WTO Friday

MotherOfDucks

Month/cycle: 7

CD: 2

WAYDTGKU: Nothing. I will start temping this cycle

R/R/CS: I'm sick. So I'm not even bothering to temp. They'll be crazy. I'll start when AF leaves though...

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band?
I always have a tough time with this question..... Evanescence has always been my fave though

momstahp

Month/cycle: 7/6

CD: 6

WAYDTGKU: still waiting on AF. Trying really hard to cut back on caffeine and just eating healthier in general.

R/R/CS: DS has been fighting a fever since yesterday afternoon and it sucks its the first time he's ever been so sick and its making me so sad and paranoid.

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band?
TBH, Backstreet Boys will never ever get old for me. I can listen to them any day.

pretzel2plus1

Month/cycle: 3/3

CD: 20

WAYDTGKU: pretty much all of it.

R/R/CS: one more higher temp and I'll have confirmed ovulation for CD 16. I had two kind of weird ones in there. I'm trusting FF to have it right, and I'm pretty confident because CM and CP are back to a non-fertile status.

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band? I will listen to pretty much anything. Like @MandyBeeSLP, I'm also enjoying Rend Collective at the moment.

PeggyOlsonFTW

Month/cycle: 1/1

CD: 2

WAYDTGKU:  temping and charting, pnv and all the sex once AF is gone

R/R/CS: I'm cranky today. Allergies, AF, moodiness, overtired toddler and home projects are all too much for me today.

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band? Of all time, probably Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and Jeff Buckley.

Also, for those with second thoughts: I was terrified of the way my life was going to change after DS was born because of all the reasons others mentioned: travel, money, etc. You find a way to adjust to your new normal though. After DS we became a one income family and have made it work. And we were able to travel to Puerto Rico for a family vacation when DS was 11 months.

I can be one of those moms that vents on Facebook about the negative stuff. Sometimes you just need to get it out and hear some reassuring words from someone else, but for every one of those negative posts, I could have posted 100 positive ones. I just don't because who wants to hear me constantly bragging about my kid? FWIW, my DS was and is not an easy kid. He didn't sleep through the night til he was 14 months, teething was a nightmare, every developmental milestone made him sleep like shit, he's still not a great napper and he really knows how to test my limits and drive me crazy some days! But, DS is also hilarious, loving, silly, smart and has the best laugh and sense of humor and all that outweighs the bad. But again, if I was constantly posting about funny things he said, people would probably find that more annoying!

charmedlifex3

Month/cycle: 3/2

CD: 5!

WAYDTGKU: AF is finally slowing.

R/R/CS: Nothing today!

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band? My favorite song is "Gonna Walk This Road" by Eric Bibb. It was our first dance song!

sboston06

Thanks to everyone for all the awesome advice and perspective! When I think back to last month when I got 4 BFN, I was so disappointed. I know I really want to have a baby I'm just scared of all the things mentioned in my first post. 

I am going to be forced to actually talk to DH about this tonight. When I was texting this morning (before coffee), I accidentally sent a huge vent to DH that was meant for my sister. In that text, I said all the things I"m afraid of and how I'm afraid to talk to DH because I don't want to scare him. Oops. Guess we'll talk about that one when he gets home from work tonight. In reality, he was cool about it and not scared or upset with me, and it is probably a good thing I got my feelings out there about such a big issue.

mrsE2015

Month/cycle:4/4

CD: 14

WAYDTGKU: temping, CM, CP, sex when husband is home.

R/R/CS: kinda confused about my chart... What is going on with the huge dip and then only slight rise? Any insite would be appreciated!

Favorite band at the moment is Boyce Avenue

Edited: words are hard!

DaAliDShow

Month/cycle: 2

CD: 13

WAYDTGKU: All of it.

R/R/CS: Raving because it's Friday, I have the day off, my temp went up about .7, and I have EWCM for the first time evahhhh!!!



GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band? I'm a classical musician, and not that into mainstream music, but I know every Radiohead album by heart. I was also obsessed with Primus for a while in college.

ButterMyBiscuit

@alicedavid2013 I heart that GIF. So. MUCH.

EllCee017

Month/Cycle: 2/3

CD: 3

WAYDTGKU: Everything

R/R/CS: Took the day of work to make homemade donuts with my mom so started the weekend off by pigging out! And AF finally slowed down after the big smack in the face yesterday.

