Rainbows From Rain

In the few weeks leading up to my BFP, I was not even actively TTC or tracking my BBT at all.  We had been TTC for 9 years and had one miscarriage in 2011 so I had pretty much given up. We were not using protection of course, so not preventing but I honestly didn't think it was going to happen for us.  I had lost all hope.  Month after month of BFN's will do that to a person.   So that month (May/June 2016) I had just started taking Zoloft.  That's the only reason I was documenting any symptoms.  I wasn't looking for pregnancy symptoms at all - I was just recording how I was feeling, how much energy I had, etc. so that I could see whether the Zoloft was working or not.  So today I went back to my previous blogs and pulled any pertinent information that could be pregnancy related.  Oddly enough I was having symptoms at only 2dpo.  Can't say for sure they were pregnancy symptoms because I had not implanted yet, but it's a fact that when an egg ...

My chart as of this morning.....   To be honest I don't have very much optimism about this cycle.  Hubby was in the hospital for several days in the week prior to O.  He came home on Monday the 15th and we managed to BD once before I O'd.  We BD'd on CD 17 at like 2am, or you could say the night of CD 16 - depending on how you look at it.  It was a pretty strongly positive opk....   So that was the afternoon of CD 17.  I am almost certain that I felt O when it happened which was CD 18 around 6-7am.  Around that time I got really crampy and had some sharpish pains on BOTH sides.  Normally it's just the one side (usually the right).  But it was distinctively both sides so I'm hoping maybe I had a double O which would be cool because it doubles my chances and also gives me hope of having twins, which would be such a blessing! So symptom run-down.... CD 16/17 - At 2am on the night of cd 16/morning of cd 17 we did BD.  Used baby oil as l...

Well my last blog entry was apparently at 7dpo on my previous cycle.  I didn't get pregnant that cycle, although I nearly drove myself crazy testing and thinking I saw lines.  In the end though, the witch arrived right on time - May 1st, 2017. She was here for a full 5 days plus 2 days of spotting.  I know I said in a previous blog post that I would list all my supplements.  Well I've made a few slight changes but here it is as of now..... I essentially take my vitamins and supplements twice per day.  Morning and evening.  I take a total of 17 pills in the morning and another 15 in the evening plus 3+ at bedtime as needed.  Some of them are medications I take for depression, some for overall health and some specifically for TTC.  The ones for TTC are in bold. St. John's Wort (for depression) B-Complex (general health) Omega 3 Fatty Acids (general health, Nexium (heartburn) Baby Aspirin (general health) 5-htp (depression) Fertilaid (overall fertili...