TWW Monday 4/22

emeraldduchess · April 2019

**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!**

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emeraldduchess · April 2019

Good morning, ladies!

Month/Cycle: 9/8 (third cycle AL)

CD/DPO: 25/6

Timing: -3, -2, -1, O, +2

Typical LP length: 12-14 days

Testing: Not for another week, if at all

R/R: I got through Easter with DH's family with minimal anxiety yesterday, so I am pretty proud of myself. TW

2 of his cousins are KU. While it wasn't easy to be there and listening to all the baby talk, I didn't feel overwhelmed which was a big relief.

I didn't drink, which raised a few eyebrows but honestly at this point, they can speculate all they want. I'm beyond caring. My pie came out really well, so now I am pinning tons of pie recipes on Pinterest and looking for excuses to bake them. 🙃 I don't go back to school until tomorrow, so I am going to enjoy my last day off!

CS/Q: FF moved O from CD17-CD19. Glad to have a clearer picture!

chichiphin · April 2019

@emeraldduchess I'm happy to hear you made it through Easter with minimal anxiety! And I'm so glad your pie was a hit!

Month/Cycle: 10/ 2 AL

CD/DPO: 13 / 2

Timing: -3, -2, O

Typical LP length: on progesterone

Testing: Still internally debating, as I have a girls night/weekend on 13/14 DPO. **TW** for preg/loss in spoiler

**TW** with my loss cycle, I woke up and immediately knew bc I felt so hung over, so it will be hard for me to ignore if that happens again just for the sake of having a glass or two of wine. Also, I REALLY do not want my friends to know if I got KU again, bc it is so soon after loss & I don't need stress about judgement. **TW**

R/R: Rant - my body is 100% messing with me and my mind is going crazy. I think the TWW is going to be rough...

CS/Q: nah

emeraldduchess · April 2019

@chichiphin ugh, sorry your body is messing with you. That makes the TWW even worse.

You can sit with me on the rollercoaster.
I definitely get the to drink or not to drink debate. Maybe take a sip or two then dump it and then replace it with something not obviously non-alcoholic?

chichiphin · April 2019

@emeraldduchess I think sip & dump is my game plan at this point.

emeraldduchess · April 2019

@chichiphin yesterday I went with "my meds and tequila don't mix" when they questioned why I wasn't having the "fun punch".

chichiphin · April 2019

oooh! I could play the UTI antibiotics card. They might just assume this is some side effect from **TW** my loss...

ETA: hi I'm a nut job for trying to plan this out at 2DPO & literally zero guarantees this will be *the* cycle.

ruby696 · April 2019

@emeraldduchess So glad you made it through Easter! I like to decline alcohol randomly, so that if/when I really can't have a drink, no one thinks anything if it.

@chichiphin Hey, it's never too early to have a plan in place. Also, will your friends just be glad you're there or will they be whiney if you can't drink? If you think they'll complain about it, I'd go with sip and dump. If not, antibiotics is a great excuse.

Month/Cycle: 19/11

CD/DPO: 5

Timing: High

Typical LP length: 12 days.

Testing: Not sure yet. Maybe Saturday or Sunday, if I get a negative test this week (hCG from trigger still lingering).

R/R: Schitt's Creek is hilarious! We can't stop watching it!

CS/Q: Nope

emeraldduchess · April 2019

@ruby696 I need to check out this show now. Maybe something new to watch on the treadmill at the gym. I've watched every episode of "Friends" at least twice!

chichiphin · April 2019

@ruby696 I love the show too! I'm sad it took me so long to jump on the bandwagon. - and my friends would be totally cool with me taking it easy with drinking.

bows22 · April 2019

Month/Cycle: 5/5

CD/DPO: 24/8

Timing: EODish

Typical LP length: 12

Testing: Trying to hold out until Thursday with @puppylove8910

R/R: had a busy weekend so it was nice to take my mind off of TTC. But here we are at 8 DPO where I usually start negotiating with myself about testing. Also I left my Easter candy at home and I’m devastated hahaha

bows22 · April 2019

@emeraldduchess glad you had a nice Easter, enjoy your day off!

@chichiphin the UTI idea sounds great!

@ruby696 DH and I need something new to watch, maybe we should check that out. I know it’s been coming up a lot in the randoms thread too

m6agua · April 2019

Month/Cycle: 1/1

CD/DPO: 25/10

Timing: +1

Typical LP length: 13

Testing: Nope, just waiting for AF in a few days

R/R: I had a really nice weekend with family and the weather was so nice. I was also glad to come home and catch up on a few things around the house last night.

