Testing: I'll prolly test tomorrow or Monday and then every couple of days to test out the trigger.
R/R: I have a crazy busy day today and I really need to get going on cleaning around the house but i've been busying playing on my phone trying to find motivation.
CS/Q: not today.
GTKY: What is one song that you always crank up the volume for every time you hear it on the radio? Oh good question. Any NSync or Backstreet Boys song.
Me: 33 DH: 31 DS: 5 years old TTC #2 since August 2015 July 2016: Testing cycle with 100 mg Clomid = BFN August 2016: 50 mg Clomid + IUI = BFN October 2016: IVF#1 - 13 retrieved / 12 mature / 9 fertilized / 2 blasts November 2016: FET#1 = chemical January 2017: FET#2 = chemical March 2017: IVF#2 - 18 retrieved / 18 mature / 16 fertilized / 5 blasts
April 24, 2017: FET#3 - BFN May 24, 2017: FET#4 - BFP! - Beta #1 151 - Beta #2 503 - Due date 2/9/18
R/R: last weekend off for the next 3 weeks had one time spotting yesterday, breast tenderness is gone and i'm sure AF is on her way, but honestly I thought I'd have more signs of AF at this point. I also think that my O date may have been one day off (as in I'm actually 12 dpo) but a crucial missed temp date may have skewed it.
CS/Q: temp rise this morning?!
GTKY: What is one song that you always crank up the volume for every time you hear it on the radio? i am so bad with the names of songs and artists!! one of my favorite songs that i always sing to do though is 3 AM by matchbox 20. Whenever I hear it come on I've gotta jam to it.
Me: 36 DH: 37 Married May 2013
TTC #1: April 2016 (Mirena removed March 2016 after 2.5 years)a BFP #1: 10/14/16 - DD born 6/2017 TTC #2 November 2018 (Mirena removed October 2018 after 1 year) BFP #2 9/11/19 - EDD 5/24/20 - DD born 5/2020 TTC #3 May 2022 (Mirena removed after almost 2 years) BFP #3 11/24/23 - EDD 7/30/24
R/R: I didn't think the bfn would affect me this bad, I wanted to lay in bed all day, cry my eyes out and throw myself a pity party. Ugh stupid baby obsessed brain
CS/Q: just waiting for AF now
GTKY: What is one song that you always crank up the volume for every time you hear it on the radio? Probably Enter Sandman by Metallica. I actually found the max volume level on my car with that song
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Me: 38 DH: 38 Married 6/11/16 TTC Since 6/2016 12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal 3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve 8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC 7/2018 Clomid+IUI 11/2018 Letrozole+TI 12/2018 Letrozole+IUI 2/2019 NTNP 5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
Testing: Today is my test date according to FF, but I'm on vacation, so I'm waiting to test until we get home tomorrow. I have preg tests already at home, and I just don't see the point in buying one here just so I can know a day early.
R/R: I keep spotting. I started charting in January just to get the hang of things, so I've been analyzing my cycles for a while now, and I feel like with every month the amount of time I spend spotting increases. Typically it's around when I ovulate, maybe after/before my period. This month has been bonkers. No idea if that's good news or bad news. I spotted the day I ovulated (CD15), but I also spotted CD 25, which I guess could be implantation bleeding? But I've continued to spot every day since. At first FF was like, "this might be a sign of pregnancy" but now it's like "IDK, is this normal for you?" Great, thx.
CS/Q: FF thinks maybe triphasic? Who knows. This is the least rocky my chart has looked since January.
GTKY: What is one song that you always crank up the volume for every time you hear it on the radio?
I don't drive much, so I don't listen to the radio much anymore. Every once in a while I'll listen to the top 40 station on Pandora to try to get a sense of what's ~~~cool these days, but I can't ever remember the songs. Can we talk about our favorite podcasts instead?? I just started listening to Revisionist History and I LOOOVE it!
