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WTO Wednesday 7/10
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Re: WTO Wednesday 7/10
CD: 13
WAYDTGKU: Ava, acupuncture, OPK, Chinese herbs
R/R: Almost home time after a long night shift. I’ll be off work for 2 weeks and can’t wait to go on my trip! Going for mani/pedi with my mom and sister tonight.
CS/Q: nope
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: 7/5/3 AL
CD: 6
WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPK, CM, PNV, folic acid, FF, HIO EOD
R/R: work meeting today at our new admin’s house to plan our beginning of the school year! We are combining 3 schools in to 1, so we are the “leaders” of each school that are going to come up with a plan to make this a smooth transition. I’m kind of excited about this! Plus I get a moment to be an adult! Lol! I had to get a babysitter for my nephew, which was a whole new experience!
CS/Q: go away, AF! Pretty sure this is my last AF day since my body seems to have finally reset
@ejoseph16 I hope the meeting is productive and AF goes away.
CD: 13
WAYDTGKU: OPK, BBT, CM, Metformin, Clomid, etc.
R/R: I got so frustrated with DH yesterday. He’s a teacher, so he’s home for the summer. Had a bunch of friends over to play a board game. It was supposed to be over before 5 and then he was going to clean up and make dinner. When I got home at 6, all of the people were still in my house playing the game. I just wasn’t in the mood for people. Wanted to put on pajamas and watch TV. Plus, then I helped with the cleaning and we picked up dinner.
CS/Q: nope
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
Good morning, ladies! 🐪🐪🐪
Month/Cycle: 12/11/1st cycle AL(2)
CD: 7
WAYDTGKU: Prenatal vitamins, Fertility Friend, temping, OPKs, observing CM, currently undergoing testing with an RE
R/R: PSA: Target has socks with narwhals eating donuts. That was an absolutely essential purchase for me yesterday. 🤣 Today I am going on a little road trip with my mom, so that should be nice.
CS/Q: Nope! I will start temping again tomorrow since I am pretty sure this is the last day of bleeding. My saline ultrasound is tomorrow. I am pretty curious to see what my uterus and fallopian tubes look like!
@ejoseph16 I hope your meeting goes well! That's quite a task, combining 3 schools! Hopefully everyone gets along.
@misshelen86 I hope you have a relaxing mani/pedi! Your trip sounds great! I haven't heard much about "King Kong" on Broadway but I am sure the special effects are amazing.
@emeraldduchess yay for your saline ultrasound! Our transition thus far has been great, but it’s just the leaders of the school meeting so far. We did have a new school scavenger hunt for our new classrooms at the end of the school year as a mixer, and overall it seemed positive. We will see!
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: Femara, Metformin, prenatal, Conceive Plus, HIO EOD, BW on CD21, temping/tracking with FF.
R/R: A big mixture of rant/rave - Someone brought in donuts to work, and I passed them up...it was difficult because they are from this great local bakery, but I definitely don’t need the fat/calories! DH was super discouraged after weighing in this morning...after going to the extreme of saying he should only eat like 1,000 calories a day now (which is cray cray), we’ve talked it out and figured out several ways to cut calories to a reasonable level! One of those ways is cutting out coffee, except to still allow 1 cup on the weekends if we want (we had already decreased to 1 cup a day during the week and maybe 2 on the weekends). I’m not looking forward to the headaches from caffeine withdrawals, but I know it’ll be worth it in the end...and make it that much easier to resist when I get KU!CS/Q: Just waiting for O which seems to be coming at a more normal time (was all over the place but mostly late when I first started meds). Do any of you observe HR during your cycle? It’s interesting to see the trend, but I know it’s not as exact/proven as temps. I start seeing a rise before O with HR though, unlike with the temps. I feel like I’ve seen someone on here tracking that in FF, but I’ve never seen that option, so I’m guessing that’s only offered with VIP.
@misshelen86 enjoy the mani/pedi today...and your two weeks off and the trip! You are going to NY, yeah? Have you been before? I haven’t, but would like to some day.
@ejoseph16 wow, combining 3 schools!! Hopefully the planning now will help to make it a smooth transition! Are you going into a brand new school all together, or combining into one of the existing ones? Enjoy your adult time, and hopefully AF is on her way out!
@mercury94 that’s super frustrating you still had guests when you got home from work! I’m guessing they just lost track of time, but coming home to that when you just want to relax had to be annoying! Hopefully you can have a relaxing evening after work tonight!
