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bumpybump
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***TW in Siggy***
Me: 34 / DH: 33
Married: Nov 2011
TTC #1: Jan 2013, BFP Sept 2013, DD: June 2014
TTC #2: Aug 2016, BFP Nov 2016, DS: August 2017
WTO Saturday 9/17
bumpybump
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Month/Cycle:
CD:
WAYDTGKU:
R/R:
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange?
CD:
WAYDTGKU:
R/R:
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange?
***TW in Siggy***
Me: 34 / DH: 33
Married: Nov 2011
TTC #1: Jan 2013, BFP Sept 2013, DD: June 2014
TTC #2: Aug 2016, BFP Nov 2016, DS: August 2017
Re: WTO Saturday 9/17
CD: 18
WAYDTGKU: OPKs, PNVs, charting, temping, CM, BD in FW
R/R: Up two hours earlier than normal so my chart is gonna be messed up and I'm sitting here waiting for crosshairs.
CS/Q: I'm so confused with my body. Based on OPKs and initial temp spikes, it appears that I O'd a couple days ago. Yet, I just got definite EWCM last night. I'm slightly confused on when EWCM shows up. I thought it was prior to O but maybe it varies for each individual?
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange?
I can shake my eyes (back and forth really fast). People have always been in awe or grossed out by it.
***TW in Siggy***
Me: 34 / DH: 33
Married: Nov 2011
TTC #1: Jan 2013, BFP Sept 2013, DD: June 2014
TTC #2: Aug 2016, BFP Nov 2016, DS: August 2017
CD: 22
WAYDTGKU:Temping, OPKs, CM, Cervical Position, BD in FW, Preseed
R/R: My work schedule is crazy and has me traveling 3/4 weeks this month and my one off week home is almost up!
CS/Q: I am having a hard time identifying O. I have some erratic temps this month, but my CM has dried up now and I feel I must have O'd but no crosshairs yet. Could potentially be anovulatory?
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange? I have double jointed fingers, thumbs and shoulders.
@bumpybump i had fertile CM for two days after O in my last cycle. It can vary for everyone, but I know I have read it is definitely possible to have it after O.
I'm 26, DH is 32
Paraguard removed August 2016
Using OPKs, FF, Preseed, Temping, CM
chart stalk
CD: 6
WAYDTGKU: nothing currently
R/R: nothing happening right now. AF making an exit. This part is boring since I still have another 10 days...
CS/Q:
GTKY: hmmm strange talent, not sure...
CD: 28
WAYDTGKU: Metformin, PNV, inositol, sex, temping, a couple OPKs
R/R: Well, I was really hoping for a temp spike today since I had that positive OPK on Thursday, however, no temp rise so it was probably just a fluke. Since I'm missing so many temps, FF gave me dotted crosshairs for yesterday because of the +OPK in there.... it'll learn soon enough.
NBR: It is POURING here this morning so I just want to lay around doing nothing... and I am.
CS/Q: nope
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange? A lot of people think it's weird that I HATE ketchup. Like I am repulsed by it. The smell of it makes me gag.
@bumpybump it's possible to have fertile CM after O... I think there is even an option on FF to look at charts that show this. But if the EWCM is coming so close to when you had it before, it might just be continued from then. FX it is just post-O fertile CM!
@GingerJamsunfortunately, the only thing to do is keep temping and just wait and see. Some peoples CM may dry up right before or right after O. Some people also get random times of fertile CM and don't O. Just keep keeping on and I hope you get an answer soon!
@leekat14 I hope AF is nice to you and leaves soon!
CD: -1. I started spotting today so AF should be here in a day or two. Since I am coming off the TTA train, I decided to start posting here.
WAYDTGKU: OPKs, temping, PNV, and HIO
R/R: Nothing right now
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange?
My voice I guess. I am always getting asked if I am losing my voice. Nope it is just my normal voice.
@GingerJams I have had FF take longer than 3 days to identify O because my temps were erratic and I had a slower rise than normal. It is possible that it may take longer than 3 day.
@bumpybump I have had fertile CM after ovulation too. It actually happened this cycle as well.
DD 1 10/2012
CP 9/2013
DD 2 6/2014
CP 3/2016
BFP 12/8/2016
@mokay19, fellow ketchup hater over here!!!!!
Month/Cycle: 3/4
CD: 2
WAYDTGKU: temping, pnv, opks, checking cm and cp after AF leaves.
