Me: 29 | DH: 29
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Welcome!How many months have you been TTC?
What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)?
Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.)
Re: Newbie Intro Thread Week of 6/12
Ages (you and SO): 29/31
How many months have you been TTC? This is our first month TTC
What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)? Charting, temping, OPK
Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.) No kids yet, just our furbaby basset hound Penny. I work for a music festival and event production company and my husband is an accountant. We've been together since 2008 and our 5 year wedding anniversary is in July!
How many months have you been TTC? This is our first month TTC
What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)? Charting and OPK, will start temping soon.
Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.) - This is the first attempt for me, however my SO has an 8yo from previous marriage. I do have a big slobbery furbaby chocolate lab which we love dearly. But now that I have found my life partner, it is time to add the two-legged baby to the family. I have been lurking for a bit and waiting to join this amazingly supportive group. Best of luck to everyone.
How many months have you been TTC? 3 so far, just starting our 4th cycle.
What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)? Charting/temping, tracking CM, OPKs, pre-natals, and trying to cut back on caffeine but it's a daily battle
Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.) Hi! I've been lurking since February, and am excited to start participating and get to know everyone. We are TFAS, our DS is 15 months old. No pets, though I love dogs. I work in hospital compliance, which can be both incredibly dull and interesting at the same time. We live in Virginia. Other than TV shows/reading, I like to cook, garden, and get outside (walks, hiking).
How many months have you been TTC? this is cycle 7 for baby #3 with a MC end of April (8w2d)
What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)?
Timing BD-ing with O, pre-seed, being healthy, standing on my head
About myself:
2 DD's (7&2), work from home, summer break is kicking my butt, we are into target shooting and competitive sporting clays, DH attends night school after work all week so I've got my hands full!
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How many months have you been TTC? 3-4 (We were never preventing after our DS but weren't "trying" until AF returned at 7 months postpartum.
What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)? Mostly tracking CM/position, just used OPKs and preseed for the first time this month
Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.) I have the sweetest little boy who is almost 1 (in July!). I was a social worker prebaby but am primarily a stay at home mom now and work from home very part time teaching English to Chinese elementary students. I love it! We have 2 kitties who would be appalled to know we are hoping to add to our family again
Ages (you and SO): 24 + 28
How many months have you been TTC? Currently TTA until August, previously TTC Aug-Nov 2015.
What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)? PNV + sex. We'll be NTNP when I stop BC. So I won't be tracking BBT or using OPKs, but I'll still be charting any pronounced CM that pops up.
Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.) I'm a nursing student with one more year to go and I've been a CNA for the past 7 years. I have one DSS (8) who is a PITA but also tends to keep H and I grounded. We have two fur-babies: a boston x beagle mix and a pit x lab mix; and 4 fish. H and I have been married for almost 3 years.
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
Ages (you and SO): 35 + 34
How many months have you been TTC? None yet!
What are you doing to get knocked up? Hell, I'm not sure. I posted this on my intro but was directed to come here so... I'm a lesbian married to a woman and we have one son who was donor conceived (fun fact: today is the anniversary of his conception 3 years ago!). We have 6 vials of donor sperm stored at our fertility clinic so we an get started anytime we want. Thing is, we agreed DW would conceive and carry the second baby but she's getting cold feet. She's terrified of giving birth. I'm not keen on doing it again myself. I wanted to have one bio baby from me, and one from her. She could take or leave having one herself but now that it's getting to be time (we wanted number 2 born before a big trip next summer) she's not initiating the process, which she needs to do if she's serious. I've tried bringing it up to her a few times and she says she's going to do it but she has not. If she doesn't contact the doctor by the end of the month, I am volunteering to do it. But if she has a change of heart and wants a third baby that's biologically hers she's carrying it. No compromising there. This factory is closing after baby number 2. So anyway, things are kind of in the balance. As much as I want DW to handle the next pregnancy I won't make her. I don't MIND doing it again because 9 months is nothing compared to (what I hope is) a long life with your child. So there you have it.
Tell us about yourself! I am a sleep deprived mother of a very active toddler and while I normally enjoy reading, crafting, watching adult-themed movies and television, cooking gourmet meals, and drinking wine, these days I spend most of my time chasing said active toddler, picking up Thomas & Friends toys, and watching DS collect loose Cheetos off the floor and stuff them in his mouth before I can stop him. All to the soundtrack of Peppa Pig.
