Testing: Maybe if I actually get to 14dpo with no AF
R/R: Rave: I'm up early and getting some alone coffee time! No rant to speak of currently.
CS/Q: Not really a Q or CS request, just a comment that I'm a doofus for discarding temps before giving FF the opportunity to do it's thang. I got a temp spike on CD15 that I thought was due to drinking and then taking Benadryl for sleep. I didn't feel O pain, which I usually do, so I thought it was a fluke. Well, at CD19 and no sign of O, I put that temp back in and, voila, CH for CD14, which was Monday. So, lesson learned- I should not mess with my temps and just let FF figure it out.
GTKY: Pay off our house and buy the wooded lot that is in front of our house, next to the main road. Finish all our home projects. Pay a lawn service and landscaper. Start a dog rescue. Fence in our whole yard so that we can get more dogs. Have money for retirement, kids college, etc. Donate a good chunk to a worthy charitable cause.
Timing: (I got this wrong yesterday) -4, -3, -1 IUI and O IUI/another go on O day
Testing: no idea
R/R: Ugh, Monday for me means surgery day. I hate surgeries. I hate the anesthesia, I hate the surgery itself, I hate the recovery. I would be happy if I never had to do surgery again.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money?
Pay off my student loans. Buy a new house. Throw a shit ton into savings. Travel- a lot.
@kbamomma33 We've all messed with FF when we shouldn't have, but I'm glad your chart is making sense now!
@kiwi2628 Sending positive vibes for surgery today
Month/Cycle: 8/5
CD/DPO: 23/8
Timing: good
Testing: Thursday (11 DPO)
R/R: I go here now!!! This is my first time ovulating (presumably) ever So regardless of how this cycle turns out, this is a huge win for me. Vacation last week was a blast and I'm filled with a bunch of new energy to buckle down and get things done.
CS/Q:
GTKY: Pay off the house and fix it up a bit. Go on a vacation to celebrate (nothing big, just something nice). Put the rest into savings and bonds for the future.
@LoveinDC, I'm so happy to see you in the TWW! Awesome that you had a fun vacation to distract yourself a little last week, too.
Month/Cycle: 7/7
CD/DPO: 27/5
Timing: -1, O
Testing: Monday 6/26
R/R: Looking forward to going to hear an eclipse chaser speak in my town tonight! He's supposed to share some stories about his experiences and give us tips for viewing the one in August.
CS/Q: No.
GTKY: I'd pay off my loans and buy a house and a new car for DH. I'd put some aside for travel. Then I'd find something charitable to do with part of it, maybe helping install solar panels various places or something else to help combat global warming.
R/R: not much going on this week. I'm doing pretty good.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? pay off my house and student loans, get retirement set, get a new car, donate to charity, and travel
I posted in the intro thread last week but this is my first time posting in TWW... Month/Cycle: 4/4
CD/DPO: 26/6
Timing: -3, -2, -1, +1
Testing: Maybe on Friday?
R/R: We are trying for number two and my cycles are so much longer this time around! It's so hard to be patient.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? Buy a vacation home at the beach (in Florida on the gulf), pay off my loans, and pay off my mom's loans she has from mine and my siblings college. Oh and let DH buy a boat! I'd save and donate the rest!
R/R: DH's license expires on his birthday (July 6), and he was supposed to go this morning before work but he overslept, and now likely won't be able to go this week. He can't renew online because he needs a new pic - he's 15 in his current license pic lol, it's crazy. Buuut he's working from home today which is dope for me.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money?
half goes to taxes, so $5 million... I'd pay off student loan debt which is close to $150k. Id put at least $2 million into retirement and use the rest to build a dream house situation in the county I'm from in CA, which probably still would be a normal sized house but hopefully with a guest house my mom could live in. Either that or I'd take $1 million and pay off my moms house + renovate it, put the other roughly $2 million into a stock fund that pays out a monthly amount, live with my mom and let DH do his policy wonk dream job.
R/R: Rant: How are the weekends so short when the weeks are so long? Anyone else feeling this? Rave: There is a couch in my office that I am fully intending on taking advantage of in a few hours.
CS/Q: I never get EWCM- my CM is usually watery around O. This month, my CM was watery a few days before FF said I O'd but sticky-ish on O day. Any reasons why that could be?
