Your Chart TTC'ers and non-TTC'ers welcome PART 3

I don't know if it'll help, but i figured it was worth posting about! My multi-vitamin makes me naseous on an empty stomach so I always take it sometime after dinner/before I go to bed, so that's why I thought of it. Morning time doesn't work for me.

Does your prenatal have any B vitamins in it? I honestly don't know how the B vitamins are absorbed in the body, but I once commented to my boss's son, who's a pharmacist, that I take extra vitamin C to help with my allergy problems. He told me to NOT take it with my multi (which also contains vitamin C) because your body can only absorb so much vitamin C at one time. So I take the extra C in the morning. So perhaps another reason for taking it at a different time. Not positive about that though.

Hmmmm, so you're already spreading out the B6 during the day. I wonder what the max is that the body can absorb within a 12hr (or so) period? Then again, maybe this has absolutely nothing to do with the headache problem!

Yeah, maybe I really did O. Not a clear picture though. But yeah, took someone pointing it out for me to get it!

I have no clue about my cyst theory though.

Hi Girls,

Beth, I am glad that you are feeling better. That is good news. I was just reading about someone else thinking your temps are around where your normal LP temps are.... so I looked back again at your charts and saw your cover line is usually around 97.8 or 97.9, so your temps are higher than that for sure. But FF won't give you crosshairs because your temps early in your cycle are so high.... which could be from the femara?? I think it is possible that you did O [only a u/s would have shown I guess] but that your temps are all screwed up from the femara? Just a thought.... I hope you get some clear answer soon!

Sky, I LOVE your new blinkie thing with the pumpkin!! That is so cute. That is good that you are taking vitamin B. I wonder if it is causing your headaches?? I usually take all my pills at night because that is a good time to take them if they make you feel sick. [I think Beth already said this....] I hope you O soon! Did you say earlier that you started a FF chart? You should make a link to it! [Even if you are not temping yet...] I hope you O soon!!

AFM, I have my second acupuncture appt tomorrow, which should hopefully help me to O a bit earlier. At least that is what I am hoping. I am trying to be very positive and open about it all. Beth, you are right, I am so lucky it is covered by my health care. All I need to do is send in the receipts to get reimbursed. I think i am just going to go twice at the beginning of each cycle....that is usually what you do, right Beth?? No appointments coming up for me soon. My appointment with the OB is Nov. 17, but I am hoping I can sneak one more O and chance at conceiving in before I go to see him. DH still needs to do his SA. I am not forcing it. As long as he does it before the appointment. what are the rules of doing it? My doc never told us...of course.

Okay this is getting to be a long message. LOL! Have a good night ladies!

real quickly...what i was wondering out loud earlier today was if that pink-tinged CM and temp jump, and then later the positive OPK, were a case of a follicle(s) developing but not releasing because it became a cyst. I have no idea how cysts develop so maybe that's totally wrong. I was just trying to find a reason for what seemed like clear-cut ovulation signs (twice) but no confirmation.

Beth- I had this happen when TTc for Kyrah, i had heaps of signs of o, but ended up with a cyst and finally after a lobg cycle i started spotting i thought YES and i spotted for ages, went to gyno and it was a cyst. i had to just let it go away it took a couple of weeks, I would say thats what happened, all signs that you were about to release the egg, but it just didnt burst through, my body has trouble actaully releasing them too. i will try and find my chart for back then
here it is i hope it works
good luck hun

http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/143930

Thanks sparkles. Makes me feel better that there's the possibility that my body tried to make something happen rather than just failing miserably.

Beth,

I think that is a very good theory that you have about the cyst, especially after Sparkles had the same thing happen to her. Thanks for sharing your chart Sparkles. I hope that this cycle will end soon Beth so that you can get started right away on the next one. Did you already pick up the femara? I have high hopes for this winter and fall for us! As the weather gets more chilly that has got to lead to more BDing and lots of beans sticking, right?!

Sky, As for the acu sessions... i am not entirely sure to be honest. I know he wanted to see me twice at the beginning of my cycle , so I went on CD 6 and 10. I am now supposed to wait and see if I ovulate, which apparently he thinks I will near the end of next week. I am REALLY hoping that is the case, but not trying to get my hopes up too much since I never O til sooooo late in my cycle. I guess we'll wait and see what happens. Beth, you usually go twice at the beginning of your cycle, right? Any signs of O yet, Skyllar? Cm? Wish you lots of luck!!

Usually I'd go to acu 2 or 3 times at the beginning of my cycle but that's in part because I'd ovulate early in my cycle. My acu dr. always said it was about "balancing" the hormones. Maybe there's more balancing to be done early in the cycle and that's why your guy said just twice. It's a mysterious process to me!

I've been checking my bank account online ALL WEEK to see a charge from the union pharmacy. I finally saw it this morning (script was faxed in Monday). I was checking in part to see how much I was charged since it's been $143/mo going elsewhere. Well, I sure was surprised.....it was $10, our regular co-pay for non-generic. I kinda feel like an idiot now. The insurance has been denying my claims lately saying they don't cover "infertility" treatments so I certainly did not expect them to cover this drug.

They've denied me reimbursement on $286 for the drugs but I still plan to appeal. If they had charged me the same price, I was going to use that as amnution in my letter. Guess I'll have to take a new tactic now.

Beth, Glad you got some money back!! That is awesome. i hope you can get some more back as well! As for the acu, yes he said he was trying to balance the hormones and get my blood flow better [or something??]
I will have to go back if I don't O soonish I guess - I think??
I have another question for you. He was stimulating my ovaries today at acu and now i am starting to feel some cramping....did you ever get that?? I hope they are stimulated to release an egg!!

Lindzee, yes I've felt mild cramping, tingling, twinges often before. A sign something is working! If you look back at some of my old charts on my homepage, you'll probably see that I noted it as well.

Beth, thanks for replying about the cramping and twinges. I just went and looked at your charts and see that you did record it after acu, so good to see I am not alone. I guess I'll just wait and see what happens now. We are going to try and stick to Bding every other day now, but that could be tricky this week as DH is working 5 pm to 4 am and he has often left for work before I get home. SO I don't know how that is going to pan out?

Sky, Looks like you are getting some fertile cm! I really think that even charting your cm, bding and other signs like that will really help you and you can get a good idea of when you O and how long your LP is and things like that. I am curious to see when I will O this cycle too! I will take ANYTHING earlier than in the 30s!

My temp been going down slightly so hopefully that a good thing.

Sky, I'll have to take a look at your chart a bit later.

Lindzee, yeah,the BDing thing can be hard. Early on my husband used to think it would happen "naturally" but I told him we're not active enough for that to happen! He finally got the clue, but geez,when you don't know when you're going to ovulate, it's even worse!