WTO Wednesday 2/1

lulu1180

Month/Cycle:

CD:

WAYDTGKU:

R/R:

CS/Q:

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music?

adirat

Thanks @lulu1180 -- I was just about to start this but couldn't think of a GTKY question!

Month/Cycle: 8/10

CD: 6

WAYDTGKU: CM, OPKS, abbreviated version of temping. PNVs, Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc, avoiding soy and BPA. This is our IF testing cycle so bloodwork and an HSG too. 

R/R: You ladies are the best. I have all the feels today after reading yesterday's thread.

CS/Q:

GTKY: There are a couple early Taylor Swift songs that I still love. I am a grown woman now, but I still jam to "Better Than Revenge" occasionally.

purplg8r

Month/Cycle: 6/6

CD: 10

WAYDTGKU: PNVs, Ubiquinol, temping, drinking Pom juice

R/R:

CS/Q: TMI I had no spotting yesterday. But it was back this morning and was brownish red and there was a clot. (Normally my periods are one day of spotting, 3 days of flow, 1-2 days of spotting. This month I had 2 days of spotting, 4 days of flow, 1 day of spotting, 1 day of nothing, 2 days of spotting (and one was light pink), yesterday was nothing, and today I'm spotting again. I think the clot is really bugging me (which is normal during the flow time but now???).   Could drinking the Pom juice really do this?  I'm going to stop but could it really have messed me up that much?

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music? Booty music!!!  I esp love 90s booty music lol

LoveInDC

Happy to see you back @adirat! We need your guiding wisdom and awesome attitude here!

Month/Cycle: 4/3

CD: 15

WAYDTGKU: HIO EOD, PNV, CM, BBT, physical symptoms

R/R: Yesterday was hell. Today is a new day.

CS/Q: Does anyone get nonfertile CM during O? I had my spike today and expecting CH for CD14. But on CD13, my CM started out watery and ended creamy. Yesterday it was just creamy. You can check my chart, I had a good streak of CM, but it seems to have stopped right before I O'd. Is that weird?

GTKY: Oh geez, @adirat stole mine. I even saw her in concert lol I guess musical soundtracks then? I even act them out as I listen. I am a Broadway star in my own head/car.

cdnrunning

Month/Cycle: 3/2

CD: 21

WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, HIO EOD

R/R: Already looking forward to the weekend and I just got back from vacation Trying to get back in the swing of things is hard and I really need to get back to training, I have a half marathon in less than two months

CS/Q:

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music? I have a handful of sappy ballads in my iTunes library

lulu1180

@adirat It's getting soooo hard to think of a good GTKY after so long here!  Also, who doesn't love some early Taylor every now and then!

@purplg8r I hope you're talking about something like this gem.....

@LoveInDC Don't worry, you're allowed to have the same answer as someone else

@cdnrunning Hope you had a nice vacation!

Month/Cycle: 8/12 (5 an-O)

CD: 8

WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPK, CM, CP, PNV, Magnesium, EPO, vitamin D3, green tea, limiting caffeine, myo-inositol (I keep copying this from the previous day because I'm too lazy to try to remember it all on my own)

R/R: So our HR department emailed the whole company on Monday to let us know there appears to be a possible small issue with W2s and some information may be incorrect.  Right before I left yesterday, they were available online.  Then after I left they sent an email saying some of them may still be incorrect and we have to wait to file Argh!

CS/Q: nope, just peeing on all the things and waiting for a +OPK

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music? old school Britney Spears, without a doubt!!  Especially something like this

adirat

@loveindc Thanks friend! And we can share Taylor. I suspect many people secretly do. (Even my husband likes "Tell Me Why")

@purplg8r I don't know much about pomegranate juice and there are no studies on it. It could just be a weird period. Everyone has a weird period occasionally. I wouldn't worry. 

@lulu1180 That is so frustrating! W2s are pretty important! 

cdnrunning

@lulu1180 Vacation was fabulous! Would love to plan another but I'm really hoping to be KU before December/January.

