***WTO Monday***

[negirl824]

Cycle/month: 6

CD: 2

What are you doing to get KU? waiting for AF to go away then sex eod. I am also temping and charting.

Rants/raves/chart stalks: CD 1 wasn't as bad since the pats won!!!! I also have chocolate cake to eat today! Calories don't count when AF is here right?

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-))

As you all know I am a pats fan and of course I want them to win the Super Bowl!

[bee]

Cycle/month: 8/10

CD: 33

What are you doing to get KU? Everything.

Rants/raves/chart stalks: I'm so upset I haven't ovulated yet. So freaking frustrating.

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-))
No football. DH, DS, and I will be having a super bowl party, but we won't be watching the game. In other words DH just wants me to make a shit ton of snacky foods.

[gdaisy09]

Cycle/month:

CD: 17

What are you doing to get KU? PNVs, almost EOD, BBT

Rants/raves/chart stalks: H still doesn't quite get the whole timing thing. dog woke up at 3:00 and 4:30 this morning, I did my best to just stay right on the edge of sleep, I think H was a little annoyed that I wasn't getting up for the dog.

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-)) I don't watch for most of the season, but I'm definitely a New England fan!

[mrsjene]

Hey ladies,

The Patriots are amazing. Now that that is out of the way, let's get started, shall we?

Cycle/month: 4

CD: 2

What are you doing to get KU? Nothing right now. I don't even want to be touched right now.

Rants/raves/chart stalks: I'm visiting BFF in Virginia and H texted me yesterday to ask, "Are you sure you got your period?" Break my heart just a little, H. Love that man.

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-))
YES. PATRIOTS. PATRIOTS.

[Ray]

Cycle/month: 5

CD: 7

What are you doing to get KU? TTA

Rants/raves/chart stalks: same as yesterday + same temp 3days in a row makes me think my battery is dying

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-))

I don't really follow football. I like the Seahawks outfits? My dad likes GB and DH likes the browns. Idk WOO HOCKEY!!

[daisy818]

Cycle/month: 2/2

CD: 1

What are you doing to get KU? Hoping my period doesn't last too long (used to have really long ones) and then EOD and temping

Rants/raves/chart stalks: At least I know the system is working post-BCP?

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl? The Pats. And I don't really have a fave team, but DH loves the Cowboys so I follow them.

[catinatophat]

Cycle/month: 4/4

CD: 15

What are you doing to get KU? HIO, BBT, and I drank some green tea this weekend but it was probably too late

Rants/raves/chart stalks: I'm not sure I go here anymore but I'm going to hang out with y'all until I get CHs. My rant is that I have had no noticeable CM this month so I wasn't expecting to O yet but two higher temps make me think I might have on CD13. And Sunday's temp is an open circle because I got to sleep in (yay!). I'm just not feeling very optimistic.

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-)) No football here so I'll cheer for your Patriots!

[mrsjene]

Jan 19, 2015 9:31:24 GMT -5 @wineandcupcakes said:

Jan 19, 2015 9:20:20 GMT -5 mrsjene said:

Hey ladies,

The Patriots are amazing. Now that that is out of the way, let's get started, shall we?

Cycle/month: 4

CD: 2

What are you doing to get KU? Nothing right now. I don't even want to be touched right now.

Rants/raves/chart stalks: I'm visiting BFF in Virginia and H texted me yesterday to ask, "Are you sure you got your period?" Break my heart just a little, H. Love that man.

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-))
YES. PATRIOTS. PATRIOTS.

DH is the same way. The last one I got "are you sure you aren't lying about getting your period so you can secretly surprise me?" It makes me feel truly awful. He wants this so badly yet is able to keep a much more level head about the process. Meanwhile, in crazy town, I heard of 3 more pregnancies amongst people I know, a birth and a sex reveal all during the timeframe that I was attending my BFFs baby shower. DH kept giving me "the eye" because at one point when I heard that someone else was pregnant I said "of fucking cours she is. Because everyone is pregnant. Just not me!" DH suggested I just order another mimosa.

This weekend, BFF told me how she conceived: she came off birth control, had sex twice the whole month, got a BFP. She had no idea I started trying and said, "But that's been the case with all of our friends. They've all gotten pregnant on the first shot, so I figured I wouldn't be any different."

As for H, it's part excitement and want and part of it is he doesn't want to see me sad.

