WTO monday 7/3

looeeze

Month/Cycle: 

CD: 

WAYDTGKU: 

R/R:

CS/Q:

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature?

looeeze

Month/Cycle: 9/7, 2AL

CD: 3

WAYDTGKU: good food, good health, good sex

R/R: I have to work today but tonight is fireworks, which I love even though I know they are bad for so many reasons

CS/Q: Is there a difference between estrogen dominance and low progesterone? 

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature? I love my green eyes.

catlady1215

Month/Cycle:  3/3 after some losses and bench time

CD:  -- 

WAYDTGKU: temp and OPKs later

R/R: cd1 isn't even here yet but temp is down so I came to hang here. Trying to find some positives here.. couple things I was worried about last cycle didn't repeat itself this past one atleast. But I'm still alittle down. 3/3 doesn't sound like long. But we've actually been at this for over a year now (don't know how to reflect that in my numbers). And it's really getting to me. Trying to get positive for this cycle though.

CS/Q: nothing exciting to see

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature?
eyes. Gotten compliments my whole life on these suckers lol. 

catlady1215

@looeeze I'm stuck working also. But I'm home so my mind is seriously trying to check out lol. 

justkeepswimming8

Month/Cycle: 6/5

CD: 2

WAYDTGKU: Right now, waiting for the witch to leave, green tea, PNV, and trying to lose some weight. Later, BBT, OPK, CM/CP, preseed, HIO like rabbits, etc

R/R: TW went to a gender reveal party yesterday (on CD1) and it didn’t bother me as much as I expected./TW I was pretty negative about this cycle to begin with so when AF came, I was more prepared but it still stung to get to cycle 6. I got up early this morning and went to the gym. That felt good.

CS/Q: Should I be concerned that my waking temps never got above 98?

GTKY: Lips?

@looeeze – I love fireworks too! Ours were on Saturday and they were great.

@catlady1215 – sorry about impending AF

looeeze

@catlady1215 I know how you feel, I'm working from home too. Sorry you're feeling down about this cycle. But you're not out til you're out!

LazyCrane

Month/Cycle: 14/11

CD: 15

WAYDTGKU: clomid, OPKs, HIO, POM juice

R/R: positive OPK this morning! It could be a fake out LH surge, but we'll have sex tonight anyway. Hopefully tomorrow bring an elevated BBT!  

CS/Q:

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature? I am very empathetic. 

looeeze

@justkeepswimming8 I'm glad that party wasn't as tough as you were thinking it might be, but I'm sorry about AF. My waking temps have only been above 98 once, and that's when I was sick.

becausescience

@catlady1215 Sorry to hear about the temp drop.  I think not getting pregnant when you want to is hard no matter how many cycles you've been trying.  Do something nice for yourself.

Month/Cycle: 1/1

CD: 21 

WAYDTGKU: clomid, pnvs, temping, opks

R/R: Follie scan this afternoon.  With how bloated I am I feel like I must be close so hopefully we'll end up triggering.  Rave: DH took the day off today so even though we were out of town Saturday and Sunday it is like we have another weekend!  We'll probably bum around today, but hopefully get some chores done.  Rant: My garden needs weeding.  

CS/Q: ETA: My FF VIP trial is coming to an end.  I kinda want to continue but considering I will be using clomid feel like maybe it isn't necessary.  Thoughts? (And I know you can "pause" it, but I'm pretty sure we'd be done after one more.)

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature?
My hair.  I always get complements on it.

becausescience

@justkeepswimming8 I don't think that'd be a concern as long as you're still getting enough of a temp shift for O. 

@LazyCrane Yay for +OPK!

hedgepig

@looeeze I love, love, love fireworks, but we live in a pretty high fire danger area, so most towns don't do them. Have fun tonight!
@catlady1215 You can see below how I write my month/cycle. I'm not sure if it's the right way to do it, but I think it's important t be able to represent the entirety of your time TTC. I'm sorry that you're feeling down, this cycle hit me particularly hard as well. Try to take extra good care of yourself over the next few days.
@justkeepswimming8 I'm glad to hear the party wasn't too bad... I think you had mentioned that you were sort of dreading it. Good for you for getting up and going to the gym too!
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Month/Cycle: 7/7 total, 3/3 ALs

CD: 5

WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, HIO, PreSeed, OPK

Rave: My sister and her kids are coming to visit for a couple of days, so hopefully that will be fun!

CS/Q:

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature? I'm with @looeeze & @catlady1215 - I have always gotten loads of compliments on my eyes.

lurvleybunchococonuts

Month/Cycle: 6/5 (I think?)

CD: 17

WAYDTGKU: bbt, cm/cp, pnvs (pew pew pew 'merica), hio

R/R: rant - woke up late, was on time for work but no coffee + it's Monday  rave - fireworks tonight and looking forward to no work tomorrow.