CS/Q: My chart isn't very interesting. I basically only tracked CM this cycle.

@emeraldduchess I'm glad FF gave you a clearer picture by changing your O date. As for drinking, I rarely drink anymore so that helps, but sometimes I will mix Kombucha with Pom juice or a carbonated water in a fancy glass to look like a mixer.

@chichiphin Sounds like maybe it would be better to skip the girls night. But I like to just stay at home and do nothing with nobody so I may not give the best advice.

@ruby696 I think I need to get on this Schitt's Creek train.

chichiphin · April 2019

@m6agua I'm so glad you had a nice weekend! ha I wish, but I'm actually flying home and meeting up, so it would be a big waste of money to cancel

@bows22 wishing you strength to hold out! 8DPO is usually the hardest point for me too haha

spacemountaineer · April 2019

@emeraldduchess - enjoy your last day off. Any fun plans?

@chichiphin - I'm sorry your body is messing with you. I like your antibiotics excuse.

@m6agua - glad you had a great weekend!

Month/Cycle: 4/4
CD/DPO: 25/10
Timing: meh
Typical LP length: 12-14 days
Testing: Wednesday. I'm SS like crazy this cycle!
R/R: this weekend was fun but exhausting. I made 4 batches of cookies on Friday for Easter and for family coming into town for the wedding this week. I still have 2 more batches to make. It's going to be a busy week.
We had a wonderful sunny day on Friday and I got my first sunburn of the summer (I don't burn easily).

Then it was cool and rainy all weekend. We're supposed to get the sunshine back and I'm excited about that.
CS/Q: my chart looks so much better this month than last month. I think I will still be switching how I temp next cycle.

chichiphin · April 2019

@spacemountaineer oooh what kind of cookies?? that's a lot of baking haha

emeraldduchess · April 2019

@spacemountaineer no definite plans, just reading, a workout, and maybe hitting up Target to get some chocolate on sale. It sounds like cookiepalooza at your house! What are you baking?
@m6agua glad you had a nice weekend! I mix seltzer with Pom juice a lot too and drink it out of a martini or wine glass on weeknights when I want to feel like I have a fancy drink.
@bows22 noooooooo on leaving the candy at home! That's how I feel when I don't replenish my chocolate stash at work.

puppylove8910 · April 2019

@emeraldduchess I'm so glad FF finally got on board with your CD 19 O day! Sometimes, I honestly think we know our bodies best and to just go with your gut.

@chichiphin I'm sorry your body is already doing tricky things. It definitely makes the TWW much harder. Do you think it's because of the progesterone?

@ruby696 I LOVE Schitts Creek so much! I binged watched seasons 1-4 on Netflix and just watched season 5 on Amazon Prime. David Rose gives me LIFE!

@m6agua I'm glad you had a relaxing weekend!

@bows22 Hang in there! Thursday will be here before we know it.

Although, I'm 7 DPO and starting to get ancy..haha!

@spacemountaineer I'm sorry you're SS so hard this cycle! I find I am ok for a few cycles and then I go bat s*it crazy for a cycle and then back to normal again. Haha!

puppylove8910 · April 2019

Month/Cycle: 1/1

CD/DPO: 23/7

Timing: -3, -2, 0, +1

Typical LP length: 12-14

Testing: Thursday at 10 DPO with @bows22 (I'll most likely test in the late afternoon though because I have a really busy morning!)

R/R: The weekend was so lovely! We had great weather on Friday and Sunday so it made it even more enjoyable.

CS/Q: ***TW*** Prior Pregnancy, LO mentioned**

So my temperature from this morning was just as high as it was the day I found out I was pregnant with my DS. I'm definitely NOT reading into this because it's my first month temping in 3+ years and my body could be "wired differently" since having him. But I am slightly intrigued

spacemountaineer · April 2019

@chichiphin- I made M&M & sugar cookies (2 batches of each). I still need to make snickerdoodles, chocolate chip, and possibly pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.

@emeraldduchess - a target run and clearance Easter candy sounds wonderful!

@Puppylove8910 - I think the worst part of the SS is that we really didn't have good timing this cycle. I'm glad you had such a great weekend!

puppylove8910 · April 2019

@spacemountaineer If it makes you feel better we did NTNP last cycle and barely hit my FW and I SS so hard throughout the TWW. It was embarrassing and I definitely should have known better! But it happens to best of us

whitealbum29 · April 2019

@emeraldduchess - I'm glad Easter wasn't too overwhelming and that the pie came out well! It sounded yummy. Good that FF is making sense now. It's nice when you're right about what your body was doing!

