WTO Thurs 3/15

catlady2015 · March 2018

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CS/Q:

GTKY: Stolen from yesterday's TWW - What would you sing at a karaoke night?

catlady2015 · March 2018

Month/Cycle: 6/7

CD: 10

WAYDTGKU: PNV, charting, temping, OPK's, B complex, CoQ10

R/R: flashing smiley OPK today! But DH is going away for the weekend this weekend, be back Sunday. Hope O holds out until Sunday (projected) so we can still get good timing! Going to make him saddle up tonight and tomorrow before he goes, and this will totally be me tonight AND as soon as he gets back (without the brother in the kitchen, I don't have one of those)

CS/Q: nope

GTKY: Stolen from yesterday's TWW - What would you sing at a karaoke night? Settlin' by Sugarland

LJMoon6 · March 2018

Month/Cycle: 12/12

CD: 6

WAYDTGKU: all the things

R/R: I have the rest of the week off! It's nice not having to go to work... but I'm bored!
My OB finally got back to me yesterday. She wants me to start testing with her. I go in tomorrow. I'm so nervous. What kind of tests should I expect and which ones are CD specific? I have an idea but I just want to be as prepared as possible.

CS/Q: Is there any point in continuing to temp? Previous temping cycles showed a clear temp shift that lines up perfectly with the opks. I don't really feel like I need to keep doing it but if it gives the doctors more information then I will.

GTKY: Stolen from yesterday's TWW - What would you sing at a karaoke night? Sweet Home Alabama

@catlady2015 Hopefully your timing works out for you this cycle! Sounds like you'll hit plenty of your fertile days.

holly321 · March 2018

Month/Cycle: 14/7

CD: 14

WAYDTGKU: pnv, charting

R/R: I only work a 4 day week, so no more work after today! Rant , today at work is horrible

CS/Q: none

GTKY: Stolen from yesterday's TWW - What would you sing at a karaoke night
Total eclipse of the heart

catlady2015 · March 2018

@LJMoon6 - glad you get a break from work (even if you're bored). I'm sorry your OB wants you to start testing. I don't know much about it, though. I know there's ovarian reserve testing, as well as CD3 bloodwork, and CD21 (or 7dpo) bloodwork. You'll probably also get thyroid/pituitary hormone levels tested. Many ladies on this board are intimately acquainted with these tests, and might be able to give you a better overview of what to expect.

@holly321 - So sorry you're having a crappy day at work. *hugs*

suzycupcake · March 2018

@LJMoon6 Yes just keep temping. It's better to have more data for when you do get to the RE. As far as fertility testing, they can't really gauge p levels until 7 days after you ovulate so that's another reason you want to keep temping just in case. She should be doing day 3 fsh and estradiol levels, an ultrasound, you might as well ask for a sonohysterogram and hsg at some point, amh levels, thyroid and diabetes tests, testosterone, dheas, prolactin, etc. When you do get to an RE, she/he will also want to do testing for infectious diseases. It's required before starting treatment cycles. It's usually the case that they will want those tests to be current, like within the past year or so.

@catlady2015

That gif is fantastic! I'm happy for your +opk. Hio girl!

@holly321 Sorry your day at work sucks. Hopefully knowing that you will be off after it will make the day go by faster. Watch some cat videos. That always help me at least temporarily

I can't think of anything else right now. That might be everything.

Month/Cycle: 4th iui

CD: 12

WAYDTGKU: pnv, femara, opk, novarel, sex, wine, calm

R/R: Gies! My follicle u/s this morning went really great! My RE says my uterine lining looked very pretty! And we got four follicles! Two of them are already mature so she wants me to trigger tonight for a saturday morning iui! I'm very excited that we are getting at least two! Oh and she agreed that 10,000iu of novarel is much more than I did with ovidrel so she told me to take half. Please pray that mh and I can make good timing with the surprise of triggering tonight. We thought we would trigger on saturday and do iui monday morning like the last three times.

CS/Q: Nope.

GTKY: Stolen from yesterday's TWW - What would you sing at a karaoke night? Amazing Grace

catlady2015 · March 2018

@suzycupcake - YAY for pretty lining and trigger tonight!! Hope you and YH can get excellent timing!

suzycupcake · March 2018

omg the gifs, I can't take it /ded

Thank you. Isn't it funny how impending o can make us so happy all of a sudden? It's a nice break from the mundane.

