WTO Sunday 10/9

SaphireSweetie88

Month/Cycle:

CD:

WAYDTGKU:

R/R:

CS/Q:

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?

SaphireSweetie88

Month/Cycle: 1 / 1

CD: 4

WAYDTGKU: Prenatal vitamins / Waiting for AF to leave / Starting OPKs for 1st time when AF leaves.

R/R: DH told me he would finish loading and run the dishwasher while I was at work. I get home and it wasn't done. I asked him about it and he said "I thought you were going to do it" ugh

CS/Q: ---

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?
It is between my sense of smell and taste but I would say my sense of taste. Smell would be useful for smelling gas or smoke or something. I can eat food with bland / no taste and be fine although I would miss the taste of cake and fresh baked cookies.

bumpybump

Month/Cycle: 3/3

CD: 12

WAYDTGKU: PNVs, OPKs, CM, temping, charting, HIO EOD in FW

R/R: I hate how I sleep when I know I need to wake up early (to an actual alarm). I get such a restless sleep and always wake up hours earlier than intended. 

CS/Q: None

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?
This is hard. It's hard to imagine not having one of them. I think I'll go with touch. I figure I can use my other senses to know when I am touching something?

mylove071407

Month/Cycle:  6/5

CD:  28

WAYDTGKU:  sex but will start temping and charting next cycle.  

R/R:   just blah....DH is oblivious to my feelings and why I'm upset with him.   It's starting to get old.  

CS/Q:  none 

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?  This is a tough one...I love food so taste isn't an option...I'd probably go with hearing.  I could still communicate through sign language and there is other adaptive equipment out there. 

zwink1

Month/Cycle:12/10

CD: 19

WAYDTGKU: temping, opks, checking cm, tea, vitamins, OB appt on 10/21

R/R: I spent most of the day yesterday at the zoo with my mom, sister, bil, his family, and my nephew. It was a lot of fun but I still have this cold so I was a total wimp and passed out on the couch before 9:30 while H and I were watching a movie...that I picked out lol. We went to bed at 9:45. It was a truly thrilling Saturday night... And while that may read like a rant, it's actually a rave!

CS/Q: Nope. I had a temp spike a few days ago, but that's almost certainly related to my cold.

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?
Hmmm, I also say touch as I assume that losing your "sense" of touch doesn't mean someone hacks off your hands, but rather just that you can't feel what you're holding. I can use other senses to figure it out.  I've already told H that if I ever lose my sight he's going to have to pull me down off of the edge. I honestly do not think I could live without sight, too many of the things I enjoy doing are dependant on it and Idk if I can trust myself to learn how to do those things without it.

JulesDP

Month/Cycle: 3/3

CD: 6

WAYDTGKU: CM/CP, Temping, Green tea, Cutting back on caffeine, Will start OPKs and HIO EOD soon

R/R: My mom was being obnoxious at a family gathering yesterday.  In front of everyone she asked my husband and I if we will *EVER* give her a grandchild.  To be fair, she doesn't know that we're TTGP (she and I have an...interesting relationship).  But still, it made me feel all of the emotions (anger, sadness, embarrassment, more anger) and added to the anxiety that I'm already feeling about this cycle. 


CS/Q: -- 

GTKY: I would have to pick smell.  I would absolutely miss certain happy smells -- especially those around the holidays.  But there are smells that I wouldn't miss... mostly those that are produced by my dogs  

mrs35

@bumpybump I always do that too when I have to get up earlier than usual! I spend the whole night worrying I missed my alarm and never actually sleep. Annoying. 

Month/Cycle: 6months total, 1cycle ttcal

CD: 5

WAYDTGKU: pnv, cm, temping 

R/R: *possible TW* child, not mine-
DH and I have been spending the weekend with our good friends and their 6mo. Last night as we were going to bed he asked me if I was ready for all the crying, feeding, pooping etc. (I immediately started feeling defensive since we've talked about this and having kids millions of times since we've gotten married) I tried to keep a straight face and just said yes, are you? And he got the biggest smile and said yes, I can't wait! It was a really sweet moment and nice to see how excited he was but I could have done without the fake out!
 
