@Kim41313 Welcome! Insofar as temping, my sleep is also super sporadic, especially the hour or two before my alarm goes off. So my monthly chart was a hot mess express. It's not for everyone, HOWEVER, I will say most ladies here find it to work great for them so I hope you have success with it! If I tried waking up at 3:00 or so, to get a better sleep cycle, I would not be able to go back to sleep, so there's that. Hope this gives you some insight!
Formerly ahrains Me:
42 | DH: 45 TTC since Dec. 2014 BFP #1 Oct. 2015 | MC Nov. 2015 Sept. 2016: FSH, AMH, E2, TSH, etc. all normal. | Oct. 2016: HSG all clear! |
Nov. 2016: Hysteroscopy & H's SA both great results Dec. 2016 - Follistim + TI BFP #2 12/25/16 | Natural MC 2/13/17 | False BFP leads to D&C 4/20/17 | Emergency D&C + hysteroscopy 5/16/17 The road probably ends here
@Kim41313 hey girl! I am a super light sleeper as well - constantly waking up especially in the 2 or 3 hours before my alarm. I have been temping for a looooong time and I always see a shift. It's unlikely that unless you are getting up and moving around that your temp would be so different it would mess up your chart. You might have a less "pretty" chart but it will get the job done!
@ahrains - that sounds pretty similar to me. If I try to temp when I first wake up (this morning it was at 4:30 ) its very likely that I won't get back to sleep. So its a daily struggle between sleep and an accurate temp. So far sleep has been winning!
@MandyBeeSLP, that is kind of what I was thinking - trying it at both times and seeing how that goes. I am using FF and another app that I have been using to track my cycles for a while. I guess it will be trial and error for a while to figure out what works best for me!
@BertieMeetsGertie that is so frustrating! I'm sorry you're having so much trouble with the timing. My family was just at our place, and I was so thankful it wasn't FW.
@BusinessWife thanks for the PSA! Feeling pretty new here still, it's helpful for someone to say something once in a while. I appreciate it.
@MandyBeeSLP happy early Birthday! Hope you're doing something fun for it.
Cycle/Month: 4/2
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: BBT, CM, will OPK, preseed
R/R: Rant: SIL had her baby on Saturday and cousin had hers today. Waiting to hear what cousin named her girl, but luckily SIL chose a name that DH and I would NEVER have considered. Anyone else get "selfish" about names they like? Any time someone we know has a baby I just sit and hope the don't use our names. Waiting to hear cousins still...and she had a girl - which is a name DH and I had settled on a while ago (we've had a lot of babies in our family lately, so we've talked about what we do/don't like). Anyway, the real rant is that I HATE when people congratulate ME on a family members baby. I didn't have anything to do with it, and I am not the one who now has a child. Go congratulate them, leave me out of it! (I obviously congratulated both of them myself). I had this same problem before we were TTC and I got congrats on my SIL getting pregnant. Like, seriously. Sorry - just a pet peeve of mine. Not sure if anyone else feels this way about it.
CS/Q: Nope. My chart has been freakishly flat for me.
GTKY: It's Monday... what are you looking forward to this week? I haven't used OPK's before, but according to the instructions in it, I will start using them on Friday, so that's kinda my excitement is that it'll help us out this month.
@Kim41313 hey girl! I am a super light sleeper as well - constantly waking up especially in the 2 or 3 hours before my alarm. I have been temping for a looooong time and I always see a shift. It's unlikely that unless you are getting up and moving around that your temp would be so different it would mess up your chart. You might have a less "pretty" chart but it will get the job done!
Month/ Cycle: 13/13 -- This feels very unlucky to me..
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: We are going to try for HIO EOD, trying to stay healthy and positive, BBT and OPK probably starting CD 10..because I like to pee on things and drinking all the tea!
R/R: I got to enjoyed all the baby snuggles yesterday, so now I am even more determined to make this happen! DH also told me I need to relax, so I am going to try and take his advice and just have some fun this cycle.
CS/Q: Nope. Nothing exciting going on just yet.
GTKY: Well I was most looking forward to today, because I got the day off of work and get to do whatever I want. Work is going to be a little stressful the next couple weeks, with lots of changes so I am just enjoying today while I can.
Late to the party! But fashionably late lol. Seems like a lot of us are on the cusp of O! Wooo!
Cycle/Month: 11/8
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: PNV, Vit D, Baby Aspirin, Letrozole 7.5mg, Trigger, IUI
R/R: Well I had a follow up appointment today at the RE. Last Thursday when I had a follcile check, I only had one 10mm follicle. Which was disappointing. So I had the mind set when I went in today that I would still not be ready, and I would most likely need to take another 5 days of Letrozole, at a higher dose. But surprises of all surprises, I was ready! I have one 21mm follicle, and my lining is perfectly thick. So I will have my IUI, with the doctor, tomorrow at 9:30 am. The past two cycles I've triggered at the doctor's office 24 hours before IUI, but I felt like we may have been missing the perfect window of opportunity, because I seem to be starting the O process on my own. So the nurse who saw me today so kind enough to mix the trigger shot for me, and send me home with it to take tonight at 9:30pm. I was shocked that I was ready, and very excited. I'm hoping third times the charm!
CS/Q:
GTKY: It's Monday... what are you looking forward to this week? IUI tomorrow! That's about it lol. MH and I have a week vacation coming up in three weeks, so really I'm just living until then!
@mrsdaddario finally!! I've been waiting for an update alllll day!
I'm so happy you got great news and will move forward with the IUI TOMORROW!!!
