…so that I can ask you lovelies a question:
And I won’t even bother to preface it with a "watch out for TMI" warning because you’ve been here before and you should know what to expect.
(Except for that very, very unlucky person who did a search for ‘the world’s best rollercoasters’ and somehow ended up over here, the poor bastard. I mean, really. Probably some poor guy planning a family trip to take his kids to some amusements parks, just looking for some helpful advice and unwittingly stumbles into IF Blog Hell. Wherein I talk incessantly about a crazy mother and a pregnant sister and a dog that does guest blogging on request and not seeing Reese Witherspoon while dressed as a bug-eyed turtle.)
Speaking of IF Hell, here is my damage today: It is CD10, usually extraordinarily far away from anything close to an ovulation.
But!
I just noticed a tad of EWCM today. CD10 people! What the h-e-double-hockey-sticks is going on around here?
It was just a smidge — a skooch — if you will. But still.
And my issue is that BeBop is supposed to go in on Friday for another sperm test, with the fertility specialist Dr. Z.
So starting today, until after the test it’s no more sexy–time, no more wakey wakey hands on snakey, no more sexy hand party as Borat would say. If you know what I mean. And I think that you do…
Anyway.
Should I postpone his appointment so we can make the sweet sweet love (cough! gasp! Sorry. I just choked on that a little bit) over the next few nights, just to make sure we don’t miss an insanely early ovulation??
Or am I crazy?
Wait, don’t answer that.
Or, should I chalk the teeny tiny child’s menu sized portion of EWCM up to the Evening Primrose Oil that my acupuncturist recommended or the L-Arginine that the crafty Zee turned me on to? Perhaps my system is just gearing up to ovulate and it will still be a week away and in that case, BeBop should go do his thang on Friday and get it out of the way.
Or, should I get my ass to the store and purchase some OPKs and see if there’s any kind of a LH surge to be found?
Or, should I just break into a holiday gift basket we have at the office, polish off a bottle of wine along with some chocolate-covered blueberries (which? Really! What the frick is that about? Who dips a tiny blueberry into purple chocolate? So weird. Anyhoo…) and take a long nap under my desk, just forgetting about the whole thing?
What to do, oh wise ones, what to do??
P.S. I have a sore throat so please factor that in. And it’s only Wednesday night, for crissakes, not even a weekend! But there’s no America’s Next Top Model on tonight, so I do have some extra time on my hands. But I’m having a particularly BAD hair day. Like combed my hair with a rake bad hair day. But BeBop’s seen worse. Okay. I’m sorry, I’ll let you get to it.
P.P.S. Oh! Good news! I just found out I’m not a carrier for CF. Finally, some freaking GOOD NEWS.
I say splurge on the OPKs…in case you get the urge to pee on something.
I’d pee on an OPK just to be on the safe side, and then you’ll have a better idea. When I was charting, I used to get bits of EWCM here and there during the follicular phase, sometimes weeks before I actually ovulated (bearing in mind that I ovulated anywhere from CD20-CD40). So it could be nothing. But if you do get a positive OPK, you can give it a shot if you can manage it.
Personally, if it were me, I would not postpone the SA absent any other signs of O (i.e. +OPK), just because then if I didn’t ovulate and I’d cast another delay into the whole process, I’d be mighty ticked. But that’s just me.
Also, even if the EWCM is a harbinger of ovulation, you might not ovulate for several days, in which case you could still do the deed over the weekend and give the swimmers a decent shot.
EWCM always confounded me. For months, I never saw a thing, and then nearly a year after going off birth control pills, damn, there was a huge obvious amount of it. I didn’t got pregnant that cycle using an IUI, so I’m suspicious of what that goop actually indicates (at least in my vintage bod). So I’d say wait for the sperm analysis and see what that shows. Heck, all this time it could be the sperm with an issue, not you, so skipping the analysis might just prolong the issue.
Just my two cents.
I say go straight for the wine, ok just kidding. Go get the OPK sticks and put your mind at ease.
