WTO Fri-yay 3/23

coco2787

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Month/Cycle:

CD:

WAYDTGKU:
 
R/R:

CS/Q:

GTKY: It's furbaby Friday, so tell us about your pets, if you have any.  Feel free to share a pic!

coco2787

Month/Cycle: 6/4

CD: 15 

WAYDTGKU: OPK, charting, HIO, PNV, CM, CP
 
R/R: Glad it's Friday!  Probably getting done a little early today, so that's nice.  Had a dream that I was pregnant last night, those are always so shitty to wake up from.  

CS/Q: OPK still positive this morning so I'm hoping that means O should be happening sometime today, tonight will be 48 hours from first positive. 

GTKY: It's furbaby Friday, so tell us about your pets, if you have any.  Feel free to share a pic!
I have 1 dog, Misha the vizsla.  She thinks she’s people.  

Stargazer1lily

Month/Cycle:FF says 18

CD:14

WAYDTGKU:bbt,cm,opk,hio
 
R/R:Happy Friday Ladies!!

CS/Q:nope

GTKY: It's furbaby Friday, so tell us about your pets, if you have any.  Feel free to share a pic!
We have three dogs two cats and 6 chickens. I`ll share a pic of one of my cat`s.  Pitty is 14 this year.<3

rosebud332

Month/Cycle: 2/2

CD: 23

WAYDTGKU: Opk, pnv, preseed
 
R/R: Super glad it’s friday and the snow is melting. Really hoping that was the last of it! Come on Spring!

CS/Q: My Opk looked almost positive yesterday so I’m hoping today is the day. Is it usually the day after the positive Opk that you actually ovulate?

GTKY: It's furbaby Friday, so tell us about your pets, if you have any.  Feel free to share a pic!
I have none but I really want a dog. Mh promises when we have a house with a yard we’ll get one. My parents have a dog so when I lived home he was my dog too. But he has cancer and I think they have to put him down soon. We went to see him a few days ago and he looked so sad and tired and in pain. It was awful.

meri-mac

**Lurking from TWW**
@rosebud332 I'm so sorry about your dog. Sending hugs

crookshanks10

Month/Cycle: 5/6

CD: 15

WAYDTGKU: PNVs, Charting, Temping, OPKs, HIO 
 
R/R: Rant: No rants today! Rave: It's the weekend! Hoping I get a positive OPK this weekend or early next week. 

CS/Q: N/A

GTKY: I am 100% obsessed with my cat, Boone. He plays fetch, loves to drink from the faucet, just overall so entertaining! He sleeps with me every night. Picture in spoiler

 

rolliepollie335

Month/Cycle: 1/1

CD: ?? (just got my IUD out so I’m flying blind until my first period)

WAYDTGKU: OPK, CM/CP, temping, BDing
 
R/R: Happy Friday! It feels a bit more like spring today and I swear I see more bare ground and less snow so I’ll take those signs of spring. 

CS/Q: I am curious about whether anyone has experience with Mirena and whether you continued to ovulate while it was in or not. The internet, searches and Mirena literature is not clear and the best I’ve come across is that sometimes ovulation may happen. 

GTKY: It's furbaby Friday, so tell us about your pets, if you have any.  Feel free to share a pic! We have two adopted kitties who can’t stand each other but are so sweet and loving to us, and an adopted mutt who is definitely our biggest baby! 

Kath525

Month/Cycle: 15

CD: CD 18 

WAYDTGKU: OPK BD BBT charting preseed
 
R/R:rant: still no peak OPK. Low today. This is going to be a long cycle. Usually 31 days which feels long already. 
Rave: my dr suggested doing phototherapy for my eczema that just won't clear up. Thankful to be trying something different and feeling hopeful for the first time in a while. It's been a long 2 months. It means going in 3 times a week for 3 months which Will suck but if it helps... It'll be worth it.

