Trying for a 2016 baby

I was just googling to try and find a good link explaining the difference between folate and folic acid. Up until now I hadn't actually read anywhere that it can affect your cycle (though it has other bad side effects, like increasing cancer risks!), but I just came upon this article which says it can actually affect one's ability to conceive!

www.nourishbaby.com.au/folic-acid-and-folate/

@Mrs Smith
Oh my gosh, I didn't even know that the folic acid I'm currently taking (the yellow 5mg that the pharmacy sells) might be messing with my cycle! I usually have a 27-28day cycle but the last few cycles where 25 days! Sometimes they go back to 25 days and then back to 28 days, but I also have PCOS so it might be that as well?

Hellooo Ladies!

I hope everyone had a nice looooong weekend and another one just around the corner!

@Anzel
I'm so so sorry about your BFN and AF showing up. Sometimes in ttc it is good take a break but don't give up! Hope is not lost and your time will come when you can finally be a mom. Thinking of you hun!

@jaybee
So sorry your levels are not what you wished it would be and that you might not be O'ing. But I must say your chart looks good and it looks like you did get O? Your EWCM also is a good indicator. I'm no expert but as far as I'm concerned those are all tell tale signs of O.
Maybe it was just this one cycle that levels where low? Who knows but please don't give up! Thinking of you

@Lillyr
Sorry to hear about your cold! Urgh! I just hate the flu! Please stay warm and rested and take good care of you and little bean!

@Babydream
Hi there hun, how are you doing?

@MTC, Mrs Smith, Liza, Ninies and Chanti
How are you ladies doing and what CD and DPO you on today? Any tests for anyone coming up? Who is in the 2ww?

@Nikita
Sorry about Af. She can be such a drag queen sometimes! Lol! Sorry that you didn't get that BFP this month, holding thumbs for the new cycle. Have you tried using the normal folic acid that the pharmacy pre packs and sells? I'm taking it at the moment and it only costs about R5 for 30 and R10 for 60. With them I take a multi vitamin and vitamin B6. Others tabs that have all off them combined is pregnavit M, but they are a bit expensive going for R75-R90. Some of the other ladies on here are also using them

AFM:
CD13 and apparently 1DPO according to my chart. Luckily me and DF did loooots of BD over the long weekend. That's why I love the cold days, so much fun staying indoors, in bed hope we caught our eggy!

Ha ha Chanti - a rushed lunch time shopping trip resulted in my forgetting to buy the opks anyway, and I won't get to the shops again before Thursday, which will put me on cd 14 and my expected ov day anyway so at least now i can't waste them

Nikitia - I noticed a few times during this past year every time I used "normal" (aka synthetic) folic acid (the cheap 5mg yellow pills from the pharmacists) my cycles would get all messed up and wacky. They were also the cycles I was most convinced I was pg. I have read up a lot of bad things about synthetic folic acid and how it messes with your system, so now I use SOLAL folic acid which is the natural folate form and my cycles are loads better. Perhaps look into getting some of that?

Hi Ladies,

@Anzel, sorry that you were let down again, I cant begin to imagine how you must feel.

@Mrs Smith all these opks can get very expensive, I need to buy some again but then I wonder if it is worth buying it lol.

So I stopped taking my Folic Acid Forte about 2 nights ago (I read the side effects and I basically had all of them - that is literally just my luck and it is a joke I am the one who always gets these funny side effects lol). I really thought that I was pregnant and had so much signs that it wasn't even funny. I used 4 pregnancy sticks, it was horrible. AF arrived 3 days early - I now went from a 27 day cycle to a 25 day cycle, and let me just say that AF wasn't very nice this month, I had so much pain on Saturday I actually just cracked when I got home on Friday evening, I had light spotting in the morning that they say is normal if you are pregnant (I really had high hopes) and by the afternoon AF arrived in all her glory. My poor DH didn't know what to do, but I feel much better was a bit depressed this weekend but hey what can we do. I am going ahead with my BBT charting will see how it goes this month.

@Jay-Bee - goodluck with your cycle this month

@Chanti - Here is to a lot of positive happy BD your way so that you can get that BFP

@Ninies - I hope you get your BFP soon, just don't loose faith.

Here is to positive and happy thoughts to all you ladies on the TTC journey.
Baby dust to all

@Jay-Bee - FX that this is ur cycle and that little eggy escapes to meet his friend this time.

@Ninies - I pray that you reach your BFP before exhausting all options you are willing to try. Try and stay relaxed and keep some fun in the whole TTC journey.

@MrsSmith- Thank-you! Hahaha maybe draw the money and put it aside and only buy the OPK's once you know the Big O has gone by. I suppose you could also just use this cycle to track your body and see if your patterns are continuous If we don't get a BFP this cycle then i am definitely going all out with OPK's next cycle to make sure i am on track.

Holding thumbs for you Chanti!

Nothing much going on for me. I think ov is due this week (CD12 today). We only bd'd once last week and then again this morning. Though this morning is possibly a bit close to potential ov considering i'm meant to be avoiding pg this cycle (I actually thought I was CD10 today, just counted and realised I'm actually CD12! Ha ha!)
But we'll see. I'm not going to avoid completely, will just take it all as it comes and see what happens.

Got paid today so want to buy some opks in prep for next month, but I have a sneaky suspicion i'm going to probably land up using them over the next day or 2 just for interest sake LoL. So much for stocking up! Will only buy the normal ones though, not the expensive clear blue digis. will save those for next month.