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? I would put half of it in a mutual fund, pay off my house, take MH on a long trip around the world, and become an influential major donor for some nonprofits that I think could be really great if they had more money and did things a bit differently.
@doxiemoxie212 I'm not sure how old your H is but the idea that his license picture is from when he was 15 cracks me up!
Month/Cycle: 11/7 (4/2 AL)
CD/DPO: 38/4
Timing: -3, -1
Testing: Friday
R/R: yesterday we were headed to the movies when H got nauseous. He'd had a headache too so we turned around and came home. When we got home, he was clammy & cold. He had decided to do yard work at 2pm (so the heat index was like 101) so I think he had heat exhaustion or something. He's fine now.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? Pay off my credit card bills, student loan, car loan & house. Build a bigger house and get H a new car. Buy a house on the beach for my parents. Set up funds for the future kids college, cars, and weddings. Donate to Give Kids the World & Make a Wish. Travel A TON! And put the rest in savings.
R/R: I was bummed out because I brought a couple lame things for lunch. Then I opened the fridge at work to find my leftover pho. Score!
CS/Q: Nah
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? We'd take about 1-1.5 million to buy a nicer house with a separate MIL building outright, pay off our current house, and to put in savings for things like new cars when we need them. With the rest, we'd probably look into opening a franchise of something or start another business and buy some properties to rent.
Me: 34 DH: 38 Married: June 2011 TTC since Feb 2016 BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16 BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
@looeeze Not exclusively any particular breeds really, I'd just love to help any hard to place dogs- special needs dogs, senior dogs, abused dogs, victims of neglect/hoarding/dog fighting, etc. As for your CM question, I think CM can be very different for each person. Just based on what I've seen here, some ladies dry up right after O, some still have fertile CM a few days after O, some never get EWCM with O, some just have creamy or wet CM with O, etc. I think this varies largely from person to person. I had hardly any CM last cycle and some ladies here suggested really pushing my water intake and thst really helped me to see more. So, if you are worried about yours, I'd just suggest pounding water and see if that helps.
@kbamomma33 That's sweet. Do you have any? Mine is a rescue and our neighborhood just formed a joint effort to rescue fighting dogs. And thanks for the info and reminder to hydrate. I always forget!
@kbamomma33 That's sweet. Do you have any? Mine is a rescue and our neighborhood just formed a joint effort to rescue fighting dogs. And thanks for the info and reminder to hydrate. I always forget!
Yes! Both our dogs are rescues. We have a lab and a pitbull. I got them both from the same kill shelter. Our pitbull was badly abused before we got her but she is the sweetest sweet little angel couch/lap cuddle dog. She just loves her people so much. That is so amazing about your neighborhood coming together to rescue fighting dogs! I love it!! It's so nice to hear about people that want to rescue dogs or advocate for breeds that are typically feared because they are exploited by bad people. What kind of dog do you have?
@kbamomma33 he's a chow chow terrier mix and I'm fairly obsessed with him. But I love pitties, most of the rescue pups our neighborhood shelter takes in are pits, as are most of the dogs up for adoption at the county shelter. We have a bad fighting ring epidemic in my city How long did it take you to rehab your girl?
@holly321 Sorry about the bad blood draw. I hate bad phlebotomists. Yay for moving!
@doxiemoxie212 LOL, he looks 15 in it or is actually 15 in it?
@looeeze I'm with you on the weekends things- I read somewhere that the average person spends 35-40% of their life working. Can't remember where, but it definitely sucks.
Month/Cycle: 14/9
CD/DPO: CD36/14dpo
Timing: -1,O
Testing: Yesterday, BFN. Guess I'm waiting for AF.
R/R: Already posted in Monday Bitchfest buuuut I'm really salty about it. I told my coworker I'd planned on asking for my birthday off and she went and requested the entire week my birthday lands on right after she found out the date. My regional manager basically told me she beat me to the punch so I'm running the offices the whole week myself. Being civil tomorrow towards her tomorrow is going to take a lot of effort.
CS/Q: Do I go here if I'm waiting on AF or move on to WTO? Pretty sure I'm out this cycle.
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? Buy a working reproductive system. If that's a no-go, then probably invest it? I have no idea.
