WTO Wednesday, 4/27

mrsmtothek

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mrsmtothek

Month/Cycle: 4/4

CD: 12

WAYDTGKU: OPKs, BBT, HIU, vitamins

R/R: This pimple on my face has made a friend and I'm so annoyed. Right on my chin too, so I keep accidentally touching there and going OOF stop!! Ugh. I'm trying to figure out how to revise/revamp my current skincare routine because my face desperately needs it. I bought a bunch of things today so we'll see. I'm so clueless on this stuff honestly. I was made to have older sisters and somehow I'm the oldest of 2, I'm always going to them for advice on what they use and what they do

CS/Q: Low LH still.

bbrahmbhatt

@mrsmtothek ugh, sorry about your pimple squad. I just use cetaphil during the winter, but I use First Aid Beauty in the summer months. If you run on the oilier side I LOVE FAB, they have a red clay scrub that is phenomenal. 

Month/Cycle: 4/3

CD: 21

WAYDTGKU: CM, CP, PNVs, OPKs, HIO

R/R: My rant is that my allergies are already starting and I slept so horribly because I couldn't breathe. Rave is that it's supposed to be warm for 5 straight days starting tomorrow or Friday!

CS/Q: NATM

bearmomma1

@mrsmtothek ooof ouch! That sounds painful. I have no advice for skincare routine as I also didn't have an older sister, or any sister for that matter to help guide me. Total tomboy over here.

@bbrahmbhatt Allergies are so bad!! My H took 2 benadryl last evening since we were out of any other non drowsy meds. He passed out on the couch at 8pm and left me to take the trash cans out. harumpf

Month/Cycle: 15/4AL

CD: 14

WAYDTGKU: (im)patiently waiting to see if this double dose of clomid is going to help get me KU.

R/R: I've had  steady mild cramping the last 2 days. I'm assuming it's the clomid doing it's job? hoping? fingers crossed? I'm still doing an OPK each day to make sure I didn't have some hidden follicle somewhere that they couldn't find and it's about to ovulate on it's own. lol

CS/Q: nope.

iiirene

Month/Cycle: 1

CD: 10

WAYDTGKU: BBT, CM, OPK

R/R: My husband pointed out to me that I had a little piece of seaweed stuck in between my teeth long after I had already run some errands and smiled at lots of people. 

CS/Q: Just generally new at this…I’m just coming off birth control and hoping my cycle will start to figure itself out. I am CD 10 and thinking of starting OPKs but don’t really feel like I’m going to be ovulating soon. I guess kind of a gut feeling. Is now a good time to start?

@mrsmtothek I am so totally clueless when it comes to skincare too! And makeup quite honestly. I went to Ulta the other day for new foundation and felt like they took advantage of me the way oil change places take advantage of women some times haha. I have two older brothers so it was never something I paid any attention to until recently. Sorry about the painful pimple though! Those are the worst. 

@bearmomma1 Fingers crossed the Clomid  does the trick. Having patience is so very hard. 

ejoseph16

@iiirene depending on how long your cycle is, you may be getting close to start OPK. I start testing around CD14 because I run around 30-35 day cycles. 

ETA: lurking from TWW! 

optimistgardener

*lurking from IF hell*

@iiirene if i were you i'd be starting OPKs by CD10. My cycle is relatively short (26-27 days) and I sometimes ovulate as early as CD11 (usually cd 12 or sometimes 13). that means I sometimes am already starting to show a progressing line as early as CD9, with a strong positive by CD10 or 11. You'll start figuring out your cycle better if you wind up sticking around for a few months, but you'll feel better "wasting" OPKs on non-fertile days if you go ahead and buy a box of cheapies from amazon or similar.

iiirene

@optimistgardener @ejoseph16 thanks for the advice! I took one today and it was super negative. I’m eager  for my cycle to get back to normal but not sure how long that will take.