WTO Tuesday 7/23

bows22

**This is a thread that welcomes all regardless of where they are at in their TTC journeys. Please be mindful of topics that are discussed that could be hurtful to those going through tough times. Mention of children or pregnancies of others should have a TW (trigger warning) and be in a spoiler if possible, and only be mentioned if it is extremely pertinent to the conversation. Thanks for keeping this a safe place for us all to engage!** 

Month/Cycle:

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WAYDTGKU:

R/R: 

CS/Q: 

bows22

Edit: words are hard in the morning

Month/Cycle: 8/9

CD: 12

WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPKs, tracking CM

R/R: I had some really vivid dreams last night and I looked up what some of the things I saw in them mean and they are all negative, negative, negative. Obviously my subconscious didnt get the memo that it’s positive thoughts only this cycle.

DH went to bed really early so I actually got to watch an episode of the bachelorette - I’m like a month behind. I saw on the DVR that the men tell all was last night? Does that mean the finale is next week? I have some work to do this week if so. 

CS/Q: it was chilly last night and I used a comforter so I think it made things a little toasty. We will see 

emeraldduchess

Good morning, ladies!

Month/Cycle: 12/11/1st cycle AL#2 

CD: 19

WAYDTGKU: Prenatal vitamins, Fertility Friend, temping, OPKs, observing CM, progesterone post-O 

R/R: It's pouring rain this morning and I love the sound! I am more than happy to curl up with my tea and my book for a little while. 

CS/Q: I think today is O day! My OPK was blazing positive yesterday afternoon, even though I've barely had any CM. Now I just have to call my RE and double check on whether or not the progesterone supplements are on their way. 

emeraldduchess

@bows22 I've been having strange dreams this cycle too. A lot of them have nothing to do with getting KU. There were a few where I was racing to prevent someone from committing a crime. Those were really weird/scary!  Hope your subconscious gets the memo about positive thinking only! 

b_1029

@bows22 get with the program, subconscious! How nice was it sleeping in not 100 degree weather?! 

@emeraldduchess sounds like a lovely day! I hope you enjoy the rain and your book! Hopefully the progesterone makes it to you soon.

Month/Cycle: 20/22

CD: 4

WAYDTGKU: letrozole + trigger + TI

R/R: seeing @bows22 post reminded me that I had a dream about a fire last night. These disaster dreams always happen at my parents’ house. I’ve gotten really into Chicago Fire so in my dream I was using my “knowledge” from the show. 

It feels amazing out this morning and I’m so excited. If it were never hot (like above 85) again I honestly wouldn’t be sad. I was able to convince DH to come on a quick walk around the block with the dog to enjoy the morning, but the dog was sad we didn’t stop at his favorite coffee shop. Also, we got a roomba and so far I’m loving it! I was planning on running it while I was at work, but it always beaches (?) itself on our fireplace hearth and I have to go rescue it 😂

CS/Q: haven’t decided if I’m charting yet 

millpe

@bows22 dang your subconscious, get with the program! 

@emeraldduchess you have awesome timing if today is O!

Month/Cycle: 7/4/2 AL

CD: 11

WAYDTGKU: PNV, OPK, CM, HIO EOD

R/R: Its going to be a good day! I struggled a little getting out of bed, but have now showered, made breakfast, and sat on my deck with my coffee. I cant dilly dally too long or I will be late for work 😬

My company was purchased and closing is next week. They still havent announced the structure of the new company. I keep hoping for some big structure change, because we could use it. 

CS/Q: nope

millpe

@b_1029 I have a a different brand of a roomba and I always forget to use it, because it always seems to get stuck or lost. Or I havent picked up everything from the floor! 

emeraldduchess

@b_1029 I love that your dog has a favorite coffee shop!  That's adorable.  My dog loves going through the Dunkin Donuts drive-thru with DH.  They used to give her plain munchkins but she can't eat them anymore (food allergies).  I used to be really into Chicago Fire but I stopped watching either last season or the season before. 

ejoseph16

@bows22 omg I am a bachelorette watcher! This season is something else! The men tell all was last night, the finale is next week! I’m so anxious to see how this one ends! I love Hannah... hated her on the bachelor. Love her as a bachelorette! 

@emeraldduchess happy O day! Enjoy that tea and a book! I’m envious! What book are you working on? 