R/R: well post partum my LP has been 11-12 days and my temp took the same mini drop right before AF that it has the last two cycles. So just waiting on AF at this point.
CS/Q: nope
GTKY: What is one song that you always crank up the volume for every time you hear it on the radio?
@doxiemoxie212 that is a pretty chart and it does look triphasic. Everyone is different with the spotting. I know a lot of women spot before their period, I had wierd spotting before ovulation which I don't usually have. *TW I had spotting early on in both of my pregnancies. End TW*
sorry for the BFNs today
*TW*
TTC 1/2012 Diagnosed : unexplained infertility 6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015 TTC #3 5/2016 Restarted Fertility tx IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
Possible TW for a crappy attitude about this whole process..........
Month/Cycle: 4/4
CD/DPO: CD 25....not sure about DPO.
Timing: Good, I hope.....
Testing: When I'm really late......
R/R:
I've been temping/charting for 4 months now (but TTC for a total of 14 months) and I can't seem to figure out any patterns in my cycle. When I start to think my LP is one length, it does a complete change and goes super short/super long. I get positive OPKs and have EWCM but no clear temp shift at all. I have EWCM on a Wednesday, but then none on a Friday when I get positive OPK. I'm either doing this wrong or my body is majorly F-ed. I've stopped temping.
I've seriously given up for right now. I always told myself I would never go to a specialist ( I am looking into thyroid issues with my regular doctor) if I ever had "trouble" and if I couldn't conceive naturally then it wasn't meant to be. I'm super frustrated right now and I don't know what to do. DH is sort of "hands" off with this process and has the same mentality that it's either going to happen for us naturally or not at all. He's supportive but since he's not involved in the process (temping/charting,etc), he doesn't really get how I'm really feeling.
I just want to know why I was born with a body that doesn't work the way it's designed to. I have a few friends that have had two kids in two years. Another has had three kids in three years. What is so different about my body?
Month/Cycle: TTC since 2014 but 3/3 after polypectomy that was unknown until now
CD/DPO: 24/4
Timing: -5,-3,-1,0,+2 (my DH works crazy hours at a jail so the -1 was in AM, 0 was PM, and +2 was AM so about 1 1/2 between each)
Testing: Waiting til next weekend CD 11
R/R: So my husband talked me in to going to a local wrestling match that a couple of his guys from work are in last night- I was REALLY-not looking forward to it- but I must admit- it actually ended up being VERY amusing. DH wants to take his nephews now one weekend and I might just join them to see how much those 3 like it Lol.
GTKY: What is the one song you always crank up the volume for every time you hear it on the radio? I'd have to say Dancing shoes or Fat Bottom Girls- love to jam out to old school rock!
@doxiemoxie212 hoping these are all good signs for you- definitely a promising chart
Me 36, DH 35
TTC since 8/2014
Clomid started Oct 2015
4 Clomid Cycles all with BFN
First appt with RE diagnosed with PCOS and Uterine Polyp
Testing: BFN with a frer yesterday morning, so thinking I'm out...there wasn't even the faintest line to make me question it. BBs still hurting but no other symptoms. AF due Wednesday and still have one more $$store test under the sink so I'll test Thursday if she doesn't show Wednesday.
R/R: BFF should be getting here within an hour or so! Getting her moved into her classroom and her room (I've been cleaning all morning!) Then celebrating with Mexican and Margs. I'm so glad she and my husband get along so well, this should be a fun few months having her here with us.
CS/Q: I don't even know, never been preggers before so I don't know what I should be feeling at this point. I just don't feel pregnant I guess.
GTKY: What is one song that you always crank up the volume for every time you hear it on the radio? Merin Morris 80's Mercedes. Such a fun song.
@doxiemoxie212. I have had multiple triphasic charts that were not pregnancy charts, so fwiw, I try not to put too much stock in things like triphasic patterns, implantation dips etc. But the spotting. My doctor told me that pre-menstrual spotting can be a sign of low progesterone and/or the progesterone dropping off too early in the LP. If that spotting has been getting longer for you, going on for several cycles, and also since you are spotting at other times in your cycle, it might be time to bring that up with your doctor if you are not ku this cycle. Random bleeding at different parts of your cycle is a sign to talk to your doctor. FX for you!!!
