TWW Thursday

Megzb510 · August 2016

Month/Cycle:

CD/DPO:

Timing:

Testing:

R/R:

CS/Q:

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject?

Megzb510 · August 2016

Month/Cycle: 13/9

CD/DPO: 21/3

Timing: -4,-3,-2,IUI on O

Testing: I want to test out the trigger so probably sometime this weekend and every couple days after that. Those pee sticks won't pee on themselves ya know.

R/R: I hate this boring early part of the TWW where I'm SS and mentally know all the "symptoms" mean nothing.

CS/Q: not today

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? I loved history/social studies. I was the nerd who remembered all the random stuff. I majored in history / secondary education in college but it's really an over saturated speciality. I wish I could go back in time and get a more practical degree, but I won tons and tons of teaching scholarships so I didn't pay as much in tuition.

bornmommy · August 2016

Month/Cycle: 7/10 --- TTCAL 5/5

CD/DPO: 25/5 (I think....I'm too lazy to get my phone off the charger...)

Timing: -2, o

Testing: Waiting until at least 10dpo if I don't have spotting. (typically I start spotting at 8 dpo)

R/R: nothing

CS/Q: nope

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? Shop. I loved shop and still talk to my old shop teacher via email every now and then.

edit: fix mistakes

jackiemarie1989-2 · August 2016

Month/Cycle: 2/2

CD/DPO: 21/11

Timing:-4, -1, +1

Testing: BFN yesterday. Gonna try to hold off until CD 28, which was my original plan anyway. Due to illness close to my crosshairs I really don't know for sure how many DPO I am.

R/R: I hope I did actually ovulate when FF thinks I did because I timing was pretty good then. Also it would mean a shorter cycle which means less waiting...right?

CS/Q: Not today

GTKY: I was bookish kid. I loved every subject except math and gym.

lulu1180 · August 2016

Month/Cycle: 3/3

CD/DPO: 22/10

Timing: -5, -3, -1, O

Testing: starting to debate between holding out for AF or just testing Saturday morning

R/R: not really.....tomorrow is Friday! woohoo for Friday eve!

CS/Q: I feel like my post-O temps have been kind of all over the place. Although I haven't been sleeping great, but I also don't check the time when I do wake up during the night because I know I won't get back to sleep as quickly. I know there's really no such thing as "normal" but for lack of a better word is this far off normal? https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6467b6

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? I always like math quite honestly! It was must less subjective than something like English and the answer was either right or wrong.

Redpuma119 · August 2016

Month/cycle: 9/6 (1/1 TTCAL)

CD/DPO 22/4

Timing: -5,-4,-2,0,+1

Testing: I'm vacationing with friends next week, sans the husband, so I'll probably test right when I get back. It'll give me some control to not test while I'm with them because I would blurt it out but H should be the first to know.

R/R is it five o'clock yet?

CS/Q: this is my first cycle charting and also my first cycle after a loss so I am still trying to make sense of everything my body is doing.

GTKY: In Jr. High and high school I loved math and history but in college I loved my philosophy and physics classes.

Pinky917 · August 2016

Month/Cycle: 3/3

CD/DPO: 25/12

Timing: O, +1

Testing: Nope!

R/R: Just sitting here waiting for AF to show...

CS/Q: none

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject?

Not going to lie, I just liked school in general. I guess I would have to say English was my favorite subject, with Math following in a close second (at least up until Pre-Calc). I also took Anatomy and Physiology my senior year of HS, and that may have been my favorite class.

LadyMillil · August 2016

Megzb510 said:

Month/Cycle: 17/20

CD/DPO: 22/8

Timing: no

Testing: no

R/R: FF has moved my CH every.single.day. I'm benched so it doesn't matter for timing but it would be nice to be more certain about when AF will arrive

CS/Q:

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? Biology

krisnicole23 · August 2016

@Megzb510 I do the same thing the first few days after O day even when I tell myself not too! I'm super impatient during the tww.

Month/Cycle: 6/6

CD/DPO: 24/10

Timing: 0

Testing: bfn the past few days and this morning

R/R: Tired of seeing bfns. I know technically I'm still kind of testing early but my timing this month wasn't exactly good so losing hope on this being the month.

CS/Q: Nothing today.

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? Does lunch count? Oh and PE.

mrsdaddario · August 2016

@Megzb510 You have amazing timing! I kind of wish I had tested out my triggers, but to see the progression. But I never did. Well not true, I took an OPK once or twice in the beginning of one or two cycles. Just to see lol.

@bornmommy I never minded shop either. I mean, it certainly wasn't my favorite, and I only took it in junior high when it was required. But it wasn't awful!