R/R: I was up from 3am to 5am with cramps last night. So, yeah that was fun. But, we're getting BBQ and beer today for lunch, so yay!!
CS/Q: nadda
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange?
nothing comes to mind at the moment!
Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
EDD: 5/14/2018
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU temping, OPK, preseed, and my first month of not drinking at all during WTO (dunno if it will help, but can't hurt right?)
R/R: **previous pregnancy briefly mentioned** so apparently my trusty day 12 ovulation has shifted... Last month I had what I thought was a fluke day 14 ovulation (I've ALWAYS ovulated on day 12 for the last 3 years that I've been temping- other than when I was pregnant of course..) **end TW**. So today is day 11, and I had no temp drop or positive OPK. We will see how the next few days play out...
also, I made a decision.. We have male factor infertility (low count, very low motility) so this month I'm going to attempt to time it just right where we ONLY BD the day before ovulation. (In previous cycles we have been BDing every other day for my fertile week) but his count and motility are SO low, I think we may have a slight better shot if we time a single BD as close to -1 as possible
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange?
I have tiny feet!! Size 5! And I'm 5'5, so it's really weird my feet are so small
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: PNV, CM, BD. I just bought a BBT so I'm starting that Monday!
R/R: BD didn't happen again last night! UGH. It's like ever since we started trying we've been off our game. So frustrating! I'm hoping that by starting temping I can actually see a shift and know if I'm ovulating so then we can at least make an effort around then.
CS/Q: None
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange?
Hmmm. Not sure. Maybe that I'm right handed and wear my watch on my right hand instead of left? I get asked all the time if I'm left handed because of it. But I was a hairstylist and I would wear my bracelets and watches on my right hand to keep them out of the water when shampooing clients and now it just feels strange to wear them on the left.
@mokay19 I hate ketchup too!!
@hupp0013 When I first met one of my friends, she was like, sorry I sound so nasally I have a bad cold. Well it turns out, she just has a really nasally voice! I couldn't even tell the difference the next time I saw her. Ha! But I would never say anything to her about it!
(to anyone who didn't see that post- my RE is trying to make me wait until my son is two years old to use it.. When all research says that waiting one year is the standard)
@BertieMeetsGertie Sorry for the awful cramps; those are the worst! Yay for awesome lunch to look forward to!
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, CM, OPK, green tea
R/R: Yes, I am the weather troll. The one day I attempt to plan an outdoor get together, it is raining. So we will all be crowded in our house.
CS/Q: Nope.
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange? I always find this hard to answer. lol I'm not sure what's strange enough. I had a pet rat as a kid. I love Jimmy Buffett. I hate picnic foods (potato salad, macaroni salad, baked beans, etc.). Are those strange?
Me: 36 DH: 41
Also, @bumpybump I usually only get EWCM the day before O, and I get it the following day too. So yes, you can definitely get some left over EWCM after O
Me: 36 DH: 41
@bumpybump Want a chart stalk? Also, I often get EWCM either on 1dpo or 2dpo (and if I get it 2dpo it is SO much it is gross). Nothing to worry about if your temp stays up. FX tomorrow you get a good temp at the right time! Having a poorly timed temp right after O is so frustrating.
@GingerJams Want a chart stalk? If your CM has tried up without temp shift, it could also be because you aren't drinking enough fluids.
@mokay19 False surges are so frustrating! FX O comes soon.
@tripledaggerWed95976 Good luck with your new BD strategy! I hope it's the thing that makes this your cycle. And if it isn't, I hope you get your embryo at the one year mark. I'm so offended on your behalf that the doctor wants to make you wait beyond the standard. UGH.
@Bertiemeetsgertie Sounds like a great day! Nothing like alcohol that first weekend of the cycle.
Cycle/Month: 4/4
CD: 19
WAYDTGKU: Temping, CM, OPKs, PNVs, CoQ10, B6, B12, vitamin D, green tea, avoiding soy.
R/R: Last night, we were deciding where to go for dinner, and DH suggested hibachi. I reminded him I'm avoiding soy as my doctor suggested to lengthen my luteal phase. He looked so, so sad... But then he said, "But maybe this will be our baby month!" What a cutie.
CS/Q: Another high temp today so I'm feeling good. Tomorrow would be #3 and headed to TWW. I'm already eating my pineapple for breakfast haha.
