GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? About 30 hours. I had a double 12 hour shift back to back (not scheduled just short staffed) when I was in college. I never did it again because I was so damn tired afterwards.
WAYDTGKU: Right now I am just trying to find out if I am ovulating at all. Also, eating better and focusing on dropping some weight.
R/R: I have a 1/2 day vacation today to write a paper and do laundry. I am pretty excited for some uninterrupted work time!
CS/Q: I asked on another thread but does anyone have experience with irregular or really long cycles a couple months after weaning from breastfeeding? I feel like my body should be clear of prolactin at this point?
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? Labor, easily the longest without sleep and the most physical exertion.
R/R: Had my HSG yesterday. Overall it went ok. Doctor said I had at least one partial or full block, maybe both but we'd have to wait for the final report. It didn't hurt very much either which is noce. I was super nervous it really X-ray tech was a young guy who kept telling me to pretend I was in Mexico. The doctor was half an hour late and the nurse let it slip that thy tell all 9 patients to come at the same time and take them in first come first serve, which is annoying.
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I can't think of any right now.
@Dilynne I'm glad you got through testing ok yesterday, and yeah, that's super annoying they schedule everyone at the same time.
@jlemons-2 happy 1/2 vacation day! I hope it's productive.
@mispanda hoping you can find some positivity today, I know how hard it can be. So much support to you.
Month/Cycle: 4/5
CD: 3
WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPK, HIO, yada yada yada
R/R: I'm going to my first spinning class in three years today, and I'm scurrred.
CS/Q: --
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
I don't even know how long it was, everything was just a blur. DD had severe reflux and heartburn and basically didn't sleep the first 12 weeks of her life. I've never felt sleep deprivation like that ever, and there are no words to describe how tough it was. Ugh.
@ mispanda I
hope you can feel more positive today!
@ jlemons-2
I love uninterrupted work time. Is your paper for work or school? Also I am
still BF and my cycles are insane… I did read in a book that it takes a number
of cycles for your body to resume ovulating or doing so normally. How many
cycles have you had since you stopped BF and did you have any before you
stopped?
WAYDTGKU: OPKs (see Rant), sex (I hope?),
B6, temping, etc.
R/R: Rant: Oh, hey body, you want to mess
with my mind today? I’m in! Why on earth on CD8 did I get a SOLID smiley (after
an empty one yesterday) on the clear blue advanced digital OPKs? If the past means
anything, I typically O two days after the solid smiley face (based on temperature shifts).
This better be the case because I have had sex ZERO times since my last fertile
window. I told DH we are doing it tonight for sure. My cycles are so messed up…
praying the earlier O means my LP will be longer. RAVE: Aside from confusing
OPKs, I’m in a good mood!
CS/Q: Not yet…
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without
sleep (and why)? As a “recovering” insomniac, where do I begin? I’ve certainly
gone 48 hours with no sleep. The reason? There isn’t one! That’s the fun part
about insomnia. But I’ve been doing so well lately… kicked a sleeping med
dependency and really having less anxiety about sleep! Has changed my whole
life! Oh and of course labor… I was doing that for 36 hours and didn’t sleep
for a while after… no complaints though!
R/R: No particular raves or rants today. Just ready for Friday already and excited for a hair appointment this weekend. My hair is looong overdue for a color touchup and cut but I decided I didn't want to go back to the same stylist. So I've been waiting to get in and see this girl who has tons of fantastic reviews. Apparently that's why she is hard to get in with!
CS/Q: Nope, waiting for O sometime next week.
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? The longest I have gone is just about 24hrs. I was traveling back from London and then pir flight got delayed at JFK. So by the time I actually got home into bed it had been a full 24hrs. You may not think that's all that bad because peoppe pull "all nighters" all the time but I'm not one of those people. I was straight up becoming delirious!
@mispanda 30 hours while working is scary! I know nurses and doctors do that all the time and it's so bad!! That's how accidents happen.
R/R: I have to work second shift today which I'm pretty peeved about and I have my midcycle tomorrow so I have to drive 2.5 hours so I got the latest appt. And DH made me change it to the earliest I could get so he could go to work after which means no sleep for me for a while......how ironic for this to be my rant on today's post with this GTKY lol
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? There's been a few times I've gone over 24 sometimes 36 but once I went like 48 or 50 something like that without any because I worked a double then I had signed up to go Christmas shopping with work for the local area kids we raised money for which took all day then we went and wrapped them and everything....I fell asleep at the door of my apartment because it was locked and DH (my then bf) came home and carried me to the bedroom where I slept for who knows how long
@mispanda It's OK to feel down and negative... I'm here if you want to talk. @jlemons-2 Enjoy your 1/2 vacation day even though you'll be working. @Dilynne I'm glad it wasn't too painful. What do they do to clear the tube? Is it surgery? @kmalls Good luck at spin class! The "I'm scurred" made me LOL @EmilyLove25 Sorry the OPKs are messing with you. @JJMNO1616 Yay for last TTA cycle! I need to schedule a hair appointment (for a cut), too. Spring is a great time to get your hair done. @kaitlink33 Wow I couldn't do that long with no sleep.
Month/Cycle: 8/5 (2/1 AL)
CD: 28
WAYDTGKU: PNV, OPKs, checking CM and CP, temping, makin' bacon
R/R: Nope!
CS/Q: If you wish
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I can't go without sleep. I will actually fall asleep. I'm not a napper. I just stay up and go to sleep earlier and sleep in if I need more sleep. I only nap if I'm really sleep deprived. I think the longest I've gone without sleep is probably less than a day (24 hrs).
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
@EmilyLove25 WTF body and OPKs??? I'm not using the CBAD this month because I was too cheap to buy them. I haven't started cheapies yet, but planning to tomorrow.
@JJMNO1616 Yay for hair appointments! I have one today!
@kaitlink33 That's such a cute story about your DH finding you in the hallway sleeping and carrying you to bed!
WAYDTGKU: CM, BBT, sex, and I just remembered I haven't taken my PNV for the last week.
R/R: I'm worried I am getting sick. The flu and strep are going around my office and I am so tired the last 2 days. Today I woke up with a stiff neck and headache.
Rave: I am getting my hair cut today (first time in 9 months) and I am considering chopping it!!
CS/Q: Nope. Started temping again this morning.
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? Probably sometime in college. I know I've had multiple times of at least 36 hours when I worked all night.
Me: 31 DH: 34 Married: April 2016 TTC December 2016 BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17 MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017 BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18 TTC January 2019 BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
@mispanda Just a little something to hopefully make you smile
@Dilynne Happy to hear the HSG went well, and FX that it is helpful! That is some BS about the scheduling though.
@kaitlink33 Holy crap! I would never be able to last that long without sleep.
