Ok, so instead of talking about the past and filling you guys in on EVERY detail I think I will summarize and basically start fresh and talk about my day to day ttc struggles! SO, after officially ttc for 9 months naturally, I've decided I need to be more proactive in making something happen! I haven't made an appointment with the doctor yet because they say you should wait 12ish months before seeking help, so I have three months to go and because I am so damn stubborn and hate going to the doctor, I REALLY want this to work naturally. Let's see, like I said in one of my older posts I have an extremely irregular period, so counting cycle days really isn't an option for me. Over the last 9 months, my husband and I have been going about our usual business and I was taking a pregnancy test about every 3-4 weeks....with no luck. I thought about what route I'd like to go next....either tracking my basal body temp (BBT) or using an ovulation predictor kit (OPK), I decided to go with the OPK and I'm super excited because I got a great deal off EBAY, and my tests showed up today!! So Day 1, I thought I would do a pregnancy test first just because it's been about two weeks, and it was negative. Next I took the ovulation test which was also negative...boo! For those of you who aren't familiar with OPKs...the way it works is you dip the test strip in a cup of your urine for 5 seconds, then lay the test flat and wait a few minutes, it will detect your level luteinizing hormone (LH) which is your hormone that surges right before ovulation. If you get a positive, that means you should be ovulating in 24-48 hours (depending on the test). I'm going to be testing every day for the next month and hopefully by being able to better track my ovulation, it will happen for us soon!!
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