**Weekend Crazy Train**

BethKate2

This is a thread posted daily for any of us who need to get out our frustrations about waiting to O, the 2WW, or vent about our cycles. If you find yourself checking FF obsessively, MF is getting the best of you, or you just want to pee on all things, let it out here!

In order for the conductors to be better able to help you, please make sure you either have a FF chart link in your sig, or make sure you post a link. Don't chart? You should consider it, not only will it give you a lot more insight to your cycles, but conductors will be able to answer a lot of your questions just by looking at your chart! To learn more about charting, check out the charting course that FF offers:https://www.fertilityfriend.com/courses/

The CT is not the place to post a BFP. If you have a "squinter" or if you have a line that appeared after the time frame, please do not post about it here. Take a step back from the board, test again with FMU, and good luck!

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Crazy level from 1-10:

CD/DPO:

Can I just ______ already?!:

Signs/Symptoms:

Explain your Crazy here:

ctk181

Pickles4Prez said:

Hi @BethKate2‌, thanks for the check-in! Any fun plans for this weekend?

Crazy level from 1-10: solid 10

CD/DPO: 24/12

Can I just ______ already?!: have an answer, damnit!

Signs/Symptoms: no spotting or cramps and temps are staying up!

Explain your Crazy here: more personal victories! My LP is never this long, thank you progesterone suppositories! I've been peeing on all the sticks, but no definitive answers so far. Only testing FMU, so hopefully I won't blow through my whole stock this cycle.

Thanks for reading!
Here's a weird dog for your troubles.


Edit: My FF
https://fertilityfriend.com/home/506853/

Yay for a longer LP! That is a very pretty chart. FX you get an answer soon. I too have been peeing on sticks the last three mornings and no answers, so I feel your pain.

Elliecat17

I will join @Pickles4Prez !

Hey @BethKate2

Crazy level from 1-10: 8.5 but climbing

CD/DPO: 24/9

Can I just ______ already?!: Feel better or get an answer!

Signs/Symptoms: Nausea last 3 mornings if I eat. Sharp pain/cramps on the right side last night. Some tenderness of the BBs.

Explain your Crazy here: Nothing with a FRER this morning, but it's still pretty early and honestly I have never gotten a good positive with any urine test EVER! I really thought that I was going to get AF this morning the way I was feeling, but that went away and now I just don't want to even look at food.  Perhaps I am just getting sick. My temps went lower too but I didn't sleep well the last 2 nights. Here goes another few days of crazy!

MrsOscarFelix

Hey Everyone - new here so I figured I would jump in

Crazy level from 1-10: probably around a 6

CD/DPO: CD 17

Can I just ______ already?!: Ovulate !

Signs/Symptoms: Finally got a positive OPK today and my CM is looking pretty good.

Explain your Crazy here: This is my first cycle charting/temping. I'm so so glad that I did - I'm learning so much, though I think my chart is a little wonky but I'm not sure. Doctor said there was no reason to wait to try again after my mc so I have just been waiting around to see if I would even O this cycle. I was feeling a little discouraged when I didn't see any signs of O this week but finally got a positive OPK today so I'd say things are looking up!

 

*Edit - apparently I can't spell

[url=https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/53aa50/]My Ovulation Chart[/url]  || [url=http;//www.fertilityfriend.com]Ovulation Calendar[/url]

Elliecat17

@Pickles4Prez I seriously thought I was going to loose it this morning when I took my thyroid meds. I can't believe that water made me feel that sick.

Elliecat17

same here! 

**warning other's pregnancy mentioned**

I almost lost it with one of the mothers I visit for my job. She got the ultrasound done for her 4th and "didn't want the picture she was so pissed because it wasn't a girl". (she wanted 2 of each). i wanted to be like I would give anything to be having one!!

renegadewhit

Crazy level from 1-10: 7

CD/DPO: CD22/no O in sight

Can I just ______ already?!: Ovulate/Stop feeling sorry for myself

Signs/Symptoms: None. Negative OPK, no CM, so signs of O anytime soon

Explain your Crazy here: Long cycles are the WORST. Especially considering I've almost always had 28-29 day cycles, right up until I started temping a month ago. I feel like if I keep having 37 day cycles, that just means I have less chances to ovulate, meaning less chances to get knocked up. I'm just feeling sorry for myself today. Is it too early to start drinking?

MrsOscarFelix

Pickles4Prez said:

Yay @Elliecat17‌ and @MrsOscarFelix‌ ! I have someone to be crazy with @Elliecat17‌ I feel ya with the nausea, I actually chugged a protein shake first thing because I thought I was so hungry I was nauseous. Still feeling queasy, hoping I didn't pick up the flu anywhere @MrsOscarFelix‌ wow, your chart looks much better than mine did the first time I temped. Yay on +OPK, hopefully the next three temps will confirm its done!

Thanks for taking a look! FX for you!!