@starla So, I may have stalked your chart. Hoping you are getting close!!Month/Cycle: 11/12
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: lots of things...
R/R: As I have mentioned before, I have an annual appointment set up with my gyno later this month where I was going to look into getting the ball rolling with some testing. At my Dr's office, you set up your next appointment while you are there, so this appointment has actually been scheduled since last April. Last night I went to double check the details and realized that I had made my appointment for a random Tuesday (I have off every other Friday, so I usually try to schedule for a Friday that I am off). I was wondering why the hell I would schedule on a Tuesday, and then I remembered naïve little past Pinky thinking "Eh, whatever, I'm sure I will be KU by then and I probably won't even need this appointment". Damn you past Pinky!!!As far as a rave, I must give kudos to DH for initiating random Tuesday FW sex!!
CS/Q: nothing to see...
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? All I can think of is one time in college when I was up until around 4:30 finishing a project/hopped up on caffeine. I then got up at 6:30 to go to school, and went to work right after for a closing shift (I was a waitress at the time) so I did not get home until close to 3. I get really silly when I am tired, so I was extra entertaining at work that night.
WAYDTGKU: BBT, PNV, GDTPT ED, CM, OPKs...and any other abbreviations I'm forgetting.
R/R: Rave/Rant: Positive OPK (Wondfo) today (at least I think so--I wouldn't say it was quiiite as dark as the control but it's super close and my last few tests have been super light, so there's a surge). But the last time I got a positive Wondfo I went for blood work and didn't ovulate. Womp womp. I don't really trust OPKs anymore but since I'm still with the OB she wants me to use them. Also I thought today might be O day because that's when I've O'd in the past but temps don't agree.
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I stayed up all night at a slumber party once, so it must've been like 28-30 hours? I went to sleep when I got home at noon, woke up at 9 but didn't know if it was AM or PM, came out of my room and my brother was on the computer (I was probably 12, which would make him 17) and said something (I wanna say I told him I was hungry) and he told me to go back to sleep, so I did. Haha! I ended up sleeping like 18-20 hours or something.
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? when I was a teen my cousin and I tried to stay up watching movies all weekend I only made maybe 24.
@mispanda Good for you for trying to be positive. But, you are totally entitled to your negative feelings. @Dilynne That scheduling system is ridiculous. FX clearing the tube is an easyish fix? @kmalls I've never done a spin class! Part of me wants to, but most of me is terrified! Haha. @EmilyLove25 Sorry about the inconsistent cycles. @JJMNO1616 I hope the new stylist is as fabulous as the reviews say! @kaitlink33 At least you've kind of been trained to go without sleep? Haha, I can't imagine 50 hours without sleep! @starla I'm not a napper either! Even if I'm really tired, it's super hard for me to nap. It has to be bedtime or an accidental fall asleep on the couch or something. @MrsMiller8588 Yay for a haircut! I always go like 9 months between haircuts too! Haha. And I cycle between growing it out and then chopping it all off. @Pinky917 I always do that. We went to a wedding last June and DH and I were thinking about how we might be able tell his parents and sisters then (we don't see them that often since they're a flight away). Then I thought we could give everyone Christmas gifts announcing. Then I thought I'd be pregnant by my sister's wedding reception in February. And none of those were the case. Womp womp.
@jlemons-2 good luck with your paper! As for breastfeeding--I weaned last July and my cycles were regular but I wasn't temping so I have no idea if I was ovulating every month or not. I'm still not KU so that could have been a contributing factor. My midwife seemed to think so at least.
@Dilynne glad the HSG went well, hope the blockage isn't too bad!
WAYDTGKU: pnv, bbt, OPK, evening primrose oil, Pom juice
R/R: so the chocolate cake we got for DH's birthday was big enough for like 20 people and there were only 6 of us so we had like 3/4 of the cake left over. I cut it into slices and froze it so that I have something to drown my sorrows in on future CD1s.
CS/Q: ughhhh looks like O is today. Positive OPK yesterday now negative today, which is the usual pattern for O today. It sucks because DH isn't getting home from his trip until late tonight so I'm pretty sure this is a wasted cycle.
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I usually go about 24 hours without sleep every Friday--I'm up with DD all day and then work 6:30pm-7am so I'm basically up from 8:30am Friday till about 8am Saturday. The worst was the week we decided to go to Disney world last summer. I didn't want to take time off work because I want to save it for maternity leave so we left Sunday after I slept a few hours and packed (got home from work around 8am and slept until about 1pm) and we drove straight through overnight. We ended up getting there around 5:30am and had breakfast reservations at 7am so we had just enough time to change our clothes and get to the restaurant. We spent the rest of the day in the Magic Kingdom chugging coffee and with our dining reservations didn't have time to get back to our hotel till almost 9pm. So it was close to 36 hours before I finally went to sleep and I think I was asleep even before my head hit the pillow.
TTC History
Me: 35 DH: 34 Married 07/2012 DD born 07/2014 DD2 born 10/2018 DS born 10/2022
IF history: TTC #2 since January 2016 June-Aug 2017: 3 IUIs w/Clomid = BFN Sept 2017: Dx w/Endometriosis Oct 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN Nov 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN Dec 2017: pre-IVF testing Jan-Feb 2018: IVF--17 eggs retrieved, 13 fertilized, 9 frozen and 1 transferred on 2/10 = BFP on 2/19!!! EDD 10/29/2018 FET Oct 2021: BFP on 10/31! MC at 5 weeks FET Feb 2022: BFP on 2/15! EDD 10/29/22
@Pinky917 Yay for random Tuesday FW sex!! I hope you are still able to get the time off for your doctors appointment. I always pick the worst days when I schedule a year out. Who even knows there schedule?
@MJDsquared I always cycle between growing my hair long and cutting it shoulder length. I've donated 12+ inches in the past. I don't think it's quite long enough to do that with this time, but I am planning to go shorter than normal!
Me: 31 DH: 34 Married: April 2016 TTC December 2016 BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17 MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017 BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18 TTC January 2019 BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
@mispanda Eat all the cake today - that helps me @jlemons-2 I'm sorry, I don't have any advice for you - I've never breastfed. Maybe try the TFAS tread? Good for you @kmalls! Kick that spinning class' ass! @EmilyLove25 I have insomnia too - so I feel you. I haven't kicked my sleep med habit though. I love sleep so much and I'm not preggo, so what's the point? @JJMNO1616 I want a new hair lady too. I love mine and we're totally friends, but I feel like I need a change. Also, she moved out of my city so it's like a 40 minute TREK to get to her now. @kaitlink33 That sounds fun (wrapping all of those presents)! That's literally my favorite thing about the holidays. I come up with a new wrapping theme every year lol. I should put my skills to good use doing something like that! @starla making bacon, huh? Ok, I'll accept that one lol @MrsMiller8588 Chop it! I always beg to do that and my chick says "no, you always say that and you never really want it." She's right haha. @Pinky917 Omg sloths are my FAVORITE. Have you ever seen that video of Kristen Bell crying because her H got her a sloth for her birthday party? It's so funny and something I would totally do. I always cry when I'm excited! @MJDsquared Yeah I have the same reaction to staying up - I sleep forever. God and then you're super groggy for like DAYS. @Stargazer_lily What kinds of movies did you watch?