@emeraldduchess those socks sound amazing! Hope you enjoy your road trip today! Also, good luck with your saline US tomorrow!
@misshelen86 - yay for a break!! Have a good trip and have fun getting your mani-pedi!
@ejoseph16 - that does sound like an exciting meeting! Glad you're feeling like you've reset!
@mercury94 - that is annoying! Hopefully he makes up for it and cooks you and nice dinner! (and cleans!)
@emeraldduchess - ooh a road trip, fun!! Hope the u/s goes well tomorrow.
Month/Cycle: 11/11
CD: 12
WAYDTGKU: OPKs (starting today for this cycle), CM, EOD, prenatals, shatavari, evening primrose oil, preseed, Ovia, acupuncture
R/R: I seem to be sleeping really soundly in our new apartment which is nice, and I'm excited about the barre class I'm going to with a friend tonight. Trying to turn my TTGP brain off a bit as I'm getting closer to FW but we'll see.....
CS/Q: nope
So, our transition is to get the whole district elementary at the same school. So we are going from 3 schools (one school was PreK-K, another was 1-2, and our school was 3-6) to a PreK-6 school. Our 3-6 school has been under construction to expand since last summer. They added onto it, and are now gutting a lot of the older part of the school to help fit in the amount of classrooms we need. Our school before being a 3-6 school was a junior high school, which has since moved in with the high school. So now our entire district is going to be on the same plot of land. It will be weird, but a good weird!
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD: 7
WAYDTGKU: PNVs, BBT charting, CM & CP tracking, OPKs, Pre-Seed, Mucinex (begin on CD10), and baby aspirin.
R/R: I have a coworker who has really gotten into essential oils. When she found out about us TTGP, she recommended a few to me, so I figured it was worth a shot. Given all of the other things I've incorporated into this journey, what's one more? LOL
CS/Q: Nothing so far.
Due with baby #2: Feb 2022
Oh wow, it sounds like a lot of things are changing throughout the district...but hopefully they will all be good changes! That’s nice that all of the schools will be on the same plot of land! Hopefully that will help to make things more cohesive!
Edited to fix punctuation.
@ejoseph16 hope the meeting goes well! And yay for AF being on the way out
@mercury94 ugh come on husband stick to the schedule. Sorry you had to come home just to clean that’s a bummer when you all you want to do is relax.
@emeraldduchess have an awesome time with your mom and best of luck at the ultrasound!
@bluetickgal good job passing up the donut! I have a hard time resisting baked goods (in that I don’t even though I definitely should
@whitealbum29 yay sleep in the new place. Sound sleep is the best. I just had my first good nights of sleep in like a week and it was glorious. Have fun at barre!
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|MMC July 13' - 8 wks|
|MMC Nov. 13' - 12 wks - Turner's, natural MC|
|MC Mar. 14' - 4.5 wks|
|MMC July 14' - 11 wks - d&c|
DD 1 Aug. 15'
DD 2 June 17'
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD: 4
WAYDTGKU: tracking things..not sure if I’m going to temp again this cycle we’ll see. Vitamins. Think I’m going to try and be less intense about it this month.
R/R: Things are in a good place with MH now. This rough patch was so hard emotionally mentally physically but I think we needed it and ultimately it’s just making us stronger. You start to take each other for granted a little bit after 7 years of marriage and sometimes you just need something bad to happen to realize how much you care and how much you want to make it work. Plus our communication has improved tenfold and so has our sex life so hopefully that aspect of TTC will be easier this month. Want to thank everyone again for the support on my last daily update it’s overwhelming how awesome you ladies are
CS/Q: nothing yet AF still very much in the building.
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|MMC July 13' - 8 wks|
|MMC Nov. 13' - 12 wks - Turner's, natural MC|
|MC Mar. 14' - 4.5 wks|
|MMC July 14' - 11 wks - d&c|
DD 1 Aug. 15'
DD 2 June 17'
@misshelen86 Where are you heading? Enjoy your mani/pedi!
@ejoseph16 What are the sizes of the schools they’re combining?
@mercury94 what time did everyone end up leaving? I’d be frustrated with that, too.
@emeraldduchess Enjoy the mini-trip with your mom. Hope the procedure goes well tomorrow.
@bluetickgal I haven’t looked to see what my HR does but someone else brought it up before and now I’m curious reading this again.
