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WTO of TWW- Monday November 2nd

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CD/DPO:

TTA or TTC:

Testing Plans:

Rant/Vent:

GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like?

Re: WTO of TWW- Monday November 2nd

  • Cycle/Month: 2/2

    CD/DPO: 4

    TTA or TTC: TTC

    Testing Plans: 13 DPO... wanna wait til my period this time

    Rant/Vent: My period was 1 day!!! wtf... Last cycle it was only 2 days! I'm going to the gyno on Thursday.

    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like? I'm planning on going Med free and having a Doula... I already have a midwife... but dk If I will go with her at the hospital or do a birth center...Although the doc that backs her is amazing and delivers breach babies.!
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  • reesaXdenreesaXden member
    edited November 2015
    Cycle/Month: 1st month TTC after 12 week MMC.

    CD/DPO: 23/ 9

    Testing Plans: I will be testing this Friday at 13dpo!

    Rant/Vent: I have been incredibly nauseated thes past two days and have even puked... Yuck. I'm hoping this is a good sign and not my body playing tricks on me!

    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like? We will be having a hospital birth and I will be getting the epidural as well... I'm a pretty "natural momma" but when it comes to birth I want the meds!
  • @reesaXden I'm so sorry for your loss... FX for your testing date! Please update us!
  • Cycle/Month:  1/2

    CD/DPO:  CD48

    TTA or TTC:  NTNP

    Testing Plans:  No testing plans

    Rant/Vent:  Still just waiting around for something.. ANYTHING to happen!  My MIL keeps asking my husband if I'm pregnant and she keeps saying that she wants another grandkid.  Yesterday she said "What are you waiting for?  Why aren't you pregnant yet?"  Mind you, we have only been married 10 months and didn't even see each other for the first 6.... I have enough frustration from my body that I do not need her adding anymore.  She will be visiting us the first week of December so I just hope that my body has done something by then so I don't go crazy if/when she says that stuff in person.

    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like?  Not yet!  I just started reading up on this stuff last week so maybe in a few weeks I will have a better idea

     
    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like?

  • Katm89 said:

    @reesaXden I'm so sorry for your loss... FX for your testing date! Please update us!

    @Katm89 Thank you! I'm trying to hold strong until Friday! If I test early I will update!
  • @mokay19 how frustrating! She doesn't realize what shes doing to you.. she may think that you would be happy to know that she would be happy if you got pregnant and shes just trying to find a way to say that... thats really tough though. Hang in there hun... in 12 days are you thinking about talking to your doctor and maybe doing a progesterone challenge to kick start things?

    @reesaXden waiting is really tough.. hang in there!

  • edited November 2015
    Cycle/Month: This will be the first month of TTC. We were supposed to start last month, but I chickened out.

    CD/DPO: CD 5. WTO late next week!

    TTA or TTC: TTC

    Testing Plans: AF is expected to arrive two days after Thanksgiving, so I'll probably test on Thanksgiving just to see. It would be so cool to tell our parents that day!

    Rant/Vent: One of my best friends just announced that she is pg. I am soooo excited for her and for the possibility that we might be pg together and have kids near the same age. However, I am mad at myself for chickening out last month, and anxiously WTO.

    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like? I just want to go with the flow. I'd like to try to go as natural as possible, but I don't have much faith in myself and I don't want to build up too high of expectations.
  • Cycle/Month: 2/3

    CD/DPO: CD 15

    TTA or TTC: TTC (but trying to think of it as NTNP)

    Testing Plans: Short luteal phase= high probability of wanting to test early. But I am going to try to wait as long as possible. So maybe 16 DPO.

    Rant/Vent: Actually feeling pretty good and trying to stay positive. My sister is due in June and I know my SIL is probably going to try again (after a MC last month), so it would be pretty exciting to have all three of us expecting at once! But that's out of my hands, so I'm going to just try to have fun trying for now.

    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like? With my first, I had an epidural at around 7 cm. I don't think I would change my plan much next time around except that I would want to labor at home longer. When I went in, I was only 3 cm, so I probably could have held off for another few hours. But I really wasn't thinking clearly at 2 am!
  • @Katm89 I think I will call my doctor later this week if I still don't notice any change and just see what she says to do (and sometimes it can take a little bit to get an appointment on base).  My body has never had a regular period so I just think it doesn't even know what it's supposed to do haha... I didn't get my period until I was about 16 or 17 and then, after having a few months of sporadic periods, I bled for 4 months straight so they gave me the 10 days of progesterone to "flush my uterus" and then I started BCP.
  • Cycle 6/calendar day 21

    TTC

    No plans for testing unless I have a late period, I don't even have any tests at home.

