@mander82 I was giddy for a +OPK, too! Go make a baby!
Cycle/month: 2/2
CD: 20
What are you doing?: everything. Temping, CM, CP, OPKs, HIO ED til confirmed O (not the whole cycle, obv), green tea, lots of water, exercising less.
Chart Stalks/Rants: I'm thinking I'll get CH in a couple of days. Even though we will have great timing I just don't feel like this is our cycle. I'm not usually a pessimist, but 2nd pp cycle is a little too hopeful for me.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? Gah... I wish I could wear nail polish! I can't because of work, so I don't have a color that I love. (I go red or orange on my toes in the spring/summer. It's too much work to paint them in the fall and winter knowing they'll be covered)
Chart Stalks/Rants: Fuck this shit!! I'm watching the news more sleet and snow expected Tuesday. It's the south this doesn't happen, where is my spring weather.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I have an OPI pink that I love for my toes (I'm indi-a mood for love). I rarely paint my finger nails but when I do I like zoya (meadow). When I get manicures I just do an American manicure.
@cantisa, what happens if you put in dummy temps for the next 2 days? Do your CH stay there? Also, you could discard the open circle temp and see what FF does. I think you O'd on day 14 as well.
What are you doing?: PNV, increased water, exercise, CM checking and going to start green tea.
Chart Stalks/Rants: Nothing yet! Just waiting to start my OPK's and hoping to increase my cm. I feel like I am so far away from O right now, sigh!
GTKY: I don't often paint my nails because when one chips I have to take it all off. But this winter I found a nice deep grey that was nice. In the summer I love painting my toenails because I live in my flip flops and I love a coral or pink colour for summer.
Chart Stalks/Rants: BIG rant! I posted yesterday that my hubs was sick. Well, I got it last night. Literally puking every 30 min all night long. I havd 101 fever today AND of course I get my pos OPK this morning. I am so bummed. I don't know if I can pull it together enough to BD today.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I love Gray!
ME: 30 DH: 35 DS: 2 years BFP#1 - DS Born 2~15~2012 BFP #2 - MMC @9 wk BFP #3 - Sleeping Baby Girl at 5 1/2 months BFP #4: Due Date 11/21/14
What are you doing?: ED sex (IT WILL NEVER END), PNVs, OPKs, lots of hydration
Chart Stalks/Rants: SON OF A BITCH! I really expected a temp increase this morning, but it's the same again. I took an OPK this morning, and the test line was as dark as an OPK can possibly get, so I guess I'll continue HIO. I've had 3 days of undeniably positive OPKs. I'm a little concerned because I didn't have any EWCM this morning, but it might develop by this afternoon. This is my longest cycle in months.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I prefer deep reds. I don't usually wear polish on my fingernails because it NEVER stays put for more than a few hours. If I had unlimited funds, I would get regular gel manicures! I had one a while back and loved it.
Cycle/month: 3/2
CD: CD2
What are you doing?: PNV, temping and OPKs if I can get them ordered tomorrow
Chart Stalks/Rants: My cycles have been pretty short since my loss....I'm hoping that temping will give me a better idea of what is going on. I'm concentrating on being healthy and trying not to dwell in AF
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? Too many to choose from....I love them all
@Pintobean39 I am feeling angry at our weather too. I'm over it.
Cycle/month: 3/3
CD: 11
What are you doing?: PNV's, OPK's, CM, ED, temping
Chart Stalks/Rants: Just trying to learn the patterns and study charts (I feel like I will never be good at it though). But I figured out, if I put in a dummy temp for tomorrow FF gives me CH for CD9, which would be good timing wise. I'll stay here til my temps confirm O if you ladies don't mind.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I love "You Don't Know Jacques" and "My Private Jet" by OPI. I have a really bad habit of buying too much nail polish. I love deep colors in the winter and corals in the summer.
CD: I'm going to say 1. Spotting a bit the last two days, and borderline light-period yesterday, so it may be day 2, but today the wicked witch has clearly landed in Oz.