About me: TTC#1: October 2015 dx: PCOS & MFI IUI #1 w/Femara + Ovidrel June 2016 ~ BFP July 2016: Blighted Ovum IUI #2 w/Femara + Ovidrel September 2016 ~BFN IUI #3 w/Femara + Ovidrel October 2016 ~BFN IUI #4 w/Femara + Ovidrel November 2016 ~BFN IVF with ICSI January 2017 ~BFN FET February 2017 ~BFN IVF with ICSI March 2017 ~BFP--Twins Due 12/8/17 Team Blue X 2!
@mrsdaddario I'm so happy to hear your update today! That's an awesome surprise. And the fact that they got your trigger shot ready for you to do on your own tonight 12 hours ahead is amazing. Fingers crossed for you tomorrow!!
I know I posted already and didn't have any questions but now I do. I just spoke with my obgyn's office about setting up an appointment for a few concerns I'm having and she asked about OPK's. She didn't want me to come in until 7 days after my positive OPK (which I don't have) and we were talking about several things with my cycle. I talked to her about my temps and she told me not to temp because that was an inaccurate way of determining O. What??? Everything I've ever read praises the effectiveness of tracking BBT. I don't know what to do y'all. I'm worried that my doc won't take my concerns seriously and I don't know if I can fully trust her if she doesn't support my charting. Have y'all had a doc that doesn't support charting BBT? What would you do?
@Basherbaby Actually, it's not uncommon at all for doctor's not to think temping is important. My OB told me it was a waste of my time. I think the reason is because in their opinion it is kind of an archaic form of tracking O. OPK's are useful because you can tell a head of O when to expect O, whereas temping is only in hindsight. My RE even told me temping/OPK's would just drive me crazy.
@mrsdaddario That makes me feel a little better that it's not just my doctor that feels this way. I guess I just had in my head that temping was the way to go. I very rarely get a positive OPK so temping has been the only source I have had in determining O.
@mrsdaddario YAYYY for youuu!!! That is FABULOUS news!
@KhRun17 I'm totally selfish about names. My cousin gave her son my maiden name (her mother's maiden name but not her own) which was always my boy name! I just finally said f*ck it decided my grandparents (whose last name it is) will (hopefully one day) have two great grands with the same family name.
Formerly ahrains Me:
42 | DH: 45 TTC since Dec. 2014 BFP #1 Oct. 2015 | MC Nov. 2015 Sept. 2016: FSH, AMH, E2, TSH, etc. all normal. | Oct. 2016: HSG all clear! |
Nov. 2016: Hysteroscopy & H's SA both great results Dec. 2016 - Follistim + TI BFP #2 12/25/16 | Natural MC 2/13/17 | False BFP leads to D&C 4/20/17 | Emergency D&C + hysteroscopy 5/16/17 The road probably ends here
Hey ladies, just checking back in to update on my RE appointment. My doctor was actually really excited to see my charts and seemed really impressed that I'd been doing them. She said she got the answers to a lot of the questions that she normally asks just from the charts (so another doctor's perspective @Basherbaby and @mrsdaddario) I'm not sure why I didn't realize this happened at these appointments, but she did a vaginal exam and ultrasound. First time in my life I've ever heard anyone (med student working with the Dr.) exclaim, "wow, nice ovary!" Sadly, my left ovary did not impress like the right... But she ordered a metric shit ton of blood tests, which I had taken immediately after the appointment, a SA for DH, and and HSG that I'm supposed to call and schedule once (*if) I start my next period. All in all the appointment was a little... anticlimactic? I don't know... Maybe I was just getting my hopes up that she'd come to some immediate conclusion and know exactly what was wrong. Haha, also, at one point she commented that I really seemed knowledgeable about what was going on and I said something like "Yeah, the internet's a dangerous place." She was like "oh no, there's a lot of great information out there. Just make sure you stay away from the forums, that's where you'll see the scary stuff!" Ha. Haha. Hahahahahahah!! She must have been talking about a different forum
eta One other thing I forgot she said that I'd never heard before. She is testing me for PCOS (whatever blood test that one was) and said that since I have a light complexion, some of the acne or increased facial hair may not happen to me- or something to that effect. Just thought it was an interesting tidbit!
@RedBreast35 Good luck on all of your tests! Now I'm even more confused about charting since your doc was so supportive. That is too funny that she made a comment about forums! Sheesh I don't know what I would have done without TB and its plethora of knowledge.
R/R: I've had a pretty rotten week. I've already complained about it but I'm going to complain again (and will probably keep complaining, sorry). I had a seizure in the middle of the night on Tuesday, and I'm still dealing with the rollout of that. I have a neurologist appointment this afternoon that I'm looking forward to, but I don't think I'm going to get any answers. My H is seriously traumatized by it (he thought I was brain dead the whole ambulance ride to the ER) and it's just been a really difficult time. He's going with me to the neurologist today so I'm hoping he'll get some answers that can calm him down. My biggest fear was that I had gotten pregnant and my body reacted with a seizure, but the ER pregnancy test came back negative (at 9dpo) and I started my period this morning (at 15dpo), so I'm just going with no, I wasn't pregnant. But we haven't slept well at all since and I'm so tired and emotional and I don't know how to deal with all these feelings. On a good note, my H and I have been intimate almost every night since, so I'm really glad that aspect of our relationship is fully functioning. I was worried.
CS/Q:
GTKY: It's Monday... what are you looking forward to this week? My neurology appointment this afternoon, and then next week I have my annual physical with my ob/gyn. I'm going to ask her for TTC advice.
