WTO Thursday

NordyMN89 · February 2016

@babymish - Yay for no performance anxiety! Also, enjoy the acu appt. I have my first one in a week!
@sldp123 - GL with your u/s tomorrow! I hope those follies are growing!
@ash9614 - I hear ya on those hot flashes! DH will put his hands on me to cool me down. I've slept with no covers all week. It's been -10* here and I'm always cold.
@beary67 - yes! DH and I watched last week and then after we were like, wait, why did we watch this? Why didn't we DVR the whole thing so we could binge it all at once! Now we have to wait a week til the next one? What?! First world problems, I know...
@Sparty18 - I couldn't agree more, let's get this WTO business done with and on to the TWW.

Month/Cycle: 14/10

CD: 7

WAYDTGKU: 7.5mg Letrozole, IUI

R/R/CS: I've got nothing...actually now I have something. I got an email from a coworker at 8:00 this morning asking me if I could do some calculations. These are huge calculations and take a lot of time. He emailed me again at 8:30 asking if I could just send him an example and he'll do it himself. I went off on him. I actually told him "it's only been half an hour. please have some patience." Like WTF dude?! You think your problem is the only one I have to deal with today? Umm no it's not! I have 30 sites that need my help, not just you. So rude and annoying.

GTKY: what's your pet peeve? I'm on the loud chewing/noises train. I cannot stand it when people chew with their mouths open or breathe loudly or constantly clear their throat. Ugh. Misophonia to a T. And people like the guy in my rant above.

beary67 · February 2016

@sparty18 Yes!! Look at how much he looks like Robert Kardashian!! It's crazy! I also think John Travolta is a good Robert Shapiro!

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/qt/ste809xatq5v.jpg

H4aPartyof5 · February 2016

@cjt121413 sorry that you're having such a hard time...hope that you're feeling much better soon.
@beary67 I was going to record that show but my TV guide didn't find it for whatever reason. Glad to hear that it's really good; I'm going to have to go to the FX channel for sure and find it now.

Month/Cycle: 7/7

CD: 6

WAYDTGKU: PNVs and waiting out AF

R/R/CS: I've been so tired that last few days...I literally took a nap yesterday and fell asleep by 9:30. I'm resolved to head to the gym tomorrow as I'm pretty sure that that will help with my energy levels.

GTKY: People who drive slowly in the left hand lane.

Sparty18 · February 2016

@beary67 That is crazy! I'm excited to watch it. Although, part of me still sees that picture and thinks, why so serious, Ross??

delujm0 · February 2016

@michmich11 the actual time of the temping has never made a difference for me - as long as i'm using a temp from a time when i've been asleep for at least 3 hours beforehand. I temp at a different time every night because of this (i have FF set up to just assume i always temp at the same time so i don't have open circles everywhere). It never affected my ability to pinpoint O when TTC#1 and it seems to be the same for me now. You probably just have to do it a few ways before you know what will work best for you. Basically what you're looking for is your baseline temp - so the lowest temp you'll get that day. If i wake up multiple times during the night, i temp all of them and then keep the lowest one, just to be safe.

Month/Cycle: 2 (NTNP)

CD: 13

WAYDTGKU: normal NTNP stuff plus temping.

R/R/CS: i don't have much today. Temp went down to its normal "week before O" level this morning, which is about right seeing as i usually O sometimes between CD 19 and 22.

GTKY: what's your pet peeve? people that don't use their blinkers (or that don't turn them on until THE LAST SECOND. OTHER DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS IN ADVANCE, JACKASSES.)

GhanimaAtreides · February 2016

@cjt121413 I'm sorry it's a rough week with people coming out as KU.

@JamieMichelle12 Agreed on your pet peeve, we teach vulva in our house.

Month/Cycle 2/2 ttcal after 6mos tta

CD: 2

WAYDTGKU?: All the things? Temp, CM, CP, POAS OPK, Saliva OPK, extra folic acid, PNV gummies, Cal/Mag/Zinc, SAD lamp to increase FSH & LH... Going to try some 2-a-days in the FW, provided DH passes the cheapy home SA I ordered. I'm also going to try straight guaifenesin pills this time around.