@JackieMarie1989 Gym was the bane of my existence!

@lulu1180 For some reason the link you pasted says page not found. Can you put a picture of your chart instead?

@Redpuma119 I'm vacationing next week too! I hope you have a blast! Where are you going?

@Pinky917 You have some willpower not to have tested yet!

@LadyMillil When does YH meet back up with you??

@krisnicole23 I was going to write this days ago, when you first said you were going to start testing at 7dpo, but I held off. Girl, do yourself a favor and don't start testing that soon. That is not good for the soul lol. Barely anyone gets a BFP at 7dpo. Most people don't even start getting them until 10dpo, and then the majority by 14dpo. Even if any given cycle ends in a BFN, if you start testing that soon it's bound to make the rest of the wait unbearable. At least give yourself some hope for a few days longer you know? Just a thought, hope you're not offended by that. I just hate to see the hurt feelings that comes with a BFN, trust me I know the feeling all the well.

Month/Cycle: 11/8

CD/DPO: 32/17dpt, 16dpiui, 15dpo

Timing: -4, IUI on -1, O

Testing: Blood test verified BFN

R/R: Just waiting for AF at this point. Glad she has held off this long actually. It would be best if I got it tomorrow or Saturday. We have a consult with our RE on Monday to go over the last three unsuccessful cycles, and talk about moving forward. If Monday happens to be CD 2, 3, or 4 then I can get all of my baseline blood work and u/s out of the way, and I'll be able to start the injectables on Monday. Which would be optimal because then we could get our fourth medicated cycle show on the road. I just have to put out there that even though I am upset that we are still not KU, and have to go through all of this mess, that I am thankful we are even at this point. I know a lot of women with IF have waited years and years to get to the point where MH and I are. We've only been TTGP since September 2015. I got my PCOS diagnosis in March 2016. We started medicated cycles in April 2016. So compared to a lot of other suffering couples, we've moved pretty quickly. And I've never had a loss. So I just want to put out there that I'm grateful for the "quickness" in which we're moving, and also have so much respect for women who are TTCAL and have been dealing with IF for much, much longer than I have.

CS/Q:

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject?
Anything English related. It came extremely easy to me.

hartmich · August 2016

@LadyMillil I'm definitely no chart expert, but is there any reason why your temp would have dropped today? Otherwise, it definitely looked like CD 14 or 15 was O. Maybe some other ladies who are better at this have some insight.

@Redpuma119 I'm in the same boat that I'll be on vacation until 12dpo. I'm not bringing any tests and H will be at home so it will help with the willpower (or lack thereof...)

@krisnicole23 Sorry about the BFNs. Sometimes I think I use OPKs just because I get a positive line on SOMETHING. Small victories.

I'm in the TWW!

Image: https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8do7xrJIG1qf8btso1_400.gif

Month/Cycle: 3/3

CD/DPO: 27/3

Timing: -5,-3,-1,+1

Testing: Maybe 12 dpo

R/R: I'm just glad I o'd after a false surge earlier this cycle.

CS/Q: Kind of surprised I got CH already, I thought I'd get them tomorrow. We'll see what happens I guess.

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? English! Although I was better at math.

krisnicole23 · August 2016

*possible tw warning

@mrsdaddario Haha no I completely agree! In the past, when I had a faint bfp, I got it early like 7 or 8 dpo. That's the only reason I do them that early. It's tempting. But I know each cycle is different and that I should wait longer to poas so it's less time stressing. It's more our bad timing this month that makes me lose some hope not necessarily the negative tests. Still will keep my fx though for some good news and for all you guys!

lulu1180 · August 2016

@mrsdaddario Not sure why the link didn't work, but here's a pic. It just seems like my temps have been going up and down on their own little rollercoaster ride. I haven't seen a big temp drop yet that would indicate AF is on her way so I'm thankful for that at least right now.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/vc/mijcsbuiuztm.png

PurpleRains · August 2016

@mrsdaddario Thinking of you, sugar

Sorry to see all the BFNs today - y'all do something kind just for yourself today. My orders

Month/Cycle: 8/8 TTCAL (Just realized 19 total months/cycles...why did I count?)

CD/DPO: 23/4

Timing: Every day this month except one. We've been "busy..."

Testing: 10 dpo if I make it that long without AF.

R/R: Should hear from my doctor about my CD21 progesterone blood work so fingers and toes crossed and hair braided that I have good levels this month. Moving on to the RE in three weeks if this isn't ~the month.~

CS/Q: Only if you want to see how much we HIO...I will start temping again if/when AF arrives although my temps are all over the place (see April).

