OPK | CYCLE DAY 14 : CLOMID YEAR 2 • ROUND 3 {09.23.2015}

I am back for another glorious OPK update. To my surprise, things are progressing in the most amazing ways this cycle. This is the first cycle that I feel confident and surprised by my body. Clomid is usually harsh on my emotions and my body, but this cycle I am happy and I don't see the things happening the way they did in previous rounds. This is all great news and gives me hope that this may be our lucky round. This may be the cycle we finally get pregnant with our healthy rainbow baby. Take look at that progression and my Fertility Friend and Ovia cycle stats.

 

OPK | CYCLE DAY 14 : CLOMID YEAR 2 • ROUND 3 

 

*top to bottom* 

CD11 (11am) - negative, very faint

CD11 (6 pm)- negative, extremely faint

CD12 (11am)- negative, line is getting darker but is still faint

CD12 (6 pm) - negative, very faint

CD13 (11 am)- negative, getting darker but still faint

CD13 (6 pm)- negative, very faint

CD14 (11am) - negative, darker than CD 13 but faint
*ovulation will likely take place CD15*

 

*side by side comparison of morning OPKs*

This is a much better photo to better show the progression of this cycle to ovulation. You can see that each morning, at 11am, the first line is getting darker. Ovulation can only be determined once the first line is as dark as, or darker, than the second line. Unlike pregnancy tests, a faint line means negative. I have a feeling ovulation will take place on CD 15 from looking at the OPK progression.

 

***********Cycle Update Below***********
 

Fertility Chart

Note that the day I have a darker OPK, CD 14, I am also experiencing EWCM! Ovulation will likely take place within the next 24 to 48 hours. Temp is slightly higher this morning but still lower than the rest. Ovulation can only be confirmed once three higher temps follow a low dip.

 

Ovia Fertility Monitor

Originally, the app stated that my "fertility score" was only a 3.5 but after I took notice of the EWCM, the app updated. Ovulation will likely take place within the next 24 to 48 hours.

 

Sperm Meets Egg Plan

•{Clomid}

Cycle days 2 thru 6:

9/11, 9/12, 9/13, 9/14, 9/15

•{Baby Dance}

Cycle days 9 thru 17:

9/23, 9/24, 9/25, and 9/27

updated - days remaining

•{OPKs}

 Cycle days 11 thru 17:

9/20 thru 9/26

twice a day (1) @ 11am & (2) @ 6pm

•{Two Week Wait}

Cycle days 18 thru 30

9/27 thru 10/09

•{HPT}

Cycle days 30 thru 35

10/09 thru 10/14

•{Progesterone}

Start on Cycle day 18

9/27

 

PCOS Diet Day 5 Week 2 {10.10.2014}

PCOS Diet Day 5 Week 2

Weight (day 1 week 1 morning): 174.6

Weight (day 3 week 2 morning): 

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Weight lost: ---

Food today:

B- boiled egg, green grapes, and mozzarella stick

S1-  pineapple

L- grilled chicken salad with olive oil and red wine vinegar

S2- none

D- Cheat night! But watched how much I ate

S3- none

Energy: feeling great! Loving all my new TTC products! Really making me feel positive about this cycle

Anything else: not at this time, just really excited about the possibility of getting pregnant (fingers crossed)

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Well Wishes & Baby Dust

PCOS Diet Day 4 Week 2 {10.09.2014}

PCOS Diet Day 4 Week 2

Weight (day 1 week 1 morning): 174.6

Weight (day 3 week 2 morning): 

169.2

Weight lost: 5.4 lbs.

Food today:

B- egg and green bell pepper omlete

S1-  pineapple

L- grilled chicken salad with olive oil

S2- pumpkin seeds

D- Cajun rotisserie chicken and squash cooked in coconut oil

S3- black olives

Energy: tired since we didn't go to bed until midnight

Anything else: 5 lbs down, with no exercise, still feeling very confident about this cycle and keeping my fingers crossed for a bfp 

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I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's post, so be sure to check in tomorrow! Have a wonderful evening!

