Hi All! This is baileygomez...for some reason when I updated some of my profile stuff it reverted me back to my old profile name...working on figuring it out.
Month/Cycle: 2/2
CD/DPO: CD22/9DPO
Timing: -4 and -1
Testing: December 1
R/R: Been up since 4:30am...which feels awesome, not. So I temped because I was worried I wouldn't fall back asleep, and I didn't.
CS/Q: My temp seems to be rising for the past 3 days, about .2 to .39 degrees higher than my other temps...so not sure if that's a good sign or not.
GTKY: What is your favorite drink (doesn't have to be alcohol!)?
Hot Totties! (fireball whiskey and apple cider)
@swimsister I am sorry for the BFN and for the rough day.
@adirat and @lund nice to see you ladies over here!
@thebookisbetter I agree with @swimsister CD9 is your clear temp shift... I could maybe make an argument for CD15 or very less likely CD 21 with a fall back rise but you have some missing temps... did you by chance change anything like add a thicker comforter or increase the temps in your house around the time FF gave you dotted CH? are you using OPKs? sorry its so confusing...
@swimsister hugs, sorry for the BFN and a hard day. Try to be good to yourself today
*TW*
TTC 1/2012 Diagnosed : unexplained infertility 6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015 TTC #3 5/2016 Restarted Fertility tx IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
@LuND It's a great drink, but one is plenty. My lack of alcohol drinking these days puts more than that out of the realm of good ideas, haha. @wabash15 It's been hard this time around. I'm really glad I had the holidays to distract me for a good chunk of time, but now that I'm back at work.. oi. We can do it! The Pee Pact I was in last month had quite a few BFPs, maybe we can get another round of luck going.
@adirat and @lund nice to see you ladies over here!
@thebookisbetter I agree with @swimsister CD9 is your clear temp shift... I could maybe make an argument for CD15 or very less likely CD 21 with a fall back rise but you have some missing temps... did you by chance change anything like add a thicker comforter or increase the temps in your house around the time FF gave you dotted CH? are you using OPKs? sorry its so confusing...
@swimsister hugs, sorry for the BFN and a hard day. Try to be good to yourself today
Yeah, I didn't bother taking my temp this weekend because after my BFN at 13DPO I figured for sure I would be seeing AF shortly. She didn't show up, and today's temp was high, and now obviously I am just confused. I can't think of anything changing this month with my sleep-bedding and thermostat haven't changed. I even had what I assumed was O pain on CD10, which seemed to make sense. I do use OPKs, but I hadn't even STARTED using them at CD9, so that was a wash this month. I should be happy if O actually is CD15, because that makes my FW timing this month better, but I hate my charting being so perplexing...it only adds to my BSC. Thank you for your input!
@thebookisbetter I understand why the FF program gave you Cd9 but it is definitely wrong. Since you don't have CM or OPKs in there, do you know if any of the temps in cd10-11 are alcohol temps? Where was your coverline last cycle? FYI, meds that give you dry mouth can affect CM, but it shouldn't be so much that you can't observe anything. FWIW I agree with @swimsister and @wabash15 that CD15 is likelier.
@swimsister Hugs. I'm so sorry. I posted in the bloodwork thread but PLEASE don't hesitate to reach out if you want to talk about bloodwork or next steps. Or just to vent
Testing: Soooo I wasn't going to test until 12/3 but depending on when I ovulated today could be 10 DPO so I caved and tested today...BFN. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Now I feel crappy and I have major cramps which probably means AF is around the corner anyway.
R/R: I still have another day off of work before I got back to the craziness!
CS/Q: nothing
GTKY: What is your favorite drink (doesn't have to be alcohol!)? I love love love cherry diet pepsi. But I also love a good sangria
@BertieMeetsGertie yay for leaving work early! @Flinstone please share your secret for a good nights sleep @FLAshley ugh! Sorry about your morning! DH counts on me to get him up and get us out of the house too. It's sooooo annoying. We commute together so if he is running late that makes me late as well. And I swear it's like he is five, every day I have to ask him before we leave "Do you have your work ID, do you have your phone, do you have your wallet, did you take your medications..." No joke.