It took us about a year before we could give her a bath without having to use a tranquilizer, and maybe another before she wasn't panicking the whole time. We think she was abused with water somehow. She used to flinch and cower if we moved too quickly or if we lifted a hand to pick something up. She still does that occasionally, but once we had her for a year or two, that became less and less. She has a lot of anxiety about certain things, but we know what those things are and try to avoid them. She is still dog aggressive. The only other dog that she has ever been ok with is our lab, who we had first, thankfully. She was actually really submissive to him at first, but I think that was just because she was so broken down when we got her. He is the total silent leader now and she follows him everywhere, tries to cuddle him (he's an old grouch), and licks his face. It's really funny and sweet. We are just super vigilant about being mindful of her limitations and not setting her up in any situations where she could fail. She is def a special needs dog, but has been an amazing addition to our family and has actually taught MH and me a ton about patience, love, and forgiveness.
R/R: Been feeling on/off nauseous, especially after eating and dizzy. Also have some lower abdomen/uterus pain on/off.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? I would invest/save some of it, pay off my hubby's student loans, pay off both of our credit card debts, buy us a house, buy my parents and in-laws each a house, travel, start a business or buy a franchise, donate some money to a couple of charities and an animal rescue.
@kbamomma33 under specifics you can mark that temp with drinking. @LoveInDC yay for ovulation!! @purplg8r glad your DH is feeling better. Heat exhaustion can make you sick.
Month/Cycle: 15/14 (4/4, 3/3 AL)
CD/DPO: 23/9
Timing: It was ok.
Testing: Thursday. I made sure to pee quickly today so I didn't give myself a chance.
R/R: UGH. I have this thought that this cycle is THE ONE but I'm afraid I'll crash and burn if it isn't.
CS/Q: no
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? Mortgage and student loans but I'd go on a long ass vacation traveling the world.
@kbamomma33, the eclipse chaser was interesting! He's been to six eclipses so far in countries including China, Libya, and Romania. He talked a lot about the science of eclipses but also said that experiencing a total eclipse is a spiritual experience that will completely change your outlook. Unfortunately DH and I realized during his talk that we'll be on vacation during the August one, so no life-changing totality for us!
Re: TWW Monday 6/19
CD/DPO: 21/7
Timing: -2, O
Testing: Maybe if I actually get to 14dpo with no AF
R/R: Rave: I'm up early and getting some alone coffee time! No rant to speak of currently.
CS/Q: Not really a Q or CS request, just a comment that I'm a doofus for discarding temps before giving FF the opportunity to do it's thang. I got a temp spike on CD15 that I thought was due to drinking and then taking Benadryl for sleep. I didn't feel O pain, which I usually do, so I thought it was a fluke. Well, at CD19 and no sign of O, I put that temp back in and, voila, CH for CD14, which was Monday. So, lesson learned- I should not mess with my temps and just let FF figure it out.
GTKY: Pay off our house and buy the wooded lot that is in front of our house, next to the main road. Finish all our home projects. Pay a lawn service and landscaper. Start a dog rescue. Fence in our whole yard so that we can get more dogs. Have money for retirement, kids college, etc. Donate a good chunk to a worthy charitable cause.
CD/DPO: 15 or 16?/1
Timing: (I got this wrong yesterday) -4, -3, -1 IUI and O IUI/another go on O day
Testing: no idea
R/R: Ugh, Monday for me means surgery day. I hate surgeries. I hate the anesthesia, I hate the surgery itself, I hate the recovery. I would be happy if I never had to do surgery again.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money?
Pay off my student loans. Buy a new house. Throw a shit ton into savings. Travel- a lot.
@kiwi2628 Sending positive vibes for surgery today
Month/Cycle: 8/5
CD/DPO: 23/8
Timing: good
Testing: Thursday (11 DPO)
R/R: I go here now!!! This is my first time ovulating (presumably) ever So regardless of how this cycle turns out, this is a huge win for me. Vacation last week was a blast and I'm filled with a bunch of new energy to buckle down and get things done.
CS/Q:
GTKY: Pay off the house and fix it up a bit. Go on a vacation to celebrate (nothing big, just something nice). Put the rest into savings and bonds for the future.
@kiwi2628, FX Surgery Day goes smoothly for you.
@LoveinDC, I'm so happy to see you in the TWW! Awesome that you had a fun vacation to distract yourself a little last week, too.
