1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #1, cycle 6, CD 3
2. Any testing this week? Nope
3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms? I'm just glad that this week is going to be so much less busy/stressful than last week. Last week was ridiculous.
4. How has your attitude or approach to TTC changed since you started your journey? Right now, I'm mostly just desperately trying to stay positive and usually failing.
2. None this week, hopefully next Wednesday if I can hold off
3. I’m meeting my husband’s boss and family for the first time Sunday. It will be intimate and prolonged and I’m a bit nervous - hope to make a good impression!
4. I’m trying to learn to ride the wave and keep things into perspective. The TWW during my first cycle was brutal - still very early now but in this moment I’m feeling more calm that we’ve done our part and it’s out of our hands. Temping and OPKs to confirm ovulation helped a lot. At this point (4dpo), I’d probably stop temping if I didn’t want a full chart to share on FF. 😉
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #1, Cycle 4, CD5
2. Any testing this week? Probably not. I'll most likely start OPKs around CD14 or so.
3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms? We had a kitchen disaster this weekend, and we're going to have to replace an entire section of cabinets to repair it. We were already planning to remodel the kitchen, but that project was on the "Someday" list and it didn't include new cabinets. So now we're suddenly trying to figure out what we're going to do and how we're going to come up with the money to do it. We don't have enough time or money for this project right now.
4. How has your attitude or approach to TTC changed since you started your journey? I don't think it has, since I'm only five months into it. My body sucks, and I knew going in that it was going to be a difficult process for my mental health. Therapy helps, but only so much.
Post by HoneySpider on Oct 17, 2017 8:36:34 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #2 since May, Cycle 3 after M/C, CD5
2. Any testing this week? Nope
3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms? It's my anniversary!
4. How has your attitude or approach to TTC changed since you started your journey? Um, how much time do you have? lol. Just looking at TTC #2, it hasn't changed too much yet, still have the same worries about it being a long journey again like it was with #1
I hope it’s ok if I start this one. It’s been a couple of weeks and I want to chat!
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #2 Cycle 5, CD25
2. Any testing this week? I tested yesterday and got a BFN.
3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms? I have the weekend both kiddo and husband free and it’s going to be glorious! I plan to do some projects around the house and basically hog the remote and drink wine (if my BFN doesn’t change to a BFP by then that is).
4. How has your attitude or approach to TTC changed since you started your journey? I had a loss last August at almost 12 weeks so there’s a lot of nerves that weren’t there before. Also we were able to get pregnant the second cycle TTC with both my DS and my loss so it’s been a little frustrating that that has not been the case this time around, but we are still hopeful, even though I’m now technically AMA.
Post by seeyalater52 on Oct 17, 2017 9:08:29 GMT -5
1. TTC #1, IUI cycle 2, cd3
2. I got “twanded” this morning and had cd3 bloodwork. Everything looked good on the ultrasound so starting letrozole Thursday.
3. I made it to the airport on time!! Work travel this week will be a little nuts, but it should be pretty great weather in Atlanta so I’m excited about that part. Also the letrozole prescription was somehow totally free, so I’m in a good mood from that.
4. We are pretty early in the process still, but this cycle I am going to try to be a little more chill. We are also stepping up the aggressiveness of treatments and monitoring because I like data and I don’t want to waste precious vials of donor sperm for nothing.
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC2, Cycle 8, 1DPO
2. Any testing this week? No
3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms? I’ve been so lazy lately. I need to get stuff done around the house, start working out again, etc but I have zero motivation to do anything.
4. How has your attitude or approach to TTC changed since you started your journey? I’m starting to get really cranky about it.
Post by compassrose on Oct 17, 2017 13:25:37 GMT -5
Too damn long. I know I ovulated but it’s hard to tell when given that my sleep has not been great. No testing. Just been traveling for work, but it’s been fun. I’m trying to move from sadness and anger to accepting whatever comes at the pace it comes. We’ll take proactive steps but there’s only so much you can control.
Post by sarapocalypse on Oct 17, 2017 18:51:22 GMT -5
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #1, Cycle 9, CD6
2. Any testing this week? Nope
3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms? My period decided to start the day we left to go to the beach this past weekend. At least it was fairly light and didn't last too long. Total cycle length is finally starting to level out and be more consistent. This last cycle was 34 days and the one before that was 33. Thankful for consistency!
4. How has your attitude or approach to TTC changed since you started your journey? When we first started TTC, I didn't chart or really track anything. Definitely took a low-key approach to it. Over the spring/summer, my cycles were all out of whack so I started getting serious about charting and started doing OPKs so I'd have a better idea of what my body was doing. Got a little too focused on collecting data and obsessing every cycle. Decided to stop obsessing for a few cycles (probably through the holidays) to give myself a break. I'll probably go back to charting after the holidays if we don't have a BFP between now and then.
2. Before this, by longest cycle since IUD removal was 60 days, so if no period by then, I will test on Monday. I have no symptoms so no real reason to think I am KU.
3. I have an appointment with a GYN in 2 weeks (my doc is a DO and referred me out but it's taken 6 weeks to get an appointment). I don't think they will have anything revolutionary to say, but I am ready to move on to diagnosis/assistance. Not knowing where I stand between 35-60 day cycles is just too hard. While I like temping, my mental health can't take it, I don't sleep well and that just causes more stress. Maybe I just need to buy 100 OPKs and use one a day.
4. It's been a roller coaster and every day is different. I think I am coming to peace with the fact that this may be a multi-year operation, and I need to keep living my life and find other ways to be content with what I have, or at least I'm trying.
1. Where are you in your journey? Ttc#3 cycle 3 cd35
2. Any testing this week? I did this morning but bfn. My two cycles post iud removel were 33 and 30 days so.... i dont know what to think!? With my other two pregnancies when i got bfp i had tested >12 days after my missed period because during ttc1 i had cycles like 60days and i got exhausted with all the bfn’s so i feel like now ive tested too early?? (Maybe more psychological than anything?)
3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms? Going on vacay to Kenya next and i am so incredibly excited but it is gonna be a long wk until then
4. How has your attitude or approach to TTC changed since you started your journey. I vowed never to temp again after a longish ttc1 with temps that never went up or down. Ttc2 was fast thankfully and now i said if/when it happens would be fine and id stay zen but this bfn today makes no sense so im not being zen haha. i have no period signs at all and usu i have a lot of pms and heavy periods, ugh
I hope it’s ok if I start this one. It’s been a couple of weeks and I want to chat!
1. Where are you in your journey?
2. Any testing this week?
3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms?
4. How has your attitude or approach to TTC changed since you started your journey?
1. Ttc #2 Cycle 4/5 idk...lol cd 10
2. Peak opk today
3. My opk's using the advanced digital blue opk's go from low to peak overnight without a the high. It is odd. Whatever bd tonight.
4. I always start off super intense and obsessive then with each cycle get a little more relaxed. I am overall more relaxed than I was when TTC #1. I was super intense. I am worried things will take a long time but trying to stay where I am for now as I know that mindset will help me when I hopefully get pregnant.
1. Where are you in your journey? TTC #2. No BC since Dec, not really trying until the past month? I guess?
2. Any testing this week? Nope.
3. Non-BFP AWs/vents/randoms? Just that life is crazy. DH started school this fall and is wrapping up a couple classes right now. We both started new jobs (within our same departments) so work has been crazy. I'm just looking for a break.
4. How has your attitude or approach to TTC changed since you started your journey? I'm extremely cautious. After dealing with IF and losses, I'm not sure how to feel about TTC #2. I guess that's why I can't commit to a "where are you in your journey." The whole thing makes me anxious so I'm trying not to think too hard about it.