Did you see what I did there with the GTKY? I felt clever...
Month/Cycle: 1/1
CD: 3
WAYDTGKU: Nothing at the moment
R/R: TMI, but I felt like I was in the midst of a battlefield this morning when I went potty. I've had "Love Is A Battlefield" stuck in my head all morning because of it.
CS/Q: So, it occurred to me that when I was on BC and had an US for pelvic pains, my lining was 7 mm. It also occurred to me that your lining isn't supposed to really thicken/grow while on BC, hence why your periods can be lighter or non-existent (the bleeding is from hormonal changes, not from the lining thickening); it's supposed to change the lining so that even if it fails to stop you from releasing an egg, it's that much harder for a potentially fertilized egg to implant. Is it possible that my body has been growing lining this whole time I've been on BC, and that's why my period is so incredibly heavy? (And, by all means, this may apply to others who have super heavy periods post-BC.) It was just something I thought of yesterday afternoon, and it got me curious.
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
@izza2 Oh boy! Now I am going to have "love is a battlefield" stuck in my head. Thanks for the ear worm! I can not give any feedback on your CS/Q though. I had an IUD so only had mild spotting occasionally and no cycle to speak of.
@mileswithmyles Ugh that is a long drive. Smart that you guys did a hike yesterday so sitting wont be that bad today. Nothing beats your own bed though!
ETA comments.....
Month/Cycle: 2/3
CD: 5
WAYDTGKU: pnv, hio, bbt, epo, acupuncture, and the stuff
R/R: Woot woot its Friday!!! I noticed that it is already starting to get darker in the mornings though, which makes me sad that summer could already be leaving us. Hoping that this weekend is sunny and I am going to spend the day outside no matter what! DH is on shift so its just me.
CS/Q: No question, just comment. I decided to get "It starts with the egg" will be reading that this weekend.
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
@izza2 - sorry about the battlefield AF. Mine wasn't too bad this last time but I am afraid of how heavy it might be this next time Mine were always on the heavier side preBCP. @mileswithmyles - I hope you have a safe drive home! @nitnat007 - I was just thinking the same thing about it being darker in the mornings. I am sad that summer is on its way out but so ready for it to not be so hot!
Month/Cycle: 1/1
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, and CM
R/R: Yay for Friday! And finally I have a weekend with no homework to do!!
CS/Q:
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
@glitzandglitter That's a nice little temp spike there! @kiwi2628 Where are y'all headed on vacation? @izza2 I had a Mirena IUD, like @nitnat007 I only had very light spotting occasionally. I know hormonal swings coming off of birth control can definitely lead to weird bleeding. @mileswithmyles Glad you're back in your own bed. That always feels so good when you've been away.
@glitzandglitter Yay for Friday and a homework free weekend! How much longer do you have in your program? When will fall classes begin?
Month/Cycle: 4/4
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: charting, temping, pom juice, green tea
R/R: I'm helping plan a big event this fall, so this morning we have a meeting with a florist and a party rental place. Excited to see what is in store. No other big plans for the weekend, though. DH is really busy at work and will not be home much.
CS/Q:
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend. I need a tutorial on posting gifs! Ha But seriously...can someone teach me?!?
R/R: Rave: Friday!! Woot woot! I'm getting my hair touched up today. Back to dark grey to start the cycle over. I'm pretty excited, can you tell? Rant: I'm having lunch with some ladies who requested I mentor them. They recently started their own staging business. I am still at odds with myself on whether I should do it because I wish someone had helped me understand this business more or I shouldn't because they may end up being competition.
CS/Q: I'm so new to this BBT thing. Is it possible I O'd on CD 12 and am just waiting for crosshairs? My temps haven't varied that much but it lines up with fertile signs.
GTKY: We're meeting with friends on Sunday at our favorite wine bar. They're serving frozen rosé for the summer!
@izza2 I've got nothing for ya with the BC idea but it does make sense to me. What are you painting this weekend?
@mileswithmyles Yes! Coming home after vacate is so bittersweet. And that meme is too real!
@kiwi2628 FX for your BW. Hope all is well, with no cysts, and you can move forward with the process.
@fishsticks-n-custard Yay for having the weekend off! Will you be doing anything fun on Sunday after resting?
