Today is our 5 year anniversary!!
And i'm 3 days late..
I'm currently CD29 and 11DPO..
My temp rose again this morning from 36.68 to 36.97!!
Being the eternal pessimist when it comes to my own fertility (nearly 2 years of unsuccessfulness will do that to you), I'm still not convinced i'm pregnant..
BUT, I decided to test anyway!
And so I did - twice...
And I got 2 beautifully clear lines! One on each test...
And that was it..
My very faint hint of hope was gone..
But, I actually wasn't that disappointed. I guess because I wasn't really expecting to see 2 lines.. Even if I did, I think I would probably try to talk myself out of believing it! I was more upset at letting myself get my hopes up and for telling Mr Man and getting his hopes up too..
So i'm interpreting my temp rise to be because I tested at a different time, and I'm interpreting my late AF to be because the herbs and acupuncture have helped to stabilise my LP.
So if i'm still missing AF when im 14DPO, I'll let myself test again.
Until then, I'm just happy the herbs are working!!!
Wednesday 14 December 2011
Sunday 11 December 2011
another spike?
So after having such a beautiful spike for O this month, and then stable temps for 5 days, my temps have started to rise again....??
Today is the 3rd rise in a row - each time only by a 0.0something of a degree but still a rise..
Apparently this is called a tri-phasic chart and can be considered an early pregnancy sign, although it doesn't only happen during pregnancy!?!
AF was due today (CD26), and instead I had another temp rise...
I've been hopeful for that BFP for so long that I really don't want to get my hopes up..
I DO feel premenstrual but in a different way to normal, and I have felt similarly premenstrual since I ovulated.
But then again, this lack of premenstrual pain could also just be the herbs helping?
My periods not arriving today could also just be them getting back on track for a 28 day cycle.
The slight rise in temp could be because I took my temp an hour later both yesterday and today then I normally do, but then again, they still rose from the same time it was taken yesterday...
I am NOT going to get excited, not atleast until CD 29 which just happens to be our 5 year anniversary!! I honestly cannot think of a better anniversary present.
Fingers crossed!!
But then again, to be completely honest, I am just soooo happy to see the change in my temps and how stable they are, and it's just soo nice to feel confident with my doctor and with my path of treatment, so either way, i'm just happy I have found Dr Sun!!
Xiexie ni Dr Sun!
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/387c91
my beautiful chart!
Today is the 3rd rise in a row - each time only by a 0.0something of a degree but still a rise..
Apparently this is called a tri-phasic chart and can be considered an early pregnancy sign, although it doesn't only happen during pregnancy!?!
AF was due today (CD26), and instead I had another temp rise...
I've been hopeful for that BFP for so long that I really don't want to get my hopes up..
I DO feel premenstrual but in a different way to normal, and I have felt similarly premenstrual since I ovulated.
But then again, this lack of premenstrual pain could also just be the herbs helping?
My periods not arriving today could also just be them getting back on track for a 28 day cycle.
The slight rise in temp could be because I took my temp an hour later both yesterday and today then I normally do, but then again, they still rose from the same time it was taken yesterday...
I am NOT going to get excited, not atleast until CD 29 which just happens to be our 5 year anniversary!! I honestly cannot think of a better anniversary present.
Fingers crossed!!
But then again, to be completely honest, I am just soooo happy to see the change in my temps and how stable they are, and it's just soo nice to feel confident with my doctor and with my path of treatment, so either way, i'm just happy I have found Dr Sun!!
Xiexie ni Dr Sun!
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/387c91
my beautiful chart!
Dr Sun Fun - Parts 4 & 5
Sorry for the lack of blogging.
I have started an extra job and have had friends visiting, and well just haven't had the time!
But anyway, onto Dr Sun Fun!
According to my usual cycle, I have a rather short Luteal phase of between 9 and 13days so I was really curious to see what would happen with this cycle. I started seeing Dr Sun just before my AF came the month before, so technically this is cycle one.
From the start of the cycle I noticed a very dramatic change - my temps were just sooooo stable! They are usually pretty erratic (although I thought this was normal) although I am able to notice a difference between my low temp phase and post-O, high temp phase.
This month my temps have been virtually the same temperature EVERYDAY! with the occasional day when it is 0.01C lower or higher!!
Obviously I was extremely excited and I was really hoping I would O at a normal time and have a normal LP for a change!
Mr Man and I tried our absolute hardest in the babymaking department, however, the more we tried, the more I didn't O... and didn't O.. to the point where I started questioning whether the herbs were making me have an annovulatory cycle.
I went back to Dr Sun (visit 4) and he was pretty disappointed to hear that I hadn't O'ed yet either. So he changed my herbs again, and changed my acupuncture again, and I literally O'ed the next day CD18!! (I don't know whether I would have O'ed then normally but anyway..)
O pains this month were weird. I felt like I was getting AF.. And that feeling hasn't gone away.
My temps post O were also amazingly stable, and I was pretty proud to show Dr Sun my chart on Friday (visit 5). He was pretty impressed (he is becoming as obsessed with my chart as I am!) and high-fived me!! lol
Even if this isn't my cycle this month, I'm just SOOO proud of my temps!!
They are beautiful!
I can just see how much healthier my body had become with just 5 weeks of herbs and acupuncture and it's really given me the confidence to keep going and not give up hope of that BFP!!
Total costs for visit 4 & 5 = 190NT each (AU$6.10)
Total so far: 910NT (AU$30)
I have started an extra job and have had friends visiting, and well just haven't had the time!
But anyway, onto Dr Sun Fun!
According to my usual cycle, I have a rather short Luteal phase of between 9 and 13days so I was really curious to see what would happen with this cycle. I started seeing Dr Sun just before my AF came the month before, so technically this is cycle one.
From the start of the cycle I noticed a very dramatic change - my temps were just sooooo stable! They are usually pretty erratic (although I thought this was normal) although I am able to notice a difference between my low temp phase and post-O, high temp phase.
This month my temps have been virtually the same temperature EVERYDAY! with the occasional day when it is 0.01C lower or higher!!
Obviously I was extremely excited and I was really hoping I would O at a normal time and have a normal LP for a change!
Mr Man and I tried our absolute hardest in the babymaking department, however, the more we tried, the more I didn't O... and didn't O.. to the point where I started questioning whether the herbs were making me have an annovulatory cycle.
I went back to Dr Sun (visit 4) and he was pretty disappointed to hear that I hadn't O'ed yet either. So he changed my herbs again, and changed my acupuncture again, and I literally O'ed the next day CD18!! (I don't know whether I would have O'ed then normally but anyway..)
O pains this month were weird. I felt like I was getting AF.. And that feeling hasn't gone away.
My temps post O were also amazingly stable, and I was pretty proud to show Dr Sun my chart on Friday (visit 5). He was pretty impressed (he is becoming as obsessed with my chart as I am!) and high-fived me!! lol
Even if this isn't my cycle this month, I'm just SOOO proud of my temps!!
They are beautiful!
I can just see how much healthier my body had become with just 5 weeks of herbs and acupuncture and it's really given me the confidence to keep going and not give up hope of that BFP!!
Total costs for visit 4 & 5 = 190NT each (AU$6.10)
Total so far: 910NT (AU$30)
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