May Check In!

PolarBear517 · May 2016

I was torn between responding to April or starting May, but here goes

1. How many months until you TTC, if you have a timeline set?
3 months!

2. What's holding you back?
My graduation date

3. How are you feeling about waiting?
Still sick of BCP, but at 12 weeks left I no longer feel like it's a long way off. My thoughts have shifted to wondering about how long it'll take me to regulate, how long it'll take us to conceive, whether or not my cramps will be as hellish as they were pre-BC a decade+ ago! It's starting to feel real.

4. GTKY: Guilty pleasure movie or TV show?
Pretty much anything on ID discovery, especially Disappeared. DH hates it so I only really watch if he isn't home lol.

bmo88 · May 2016

1. How many months until you TTC, if you have a timeline set?
8 months!

2. What's holding you back?
Grad school completion and settling into my job.

3. How are you feeling about waiting?
Some days are better than others. I am feeling more and more ready, but still value my free time and baby free life.

4. GTKY: Guilty pleasure movie or TV show?
Scandal.

TheMrsZilla · May 2016

1. How many months until you TTC, if you have a timeline set?
14 months!

2. What's holding you back?
We want to save some more money and get a little more settled in our jobs. Plus I'm a teacher, so I'm trying for a late spring/early summer baby!

3. How are you feeling about waiting?
I think I'm okay with it. Some days are worse than others, but I have a Before Baby List that will keep me busy in the meantime!

4. GTKY: Guilty pleasure movie or TV show?
The Bachelor/Bachelorette, Big Brother, Bridezillas, Survivor...

Nelbetron · May 2016

1. How many months until you TTC, if you have a timeline set?
6 months left!

2. What's holding you back?
Time at job, insurance deductible, getting settled in to new place

3. How are you feeling about waiting?
Meh... it's not flying by... trying to focus on getting our house ready right now!

4. GTKY: Guilty Pleasure movie or TV show? I also am crazy over ID (investigation discovery), and my husband also hates it! Lol

Skyjewell23 · May 2016

1. How many months until you TTC, if you have a timeline set?
We just switched to NTNP on Friday. I have already O'd this cycle so we will see what June has in store for us.

Otherwise we start TTC July 1st.

2. What's holding you back?
April-August would be the best time for us to give birth. Hubs will have a new job next May making double his pay now and I will have another year of grad school under my belt (only one more to go!).

3. How are you feeling about waiting?
I.am.over.it
Seriously. That is what made us take the leap to NTNP. Hubs has always been on my time line because I will be the one taking care of two kids while he is graduating.

4. GTKY: Guilty pleasure movie or TV show?
Teen Mom. Its a trainwreck I can't stop watching.

My favorite show is Big Brother. Bring on June!

MrsJohnson709 · May 2016

1. How many months until you TTC, if you have a timeline set?
3 months

2. What's holding you back?
I will be graduating with my Master's in May and I'm a teacher so a summer baby would be awesome if possible.

3. How are you feeling about waiting?
I'm getting baby crazy! I can't wait until we can start. I have been lurking on here and reading (even bought TTOYF). So basically I'm struggling to wait.

4. GTKY: Guilty pleasure movie or TV show?
Currently I just started watching supernatural (super late to this bandwagon since they are in maybe their 10th or 11th season?)

hupp0013 · May 2016

1. How many months until you TTC, if you have a timeline set?
2 1/2 months- 6 months

2. What's holding you back?
A big vacation

3. How are you feeling about waiting?
I was all right with it. Then two of my cousins announced they were pregnant yesterday. I would have been making an announcement soon if we hadn't had a miscarriage in March. So yesterday was hard. I am trying not to obsess right now and enjoy the time I have left of fitting into my clothes and being able to drink alcohol.

4. GTKY: Guilty pleasure movie or TV show?
Teen Mom or 16 and Pregnant. They are totally trashy, but if I have the opportunity I do watch hose shows.

