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Chrissy....I know that the waiting has got to be killing you....I feel for you!! Our time here in Alabama is the same as yours...so you only have about one-half hour or so and then you can call!! Good Luck Girl!!!
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I agree with Lisa, Michele - hang in there.
It is 10:10am Wisconsin time...
Test drawn at 9:30... lab tech said it takes an hour to run. Triage nurse (my doc's not in on weds) said get test and call her in two hours.
So here I sit - trying to decide how "patient" I am going to pretend to be.... split the differentce call at 11am. Does the nurse know WHEN I had the draw... does it show on her paper work? Will she know I am jumping her original instructions???? Do I really care???
DARN ALL THIS WAITING!!!!
Debs.... are you with Michele and I - are you testing?
Michele...Just my opinion, but your chart looks wonderful! I definitely think that you "O" on CD 11. Your temps are still up AND they have been consistently sustained during your LP. Hang in there...it still just may be too early! Good Luck girl!
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I don't feel pregnant at all. A few more days yet, boy is this crazy! All the waiting, the hoping.... With only one chance every once in a while LOL we've got our work cut out for us!
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Chrissy - our resident scientist! You are just too much!
Debs - send the link to FF, I would like to see your chart.
Lisa - amesome testimony, your eye on the prize.
For me ladies, again this am a BFN. I am sending a link to my chart, if any of you have any suggestions, I will gladly take them. It seems that without doing the opk's my chart again this month is messed up. Last month I had to move the line myself since our luetal phase is not supposed to change???
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Deb's....I hope Ryan has a wonderful 21st B-Day!!! My Ashley will be 21 on May 31st! Just think..back in 1987 we gave birth just 17 days apart! Let's do that again! LOL!
Okay Deb's..I re-read your post...and between your chart, FF saying you may have a triphasic pattern, the possible 2nd line yesterday...and with your gagging...hopefully this is your month!!!
To answer your question....Sperm remain alive in the mucus of the cervix and are able to fertilize an egg for three to five days. WOW!! 3-5 DAYS!!! Now...do your math and hopefully you will have your BFP!!!!! I hope Shane is doing well after his Surgery!
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Berta...Thanks for stopping in! Yes, the Clomid is awful....but I have my eye on that ultimate prize!! (Hopefully)!! I hope things are going well for you!!
Donna....Glad your trip went well! I DO have my fingers crossed for you...that your will get your BFP this month!!
Michele...I still have my fingers crossed for you as well! And I will have to say...your outlook is amazing! I love your plan...."I will not stop dreaming, having hope and faith"! Keep us posted!
Chrissy....If you see a pink line.... .....this may just be your BFP!!!! Fingers and toes crossed for you...can't wait for you to test in the morning!
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Ugh! I am such a moron! I tested again tonight. Oh... I can CONVINCE myself there is a faint line there. Then I read on POAS.com:
What's an evaporation line? Evaporation ("evap") lines result with the test's antibody strip just looks slightly different than the space around it. There is a line of antibodies (usually made from mouse cells) in the Control and Test section. The Control line binds with any liquid and turns pink (or blue, in tests using blue dye.) The Test/Result line turns pink only if pregnancy hormone is detected. If not, the moisture passes over this strip and does not turn pink. It may, however, become more visible when the light hits the moisture on the strip-- it may appear gray, colorless, like a "dent" in the test, or like a "ghost line." It may appear at any time-- as soon as the urine hits it, after a few minutes as the test absorbs the moisture, or after the 10-minute time limit. It may appear when the test is drying, or after it has dried. It may disappear as the test is drying, or after the test has dried, or not disappear at all.
The simple fact is that there is always "something there" that is slightly visible-- it's simply the antibodies on the test that would turn pink in the presence of hCG. When the test becomes wet, or as it dries, or after it dries, the antibody strip may become more visible. Therefore, all tests may have them. It is not a defect; it's just how tests are made.
A real positive is identified by its color (pink or blue, whatever the color of the test's dye is) and its appearance within 10 minutes of urinating on the stick. A line that appears after 10 minutes, regardless of color, must be considered an evap line and is caused by the test's chemicals changing. HPT's are rapid assay diagnostics, which means any results appearing after the "rapid" time limit of 10 minutes are invalid.
So... the line looks more pink than grey or a dent - but I want it to be pink, right?!?!?
So again, I put myself in the boat of no stick for FMU. The lady at the store between here and the office is going to laugh at me if I walk in tomorrow. I think I will either call and make a BW test appt - or just wait til the end of the week. Waiting will kill me... but my doc and nurse aren't in on Wednesdays... I will call and leave a message for Thursday.
I can convince myself I feel AF's thigh cramps coming on....
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