TFAS w/o 1/23

mambo5-2

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What number are you trying for?

Month/Cycle?

WTO/TWW?

Ages of other child(ren)?

Any thoughts about this cycle?

Any questions?

Rant/Rave?

GTKY: What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender?

stashattack

What number are you trying for? 2

Month/Cycle? 4/3

WTO/TWW? TWW I think

Ages of other child(ren)? 3yo

Any thoughts about this cycle? No clue if anything will happen this cycle. But that's ok. Though I would really like the next kiddo to not be a winter baby, been there, done that, would rather not again LOL.

Any questions? Nope?

Rant/Rave? Finally getting our orlando/disney trip put together. I just need to work out my work schedule with my boss.

GTKY: What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender? Zeus or Luke.... I'm so glad I ended up a girl and that my dad named me.

mambo5-2

What number are you trying for? #4

Month/Cycle? 12/ natural cycle 1

WTO/TWW? TWW

Ages of other child(ren)? 10, 8, and 5

Any thoughts about this cycle? Pretty sure it's a bust

Any questions? Nope

Rant/Rave? My middle kiddo is an all-star cheerleader and just an insane athlete all around. She had a comp this weekend and they got first place for their division and level and scored the highest this weekend of any team. It was pretty awesome. 

GTKY: What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender?

Well apparently my dad was "sure" I was a girl so they didn't discuss boy names. 

My kids oldest would have been Callyn if he was a girl. Middle Levi if she was a boy. Baby would have been Isaac as a boy. 

AmMcc12

@stashattack I love planning big vacations and having something to look forward to!

@mambo5-2 Congratulations to your daughter and her team!

What number are you trying for? 2

Month/Cycle? 2/2

WTO/TWW? WTO but today is likely O day

Ages of other child(ren)? 6

Any thoughts about this cycle? My hope is to high already…

Any questions? Nope

Rant/Rave? 6 year old is testing boundaries everyday and it is getting old. 

GTKY: What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender?  I think I would have been John or Richard. 

britters314

What number are you trying for? 3, but first two are adopted/being adopted 

Month/Cycle? 2/2

WTO/TWW? WTO

Ages of other child(ren)? 4 and 5

Any thoughts about this cycle? Everyone in the house has been sick lately, so hopefully that doesn’t affect FW. If we get good timing, then I’ll be feeling pretty hopeful.

Any questions?

Rant/Rave? See above, everyone has been sick 

GTKY: What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender? Cameron, which it turns out they could have used anyway since it has become a gender-neutral name

stashattack

@britters314 I hope everyone feels better soon!!  

@AmMcc12 Littles testing boundaries drive me crazy. It's been a wild ride since turning 3. 

halfanewt

What number are you trying for? 3

Month/Cycle? 1/1

WTO/TWW? TWW, I think? 

Ages of other child(ren)? 4. 1.5

Any thoughts about this cycle? Nah. Just waiting to see if cycles are back to normal this round

Any questions? Why do you have to plan for summer in January? My brain hurts.  

Rant/Rave? My oldest started writing a comic tonight. Illustrated by DS1. Word by mama. So cute! 

GTKY: What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender? Greta question, and I have no idea! 

@stashattack Orlando sounds fun! When are you going? 

@mambo5-2 congrats to your middle kiddo! 

@britters314 hope everyone feels better soon! We’ll all recovering from a cold right now, too. Yuck! 

stashattack

@halfanewt feb 22-26! I'm so excited!

maggiemadeit

@stashattack My kids are winter babies too. I remember worrying about a snow storm around their due dates.
@mambo5-2 Go middle kid! That’s awesome! 

@britters314 Cameron, I love that.
@halfanewt Good luck! 

What number are you trying for? 3

Month/Cycle? 19 since we started trying for this baby, but 5th cycle back TTC again after time off for losses, benching, etc. 