Edit to add to the story: she had no idea when she was supposed to ovulate. Sigh.

[gdaisy09]

Jan 19, 2015 9:35:11 GMT -5 mrsjene said:

Jan 19, 2015 9:31:24 GMT -5 @wineandcupcakes said:

DH is the same way. The last one I got "are you sure you aren't lying about getting your period so you can secretly surprise me?" It makes me feel truly awful. He wants this so badly yet is able to keep a much more level head about the process. Meanwhile, in crazy town, I heard of 3 more pregnancies amongst people I know, a birth and a sex reveal all during the timeframe that I was attending my BFFs baby shower. DH kept giving me "the eye" because at one point when I heard that someone else was pregnant I said "of fucking cours she is. Because everyone is pregnant. Just not me!" DH suggested I just order another mimosa.

This weekend, BFF told me how she conceived: she came off birth control, had sex twice the whole month, got a BFP. She had no idea I started trying and said, "But that's been the case with all of our friends. They've all gotten pregnant on the first shot, so I figured I wouldn't be any different."

As for H, it's part excitement and want and part of it is he doesn't want to see me sad.

Edit to add to the story: she had no idea when she was supposed to ovulate. Sigh.

there were 3 pregnancy announcements on my facebook this weekend, plus several sonograms, sex reveals, etc.  I started unfollowing people.

[mrsjene]

Jan 19, 2015 9:40:59 GMT -5 @wineandcupcakes said:

Jan 19, 2015 9:35:11 GMT -5 mrsjene said:

This weekend, BFF told me how she conceived: she came off birth control, had sex twice the whole month, got a BFP. She had no idea I started trying and said, "But that's been the case with all of our friends. They've all gotten pregnant on the first shot, so I figured I wouldn't be any different."

As for H, it's part excitement and want and part of it is he doesn't want to see me sad.

This process is no fun at this point. 3 more friends are going to start trying this month or next and I'm sure they will all be KU before I am. My BFF had an ectopic and lost a tube. When they were ready to TTC again she got pregnant first try. We were chatting last week and I made a joke about how we started trying around the same time and she is about to give birth and I'm about to visit the RE (per protocol of my metabolic team because I have a TTC-related issue). She told me the grass is always greener - that she didn't expect to get pregnant so soon. I see her point, but I also feel as if not being able to get pregnant is such a horrible thing in my mind that I would gladly take getting KTFU immediately over months and months and all the 'what if?'

Sorry you had to deal with that comment. People just don't get it. I'm glad your DH sounds so super supportive!

I mean, I'm not holding it against her because she has no idea but I had to remind myself that not everyone is the same and everything is okay.

[cnf2013]

Cycle/month: 3/3

CD: 12

What are you doing to get KU? PNV, CM, BBT, ED sex, preseed, OPK

Rants/raves/chart stalks: Nothing really. I should have either ovulated yesterday or should be today or tomorrow if everything is as it should be. So just waiting on my confirmation. I kind of hope it's today, that would give us the best timing. According to my sore boobs that started last night, it's pretty set in stone. Now if I can get my chart to play nice and stop looking like a damn mountain range and get some CH's in a few days I'll be happy.

GTKY: I enjoy football, but I've never been overly nuts about. I'm a Colts fan and was sad to see them get stomped last night. I cannot stand Tom Brady. He's such a damn Prima Donna it makes me gag. And also that time he dumped his pregnant girlfriend to run away with a super model. Yuck. I'll be cheering for my man Lynch in two weeks.

[Deleted]

Cycle/month: 3/4

CD: 22

What are you doing to get KU? EOD sex for the past week or so, OPKs, PNVs, Preseed

Rants/raves/chart stalks: Gave up on temping for this month (just missed too many days), so just going by OPKs. Last month I got my positive on OPKs on CD 21 and CD 22. Last night and this morning I got results that were super close to being positive, so I think I will get a positive late today or tomorrow. Gonna keep doing EOD to make sure we hit some fertile days.

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-))
I am not a sports person at all and neither is DH, so I have no idea. I will go with the Patriots, since that seems to be the popular opinion

[mugster]

Cycle/month: 8/8

CD: 11

What are you doing to get KU? Things.

Rants/raves/chart stalks: So far this month my temps are high for me... I'm hoping that is because I've revved up my metabolism (I'm on the exercise bandwagon).