I also have to thank you for all your sweet comments, it really helps. I know the two of us will get through this and be the best parents ever.
Your blog is a great source of comic relief for me- thank you!
Oh!
Lyrehca brings up a good point: we have both been tested numerous times over the last four years.
And so far, so good.
The swimmers are fine: numbers, morph, motility, all good.
And I supposedly have a mild case of PCOS, but other than that I’m part of the lovely ‘unexplained infertility’ community.
So the test could wait until the following week without delaying any treatments, which we wouldn’t be doing until later next month.
But that’s NOT me advocating for Wednesday night, get-your-pants-off-now-I-MIGHT-be-ovulating sex, because I’m not that crazy!!
You mentioned that you have a sore throat. Have you been taking anything for it? I am sure you probably know this and I am just babbling….but…cold medicines, etc increase EWCM (I love the visual of goop!! Very funny). In fact I always go through a bottle of Robitussin when I am “supposed” to ovulate – I am lacking in the goop department.
Just a thought.
P.S. Congrats on the no CF carrier news!!!
I’d got for the pee on a stick thingy too and get the OPK. You have nothing to lose except for a few extra bucks. The cycle that I did get a positive HPT, I too had early EWCM – like 4 days earlier than usual. And more of it than I was used to. Oh, and I don’t want to be contrarian but I asked my RE about the Robitussin/EWCM thing and he thought it was bogus. He said you’d need to drink about 2 bottles of the oh so tasty red stuff to really see a difference and by then you’d be sick to your stomach and probably pretty drunk. Again, one man’s professional opinion but perhaps it’s worth considering if there was ocrrelation there for you.
My 2 cents in order of preference:
WINE. OPK. then sex under bitter duress IF there’s any point to it all!
Hit the bottle of wine first and then decide what to do! If BeBop doesn’t have any sperm count issues, doing the test on Friday shouldn’t leave his counts too low to have a fun weekend. I realize procreational sex isn’t always fun, but you can at least try. And get another bottle of wine, it might make it a bit more fun.
Hey Watson! Great news about not being a carrier for CF. What a relief!
I guess I’m a day late and a dollar short when it comes to advice on the Great Early EWCM Issue. (I’m telling you, that l-arginine ROCKS. Unless, of course, you’ve just traveled 4000 miles across the north Atlantic. Then it poops out immediately. But, you know, whatever…)
My advice would have been this: Pee on a stick, then drink the wine, then do the deed Wednesday night, just for shits and giggles. Then no bouncy bouncy until after Friday’s test (“Testes, 1-2-3”) and then plan to shag like mad dogs over the weekend. (House guests and holiday dinner be damned!)
It could work.
Maybe.
Anyway, whatever you do (or did) I hope it was fun and that you have a wonderful holiday!
Love,
Zee
I say get some OPKs.
I often get a bit of EWCM up to a week before O. I trust the pee sticks a lot more.
My vote is for wine. And OPK’s. But no blueberries. I’d say wait on the tests and go get busy. Pronto!
xoxo
oh where the he double hockey sticks (just cause I love that phrase) have I been? Well it’s toooooooo late to give any assvice , so I am just here to ask what you did, or who you did…oh you know what I mean. Hope it was Mind blowing…:)
Merry Christmas sweetie!!!
I’m late in the commenting as well (holiday schedule you know) so I hope you’re doing alright. I have to pass this along – if I have already, I am truly sorry but it’s saved me so much money I can’t help but tell people.
http://www.saveontests.com – you can pick up a 50 pack of OPKs for $19.
Also, you can get a 25 pack of OPKs with a bonus of 5 HPTs for $10.25. Super deal, if you ask me.
I get the urge to pee on things nearly every day but I *have* to *wait* until the calendar says to PEE ON THINGS (I have this on my calendar) before I start going through OPKs like chocolate holiday candy during PMS. Love that choco-peppermint combo. Makes my uterus stress out less.
I’m rambling.