CS/Q:

GTKY: It's furbaby Friday, so tell us about your pets, if you have any.  Feel free to share a pic!
I have a 6 year old pit bull mix girl. 

crookshanks10

@coco2787 I hope to follow you soon with positive OPKS! I love the picture of your pup! So cute!
@Stargazer1lily It sounds like you have a full house. I love it! I really love black and black and white cats. Such a cute picture. I'm ready to be like pitty and be curled up on the couch!
@rosebud332 I'm so ready for spring.. we have snow again in the forecast this weekend. I'm really ready for things to come alive. So sorry to hear about your family dog That's so hard. Fx that this is your cycle! I think I read O usually happens 12-36 hours after a positive.
@LemonofBluebell Hopefully you'll regulate soon! 
@Kath525 I hope the phototherapy helps with your eczema. It's always nice to try something different! 

Avrilmai

@coco2787 to answer your question from yesterday, yes this is our first IUI. Those dreams are rough. Hope you get to enjoy your Friday! 
@Stargazer1lily are you thinking of working with an RE? Love your cat pic too! 
@rosebud332 for me, I typically get CH in FF the day after my last + opk. It depends on how long your surge is and the only ways to "confirm" O is with temping or U/S
@meladams10 enjoy your weekend
@LemonofBluebell you may want to check out the mirena website, but it is my understanding that Mirena prevents pregnancy by thickening CM to prevent sperm from entering and inhibits sperm from reaching egg as well as thinning lining. So it sounds like it doesn't prevent ovulation. *I am not a doctor. 
@Kath525 GL with the phototherapy. I hope it brings some relief. 

Month/Cycle: 19

CD: 10

WAYDTGKU: IUI 
 
R/R: trigger shot is done and IUI will be tomorrow. 

CS/Q:

GTKY: It's furbaby Friday, so tell us about your pets, if you have any.  Feel free to share a pic!
We have 2 pups that we got from shelters. They are super sweet. both are almost 5. We've had our little terrier mix since she was a puppy and we got our other girl when she was about 1.5. 

rolliepollie335

Thanks @meladams10 and @Avrilmai

crookshanks10

@Avrilmai AHHH! Only one more sleep for you! Fx for you!!! 

LJMoon6

Be back later for tags! 

Month/Cycle: 12/12

CD: 14

WAYDTGKU: sexing
 
R/R: My MRI was cancelled this morning. I got there and told them I'm pretty positive I ovulated yesterday. They didn't want to risk it. So I'm scheduled for right during AF next cycle. The scans not critical so I'm ok with it. Although, if I am ku this cycle, I hope I can still deliver naturally without the new scan. 

CS/Q: My temp didn't shift this am... has me confused. Based on everything, opk, cm, and O pain, I think I Oed in the evening or late night. I'm wondering if that's not enough time for my temp to shift. Previous cycles my post O temps were in the 97.8 to .9 range. Chart in spoiler.

GTKY: It's furbaby Friday, so tell us about your pets, if you have any.  Feel free to share a pic! 
2 dogs and one bird.
Luna is maybe 10 months old (not completely sure since she was a stray). Her coloring and shape is of a Catahoula leopard dog but she's about half the normal size, about 25 lbs.
Ellie is a 9 year old black lab mix (not sure with what. Again she was a stray). She's also smaller than typical, 45 lbs.
And then there's Oli who's a 4 years old green cheek conure. He'll probably live for another 20 years.

crookshanks10

@LJMoon6 Definitely better to be safe with your MRI! I love that you have a bird! I watch bird videos and think they're so funny and cute! 

LJMoon6

@coco2787 Your dog is so cute!!! Yay for ovulating. My surge was long this cycle too, about 36 hours. I think it’s typically only supposed to last 12-24 hours??

@stargazer1lily Your kitty is so cute! Happy Friday!

@rosebud332 Are you using internet cheapies?? I was reading yesterday that you usually ovulate 12 hours after the peak of your surge. It’s hard to really know when your peak is. But I know with the cheapies you can see the test line getting darker and darker.

@meladams10 Cute kitty. FX you O soon. I love that your cat plays fetch lol. I’m also happy that they skipped the MRI. I could be wrong and I may have Oed today but I think I would be so worried the entire TWW and pregnancy if that were to happen. Mr Oli definitely has attitude! I wish I could catch him on video when he’s saying certain things but he doesn’t do it on demand.  He’s also not very photogenic.

