WTO w/o Mar 13

maggiemadeit

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Month/Cycle:

CD:

WAYDTGKU:

R/R: 

CS/Q: 

stashattack

Month/Cycle: 6/5

CD: 3

WAYDTGKU: OPKs, bbt, bowchikawowow

R/R: I'm frustrated for a number of reasons to be back in this timeline of due dates of December/January. And while I wanna be pregnant right now, I think I'll be okay if the next few months turn BFN. So just kinda to just be chill for now. Also edit for another Rant. My period has been so effing heavy this cycle. I usually have a L/M day before H than back again. 2 Heavy days to start out. UGH it was rough. It's finally on the downswing. I'm glad it just happened at home.

CS/ none yet 

britters314

Month/Cycle: 4/4

CD: 4

WAYDTGKU: BBT, CM, BD EOD starting soon

R/R: I’ve had a migraine behind my left eye that’s been coming and going the last few days, so hoping that gets better soon.

CS/Q: 

dmcg17

Month/Cycle: Month 15, Cycle 10

CD: CD 19

WAYDTGKU: Letrozole, OPK, and having as much fun as possible.

R/R: According to 2 of my apps, they’re predicting ovulation tomorrow and that this is my fertile week. Really hoping to see my first real peak. 🤞🏻

CS/Q: Nope

@britters314 Ouch! Hoping you feel better soon!

maggiemadeit

@britters314 I hope that migraine leaves you soon!

@dmcg17 Fingers crossed for you. I hope O comes soon! 

Month/Cycle: 21 since we started trying, 7 back TTC again after losses/the bench/etc

CD: 5

WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPK, acupuncture, TCM herbs, supplements for my old eggies, doing it 

R/R: I am just kind of over it this month. I really got my hopes up last cycle and now I am trying to just let it go this time around. Have an appointment in the books with the RE at the end of this cycle and we’ll go from there.

CS/Q: NATM

geekprincess26

Month/Cycle:  3.5/5

CD:  1

WAYDTGKU:  Way too many supplements.  Way too many hormone tests.  Way too many fertility apps.  Lots of time with my LLLT device.  Just enough temperature charting.  And, as always, BD/HIO.

R/R:  I had such high hopes for this past cycle!  We tried on my 3 most fertile days, and I had spotting at 7 dpo and a 13-day luteal phase, which is the longest I've ever gone.  My body tricked the heck out of me.  I was so excited when I took the pregnancy tests yesterday, and so upset when they turned out negative.  I cannot stop getting my hopes up every cycle, even though I know it will probably take at least a year of trying to succeed at my age.

CS/Q:  Ugh.  I don't even want to think about last cycle right now.

@britters314 I hope you feel better soon!  

@dmcg17 Happy BD!  This is the fun part of the cycle, lol.  Hope it results in your BFP!

@maggiemadeit I feel that so hard.  I hope that the RE can give you the extra boost you need.  I'll be following your lead within a few months myself.

maggiemadeit

@geekprincess26 I’m sorry. Those disappointments are never easy to take, even when your rational brain knows the odds. A 13 day LP is awesome though! 

stashattack

@geekprincess26 it's so hard seeing negatives each cycle. Hugs. 

geekprincess26

@maggiemadeit Yup.  Hope springs eternal, even when I'm trying so hard to quench it with realism.  I guess the silver lining is that I had such a long luteal phase - that hasn't happened in years!  Also, I've had a heavier flow than usual so far this cycle.  Basically, my cycle is acting "younger," if that makes sense, and I'm wondering if my use of LLLT has anything to do with it.  LLLT is supposed to increase blood flow and increase egg quality, and I think it may be doing just that in my case, so I'm still hopeful.

maggiemadeit

@geekprincess26 I feel you on the optimism/realism balance. I really believe that our minds are powerful so I try hard to be positive, but also realize I can’t will a baby into the world with positivity alone! My scientific brain knows the chances are slim, but I try not to let that voice get too loud. 

geekprincess26

@maggiemadeit That's me!  I've read varying statistics about the probability of giving birth to a healthy baby in one's early 40s (I would say the average is about 50%), and each statistical range I've read about depends on a lot of variables, but the gist is that my chances are decidedly lower now than they were just a few years ago.  And my chances may be in the low-to-middle end of each possible range because my FSH in CD3 urine tests is consistently at or above 10 and my AMH per my recent blood test is 0.37.  (I did another CD3 blood test just 2 days ago to confirm, but I don't have those results yet.).  Still, I have a chance, and that's what I tell myself every time I take a test and it turns out negative.  I absolutely refuse to give up yet.  My late grandmother would call it my Irish determination, but there you are.