GTKY: Not that into football, but still hoping somebody invites us to a super bowl party...

[expatmama11]

Cycle/month: 9/8

CD: 7

What are you doing to get KU? Sex and temping

Rants/raves/chart stalks: I remember now why I set my alarm to temp in the past, because I suck at remembering!! Ugh, I am hoping to get it going properly tomorrow.

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-))
not into football. I probably would be a little more if it was something we could watch over here.

[morwen]

Cycle/month: 9

CD: 11

What are you doing to get KU? Bbt EOD

Rants/raves/chart stalks: I remembered to temp this morning, yay

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-)) I don't pay attention to football

[ttcminicofer]

Cycle/month: 9

CD: 3

What are you doing to get KU?
The usual
Rants/raves/chart stalks: nothing today

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-)) I love football! The Oregon Ducks are my team! When I lived in eugene I used to be right next to the stadium and it was heaven!

[Sammich_Cat]

Cycle: 3

CD: 10

What are you doing: sex, bbt, opk soon

Rants/Etc: I'm sick. On my week off. Fuck. But I just ordered stuff for the cheapy bike I'm going to buy Wednesday. I hope DS likes bike riding otherwise it'll never get used.

GTKY: Me no likely football. Hockey all the way.

[cakewench]

Cycle/month: 12

CD: 8

What are you doing to get KU?: pnv, opks, gearing up for sexing this weekend

Rants/raves/chart stalks: Surprised my temp wasn't higher than it was this morning, I drank more last night than I planned. I really need to get back to my diet, I feel crappy and I know it's from the rampant cheating the past few days.

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-))

PATS PATS PATS! Love football! MH and BIL go to Atlantic City for the Super Bowl every year, so I will have the house to myself for my annual Super Bowl tradition: wine and tater tots.

[Camaja]

Cycle/month: 6

CD: 19

What are you doing to get KU? Tried keeping up with EOD per H's request but it's turned more into once every 3 days.

Rants/raves/chart stalks: I have no idea if O is anywhere in sight. I think I may need to introduce OPKs into the mix if this month isn't successful.

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-)) Born and raised a Patriots fan!

[mrsjene]

Jan 19, 2015 10:57:17 GMT -5 @moonandback141 said:

Cycle/month: 4/1AL

CD: 9

What are you doing to get KU? Sexy time, BBT, picking up OPKs after work.

Rants/raves/chart stalks: Nothing at this time.

GTKY: are you in to football? I don't currrrr. I just want to watch the ads.

gdaisy09 mrsjene @wineandcupcakes I feel ya. This weekend, I used the unfollow feature on Facebook 6 times and it was glorious. I hate that I feel these jealous/envious/annoyed feelings toward other friends that are going through a happy time right now but when it gets the best of me, making their shit disappear from my feed is the best solution.

But see, I'm not necessarily feeling any of those emotions. More like, of course I'm the one who doesn't fit in that first shot category.

[Camaja]

Jan 19, 2015 11:00:48 GMT -5 @wineandcupcakes said:

Jan 19, 2015 10:57:17 GMT -5 @moonandback141 said:

Cycle/month: 4/1AL

CD: 9

What are you doing to get KU? Sexy time, BBT, picking up OPKs after work.

Rants/raves/chart stalks: Nothing at this time.

GTKY: are you in to football? I don't currrrr. I just want to watch the ads.

gdaisy09 mrsjene @wineandcupcakes I feel ya. This weekend, I used the unfollow feature on Facebook 6 times and it was glorious. I hate that I feel these jealous/envious/annoyed feelings toward other friends that are going through a happy time right now but when it gets the best of me, making their shit disappear from my feed is the best solution.

Amen to that. I am so excited for them, I just wish I was part of it. And it seems so easy for everyone else. Blah.

Completely agree! The combination of feeling happy for someone while also feeling envious is really hard. I get so upset with myself that I feel that way but it's so hard not to. Especially when everyone close to me got pregnant accidentally or on the first try. I've also gotten the grass is always greener thing from a close friend who tried for over a year, hated being pregnant and is overwhelmed with being a new mom. Even though I completely understand it's not rainbows and butterflies that doesn't make me want it any less!

[Shellsncheese]

Cycle/month: 6

CD: 19

What are you doing to get KU? the usual

Rants/raves/chart stalks: still waiting to ovulate. No more weird waking times in the next several days, so hopefully it will be obvious.

