Time to begin TTC 2018!

@Cands, it's okay to feel emotional and scared. But you are stronger than you think and you have to stay positive. What else is there left if we cant at least stay positive and hopeful?
You will rise above this feeling and you will overcome your fear. Stay strong.

Hey all,

I am having one of my emotional days again. Just working out the cost of this and I knew it was going to be expensive but I am worrying that this may not happen and I have spent so much :'( Yes it is worth it like everyone says but I am so scared :'(

Thanks Carien - that was so interesting and insightful! It makes so much more sense now.

Cool, happy to hear you used them as well, I seem to be on the more acidic side on it which is great, I also read recently that 4 and below is too log for swimmers to survive, I was around a 5-6 on those, so should be fine.

Wanted to share a link with you ladies if you have 15 mins to kill. It is all about our cycles and how it can affect weight mngt and working out and all those nice things...so if you have the time to kill, it is rather interesting
www.facebook.com/JamesSmithPT/videos/118...kBLd3_7Q7KYS5dA3BU90

@CarienM - that's the pH strip I use as well. Good luck with the work load - wish I could say the same, then this 2WW wouldn't crawl by so slowly.

@Jay-Bee, I am also 2DPO. I am a little bit concerned because my temp have not risen much. It is on my normal cover line which is 36.6C. I am thinking that it has something to do with progesterone??? My temp never shoots up after ovulation like most ladies. I don't know what to do, but I am taking Zinc and Vit E and hoping for the best. I am definitely NOT going to symptom spot this cycle. I am not even going to focus on symptoms or BBT or anything. I am patiently going to wait for AF to show. The only weird and new thing happening this week is my low blood sugar levels. I have been feeling lightheaded, nauseas and very hungry since yesterday. I have to eat the whole time. So I am hoping that it is the progesterone that is doing that!
I am suppose to go for my progesterone on Sunday - 7DPO. Are you doing yours on Friday @ 5DPO? I don't know of any clinic that is open on a Sunday to do the test, but perhaps I can move it to the Monday?

@ Reece, I got my +OPK over the weekend and 2DPO today and want to go for my Progesterone test on Friday. What DPO are you?

@ Lagoggies, sorry to hear about AF. Hope you feel better as this flu is terrible

@ Ayesha, I am also doing the OPK, temping, charting and going to do the pH strips for the next cycle now as well. FX for you

@ Carien, thank you for the pic, I am definitely going to buy it. My husband thinks that I am crazy for trying to sway as he doesn't believe it could work. I have not started the diet yet but will probably in the next week or so... a bit lazy to be dedicated to it

Morning ladies, sorry for the delay in posting a pic of the PH strips, but please see attached. Just got it at dischem, I asked at the self medication counter first but thats where they had the expensive ones, they sent me to the front where you generally have the supplements and things and that is where I found this one.

AFM - I am a bit overwhelmed at the moment with the amount of work that I have to do and then even more overwhelmed with the amount of information I found on gender swaying...its just too much. Like I said yesterday, there are ladies that go nuts on this thing, and then still have the other gender. I think you can really only do as much as you can do, the rest is up to God.

Wishing everyone a lovely day