What are you doing?: hanging at home with my furbabies.
Chart Stalks/Rants: I'm going to start charting whenever my thermometer gets here (thank you, Amazon, for a 1 week delay in shipping). DH is in full denial that we didn't get it this month...he's all, "I've heard you can have a period when you're pregnant," and "I think you should take a test in a few more days to be sure."
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? Pink. My toes are usually like a barbie pink or a pastel purple. My nails I can't paint because I'm a compulsive nail-biter.
EDIT: What's the deal with mucinex/Robitussin as a fertility thing?
I used cough medicine back in September and I am sure it's just a coincidence, but it was the only cycle I used it and it has also been the only cycle I concieved in. I am going to start it this cycle as well. It has to have guaifenesin in it as the active imprudent.
CD: 14 What are you doing?: temping, cm, pnv, green tea, hio ed now, opk (neg. today)
Chart Stalks/Rants: Friday was DH & I's dating anniversary so, so we took DS to my MIL's and had a date night. It started out great but ended in disaster. First, DH lost his debit card at a gas station. He thinks it fell out of his pocket when he pulled his keys out.. we called twice and they never found it. (We even drove back at midnight, 30 miles to check ourselves). So he had to call and report it lost and then re-order another one the next day. When we got back from that exciting trip, our dog (who is usually outside, but inside in a cage right now due to the below zero temps), had houdini'd her way out of the cage and destroyed our house. She had every trash can dumped and shredded, piles of poop and puddles of pee all over our white carpet, she pulled all the purses out of my closet, and the thing that pissed me off the most was that she chewed up the pieces to DS's kitchen set that he just got for Christmas. I had a 10 minute ugly cry breakdown after this, because it was just too much crap to handle.
(the day before, i bounced a check, and i still can't figure out how in the hell i did that. my car wouldnt start twice, and i broke our bathroom sink-- like literally cracked all the way through the bowl). Luckily, I am feeling much less overwhelmed today!
tl;dr: lots of bad luck, a good cry, and feeling better today
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? It just depends on the color/season/mood/outfit.
Me: 28 H: 28 DS: 4
[TTC Since October 2013][ BFP 1.27.15 EDD: 10.8.15]
I WEAR ORANGE FOR MY GRANDMA- SUPPORT KIDNEY CANCER AWARENESS Trinitrotoluene: "My ears have been deflowered ....my mouth just hasn't been!"
Chart Stalks/Rants: Yesterday I mentioned I was going to try OPKs for shits and giggles to see how they turn out on a medicated cycle. I took one today and it was positive. I read that you should let 3 days pass after the last dose of Clomid before taking an OPK. Today is day 4 after my last dose. So I don't know if the positive is from the Clomid or it's truly a positive.
I hope, hope, hope my ovaries are working and have responded well to the meds. My FSH bloodwork results come back Tues or Wed. It's only a few days but feels like forever.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? Depends on the season. I like darker colors for fall/winter (dark navy, purple or red) and lighter colors for spring/summer (different shades of pinks). Essie is my go to brand. I tried OPI but it doesn't seem to last as long on me as Essie.
What are you doing?: Enjoyed my little break from everything TTC and now I'm ready to get back on track of charting. Will start BBT tomorrow. Started OPK and CM today, I always have a line on my OPK tests but it was definitely negative. I'm curious to see what my cycle will do this time around...it's always a mystery. I'm trying not to obsess/stress as much this cycle because my heart just can't the disappointment that my last cycle brought.
Chart Stalks/Rants: Nothing on my chart yet. Surprisingly I don't have EWCM today, which is actually good. I usually get it almost the entire month so maybe this month I'll only get it when I'm actually fertile. We'll see!
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I like bright colors on my toes, red, pink, orange. I hardly ever paint my fingernails.
And because I'm not mobile for once and can actually add a video/GIF, here's something cute I saw on Facebook recently.
@Jpinky9 Thanks for the info on robitussin. How much did you take?