@izza2 I don't have an answer on your bc question, but that's an interesting observation! Now I'm curious to know how much bc really does affect the uterine lining. @mileswithmyles I hope your drive goes smoothly! @nitnat007 Echoing @dukestar5, I'll be really curious to hear what you think of the book! I've been contemplating buying it as well. @kiwi2628 Loving your gif. @glitzandglitter That temp spike looks like you'll be in TWW soon! @fishsticks-n-custard Enjoy your weekend off! @dukestar5 Good luck with your event planning! There are probably more technical ways to post gifs, but you if you have the gif file saved on your computer you can just drag and drop it into your tb post. @SkilledSailor Having fun getting your hair done! -----------------------------
Month/Cycle: 5/6
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: temps, cm, opks
R/R: Well, I was feeling pretty good this morning, and just opened fb to browse while I thought about what rants and/or raves I might have. The first post on my newsfeed was yet another pregnancy announcement. Ugh. Guess I'll be keeping away from fb again for a while. I think this brings the total count of people I know who are pregnant or have new babies to 16.
CS/Q: Nope. MH and I were drinking last night (moscow mules, yum!), so my temp this morning was all wonky. Still too early for O though. I'll start using opks tomorrow.
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend. I have to get some writing done, so this will be me:
@dukestar5 - I start back mid-August and it is my last semester so I will be done in December Event planning sounds like fun. I get my gifs from gify. I am usually bumping on IPad or my phone so I just save the one I want to my camera roll, hit the picture picture on TB and pick the one I want. @Darkstar42 - I hope so! My last spike was a false alarm so maybe this is it I wish there was a way to hide announcements like that on FB. Sorry your FB brought you down today. What type of writing project are you working on?
@fishsticks-n-custard – Yay for being off this weekend! I feel you on
the sleeping in part tomorrow. Best part of the weekend!
@dukestar5@darkstar42 – I will definitely let you guys know
about the book. I just downloaded into onto the Kobo last night so haven’t started
yet. Hoping it will have some great info in there.
@darkstar42 – 16!! That is a lot! And enough to make anyone
steer clear of FB. Moscow Mules, yum! Have some more of those instead!
@SkilledSailor Sailor – I have been in similar situations before
on mentoring/training people. It is a really tough call to make. Competition
can be healthy too. GL
@mileswithmyles I know, 16 seems kind of excessive! Not that I'm not happy for them, but it's getting ridiculous! I love the idea of adding a bit of pineapple juice to moscow mules! We'll have to get some and give that a try. @glitzandglitter Fx that this temp spike isn't a false alarm! I'm writing research articles (my field is social psychology). The main one is based on my dissertation research, and then I need to edit a couple of other papers.
Hi Ladies! I have been lurking for awhile but decided to
jump in this cycle to WTO and TCC to help pass the time
@izza2 LOL, I have had that
thought before in the bathroom, but now I have a soundtrack for it! @mileswithmyles Ugh,
that is a long time in the car… @nitnat007 I
am super jealous of your weekend plans, and the cute bulldogs. @kiwi2628 FX for no cysts! @glitzandglitter Looks
like there is a nice temp spike there @fishsticks-n-custard How
are you liking your Ava? I have just had mine a month but I wasn’t sure about
it. I still did BBT for consistency and Ava kept moving my O date back so I was
really glad I still had BBT on FF. @dukestar5 Big
events can be so fun to plan but also SOOOO stressful. @SkilledSailor The
frozen rose sounds amazing!!!
@darkstar42 that is SO many babies! I feel like
they are everywhere in my life too, so much baby fever….
Month/Cycle: 2/2
CD: 4
WAYDTGKU: temping, waiting for AF to go away….
R/R: AF is starting to taper so that is happy,
rant is I have SO MUCH work to do this weekend (I am teaching online so I work
a lot evenings and weekends)
CS/Q: Nothing for now
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual
that describes your plans for the weekend.