@thebookisbetter I understand why the FF program gave you Cd9 but it is definitely wrong. Since you don't have CM or OPKs in there, do you know if any of the temps in cd10-11 are alcohol temps? Where was your coverline last cycle? FYI, meds that give you dry mouth can affect CM, but it shouldn't be so much that you can't observe anything. FWIW I agree with @swimsister and @wabash15 that CD15 is likelier.
@swimsister Hugs. I'm so sorry. I posted in the bloodwork thread but PLEASE don't hesitate to reach out if you want to talk about bloodwork or next steps. Or just to vent
Agh, I shouldn't have cropped the chart before the CM line-I have been tracking it. I didn't see any signs of EWCM at all, but I think solely basing it on CM, CD15 is more likely. I didn't temp last month, so no coverline for comparison unfortunately. No booze to speak of anywhere near CD10/11. I guess if AF doesn't show by tomorrow, I will manually shift the CH to CD15. Thanks!
Definitely didn't mean to vomit all of my feels on you guys and then disappear! Work was pretty crazy today -- which helped to take my mind off of things.
thank you for the love and support - you ladies are the best
@adirat and @spiderlover25 yay for O! @swimsister I'm so, so sorry that you're having a tough time right now. all of the creepy hugs to you!
Me: 32 H: 32 Married: October 2009 TTC#1: August 2016
R/R: nothing really. I'm writing while bus commuting and almost fell out of my seat due to a sharp turn. That would have been graceful .
CS/Q: no thanks!
GTKY: What is your favorite drink (doesn't have to be alcoholic). I drink tons of water! A fresh and not too sweet lemonade is always nice. As far as alcohol I love a good peach or strawberry mojito!
@FLAshley ugh! Sorry about your morning! DH counts on me to get him up and get us out of the house too. It's sooooo annoying. We commute together so if he is running late that makes me late as well. And I swear it's like he is five, every day I have to ask him before we leave "Do you have your work ID, do you have your phone, do you have your wallet, did you take your medications..." No joke.
Happy Monday! OR as happy as it can be returning to work after a holiday weekend.
Month/Cycle: 1/1
CD/DPO: 24/6
Timing: -2
Testing: decided I'll hold out until AF is due next Monday
R/R: this I see my first cycle TTC so im trying to not read into anything (plus timing was less than optimal). I've been burping a lot though (I hardly ever burp) and I don't want to read into anything just 6dpo so I'm telling myself it is most definitely due to overindulging in sweets this past holiday weekend.
CS/Q: nope
GTKY: What is your favorite drink (doesn't have to be alcohol!)? Frozen hot chocolate (yes you read that right).
Timing: by my guess O, -2, -1, -4 (FF thinks -2, O)
Testing: Saturday.
R/R: My mom came for Thanksgiving, and I think she gave me her cold. I'm feeling completely exhausted today and my throat is starting to hurt a little
CS/Q: Nope
GTKY: What is your favorite drink (doesn't have to be alcohol!)? I love Arnold Palmers too...but also love Strawberry Margaritas. I love grapefruit juice too!
@nia23, I have a friend whose first symptom was burping. Hope it holds true for you! @lmmtravels, we are O buddies.
TTC since 8/7/16 BFP 9/13/16 MMC 10/18/16 D&C 10/20/16
@LuND yeah, it definitely is not the "norm" and my doctor didn't think it was a cause, but researching it here as well as talking to others has led me to believe any foreign object in your body can cause imbalance @peedy I guess we're either too scared or too addicted to give up! haha @jess0211 welp, maybe just a string of bad ones last week my body finally gave in! @lmmtravels ok now i want a mojito! And, we're DPO buddies
Me: 34 | DH: 33 Married Aug. 2013 TTC #1 Sep. 2016 ***TW***
BFP Jan. 15, 2017; MMC Mar. 4, 2017 at 10w6d BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF. BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
@Starla Hugs. It really is hard. Something that has helped me when I get discouraged about not starting earlier is thinking back to how I felt back then and why I waited. I made the right decision for me (and for our marriage) based on the information I had at the time. Sure, if I had different info I might have felt differently, but all we can do is make the right decision at the time with the information we have.