We're tax twins lol. I submitted our return Monday morning and then two hours later my husband received an email saying his W2 had an error. Now I have to file a stinking amendment. 

lulu1180

First early morning buddies now tax twins @cdnrunning lol.  I've never had a W2 delayed like this and it's beyond frustrating!  DH is still waiting on information from his former employer before we can file anyways.  Hopefully it's on it's way like it was supposed to be.

canonmom413

Month/Cycle: 2/2 after break 7mos ttc total

CD: 21

WAYDTGKU: BBT, CM, PNV etc

R/R: Happy Hump Day! Halfway through the week already. It hasn't been too bad of a week for me so far. I woke up feeling a little off. I think I'm catching something going around. Stomach bug and strep are going through people like wildfire right now. Im all like


CS/Q: FF still has not given me cross hairs. Le sigh.
  

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music?
DH hates country music. It's my guilty pleasure for sure. I love my alternitive and rock etc.. But give me some Dierks please!

canonmom413

@adirat
So freaking glad you're back! 

@purplg8r
oh 90's booty music! All the Yas! 


@cdnrunning
GM cycle buddy!  You are so badass. I give so much respect to marathon runners!

@lulu1180
UGH! Tax prep shouldn't be so hard! I understand people make mistakes but come on, with technology these days, mistakes shouldn't be so common.

lulu1180

@canonmom413 DH can't stand most recent country (too much pop for his liking) but I love it!  Also, feel free to post your FF chart in the CS thread and we can all take a look and tell you what we think!  Also, you can put in a fake high temp tomorrow and see if it give you CHs.

canonmom413

@lulu1180
I posted one yesterday I think? Or was it the day before? It was Ovia. I will post the FF one either today or tomorrow. Think I will post tomorrow if I still don't get CH.

JulesDP

Month/Cycle: 6/7

CD: 1

WAYDTGKU: Not enough apparently.

R/R: This is the hardest time I've had getting over a failed cycle.  Being past the half-way mark of the "don't worry, it can take up to 12 months for a healthy couple to get KU" timeline is very scary and upsetting to me.  Not being in control and not having a plan of how to fix it is very hard for me.  My entire life I've been able to follow the formula of wanting it bad enough + putting in the effort = success.  It's irrationally frustrating to me that TTGP does not work like that. 
Ick. Sorry for the dear diary. Here's a cute gif to cleanse your palate. 

CS/Q: -- 

GTKY: Like @adirat and @LoveInDC it's definitely Taylor Swift! I can't stand her as a person but dammit if her songs aren't catchy!

@cdnrunning good luck getting back into training.  I'm trying to find a race to sign up for to keep me accountable and get me back into running shape.
@lulu1180 UGH sorry about the W2 delay.  A small silver lining from a former tax accountant: It's definitely easier to wait than to have to file an amended tax return -- they are a pain in the rump.

lulu1180

@JulesDP So sorry you've hit that mark, it's so hard!  We're all here for you and rooting so hard for you to get your BFP soon!  Hugs friend!

BertieMeetsGertie

Month/Cycle: 8/9

CD: 4

WAYDTGKU: pnv, will resume temping and opks soon. I think we will probably hio, too. 

R/R: UUUGGGHHH. Work shit. That is all. 

CS/Q: 

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music? Hanson!   

@lulu1180 that is so frustrating!! 

@adirat so happy we were able busy you and @antoto our if Bump jail! 

@purplg8r sorry AF is super confusing this cycle. Hopefully it's just a one time thing. 

Pinky917

@adirat Who doesn't love a little early Taylor?!

@lulu1180 I actually had the same thing happen with my W2. So annoying.

@JulesDP Sorry you have to hit that mark. I feel you on the frustration of feeling like you are not in control.

Month/Cycle: 8/10 (Ugh, double digits...FML)

CD: 1

WAYDTGKU: Right now, just trying not to hurt anybody...

R/R:

CS/Q: --

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music? Spice Girls, without a doubt.

Mythril

Month/Cycle: 14/10

CD: 22

WAYDTGKU: pnv, temping, cm, levothyroxine

R/R: Rave: Another successful day at the gym! Now I'm having a good breakfast. I think I'm finally on the other side of my woe is me blues.