@izza2 I have heard lots of people say they have a heavier period after coming off pills. *TW i am coming off of a possibly annov cycle post mc end tw* and my period was super light. Obviously if i didnt ovulate my body has no reason to really thicken the lining. My guess is something similar happens on the pill since you arent oing . I suppose if you went years on the pill your cycles coming off will be or seem heavy. @mileswithmyles OMG... your meme! I am STILL clearing my suitcase from last vaca... at least all of the clothes are out, but the case is not put away and im sure theres still all the little travel extras in there not put away. @nitnat007 I can feel the change in the light too! Well enjoy soaking up whats left of the summer! @kiwi2628 LOL eating all the things! @glitzandglitter another sun bather! @fishsticks-n-custard Yay for a normal weekend!! Get some good sleep! @dukestar5 Im no good with a real gif tutorial but if you search for gifs (the easiest place for newbies is giphy) you can copy the link from there and paste it into the icon in your banner (when you are typing your response) with the mountains and the little sun. Click on in and paste the gif link in the drop down. hit enter and it will be in your draft. @SkilledSailor Yay for getting your hair did! I think helping people is great, but yes, beware competition. Maybe keep some secret sauce for yourself. Its possible you o'ed but it will be hard to tell with the temps at this point because of the pre O high temps. Going by your other signs, that o date looks valid. But of course keep charting in case you were just gearing to o and havent really. So far your monitor seems to be saying low, right? @darkstar42 FB is the devil when i comes to pg announcements.... so triggering
CD: 8 WAYDTGKU: IVF next cycle
R/R: FRIDAY
CS/Q: NOPE
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual
that describes your plans for the weekend
@ella26 Welcome! Teaching online is a TON of work. What subject are you teaching? @dragonette505 FB really is triggering right now. Every few days I forget that and check again. I think I need to just avoid it for the near future. Loving your gif.
I'm gonna end up looking at research articles to try and find an answer to my curiosity and share it.
I'm on mobile and suck at mobile tagging, but I wish I was painting something artsy! We're actually redoing a friend's house who moved to Florida so he can sell it, so I've been painting the inside over the week. I finished the kitchen so we're putting new cabinets in tomorrow, spackling some spots, and then painting the hallway while that dries. Eventually we'll put new flooring throughout.
@dukestar5 That planning sounds like fun. What kind of big event is it? Do you enjoy planning things like this or is it a little stressful?
@SkilledSailor Not sure about Sunday, I kind of want to try heading into the city to the museum or zoo just to get out of the house for a bit. But it's SOOO hot here. Your hair sounds beautiful. I can see both sides of your mentoring situation. Are they really close, would they be competing directly with your for the same houses or are they in a slightly different area?
@darkstar42 Oh man, I know what you mean about facebook. A bunch of my friends have commented that I haven't posted much recently, but between those announcements and political stuff, I just don't have it in me anymore for social media. On a lighter now, Yay moscow mules! Do you guys have those cute copper glasses for them? You make me want to buy some vodka for Sunday afternoon. And pineapple juice actually sounds quite yummy. I wonder about Pom juice too. I've been adding that to my white wine spritzers and it's pretty good.
@ella26 I really hate their software. I've just been using their recorded temps and putting it in FF. So basically it's just a shit-tastic expensive BBT for me. Ha. Though the HR stuff is interesting, my resting heart rate is so erratic (spend a big portion of my life dehydrated due to my job) that I don't know if I'll be able to see a clear shift in HR. Oh and...
@fishsticks-n-custard Lake George (upstate NY) to a friends bakehouse for a long weekend.
So WOMP WOMP, my estrogen is high, so I have to go in Sunday for an u/s and repeat BW as I may have a cyst. Its hard though since my estrogen is often higher than normal so we will see.
@fishsticks-n-custard We do have the cute copper mugs! I got them for MH a couple years ago as a gift. @kiwi2628 I totally sat here for a sec wondering if "bakehouse" was just an east coast thing. Maybe a future siggy challenge should be autocorrect fails.
R/R: hoping O holds off until after girls vaca and we can have more sexy times. No O signs yet so I'm hopeful FW will cooperate. Rant- there's no signal here! Rave- BEACH VACA
CS/Q:
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
hi! I'm new and I hope it's ok if I join??? I've been lurking, but hopefully it's ok if I say hi?
@izza2 oh my gosh, you are a saintly friend, that is quite a lot of work you've already accomplished. There's something really satisfying about home improvement projects. Here's hoping it's not too hot though! Would love to know what you find out from your research. I had really heavy and long periods with my IUD which I have traded in for a sports period that short and light. Way happier about that. This stuff is all so fascinating.
@cards10 oh my gosh, that looks so delightful. FX you have a fabulous birthday weekend but that O waits its turn for next week!!!
