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Top O' the Mornin' to you, Lassie's!
Month/Cycle:
CD:
WAYDTGKU:
R/R:
CS/Q:
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with?
Month/Cycle:
CD:
WAYDTGKU:
R/R:
CS/Q:
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with?
Me: 31 DH: 32
Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
BFP: 9/01/2017
EDD: 5/14/2018
EDD: 5/14/2018
Re: WTO Tuesday
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: PNV, Temping, CM, CP, OPKs, Green Tea, Preseed
R/R: Rave - my first discussion thread!
CS/Q: Nothing today. Trying to debate whether I want to start OPKs today or tomorrow...
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with?
I must have at least 3 pillows - 1 under my head, 1 under my arm (I'm a side sleeper), and 1 in between my knees. If I have a 4th, I would put it behind my back.
Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
EDD: 5/14/2018
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
CD: 42
WAYDTGKU: all the usual
R/R: Our new bed finally came in yesterday!! H set it all up, and it's sooooo comfy! It's a king, so I felt like I had all the room in the world.
CS/Q: What do you think? One more high temp gives me CHs for Sunday, CD 40. I do normally have a slower rise, so it will probably go up more in the next few days, but I'm just not sure that is enough of a shift for O. If so, the big dip followed by the smaller dip fits exactly into my normal pattern, so maybe...? This has been the weirdest cycle, so I might just be grasping at straws here. Sorry the pic is huge; I'm mobile this morning.
GTKY: Just one! I like to sleep fairly flat, and I can't stand to have pillows all around me.
**TW**
Testing with RE October 2016
BFP 11/5/2016 ~ EDD 7/19/2016
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: PNV, temping, OPK, CM, CP,
R/R: Rant: My temps have been all over the place with this heat wave. I keep waking up throughout the night with being too hot. Oh well I am trying to watch my other sigs I'm debating starting EOD today or tomorrow so we don't miss anything.
CS/Q: Ok this seems like a weird question but I have to ask it: What do you do post sex? I usually go and pee to avoid a UTI but I don't know if I shouldn't do this since we will be ttc. Is there an amount of time you lay in bed before getting up so you don't "lose" any.
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? 1, it used to be 2 by my husband kept getting mad that my head was so high, ridiculous.
Month/Cycle: 11/11
CD: 7
WAYDTGKU: pnv's, HIO, temping, opks, vit D, coq10, robitussin
R/R: thank you to all who responded about vit D/coq10 dosage yesterday. I take Ubinquinol as well but take 300 mg snd take 4000 miu of vitamin d (I'm deficient) I wasn't sure if I was taking enough overall but it seems I'm on the higher end of the spectrum.
My temp this morning was the exact same as yesterday. I hope my bbt isn't crapping out on me again. I also had a pregnancy dream - not a BFP but I was actually announcing to family that I was pg. sucked to wake up to reality!
Rave: tomo is my last day of work until August 8th!! Much needed staycation
CS/Q:
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? 1 - I'm a weirdo lol
DX Diminished Ovarian Reserve, Factor V Leiden Mutation, Secondary Infertility
MFI (SA #1Count 11mill, Motility: 18%, Morphology: 1%)
AMH .328 | FSH 13.2
CD: 2
WAYDTGKU: Too soon. Just enjoying my morning coffee for right now.
R/R: I decided to renew my FF VIP membership. I don't really know if that is a Rant or a Rave, but there was a 50% discount and I got sucked it.
CS/Q: Nope.
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? All The Pillows!! But really, I always have at least 4 going at one time.
10/2/10
Me:29 H: 31
TTC#1: Aug 2015
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/5e3072
@aboxofchocolates I usually just stay in bed until DH is done in the bathroom then I'll go pee. I'm fairly certain that it doesn't take long for the sperm to reach the cervix assuming the guy has good quality sperm.
Month/Cycle: 1
CD: 6
WAYDTGKU: pnv, might start hio now but might wait a bit too
R/R: I'm really hoping this heat wave breaks like it's supposed to do in the next day or so. It's not so much the heat is bad but the humidity.
CS/Q: none
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with?
I usually sleep with 1 but it's not uncommon for me to wake up without any in the morning.