@MrsFL2015. I'm sorry your feeling so frustrated right now. TTC can be a really long, frustrating process for sure. I can't see your charts right now since I'm on mobile. But there could be any number of things going on. Are you temping at a consistent time after enough sleep? Have you had other sources of excess stress or illness or inconsistent sleep patterns that could be affecting your temps? CM is a crazy thing and a lot of women feel it helps them to a variable degree of reliability. I would encourage you to keep temping if possible, and try to find an easy routine with that, that works for you. Start by letting that be your guide, and supplement by watching CM - just for EWCM - and be sure to note/BD when that happens. I know everyone says "temp and use opks" but I feel like if I had to let one thing slide to keep it simple, for me it would be setting the opks aside and just focus on temps and cm. Then add the opks back in once you have a better handle on temping. Just a thought. I temped for a Very long time before I even thought to use an opk, and I never had a problem seeing my temp shift that told me I Od w/i at least a certain narrow window of certainty. I just think the opks with false surges and whatnot can lead to more questions if not supported by temps, too. Hang in there. <3. You'll find a way to do what works for you...
Timing: If O is correct, -3 through +2 (in case it was CD 14 or 15)
Testing: Confession- I slipped and tested for no reason and obviously a bfn. I was watching baby documentaries on YouTube and got into a slump. I'll test again 12 DPO
R/R: If I'm not KU this cycle, we have one more until we need to TTA for a summer wedding that we're in and that we have to travel for. We won't start TTC again until December or January. We had a nice talk about when to TTC again, because after the wedding there are a lot of unknowns coming up with his Army career path (deployments mainly) but he was just said to go for it. Either way, when he gets deployed I'm going to live with my ILs (who I love btw) so at least I'd have help.
We watched the Great Sperm Race the other night and DH realized how hard it is to get pregnant. Out of the 250,000,000 sperm that enter the vagina only 3 made it past the fallopian tube (maybe it was 2).
On a funny note but also super TMI, last night DH finished with my boobs and as we were in the shower I just waved at it washing off and said "by kids have fun". I think it's good to laugh about TTC sometimes although I'm sure my perspective will change if we hit the 6+ cycles of TTC.
CS/Q: I don't temp or OPK so not really. My CP and CM were never super fertile but I didn't notice a change towards fertile on CD 14 and 15 and back to super low and firm and infertile CM so that's what I call O.
GTKY: What is one song that you always crank up the volume for every time you hear it on the radio? Pretty much anything by Taylor Swift. Even DH knows the lyrics to most of the songs because I play her music so much.
BusinessWife it's on my list. My OBGYN recently quit being an OB (sigh) so I have to find a new one. Finding/dealing with new doctors is on the list of things I dislike doing most, but I'm due for my annual appt soon anyway, so I have to just do it.
@doxiemoxie212 Seeing new Drs is the worst. I had an abnormal pap in July 2014 and a follow up Jan 2015. I never got the results but apparently it was abnormal. I figured it was fine because they didn't contact me. I went last month for a pap and told the dr that my last pap was Jan 2015. She looked at my records and saw it was abnormal and was like "you should have gone for another pap 6 months later" (last summer) but I obviously didn't and just said that I didn't know the results were abnormal and she still was going on and on about how I needed a pap sooner. I still haven't gotten the results in from last month's pap so I guess I have to call Monday. I also didn't see a dentist for a year and a half because I moved to Korea and didn't want to see a new dentist.