Well Wishes & Baby Dust

PCOS Diet Day 3 Week 2 {10.08.2014}

Stay tuned because I have a great post for PCOS, or really any TTC couple. Also, Friday I will have a fun post for more inspiration this Fall! 

Here are my stats for this Week 2 so far...

PCOS Diet Day 3 Week 2

Weight (day 1 morning): 174.6

Weight (day 3 morning): no weight taken

Weight lost: ------

Food today:

B- egg and green bell pepper omlete

S1-  orange

L- leftover Genghis Grill and pineapple

S2- orange

D- chicken, mushrooms, and zucchini all cooked in coconut oil. 

S3- black olives

Energy: not terrible. Still a little tired even though we went to bed early but I'm starting to think that it may be my period that makes me tired. But I was also very focused.

Anything else: had my acupuncture appointment today, and after the appointment my period got a little heavier so it must be working! 

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If my period does not go away tomorrow, I will only be charting my BBT and will not start the OPKs. As soon as AF goes away, I will being using the OPKs. For those that will be joining me for this months TTC, this is for us...

Well Wishes & Baby Dust

PCOS Diet Day 2 Week 2 *Quick Update* {10.07.2014}

PCOS Diet Day 2 Week 2

Weight (day 1 morning): 

174.6

Weight (day 1 morning): 

did not weigh

Weight lost: ---

Food today:

B- boiled egg, green grapes, and mozzarella cheese stick

S1- pineapple

L- grilled chicken salad with olive oil & vinegar

S2- almonds

D- Genghis grill...yay! And it's still healthy 

S3- none

Energy: soo soo tired, headache all day, backache pretty bad but I was very focused and completed all my work and more! 

Anything else: period is coming to an end, probably tomorrow, I will be picking up ovulation tests tomorrow afternoon. 

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I will being charting temperatures and taking daily ovulation tests and will add the deets on the blog for you. 

Well Wishes and Baby Dust

PCOS Diet Day 1 Week 2 {10.06.2014}

Good evening everybody! 

Thank you for stopping by. I just want to give you guys a quick update so here it goes...

PCOS Diet Day 1 Week 2

Weight (day 1 morning): 

174.6

Weight (day 1 morning): 

173.2

Weight lost: 1.4

Food today:

B- boiled egg, green grapes, and mozzarella cheese stick

S1- pineapple

L- grilled chicken salad with olive oil & vinegar

S2- pumpkin seeds

D- chicken, mushrooms, and green beans cooked in coconut oil 

S3- none

Energy: ehh! I have been feeling a little tired today and more irritable then usual but I am getting stuff done

Anything else: not at this time...I have my acuity it's appointment coming up...YAY!

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Will be posting some fun stuff pretty soon...stay tuned!

Well Wishes and Baby Dust

PCOS Diet Day 6 *Late Quick Update* {10.04.2014}

PCOS Diet Day 6

Weight (day 1 morning): 

174.6

Weight (day 4 morning): 

173.2 (stayed the same)

Weight lost: 1.4

Food today:

B- boiled egg, green grapes, mozzarella stick

S1- none

L- none

S2- popcorn and pretzel at movies

D- none

S3- none

Energy: great! Super energetic, managed to complete all my tasks! 

Anything else: period still has not started but I've been crazy emotional which means it's coming tomorrow.

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Late posting, was very busy yesterday. I will be posting PCOS Diet Day 7 later today along with my Meal Prepping, Planning, and Organization! 

Well Wishes and Baby Dust

PCOS Diet Day 7 *Quick Update* {10.05.2014}

Happy Glorious, God Praising, Texans Game Day Sunday!!!

Here are some pictures from today before we get started...

Loving these pumpkins!!!

Love, love, love praising God! The service this morning was spectacular! 

Alright, let's move on to my quick PCOS Diet update so I can start writing the meal prepping post.

