UPDATE on Re: When should I take a HPT? from Debbie
From: Debbie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 22 May 2000 19:46:07 -0500 (CDT)
Well, we couldn't stand it anymore with all of the increasing symptoms
and we did a HPT tonight and it was POSITIVE!! 6 long years of waiting
and we finally acheived pregnancy again!
Best of luck to you all! I highly recommend the book "Taking Charge of
Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler, MPH...I took Clomid and it didn't
work...I read this book and voila! 8 months later I'm pregnant. :)
Warmest Wishes,
Debbie
At Mon, 22 May 2000, Debbie wrote:
>
>I am wondering when is the best time to take a HPT? Here is what has
>occured...
>
>My husband and I have been trying to conceive child #2 for 6 years. A
>fertility workup 3 years ago showed that I didn't always ovulate.
>Anovulatory cycles are very common for me. Since August (thanks to a
>friend who turned me on to Fertility Awareness Method) I have been
>charted cervical mucous and cycle lengths. I haven't started charting
>bbt. I have a definite pattern of no cervical mucous during an
>anovulatory cycle. Cervical mucous seems to indicate ovulation. I
>notice a diff. in pre-menstrual symptoms with ovulation - the
>progesterone jump. Otherwise, it's zippo zero. My luteal phase clearly
>seems to indicate 13-14 days. (of course without bbt's - I can never be
>absolutely certain but the pattern is there and I know my body pretty
>well.)
>
>Well, I had delayed ovulation this last month (brought on by
>travel)...nothing in April and when I should have had a period I
>ovulated. I had fertile cervical mucous on May 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th.
>We tried on May 6th. On May 15th, 16th & 17th (3 days) I had almost
>non-existent pink and or brownish vaginal mucous - but only once per
>day. Since that time, I have had increased fatigue, nausea, brown spots
>that have shown up on my bones below my eyes and I can only seem to
>tolerate foods I could tolerate when pregnant with my son. My vaginal
>discharge became white after the slight spotting.
>
>My question is - if I take a HPT, when is the optimum time to not get a
>false negative? We are anxious to find out but don't want to spend
>$12-$20 to have to spend it again.
>
>Thanks for your help. From my calculations, pregnancy would have been
>acheived about May 7th - that would be 15 days after conception today
>(and I have no feelings or signs of a period in sight).
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