CS/Q: not at the moment, although kind of rant-ish I'm in the creamy but stretchy CM limbo.  It's annoying!  (sorry if TMI)

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature? Hmm... I dunno... my charming personality?  If you mean physical feature I guess my butt maybe?  DH refers to it as smackable. 

darkstar42

@LazyCrane Yay for the positive OPK! Here's hoping it's not a fake out. I'm going to start testing tomorrow.

Month/Cycle: 5/5

CD: 9

WAYDTGKU: charting temps and cm, opks

R/R: I'm taking an online class that I'm not enjoying (ironically, it's an online class about teaching online classes), and I have to get a bunch of work done for it today. On the positive side, because it's online I can go to a coffee shop to work on it.

CS/Q: No questions today!

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature?
Like @looeeze I'm going to say my green eyes.

RVAmom315

Hey ladies, just popping in to say I'm heading over to TWW! Hope to see you all over there soon 

doxiemoxie212

Month/Cycle: 3/3 AL

CD: 6

WAYDTGKU: I think blood is almost over

R/R: ended up having to drink again yesterday. today i am DEFINITELY not drinking, friends have all left town. Thank. the. lawd. What a rough weekend. Also, oh man, I tried some maca powder in my smoothie yesterday because I've read it's good for TTC, and I triple checked that it does not contain caffeine, but it made me feel like I was dyyyyyying the same way caffeine does. DH liked it in his, though, so IDK. Maybe I'll tell him to keep getting it. I def cannot though. Wow. 

CS/Q: nah

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature? I get the most compliments on my eyebrows, but TBH I think right brow has been giving me too much attitude recently. 

dukestar5

@catlady1215

@justkeepswimming8  --glad you made it to the gym this morning.  Working out always improves my mood.  As far as temps go, do you still generally see a rise?  Generally speaking, what are your temps prior to O?  Mine are usually in the 97.3-97.7 range and then go up.  If you start lower (96 etc), then perhaps you wouldn't go above 98.

@LazyCrane --yay for positive OPK!  Also, I was going to write the same favorite feature.

@becausescience --GL with the follie scan.  How much is the FF VIP membership?  How will Clomid impact it?  Or do you mean that your OB office will do more of the charting for you?

@hedgepig  Have fun with your sister!  Any exciting plans while she is in town?

@lurvleybunchococonuts --I am sorry for the rough start to Monday.    No coffee = no bueno.  Also, I agree with your personality comment...at least your posts always make me laugh so I think you must be a lot of fun to hang out with!

@darkstar42  yay for doing work in a coffee shop!  That's the best.  (I took an online course once and I really disliked it...very hard for me to focus).  Remind me please...what field of study are you in and are you going for your master's/PhD?  

@RVAmom315  yay for your move to TWW...don't come back, lady!

Month/Cycle: 3/3

CD: 12

WAYDTGKU: charting, preseed arrives today (thank you amazon) so I want to test it out before FW

R/R:   Going to get a pedicure with my SIL today...we may go see the new Despicable Me 3 movie later!

CS/Q: 

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature?
Empathetic/good listener

looeeze

@becausescience I ended up buying the VIP after my trial ended. I really like the "charts like mine" feature.

@doxiemoxie212 I am jealous of people who have killer eyebrows. I wish I had the skill/patience for it! 

doxiemoxie212

@looeeze all you have to do to have perfect eyebrows is pluck them into oblivion when you're in 6th grade, feel like you want to die from shame, and then dedicate the next 15 years to perfecting them. JK, sort of. I learned a lot from the mishap, and by 8th grade I had it figured out. I spend, like, maybe a minute on them each day - if that - at this point.  

catlady1215

first off, I just jumped on a pc to comment back... and I can.not.handle.these siggys. i can't see them on my phone. holy hell the cuteness. I can't stop staring at the icecream cones.

@justkeepswimming8 glad the party wasn't as bad as expected.

@lazycrane hope this positive is the real deal!

@becausescience fingers crossed for a good scan today!

@hedgepig I'm just confused cause it was 2 losses.. trying time between.. then the bench time. i'll have to sit and play with it and see what I come up with.
have a great time with the family!

@lurvleybunchococonuts the fact that there is no work tomorrow is the only thing getting me through this day.

@darkstar42 goodluck getting all your class work done

@doxiemoxie212 lol sounds like a run weekend with friends!

darkstar42

@justkeepswimming8 I also rarely see waking temps above 98, but I always see a temp shift. My highs post O are usually between 97.7 and 97.9.
@dukestar5 I have a PhD in psychology, and teach at the university level. My university (like so many others) is starting to offer more courses online, so this class is training for me to teach one of my classes online next spring. I've never been a fan of online teaching/learning, but I'm trying to keep an open mind and create the best class I can!

