WTO 3/27-4/1

[leekpartyof2]

Cycle/month:



CD:



What are you doing to GKU?:



RRCS:


GTKY ?: What's your go-to mid-afternoon snack?

[veganontuesdays]

Cycle/month: 2


CD: 5


What are you doing to GKU?: OPKS and sex


RRCS: H's bday is around fertile/O time potentially so I am hoping that's the good juju we need. haha


GTKY ?: What's your go-to mid-afternoon snack? Popcorn, homemade chex mix, or nuts.

[leekpartyof2]

Cycle/month: 2 (I guess...)


CD: 4



What are you doing to GKU?: We're TTA this cycle because I don't really want a Christmas due date, but I'm still temping, and doing OPKs to continue getting familiarized with my cycle.

RRCS: I was pretty bummed when AF decided to show up. I'd felt awful the entire TWW and figured there was a reason for it. Nope, just felt awful.


GTKY ?: What's your go-to mid-afternoon snack? Right now there's a giant jar of pickles in our office fridge, so that's what I had today.

[ldubhawksfan]

Cycle/month: 2 TTC AL


CD: 17



What are you doing to GKU?: sex and temping



RRCS: I really thought yesterday would be O day based on all the cramping of my side. My temp did not spike and I still have ewcm. Damn it!!

GTKY ?: What's your go-to mid-afternoon snack? String cheese or an apple

[Deleted]

Cycle/month:3



CD:6



What are you doing to GKU?:temping, opk, preseed



RRCS:nothing really, getting some burn out from work, my pipes under my toilet are leaking. Sigh


GTKY ?: What's your go-to mid-afternoon snack?
Granola bars

[citybee]

Cycle/month: 1st AL

CD: 2

What are you doing to GKU?: OPKs and temping. We got pregnant doing the smep schedule last month so we'll probably try that again.

RRCS:

GTKY ?: What's your go-to mid-afternoon snack? I usually have a Chobani flip cup in the afternoon to satisfy my sweet tooth.

[notelsie]

Cycle/month: 2/2AL

CD: 23

What are you doing to GKU?: Temping, checking cm, the sexs.

RRCS: This is my first month temping in years, and it's weird getting used to again. My chart frustrates me.

GTKY ?: What's your go-to mid-afternoon snack? Strawberries and yogurt.

[Deleted]

Cycle/month: 1

CD: 5

What are you doing to GKU?: Temping and every other day sex.

RRCS: This is the first time I've ever tried temping, so we'll see how it goes.

GTKY ?: What's your go-to mid-afternoon snack? Veggie straws

[ldubhawksfan]

Temp spiked this AM so FX it stays high and we are past the planned sex! Ha

[leekpartyof2]

So... I have a bit of a WWGKUD question/conundrum: With my typical ovulation date, my anticipated due date for this cycle would be the week between Christmas and New Years. What is the wisdom of the group--do we take a pass at this cycle to avoid or keep trying because you never know?

[Deleted]

Mar 28, 2017 15:12:00 GMT -5 leekpartyof2 said:

So... I have a bit of a WWGKUD question/conundrum: With my typical ovulation date, my anticipated due date for this cycle would be the week between Christmas and New Years. What is the wisdom of the group--do we take a pass at this cycle to avoid or keep trying because you never know?

What would be the issue with having a due date at that time? That seems like a discussion with your SO but merely a birthday near a holiday is not enough to stop me from TTC because I want a baby no matter when it comes.

[leekpartyof2]

Mar 28, 2017 15:32:37 GMT -5 @cacophony said:

Mar 28, 2017 15:12:00 GMT -5 leekpartyof2 said:

So... I have a bit of a WWGKUD question/conundrum: With my typical ovulation date, my anticipated due date for this cycle would be the week between Christmas and New Years. What is the wisdom of the group--do we take a pass at this cycle to avoid or keep trying because you never know?

What would be the issue with having a due date at that time? That seems like a discussion with your SO but merely a birthday near a holiday is not enough to stop me from TTC because I want a baby no matter when it comes.

