State of the Ute 12/18

[aprilsails]

1. Where are you at on this journey? (TTC#, month/cycle, CD, DPO)
TTC#2, cycle #2, CD 8

2. Any tests this week? I’m temping and we will start the BD through the weekend and into the holidays. I think I am going to O late since I am still spotting pretty heavily on CD8. I had a really brutal period and it’s just not ending.

3. Do you listen to podcasts? Any recommendations? I’m all up to date on my listening so I’m looking to add something new to the mix. I’ve been sewing so many Christmas presents and that is my prime podcast listening time. Lately I’ve listened to Uncover: Escaping NXIVM and Someone Knows Something. I’m also all caught up on Welcome to Night Vale which took me most of this year to get through. Now I’m sad.

4. Questions, randoms? This week is going to suck at work but I luckily I have 12 days off starting on Saturday so I just need to shoulder through. I have so many clients who are popping up and asking for work to be done before the holidays though. I had people twiddling their thumbs here three weeks ago, and now it’s all hands on deck. Clients drive me nuts.

[megstoo]

1. Where are you at on this journey? (TTC#, month/cycle, CD, DPO)
TTC1. CD58

2. Any tests this week? Nope, I'll start progesterone in 2 weeks to force a period than it's IVF meds

3. Do you listen to podcasts? Any recommendations? For some reason I get bored listening to podcasts. Also during the day it's hard to concentrate on that and work and since I work from home I don't have a commute so I'm usually doing something else.

4. Questions, randoms? I'm really getting frustrated. One of the women on the FB board keeps sending me messages about a couple meds that I have extra's of and expecting me to donate them to her. She doesn't understand that I'm hanging onto them in the event our first IVF is a fail. She's sort of expecting me to "donate" almost $1k in meds to her. The last message this morning was how I'm being unfair in holding them when she wants to start in January and she needs them. Um sorry I'm also doing retrieval in January and I paid OOP for those.

[jennistarr1]

TTC #2 since July 2017, CD 1 (yay, finally after another 39 day cycle)
no tests
no podcasts
Yes, I've avoided charting mainly because I don't know what I'm doing. My phone won't support an app but I could do something on a computer. Can someone tell me how to start one

[aprilsails]

megstoo I would just reply to her honestly that you are not in a position to donate meds at this time, but would let her know in the future if you are successful. I definitely wouldn’t be giving away that much meds unless they were going to expire before you could use them.

jennistarr1 baby center has some BBT resources:

www.babycenter.com/0_blank-bbt-chart_7069.bc

You need a BBT thermometer which can detect temperature to the second decimal point. I track vaginally since I get much more consistent reading than orally. I use the fertility friend app on my phone, but my thermometer also saves the temp for the day, so if you don’t record it right away you can log it later. I read Taking Control of your Fertility when TTC with DD and the temping is mostly useful for me to know where I am in my cycle. If your cycles are consistent then you can predict when you will O. If not, I would use OPKs but I would also track since it can be valuable to an RE so they know when you tried, when you ovulated, etc, before you get to them.

I’m a total science nerd though so it is appealing to me to know exactly what is going on. We’ve also successfully charted to avoid for several months, and never had an issue, but my cycles are very consistent.

[aprilsails]

jennistarr1 for some reason I thought you wanted printable charts. fertilityfriend.com had online charts you can fill in for sure. That is probably easier.

[vmars]

1. Where are you at on this journey? (TTC#, month/cycle, CD, DPO)
TTC#2, cycle #7, CD20, 3DPO

2. Any tests this week? No, but I may test Christmas Day or Christmas Eve at 9/10 DPO. We had excellent timing, so I am hopeful.

3. Do you listen to podcasts? Any recommendations? The Bright Sessions although it’s wrapped up for the most part, it’s therapy sessions with people who have strange and unusual abilities. Young House Love which is based on a blog about DIY, home stuff etc. Serial has a new season which was very good, it is about the court system. Missing Richard Simmons is good too.

4. Questions, randoms? This week before Christmas is insanely busy and idk how I am going to get everything done. Fingers crossed.

[biogirl21]

TTC#2 cycle 6, CD 7

No testing. Don’t usually ovulate until CD 19-21. Hoping it’s the same this cycle since I have a 4 day weekend for New Years so timing should be easier.

I don’t listen to podcasts.

I’m feeling internal pressure to get pregnant ASAP because I don’t think I can handle watching my co-worker get bigger. I mean, she’s 7-8 weeks, so it’s not happening soon, but seeing someone pregnant so close to me will not be easy. I also feel guilty about wanting to get pregnant because I’m being trained to cover her maternity leave(learning echocardiograms) and if I get pregnant in the next 2 months, our leaves would overlap. But I’m definitely not basing my family planning around work needs, I just carry a lot of internal guilt over stupid things.

[grace]

1. Where are you at on this journey? (TTC#, month/cycle, CD, DPO)
TTC#2, CD 18, 3dpo

2. Any tests this week? Noor, done with OPKs this cycle.

3. Do you listen to podcasts? Any recommendations? Throwing Shade, My Favorite Murder, Dr Death.

4. Questions, randoms? Not really. Excited for the holidays! Moving forward with some testing but not sure I will make next cycle timing wise. I'm thinking it may be nice to have it spread out a bit, and H can do his testing first.

[achi]

1. Where are you at on this journey? (TTC#, month/cycle, CD, DPO) TTC #2, cycle 7, CD 14.

2. Any tests this week? OPKs starting tomorrow (I’m a late ovulator). Not excited about the impending hump week, I have too much to do to be BDing and taking up my precious post-bedtime time.

3. Do you listen to podcasts? Any recommendations? No and no.

4. Questions, randoms? Just trying to finish preparing for Christmas. I’m completely behind because of our vacation last week, but we had such a good time and DS did better than we ever could have expected from a 3 year old so it’s all worth it.

[chocolatelove]

1. Where are you at on this journey? (TTC#, month/cycle, CD, DPO) TTC #2, cycle 3, CD15

2. Any tests this week? OPKs this week

3. Do you listen to podcasts? Any recommendations? I don’t, but open to suggestions for my work commute.

4. Questions, randoms? Nothing for me this week.

[aprilsails]

I swear to god every night DH and I are getting ready to get down DD just loses her mind and stays up until midnight. She’s still awake and yelling for us. She is all wound up because she’s going to a kids Christmas party tomorrow and she wants to go now! She also got a bunch of toys from other daycare kids and wants to stay up and play. Go the fuck to sleep kid. This is seriously the least romantic way to spend an evening ever.