Cycle/month: 7/7 CD: 3
What are you doing?: PNV, drinking lots of water, green tea, pom juice, maybe robitussin? I am a little hesitant about the robitussin because I don't generally like to take medications, but a friend suggested it who said that it worked for her (although I guess it would be hard to know if that is what actually made the difference). We'll see.
My doctor told me to send in DH for a sample after six months of TTC so we might do that this month. I know that that will not be a popular decision on this board, but I am hoping to get a little piece of mind. I won't go in for any fertility tests myself until the one year mark.
Chart
Stalks/Rants: I took it not being pregnant hard this month for some reason. I am feeling better now, partly from reminding myself that I am very lucky in life in other ways and I need to get over it and look forward to the next cycle. Also, as far as I can tell from temping, I have ovulated every month with pretty regular 30 day cycles, so I really have nothing to complain about.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I never paint my nails because my parrot will not let me pick him up with nail polish on... Weird bird.
Married and started TTC in July 2013 "Diagnosed" with unexplained infertility Oct 2014 IUI #1: 100mg clomid/HCG trigger/2 mature follicles/18mil post wash sperm count: BFP!!!
@jenmcD11 I take about 2tsp twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. I just get the cheap brand. There is no need to get the actual robitusin brand as long as it has guaifenesin in it. I just started taking it tonight.
Chart Stalks/Rants:FF is unsure about O. I hope it shows something soon! Also I'm planning to use opks next cycle.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color?i don't paint my nails but I think someone said their nails looked little galaxies. That'd be pretty neat!
Chart Stalks/Rants: FF projects my fertile window starting tomorrow...because of mine and my husband's work schedules, we won't have an opportunity to have sex again until probably Saturday. I'm hoping I O later than normal to give us a shot. Also, theyre predicting a 'wintry mix' precipitation event Tuesday and Wednesday and my deep south city is already going BSC. This should be interesting.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? anything teal i guess, I'm not picky.
Re: **Waiting to O Sunday**
CD: 23
What are you doing?: Temping, opk's, humping
Chart Stalks/Rants: Soooo excited...my opk said yes!!!! Lmao....POW!
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color?
Naked fingernails and either a dark brown or dark red on my toes.
Nov. '14 January Siggy : Work Sucks!
Me 32-DH 38
Married July 14, 2007 ----- TTC # 1 October 1, 2013
BFP March 7, 2014 ----- EDD November 17, 2014 ---- Baby boy born November 16, 2014
Cycle/month: 2/2
CD: 20
What are you doing?: everything. Temping, CM, CP, OPKs, HIO ED til confirmed O (not the whole cycle, obv), green tea, lots of water, exercising less.
Chart Stalks/Rants: I'm thinking I'll get CH in a couple of days. Even though we will have great timing I just don't feel like this is our cycle. I'm not usually a pessimist, but 2nd pp cycle is a little too hopeful for me.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? Gah... I wish I could wear nail polish! I can't because of work, so I don't have a color that I love. (I go red or orange on my toes in the spring/summer. It's too much work to paint them in the fall and winter knowing they'll be covered)
BFP #1: 4/2/12 -- DD born 12/15/12. BFP #2: 4/1/14 -- CP. BFP #3: 4/28/14 -- EDD 1/10/15
Jan 15 NOV siggy challenge:
CD: 10
What are you doing?: FSH injections
Chart Stalks/Rants: Fuck this shit!! I'm watching the news more sleet and snow expected Tuesday. It's the south this doesn't happen, where is my spring weather.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I have an OPI pink that I love for my toes (I'm indi-a mood for love). I rarely paint my finger nails but when I do I like zoya (meadow). When I get manicures I just do an American manicure.
CD: 6
What are you doing?: Temping, eating better, staying hydrated, exercising.
Chart Stalks/Rants: Nothing to note.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I don't paint my fingernails that often. For my toes, I usually go with red, pink or purple.
