FFFC

sister13

Do the flame-free-friday-confession thing.  The only true part about that is Friday and sometimes confessions. 

sister13

Dammit I shouldn't have started it, I have a debbie downer confession.  

sister13

Okay, here's a different one.  I rarely clean my grill tools.  The grill tongs and spatula usually just stay outside and I blow the dust off and use them.  It's fine.

Also, I'm eating mashed potatoes and gravy for breakfast.

cateyes543

I am debating between leftover ice cream cake from my birthday or steak for breakfast. I'd say it's a winner either way.

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Wine&Cupcakes

FFFC: My anxiety has been out of control lately. I don't have panic attacks but I have a constant tightness in my chest and it pretty much gets tighter whenever I worry about something (constantly).

The confession part is that I really think my anxiety is preventing me from getting pregnant, and it gets worse every time I try to decrease it.

Flame away as I know this isn't a popular viewpoint.

southernpeach89

ttcminicofer said:

Okay, here's a different one.  I rarely clean my grill tools.  The grill tongs and spatula usually just stay outside and I blow the dust off and use them.  It's fine.

Also, I'm eating mashed potatoes and gravy for breakfast.

I do the same. I also don't thoroughly wash my cast iron pans. Seasoning. Not laziness on my part

We are the same way. I think I wash our cast iron skillet and pot more thoroughly than DH but we definitely are lacking on keeping up with the seasoning.

singingsea

One of our salesmen buys everyone a box of chocolate for christmas. That is what I had for breakfast. I regret nothing.

hydrangea1019

I've been eatIng bagels and cream cheese the past couple weeks. This past weekend I found a Honey and Roasted Pecan cream cheese.

It's like effing cream cheese icing!!! So I've been slathering that junk on like I'm icing a cake. I regret nothing.

reginaphilangee

Last week my boobs were super sore and I was all moody so I decided to take a test. BFN. I was so bummed.

Confession: I completely forgot that H and I hadn't even had sex since my last period due to my abdomen injury. I told him what I did and he laughed so hard he cried. "Babe! It'd be like the immaculate conception!"

Haha. Very funny.

K. I admit. It's kinda funny X_X

kelley72

southernpeach89 said:

ttcminicofer said:

Okay, here's a different one.  I rarely clean my grill tools.  The grill tongs and spatula usually just stay outside and I blow the dust off and use them.  It's fine.

Also, I'm eating mashed potatoes and gravy for breakfast.

I do the same. I also don't thoroughly wash my cast iron pans. Seasoning. Not laziness on my part

We are the same way. I think I wash our cast iron skillet and pot more thoroughly than DH but we definitely are lacking on keeping up with the seasoning.

oh no, I NEVER wash (with soap/water) my cast iron skillet.  

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mustloveerica

kelley72 said:

southernpeach89 said:

ttcminicofer said:

sister13 said:

Okay, here's a different one.  I rarely clean my grill tools.  The grill tongs and spatula usually just stay outside and I blow the dust off and use them.  It's fine.

Also, I'm eating mashed potatoes and gravy for breakfast.

I do the same. I also don't thoroughly wash my cast iron pans. Seasoning. Not laziness on my part

We are the same way. I think I wash our cast iron skillet and pot more thoroughly than DH but we definitely are lacking on keeping up with the seasoning.

oh no, I NEVER wash (with soap/water) my cast iron skillet.  

I "wash" my cast iron skillet by boiling water in it. Never ever ever use soap or any other cleaning product on a cast iron skillet!

elizabetheleven

I have a couple.

My H hides my tests cause he knows I love peeing on things. What he doesn't know... I have 3 tests I hid in my apron. He'll never look there.

Also, I ate Christmas m&ms for dinner last night. My stomach hurts but it was totally worth it.

southernpeach89

mustloveerica said:

southernpeach89 said:

ttcminicofer said:

Okay, here's a different one.  I rarely clean my grill tools.  The grill tongs and spatula usually just stay outside and I blow the dust off and use them.  It's fine.

Also, I'm eating mashed potatoes and gravy for breakfast.

I do the same. I also don't thoroughly wash my cast iron pans. Seasoning. Not laziness on my part

We are the same way. I think I wash our cast iron skillet and pot more thoroughly than DH but we definitely are lacking on keeping up with the seasoning.

oh no, I NEVER wash (with soap/water) my cast iron skillet.  

I "wash" my cast iron skillet by boiling water in it. Never ever ever use soap or any other cleaning product on a cast iron skillet!

Oh no! DH has been doing right this whole time!!! I suck. I've always wondered why they look oily when I put them away.

Wine&Cupcakes

@goldenlove3: hugs to you, my dear. I'm sorry you haven't been getting the answers you are looking for and I have my FX for you.

We were supposed to be sent off for testing per my metabolic protocol but we have no IF coverage - so we decided to wait the year. In the meantime, I've decided I'm going to make meditation a priority for 30 min each night (I downloaded and app) and I'm going to see a therapist. Hopefully that helps - I downloaded a free app and so far, so good!

