Cycle 3 a bust....moving on...

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 fertility)
  • Ovaboost (ovulation support)
  • Ubiquinol (overall fertility)
  • NAC (for both fertility and depression)
  • Guaifenesin (helps with CM)
  • Vitex (overall fertility)
  • Maca (overall fertility)
  • True Balance Multivitamin (fertility and depression)
  • Prenatal Vitamin (overall fertility)
This is my 2nd full cycle on the Fertilaid and Ovaboost, my 2nd cycle on Maca and my first cycle on Vitex, Guaifenesin and NAC.

So currently I'm on CD 17 and this is the usual O time for me - between CD 16 and 22 with CD 18 being the most common.  I've been taking OPK's since CD 11 and have been tracking my BBT as well.

As of today my OPK's have been negative but I think they may be getting slightly darker, even if just by a hair.  I'm expecting to see a positive OPK within the next two days.  Due to DH being hospitalized for several days, I haven't been able to BD as much as I would prefer.  Also haven't had the most accurate temps at times for this reason.  However he's home now and we resumed TTC as of this morning at 2:15am (or could be considered the night of 16dpo).  We used baby oil as lube because we are out of preseed and it's so expensive plus dries too quickly.  Baby oil is sperm friendly from what I read while researching it.  I also used an instead cup after we BD'd and laid down with hips elevated for 15 minutes.

I feel like maybe I'm a little more relaxed this cycle, not as high strung as I have been.  I'd like to avoid taking any tests but I know me and that's not happening.  So I do plan to order some cheapie tests and see what happens.  I might order some of the 10miu tests along with the 25miu tests.  And I'll buy a pack of FRER and perhaps a digi for backup.  

I guess that's it for now.  I'll try to update more often!

OPK's thus far...

 
 


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