TTC a girl in Summer or Fall 2012

Looks like a BFP to me too, Ponytails! Good luck!

Thanks ladies!! Ok, so I need advice now I am only 7DPO, I O'd last Monday.....dtd on Friday eve and took that digital test and got those weird lines. Now this morning I caved and bought tests last night. They are Walgreens brand (the blue dye, which sucks). Anyways, I took it this morning (FMU) and I could see something in the test area. It was like a skinny faint blue line. I looked at it for 10 mins straight and it was getting a little darker but the line was skinny!! But, now an hour later it is a 4- sure a LINE...no doubt!!! Do those get false readings like that. It's a blue test dye and I have never had a line show up like this. I will post in a few. My kids are running around and want breakfast and I am going running so when I get back. But, I am freaking out! This early...wow!! I feel like I am......I have been getting weird twinges in my lower back all morning and in the middle of the night.

So I finally got my positive OPK! Thankfully it was around midday yesterday and I am heading home today so hoping for my O+12 attempt to be tonight! Not sure what to do about FR cause I have been gone and dh says he his not doing anything on his own lol so what if we don't have time to do FR before attempt? I guess just go for it and hope there is a swimmer left to fertilize the egg? Timing couldn't have been more crazy than this. I am just glad I didn't get that surge sooner then my attempt wouldn't happen. Once I see the changes in cm I am going to attempt. I am going to use Refresh during and if ph is high after I will probably use a little lime douche at the entrance. Also increase cranberry and CL all day. And I am taking Benadryl for allergies and Sudafed for cold so those will already be on board. Any advice before I do this? I do want to mention that I was reading over the O+12 idiot guide last night and it said "only do 1 attempt" cause there were sway oppsites from dtd a few times after O cause dtd raises ph, which makes sense. So this will be my 1 and only shot this cycle and hope it works! Thanks ladies for your support, I will keep you updated!

Yay!! Good luck Kat!!! Ok, so this is the test I got......

Congrats Ponytails! If that's not positive I don't know what is!!!

Ponytails! That looks like the first 2 tests I took with my DS2! I was testing early, so I waited 3 days for af then took another, which was the day af was due and it was clear and darker! So keep us updated but that deff looks like an early positive! Kat! Yay! I hope your attempt goes smoothly for you!! Im still waiting on a +OPK, so hopefully Ill be the next one..I'll be sending some prayers up for you ladies today!

Ponytails - Yup, that's a positive!!!  I took early tests with my DS#2 and that is what they looked like, faint but definitely a line.

Kats - How long has it been since dtd?  I was originally thinking of a long abstinence but then I read a bunch of stuff about possible birth defects and that the sperm isn't healthy enough to get to the egg after a long abstinence.  I think 7 days is about the limit so if it has been longer then you should do FR.  You could do one release right after DH gets home and then a few hours later do your attempt.  That will lower the sperm count and it won't raise your pH if you do the release by hand outside of your body.  I am convinced that one attempt is really the best for a girl.  Low sperm count definitely sways girl!!!  Good luck and fingers crossed for that baby girl!!!  Also, I wanted to ask you a question about antihistamines.  Is Benadryl the best for drying you out or do all antihistamines act about the same?  I was taking the generic Claritin but I bought the generic Benadryl yesterday and I was going to try it.  Oh, and about the lime, I tried it a few days ago and it didn't lower my pH at all.  You might try lime before DH gets home and see if it works, if not then you could run out and get some Replens.  I'm so excited that Ponytails used Replens and got a BFP because I think it might be the best option for lowering pH.  I'm definitely going to use Replens now.

Great....so does that mean if I am pregnant that I am gonna have a boy again??? Aw man.......I did get a BFP early with my boys but not this early!! Usually a few days before AF I have tested! I swear this has to be a BFP!! But now I am sooooooooooooooo worried that this is gonna be another boy!! I mean regardless I want a healthy baby more than anything else but I really was hoping for a girl. Now with getting this so early (if this is in fact a BFP) I am scared now that its not different.......right???/ Know what I mean?? Although this is super early to get a BFP I just thought maybe a girlI would get a BFP really late maybe??? I dont know!!!