GTKY: Hmm, I'm not sure. Now that I live on the east coast, people think it's strange that I grew up in a majority-Mormon area (in Arizona). When Mitt Romney was running for president, I fielded a LOT of questions about Mormons. (I also went to high school with some Romneys who were his secondish cousins.)
@GingerJams I'd also be curious to see your chart!
@tripledaggerWed95976 yay for a second opinion! I'd be really curious to see what they say since there will be no bias attached with making money off of storing your embryo! Keep us posted!!!
@alysapuggles fellow picnic food hater here!!
Month/Cycle: 8/8
CD: 10
WAYDTGKU: charting, temping, OPKs, BD, CM
R/R: **TW-someone else's pregnancy mentioned** so DHs step sister just got married a month and a half ago. She and her husband don't have jobs and are living with their parents right now with no means of income. They've always talked about how they don't want children for at least 3 years. Just was told through a fb message by her that she's pregnant (not even a text message because they can't afford a cell phone). I have no words. Aside from any bias about me and DH TTC, I am angry and feel sorry for that child because I don't know how they are going to support it. they also have no health insurance. I'm sure DHs family will be paying those medical bills. So many feelings right now!!!! End TW**
CS/Q: temped later than usual today and yesterday got up to pee so 2 days thrown! Ugh!
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange? I have a lot of strange food allergies!
ETA- @adirat I love hibachi! That's sweet that YH said that! I have a soy allergy and the struggle is real!!
Month/Cycle: 2/2
CD: 7
WAYDTGKU: PNVs, temping, cutting out soda, making hubby take a multi-vitamin
R/R: I'm a die-hard Gator fan and try to go to at least one game a season. Inn going to the game today with a friend and we're in the 4th row. I'm so excited!!
CS/Q: none
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange?
I absolutely despise water and won't drink it plain. I don't put ice in my drinks because then it gets watered down and tastes too much like water. Everyone asks how I can be a runner & hate water but I just drink Gatorade. I do like crystal light & ive found that Walmart's water is flavored enough for me. They both have aspartame which I know isn't the best during pregnancy.
Month/Cycle: 6
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: BBT, CM, CP, PNV, Preseed, some green tea
R/R: OPKs making me nuts today. I am so tempted to post pictures of things I peed on!
CS/Q: My Wondfo OPK was much darker this morning so I double checked it with a Clear Blue… that was negative, not even a blinking smiley. Does this happen to anyone else? I want to get good timing this month because the last two have been so crappy.
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange? I have a kind of unique job, I engineer packaging for commercial products. People always say things like "I didn't know you could major in that…."
CD: 2 or 3 (I'm still questioning lol)
WAYDTGKU: right now just PNV, DHA, Maca, feminine balance tea, BBT
R/R: The cramps are severe right now
CS/Q: high temp this morning but I know they can be weird during AF
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange? I don't know...I have hypermobility so I can do some weird things with my joints. DH says I can blink really fast and he thinks that's weird and "unfair" like it's a competition
CD: 13
WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, checking CM, EOD sex
R/R: DD was super cranky this morning so of course DH had to be doing yardwork the whole time. Don't worry though, he checked in to second guess my proposed lunch/nap schedule for her. Which I changed based on his suggestion, and it obviously backfired and resulted in her throwing her uneaten lunch everywhere and then screaming at me for 15 minutes until I could get her into the crib. I should go get DH now to HIO today but I'm not super interested in that. I likely still have 7-10 days before O anyway, despite continuing EWCM, so I don't really care. Ugh.
CS/Q: nope
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange? I can curl my toes under and walk around on top of them and it doesn't hurt at all. I never really realized that was unusual until recently. My mom said that's how I started walking, so I guess my feet are super strong and flexible as a result. Also, I'm purebred 100% Italian but I'm strawberry blonde with green eyes and very pale skin. People rarely believe me about this until I show them pictures of my sister's more Snooki-like coloring. My dad's dad's family is from near the Swiss border and they're more fair up there. My mom's whole family is Sicilian so they're darker.
CD: 18
WAYDTGKU: All the things!
R/R: None today
CS/Q: I've been temping at the same time every morning and my temps are ALL over the place this week. My OPK just went from blinking smiley face (last 2 days) to solid smiley face this AM. The temp spike, if I O this month should happen within the next couple of days, right?