PolarBear517 · May 2016

@TheMrsZilla Spring/Summer would be the due dates I'd pick too! Fingers crossed for a May-July baby

@friemami I graduate in April 2017 with my Masters, looks like we are on the same timeline for the same reasons!

@hupp0013 We are also taking a vacation soon, during our first month of TTC! It helps to keep me on track and sometimes can distract me from focusing too much on the excitement of TTC...which seems to make the wait feel longer

CrystalPDX · May 2016

1. How many months until you TTC, if you have a timeline set?
3 months. Starting mid August.

2. What's holding you back?
Vacation, and husband just started a new job. He doesn't qualify for paternal leave until he's been there a full year.

3. How are you feeling about waiting?
Was having a really hard time, read TCOYF cover to cover and was lurking hard on the boards. But then when DH started his new job, our work schedules became more similar and we have been enjoying more time together, which has become a great distraction.

4. GTKY: Guilty pleasure movie or TV show?
Teen Mom, KUWTK... I also can't explain why but I love watching My 600 lb Life, especially when it has a happy ending!

rainbowturtles · May 2016

okay, that's it, I'm joining in...because Babies on the Brain could not sound more accurate

TW: losses mentioned

1. How many months until you TTC, if you have a timeline set?
If all goes as planned, about 3.5 months left!

2. What's holding you back?
We're moving, want to feel more settled, and DH needed some time to adjust to the idea

3. How are you feeling about waiting?
It's so hard!!! I feel like I've been waiting my whole life lol So at least having a date in mind makes the waiting easier. I've had two mc's previously so I'm very nervous also. Nervous this won't be easy. And then because of my age (34) I worry about that, too, and how long it might take. But I know stress is bad so I try so hard to be zen!

4. GTKY: Guilty pleasure movie or TV show?
My guiltiest pleasure is definitely Days of our Lives lol But also The Bachelor/Bachelorette

PolarBear517 · May 2016

@rainbowturtles (TW)

My only experience with pregnancy was a loss, very early (chemical). It makes me nervous too. I try not to think about it! I also have endometriosis and have had a cold knife cone biopsy, removing a portion of my cervix, which created enough scar tissue that I had to have an IUD surgically removed after it embedded into the scar tissue, which I worry about creating issues. So, I have several things that make me think there's a possibility we will have issues, but there is no surefire sign that we will, and it may be very easy for us who knows! The suspense is killing me! It is hard to keep your mind off for sure.

rainbowturtles · May 2016

@PolarBear517 Ugh that sounds rough. I have a connective tissue disorder and celiac disease (autoimmune) which can also cause some problems, plus with multiple chronic illnesses it just seems like nothing has ever been easy when it comes to my health so there's definitely a lot to consider which is also why I just want to get going and find out!!! I'm trying to explain away my first two losses due to unusual circumstances but who knows

I definitely think about it more than I care to admit. So looks like we're in the right place

Will be rooting for you, too!

kyrenora · May 2016

1. How many months until you TTC, if you have a timeline set?
Undecidied, but within the year.

2. What's holding you back?
Hubby wants to get more done around the house, but never has the motivation to do it.

3. How are you feeling about waiting?
Angry and frustrated mostly. DH and I always talked about having lots of kids, and I feel like I'm ready for the next, but he says he's not. I've taken on doing all the work around the house that I can get him to verbalize, but he seems to just have more of a general dissatisfaction with the state of things. Yes, the house needs some repairs, but it's nothing we can't get done over the course of a few weekends. However, he just wants to relax and play on his computer every weekend and I feel like I'm ready to snap.

4. GTKY: Guilty pleasure movie or TV show?
I honestly love watching My Little Pony with my daughter. I'll even keep watching when she falls asleep. It's so much better than some of the other kids' shows out there.

Skyjewell23 · May 2016

@kyrenora I loved that show growing up! Seriously it was one of my favorites. I chose afternoon kindergarten so I would be able to watch it every morning.

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