TWW Monday 1/31

optimistgardener · January 2022

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sejica · January 2022

Month/Cycle: 3/2

CD/DPO: 27/4

Timing: -3p, -2a, -2p, -1a, -1p, so pretty good, 😂.

Typical LP length: 8

Testing: I don't have any early/first response, so I have to wait til 14 dpo, but I will have started my period before then anyway if I'm not ku.

R/R: rave: I went on a solo cabin weekend with no service fri-sun, which was awesome even though it meant I missed the Peggy drama. Rant: all the products that say to start on O day. I can't find out o til 3 days after it has happened, so what am I supposed to do, time travel? SMH. For instance, last cycle o day was cd 28/29, this time it was cd 22/23. There's no way I'm going to risk accidentally taking it 6days and early. I know it's small potatoes, especially since I'm only talking about seed cycling this time, but in all my googling, everything treats o day as some knowable thing in the moment, and that's not true for a significant portion of the population. I'd just appreciate more guidance on which way to fudge things ie; take pumpkin & flax until after temp confirmed o, OR; shift to sunflower & sesame as soon as you get a positive or peak opk, even if o is 5 days away. I opted to not take either from cd 20-cd24pm because I couldn't decide which approach to use. Sorry for the novel.

CS/Q: nope, just trying to distract myself for the next 5-10 days.

Paturkey · January 2022

@sejica Very nice timing! I've been around a while but I've never come across seed cycling. What is that?

Month/Cycle: 5/6

CD/DPO: 20/5

Timing: -3, -2, -1

Typical LP length: 11-12

Testing: No plans for now

R/R: I got my main work tasks finally finished last week and this week things are under control. I'm starting to make plans for friends and family to come visit and currently have something for Feb, April, May and July! It's been over 2.5 years since I've been able to host people because of covid travel restrictions and I'm so (cautiously) excited that it's going to start happening again! For those of you on the east coast, I hope the nor'easter wasn't too bad!

CS/Q: FF originally said CD 13. Now it's CD 15. Any ideas from this chart? My timing is still good, so I think I'll just start expecting AF from ~three days before FF predicts it so I don't get caught out. (However, it does make this TWW feel like it's moving backwards

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abjm0325 · January 2022

@sejica Holy moly that is good timing! Hope it pays off this cycle for you. As far as your comment about taking things after O, my progesterone medication specifically says to start three days after O (I'm assuming to allow for O confirmation). Not sure if that helps for other things, but I'd imagine starting 3 days after O when you have confirmation would still be beneficial and might err on the side of safety.

Month/Cycle: 5/5 AL

CD/DPO: 19/5

Timing: good (but not as good as @sejica, haha)

Typical LP length: 12 + progesterone

Testing: 2/7

R/R: Life is still a little hectic this week, but hoping to be a little more active here and that the week flies by. That Peggy this weekend was something else. You all handled them admirably as always though. As far as my world goes, we are supposed to get up to 56 for a high tomorrow and then get snow on Friday. This is the weirdest January weather I have had in awhile. Hoping to sneak in an outside run in the nice weather tomorrow!

CS/Q: Nope

caseys02 · January 2022

@sejica Same thoughts as @Paturkey, great timing but what is seed cycling?

@Paturkey That's great you can finally host people!! I'm too far went in NY where I just got the cold and no snow for once!

Month/Cycle: 25 / 23 (honestly I forget at this point how long its been...)

CD/DPO: 22 / 9

Timing: -4, -2, 0

Typical LP length: 13

Testing: Trying to hold out until Friday, that'd be DPO 13, but I'll probably get my period Saturday so idk.

R/R: I sold my ski pass to my partner's cousin when I found out I was ku'd in Oct. I really wish I didn't because they've already gone about 8 times and the hill by us is expensive to go weekly so just mad about it. They went yesterday for 10 hours and got home, and he was drunk and just pissed me off....kinda know my period's coming because I always seem to want to yell at him right before hand.

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abjm0325 · January 2022

Oops, took too long typing and missed @Paturkey! That is very exciting about getting to host people again. I don't have any chart insight, but I would probably agree with you to err on the side of expecting AF early. Super annoying not to know though!

caseys02 · January 2022

@abjm0325 I wish it was going to be 56 out!!! We've been 0 or 0-25 for 3 weeks.

Paturkey · January 2022

@caseys02 That's a bummer about the ski pass. But good news that you weren't totally snowed in 👍

@abjm0325 Thanks for taking a look at my chart. It's silly for it to annoy me so much but it is what it is. As for that peggy, phew! *TW* in spoiler for discussion of violent peggy behavior.

I just reported it immediately and if I bother to read them I always skim them and don't get involved but I had to double back on the racist, homophobic and antisemitic content cause it was spectacularly out of line. I can't believe the system let it stay up for so long when tons of us reported it for sure.

abjm0325 · January 2022

@caseys02 Um, that would piss me off too. I hope you can splurge and go ski a few times this season at least! 56 is unusual for us this time of year, but so is the weekly snow we've been getting. It has been a wild ride this month!

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sejica · January 2022

@caseys02 I'm so sorry, skiing is one of my favorite things, hopefully you get your reason for selling again soon.

@abjm0325 I work hard for that timing lol. That is comforting, I was worried any progeterone support from my seeds would prevent ovulation, but I was conflicted with wantinting to try to lengthen my short LP as soon as possible.

@Paturkey looks like cd 15 to me too unless you usually get your +opk into your temp shift. Are there any other explanations for the early high temp or dip? My temp is higher the morning after pizza (wheat sensitivity) or alcohol.
Re: seed cycling, it's not 'scientifically proven', but it's also really unlikely to be harmful, so I figure why not. Basically, the idea is that you eat fresh ground pumpkin and flax seed from cd1 to o/cd14/full?moon to support (good) estrogen production and then switch to fresh ground sunflower and sesame seed from o/cd15/full moon to af/cd1/new?moon to support progesterone production. I can't remember which moon because I'm not trying to cycle with the moon, I'm focused on gku. I also don't grind seeds, I just eat Costco's mixed seed and nut butter which has pumpkin, and eat sunbutter and tahini during my LP, obviously I am not too concerned. Maybe it helps, maybe not, but I like those foods anyway, and it doesn't hurt to alternate them. I'm already buying alternatives to pb anyway because of a peanut allergy.

Edited for grammar/spelling/clarity.

Paturkey · January 2022

@sejica Thanks for taking a look at my chart. That random high temp on CD 14 has no origin that I can think of. It surprised me at the time. I usually have my temp shift the day after my second positive OPK (so CD 15 this cycle) but who knows, maybe I had a longer-than-average surge before O. Thanks for the info on the seeds, that makes sense.

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