@kiwi2628 oh no! I'm so sorry about the potential cyst. FX it's fine AND that you figure out how to turn off the dang autocorrect. Sometimes with technology I feel like it's a 1:1 relationship of improvement to inconvenience/hastle/annoyance.
@SkilledSailor oh my gosh, the frozen rose mention has me wanting to peel out of work like what!!! Hope it's a blast! Mentoring is a little tricky. I think in your case it's great to mentor them on professional behavior and more general skills but the real insider stuff, the stuff you worked so hard to understand, I think you can keep that to yourself no?
@darkstar42 YES on the avoiding FB. It's been a minefield for me lately. I want to be more supportive of folks who've gotten pregnant. For sure it feels like they just stumbled right into it, but maybe they've struggled as much as I have... but then again it just eats at me when I see another announcement. So avoidance!
@dukestar5 I used to love planning big events, especially anything requiring flowers. For some reason my wedding just took that out of me. It sounds really fabulous though!
@fishstix2020 I literally fantasize all week about sleeping in. So glad you get a full luxurious weekend!
@mileswithmyles I am busting up over your meme, if that isn't true life, I don't know what is!
@dragonette505 you are kind of making me think I should just delete FB off my phone. Also, your meme, amazing!!!
Month/Cycle: 7/5
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: PNV, temping, CM, CP, pre-seed
R/R: Rave: I survived this brutal week of work and get to play with my ponies this weekend!!! Rant: oye, my husband woke me up with his snoring before my alarm and I sat in bed fuming so I probably raised my temp a bunch before I thought to look and now my chart looks messy
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
I cannot wait to fly this weekend. Calgon take me away!!!
WAYDTGKU: pnv, epo+rrl tea until day 12, opk, temp and charting
R/R:rant: my first month charting to get the hang of things before we were ttc my chart and temps were so perfect, had distinct O pain, positive opk day 14,clear change in temps... this month my chart suuuucks I have yet to O. Also bought clearblue digital opk to cross reference my wondfo opk, but ran out of wondfos so now im just trusting the clearblue one with no backups. Why am I like this?!
CS/Q:
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend. Still working on the whole tech thing .... use your imagination I guess... * happy little working song from enchanted* extreme deep cleaning home weekend*
@darkstar42 Ugh I'm sorry Facebook is being rough today. I understand that feeling.
@dragonette505 Well they're Wondfos, I just like tracking the lines which are basically non-existent at this point. Also, I love that gif. Looks like a fun but productive weekend.
@fishsticks-n-custard Yes to getting out of the house! Both options sounds like fun. The meeting ended up being really nice. We're not in direct competition with each other and it was cool to talk to someone in the same field doing a start-up.
@kiwi2628 Sorry to hear about your BW. Maybe you can do some baking at the lake house to cheer you up?
@stalkinghorse Thank you! I think I did stick mostly to basic business stuff for the most part. Except when it came to business insurance because she totes had the wrong one. And ooh! Ponies sounds like fun!
@stalkinghorse u haz horsies?!? That's the one bad thing about living in Manhattan... no horsies! I lived in North Carolina for a decade and spent 90% of my time on horseback @_darth the burrito gif!! Lol
@fishsticks-n-custard. It is for a anniversary gala. I enjoy it as long as I am organized and continually review my to do's. (Backwards planning helps)!
@cards10. Yay for beach and girl time! Hope O holds off until you're home.
@stalkinghorse Welcome! Do you own a horse or ride some at a local barn?
@_darth Get it girl! I think that's a sign...no internet and positive OPK..time to HIO
@dragonette505@dukestar5 Yes! I have two horses, a bay and a grey! They do the jumpers! I lived in NYC for 6 years. Part of the reason I left was to get more space so I could ride again! Now living in Los Angeles, I want even more room to have horses at home with more room for them to stretch out.
Also, question!!! it took me forever to answer...do I do that here or carry it over in another thread? It feels rude to not respond but also weird to respond on an old thread? I don't think I read anything about the courteous protocol in the newbie intro threads pinned at the top of the board.
Re: WTO Friday 7/28
Did you see what I did there with the GTKY? I felt clever...
Month/Cycle: 1/1
CD: 3
WAYDTGKU: Nothing at the moment
R/R: TMI, but I felt like I was in the midst of a battlefield this morning when I went potty. I've had "Love Is A Battlefield" stuck in my head all morning because of it.