R/R: I'm feeling a little sick today (hence my lateness to this TWW party), my DH is gone for the night so I plan on taking a bath, watching crappy TV, and hanging out in my PJs
CS/Q: No
GTKY: What is one song that you always crank up the volume for every time you hear it on the radio? We ride to "Don't Let Me Down" sometimes in my spin class and it always makes me happy so I've been turning that one up lately
R/R: On the one hand, I'm ready for my cycle to start so that I can get a real month of temping in. Plus, once I get my period, my RE is going to run more tests to try to see what's going on with my losses. But on the other hand, H and I are going away next weekend and I wouldn't mind if my period waited until after we had a chance for some hotel sex...
CS/Q:
GTKY: What is one song that you always crank up the volume for every time you hear it on the radio? American Pie. That's been one of my favorites since I was a kid.
Me: 29, DH: 31 Married: October 2014 Began TTC: April 2015 BFP #1: 9/18/15. EDD 5/18/16. MC 10/26/15. (9w) BFP #2: 2/27/16. EDD 11/7/16. MC/D&E 4/20/16 (11w) BFP #3: 9/22/16. EDD 5/29/17. DS born 4/24/17 BFP #4: 5/20/18. EDD 1/23/19.
Re: TWW Saturday
R/R: I have a crazy busy day today and I really need to get going on cleaning around the house but i've been busying playing on my phone trying to find motivation.
DS: 5 years old
TTC #2 since August 2015
July 2016: Testing cycle with 100 mg Clomid = BFN
August 2016: 50 mg Clomid + IUI = BFN
October 2016: IVF#1 - 13 retrieved / 12 mature / 9 fertilized / 2 blasts
November 2016: FET#1 = chemical
January 2017: FET#2 = chemical
March 2017: IVF#2 - 18 retrieved / 18 mature / 16 fertilized / 5 blasts
May 24, 2017: FET#4 - BFP! - Beta #1 151 - Beta #2 503 - Due date 2/9/18
R/R: spotting started yesterday. Even though I knew I was out, it hit me really hard because it's month and cycle roll-over now
Any Backstreet Boys or NSYNC song
R/R: last weekend off for the next 3 weeks had one time spotting yesterday, breast tenderness is gone and i'm sure AF is on her way, but honestly I thought I'd have more signs of AF at this point. I also think that my O date may have been one day off (as in I'm actually 12 dpo) but a crucial missed temp date may have skewed it.
Married May 2013
BFP #1: 10/14/16 - DD born 6/2017
TTC #2 November 2018 (Mirena removed October 2018 after 1 year)
BFP #2 9/11/19 - EDD 5/24/20 - DD born 5/2020
TTC #3 May 2022 (Mirena removed after almost 2 years)
BFP #3 11/24/23 - EDD 7/30/24
R/R: Just so damn happy it's the weekend. Time for some serious couch and netflix quality time!
I honestly don't listen to the radio. I listen to Spotify and I jam out to anything by A Tribe Called Red
R/R: I didn't think the bfn would affect me this bad, I wanted to lay in bed all day, cry my eyes out and throw myself a pity party. Ugh stupid baby obsessed brain
"It's time to try defying gravity."
Married 6/11/16
TTC Since 6/2016
12/2016 RE appt; 1/2017 SA & HSG results - all normal
3/2017 Dx Hyperprolactinemia; 5/2017 Prolactin levels normal; 8/2017 Low Ovarian Reserve
8/2017 TTA for personal reasons; 10/2017 NTNP; 12/2017 Re-start TTC
7/2018 Clomid+IUI
11/2018 Letrozole+TI
12/2018 Letrozole+IUI
2/2019 NTNP
5/2019 Stopping all TTC efforts; living Childfree
R/R: I keep spotting. I started charting in January just to get the hang of things, so I've been analyzing my cycles for a while now, and I feel like with every month the amount of time I spend spotting increases. Typically it's around when I ovulate, maybe after/before my period. This month has been bonkers. No idea if that's good news or bad news. I spotted the day I ovulated (CD15), but I also spotted CD 25, which I guess could be implantation bleeding? But I've continued to spot every day since. At first FF was like, "this might be a sign of pregnancy" but now it's like "IDK, is this normal for you?" Great, thx.