Month/Cycle: 10/9
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: The usual stuff
R/R: My H was out of town last night, which I usually love because I can get a really good nights sleep (he snores like a freaking BEAR) and eat and watch whatever I want. But I didn't love it this time so much! My house was too quiet and wierd. What's happening to me?! Ugh and then I went to work early this morning and my boss was already annoying me with her stupid problems that aren't really problems, and complaining about her neighbors house that just went on the market for - I'm NOT kidding you - $40 million dollars. She thinks it's ugly and has no view. Omg seriously?! All before my coffee. Now I'm home and back in bed and I may go back to sleep for an hour before I re start my day RAVE!
CS/Q: nah
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
I have stayed up for 24 hours at a time for various reasons - and then I sleep for like 24 hours after Usually it's travel related. Like if I'm flying to Europe or something, I'll make myself stay up until it's bedtime where I land so that I don't have jet lag. It's rough but it totally works!
WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, starting OPKs in the next couple of days, and HIO
R/R: Not sure why, but I already don't feel confident about this cycle... or TTC in general. Life is stressful right now and I just want to crawl into a hole with a bottle of wine.
I did sign up for my 6th half marathon this morning! Yay! Running makes me such a happy person and I'm hoping that another training goal will get me out of this stressful slump I'm in.
CS/Q: nada
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I'm NOT a good sleep deprived person. I know I've gone without sleep several times in college and when DS was a newborn, but I don't remember how long.
@BreezyBee it was so much fun! Actuallyrics I liked the shopping the best because I got to shop for presents and not pay for them. Haha it felt so good to be able to give these kids things on their wish list that their parents couldn't get for them. If you really want to do some thing like this most YMCA's have kids you can buy presents for every year, me and my SIL do it every year plus my family and I got tags off of a tree for local senior citizens so there be something like that near you (usually at Walmart or a drug store).
R/R: Tomorrow we are moving all the furniture in our apartment to our new home!! I got about one and a half rooms in our bedroom painted last night and bought new blinds for our bedroom (there were none installed). So I've got a lot of packing, painting, etc. ahead of me. Thankfully I'm taking a half day tomorrow but we shall see
CS/Q: nope, spotting stopped, so now I'm just waiting for FW
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I'm pretty sure I pulled a few all nighters in highschool and college, the longest being around 26 hours. Now a days, I don't think I could do it. I'm terrible at staying up past my "bed time" lol.
@hoosiermama1 Sorry to hear you're not feeling confident about TTC. Hopefully you can work through whatever is stressing you out soon. @BreezyBee Wow, I would get annoyed with your boss too. Who care how much the house is going on sale for? Although 40 mill is ridiculous! @shortstack930 OH man! I love the idea of having slices of frozen sliced cake in the freezer for future CD1s. Although it would be hard not to just break it out in general lol. @Pinky917 Ugh, sorry about the inconvenient appointment... I'd be so mad at myself too if I did that. I was so naive about TTC before I started TTC so if I were in your shoes I probs would have done the same thing... Also I seriously LOVE the sloth selfie! So adorable!
@starla Your names for BD are making me smile every day.
@shortstack930 That's a lot of cake! Hope you enjoy it all!
Month/Cycle: 13 cycles, 8 TTCAL
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, OPK, etc...
R/R: So tired this morning with no idea why. Today is my longer day too - simply because I hang out with work friends right after work on wednesday. Thinking about skipping so I can nap.
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I had this one night of insomnia. My days normally run from waking up at 7 am to going to bed at 11 pm. Well one night, try as I might I did not sleep - melatonin didn't help, nor white noise. I didn't end up sleeping until 9 pm the next day. So around 40 hours? It was miserable.
**TW in Spoiler**
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/683816 BFP 6/30/16, MC 8/21/16 BFP 05/04/17, 5/10/17 Emergency LAP due to ectopic. Right tube removed. BFP 07/12/17, ECDD 03/25/18 - Silver Orion Born 3/23/18 BFP 09/30/19, EDD 06/11/20
@shortstack930 I give you credit. If it were me, that cake would not be making it to the freezer.
@BreezyBee OMG YES!!!! That video made me love her so much! I also made DH watch it so he could get some ideas ha ha! I recently found an article about a sloth sanctuary that hosts "sleepovers", so I am currently trying to convince DH that this needs to be our next vacation.
@darkrose88 Yay for moving day tomorrow!
MrsMiller8588 Lol the ONLY reason I am using CBDA
this month is because they were $10 off at Kroger and I couldn’t pass it up!!!
I hope you aren’t getting sick.
Pinky917 That
appointment is exactly the type of thing I would do, ugh! As for DH, YES! That
is awesome. My DH did that last cycle (didn’t work, boo) and I was SO grateful.
MJDsquared I
am totally with you on not trusting OPKs. I don’t get the wondfos at all… why
do they want you to test in the afternoon? Wouldn’t a surge be a surge
regardless? And if some women have smaller surges, wouldn’t there’s never get “truly”
positive? And WHY do they give me so many days of positives (sometimes)? Better
question: WHY am I still using them?
BreezyBee Boo
for the insomnia but lol the sleep meds. The only point for me is they (ambien
anyway) were starting to make me feel like crap… I “slept” but didn’t feel
rested the next day, so it wasn’t working, I guess. OMG your boss. Just no.
hoosiermama1 Yay for the half
marathon. Which one is it? I’m sorry about the down feeling re: TTC. I was
totally there all last week thanks to my early AF. I hope the negative feelings
subside.
darkrose88 YAY for the moving and painting
progress!
Thanks,darkrose88 and EmilyLove25 I just need to try and snap out of it! I'm doing the Indy 500 mini marathon on May 6th. It will be my 3rd time doing it. It's such a cool race!
@EmilyLove25 The other OPKs I've used want me to test with first morning urine, so when I switched to wondfos I was like, "What?" The last time I got my positive (the false one) was in the morning. I still test in the morning and then sometimes try to test on my lunch break or after work, but I like to drink lots of water and have a really hard time not drinking any and holding my pee for four hours. My positive today was this morning. So basically I'm saying screw it and doing morning only from now on! And I'll probably just use wondfos until I run out and then go back to my other ones.