Eta: tags
CD: 5
WAYDTGKU: Sex, Temping, Vitex, Checking CM, waiting for fertility testing.
R/R: AF is gone!
CS/Q: Nope. Boring day.
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with?
Two. One for my head and one small one to hold. I have acid reflux and on nights when it is bothering me I do sleep with two pillows under my head but it kills my neck so I try and avoid that.
Fur babies: Phoenix and Yeti (both cats).
September 2016- Infertility Testing
dx: Low Progesterone, Vitamin D Deficiency, Borderline PCOS
Treatment:
October 2016-January 2017- Metformin, Clomid/Letrozole, hcg trigger, progesterone
IUI- 2/17/2017 BFP 3/2/2017!
@aboxofchocolates So I've heard varying thoughts on this topic. Some research I've done says it doesn't really matter, other say it's a good idea to just lay there for ten or so minutes afterwards to cut down on the amount that comes out. The nail in the coffin for me was when I started having IUI's. After the IUI the nurse has me lay with my pelvis slightly elevated for about 15 minutes. So IRL when we HIO, I also lay there for at least ten minutes afterwards, though not necessarily with my pelvis tilted or anything. I'm not pron to UTI's though, so for me it's no biggie. I think if you are prone to infection, then you might want to cut back that time frame.
Month/Cycle: 10/8
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: PNV, Vit D, Baby Aspirin, Letrozole 7.5mg, Trigger, IUI # 3. HIO EOD starting Sunday.
R/R: I'll go in on Thursday for a follicle scan to see how their cooking. I'm hoping for IUI on Friday or Saturday. I think the Letrozole gave me really messed up dreams this time around, so I'm happy last night was the last night of taking them. I'm ready to get this show on the road now.
CS/Q:
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with?
One, but it at one point in time was a really expensive memory foam so I only needed one. Now, 4+ years later, it's going flat and I desperately need a new one. But now I'm really spoiled because of this stupid pillow, so nothing is comparable!
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: Temping, CoQ10, OPKs
R/R: I think DH is finally feeling better! He stayed home from work yesterday but went today without complaint. What a relief. (In addition to loving him and wanting him to feel better, I was getting REALLY sick of doing all the household chores myself.)
CS/Q: I've spent at least 30 minutes already this morning scrutinizing my chart. Today I had a temp spike -- my temps so far this month have all been 96.9 or lower, but then this morning I got 97.2. I keep wondering if that's enough to indicate an O. I wasn't expecting to ovulate anywhere near this early -- last month I ovulated CD20 and my post-O temps were 97.4-97.6. I did OPKs yesterday and Sunday, both negative. Last cycle I had both ovulation pain and EWCM to verify the temps -- I haven't had any pain this cycle, and very little mucus to speak of. So maybe this is just a fluke? It has been a million degrees here this week...
(This is also wishful thinking -- since DH has been sick, our timing if I ovulated yesterday would be 0 only! Sigh. Waiting to see what happens tomorrow I guess...)
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? Just one. When I stay at hotels for business trips and have the bed to myself, I like to have two, though.
@aboxofchocolates I hang out as long as I can handle it, but that usually doesn't end up being very long (5 min?). I feel like I've read that keeping the semen inside you longer hasn't really been proven to help them get where they need to be, but I do it more for the psychological effect. And cuddling.
Month/Cycle: 7/6
CD: 16
WAYDTGKU: The usual suspects.
R/R: So I usually O around CD25, but last month got lucky with an earlier O on CD18. Now I just have no idea when to expect it. I'm hoping so much that it's earlier again, but OPKs aren't even thinking about getting dark yet, so I guess I'll just have to be patient. NOT my strong suit
CS/Q: Nope!
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? 2, but 2 very specific kinds. One has to be flat, and one has to be puffier. Sleeping well is a challenge for me, and sleeping well without my perfect pillow combination is nearly impossible!
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD: 4
WAYDTGKU: Starting green tea this month. Can't hurt, right?
R/R: AF is almost done. But I've been a late O'er so I still have lots of wait time.
CS/Q: Nah. I haven't even been temping. I should start though...
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with?
2 only! 1 is not enough, 3 is too much.
Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
EDD: 5/14/2018
@BertieMeetsGertie That has definitely happened to me before and it only made me laugh harder.