Rant: my Temps were unusually high at the beginning of my cycle, and erratic. Then they stabled and looked normal. Now they've dropped to wear they usually are. Last cycle I o'ed cd24, so who knows what will happen? But my opks which were creeping darker are now nearly blank. 

CS/Q: No... nothing new. Just a weird chart. 

GTKY: for me there is not one. I like songs, and not typically artists. I'll listen to anything from pop to musicals, country and rock. About the only thing I dislike across the board are heavy screaming metal and screamo. 

kiwi2628

Lurking...
Like a million billion hugs @JulesDP I am so sorry you are back here

hartmich

@julesdp ugh getting past the half year mark is a tough pill to swallow. You're not alone in those feelings, hugs!

@lulu1180 I love Britney! I may or may not have dressed in that exact outfit for Halloween once...

@pinky917 Booooo for CD1. I'm sorry 

Month/Cycle: 9/8

CD: 9

WAYDTGKU: Just trying to get to March so we can start treatment

R/R: Working from home today, which is always nice to be able to sleep in a little longer

CS/Q: no chart

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music?
It depends on my mood... but I love to belt out ballads in the car and pretend I actually can sing. Mariah, Adele, Whitney... I love it all!  H laughs at me that I love sad music but it's the best to listen to in the car when no one can hear you! 

Redpuma119

MC: 15/4

CD: 12

WAYDTGU: all of it

R/R: Today is my Friday!!!

CS/Q: 

GTKY:  Bieber fever

@adirat Glad you're back!!

lulu1180

@hartmich  Yep, me too.......And I wore it while working in the dining hall in college.  I think I might have a photo at home too lol

feeislove

Month/Cycle: 1/1

CD: 27

WAYDTGKU: temping, CM, PNV

R/R: Yesterday I spent the day helping a friend out with her 1.5 year old because friend woke up with a migraine and her meds make her loopy. I was supposed to help her out for a couple of hours but that turned into an all day thing. Whatever, not the point. When I was over there, my friend was feeding her kid Pepsi. Not just a sip or two but several. I get the feeling this wasn't just a one time thing. Now. I try not to be judgy especially since I don't have kids and such. However, I'm very much against giving a child that young soda. 

CS/Q: I realized a little late that I was supposed to move over to TWW after O but never did :X But at the same time I'm not entirely sure that I did O. Even so, H and I started out this month using condoms and stopped using them about half way through so it might not matter anyway. I don't know. 

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music? I can't honestly say that I feel guilty about any of the music that I like. 

adirat

@julesdp @pinky917 No. No no no. Neither of you should be here. No more cd1s! I'm so sorry friends. 

While it totally sucks...at least you have good company here. We are all kind of a mess. @pinky917 we can even be 8/10 buddies (sadly).

Hugs ladies.

lund

Month/Cycle: 7/8

CD: 9

WAYDTGKU: you know the drill

R/R: Today is DH and my 5th wedding anniversary  We might not celebrate tonight because 1. it's Wednesday and all decent restaurants are an hour away and that's even if the roads aren't icy, and 2. he's helping a coworker in Minot tile his shower today and tomorrow, so he might stay overnight.  We usually end up doing something later in Feb or March anyway because our dating anniversary is St. Patrick's Day. 

CS/Q:

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music? I can get down with some cheesy Britney Spears or other 90s pop. That and some EDM for working out. 

wabash15

Month/Cycle:9/10 (month roll over...)

CD: 7

WAYDTGKU: all things, letrozole, estrogen and follie check on monday

R/R: I think DS shared his GI but with me, that or I'm having a lot of side effects from the letrozole that I did not have before... (I joked with DH last night that if we were playing battle-shits I would win) (please get the movie reference and don't think I'm a complete weirdo) monday's follie check seems so far away, I'm just antsy. Also trying not to get overly hopefull after bluejeanbabi05's BFP on the first IUI....I will not get my hopes up, I will not get my hopes up.

