WTO Tuesday 2/27

meri-mac · February 2018

This is a thread that welcomes all regardless of where they are at in their TTC journeys. Please be mindful of topics that are discussed that could be hurtful to those going through tough times. Mention of children or pregnancies of others should have a TW and be in a spoiler if possible, and only be mentioned if it is extremely pertinent to the conversation. Thanks for keeping this a safe place for us all to engage!**

Month/Cycle:

CD:

WAYDTGKU:

R/R:

CS/Q:

GTKY: What is your favourite rainy day activity?

meri-mac · February 2018

Month/Cycle: 12/10

CD: 6

WAYDTGKU: OT, HIO

R/R: AF lasted a day longer than anticipated, but I also think that I mistook the first day. Rave: A co-worker made us cookies!

CS/Q: -

GTKY: What is your favourite rainy day activity? Movie marathon for sure. I have a ton of Mel Brooks movies saved up for the next bout of bad weather!

Stargazer1lily · February 2018

Month/Cycle:17/17

CD:16

WAYDTGKU:bbt,cm,opk,hio

R/R: Keeping an eye on my Dad he wasn`t feeling good this morning.

CS/Q:nope

GTKY: What is your favourite rainy day activity? Read a boom of play video games

meri-mac · February 2018

@Stargazer1lily I'm sorry about your dad. I hope he feels better. Video games is a close second for me, but when it is rainy I love to be wrapped in a blanket on the couch!

crookshanks10 · February 2018

Month/Cycle: 4/5

CD: 12

WAYDTGKU: Nothing at the moment

R/R: None of either really... but update.. They did just call and give me my DH SA results. They said the volume looks good, but motility and visibility were low, so he has to do another sample.. then we would be referred to an RE if the results are the same. Hm, not sure how I feel. Either way, I'm glad my OB is proactive. Here's a big FU to the folks who say give it a year of TTC before worrying. But who knows, maybe his next sample will be different.

CS/Q: None at the moment.

GTKY: What is your favorite rainy day activity? Just lounging on the couch watching movies!

lurvleybunchococonuts · February 2018

Month/Cycle: 14/11

CD: 17

WAYDTGKU: things diff this cycle: provera to jump start AF, then femara CD 3-7

R/R: Starting to think/plan out what we're doing when we head out east for my mom's wedding (3/10). It'll be nice to take a mini-vacation with H while we're there to celebrate our 2 year anniversary (3/12). Currently waiting for CH... it's such a novel idea to have potentially O'd like a "normal" person (well within the "average" timeframe). FX temps stay on the upward trend

CS/Q:

My Ovulation Chart

GTKY: What is your favourite rainy day activity? Cocooning myself in a blanket, working on a craft and watching netflix

@meri-mac Oooo cookies! What kind did they make? LOVE Mel Brooks

@stargazer1lily hope your dad starts to feel better

@meladams10 I'm glad you got YH's SA results back, that sucks about the motility/visibility. Hopefully it's just a fluke and next sample will be good.

meri-mac · February 2018

@lurvleybunchococonuts Ooo a mini-vacation would be lovely. Cookies are oatmeal chocolate chip. She specializes in healthy baking and they are sooo good!

@meladams10 Fx for next SA results.

lurvleybunchococonuts · February 2018

@meri-mac Yum! Oatmeal chocolate chip are one of my favorites!

emmasemm · February 2018

Month/Cycle: 35/34

CD: 3

WAYDTGKU: Bleeding like there is some kind of apocalypse, oh and supplements and a great acupuncture session

R/R: Crazy work stress... good job it’s only CD3. Though I am more likely to get wound up and bite someone’s head off at the moment. Watch out dear colleagues ;-)

CS/Q: Nope

GTKY: What is your favourite rainy day activity?

@meri-Mac cookies!!! What a great colleague!

@meladams10 sorry about the SA result. Fx the second one comes back normal - but if not it is much better to know.

@lurvleybunchococonuts FX for those crosshairs!

Stargazer1lily · February 2018

@meri-mac @lurvleybunchococonuts He`s feeling better then he did this morning. I think it was low blood sugar because he was doing his daily chores before eating and started to feel weird.

suzycupcake · February 2018

Lurking

@meladams10 Honestly, they are supposed to test twice because a man's levels change over the course of the day. MHs levels came back abnormal in a lot of places the first time. The second time, everything was fine. Please hang onto hope. If the levels come back that way again, it will be great to know about it this early so a plan of action can take place.

@Stargazer1lily I'm praying for your papa right now. He's so lucky to have a daughter like you to take care of him

@meri-mac But what kind of cookies? Inquiring minds want to know!

@lurvleybunchococonuts ok what is CH? Happy Anniversary!!!! Oh and yasss to Netflix!