No real issues, and I hadn't even really considered taking a break until I started hanging out here and noticed that others tend to take similar breaks. I'm a big overanalyzer and started to wonder. As far as I can see, the cons would be 1)having the birthday get lost in the shuffle of the holidays, 2) being in the uncomfortable 3rd trimester stage for the fall holidays, 3) dealing with post-partum issues during the coldest, darkest time of year (when I already struggle emotionally). Like I said, nothing major--I was interested in what others do.

[ldubhawksfan]

Mar 28, 2017 15:43:31 GMT -5 leekpartyof2 said:

Mar 28, 2017 15:32:37 GMT -5 @cacophony said:

What would be the issue with having a due date at that time? That seems like a discussion with your SO but merely a birthday near a holiday is not enough to stop me from TTC because I want a baby no matter when it comes.

No real issues, and I hadn't even really considered taking a break until I started hanging out here and noticed that others tend to take similar breaks. I'm a big overanalyzer and started to wonder. As far as I can see, the cons would be 1)having the birthday get lost in the shuffle of the holidays, 2) being in the uncomfortable 3rd trimester stage for the fall holidays, 3) dealing with post-partum issues during the coldest, darkest time of year (when I already struggle emotionally). Like I said, nothing major--I was interested in what others do.

:::LO mentioned:::

I would never skip a cycle because you never know and it's only a 20% chance anyway. And even if your EDD is Xmas, who knows when the baby will come. It could be late and you are looking at a New Years baby, or early and you are weeks before the holiday.

My daughter was born in Nov. while I life in a mild climate, the first month or so I was just learning to care for her and then weather improved some by the time I was stir crazy, by I understand how that could be scary if you are prone to being down in winter. Joining a mommy group was sooooooo important for me when I did get get down about being isolated. Lastly, being in 3rd tri in fall is nice because of all the warm clothes and it helped covering up when I felt huge! Ha

[leekpartyof2]

ldubhawksfan, @cacophony, alwayscheese, thanks ladies! You all raised some really good points, which is why I asked the question in the first place. I'm still not sure what we'll end up doing this month because there are strong arguments to be made in favor of either decision. DH isn't particularly helpful as he says he is fine with whatever I want, but in this case, I think I want someone to make the decision for me.

[leekpartyof2]

alwayscheese, whoopie pies makes me chuckle. I'm from the very, very small part of the country where we call them gobs... and now I want one. Maybe that will be on the agenda this weekend

[aprilz81]

Cycle/month: 2 AL

CD: 6

What are you doing to GKU?: Femara/TI (with RE)

RRCS: So far so good... Pretty chill about this cycle so far. Lots of time for the crazy to show up. My RE lowered my dose of meds this cycle due to weight loss. He is the expert but I hope he didn't go too conservative. My monitoring appointment is a week from today...

I try to avoid snacking which is actually pretty easy for me to do which is surprising since I work from home. I guess this is where my laziness comes in handy because I won't get a snack because I'm too lazy to walk downstairs unless I'm starving.

[aprilz81]

Mar 29, 2017 8:52:35 GMT -5 alwayscheese said:

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This is where I'm at. No crosshairs yet, so I'm feeling less like I have my cycle figured out and more like maybe my thermometer is broken. I failed at doing opks the last couple days and forgot to record cm. Also not recording BD with condom while TTA.


What are you doing to GKU?: TTA with condoms and opks and temping



RRCS: time is flying and I'm in a good place mentally with TTA; better than when I was so intense with TTC in Feb.


GTKY ?: What's your go-to mid-afternoon snack? I have an afternoon break at work and it varies what I bring. Yogurt, muffin, cookies/cake/whoopie pie, veggies and dip, soft pretzel....

Oh and too compare my cycles, here's last month. Apparently it's normal for me to have a gradual temp rise after O. I need someone to tell me this is normal for them also. Or to tell me my thermometer is broken. 😕

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I only ovulate with meds, so take this with a grain of salt, but I usually have a gradual rise after ovulating too.  Sometimes I get more of a spike, but usually gradual.

