Hey you, with the BFP!

[tacom]

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Just copy, paste, and fill in your information! All sections are optional. (Stolen from reddit). I personally love reading these; they make me hopeful and it’s interesting to see the variance in charts, temps and symptoms that end in pregnancy.

Cycle:

Ovulation cycle day:

Relevant BD/ method (SMEP, Shettles, O-2, O-1, O, O+1, IVF, IUI)

Tracking methods and apps used:

Symptom spotting:

Day of positive test(s):

Supplements and medications:

Birth control history, if relevant:

Typical cycle length:

Link to chart:

Link to lineporn:

Other (advice, magic secrets, freaking out, miscellaneous):

[tacom]

lessel fancynewbeesly

[mccallister84]

Got my BFP Friday

Cycle: 1 TTC #2

Ovulation cycle day: no idea. Never got a positive OPK but they were expired and I may have stopped too soon

Relevant BD/ method (SMEP, Shettles, O-2, O-1, O, O+1, IVF, IUI)
Every other day

Tracking methods and apps used: glow and kindara

Symptom spotting: just extremely tired

Day of positive test(s): 35 has started testing at like day 25 because I’m insane

Supplements and medications: none

Birth control history, if relevant: none. We knew we wanted to TTC before DD turned 1 and I had jusssst enough milk so didn’t want to do anything that would mess with that so we just used condoms.

Typical cycle length: ha. 42 day, 31 day and then who knows? Before DD they were exactly 31 days

[somersault72]

Cycle: 9

Ovulation cycle day: 15

Relevant BD/ method (SMEP, Shettles, O-2, O-1, O, O+1, IVF, IUI): every other day before +OPK, day of and day after of +OPK

Tracking methods and apps used:

Symptom spotting: nausea, sore breasts

Day of positive test(s): CD 23, 9 DPO (yes I'm crazy but I own it)

Supplements and medications: Femara 5mg, days 5 through 9

Birth control history, if relevant: I had a Mirena for 2.5 years.

Typical cycle length: 26-29 days

Link to chart: n/a

Link to lineporn:

Other (advice, magic secrets, freaking out, miscellaneous): No. I was a mess the 2nd week of the 2ww every.single.month. I am also a serial tester because I work in a OB office and have access to unlimited pregnancy tests. I am siiiiiick this time around and it started early. I can't believe there's only 1 in there, honestly.

[PennyCandy]

I'll do it for DS

Cycle: 16 I think

Ovulation cycle day: 15

Relevant BD/ method (SMEP, Shettles, O-2, O-1, O, O+1, IVF, IUI) see chart

Tracking methods and apps used: Fertility Friend and OPKs

Symptom spotting: I don't remember having any.

Day of positive test(s): 11dpo

Supplements and medications: FertileAid

Birth control history, if relevant: I was on the pill for a long time, but stopped and started charting to avoid for a few years before ttc.

Typical cycle length: 24-26 days

Link to chart:


Other (advice, magic secrets, freaking out, miscellaneous) TTC never gets easier. It's a total mindfuck. You just deal with it the best you can. Finding other people to talk to that aren't your SO helps. I don't think men feel the burden as much. At least my DH doesn't.

[PennyCandy]

Also, I'm learning it's just as hard the second time. You kind of just pick up where you left off as far as mental state. It's just as hard now as it was when I was in the thick of tttc the first time.

[larzhope]

I'll play since I'm still in the in between stage!

Cycle: it was either 12 or 13

Ovulation cycle day: 12, via a trigger shot

Relevant BD/ method (SMEP, Shettles, O-2, O-1, O, O+1, IVF, IUI) trigger shot, 36 hours later we bd'ed

Tracking methods and apps used: I stopped tracking for my mental health, so only counted cycle days and dpo since I knew exactly when I ovulated

Symptom spotting: zero symptoms

Day of positive test(s): 14dpo, cycle day 26

Supplements and medications: I've been taking prenatals for about 18 months, also added in a b6 supplement hoping it would help luteal phase (spoiler: it didn't). it was our first month on femara, which produced 3 mature follicles

Birth control history, if relevant: been on birth control for the better part of 12 years, first BC pills, then nuvaring, then mirena for ~2 years before I had it removed in November of 2016. cycles went back to normal immediately

Typical cycle length: 25-26 days

Link to chart: n/a

Link to lineporn: n/a

Other (advice, magic secrets, freaking out, miscellaneous): TTC sucks! the bad news: early pregnancy is a constant worry fest. But hang in there! this was the cycle I thought we for sure out (we were told femara on it's own probably wasn't going to work and we'd have to move to IUI). I don't know if it was because I truly had no expectations of being pregnant and that helped my stress levels lower, but I'll take it!