@emmasemm Lol the zombie apocalypse

meri-mac · February 2018

@suzycupcake Oatmeal chocolate chip. They are amazing because she used to be a baker. Pretty awesome to have a her for a coworker. I just need a former psychologist and chef now.

suzycupcake · February 2018

I'm a personal fan of peanut butter, but I do love me some oatmeal. Coworkers like that are awesome when hormones are cray.

lurvleybunchococonuts · February 2018

@suzycupcake Thank you for the "happy anniversary" and also for putting "lurking" but not to be a jerk... ouch. I understand that your BMB likely hasn't opened, and I know some abbreviations go over ones head even after months of TTC, but come on... CH stands for cross hairs. As in on FF (fertility friend) when it gives you either solid or dotted crosshairs when it calculates/indicates ovulation. I know you've been a valued member of TTGP, but it stings A LOT for a recent grad to be so oblivious to a very common abbreviation in TTGP. Again, I'm really sorry if I'm sounding like a jerk here. I wish you the best, I'm super happy for you, and in general I love seeing posts from grads, but once you've graduated you really need to go into lurker mode cause it feels like a big ole slap to the face every post. I KNOW you aren't doing it to hurt anyone, and again... maybe I'm just in a bad place today... but ouch.

suzycupcake · February 2018

I'm so sorry @lurvleybunchococonuts

Thanks for being so cool about it. You're right. I'll just lurk and love posts.

CecilB93 · February 2018

Hello! I just into'd on the intro thread, coming over from BOTB!

Month/Cycle: will be 2/1 as of March

CD: 15

WAYDTGKU: PNV, loosely tracking CM/cervical position this cycle, will start temping and using OPKs next cycle

R/R: I baked a cake for a family members birthday party last weekend and everyone loved it!! Cake and icing all from scratch!

CS/Q:

GTKY: What is your favourite rainy day activity?

Read a book, play a game, watch movies, sleep...the usual, lol.

meri-mac · February 2018

@CecilB93 Welcome! What type of cake?

CecilB93 · February 2018

@meri-mac it was funfetti with buttercream icing! Super sweet icing, but good!

mirizzi&A · February 2018

@meladams10 Hopefully the next SA gets better results! I'm glad to hear you're doc is ahead of the curve on the testing front.

@CecilB93 That sounds delicious.

Month/Cycle: 9

CD: 4

WAYDTGKU: PNV, CoEnzyme Q10

R/R: I finished work early today, so I went to study at a trendy cafe with a colleague. It was awesome!

CS/Q: Just started with the CoEnzyme Q10, because I found a small, but convincing, randomized controlled trial that supported its use.... in women with PCOS on clomiphene..... of which I am not... Anyone out there a researcher that wants to take on "COEnzyme Q10 and time to conception in women without known infertility diagnoses" as a project? (mostly kidding, but I'd love to know the answer!)

GTKY: What is your favourite rainy day activity? Cup of tea and a blanket. Maybe a long soak in a bath!

nasah15 · February 2018

@Stargazer1lily hope your dad is feeling better

@meladams10 hopefully this was just an error. FX for the next test. Your OB really seems amazing.

@mirizzi&A I'm really tempted to start supplements. I was looking up Vitex and seriously thinking of ordering it. Hmm is Coenzyme better?

Month/Cycle: 8/8

CD: 15

WAYDTGKU: opk, BBT

R/R: back here after a 2 week blissful vacation. Was really hoping the FW would fall in this period but oh well. Used OPK the first time this cycle today and it was positive.

CS/Q: -

GTKY: What is your favourite rainy day activity? Netflix and a hot cup of coffee

lurvleybunchococonuts · February 2018

@mirizzi&A @nasah15 please be very very careful with vitex. I don't have personal experience with it, but I know there have been some pretty bad experiences associated with it. @antoto was a big proponent for not taking it, but I cannot recall the reasoning. You might want to PM her to get specifics. Also, I know that it takes quite a bit of time, like 5+ months, for vitex to make a difference in your cycle. Now CoQ 10 I've taken for the past 3-4 months or so. Does it really help at all? Quite honestly... who knows. Theoretically it helps with egg quality; however, it doesn't have any ill-effects for usage either (at least none that I'm aware of) so it seems relatively safe to take.

@CecilB93 yum... cake

I love when people take the time to make homemade sweets and the extra love that gets put in

[Deleted User] · February 2018

lurvleybunchococonuts said:

@mirizzi&A @nasah15 please be very very careful with vitex. I don't have personal experience with it, but I know there have been some pretty bad experiences associated with it. @antoto was a big proponent for not taking it, but I cannot recall the reasoning. You might want to PM her to get specifics. Also, I know that it takes quite a bit of time, like 5+ months, for vitex to make a difference in your cycle. Now CoQ 10 I've taken for the past 3-4 months or so. Does it really help at all? Quite honestly... who knows. Theoretically it helps with egg quality; however, it doesn't have any ill-effects for usage either (at least none that I'm aware of) so it seems relatively safe to take.

Lurking lurker alert****

Yeah I personally don't think Vitex should even be sold over the counter. I started taking it when I started to suspect I was having infertility problems. But when those suspicions were confirmed and I was prescribed more powerful fertility drugs from my doctor I found out through the pharmacist that Vitex actually inhibits the efficacy of the other drugs. That's how powerful Vitex is. Which is why I don't think people should be self prescribing it to themselves. You don't know for sure that you even need it. If you DO have a problem with fertility that may not be what you even need to solve the problem. It takes a while to fully get into your system, and it also takes a while to fully leave it as well. If you think you are having fertility issues then skip the self diagnosis/prescription stuff and go to your doctor to get bloodwork done instead. If blood work shows you do have fertility issues then go find and RE who can give you what you actually need. You do not want to mess around with this stuff.

Sending good vibes to everyone

nasah15 · February 2018

@antoto thanks for the info!

mirizzi&A · February 2018

@antoto Thanks for the info!

@lurvleybunchococonuts My impression is that CoQ10 "couldn't hurt", too. Nice to see were on the same page.

@nasah15 I've never heard of Vitex!

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