@b_1029 agreed on the heat! I used to live in Arizona and deal with 110 degrees there, but that 110 is so different from ohio’s 110 degrees. Ugh! Glad you got a walk in! I’ve been rocking some mid-morning runs, it’s been nice! 

Month/Cycle: 7/5/3 AL

CD: 19

WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPK, CM, FF, PNV, folic acid, HIO EOD

R/R: I get to work on school work with my work bestie today! We agreed on sweatpants as the dress code. Lol! I’m excited to see her... it’s been a while! I hate that about being a teacher... it takes effort to see each other. 

CS/Q: O was definitely yesterday! MH has been a trooper with HIO! I’m hoping for one more chance tonight before we just release it to the fertility gods. I sang to my body last night after sex... “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...” lol. Waiting on the CH’s now to move to TWW. Who’s joining me? 

bows22

@emeraldduchess oh man snuggling up with a cup of tea and a book sounds so perfect on a rainy day! Is this the book you are trying to finish? Should be pretty easy with that set up!

@b_1029 oh I hate fire dreams! But maybe they are less scary for you since you’re an expert haha. And yes so nice to have normal weather again! Now if Mother Nature could be a little more consistent so that it doesn’t mess with my temps that would be great. If you think you’ll go nuts without data maybe you could just temp on weekdays?

@millpe I’m glad your day is off to a good start! I asked Alexa to play Hakuna Matata this morning and I feel like that started me off on the right foot too! That’s so interesting about your company. I hope you get some info soon!

bows22

@ejoseph16 looks like I will be binging the bachelorette this week! Sorry H! I haven’t been that interested in watching because like you, I really didn’t like Hannah on the bachelor, and I felt the same this season until the episode I watched last night (where she flipped out on everyone for the fight about whether or not Luke P kept everyone’s name “out of his mouth” haha) but I am warming up to her now! She’s definitely getting more real. Have fun with your work bestie! I travel out of town with mine and we always agree to go to dinner somewhere that we can wear sweatpants!

Kathryn0903

Month/Cycle: 2nd

CD: 15

WAYDTGKU: sex EOD or ED, OPKs. Tracking cycle with Glow and FF apps, vitamins, exercise 

R/R: I'm so tired today. I have to cover a class for my boss this morning. Then I may try getting home for a quick nap.

CS/Q: pretty sure today is O day based on the positive OPK I got yesterday. Hoping to get one more HIO session in today.

emeraldduchess

@millpe I hope the new ownership leads to the changes you are hoping for!  Hope the rest of your day is as nice as your morning!

@bows22 @ejoseph16 I am reading "Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession" by Alison Weir.  It's the second in her series about the 6 wives of Henry VIII. It's taken me a lot more time to read than I would like, but I keep getting distracted by you ladies here on TB (and my knitting, of course)!   After this one I have the book on Jane Seymour(wife #3) to read. I don't think the author has published the complete series yet, so if I make it to the Anne of Cleeves book (wife #4), I think I'll be all caught up. 

@ejoseph16 have fun with your work bestie!  I approve of the sweatpants dress code.  I live in my yoga pants during the summer! I think it's the unofficial teacher uniform for school vacation. 

ejoseph16

@millpe I love your positivity today! Hoping a restructure happens! MH just had that with his job (he got a new boss) and he wound up with a promotion! 

@bows22 I sincerely thought she was ridiculous on the bachelor. I was so mad they made her the bachelorette. But now I see it! MH actually had been watching with me since the episode you just finished. Luke P is something else! Holy moly! Just wait... it gets so good! I’m a peter fan... I love Peter! 

@Kathryn0903 happy O day! Get busy! 

ejoseph16

@emeraldduchess yoga pants... the teacher summer dress code! Lol yes! I’ll have to look into those books... I’m just in random mode with books lately. Whatever amazon suggests. Lol 

inthewoods23

@bows22 bad subconscious! Hopefully your subconscious was just getting the negativity out of the way for the rest of the cycle!

@emeraldduchess agreed, rain is a lovely sound! Especially in the morning when it feels like the time goes by slowly. So enjoyable.

@b_1029 how good of a job do roombas do? I feel like it would never pick up from our carpet. Do they even work well on carpets? 🤔 I must say that is the 1 downside to robotic vacuums (or in my case a lawnmower), they can get stuck! Twice now our mower has gotten caught on the light pole in our yard. It tears up the grass around it from doing so many circles *sigh*. How are you feeling after dose 1 of letrozole? Hope things are starting off good there!

