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my first +

July 7, 2006

Well folks, I think I experienced my first positive testing result. The story goes like this...

I woke up, at work, and took my temp.  It was the lowest of low at 95.0 (the others have ranged right around 95.5).  I was slightly discouraged as I know ovulating is a raised temp, but whatever.  I ran around the house waiting for a free bathroom (the clients were showering at this point).  When one cleared up I went, tested, and saw the immediate "negative" result.  You know, when you first see that one line... and thought "dang, day 12 and it's still negative?!  I probably didn't ovulate again this cycle..." and that led into thinking those ever so depressing thoughts about how we're never going to conceive because I can't ovulate.

About that point I looked back at the test to see a faint line.  I was shocked.  For all the hype you would have thought this would been a positive pregnancy result!  I jumped up and started running around the house I worked in screaming "It's positive it's positive!".  ...thankfully no one knew what I was talking about.  But regardless, all day I've been excited and anxious about everything, it's grrreat.  Now my question is... is it still positive if it's really really light?  I took the test 12 hours ago and it was light then and I just now took another and it is also light.  I know with a pregnancy result it's supposed to be light but with OPK's are they?  I dunno anything about them really, I should check the package again huh?

Anyhow, to entice my husband we're going to head over to Joe's Crabshack.  He loves that place... why is beyond me.  But whatever works to get him to work I guess, ya know?  I was trying to explain the infertility game to a friend of mine today at lunch.  She said "so, you ovulated then?".  I said "I dunno, but if I haven't yet, it's in the wings I gather".  So she asked if I was going to go home and go at it like a rabbit.  I laughed and said "no, just today and sunday".  She asked why so few times and asked if it would be better to do it twice in a day or whathaveyou.  I said "you can only do it once every other day so that the semen count raises".  So she asked me (the punchline to this all), "do you trust him not to take matters into his own hands".  I laughed myself silly... knowing what she meant and that although she didn't mean it to be a pun it worked to her benefit.  After I finished laughing and explained what I was thinking she laughed too.

I'm discouraged now, as the OPK isn't darkening... but regardless, I'm hoping that maybe it'll get darker tomorrow, ya know?  Our ob/gyn has advised me to do it once every 12 hours to make sure we get it when I do ovulate.  ...so who knows.  Maybe we should wait til tomorrow to get our groove on, whatdya think?  Hmmm.

I think that's it... but as the news gets fresher I'll post more.  But, yeah anyone who knows why an OPK would be so light please post post post.  You just have to click on the talk to me link and scroll down til your finger hurts... then scroll a little more and maybe just possibly you've found the "preconception diary writers board".  ...I'm on there :)

~Amanda~