Newbie Intros w/o Mar 13

maggiemadeit

Welcome, new members! Please read The Ultimate TTGP Guide pinned at the top of the board (https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12685680/the-ultimate-ttgp-guide-newbies-read-this-first). It's full of information about TTGP and about our community here on The Bump. 

Please introduce yourself and share as much (or as little) as you would like. Once you're ready, feel free to jump into any of our daily/weekly threads to participate in the community!

Ages (you and SO): 

How many months have you been TTC?: 

What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)?: 

Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.)

ejoseph16

Ages (you and SO): I’m 35, DH is 38

How many months have you been TTC?: 13 months, but not super actively trying

What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)?:  BBT, OPK, prenatal vitamins, all the things

Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.) hi ladies! I’m back! I was here until last summer, then life got crazy and my mental health took a rapid decline at work. So it’s been rough, but I made the decision to leave teaching, and that helped. Now I just have to find a job. 😬 anyways… DH and I have been married for 6 years, I went through major weight loss (165 pounds) to start a family. I went through a 9 week MC, then conceived our 3yo son 3 months later. Then Covid hit… I wound up gaining literally all my weight back over the past 4 years. 😤 we are back on the “losing weight train” finally. But my mental break from this helped, and we have been NTNP since last summer. We had a chemical at the end of last school year which sent me through a tail spin. But we are now potty training our 3yo and his birthday is in a week. Yikes! Our furry child, hunter, is 12yo. We just built a home and moved in a week before Christmas. I like to ramble. So I’ll stop now. 😂 I’ll jump
in when my next cycle starts, which should be soon based on my temps. So, hi! 👋🏼

maggiemadeit

Welcome back @ejoseph16! Nice to see you! 👋🏼 

dmcg17

@ejoseph16 Welcome!! 

I recently quit teaching too! My mental health was a disaster and I came home either crying or angry every day. Any ideas for your career change?

britters314

Welcome @ejoseph16! I also used to be a teacher, though I quit before the pandemic and now I homeschool my kids.

clover2816

Ages (you and SO): 31 and my DH is 30


How many months have you been TTC?: 3, currently WTO


What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)?: BBT, CM, prenatal vitamin. Progesterone testing after I ovulate this cycle. I tried checking cervical position this cycle out of curiosity and I don't think I quite have the hang of it yet.


Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.) Hi everyone! I've been lurking in the message boards for a while so I figured I would finally jump in. My husband and I got married over the summer and decided to TTC this January. I went through a very stressful phase of life before we were married (we were long-distance which didn’t help) and I think my health is still kind of recovering from that stressful time.
Now that life has finally slowed down I've seen some improvements in my health and since January I have been specifically focused on making lifestyle changes (1 hour walks/day, staying hydrated, eating BALANCED meals, less sugar and coffee, etc). I recently read the book Real Food for Pregnancy and I loved it. I've also been nerding out on all the fertility charting and cycle tracking instagram accounts and podcasts out there. These threads introduced me to Fertility Friend for cycle tracking and its great!! I can't believe I hadn't heard of this free resource before.
As far as hobbies I enjoy various crafts and trying to keep plants alive lol, and in January I started a sourdough starter for the first time. I diligently fed it for probably 6 weeks, it wasn't yet passing the "readiness test" of floating or doubling in size, and then we went out of town for a week and it kind of died. It's in the fridge now so one of these days I'll either try to start it up again or maybe just start over lol.
That was pretty wordy but hello again! 👋 

dmcg17

@clover2816 Welcome! Wishing you all the best in your TTC journey. There’s so much information out there about fertility - it’s hard to absorb it all. 

clover2816

@dmcg17 thank you! And that is so true!

maggiemadeit

@clover2816 Welcome! I hope your stay is short and sweet. I bake my own bread and have a recipe for a sourdough starter but I have been too scared to engage with any recipe that is so needy 😂

britters314

@clover2816 Welcome!

clover2816

@maggiemadeit thank you! I've never made bread before at all so maybe I should try a basic recipe first! I just checked my starter in the fridge and it really should go in the trash 😂 time to start afresh 

mambo5-2

@ejoseph16 Welcome back, I had to take a break for while too! It happens yo!

@clover2816 welcome to the party, I hope your stay with us is short and sweet!

ejoseph16

@dmcg17 I have a few ideas! DH works at a local university and they have some openings that I’m qualified for, so that’s a maybe. I just applied so I should hear in a few weeks. Trying curriculum companies, too. 

@britters314 wow! I couldn’t be a SAHM or homeschool. Lol. It takes a special person! 

@mambo5-2 it was definitely needed! But it feels good to be back! 

charmedlifex3

I’m back 😞 (the road to Oz was my former username) 

Ages (you and SO): 37 and 45

How many months have you been TTC?:  8 
TW - loss 

We had a successful medically assisted cycle in January, which resulted in a miscarriage 

What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)?:  waiting for a d&c next week, then benched one cycle and back to TTC. 

Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.)
we struggle with secondary infertility and repeat pregnancy loss. We have two living children, five cats (😳🤦‍♀️) a dog and some fish. I work as a financial advisor and my husband works in robotics as an engineer. 

britters314

@charmedlifex3 Oh no, I’m sorry you have to be back here! Hopefully you won’t have to be here too long

maggiemadeit

@charmedlifex3 I’m so sorry for your loss. Please feel free to join us over in TTCAL whenever you feel ready. Sending you lots of love and support ❤️

stashattack

@charmedlifex3 so sorry for your loss. It's the worst club to join. I second @maggiemadeit in joining us in TTCAL 🥰