Me: 32 | DH: 36
Married June 2005
1/2016 - TTC#1
4/2017 - Initial RE visit, Dx: Severe MFI (Varicocele, 14% motility, 3% progression, but normal count)
7/2017 - Stage 3 endometriosis discovered during laparoscopic removal of ovarian cyst
9/27/2017 - BFP at 10dpo (cycle 22), baby boy due June 9, 2018
@RedBreast35 That is all super duper helpful - thank you for sharing! I did a medical "interview" over the phone about my medical history and I was asked about acne and abnormal body hair. BAH-zarre!
@RatParade Oh, honey, I'm so sorry you and H are having to go through all this! I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers...I hope you feel better.
ETA words
Formerly ahrains Me:
42 | DH: 45 TTC since Dec. 2014 BFP #1 Oct. 2015 | MC Nov. 2015 Sept. 2016: FSH, AMH, E2, TSH, etc. all normal. | Oct. 2016: HSG all clear! |
Nov. 2016: Hysteroscopy & H's SA both great results Dec. 2016 - Follistim + TI BFP #2 12/25/16 | Natural MC 2/13/17 | False BFP leads to D&C 4/20/17 | Emergency D&C + hysteroscopy 5/16/17 The road probably ends here
@RatParade Bless your heart. Hopefully you can get some answers with your appointment this afternoon. I can't imagine what you and your DH are going through. Sending good vibes your way
@GrabberBlue2010 I use the 21 day fix workouts in my regime I've been a beachbody fan for YEEEARS! Hope you can get back into it Check out Balanced Bites website for EASY, high protein, healthy recipes or the practical paleo cookbook (same people). You don't have to follow them to a T (ex easily swap EVOO for coconut oil in most dinner recipes if you want) Meh, just pm me if you want lol Also, I Maca (since before TTC even) @BusinessWife ahhhh the mythical feeling of control....I live for it lol @JackieMarie1989 I'm with you on the temping frustration! I also can't tell if my last cycle was anovulatory or a bad thermometer. Hope we can both see a clear shift this month! Trying not to stress and believe it will happen! @LadyMillil oh wow, good luck with your flight and your cat! @bswishe4 this is my 4th month temping. My first month was fantastic and beautiful and I got so excited lol The last 2 have been not so good but bought a new thermometer & hoping that helps. CM I mostly only track EWCM and creamy because I have a hard time with the rest or I just don't have much. Just started CP but am noticing changes already, which is pretty cool. GL, you got this @mrsdaddario yay and fx for you!
Cycle/Month: I guess I was technically 2/1 before today, too but now 2/2 TTCAL
R/R: Trying to find all that increased CM that this green tea is supposed to produce like: On the other hand (no pun intended), noticing changes in my CP!! Yay!
CS/Q: Thank you for all your advice yesterday! I'm currently 45min into holding my pee, and even tho I peed two extra times past when I said I would I still really have to pee lol I have an IC diagnosis, which I think makes things worse but swear my kidneys are overactive or something. After my surgery the nurses were getting annoyed because they kept having to empty my catheter container and said I had around 10L of pee in a day
GTKY: hopefully ovulating soon?? Tried to get DH to BD this morning so that I might be able to get some tomorrow morning, too, since he leaves for 3-5 days. I'm either: hurry up and O now or wait til a couple days after DH returns
@RatParade I can't even imagine how scary that must have been for both of you. I hope you and DH get some answers today and are able to start moving past the trauma of the event. Sending lots of positive vibes your way
@RatParade Ohmygosh! How scary! So glad you're taking care of things as best you can, to try to get some answers and that DH is being super "supportive" ;) ;) That's key. ((((hugs))))
@Kim41313 I set a softer temping alarm for 5AM, so maybe a better time for you wold be 430 or 4 or even 330!? as long as you are going to bed early enough that you figure you have gotten about 3 hours, and if you are just stirring lightly and drifting back, but not getting up out of bed and DOING things, you should be good. Then I have my real alarm that can vary, some days is 515, some days is 630 or whatever, but I have the other "temping alarm" SET EARLY ENOUGH THAT THE TEMPING TIME STAYS CONSISTENT. See if you can pick an extra-early time like that that you think might work for you and see if that helps. If you still wake up 5-15 min ahead of it, okay, but at least then you'd be dealing with 4:15, 4:30, 4:20, 4:30, 4:15 (as an example), and hopefully not 3:30, 4:30, 3:15, 4:55, 4:25 etc. Kwim?
@mrsdaddario YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG I will be thinking of you at 9:30!!! fx so hard for you!
@GrabberBlue2010 I just give DH the maca capsules? <img src="https://cdn4.teen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/office-karen-shrug.gif" alt="">
@RedBreast35 omg. OMG. I am so excited for you! That is really cool to get a look at your ovaries like that, I guess that's one of the things coming up for me, too, they want to do an ovulatory series to watch the follicle mature and release properly... But that is so great that you have all your tests ordered and can start to get some answers!
@KhRun17 Welcome! And HBD to your DH! So my stepmotherIL wanted to name her next dog something that is also a family name on DH's side, his Grandma's sister's name, (which is also sorta popular right now), but would also be our pick for our second DD, first being named after my own grandma. Turns out the<b> dog's mother actually shares a name with my grandmother</b>. What. the actual. f. lol Needless to day, I spoke to my FiL about how maybe we don't want to name the DOGS after our late family members.. like grandma... or grandma's sister... He was 100% on board.