Have you tried anything like that?

mustloveerica

grandiosequestion said:

mustloveerica said:

kelley72 said:

southernpeach89 said:

ttcminicofer said:

sister13 said:

Okay, here's a different one.  I rarely clean my grill tools.  The grill tongs and spatula usually just stay outside and I blow the dust off and use them.  It's fine.

Also, I'm eating mashed potatoes and gravy for breakfast.

I do the same. I also don't thoroughly wash my cast iron pans. Seasoning. Not laziness on my part

We are the same way. I think I wash our cast iron skillet and pot more thoroughly than DH but we definitely are lacking on keeping up with the seasoning.

oh no, I NEVER wash (with soap/water) my cast iron skillet.  

I "wash" my cast iron skillet by boiling water in it. Never ever ever use soap or any other cleaning product on a cast iron skillet!


I use it every time. It's fine.



It won't hurt the pan to use soap. But not using soap preserves the seasonings of the food you cook. Some people (my mom included) brag about having 100 year old cast iron skillets with 100 years of seasoning. It makes your food taste better! :-)

Bee1112

I am ridiculously addicted to jewelscent candles.

ELMTree1306

Joy2611 said:

Second: Last night I found myself on the couch with a heating pad on my back and drinking a glass of prune juice.

What the actual fuck.  I'm 87 years old.

Haha. This literally had me LOL!

I spent the day yesterday with a friend sewing and playing with our serger settings. I also thought I must be 87yo if this is how I spend time with friends.

ELMTree1306

Joy2611 said:

First: I have a "doctor's appointment" at 11am.

Yes, it's medically related.  My back and neck muscles are so effed from a medication that I have to take that their tightness and spasms are giving me migraines.  So, my appointment at 11am is for a massage.

Sounds legit to me! Enjoy your "appt".

kamarks08

FFFC: I just realized I forgot my lunch at home today (30 minutes away) and I plan on eating what's at my desk, which includes three cookies, a chocolate candy, pumpkin seeds, and freeze dried mangos.

No shame.

ELMTree1306

My FFFC: I was glad to have a diagnosis from my RE, even though it will be relatively difficult to treat. I feel validated. Family and friends kept telling me to "relax, you're young" when we weren't getting pregnant. I knew something was wrong because of my short cycles. Now that I have a diagnosis, I want to tell them to all fuck off!!

Wine&Cupcakes

grandiosequestion said:

goldenlove3 said:

Wine&Cupcakes said:

FFFC: My anxiety has been out of control lately. I don't have panic attacks but I have a constant tightness in my chest and it pretty much gets tighter whenever I worry about something (constantly).

The confession part is that I really think my anxiety is preventing me from getting pregnant, and it gets worse every time I try to decrease it.

Flame away as I know this isn't a popular viewpoint.

I feel this way too even though I know general consensus is that stress doesn't cause infertility. I still feel like it does something (maybe bloodflow or hormone related). I'm not taking the unexplained infertility so well so I'd rather think that it's the crazy work stress I've been under.

While I get the desire to blame something, stress does not make a person infertile unless you are so stressed that it is causing other physical issues.

It's not a consensus among the board, it's a medical fact.

Uh, yup, fully aware of that. Which is exactly why my feeling is often a UO here - because science doesn't necessarily back it up. Hence, my FFFC.

southernpeach89

mamasargetobe said:

hobbesgal said:

I tried bribing my cat to snuggle with my by giving her treats as positive reinforcement.  The cat still doesn't give a shit.

This is why I don't like cats (besides being allergic to them). They're so mean! I can't take the constant rejection. (

I know this isn't a confession but the mean cats made me think of my cousin's cat in this picture. She tried to dress him up for Christmas and he literally looked like he was about to murder her! I laughed for an hour I feel like...I'm still laughing at this picture. 

Confession: I love cat's attitudes. 

cateyes543

ELMTree1306 said:

My FFFC: I was glad to have a diagnosis from my RE, even though it will be relatively difficult to treat. I feel validated. Family and friends kept telling me to "relax, you're young" when we weren't getting pregnant. I knew something was wrong because of my short cycles. Now that I have a diagnosis, I want to tell them to all fuck off!!

I totally get this. Just letting my family know there are some hormones out of whack has stopped all questions and them telling me to "relax and stop thinking about it". Now they are way supportive and best of all-quiet. 

Wine&Cupcakes

grandiosequestion said:

Wine&Cupcakes said:

grandiosequestion said:

goldenlove3 said:

Wine&Cupcakes said:

FFFC: My anxiety has been out of control lately. I don't have panic attacks but I have a constant tightness in my chest and it pretty much gets tighter whenever I worry about something (constantly).

The confession part is that I really think my anxiety is preventing me from getting pregnant, and it gets worse every time I try to decrease it.

Flame away as I know this isn't a popular viewpoint.

I feel this way too even though I know general consensus is that stress doesn't cause infertility. I still feel like it does something (maybe bloodflow or hormone related). I'm not taking the unexplained infertility so well so I'd rather think that it's the crazy work stress I've been under.

While I get the desire to blame something, stress does not make a person infertile unless you are so stressed that it is causing other physical issues.

It's not a consensus among the board, it's a medical fact.