DumbledoresArmy

Month/Cycle:  1/1

CD: 15

WAYDTGKU: acupuncture

R/R:  So many family visitors in my house this month.  I love family, but sometimes I feel so boring.  I don't know how to entertain.

CS/Q:

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature? My smile

LazyCrane

@DumbledoresArmy, my family does a lot of game nights when they visit. Maybe they'd be into that? MHs parents are hard to entertain though because they don't like games or crowds and finding a movie that no one will hate is also a task. 

wisewitch222

P&G again because vacation, but I'm around love titting

Month/Cycle: 2/1

CD: 21

WAYDTGKU: temp, CM, PNV, sex 

R/R: Rant: I woke up at 1 am and couldn't get back to sleep until 4:30, so my 6 am temp after less than two hours of fitful sleep is utterly worthless. And I'm also tired and cranky today. Boo.

CS/Q: Looks like my TFAS adventure begins with another typically hideous chart. Grr for vacation during fertile window. CM has dried up so I'm pretty sure I O'd, but I haven't seen a temp spike yet so here I'll remain

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature? Thick, dark, perfect-shaped eyebrows

becausescience

@dukestar5 Not that they'll do the charting for me, but more that I'll be monitored and likely triggered so the secondary signs and analyzers aren't as "important".  

@looeeze I've never really used that feature, but just checked it out and it is pretty neat.  I am amazed by all the symptoms people track.  I'll add like bloating or cramps but somebody tracked they had a stuffy nose!  What kinds of secondary symptoms are you guys tracking?

Do they run "sales" for the VIP upgrade fairly often if I decide to wait?

looeeze

@becausescience FX for your follie check today!! Yeah, you can get discount codes for FF on Twitter occasionally. People track the weirdest things sometimes. Was it you @doxiemoxie212 who once saw someone had tracked chapped lips?! 

doxiemoxie212

@looeeze haha no I think it was @pebbledam

ETA: i was the chapped lipped tracker apologist 

Stargazer1lily

Month/Cycle: 12/10

CD: 4

WAYDTGKU: bbt,cm,opk,pnv,hio

R/R:  I updated my laptop to windows 10 and I spent most of yesterday and this morning trying to figure out how to fix my sound, ended up asking my mother in inlaw for help because she`s a wiz at computers.
also DH is better turns out it was just a really bad headache lol man sick.

CS/Q:

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature?  My eyes

lurvleybunchococonuts

Re FF tracking: I think I need to start tracking noodle consumption, just for fun  I haven't been tracking too many random things, but I think I might start to just to keep a record for myself.  I'll track crappy sleep, or if I had myself a night of drinking in case my temp is wonky.  I might start tracking O pain/cramping midcycle (never bad, but I've noticed it occasionally), dunno if it really makes a difference though.  In reality it'd just cause my something else to start worrying about. 

Re eyebrows: I've tried shaping my eyebrows all of like... twice, but I'm too cheap to pay for someone else do them, so instead I let them go au natural/wild/bushmen style.  Whomp whomp.  My sister has some pretty amazing eyebrows.

LazyCrane

@Stargazer1lily, MH had a lot of problems when he upgraded to windows 10, including a program he uses for work that wouldn't run at all. It was a nightmare. Hopefully you get yours figured out quickly! 

purplg8r

@looeeze I love fireworks too!  I'm so lucky to live right by Disney and be able to see them out my bedroom window every night.  And we got married at Disney at night so we got pictures with fireworks in the background!

@catlady1215 I'm sorry you're feeling down. This whole TTC thing can be do rough 

@justkeepswimming8 no idea if we should be worrying but if it makes you feel better, I only had one temp over 98.0

@LazyCrane FX you get a temp spike!

@becausescience fx you trigger today!!

@hedgepig I hope you have fun with your sister & her kids!

@lurvleybunchococonuts sorry about the rough morning!

@darkstar42 drink alllllll the coffee! 

@RVAmom315 FX you don't come back!

@doxiemoxie212 what does maca powder do?

@dukestar5 jealous you're getting a pedicure!  I need one!

@DumbledoresArmy I hate entertaining people!  

@wisewitch222 sorry you slept rough. Maybe you can sneak in a nap

@Stargazer1lily ugh. Man sickness is the worst

Month/Cycle: 11/8 (5/3 AL)

CD: 7

WAYDTGKU: PNVs & Ubiquinol 

R/R: so I decided last night that since I'm not temping or doing opks this cycle, I'm also loosening my ban on caffeine and alcohol.  So I had sweet tea and a margarita last night.  It was glorious!  My softball team is off for the summer so we're meeting up at Main Event tonight (it has bowling, an arcade, ropes course, and more) 

CS/Q:

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature? I hate hurting people's feelings (is that a feature?)

doxiemoxie212

@purplg8r uh, for me maca made me feel like the world was spiraling out of control into a hyperventilating, heart racing abyss. For other people I think this sums it up: 1) https://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-555-maca.aspx?activeingredientid=555 . 2) https://draxe.com/top-5-maca-root-benefits-and-nutrition/

becausescience

Update: Follie is now at 21, lining is super thick, and she could see good CM starting to form (which I didn't know was visible on an US). So we're triggering today! Yay!