July TTGP Siggie Challenge: Favorite GP/Reality TV Show
TTC #1
Me (30), DH (30)
6/13/14 - Began O & 7 DPO bloodwork
BFP #1: 4/2/12 -- DD born 12/15/12. BFP #2: 4/1/14 -- CP. BFP #3: 4/28/14 -- EDD 1/10/15
Jan 15 NOV siggy challenge:
CD: 5
What are you doing?: PNV, increased water, exercise, CM checking and going to start green tea.
Chart Stalks/Rants: Nothing yet! Just waiting to start my OPK's and hoping to increase my cm. I feel like I am so far away from O right now, sigh!
GTKY: I don't often paint my nails because when one chips I have to take it all off. But this winter I found a nice deep grey that was nice. In the summer I love painting my toenails because I live in my flip flops and I love a coral or pink colour for summer.
CD: 16
What are you doing?: all of it.
Chart Stalks/Rants: BIG rant! I posted yesterday that my hubs was sick. Well, I got it last night. Literally puking every 30 min all night long. I havd 101 fever today AND of course I get my pos OPK this morning. I am so bummed. I don't know if I can pull it together enough to BD today.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color?
I love Gray!
ME: 30 DH: 35 DS: 2 years
BFP#1 - DS Born 2~15~2012
BFP #2 - MMC @9 wk
BFP #3 - Sleeping Baby Girl at 5 1/2 months
BFP #4: Due Date 11/21/14
Cycle/month: 4/4
CD: 2
What are you doing?: PNV, charting, getting ready to switch to temping vaginally and using OPKs
Chart Stalks/Rants: Not really. A friend had a baby shower yesterday, so there was the usual excitement and anticipation with a touch of jealousy.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I don't usually paint my nails, so mostly neutral colors, or a coral color on my toes in the summer.
CD: 17
What are you doing?: Opks, tempijg
Chart Stalks/Rants: None
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? Red. Classic.
CD: 21
What are you doing?: ED sex (IT WILL NEVER END), PNVs, OPKs, lots of hydration
Chart Stalks/Rants: SON OF A BITCH! I really expected a temp increase this morning, but it's the same again. I took an OPK this morning, and the test line was as dark as an OPK can possibly get, so I guess I'll continue HIO. I've had 3 days of undeniably positive OPKs. I'm a little concerned because I didn't have any EWCM this morning, but it might develop by this afternoon. This is my longest cycle in months.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I prefer deep reds. I don't usually wear polish on my fingernails because it NEVER stays put for more than a few hours. If I had unlimited funds, I would get regular gel manicures! I had one a while back and loved it.
CD: 2
What are you doing?: PNV, OPK, Temp
Chart Stalks/Rants: none yet, pretty upset last cycle only lasted 14 days though
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? depends on my mood
@VioletFlower, feel better!!!
@Pintobean39 I am feeling angry at our weather too. I'm over it.
Cycle/month: 3/3
CD: 11
What are you doing?: PNV's, OPK's, CM, ED, temping
Chart Stalks/Rants: Just trying to learn the patterns and study charts (I feel like I will never be good at it though). But I figured out, if I put in a dummy temp for tomorrow FF gives me CH for CD9, which would be good timing wise. I'll stay here til my temps confirm O if you ladies don't mind.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I love "You Don't Know Jacques" and "My Private Jet" by OPI. I have a really bad habit of buying too much nail polish. I love deep colors in the winter and corals in the summer.
MrsG713, today will make 8 days straight. We're both ready for a little break. So close!
CD:9
What are you doing?: temping, PNV, CM, green tea, EOD
Chart Stalks/Rants: nothing right now...trying to just stay positive and relaxed!
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? Hmm I have a purple-pink on now so I'll go with that!
I used cough medicine back in September and I am sure it's just a coincidence, but it was the only cycle I used it and it has also been the only cycle I concieved in. I am going to start it this cycle as well. It has to have guaifenesin in it as the active imprudent.
CD: 4
What are you doing?: Right now, waiting out my period.
Chart Stalks/Rants: Nope.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? During the winter I like really dark purple or red so that it is almost black.