CS/Q: So, it occurred to me that when I was on BC and had an US for pelvic pains, my lining was 7 mm. It also occurred to me that your lining isn't supposed to really thicken/grow while on BC, hence why your periods can be lighter or non-existent (the bleeding is from hormonal changes, not from the lining thickening); it's supposed to change the lining so that even if it fails to stop you from releasing an egg, it's that much harder for a potentially fertilized egg to implant.
Is it possible that my body has been growing lining this whole time I've been on BC, and that's why my period is so incredibly heavy? (And, by all means, this may apply to others who have super heavy periods post-BC.) It was just something I thought of yesterday afternoon, and it got me curious.
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
Painting. I will be painting.
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
CD: 6
WAYDTGKU: temping, checking CM, OPKs, EOD
R/R: Rant-14 hour drive home today Rave- I get to sleep in my own bed tonight and see my dogs. We had a great hike yesterday!
CS/Q: nothing to see yet, but AFis gone!
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
@izza2 what are you painting? I feel you on the bathroom being a battlefield. I've been in a fight with my digestive system this whole trip.
@mileswithmyles Ugh that is a long drive. Smart that you guys did a hike yesterday so sitting wont be that bad today. Nothing beats your own bed though!
ETA comments.....
Month/Cycle: 2/3
CD: 5
WAYDTGKU: pnv, hio, bbt, epo, acupuncture, and the stuff
R/R: Woot woot its Friday!!! I noticed that it is already starting to get darker in the mornings though, which makes me sad that summer could already be leaving us. Hoping that this weekend is sunny and I am going to spend the day outside no matter what! DH is on shift so its just me.
CS/Q: No question, just comment. I decided to get "It starts with the egg" will be reading that this weekend.
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
CD: 1
WAYDTGKU: I think this cycle we are going to just do meds, no IUI due to a short vacation we are taking
R/R: Just waiting to hear back about BW from my RE so we can discuss next steps/next few cycles. Hopefully no cysts this cycle so we can just carry on
CS/Q:
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
@mileswithmyles - I hope you have a safe drive home!
@nitnat007 - I was just thinking the same thing about it being darker in the mornings. I am sad that summer is on its way out but so ready for it to not be so hot!
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: PNV, BBT, and CM
R/R: Yay for Friday! And finally I have a weekend with no homework to do!!
CS/Q:
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
@kiwi2628 FX for no cysts for you!
@glitzandglitter no homework! Woo!
@kiwi2628 Where are y'all headed on vacation?
@izza2 I had a Mirena IUD, like @nitnat007 I only had very light spotting occasionally. I know hormonal swings coming off of birth control can definitely lead to weird bleeding.
@mileswithmyles Glad you're back in your own bed. That always feels so good when you've been away.
Month/Cycle: 5/3
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: PNV, Folate, Ubiquinol, DHA, RRL, Pom Juice, CM, temping (via Ava), Preseed, HIO
R/R: Rave: I have Saturday (though I'll be sleepIng) and Sunday off! I feel almost like a normal person with all these weekend days off!
CS/Q: Temp is going down, at least that means I didn't miss O yet!
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
Well, working overnight tonight so probably...
Married DH: 2013
DD: Dec 2015
BFP 8/14/17 --> Due 4/27/2018
@mileswithmyles Sorry vacation is over, but nothing beats your own bed! And puppy snuggles!
@nitnat007 I want to hear what you think about that book. I know many people on here have read it...maybe I should get a copy.
@kiwi2628 Where are you going on vacation?
@glitzandglitter Yay for Friday and a homework free weekend! How much longer do you have in your program? When will fall classes begin?
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: charting, temping, pom juice, green tea
R/R: I'm helping plan a big event this fall, so this morning we have a meeting with a florist and a party rental place. Excited to see what is in store. No other big plans for the weekend, though. DH is really busy at work and will not be home much.
CS/Q:
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
I need a tutorial on posting gifs! Ha But seriously...can someone teach me?!?
CD: 14
WAYDTGKU: PNVs, BBT, OPKs, CM, Pom
R/R: Rave: Friday!! Woot woot! I'm getting my hair touched up today. Back to dark grey to start the cycle over. I'm pretty excited, can you tell? Rant: I'm having lunch with some ladies who requested I mentor them. They recently started their own staging business. I am still at odds with myself on whether I should do it because I wish someone had helped me understand this business more or I shouldn't because they may end up being competition.
