TWW Crazies

catiecatp · April 2016

Congratulations @ThePax89 - I wish you a happy and healthy pregnancy!

MWoodside · April 2016

Congratulations @thepax89!!! Sticky baby dust to you.

mylittleversailles · April 2016

@ThePax89 Congrats, lady! Sticky baby vibes coming from me to you.

silentP · April 2016

Congratulations @thepax89!!

yolandamunoz · April 2016

Congratulations @thepax89 I am so happy and excited for you. Wish you the best and a happy healthy pregnancy!!!

SnobunnieMel · April 2016

@ThePax89 we are all rooting for you! Fx for a healthy rainbow to ring in 2017

Spartanrd4 · April 2016

Congrats @ThePax89 !!!

fivetimesnoluck · April 2016

Thrilled for you, @ThePax89 !! That is so awesome. Congrats!

Wishilivedinflorida · April 2016

Congrats @ThePax89 !!! I've been lurking here waiting for someone to get a BFP! Wishing you a H&H 9 months!

dpjennifer · April 2016

Congrats @ThePax89 !

brooklyngirl18 · April 2016

@ThePax89 congrats!!

silentP · April 2016

Over here testing at 8 DPO...send help. I knew I shouldn't have ordered wondfos.

rainbowturtles · April 2016

Ohhhhh!!! @ThePax89 I'm so so happy for you!!! Also thank you for the kind words. I stepped away for a few days and then peeked in and just had to congratulate you!

Congrats to @AshleySparkle720 too!

How funny that calmness and not feeling pregnant resulted in two BFPs!!

@Hexie thank you also for the kind words. Nothing like a distended belly to make you even more upset and angry that it's not a baby in there causing it to stick out like that

My hormones were really intense this cycle, so apologies for the very crazy TWW crazies this time

Going to try my best to be way more zen this month and probably stay over in Miscarriage/Pregnancy loss for a bit but will peek in on everyone periodically and wishing everyone the best

MWoodside · April 2016

I currently 6DPO and trying to remain zen. Hoping to wait until 12DPO to test.

yolandamunoz · April 2016

I am currently 7DPO and I've been feeling weird, some fast heart beat rate and I am trying to tell my brain to keep it cool! Not buying pregnancy tests for at least a week. Am I right?

MWoodside · May 2016

I'm no longer feeling zen. I'm doing SS and I told myself I wouldn't get caught up in that this month. I'm EXHAUSTED. Totally wiped out. I've taken 2+ hour naps yesterday and today and gone to bed early all weekend. Light cramps today, woke up with low back pain. So either I'm implanting or about to have a rough period. Currently 8DPO.

kmommy37 · May 2016

@MWoodside I'm doing the same thing

SnobunnieMel · May 2016

Good luck ladies!! Hoping for many more successful graduations soon

roxgibbons · May 2016

I'm late to the party- @ThePax89 and @AshleySparkle720 congratulations on your BFPs!!! Great news!! H&H 9 months

MooFish2364 · May 2016

I have no idea how many DPO I am. Well I have a general idea...but I decided not o temp this month so I'm not 100% sure. I've had about 10+ days of fertile CM so I don't know what the hell is going on. I'm hoping that I actually ovulated this month. I think I did because I took my temp this morning and it was above cover. After about 9 months of temping my cover has never changed so I'm hoping that I finally ovulated. Luckily DH and I have been BDing EOD for about 2 weeks. I'm hoping we've got a decent chance.

lilyaster · May 2016

Congrats to all the BFP's on this thread! It looks like there are many and that brings me hope. After 7 weeks post-d&c and no period, I decided to start charting temps, and I believe I actually ovulated. So I'll join this thread for the next week and a half while I wait it out.

BornReady · May 2016

So, what's everyone's TTW style? Do you restrict anything? Do anything different etc?

My nurse that did my IUI told me to "act pregnant until we tell you otherwise" which is not my style usually. Not that I drink more than a beer or two a week, but still. She's gotten in my head though!

fivetimesnoluck · May 2016

@BornReady it's such a conundrum. My best advice is to do what makes you comfortable. Look for a balance. I've played it both ways. Nowadays, my approach is to act semi pregnant. Haha! I don't drink after the first week of the TWW and last cycle I actually stayed away from yoga for the whole TWW too. (Power yoga is hot and I read someone describe it as basically giving yourself a fever, so I figured why risk it when we are paying for the process at this point.)