I don't drive much, so I don't listen to the radio much anymore. Every once in a while I'll listen to the top 40 station on Pandora to try to get a sense of what's ~~~cool these days, but I can't ever remember the songs. Can we talk about our favorite podcasts instead?? I just started listening to Revisionist History and I LOOOVE it!
R/R: well post partum my LP has been 11-12 days and my temp took the same mini drop right before AF that it has the last two cycles. So just waiting on AF at this point.
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
Month/Cycle: 5/3
R/R: @LadyMillil I'm with ya...that month/cycle rollover hurts. I'm joining you soon too.
Dating: 11/14/2010
Married: 10/18/2014
TTC April 2016
BFP: 5/12/2016 ~ MC: 5/25/2016
sorry for the BFNs today
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
Month/Cycle: 4/4
R/R:
I've been temping/charting for 4 months now (but TTC for a total of 14 months) and I can't seem to figure out any patterns in my cycle. When I start to think my LP is one length, it does a complete change and goes super short/super long. I get positive OPKs and have EWCM but no clear temp shift at all. I have EWCM on a Wednesday, but then none on a Friday when I get positive OPK. I'm either doing this wrong or my body is majorly F-ed. I've stopped temping.
I've seriously given up for right now. I always told myself I would never go to a specialist ( I am looking into thyroid issues with my regular doctor) if I ever had "trouble" and if I couldn't conceive naturally then it wasn't meant to be. I'm super frustrated right now and I don't know what to do. DH is sort of "hands" off with this process and has the same mentality that it's either going to happen for us naturally or not at all. He's supportive but since he's not involved in the process (temping/charting,etc), he doesn't really get how I'm really feeling.
I just want to know why I was born with a body that doesn't work the way it's designed to. I have a few friends that have had two kids in two years. Another has had three kids in three years. What is so different about my body?
Sorry, rant over!
R/R: So my husband talked me in to going to a local wrestling match that a couple of his guys from work are in last night- I was REALLY-not looking forward to it- but I must admit- it actually ended up being VERY amusing. DH wants to take his nephews now one weekend and I might just join them to see how much those 3 like it Lol.
GTKY: What is the one song you always crank up the volume for every time you hear it on the radio? I'd have to say Dancing shoes or Fat Bottom Girls- love to jam out to old school rock!
@doxiemoxie212 hoping these are all good signs for you- definitely a promising chart
Me 36, DH 35
TTC since 8/2014
Clomid started Oct 2015
4 Clomid Cycles all with BFN
First appt with RE diagnosed with PCOS and Uterine Polyp
RE started Metformin
Polypectomy May 13, 2016
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Timing: -4 -2, -1, +1
R/R: BFF should be getting here within an hour or so! Getting her moved into her classroom and her room (I've been cleaning all morning!) Then celebrating with Mexican and Margs. I'm so glad she and my husband get along so well, this should be a fun few months having her here with us.
Merin Morris 80's Mercedes. Such a fun song.
R/R: Having dinner at a farm-to-table we haven't tried yet for a dear friend's birthday. Wine me.
Me: 42 | DH: 45
TTC since Dec. 2014
BFP #1 Oct. 2015 | MC Nov. 2015
Sept. 2016: FSH, AMH, E2, TSH, etc. all normal. | Oct. 2016: HSG all clear! | Nov. 2016: Hysteroscopy & H's SA both great results
Dec. 2016 - Follistim + TI
BFP #2 12/25/16 | Natural MC 2/13/17 | False BFP leads to D&C 4/20/17 | Emergency D&C + hysteroscopy 5/16/17
The road probably ends here
@doxiemoxie212. I have had multiple triphasic charts that were not pregnancy charts, so fwiw, I try not to put too much stock in things like triphasic patterns, implantation dips etc. But the spotting. My doctor told me that pre-menstrual spotting can be a sign of low progesterone and/or the progesterone dropping off too early in the LP. If that spotting has been getting longer for you, going on for several cycles, and also since you are spotting at other times in your cycle, it might be time to bring that up with your doctor if you are not ku this cycle. Random bleeding at different parts of your cycle is a sign to talk to your doctor. FX for you!!!
