What are you doing to get pregnant? Trying for ED sex but just not happening.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: left to go out of town and forgot my thermometer. I just started temping this cycle and really wanted to get into a good habit of doing it for next cycle!
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I love being able to help save/improve someone's life. Whether it's helping remove cancer, fixing a broken bone, or removing a cataract, it feels great knowing I played a role in it. Least favorite is the exact opposite. Doing everything we can and our patient still dying. Or finding out a patient died in the unit later on. No Matter how many times it happens it still sucks.
Married July 19, 2014.
Inherited one stepson, so excited to continue our family!
BFP#1: June 15, 2014. MC June 20, 2014.
BFP#2: July 11, 2014. MMC July 27, 2014. Naturally passed tissue August 5, 2014.
I think I belong here for one more day! I should be getting my CH tomorrow but I don't don't want jinx myself...
Cycle/Month: 4/3
CD: 28
What are you doing to get pregnant? Waiting for my crosshairs...I need one more temp tomorrow to be high. I think I O'd on Thursday.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: annoyed because my 2 post-o temps are relatively low like last month. I hope I see a big spike in the next day or two.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? Favorite - it's relatively flexible & my coworkers are mostly young/fun. We do have generous vacation and I've gotten between a 10-15% raise yearly plus overtime. Least favorite: I work in public accounting, I have a lot! Really long hours at times of the year, stressful, politics. And yesterday I spent half an hour with a coworker while he debated if an audit report needed the word "the" added to it.
Overall I have a love/hate relationship with my job.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: not much just hoping DH gets back tonight and has some energy!
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I love working with the students and other teachers. I hate grading essays but I guess that is part of being an English teacher. Hope everyone has a good long weekend!
What are you doing to get pregnant? Hopefully good timing and going to try temping and opks
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: not sure what day to start using opks
GTKY: I'm not working at the moment. I stay home with our Littles. My favorite is watching them learn and what they can still teach me, least favorite is lack of adult conversation.
What are you doing to get pregnant? Started temping this cycle...other than that nothing quite yet
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: AF showed up yesterday, completely screwed my weekend..oh, well bring on the wine. Started temping this cycle so I will be able to chart and understand my cycle better.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? Favorite : I'm a project manager and I love problem solving when things go wrong. I also really love working with my customers and helping them create exactly what they are looking for. Least Favorite: The hours - the company has a "do whatever it takes to get it done" motto - with no overtime, fucking sucks. So often I find myself coming in early and leaving late to get everything done. I would like to work a normal 8 hour day OR get paid better...doesn't look like any of those will happen soon.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: CD1 came in full force at 9 last night. Yay.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job?
I don't work, I am a SAHM. My favorite part is watching DS learn and grow. My least favorite is the lack of adult interaction!
@Bee1112 my friend who is also a SAHM mom always answers this question with "I work, but not outside the home." Because you work very hard, and you don't have vacation days either!
Married 9/2007
TTC #1 since 1/2014
Me: 30 DH: 31
Sep14: 7DPO testing for short LP - low progesterone (4.9ng/mL)
What are you doing to get pregnant? Drinking some pomegranate juice and waiting to for AF to stop
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: None today, but it's only 9:30.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I'm a caterer out of my home, so I like that I'm my own boss and it's flexible. Worst part is that I do everything myself so there's no backup when something goes wrong.
Married 9/2007
TTC #1 since 1/2014
Me: 30 DH: 31
Sep14: 7DPO testing for short LP - low progesterone (4.9ng/mL)
What are you doing to get pregnant? Pnv, water, Temping, cp, cm, opk, monitor, sex
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: O may be coming, fx.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I am a stay-at-home wife and my favorite thing is that I can take care of our house and have dinner ready every night. My least favorite thing is when I say I'm a stay at home wife people ask why don't get a real job? The stay-at-home thing sounded so good when I thought we are going to get pregnant right away.