GTKY: I hate pickles (everyone thinks that's weird), I hate ketchup (the Mr thinks that's weird), and I'm hyper flexible (which freaks people out but it's due to a genetic issue that runs in my family).
@BertieMeetsGertie, @rainbowturtles: Hi cycle buddies!
@purplg8r: Do you like carbonated water? LaCroix has a ton of delicious flavors and no aspertame!
@rainbowturtles: My colorist uses a pregnancy-safe dye, so we just switched to that - I honestly can't tell the difference!
Month/Cycle: 5/3 (2 TTCAL)
CD: 2
WAYDTGKU: Right now, just having a monster AF and vitamins, but soon, OPKs, doing it, and cutting out coffee.
R/R: It feels like if you're mad about not being pregnant, you should at LEAST have an easy period. I feel like crap and have to take my bloated crampy self to a semi-fancy work-related thing today.
CS/Q: I know I'm not supposed to take Advil in the TWW, but is it okay to take it during AF? I have awful periods and Tylenol does NOTHING for the cramps.
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange? I have two uvulas (the hanging-down things in the back of your mouth)!
BFP #1: 5/16
MMC at 8 weeks: 6/16
BFP #2: 10/16
Sweet baby boy arrived 7/7/17!
@silliegirlie143 Aren't all over the place charts so damn frustrating? My chart this cycle looks like the Rockies.
Month/Cycle: 4/3
CD: 34. O (and AF) are in hiding.... I just want this waiting to be over!
WAYDTGKU: Trying to eat healthier. Instead of jumping head first into a new healthy diet and two days later saying screw this I'm eating a box of oreos. I'm going to change one thing at a time. This week was overhauling my breakfasts. Next week its making sure to eat at least two servings of green leafy vegetables a day.
R/R: A few more hours until it's my weekend! But apparently everyone has decided to make it a painful few hours.......
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange? I have no idea. I'm generally pretty weird overall. I'm allergic to just about everything..... had the back scratch allergy test as a kid and got a reaction to 55 of 60 things they tested me for. Allergies are so bad that I got allergy shots every other day in high school.
Married April 2016
BFP: 4/21/2017 EDD: 12/31/17
TTC #1: 4/2016 - 4/2017
Became a momma to a wonderfully weird rescue dog in May 2016
CD: 7
WAYDTGKU: starting OPKs in a week, temping, hydration goals for CM (sucking at this), will purchase guainefesin for CM as well
R/R: 6 hour Saturday class blegh
CS/Q: Nope
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange? I talk in my sleep and sometimes have waking hallucinations. I've woken up DH thinking there was a huge spider on the ceiling or someone breaking into our room through the window. As you can imagine, he hates it lol
@bumpybump I think ewcm after O is a filter for FF charts, so you're not alone in that observation! Hope you get your crosshairs
@mokay19 O could still be today! Fx for temp spike tomorrow!
@BertieMeetsGertie yay for BBQ & beer! Alcohol is running obnoxiously low in my household for a weekend lol I may have to run out
@tripledaggerWed95976 good luck! Fx for that + opk soon! I am also going to shoot for close to O timing this cycle as a precaution to assist with my lack of CM
@beachbunnyxo123 sorry about the surprise announcement... I sometimes have a tough time with that as well since I waited years for a good time to try while fighting baby fever and it seems everyone around me was getting KU in less than ideal circumstances. In my maternal child health epidemiology course they stated 1/2 of pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned. That gets a big WTF from me!
@rainbowturtles my AF temps are crazy (also maybe because I tend to drink on AF? Idk?) I was expecting mine to drop back down to low 97s from mid 97s but so far nothing.
@silliegirlie143 yes, if solid smiley is the equivalent of a full + OPK then you should ovulate within the next 12-48 hours. It seems like most women ovulate the day after a positive. I use wondfos though so my advice could be off.
@leilac sorry about the monster AF
Met 4/2010+Married 8/2014
TTC #1 August 2016. BFP 10/2016= DD Born 6.23.17
@mokay19 It's pouring here too, but I'm wearing a flannel and loving it!
@MrsDorkCharming I had to do the same thing with allergy shots! Twice a week, the worst part was waiting 30 minutes to go home afterwards. When they retested me to see if I had made any improvements (after 3 years of this), there hadn't been any change so I said screw this!