@millpe good luck with the work changes! Hope things start to look better. I always like to think change is good, but there are always the questionable changes that make you wonder what they were drinking the day they made that decision.

@ejoseph16 sweatpants should just be life's dress code 😆

Looks like we have lots of ladies moving over to TWW in the next few days!

Month/Cycle: 25/23

CD: 5

WAYDTGKU: FET in September

R/R: our new sound system comes today! Now if only I would get called about our outdoor furniture so we can get that delivered and set up too! Feeling some general anxiety for the last few days and I don't know how to get out of this little funk. Need to maintain happiness!

CS/Q: nah

ejoseph16

@inthewoods23 agreeeeed! Sweatpants for days! 

whitealbum29

WTO is my house now. I live here. Or it's an escape room that I can only get out of by peeing on enough things.

@bows22 and @ejoseph16 -- ooh more Bachelorette watchers! I am loving this season and have a huge crush on Tyler C. I think there are two more episodes after this?? Because there are still three guys....I'm not sure, I always forget how the ending works... and agree about Hannah! SO makes fun of me for being so serious about this but I really feel like the Bachelor/Bachelorette is doing some great things lately! This season could carry some good lessons for young women dealing with toxic men. I and several other women I know have had experience dating a Luke P type! And they dealt with sexual assault in a really tasteful way with Caelyn last season.

@emeraldduchess - yay for O day! You have great timing! Your plan for today sounds so lovely and relaxing! The book sounds great too.

@b_1029 - ooh jealous of your Roomba! That's so cute that your pup has specific taste in coffee shops.

@millpe - hope the changes at your company work well for you!

@Kathryn0903 - I hope you get a nap in!

Month/Cycle: 12/11

CD: 25

WAYDTGKU: OPK, CM, prenatals, shatavari, evening primrose oil, pressed, Ovia app, acupuncture

R/R: I'm sure you're all on the edge of your seat waiting for more scintillating info about this stupid cycle with my neverending not-quite surges (might have had a real surge yesterday) and ewcm! Other than TTC stuff...excited for barre class tonight and last night I went to a happy hour with some girls I met through MeetUp.com last year - nice but made me feel like I should keep in touch with/hang out with them a lot more because they've definitely all formed real friendships while I've been a little antisocial and just come out once in a while and haven't made as much of an effort. So that will be a goal for the next few months!

CS/Q: I can't really figure out how to articulate an OPK question, but basically I've been testing for a LONG time this month -- since day 12, and had a few small peaks/"high" results and then it would be low for a few days -- like peaks and valleys. Then the past three days it's been basically getting higher and the one I got late yesterday could be considered a peak. Has this happened to anyone?

mvt2003

Morning ladies! Back for tags in a few!

Month/Cycle: 11/11

CD: 5

WAYDTGKU: OPKs, BBT, PNVs, and new this month SMEP

R/R: I'm loving all of the positive vibes we're all putting out right now, I'm feeling good about it, and focusing intently on the April BMB. I got a long workout in last night, still feeling the endorphins this morning, which helps I think. I also realized that I probably do have enough yarn (in a discontinued color) to finish a knitting project I've been working on in spurts for about 10 years ( @emeraldduchess ) so I'm pretty pumped about that too. 

CS/Q: Still too early to see anything, so meh. 

mvt2003

@whitealbum29 Something very similar happened to me last month with getting a peak reading for a minute, then back to high before finally sustaining a peak. I ended up having the prettiest chart pretty much of my life, but I'm still here lol. In all seriousness, I do think last cycle was one of the best months I've had of TTC and I think we actually got the 20% chance. 

*edit because I'm an idiot and did the wrong tag because I'm trying to do too many things at once today lol. 

millpe

@ejoseph16 Have fun with your work bestie today! I'm jealous of the teacher summer uniform! But I work in a field office so I can pretty much get away with wearing whatever I want anyway. A year ago I would have been begging to get a new boss, but we have made a lot of progress lately and actually get along now (even though we still dont always see eye to eye). I would take a promotion though! Lol

mvt2003

Ok time to tag! I feel very behind today!!!  

@bows22 I started the bachelorette this season but it just was too much of a time commitment. I'm following the drama though because it's too good not to! I slept with my comforter too and it was ah-ma-zing! Fall is my favorite and last night felt a little bit like fall!! And finally tell your subconscious that we are all aboard the positivity train!!! 

