now it's back in the 40's and feels so cold out there. Yesterday when I had the dog out, I noticed that the yard is turning green finally. I can't wait till things are green again all around. I hate looking out and seeing all the brown nasty yard and fields. We took a drive through the state forest and that hasn't started to sprout any green yet. I'm really ready for that to happen because a few weeks ago, I finally caved and bought a new camera. We had checked out Circuit City about a week before they closed, and got a really awesome deal on a new camera. It's a Kodak and small enough that I can put it into my pocket if needed. It's a little thicker than my cell phone and takes some awesome pics. I've been taking a ton of pictures lately, so maybe later I'll do a happy picture post.
After reading what I wrote, I decided to delete the mean vent....I've cooled down for now....
I'm glad someone else hates these stupid opks. I discussed the medicated cycle thing with my doc and he didn't know of any reason why clomid/femera/fsh would cause FPs, but weird stuff still happens. Like with my cyst, I had definite EWCM and a couple of pos. OPKs, I had no idea a cyst could do that.
ReplyDeleteThe happy face ones are Clear Blue Easy... they are spensive! ~$28 for 7 tests. Ridiculous, but definitive.
ReplyDeleteIf I were "actively" cycling I would try to go to acupuncture twice a week, but I have only been going once a week this month. I go again tomorrow night. I like it, but it's spensive too, so I'm trying to keep costs down this month since I figure my chances are pretty low.
I don't know if this will help you or not, but my acupuncturist is a chiropractor. A lot of chiropractor know acupuncture. My own brother is a chiropractor and can do it (I however have not solicited his opinion on these treatments, I'm not out with my siblings yet).
ReplyDeleteSometimes I wonder if I could get a better treatment from someone that specializes in infertility (my guy does all kinds of acu treatments) but from what I can tell, his treatments might not be fancy 'electro' treatments that some women talk about, but I think he's doing a good job. The ancient Chinese that developed acu didn't have some of these fancier options, so I'm not that worried that I don't get those treatments. Also, we have a lot of immigrants from Asia in the area and they have had treatments back in their native countries and like coming to him, so that seems endorsing.
So maybe, if you decide to do treatments, there might be some closer to you than you think.