@EmilyLove25@MJDsquared I got really confused on the cheapie OPKs (I think they are clinical guard?) last month when I switched from the CBAD. They say to test in the afternoon and with "room temperature" urine. Like am I supposed to let it cool down? I caught my surge last month in the morning (and by after work is was no longer positive) so I am just going to stick with morning this month!
Me: 31 DH: 34 Married: April 2016 TTC December 2016 BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17 MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017 BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18 TTC January 2019 BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
ETA: The room temp thing is so weird to me! I think I didn't read the instructions carefully and happened to see someone ask on here if they really needed to wait for their pee to cool down (so weird) and people said no. But why would that even be a thing?!
@MJDsquared I read it and just ignored it because I'm not leaving a cup of pee in my bathroom to test with later. It's just weird to me it even says that!
Me: 31 DH: 34 Married: April 2016 TTC December 2016 BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17 MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017 BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18 TTC January 2019 BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
WAYDTGKU: HIO, BBT, Starting OPK this cycle, FertilAid, OvaBoost, FertileCM, Vitamin C, Omega3, Probiotic, Dessicated Liver, Collagen, Red Raspberry Leaf Tea, Maca, Green Tea, POM Juice, No Alcohol/Caffeine, Fertility Yoga
R/R: Rant: I locked my youngest in our car today. It was terrifying. It took half the local sheriff’s department to get him out. Rave: He’s completely fine, thank god.
CS/Q: Not today.
GTKY: I don’t know, probably 36 hours or so in college?
@Dilynne glad HSG went okay, and wasn’t painful (I remember mine hurting so damn much). I’d be pretty annoyed about that scheduling too, what the heck.
@EmilyLove25 Sorry CBAs are being challenging, I’m due to start testing tomorrow, but I’m getting a ton of EWCM today; which is to say, we apparently continue to be (messed up) cycle buddies.
@KatieEl oh god I did that when my oldest was about 6 months old. It was horrifying (and embarrassing when like the entire fire department showed up), but eventually it *does* make a good story. Glad he's ok!
R/R: *TW** spotting went back to bleeding red again. Sigh. TMI but I normally get lots of big clots. I had a few of those but lots of teeny clumps. I'm trying to hope that maybe that's my body finally getting rid of the ectopic mass. I'm in the waiting room for my ultrasound. I'm really hoping the mass has gone down!! **end TW **
CS/Q: **TW*** since I started bleeding red again yesterday, I put in Light in FF. It told me it was AF and gave me a new chart. I merged it back with the other one so on the calendar, my cd is right but on the count on top it's showing 2. Anyone know how to fix that? **end TW**
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I have insomnia so there have times where I have laid in bed awake all night so I'll go from 7am one morning til midnight (my normal bedtime) the following day so 39ish. This also happens a lot when I have a race where I'd have to get up at 3am and I got to bed at midnight, panic that I'm only getting 3 hours of sleep, and not end up sleeping at all. Or traveling because I can't sleep on planes.
Hi all! I usually hang around the IF board but I am going to try to hang on the dailies a little more. Hope I can join you here even though I am not technically waiting to O!
Month/Cycle: Month 24
CD: 44
WAYDTGKU: Frozen embryo transfer scheduled for 4/12!
R/R: Rant: I work for an apt complex and the dang mailman left all 200 mailboxes open. I am on hold with USPS and the frickin frackin hold time is FIFTY MINUTES. If you live in an apartment go hug your property manager immediately.
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I flew in for my little sisters graduation and my flight got delayed so I didn't get in until like 2 am and then my mom and accidentally stayed up until it was time for us to leave to catch the ferry to LI. Then we stayed up until around midnight that night. So like 40 hours maybe?
Me: 31 Husby: 36 Married May 2014 TTC # 2 Since December 2021 Baby girl W born 2/2021 Our journey so far... (tw loss & infertility)
Diagnosis: Poor Egg Quality Working with an RE since March 2016 2 failed TI cycles 3 failed IUI cycles
IVF Feb - April 2017 23 eggs collected, 20 mature, 14 fertilized with ICSI, 4 day 3 blasts, 3 day 5 blasts, 1 PGS normal Transferred 1 PGS normal embryo 4.12.17 BFP 4.21.17 MMC due to small gestational sac 6.8.17
Our adoption journey: 12.25.18 Agency picked and apps submitted! 5.1.19 Adoption on hold so we can buy a house! 1.1.20 Homestudy process started 3.14.20 First social worker visit 5.25.20 Homestudy Approved & Submitted to Agency
6.1.20 Surprise! Positive pregnancy test! Healthy baby girl born 2/10/2021
@BreezyBee This new stylist is located near where I live downtown but my H and I are in the process of closing on a house in the suburbs. So by the time I need my hair done again we should be living in our new house and it will be a 40min drive! I will probably switch again to someone closer to our new place but if she's really good I may just consider doing the drive. It's hard finding a good stylist.
@purplg8r TW* Ugh, I'm so sorry to hear about the bleeding. Hopefully the ultrasound confirms what is happening and this is the end of it for you. Did your doctor say how long it may take for the mass to exit?
@shortstack930 I'm the only person in my house who could eat that (DH doesn't eat gluten or really like chocolate) and that would be gone way too quickly! Haha. @BreezyBee DH has a tattoo appointment tonight and I don't often get the house to myself for more than like, an hour, so I'm super tempted to skip the gym tonight to maximize my alone time. But I really should work out... UGH. @hoosiermama1 I'm sorry about those feelings, I know them well. At least you can look forward to your half marathon! @darkrose88 So exciting that you get to start moving stuff in tomorrow! @SoraLk Hope you got your second wind! Or you blow off social hour to go nap. @KatieEl Oh no!!! I'm glad everything worked out, but that would be so scary and stressful! @purplg8r I hope your u/s goes well! @tamalahoops Oh my gosh, I remember reading the IF board when you first set your transfer and it felt like that was so far away...and now it's only a week away! Eek, so exciting!!!
Re: WTO Wednesday 4/5
CD: Maybe 6
WAYDTGKU: Nothing right now
R/R: My goal is to try and be more positive today
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? About 30 hours. I had a double 12 hour shift back to back (not scheduled just short staffed) when I was in college. I never did it again because I was so damn tired afterwards.
CD: 44
WAYDTGKU: Right now I am just trying to find out if I am ovulating at all. Also, eating better and focusing on dropping some weight.
R/R: I have a 1/2 day vacation today to write a paper and do laundry. I am pretty excited for some uninterrupted work time!
CS/Q: I asked on another thread but does anyone have experience with irregular or really long cycles a couple months after weaning from breastfeeding? I feel like my body should be clear of prolactin at this point?
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? Labor, easily the longest without sleep and the most physical exertion.
