TWW Saturday 6/24

looeeze · June 2017

Month/Cycle:

CD/DPO:

Timing:

Testing:

R/R:

CS/Q:

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?

pebbledam · June 2017

Month/Cycle: 6/4

CD/DPO: 65/5

Timing: -1

Testing: idk

R/R: I'm going to Pride festivities today and then dinner at my favorite burger joint and a drive-in movie! It's going to be a fun day!

CS/Q: I used the "charts like mine" function on FF and found almost all submitted charts that resulted in a pregnancy got there BFPs on 10 DPO or earlier.

GTKY: Go to a drag show! They are so fun and it's an atmosphere that can't be duplicated!

looeeze · June 2017

@pebbledam Sounds like you have a super fun day planned! Enjoy Pride! And I agree about drag shows, they're usually a great time. That's crazy about the FF charts. How many total were there for you to compare yours to? I did a big "charts like mine" lookup myself today as well and played with all the filters til I got results that made me happy. Def doesn't help the BSC.
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Month/Cycle: 8/6 1AL

CD/DPO: 24/8

Timing: feel good about it

Testing: too early

R/R: Rant: Once I wake up at 6:45am to temp, I can't fall back asleep. Sucks on weekends. Rave: MH is getting a new (to us) car today and I can't wait to have his old dumpy one out of the garage.

CS/Q: --

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives? Go skydiving. It's not as scary as you might think. For me, it was a total zen experience.

pebbledam · June 2017

@looeeze - There were <20 because O-ing on CD 60 isn't common. Definitely feeds the BSC to do those searches. I've always wanted to go skydiving! It's on my bucket list!

looeeze · June 2017

@pebbledam you should! FX this is your cycle but if it isn't, go during your next WTO maybe.

mamasaurus12415 · June 2017

@pebbledam Sounds like a really fun day! I hope you enjoy it. I can totally relate to you on the "charts like mine" searches. FX for you!

@looeeze I can never really fall asleep after temping either, because I end up going BSC over what the temp means (even though I KNOW that one temp means nothing by itself). I also think you are so brave for skydiving.

Month/Cycle: 9/4

CD/DPO: 22/4

Timing: -1

Testing: July 4th, maybe later.

R/R: It's POURING out. I had to come up with an excuse to get out of going to a family reunion. I feel like a horrible person but I just don't feel like I have it in me today.

CS/Q: My temp today was unusually high this morning. 98.26 when yesterday it was 97.63. It's also the highest I've ever recorded. I'm thinking it's just an outlier and tomorrow I'll discard it.

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives? Hmm I'm going to have to think about this one.

holly321 · June 2017

Month/Cycle: 5/3

CD/DPO: 23/10

Timing: -3 -0

Testing: I was going to test today, and forgot, I think I subconsciously fear the BFN. Will probably test later.

R/R: No rants. Playing in the pool with the kids and then crab cakes for dinner, and ice cream cake.

CS/Q: none

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?

Go to the ocean

@pebbledam, TW, with my second pregnancy, I was unable to get a bfp until 10 dpo. Not sure if you mean simply based on your temp shifts though. What movie are you seeing?
@looeeze congrats on the new car.

looeeze · June 2017

@mamasaurus12415 I think you're right, I do end up spending time thinking about the possibilities of the temp. Also, my thermometer just takes so damn long to beep. And fwiw, I've had to think of excuses to get out of events so many times in my life (just because I'm a huge introvert) that now I can just tell my family "can't do it today" and they finally get it. So I feel you on the not wanting to go to the reunion.

@holly321 I'm digging your cake-themed day!

holli0801 · June 2017

Good morning ladies!

Month/Cycle: 5/5

CD/DPO: 25/11

Timing: meh

Testing: soon. I've convinced myself this isn't our month, but I also just need to know for sure if AF doesn't arrive on time...

R/R: determined to make this a good weekend! No work, thank goodness! Work dragged allll week.

CS/Q:

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?

I strongly believe everyone should travel and experience other cultures as much as possible. There are cheap places and cheap ways to travel! At least once, travel outside your comfort zone!