@emeraldduchess jealous about getting to curl up today bc it is the perfect day to do that!!! Congrats on the + OPK!!!!!!! (Also my dog knows what Dunkin bags look like and automatically assumes there are munchkins inside for her. Granted, she's usually right but still! )

@b_1029 ok I adore that your pup has a favorite coffee shop, total goals! Glad you and YH got a walk in this morning!

@millpe FX for positive restructuring for you!!! Sometimes it can be the best thing possible!

@ejoseph16 FX so hard for you!!! I'm totally gonna use the "just keep swimming" mantra too!

@Kathryn0903 FX for you!!!! Jealous of the nap too! 

@inthewoods23 so excited for your new furniture! I'm living vicariously these days lol. I know that general anxiety feeling well, and I always keep reminding myself "there's no way out but through", which weirdly helps. *hugs* 

tyrion_

@bows22 Sorry for the negative dreams. Hopefully that means the opposite is true! 

@emeraldduchessn Your morning sounds so peaceful. enjoy! 

@b_1029 I’m so jealous of the cool walking weather. 

@millpe I hope the changes you’re hoping for happen for you at work soon.  

@ejoseph16 Good luck! Your timing looks great! 

@Kathryn0903 hope you get that nap! 

@whitealbum29 Hope this is the real thing for you and you can finally bust out of here. 

@mvt2003 What kind of workout did you do? 

@inthewoods23 Sorry for your funk. Hope you break out of it soon. 

And I’m another bachelorette watcher. Mostly to hate watch. They’re all so dumb. But I need to know these people for my real passion, Bachelor in Paradise 😂

Month/Cycle: 2/3 AL 

CD: 1 

WAYDTGKU: BBT, CM, OPKs, HIO, PNV 

R/R: After so many BFNs and knowing this wasn’t my cycle, it was a relief to actually start AF finally. I had a 12 day LP for the first time ever (usually 10). Interested to see what happens this cycle. Always something new with my body! 

CS/Q: Nothing but one dot. 

mvt2003

@tyrion_ I basically did some of everything We have a home gym, and I'm in an Apple Watch competition with a coworker so I needed to accumulate points. I did an ab workout, lifted some weights, then jumped on the elliptical! 

mamaqdubu

Month/Cycle: 1/1

CD: unsure (started tracking)

WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPK, CM, 

R/R: Hi all! I intro'ed last week and been participating in one of the other threads, but thought I would say hello here too. I have never used FF before (just started these last few days). I'm finding it fairly comprehensive to learn/understand, and I guess I should read some tutorials or something. I thought it would be more intuitive! 

CS/Q: Could someone kindly explain what this section is for? It's hard to determine from the other answers exactly how to answer this one. 

@bows22 you have a lot to catch up on for the bach before next week! 

Also another Bachelorette watcher here! I don't like to admit it, but it's my guilty pleasure show for sure! @tyrion_ the BIP previews had me dying last night. DH happened to walk by and gave me the BIGGEST eyeroll

@b_1029 I'm glad to hear you like the roomba! i have a few tall area rugs and i'd like to invest in one, but i'm afraid it would get stuck on them?

@inthewoods23 I'm sorry about your GA, but a new sound system and outdoor furniture sounds like you're creating a pretty awesome space. Are you creating an updated outdoor space?

inthewoods23

@mamaqdubu the CS/Q stands for "chart stalk/questions". Place screenshots of your FF chart here or ask any TTC related questions you have. We do have a dedicated monthly thread for this as well if you'd like to ask the question to the whole board.

The sound system is for our living room, not outside. We've just been waiting for the furniture forever! I ordered it a month ago!

shoogapoff

@whitealbum29 I'm having different, but relatable issues with not definitively O'ing. No advice, just commiseration. And good for you for adult friendship-ing. That's not easy!

@ejoseph16 I love the positive vibes and the singing! I always chant "come on baby, come on baby" at my tummy around implantation day, like its running a race and I'm willing it to the finish line. 

@mvt2003 What knitting project is it? That's awesome that you think you have enough yarn. I'm the worst at starting and never finishing craft projects. 

@tyrion_ yay for 12 day LP!

@b_1029 That's so cute that your dog likes the coffee shop. I love doing fun things with my dog. They're a little spoiled,  but that's okay. 