Uh, yup, fully aware of that. Which is exactly why my feeling is often a UO here - because science doesn't necessarily back it up. Hence, my FFFC.

People are allowed to comment. You've been here long enough to know better.

I just clarified my POV. I wasn't being snarky.

Edited for snark, because I'm trying to be a better person today.

divinemsbee

The third pregnancy announcement on my Facebook that's going to be a girl born next summer named Harper. I'm a bad person, because when they say 'a girl, due XX, and her name is Harper' I just want to respond 'Of course it is.'

I just don't get the name Harper or why it's so popular (I have many rants on the BNB about this).

Also, we got back from our trip 2 weeks ago and there are still suitcases with some clothes in them on the floor of our bedroom. I hate unpacking. I am going to finish it today because we have people coming over tonight.

Wine&Cupcakes

@riderchik Do you order out? If so, what are you ordering??

I'm hungry...and when I saw the Tumblr porn topic, I just thought of food porn.

I want cheese.

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Wine&Cupcakes

goldenlove3 said:

grandiosequestion said:

goldenlove3 said:

@grandiosequestion I knew "general consensus" wasn't the correct phrase. I know it's medical fact, it's just hard to shake the feeling.

Like I said, I get wanting to blame it on something. But trying to blame it on something that you know absolutely isn't the issue really doesn't accomplish much. If anything it may just make you feel worse for continuing to work there, which can raise your stress level again, and just makes life not fun for you.

Unexplained IF doesn't mean there isn't an issue. It means there isn't an obvious issue based on standard tests. Hopefully meds and IUI are enough to overcome whatever the actual issue is.

So is there an actual study that shows there is no link? I've been trying to read up on both sides of it and can't seem to find anything about stress NOT impacting fertility. There's a lot of "it's not clear if it does" and a ton of articles about how it might. Just trying to educate myself on the science of it.

I just searched some databases. The studies vary. Some say low/moderate doesn't. Others say it does. I just read something about alpha-amylase (a digestion enzyme) being released with increased stress levels (along with cortisol), but in a small study, the higher cortisol levels didn't impact fertility, but the higher amylase levels did - decreased the likelihood of conception (per month) by 12%. I didn't read the actual article, but I'm searching for it now. Mainly, it needs to be studied more because it's still just speculation. The article also discussed how these levels could stall a fertilized egg from implanting and something about perfusion.

I read a meta-analysis that spoke to the high rates of personal ancedote's of individuals who relax (go on vacation, "stop trying", etc etc) and who get pregnant during those times but that is highly speculative and there was no scientific data backing it up.

raelynn71109

Our cat snuggles with DH waaaay more often than he does with me and it makes me jealous. I want all the kitty snuggles. (

pugsandwine

I ate chips and queso for dinner last night.

Well... that, and a bottle of wine. 

londonlea04

Chad5285 said:

iamgroot said:

I have a Tumblr.  I only use it for two things:

1.  Looking at pictures of *insert attractive actor here*

2.  Porn

Tumblr gets a lot of use during my FW.

Today is the first time I hear about Tumblr being used for this. My interest is piqued.

+1. 

kamarks08

14whitney said:

FFFC: I started watching Grey's less than 3 weeks ago. I'm on season 8.

@14whitney, When my DH was deployed, I spent the entire summer on Netflix. I watched the entire series of Grey's in a month.

No regrets.

Wine&Cupcakes

@chad5285 - thanks for that info. I'm starting to see a therapist and I downloaded a mediation app to try every night for 30 minutes.

I will say, I am a gym rat, but haven't been since August because of multiple moves and a job change - and my anxiety has significantly increased, so I totally can relate to the connection. Looks like I have to get back to the gym soon as well!

cluckster

My FFFC is that...my boss is not here today (she has every other Friday off) and work is really slow so I may or may not be starting the Serial podcast, getting addicted and probably not doing much work, if any, today! 

pugsandwine

I don't know what the Serial Podcast is. 

I also don't know what "post-its" means. 

Halp?

Rooskie87

Thanks for the cast iron advice! I really want a cast iron pan for Christmas for the sole purpose of making steaks.

FFFC DH decided to save money by having me cut his hair. He bought clippers and got excited and made me do it right away. His hair has officially seen better days and I hope it grows back enough that I can fix it before Christmas. Guess I'll be watching YouTube.

We also usually go out on Fridays. I think tonight will be Steak 'n Shake.

lazyreader

I sometimes love public transportation because I get to people watch.
I'm an early morning person.
While riding the bus I often wish I could start an instagram compiled of people sleeping/snoring/nodding-for-cock, picking their nose, or kids doing whatever kids do on the bus.

chipsfordinner

I accidently turned off my alarm this morning and overslept.  I was late to signing online for a webinar for work.  When I signed in, I told my boss that I had been having internet problems and was resetting my router a million times and was on the phone with Comcast. 

Sorry not sorry?

Salsera29

My MIL is pissed that I sent out Christmas cards (DH is Jewish) instead of "Happy Holiday" cards.

My FFFC: My first reaction to hearing this was, "Ok, then I won't send her one next year."