R/R/CS: Rant: Ever since the loss, I bleed like a friggin hemophiliac on my period. Like, seriously... soaking a super plus tampon every 2hrs when I'm horizontal... sleeping, no gravity assist. Forget waking hours, it's like every 45-90 minutes and I need a backup pad. At least 2 days of this heavy shit. I'm soooo looking forward to a successful cycle so my bleeding pattern can reset afterwards. I got screwed on the period-front last time and I do not want to keep this anemia-inducing crap pattern through menopause. Rave: Confession time. I lose too much sleep temping traditionally and the anxiety is insane. I realized from over a decade of ovulatory Paraguard cycles that my check in temps at doctors appointments were either obviously follicular (<98.0) or luteal (>98.3). So last month I temped in the afternoon instead (one hour chilling lying down, watching a dvr'd show, nothing to eat or drink) and um, it was still clearly a biphasic chart, even if a bit rocky within each phase. I'd never recommend it to a newb, but omg... it has saved my sanity!

GTKY: I have to agree with @GreatGigInTheWomb @BelcherEars @soda23 @Sparty18 and @NordyMN89 . This is what flashes through my mind with loud eaters:

https://youtu.be/-IXjVtRzJls 

beary67 · February 2016

@ShallowSeas ahhh!! Your driving pet peeve is one of mine too! I get so passive aggressive when that happens and sometimes pretend like I don't see the person trying to merge over. Ooops!

It happens every day where I work to get on the highway--the left lane is always sooo backed up so people that don't want to wait in that line will just speed ahead and cut in front of everyone else and then try to merge into the left lane at the last minute.

Also, I wonder if taking letrozole impacts your ovulation date/OPKs? I know nothing about that medication, so it's just a thought!

Hayrock · February 2016

Month/Cycle: 2/1

CD: 13

WAYDTGKU: temping, charting and HIO until DH is too tired.

R/R/CS: I have been having dreams the past two nights about taking my temp and charting it. Then I wake up and I'm very confused and have to look at FF to see if I put a temp in or not.

GTKY: what's your pet peeve? Mine is like others with using your for you're. I just cringe when I get a text and they say "your welcome." Please, please think before you text.

ShallowSeas · February 2016

@beary67
I'm the same way! I pretend I don't see them either.

I've been trying to research the affects Letrozole could have on Ovulation but I haven't really found anything on it. I have to call my RE whether or not I get a +OPK anyway so they can get my progesterone levels, so I'll probably ask them about it. I don't use OPKs so I don't even know if I can turn one positive. I have in the past but I don't use them consistently.

Kenya715 · February 2016

Month/Cycle: 3/1

CD: 12

WAYDTGKU: All of it. Trying PregPrep for the first time this month. Anyone else try it?

R/R/CS: Same exact temp 3 days in a row?! Is this normal? So strange! I thought maybe my thermometer is broken but I checked again after being up and around and the temp definitely changed. Glad to hear some other ladies talking about having very little CM. Maybe it is from PNVs? I always have plenty after I O, but checking it before O is frustrating. Just don't feel like I know what's going on down there. Chart stalkers welcome and looking for feedback!

GTKY: what's your pet peeve? Oh where to begin! I'm convinced I have that Misophonia - "hatred of sound". It's all the little things...people eating (especially if they are smackers), toenail clippers, picking nails, I used to get mad at my sister for blinking! I could honestly hear her eyelids opening and closing. Hearing my dad scratch his head, ugh! So ridiculous, I know. Gotta stop now before I get upset just thinking about it!

EML2011 · February 2016

@beary67 when TTC #1 my RE told me not to bother with OPKs because letrozole and other fertility meds can mess with them, but I have seen some people on here have had there REs recommend using them. I guess that doesn't really answer your question... But I don't think using them hurts things as long as you understand that you may see more surges. I think this is one of the many reasons why it's important to be monitored while taking fertility meds.

virginiaham · February 2016

Month/Cycle: 6/ now 6

CD: 1

WAYDTGKU: See below

R/R/CS: Ugh. I woke up feeling amazing and posted in TWW about a temp spike, and then AF showed up. CD1 this cycle means that the travel and moving and craziness is behind us, and entering cycle 6 has prompted me to order a new thermometer as well as fork over for CBFM test strips. The monitor was given to me as a gift and my SIL swears by it so I will at least try it this cycle, at the same time as temping/OPKs/CM/etc. I'm still side-eyeing it and not really expecting it to tell me anything I can't learn from what I'm already doing (or get me KTFU outside of what I'd be doing without it) but it's not much extra effort. And also the real truth is I'm not above thinking of it as a good luck charm. *Face-palm* me.

GTKY: what's your pet peeve? I can't stand when people can't just be straight with me. Rather than give me the long sob story about your H's aunt's cousin's tough week (in a text), please just tell me that you didn't get to the thing we talked about and you'll try to get on top of it next week.