    Give me all the drugs, as early and often as possible.
  • @mokay19 I listened to a podcast about how if you get your period later and its irregular and then you go on bcps right away its almost like your period never had a chance to mature... they say it takes 2 years for your period to "mature" when you first get it but if it never can then you almost have to go through the whole thing again when you go off the pill... dk how much truth there is in that.. but it does kind of make sense. Sounds like your body just needs time. I'm sorry its such an inconvenient time for all of this :/

    @Strickland8052 congrats on TTC, it would be a blast to be pregnant around thanksgiving.. soo much to be thankful for!!

    @AGM0616 pregnant around the same time as family... how nice. I really hope my gf and I get pregnant around the same time as each other. We are both ttc at the same time.. she helps me vent and its nice to have someone who care in person about everything.

    @als1982  please show me how you have self control with testing.. my DH wants me to be better about it... its sooo hard... testing early doesn't give me any peace of mind though!
  • @Katm89 It is great to have people around going through the same thing! Hope you and your friend can go through it together. With my first, there were seven or so other people due within a month of me between church and friends. I was one of the last, so it was hard to watch five or so newborns entering the world and maintain any semblance of patience! (Or the most trying was TTC and hearing all the announcements!) But it is so nice to have others to vent to and share stories with. Good luck!
  • @AGM0616 it is hard sometimes too... last cycle I thought maybe I was pregnant and was very excited... and my gf was like "yea I don't think you are... and I was like womp womp"
  • Katm89 said:

    @mokay19 I listened to a podcast about how if you get your period later and its irregular and then you go on bcps right away its almost like your period never had a chance to mature... they say it takes 2 years for your period to "mature" when you first get it but if it never can then you almost have to go through the whole thing again when you go off the pill... dk how much truth there is in that.. but it does kind of make sense. Sounds like your body just needs time. I'm sorry its such an inconvenient time for all of this :/

    @Strickland8052 congrats on TTC, it would be a blast to be pregnant around thanksgiving.. soo much to be thankful for!!

    @AGM0616 pregnant around the same time as family... how nice. I really hope my gf and I get pregnant around the same time as each other. We are both ttc at the same time.. she helps me vent and its nice to have someone who care in person about everything.

    @als1982  please show me how you have self control with testing.. my DH wants me to be better about it... its sooo hard... testing early doesn't give me any peace of mind though!

    I was that way the first few months, but after several cycles of let down, things change.
  • @als1982 I think I foolishly thought it would work the first month... my mother always told us it took her one time and my sister got pregnant twice by accident... so I think I thought omgosh this will be easy... uh... no..so my sister keeps telling me I need to not try... thats how people don't get pregnant... ugh I brush it off. I am determined to wait til 12 or 13 DPO this time.
  • @Katm89 If it helps, Fertility Friend provided statistics that indicate that on average women test at 13.7 DPO, with periods on average starting 14 DPO. So you are not alone in the early testing pool! Also, statistically, 14 DPO provides the earliest date with the highest accuracy, so it is best to wait until 14 DPO or later. After all, the way I look at it, the later I test, the further along I am when I find out! So, unless I suddenly have a desire to binge drink, I plan on going as long as I can without testing (within reason; so about 16 DPO because if AF doesn't come by then, there's something wrong). Of course, it's much easier to say that now, while I'm WTO, than it will be to out it into practice in two weeks!
  • Katm89Katm89 member
    edited November 2015
    @AGM0616 My period comes after 13 DPO... I usually have brown spotting on the night of 13 DPO. I think its easier to get a bfn than to be surprised by my period. Yea I ovulate late... so I have about 3 weeks to go... unfortunately... last cycle I o'd on CD25. Which I know is normal but it still sucks to wait that long.

  • Cycle/Month: 4 I think?  I'm losing count!

    CD/DPO: CD 3

    TTA or TTC: TTA

    Testing Plans: None

    Rant/Vent: Cute Halloween-ness over the weekend is making TTA hard!

    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like?  I have.  My preference is for non-medicated but for a different reason than most.  As of now, I am less afraid of unmedicated childbirth than I am of having a needle in my spine.  Spines creep me out.  I reserve the right to change my mind, however :)  I do see a midwife, and would love to try for a hospital-attached birthing center if I have a typical pregnancy.  Another weird consideration I've had is that I've heard with hospital births, you aren't allowed to eat during the labor process.  If labor goes on for a very long time this sounds like torture to me.  I get super grouchy if I don't snack every few hours.  

  • Cycle/Month: N/A

    CD/DPO: CD 23/7 or 3 DPO. (Explanation in Rant)

    TTA or TTC: TTA

    Testing Plans: No idea.

