SU/MSU Experimenters Buddy Group Oct. 2009

PurpleDream:

graceabounds:

This is such a nice response PD! It can be soooo frustrating.

 Thank you. I definitely understand how it can be REALLY frustrating!  I've been there!  If it wasn't for the great support here on EGS  , I probably would've given up a long time ago...Kwim?

Oh absolutely! I've been attempting since May (diet since March - with a few two week breaks) and although I lurk more than post, if it wasn't for those of you who stick with it month after month, I'd have given up ages ago. For those of you that are first trying and getting frustrated, here are some of my experiences:

1. I literally blew up a centrifuge.

2. This was my third centrifuge I was trying.

3. While transfering a sample from the tt to the diva, I dropped it down the sink.

4. I blew up a light bulb on a brand new microscope to then...

5. order a new one and did the same thing.

6. Egg white sank my first six practice tries.

7. For the longest time my DH was the only one that could focus the microscope to see the swimmers.

8. On my first official attempt, I had never practiced the lime because I thought that would be the easy step to GDC/SU/TBM and didn't realize I needed to give the lime time to kick in - yep, killed them all with a pH of 3.

9. And really, worst of all for me is the diet i.e. lack of energy.

I could go on and on about the amount of time it takes from start to finish and how we've had to be creative during the day because of DSs, but it's all part of this process! Now, I feel like I can do it in my sleep but man, it took me forever to get there. KEEP IT UP LADIES! IT DOES GET EASIER!!!!!! Now if only for a pink BFP!

Thanks everyone for your replies pleased I am not the only one struggling. I was hoping to try this cycle and days are running out as DH has to abstain at least 7 days before, is that right? What exactly is the mesh idea?

Purpledream - thanks, what fruits and juice is your Dh eating to get the most sugars? confused as what to give him as was trying to keep him on the girl diet as much as possible.

Sorry more questions, how do you do the sudafed, does DH take the tablets before taking his sample or do you do something with the tablets? What strength are the tablets? Sorry to be a pain but you seem to have tried everything. Are you still doing SU? Thanks so much.

Purple Dream and Grace - Thank you so much. I will try the smaller TT tonight and the preseed as well - and watch the temp for the whole hour. I am not doing the 7 day abstenance as that kills everything off. Western I have posted pictures of my mesh in the photo post back in the main section. Let me know if you can't find it and I will post a link.

Really appreciate all your help. I could just trow in the towel right now but again I don't want to be dreaming of a daughter for the rest of my life. A boy is fine but I want no regrets that I didn't try all I could. Thanks girls your the best !!!!

My dh is eating strawberries & raspberries.  Regarding the juice, we tend to stick with cranberry or cran raspberry or cran strawberry. 

We don't do anything with the tablets, he just takes the phenylephrine 10mg.  He takes them with a glass of water and gives the sudafed about 2 hours to work. Then, we retrieve his sample and yes, we are still doing SU. 

Since EGS is where I started, I want to let you all know that I am currently waiting on my bfp. My lp is normally 12 days and I am now on 17dpo (according to FF).  Ovusoft has me at 16dpo.  Anyways, I had a faint line yesterday but nothing this morning.  I will keep you posted on what's going on. Please keep your FX!  Oh, I almost forgot...wanted to ask you ladies-when do you think I O'd? 

PurpleDream:

Since EGS is where I started, I want to let you all know that I am currently waiting on my bfp. My lp is normally 12 days and I am now on 17dpo (according to FF).  Ovusoft has me at 16dpo.  Anyways, I had a faint line yesterday but nothing this morning.  I will keep you posted on what's going on. Please keep your FX!  Oh, I almost forgot...wanted to ask you ladies-when do you think I O'd? 

 Ooh how exciting. Keeping my fingers crossed for you! 

 PurplDream - my fingers are crossed for you!