RatParade · February 2016

@beary67 We just watched the second episode last night. I was 9 when all this was happening and I have vague memories of it (like the low-speed highway chase), so it's pretty interesting to watch it now. And I didn't realize that the Kardashians were so involved in it!

Month/Cycle: 2/2

CD: 4

WAYDTGKU: waiting for AF to vacate the building

R/R/CS: I was up at 4 this morning with calf cramps

And we had to cancel our trip this weekend because I messed up the timing of other plans. Bummer! But I get to go out for happy hour and then pool at a local bar with my mom and sister tomorrow. I'm debating telling them we're TTC. They would definitely want to know and would be excited and I want to tell them, but my DH is reluctant. I think he's still unsettled with TTC and needs to be more comfortable with it before I can tell family. He'd let me tell them if I really wanted to. Maybe I'll wait another month. It's just hard not to talk about it with them when I'm so close to my mom and sister and TTC is all I think about.

GTKY: what's your pet peeve? When people smile when they're admonishing me about something. You know, that condescending smile, sometimes followed by a slight laugh. It just pisses me off like nothing else.

TrulyBlessed22 · February 2016

@Hayrock- Ok, I have to admit I'm so glad it's not just me LOL. I just started temping this morning and I guess It was heavy on my mind because I spent the night having strange dreams about temping and not writing it down and then being confused about what temp went with what date etc etc. It was so strange and when I finally woke up I realized it was all just a bunch of strange dreams and then proceeded to taking my temp and log it in FF <sigh>

beary67 · February 2016

@RatParade same here! I had just turned 10 and remember seeing the coverage on TV of the chase. It's crazy to watch it again now. I think they are doing a good job with the show. I kind of wish I could just binge watch it all at once! I did read an article that the Kardashians were upset with how they were portrayed in the scene where Robert was reading the letter OJ wrote on TV--and saying that never happened.

comealongponds · February 2016

**question for shift workers in R/R/CS**

Month/Cycle: 3/3 TTCAL

CD: 14

WAYDTGKU: all the things

R/R/CS: looks like EPO delayed my O day...didn't even know that was possible until too far into taking it (ugh, bad nurse, not researching side effects better). So now I'm sitting at CD 14 without having turned an OPK yet, despite usually turning them day 12 or 13. It's just shy of positive this afternoon, so I may take another this evening to see what happens. I'm also on nights the next two days, so no temping for me tomorrow or Saturday since I get false high temps when I sleep through the day and wake in the afternoon.

Is is there any point in bringing my bbt to work and taking my temp at my usual time? I nap from 4-6 on nights and 6 is my usual temp time. It'll only be 2 hours of sleep though so I don't know....

GTKY: what's your pet peeve?

People walking slowly and taking up the whole sidewalk or who stand in the middle of a hall/walkway and take up the whole space. I just want to scream.

I also agree with everyone who hates people who fail to merge or drive slowly in the passing lane. Ugh!

And grammar issues...I hate people who misuse homonyms. DH does it all the time when he's texting out of sheer laziness (and probably when he wants to bother me lol).

@michmich11 - I'd set your alarm for an earlier time to temp if you find the hour or so makes a big difference. I temp at 5am on work days and 6am on off days (and not at all on nights). It makes for a rocky chart sometimes but with tracking everything else I still get a pretty confident O date. As for pnvs I take Materna or Jaimeson (whatever is on sale).

Sorry about cd1 @khbear & @virginiaham

MrsBinPA · February 2016

Month/Cycle: 13/2 TTCA2L

CD: 15

WAYDTGKTFU: Clomid, PNV, CM, OPK, IUI

R/R/CS: Didn't post an update yesterday because things were crazy. Saw the RE, follies had grown but they didn't think O would be until Friday based on size, but when I got the labs in the afternoon surge was confirmed. I had an almost + OPK Tuesday evening & definitely + OPK after getting home from RE yesterday. They bumped up my IUI to today. I had O pains strong enough to wake me at 2am last night. US today confirmed O of 3 follies before the IUI. DH's counts and motility in the sample today were AMAZING. FX things go well & the timing was right. I don't really have a ton of faith. I feel like it might have been a little late. Will move to TWW tomorrow.

Puppy had his leg surgery today & all went well. He has to stay over night for observation. I miss his sweet little face.

GTKY: People who take their merry old time walking slowly to cross the street, in stores blocking traffic etc., slow ass oblivious drivers, and people who air all their personal stuff on social media are at the top of my peeves list!

