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 Calling all you pregnant ladies...Submitted by JustAnotherSM on Mon, 01/29/2007 - 3:24am.I NEED help... I am looking for a couple of good sites on ovulation and pregnancy! I'm sort of confused about something and need a little assistance, so preferably one that has a good forum/message board. So, you know of any, could you please send me a link? Thanks soooo much! |
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parenting.ivillage/pregnancy
babycenter.com
pregnancy.org
urbanbaby.ca
babyzone.com
Hope these help.
Good Luck
Tyra
I second babycenter.com
They have great boards for anything you can think of. I even found a discussion on expectant mothers who have had a blood clot and have to inject blood thinners during their pregnancy like I do. I didn't know there were so many of us! So if you have questions on ovulation, you'll find answers there.
To directly access their bulletin boards, go to http://www.babycenter.com/bbs/
I used www.babymed.com to
I used www.babymed.com to help me 'get pregnant' Good luck!
THANKS LADIES!!!
THANKS SOOO MUCH!
Okay, keep your figures crossed for me, send LOTS of prayers, vibes my way. I NEED IT. I have a 50/50 chance for natural conception, and I think that my opportunity peeked this month...
My friend and I were talking, and when she was pregnant with her first child, I remember her saying... 'I knew the exact moment I was pregnant at conception itself. It was just different. I just knew. And my husband and I were cuddling, I even told him... I think I'm pregnant. Sure enough, a month later symptoms appeared.'
I know that is not normal, and most women don't know, but did you?
When did you first suspect you were pregnant? I'm just curious.
Man has the intelligence to change his life,
Sometimes, he just fails to use it...
I had both cases happen to me
When I got pregnant with both of my sons I "knew". But I was also trying so I may have been more in tune with symptoms when they started.
When I broke up with the married man, pregnancy was farthest from my mind. A month and a half later I had only light spotting periods and went to my OB/GYN to check it out. He told me that having spotting non- stop (every couple days for 6 weeks or more) meant I hadn't been ovulating and asked if I could be pregnant. This was after they had just done an internal ultrasound and I thought he knew something already he was waiting to share or something. I told him I had unprotected sex about 2 months before. He said, "Well...how bout we just do a pregnancy test to make sure. It was the longest 20 mins of my life, thinking "what will I do? I can't tell HIM. I don't want him this way'" (it's how he ended up married to his wife after they were only dating a few months). I also kept thinking if I did tell him and he did come to me what would his family think. His kids? They would all hate me, his W would be so much more justified to hate me...
It was negative. The stress of my heartache caused my ovulation to stop for several months. That can happen.
Then when I got pregnant with Anna, I was in the next to last semester of my BA. I had gotten married over spring break to DH (Mar 05) and we didn't use BC a few times once we were married. We weren't planning on trying til I was almost done with school, but a couple times didn't worry about it.
The second week of May, during FINALS week...I couldn't concentrate, kept getting migraines, wanted to sleep and eat, could care less about my grades and studying for finals. I took a vicodin several times one day and thought, "WHAT is WRONG with me?????"
I went to the calender and searched for my last red dot (that's how I mark it to remember- a red "period" for first day of last period!)
My cycles ran every 21 days. But not thinking, I counted to 28. It was the 29th day.
I called DH and said, "I'm late." To which he answered, "Where do you have to be?"
I said, "NO.... I'm LATE!"
He said, "Oh! How late?"
I said, "A day."
And then we both said well....only a day, what are the chances etc and hung up.
A few minutes later it dawned on me that I should have started 21 days from the dot...not 28. I called him back and said, "Ummmm....make that EIGHT days late!"
We got the test that night and I took it right away instead of waiting for the morning.
POSITIVE.
Good thing I had already applied to graduate in December!
Anyway...
that's my story of pregnancy and symptoms.
In my case I did know the first two because I was hoping to be and paid more attention.
The scare I had when single I had symptoms due to so much emotional stress but no pregnancy.
And when I got pregnant with Anna I had no clue because I wasn't thinking about being pregnant!
Don't know if that helps.
Are you late yet?
"Om Tare Tutare Ture Mama Ayurpunye Jnana Putin Kuru Svaha"
~Sita Tara Mantra
Yay! I'm sending my prego vibes!