Month/Cycle: 2/2
CD: 7
WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPK's, teas, preseed
R/R: Working overtime all day today. Thankful for the extra $$ but stressed with how much work I need to get done! Hopefully I can get a lot accomplished with an empty office today and minimal interruptions.
CS/Q: none yet. Fertility friend has given me a 6 day long fertile window, hoping my temps will narrow that down. I had an unusually short cycle last month so I would love some clarity soon, thanks body!
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange?
You all have a lot of amazing talents, I can't really think of anything that competes! Most people are surprised by my taste in music. I love hard rock and classic rock, and I often hear that "I don't look like I would listen to that." Which is super annoying, what does that even mean? I should be listening to Britney Spears because I highlight my hair?
Yes, I would LOVE a chart stalk.
I went back and really scrutinized my notes on FF and actually check boxes for sleep deprived and other secondary symptoms. For instance CD 15 I had an erratically high temp of 97.7, but that was after a 16 hour work day and at most 4 hours of sleep. I also wondered if it would apply into the TCOYF "rule of thumb" and not count? Additionally, I took my temperature twice on CD 20, the first at my usual time and it was SO LOW 96.38. The second 3.5 hours later when I actually woke up and it was much higher at 97.34. I used the second temp and put in the time difference in FF so it is an open circle.
Previously to these two additions, my crosshairs did not form. Now they are there, however I am not sure they belong since before really getting into symptoms they were not
I am thumbing through TCOYF today and realized she notes that it's ok to have a temp dip on the 2nd day of a thermal shift (CD19), which I did not know before.
I pasted a link to my chart below. I almost feel like I may have O'd CD 19 due to the low temp and high shift and figured CH would develop after that. It's a mess!
PS, I temp orally and am DEFINITELY switching next cycle to avoid any mishaps on my own part
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/66bbef
I'm 26, DH is 32
Paraguard removed August 2016
Using OPKs, FF, Preseed, Temping, CM
chart stalk
If your CD22 temp were higher, or if you had a clearer pattern of CM or OPKs aligned with these, I'd agree with FF about CD17 being O. But given what you said about your CD20 temp being low then high, and CD22 being near coverline, you may not have ovulated yet. Sorry this isn't much of an answer, but see what you get when you temp tomorrow and let's look at it again. (I am hoping to be in TWW tomorrow, but please feel free to tag me for a CS tomorrow.) If your temp is higher again tomorrow, then I think CD17 is a good bet.
*edit spelling mistakes.
Me: 28 DH: 35
Dx PCOS May 2015
Baby #1 due 12/7/17
Month/Cycle: 2/TTCAL 10 all together
CD: 14
WAYDTGKU: all the things but since I don't normally O til cd 26-31 I'm just waiting....
R/R: **TW, toddler mentioned*** we went to the fair today and it was CRAZY expensive. To get in and go on 4 rides that DS was tall enough for cost $60.00. We wanted to grab lunch and the food trucks were wild. A hotdog and fries and drink $25. Man how times have changed. Lol. ***End TW***
CS/Q: This may be TMI but how can you check your CM hours after BD. Like, that stuff hangs around and I find it impossible to tell what's me and what's the left overs (gross, sorry)
GTKY: What's one thing about you that others (or yourself) would consider unique or strange?
I have double jointed elbows and it freaks my friends and DH out lol
*edit for spelling. Thanks fat fingers on my phone*
CD: 3
WAYDTGKU: Waiting for AF to leave
R/R: I was almost sure I had O'd last week. Two high temps, followed by a drop then AF the next day. Feeling pretty discouraged and had way too much wine last night. So now I have AF, cramps AND a hangover. I'm a glutton for punishment.
CS/Q: nothing to see here
GTKY: I can't think of anything off hand
Month/Cycle: 2/2
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, CM/CP, OPKs, green tea (need to be better with this), exercise, and HIO
R/R: Nada.
CS/Q: Is it pretty common for a temp drop after AF? I didn't have a sustained drop, just 1 day, but it did make me wonder.
Also, I started with Wondfo OPKs this month and am testing early since last cycle was 23 days and I'm not positive when I O'd. So the line on the OPK was darkest on CD 7 (but not darker than the control) and now it's lightening. Has anyone else had this happen? I thought it was supposed to be a gradual and consistent darkening line.
GTKY: Umm, I'm not sure. I guess that I have a twin? People seem to thinks thats interesting