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Month/Cycle:
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R/R:
CS/Q:
Re: WTO weekend 3/2-3/3
CD: 13
WAYDTGKU: metformin, ubiquinol, vit c/e, pnv, low carb/intermittent fasting, myo-inositol, more testing, bbt/tempdrop, opk, hio etc because I’m sure there’s something I missed.
R/R: glad to have dh home this weekend, not that we are doing anything, but it’s nice to actually see him for longer than a couple of hours before bed. Maybe some grocery shopping today 🤷🏻♀️.
CS/Q:
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: opk, pnv, sex eod
R/R: So glad it's Saturday! We don't have much going on so hopefully we can do some errands and chores. Actually the main part of our house is pretty clean right now, but a tornado hit our master bedroom! I also am way behind on laundry so I should probably start that now, since it will take all day.
CS/Q: nothing to see
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
@millpe same here. So much to get caught up on. Happy laundry and chores day!
Month/Cycle: 3/2
CD: 16
WAYDTGKU: OPK, BBT, sex EOD, prenatal, supplements
R/R: So glad it’s the weekend! Spending some time with family finally. I look forward to weekends for that purpose. I got my grad school homework and lesson plans done so I can focus on the family this weekend. In other news, still no O. I’m a little late this month, but it’s also my first month really tracking with BBT and OPK. still working on figuring this out. I should really get on FF so I can share my graphs. I track mine on a different app.
CS/Q: still new to this graphing thing... suggestions are welcome!
Edit: added graph!
CD: 14
WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPK, PNV, Ubiquinol, supplements, Keto diet
R/R: I woke up with a fever, noooo. And I am entering my fertile window.
CS/Q: nada
@kbrown2385 enjoy the time with your DH today!
@millpe good luck with all the laundry. I really need to do some decluttering around my house this weekend, too.
@ejoseph16 high five for getting your lesson planning done! Enjoy the time with your family!
@kerco925 hope the fever breaks and you feel better soon.
Month/Cycle: 8/7 (second cycle AL)
CD: 8
WAYDTGKU: Prenatal vitamins, Fertility Friend, temping, OPKs, HIO, SMEP, red raspberry leaf tea and cutting down on alcohol (though I failed at that one last night...)
R/R: It's snowing here but I have plenty of snacks, cocoa, and yarn to keep me occupied. It's only supposed to be a few inches now as opposed to the 10 they predicted yesterday. I have a pile of projects to grade, too and I am actually not dreading grading them.
CS/Q: Temp spike thanks to the wine I had last night. Only 2 glasses but that's a lot for me. Plus my wine glasses are probably on the large side.🙊
Edit: add tags
@kerco925 nooo to the fever! Have you had other symptoms? Hoping it passes quickly for you!
@kbrown2385 Enjoy the weekend with your H!
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
@ejoseph16 yes, feel free to share your charts no matter what app they are from!
@millpe enjoy your day! Hope you’re able to catch up on some laundry.
@emeraldduchess glad it’s not going to snow as much as was expected. Good luck wit your grading. Sounds like it will be a good day for you.
Edit forgot tag
OPK is still very negative (which is really weird for me at this point in my cycle and worries me) so hopefully I will feel better and this cycle won't be ruined. The husband won't come anywhere near me if I am sick.
Edit it I wasn’t done.
@ejoseph16 what app are you using for yr chart? Looks like it's predicting O where the line is, which makes sense CD-wise, but you need a 3 day spike in temp following to confirm it.
@millpe A figurative tornado I hope?!
@kbrown2385 I v. much enjoy when MH & I get to go grocery shopping together--esp. if we go somewhere a little further away (cough whole foods)-- bc normally I just get stuff a few times a week on an as-needed basis. It's like a little date! Glad yall get to spend a little more time together today.
Month/Cycle:6/4/1AL
CD: 22
WAYDTGKU: benched so pnv/rlt (which, to weigh in on what i was just reading over at Randoms: i drink during WTO, but since we're benched, if I O I'll keep drinking. If you're TTA, it's fine for TWW & good for cramps/other AF related jawns)
R/R: Thanks for all your support for choosing debauchery. I haven't decided yet for a few reasons, one involving not feeling 100% intestinally. booo. / We have two friends in town today & we're at least going to NOLA tomorrow to see another 2 friends who are there for some Mardi Gras fun! There's a party at a friend's house tonight, and we're bringing out out of town friends--should be an iNtErEsTiNg mix lol.
CS/Q: Didn't test via OPK yesterday, but will again today bc ::shruggy emoji guy:: Temps down a bit again today after up a bit yesterday -_- #WTOlimbo **TW** #ALChart Glad I'm doing this even though we're benched bc once I O I'll have a better idea when AF will come bc most ppl's luteal phases are normal after O (if they O) on a post-d&c chart
p.s. "jawn" is a Philly word that's like a pronoun for anything.
TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
@kbrown2385 Enjoy your time with YH. I love weekends without too much planned.
@millpe Hope you get through all your chores. Thanks for the reminder I need to do laundry too! Also, I thought it said “sex ed” under WAYDTGKU
@ejoseph16 Glad you are able to have a nice weekend with family. Are you using OPKs once or twice a day? Don’t want you to miss your surge since you have fertile CM now.
@kerco925 Hope you feel better soon. Fevers are the worst.
@emeraldduchess Glad you have yarn and cocoa to help you get through this snowy day.
@kagesstarshroom Sounds like a fun weekend!
Month/Cycle: 7/7
CD: 1
WAYDTGKU: Ava, FF, CM, OPK, RLT, fertility yoga, SMEPish
R/R: Making salsa chicken in the crockpot to put in tacos. We are having friends over tonight that just got engaged so we are going to celebrate (and now that AF is here I can have wine!). Then we are going bowling, which I haven’t done in ages. Should be a fun night.