GTKY: What is your favorite song, singer, or band? So many options but probably have to go with Ingram Hill. They aren't too popular but I love every one of their songs!

jsassy

Month/cycle: 21/4 temping

CD: 1

WAYDTGKU: Nothing at the moment, cursing AF and my body

R/R/CS: I bought myself a nice bottle of wine and I'm seriously struggling to not open it right now.

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band?

My favorite song of all time is American Pie by Don McLean...when I was young, my dad would take me through the words and tell stories of what the lyrics meant. I loved it. Now every time I hear it, I can't help but sing it word for word...and its a 9 minute long song.

kcooper1986

Month/cycle: 3/3

CD: 8

WAYDTGKU: OPK, temping, checking CM

R/R/CS: I got nothin'. Hoping I O around CD16 instead of CD 24 like I did last cycle....go figure, the first cycle I take temping and checking things seriously...

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band? I don't really have a favorite singer or band, but my favorite song is "Hotel California".

sboston06

Another rant for my Friday....I recently signed up for short-term disability and I thought it was effective 10/1. I called HR to be sure and nope..not effective until 11/1. So if I get KU before that, my maternity leave won't be covered. Of course, that's a little cart before the horse but it'll give me 60% of my salary so it's kind of a big deal. ***TMI*** And of course today is the day I get EWCM. 

Lasscher

Month/cycle: 2/3

CD: 10

WAYDTGKU: sex EOD, OPK, CM, TTC lube

R/R/CS: I'm doing well. I've been sleeping well again. Cervical mucus this cycle is confusing me... One minute wet next it feels sticky.


GTKY: Lauryn Hill

Maydar

Month/cycle: 5/6

CD: 6

WAYDTGKU: Started temping again today now that AF is over. Will start OPKs on CD 12. Gonna make another effort to track CP this cycle.. it's never really worked for me. Taking prenatals, and B6 & C for my short LP.

R/R/CS: When I told DH that AF was gone, he said "time for all the sex!" I laughed and told him it would likely be almost 2 weeks until I O, and he said we should just "keep going for it until O whether we get burnt out or not" which is a lovely sentiment but I'm not sure he'll feel that way on nights when he gets home from 2 hours of jiu jitsu class and is sore and bruised and we're not in bed until midnight. 

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band? This is tough. I'm very much trapped in the 90's. I guess Foo Fighters, because they're the only band I've really consistently loved all through their career.

virginiaham

@JournoGrl23 Going by the "higher than the last 6 temps" I think you could get CH if your temp stays where it is or only slightly dips tomorrow!

JournoGrl23

@virginiaham thank you so much! I'm having a lot of trouble interpreting my chart since it's my first month temping. And it has so many ups and downs. Thank you for helping me out! I really hope my temp stays up.

KyCade3013

Hmm...

Month/cycle: 2/2

CD: 3

Rant/chart: might try to pull out all the stops this go around. See if i can figure this charting deal out. Waiting for AF to bounce but probably go out tonight and have a few cocktails with the hubs :-)!!!! TGI fing F.

Fave band: Foo Fighters and The Killers were both epic in concert, but my first fave was MxpX who still have never sold out.

Some of these GIF's are hysterical by the way. That Rachel McAdams one lol.

Yailani23

Month/cycle: 3/3

CD: 6

WAYDTGKU: temping, charting & ready to HIO

R/R/CS: AF is finally gone!! \:D/

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band? Maroon 5

KyCat

Hey ladies! Checking in kinda late today, so I'm just going to post, and then go back and check if anyone still needs questions answered.

Month/cycle: 7

CD: 5

WAYDTGKU: OPK, temping, checking CM, hopefully more sex than last month

R/R/CS: AF has left the building! However, I'm a little emotional because I just found out that my mom had to have her dog put down this morning. Very sad stuff.

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band? Hmmm. I'm bad with favorites. But my mom and sister recently convinced me to check out Brandi Carlile, and I love her! 

megstervt

@KyCat sorry about your moms dog.

mom2adoodle

Month/cycle: 2/1 (currently benched though) 

CD: CD12

WAYDTGKU: When we have the green light to go: OPK, Temping, Preseed. For now, just temping. 

R/R/CS: I work in high risk schools and it's getting increasingly frustrating to see 13 year olds and women who are having trouble taking care of the kids they do have KU

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band? Lady Gaga and The Eagles 

KyCat

@Hummingbird125 to share your chart if you're on your phone, just take a screenshot and attach it. If you're on the computer, once logged in to fertility friend, go to my chart, and then underneath it there are several buttons, one of which says share. That will take you to a page where you can copy and paste the html code for the link to your chart. Hope that helps!