@pebbledam hell yes to drag shows!

@looeeze completely agree! Terrifying but amazing.

kiwi2628 · June 2017

Month/Cycle: 10/11?

CD/DPO: 22?/6

Timing: -4, -3, -1 IUI and O IUI

Testing: probably tomorrow to see where the trigger is at

R/R: Tonight we are headed into the city to see Sleep No More and I am so excited. I love that show!

CS/Q:

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?

Go to a country where a) you don't speak the language at all and b) you are not the majority (either religiously, ethnically etc..). It is challenging when you dont speak the language and its a growing experience. I think it also makes you a more well-rounded, thoughtful and accepting person when you get around people who are different than you.

holli0801 · June 2017

@kiwi2628 could not agree more about traveling!

doxiemoxie212 · June 2017

Month/Cycle: 2/2 AL

CD/DPO: 21/9

Timing: all

Testing: july 1

R/R: massages today!!

CS/Q:

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?

Go to santorini. Or go to Hawaii. Those are the only islands I've been to, so probably just "go to all the islands" is my advice.

Also move far away for college. I moved 3000 miles away for college, and I grew up a lot because of it. DH did not move away for college, and it honestly wasn't until he moved for law school that he grew up and shifted his behavior. His parents are hoarders, and it wasn't until he moved out of the city they live in and didn't see their apt for a year that he could really acknowledge that and also admit he prefers a clean home.

doxiemoxie212 · June 2017

@mamasaurus12415 why do you want to discard the temp? I've heard it's best not to unless you know for sure your thermometer is broken.

mamasaurus12415 · June 2017

@looeeze My thermometer takes forever too. Like, 3-5 minutes. It's so annoying. I'm an introvert too and my mom's side of the family gets it, but my dad's side doesn't really. It's so hard sometimes to not want to interact.

purplg8r · June 2017

@pebbledam I love drag shows!!!

@looeeze I reeeeaaaallyyy want to go sky diving. But every time the option comes up I chicken out and make excuses. I want to go before I get KU. I need to do it soon.

@Mamasaurus don't discard your temp even if it's an outlier

@holly321 crab cakes...yum!!

Month/Cycle: 11/7 (5/2 AL)

CD/DPO: 43/9

Timing: -3, -1

Testing: bfn (but I'm ok with it)

R/R: 11 years and 13 days ago from yesterday H & I went to see Cars in our first date. Yesterday we went to see Cars 3. I really liked it!!

CS/Q: so no spotting yesterday. I was really curious what my temp would be today. H & I watched a tv show til 1 and Fitbit shows I fell asleep at 1:11. Then 4:05, my dog scratched at H to get under the covers (she does this every night but sometimes he tries to ignore her). Which he did last night. So I had to sit up, lean over him, and open the covers so she could go under. Then I saw the time and started worrying. I only had 2.5 hours until I was supposed to wake up to temp. So I set my alarm for a half hour later so I could get those 3 hours but I just lay there fuming. Finally I rolled over & just took my temp. It was .15 degrees higher than yesterday. But I knew that I hadn't gotten a full 3 hours and I have been laying there awake for a while (I went back to sleep for 2.75 hours and when I woke up it was .09 degrees higher. I got up and peed and got my bfn. Went back to sleep for 2 hours and then my temp was .05 lower. And no worries--I only kept the first temp). But I hate not knowing what my real temp would have been and what it means. I know all I can do is wait. And be BSC. SIGH.

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives? Travel abroad. I feel everyone should have the chance to experience other cultures.

looeeze · June 2017

@hollieileen @kiwi2628 @purplg8r Travelling abroad is so important! What are some of the places you had the biggest culture shock/best time?

@doxiemoxie212 Hooray to massages! enjoy yourself

Hoarding relatives can be really hard to deal with, does YH have any of those tendencies? Mine has a hard time throwing stuff out. I'm the total opposite.

mamasaurus12415 · June 2017

@doxiemoxie212 Just because it's so high, I don't think it's right. I keep trying to think of what could have influenced it in my environment. I'll keep it if that's everyone's advice though.