I don't stop eating lunch meat or bacon (don't know that I would completely anyway) but I am more concious of what I'm consuming.

What do you feel like you would need to change? A lot or a little? I'm all for erring on the side of caution, but it's half a month every month... So I've tried to find my balance.

mylittleversailles · May 2016

@BornReady It's such a tough balance to strike. I don't really do anything in my everyday life that pregnant people aren't supposed to do (I don't drink, I don't eat meat) but I do take melatonin through the TWW. I figure I'd rather sleep through at least part of the crazy and I don't sleep without it. Ehh, it's really up to you and how comfortable you're feeling.

lilyaster · May 2016

I don't usually drink anyway, so the TWW is not much different, but I certainly won't avoid things like sushi and soft cheeses unless I really have to!

BornReady · May 2016

@fivetimesnoluck I don't think I would really have to change much. I'm not a drinker, maybe 1 or 2 glasses a week. I do exercise though and like tea (caffeine) etc. I think I would just typically proceed with normal life as usual, but with her statement she has me all second-guessing.

Aera11 · May 2016

@BornReady I agree with PP, I think you do whatever is comfortable for you. I am not a drinker but I do take melatonin like @reneeannemm and probably one coffee a day. I never eat lunch meat but when I was pregnant, it was all I thought about haha. The CDC had released something a while back with similar feelings to what your nurse said and it got in my head too.

MWoodside · May 2016

@bornready, I've gone both ways with this. Currently, I'm kind of in the middle. I am not currently practicing hot yoga while we are actively ttc. I don't during pg either. Other than that I live life pretty normally during TWW. I still run, I still drink (lightly, occasionally, not even once a week), I would still eat sushi, lunch meat, etc. Once I am actually pregnant I am super strict about all the "rules" though. Always have been. I drink 1 cup of decaf coffee a day max and if I have tea it's herbal or green. I stay away from high caffeine regardless b/c I am prone to UTIs.

As for me, I am currently on 11DPO. Still haven't tested. Feeling pretty calm. Lately I have really felt that I just need to focus on being patient and remembering that my time will come, even if it's not as soon as I'd like it to be. I am reminding myself this is really out of my control for the most part. Not testing has really helped me keep my neurotic side in check. When I test I find myself thinking obsessively about whether or not I'm pg and I don't like that side of myself. If I am, I am. If I am not, we will just have to keep trying and waiting.

I won a PIF gift on a cloth diaper board I am on on FB 2 weeks ago. Last week the package arrived. It was 3 cute newborn diapers and a wool interlock cover in XS. So sweet. I thought it would be painful to open this, but in actuality a wave of hope washed over me as I held these tiny items in my hands. Today, I am going to remain hopeful and surrender.

(this was mostly a pep talk to myself, by the way. Dear diary. LOL)

yolandamunoz · May 2016

You know I haven't thought about this!

***pregnancy mentioned***

Last time when I was pregnant, it was Christmas and New Years, so I drank more wine and champagne than my regular week. I also went for sushi with my BFF and of course enjoyed fine soft cheeses and deli meat with my family. I also ate lots of ceviche (raw fish) as I was visiting in Peru...When I got my BFP, back in Chile, I kept thinking about this behavior!!!

Now as i am TTC again, I am drinking d-caf at the office, and also caffeine free herbal teas. I am trying not to drink
(when I remember). Deli meats and cheese I'm still having though.

Thanks to a fellow bumpie, I just found out that you shouldn't drink hibiscus tea while pregnant!!! I didn't know and still have half a box of it at the office. I am so glad that she told me! Thanks

Spartanrd4 · May 2016

When I found out I was pregnant, I was on vacation in New Orleans and we had been drinking quite a bit- the first night we were there I got pretty toasted. I had raw oysters and all kinds of other things. I got my BFP the night before we went back home and I was so stressed out that I drank so much and could of hurt the baby. I told this to the nurse at my first OB visit and she said "don't worry about it, how do you think most babies get conceived anyways?" But now that I have had a loss, even though I know nothing I did caused it- it still is hard, not sure what I will do for my first TWW TTCAL.