Month/Cycle: 7/7
CD/DPO: 27/5
Timing: -1, O
Testing: Monday 6/26
R/R: Looking forward to going to hear an eclipse chaser speak in my town tonight! He's supposed to share some stories about his experiences and give us tips for viewing the one in August.
CS/Q: No.
GTKY: I'd pay off my loans and buy a house and a new car for DH. I'd put some aside for travel. Then I'd find something charitable to do with part of it, maybe helping install solar panels various places or something else to help combat global warming.
CD/DPO: 24/6
Timing: -1, -2, -4
Testing: I don't know... but the SS is strong with this one.
R/R: I got zero sleep last night so I'm a walking zombie today. Let me eat your brainzzzz.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money?
Other than the obvious TTC fund for Medical junk, pay off my loans and go on a vacation. And then savings and live off the interest
Married: 04/05/15
TTC since: 02/16/16
CD/DPO: 17/4
Timing: -4
Testing: if AF doesn't arrive
R/R: not much going on this week. I'm doing pretty good.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money?
pay off my house and student loans, get retirement set, get a new car, donate to charity, and travel
Month/Cycle: 4/4
CD/DPO: 26/6
Timing: -3, -2, -1, +1
Testing: Maybe on Friday?
R/R: We are trying for number two and my cycles are so much longer this time around! It's so hard to be patient.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? Buy a vacation home at the beach (in Florida on the gulf), pay off my loans, and pay off my mom's loans she has from mine and my siblings college. Oh and let DH buy a boat! I'd save and donate the rest!
CD/DPO: 17/4
Timing: all the days
Testing: July 1
R/R: DH's license expires on his birthday (July 6), and he was supposed to go this morning before work but he overslept, and now likely won't be able to go this week. He can't renew online because he needs a new pic - he's 15 in his current license pic lol, it's crazy. Buuut he's working from home today which is dope for me.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money?
half goes to taxes, so $5 million... I'd pay off student loan debt which is close to $150k. Id put at least $2 million into retirement and use the rest to build a dream house situation in the county I'm from in CA, which probably still would be a normal sized house but hopefully with a guest house my mom could live in. Either that or I'd take $1 million and pay off my moms house + renovate it, put the other roughly $2 million into a stock fund that pays out a monthly amount, live with my mom and let DH do his policy wonk dream job.
@kbamomma33 add me to the "have messed with temps on FF" club. Whoops! Do you have a particular breed of dog you'd want to rescue?
@kiwi2628 FX for surgery today! Hope all goes well.
@LoveInDC Hooray for ovulation!! That's really great.
@Augusta108 i've never heard of an eclipse chaser. Neato! What got you interested in that?
@scoogy19 Welcome!
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Month/Cycle: 8/6, 1AL
CD/DPO: 20/3
Timing: -2, -1, 0, +1
Testing: not until 14 dpo
R/R: Rant: How are the weekends so short when the weeks are so long? Anyone else feeling this? Rave: There is a couch in my office that I am fully intending on taking advantage of in a few hours.
CS/Q: I never get EWCM- my CM is usually watery around O. This month, my CM was watery a few days before FF said I O'd but sticky-ish on O day. Any reasons why that could be?
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? I would put half of it in a mutual fund, pay off my house, take MH on a long trip around the world, and become an influential major donor for some nonprofits that I think could be really great if they had more money and did things a bit differently.
@kiwi2628 FX that surgery goes well
@LoveInDC yay for ovulating!!
@Augusta108 hearing an eclipse chaser sounds so cool! I didn't know there were such things!
@Dilynne I'm sorry you didn't get any sleep last night but your R/R made me laugh.
@scoogy19 patience during the TWW is the hardest!
@doxiemoxie212 I'm not sure how old your H is but the idea that his license picture is from when he was 15 cracks me up!
Month/Cycle: 11/7 (4/2 AL)
CD/DPO: 38/4
Timing: -3, -1
Testing: Friday
R/R: yesterday we were headed to the movies when H got nauseous. He'd had a headache too so we turned around and came home. When we got home, he was clammy & cold. He had decided to do yard work at 2pm (so the heat index was like 101) so I think he had heat exhaustion or something. He's fine now.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? Pay off my credit card bills, student loan, car loan & house. Build a bigger house and get H a new car. Buy a house on the beach for my parents. Set up funds for the future kids college, cars, and weddings. Donate to Give Kids the World & Make a Wish. Travel A TON! And put the rest in savings.