CD: 10
WAYDTGKU: All the things + Metformin
R/R: Had my HSG yesterday. Overall it went ok. Doctor said I had at least one partial or full block, maybe both but we'd have to wait for the final report. It didn't hurt very much either which is noce. I was super nervous it really X-ray tech was a young guy who kept telling me to pretend I was in Mexico. The doctor was half an hour late and the nurse let it slip that thy tell all 9 patients to come at the same time and take them in first come first serve, which is annoying.
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I can't think of any right now.
Married: 04/05/15
TTC since: 02/16/16
@jlemons-2 happy 1/2 vacation day! I hope it's productive.
@mispanda hoping you can find some positivity today, I know how hard it can be. So much support to you.
Month/Cycle: 4/5
CD: 3
WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPK, HIO, yada yada yada
R/R: I'm going to my first spinning class in three years today, and I'm scurrred.
CS/Q: --
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
I don't even know how long it was, everything was just a blur. DD had severe reflux and heartburn and basically didn't sleep the first 12 weeks of her life. I've never felt sleep deprivation like that ever, and there are no words to describe how tough it was. Ugh.
@ mispanda I hope you can feel more positive today!
@ jlemons-2 I love uninterrupted work time. Is your paper for work or school? Also I am still BF and my cycles are insane… I did read in a book that it takes a number of cycles for your body to resume ovulating or doing so normally. How many cycles have you had since you stopped BF and did you have any before you stopped?
@ Dilynne Glad your HSG wasn’t painful!
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: OPKs (see Rant), sex (I hope?), B6, temping, etc.
R/R: Rant: Oh, hey body, you want to mess with my mind today? I’m in! Why on earth on CD8 did I get a SOLID smiley (after an empty one yesterday) on the clear blue advanced digital OPKs? If the past means anything, I typically O two days after the solid smiley face (based on temperature shifts). This better be the case because I have had sex ZERO times since my last fertile window. I told DH we are doing it tonight for sure. My cycles are so messed up… praying the earlier O means my LP will be longer. RAVE: Aside from confusing OPKs, I’m in a good mood!
CS/Q: Not yet…
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? As a “recovering” insomniac, where do I begin? I’ve certainly gone 48 hours with no sleep. The reason? There isn’t one! That’s the fun part about insomnia. But I’ve been doing so well lately… kicked a sleeping med dependency and really having less anxiety about sleep! Has changed my whole life! Oh and of course labor… I was doing that for 36 hours and didn’t sleep for a while after… no complaints though!
DD1 EDD 9/29/2015, Born 9/24/2015
DS1 EDD 1/3/2018, Born 12/26/2017
BFP #3 3/21/2019, EDD 11/29/2019, MMC/D&C 5/7/2019
BFP #4 6/28/2019, EDD 3/12/2020
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: PNV BBT CM RRL
R/R: No particular raves or rants today. Just ready for Friday already and excited for a hair appointment this weekend. My hair is looong overdue for a color touchup and cut but I decided I didn't want to go back to the same stylist. So I've been waiting to get in and see this girl who has tons of fantastic reviews. Apparently that's why she is hard to get in with!
CS/Q: Nope, waiting for O sometime next week.
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
The longest I have gone is just about 24hrs. I was traveling back from London and then pir flight got delayed at JFK. So by the time I actually got home into bed it had been a full 24hrs. You may not think that's all that bad because peoppe pull "all nighters" all the time but I'm not one of those people. I was straight up becoming delirious!
@mispanda 30 hours while working is scary! I know nurses and doctors do that all the time and it's so bad!! That's how accidents happen.
@jlemons-2 GL with your paper!!
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: everything
R/R: I have to work second shift today which I'm pretty peeved about and I have my midcycle tomorrow so I have to drive 2.5 hours so I got the latest appt. And DH made me change it to the earliest I could get so he could go to work after which means no sleep for me for a while......how ironic for this to be my rant on today's post with this GTKY lol
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? There's been a few times I've gone over 24 sometimes 36 but once I went like 48 or 50 something like that without any because I worked a double then I had signed up to go Christmas shopping with work for the local area kids we raised money for which took all day then we went and wrapped them and everything....I fell asleep at the door of my apartment because it was locked and DH (my then bf) came home and carried me to the bedroom where I slept for who knows how long
Also, @Dilynne, glad to hear the HSG wasn't too bad. FX that the results will be helpful.
@jlemons-2 Enjoy your 1/2 vacation day even though you'll be working.
@Dilynne I'm glad it wasn't too painful. What do they do to clear the tube? Is it surgery?
@kmalls Good luck at spin class! The "I'm scurred" made me LOL
@EmilyLove25 Sorry the OPKs are messing with you.
@JJMNO1616 Yay for last TTA cycle! I need to schedule a hair appointment (for a cut), too. Spring is a great time to get your hair done.
@kaitlink33 Wow I couldn't do that long with no sleep.
Month/Cycle: 8/5 (2/1 AL)
CD: 28
WAYDTGKU: PNV, OPKs, checking CM and CP, temping, makin' bacon
R/R: Nope!
CS/Q: If you wish
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
I can't go without sleep. I will actually fall asleep. I'm not a napper. I just stay up and go to sleep earlier and sleep in if I need more sleep. I only nap if I'm really sleep deprived. I think the longest I've gone without sleep is probably less than a day (24 hrs).
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
@jlemons-2 I took a 1/2 vacation yesterday and did NOTHING. It was amazing. Awesome job being productive with yours.
@Dilynne I'm glad the HSG went ok. That's annoying with the scheduling.
@kmalls Have fun at spin class!
@EmilyLove25 WTF body and OPKs??? I'm not using the CBAD this month because I was too cheap to buy them. I haven't started cheapies yet, but planning to tomorrow.
@JJMNO1616 Yay for hair appointments! I have one today!
@kaitlink33 That's such a cute story about your DH finding you in the hallway sleeping and carrying you to bed!
@camomile-2 Yay for crosshairs!
@starla Makin' bacon! Love it!
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD: 7
WAYDTGKU: CM, BBT, sex, and I just remembered I haven't taken my PNV for the last week.
R/R: I'm worried I am getting sick. The flu and strep are going around my office and I am so tired the last 2 days. Today I woke up with a stiff neck and headache.
Rave: I am getting my hair cut today (first time in 9 months) and I am considering chopping it!!
CS/Q: Nope. Started temping again this morning.
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? Probably sometime in college. I know I've had multiple times of at least 36 hours when I worked all night.
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
@mispanda Just a little something to hopefully make you smile
@Dilynne Happy to hear the HSG went well, and FX that it is helpful! That is some BS about the scheduling though. @kaitlink33 Holy crap! I would never be able to last that long without sleep. @starla So, I may have stalked your chart. Hoping you are getting close!!Month/Cycle: 11/12CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: lots of things...