@Tourmalily If you have pre-menstrual spotting leading up to AF that does not require more than a pantiliner, then that's what that is. Full flow requiring a pad or tampon would be however many days, Heavy or Medium, and then Light might be days where you barely need a light tampon or just a liner/spotting. AF starts with your first day of full flow, but your doctor will want to know if you have any pre-menstrual spotting, and then say if it's 5 days long, including 1-2 heavy days, about 2-3 medium days, and a day of light spotting (as an example), hopefully they want to note all of that. I would think for any doctor worth their salt, "5" is not an answer. "7 is not an answer. "12" is not an answer. there is a big difference between 7 days of straight heavy bleeding and severe cramps, vs. 3 days pre-menstrual spotting, 3 days of full flow, and a light day (which would really only be a 4-day period, even though there's 7 days of bleeding.) I hope that didn't just make you even more confused! lol But point being, go ahead and describe your period to the doctor in those type of terms, counting day 1 of your period as your first day of "full flow," and noting any details that may apply in your case.
@bswishe4 I set mine for 5? Would that work for you? What is your earliest "normal" wake up time? For me, 5 is about the earliest lately I ever have to get up for real, like 5 or 5:15, so that's why I picked that. If it's the weekend or DH is leaving late, then I just temp at 5 and keep snoozing till 630... CM is great, some people are more squeamish about it than others. But I have been learning a LOT in this Creighton tracking system. You should be able to notice a clear (when you look at it on the tissue), stretchy (when you finger-test it), and Lubricative, (the sensation when wiping from front to back) discharge leading up to ovulation. Creighton is very specific about how the CM is classified for the day, but more or less, if you see ANYTHING that is clear, stretchy, or lubricative, consider that fertile-type and put an E in FF. If it is watery/wet-feeling and clear, call that W. If it is cloudy/creamy and does not stretch at all when you finger test it, then it's C - creamy in FF, or could also be S for sticky if it appears more crumbly, gobby, gluey, pasty, etc. Really E and W are treated the same in FF, and C and S I believe are treated the more or less same as well (someone please correct me if I'm wrong there). And then Dry means the tissue is only dry or slightly damp when you wipe, (MAYBE shiny), but no actual discharge is present on the tissue. **ETA Like @rainbowturtles said, even if you are just able to give FF the E/C notations to go on, that will be a huge step! :D //**
I say all this because it is often common practice to do a finger sweep to check CM, i.e. when checking CP, but it is really not necessary. Definitely try to give FF the more information the better! And you can always put more detailed CM notes into the notes section.
@RatParade oh no hun i am so sorry to hear you and dh are going through that!! I will keep you both in my prayers and i certainly hope you can get some answers!!
@rainbowturtles thanks for the info!! I started my love of beachbody with insanity a couple years ago. Before a car accident that left me with a back injury. Lol. So 21 df is a good starting point for me to gain some strength. My ultimate goal is to work back up to insanity and become certified. I am totally going to check out those sites!! I could use all the help i can get. Haha. Also your gif just about made me pee my pants. It is on point.
@felix08 How funny we ended up as CD buddies again! Yay for the squad!! haha Cabinets/countertops/sink get installed TOMORROW!!! H is freaking out so much, but he finally finished up all the prep work this morning. If we are still married at the end of the week it'll be a freaking miracle. He goes to pick up the flooring tomorrow and we'll install it ourselves on Thursday. Then my FIL will get the appliances installed that day or the next. AND THEN IT WILL BE DONE!!!! I can't find any of my before pictures, but my dad did a video walk through of our house when we moved in, so I'll try to pull some screenshots from that or I'll PM you pics that I took of my kids that happened to have the kitchen in the background.
Married 07.21.07 DS#1 01.23.09 DS#2 08.01.11 TTC#3 08.31.15 Laparoscopy/Hysteroscopy/HSG 05.16.17 Hysteroscopy 10.04.17 10.05.17 Laparoscopy/Hysteroscopy/HSG 01.10.19 Left tube removed dx: Endometriosis, Adenomyosis BC: February-October 2019 TTA: November-December 2019 NTNP: January 2020!
@RatParade I really hope you're able to get some answers about your seizure. That has got to be so incredibly scary for both you and your DH.
@BasherBaby I'm certainly not a doctor, but if temping is telling you something about your cycles, then I think it's worth it even if your doctor isn't necessarily on board. No, it's not going to predict O but it is a passive way of learning what your body is doing. I mean, it's not hurting anything!
@BusinessWife the ultrasound was definitely the coolest part! I wish I understood a little better what I was looking at, but she showed me my eggs, the space where my very recently ovulated egg most likely passed through the wall, and a place she is concerned may be a cyst(?) that could be blocking a Fallopian tube. It's crazy how one 3 minute look inside with the ultrasound wand can tell you so much more than the months of time and effort we're all putting in
@RatParade Holy crap, that is incredibly scary! Have you ever had a seizure before?! I mean, I know YH is traumatized, but it sounds like he really did all of the right things when it happened. And thank god for his quick thinking and staying calm during it. I'm terribly sorry you are dealing with this! I really wish I could give you a creepy internet stranger hug! I see a neurologist every six months for my multiple sclerosis, and if anyone can figure out why it happened, it's a good neurologist. Be prepared, if you haven't gotten one already, for an MRI of your brain. Sending you all of the biggest, goodest vibes
@bswishe4 This marks my 3rd month of doing the
temping and CM, and I’m not an expert AT ALL – but I think it gets easier. Most
of the issues are just paying attention to your body and things you never
really paid attention to before. There are sometimes I still don’t know if what
I’m seeing is ‘creamy’ or egg white’ or ‘sticky’ – but I figure as long as I’m
consistent with what I’m calling things, I’ll figure it out with more practice J
@mandybeeSLP OMG how long have you been without AC?? I would
have lost my shiz. Happy early birthday!