@chichiphin - Ugh sorry your body is being confusing! I like the antibiotics idea, nobody's going to argue with a woman who they think is dealing with a UTI!

@spacemountaineer - wow lots of baking! I hope it was fun even though it was a lot of work. I love m&m cookies and actually also just had to make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies the other day.

@puppylove8910 - fingers crossed re: your spoiler!

Month/Cycle: 8/8

CD/DPO: 31/12

Timing: -5, -2, -1

Typical LP length: 13-14

Testing: nope...wfaf

R/R: It's my day off after working all weekend so that's nice...I also think my body's messing with me, I was getting weird unusual symptoms that made me hopeful over the weekend but now I basically just feel like AF is coming.

CS/Q: nope

bows22 · April 2019

@emeraldduchess we have a vending machine in our building’s lobby so I’m heading down there now because I can’t last the rest of the day haha

@puppylove8910 Oh I’m glad you mentioned you won’t test until afternoon, I will be anxiously awaiting your result!

c1kc1kpol1cn1k · April 2019

Month/Cycle: 11/1al

CD/DPO: 29/11

Timing: -2 / +1

Typical LP length: 11

Testing: Wednesday or wfaf, we will see

R/R: great long weekend, I'm so tired from all the baking and activities, it was fun even though it rained all day friday and saturday.

CS/Q: nope

@spacemountaineer just realized we’ll be testing mostly likely the same day! Those cookie flavours sound yummy. I feel like I had way too much sugar though this weekend

@whitealbum29 enjoy our day off! I hope that af stay's away

misshelen86 · April 2019

Hi ladies. Sorry I’ve been MIA. I will be back later for tags.

Month/Cycle: 8/8

CD/DPO: 18/4

Timing: Great

Typical LP length: 12-14 days

Testing: Maybe May 2 or just WFAF

R/R: I haven’t been around because between working my crazy hours I got diagnosed with celiac disease. So I’m trying to come to terms with that and navigate a new gluten-free way of living. The good thing is there are a lot of options these days. I’m feeling really down about the implications this may have on my fertility. But I’m also glad that I was able to get this diagnosis so I can start improving my health. It would have been awful if this had remain undiagnosed.

CS/Q: no

shamrocandroll · April 2019

*Lurking from WTO

@misshelen86 I'm so sorry about your diagnosis, but I hope it helps give you some answers!

emeraldduchess · April 2019

@misshelen86 I'm so sorry about your diagnosis, I can only imagine the huge lifestyle changes you are going to need to make. Hugs to you. 💚

ruby696 · April 2019

@misshelen86 Sorry about your diagnosis, but food options for celiac's have come so far. I'm not sure where you're located, but we have lots of GF options in the bay area. If you ever need delicious baked goods, a lot of places ship.

wabash15 · April 2019

Lurking****
@misshelen86 I'm sorry about the celiacs diagnosis, it is a huge adjustment at first but once you do that first massive clean out of the house and get comfortable reading labels its not so bad. I will also add that my understanding is that fertility usually goes back to normal once you have things under control and that IF is usually only experienced by un-diagnosed/ not controlled celiacs. Also as a side note I would check things like your tooth paste and make sure you tell your dentist because the polish they use has gluten in it, but most dentists have a GF option. Feel free to PM me if you want some other GF resources or thoughts of things to avoid (such as stamps you have to lick).

puppylove8910 · April 2019

@misshelen86 I am so sorry to hear about your diagnosis.

I've heard acupuncture does wonders for flare ups so maybe research that a bit once you have some time to digest everything. I know some insurance plans will cover acupuncture as well.

misshelen86 · April 2019

@emeraldduchess Thank you so much

Glad you made it through Easter okay, I can imagine it wouldn’t have been easy. Hope you are enjoying your last day off!

@chichiphin Sip & dump sounds like a good plan! It’s always so hard to decide about whether to drink or not at that point in your cycle. You’re not alone in planning things like this ahead of time- anytime I have a function where there will be alcohol I look at where I will most likely be in my cycle!

@ruby696 Thank you! There are definitely a lot more options than there used to be, the only problem is they are more expensive. Maybe I need to check out Shitt’s creek.

@shamrocandroll Thanks so much. This does explain a few things and I’m relieved that I have some answers!

@bows22 Glad you were able to distract yourself this weekend.