R/R: As I have mentioned before, I have an annual appointment set up with my gyno later this month where I was going to look into getting the ball rolling with some testing. At my Dr's office, you set up your next appointment while you are there, so this appointment has actually been scheduled since last April. Last night I went to double check the details and realized that I had made my appointment for a random Tuesday (I have off every other Friday, so I usually try to schedule for a Friday that I am off). I was wondering why the hell I would schedule on a Tuesday, and then I remembered naïve little past Pinky thinking "Eh, whatever, I'm sure I will be KU by then and I probably won't even need this appointment". Damn you past Pinky!!!As far as a rave, I must give kudos to DH for initiating random Tuesday FW sex!!
CS/Q: nothing to see...
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? All I can think of is one time in college when I was up until around 4:30 finishing a project/hopped up on caffeine. I then got up at 6:30 to go to school, and went to work right after for a closing shift (I was a waitress at the time) so I did not get home until close to 3. I get really silly when I am tired, so I was extra entertaining at work that night.
Married 9/2015
TTC #1 6/2016
Dx Unexplained IF 6/2017
Clomid + Ovidrel + IUI 7/2017 - Cancelled (overstimulated)
Letrozole + Ovidrel + IUI #1 - BFN
Letrozole + Ovidrel + IUI #2 -BFN
Letrozole + Ovidrel + IUI#3 - BFP! EDD July 15 2018
Baby Girl H - July 22 2018
CD: 21
WAYDTGKU: BBT, PNV, GDTPT ED, CM, OPKs...and any other abbreviations I'm forgetting.
R/R: Rave/Rant: Positive OPK (Wondfo) today (at least I think so--I wouldn't say it was quiiite as dark as the control but it's super close and my last few tests have been super light, so there's a surge). But the last time I got a positive Wondfo I went for blood work and didn't ovulate. Womp womp. I don't really trust OPKs anymore but since I'm still with the OB she wants me to use them. Also I thought today might be O day because that's when I've O'd in the past but temps don't agree.
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
I stayed up all night at a slumber party once, so it must've been like 28-30 hours? I went to sleep when I got home at noon, woke up at 9 but didn't know if it was AM or PM, came out of my room and my brother was on the computer (I was probably 12, which would make him 17) and said something (I wanna say I told him I was hungry) and he told me to go back to sleep, so I did. Haha! I ended up sleeping like 18-20 hours or something.
DD - 12/28/17
TTC #2 3/2019
BFP 5/2019 || MC - D&C 5/2019
BFP 2/2020 || EDD 10/10/2020
CD:42
WAYDTGKU:bbt,cm,hio
R/R: Survivor comes on tonight !!
CS/Q:nope
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? when I was a teen my cousin and I tried to stay up watching movies all weekend I only made maybe 24.
@Dilynne That scheduling system is ridiculous. FX clearing the tube is an easyish fix?
@kmalls I've never done a spin class! Part of me wants to, but most of me is terrified! Haha.
@EmilyLove25 Sorry about the inconsistent cycles.
@JJMNO1616 I hope the new stylist is as fabulous as the reviews say!
@kaitlink33 At least you've kind of been trained to go without sleep? Haha, I can't imagine 50 hours without sleep!
@starla I'm not a napper either! Even if I'm really tired, it's super hard for me to nap. It has to be bedtime or an accidental fall asleep on the couch or something.
@MrsMiller8588 Yay for a haircut! I always go like 9 months between haircuts too! Haha. And I cycle between growing it out and then chopping it all off.
@Pinky917 I always do that. We went to a wedding last June and DH and I were thinking about how we might be able tell his parents and sisters then (we don't see them that often since they're a flight away). Then I thought we could give everyone Christmas gifts announcing. Then I thought I'd be pregnant by my sister's wedding reception in February. And none of those were the case. Womp womp.
DD - 12/28/17
TTC #2 3/2019
BFP 5/2019 || MC - D&C 5/2019
BFP 2/2020 || EDD 10/10/2020
@jlemons-2 good luck with your paper! As for breastfeeding--I weaned last July and my cycles were regular but I wasn't temping so I have no idea if I was ovulating every month or not. I'm still not KU so that could have been a contributing factor. My midwife seemed to think so at least.
@Dilynne glad the HSG went well, hope the blockage isn't too bad!
@kmalls good luck at spinning!
@EmilyLove25 glad your insomnia has improved! I had a bad bout of that last year. Sleep anxiety is awful!
@kaitlink33 I feel like those of us who work in healthcare rarely get proper sleep!
@MrsMiller8588 hope you feel better!
@MJDsquared hope you O today!
Month/Cycle: 16/16
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: pnv, bbt, OPK, evening primrose oil, Pom juice
R/R: so the chocolate cake we got for DH's birthday was big enough for like 20 people and there were only 6 of us so we had like 3/4 of the cake left over. I cut it into slices and froze it so that I have something to drown my sorrows in on future CD1s.
CS/Q: ughhhh looks like O is today. Positive OPK yesterday now negative today, which is the usual pattern for O today. It sucks because DH isn't getting home from his trip until late tonight so I'm pretty sure this is a wasted cycle.
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
I usually go about 24 hours without sleep every Friday--I'm up with DD all day and then work 6:30pm-7am so I'm basically up from 8:30am Friday till about 8am Saturday. The worst was the week we decided to go to Disney world last summer. I didn't want to take time off work because I want to save it for maternity leave so we left Sunday after I slept a few hours and packed (got home from work around 8am and slept until about 1pm) and we drove straight through overnight. We ended up getting there around 5:30am and had breakfast reservations at 7am so we had just enough time to change our clothes and get to the restaurant. We spent the rest of the day in the Magic Kingdom chugging coffee and with our dining reservations didn't have time to get back to our hotel till almost 9pm. So it was close to 36 hours before I finally went to sleep and I think I was asleep even before my head hit the pillow.
Married 07/2012
DD born 07/2014
DD2 born 10/2018
DS born 10/2022
IF history:
TTC #2 since January 2016
June-Aug 2017: 3 IUIs w/Clomid = BFN
Sept 2017: Dx w/Endometriosis
Oct 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Nov 2017: IUI w/Letrozole = BFN
Dec 2017: pre-IVF testing
Jan-Feb 2018: IVF--17 eggs retrieved, 13 fertilized, 9 frozen and 1 transferred on 2/10 = BFP on 2/19!!! EDD 10/29/2018
FET Oct 2021: BFP on 10/31! MC at 5 weeks
FET Feb 2022: BFP on 2/15! EDD 10/29/22
@MJDsquared I always cycle between growing my hair long and cutting it shoulder length. I've donated 12+ inches in the past. I don't think it's quite long enough to do that with this time, but I am planning to go shorter than normal!