@redbreast35 Soo excited for you and the RE appointment –
even though it was kind of anticlimactic, it’s still really cool that things
are getting put in place to speed the process along! And I hope you have fun this weekend with your
college friend – that sounds exciting too!
@kim41313 Welcome! I would follow others advice and say to
temp as early and as consistently as you can – provided you slept 3 hours.
@grabberblue2010 Cool! I tried to follow the diet plan that
came with it, and I did for a little while – but my body feels best with paleo
so I just did that. It’s basically the same diet plan I guess – just only
eating potatoes for carbs lol. If you like paleo-ish dishes, I have a bunch
that we really like – I’d be glad to share with you!
@mrsdaddario How exciting!! FX for you and the IUI!
@hezzer78 - that would be awesome! I am very iffy about carbs. It is either all in or all out. For some reason I can handle my control with potatoes. I feel like they are a win win. haha
Having a bit of a bad time accepting cycle 2 and of course my pinterest feed is primarily baby things because I've been obsessing the last few weeks. I need a non baby hobby.
@hezzer78 Yeah, it has not been fun. The AC went out on Saturday and we got it fixed today. We found out the cause was ants! They got into some electrical connection and when it fried them it fried itself.
Me: 29, DH: 32
Married: July 22, 2008 Fur babies: Phoenix and Yeti (both cats).
TTC#1 since: May 2015 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!
WAYDTGKU: As DH said this morning "its almost HIO season isn't it?" BBT, CM, Vites and RRLT. Adding preseed to the mix when the time is right.
R/R: This week is going to be ROUGH guys. I have a three day trial coming up so essentially I am working around the clock leading up to what will be a three day marathon. Trials are the worst because it takes all my focus and energy. I am really, really hoping the stress of it all doesn't effect my cycle. That would just be the icing on the cake. On the bright side, I hope to use BD'ing as some major stress relief!!
CS/Q: If you aren't on mobile check out what my chart... am I even alive? I literally have no idea what that temp drop is about. I felt warm, I wasn't mouth breathing, no drinking so?? I really doubt it is a preO dip because I have no other symptoms. I am exhausted does that count for something?
GTKY: It's Monday... what are you looking forward to this week? Just getting through.
@BusinessWife I have been thinking about setting it for about 5:30 and just making myself get up then everyday. I figure I could use extra time in the morning to try and get some exercise in. We will see how it goes lol. I have found tons of info on the CM so far it seems way easier then temping. Thank you for some clarification. I am getting farther into my cycle so changes should be coming soon.
Re: WTO Monday
Me: 42 | DH: 45
TTC since Dec. 2014
BFP #1 Oct. 2015 | MC Nov. 2015
Sept. 2016: FSH, AMH, E2, TSH, etc. all normal. | Oct. 2016: HSG all clear! | Nov. 2016: Hysteroscopy & H's SA both great results
Dec. 2016 - Follistim + TI
BFP #2 12/25/16 | Natural MC 2/13/17 | False BFP leads to D&C 4/20/17 | Emergency D&C + hysteroscopy 5/16/17
@ahrains - that sounds pretty similar to me. If I try to temp when I first wake up (this morning it was at 4:30
@MandyBeeSLP, that is kind of what I was thinking - trying it at both times and seeing how that goes. I am using FF and another app that I have been using to track my cycles for a while. I guess it will be trial and error for a while to figure out what works best for me!
@BertieMeetsGertie that is so frustrating! I'm sorry you're having so much trouble with the timing. My family was just at our place, and I was so thankful it wasn't FW.
@BusinessWife thanks for the PSA! Feeling pretty new here still, it's helpful for someone to say something once in a while. I appreciate it.
@MandyBeeSLP happy early Birthday! Hope you're doing something fun for it.
Cycle/Month: 4/2
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: BBT, CM, will OPK, preseed
R/R: Rant: SIL had her baby on Saturday and cousin had hers today. Waiting to hear what cousin named her girl, but luckily SIL chose a name that DH and I would NEVER have considered. Anyone else get "selfish" about names they like? Any time someone we know has a baby I just sit and hope the don't use our names. Waiting to hear cousins still...and she had a girl - which is a name DH and I had settled on a while ago (we've had a lot of babies in our family lately, so we've talked about what we do/don't like). Anyway, the real rant is that I HATE when people congratulate ME on a family members baby. I didn't have anything to do with it, and I am not the one who now has a child. Go congratulate them, leave me out of it! (I obviously congratulated both of them myself). I had this same problem before we were TTC and I got congrats on my SIL getting pregnant. Like, seriously. Sorry - just a pet peeve of mine. Not sure if anyone else feels this way about it.
CS/Q: Nope. My chart has been freakishly flat for me.
GTKY: It's Monday... what are you looking forward to this week? I haven't used OPK's before, but according to the instructions in it, I will start using them on Friday, so that's kinda my excitement is that it'll help us out this month.
Dating: 11/14/2010
Married: 10/18/2014
TTC April 2016
BFP: 5/12/2016 ~ MC: 5/25/2016
Month/ Cycle: 13/13 -- This feels very unlucky to me..
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: We are going to try for HIO EOD, trying to stay healthy and positive, BBT and OPK probably starting CD 10..because I like to pee on things and drinking all the tea!
R/R: I got to enjoyed all the baby snuggles yesterday, so now I am even more determined to make this happen! DH also told me I need to relax, so I am going to try and take his advice and just have some fun this cycle.
CS/Q: Nope. Nothing exciting going on just yet.