ShallowSeas · February 2016

@MrsBinPA fx for your IUI this cycle!

JessC0924 · February 2016

**I accidentally just posted this in the Wednesday WTO forum because that's the kind of day I've had, Thank god tomorrow is Friday**

Month/Cycle: 5/5 after CP, 8/8 total

CD: 15

WAYDTGKU: vitamins, trying additional b6 because my LP is borderline short (about 10 days), tracking cm and OPKs

R/R/CS:this cycle BD has come pretty easily for us, which is nice because before TTC our BD could be sporadic. DH is usually a 1-2 a week guy but we've been enjoying (?) TTC in that one respect. My OPK was way darker today than the past few days so FX O happens in the next day or so. My cycle is usually 27 days, so that would give me 11 days or maybe longer if B6 actually works.

GTKY: My pet peeve is when people don't hold the door for other people.

TheRealVeronicaSawyer · February 2016

Month/Cycle: 6/7 TTCAL

CD: 7

WAYDTGKU: EPO, BBT, PNV, Vitamin D, about to start HIO ED/EOD

R/R/CS: Woke up at 2:45 and thought it was 5:00 am. I didn't realize so I took my BBT. When I woke at 5, I took it again. Do you think only being asleep for a few hours will make the temp totally inaccurate?

GTKY: what's your pet peeve? When people use the words "irregardless" and "conversate". I think they have added these words to "Merriam-Webster", but to me these are not "real" words!

TheRealVeronicaSawyer · February 2016

@mrsbinpa
Did you do a trigger shot? The last couple of times I did IUIs, I felt like I did the trigger shot too early and therefore ovulated too early. I know the doctor knows what's she's doing, but I can't help but think about what could go wrong!
Three follies is awesome though! FX this is it!

sldp123 · February 2016

@MrsBinPA fx for your IUI! I really hope the timing was right. Hopefully I'll be joining you in TWW in a few days or so and I'll be watching for an update!

MrsBinPA · February 2016

@TheRealVeronicaSawyer no trigger. Was there Monday & yesterday for US and labs. Follies were 22mm, 19.5mm, 19mm and a 14.5mm one yesterday. LH was 13 or something Monday and then in the surge yesterday. They didn't say the value. Today at least the big 3 were confirmed ruptured. Not sure about the little one. Hopefully the egg was waiting happily and had some hours left in it!

@sldp123 Thanks!! The whole RE thing is so tiring.

@shallowseas Thanks!!

Edited to add!

dogmommy85 · February 2016

Month/Cycle: 4/4

CD: 18

WAYDTGKU: BD ED or EOD, opks, temps, pnv

R/R/CS: Nothing really waiting on one more high temp to confirm O for CD 17. I actually managed to turn a positive opk so that was kind of cool. I really wore DH out with the BD though this time around with ED but managed to get 3 days in a row right around O so fingers crossed.

GTKY: what's your pet peeve?

I hate when anyone walks through my house with wet shoes. Also when no one fills the ice cube trays in the freezer.

kns1988 · February 2016

Month/Cycle: 3/2 TTCAL

CD: 29, still no spike

WAYDTGKU: Temping, charting, HIO

R/R/CS: This is getting exhausting. I never want sex to be a chore, but man... ready to O.

GTKY: what's your pet peeve? Clutter is my biggest pet peeve. I try to live minimally, and I can't stand any kind of clutter. H has gotten a lot better at picking up after himself in the past few years

GhanimaAtreides · February 2016

dogmommy85 said:

GTKY: what's your pet peeve?

I hate when anyone walks through my house with wet shoes. Also when no one fills the ice cube trays in the freezer.

We lack an ice maker too. YETI Ramblers are worth.every.penny! I got DH and I 2 30oz ones for Christmas and we went from making ice in 4 trays every day to every 3rd day. You put about 5 cubes in for the morning and by 7pm they're still not melted. It's really helped us up our water intake.

beary67 · February 2016

@Lizzie5831 YETI's are the best thing ever!!!

Ash9614 · February 2016

EML2011 said:

@beary67 when TTC #1 my RE told me not to bother with OPKs because letrozole and other fertility meds can mess with them, but I have seen some people on here have had there REs recommend using them. I guess that doesn't really answer your question... But I don't think using them hurts things as long as you understand that you may see more surges. I think this is one of the many reasons why it's important to be monitored while taking fertility meds.

My RE said to use them, but said no big deal if they don't work since they'll be monitoring for O. They did say that if you do use them, to HIO the day you get a positive. Hope that helps!

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