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
@jlemons-2 I'm sorry, I don't have any advice for you - I've never breastfed. Maybe try the TFAS tread?
Good for you @kmalls! Kick that spinning class' ass!
@EmilyLove25 I have insomnia too - so I feel you. I haven't kicked my sleep med habit though. I love sleep so much and I'm not preggo, so what's the point?
@JJMNO1616 I want a new hair lady too. I love mine and we're totally friends, but I feel like I need a change. Also, she moved out of my city so it's like a 40 minute TREK to get to her now.
@kaitlink33 That sounds fun (wrapping all of those presents)! That's literally my favorite thing about the holidays. I come up with a new wrapping theme every year lol. I should put my skills to good use doing something like that!
@starla making bacon, huh? Ok, I'll accept that one lol
@MrsMiller8588 Chop it! I always beg to do that and my chick says "no, you always say that and you never really want it." She's right haha.
@Pinky917 Omg sloths are my FAVORITE. Have you ever seen that video of Kristen Bell crying because her H got her a sloth for her birthday party? It's so funny and something I would totally do. I always cry when I'm excited!
@MJDsquared Yeah I have the same reaction to staying up - I sleep forever. God and then you're super groggy for like DAYS.
@Stargazer_lily What kinds of movies did you watch?
Month/Cycle: 10/9
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: The usual stuff
R/R: My H was out of town last night, which I usually love because I can get a really good nights sleep (he snores like a freaking BEAR) and eat and watch whatever I want. But I didn't love it this time so much! My house was too quiet and wierd. What's happening to me?!
Ugh and then I went to work early this morning and my boss was already annoying me with her stupid problems that aren't really problems, and complaining about her neighbors house that just went on the market for - I'm NOT kidding you - $40 million dollars. She thinks it's ugly and has no view. Omg seriously?! All before my coffee. Now I'm home and back in bed and I may go back to sleep for an hour before I re start my day RAVE!
CS/Q: nah
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
I have stayed up for 24 hours at a time for various reasons - and then I sleep for like 24 hours after
Usually it's travel related. Like if I'm flying to Europe or something, I'll make myself stay up until it's bedtime where I land so that I don't have jet lag. It's rough but it totally works!
CD: 6
WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, starting OPKs in the next couple of days, and HIO
R/R: Not sure why, but I already don't feel confident about this cycle... or TTC in general. Life is stressful right now and I just want to crawl into a hole with a bottle of wine.
I did sign up for my 6th half marathon this morning! Yay! Running makes me such a happy person and I'm hoping that another training goal will get me out of this stressful slump I'm in.
CS/Q: nada
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I'm NOT a good sleep deprived person. I know I've gone without sleep several times in college and when DS was a newborn, but I don't remember how long.
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, CP, CM, evening primrose
R/R: Tomorrow we are moving all the furniture in our apartment to our new home!! I got about one and a half rooms in our bedroom painted last night and bought new blinds for our bedroom (there were none installed). So I've got a lot of packing, painting, etc. ahead of me. Thankfully I'm taking a half day tomorrow but we shall see
CS/Q: nope, spotting stopped, so now I'm just waiting for FW
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I'm pretty sure I pulled a few all nighters in highschool and college, the longest being around 26 hours. Now a days, I don't think I could do it. I'm terrible at staying up past my "bed time" lol.
@hoosiermama1 Sorry to hear you're not feeling confident about TTC. Hopefully you can work through whatever is stressing you out soon.
@BreezyBee Wow, I would get annoyed with your boss too. Who care how much the house is going on sale for? Although 40 mill is ridiculous!
@shortstack930 OH man! I love the idea of having slices of frozen sliced cake in the freezer for future CD1s. Although it would be hard not to just break it out in general lol.
@Pinky917 Ugh, sorry about the inconvenient appointment... I'd be so mad at myself too if I did that. I was so naive about TTC before I started TTC so if I were in your shoes I probs would have done the same thing... Also I seriously LOVE the sloth selfie! So adorable!
@JJMNO1616 Haircuts are always exciting! FX you love your new hairdresser!
@camomile-2 Good luck in TWW! FX for you!
@starla Your names for BD are making me smile every day.
@shortstack930 That's a lot of cake! Hope you enjoy it all!
Month/Cycle: 13 cycles, 8 TTCAL
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, OPK, etc...
R/R: So tired this morning with no idea why. Today is my longer day too - simply because I hang out with work friends right after work on wednesday. Thinking about skipping so I can nap.
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I had this one night of insomnia. My days normally run from waking up at 7 am to going to bed at 11 pm. Well one night, try as I might I did not sleep - melatonin didn't help, nor white noise. I didn't end up sleeping until 9 pm the next day. So around 40 hours? It was miserable.
**TW in Spoiler**
BFP 6/30/16, MC 8/21/16
BFP 05/04/17, 5/10/17 Emergency LAP due to ectopic. Right tube removed.
BFP 07/12/17, ECDD 03/25/18 - Silver Orion Born 3/23/18
BFP 09/30/19, EDD 06/11/20
Married 9/2015
TTC #1 6/2016
Dx Unexplained IF 6/2017
Clomid + Ovidrel + IUI 7/2017 - Cancelled (overstimulated)
Letrozole + Ovidrel + IUI #1 - BFN
Letrozole + Ovidrel + IUI #2 -BFN
Letrozole + Ovidrel + IUI#3 - BFP! EDD July 15 2018
Baby Girl H - July 22 2018
MrsMiller8588 Lol the ONLY reason I am using CBDA this month is because they were $10 off at Kroger and I couldn’t pass it up!!! I hope you aren’t getting sick.
Pinky917 That appointment is exactly the type of thing I would do, ugh! As for DH, YES! That is awesome. My DH did that last cycle (didn’t work, boo) and I was SO grateful.
MJDsquared I am totally with you on not trusting OPKs. I don’t get the wondfos at all… why do they want you to test in the afternoon? Wouldn’t a surge be a surge regardless? And if some women have smaller surges, wouldn’t there’s never get “truly” positive? And WHY do they give me so many days of positives (sometimes)? Better question: WHY am I still using them?
BreezyBee Boo for the insomnia but lol the sleep meds. The only point for me is they (ambien anyway) were starting to make me feel like crap… I “slept” but didn’t feel rested the next day, so it wasn’t working, I guess. OMG your boss. Just no.
hoosiermama1 Yay for the half marathon. Which one is it? I’m sorry about the down feeling re: TTC. I was totally there all last week thanks to my early AF. I hope the negative feelings subside.
darkrose88 YAY for the moving and painting progress!