GTKY: Well I was most looking forward to today, because I got the day off of work and get to do whatever I want. Work is going to be a little stressful the next couple weeks, with lots of changes so I am just enjoying today while I can.
10/2/10
Me:29 H: 31
TTC#1: Aug 2015
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/5e3072
Cycle/Month: 11/8
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: PNV, Vit D, Baby Aspirin, Letrozole 7.5mg, Trigger, IUI
R/R: Well I had a follow up appointment today at the RE. Last Thursday when I had a follcile check, I only had one 10mm follicle. Which was disappointing. So I had the mind set when I went in today that I would still not be ready, and I would most likely need to take another 5 days of Letrozole, at a higher dose. But surprises of all surprises, I was ready! I have one 21mm follicle, and my lining is perfectly thick. So I will have my IUI, with the doctor, tomorrow at 9:30 am. The past two cycles I've triggered at the doctor's office 24 hours before IUI, but I felt like we may have been missing the perfect window of opportunity, because I seem to be starting the O process on my own. So the nurse who saw me today so kind enough to mix the trigger shot for me, and send me home with it to take tonight at 9:30pm. I was shocked that I was ready, and very excited. I'm hoping third times the charm!
CS/Q:
GTKY: It's Monday... what are you looking forward to this week?
IUI tomorrow! That's about it lol. MH and I have a week vacation coming up in three weeks, so really I'm just living until then!
I'm so happy you got great news and will move forward with the IUI TOMORROW!!!
TTC#1: October 2015
dx: PCOS & MFI
IUI #1 w/Femara + Ovidrel June 2016 ~ BFP
July 2016: Blighted Ovum
IUI #2 w/Femara + Ovidrel September 2016 ~BFN
IUI #3 w/Femara + Ovidrel October 2016 ~BFN
IUI #4 w/Femara + Ovidrel November 2016 ~BFN
IVF with ICSI January 2017 ~BFN
FET February 2017 ~BFN
IVF with ICSI March 2017 ~BFP--Twins Due 12/8/17
Team Blue X 2!
Me: 31 / DH: 37
Married: November 2015
TTC #1 Since March 2014
MC: New Years Eve 2014
Mommy to 4 furbabies
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3f14a1
@mrsdaddario I'm so happy to hear your update today! That's an awesome surprise. And the fact that they got your trigger shot ready for you to do on your own tonight 12 hours ahead is amazing. Fingers crossed for you tomorrow!!
Married: November 2015
TTC#1: January 2016
BFP: 5/02/16 - MC: 5/27/16
@KhRun17 I'm totally selfish about names. My cousin gave her son my maiden name (her mother's maiden name but not her own) which was always my boy name! I just finally said f*ck it decided my grandparents (whose last name it is) will (hopefully one day) have two great grands with the same family name.
Me: 42 | DH: 45
TTC since Dec. 2014
BFP #1 Oct. 2015 | MC Nov. 2015
Sept. 2016: FSH, AMH, E2, TSH, etc. all normal. | Oct. 2016: HSG all clear! | Nov. 2016: Hysteroscopy & H's SA both great results
Dec. 2016 - Follistim + TI
BFP #2 12/25/16 | Natural MC 2/13/17 | False BFP leads to D&C 4/20/17 | Emergency D&C + hysteroscopy 5/16/17
My doctor was actually really excited to see my charts and seemed really impressed that I'd been doing them. She said she got the answers to a lot of the questions that she normally asks just from the charts (so another doctor's perspective @Basherbaby and @mrsdaddario) I'm not sure why I didn't realize this happened at these appointments, but she did a vaginal exam and ultrasound. First time in my life I've ever heard anyone (med student working with the Dr.) exclaim, "wow, nice ovary!" Sadly, my left ovary did not impress like the right...
But she ordered a metric shit ton of blood tests, which I had taken immediately after the appointment, a SA for DH, and and HSG that I'm supposed to call and schedule once (*if) I start my next period.
All in all the appointment was a little... anticlimactic? I don't know... Maybe I was just getting my hopes up that she'd come to some immediate conclusion and know exactly what was wrong.
Haha, also, at one point she commented that I really seemed knowledgeable about what was going on and I said something like "Yeah, the internet's a dangerous place." She was like "oh no, there's a lot of great information out there. Just make sure you stay away from the forums, that's where you'll see the scary stuff!"
Ha. Haha. Hahahahahahah!! She must have been talking about a different forum
eta One other thing I forgot she said that I'd never heard before. She is testing me for PCOS (whatever blood test that one was) and said that since I have a light complexion, some of the acne or increased facial hair may not happen to me- or something to that effect. Just thought it was an interesting tidbit!
CD: 1
WAYDTGKU: PNV, OPKs
R/R: I've had a pretty rotten week. I've already complained about it but I'm going to complain again (and will probably keep complaining, sorry). I had a seizure in the middle of the night on Tuesday, and I'm still dealing with the rollout of that. I have a neurologist appointment this afternoon that I'm looking forward to, but I don't think I'm going to get any answers. My H is seriously traumatized by it (he thought I was brain dead the whole ambulance ride to the ER) and it's just been a really difficult time. He's going with me to the neurologist today so I'm hoping he'll get some answers that can calm him down. My biggest fear was that I had gotten pregnant and my body reacted with a seizure, but the ER pregnancy test came back negative (at 9dpo) and I started my period this morning (at 15dpo), so I'm just going with no, I wasn't pregnant. But we haven't slept well at all since and I'm so tired and emotional and I don't know how to deal with all these feelings. On a good note, my H and I have been intimate almost every night since, so I'm really glad that aspect of our relationship is fully functioning. I was worried.