We considered having kids for a long time. We've been together almost 10 years (married for 3.5) and I know we weren't ready before so I'm trying not to second guess the decision to wait. That's good advice, @adirat. I appreciate and love our current lifestyle. I just thought it would be much easier to get pregnant.
I also thought I'd be pregnant at the same time as my SIL and my friend. My friend got pregnant on her first try. They're both due just before Christmas and I don't even see myself getting pregnant before both their babies arrive. Ugh.
Me: 34 | DH: 33 Married Aug. 2013 TTC #1 Sep. 2016 ***TW***
BFP Jan. 15, 2017; MMC Mar. 4, 2017 at 10w6d BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF. BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
@Starla I know exactly how you feel. I want so badly to feel happy for the women in my life who are pregnant or have young babies but it's HARD. I hope to one day have good news to share and be able to tell them about our struggle so they'll look back and realize why I wasn't as supportive as maybe they would have expected, and hopefully they'll understand. That's what I'm hoping for at least!
@hartmich I know what you mean. I made the mistake telling that one friend that we were going to try to conceive soon. That was in the summer. We did one month of NTNP and now we're on cycle 3 of actively trying. They got pregnant first try early summer and every time I see them they ask when their LO is going to have a playmate. I want to say "you know it's not that easy for everyone" but I just bite my tongue.
I know cycle 3 or 4 is still not very long to be TTC so I'm holding out hope. I'm just stressing myself out wondering if I accurately predicted O and if I even O'd at all. Anyway I'll stop feeling sorry for myself now. Thanks again for listening to me vent.
Me: 34 | DH: 33 Married Aug. 2013 TTC #1 Sep. 2016 ***TW***
BFP Jan. 15, 2017; MMC Mar. 4, 2017 at 10w6d BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF. BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
@Starla, I’m sorry you’re having a rough day. You’re definitely not alone in wondering if you should have started trying earlier. Hope tomorrow is a little easier for you. Cute cats make everything better, for sure. FWIW, I actually have a Pinterest board of cute cats and kittens to awkwardly stare at when I feel down!
@Flinstone and @mrsegan13 whoooo to being O buddies! I really want a mojito now, too! Hope you’re not feeling good doesn’t progress into a full blown cold, @mrsegan13.
Me: 34 | DH: 33 Married Aug. 2013 TTC #1 Sep. 2016 ***TW***
BFP Jan. 15, 2017; MMC Mar. 4, 2017 at 10w6d BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF. BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
Thanks @lmmtravels. I know it sounds gross, but I ate 1/2 a clove of raw garlic last night and tonight. It makes your breath smell like garlic, but coupled with a zinc cough drop, it usually wards off my cold.
TTC since 8/7/16 BFP 9/13/16 MMC 10/18/16 D&C 10/20/16
Interesting, @mrsegan13! A similar concoction I make is sautéing garlic for only 1 minute with peas and thyme. Supposed to be high in vitamin C and other stuff I can't remember off hand. I'm sure your raw garlic is more potent in a good way!
Btw for anyone that may be thrown off, I edited my username to have a capital "L" at the beginning because I realized the "l" looked like an "i."
Nice to see you here @adirat Hugs to all the ladies with BFNs. @swimsister sorry about your rough day. @Starla I was just thinking today about how we spend our whole (fertile) teens and early 20's being terrified of being pregnant like it's the plague. Meanwhile the women like half of my cousins get "oopsie babies" before they turn 21. Cruel irony! Sorry that turned into a rant.
Month/Cycle: 2/2
CD/DPO: 25/10
Timing: according FF: -5 -3 -2 +1
Testing: Thursday 12/1 (13 DPO) (nervous!)
R/R: Rant: I ate like crap today and yesterday, for some reason whenever I'm on a work trip I eat like I'm on vacation. Rave: I went shopping today for the CEO luncheon and found the most beautiful top and jacket on sale at Anthropologie
CS/Q: I think I had a minor temp drop today because the hotel room I'm staying in is much chiller than my bedroom at home. Also I'm sleeping alone instead of next to my human hot water bottle aka husband.
