TGIF Check-in 9/2

DungeonTrollMel · September 2016

We made it!!!

What is every one getting into this weekend? I think we have a few people testing. Lots of people BDing!

Lets all make the most of a 3 day weekend

BitterBetty12 · September 2016

Testing on Monday! If I can wait that long. Ahhhhh! I haven't been this excited to test since I got my BFP last time.

I have lunch with my brother tomorrow, and a picnic at my dads Monday. Otherwise I plan to keep it low key since I'm officially back to school on Tuesday.

Also H works all weekend so I'll probably be doing a whole lot of nothing while he's gone. I don't even plan to get out of my comfy clothes today!

The only things I HAVE to do are get a haircut and my eyebrows waxed. But I'll fit that in somewhere.

brooklyngirl18 · September 2016

Happy friday of a long weekend woohoo!!
@BitterBetty12 gahhh i have everything crossed for you for monday!

I am heading to the beach tonight and back tomorrow night since DH is working sunday and monday. I might have a bbq sunday with my brother sil and parents but that's dependant on the weather, we'll see if Hermine cancels our plans. Starting testing either monday or wednesday, FF keeps changing my O date but who is kidding who, I'll be testing bright and early Monday I'm sure. good luck to all the ladies BDing and testing. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

chloe97 · September 2016

I'm heading to Minnesota to see the family. I feel like I read on this board or lurking in the grad board that someone was going to to the MN State Fair this weekend. If it were you, I will see you there!

No BD-ing for us since we are staying at my brothers. We should be okay if we start Monday when we get back, but I'm still ho-hum about it.

FX for all you guys testing this weekend! Hoping to see a slew of BFPS this weekend!

rainbowturtles · September 2016

Eeeee! Fx for everyone!!!

I'm going to be painting the bathroom tomorrow and of course I'd rather be in WTO to paint than TWW but im trying not to be a freak because I'm sure it's fine lol

Other than that, DH has all sorts of project plans so I'm hoping he doesn't annoy the crap out of me lmao He can be a little intense with the questions when he's doing things sometimes, bless him

He also has plans for a fire because the fire ban is lifted so I'll have to bust out some warm clothes because I get cold so easily!

I'm just hoping we get to do something fun, too (well DH thinks the fire is fun, and while lovely, not really my fav) because come on...LONG WEEKEND!

RiverSong15 · September 2016

Woot! it's Friday!!!

This is me at work today, so I think my long weekend plans will involve sleep....

The only other thing on our weekend plans are a Fantasy Football draft. At 10pm. At least there will be beer and ice cream?

chloe97 · September 2016

Love that you're in a Fantasy Football league @RiverSong15! My girlfriends and I have been in an all women league for 10 years now. This reminds me I need to find out about the draft date! ETA FX you get Aaron Rodgers (my boyfriend!)

RiverSong15 · September 2016

H convinced me this year @chloe97. I enjoy football, but we'll see how I do in Fantasy. I'm not good at remembering names of players for later draft rounds, and at 45 seconds per draft pick, I won't have a lot of time to make a decision. I'd like to get Russell Wilson or Cam Newton, but I wouldn't say no to Aaron Rodgers.

I get 5th pick, so I'm trying to decide which RB to go with. Safe to say that Antonio Brown will be long gone by then....

Taggarab · September 2016

We are prepping for some rain this weekend from the remnants of Hurricane Hermine. Hopefully there is not too much flooding. Just trying to keep things low key, which would be nice for a change since lots of activities are starting up next week.

Love fantasy football @RiverSong15. My draft is Monday night, but thankfully at 8:30. 10pm would kill me.

@rainbowturtles I hope your painting goes well. Most of the paint now is low or no VOC so I wouldn't worry about it.

@chloe97 Have a good trip! I love state fairs. Ours isn't until the end of the month.

@brooklyngirl18 Hope you are able to keep your plans though I do think Hermine is going to mess up a lot of people's parties/cookouts. Hope to hear good news from you next week!

@BitterBetty12 I will be watching out for testing results!

TScalei · September 2016

@bitterbetty12 - fx for you!

@rainbowturtles - have fun painting!

Love fantasy football - just had my draft today - got Eli Manning! @riversong15 - 45 seconds between picks that 's crazy!? I have a hard time with 2 min, lol.

Having a low key weekend. Had a crazy week- finally had my natural mc followed quickly by bout of pink eye. Hoping to just relax, get out of the house a little bit and decompress from all of that.