@m6agua Glad you had such a nice weekend!

@spacemountaineer Yay for cookies and sunshine!

@puppylove8910 FX for you!

@whitealbum29 Hope AF stays far away!

@c1kc1kpol1cn1k Glad you had a nice weekend despite the rain!

@wabash15 Thanks so much for the advice! I’m starting to get the hang of label-reading after a co-worker of mine who has Celiac gave me a lesson. My struggle is when other people prepare food and trying to figure out if it’s okay. I felt so awkward at dinner this weekend having to ask how things were prepared and what ingredients were used. That’s helpful to know about the Dentist, not something I would have thought of! That’s my understanding as well that my fertility should improve once this is under control.

@puppylove8910 Funny you should mention this, because I just started acupuncture this month. My acupuncturist is also a medical doctor and when he took my history he right away suspected Celiac (based on very vague symptoms) and worked me up for it. He said he gets at least 1 case a year that he diagnoses. I’m so glad I made the decision to start acupuncture.

puppylove8910 · April 2019

@c1kc1kpol1cn1k not sure if you want to hold off on testing just one more day, but @bows22 & I are testing on Thursday!

whitealbum29 · April 2019

@misshelen86 - so sorry about your diagnosis! That's great that you have a good acupuncturist who was able to diagnose you and that you have people around like your coworker who are able to help you with the adjustment! I'm sure it will be a big shift for you, but there really are so many options these days...hope you start to see good results soon!

chichiphin · April 2019

@misshelen86 I’m so sorry about this diagnosis - but glad to hear you’re starting to get used to label reading - and you got some good advice here too!

m6agua · April 2019

@misshelen86 I'm sorry about the diagnosis, but you are right, there are so many GF options now a days. I would eat GF intermittently about 5 years ago and there really wasn't a whole lot of products. Now I've been 100% GF for a little less than a year and there are so many options out there. I just made some brownies and sugar cookies from a regular recipe but substituted 1 for 1 with a GF flour mixture and I just bought a GF pizza crust and made homemade pizza's. I'm still trying out different brands to see what is even good and trying to make things from scratch. Primal Palate has some great homemade GF/Paleo recipes https://www.primalpalate.com/paleo-recipes/#us

@wabash15 That is really interesting about the toothpaste, I switched to a more natural toothpaste at home, but I never thought about the dentist. I noticed that the shampoo my husband uses contains wheat, it is a tea tree oil shampoo. I avoid for my thyroid issues and not for celiac. This reminded me of my brother though. He is severely allergic to wheat, so much so that he basically can only have a whole foods diet and can only try one packaged item at a time in case of contamination. He learned that he cannot do any McCormick spices because he gets a reaction (most likely contamination at the packaging plant level). Now he grows his own or he has found one brand that works.

wabash15 · April 2019

@m6agua wheat/gluten is is SO MANY things... things that you might never think about. I used to laugh when I saw that shampoos were labeled Gluten Free but now I get why.

ETA
@misshelen86 soon you get over that awkward feeling. your health is the most important... We bring food/snacks with us EVERYWHERE. People who are not familiar with celiacs and how little contamination it can take to make someone sick can mean well but when they are not in the trenches mistakes are often made. Do watch out, some things may be labeled GF on the front but when you read the small details are processed in a facility with wheat and that will be enough to make you sick. (we just had an incident with a very tasty coconut based whipped topping that was labled as GF but actually processed in a facility with gluten). Also almost all nuts and oats are contaminated so be really careful with any kind of nuts or oats. and as your TTC many lubes have gluten in them... (WTF people) so you may need to be careful what lube you use). These first few months after diagnosis and getting used to the new normal are hard but it does get so much easier. Also if you haven't you should get all new cutting boards (wood is impossible to get gluten off of once its touched it), new toaster... oh and they have come out with test strips that you can sample food with and check to see if it contains gluten (that way if your eating out you can ensure its safe...) they are a little pricey but depending on how bad you get when you've been glutened it can be worth it.

misshelen86 · April 2019

@m6agua Thanks for the website recommendation! I’ll check it out. There are a ton of recipes on Pinterest too. I did make GF cupcakes for Easter and they turned out ok, but I think like you said it will take some trial and error to see what’s good. @wabash15 So much great info! Thank you so much, I really appreciate it.

That’s interesting about the labelling, that they can say GF but still be potentially contaminated. I did get a new toaster but didn’t realize my cutting board would be a problem. The test strips sound awesome and might be something I consider in the future.

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