Kath525 · March 2018

Month/Cycle: 15

CD: 10

WAYDTGKU: practice bd

R/R: finally for my butt to the dr. I have a sinus infection and the start of bronchitis and if I'm not feeling better by Monday she wants to do blood tests. Glad i went in. Yay for meds.

CS/Q:

GTKY: Stolen from yesterday's TWW - What would you sing at a karaoke night? I wouldn't sing karaoke haha. My mom is tone deaf and although i am not (so I've been told by the few who have heard me) i have a secret fear that i sound like her. So i do not sing except in the car or shower by myself.

@ LJMoon6 i temp because it prepares me for AF. I know when i see a temp drop at 12 dpo that AF is coming.

@catlady2015 get that BDing onnnn!

@suzycupcake WOOOOHOOO! Great news! FX soooo hard for you!

Stargazer1lily · March 2018

Month/Cycle:17/17

CD:6

WAYDTGKU:bbt,cm,opk,hio

R/R: Woke up with a awful headache at 6 took a pill and went back to bed and slept till 9:15. I think I needed that I`ve been waking up so figgin early lately it must have caught up with me.

CS/Q:nope

GTKY: Stolen from yesterday's TWW - What would you sing at a karaoke night? Sunshower - Chris Cornell

dragonette505 · March 2018

CD: 15

WAYDTGKU: prep for FET

R/R: I get the feeling I am going to have a late O this cycle

CS/Q:

GTKY: Stolen from yesterday's TWW - What would you sing at a karaoke night? Maybe at a slow down time I'd sing "Landslide" But if we are being silly I would sing "On my own" with my sister lol We do Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald like nobody's business

catlady2015 Hoping your eggie holds out!!

LJMoon6 lucky having the rest of the week off

holly321 all you guys with short weeks! I'm so jelly!

Avrilmai · March 2018

@LJMoon6 I would keep temping. (I did keep temping) even in a cycle when you're doing testing you may not be doing treatment and I personally like having as much "data" as possible. I wouldn't want to miss anything in a cycle just because we're doing testing. I did my initial test with my OB as well. We started with an HSG to ensure that tubes are open, DH did a SA, then we moved to CD3 blood work. I recommend checking out ASRM's website (american society for reproductive medicine) it is reproductivefacts.org it is a wealth of information. you can search for patient fact sheets. if it is too overwhelming PM me.
@holly321 sorry work is so rough right now. I hope there is some relief for you in the very near future.
@catlady2015 good luck with the timing

Month/Cycle: this is cycle 19

CD: 2

WAYDTGKU: IUI/medicated cycle

R/R: having a great day, despite the ominous "beware the ides of March" text I got this AM. lol.

CS/Q: nope

GTKY: Stolen from yesterday's TWW - What would you sing at a karaoke night?
something from Tom Petty, so many great songs!

suzycupcake · March 2018

@dragonette505 Were they able to freeze another one? O is never late. It's right on time for what your ute is doing for that cycle. Hugs and my fingers are crossed for you. All the prayers!

maureenmce · March 2018

@catlady2015 Yay smiley OPK and lol at your gif!

@LJMoon6 Sorry you're feeling bored on your week off - is there anything special you've been wanting to do or a place you want to visit when it's not crowded? I know this sounds boring but I love just going to Target if I'm ever off during the week because there's barely anyone there I can just shop in a relaxing way.

@holly321 Total Eclipse of the Heart is such a good pick! Also, sorry your day at work sucks, enjoy your days off!

@suzycupcake Such great news about four follicles! And good luck for your Saturday am IUI! Sending you all the good thoughts and positive vibes!!!

@Kath525 Oh no, sinus infection and the start of bronchitis! You must be miserable. I've only had one sinus infection in my life and it was AWFUL. I hope you start feeling better soon!

@Stargazer1lily Glad you got to catch up on rest a little bit!

@dragonette505 I seriously cry every time I sing Landslide, so that would be a bad pick for me, haha, but I loooove that song (obviously.)

@Avrilmai Any Tom Petty song is a good song, basically! Such a great karaoke idea. I should choose some of his songs to take a break from the same one I do over and over again.