KSMcClary · June 2017

Month/Cycle: 1/1

CD/DPO: 24/10

Timing: -5, -4 -3 -1 o

Testing: Maybe later today or tmr

R/R: --

CS/Q:--

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?
I got to visit the Dominican Republic and it was a blast. DH and I stayed at an all inclusive resort which was nice! It was the most relaxing vacation we have ever been on!

doxiemoxie212 · June 2017

@looeeze DH has "collecting" tendencies. He buys like $150 worth of comics every month that he doesn't even have time to read. Refuses to purchase the digital versions because he likes having them around even though they're just stacked messily in paper bags. He'd still be buying DVDs if I didn't lose my shit on him one day about it. Lol. But at least he doesn't hoard garbage. His parents house is just filled with empty BBQ sauce bottles and empty scrubbing bubbles cans. Like, floor to ceiling. They've lived in that apt since 1998, and it's two blocks from ground zero. So on 9/11 they were displaced for six months because of all the dust and construction and badness. In 2008 when DH and I had just started dating, we house sat for them. I spent two days and 17 garbage bags cleaning the kitchen and one bathroom. In the kitchen there were items toward the bottom that expired BEFORE 9/11 2001. WTF! It's a miracle DH and I kept dating. He told me at the time I was making a big deal out of nothing.

holli0801 · June 2017

@looeeze Turkey was probably the furthest from my comfort zone. Obviously very culturally different... I loved it. It was so beautiful, so much history... we were in Istanbul (amazing) and Cappadocia (more rural community in the mountains with tribal ruins)... I went a few years ago when it was considered "safer" but it was still odd to see trucks with machine guns drive around the capitol, and getting lost on our own in the mountains at night was pretty terrifying...

mamasaurus12415 · June 2017

@doxiemoxie212 MH has collector tendencies too! He always buys the collectors editions of games so they come with giant statues that we have no place in our home for. Our bedroom closet contains four gigantic boxes filled with his collectibles that he hasn't touched in years.

purplg8r · June 2017

@hollieileen totally agree with your GTKY

@kiwi2628 I've never heard of that show. What's it about?

@doxiemoxie212 jealous that you're getting a massage! I so need one!!

@KSMcClary with all the traveling I've done, I've never stayed at an all inclusive resort! I really want to!

@looeeze probably one of the Asian cities I've traveled to. Not even having letter I recognized or words that sound the same was a completely new experience. However everyone is soooo nice there and would try their best to help in English

looeeze · June 2017

@doxiemoxie212 Holy cow, that is intense. Were they upset when you cleaned all their stuff out? Did you make YH watch a ton of episodes of Hoarders? I'm fascinated by hoarding because it's so opposite from how I am. You must've really fallen in love hard to stick with him after he told you he didn't see a problem, which is sweet and makes me smile.

@hollieileen Ooh yes, Turkey's been on my list for a while! But probably won't get there anytime soon, esp now that it's gotten so tense.

beachbunnyxo123 · June 2017

@kiwi2628 have fun tonight!!

@holly321 crab cakes are the best, enjoy!!

@mamasaurus12415 it was pouring by me this morning too! It's sunny out now!

Month/Cycle: 18/18

CD/DPO: 22/9

Timing: -4,-2,-1

Testing: when AF is late

R/R: today's my birthday, the big 30. Had a hard time earlier this week as I thought I'd be in a different place by now but thankfully I've been able to get past that as the week went on. Going to spend the day at the boardwalk and beach

CS/Q: none

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?
traveling!

nitnat007 · June 2017

Month/Cycle: 1/1

CD/DPO: 25/12

Timing: meh

Testing: probably not this month

R/R: Had a great walk with the pup at the lake!

CS/Q: having a "I need a moment to myself" day.

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?