CD/DPO: 18/5
Timing: -3 through 0
Testing: was going to wait until next week, but self control is not my strong suit and I had a temp drop .... so probably 9dpo.
R/R:. I got a blood draw today and bled bad and an really bruised. Rave we are settle from moving, settlement is Friday.
CS/Q:. None
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money?
Buy a nice house, car... Go on vacation, quit my job and save. DH will have to work, haha.
CD/DPO: 15/2
Timing: -5, -3, IUI on O, +1
Testing: next Wednesday or so
R/R: I was bummed out because I brought a couple lame things for lunch. Then I opened the fridge at work to find my leftover pho. Score!
CS/Q: Nah
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money?
We'd take about 1-1.5 million to buy a nicer house with a separate MIL building outright, pay off our current house, and to put in savings for things like new cars when we need them. With the rest, we'd probably look into opening a franchise of something or start another business and buy some properties to rent.
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
@LoveInDC Yay for ovulation!! I'm so happy for you and glad to see you in the TWW!
@Augusta108 How cool! An eclipse chaser! I'd love to hear about that later, if you remember.
@scoogy19 Welcome!
@looeeze Not exclusively any particular breeds really, I'd just love to help any hard to place dogs- special needs dogs, senior dogs, abused dogs, victims of neglect/hoarding/dog fighting, etc.
As for your CM question, I think CM can be very different for each person. Just based on what I've seen here, some ladies dry up right after O, some still have fertile CM a few days after O, some never get EWCM with O, some just have creamy or wet CM with O, etc. I think this varies largely from person to person. I had hardly any CM last cycle and some ladies here suggested really pushing my water intake and thst really helped me to see more. So, if you are worried about yours, I'd just suggest pounding water and see if that helps.
@purplg8r I'm glad that YH is ok!
@kiwi443 I hope your surgery goes well today! FX!
@LoveInDC Yay! Congrats on O'ing!
@holly321 Sorry about the bad blood draw. I hate bad phlebotomists. Yay for moving!
@doxiemoxie212 LOL, he looks 15 in it or is actually 15 in it?
@looeeze I'm with you on the weekends things- I read somewhere that the average person spends 35-40% of their life working. Can't remember where, but it definitely sucks.
Month/Cycle: 14/9
CD/DPO: CD36/14dpo
Timing: -1,O
Testing: Yesterday, BFN. Guess I'm waiting for AF.
R/R: Already posted in Monday Bitchfest buuuut I'm really salty about it. I told my coworker I'd planned on asking for my birthday off and she went and requested the entire week my birthday lands on right after she found out the date. My regional manager basically told me she beat me to the punch so I'm running the offices the whole week myself.
Being civil tomorrow towards her tomorrow is going to take a lot of effort.
CS/Q: Do I go here if I'm waiting on AF or move on to WTO? Pretty sure I'm out this cycle.
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money?
Buy a working reproductive system.
If that's a no-go, then probably invest it? I have no idea.
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
@LoveInDC, that is awesome! I am so happy for you.
@kiwi2628 I hope all went well with your surgery.
@kiki75 yeah for the surprise yummy lunch!
@yayglitter, sorry about your coworker. My assistant used to do that stuff to me a lot.
CD/DPO: 21/7
Timing: -3, -2, -1, 0, +1
Testing: Waiting for AF
R/R: Been feeling on/off nauseous, especially after eating and dizzy. Also have some lower abdomen/uterus pain on/off.
CS/Q:
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? I would invest/save some of it, pay off my hubby's student loans, pay off both of our credit card debts, buy us a house, buy my parents and in-laws each a house, travel, start a business or buy a franchise, donate some money to a couple of charities and an animal rescue.
@LoveInDC yay for ovulation!!
@purplg8r glad your DH is feeling better. Heat exhaustion can make you sick.
Month/Cycle: 15/14 (4/4, 3/3 AL)
CD/DPO: 23/9
Timing: It was ok.
Testing: Thursday. I made sure to pee quickly today so I didn't give myself a chance.
R/R: UGH. I have this thought that this cycle is THE ONE but I'm afraid I'll crash and burn if it isn't.
CS/Q: no
GTKY: If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? Mortgage and student loans but I'd go on a long ass vacation traveling the world.