Ponytails if That is a bfp I am so excited for you! Sure looks like it though! If you really want to Obsess over it There is a site That has pictures of hpt's and results, I was on there last month for days it's. Very addicting! I really don't think that when you show positive on a test has anything to do with gender I think if you have more than 1 baby in there it would show up early but other than that I am not sure it matters. Praying pink for you! So now I'm a little nervous. I checked cm before leaving the house for my long drive home and my cm has already turned white. How much more time do I have to get the O+12 window? It will be another 4 hours until I see dh so hope it's not too late! Stressful! Mountainviews I would think that Any antihistamines would work to dry you up I just use benadryl cuz it doesn't give me side effects. However was something like claritin which is a long acting med you you might notice more of a gradual affect overtime, as opposed to a short acting med like benadryl. Does that make sense? Sorry for all the typos I am on my phone stopped for a break talk about obsessive lol!

Ponytails - I don't think an early BFP means boy.  Actually, I only tested a few days before AF with DS#2 and it was very light.  So your test is even earlier than that.  Happy Medium posted an interesting theory (see main page questions) on what side you ovulate on and if you have an early or late BFP and how that might give you a clue about gender.  I think you had a great sway and a good chance at getting your long awaited daughter so I can't wait for you ultrasound to find out for sure what you are having.

Kats - thanks for the info on antihistamines, I'll try one for a couple of weeks and then switch for a couple of weeks to see which one works better.  I've got a cold now so I'm also thinking of picking up a decongestant but I'm nursing my DS#3 still so I need to figure out which one, if any, I can use.  I'm so excited for your attempt.  If your cm is starting to turn creamy then you should have a great O+12 attempt.  I have read that you have until O+20 to possibly conceive so you should be good on time.  If not then this will be a good practice run for next month.

Oh, Ponytails! I'd bet my life savings that you've got a nice BFP there! Any line, no matter how faint, is a positive test. A 'false positive' is incredibly rare, I'd start daydreaming about your next little munchkin :) Congratulations! Keep us all updated :)

Ponytails, I agree with the other girls, I dont think getting such an early BFP would be any indication thats its a boy, I just think you have a healthy little jeanbean in there that is strong enough to up your levels early!

Heres a question for you Kats, Ive noticed that Sudefed will lower my ph, but Im not sure how quick, I have a "test run" earlier this month after dtd I took one, then fell asleep, I checked it 4 hours later and iit was low, but Im not sure how long it took it to get there, should I take Sudefed in the days or week leading up to O, or just the day of O, Im hoping it will help lower our combined Ph because thats normally around 7, well that and Replens 30 min. before dtd, but does it help more if I take it on a regular basis in the days before O do you think? Good Luck, Im sure you will get home in time to work on a little girl!

Luvcole, that is kind of strange that Sudafed is lowering your ph, is it decreasing your cm or making it more creamy cause I think that lowers ph too.  To answer your question I would try to limit the Sudafed intake as much as possible.  I am not a fan of Sudafed because of the fact I am an RN and knows what it does to your body and I don't like the way it makes me feel.  I will use it but only if I am sick and nothing else works.  There is a reason that they use it to make methamphetamine.  But anyway, taken according to the instructions for a limited time should not hurt you and it sounds like you can still sleep after taking it which is good!  If it were me I would only take in around ovulation.  Maybe a day or two before but not for the whole week.  I would use other things like the Replens to keep ph low.  I have been using allergy meds and Sudafed PE regularly because I have been sick and suprisingly it has not dried my cm up in the slightest.  And nothing seems to lower my ph for an extended period, including the CL and cranberry I have been taking for months.  Maybe I should try Sudafed lol!  I tried lime douche a couple hours ago and it worked for a couple hours so I am using that after dtd later tonight but I will probably using Replens next cycle if I don't get a BFP.  I am so confused with the O+12!  I had creamy, non stretchy cm earlier today after it being EWCM all weekend so I was worried I was in the period I should be dtd but now that I am close to attempt cm is watery again!  What the heck, shouldn't it stay creamy and/or dry if it really is the end of ovulation like I thought.  I did have a positive OPK yesterday.  Why does this have to be so difficult?  If I had any patience at all I would wait to ttc a few more months until my cycle was more regular, my diet was better, my ph was lower, my temping was consistent, etc.  I am hoping the timing will help me get my girl so that at least has to be right!  Good luck to you by the way Luvcole I hope you get your +OPK soon and can make your attempt! :)

I agree! I don't think it's any indication to baby gender. I have two sons. My first I got a BFP a few days before missed AF. Second son it took a few days after AF was due. I actually started spotting and thought I wasn't pregnant and then I just decided to take a test anyway and sure enough a faint line!

 NO way is it an indication of baby's gender. Both of my boys were different pg tests. First, BOLD lines a day before missed period. Second, faint lines days after missed period. Pink dust!!!!!

 

Question for you ladies....what is the pH level of your DHs sample? I was shocked last night that my husband's was EIGHT!!!!