Agree with you all. Travel, travel, travel! Maybe even live in a foreign country for a while. It's amazing what you learn, not just about other people but about yourself too. I was raised in South Africa and have spent many years in Central America before settling in Canada. Wouldn't change it for anything.

mamasaurus12415 · June 2017

@beachbunnyxo123 Happy Birthday! I'm glad the sun came out for you!

holli0801 · June 2017

@nitnat007 I'd love to live elsewhere! Our biggest issue is our dogs with quarantine laws :-/ ... aside from the fact we would really miss them… My cousin had a really horrible experience with his dog when he moved to Asia :-/

Mythril · June 2017

Month/Cycle: 18/14

CD/DPO: 19/3

Timing: -2, -1, 0

Testing: 14 dpo

R/R: Rave: My fertility friend gave me SOLID cross hairs this morning. It never has given me solid cross hairs, only dotted. I was like... whaaaat! Awesome!

I'm still paranoid because my temps went up but the first high temp I took 40 minutes late because I fell asleep with the thermometer in my mouth, and then the third temp is significantly higher... I'm worried I ovulated later than it said. Like, 4 days after the trigger. But no, 2 days after makes more sense. I need to get out of my head. It's just, this is the last round we can afford this year so I'm anxious.

CS/Q:

GTKY: Travel to another country.

nitnat007 · June 2017

@hollieileen I totally understand that. I wouldn't be able to travel now with my dog. He is too big and I'd never be comfortable leaving him in quarantine. I did however have a dog with me through our Central America journey. But we were sailing, so a totally different experience and a lot easier than the flying route.

vflux33 · June 2017

@pebbledam Have the best most rainbow time at Pride!

@holly321 I feel you on the BFN fears. I often have to remind myself that pee sticks are not my friends.

@mamasaurus12415 I agree with @doxiemoxie212 and @purplg8r about not discarding the temp.

@purplg8r Sorry about your BFN. Hopefully just too early.

@beachbunnyxo123 HAPPY DIRTY 30!! Birthdays are hard, I know. I hope you have a good one and are able to relax and enjoy despite IF struggles.

Month/Cycle: 15/13

CD/DPO: 19/ 3 DPIUI

Timing: keep questioning this but I know b/c of the trigger it was probably very good

Testing: Ugh trying not to think about it... trigger still in my system, which is probably good.

R/R: Just could NOT believe some of the people at this concert last night, but I think the full sitch is more appropriate for Randoms so I'll bring it there.

CS/Q:

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives? @doxiemoxie212 For those of us with the ability to do it, I TOTALLY agree about moving away for college. Best decision I ever made. I went across the country to a place where I had no friends and where everything was different. IMO the further the better.

doxiemoxie212 · June 2017

@looeeze I kid you not, they didn't notice. It's a sickness! Lol

purplg8r · June 2017

@beachbunnyxo123 happy happy birthday!!

@nitnat007 oh wow! What did your parents do where you got to live in different places?

@Mythril yay for solid CH!

@vflux33 I'm okay with the bfn. I know it's prob too early but going with it since my SIL (who's an obgyn) said I should try to find out as early as possible given my past. FX your timing was perfect!

mdfarmchick · June 2017

@pebbledam sounds like a fun weekend and I am glad there's hope!

@looeeze I have this strong aversion to jumping out of perfectly good airplanes.

@mamasaurus12415 I frequently feel like I want an excuse to get out of extended family events ((and sometimes not-so-extended family events))... I think it was either way more fun as a kid, or as we change as a society, family reunions struggle. Also, I can be a huge introvert on occasion

@holly321 now you are making me homesick for crab cakes!

@hollieileen I definitely agree re: travel. Do you have a favorite place or a "you must go here" place??

@kiwi2628 yesss! I think I've had the most fun getting lost in a place where I don't speak the language. I always try to learn a few basic phrases before we go though because I think Americans tend to take it for granted that so many countries/people speak English as a second language.

@doxiemoxie212 two places I really want to experience! Hawaii is in the cards over the next couple of years and I go through phases where I will research the heck out of it because I want to plan that vacation tomorrow. Haha. If you want another good island(s) to check out, we honeymooned on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. I highly recommend!
Also I agree re: colleges. My middle sister went to college ((reluctantly)) less than 2 hours from home and came home every single weekend, but my oldest sister and myself went to college 6 hours away... I can definitely see a huge difference in our willingness to take responsibility and be adults between us.
omg. I can't believe you stayed there... I am so over clutter and I hate when things are just dirty. My ILs tend to hoard/not even clean their stuff in some areas and I finally told my DH all of our time spent with them has to be "on vacation"; no more going back to visit. Thank goodness my DH doesn't exhibit those tendencies. Yet.