PCOS Diet Day 7

Weight (day 1 morning): 

174.6

Weight (day 7 morning): 

170.8 (stayed the same)

Weight lost: 3.8

Food today:

B- kolaches: (1) small ham&cheese and (1) large jalapeño sausage 

S1- none

L- Talapia, mushrooms, and squash all cooked in coconut oil

S2- (1) bbq rib

D- I probably won't eat anything...not very hungry today

S3- lemon with salt

Energy: feeling a little moody, and somewhat tired but also feeling like I need to get a lot done

Anything else: period day 1!!! It is finally here!!! It took it's sweet time but sometime late last night it showed it's face. 

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So I think this is the first time I have felt happy about it arriving. I'm praying and hopeful that this is our cycle and we will get pregnant!!! Keeping our knees to the ground, praying hard and loud, and keeping the faith that this is our time!

Well Wishes and Baby Dust

Sperm Meets Egg {10.04.2014}

I wanted to go over "our plan" for getting the much awaited meeting between sperm and egg! Below you will see all the details of this plan, maybe you can try it and see if you get success. If you do, or if you have had success with this plan, please message me. I would love to hear your success story! So here it goes...

Sperm Meets Egg Plan

Cycle Days 1 - 7:

CD1=1st full flow

*Stock up on OPKs & HPTs

Mark on calendar...

~CD 8=

Baby Dance every other night until OPK

~CD 10=

Daily OPK testing

OPK day:

*Baby Dance today, tomorrow, and next day 

*Skip a day, and then Baby Dance one more day

Mark on calendar...

~Pregnancy test day=

OPK day + 15

***If no OPK, Baby Dance every other day until period or cycle day 35***

Cute little Sperm & Egg photo to get you smiling during this crazy journey to success with a healthy baby!

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I truly hope this helps you get pregnant. Please keep in mind it will not work for everyone. It's best to track your cycles with a BBT (basal body thermometer) so that you can pin-point the day(s) you need to Baby Dance. I have only tried this plan one time before, however I was on Clomid at the time and my OBGYN had me change a few dates. If you need to, bring this plan to your OBGYN so they can fix it to suit your journey and increase your chances of getting pregnant.

That's all folks! I'll be catching up with you later this weekend to do a PCOS Diet Day 6 Update as well as a Meal Planning, Prepping, and Organizating post. 

Well Wishes & Baby Dust

PCOS Diet Day 5 {10.03.2014}

I am so excited! It's Friday!!! Although it should be a sad day because this exact day last year, we found out we had a miscarriage, but I am happy instead. I am happy because I believe in my heart that this is our chance to get pregnant. I hope you are all having a great day! Also, be sure to check in this weekend, I will be posting about my PCOS Meal Planning, Prepping, and Organization! So excited to share this with you. So, here are my stats for today...

PCOS Diet Day 5

Weight (day 1 morning): 

174.6

Weight (day 4 morning): 

173.2

Weight lost: 1.4

Food today:

B- boiled egg, green grapes, mozzarella stick

S1- pineapple

L- salad with olive oil & vinegar and grilled chicken

S2- none

D- Talapia, asparagus, and broccoli all cooked in coconut oil. I did add some olive oil to the broccoli to help cook it.

S3- pretzels crisps

Energy: feeling a little sleepy but at the same time feeling very energetic this Friday!

Anything else: more blood, which is a really good sign. I truly feel that this is our chance! I wholeheartedly believe we have a great chance of getting pregnant this cycle. To think 5 days after starting the diet, I have lost 1.4 lbs and my period is on it's way, so far this diet is doing great!

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Thank you for reading! If you are interested in being my TTC or PCOS buddy, email me at PCOSPower@yahoo.com.

See you tomorrow!!!

PCOS Diet Day 4 *Update* {10.02.2014}

Welcome!

Today I want to go over a few things before my diet update. First, I totally forgot to weigh myself so I'm just going to leave that blank. I was so late this morning and it totally slipped my mind. Second, I want to show you photos of what a typical breakfast looks like for me! 

So this ^ is my delicious and filling breakfast! It includes: 1 boiled egg, 1 branch of green grapes (there were more but I ate then lol), and 1 stick of mozzarella. This is a great PCOS breakfast and it really does fill you up. If you don't think it will be enough, try adding an extra egg or more grapes. 