LittleMrsW

whitneyandconcep said:

Crazy level from 1-10: 7

CD/DPO: CD22/no O in sight

Can I just ______ already?!: Ovulate/Stop feeling sorry for myself

Signs/Symptoms: None. Negative OPK, no CM, so signs of O anytime soon

Explain your Crazy here: Long cycles are the WORST. Especially considering I've almost always had 28-29 day cycles, right up until I started temping a month ago. I feel like if I keep having 37 day cycles, that just means I have less chances to ovulate, meaning less chances to get knocked up. I'm just feeling sorry for myself today. Is it too early to start drinking?

You can still ovulate with a 37 day cycle, also, it's never too early to start drinking

mflowers929

Okay, I don't usually check in until further along in my cycle, but I'm seriously feeling the crazy right now. I need to explain and have someone else tell me whether I really am crazy or if my feelings are legitimate.

Crazy level from 1-10: 9.5

CD/DPO: 17/?

Can I just ______ already?!: convince MH to go get me pee sticks

Signs/Symptoms: extremely sore breasts (like wear a sports bra for 3 days straight, including sleeping), fatigue (took a nap 3 days in a row, very unusual for me), nausea, dizziness, sensitivity to smells, heartburn. All of these are unusual for me except the dizziness

Explain your Crazy here: I'm supposedly CD17, so I did bleed. The period I had was heavy, but slightly less so compared to normal - no heavy days when I usually have a day or 2. My chart is... well, just forget it. I screwed it up this cycle, and even on the days that I took it at my usual time the temps were so wildly different that they don't tell anything. 

I legitimately feel like I'm going nutso and just have false pregnancy symptoms, but at the same time, the last time I was pregnant was a weird cycle too - I missed a period, took a test 5 days after it was due, and it was negative. Took a test 2 weeks later and it was positive.

I have to wait for my insurance payment to clear on Monday before I can go buy a test, which I am going to do anyways since I'm supposed to get my MMR booster on Wednesday. I... just... I dunno. I really don't know.

ctk181

@Pickles4Prez‌ - if I hadn't been such a CT whore the last 3 days I would have been riding with you by 6 am today but I really had nothing new to add that I hadn't ranted to death over already. But I am with you in spirit.

BethKate2

Sorry for being a bad conductor yesterday. I had a pretty busy day.

@Pickles4Prez, Yay for a longer LP! Careful, though. Progesterone can be a MF. I had a 15 day LP this past cycle and that was only because I stopped taking it at 13dpo. When do you plan on testing again?

@Elliecat17, let's hope 10dpo was just too early. GL!

@MrsOscarFelix, with the +OPK yesterday and lower temp today, I bet today is O day. Hopefully you get a nice temp shift tomorrow.

@whitneyandconcep, Looking at your chart, it doesn't appear that you've ovulated yet this cycle, but there are a lot of open circles and few missing temps. Longer cycles (37 days isn't exceptionally long) don't mean you have less chances of ovulating. you could very well ovulate around CD 23-25 or so and then still end up with a decently long luteal phase. GL to you.

@mflowers929, I'd go get a test if I were you. You can get one of the dollar store ones or one of the .88 ones at Walmart if the money is an issue (which is what I think I understood from your post). That said, the symptoms  you're feeling could just be because of progesterone. At CD 17, it's definitely possible that you ovulated a few days ago.

renegadewhit

@bethkate2 I haven't ovulated yet, still waiting. I just meant big picture-wise if you have a 28 day cycle, you'll ovulate 12-13 times/year, but with 37 day cycles, it's more like 9 times a year. I'm sure it'll come eventually, I'm just getting really impatient. 

mflowers929

@BethKate2‌ unfortunately the cheapo walmart tests don't exist here. I looked :-/ good point about the progesterone. Never thought of it as the culprit

BethKate2

Pickles4Prez said:

@bethkate2 Nail on the head, lady.  I think I'm experiencing a CP, waiting to confirm it but isn't looking good.  Silver lining is the progesterone did it's job.

@Pickles4Prez, why do you think that? Did you get a positive test?

BethKate2

Pickles4Prez said:

@bethkate2 Yup, several faint positives 2 days ago, lighter/squinters yesterday and absent today.

I'm sorry, @Pickles4Prez, that it seems like it might be CP. ((hugs))

That said, if you've been getting positive tests, you really shouldn't be posting in the CT. I know that you're probably feeling crazy because the limbo of not really knowing what's going on is the worst, but once you get a positive, even if you're waiting for betas, you should step away from this board until you know for sure.

ETA: From the newbie blog: "Once you get your BFP, you need to step away from TTCAL . Even if you think you are going to have another loss, you need to go to PgAL and wait there. It is hard, especially when you have had multiple losses, but remember that TTCAL is a safe place for many women not just for you."

Elliecat17

@BethKate2 nope guess it wasn't too early, temp tanked today. lol now I'm waiting for AF.