@hartmich "can't hurt right?" is why I have been trying 99% of this crap. All the teas, vitamins etc. There has to be a magic combo right?
@RedBreast35 That was me with pillows but then my combination was thrown off and I ended up with one perfectly fluffy one lol who knew it could be so complicated?
@adirat Haha I know the feeling... waiting on someone hand and foot can be exhausting!
@pretzel2plus1 tough call... I would like to see a bigger jump to be certain but it might just be one of those cycles. I had a super long one last month out of the blue. You'll get there. Just trust that your body will do what it is supposed to do eventually.
Cycle/Month: 7/7
CD: 6
WAYDTGKU: Just the vitamins and tea for right now. I'm a "late bloomer" so no need to get ahead of myself.
R/R: Guys I know... this heat. Also, I swear I am not 100% back to normal after this bachelorette. Still. So. Tired.
CS/Q: Just started temping for this cycle! Getting back into the habit.
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? Just one but as soon as it gets deflated I have to replace it. My DH on the other hand has the flattest pillow ever and refuses to replace it. It also sort of grosses me out that he won't because it has legit been years but then I think... if he doesn't sleep because I take away his pillow that would be worse for me.
CD: 4
WAYDTGKU: Nothing currently just waiting for AF to leave?
R/R: My body is making me crazy! I think it knows I am really trying to track things and figure out this ovulation business so now it starts throwing me curve-balls.
CS/Q: Not sure how to phrase what I want to ask.. basically have any of you experienced a change in periods since TTC. I am not sure if I am just noticing more or if they are different. Mine have always been pretty standard every 30 days and last for 5 days. This time I haven't really had any blood since the beginning of day 3. I have never has one so short I am still assuming its not over and just took a short break or something. I have been tracking my period for the past 6 months and this one is definitely off.
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? Always 2 even if it hurts my neck I have tried and just can't sleep with one. If I only have one I have to fold it in half.
CD: 1
WAYDTGKU: Not a damn thing right now
R/R: Oh just the usual CD1 blues. Really thought I might have been KU. Was feeling sickly and what not, but I guess it was just due to stress. I'm going to try and survive these cramps today and tomorrow should be wayyy better
CS/Q: Nope
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? A LOT! Like 5-8 usually.
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: not a whole lot
R/R: I'm on a refinishing kick! I grabbed a dresser that was out for garbage (no shame!) and totally redid it in shades of blue and gray for my ds's room. It looks pretty amazing if I say so myself! I'm looking for more furniture to do, it's so fun.
CS/Q:
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? 3. One for my head, one for between my knees, and one behind my back. We have a queen and DH literally sleeps on the edge. ha
DS 4/2009
m/c 11/12/2010 ~ 7 wks
m/c 7/4/2012 ~ 6 wks
DD 12/2013
mmc Baby Girl 7/12/2015 ~ 14 weeks
Twin girls! 8/26/2017
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: gearing up. Rrl tea, Mucinex, OPK, pnv, temps, cut out caffeine,
R/R: allergies are kicking my butt and of course I can't take anything! Typically O around 16-18 so we will see what this cycle does
CS/Q:
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? 3 I love pillows! And bedding!
CD: 5
WAYDTGKU: PNV, RRL, going to try CBAD this cycle
R/R: AF just about gone. yay! going to pick up some CBAD tonight if I can and start POAS on CD 9. I think it's early given my prior O dates, but I don't want to miss it.
CS/Q: nothing to see here.
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? Just 1, although if I have an extra for some reason (like if DH is gone) I will put it between my knees.
Married May 2013
BFP #1: 10/14/16 - DD born 6/2017
TTC #2 November 2018 (Mirena removed October 2018 after 1 year)
BFP #2 9/11/19 - EDD 5/24/20 - DD born 5/2020
TTC #3 May 2022 (Mirena removed after almost 2 years)
BFP #3 11/24/23 - EDD 7/30/24
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
CD: 18
WAYDTGKU: Clomid, all the usual
R/R: I am excited to take my OPK today, because I'm really hoping it's a positive. Although I don't want to get my hopes up. I was looking back on my opks from last cycle, and my darkest one was on CD17 then too and it never got any darker and I never ovulated.