Ok, so now I will go ahead and show you my stats for day 4!

PCOS Diet Day 4

Weight (day 1 morning): 

174.6

Weight (day 4 morning): 

no weight taken

Weight lost: ------

Food today:

B- boiled egg, green grapes, mozzarella stick

S1- pumpkin seeds

L- salad with olive oil & vinegar and grilled chicken

S2- orange

D- chicken, mushrooms, and zucchini all cooked in coconut oil. I did add some olive oil to the mushrooms to help cook it.

S3- nothing tonight

Energy: really great! I was very awake and alert. I don't know if it is the coconut oil, healthy eating, or the fact that we went to bed at 9:30-10pm rather than 10:30pm...either way, I felt very happy today and had a smile all day!

Anything else: I guess those cramps yesterday meant something because today, anytime I wipe, a small and very light, almost non-existent amount of blood shows up. The first time, I thought something was wrong until I wiped again and saw the light pink coloration. So maybe AF is coming tomorrow and that hopefully means good things. Only 4 days on this PCOS diet and some progress is seen...let's just hope it's not a fake-out. I'll let you know what happens tomorrow, but shocked to see that something is happening. 

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Tomorrow, I will be doing a "how-to" video. I wanted to show you how I cook with coconut oil, and what I use. I think you'll enjoy it! This weekend, I will be posting my PCOS Diet Meal Planning, Prepping, & Organization so stay tuned for that!!! 

Well Wishes & Baby Dust

PCOS Diet Day 3 *Quick Update* {10.01.2014}

I think from now on I will just do these nightly updates because try are really helpful for me to track my progress, and maybe you can get some ideas for meals if you want to join the diet. So here is my diet day 3 update...

PCOS Diet Day 3

Weight (day 1 morning): 174.6

Weight (day 2 morning): 173.6

Weight lost: 1.0

Food today:

B- boiled egg, green grapes, mozzarella stick

S1-  pumpkin seeds

L- salad with oil & vinegar with chicken

S2- pineapple

D- I totally cheated y'all! But after having one cheat night I can honestly say that I would much rather choose the healthy food because it doesn't weigh me down or make me feel like crap!

S3- lemon and salt

Energy: pretty good! Until I cheated on dinner by eating wings, but I'm determined to never eat that again because it made me feel gross!

Anything else: cramps have been pretty bad, maybe this is AF arriving (please let it be AF). Oh, I am loving the taste of coconut oil and have started eating it supplementally. 

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That's all I've got tonight! Hope you enjoyed my post from this morning and that it have you some inspiration to decorate for Fall! Looking forward to posting again tomorrow! Have a wonderful night.

Well Wishes and Baby Dust

(check out my new sig, perfect for Fall!)

PCOS Diet Day 2 *Quick Update* {09.30.2014}

Last day of September, 2nd day of diet! 

So I wanted to give you a super quick update on my diet so far, and a recap of day 2!

PCOS Diet Day 2

Weight (day 1 morning): 174.6

Weight (day 2 morning): 173.8

Weight lost: 0.8 

Food today:

B- boiled egg, green grapes, mozzarella stick

S1- almonds

L- salad with oil & vinegar

S2- pineapple

D- talapia, squash, and mushrooms all cooked in coconut oil

S3-lemon with salt

Energy: pretty good, got a little tired after lunch but I was also in training all morning 

Anything else: so dinner was so good that I actually are two plates! Still no period but feeling good on diet day 2!

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That's all I've got tonight, but before I go, I want to share a photo of my dinner. It was too delicious not to share! 

Yum!

Alright beautiful bloggers, I will catch up with you tomorrow...the first day of October!!!