@whitealbum29 Glad the move went well and you’re sleeping soundly. Enjoy barre! I’m going Friday night with a group of friends.
@ttcbabyodo which essential oils did she recommend?
Month/Cycle: 2/2 AL
CD: 16
WAYDTGKU: PNV, HIO, BBT, CM, OPKs
R/R: I got a blazing positive opk yesterday afternoon and I was way more excited than I expected. I had a mild temp rise this morning but I slept like crap. I’ll probably still hang in WTO territory until I get one or two more shifted temps.
CS/Q: none
Apparently you apply them topically to the back of your toe, or the inside of your ankle or thighs (rotate locations to prevent irritation), and it begins to take effect within two minutes. You can also diffuse them in a diffuser with medical grade plastic, as well.
If I like them, I might invest in a couple more, namely Goldenrod (*wink*wink*) and Idaho Blue Spruce for MH. With all of the other stuff I'm doing for me, I don't need as much assistance, but if he reacts well to the Mister, then I may incorporate the others into our arsenal, lol.
Due with baby #2: Feb 2022
@bluetickgal Way to go avoiding those donuts. Weight loss is so hard. I did Jenny Craig years ago and lost 50 pounds, but I’ve gained most of it back and lost it again over the years.
@whitealbum29 Glad you are getting good sleep. Enjoy your class.
@silly_goose So glad that things are going better with your H.
@tyrion_ They left about 7. The game ended at 6:15, but there was a long debate about whether one of the players should be considered to have forfeit when he left during the last round because he’d promised his wife he’d be home for dinner. The one guy that’s not married was basically like how dare the wife not be okay with the schedule changing so the husband could play a silly game. Which let me ask why they were all still in my house.
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Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
@silly_goose men can be funny sometimes with taking things to the extreme, can’t they?! I can see if you have always been athletic like your DH, it would be hard to see that change and want to do whatever possible to get it back! DH was partly joking with his 1,000 calorie comment, but I definitely wanted to talk him down from that! I’m so glad things are better with you and your DH now...communication and otherwise! ☺️ Hopefully that will continue and make you all even stronger together!
@tyrion_ Yay for the positive OPK! I had read about the HR correlation in one of my many random TTC Google searches, and have observed the trend with mine almost every month since!
@ttcbabyodo that’s interesting about the oils! I know a lot of people that swear by them, but I’ve never tried them. I’ll be interested to see how you like using them!
@ejoseph16 - hope your meeting goes great! nice you're able to have a meeting out of the formal workplace too
@mercury94 - ugh, thats the worst when you have to be around people you don't want to, especially in your own home
@emeraldduchess - those socks sound fantastic!
Month/Cycle: 9/9
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: OPK, CB digi, soft-cups, CP, CM, BBT
R/R: i am pretty sure I am about to O and a I am NOT happy about it. another early O (same as last cycle). i was supposed to have perfect FW timing but instead i'm away from DH for 48hrs with a peak on Digi and nearly positive wondfo. We HIO late last night (soft cups and pre-seed) so i've got something covered but really? CD 9?! hoping it's a fake-out as i don't have a ton of O pain but the EWCM and HSO are looking consistent
WTF
CS/Q: see above. anyone else with O on CD 9/10?
Married May 2013
BFP #1: 10/14/16 - DD born 6/2017
TTC #2 November 2018 (Mirena removed October 2018 after 1 year)
BFP #2 9/11/19 - EDD 5/24/20 - DD born 5/2020
TTC #3 May 2022 (Mirena removed after almost 2 years)
BFP #3 11/24/23 - EDD 7/30/24
@sevenn Earliest I’ve O’d is CD 11. I really hope it’s fake out.
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD: 13
WAYDTGKU: OPK, Ovusense, PNV, Acupuncture, Vitex
R/R: Acupuncture and Vitex seem to be helping regulate my cycle! I have never o'd before CD20 and this month I got a positive OPK on CD 12! Downside, don't think we got enough BD in because I wasn't prepared for it.
CS/Q: It's my first time using these OPKs and I am unclear how to read them. I got a positive yesterday evening (tested ever 2 hours) and another positive at 6am but a negative just now. If it is now dropping, does this mean I have already O'd? Should I BD tonight to be safe? Would ladies mind taking a look and give me your thoughts?
I don't have temps yet - I JUST got my Ovusense yesterday so only have one temp from this AM as 36.11C/96.998F