TWW/WTO 7/18-7/24

[sleepymonkey]

So who all is still around? It seems like our little group is getting smaller and smaller. It's great because that means we've had some BFPs lately but it's getting really quiet!

Let it out here. Tell us where you are in your cycle. Are you feeling good? Anxious? Happy? Sad?
WTO and trying to seduce the SO?!
In the TWW and spotting symptoms like crazy? Need company on the crazy train?
Talk it out here!

GTKY: Are you more of a cat person or dog person (or neither)? Why?

[sleepymonkey]

I'm CD17, 95% sure I O'd yesterday, although with the gas pains I'm feeling today (usually an O sign for me) it could actually be today. But MH is being an ass right now so we'll just have to go with the timing we had this weekend because it's not happening tonight.

I'm feeling somewhat hopeful for the next few months of natural cycles. I'm still not convinced that the trigger shots worked for me when I was doing medicated cycles so I can't help but feel like there is a chance that the timing of my IUIs was not ideal. Of course this all could be just my way of trying to make myself feel better about being unexplained with no success on medicated cycles.

GTKY: I love animals in general and I really like dogs but I am just more of a cat person. For me, dogs require too much time and attention. I love to be able to stay out all day or go away for a weekend and not have worry about finding someone to take care of my cats. I just find friends who have dogs so when I want my "dog fix" I can just go play with theirs.

[wannabmama]

Hi! I'm on CD37 and 10dpo per the changed FF crosshairs...too bad we had zero sex around that time since OPKs and my normal O symptoms lined up wit ha normal o date, which FF agreed with...until about 5 days ago. Annoying.
So super long cycle means more waiting to prep for IVF and we have zero chance this cycle. And yes I've tested approximately 1 million times.
So....more waiting.
QOTW: I'm definitely a dog person...I have a cat and I've had her for 13 years or so, but dogs have my heart (and horses of course). My dogs are super snugly and want be near us all the time, I love it. I don't think we'll get another cat when Bella passes on...unless we get barn cats at the barn I eventually will have

[hooligans4]

CD 1400000 here.
I'm not testing anymore. I'm out of wondfos and I'm just going to make a Drs apt next week so I'm not going to bother testing.
I took a short trip to my sister in laws lake house in PA so I'm Mobil and tagging hard.
GTKY: I'm a dog person all the way. But I'd take my iguana over my little shitszu any day. I'm just biding my time to get a big dog. My little dog is petrified of other dogs so I'm stuck until she passes.

When I get home wednsday I will support you all better

[obscurereference]

Hope it's ok if I just jump in here! I'm almost always mobile which means I usually post a bunch of posts in order to tag.

hooligans4 and wannabmama Sorry for the long cycles.

I'm hanging out on CD2. My pms symptoms are rough so it's actually a relief to just get my period every month!

GTKY: I love animals in general and at one point had 3 cats and 2 dogs, but they have all since passed and now we have no pets for the time being. I'm actually enjoying the lack of hair everywhere as well as the lack of poop and vomit lol. We moved somewhere with no basement so no good place for a litter box or I'd probably get a cat.

[hoosiermama76]

Hi! Still here:) I'm on cd15 and had opk this am. We had sex today and will tomorrow as well.

I'm hopeful but cautious about it. I feel like I get myself hyped up, but last month I was really disappointed with my BFN.

I love animals but especially fish and cats. I love dogs but don't have the temperament or energy to have one.

I'm so glad to be here!

[badwolf]

I'm still here! I'm not positive until my cycle ends but (WOO HOO!) at least my cycle finally started. FF is telling me it's CD5 but CD3 and CD4 had nothing going on and CD2 was only very light spotting so I'm thinking today might actually be CD1. Then again, I'm not an expert so I may be completely wrong and FF may be right, LOL. I don't really care at this point, I'm just happy everything is going normally again.

GTKY: I have two cats and one dog. I love them all and can't imagine being without either type of animal. DH is not a cat person but he doesn't mind Diva Cat too much. Cat Spy he dislikes immensely. Poor Cat Spy

[jlincoln]

First cycle after loss and only using OPKs. Pretty sure I O'd yesterday (CD16), didn't really get the timing right - usually O later than day 16, so who knows. Maybe I'm messed up after my MC. We will see. Not much hope.

GTKY: dog person!! We have one and I've had one bad experience with a cat, so not so much a cat person. Story is that many years ago when I was still "partying" (haha), I came back to a friend's house and fell asleep on her couch since I was too intoxicated to drive home. Well, her cat scratched the couch all night long and would also keep waking me up by touching me in the face with her tail. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep that night and was afraid the cat was going to claw my eyes out while I was sleeping (I hadn't been around many cats up until then).

[jlincoln]

Glad you are feeling hopeful sleepymonkey! At least that's one of us!
So sorry for your long cycles wannabmama and hooligans4. I know that is sooooo annoying.
Glad you are also hopeful with your timing hoosiermama76.
I'm glad things are back to somewhat normal with your cycle badwolf.

[Deleted]

Hi- CD 6 here, I think, as I never am sure which day at the beginning counts as CD 1. I'll start OPKs on Saturday hoping to catch the right timing this cycle. Never have used anything other than super casual charting. I'd really love a spring baby!!

GTKY: I don't love dogs or cats, never grew up with pets and had to rehab my whole house from a previous owner who let a cat pee everywhere, so I'm sorta mad at the species. I'm a horse person and generally cool with pets who live outside.

[wannabmama]

I'm a horse person too @carcebe (if it's not obvious, ha)
I've heard that CD1 should be the first day you'd need more than a panty liner, if you spot early, if that helps.

I'm still waiting...only 12 DPO from the new O date, but cd39, which is crazy for me. At this point I guess I'd like it to be even later since we have Labor Day weekend plans and my ER now would fall right around then...but after so much waiting I'll take whatever I can get!

[purple]

So sorry for the everlasting cycles, wannabmama and hooligans4. I would be struggling to keep my sanity.

Hurrah for finally passing CD1, badwolf.

I'm on CD 13. I'm not using OPKs or anything for a few months to give us (especially me) a break. This is my second cycle after a traumatic loss in May. However, I'm pretty familiar with my body's clues, and I think I either o'd yesterday or today. So we'll see. It seems I'm not very good at the not planning part of NTNP, even though I'm not intending to seduce H tonight. If it happens, it happens :-)

GTKY: I am a cat person, through and through. We always had cats growing up. Then I lived in rented accommodation for years so couldn't have pets. Which wasn't a bad thing when we got married as combining cat households is quite difficult! H had two cats, litter sisters, when we got married, and they both adopted me.

TW - LC mentioned

L loves our cats, and one of them loves her back. They are ridiculously cute together. She also adores dogs and shrieks with joy when we're out and about and she sees one. Dog was her third word, after Duck and Cat. H is apprehensive in case this continues and she wants to get a dog, since he's afraid of dogs. I just don't like them much. But we're both being very pro-dog to L and we let her touch dogs when their humans say it's safe :-) Also, since she's all of thirteen months I don't think we need to worry about her wanting her own pets yet.

[wannabmama]

Oh finally...AF is here (of course perfect timing on a day I'm literally traveling all day, hoping these cramps go away!) but...we are finally one step closer to IVF #2!

[sleepymonkey]

wannabmama, CD1 sucks but I'm glad it means you're getting closer to IVF#2!

[purple]

Jul 21, 2016 11:42:49 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

Oh finally...AF is here (of course perfect timing on a day I'm literally traveling all day, hoping these cramps go away!) but...we are finally one step closer to IVF #2!

Much sympathy for the cramps. And also, what a relief! At last! Good luck with the travelling today.