Best Wishes and Baby Dust

PCOS Diet Plan Day 1 {09.29.2014}

So far, we are off to a good strat! It was so, so nice being able to wake up and just grab my food and go! Meal prep has been a HUGE sigh of relief for me because now I can take those extra few minutes to wake up and get dressed. One of the things that shocked me, was that I felt full all day! I was even struggling to eat my tiny pumpkins seeds, but managed to make 1/2 a cup an all day snack...impressive! Lunch was boring, but dinner was where it was at! I got home, cut up my zucchini and asparagus, threw my chicken in a pan and cooked all of it in coconut oil. It was one of the best meals I've ever made! Even the hubby, who was a little worried about the taste and texture of the coconut oil, was amazed at how delicious the meal turned out. Best part...I only used two seasonings! Cajun seasoning for the zucchini and asparagus, and a salt and pepper pre-mixed blend for the chicken. I was also impressed with the color of the chicken. It was a beautiful golden brown on the outside, but white and juice on the inside. I guess you could say that I am really into coconut oil now. After a bath, I decided to rub some coconut oil on my face, underarms, and belly. It's a very relaxing feel, not too oily but not too thick like lotion. So this means that I have officially jumped onto the coconut oil wagon at full speed ahead!!! While we are talking food (& coconut oil lol) I wanted to go ahead and post my "stats" from the first day of my diet. Check them out...

PCOS Diet Day 1

Weight (morning): 174.6

Weight (evening): 175.6

Weight lost: gained 1 lb.

Food today:

B- boiled egg, green grapes, and mozzarella string cheese stick

S1- pumpkin seeds

L- salad with olive oil and red wine vinegar

S2- pineapple

D- pan fried chicken in coconut oil, pan fried zucchini in coconut oil, and pan cooked asparagus in coconut oil

S3: a lemon

Energy: blah...not high, not low but managed to get a lot of things done without feeling stressed

Anything else: still just waiting for my period to arrive, hoping that this coconut oil will work it's major quickly. I was shocked to see I gained 1 lb. but I've been told that you are heavier at night, so I'm looking forward to what my weight will be in the morning

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Well that's my update for day 1! I am really enjoying it so far. It's not all that different from what the hubs and I used to eat, but the major difference is that before we didn't necessarily have a reason to eat on a diet, now it's to help me fight PCOS and hopefully be blessed with our Rainbow Baby! I'm so looking forward to the day that we can say we conceived naturally, and although I would be just as happy to conceive with a doctors assistance, just the joy of being able to say that we beat the odds is something we dream of daily! 

I'm still looking for a few PCOS buddies who are willing to take this diet plan and run with it alongside me. If that's you, then please email me at pcospower@yahoo.com, or comment to me on our Instagram page at PCOSPower! 

Lots of well wishes and tons of baby dust to all!

Much Love and God Bless

PCOS Diet...The Beginning {09.28.2014}

Happy Go Texans Sunday!!!

I have recently started attending weekly acupuncture appointments and while there, my acupuncturist put me on herbal medication to start my period, and without getting TMI overboard, I am now 66 days late! Negative pregnancy tests, and no sign of AF showing her face. Well after a few weeks of taking the medication, I starting getting very dizzy and even threw up a few times. At the following appointment, my acupuncturist decided to take me off and not surprisingly, the dizziness and vomiting went away. So over the course of the last week, I started researching deeper into PCOS (poly-cystic ovarian syndrome), which I believed I had from the beginning but was never "diagnosed" with it. From my research I found quite a few videos and articles talking about how PCOS is an insulin resistant, hormone in-balance that affects the ovaries. I found that losing weight can drastically reduce the size and possibly even reverse cysts. So after a few more days of research, I found a grocery list and meal plan that worked for me. I will be starting this diet plan tomorrow and will hopefully have some success. One of my good friends was able to diet, lose a good amount of weight, and get pregnant with a healthy baby girl, mind you, she has gone through countless doctors and taken lots of medication to get pregnant and it has only resulted in multiple miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies. Today we went grocery shopping and tomorrow I start the diet. I will be doing a weekly "check-in" which will include weight, energy, and more! I am staying hopeful and praying that this is the answer we have been looking for. I am looking for someone who can join me on this journey, it can be one person or a million people, but I want to have a support group in the hopes that we can help one another along our TTC journey! I look forward to posting tomorrow!

Best wishes and baby dust!!!

Megan