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? I loved school! My favorites were English, creative writing, drama and history.

Image: https://s2.quickmeme.com/img/b8/b8a525506819de9e559cb198b25cecf584b1ca9b9f8f98dd3f9becc6b29fc071.jpg

saralee797-2 · August 2016

Month/Cycle: 8/7

CD/DPO: 29/9

Timing: -3,-2,-1,0

Testing: Not yetttt! Maybe this weekend when DH is away. Trying to hold out as long as possible. He keeps asking about my temps though ugh.

R/R: Tonight is Diner En Blanc and I am so excited (but so tired from card night last night lol)!! Everyone dresses in white and brings everything to dine outside at a secret location in the city. I love the mystery! I just wish the humidity wasn't at 90% today. Hello big hair! Any other naturally curly hair people out there?

CS/Q: Nah temps are up so that's all that matters for now.

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? NOT MATH. I am so bad at math. My only C ever was in College Algebra because I didn't learn it in hs I guess. I actually loved school so it is tough to pick but I would have to say English. I love to write and I loved vocabulary words.

PepperAT · August 2016

Month/ Cycle: 13/13

CD/DPO: 25/ 9

Timing: -2 -1

Testing: I will probably cave and test this weekend, unless my temp drops. I never count down to a testing date, but I have a lot of cheapies to burn.

R/R: My temps are still high, so that's a good thing. While I was waiting for my BBT to beep, I just kept praying that it would be higher than yesterday, which is was, which means I am totes KTFU, right?!? lol

CS/Q: Nope. I stare at my chart enough for everyone.

GTKY: Can I pick lunch time, because that was totally my favourite time of day!
I also enjoyed Art class and English in the later years of school.

wabash15 · August 2016

Month/Cycle: 3/3

CD/DPO: 25/10

Timing: -5,-4,-3,-2,0,+1

Testing: Snow white BFN today

R/R: I went down the rabbit hole of charts like mine last night... 70% of which were BFP's... to add to it last night I had repeated dreams that I POAS (probably 50 of them) and they were all positive, only to wake up to a further temp drop. I still POAS any ways

I have been holding onto this tiny bit of hope that I will be one of the magical unicorns who struggled with IF, went through treatments then after having a take home pregnancy would be able to get pregnant on my own. My rational brain knows it wont happen with out help, but I'm not sure were in a financial place to pursue treatments right now. my heart wants another one so much...ugg

CS/Q: nope.. just feeling out

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? science all the way, especially biology.

Pinky917 · August 2016

@mrsdaddario Don't be fooled! I have already caved, failed, and given up! Maybe next time I can hold out.

KhRun17 · August 2016

@lulu1180 - your chart looks a lot like mine usually does...mine is never "pretty". I think a lot of my ups and downs come from the fact that we live in a part of the country that doesn't really have AC, so we sleep with windows open 3/4 of the year and can't control bedroom temp. Are there any external factors that can be affecting yours?

@redpuma119 and @hartmich - have fun on your vacays! Hope they're somewhere fun. I'm going to see family in a few weeks...and I'm staying longer than DH, and am nervous about when my next FW will be and if we'll have difficulty.

@ahrains - FX for you! And good luck if you do go to the RE. Also, we lived very different lives, all the subjects you loved were the ones I couldn't stand! I took as few of them as I could to get by.

Month/Cycle: 5/3

CD/DPO: 25/10

Timing: Alright.

Testing: I'm starting to think maybe Monday (DPO14) if I'm not seeing signs of AF, but I suspect she'll rear her ugly head.

R/R: nope

CS/Q: not as of now.

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject?

Definitely Math, I liked science a lot too. History and English were the worst! DH and I have talked about it and someday when we do have kids, he will help with history/English because he is AMAZING at those but (love him dearly) but he does NOT get math or science. He has tried to argue about something mathematical and it just never ends well. Lol. Guess we're a good combo!

Edit: because I can't morning.

saralee797-2 · August 2016

Sorry about the BFNs ladies!

@mrsdaddario sigh, you are an inspiration of positivity! must be more like you.
@krisnicole23 Hope you are at least using cheapies. I made the mistake of testing too early with FRERs in the beginning and boy did that get expensive! FX it is just too early to tell!
@wabash15 I always wondered if those percentages were right.... here's hoping your dreams come true!
@PepperAT Chart looks good to me!!