[aprilz81]

Mar 28, 2017 15:12:00 GMT -5 leekpartyof2 said:

So... I have a bit of a WWGKUD question/conundrum: With my typical ovulation date, my anticipated due date for this cycle would be the week between Christmas and New Years. What is the wisdom of the group--do we take a pass at this cycle to avoid or keep trying because you never know?

I say go for it, but I've also been trying for over two years for a take home baby so I'm a little a lot jaded.

[sammysam]

Hope it's ok if I join in here. I'm AMA so could be here a while.

Cycle/month:4/4

CD:1 blah

What are you doing to GKU?:OPKs and BD EOD

RRCS:My mom is driving me nuts. We are living with my parents while we renovate our house. She knows we are trying so she keeps throwing out helpful comments like "what's taking so long? I don't understand when people say they have trouble getting pregnant. Every time we wanted a baby I just got pregnant". Thanks mom. Helpful.

GTKY ?: What's your go-to mid-afternoon snack? Dinner. I don't have time for lunch at work so I eat dinner at like 3pm when I get home because I'm starving!

[leekpartyof2]

sammysam, that's why we haven't told anyone we're trying... I'm insecure enough about this whole process that the thought of people asking how it's going, or why it's taking so long, is enough to make me cry. Couple that with a SIL that seems to get KU even when not trying (and actively preventing) and I've practically sworn DH to secrecy.

[sammysam]

leekpartyof2 Good strategy. I only told my mom so that SO and I could get some alone time. But she is so not helpful. We are definitely not telling anyone else!

[cicimcstuffins]

I hope I am doing this right. Is there a way to c and p stuff so you don't have to type it again?

Cycle: 3/3

CD: 12

What are you doing to get pregnant? Sex a lot for now. So much sex.

RRCS: I got nothing. I am toying with the idea of starting temping. Everyone knows we have had to wait the last few years due to medical stuff and got the clear so I am already having people ask me when it will happen. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE a Christmas baby. Sit around nursing eating Christmas cookies, the best excuse to leave my tree up too long, getting to skip holiday travel, a baby? Sounds fantastic to me! December birthdays are great for ice skating parties, frozen parties (there's gonna be a sequel!), and I love Capricorns. We are down for whenever!

*editing because I just read the rest of the posts after posting. I didn't mean to discount anyone's feels about avoiding December because it's dark and could be harder emotionally. I could see that being something people would consider, especially if they live somewhere with hard winters or usually struggle during that time. I didn't mean this to be insensitive to that, just some pros I thought of.



GTKY afternoon snack: Hummus and carrots

[westiemom]

Edit: wrong thread... oops

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@ sammysam Wow, I would be so embarrassed if my mom was making those comments. I'm sorry she's being insensitive about it.

[sammysam]

@auri alwayscheese Thank you! I tried to explain to her how fertility works...that there is only a small window each cycle that could actually result in pregnancy blah blah blah. Her answer "Really? With all 3 of you we just decided to have a baby. Had sex and the next morning I knew I was pregnant because I threw up". How did this woman end up with 3 kids? And she had us all in her mid to late 30s so she doesn't understand about age being a thing either.

[tiffbot]

Mar 28, 2017 15:12:00 GMT -5 leekpartyof2 said:

So... I have a bit of a WWGKUD question/conundrum: With my typical ovulation date, my anticipated due date for this cycle would be the week between Christmas and New Years. What is the wisdom of the group--do we take a pass at this cycle to avoid or keep trying because you never know?

I've just been lurking here lately (hi!) but we are on our first month of TTC #3 (holy that looks crazy written out ah) and would be due right around Christmas this cycle too.

I'm a near-Christmas baby myself and I always loved it growing up. It made me so extra excited for that time of year, I was obsessed with Christmas. I mean, it I still get so excited for the holiday season, haha, and now that I have a little family of my own we use my birthday to make a point to go out to do a fun holiday thing together.

My other two are late spring/summer babies, so maybe just the idea of a different time of year if it was to happen now or the next few months is kind of fun for me too. I do live where winters are harsh, so it's on my mind, but we're both ready to start trying again, and in the end I guess that's the most important. Because you're right, you never know. My first was 6.5 weeks early, so I learned that the fast way.