CS/Q:
GTKY: I sleep with three. I'm like a previous poster. One under my head, one beside me and one between my knees. If I had a fourth I would also sleep with it behind my back. My husband hates me sleep with a pillow beside me because he wants to be that pillow but he's too big and firm. XD
Clomid 50;100;150;200: No O
TSH 3.75 Put on 50mg levothyroxine
1500 MG Metformin
7.5 MG Letrozole: No Follicles
9 MG Letrozole: 21mm Follicle no pregnancy
4 cycles at 9 MG Letrozole, No pregnancy
So sorry @PepperAT and @crazypt2285
Month/Cycle: 2/2 TTCAL
CD: 6
WAYDTGKU: BBT, PNV, DHA, CM/CP, green tea, RRLT, hot water w/lemon in am/golden milk in pm, starting OPKs CD9, preseed, HIO...DH is back TONIGHT so probs AMAP til he leaves again Tuesday (he's usually an EOD'er tho) and hope I O early enough!
R/R: DH IS HOME TONIGHT!!!!
CS/Q: looking good so far
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with?
ALL THE PILLOWS!!! I have a U shaped pillow I usually use when DH is away but instead used about five pillows. When he's here I use 2-3 and he's my pillow if I turn that way lol
Bonus: I think I mentioned my crazy dreams before, this one was hilarious. I was fooling around with Jordan from Bachelorette (which would not be my pick irl) but was also with this younger guy named Cole and was staying at his house and that's where I was with Jordan but then had to tell him the truth because Cole pulled into the driveway
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: Charting, PNV, B6, CoQ10, EPO and Mucinex and OPKs in FW, RRL and green tea, extracting baby batter from OH whenever he and geography allow
R/R: So it's official that I'm driving over 100 miles to get some action tonight.
OH works out of town during the week, so I've been planning visits every 2 weeks, and mostly have been able to make them fit my FW. But this time I visited last week, and most of it fell this weekend. I haven't gotten a positive OPK or temp spike yet, so we need to FWP at least one more time. Normally when I visit, I take a day off of work so I'm there 2 nights, but this time I'm heading there after work, getting the baby batter, then heading directly to work from there tomorrow morning. The things we do when TTC (and from being pre-O hormonal and needing some P in some V).
CS/Q: Nope
GTKY: OH sleeps with what he calls his Fortress of Pillows, so I have those, like it or not. I sleep with 2 generally: the regular one under my head, and my baby pillow that I hold on to since I'm a side sleeper. This is probably more of a FFFC, but it is literally my baby pillow, that I've slept with since infancy. In my defense, that's only at home. I do not travel with it and can sleep without it with no problem. But I will obviously never give it up...
Yes, it's kind of like this. Thank gawd I stopped sucking my thumb at 3, at least.
edited because TB ate my cute Linus pic
Beloved SS: born 12/2011
TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016
**TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW**
August 2016 - dx with DOR
Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T
May 2017 - began freezing sperm
June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T
July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba
July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: charting, temping, cm, might start OPKs next cycle...
R/R: I can tell that temping at a consistent time and/or temping before having to get out of bed/after 3 hours sleep is going to be challenging unless I do it in the middle of the night. DS is in and out of our room which usually means me getting up at some point toward morning. Will have to figure out how to make this more consistent.
CS/Q:
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? Just one. I would have 3 or 4 all around me if it were not for DH, DS, and a dog, and 2 cats who all seem to like to wedge themselves around me. I swear it feels like...
Me: 36 DH: 41
@leekat14, Ah oh! Are we not supposed to take allergy medications while TTC?! I really don’t know what I’m allergic to, but if I don’t take a Zyrtec I get hives from pressure on my skin (like if I cross my legs, I will get a huge hive on the back side of the one leg and on my knee of the other). I didn't take it one day last month and it was terrible!
@daisy621, nice work on refinishing a dresser! Sounds awesome! And Lol about your DH having to sleep on the edge of the bed. Thankfully we have a king so it all works out!
@rainbowturtles, Lol about your dream! I don’t watch the bachelorette (or the bachelor for that matter), but Jordan seems like such a douche. Of course, I’m a die-hard GB Packers fan, so Aaron Rodgers is my guy – and I think he’s way better looking than Jordan!