@ahrains Nice to see you here!! FX for you this cycle!! And OMG that is busy!
@lulu1180 It is all about trends and your chart looks good to me!
@hartmich Long cycles are a killer... glad you made it over here

@LadyMillil CD 14 looks right to me. It wouldn't be crazy to have one more day of EWCM but hey I am no expert.
ETA @KhRun17 Did I read that CD14 right? Did you O on CD3? I'm confused.

lulu1180 · August 2016

@PepperAT I thought I was the only one that obsessed over my own chart and spent too much time looking at it over and over and over and over

@KhRun17 Thankfully we have central air and a ceiling fan, both of which are going at night. I generally wear the same thing to bed and cover with a sheet and light quilt. The only thing I can think of is that my sleep patterns haven't been great but at the same time I'm not sure how bad they've been since I refuse to look at the clock when I wake in the middle of the night

@Saralee797 Thanks for taking a look! It makes me feel a little better that it's not bad (or at least as bad as I thought it might be...)

abmommy15 · August 2016

Month/Cycle: 4/4

CD/DPO: 32/10

Timing: -4,-3,-1,0,+1

Testing: tested yesterday knowing I shouldn't. BFN of course. Trying to hold out until the weekend since AF is due on Saturday.

R/R: 99% sure this isn't the month and for the next 2 months H and I will be on opposite sides of the country for the majority of my fertile period.

CS/Q:

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? Social studies and English. Hated math with a passion.

hartmich · August 2016

@wabash15 Sorry to hear about the BFN

@mrsdaddario Just wanted to tell you I think the outlook you're taking on this process is awesome.

@Saralee797 I have the opposite hair problem, and it gets flatter and flatter the more humid it gets.

Random question for all of you: I know most of the bump ladies are in the "drink til its pink" camp. But we are going to a large birthday celebration on Saturday where drinking will begin at 11am. I'm fine with a glass or two of wine, but I'm not trying to pound shots during the TWW. I will be pretending to participate but someone will likely notice. I just don't want to deal with the "OMG are you pregnant?" questions. Have any of you all dealt with this?

PepperAT · August 2016

@lulu1180 I subscribed to the VIP features again, so there is even more to obsess over now!! It is definitely an addiction and I just can't quit it.

@hartmich I am on team ' Drink til it's pink ', but everything in moderation for sure. Maybe you could just mention that you don't feel like drinking too much? I am not a huge drinker so people probably wouldn't question if I said that. Maybe there will be enough people that they won't notice or they will be drinking so much they won't care. haha Enjoy your couple glasses of wine!

NYTino24 · August 2016

@hartmich I am lucky / unlucky enough to have bad reflux, so my friends all know I rarely drink and often bloat...so it's easy for me to disguise. But it's also no secret we want kids soon. You can just say you're trying to lose weight or make yourself something that looks like a mixed drink!?

saralee797-2 · August 2016

@hartmich I am well known for my love of red wine so it will probably be impossible for me to disguise. I did a diet earlier in the year with no sugar, alcohol etc. so I will probably try that as an excuse. I have also known people to fill bottles of beer with water. You could dump a beer in the bathroom and fill it with water?

[Deleted User] · August 2016

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Sorry for all those BFNs today ladies. Hope you all have some chocolate or wine or Netflix binge today.
@lulu1180 I feel like your chart looks like many I have seen before. Since all the temps are well above cover line it seems very "normal" to me.
@krisnicole23 I don't know how you do all that early testing! It just always prolongs my unhappiness, because obviously the BFN makes you sad, but you also have hope that it's just too early so every day turns into this crushing blow and then hope for the next day. That's exhausting. I think by my 3rd cycle I just started testing 12 dpo or later.

AFM

Month/Cycle: 5/5

CD/DPO: 17, 1

Timing: 0,-1,-2,-3,-5

Testing: Not unless I'm late. I just can't stand BFNs.

R/R: So happy to be on this side of the cycle. Neither H nor I are usually up for sex every day so the past 4 days were pretty tiring. Time for a break.

CS/Q: All good today.

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? Well I am a HS Art teacher so it should come as no surprise that I always loved art class! Although I also always loved history and English.

KhRun17 · August 2016

@Saralee797 you did read that right. I typed wrong. End of week. Morning. I don't know. Meant DPO, not cd. I edited. Thanks for catching me.

krisnicole23 · August 2016

@Saralee797 Oh my gosh yes I'm using cheapies. I only test this early if I have them. There's no way I could afford that!
@antoto I try to be more on the optimistic side and just think ''it's still early''. Especially if our timing was good (except not this month!). I never start before 8 dpo and that's only if I have the sensitive cheapies. If not, I test around af.

berg · August 2016

Month/Cycle: 4/4

CD/DPO: 25/11

Timing: probably not good enough

Testing: nahhhhhhh

R/R: I had dinner with my hs girlfriends last night and it was so wonderful. No matter where we are in life we can always come back together and pick up where we left off. I'm sad to be moving away from them but it makes me so grateful to know that I have three beautiful women in my life that I can turn to for anything. Oh man the TWW makes me an emotional wreck.

