***Let me start by saying that I have been a frequent poster for the last 3 months. I created this AE because I think I might have a problem. I was posting this under my real SN but looking it over I think you would all look at me differently. Please tell me others do this same thing.***
I lost my job today. I am completely devastated and blindsided by this. My boss told me that he had to let me go due to my productivity being slim to none in the last 3 month, my internet usage at work and that my office mate complained about me. He continued to tell me that they were watching my computer and said that I was on thebump all day. One of the other girls at work said that my office mate complained about me storing containers of urine in my desk.
This has made me reflect on my possible obsession with TTC. Here are my daily TTC activities:
-wake up at 5:30am. Temp both vaginally and orally and document in FF. Each has its own chart and account
-FMU test with OPK, IC HPT and FRER. Every Saturday and Wednesday I test with a Digi. Save urine
-I pee about 7 times a day and will always test with an OPK and save my urine from each pee. I have several small containers that seal well to hold onto my pee.
-10:00pm I compare all my OPKs from the day and test the urine with the darkest line with a digital OPK.
I know that we have only been trying for 3 months but I want to make sure that we are doing the best TTC possible! Maybe I am a bit obsessive but I should not have lost my job over it!! <end vent>
Re: I lost my Job over TTC (long)
I am at a loss for words................................
I hope at your next job you don't do any of that again. GL
2002 Lap. surgery Stage 3 Endo
Amenorrhea/Anovulation since 2009
3/2012 HSG left dialated/Hydrosalpinx, right tube blocked
3/2012 SA - Normal! Go little swimmers!
Lap. surgery 6/13/12 stage 4 Endo Cleared tubes, removed cysts and adhesions.
Repeat HSG, right tube blocked/left hydro. PCOS, and Endometrial hyperplasia.
Moving forward with purchasing a home, then maybe IVF/ adoption/embryo adoption/ or child free.
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Agree. If you are so obsessed with TTC that you lost your job, you need to stop obsessing, stop saving your pee, and get some help. The extra obsessions aren't going to help you get pregnant any faster.
I'm just wondering - what exactly is the point of saving your pee? I know I'm new to this whole TTC thing, but, really? Saving your pee?
That's the exact thing I was thinking! I was surprised no one else asked that!
I do not plan on telling them about why I was let go. I am paranoid that I will miss my LH surge or a +hpt if I do not check and double check.
I always thought I might be going overboard but I get sick thinking about letting good pee go to waste and not testing it.
Yes, because that was what she was suggesting.
Sorry, but I don't believe this OP for one minute. Nobody is that stupid. Good try though.
It actually makes me feel good to dip things into my pee. I get some kind of rush out of it-it is hard to explain. I have had to sometimes stop myself from tasting it (I am so embarassed that I am admitting this).I know that this is not normal. I do not know what to do. I feel like I can't stop. I am not obsessive about other things in my life.
Would any therapist help? I do not want to stop TTC and I am afraid that they might want me to not have a baby right now.
Totally. 100% fake.
And there is where a good AE goes bad. You just couldn't help yourself...you should have stopped, but now you are not believable at all.
Wait...did you just say you sometimes want to taste your pee? I'm hoping you meant "test".
At that exact moment we all went "nope; sucky AE trying to bring on the MUD".
Trust me-I wish this was fake.
Nope, she's working hard for her AE Dollar...she said taste. That was the moment we all knew...
You almost had me convinced that you were actually real. And then you mentioned the tasting of the urine. Ewwww.... ::shivers:: that sh!t is just plain nasty!!!
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I have NEVER tasted it. I just have an urge to try it. I truly am embarrassed by these urges and it is clear that I might need some help. This does not seem normal.
Yep. You took it too far.
Then why are you talking to us instead of a therapist? Seriously, if this is not MUD...we cannot help you.
Spicy...like curry.
Dx: Feb '13 - HSG shows clear tubes but minor diverticulitis; Borderline DOR; Low DHEA and low testosterone.
Moving on to IUI or IVF.
We've got a peen.....it's a boy!
Little man born 11.17.2013 via c-section
Hoarders finds human waste all the time - in bags, jugs, tupperware, etc. I don't think the storing her pee part makes it "obviously" MUD, it's the tasting that takes it there.
*dead*
I only keep the pee for one day until I know what pee to use the digi on. I then dump them all out, clean the container, and get them prepped for the next day.
The only Easter Bunny I can get behind.
Maxwell Joseph 4/09 Lucy Violet 10/12
Forget the Pee! What does fertile CM taste like?
True, that is very true. So I guess she'd fit in well on the show. Par for the course. Still, totally nastarino.
Dx: Feb '13 - HSG shows clear tubes but minor diverticulitis; Borderline DOR; Low DHEA and low testosterone.
Moving on to IUI or IVF.
We've got a peen.....it's a boy!
Little man born 11.17.2013 via c-section
The only Easter Bunny I can get behind.
Maxwell Joseph 4/09 Lucy Violet 10/12
The only Easter Bunny I can get behind.
Maxwell Joseph 4/09 Lucy Violet 10/12
OP, is that you?