Q: For those with medicated cycles/triggers how long do you wait to move to TWW?

LazyCrane

becausescience said:

Update: Follie is now at 21, lining is super thick, and she could see good CM starting to form (which I didn't know was visible on an US). So we're triggering today! Yay!

Q: For those with medicated cycles/triggers how long do you wait to move to TWW?

I didn't trigger, but I've heard you can expect to ovulate 24-48 hours after from others. So I'd say day after tomorrow at the latest. 

pebbledam

Month/Cycle: 6/5

CD: 1

WAYDTGKU: waiting

R/R: My 73-day cycle has come to an end. The cramps are real today. I'm feeling pretty apprehensive because at this point since coming off BC, I have O'd anywhere from CD16 to CD60. Couple that with DH's performance issues and it makes for a very emotionally draining experience. 

CS/Q: nothing to see here

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature? I get a lot of compliments on my hair, but it's really not that spectacular; it's just naturally blonde. 

holly321

Month/Cycle: 6/4

CD: 4

WAYDTGKU: clomid, pnv, temping,HIO

R/R: rant, all my blood work this cycle falls on Saturdays which means everything we do has to start later in the day.  Rave, I am going Monday to schedule to get a new tattoo.  And. I went clothes shopping for myself. And half rant half rave, I am starting training for a 5k today.  Wish me luck I have asthma and am out of shape! Lol

CS/Q: none

GTKY: What do you think is your best feature?  Either my eyes or my eye lashes.

@justkeepswimming8, my temp has never gotten to 98, except last cycle, but I was on clomid and had fevers due to a sinus infection.
@becausescience, what feature of VIP do you like?  I have never had VIP, so I don't have much input, just wondering if it is a big deal to give it up.  I sort of feel like temping on clomid isn't really necessary, although I do it because I am OC/neurotic and feel like I need to feel some control 
@doxiemoxie212, hope you were able to stay drink free today.  I accidentally got drunk yesterday at lunch and I completely get the drink free sentiment.
@purplg8r, hopefully you will have a nice stress free cycle.  I really need to work on cutting back caffeine!

LazyCrane

@holly321, I feel silly temping clomid too. There's so much monitoring that it definitely seems like overkill, but I can't stop. Must have all the info!!

becausescience

@holly321 I like the DPO countdown, chart overlay to compare past cycles, and seeing all the symptoms on the chart. Like @LazyCraneI fell silly temping on clomid, but I do still see the temp shift for O. I stop after O though. I've decided to hold off on the VIP for now as I'm monitored well.

purplg8r

@pebbledam it's so frustrating not to hVe a normal cycle!!!

@holly321 yay for starting training for your 5k!

@doxiemoxie212 there's maca in my shakeology. No idea how much but maybe it will help

kiki75

@becausescience When I trigger, I usually move over the first day there's nothing more to do but eat pineapple so 2 DPO since you can still HIO on +1. I also assume that I O the day after trigger. 

pebbledam

@catlady1215 - I definitely think you should find a way to notate your full TTC journey in your Month/Cycle numbers.
@justkeepswimming8 - I rarely get temps about 98*. The temp shift is the most important part.
@lurvleybunchococonuts - I don't think there's such a thing as TMI on this board!
@DumbledoresArmy - I'm the same way when it comes to "entertaining" family and friends that come to visit. There's only one acupuncturist that specializes in fertility in my area and I am waiting to get in to see her. Not that you have to avoid talking about your other kids, but do you think you could put your ticker in a spoiler box in your siggy? It just seems like the polite thing to do, if you don't mind.
@becausescience - I saw that someone tracked "chapped lips" once. I track bowel movements (TMI, sorry) and headaches and indigestion. FF does have sales, so keep a look out for them! GL with your trigger! (Lol, @looeze, it was me! I just saw your comment.)
@holly321 - What kind of tattoo are you getting?

holly321

@pebbledam, I can't decide and I really need to.  TW, I had planned for a few years to get 2 lilies and one unbloomed lily to symbolize ny kids. I just don't know where to get it.  I was also planning on getting something because my brother just died.  I am not sure if I am just going to see if I can get them both the same day  end tw.  My mom is also trying to talk me into getting a matching foot tattoo with her but that would be a later day.