cycle buddies, af due 9/21?

Question

Hey ladies✨ I'm a 24 y.o newlywed, TTC #2. This will be a rainbow baby after losing a surprise pregnancy while planning our wedding. (It was a mixture of stress and low progesterone) We've been TTC since the wedding...for 8 months with no luck. Our 1st daughter was a micro-preemie born at 26.5wks, weighing 1lb 11oz, due to complications with my lupus, preeclampsia & HELLP syndrome. Our Miracle will be 4 in October & she isn't playing any games abt being a big sister. DH & I are vegan now and are finally at optimum health after 5 months of no animal products. I am taking Vitex & Maca to help progesterone levels & boost overall health. It makes me feel great!

After a traumatic experience having our DD, we are looking forward to working with a midwifery on a water birth at home or in a holistic birthing center if deemed safer by my doctor. & also, a lotus birth is a must! (I'd love feedback/thoughts on that, please research before commenting)

Right now I'm on CD24, 9DPO but I've been having symptoms since 5DPO. Sharp twinge on my left side, indigestion, heightened sense of smell, fatigue...oh & all I wanna eat is mangos or avocados with salt & pepper. My cycles are usually 24 days long but I have no cramps or sign of af at all. A lot of CM though! This is the first month that we actually did the deed on the high percentage days & the first time I'm not anxious to test. I'm a little afraid. Usually by CD24, I'm in full flow or at least curled in a ball cramping...but instead I'm just HUNGRY, sleepy & can't shake these headaches.

Are any of you due for af around the same time? Can we wait in agony together? Lol 6 days until I'm going to test! What are some of the symptoms you have? What is your TTC story? I'd love a little hope.

Peace, blessings and baby dust to you all!

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Hi jamila! My af was supposed to start today (9/20) but it came one day early  (9/19). My husband and i have been ttc for 2 years. In may i found out i was pregnant at 4 weeks but at our first scan (june)  the baby did  not have a heartbeat. The doctor told us they could do a d&c or wait it out. We decided to wait and finally on july 21st our lil angel passed. 
I was diagnosed with unexplained infertility and placed on letrozole and progesterone. I start taking the letrozole tomorrow and hopefully this cycle we will have our rainbow baby. 
Baby dust to ya!

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Hi Jamila! My AF is due 9/23 so I'm pretty close to you. I'm also vegan and have been for 3 years now, so feel free to ask me any q's on that! We've been TTC for our first for 2 months now so are complete newbies to this world. We got into an argument at the end of my fertile week so I'm not too hopeful right now lol. I've had similar symptoms though--lots of CM, fatigue, heightened sense of smell. I've also had strange cramps on the left side and really bad headaches for 2 days now. I'm trying to stay sane though and not focus on these symptoms too much.

A lot of people on this app speak about Pre-Seed, but that is full of chemicals (parabens) and I can't find any info on whether it contains animal products or isn't tested on animals. Instead, I use Sustain (order via Amazon or their website). It's a natural and vegan version. We only used it this month so we will see if it made any difference. Are you taking prenatals or any other supplements?

Water births sound amazing but we will be going with a hospital birth with our OB. I love my doctor so we are unlikely to use a midwife, but I'm open to a doula--preferably a PP doula.

cycle buddies, af due 9/21?

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