CS/Q: temp was a solid degree to 1.5 higher than usual (yay illness) so i discarded it.

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music? beastie boys... but I love so many of your choices.

@loveindc your chart looks good. I would not be to worried that your CM dried up on O day. Great philosophy that today is a new day
@purplg8r sorry your still spotting. I guess if it persists I would call your OB just to check in
@adirat so nice to have you back
@lulu1180 that is so annoying with your W2
@julesdp big hugs for CD1. Fx your BFP is just around the corner
@pinky917 sorry for your CD1 too. ugg TTC can suck.  so random question do you know why they use an A instead of an M in the menstruation sign?
@freeislove feel free to post your chart and we would happily give you a CS.

Pinky917

@adirat

@LuND Happy anniversary!!

@wabash15 That is actually a really interesting question. I tried to see if I could find anything explaining the reasoning behind it, but nothing so far.

lund

@adirat

@purplg8r what exactly is booty music? LOL. And, I have no insight, but I agree that your spotting situation is odd. I hope you get it figured out soon!

@LoveInDC last cycle my CM didn't seem to line up with O. BUT, I wasn't temping and just going by OPKs... and clearly I'm not KU. So, my experience may not be all that helpful lol.

@cdnrunning I hate coming back from vacations. It's always so hard to get back into your routine and not be sad about it lol. 

@lulu1180 sorry about the W2 confusion... I don't understand why companies always wait until the last minute to do that stuff (although I do my own and I totally waited until the last minute too....). And, high-five on the Britney Spears!

@canonmom413 FX you don't get sick!

@JulesDP *hugs* girl. I totally get it. We're some badass bitches for getting through this ish month after month. 

@Pinky917 Well crap. So sorry for CD1. Love the sign language meme, though. 

@Mythril I'm jealous of your gym habits!

@hartmich hey cycle buddy

@feeislove ugh, yeah, I'd totally be judging her for giving her kid that much soda!  Christ on a bike.

dragonfly87-2

@cdnrunning Coming back from vacation always feels like you need another vacation....hang in there!

@adirat: Welcome back! Glad to see the admins reversed their decision.

@LoveinDC: For some cycles, my CM either immediate dries up after O (so when the temp spikes) or it switches to creamy non-fertile. So if you had a spike, O was likely yesterday (you will have to wait to see what happens in the next few days) and non-fertile CM would be normal today.

purplg8r Sorry for the confusing body messages with the spotting. I would probably contact my doctor if this is really unusual. I wouldn't think that drinking juice would do this. I know Pom is supposed to have some fertility benefits, but its not a herb or medicine, so I wouldn't expect it to mess with your cycle this much. But you could stop drinking it and see what happens.


lulu1180 Ugh, that sucks on the W2 situation. It's something that happens every year, should companies be able to figure it out?!?!

canonmom413 FX you get those cross hairs soon! Do you think you O'd or are your not sure?

@BertieMeetsGertie hahaha, we were just googling Hanson the other day. They look so different now a days!

@Mythril Nice job on the gym commitment. DH and I managed a whole 25 minute workout last night...not great, but I guess it's something. I am trying to get back in the habit and to start DH with a fitness routine. He hasn't gone to the gym consistently since high school...so 25 minutes is a huge improvement.

@hartmich: Jealous of the working from home. It took everything in me to put on clothes today and dress like a professional...

@Redpuma119: yay for the equivalent of Fridays! Do you work in a particular field to have that schedule? 

feeislove Are you consistently temping? If so, did you get at least 3 days of a sustained temp rise?

@julesdp @pinky917 Sorry for CD 1

Have a feeling this might be a weird cycle for me...

Month/Cycle: 5/5  3 TTCAL

CD: 7

WAYDTGKU: PNV, OPKs, HIO, temping, Green tea and pom juice

R/R:
Rave: It's Wednesday, and while I have grad class tonight until 7:30pm, I am in a pretty decent mood. I was productive yesterday and hope to be the same today.

Rant: Nothing at the moment.