Me: 30 DH:31
Married 9/2010 TTC 10/2013 RE Help from 10/2014-10/2016 (11 failed IUIs, a corrective surgery, and a donor embryo cycle) 9/2016-transferred two donor embies BFP 9/29/26 EDD June 11
What are you doing to get pregnant? Charting to confirm ovulation
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: My CM is just starting to become fertile (yesterday and the day before was only slightly EW) and today I had a huge temp spike. I suppose it's possible to O on CD12 but I've never had it before. Confused body is confused.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job?: I'm a DFS social worker in my state. Favorite thing is how busy I stay and how stimulating it is. The least favorite thing is that it's rarely 8-5 and I have to be on call every couple of weeks.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job?
I love that I'm helping people and making a difference in their lives. I dislike that work starts at 8am. I always joke with my coworkers that 10-3 would be my perfect workday. My job has a lot of flexibility though, I can go in later because I have to work later sometimes.
What are you doing to get pregnant? Is AF done already? Geez. Hurry up.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: Nothing much going on here. Ready to get the show on the road but DH will be gone training for a few weeks this month so we'll most likely miss FW all together. We'll see.
GTKY: What's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? Im a NICU nurse. My favorite thing is just about everything: I love taking care of the micro-preemies especially and being able to see them go home healthy and chubby a few months later. My least favorite thing is the hours and having to get up so early!
Rants/raves/chart stalks: Nothing really. Only it sucks outside today so I'm going to use that as an excuse to do nothing all day long.
GTKY: I love learning new things and being able to take the lead on projects. I don't love that it has very little to do with my actual school/career interests (children and psychology).
What are you doing to get pregnant? Waiting for AF to stop.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: I took antibiotics for a throat infection. My body had a crazy reaction to the medicine and I now have a rash all over my face and neck.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I work as a preschool teacher. I love working with the kids. But there are too many kids to 1 teacher. I also do not like my co workers very much.
What are you doing to get pregnant? Nothing right now, but we had lotsa sex, OPK's, BBT
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: None
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I actually work in a RE lab, so I am obviously passionate about fertility and women's health! my least favorite part is writing grants and relying on "soft" money. Seriously debating a career change in a few years.
Me: 29 DH: 34 Married 9/8/12 Started TTC 10/01/12
Dx: Hypothalamic amenorrhea by RE in 2/2013
Provera + Ovidrel trigger = BFP #1 3/24/13
DD born 11/12/13
TTC #2 since 9/01/14
Tamoxifen + Ovidrel trigger = CP (cycle 3)
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Suess
What are you doing to get pregnant? Is AF done already? Geez. Hurry up.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: Nothing much going on here. Ready to get the show on the road but DH will be gone training for a few weeks this month so we'll most likely miss FW all together. We'll see.
GTKY: What's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? Im a NICU nurse. My favorite thing is just about everything: I love taking care of the micro-preemies especially and being able to see them go home healthy and chubby a few months later. My least favorite thing is the hours and having to get up so early!
I always wanted to be a l&d nurse or nicu nurse. Waiting to hear if I was accepted into lpn nursing school. random sorry.
After a long, long, wine induced chat with DH last night he spilled his guts. He explained he wants me to tell him when we need to have sex and then leave it alone for the rest of the day. In his mind, talking about TTC puts stress on him, and I completely agree, but he wants to know when I'm ovulating so he can put extra effort in. I explained that I needed him to be all in or all out and I can't take the back and forth, it's emotionally draining after two years of one month he wants to try and the next he doesn't. We both apologized and came out of the conversation ready to continue TTGP.
Cycle/month: 3/4
Cd: 15
What are we doing: sex ed now, OPKs, temping, water, green tea and preseed (we added last night)
R/r/CS: I got an almost positive OPK so in hoping we hit -2 last night and we'll go from there!
GTKY: I'm a nanny and a student. The best thing about my job is the family I work for! We had a few issues at first but have a great open line of communication now and they are so flexible with my schedule and even allow me to do schoolwork when she's napping (after things are done of course). The worst thing is: after cleaning up/cooking/doing laundry and errands for them all day I have no desire to do so once I come home!
@Brittany512 Good luck with school! I don't envy you at all-- If I had to go back and redo nursing school I'd probably die. I had a nightmare about it the other night and woke up sweating!