@MrsFL2015. I'm sorry your feeling so frustrated right now. TTC can be a really long, frustrating process for sure. I can't see your charts right now since I'm on mobile. But there could be any number of things going on. Are you temping at a consistent time after enough sleep? Have you had other sources of excess stress or illness or inconsistent sleep patterns that could be affecting your temps? CM is a crazy thing and a lot of women feel it helps them to a variable degree of reliability. I would encourage you to keep temping if possible, and try to find an easy routine with that, that works for you. Start by letting that be your guide, and supplement by watching CM - just for EWCM - and be sure to note/BD when that happens. I know everyone says "temp and use opks" but I feel like if I had to let one thing slide to keep it simple, for me it would be setting the opks aside and just focus on temps and cm. Then add the opks back in once you have a better handle on temping. Just a thought. I temped for a Very long time before I even thought to use an opk, and I never had a problem seeing my temp shift that told me I Od w/i at least a certain narrow window of certainty. I just think the opks with false surges and whatnot can lead to more questions if not supported by temps, too. Hang in there. <3. You'll find a way to do what works for you...
@ahrains
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Me: 42 | DH: 45
TTC since Dec. 2014
BFP #1 Oct. 2015 | MC Nov. 2015
Sept. 2016: FSH, AMH, E2, TSH, etc. all normal. | Oct. 2016: HSG all clear! | Nov. 2016: Hysteroscopy & H's SA both great results
Dec. 2016 - Follistim + TI
BFP #2 12/25/16 | Natural MC 2/13/17 | False BFP leads to D&C 4/20/17 | Emergency D&C + hysteroscopy 5/16/17
The road probably ends here
From what I've read pregnancy symptoms don't normally start until closer to 6 weeks so feeling nothing or feeling every.single.symptom means nothing
R/R: If I'm not KU this cycle, we have one more until we need to TTA for a summer wedding that we're in and that we have to travel for. We won't start TTC again until December or January. We had a nice talk about when to TTC again, because after the wedding there are a lot of unknowns coming up with his Army career path (deployments mainly) but he was just said to go for it. Either way, when he gets deployed I'm going to live with my ILs (who I love btw) so at least I'd have help.
We watched the Great Sperm Race the other night and DH realized how hard it is to get pregnant. Out of the 250,000,000 sperm that enter the vagina only 3 made it past the fallopian tube (maybe it was 2).
On a funny note but also super TMI, last night DH finished with my boobs and as we were in the shower I just waved at it washing off and said "by kids have fun". I think it's good to laugh about TTC sometimes although I'm sure my perspective will change if we hit the 6+ cycles of TTC.
Pretty much anything by Taylor Swift. Even DH knows the lyrics to most of the songs because I play her music so much.
TTC since August 2018
TTC since August 2018
R/R: I'm feeling a little sick today (hence my lateness to this TWW party), my DH is gone for the night so I plan on taking a bath, watching crappy TV, and hanging out in my PJs
We ride to "Don't Let Me Down" sometimes in my spin class and it always makes me happy so I've been turning that one up lately
R/R: On the one hand, I'm ready for my cycle to start so that I can get a real month of temping in. Plus, once I get my period, my RE is going to run more tests to try to see what's going on with my losses. But on the other hand, H and I are going away next weekend and I wouldn't mind if my period waited until after we had a chance for some hotel sex...
Married: October 2014
Began TTC: April 2015
BFP #1: 9/18/15. EDD 5/18/16. MC 10/26/15. (9w)
BFP #2: 2/27/16. EDD 11/7/16. MC/D&E 4/20/16 (11w)
BFP #3: 9/22/16. EDD 5/29/17. DS born 4/24/17
BFP #4: 5/20/18. EDD 1/23/19.