I lost my Job over TTC (long)

steph620 · June 2012

KateMW:
TTCAE:
bbg676:

Shayliz:
You need a therapist, for real. 2 temping accounts, using OPKs, IC HPTs, and FRERs on a regular basis (OPKs with EVERY pee and you save it) - this is not healthy.

Don't forget - at the end of the night, she compares ALL of the OPKs from the day and retests the urine with the darkest line, using a digi.

OP - I think you might need to take a step back. It really does sound a bit compulsive, with all your urine storing. This isn't normal. I also recommend a therapist. And I'm not trying to be snarky - I just worry that if you're THIS obsessively compulsive about TRYING to get pregnant... what is going to happen when you are actually pregnant.

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.
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.

Yes This. I believed it until that post.

alehayes · June 2012

TTCAE:
Let me clear a few things up. I have NEVER actually tasted my urine. I have URGES to taste it but I have NEVER brought it to my lips. I have no idea why I feel the want to drink my own pee. I do get a bit of a high when I test it and dip things in it. I think it is the rush of thinking that I could be O'ing or pregnant.
I save my urine to test with a digi later to make sure I am not missing a surge. I only test the urine with the darkest OPK of the day with the digi. I immediately test my with a OPK then save the urine. It is expensive and realize that without a job I may not be able to continue testing the way I have been.
My DH has never questioned me. He and I both really want a baby. I have always kept saved urine in my top drawer of my dresser (out of sight out of mind?). He has not questioned me. I have told him they were downsizing at work and that is why I was let go.
I have left a message for my Family Doctor for a referral for a psychiatric.

Why don't you just throw the pee with lighter OPKs out each time you get a darker OPK? That way you'd only have one cup of pee instead of several.

Or, you know, just not keep pee in your desk.

JilllyBean · June 2012

TTCAE:

Let me clear a few things up. I have NEVER actually tasted my urine. I have URGES to taste it but I have NEVER brought it to my lips. I have no idea why I feel the want to drink my own pee. I do get a bit of a high when I test it and dip things in it. I think it is the rush of thinking that I could be O'ing or pregnant.

I save my urine to test with a digi later to make sure I am not missing a surge. I only test the urine with the darkest OPK of the day with the digi. I immediately test my with a OPK then save the urine. It is expensive and realize that without a job I may not be able to continue testing the way I have been.

My DH has never questioned me. He and I both really want a baby. I have always kept saved urine in my top drawer of my dresser (out of sight out of mind?). He has not questioned me. I have told him they were downsizing at work and that is why I was let go.

I have left a message for my Family Doctor for a referral for a psychiatric.

I haven't ever found it that hard to tell a + from a -. It either is or isn't, and when in doubt, HIO. Not sure why the need for all these science experiments!

Liz4444 · June 2012

Crystal's Vag was here!

sparklemotion86 · June 2012

Wow. OP I really hope you get the help you need.

Now I'm curious as to who you are.

katharine25 · June 2012

alehayes:
TTCAE:
Let me clear a few things up. I have NEVER actually tasted my urine. I have URGES to taste it but I have NEVER brought it to my lips. I have no idea why I feel the want to drink my own pee. I do get a bit of a high when I test it and dip things in it. I think it is the rush of thinking that I could be O'ing or pregnant.
I save my urine to test with a digi later to make sure I am not missing a surge. I only test the urine with the darkest OPK of the day with the digi. I immediately test my with a OPK then save the urine. It is expensive and realize that without a job I may not be able to continue testing the way I have been.
My DH has never questioned me. He and I both really want a baby. I have always kept saved urine in my top drawer of my dresser (out of sight out of mind?). He has not questioned me. I have told him they were downsizing at work and that is why I was let go.
I have left a message for my Family Doctor for a referral for a psychiatric.
Why don't you just throw the pee with lighter OPKs out each time you get a darker OPK? That way you'd only have one cup of pee instead of several.
Or, you know, just not keep pee in your desk.

Can we acknowledge the fact that she also transports her pee from her desk to home. Every. Single. Day. OP I hope you don't take public transportation.

I'm not even going to go into the sheer stupid of peeing on OPK's & HPT's everyday of her cycle . Apparently she missed the entire point to her two charts. And didn't read TCOYF Sad

mama&baby · June 2012

Mrs. Mo · June 2012

I seriously hope she is not using the same thermometer to test both ways each morning. Then again, I wouldn't be all that surprised since she likes to taste her own bodily fluids.

OneHotMama89 · June 2012

TTCAE:
My DH has never questioned me. He and I both really want a baby. I have always kept saved urine in my top drawer of my dresser (out of sight out of mind?). He has not questioned me. I have told him they were downsizing at work and that is why I was let go.