MWoodside · May 2016

The drinking never gave me pause b/c you don't share a blood supply until right around the time of missed period anyway.

The think I struggle most with during 2WW is space heaters (my office is FREEZING year round) and heated seats in the car (obviously only during winter), as strange as that sounds.

BornReady · May 2016

@MWoodsideI forgot all about my heated car seats, which I LOVE. Someone mentioned not to use them after embryo transfer in IVF and I couldn't believe I didn't think of that. I drive around in the winter with mine on full blast.

Wishilivedinflorida · May 2016

You guys!!!! FF gave me dotted crosshairs today....putting potential O at 40 days post-D&C. We started NTNP after my testing came back and I'm sure we probably hit at least one day of the FW and so maybe I'm in the TWW and already feeling paranoid....talk me down please....

...and all I did was use a heating pad on my back recently and had one drink on day of probable O. What is wrong with me?

I refuse to buy pee sticks. I refuse to feed my own crazy.

/end crazy lady rant

Spartanrd4 · May 2016

Yay for dotted crosshairs @wishilivedinflorida....hope FF doesn't take them away from you and you actually did O!

I'm still WTO, my first cycle post D&C was super long and screwed up so wondering when I will ovulate- later, sooner or same than usual? Guess we will see....might start OPKS earlier.

brooklyngirl18 · May 2016

**TW pregnancy mentioned**
I agree with PP to do what you feel comfortable with, personally I don't act pregnant until i get a positive test. with my first pregnancy, I drank until I got a positive test. I told my dr at my first visit and she told me not to worry, as long as i stopped when I got a positive test. I really hate all the 'pregnancy rules' about food and caffeine. I feel like all these studies scare women into thinking every little thing we put in our body can harm our baby. yes, there are some risky foods that should be avoided but overall i'm all for everything in moderation while pregnant, except smoking and drinking of course. a lot of women still enjoy a glass of wine occasionally while pregnant, while that's something i stayed away from while pregnant, I don't think it's the worst thing in the world.

MooFish2364 · May 2016

I'm just frustrated and sick of giving up everything for nothing. When we started trying I gave up everything...caffeine, booze, lunch meat, you name it. I kept that up during my entire cycle for the six months it took to get pregnant and I still had a m/c (it was genetic so nothing would have changed the results). So now I've decided that I'm going to live my life (within reason of course). I don't drink that much caffeine but iced coffee is a special treat for me and I'm not going to avoid booze if I want a glass of wine one or two nights a week. It seems to put even more pressure on me and I know that's stress isn't good either.

SnobunnieMel · May 2016

I cut everything out when we first started trying going from a huge caffeine intake to nothing, gave up wine and yoga and it was for nothing. Again genetics wouldn't change what i did or did not drink. I was doing decaf but heard it's worse than one cup or regular since its chemically processed. I now keep to one regular drip cup a day and don't feel bad if I need one glass of wine during the TWW. I know it's too early to share blood and if something I'm doing is damaging my eggs, well, that one has already been determined too. I am working on getting rid of things that cause me more anxiety and stress for this next go round and that is just one of them.

brooklyngirl18 · May 2016

just an fyi, it is typically acceptable to drink up to 200 mg of caffeine per day while pregnant which is a cup or 2 of coffee, depending on the strength. a can of soda is about 35 mg of caffeine so please ladies, don't stress yourself out over caffeine. don't go overboard obviously but don't deprive yourself needlessly if you really want a coffee.

SnobunnieMel · May 2016

@brooklyngirl18 I second that. The caffeine in 1 cup is a better option to me than the chemicals to takes to decaf coffee. Which still has some anyway.

mylittleversailles · May 2016

I drink one coffee every morning. I drink a decaf in the afternoon, if I feel like more. We have a fancy espresso machine, so that's even less caffeine than standard. I cut waaaaaay back when we started TTC and I sleep much better, so I never went back. Though, if I want a drip coffee at a diner or whatever, I never hold back on account of TTC.

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