Well today I was making scrambled eggs for my sons and thought I would just test the ph of the ew before mixing it all up (as I've only just got my ph tester and havent tested much yet) and it said 8.5 - thats no way near high enough is it, it has to be 9.9 or as near to doesnt it? They were fresh barn eggs - but not pasturised.

western93:

Sorry more questions, how do you do the sudafed, does DH take the tablets before taking his sample or do you do something with the tablets? What strength are the tablets? Sorry to be a pain but you seem to have tried everything. Are you still doing SU? Thanks so much.

This is from the FAQ for the woman; it doesn't say anything about DH taking them unless there's been a new finding I'm not aware of. I take two every six hours or so starting the day before I'm going to O.

 Before sex
Sudafed (not pe) real drug name is: pseudoephedrine: (a few hours before sex) this is taken to lower pH and dry up cm

lola1979:

Well today I was making scrambled eggs for my sons and thought I would just test the ph of the ew before mixing it all up (as I've only just got my ph tester and havent tested much yet) and it said 8.5 - thats no way near high enough is it, it has to be 9.9 or as near to doesnt it? They were fresh barn eggs - but not pasturised.

8.5 isn't high enough but it only needs to be above 9.0

(9.0-9.9)

PurpleDream:

Since EGS is where I started, I want to let you all know that I am currently waiting on my bfp. My lp is normally 12 days and I am now on 17dpo (according to FF).  Ovusoft has me at 16dpo.  Anyways, I had a faint line yesterday but nothing this morning.  I will keep you posted on what's going on. Please keep your FX!  Oh, I almost forgot...wanted to ask you ladies-when do you think I O'd? 

Oh, I sooo hope this is your month! You sure deserve it, girl. I'd have to agree with FF - Day 12.

Time to get off here for me (no +ions, please). I'm 1dpo. The LONG wait begins....

graceabounds:

Sudafed (not pe) real drug name is: pseudoephedrine: (a few hours before sex) this is taken to lower pH and dry up cm

Just checked my sudafed, I've lost the box it came in but on the packet it says Non drowsy Sudafed congestion relief - phenylephrine hydrochloride - is this ok to take or not????

They are both sudafed.  IMO, either one works.  I haven't seen a difference between the two. IF you want pseudoephedrine, you have to get it from behind the counter...it's not out on the shelves anymore. 

We have found that the sudafed helps my dh's semen thicken up.  If he drinks tons of fluids, it can be very watery and extremely difficult to float.  The sudafed isn't going to hurt my dh's swimmers...so I believe that it is okay to thicken up his semen to help the ew float.  I don't have to take the sudafed to dry up my cm or lower my pH.  I never get the ew but I do put it in my Ovusoft program & FF to help it narrow in on my O day easily.  Plus, my pH normally runs 4.15-4.4.

I'm still waiting on my bfp. Temps are still up but no positive yet...it doesn't surprise me too much since I always get late bfp's...but this is getting ridiculous!

PurpleDream:

Since EGS is where I started, I want to let you all know that I am currently waiting on my bfp. My lp is normally 12 days and I am now on 17dpo (according to FF).  Ovusoft has me at 16dpo.  Anyways, I had a faint line yesterday but nothing this morning.  I will keep you posted on what's going on. Please keep your FX!  Oh, I almost forgot...wanted to ask you ladies-when do you think I O'd? 

I think you are going to get a BFP this month with those temps! I really hope so it looks so god for you! So are you doing just o+12? FX!!

PurpleDream:

I had a faint line yesterday but nothing this morning.

I can't say that I'm doing just an O+12.  I'm going through O...I'm doing 1 day before O (around 36 hrs before O, as best as I can do) and the O+12...all of them are SU and I'm using the diva cup.  I really feel that I am pg.  I just went through all my pregnancy files trying to figure out how many days past O or since my lmp to figure out when I got my bfp's with them.  Apparently, I've always gotten my bfp's late.  I thought ds1 was my earliest but now I'm not so sure.  Apparently, I got my bfp 4 wks and 5 days after my lmp...so it was roughly 17-18dpo (I think, it could have been longer).