What are you doing to get pregnant? Waiting for AF to leave. After that sex, OPK, vitamins, and add temping this month.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: Had positive OPK last month and going to add temping to confirm ovulation. Last month was first month off bcp and was 35 days. Hoping this cycle isn't longer!
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? Favorite thing about my job is my patients! Least favorite thing is working 70 plus hours a week including driving 1000 miles a week!
What are you doing to get pregnant? PNV and BBT. Waiting for AF to pack her bags.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: None...
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I work in manufacturing accounting and love that I get to put my hands into so many different areas of the plant. My least favorite thing is dealing with Corporate
Re: WTO: Saturday
Cycle/Month: 6
CD: 11
What are you doing to get pregnant? Trying for ED sex but just not happening.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: left to go out of town and forgot my thermometer. I just started temping this cycle and really wanted to get into a good habit of doing it for next cycle!
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I love being able to help save/improve someone's life. Whether it's helping remove cancer, fixing a broken bone, or removing a cataract, it feels great knowing I played a role in it. Least favorite is the exact opposite. Doing everything we can and our patient still dying. Or finding out a patient died in the unit later on. No Matter how many times it happens it still sucks.
I think I belong here for one more day! I should be getting my CH tomorrow but I don't don't want jinx myself...
Cycle/Month: 4/3
CD: 28
What are you doing to get pregnant? Waiting for my crosshairs...I need one more temp tomorrow to be high. I think I O'd on Thursday.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: annoyed because my 2 post-o temps are relatively low like last month. I hope I see a big spike in the next day or two.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job?
Favorite - it's relatively flexible & my coworkers are mostly young/fun. We do have generous vacation and I've gotten between a 10-15% raise yearly plus overtime.
Least favorite: I work in public accounting, I have a lot! Really long hours at times of the year, stressful, politics. And yesterday I spent half an hour with a coworker while he debated if an audit report needed the word "the" added to it.
Overall I have a love/hate relationship with my job.
DH - 27
TTC #1 since July 2014
Cycle/Month: 6/7
CD: 2
What are you doing to get pregnant? Nothing yet.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: CD1 came in full force at 9 last night. Yay.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job?
I don't work, I am a SAHM. My favorite part is watching DS learn and grow. My least favorite is the lack of adult interaction!
Cycle/Month: 6
CD: 17
What are you doing to get pregnant? Everything!
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: not much just hoping DH gets back tonight and has some energy!
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I love working with the students and other teachers. I hate grading essays but I guess that is part of being an English teacher.
Hope everyone has a good long weekend!
CD: 2
What are you doing to get pregnant? Hopefully good timing and going to try temping and opks
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: not sure what day to start using opks
GTKY: I'm not working at the moment. I stay home with our Littles. My favorite is watching them learn and what they can still teach me, least favorite is lack of adult conversation.
Cycle/Month: 2/2
CD: 2
What are you doing to get pregnant? Started temping this cycle...other than that nothing quite yet
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: AF showed up yesterday, completely screwed my weekend..oh, well bring on the wine. Started temping this cycle so I will be able to chart and understand my cycle better.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? Favorite : I'm a project manager and I love problem solving when things go wrong. I also really love working with my customers and helping them create exactly what they are looking for. Least Favorite: The hours - the company has a "do whatever it takes to get it done" motto - with no overtime, fucking sucks. So often I find myself coming in early and leaving late to get everything done. I would like to work a normal 8 hour day OR get paid better...doesn't look like any of those will happen soon.
CD: 4
What are you doing to get pregnant? Drinking some pomegranate juice and waiting to for AF to stop
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: None today, but it's only 9:30.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I'm a caterer out of my home, so I like that I'm my own boss and it's flexible. Worst part is that I do everything myself so there's no backup when something goes wrong.
CD: 22
What are you doing to get pregnant? Pnv, water, Temping, cp, cm, opk, monitor, sex
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: O may be coming, fx.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I am a stay-at-home wife and my favorite thing is that I can take care of our house and have dinner ready every night. My least favorite thing is when I say I'm a stay at home wife people ask why don't get a real job? The stay-at-home thing sounded so good when I thought we are going to get pregnant right away.