GTKY: What is your favorite drink (doesn't have to be alcohol!)? Champagne (the real stuff from France)!
Me & DH: 29 Married June 2015 NTNP January 2016 TTC #1 October 2016
Re: TWW Monday
Month/Cycle: 2/2
GTKY: What is your favorite drink (doesn't have to be alcohol!)?
Hot Totties! (fireball whiskey and apple cider)
@swimsister I am sorry for the BFN and for the rough day.
@thebookisbetter I agree with @swimsister CD9 is your clear temp shift... I could maybe make an argument for CD15 or very less likely CD 21 with a fall back rise but you have some missing temps... did you by chance change anything like add a thicker comforter or increase the temps in your house around the time FF gave you dotted CH? are you using OPKs? sorry its so confusing...
@swimsister hugs, sorry for the BFN and a hard day. Try to be good to yourself today
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
Dating since: 11/17/2001
Married: 9/26/2009
TTC: June 2016
EDD: 5/14/2018
@wabash15 It's been hard this time around. I'm really glad I had the holidays to distract me for a good chunk of time, but now that I'm back at work.. oi. We can do it! The Pee Pact I was in last month had quite a few BFPs, maybe we can get another round of luck going.
DS2: EDD- 09.08.17
Me: 36 DH: 41
DS born 04/24/08
TTC #2: September 2016
My Chart: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/681ee7
@thebookisbetter I understand why the FF program gave you Cd9 but it is definitely wrong. Since you don't have CM or OPKs in there, do you know if any of the temps in cd10-11 are alcohol temps? Where was your coverline last cycle? FYI, meds that give you dry mouth can affect CM, but it shouldn't be so much that you can't observe anything. FWIW I agree with @swimsister and @wabash15 that CD15 is likelier.
@swimsister Hugs. I'm so sorry. I posted in the bloodwork thread but PLEASE don't hesitate to reach out if you want to talk about bloodwork or next steps. Or just to vent
Month/Cycle: 2/2
GTKY: What is your favorite drink (doesn't have to be alcohol!)? I love love love cherry diet pepsi. But I also love a good sangria
@Flinstone please share your secret for a good nights sleep
@FLAshley ugh! Sorry about your morning! DH counts on me to get him up and get us out of the house too. It's sooooo annoying. We commute together so if he is running late that makes me late as well. And I swear it's like he is five, every day I have to ask him before we leave "Do you have your work ID, do you have your phone, do you have your wallet, did you take your medications..." No joke.
Me: 36 DH: 41
DS born 04/24/08
TTC #2: September 2016
My Chart: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/681ee7
Me: 36 DH: 41
@JulesDP @virginiaham Sorry for the BFNs.
@littlebug2010 Sorry you had a hard time at your reunion.
@wabash15 Enjoy the time with your Dad.
@swimsister Big hugs to you today !
@LuND Funny how they don't realize the struggle until they are actually in our shoes ! Men
Me 27
DF 44
TTC post VR Sept 21/16
SA 6 weeks post op 50.7 mil count 40% motility
thank you for the love and support - you ladies are the best
@adirat and @spiderlover25 yay for O!
@swimsister I'm so, so sorry that you're having a tough time right now. all of the creepy hugs to you!
Married: October 2009
TTC#1: August 2016
DD Born 10/20/17
Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17
GTKY: What is your favorite drink (doesn't have to be alcoholic). I drink tons of water! A fresh and not too sweet lemonade is always nice. As far as alcohol I love a good peach or strawberry mojito!
Married: 6/10/11
*TW BFP: 12/4/16 EDD: 8/12/17
Me 27
DF 44
TTC post VR Sept 21/16
SA 6 weeks post op 50.7 mil count 40% motility
Month/Cycle: 1/1
GTKY: What is your favorite drink (doesn't have to be alcohol!)?
Frozen hot chocolate (yes you read that right).