CS/Q: I'm so new to this BBT thing. Is it possible I O'd on CD 12 and am just waiting for crosshairs? My temps haven't varied that much but it lines up with fertile signs.
GTKY:
We're meeting with friends on Sunday at our favorite wine bar. They're serving frozen rosé for the summer!
@izza2 I've got nothing for ya with the BC idea but it does make sense to me. What are you painting this weekend?
@mileswithmyles Yes! Coming home after vacate is so bittersweet. And that meme is too real!
@kiwi2628 FX for your BW. Hope all is well, with no cysts, and you can move forward with the process.
@fishsticks-n-custard Yay for having the weekend off! Will you be doing anything fun on Sunday after resting?
@mileswithmyles I hope your drive goes smoothly!
@nitnat007 Echoing @dukestar5, I'll be really curious to hear what you think of the book! I've been contemplating buying it as well.
@kiwi2628 Loving your gif.
@glitzandglitter That temp spike looks like you'll be in TWW soon!
@fishsticks-n-custard Enjoy your weekend off!
@dukestar5 Good luck with your event planning! There are probably more technical ways to post gifs, but you if you have the gif file saved on your computer you can just drag and drop it into your tb post.
@SkilledSailor Having fun getting your hair done!
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Month/Cycle: 5/6
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: temps, cm, opks
R/R: Well, I was feeling pretty good this morning, and just opened fb to browse while I thought about what rants and/or raves I might have. The first post on my newsfeed was yet another pregnancy announcement. Ugh. Guess I'll be keeping away from fb again for a while. I think this brings the total count of people I know who are pregnant or have new babies to 16.
CS/Q: Nope. MH and I were drinking last night (moscow mules, yum!), so my temp this morning was all wonky. Still too early for O though. I'll start using opks tomorrow.
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
I have to get some writing done, so this will be me:
@dukestar5 I love event planning! What is it for?
@SkilledSailor FF usually confirms O with crosshairs after three days of elevated temperatures. That's totally possible.
@darkstar42 TW- Hold Eff! 16?! That's insane. Yum to to Moscow Mules. I love them with a little bit of pineapple juice.
@Darkstar42 - I hope so! My last spike was a false alarm so maybe this is it I wish there was a way to hide announcements like that on FB. Sorry your FB brought you down today. What type of writing project are you working on?
@fishsticks-n-custard – Yay for being off this weekend! I feel you on the sleeping in part tomorrow. Best part of the weekend!
@dukestar5 @darkstar42 – I will definitely let you guys know about the book. I just downloaded into onto the Kobo last night so haven’t started yet. Hoping it will have some great info in there.
@dukestar5 - That event planning sounds like fun!
@darkstar42 – 16!! That is a lot! And enough to make anyone steer clear of FB. Moscow Mules, yum! Have some more of those instead!
@SkilledSailor Sailor – I have been in similar situations before on mentoring/training people. It is a really tough call to make. Competition can be healthy too. GL
@glitzandglitter Fx that this temp spike isn't a false alarm! I'm writing research articles (my field is social psychology). The main one is based on my dissertation research, and then I need to edit a couple of other papers.
Hi Ladies! I have been lurking for awhile but decided to jump in this cycle to WTO and TCC to help pass the time
@izza2 LOL, I have had that thought before in the bathroom, but now I have a soundtrack for it!
@mileswithmyles Ugh, that is a long time in the car…
@nitnat007 I am super jealous of your weekend plans, and the cute bulldogs.
@kiwi2628 FX for no cysts!
@glitzandglitter Looks like there is a nice temp spike there
@fishsticks-n-custard How are you liking your Ava? I have just had mine a month but I wasn’t sure about it. I still did BBT for consistency and Ava kept moving my O date back so I was really glad I still had BBT on FF.
@dukestar5 Big events can be so fun to plan but also SOOOO stressful.
@SkilledSailor The frozen rose sounds amazing!!!
@darkstar42 that is SO many babies! I feel like they are everywhere in my life too, so much baby fever….
Month/Cycle: 2/2
CD: 4
WAYDTGKU: temping, waiting for AF to go away….