How many months have you been TTC? Starting our 3rd month
What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)? Just been using Ovia to track periods and suspected fertile windows, checking CM and CP. I sid do OPK first month but it seemed like alot of work.....
Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, Etc)
I have a son who will be 3 in august, I am a runner, i am in grad school currently. Was on The Bump last pregnancy but deactivated my account about 2.5 years ago. Now I am back!
Ages (you and SO): 29/32
How many months have you been TTC? This is our first one
What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)? Charting, temping, CM
Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.) We have one awesome DS, age 2. We're teachers. Our hobbies right now when our life isn't being consumed by moving are video games and good TV
Thanks I really don't mind going through pregnancy again and I know what works for my body. I did 1 natural round of IUI, 3 rounds with Clomid, 1 cycle with Femara + low dose Follistim, and then the cycle that worked was all Follistim. Doctor was cautious because she doesn't like getting women pregnant with multiples. Going at it again, I'd just jump right in with Follistim. The meds are super $$$ but so are fertility clinic visits. We don't know what would work for DW so that's a risk right there. We have 6 vials from the donor we used to get pregnant with DS and those are the only 6 vials left because he stopped donating. We have to make them count. I'm really struggling with deciding what to do. I may propose doing the pregnancy myself and then my wife might object if she wants that biological connection. It's hard to tell but I really hope she decides one way or the other soon. I don't want to force her to do something that truly terrifies her. I will do it again if I must.
Anyway... great to see so many former regs coming back!!! I joined Then Comes Family but I had a hard time keeping track of who was who and after the birth of my son my BMB stopped being active so I lost touch.
Ages (you and SO): Me - 27, DH - 28
How many months have you been TTC? I've been off BCP since Nov. 2015. We decided to see what happened from then until May 2016 when my husband graduated college - then I began charting and we were actually trying. We've been trying every since. We visited a fertility specialist last month and underwent an SA and an HSG test for me with an ultrasound and bloodwork. Everything came back normal for both of us so we've been diagnosed with unexplained infertility. We are planning to have IUI for my July cycle.
What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)? I stopped temping because it's too stressful for me. I found myself not being able to sleep well because I was wondering what time it was and what my temperature would be. We also got a puppy one year ago which threw my sleep schedule off and I just decided it wasn't for me. I'm checking CM and we are trying to time sex around it. Also taking pre-natals.
Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.) My husband and I just celebrated our 9 year wedding anniversary - he joined the military after graduating high school so we got married as teenagers. I'm a dental hygienist which I enjoy most of the time even though it's hard on my body. I enjoy playing with (aka spoiling) my 1 year old Shiba Inu, Bo, drinking wine and watching Netflix.
Married: May 2008
DD Born: March 2018
DS Born: April 2019
Due with #3 December 2020!
How many months have you been TTC? 6 months on and off, recently benched due to mental health issues that require treatments beyond medication and therapy. . .working with my psychiatry team to get back to baseline and spread my treatments out far enough that we can start TTC again.
What are you doing to get knocked up (WAYDTGKU)? Recently started temping/charting to get into the habit of it.
Tell us about yourself! (Kids, pets, job, hobbies, etc.) I'm an author and freelance editor. We have one fur baby and an 8-month-old nephew (who is the light of my life right now). I also do some mental health awareness advocacy--Out of the Darkness walks, freelance articles on life with bipolar disorder.
DSS born 01/2016
TTC since 01/2017
Letrozole + TI = BFP 01/30/2018 | EDD 10/11/2018
We're determined to do everything as safely as possible, considering my history of hospitalizations and the severity of my episodes. I've also started seeing a perinatal psychiatrist.
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LO arrived 11/9/2018! We have a baby!
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Me: 33 | DH: 41
Married: March 2016
TTC #1/IUD out January 2017
PCOS dx January 2018
Medicated cycle 2.5mg Letrozole CD3-7 February 2018
BFP 3/10/2018!
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@wisewitch222 and @kmalls, what were your old names? I was using a different name when I first came back, but about 2 months ago switched back to my original.
@JBcakes08, Welcome back, I too am obsessive and overly think things through with TTC, I couldn't fall asleep the other night worrying my temp would not rise.