I have to say, I had a "feeling" long before I officially found out I was pregnant. I can't say that it was at the moment of conception, but we had decided to start trying and I guess it was just me hoping really hard that it worked! I stopped drinking coffee "just in case", I was pretty sure way before my period was late. I was so glad when I found out what I suspected, because if I had to go through that sort of anticipation every month, I'd explode! (We nailed it on the first try. I take it for granted how fertile we are!)
Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
hmmm
I have to say, I think I first suspected I was pregnant when that second little line turned pink 6 tests and 3 different brands later.
LOL
Well, I'm not getting my hopes up, but I can't say the thought doesn't excite me. Everything is just perfect for it, so I am being wishful, I know.
Man has the intelligence to change his life,
Sometimes, he just fails to use it...
Learning about ovulation...
I recently started trying to keep better track of my ovulation schedule. I found different websites and started doing some reading - boy was I naive! Say you ovulate on Thursday. If you have sex on the Sunday before, you are considered fertile. The sperm can live in your body for several days. When you ovulate on Thursday, you could conceive at that point, if the sperm are still alive, without even having sex that day! That blew my mind! And I also read that the girls live longer than the boys, so if you're trying for a boy, have sex closer to ovulation.
Do you guys think any of those myths are true - about trying for a boy?? Whenever we get ready to start trying, I know my husband would love it if we could have a boy - any tips would be great!
chinese gender calendar...
They say it's accurate about 90% of the time (at least in china). It was right for 3 out of 4 of my kids. It does seem more accurate for boys for some reason...
Wow
I just checked it out and if I wanted to have a boy this year, there are only four months in 2007 that predict it would be a boy!
Chieese calander failed me
Chieese calander failed me both pregnancies. My son should have been a girl according to that theory and my daughter that I am prengnat with right now was predicted to be a boy.
Remind hubby that the sex of the child is all up to him...
The sex of the baby is all up to him...only he has the y chromosome to contribute...the pressure is on!
With my first child I tried
With my first child I tried to get pregnant with him for 18 months. WHen I did get pregnant I had no clue I was until 7 positive tests later. I couldn't believe it. But this time, I knew I was pregnant before any test could detect the pregnancy hormones. I just knew.
Hmmm...are you really that concerned about the sex of the child?
My predictions, thank God, were correct both times...I had a beautiful, healthy baby both times. Oh yes...I forgot about to mention the sex of the child...didn't matter to me. I was just so grateful they were healthy with the number of kids that I see that are not.
It isn't easy for the kid growing up that "was supposed to be a boy" or vice versa. What if the prediction is wrong and you get the opposite sex after gearing up for the other gender? Will you be disappointed? Will he?
Absolutely not! I would not
Absolutely not! I would not be disappointed either way and neither would my husband. It's just that if we have a child together, we're only going to have one. Since he has two girls already, I know he would "like" to have a little boy - especially to be able to raise and possibly turn his farming business over to him. But if we had another girl, it would be just as special.
Good luck step mom.
Good luck step mom. Practice makes perfect!!!!!
Keeping my fingers crossed for you
Tyra
I got pregnant 7 months
I got pregnant 7 months after I had my daughter (due August 8th), I nursed her, so I didnt really get to have a normal period. I was given a 23% chance of conceiving and with my daughter, I took folic acid daily to see if it would increase the chances....sure enough. I had the deep down feeling that I was pregnant the second time but I kept telling myself I wasnt because I didnt want to go through the back pain again lol. So when I saw the positive test I was like, I didnt need to take that...I already knew!
"If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?" ~ Milton Berle
Another great site...
http://www.aphroditewomenshealth.com/ Is one of my favorites. Informative articles and active discussion board.
Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.-Erma Bombeck:
I knew both times
Just had that feeling before I took the test. I read somewhere that you ovulate 12 days after the day your period starts. So you are at your most fertile from 10 to 13 days after your period starts. They tell you to have sex on the 10th day and the 12th day. That seemed to work for me. You don't want to have sex every day because it can decrease his sperm count. We ended up having two girls, and I heard that male sperm swims faster (so have sex at the time of ovulation for a boy) but female sperm lives longer (so have sex before ovulation for a girl). I didn't care what I had, as long as we got pregnant.
Also, I think it's important to listen to your body. Reproduction is a biological drive, and your body wants to get pregnant if it can. If you feel like having sex, do it!
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