Really?! My DH thinks it's strange that I keep a pee cup in the bathroom.

Also, I don't even want to know how much it would cost to use a digi OPK and a FRER every day.

penguingrrl · June 2012

On the chance this isn't MUD, OP do you by any chance have a history of anorexia or bulemia? This sounds like a similar trying to gain full and complete control of your body that anorexics have. If so, please get to a Dr ASAP and make sure when you do get pregnant that your OB knows you have a history of an eating disorder because they will want to watch carefully.

sueann911 · June 2012

Holy Hell. OP, did you eat a bowl of crazy for breakfast?

There are really no words to describe the bat *** crazy that is going on here.

KatyKatMeowz · June 2012

You've summed up my feelings quite nicely, sueann. OP, I'm going to give you the same advice whether you're for real or whether this is MUD: get help. Get off the Internet, and find a professional who can help you get better. All snark aside, I wish you the best of luck in dealing with your problems.

BallSox · June 2012

You should have been let go for storing pee at your desk, let alone wasting the companies money surfing the bump all day. Find a therapist and do not pass go.

KimG1212 · June 2012

Wow I am at a loss for words.

magnoliasonfire · June 2012

lovelyday39:

Wow, I sure miss a lot during the work day!

I'm just going to sit here a minute and drool over Ryan Reynolds.

margot209 · June 2012

Wowww.....what a thing to read when I woke up early.....

Made up? No? After watching too many Hoarders episodes, I'm not sure there are any bounds to human weirdness.

kristykay123 · June 2012

margot209:
Wowww.....what a thing to read when I woke up early.....

Made up? No? After watching too many Hoarders episodes, I'm not sure there are any bounds to human weirdness.

Hoarding is a serious psychological issue, not a weirdness. If you truly paid attention to the show you would know this.

margot209 · June 2012

kristykay123:
margot209:

Wowww.....what a thing to read when I woke up early.....

Made up? No? After watching too many Hoarders episodes, I'm not sure there are any bounds to human weirdness.

Hoarding is a serious psychological issue, not a weirdness. If you truly paid attention to the show you would know this.

Didn't say it wasn't a serious issue. Maybe a better word for it would be "unusual". Just like wanting to taste your pee and storing your whole day's urine is probably also a serious psychological issue, it is unusual.

PenelopePond · June 2012

gymnst1013:
Is it necessary to drink my own urine? No, but I do it anyway because it's sterile and I like the taste.

Patches!

KNemo · August 2013

SAVE ALL THE PEE!!!

themrsJRD · February 2014

Lawd.

mmb248 · February 2014

Bahahahaha. This bump totally freaked me out. Thank god there's not another pee hoarder.

EmeJay · February 2014

macylynn27 said:

I'm sorry you lost your job but from what you've said, you deserved to lose it.

Haha Macy - Look at the date

EmeJay · February 2014

BTW - This was my first WTF post back when I started to lurk! Nice bumping @cramcakes

ngolimento · February 2014

Hey, ya'll are haters! Pee is delicious, calorie free, and classy!

ETA: Haha you got me. Man I gotta start reading dates.

kathleenrh · February 2014

OMG I couldn't stop laughing that I almost peed.

Should I save it?!

BabyCowbell · February 2014

I totally started reading this not realizing the date and making guesses about who this might be.

MAdams728 · February 2014

Oh my gosh! This was posted when I was TTC my DD. I opened it and kept thinking "this is so familiar" before noticing the date.

catmagick · February 2014

Amazeballs.

WolFox · February 2014

It took me THREE GODDAMN PAGES to realize how old the post was this time. Damn...

aggiebug · February 2014

It says this AE was made in June 2012...

lebradford · February 2014

aggiebug said:
It says this AE was made in June 2012...

Oh, we know.

Hegi627 · February 2014

WolFox said:

It took me THREE GODDAMN PAGES to realize how old the post was this time. Damn..

Stuck in the quote box!! But me too! Ugh. Spiced up my lunch though! haha

MelanieAdam0707 · February 2014

This is the best tasting MUD I've had in a while :-&
Anyone but me wondering if she ever had a baby... :-SS

SCSmith2011 · February 2014

slappalicious said:

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/8299690/ttcae/p1 for more of this crazy.

I had forgotten about the follow up cray.

gsalyer06 · February 2014

LOL. I remember this thread.

SCSmith2011 · February 2014

cramcakes said:

SCSmith2011 said:

slappalicious said:

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/8299690/ttcae/p1 for more of this crazy.

I had forgotten about the follow up cray.
Stupid bitch. Ugh.

Now I am even more confused about who the pee storer might have been. ;-)