    Rant/Vent: I posted about this before but I will mention again to avoid confusion - at the beginning of this month, I was under the impression we were NTNP but halfway through the month we talked and are now TTA.  HOWEVER, we were not protecting the first couple of times we BD this month.  Which is normally no big deal, this is why I chart, so I know when I O.  But FF is being confusing this month.  At first it gave me dotted CHs on CD 16 - which would put unprotected BDing right in my fertile window.  Then I had a slight dip below cover line so after a few more high temps it moved my CHs to CD 20 (and now they are solid).  If that is the case, then there's pretty much no chance I got KU.  Now, that said, I also use countdowntopregnancy.com (mostly to record symptoms so I can also track what is just PMS month to month) and it predicted O on CD 16 and HASN'T changed it.  So I'm basically just playing the waiting game.

    (Also, I should note, if I did end up KU this month, it wouldn't be a big deal.)

    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like?  I had a pretty difficult birth with DD (hypertension they were afraid was heading towards pre-e. Induction failed, epidural failed, ended in C-Section after 24 hours of labor. Magnesium for a full 48 hours.) so I'm torn about the next birth.  Part of me wants to just schedule a C-Section to avoid another drawn out labor ending in another C-Section but the other part of me is all "what if I get to go into labor on my own next time and everything is fine?"  I have finally decided to just wait until I am KU again and talk to my Dr before I decide.  Either way, I'm all about the meds.  That was the worst thing I have ever gone through.
  • Katm89 said:

    @AGM0616 My period comes after 13 DPO... I usually have brown spotting on the night of 13 DPO. I think its easier to get a bfn than to be surprised by my period. Yea I ovulate late... so I have about 3 weeks to go... unfortunately... last cycle I o'd on CD25. Which I know is normal but it still sucks to wait that long.

    I get shaky nervous every time I test. Even OPKs now. Very strange, but I am the opposite from you: I'd much rather get my period than a BFN! But seems like you have a handle on it... And 13 DPO still has a pretty high accuracy rate for testing.
  • Cycle/Month: 1/2

    CD/DPO: 6

    TTA or TTC: TTC- YAY

    Testing Plans: None really- This is my first "real" cycle after BCP so I'm just going to see how it goes

    Rant/Vent: None yet...  :) just trying to have fun and stay positive.. Works been so crazy though so we need to put the "being too tired" aside and just hop into bed 

    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like? Ive gone back and forth on it a lot! I've always said might as well be medicated since its available, and be comfortable, but as I'm getting older and as I'm learning more and more, I'm not sure. There seems to be more positives to a non-medicated birth, I'm just scared. I'm sure I'll think more when I'm actually pregnant
  • @Xstatic3333 I have the same fear of the epidural... I fear being numb... I hate feeling trapped by meds and how they affect me... and I'm terrified of being in labor and being trapped without being able to move...

    @AGM0616 That's crazy scary. I hate feeling shakey... I will say when I did my test I got anxious and felt better when it was negative... maybe I'm more nervous about it being positive even though I want it so bad. When my husband proposed and I said  yes I felt so sick and shakey... even though I wanted it.. it scared me...
  • Cycle/Month: 1/1 First month trying!!

    CD/DPO: 3/-

    TTA or TTC: TTC!!

    Testing Plans: Totally not sure as this is our first month trying. Maybe 10 DPO.

    Rant/Vent: No rants currently. Just excited for our wedding which is happening in less than two weeks!!! :D

    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like? I currently want to have a natural childbirth. That is scary at times though. So I'll just have to talk to my doctor when we hopefully are pregnant!!

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  • Cycle/Month: 3/3

    CD/DPO: 9/-

    TTC!

    Testing plans: testing on the 18th since that's my birthday.

    Rant/Vent: got pregnant the first cycle with my first, didn't expect it to take 3 months:( hoping it happens sooner than later!

    Birth plan: natural start to labor and epidural in the hospital. Went great with my first.

  • Cycle/Month: 4/5 

    CD/DPO: CD 7 

    TTA or TTC: TTC, not temping though. Just CM tracking at this time. If it doesn't happen this cycle or next, I may start temping. 

    Testing Plans: None yet -- won't until AF is due/missed! 

    Rant/Vent: Nothing to rant about right now, trying to stay pretty calm. I do feel like everyone around me is getting pregnant though, so that can be kind of hard to hear about over and over again. I just have to remind myself that we haven't been trying that long and it'll happen when it's supposed to happen! 

    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like?  Not really, although I'm definitely  not against having an epidural -- who knows though, that may change once I actually get closer to pg/delivery! 

  • @Pupatella YAY! for the first month of trying.

    @Hannahh18 I feel you on the waiting aspect of TTC. 3 months may not seem like a long time to some people but 3 months can feel like an eternity when its on the forefront of your mind every single day. Hang in there hun :)

    @SLou24 I have toyed with the idea of not temping and just cm tracking... but I really like knowing when my period is due bec I don't want to ruin my clothes with blood lol... and I'm irregular
  • Cycle/Month: 7

    CD/DPO: 14/0

    TTA or TTC: TTC

    Testing Plans: I'll try to sit on my hands as long as possible.

