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Hello!!! Hope this doesn't ramble, but I wanted to share with those ttc as I am 2000% positive this helped me get my bfp. Dh (42) & I (35) conceived child # 5 in Aug. 2012. While we were trying I wasn't exactly taking care of myself. Neither of us drink or smoke. I wasn't eating healthy sometimes not at all. Stress level was way too high. I wasn't resting or taking prenatals (I was taking calilum & mag. & folic acid) until three months in which inevitable ended up being too late. Dec. 10, 2012, went in for routine appt. was approx 18 weeks no heartbeat detected. Baby looked to stop developing at 14 weeks. Dec. 11, 2012. I was given cytotec two tablets, then two more and passed everything not requiring a d&c. I was told by doc. to wait 3 cycles until trying or when emotionally ready. I had nonheavy bleeding for 5 days spotting for two. I ovulated Dec. 26, confirmed w/ temping but had no ewcm. I read many stories of ttc after miscarriage & read horrors of no cycle for months afterwards. Even though I've always been regular sorry & will finish ASAP.

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ok, sorry for the abrupt halt. I'll try and finish this up now. After the stories I read about it taking many, many months for af to return after mc I read all I could about how to naturally start ones cycle or balance hormones. I came across a site by Sister Zeus where you could drink parsely tea to naturally induce your cycle. I must admit I had NEVER heard of such. But, thought it couldn't hurt & may just help. I didn't have fresh parsely only the dried seasoning kind the cheap 50 cent kind! I followed the instructions per the website drank two cups that evening & went to bed. The next morning ,I drank two more cups. That evening, I started spotting! I must add that I was temping and my temp never dropped so, I know my hormones were all over the place from the mc. I mentioned that to say that I don't know if af would have returned without the induction of the tea. I also read about massage to induce cycle there are pressure points unter big toe and uterine massage I did both of these the day my cycle started. The next day, af was in full force for the next four days.
Through charting & looking back two years ago at my journal I realize i have what may be considered a short luteal phase of 10 days EXACTLY. But a normal cycle and ovulation that I can feel with cramping & bloating, increase libido, and cm. Well, a few days later I ovulated but had no ewcm, I had all other symtoms & confirmed with temp shift, but no visible ewcm. I will add that in addition to reading about the parsely tea to start my cycle I read about how to balance hormones and read about milk thistle, royal jelly, acidophilus, fertility tea got it at HEB grocery store in the tea aisle. I also drank a glass of water with a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar & spoon ful of honey to baance ph. I want a girl so I did a semi girl sway with girl diet as found in ingender.com. I drank peppermint tea. Took cranberry, calcium & mag. supps, & folic acid, baby aspirin. I read about soy isoflavones inducing a strong o, I took soy for the first time with last pregnancy & got a bfp first cycle ttc, but it ended at 14 weeks in mc. Then, I took cd's 4-8. This time I took the soy cd's 3-7 80, 80,80,80 160, 220. I know you shouldn't take too much soy back to back cycles & was quite frightened & didn't want to mess with or stop o since I do o on my own, (and the first time i took it resulted in mc) that 1st time, I felt stong twinges in both ovaries and slept amazing. The second cycle taken, I felt the twinges, but noticed no difference in sleep. Third time, I felt NO TWINGES WHATSOEVER & was petrified that i wouldn't o at all. I pulled out, Taking Charge of Your Fertility Toni W. that I'd bought & read 4 years prior when ttc my son after being on bc for 3 years and again discovering I had no ewcm with o. So, af-o, I also took evening primrose oil; drank grapefruit juice everyday, ate a grapefruit everyday, drank 8 to ten bottles of purified water per day af-o. Drank green tea & ate ten baby carrots af-o. I love grapefruit, but man the carrots were hard to get down but I was bound & determined to do all I could to get ewcm. (I did not take robitussin or mucinex though.) I did order preeseed online got it the next day(even though it is in CVS & Walgreens for the same 20 bucks) Well, feb. 9, 2013, I had a huge strand of ewcm not slippery, but the strand was super stretchy! sorry tmi. Dh & I bd this day using preseed no o & I propped hips 20 min(I am a believer in this helping). I had strong waves of nausea this day and the next which I get during o at times. The day after, cd 11, bd again no o used preseed & propped 30 min. Had cramping/bloated feeling. The next day, I had ewcm. The next day, cd 13 also Feb 13 the day before Valentines Day I had wet cm in the am then saw lots of ewcm & bd propping hips after no preseed. Next day felt crampy & bloated had slippery wet cm notived no ewcm. The next two days felt wet no ew. Cd 16cm immediately went creamy lotiony as happened in the past when I am finished o'ing. Non bfp cycles this happens but not nearly as thick cm.cd18, ff confirmed o I agree with cd15 so at this point I was 3dpo I has what I desribe as chunky white watery lotiony cm. sorry tmi but, looking at cm on finger it appears to have tiny chuncks, and be watery but, be very lotiony.Temps didn't skyrocket as they had in the past after o but they did definitely shift. Af was due cd day 23 also Feb. 23 & didn't show, I waited until 13dpo to test at first saw nothing and was almost shaken walked out of rr then returned to see light not faint second line!!! Took another test today 17dpo & saw a much darker line as dark as control line!!! I know this got waaaay too long but i will give play by play of symptoms per dpo (which were far less that previous two non pregnant cycles) if anyone wants to know. I did eat pineapple core for 7 days since I had a long o. I did this the cycle I got my bfp but it didn't stick( it was a missed mc by the way) This time I am praying to God that it will. MOST IMPORTANTLY I prayed at least three times a day to conceive a healthy baby.(didn't do that previous two cycles ttc). Thank for reading & I apologize for the length, but wanted to take the time to write it as I am a firm believer in having ewcm for conception even though some women have said they got bfp's with just wet cm during o. I know God helped me conceive because the timing of bd'ing was PERFECT! My dh works in the oil field & his hours are not set there is no way to tell if I even see him for three to four days at a time, he's really tired a lot of the time. Also, with four other kiddo's running about bd'ing can be tricky. But, Dh was ready & willing each time I initiated bd'in which really cut down on my stress which i believe is important in ttc! It was nothing but God! I give Him all the credit & thank him for the life within me.

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