@bows22 Hakuna Matata! What a great way to start your day. I love it! 

@millpe Hoping for positive job changes for you!

@inthewoods23 Hope your furniture comes soon. It'll be so nice to have that project finished!

Month/Cycle: 6/7

CD: 12

WAYDTGKU:

R/R: I'm on vacation all week, and I so needed the time away from work etc. I'm not doing anything fancy, just spending time with my sister and *TW* her kids.  I bought a "water blob" for them, and we spent yesterday playing on it in the backyard. Today will probably be more of the same, but later this week, I think we'll go to the local science museum or the library story time. Its important to me to be a good aunt, and to be connected to them, even when I live 400 miles away. 

CS/Q: Unfortunately, as I feared, this trip means our timing wasnt great. I usually O between CD 10-12, but do far,  I've had all negative OPKs, and no temp rise. Oh well....

Edit bc, what is mobile bumping without an edit for errors?

mvt2003

@shoogapoff That's fantastic, I feel very similarly about my commitment to being a good aunt, hoping you guys have another good day! I've been working on and off on an aran knit blanket for the last decade or so (I do a square at a time), I posted a new pic in the crafting thread! Join us there - updates on current projects are always welcome!  

shoogapoff

@mvt2003 I'll have to check it out!

bows22

@inthewoods23 ohhh my H would be so jealous of your robotic lawnmower. Do you guys like it other than the getting stuck? Also I hope you start feeling better. Did you make your playlist yet?

@whitealbum29  your R/R cracked me up! I really am so interested in what’s going on with you this cycle. Hopefully today is the day you get the peak!

@mvt2003 yes to the positivity/April train! And great news about the yarn!

@tyrion_ yes to bachelor in paradise! That’s at least half of the reason why I won’t throw in the towel on this season. I need to know who everyone is!

@mamaqdubu you used the CS/Q section correctly without even knowing! Haha

@shoogapoff of course this would be the month that you don’t O early. Ugh! I am obsessed with my nieces and nephews and am so fortunate that they live very close to me. Its great that you are getting this wonderful quality time with yours. Have so much fun! 

inthewoods23

@bows22 we don't own the mower. It's a service. So if anything breaks on it, blades need replacing, or someone steals it, it's all insured and we don't pay to replace it. We pay a monthly fee plus the one time install fee (there's wire they bury into the ground that outlines the border of the yard). They take it at the end of October and put it in storage for us and then they bring it back in April. We were on vacation for a week and came back to a lawn that only looked a few days old, it's awesome!

As for the playlist, I threw a bunch of songs on it but haven't organized it and I'm not sure I like what I put on it anyway. Still a work in progress. I think I need to spend more time really thinking about what to add instead of anything I think is considered upbeat.

shamrocandroll

Ahhh I forgot to do my update and now I'll never catch up!  

@bows22 I always have the most awful dreams.  I hate it!  It makes positive thinking really challenging.

@emeraldduchess Wooo for O day!  Awesome timing, if so! 

@b_1029 Glad it cooled down!  Laughing at your sad dog and "beached" Roomba.  Could you set up a barrier so it won't do that?

@millpe Wow, impressed you get out of bed early enough to do all of that!  I always choose maximum sleep over leisurely mornings, but I wish I had more willpower because I also hate rushing.

@ejoseph16 LOL at "just keep swimming" 

@inthewoods23 I feel you on having a hard time shaking the anxiety funk.  I hope the new sound system and furniture does the trick!

@whitealbum29 Sorry for the crazy cycle!  My first cycle on OPKs, I got some lighter lines, then blank, then high (which I thought were peak at the time) then light, then all of a sudden peak (which I didn't know what it looked like for sure until I saw it) and I was all kinds of confused.  I hope this is O for you!!!  I can never just temp or just do OPKs.  Has to be both in conjunction.  

@mvt2003 Oooh, good luck SMEPing!  I hope that does the trick!

@tyrion_ Sorry, and yay at the same time for AF!  

@mamaqdubu Sorry if this is old news to you, but Taking Control of Your Fertility explained charting well enough that I was able to mostly figure out FF on my own.  Although I still ask dumb questions about it here sometimes.  CS/Q is for showing us your chart and/or asking questions about it.

@shoogapoff Are you on vaca solo?  If not, any chance of sneaky HIO?  Enjoy your vacation!