CS/Q:

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?
Smell! I have a horrible sense of smell to begin with. DH has a crazy good sniffer and he's already good about telling me all the smells I'm missing so I guess it wouldn't change much! 

vintageandrea90

Month/Cycle: 8/7

CD: 13

WAYDTGKU: BBT, multivitamin, OPKs, vitex...the deed

R/R: I just got off a night shift so I guess temping is out of the question today! 

CS/Q: none really - just hurry up O! Please just happen this month! 

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?

id say touch. Who cares about that one...all the other ones would make life bland! 

@JulesDP ahhh hugs...my MIL used to do that to me too. Then my younger, just married SIL got KU so she shut up about getting a grandchild but continued on about how fast it was for them and how long it's taking us....really? I hope you don't have to put up with those comments for long...I know it hurts

pepper16-2

Month/Cycle: 2/2

CD: 7

WAYDTGKU: PNVs, charting/tempting/CM/CP (still not sure I'm doing it right with that last one, but trying!!)

R/R: ILs are staying with us for the weekend and it's been really good so far! BUT, small rant. First some background: we only have one bathroom right now (hoping for a master suite extension soon, but, you know, money). Also, I always drink Sleepy Time tea in the evening which makes me need to pee a couple times before I go to bed. Ok, so after dinner last night I used the bathroom first and was going to pee again after everyone else was out. But both ILs decided to take showers. That's ok, right? How long could that take? Well after 30 minutes, I started to really need to pee. Like, REALLY. H helpfully suggests I pee in the backyard. EXCUSE ME?!?! H falls asleep after an hour. The backyard actually starts looking pretty good. They are finally done in the bathroom after 1.5 hours.... what the hell happened in there?? I don't even want to know, but hopefully I can use this as more ammunition with H why we need that extension PRONTO.

CS/Q: none today 

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why? I guess taste, because I just wouldn't want to lose any of the others! Also isn't smell a huge amount of what we perceive as taste? So hopefully I'd still experience some of the joy of eating/drinking  

Brooklyngirl6

Month/Cycle: 5

CD: 4

WAYDTGKU: hoping this is my last day of AF. I will start temping again tomorrow. 

R/R: I'm at the auto shop with a cranky baby today. My check engine light is on and of course DH is away all weekend. 

CS/Q: nada 

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?
I guess taste. Maybe I would lose weight. 

britters314

Month/Cycle: 14/15

CD: 12

WAYDTGKU: Temping, CM, CP, sex ED/EOD

R/R: Mucinex doesn't seem to be working. My CM honestly looks more fertile before taking for the day and after it has stopped working. I'm drinking a ton of water, so idk why it doesn't work..

CS/Q: None.

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?
We actually have a lot more than five senses: light, color, sound, balance, temperature, pain, itch, pressure, smell, taste, sense of where different parts of your body are, bladder fullness, large intestine fullness, hunger, thirst. Some scientists list more, too. From this list I would pick losing my sense of itch. But I guess I'll bite and go with the normal 5, too. I would pick smell - I know someone who doesn't have a sense of smell and she gets along fine. Everyone who picked touch - I think you're forgetting that then sex won't really feel like anything and you probably don't want that!
Sorry for the long answer, lol.

WillRunForWine21

Month/Cycle: 4/4

CD: 14

WAYDTGKU: all and the BDing

R/R: **TW** my sister called last night and has an ectopic pregnancy. She is currently in surgery though at diagnostic time it does not look as if there is damage to her tubes which is a blessing. I didn't know they were TTGP and I hate she and her husband have to go through this and I wish we could have been sharing TTGP feelings. Also the mixture of complicated emotions, you all know the ones. I don't have to say anymore. **end TW**

CS/Q: also part rant: this morning I got a peak CBAD OPK after only one high reading. My temp spiked a bit this morning (.2) but DH came home from work at 2:30am, I drank a lot of wine and temped at 5am my usual time so I had attributed it to those factors. I almost always get 4 days of high (regular until not) it doesn't change anything, I'm going after it until cross hairs especially given the sickness of DH earlier this week bUT I may be asking for a chart stalk tomorrow or Tuesday. And has anyone had experience with wonky CBAD readings and how did you interpret?