CS/Q:
GTKY: It's Monday... what are you looking forward to this week? My neurology appointment this afternoon, and then next week I have my annual physical with my ob/gyn. I'm going to ask her for TTC advice.
Me: 32 | DH: 36
Married June 2005
1/2016 - TTC#1
4/2017 - Initial RE visit, Dx: Severe MFI (Varicocele, 14% motility, 3% progression, but normal count)
7/2017 - Stage 3 endometriosis discovered during laparoscopic removal of ovarian cyst
9/27/2017 - BFP at 10dpo (cycle 22), baby boy due June 9, 2018
@RatParade Oh, honey, I'm so sorry you and H are having to go through all this! I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers...I hope you feel better.
ETA words
Me: 42 | DH: 45
TTC since Dec. 2014
BFP #1 Oct. 2015 | MC Nov. 2015
Sept. 2016: FSH, AMH, E2, TSH, etc. all normal. | Oct. 2016: HSG all clear! | Nov. 2016: Hysteroscopy & H's SA both great results
Dec. 2016 - Follistim + TI
BFP #2 12/25/16 | Natural MC 2/13/17 | False BFP leads to D&C 4/20/17 | Emergency D&C + hysteroscopy 5/16/17
@BusinessWife ahhhh the mythical feeling of control....I live for it lol
@JackieMarie1989 I'm with you on the temping frustration! I also can't tell if my last cycle was anovulatory or a bad thermometer. Hope we can both see a clear shift this month! Trying not to stress and believe it will happen!
@LadyMillil oh wow, good luck with your flight and your cat!
@bswishe4 this is my 4th month temping. My first month was fantastic and beautiful and I got so excited lol The last 2 have been not so good but bought a new thermometer & hoping that helps. CM I mostly only track EWCM and creamy because I have a hard time with the rest or I just don't have much. Just started CP but am noticing changes already, which is pretty cool. GL, you got this
@mrsdaddario yay and fx for you!
Cycle/Month: I guess I was technically 2/1 before today, too but now 2/2 TTCAL
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: BBT, PNV, DHA, Maca, RRLT, Green Tea, fertility meditation, HIO AMAP, CM/CP, trying OPKs
R/R: Trying to find all that increased CM that this green tea is supposed to produce like:
On the other hand (no pun intended), noticing changes in my CP!! Yay!
CS/Q: Thank you for all your advice yesterday! I'm currently 45min into holding my pee, and even tho I peed two extra times past when I said I would I still really have to pee lol I have an IC diagnosis, which I think makes things worse but swear my kidneys are overactive or something. After my surgery the nurses were getting annoyed because they kept having to empty my catheter container and said I had around 10L of pee in a day
GTKY: hopefully ovulating soon?? Tried to get DH to BD this morning so that I might be able to get some tomorrow morning, too, since he leaves for 3-5 days. I'm either: hurry up and O now or wait til a couple days after DH returns
Married: November 2015
TTC#1: January 2016
BFP: 5/02/16 - MC: 5/27/16
@Kim41313 I set a softer temping alarm for 5AM, so maybe a better time for you wold be 430 or 4 or even 330!? as long as you are going to bed early enough that you figure you have gotten about 3 hours, and if you are just stirring lightly and drifting back, but not getting up out of bed and DOING things, you should be good. Then I have my real alarm that can vary, some days is 515, some days is 630 or whatever, but I have the other "temping alarm" SET EARLY ENOUGH THAT THE TEMPING TIME STAYS CONSISTENT. See if you can pick an extra-early time like that that you think might work for you and see if that helps. If you still wake up 5-15 min ahead of it, okay, but at least then you'd be dealing with 4:15, 4:30, 4:20, 4:30, 4:15 (as an example), and hopefully not 3:30, 4:30, 3:15, 4:55, 4:25 etc. Kwim?
@mrsdaddario YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG I will be thinking of you at 9:30!!! fx so hard for you!
@GrabberBlue2010 I just give DH the maca capsules?
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@RedBreast35 omg. OMG. I am so excited for you! That is really cool to get a look at your ovaries like that, I guess that's one of the things coming up for me, too, they want to do an ovulatory series to watch the follicle mature and release properly... But that is so great that you have all your tests ordered and can start to get some answers!
@KhRun17 Welcome! And HBD to your DH! So my stepmotherIL wanted to name her next dog something that is also a family name on DH's side, his Grandma's sister's name, (which is also sorta popular right now), but would also be our pick for our second DD, first being named after my own grandma. Turns out the<b> dog's mother actually shares a name with my grandmother</b>. What. the actual. f. lol Needless to day, I spoke to my FiL about how maybe we don't want to name the DOGS after our late family members.. like grandma... or grandma's sister... He was 100% on board.
@Tourmalily If you have pre-menstrual spotting leading up to AF that does not require more than a pantiliner, then that's what that is. Full flow requiring a pad or tampon would be however many days, Heavy or Medium, and then Light might be days where you barely need a light tampon or just a liner/spotting. AF starts with your first day of full flow, but your doctor will want to know if you have any pre-menstrual spotting, and then say if it's 5 days long, including 1-2 heavy days, about 2-3 medium days, and a day of light spotting (as an example), hopefully they want to note all of that. I would think for any doctor worth their salt, "5" is not an answer. "7 is not an answer. "12" is not an answer. there is a big difference between 7 days of straight heavy bleeding and severe cramps, vs. 3 days pre-menstrual spotting, 3 days of full flow, and a light day (which would really only be a 4-day period, even though there's 7 days of bleeding.) I hope that didn't just make you even more confused! lol But point being, go ahead and describe your period to the doctor in those type of terms, counting day 1 of your period as your first day of "full flow," and noting any details that may apply in your case.