DD1 EDD 9/29/2015, Born 9/24/2015
DS1 EDD 1/3/2018, Born 12/26/2017
BFP #3 3/21/2019, EDD 11/29/2019, MMC/D&C 5/7/2019
BFP #4 6/28/2019, EDD 3/12/2020
DD - 12/28/17
TTC #2 3/2019
BFP 5/2019 || MC - D&C 5/2019
BFP 2/2020 || EDD 10/10/2020
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
ETA: The room temp thing is so weird to me! I think I didn't read the instructions carefully and happened to see someone ask on here if they really needed to wait for their pee to cool down (so weird) and people said no. But why would that even be a thing?!
DD - 12/28/17
TTC #2 3/2019
BFP 5/2019 || MC - D&C 5/2019
BFP 2/2020 || EDD 10/10/2020
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
I'm glad it at least didn't hurt. Sorry to hear that it sounds like you have some blockage but also it's good to have some direction.
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD: 7
WAYDTGKU: HIO, BBT, Starting OPK this cycle, FertilAid, OvaBoost, FertileCM, Vitamin C, Omega3, Probiotic, Dessicated Liver, Collagen, Red Raspberry Leaf Tea, Maca, Green Tea, POM Juice, No Alcohol/Caffeine, Fertility Yoga
R/R: Rant: I locked my youngest in our car today. It was terrifying. It took half the local sheriff’s department to get him out. Rave: He’s completely fine, thank god.
CS/Q: Not today.
GTKY: I don’t know, probably 36 hours or so in college?
@Dilynne glad HSG went okay, and wasn’t painful (I remember mine hurting so damn much). I’d be pretty annoyed about that scheduling too, what the heck.
@kmalls have fun at spin! My favorite!
@EmilyLove25 Sorry CBAs are being challenging, I’m due to start testing tomorrow, but I’m getting a ton of EWCM today; which is to say, we apparently continue to be (messed up) cycle buddies.
@Camomile-2 Good luck in the TWW!
@MrsMiller8588 hope you’re not getting sick. Enjoy your haircut today! I’m jealous, I desparately need to make an appointment.DS2: Jan. 2016
DS3: Dec. 2017
Baby #4 on the way!
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
@kmalls I did a spin class once and never again. I hurt in places that I shouldn't. So painful to sit!!
@JJMNO1616 I need to get my hair cut & colored so badly!!
@MrsMiller8588 FX you aren't getting sick!!
@Pinky917 I love that pic you posted!!
@shortstack930 mmmm cake. At least Disney is a good reason for no sleep (I think anyway!)
@BreezyBee I agree about jet lag. I've never had it probably because I can't sleep on planes!
@hoosiermama1 yay for half marathons!! that sounds like a fun one!!!
@KatieEl oh how scary!! Glad he was ok!!
Month/Cycle: 8/6 (2/2 AL)
CD: 13
WAYDTGKU: benched
R/R: *TW** spotting went back to bleeding red again. Sigh. TMI but I normally get lots of big clots. I had a few of those but lots of teeny clumps. I'm trying to hope that maybe that's my body finally getting rid of the ectopic mass. I'm in the waiting room for my ultrasound. I'm really hoping the mass has gone down!! **end TW **
CS/Q: **TW*** since I started bleeding red again yesterday, I put in Light in FF. It told me it was AF and gave me a new chart. I merged it back with the other one so on the calendar, my cd is right but on the count on top it's showing 2. Anyone know how to fix that? **end TW**
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I have insomnia so there have times where I have laid in bed awake all night so I'll go from 7am one morning til midnight (my normal bedtime) the following day so 39ish. This also happens a lot when I have a race where I'd have to get up at 3am and I got to bed at midnight, panic that I'm only getting 3 hours of sleep, and not end up sleeping at all. Or traveling because I can't sleep on planes.
KatieEl Sadly, part of me is (stupidly) thinking... okay, shorter FP, maybe I'll have a longer LP
DD1 EDD 9/29/2015, Born 9/24/2015
DS1 EDD 1/3/2018, Born 12/26/2017
BFP #3 3/21/2019, EDD 11/29/2019, MMC/D&C 5/7/2019
BFP #4 6/28/2019, EDD 3/12/2020
Month/Cycle: Month 24
CD: 44
WAYDTGKU: Frozen embryo transfer scheduled for 4/12!
R/R: Rant: I work for an apt complex and the dang mailman left all 200 mailboxes open. I am on hold with USPS and the frickin frackin hold time is FIFTY MINUTES. If you live in an apartment go hug your property manager immediately.
CS/Q:
GTKY: What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? I flew in for my little sisters graduation and my flight got delayed so I didn't get in until like 2 am and then my mom and accidentally stayed up until it was time for us to leave to catch the ferry to LI. Then we stayed up until around midnight that night. So like 40 hours maybe?
Married May 2014
TTC # 2 Since December 2021
Baby girl W born 2/2021
Our journey so far...
(tw loss & infertility)
Working with an RE since March 2016
2 failed TI cycles
3 failed IUI cycles
IVF Feb - April 2017
23 eggs collected, 20 mature, 14 fertilized with ICSI, 4 day 3 blasts, 3 day 5 blasts, 1 PGS normal
Transferred 1 PGS normal embryo 4.12.17
BFP 4.21.17
MMC due to small gestational sac 6.8.17
Our adoption journey:
12.25.18 Agency picked and apps submitted!
5.1.19 Adoption on hold so we can buy a house!
1.1.20 Homestudy process started
3.14.20 First social worker visit
5.25.20 Homestudy Approved & Submitted to Agency
6.1.20 Surprise! Positive pregnancy test!
Healthy baby girl born 2/10/2021
@purplg8r TW* Ugh, I'm so sorry to hear about the bleeding. Hopefully the ultrasound confirms what is happening and this is the end of it for you. Did your doctor say how long it may take for the mass to exit?
@BreezyBee DH has a tattoo appointment tonight and I don't often get the house to myself for more than like, an hour, so I'm super tempted to skip the gym tonight to maximize my alone time. But I really should work out... UGH.
@hoosiermama1 I'm sorry about those feelings, I know them well. At least you can look forward to your half marathon!
@darkrose88 So exciting that you get to start moving stuff in tomorrow!
@SoraLk Hope you got your second wind! Or you blow off social hour to go nap.
@KatieEl Oh no!!! I'm glad everything worked out, but that would be so scary and stressful!
@purplg8r I hope your u/s goes well!
@tamalahoops Oh my gosh, I remember reading the IF board when you first set your transfer and it felt like that was so far away...and now it's only a week away! Eek, so exciting!!!
DD - 12/28/17
TTC #2 3/2019
BFP 5/2019 || MC - D&C 5/2019
BFP 2/2020 || EDD 10/10/2020