@LemonofBluebell Sorry, no experience with Mirena. I love that the snow is slowly melting and we’re starting to see more of the ground. Spring is coming!!!

@kath525 I’m so glad you have a plan of action for your eczema. What is the phototherapy that you have to do? It is a special wavelength and intensity? Is it concentrated in a beam, like a laser, or is it more like a light box?

@avrilmai I’m so excited for you!!! FX for tomorrow!

coco2787

aw sorry about your dog @rosebud332   I hope you and your H can get a pet soon.

@meladams10 your cat does sound awesome, I love his markings.  FX you get a positive OPK soon!

@Kath525 sorry about the long cycle   I hope phototherapy helps with the eczema.

I hope everything goes well tomorrow @Avrilmai!

aw your pets are adorable @LJMoon6.  I don't temp so I'm no help with the chart, but did you take another OPK this morning?  I always keep taking them until I get a negative to try and pinpoint O.  

LJMoon6

@coco2787 I did take another OPK this morning and it was still positive but only just barely. The test line was maybe the same color as the control line. At noon it was a more obvious negative. From what I've read, you're supposed to O 12 hour after the peak of your surge. Based on all the tests, I thought that would be late yesterday or last night. I guess I'll wait and see what temp I get tomorrow. 

coco2787

@LJMoon6 maybe O was this morning or late last night then?  My strong positives have been lasting 24 hours the last 2 cycles for me.  I always just assume that I O sometime between a positive and a negative, so I always test twice a day.  

LJMoon6

@coco2787 Sorry I realized I worded that last post badly. I'm assuming my peak surge was yesterday morning, so O should of been yesterday evening or sometime during the night. So I would of expected a temp spike this AM. I think 24 hours is pretty typical. And really we can't know when the peak surge is so I think your way of thinking about it is better. I'm just getting over analytical. I always got so excited and anxious around O!

lokibear89

Month/Cycle:3/3

CD:4

WAYDTGKU:bbt, opk, pnv, bd
 
R/R: it's Saturday here and I just finished work so sitting on the couch willing myself to do some work. I need to reregister so I have to log all my continuing education this weekend and I am currently procrastinating.

CS/Q: random high temp this morning but I'm sure it will be low again tomorrow

GTKY: It's furbaby Friday, so tell us about your pets, if you have any.  Feel free to share a pic! 2 cats both from the spca. Bear is a manx and boss of.the whole neighbourhood while Loki is a homebody.

Embarrassed  by the quantity of cat photos on my phone

lokibear89

@coco2787 your dog is so cute!

@Stargazer1lily I dream of a full house like That!

@rosebud332 I usually a temp change about a day after positive opk. So sorry about your family dog.

@meladams10 my boy Loki used to fetch when he was a kitten hard as I try can't get him to do it now.

@LemonofBluebell Mirena may inhibit ovulation in some people but that is generally not how it works as a contraceptive. It's like a progesterone only pill and stops the sperm being able to reach the egg. Hopefully you regulate quickly I know when my sister had hers out it regulated for like the first time in her life.

@Kath525 good luck with your eczema it can be such a process finding what works

@Avrilmai good luck for tomorrow!

@LJMoon6 your dogs are really cute. Hopefully temp goes up tomorrow and it was just a longer surge but I am not very educated about temps if I'm honest.

Kath525

@LJMoon6 they said it's similar to a tanning bed but more monitored and they build up the intensity/length of time over 3 months. The first treatment will be 20 seconds and depending on how my body reacts it'll end at several minutes. My eczema seems to be very sensitive to sunlight so I know he's planning to take it really slow. I have the eczema basically everywhere except my face (thank goodness!) so it'll be a full body treatment inn my case. Ps your dogs are adorable!!!
@coco2787 i have those dreams from time to time. They always make me want to just. go back to sleep.
@rosebud332 sorry to hear your pup. Hugs!
@Avriljune49 FX for you tomorrow!