CS/Q: nope

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? I loved me some school. Learning is something I am very passionate about. If going to college were free or at least cheaper, I'd have so many degrees. But English and anything to do with reading or writing were the faves. Co-workers send me their emails to proof read. I probably should've gotten into publishing. Oh to have a delorean.

sevenn · August 2016

Month/Cycle: 5/4

CD/DPO: 28/11

Timing: -1, O

Testing: bfn at 8 and 10 dpo

R/R: I worked out yesterday! Then felt proud of myself for flushing my FMU today. Temps are staying steady with the exception of one drop. Doubt it means anything but time will tell. Per my prior charts 12 dpo is when things start to go downhill with spotting, watery discharge and maybe a temp
drop.

CS/Q: fingers crossed!

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? Total chem and bio nerd!

klabuda17 · August 2016

Hi Ladies!
Month: 1/1

CD/DPO: 14/4

Timing: -3,-1,0,+1

Testing: Not yet

CS/Q: I am obsessively looking at my temps from my chart in 2014 when we got pregnant with DD, LOL.

GTKY: School supply shopping for sure!

bornmommy · August 2016

@lulu1180 your chart looks great to me! Everything above cover line. FX
@hartmich The night before both my sons' BFP, I was drrrrunk. I took a test both mornings with FMU prior to drinking and then again before the two parties (one was a going away for my cousin leaving for a tour in Afghanistan and the other was my SILs wedding) The next day I got my BFP. I have done a bunch of "fake drinking" (filling up beer bottles with water, drink grape juice instead of wine, putting a straw in fau-vodka sodas... etc) too, to hide my pregnancy a bit longer and I have to say - I think I'm the only one that noticed. By the time you "drink" a couple glasses, everyone else will be drinking too. Chances are no one will really be looking at you.

You can always use antibiotics as an excuse too if you really wanted!

sevenn · August 2016

@PepperAT - I totally laid there this morning just praying it would still be up. Focused REALLY hard on keeping that thing in place under my tongue... it's sad!

mrsdaddario · August 2016

@lulu1180 The temps are up and down, but I don't think the differences are too crazy. It's been really hot, that could cause temp differences. I wouldn't be too worried about it.

lulu1180 · August 2016

Thanks for the CS @antoto @bornmommy and @mrsdaddario! Since this is my first cycle temping I'm still learning!

@sevenn Fx this is your month!

Becky012016 · August 2016

@hartmich; you could always just say it's too hot outside to drink a ton/that you want to pace yourself because of the heat. This way you can say, "I just had a wine. When I'm done with this water I'll have another wine." Plus (assuming you aren't 21

) it's hard to drink all day and night now without pacing yourself lol

kcagle0528 · August 2016

Glad I'm not alone with the BFN. Got one yesterday morning but I'm only 9dpo. Might try with an early response tomorrow morning at 10dpo. I started having some thick white cf today so hopefully that's a sign. I've made myself discouraged!!

JennyV56 · August 2016

Month/Cycle: 3/3

CD/DPO: CD26, DPO10 (?)

Timing: -5, -4, -3,+1

Testing: BFN yesterday so I'm holding out on more real tests but I'm trying out using my leftover OPKs as a HPT to keep distracted from FRER. It 'looks' as though there is a faint line that has gotten darker in the 3 times I've tested. Plan to do FRER on Saturday (DPO 12)

R/R: both a rant and a rave I guess: I'm on the home stretch of TWW so I'm obsessed, symptoms actually seem pretty real and not imagined. Boobs are sore and heavy, I've been majorly bloated to the point of uncomfortable, and I've been super dizzy for a couple days straight, and then adding in all the other little symptoms plus the OPK lines-I have a good feeling. Like I said yesterday, my hopes are way up and so I'm all in this month. Scared of the potential disappointment but the excitement keeps me positive.

CS/Q: any experiences with OPKs as pregnancy tests?

GTKY: since it's back to school season, what was your favorite school subject? Math I guess-until I got to statistics. I was AWFUL at probability - maybe that's why I'm so optimistic this month : )

lulu1180 · August 2016

@JennyV56 Fx for you!! I've started noticing small things; I keep trying to tell myself it's just AF on her way but I can't help but google things and see if they could possibly point to a BFP on the way. So in other words, I'm driving myself crazy!!!

Redpuma119 · August 2016

@mrsdaddario We are going to drive the east coast!
@hartmich Even though we are forced into some self control its still self control!!

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