@bswishe4 I set mine for 5? Would that work for you? What is your earliest "normal" wake up time? For me, 5 is about the earliest lately I ever have to get up for real, like 5 or 5:15, so that's why I picked that. If it's the weekend or DH is leaving late, then I just temp at 5 and keep snoozing till 630... CM is great, some people are more squeamish about it than others. But I have been learning a LOT in this Creighton tracking system. You should be able to notice a clear (when you look at it on the tissue), stretchy (when you finger-test it), and Lubricative, (the sensation when wiping from front to back) discharge leading up to ovulation. Creighton is very specific about how the CM is classified for the day, but more or less, if you see ANYTHING that is clear, stretchy, or lubricative, consider that fertile-type and put an E in FF. If it is watery/wet-feeling and clear, call that W. If it is cloudy/creamy and does not stretch at all when you finger test it, then it's C - creamy in FF, or could also be S for sticky if it appears more crumbly, gobby, gluey, pasty, etc. Really E and W are treated the same in FF, and C and S I believe are treated the more or less same as well (someone please correct me if I'm wrong there). And then Dry means the tissue is only dry or slightly damp when you wipe, (MAYBE shiny), but no actual discharge is present on the tissue. **ETA Like @rainbowturtles said, even if you are just able to give FF the E/C notations to go on, that will be a huge step! :D //**
I say all this because it is often common practice to do a finger sweep to check CM, i.e. when checking CP, but it is really not necessary. Definitely try to give FF the more information the better! And you can always put more detailed CM notes into the notes section.
@rainbowturtles thanks for the info!! I started my love of beachbody with insanity a couple years ago. Before a car accident that left me with a back injury. Lol. So 21 df is a good starting point for me to gain some strength. My ultimate goal is to work back up to insanity and become certified. I am totally going to check out those sites!! I could use all the help i can get. Haha. Also your gif just about made me pee my pants. It is on point.
Me: 31 / DH: 37
Married: November 2015
TTC #1 Since March 2014
MC: New Years Eve 2014
Mommy to 4 furbabies
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3f14a1
Married 07.21.07
DS#1 01.23.09
DS#2 08.01.11
TTC#3 08.31.15
Laparoscopy/Hysteroscopy/HSG 05.16.17
Hysteroscopy 10.04.17 10.05.17
Laparoscopy/Hysteroscopy/HSG 01.10.19
Left tube removed
dx: Endometriosis, Adenomyosis
BC: February-October 2019
TTA: November-December 2019
NTNP: January 2020!
@BasherBaby I'm certainly not a doctor, but if temping is telling you something about your cycles, then I think it's worth it even if your doctor isn't necessarily on board. No, it's not going to predict O but it is a passive way of learning what your body is doing. I mean, it's not hurting anything!
@BusinessWife the ultrasound was definitely the coolest part! I wish I understood a little better what I was looking at, but she showed me my eggs, the space where my very recently ovulated egg most likely passed through the wall, and a place she is concerned may be a cyst(?) that could be blocking a Fallopian tube. It's crazy how one 3 minute look inside with the ultrasound wand can tell you so much more than the months of time and effort we're all putting in
@bswishe4 This marks my 3rd month of doing the temping and CM, and I’m not an expert AT ALL – but I think it gets easier. Most of the issues are just paying attention to your body and things you never really paid attention to before. There are sometimes I still don’t know if what I’m seeing is ‘creamy’ or egg white’ or ‘sticky’ – but I figure as long as I’m consistent with what I’m calling things, I’ll figure it out with more practice J
@mandybeeSLP OMG how long have you been without AC?? I would have lost my shiz. Happy early birthday!
@antoto Welcome back!
@redbreast35 Soo excited for you and the RE appointment – even though it was kind of anticlimactic, it’s still really cool that things are getting put in place to speed the process along! And I hope you have fun this weekend with your college friend – that sounds exciting too!
@kim41313 Welcome! I would follow others advice and say to temp as early and as consistently as you can – provided you slept 3 hours.
@grabberblue2010 Cool! I tried to follow the diet plan that came with it, and I did for a little while – but my body feels best with paleo so I just did that. It’s basically the same diet plan I guess – just only eating potatoes for carbs lol. If you like paleo-ish dishes, I have a bunch that we really like – I’d be glad to share with you!
@mrsdaddario How exciting!! FX for you and the IUI!
Me: 31 / DH: 37
Married: November 2015
TTC #1 Since March 2014
MC: New Years Eve 2014
Mommy to 4 furbabies
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3f14a1
TTC since August 2018
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!
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: As DH said this morning "its almost HIO season isn't it?" BBT, CM, Vites and RRLT. Adding preseed to the mix when the time is right.
R/R: This week is going to be ROUGH guys. I have a three day trial coming up so essentially I am working around the clock leading up to what will be a three day marathon. Trials are the worst because it takes all my focus and energy. I am really, really hoping the stress of it all doesn't effect my cycle. That would just be the icing on the cake. On the bright side, I hope to use BD'ing as some major stress relief!!
CS/Q: If you aren't on mobile check out what my chart... am I even alive? I literally have no idea what that temp drop is about. I felt warm, I wasn't mouth breathing, no drinking so?? I really doubt it is a preO dip because I have no other symptoms. I am exhausted does that count for something?
GTKY: It's Monday... what are you looking forward to this week? Just getting through.
Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
EDD: 5/14/2018