@purplg8r Was Cars 3 really good?! I've gone back and forth because I didn't love the sequel as much as the first one and the previews definitely make this one out to be darker.

@KSMcClary I think everyone should do an all-inclusive beach vacation at least once. It is so relaxing. I'm planning our next beach vacation already...

@beachbunnyxo123 Happy Birthday! The big 3-0 isn't terrible but I get the unmet expectations thing. Besides I bet you can keep claiming 25, just like me. ((Even though I'm working towards 32))

@nitnat007 I bet growing up in South Africa was amazing! Is there anything that you miss? Canada seems pretty far from South Africa in a lot of ways.

@Mythril GL!

@vflux33 I'm looking forward to that random!

Month/Cycle: 17/16 ((1/1 TTCAL))

CD/DPO: 23/10ish

Timing: all.the.days

Testing: I have super mixed feelings about this.

R/R: **TW** Testing after a loss is a whole different kind of mindfuck. **End TW** Also I have been exhausted all week and I am refusing to SS.

CS/Q: Nope. Skipping charting for a while. It makes me obsessive.

GTKY: What is something you've done that you think everyone should do at least once in their lives?
Live in a foreign country. I think it is such a broadening experience that everyone should do it at least once. And travel. Because I have learned so much through traveling.

nitnat007 · June 2017

@purplg8r most of it I did after I had left home. But they also retired early so did some sailing with us and have now settled in Costa Rica.
Glad that you have your SIL to help guide you through your journey. Possitive thoughts for next cycle

holly321 · June 2017

@mdfarmchick, I am in Maryland, so it is a Maryland crab cake. So obviously, the best.

mdfarmchick · June 2017

@holly321 obviously! That's where I call home. Just following my DH around for his job. I'm headed back after the Fourth of July to spend a month visiting my family with DS and I can't wait for crab cakes.

looeeze · June 2017

@doxiemoxie212 WHAT that is completely absurd!!

@mdfarmchick **TW** I am with you on feeling totally mixed about testing & charting AL. Mindfuckery on multiple levels. FX and hugs to you **ENDTW**

purplg8r · June 2017

@mdfarmchick the third one wasn't as good as the first but a lot better than the second. I didn't think it was dark at all!

kiki75 · June 2017

@holly321 Crab cakes! Yum!

@looeeze I've definitely fallen asleep with my thermometer in my mouth and had the beeping wake me. Or not. I've also slept through it.

@beachbunnyxo123

@Mythril I've got everything crossed for you!

@mdfarmchick Or her lack of interest in growing up is what led her to be reluctant to go away at all and to choose something so close.

Wr had a kid in my dorm who went home every single weekend. Then he would whine about how everyone else was so close and why not with him... I went on one date of misunderstanding with him where I thought it was a friend's thing then he was offended when I insisted on Dutch. Later he tried to kiss me and when I ducked it, he sat on the curb and cried. Fun times!

Month/Cycle: 16/16 TTCAL

CD/DPO: 20/7

Timing: -5, -3, IUI on O, +1

Testing: Trigger is pretty much out so probably Wednesday or Thursday

R/R: I've had a pretty nice day so far. Dog and I went to breakfast, then the dog park, then to get him some more treats, and now we're hanging out in the backyard for a bit before I have to get to busy.

CS/Q: nope

GTKY: I agree with a lot of the ones that have been mentioned already so I'll go with a new one: have a dog or cat.

holly321 · June 2017

@beachbunnyxo123, happy birthday and hope you enjoyed the boardwalk!

@Mythril, congrats on solid cross hairs!

@kiwi2628, enjoy your show.

@mdfarmchick I hope you have a great time when you visit your family. If you don't mind me asking, what part of MD are you from?

mdfarmchick · June 2017

@kiki75 haha touché. It definitely could be that.

@holly321 I'm from near the beach.

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