[somersault72]

larzhope, how far along are you now? I hope you're feeling well!

[lessel]

Sorry for not replying sooner. Work sucked so much today.

Cycle: Cycle 3 of trying this year. Cycle 1 this year was a CP. Cycle 2 nothing happened. Last year when we tried we got pregnant on Cycle 1 but had to TFMR at 13w. With DS in 2015 we got pregnant on Cycle 2.

Ovulation cycle day: This time it appears to be around CD18. Previous pregnancies BD we conceived was around CD10/11.

Relevant BD/ method (SMEP, Shettles, O-2, O-1, O, O+1, IVF, IUI): I only know what the last two of these acronyms mean. Despite having used "BD" above, this might be the worst TTC term.

Tracking methods and apps used: I use the FF app, but don't temp. If this cycle doesn't stick, I'll probably temp in the future if we continue to TTC. Though we'd also said if shit goes sideways this time again, we might be OAD.

Symptom spotting: Huge symptom with all pregnancies has been "my pee smells funny." Today I also basically feel like my uterus is in a knot. Almost like a semi-permanent contraction. I remember feeling this with DS and the pregnancy last year, not with the CP from a few months ago.

Day of positive test(s): Likely 11dpo if my O was late. ~15dpo if it was around CD14.

Supplements and medications: Just a Nature Made prenatal.

Birth control history, if relevant: Have been off BCP since 2013. We used condoms when we've TTA>

Typical cycle length: 27-28 days

Link to chart: n/a

Link to lineporn: ETA. The TWW thread has these. I didn't know what lineporn was. Pro tip: Google "TTC line porn" and not just "line porn." 

Other (advice, magic secrets, freaking out, miscellaneous): Freaking out mostly. I meant to email my doc today to ask if I should get betas drawn and stuff but work was a mess. I'll send a message overnight. Honestly, if this sticks, my anxiety will be high through first tri after what we went through last year (the TFMR was for a severe Turner syndrome dx--very large cystic hygroma, which was spotted around 8w, and omphalocele--'incompatible with life').

[larzhope]

Oct 11, 2017 17:24:54 GMT -5 somersault72 said:

larzhope , how far along are you now? I hope you're feeling well!

7 weeks 6 days. had a successful ultrasound at 6 weeks 5 days and saw the heartbeat. next ultrasound is at 8 weeks and then I'm released to my OB.  I'm feeling pretty good so far, so long as I eat some crackers in bed and then have small meals throughout the day.  we are flying to the midwest to tell my parents this weekend!

[somersault72]

Oct 11, 2017 19:18:16 GMT -5 larzhope said:

Oct 11, 2017 17:24:54 GMT -5 somersault72 said:

larzhope , how far along are you now? I hope you're feeling well!

7 weeks 6 days. had a successful ultrasound at 6 weeks 5 days and saw the heartbeat. next ultrasound is at 8 weeks and then I'm released to my OB.  I'm feeling pretty good so far, so long as I eat some crackers in bed and then have small meals throughout the day.  we are flying to the midwest to tell my parents this weekend!

I'm exactly 2 weeks behind you. It sounds like things are going great. Have fun telling your parents!

[tacom]

lessel I agree the terminology can be make for a dangerous google search

Sorry for the weird acronyms. I’m still
a bit doe eyed.

[tacom]

Sending good thoughts for healthy and uneventful pregnancies!!

[lessel]

BFP pro-tip: Delete photos of pregnancy tests from your phone's camera roll before showing a random coworker a picture of your kid.

OMG.