    Rant/Vent: AF has been irregular. I was planning to temp this month. But was sick forever, so no point. So despite my usually short cycles, my last cycle was 33 days. So I can't guess based on previous cycles. I have had some fertility signs the past few days. Increased libido, CM, swollen breasts, and last night my face starting breaking out.

    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like?
    Same as always. "Don't touch me." Ha. I like to be touched as little as possible. And to give birth in the quiet and dark. However, I'll need a cerclage. So I'll be prodded a lot all pregnancy. If the cerclage removal doesn't trigger labor, then I'll try for a home birth.

  • @MotherofDucks is the cerclage when they stitch your cervix? I read about that in What to Expect... I read I'm more likely to have it because I have had biopsies... have you had one before?
  • @Katm89 Yes. I have IC. Not for any reason. Just do. My first two were quite early. So it was basically required my 3rd pregnancy. I avoided it in my second in case my first preterm birth was a fluke. Once you've had one, you damage your cervix and then NEED to have one every time. But it was worth it to make it to 37 weeks. Uncomfortable to get though. You wake up with the WORST cramps. It's horrifying. But after that, you don't even notice it.
  • Cycle/Month:8

    CD/DPO: 29/ 12

    TTA or TTC:TTC

    Testing Plans: Trying to avoid testing until day 32 or 33. Already taken two tests. :(

    Rant/Vent:I've been looking up pregnancy and TTC humor online to keep my mind occupied.

    GTKY: Have you thought about what kind of birth plan you would like? I will be having a planned c-section due to 2 prior uterine surgeries.
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    Myomectomy June 2015- 18 fibroids removed
    IVF #1, May 2016 = 32 eggs retrieved, 12 fertilized, 7 frozen, 3 PGS normal
    FET#2, July 2016 = one embryo transferred 
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  • @MotherOfDucks thank you for educating us!

    Vent/Update: Some of you women knew I had my annual pap today and we are now trying to conceive..I was concerned that my period has become 1 or 2 days and its normally 5-7... prior to bcps.. my midwife told me not a big deal at all. She informed me that shes no longer doing deliveries after January :(  and she told me she will do prenatals if I need it but she would like me to shop around and do hospital tours and pick someone... my husband wanted me to wait til I was pregnant but now I want to know who to call when I get a BFP... so I need to have a chat with my husband about that... she made a comment about my cycles being long.. she knew alot about my temping.. but she said most women she has encountered are very close to 28 days and I'm 36 some months... my mother was 45.... so I was kind of like damn... I know I have to wait that long to ovulate it sucks way to make me feel worse kind of thing. I made an excel sheet of the past four months of charting an gave it to her... so I had a good visit because nothing is wrong but a bad visit because my choice of who to deliver my baby is kind of out of my hands at this point.
  • Katm89 said:
    @MotherOfDucks thank you for educating us!

    Vent/Update: Some of you women knew I had my annual pap today and we are now trying to conceive..I was concerned that my period has become 1 or 2 days and its normally 5-7... prior to bcps.. my midwife told me not a big deal at all. She informed me that shes no longer doing deliveries after January :(  and she told me she will do prenatals if I need it but she would like me to shop around and do hospital tours and pick someone... my husband wanted me to wait til I was pregnant but now I want to know who to call when I get a BFP... so I need to have a chat with my husband about that... she made a comment about my cycles being long.. she knew alot about my temping.. but she said most women she has encountered are very close to 28 days and I'm 36 some months... my mother was 45.... so I was kind of like damn... I know I have to wait that long to ovulate it sucks way to make me feel worse kind of thing. I made an excel sheet of the past four months of charting an gave it to her... so I had a good visit because nothing is wrong but a bad visit because my choice of who to deliver my baby is kind of out of my hands at this point.
    @Katm89 I am so sorry that your midwife is no longer doing deliveries after January. I agree with you that you should find another doctor sooner rather than later. It definitely doesn't hurt to know who you are going to call when you get that BFP!! Also, if she made you feel bad about your cycles being long, that isn't cool, and maybe it's a good thing that you are finding another doc. I think it's awesome that you are charting and gave her a printout so she knows more about what is going on with your body!! I wish you the best of luck with TTC!!

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  • @Pupatella thanks... I have contacted a midwife clinic near where I work that was recommended by 2 of the 3 Doulas I have spoken with... I just want to do a meet & greet. I keep checking my email like a crazy person. Work kind of sucks today. I keep trying to book time slots for interviews... but my boss wants 5 separate people... but he wants 5 very busy people to be the interviewers... so trying to find times that work is becoming and impossible task... my husband keeps telling me to relax... but I'm just ugh... I feel a little blue about how my appointment went.. it could have certainly gone worse though.
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