Trying to Conceive

Well, my chart shows that I ovulated on Thursday the 6th, on CD 15. Honestly, I think I did on Friday the 7th because I was still feeling very bloated and the ovulation pains until late in the evening on the 7th. Who knows for sure. My temp didn’t go up a ton until Saturday, but it did go up a little on Friday. Either way, whats done is done! DH and I babydanced on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. So I kinda hope I O’d on Friday so the timing would be better, but either way we got a couple good times in while I was “fertile”.

It’s just with DH’s low sperm count I wonder if the little swimmers can really survive that long! So I’d like to get them in there RIGHT when the egg is out and ready! We will see! Depending on how long my LP (days from ovulation until period starts) is, I hopefully won’t start my period at all, but if I do hopefully not until the 21st, which would be CD 30 (used to be my norm!) and would give me a good LP of 15 days. But, my LP has been between 11 – 13 days so I kinda doubt it would be that long. I will probably get AF around the 19th.

Beyond DH’s problem of a low sperm count, I often wonder if my LP isn’t long enough. Last month I spotted for the first time. I know lots of women spot, but I never have! And I looked it up and it says that sometimes if you have low progesterone you can spot. Low progesterone would fit right in with a bad (short) Luteal Phase and make it hard for implantation to occur. I’ve also heard that if your temp after ovulation doesn’t stay high above your coverline that can mean you have low progesterone!! I have that sometimes to! Maybe I’m just worrying myself sick!

It would be SO great if we got a BFP this cycle. That would mean we wouldn’t have to spend lots of time and money on getting DH fixed or whatever we’re going to have to do in order to get pregnant! Plus, we’ve just been waiting for so long. It would be an answer to prayer and a dream, come true!

Hopefully this month I won’t convince myself that every little symptom I have is a sign that I’m pregnant! But so far that hasn’t worked out! I’ve just been having the strangest symptoms that I’ve never had before! Like spotting, cramping between DPO 7 – 10….which is when implantation occurs, AF being late! AHHHH!

Please pray for us, that this is the month!!! Baby dust to all!