TWW 5/23-5/30

[wannabmama]

Our >35 membership is dwindling! That's a good thing when it means folks have graduated, but it's a sad thing for those of us lonely "AMA" ladies still here.
I'll keep posting a TWW thread even if no one responds I'm not in the TWW yet this cycle...but I'm cheering for anyone who is!

Let it out ladies!! This is the place for your TWW vents and frustrations. Phantom signs? Implantation dips? Dreams? Spotting? Lay it all out here!

[caer]

I'm still here! 8 DPO today. I'm bloated, crampy, sore boobs, you name it. But those are all normal TWW symptoms for me so I haven't boarded the crazy train yet. I'm just really trying not to get my hopes up.

[wannabmama]

caer no matter how many TWW I have survived so far, I can't stay off the crazy train and I can't keep from getting my hopes up. Good luck to you!

[beachdreamer]

I'm here. I'm not sure how to count it this time since I'm not temping. FF has me at 4DPO so I'll go with that. 4 days since trigger too....I just think it is only 3DPO based on the cramping I had. Oh well one day isn't a huge difference. I started progesterone yesterday; all the warnings on it make me nervous but I'm trusting the doctor that it will help.

Good luck caer!

[caer]

Thanks beachdreamer! FX for you!!

[hooligans4]

I'm here too ladies. I'm happy that our numbers are dwindling because of our graduates but I'm a little sad we are still here.

I got a positive opk on the 17th but we were not successful with sex that night. DH forgot to take his anxiety mess that morning so he took it before bed. He swears that makes it difficult for him to keep an erection. Well once that'd in his head it's all over with. After 45 minutes of trying he gave up. His erection did last about a half an hour but he couldn't finish. We had sex (with a happy ending) on the 14th and 15th so let's hope some swimmers lasted a few days.

We are going camping this weekend do I will test Friday just in case but I think it would be too early anyway. I guess I will have to bring a few wondfos with me. A lot of drinking goes on during our camping trips so I won't be able to enjoy joy myself unless I know one way or another.

Good luck to my fellow train riders.

[caer]

All the things crossed for you hooligans4!

[beachdreamer]

hooligans4, my husband had a few issues this cycle too. It was all the pressure of having this little window to get things accomplished, and he said it seemed like more pressure since I was doing the meds and everything this time. Like you said, once it's in his head, it's all over.

Have fun on your camping weekend!!

[wannabmama]

beachdreamer good luck!
are you doing suppositories for progesterone? I had a few side effects but nothing too terrible (except being sure I was pregnant every second bc the symptoms were outta control!)
@hooligans it's a bummer when timing gets messed up by performance issues (or in my case, H's frequent grumpy moods that make sex impossible)...hopefully it doesn't matter! Have fun camping! MH owes me a camping trip from my last bday...

[hooligans4]

caer I don't usually get symptoms in the tww but I still enjoy a ride on the train.

beachdreamer good luck this cycle.
I can never pressure my husband, if he feels any anxiety about performing he won't even try. I kind of tricked him into trying the night of my + OPK by starting him off with some oral. I said see you can get it up!!! It didn't last long though, oh well I tried.

wannabmama I hear ya with DH and bad moods. My DH has an anxiety disorder which makes him pissy a lot so some weeks I don't even bother trying.
Make your husband take you on that camp trip. I can't wait for this weekend. We go with 6 other families so it's like a three day party. We all have campers now so no roughing but we still have fun. I do miss tent camping and cooking over an open fire. We just got lazy as we got older.

[beachdreamer]

wannabmama, I am doing suppositories. It's kind of weird that they ooze back out a bit... I have stocked up on pantyliners. So far I don't notice any symptoms. All the risk warning on there regarding blood clots and blood pressure are what worry me. I don't take BCP because of the clot risk (family history). I'm hoping the scary risks are for higher doses over long term use.