CD: 14
What are you doing?: temping, cm, pnv, green tea, hio ed now, opk (neg. today)
Chart Stalks/Rants: Friday was DH & I's dating anniversary so, so we took DS to my MIL's and had a date night. It started out great but ended in disaster. First, DH lost his debit card at a gas station. He thinks it fell out of his pocket when he pulled his keys out.. we called twice and they never found it. (We even drove back at midnight, 30 miles to check ourselves). So he had to call and report it lost and then re-order another one the next day. When we got back from that exciting trip, our dog (who is usually outside, but inside in a cage right now due to the below zero temps), had houdini'd her way out of the cage and destroyed our house. She had every trash can dumped and shredded, piles of poop and puddles of pee all over our white carpet, she pulled all the purses out of my closet, and the thing that pissed me off the most was that she chewed up the pieces to DS's kitchen set that he just got for Christmas. I had a 10 minute ugly cry breakdown after this, because it was just too much crap to handle.
(the day before, i bounced a check, and i still can't figure out how in the hell i did that. my car wouldnt start twice, and i broke our bathroom sink-- like literally cracked all the way through the bowl). Luckily, I am feeling much less overwhelmed today!
tl;dr: lots of bad luck, a good cry, and feeling better today
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? It just depends on the color/season/mood/outfit.
Me: 28 H: 28 DS: 4
Trinitrotoluene: "My ears have been deflowered ....my mouth just hasn't been!"
@nikiz628 I'm so sorry you had such a bad weekend!!
 I'm glad today is a little better for you
CD: 13
What are you doing?: Monitored Clomid and temping
Chart Stalks/Rants: Yesterday I mentioned I was going to try OPKs for shits and giggles to see how they turn out on a medicated cycle. I took one today and it was positive. I read that you should let 3 days pass after the last dose of Clomid before taking an OPK. Today is day 4 after my last dose. So I don't know if the positive is from the Clomid or it's truly a positive.
CD: 10
What are you doing?: Enjoyed my little break from everything TTC and now I'm ready to get back on track of charting. Will start BBT tomorrow. Started OPK and CM today, I always have a line on my OPK tests but it was definitely negative. I'm curious to see what my cycle will do this time around...it's always a mystery. I'm trying not to obsess/stress as much this cycle because my heart just can't the disappointment that my last cycle brought.
Chart Stalks/Rants: Nothing on my chart yet. Surprisingly I don't have EWCM today, which is actually good. I usually get it almost the entire month so maybe this month I'll only get it when I'm actually fertile. We'll see!
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I like bright colors on my toes, red, pink, orange. I hardly ever paint my fingernails.
Cycle/month: 7/7
CD: 3
What are you doing?: PNV, drinking lots of water, green tea, pom juice, maybe robitussin? I am a little hesitant about the robitussin because I don't generally like to take medications, but a friend suggested it who said that it worked for her (although I guess it would be hard to know if that is what actually made the difference). We'll see.
My doctor told me to send in DH for a sample after six months of TTC so we might do that this month. I know that that will not be a popular decision on this board, but I am hoping to get a little piece of mind. I won't go in for any fertility tests myself until the one year mark.
Chart Stalks/Rants: I took it not being pregnant hard this month for some reason. I am feeling better now, partly from reminding myself that I am very lucky in life in other ways and I need to get over it and look forward to the next cycle. Also, as far as I can tell from temping, I have ovulated every month with pretty regular 30 day cycles, so I really have nothing to complain about.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color? I never paint my nails because my parrot will not let me pick him up with nail polish on... Weird bird.
Married and started TTC in July 2013
"Diagnosed" with unexplained infertility
Oct 2014 IUI #1: 100mg clomid/HCG trigger/2 mature follicles/18mil post wash sperm count: BFP!!!
CD:15
What are you doing?:charting. And normal stuff
Chart Stalks/Rants:FF is unsure about O. I hope it shows something soon! Also I'm planning to use opks next cycle.
GTKY: What is your favorite nail polish color?i don't paint my nails but I think someone said their nails looked little galaxies. That'd be pretty neat!