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why? Probably smell. I live right by a block of bars and restaurants and the Monday morning walk to the train. On garbage day is not fantastic

kiwi2628

Month/Cycle: 2/2

CD: 6

WAYDTGKU: HIO, PNV, starting OPKs probably tomorrow (I sometimes ovulate really early)

R/R: Its raining and cold so we get to have a fire in our fireplace! We just bought a house, so the novelty is still very exciting. Also, my SIL is coming over today and I am excited since I love her and don't get to see her a ton since she is a dancer (professional) so her work hours are bizarre. Also a bit hung over from a bachleorette last night, so hanging around the house is gonna be great today.

CS/Q: none

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?

Smell. I already don't have a sense of smell so this was easy

@JulesDP sorry about your MIL. My mom is currently doing that so I just keep torturing her and saying 'we arent having kids, ever, to spite you'

@britters314 hive five! Science-ing for the win!

@WillRunForWine21 I hope your sister (and her tube!) are ok!

bramblerose-2

Month/Cycle: 4/4

CD: 11

WAYDTGKU: Temping/OPK/PNV/Mucinex

R/R: We were in the far reaches of Mathew, so we saw a pretty torrential downpour yesterday. I'm thankful there was no real damage except for a lot of branches down in our yard and that today is a bright sunny day. I hope everyone here made it through the storm safely.

CS/Q: I'm with @britters314 that Mucinex is just not working for me. I started taking the 12 hour extended release two days ago and have been absolutely downing water, but I have less fertile cm than usual. So far my husband and I are doing well on timing this cycle, but I'm scared my mucinex attempts are going to throw things off. I guess this is less a question for the group and more me throwing my hands up and screaming why at the sky.

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?

Hands down, no question, taste. I'm a really picky eater and find it really embarrassing. I would love to be able to eat anything that was offered without worry it would make me sick.

@britters314 Do you think you'll keep going with mucinex? I think I will just to have consistent data about its effects, but I'm so anxious about it. Fingers crossed for us both.

@WillRunForWine21 My thoughts are with you and your sister, and you know you've got support here for any emotion you're feeling. Internet hugs to you.

@kiwi625 Your fire idea sounds like the perfect way to relax in this process - we haven't used ours yet in our new house either. Hmm...Sunday night plans are forming.

britters314

@BrambleRose  I'm also a really picky eater and I also find it really embarrassing, but I realized recently it's because I have a lower sense of taste than most people, so I just need to eat really flavorful foods (which means having no sense of taste would probably make me more picky lol). As for your Mucinex question, I'm probably giving up on using it because I don't want to make our chances worse.

mrs35

@britters314 yes!! Thank you for bringing up all of our other senses! That was my first thought but I was just feeling a little too lazy to go there.. 

@WillRunForWine21 I am so sorry for your sister! I hope she doesn't lose a tube. 

WillRunForWine21

@BrambleRose @kiwi625 thank you so much for your kind words and thoughts

Also, @britters314 @BrambleRose I was also on the mucinex team for the first time this cycle and I think it just baffled me. I felt like I had more CM but less fertile. I also dealt with sickness so that could factor in but I also was surprised by my +OPK and  somewhat think the mucinex disguised that as well

kiki75

Month/Cycle: 8 mo -1/1 TTCAL

CD: 18

WAYDTGKU: Temping, Wondfo & CBDA OPKs, PNVs, Vitamin D, CoQ10, fish oil, RRL tea, GDTPT EOD+

R/R: I think yesterday may have been O day. FF is betting on today but either way, our timing will have been pretty good (which can be difficult due to H's constant travel for work). 

CS/Q:

GTKY: Smell. I already have a pretty poor sense of smell and I've found that I generally miss a lot of horrible smells people are complaining about so it does come in handy. I would feel really vulnerable if I lost my sense of sight. 

spk112

Month/Cycle: 2/2

CD: 6

WAYDTGKU: temping, PNVs, will start using OPKs tonight, checking CP and CM

R/R: I put together my marathon training schedule last night. If I'm not KU'ed by early next year, I'll be doing my first marathon in March. I'm excited but a little overwhelmed.