WTO/TWW? WTO

Ages of other child(ren)? 7 and 3

Any thoughts about this cycle? I’m always hopeful until I’m not haha. Husband is coming down with a cold and FW is coming up so we’ll see how many “tries” we can squeeze in. 

Any questions? NATM

Rant/Rave? I don’t usually check in over here, because I already check in on TTCAL and the dailies, but it’s nice to see an active thread and I want to join you all

GTKY: What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender? Bradford. My parents only used family names for us, and Bradford is a maiden name of a favorite aunt on my dad’s side. 

stashattack

@maggiemadeit all that stress is the worse with winter babies. And I kept telling her not to come until after new years (mid jan due date)... When did she decide to come? Or more accurately, when did her placenta decide to through a pre-e hissy fit? Christmas. I'll pass on that again if I can LOL.

mambo5-2

@stashattack we are taking the kids on a disney cruise we leave 2/12! I am so excited!

@maggiemadeit Hi Friend! Yes come join us. I obviously live in TTCAL and here. 

@halfanewt how was the comic?

@britters314 I literally cannot with the sickness. It is never ending!

@AmMcc12 the attitudes are killing me. My 10 year old has some serious preteen attitude. The 5 year old and 8 year old are so sassy right now too. 

halfanewt

@stashattack so soon! I’ve been to Disneyland as a kid, never with my kiddos or to Orlando. Share any tips on taking littles! Would love to take mine sometime soonish

@mambo5-2 it was great! It had octopus, cats, fire, and poop 😂

mambo5-2

@halfanewt a true masterpiece. My son is obsessed with the dog man books and that is 100% in that line of story telling. 

britters314

@stashattack @maggiemadeit  I was a winter baby, born during a blizzard. I think that’s why I love winter and snow so much. My husband and kids were all born in the summer and they hate winter lol

mambo5-2

I was born during a tornado.... it explains so much about me. 

My kids were all born during pretty much the exact same weather... but two of them were born in Hawaii. One was born in June in Nebraska. 

stashattack

Both DH and I were born in blizzards. I love snow, he hates it LOL. 

DD had a realitively warm christmas to be born on LOL. But she loves snow.

bserena

What number are you trying for? 2

Month/Cycle? 2/1

WTO/TWW? TWW I think

Ages of other child(ren)? 2

Any thoughts about this cycle? I was out of town for O day - so not too hopeful

Any questions? Nope

Rant/Rave? It is a bit of both! Went to NYC on a work trip which went great, but it was my first time ever leaving my son overnight so that was hard and of course he got super sick as soon as I left. Lots of guilt not being home with him. Glad to be back home now.

GTKY: What would your parents have named you if you were the opposite gender? Not sure actually - I should ask!

@stashattack ahhhh disney will be so fun!

@mambo5-2 congrats to your LO, that is awesome!!

@AmMcc12 my son is newly 2 so we are testing ALL the boundaries here. Solidarity!

@britters314 so sorry everyone is sick! I swear we've been sick non stop since beginning of December. So over it. Hope you guys feel better soon!

@halfanewt a comic sounds really neat!

stashattack

@bserena I hope your work trip went well. Mom guilt is awful. 

AmMcc12

@bserena snuggly that boy all you can!! It is so hard leaving them ❤️

britters314

So I was better for about 3 days and now I’m sick again. I think it’s affecting O because I’m already on CD 14 and I haven’t had any EWCM yet and I usually do by now. 

AmMcc12

@britters314 last cycle when I was sick my ovulation was delayed about a week

mambo5-2

Yup when I'm sick I'm usually off a week 

britters314

It’s weird, I’ve been charting for years and I’ve never had O delayed because I was sick. Also, H just left for the ER because he may have a kidney stone and is in a lot of pain, so he’s probably not going to want to BD anytime soon. Unless O is delayed significantly, this cycle may not work out for us

Edit: it’s not a kidney stone, just some inflammation, but he’s still going to be in pain for the next few days, so we’ll see if we get to BD