CS/Q: So, I decided to use an OPK last night (CD6) and I got a near positive on it. I don't know if this is leading to an early LH surge, but I guess will continue to use them until O. Also, my CM last night was borderline watery and is more so this morning. But how can this be at CD6/CD7?!?!? Usually I have 3 days of positive OPKs before O...so depending on when it turns positive, I could O close to CD 10 or another CD 11 (typical is CD 13). 

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music?

Hmmm...there are a few Taylor Swift songs I like to listen to while working out. If I am feeling moody or down, I still have a mix CD (yes, one I made in HS) that's titled "Sad Songs for Sad Days" (a little dramatic). It's a mix of backstreet boys, Tony Rich Project (Nobody Knows It But Me) and TLC. All the songs are sappy love songs...haha.

lulu1180

@LuND Apparently those who elected to receive theirs by mail had them (the incorrect ones) mailed out on the 23rd.  So things were supposedly good to go a little early but something got screwed up somewhere.

GG620

**Dirty lurker from TWW**
@julesDP I definitely understand how you feel. This journey can be so hard. I hope that your day starts to look up! :hugs:

@adirat yaay so happy you are back! 

lulu1180

@dragonfly87 Yes to TLC!!!!!  The 90s were so amazing for music!

lulu1180

Does anyone else remember this one??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7iQbBbMAFE

Pinky917

@lulu1180 oh my god, YEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

katiegeminimoon

I'm loving everyone's guilty pleasure choices! Sorry for all the CD 1's 

Month/Cycle: 8/9 TTCAL 13/14 total

CD: 5

WAYDTGKU: PNV, fish oil, vitamin D, CoQ10, waiting for AF to GTFO then opk, CM, HIO EOD

R/R: 

CS/Q: 

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music? 
Dirty (sexual) rap/hip hop  I also love 90's throwback music 

Dilynne

Month/Cycle: 11

CD: 11

WAYDTGKU: All the things plus Metformin and now Vitamin D3

R/R:
CS/Q: I can't find the thread - we talked about Vitamin D being necessary. I couldn't find vitamin D but found Vitamin D3 - are they the same? I tried googling it but didn't really find anything. Also, the ones I bought were from Costco and they're 1000 IU but if I remember correctly from the thread we needed 3000 IU so should I be taking more than one?

 GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music? I can throw down some serious Madonna's Immaculate Collection karaoke. Seriously, someone challenge me to a duel because I'd win.

ETA: Formatting issues

dragonfly87-2

@lulu1180: Yes!!!!!!!!

Not going to lie, this one always got me....and still does.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU



ETA: I probably listened to this a thousand times after my first HS breakup...lol. I was so naive and dramatic. My dad was really into RB & Hip Hop, so I listened to a lot of "old" songs at the time. Music today just isn't the same. 

lulu1180

@Dilynne It was @NYTino24 who mentioned it last week but I don't remember exactly what post.  If I remember correctly, the article she posted said that D3 is what was important and it is what I also picked up a few days after reading.

adirat

@dilynne My doctor recommended both DH and I take vitamin d. I read that D3 is the most bioavailable so I got a D3 with calcium. I think it was @businesswife who told me that it's safe to take upwards of the usual 1000 units -- some people regularly take 3000 or 4000 units daily. 

heatherdubrow

@adirat so glad you're back girl!

@JulesDP big hugs!

@LuND happy anniversary!

@wabash15 I'm hoping so hard for you that this is it!!

Month/Cycle:

CD: 2

WAYDTGKU FET cycle

R/R: ughh I've hit the awful lupron symptom jackpot. I was up most of the night with a horrible migraine. This happened last time so I'm sure it's from the lupron. My head is still in a fog this morning and I have to deal with my very energetic children. I just want to lay in a dark room/throw up.

CS/Q:

GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure music?
for sure old school Britney!

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@adirat @Dilynne. Yes, I have been taking 2000iu for a while now, and actually we were just talking in another group how important that is.  As I understand it, newborns are also often recommended to take additional vitamin D drops, since so many mothers/people are deficient, and that goes even moreso for winter babies!