Month/Cycle: 2/2 **TW after 2 losses end TW**

CD:14

WAYDTGKU: PNV, husband on vitamins, HIO, OPK, preseed, trying to lose weight

R/R: Not a rant really, just slightly surprised with 3 mornings in a row of positive OPKs! I was afraid of missing O this cycle, so we started basically HIO every night since Friday and I am super grateful for the positive OPKs but...slightly tired of HIO, lol. I think I need to be less aggressive next cycle and take an every other day approach until OPK goes positive. I just have been putting a lot of pressure on myself this cycle and it's been exhausting with the long hours I've been putting in at work! Rave: I'm getting some really good ideas for this draft of my script and I'm going to sneak home to write on my lunch break today. (I'm very lucky and live only 1.5 miles away from my current job!)

CS/Q:

GTKY: Stolen from yesterday's TWW - What would you sing at a karaoke night? I always sing If I Could Turn By Time by Cher, and I don't know why, but it somehow became my go to.

catlady2015 · March 2018

@maureenmce - wow, that's a longer surge! DH and I are typically EOD'ers, even through FW - it gets overwhelming for sure. we're not always the most frisky people (demanding jobs, etc. and sometimes we just wanna sleep) but it gives us a break and helps preserve DH's sperm count (he hasn't had testing yet, but I'm not ignoring the possibility it could be lower!) I don't use the cheapies, but I would think that once your line starts to fade a bit again, that's the day to go nuts HIO b/c your surge is ending. We try to do ED just for -1, O, and +1 if we can manage it (this month will be just O and +1 in a row). Of course, that predicates knowing when O is and not getting the fake out you're getting.

So I guess no really helpful advice in that ramble, just some sympathy that ED can get nuts and it's very easy to put too much pressure on yourself to know everything and do everything at the right time. *hugs*

maureenmce · March 2018

@catlady2015 Thanks! I feel kind of bad because my husband honestly just wanted to go to bed last night after nearly 6 nights in a row of HIO (and he had only gotten a few hours of sleep the night before!) But I *completely* guilted him into sex because I was afraid it was our last, best chance this cycle...and then I got another positive OPK this morning and had to be like 'hey...wanna have sex again tonight and the next night? JK about last night being our last, best chance!' I definitely need to cool it after this FW week and take a gentler, more relaxed approach next cycle. And I'm going to start temping, I think, so I can be clearer about when we do need to have sex every day and when we can relax and do every other day. But this cycle ***TW loss mentioned*** as I said in TTCAL is our last chance before the due date of my first loss and I have been ever so slightly maniacal about trying to have the best chance possible of this cycle being "the one." I feel terrible about it but I also kind of can't help myself. ***end TW***

catlady2015 · March 2018

@maureenmce - temping will help a lot. it can take a couple cycles to see your pattern (as far as what's your typical day before-O temp) but you can use that to help guide with the OPK's to get more informed about impending O. I tend to get a little more calm b/c I have more data (i temp and do OPK), and I find it helps channel the crazy. totally normal to get crazy about it. *hugs*

LJMoon6 · March 2018

So I did something crazy today... I went and got a second job! I hate being bored on the weekends when the only thing I can think to do is go shopping. But now instead of spending money I'll be making it! I'll just be serving on the weekends. But if I can make as much as I think I can make then I'll have my student loans paid off in a year! So excited! But also very nervous to be working so much.

AdorkablePixie · March 2018

Month/Cycle: 4/2

CD: 7

WAYDTGKU: BD, checking CM, OPKs, BBT

R/R: Rave: It's almost the weekend and I get to see my best friend and my mom! Rant: I feel like I am going to take forever to O this cycle, again. I hate not knowing when things are going to happen.

CS/Q: None

GTKY: Stolen from yesterday's TWW - What would you sing at a karaoke night? Like @Kath525, I wouldn't. lol I only sing in my car by myself. haha

@LJMoon6 I would definitely keep temping! I find it useful. It confirms that you did actually O. I know they can do tests that confirm it too, but its nice to know. Sometimes you can get a positive OPK but that doesn't necessarily mean that you Od or are getting ready to, it just means your body was prepping to. So yeah, I'd keep temping, for sure.

@catlady2015 Yay! Get it girl.

@suzycupcake Good luck with triggering and your IUI on Saturday!! How exciting. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

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