@Aurora1973, Lol your gif is right on! Nothin’ can stop a lady from getting hers during FW! And I love your baby pillow story!
Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
EDD: 5/14/2018
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: PNV, tracking cm, BBT, B6, RRL tea kinda, and finally started HIO last night!
R/R: We have ewcm today! On CD 12! I'm really hoping that means I'll O soon. Last cycle I didn't see ewcm until CD14 and O happened on CD19. So hey, i'm slowly getting back to where I'd like to be cycle wise! FX this isn't a fake out.
I texted DH and asked if he could muster up the energy to get it on again tonight. His response was "lmao" followed by "i mean i guess...". He can't be tired already! We've only just started.
CS/Q: This is probably a weird question that no one can definitively answer, but let's say you see creamy cm with a tiny bit of ewcm one day, HIO, and then the next day there is a large amount of ewcm...do you think the HIO session the night before interacted with any of that excess ewcm before it traveled down for me to see?? This sounds so weird when i type it out hahaha!
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? technically 2, but one is just against the headboard, so i'm only actually using one.
Married 2010
TTC since Nov. 2015
BFP#1: 2/8/16
MC: 3/19/16
BFP#2: 9/3/16 EDD: 5/17/17
mommy to the cutest rescue mutt ever.
my chart
Me: 36 DH: 41
CD: 2 (bleh)
WAYDTGKU: temping mostly, maybe I'll jump on this tea bandwagon.
R/R: It's Tuesday! DH is off, so bring on the Sox game and some take-out. I didn't chart CM last month since things were a little insane. So I'm excited to get more focused this month and be better prepared for the next few cycles.
CS/Q:
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? Back in the glory days when I had a whole bed to myself I slept surrounded by pillows. Now I sleep with two. One is a $2 wonder from Target, the other is memory foam and $40. I bought it about two months ago, when I started to have neck issues while I slept. I was convinced that it was related to both the weight of my hair (it's thick and long-ish and I've since trimmed it some mainly because it was just too heavy) and the combo of crappy pillows. In reality the actual problem has probably more to do with the fact that we have a cat that literally has to spoon me or lay across my neck/face/head/legs/any part of me he can, at all times, all night. And of course I can't move him, his little 9lb self has to be comfortable. So I just fall asleep with tiny kitty paws in my eyes and ears and my body all twisted around and blame the pillows. But let me tell you that $40 pillow rocks.
Married: June 2015
TTC #1: June 2016
BFP: 11-24-16 ~ EDD 8-9-17
IT'S A BOY!
Edit to add tag
(even saying this makes me feel bad because I try to be nice lol but we all know "that guy")
Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
EDD: 5/14/2018
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: PNV, OPK, BBT, Pregnitude, HIO EOD/ED during FW
R/R: This is my second monty doing BBT (did it once months ago) and first month doing it vaginally. This heat wave has been making my chart look kind of insane so far
This has been a hell of a week, but I'm buying a new car tonight! I'm excited because I like it so much but I'm also nervous about it, but I don't really have an option.
CS/Q: None yet
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with? 3. One specific one under my head (or two crappy ones), one "cuddle pillow" and a body pillow. DH hates it, but whatevs.
Married 4/22/16
**TW**
BFP 2/1/16 I MC 3/21/16 (11w)
TTCAL 6/15/16
BFP 3/23/2017 Team pink! Quinn Leigh EDD December 1, 2017
@pretzel2plus1 I also agree that I'm not exactly poetics about that temp shift yet. It's definitely a wait and see situation. If they keep going up and stay up there for a few more days I might be convinced!
Month/Cycle: (6/5) 1/1 TTCAL
CD: 22
WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPK, PNV, CM, CP, HIO, RRL Tea
R/R: Stillllll waiting. My EWCM came back a bit stronger today and my OPKs are darker then they were yesterday. I'm trying to remain hopefully that something is going to happen without stressing myself out about whether it will or not.
CS/Q: None
GTKY: How many pillows do you sleep with?
I used to sleep with two but my neck started to hurt. I switched to one relatively flat pillow and it's been better since.
Married: November 2015
TTC#1: January 2016
BFP: 5/02/16 - MC: 5/27/16