Aera11 · September 2016

YAY for Friday!! I had a blood draw this am and have to go back Sunday now (ugh, was hoping for Monday), so that put a damper on our up north plans. So tonight I convinced DH to go see The Light Between Oceans {I just finished the book} -- I think it will hit close to home with pregnancy loss but the book was really good. Tomorrow we have a dinner with some friends who live on a lake and then Sunday we'll go up north after my blood draw.

So many Fantasy Football ladies, I love it! I used to do it but don't anymore; the women I did it with started getting too busy, etc.

DungeonTrollMel · September 2016

Phew!! Finally caught up so I can finally update on my own post!!

I was supposed to have a 5 day weekend (Thursday-Monday) but my doc decided not to go to his course in Switzerland last
minure so not only did we operate all day yesrersay, now I have patients to round on every day this weekend. Effectively ruining the holiday weekend.

Tomorrow DH and I are going to drive up north to hike and have a picnic where it's only 75 and not 110. Looking forward to actually getting to be outside for more than 3 minutes.

Probably just lay low the rest of the time. I am swamped at work and will be pulling 16-18 hour days for the next two weeks so I need to soak it in

I need to wait until Sunday to test but I got some frer flatties and tomorrow is sounding better and better.

Aera11 · September 2016

So DH and I saw The Light Between Oceans tonight {possibly a little bit of a spoiler below}.

I knew it would be a sad/emotional movie since I read the book, but felt that I could handle it since I knew what was going to happen and I am not fresh off my recent loss (had my loss been recent, there is NO way I would have gone). Anyways, I managed to only cry a little and hold back the uncontrollable ugly cry I do when it's baby related. DH sobbed which broke my heart. I think he really saw the raw emotion we, as women, feel for the loss of our child and the longing for one. It also reaffirmed the lesson we both feel we learned from our loss: no matter what, we still have to be there for one another and that we need to be ok even without a child. It, to this day, is still the hardest thing for either of us to think about having to accept.

Anyways, I just wanted to share with you all because I know your hearts have been down the same path as ours, and it's a movie that will hit close to home.

amberruka · September 2016

FX for all testers--keep us posted!!!

We spent Thurs night at a winery/hotel/multiple bars on property place so between that, last Saturday's drag show and last Sunday's PBR fest downtown, I have effectively put my liver into a coma

. After my group run this morning, cat to vet, going out on a freight ship to see a patient then we are going to see the Ab Fab movie-finally!! Might have to go on another ship tomorrow but more up on the Pacific Coast, which will be awesome since I love the drive. Happy long weekend everyone!

TScalei · September 2016

@aera11 - thanks for the heads up. I wanted to read the book/ see the movie but might wait a bit and maybe rent it to watch it at home. Part of me thinks reading it could be therapeutic in a way.

@amberruka - your weekend sounds fun!

BitterBetty12 · September 2016

It's so hard not to pee on things on and after 8dpo! It took so much will power not to test today. I got my + at 9dpo last time so not testing tomorrow is going to be even harder.

RiverSong15 · September 2016

Ahhhhh! Good luck @BitterBetty12. I'm a 9 DPO tester too, so I'm a bad influence.

BitterBetty12 · September 2016

@RiverSong15 I might not be able to avoid the 9dpo temptation. I'm going to try though! Maybe I won't think about it in the morning. Ha! What are the chances of that?

DungeonTrollMel · September 2016

@BitterBetty12 but isn't that why you bought so many tests on Amazon

BitterBetty12 · September 2016

DungeonTrollMel said:

@BitterBetty12 but isn't that why you bought so many tests on Amazon

I mean, what are tests for if not to obsessively pee on, right? Plus I was told I am apparently part of some pee party pact for tomorrow... So it would be rude of me not to accept the invitation.

brooklyngirl18 · September 2016

@DungeonTrollMel @BitterBetty12 pee on all the sticks!!!

rainbowturtles · September 2016

I got one coat of paint on. Forgot how tiring it is!!! Just hoping I like the color when it's done

I'm nervous and excited for @BitterBetty12 and @DungeonTrollMel to test!!! I can't even describe what I'm feeling! Will be checking in in the morning

BitterBetty12 · September 2016

Unfortunately nothing to see here. I kept waking up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, and ended up with only a 1 hour and 45 minute hold. BFN on a Wondfo and FRER.

Weirdly enough, last time my 9dpo BFP was on a dollar store test in the am, and when I tried to confirm with the FRER it was -. It didn't turn until that afternoon. So I'm still holding out hope!