GTKY: What is your favorite drink (doesn't have to be alcohol!)? I love Arnold Palmers too...but also love Strawberry Margaritas. I love grapefruit juice too!
@nia23, I have a friend whose first symptom was burping. Hope it holds true for you!
@lmmtravels, we are O buddies.
BFP 9/13/16
MMC 10/18/16
D&C 10/20/16
@peedy I guess we're either too scared or too addicted to give up! haha
@jess0211 welp, maybe just a string of bad ones last week my body finally gave in!
@lmmtravels ok now i want a mojito! And, we're DPO buddies
DS born 9.17
TFMR 10.19
ETA:
@Immtravels Yum mohitos!
I'm starting to feel discouraged by TTC. I feel like I'm out this cycle. Nothing feels "different" this time. I'm starting to worry we'll have trouble and we should have started trying earlier. I know I shouldn't resign myself and many of you lovely ladies have challeges and still you try to stay positive month after month. I really admire you. Anyway, Sorry for being such a downer. Thanks for listening.
If you read all that, here are some cute cats:
Married Aug. 2013
TTC #1 Sep. 2016
***TW***
BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
@Starla that's why this community is here - to support each other. Btw i love cat GIFs!!
@mrsegan13 Yikes. Hope you are feeling better soon!!!
@Starla
Me 27
DF 44
TTC post VR Sept 21/16
SA 6 weeks post op 50.7 mil count 40% motility
We considered having kids for a long time. We've been together almost 10 years (married for 3.5) and I know we weren't ready before so I'm trying not to second guess the decision to wait. That's good advice, @adirat. I appreciate and love our current lifestyle. I just thought it would be much easier to get pregnant.
I also thought I'd be pregnant at the same time as my SIL and my friend. My friend got pregnant on her first try. They're both due just before Christmas and I don't even see myself getting pregnant before both their babies arrive. Ugh.
Married Aug. 2013
TTC #1 Sep. 2016
***TW***
BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
I know cycle 3 or 4 is still not very long to be TTC so I'm holding out hope. I'm just stressing myself out wondering if I accurately predicted O and if I even O'd at all. Anyway I'll stop feeling sorry for myself now. Thanks again for listening to me vent.
Married Aug. 2013
TTC #1 Sep. 2016
***TW***
BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
@Starla, I’m sorry you’re having a rough day. You’re definitely not alone in wondering if you should have started trying earlier. Hope tomorrow is a little easier for you. Cute cats make everything better, for sure. FWIW, I actually have a Pinterest board of cute cats and kittens to awkwardly stare at when I feel down!
@Flinstone and @mrsegan13 whoooo to being O buddies! I really want a mojito now, too! Hope you’re not feeling good doesn’t progress into a full blown cold, @mrsegan13.
Married: 6/10/11
*TW BFP: 12/4/16 EDD: 8/12/17
Married Aug. 2013
TTC #1 Sep. 2016
***TW***
BFP Jun. 5, 2017; MMC Aug. 2, 2017 at 11w6d
BFP Nov. 20, 2017; ended in CP
All the tests. Everything normal except treated for ureaplasma and DH potentially has high DNAF.
BFP Dec. 25, 2017; EDD Sep. 5, 2018; DD arrived Aug. 26th
My chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/63f71d
BFP 9/13/16
MMC 10/18/16
D&C 10/20/16
Btw for anyone that may be thrown off, I edited my username to have a capital "L" at the beginning because I realized the "l" looked like an "i."
Married: 6/10/11
*TW BFP: 12/4/16 EDD: 8/12/17
Hugs to all the ladies with BFNs. @swimsister sorry about your rough day.
@Starla I was just thinking today about how we spend our whole (fertile) teens and early 20's being terrified of being pregnant like it's the plague. Meanwhile the women like half of my cousins get "oopsie babies" before they turn 21. Cruel irony! Sorry that turned into a rant.
Month/Cycle: 2/2
GTKY: What is your favorite drink (doesn't have to be alcohol!)? Champagne (the real stuff from France)!
Married June 2015
NTNP January 2016
TTC #1 October 2016
Chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/50e54f/