[wannabmama]

beachdreamer I definitely had some of the gross side effects. It was...unpleasant. I would think they are relatively low risk for short term use but I understand the fears. I stopped hormonal BC years ago bc of migraines and so have been very nervous with all this messing with me all over again. I wish my body would just work do I don't have to do all this "stuff"!!

[sleepymonkey]

Sorry I've been MIA lately! I was on vacation last week, back one day and then sick with the headache from hell, along with nausea. So none of that makes fit much TCF time. I'm not here yet but +OPK today means I should be soon. Now if only I can get this damn headache to go away enough to actually get some time in my FW.

[wannabmama]

Feel better sleepymonkey !

[caer]

I hope you feel better sleepymonkey!

[Tiger]

caer - Fingers crossed!!
beachdreamer - other fingers crossed for you
hooligans4 - H never did well with timed BD, so I gave up on that years ago. Sorry it messed with your O date but hopefully the other days do the trick.

I'm 2dp3dt... so firmly in the mindf%ck of the TWW. I'm going to test Monday, which will be 7dp3dt.

I had some severe cramping/pinchy pain in my lady parts this a.m. They have subsided a bit, but wow, that was not fun. I'm hoping it was some implantation stuff, but who knows.

[hooligans4]

Tiger good luck. I will send your embie sticky snuggle in vibes.

Ok ladies I'm driving the train today.
Of course I meant to test today before we go camping. Do you think I remembered. NO!!!!!
So I decided to do a cervical check instead. I'm usually low and open at this point. Here's where I boarded the train. It's so high I can barely reach it. WTF. So now I'm going to have a cup of coffee and hopefully remember to test with second urine. I'm maybe 10 DPO so super early so not sure if even 1st urine would work.
I guess 4 wondfos will be coming camping with us.
?

[hooligans4]

Tested at 8:30. BFN but urine was very light because it was third time going this am. Will hopefully remember to test first thing tomorrow.
Good news is I will have a few hard ciders tonight and not worry.

You would think after 4 years of this it would get any easier- NOPE

[wannabmama]

hooligans4 ahhhhh girl, bfn sucks but it is super early and not fmu so hang in there! I love that you'll be doing wondfo while camping. Good luck and enjoy the trip! (And yes...it really does never get easier!)

[sleepymonkey]

hooligans4, as you know 10DPO with very light urine is just begging to give you a BFN. I know it still sucks hard to see it, though! I have my FX for you!

[hooligans4]

I know it's super early. But I'm really on the crazy train now.
With my loss history I'm super neurotic so now I probably won't drink while camping. That's ok because I'm not a big drinker anyway but I will have to be sneaky about it or everyone will ask why I'm not.

My husband works for Verizon and has been on strike for 6 weeks and we just got word that they may have signed a contract. I hope so because we lost our health insurance in April so getting a BFP without our coverage would have been scary.

My brain is going in a million directions now. I need this camping trip just to calm my brain.

I'm mobile and wish I could put a coo-coo emoji.

[wannabmama]

Have fun camping! And yay for YH! We have family who work for Verizon and have been following it all closely bc they're in the same boat you are. Was relieved to see it might be resolved!

[sarahh]

I'm new here! I intro'ed on the Getting Knocked Up thread. I am 36 (37 in a week) and DH is 30.

**trigger warning**
We have a 10 month old daughter Dylan and I mostly hang out in July 2015 BMB. I had a loss in January 2013 prior to that.

We have been TTC for two months now and I am in the TWW now and my anxiety is building each day. I feel like I'm coming down with something and have a low fever so of course that's a sign of pregnancy! haha. Everything seems to be a sign!

DH had some issues with finishing this cycle too. He drank too much this weekend so I think that's mostly the issue. Of course he has to drink and be an ass when I am ovulating.

[wannabmama]

sarahh MH has screwed up our cycles more times than I can count by being a jackass...it's like my pheromones or whatever drive him to act up instead of get frisky, ha!