WHEW!

shamrocandroll

Month/Cycle:  12/4 AL

CD: 6

WAYDTGKU:  PNV, FF, BBT (trying vaginal this cycle), OPKs, Softcups, might move to ED HIO (yikes), can't think of what else...

R/R: Fridge repair guy comes back again today.  Having a hard time believing we'll ever have a working fridge in our kitchen ever again at this point.  It's been over a month now.    Part of me hopes they fix it today, but part of me hopes he just tells us it's a lost cause so I can start researching a replacement in earnest.

CS/Q: Got my new BBT.  It's a Femometer with Bluetooth syncing, so hopefully that will make vaginal temping a little bit easier.  Still planning to stick to FF versus the Femometer app.  I'll start OPKs around CD12, probably.  CD10 has shown to be way too early in recent cycles.

shoogapoff

@shamrocandroll Solo vacay, unfortunately. Otherwise, we'd definitely be figuring out sneaky HIO sessions. I'm really interested to hear how you like your new thermometer!

mvt2003

@shamrocandroll Woo hoo to Femometer! The app is not my fave to be honest (it definitely needs a copyeditor), but I'll take the bluetooth capabilities any day of the week. I always make sure to open my app and sync it as soon as I take the temp just to be sure it gets captured. 

shamrocandroll

@mvt2003 I was actually going to ask about that, since on weekends I go back to sleep, so I'd love to not have to open the app on my phone, haha.  But I suppose that's still better than trying to remember to enter the temp when I wake up.  

mvt2003

@shamrocandroll technically you don't have to do it, you can just sync it when you officially wake up (although you will have to open the thermometer to wake it up too). I just get paranoid lol. 

photographerwife

@bows22 sorry for the bad dreams, the subconscious can be a real jerk sometimes! Also jealous about chilly weather. 

@emeraldduchess That sounds like heaven! GL with O day!

@b_1029 The weather sounds great! Glad that you and DH enjoyed your walk with your pup!

@millpe I always dilly dally too long too... lol FX for new structure at work!

@ejoseph16 Enjoy your time with your bestie today!

@Kathryn0903 Good luck with O day!

@inthewoods23 It sounds like you guys are going to have an awesome hangout spot outside! Hope you get your furniture soon! 

@whitealbum29 Hope you get some clarity soon with you OPKs!

@mvt2003 Yay for positive vibes and plenty of yarn!!

@tyrion_ FX for you this cycle!

@mamaqdubu I'm so glad that you asked that! I thought it meant Questions/concerns. Still working on learning the lingo, the abbreviation guide really could use an update. Especially with board names, imo. You'll have the hang of charting before you know it! 

@shoogapoff Enjoy your vaca!

@shamrocandroll Just get a new one! lol Is there a reason to track vaginally? i've never heard of that.

photographerwife

Month/Cycle: 1/1
CD: 9

WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPK, maca, prenatals

R/R: Nothing new, my life is honestly kind of boring right now. Slowing down from a busy past few weeks. I am really enjoying my book atm. It is the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. I really love fantasy and fiction. I recently finished the Stormlight archive by him, and it was soooo good! Cant wait for the next seven. Its seriously going to be a monster series! I did want to correct myself about some of the abbreviations that I mentioned above needing to be added. I did go back and clarify some of them for myself but I also couldnt find a few.. Ill do a more thorough read in a bit. 

CS/Q: 

11
Kind of wonky with the big dip and rise!

b_1029

Wow this thread really got away from me today! I’ll come back for tags when I get off work!

shamrocandroll

@mvt2003 I'll have to test that out now while I'm early in my cycle so it won't matter too much if I lose a temp.

@photographerwife The fridge IS new.  It's only about 3 years old, and it was EXPENSIVE.  It's also covered under warranty, but that means a lot of back and forth with appliance repair, and part of me would just rather know now if we need to suck it up and buy a new fridge because it's been A MONTH of not having one.  But if it's fixable, then I'd obviously prefer that.  I just want it to work!  Re vaginal temping: it's a more accurate way to temp.  Oral temperatures tend to fluctuate a lot more and give you that rocky mountain range looking chart, since things like breathing through your mouth or a fan blowing on your face can affect the accuracy of your reading.  With basal body temperatures, minor shifts make a big difference, so I'm trying vaginal temping this month to try to get better readings and clearer signals from my cycles.