CS/Q: Nope.

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why? Smell. My sinuses are a mess so I have diminished sense of smell a lot of the time anyway. I don't feel like I'm missing too much.

Sugargirl1019

I have been working the past 2 days and haven't gotten to look at TB!! 

@JulesDP ugh it's horrible when family jokes like that and you're actually trying! You begin to wonder the same question yourself!

@WillRunForWine21 I'm so sorry to hear of your sister! Thoughts and prayers for her!

Month/Cycle: 8 months, 1 TTCAL 

CD: 22

WAYDTGKU: opks, cm, temping, aspirin once I O, extra methyl-folate 

R/R: I had a really long, hard, physically and emotionally demanding day at work on Friday. I essentially spent 13 hours actively keeping a patient alive until ECMO team could arrive. I was titrating medications every 5 minutes and taking the patient off the ventilator and bagging because the ventilator wasn't good enough. Exhausting. But my manager sent me a text message telling me how proud she is of me, and the physician with me in the room came back on Saturday on his day off to tell me thank you and what a fantastic job I did keeping his patient alive. I feel good from their praise and acknowledgement.

CS/Q: I had darkening OPK's on Friday, and yesterday I popped an OPK and had EWCM associated with the positive timing. All watery cm now again, no temp jump yet. @KristoB catch up with me!

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?
I think the sense of smell immediately pops into my head because of working in a hospital. Two words. C Diff.

dinosaur

Month/Cycle: 6/6

CD: 1

WAYDTGKU: BBT, Preseed, Mucinex

R/R: I was POAS and AF flow decided to start.... I'm annoyed that I wasted a test. 

CS/Q: Nothing yet.

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?
Smell. It could be a good thing. For example: you wouldn't have to smell the garbage when you take it out. 

dinosaur

britters314 - Second the Itch lol
@WillRunForWine21, @britters314, and @BrambleRose - I'm also confused about the Mucinex. I took it last cycle because I had a cold anyways. Not sure if I will do it again. 

manillabar

@julesdp I'm sorry your mom was insensitive. I wish people would just not make comments like that, ever! Whenever I go to my dad's church (the church I grew up in) there are always people there who ask me when the baby is coming. They've been asking since I got married. I catch them looking at my belly, too, like it's gonna tell them something *massive eye roll*

@britters314, I was thinking the same thing about sex, haha

@WillRunForWine21 sorry to hear about your sister! Hope she recovers quickly

@Sugargirl1019 I think I remember you saying you are an ICU nurse? I had to do a couple month-long rotations in the ICU in my first year of residency and the first thing that comes to mind when I think of that time is how emotionally and mentally exhausting being in the ICU can be. And the second thing I remember is how awesome the nurses were! Kudos to you!

Month/Cycle: 4/4

CD: 15

WAYDTGKU: temping, cm, opks, etc

R/R: not much, just feeling extra lazy today... I need to do laundry today but not sure I will

CS/Q: none today, just waiting to O

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?
I will definitely say smell. Whenever I smell something horrible I feel like the smell stays in my nose and I keep smelling it long after everyone else does. I could definitely do without that

Sugargirl1019

@manillabar Yes I am. Thank you

spk112

@Sugargirl1019 do you work with adults or kids? I'm a NICU nurse  

Sugargirl1019

@spk112 Adults

adirat

@BrambleRose Sorry I missed your post yesterday. So glad you are temping and noticed your dip before O!

@tripledaggerWed95976 Any news on your health? I hope you are doing OK and not having an ectopic...

@JulesDP She sounds like a real pill. Sorry you have to deal with that.

Month/Cycle: 5/5

CD: 16

WAYDTGKU: Temping, CM, OPKs, PNVs, CoQ10, B6, B12, vitamin D, green tea, avoiding soy. 

R/R: We're visiting my parents for the weekend and this morning at breakfast, my mom asked me when I was ovulating. I said I thought it was yesterday. She then said, "Do you need us to give you some alone time? I don't want to stand in the way of a grandchild!" SO AWKWARD. I wanted to die. 