@oandmplus1 if you moved around some before you took your temp, that could make it a little higher. It also seems possible that you O'd yesterday, even without a peak reading, but you'll have to see what your temps do the next few days. 

@chanfa yes, you can get a positive opk and still have an anovulatory cycle. Your body might produce the LH surge, but not actually O. Why are you worried about an anovulatory cycle though? Have you had them in the past? 

@JournoGrl23 I agree with @virginiaham. I think you might have O'd on CD23 and just need one or two more high temps to get cross hairs.

Edited because I got cut off somehow.

Megz1902

@PBorgstede91 Your chart looks normal to me so far. The fluctuations are slight, you just don’t have enough data yet to really see anything. Once you have temped a whole cycle, you should see the biphasic pattern we are all looking for.

@katetastrophem Looks like O could be any day now! FX for you!

@mrsE2015 Its hard to say if that dip and then temp not coming back up means anything. It seems with temping that the temps alone only mean anything when you look at them a few days later. I would expect your temp to go back up to or above the coverline though. 

Month/cycle: 4/4

CD:13

WAYDTGKU: PNV, Temping, OPKs, PreSeed, The usual

R/R/CS: Lots of BDing even though its not quite my FW yet. Trying to get in the habit of EOD so we keep it up all month and hopefully don't miss any fertile days. I REALLY want this to be our month (as we all do, of course.)

I introduced an old friend to TCOYF this week. Hoping she finds it helpful to understanding fertility. 

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band?

I Have too many favorites! I just discovered Brett Eldridge (country) though and am hooked on a few of his songs right now.

@severmilli12 Blink is also a favorite and Hanson was a big part of my 4th grade year. Haven't heard their newer stuff though. 

chanfa

@kycat no I just get overly anxious and I am just going crazy staring at my chart. This is my first month temping so I can't say what happened before and I just got off of BCP in August. I might just be over analyzing everything though =P

kerriiface28

Month/cycle: 2/2

CD: 10

WAYDTGKU: temping, PNV's, cm, sexy time. and considering getting and opk.

R/R/CS: today was beyond shitty at work.. getting annoyed with my temps and planning on getting a new thermometer after o'ing this cycle, if i can tell if I o'ed.

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band? Dashboard Confessional.. i will forever resonate with all that emoness starting in 2003.

JournoGrl23

@KyCat thank you! I'm really hopeful. By the way, your cat in your profile picture looks very similar to one of mine!

jennifer0428

@JournoGrl23 if your temp tomorrow is 97.45 or higher I think you would get CH for CD23. You can try entering 98 for tomorrow and see what it does?

KyCat

@chanfa try not to worry! I think everybody's chart looks kinda crazy before O. It won't look like a "normal" chart until FF gives you those cross hairs.

And yeah, unfortunately, with coming off BC recently, you can't really know what to expect. Stick with the temping, though! In the long run it will help.

JChris830

Month/cycle: 4/4

CD: 10

WAYDTGKU: Tempting, observing CM, starting using OPKs this month but this will be the last. 

R/R/CS: This month in addition to temping I decided to start using OPKs. And I HATE it. I had like 3 days of EWCM the other day and drove myself nuts because my OPK was darker one day than it was the previous, but it still wasn't as dark as the test line, so negative. The whole thing drove me nuts. Never again

GTKY: What's your favorite song or singer or band? I love love Halestorm

AL_TwinCities

@Mlight28 and @jsassy I'm sorry you are both here at CD1 with me

mrsE2015

This is the first month my chart has been some what normal looking... I think.. This is also my first month using FF. Can anyone explain what this large dip is? And with the slight rise could that be showing that I O if it continues to go up? Or does it need to be higher than my previous temps? The examples charts on FF are not helping me Thanks ladies.

Mlight28

@AL_TwinCities At least we are in good company...

JournoGrl23

@jennifer0428 thank you, that's a great tip! I entered multiple temps just to see and it looks like as long as it's 97.18 or higher then it'll show I Oed on CD 23. I really hope I have a temp above that.

KyCat

@mrsE2015 a lot of people do get a large temp drop right when they O, and then some women, (myself included) usually have a slow rise after O, so maybe you have both of those things? Your CM and CP both seem to indicate that you have just O'd or are about to. Unfortunately, there's no way to know for sure until you get a few more days' temps. 

Short answer- I wouldn't be concerned about the temp drop.

mrsE2015

@KyCat thanks so much for answering I just couldn't find anything about a drop like that so wasn't sure what was going on! Hope you have a nice weekend! Thank you again!