TTC 10/2013
RE Help from 10/2014-10/2016 (11 failed IUIs, a corrective surgery, and a donor embryo cycle)
9/2016-transferred two donor embies
BFP 9/29/26 EDD June 11
CD: 13
What are you doing to get pregnant? Charting to confirm ovulation
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: My CM is just starting to become fertile (yesterday and the day before was only slightly EW) and today I had a huge temp spike. I suppose it's possible to O on CD12 but I've never had it before. Confused body is confused.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job?: I'm a DFS social worker in my state. Favorite thing is how busy I stay and how stimulating it is. The least favorite thing is that it's rarely 8-5 and I have to be on call every couple of weeks.
My Chart
CD: 15
What are you doing to get pregnant? BBT, sex
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: none
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job?
I love that I'm helping people and making a difference in their lives. I dislike that work starts at 8am. I always joke with my coworkers that 10-3 would be my perfect workday. My job has a lot of flexibility though, I can go in later because I have to work later sometimes.
Cycle/Month: 4/4
CD: 2. Womp womp.
What are you doing to get pregnant? Is AF done already? Geez. Hurry up.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: Nothing much going on here. Ready to get the show on the road but DH will be gone training for a few weeks this month so we'll most likely miss FW all together. We'll see.
GTKY: What's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? Im a NICU nurse. My favorite thing is just about everything: I love taking care of the micro-preemies especially and being able to see them go home healthy and chubby a few months later. My least favorite thing is the hours and having to get up so early!
CD: 2
What are you doing to get pregnant? Waiting for AF to stop.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: I took antibiotics for a throat infection. My body had a crazy reaction to the medicine and I now have a rash all over my face and neck.
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I work as a preschool teacher. I love working with the kids. But there are too many kids to 1 teacher. I also do not like my co workers very much.
CD: 19 (3 DPO)
What are you doing to get pregnant? Nothing right now, but we had lotsa sex, OPK's, BBT
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: None
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I actually work in a RE lab, so I am obviously passionate about fertility and women's health! my least favorite part is writing grants and relying on "soft" money. Seriously debating a career change in a few years.
After a long, long, wine induced chat with DH last night he spilled his guts. He explained he wants me to tell him when we need to have sex and then leave it alone for the rest of the day. In his mind, talking about TTC puts stress on him, and I completely agree, but he wants to know when I'm ovulating so he can put extra effort in. I explained that I needed him to be all in or all out and I can't take the back and forth, it's emotionally draining after two years of one month he wants to try and the next he doesn't. We both apologized and came out of the conversation ready to continue TTGP.
Cycle/month: 3/4
Cd: 15
What are we doing: sex ed now, OPKs, temping, water, green tea and preseed (we added last night)
R/r/CS: I got an almost positive OPK so in hoping we hit -2 last night and we'll go from there!
GTKY: I'm a nanny and a student. The best thing about my job is the family I work for! We had a few issues at first but have a great open line of communication now and they are so flexible with my schedule and even allow me to do schoolwork when she's napping (after things are done of course). The worst thing is: after cleaning up/cooking/doing laundry and errands for them all day I have no desire to do so once I come home!
CD: 2
What are you doing to get pregnant? Waiting for AF to leave. After that sex, OPK, vitamins, and add temping this month.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: Had positive OPK last month and going to add temping to confirm ovulation. Last month was first month off bcp and was 35 days. Hoping this cycle isn't longer!
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job?
Favorite thing about my job is my patients! Least favorite thing is working 70 plus hours a week including driving 1000 miles a week!
CD: 3
What are you doing to get pregnant? PNV and BBT. Waiting for AF to pack her bags.
Rants/raves/ chart stalks: None...
GTKY: what's your favorite and least favorite thing about your job? I work in manufacturing accounting and love that I get to put my hands into so many different areas of the plant. My least favorite thing is dealing with Corporate