(I then explained to her that the egg only lives 12-24 hours and she didn't believe me, so...)

CS/Q: None, because I think I ovulated yesterday! Hoping for another good temp tomorrow and the disappearance of my residual EWCM from this morning. 

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?
Like @britters314 said, I'd be thrilled to get rid of itching... I have always had a lot of allergy issues and I'd love not to!

beachbunnyxo123

@JulesDP ugh sorry to hear that! Can definitely feel like salt in a wound even if their intentions are good!

@Pepper16 I don't know that I would have been able to wait that long! Sheesh 1.5 hours that's a lot of time to be in there! 

@WillRunForWine21 oh no so sorry to hear about your sister 


Month/Cycle: 9/9

CD: 4

WAYDTGKU: temping, charting, CM, trying for BD EOD

R/R: what a lazy day today. So rainy and gloomy here and while I feel a little guilty about not doing much today I deserve a day like this every now and then! 

CS/Q: none 

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why? Smell, even though there is so much of this sense that I would miss! 

JulesDP

@mrs35 what a sweet moment with your husband! I had a smile on my face as I was reading it
@spk112 GL with marathon training! That's awesome! I did a half a few years ago, but I don't think my body will ever be able to handle training for a full #oldlady
@WillRunForWine21 Incredibly sorry to hear about your sister. Sending positive thoughts to you both  
@Sugargirl1019 I'm so sorry that you had a rough Friday. If it's any consolation whatsoever, I think you (and all nurses) are total badasses. 
@adirat you hit the nail on the head! She is quite the pill!

SaphireSweetie88

@mylove071407 - Sorry to hear your DH is being oblivious. Mine can be too so I get how frustrating it is

@zwink1 - Glad you had fun even with your cold

@JulesDP - Sorry about your mom. That's hard. My grandma is the same way when I call her.

@WillRunForWine21 - Sorry about your sister. Sending prayers.

@Sugargirl1019 - Awesome job saving the patient. You rock!

@adirat - I'd be so embarrassed if my mom asked that too. My mom and I discuss DH and I TTC  all the time but I don't want my dad to hear the details. That's what would be awkward for me.

bmo88

Month/Cycle: -2.75 months

CD: n/a

WAYDTGKU: Just getting healthy and taking prenatals

R/R: My skin is getting so dry because it is getting colder outside. I love the look of Fall, but not the cold!

CS/Q: n/a

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why?

Easy--I would give up smell. There are so many bad smells in the world and even the good aromas do not last long. So I could live without it.

WillRunForWine21

Please forgive me for not tagging everyone but I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who sent good thoughts for my sister today. Everything went well and doctor said both her tube looks fine. She is home and resting. This community is really an amazing place. Thank you times a million.

mylove071407

@SaphireSweetie88.  It's so frustrating.   The funny thing is that all he would have to do is apologize for hurting me...but he won't.   He feels he did nothing wrong.  

SaphireSweetie88

@WillRunForWine21  - I am glad the surgery went well and her tubes are fine

@mylove071407  - Men. 

shstephenson

I've been MIA this weekend with work and family functions. I finally have time for a little late night bumping!
@Sugargirl1019 wow, that was quite the shift at work! So many people don't understand how health care careers can be so mentally, physically and emotionally taxing. You should definitely be proud of yourself!

@adirat oh my goodness, that sounds exactly like something my mother would say!


Month/Cycle: 6/6

CD: 9

WAYDTGKU: BBT, PNV, CoQ10, green tea, HIO like teenagers, Preseed,OPKs

R/R: I really, REALLY wish weekends were longer. 

CS/Q: nope 

GTKY: If you had to chose to live without one of your five senses, which one would you give up? Why? 
I would say smell, but it ties in so closely to taste. And I love to eat way too much to lose my sense of taste. So maybe hearing? 

vintageandrea90

@spk112 I'm a nurse too...I work on a post surgical floor but I'm currently finishing my BSN and my absolute dream job is in the NICU. I hope to get there soon!