CS/Q: nada
TTC since 9/2018
10/19- First RE visit
2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles
7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN
9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal
11/20- Mock transfer/ERA
12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN
3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021
12/21- Baby girl born!
Month/Cycle: 8/6
CD: 6
WAYDTGKU: pnv, hio, cm/cp, stilll need to order OPKs
R/R: I’m working 12+ hours today. But I have a three day weekend starting tomorrow. Also I’m quitting my job this month so the end is officially in sight. Now I just need to tell my boss 🤦🏻♀️
CS/Q: nothin
@misshelen86 I’m only once a day right now, mainly because they’re so stinking expensive! That’s why we are still Having sex EOD, just in case.
TTC since 9/2018
10/19- First RE visit
2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles
7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN
9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal
11/20- Mock transfer/ERA
12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN
3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021
12/21- Baby girl born!
@MrsJessS yikes to 12+ hours at work. Good luck telling your boss. I hope it's not an awkward or unpleasant conversation.
@kagesstarshroom have a fantastic time in NOLA. I wish Mardi Gras was more on a thing here in the Northeast. I feel like I am missing out!
@millpe I hope you got all your laundry done. Lazy, productive days can be so nice!
@ejoseph16 I don’t think I ever started a weekend with school stuff done as a teacher or as a student. Enjoy!
@kerco925 nooo. I hope it’s a fluke and you feel healthy soon!
@emeraldduchess Sounds like a cozy day. Did the kids make different kinds of projects? I always got excited when I had ideas that allowed students to have drastically different submissions. It helped them be creative and personalize it, and it definitely helped me to grade!
@kagesstarshroom ikwym with grocery dates. At this point, we only seem to have them at Trader Joe’s since it’s more a place for our odds and ends rather than staples. Also, what’s your connection to philly, if I might ask. Ok if you decide it’s too personal.
@misshelen86 Sounds like the makings of a great night tonight! Enjoy! Sorry for cd1; yay for wine!
Month/Cycle: 10
CD: 19
WAYDTGKU: SMEP, temps, opk, pnv, no booze or caffeine
R/R: I was hoping for a positive opk today, but no dice. I’ve o’ed at cd22 a couple times, so hopefully that’ll be happening in the next couple days. (How do so many of us seem to have the same issue right now?) I had bought a pineapple in preparation, and cut it a couple days ago, so I’m hoping it keeps. Pineapple starts after o, right? I found conflicting stuff online, but I think the idea is thinning out lining to help implantation, yes?
cs/q: the one about 🍍 and also, do you worry about YH/partner having alcohol? I’m paranoid now that that’s having an effect on sperm. 🤷🏻♀️
TTC since 9/2018
10/19- First RE visit
2/20- DH had surgery for bilateral varicoceles
7/20- IUI with 5 mg letrozole- BFN
9/20- IVF. 9 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 8 fertilized with ICSI, 7 blasts, 4 PGT-A normal
11/20- Mock transfer/ERA
12/20- FET #1- transferred one 4AB- BFN
3/21- FET #2- transferred one 3AB- BFP! Due Dec 2021
12/21- Baby girl born!
@misshelen86 I ate pineapple according to when you were supposed one or 2 cycles ago---and promptly remembered, after eating it core & all like what I read said to do, that I'm allergic and it makes my mouth feel so super bad weird. OOPS.
@ejoseph16 Cool! Most of us use Fertility Friend (FF); I'm always interested in the other apps ppl are using.
Month: 10/7/2 AL
CD: 12
WYDTGKU: FF, BBT, PNV, Vitex, NAC, Ubiquinol, Vit D3, Fish Oil/DHA, extra Iron & Folate, just added natural Progesterone cream and Lovenox blood-thinning injections last month.
R/R: Rant—We almost missed the FW this time because it started 5 days early! The past four months I’ve been O on CD 15. Trying to squeeze in BD 2-a-days over the next couple days so we don’t miss O—if it hasn’t already happened! I’m wondering if it’s the new addition of progesterone to the regimen. The progesterone made my cycle run long last month (nothing like being 4 days late with BFNs galore
CS/Q: My temps are all over the place due to crazy work schedule in the wee hours this week. I just changed the time in FF so I wouldn’t have a bunch of open circles. Afraid another high temp tomorrow is gonna show I O-ed too soon.
@kagesstarshroom OMG I cannot STAND grocery shopping w DH. He is totally unhelpful & acts like he’s on another planet where he doesn’t understand the new customs or language. God bless you & YH’s grocery store date nights!
@ejoseph16 Welcome to this whole TTC madness! It can be fun...and consuming if you let it. I use Pregmate OPKs & pregnancy tests from amazon. They are incredibly sensitive and super inexpensive. (100 OPKs & 50 HPTs for $24 is the big combo box; they have lots of other smaller boxes and the packaging is cute too.)
@misshelen86 Those tacos sound amazing, have fun with your friends!
@MrsJessS Hang in there & then enjoy your 3-day-weekend! Good luck w telling your boss you’re quitting—that is a freedom in itself.
@kerco925 Hope you’re feeling better soon & that you get a +OPK right after!
@emeraldduchess Yay for all that work getting done! Impressive! I loved when I taught 5th grade; it’s exactly as you describe it. Kudos to you!
Month/Cycle: 4
CD: 14
WAYDTGKU: Benched: OvuSense temping, PNV, Maca, fertiliTEA, DH on supplements.
R/R: over at the in laws tonight visiting. I didn’t have to cook tonight which was great! I also just ordered Wonfos from amazon!
CS/Q: I’ve missed so many days temping it’s not even worth it to put up here right now lol.
@madcouplewithabox I felt so accomplished when I ordered my first wondfos!