TWW Tuesday 4/20

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inthewoods23

Month/Cycle: 5 AL

CD/DPO: 29/8

Timing: -4, -2, -1, +1

Typical LP length: 13 days

Testing: Earth Day

R/R: Just chugging along trying to ignore the looming test date, my birthday on Friday, and *tw* any day now probably getting a 2nd niece *end tw*. And our ferns did NOT ship yesterday! DH is very sad. Hopefully he gets clarification on when we should expect them. I told him maybe we shouldn't have bought 300+ ferns lol. Maybe that's too many! Shouldn't be though, we bought them wholesale. Our order is probably a small order by comparison.

CS/Q: 

knottie7bc8467b6ac68efe

Good morning, GOOD MORNING! 

Month/Cycle: 1/1

CD/DPO: 23/2

Timing: -2, -4

Typical LP length: 14

Testing: I am going to try so, so hard to wait until May 2 (expected AF day). So, 14 DPO.

R/R: We have a big pest control treatment happening today and we had to empty everything out of the kitchen. I think my elderly cat thinks we're moving again, and she is distressed. She's moved with me/us 9 times. I keep reassuring her we're not moving, but she's a cat; she doesn't know. 

CS/Q: 

pajamstagrams

@inthewoods23 test date buddies! Also, everytime you talk about your ferns, I think of this 😂:

@beakay8 definitely don't envy you on the kitchen clean out. Idk where I would even put all our stuff, and we don't even have that much cabinet space! 

Month/Cycle: 4/4

CD/DPO: 21/8

Timing: good

Typical LP length: 14

Testing: 10 DPO & 14 DPO 

R/R: first cycle TTC with no weird LP symptoms. (No cramping, no excessive bloating, nothing.)  I feel so free! 😂 Maybe having the house painted was enough of a distraction from what was probably SS to various degrees. 

CS/Q: nope

chgilmore

@inthewoods23 fx for test date on your birthday and congrats on getting the ferns!

@beakay8 good morning to you too! (it is still morning here). cats seem super sensitive to change, hopefully she settles in soon and realizes you aren't going anywhere this time!

@pajamstagrams I am envious of your lack of LP SS lol only two more days til your first test date!

Month/Cycle: 3/3

CD/DPO: 24, 7 DPO

Timing: -5, -2, -1

Typical LP length: 13/14

Testing: ...I know that I could lie on the internet but I am weak and have started POAS (obvious BFN but hey, SS is all "bUt wHaT iF?!?")

R/R: finally got an offer for a full time position at my internship site and am trying to negotiate my pay - never been able to do that before! I mean, either way I'm taking it because I like my site and don't want to leave my clients and the team, but why not try, right? and it is still sunny and warm so far this week! not even mad I have to commute.

CS/Q: ETA chart from mobile

Trying not to get too excited about this temp rise, so far it's almost exactly the same as my last two cycles 

knottie7bc8467b6ac68efe

@chgilmore my cat is sticking by my side today; she always thinks we'll forget to take her along, like we ever would do that! (I think this comes from moves to new places in same cities, where we would move her last; now when we do move, she goes first and hangs out in a room while we get stuff so she knows she went with us.) Also, thank you for being honest about POAS here. I appreciate it for when I inevitably do not make it to 14 DPO. Hahaha. I'm going to cave. AND CONGRATS ON THE JOB OFFER! Good on you for negotiating! It's an important step! 

@pajamstagrams Our kitchen is laid out in the dining room and living room and it's a nightmare. I walked into it several times today to get things and had to backtrack. "Nope, a plate is not in here. Nope, no cups in here either. Dang it, where is the silverware drawer?!" It's been rough. But I get to put it all back later tonight or tomorrow morning.

inthewoods23

@beakay8 awww poor kitty. My cat always fights when I'm trying to stick her in her carrier for vet visits. Hilariously, once that's over, I sometimes leave the open carrier on the floor in our kitchen and she'll lay in there and chill. What a weird cat. I think she gets anxious a little bit when she sees up bring out our luggage like we're going to leave her forever.

@pajamstagrams that gif is so small and I can't read the text, but I know the movie! haha haven't seen that in ages. Honestly may have only ever seen it once. You're probably 100% right that the paint was a distraction. I have always felt I don't have many symptoms from progesterone in the TWW. Even on the IVF meds and birth control I never felt like garbage like some of us describe here. But when TTC you noticed EVERYTHING. I'm half convinced the twinges near my hip crease are O pains or implantation haha.

@chgilmore yay for the job offer! I've never negotiated pay, but I did negotiate an extra week of PTO. Because WTF they were only going to offer me 10 days but I was getting 15 at my previous job. Maybe a year or 2 into me being at my current job they updated their PTO policy to start at 15 days. 10 days is NOTHING when you consider doing a week long vacation in the summer and using the majority remaining around holidays. There's basically no days left to take a day off just because.


On the topic of SS, I was dumb to Google cervical positioning and texture in early pregnancy and now I'm like why did I do that because now I'm wondering if I'm really KU or not. And I only did it because I've been checking it well after O as it seems my cervix stays both open/semi-open and soft for days after and I now know what firm really feels like haha. Last day or 2 has definitely felt like the tip of my nose. It's only cycle 2 of tracking it so I'm cutting myself some slack, but oh no why did I go down that hole wondering about the potential signs.

pajamstagrams

@chgilmore yeah I'm testing "early" (for me) because I have a chiro appointment and they need to know if I'm PG. They called today and asked and I was like "🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️, idk, I'll test Thursday but that still doesn't mean much because it's still too early to be a 100% definite no". At least she seemed to understand what I was saying, and didn't question why I was I couldn't give a straight yes or no. 

Also congrats on the job!

chgilmore

@beakay8 that's what I do with my cat too - he goes first and stays in a room by himself with some stuff so he knows he made it with us lol. on the opposite end, the dog goes to daycare for the day and does not seem to care or notice that she woke up in one place and returned to a completely different one. on testing, I inevitably never make it to 10 DPO, but at least I only use the cheapies that early and save the FRER for when something could actually show up. still rooting for you that you can make it to as close to 14 DPO as possible!

rachelredhead

Month/Cycle: 1/1

CD/DPO: 29/11 ?

Timing: I think -1, O

Typical LP length: 13-14 [edited from 33 because I was thinking of cycle length]

Testing: yeah, all BFN. I’m not sure about O because it’s my first month getting back into tracking. We just happened to have our anniversary celebration right around the week of O so the timing was probably ok. I tested because I had my second Covid shot today and I just kinda wanted to know I wasn’t pregnant. It’s nice to have that over with! 

R/R: none really, just trying to be patient with myself in tracking, keep the stress down. Being vaccinated will definitely help some of my anxiety, I think. 

CS/Q: nope

chgilmore

@rachelredhead congrats on getting your vaccine! speaking personally, it definitely helped with some of my anxiety so fx you experience a similar effect too