R/R: AF is starting to taper so that is happy, rant is I have SO MUCH work to do this weekend (I am teaching online so I work a lot evenings and weekends)
CS/Q: Nothing for now
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
@mileswithmyles OMG... your meme! I am STILL clearing my suitcase from last vaca... at least all of the clothes are out, but the case is not put away and im sure theres still all the little travel extras in there not put away.
@nitnat007 I can feel the change in the light too! Well enjoy soaking up whats left of the summer!
@kiwi2628 LOL eating all the things!
@glitzandglitter another sun bather!
@fishsticks-n-custard Yay for a normal weekend!! Get some good sleep!
@dukestar5 Im no good with a real gif tutorial but if you search for gifs (the easiest place for newbies is giphy) you can copy the link from there and paste it into the icon in your banner (when you are typing your response) with the mountains and the little sun. Click on in and paste the gif link in the drop down. hit enter and it will be in your draft.
@SkilledSailor Yay for getting your hair did! I think helping people is great, but yes, beware competition. Maybe keep some secret sauce for yourself. Its possible you o'ed but it will be hard to tell with the temps at this point because of the pre O high temps. Going by your other signs, that o date looks valid. But of course keep charting in case you were just gearing to o and havent really. So far your monitor seems to be saying low, right?
@darkstar42 FB is the devil when i comes to pg announcements.... so triggering
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: IVF next cycle
R/R: FRIDAY
CS/Q: NOPE
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend
@dragonette505 FB really is triggering right now. Every few days I forget that and check again. I think I need to just avoid it for the near future. Loving your gif.
CD:10
WAYDTGKU: BBT,CM,OPK,HIO
R/R: Happy Friday Ladies!!
CS/Q:nope
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
I'm on mobile and suck at mobile tagging, but I wish I was painting something artsy! We're actually redoing a friend's house who moved to Florida so he can sell it, so I've been painting the inside over the week. I finished the kitchen so we're putting new cabinets in tomorrow, spackling some spots, and then painting the hallway while that dries. Eventually we'll put new flooring throughout.
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
@SkilledSailor Not sure about Sunday, I kind of want to try heading into the city to the museum or zoo just to get out of the house for a bit. But it's SOOO hot here. Your hair sounds beautiful. I can see both sides of your mentoring situation. Are they really close, would they be competing directly with your for the same houses or are they in a slightly different area?
@darkstar42 Oh man, I know what you mean about facebook. A bunch of my friends have commented that I haven't posted much recently, but between those announcements and political stuff, I just don't have it in me anymore for social media. On a lighter now, Yay moscow mules! Do you guys have those cute copper glasses for them? You make me want to buy some vodka for Sunday afternoon. And pineapple juice actually sounds quite yummy. I wonder about Pom juice too. I've been adding that to my white wine spritzers and it's pretty good.
@ella26 I really hate their software. I've just been using their recorded temps and putting it in FF. So basically it's just a shit-tastic expensive BBT for me. Ha. Though the HR stuff is interesting, my resting heart rate is so erratic (spend a big portion of my life dehydrated due to my job) that I don't know if I'll be able to see a clear shift in HR.
Oh and...
@dragonette505 You gif is awesome.
Married DH: 2013
DD: Dec 2015
BFP 8/14/17 --> Due 4/27/2018
So WOMP WOMP, my estrogen is high, so I have to go in Sunday for an u/s and repeat BW as I may have a cyst. Its hard though since my estrogen is often higher than normal so we will see.
Did you mean "lakehouse" or are you guys really into pot? (Kidding or is it a place where you do a lot of baking?)
(I really hope that doesn't offend you)
Married DH: 2013
DD: Dec 2015
BFP 8/14/17 --> Due 4/27/2018
@kiwi2628 I totally sat here for a sec wondering if "bakehouse" was just an east coast thing. Maybe a future siggy challenge should be autocorrect fails.
Month/Cycle: 4/4
CD: 10
WAYDTGKU: letters
R/R: hoping O holds off until after girls vaca and we can have more sexy times. No O signs yet so I'm hopeful FW will cooperate. Rant- there's no signal here! Rave- BEACH VACA
CS/Q:
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
@izza2 oh my gosh, you are a saintly friend, that is quite a lot of work you've already accomplished. There's something really satisfying about home improvement projects. Here's hoping it's not too hot though! Would love to know what you find out from your research. I had really heavy and long periods with my IUD which I have traded in for a sports period that short and light. Way happier about that. This stuff is all so fascinating.