DungeonTrollMel · September 2016

@BitterBetty12 I have thought about getting some dollar store ones today as well

Hopefulmommy1980 · September 2016

Good luck ladies

rainbowturtles · September 2016

I'm sorry for the BFN today @BitterBetty12 but I'm definitely still hopeful for you

I don't really know where to put this; I'm just having a hard TTCAL day

I probably can't even explain it all because some of it is long story/complex relationship crap and DH's brother just got here so I have to start dinner soon and can't be on my phone much. Basically, my brother and his wife are garbage people. My brother was abusive to us growing up and is so toxic that I interact with him as little as possible because I swear he always finds new ways to hurt me. I was just at my mom's picking up their old tv, which I was super thrilled about but then my brother's wife was outside and for some reason my mom looked at her and said "can I tell her?", motioning towards me, and somehow she thought I would be okay with hearing about her fertility problems and that my mom is apparently paying for some of her fertility medication!! For starters, she sounded like an absolute moron, saying she kept having "false pregnancy symptoms" like her boobs getting really big and all this other crap and I'm just thinking oh, you mean pre-AF symptoms? I mean, I can understand that she is having hormonal problems (she said her thyroid is off) but she just sounded ridiculous. She didn't even know the name of the meds. And she said they're doing ultrasounds and a trigger this month but that it's not covered so my mom is paying for it. The whole time I'm glaring at my mom because the LAST thing I want to hear about is this woman getting pregnant and my brother having another kid (he has one from another woman...and that's where it gets more complicated because there are half-siblings involved, too, that I won't get into). They're terrible parents, both have tempers, and my mom takes care of the kids 90% of the time, takes them to school because they can't be bothered to get up in the morning and crap like that.

Then she's saying things to me like "what did your doctor say, because I know it's hard for you to get pregnant, too?". Well, actually, the most trouble so far has been STAYING pregnant and my doctor won't do any testing unless ANOTHER ONE OF MY BABIES DIES!!!

Anyways, I know infertility of any kind is awful, I just can't stand this woman or my brother, and as I mentioned, there's more back story that makes it more triggering (they weren't even going to keep my nephew and even discussed me adopting him and he was conceived only months after my first loss, and he and this other woman were drug addicts at the time etc). I will be devastated if she gets pregnant before me, or at all, really. I fear for my nephew as it is.

I cried the whole way home

Thankfully, DH was really understanding and supportive and basically said "f*ck them". I want to tell my mom that I don't ever want to hear about that again but she is/was emotionally abusive and would make me feel bad for making her feel bad about bringing it up or something so I don't even know if there's a point. I'm just exhausted right now.

Thank you if you read all the way through. Sorry it is so long but thank you for letting me get it out

BitterBetty12 · September 2016

@rainbowturtles I'm so sorry

I wish that your mom could be more sensitive toward you and understand that having that conversation was not in your best interest. Hugs! I'm glad your DH was so supportive about it.

rainbowturtles · September 2016

@BitterBetty12 I think that was part of what surprised/hurt me most....that she thought this was something I'd want to hear or talk about

I mean, even my mom has told me she doesn't like my brother's wife so none of it made sense to me

DungeonTrollMel · September 2016

@rainbowturtles I am so sorry. It often seems the people closest to us some how manage to hurt us the deepest. I hope that you can manage to keep them in your life as little as possible going forward

RiverSong15 · September 2016

@rainbowturtles I'm so so sorry you've had such horrible experiences with family. That makes this so much harder. I hope you find a way to create a safe space for yourself and set up boundaries to help prevent them from hurting you more. You deserve so much better than this. Huge hugs.

TScalei · September 2016

I'm sorry you are having a tough day @rainbowturtles. I know I would have been really upset after that and I'm sorry you had to go through that.

Hopefulmommy1980 · September 2016

@rainbowturtles I am so sorry that is a horrible situation to have to go through. I just want to give you a huge hug. I hope that you can minimize how much you have to be around them. I can't believe how insensitive all of them were. Hug!

rainbowturtles · September 2016

Thank you so much everyone. I seriously don't know what I'd do without you all

I'm so grateful for each one of you

I'm still all teary....everything is making me cry....but it's so helpful to just know that you all understand.

JDW0325 · September 2016

@rainbowturtles
big hugs to you. We all completely understand your feelings.

brooklyngirl18 · September 2016

a little late here but just waned to say i'm really sorry @rainbowturtles. the other ladies covered what I wanted to say but just know i'm thinking of you and hope you don't have to hear anymore about your brother and sil's issues. some people really should just not have kids.

amberruka · September 2016

Also a little late but wow....just wow @rainbowturtles. Big hugs for you. I'm so sorry you had to go through that.

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