@cards10 oh my gosh, that looks so delightful. FX you have a fabulous birthday weekend but that O waits its turn for next week!!!
@kiwi2628 oh no! I'm so sorry about the potential cyst. FX it's fine AND that you figure out how to turn off the dang autocorrect. Sometimes with technology I feel like it's a 1:1 relationship of improvement to inconvenience/hastle/annoyance.
@SkilledSailor oh my gosh, the frozen rose mention has me wanting to peel out of work like what!!! Hope it's a blast! Mentoring is a little tricky. I think in your case it's great to mentor them on professional behavior and more general skills but the real insider stuff, the stuff you worked so hard to understand, I think you can keep that to yourself no?
@darkstar42 YES on the avoiding FB. It's been a minefield for me lately. I want to be more supportive of folks who've gotten pregnant. For sure it feels like they just stumbled right into it, but maybe they've struggled as much as I have... but then again it just eats at me when I see another announcement. So avoidance!
@dukestar5 I used to love planning big events, especially anything requiring flowers. For some reason my wedding just took that out of me. It sounds really fabulous though!
@fishstix2020 I literally fantasize all week about sleeping in. So glad you get a full luxurious weekend!
@mileswithmyles I am busting up over your meme, if that isn't true life, I don't know what is!
@dragonette505 you are kind of making me think I should just delete FB off my phone. Also, your meme, amazing!!!
Month/Cycle: 7/5
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: PNV, temping, CM, CP, pre-seed
R/R: Rave: I survived this brutal week of work and get to play with my ponies this weekend!!! Rant: oye, my husband woke me up with his snoring before my alarm and I sat in bed fuming so I probably raised my temp a bunch before I thought to look and now my chart looks messy
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
I cannot wait to fly this weekend. Calgon take me away!!!
CD:16
WAYDTGKU: pnv, epo+rrl tea until day 12, opk, temp and charting
R/R:rant: my first month charting to get the hang of things before we were ttc my chart and temps were so perfect, had distinct O pain, positive opk day 14,clear change in temps... this month my chart suuuucks I have yet to O. Also bought clearblue digital opk to cross reference my wondfo opk, but ran out of wondfos so now im just trusting the clearblue one with no backups. Why am I like this?!
CS/Q:
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
Still working on the whole tech thing .... use your imagination I guess...
* happy little working song from enchanted* extreme deep cleaning home weekend*
Month/Cycle: 1/1 AL
CD: 21
WAYDTGKU: TLA and
Rant: There is no Internet. That means no Outlander binge tonight. Poor me, stuck watching American Gods. However will I live?
Rave: It looks like O may be finally happening. Got a positive OPK again this morning.
GTKY: Post a gif, meme, or other visual that describes your plans for the weekend.
Lilo and Stitch (2002)
@dragonette505 Well they're Wondfos, I just like tracking the lines which are basically non-existent at this point. Also, I love that gif. Looks like a fun but productive weekend.
@fishsticks-n-custard Yes to getting out of the house! Both options sounds like fun. The meeting ended up being really nice. We're not in direct competition with each other and it was cool to talk to someone in the same field doing a start-up.
@kiwi2628 Sorry to hear about your BW. Maybe you can do some baking at the lake house to cheer you up?
@stalkinghorse Thank you! I think I did stick mostly to basic business stuff for the most part. Except when it came to business insurance because she totes had the wrong one. And ooh! Ponies sounds like fun!
@AlyshaRoseh Girl I feel your charting pain!
@_darth the burrito gif!! Lol
@fishsticks-n-custard. It is for a anniversary gala. I enjoy it as long as I am organized and continually review my to do's. (Backwards planning helps)!
@cards10. Yay for beach and girl time! Hope O holds off until you're home.
@stalkinghorse Welcome! Do you own a horse or ride some at a local barn?
@_darth Get it girl! I think that's a sign...no internet and positive OPK..time to HIO
Also, question!!! it took me forever to answer...do I do that here or carry it over in another thread? It feels rude to not respond but also weird to respond on an old thread? I don't think I read anything about the courteous protocol in the newbie intro threads pinned at the top of the board.