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-)) I don't really follow Professional football

[gdaisy09]

Jan 19, 2015 10:57:17 GMT -5 @moonandback141 said:

Cycle/month: 4/1AL

CD: 9

What are you doing to get KU? Sexy time, BBT, picking up OPKs after work.

Rants/raves/chart stalks: Nothing at this time.

GTKY: are you in to football? I don't currrrr. I just want to watch the ads.

gdaisy09 mrsjene @wineandcupcakes I feel ya. This weekend, I used the unfollow feature on Facebook 6 times and it was glorious. I hate that I feel these jealous/envious/annoyed feelings toward other friends that are going through a happy time right now but when it gets the best of me, making their shit disappear from my feed is the best solution.

I have to say participating in this board has made me so much more aware of how posts like that on facebook could unintentionally cause trauma for other people. it has definitely made me think twice about whether or not H and I will announce or post anything on FB. In the past 2 or 3 months I've experienced negative reactions to several people's news (of course I'm happy for my friends....but that doesn't mean that I can't also be upset), I would hate to cause those kinds of feelings for others. 

[chickendancefever]

Cycle/month: ?/

CD: 13

What are you doing to get KU? Clomid, sex

Rants/raves/chart stalks: This is the third day that I've taken Clomid and I'm really uncomfortable.  I have pelvic pain.  I'm also really bloated.  I think it is probably normal but I am going to call the RE's office about the pain.  

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team? Who do you want to win the Super Bowl (any answer other than the Patriots will not be accepted ;-))
E-A-G-L-E-S  Eagles!  I would like for Seattle to win the super bowl.  Anyone but the Patriots.  

[Camaja]

Jan 19, 2015 11:10:15 GMT -5 @wineandcupcakes said:

This is also my perspective. I don't want to invalidate by BFFs feelings by retaliating with "at least you are pregnant!" every time she complains because that's not fair. She has every right to be overwhelmed with pregnancy and impending parenthood. It's overwhelming! But, I also don't necessarily think "the grass is greener" because I'm thoroughly at a point where I'm getting concerned and I would absolutely take an immediate BFP
over the creeping thoughts that something is wrong/we can't get pregnant/we can't get pregnant without significant intervention (given comparable life stages).

I don't wish her any difficulty in the future, I just wish the people who get pregnant easily can understand the special kind of hurt that comes with not easily getting pregnant.

(Did I do that trim right?)

I appreciate hearing other people having similar feelings to mine and it makes me so grateful for this community already! It is so hard to explain my frustrations to my husband without sounding like both heartless and selfish. It's hard to actually put into words these feelings sometimes.

[Deleted]

Cycle/month: 3

CD: 3

What are you doing to get KU? Charting, OPKs, driving DH nuts...

Rants/raves/chart stalks: will post my chart when I start temping again tomorrow. I tend to be lax during AF with temping...

GTKY: are you in to football? Not at all, don't even know who is playing.

[whatsit]

Cycle/month: 4

CD: 7

What are you doing to get KU? BBT, charting CM, green tea, PNV and of course sex

Rants/raves/chart stalks: my temp finally dropped this morning after shark week and/or being sick so that was good to see. Ready to roll this month.

GTKY: are you in to football? Who is your favorite team?


Nope nope nope. No football here.
Can't care when my hockey teams doing so incredibly bad.

[gdaisy09]

Jan 19, 2015 11:14:54 GMT -5 @moonandback141 said:

gdaisy09 I thought about that too. I mean, I'm totally screaming from the rooftops when I'm pregnant because I have a right to be overjoyed but I am going to make a conscious effort not to make every comment I ever make (on social media or IRL) be about pregnancy. It does make me wonder how those casual posts like "Picking out cute burp cloths is hard, ugh!" could really sting someone else.

I've also spent a lot of time thinking about the best way to tell a lot of my friends (many of whom are recently married and who knows if they're also TTC). we had some friends who we are close with, but only see a few times a year, over before christmas.  she and I e-mail, text, etc. all the time. they had been waiting to tell us in person that they were expecting in April (so it was fairly obvious as soon as they walked in our house), I had to find a moment to excuse myself to cry in the bathroom, I would never want to do that to anyone! 

[Deleted]

Jan 19, 2015 11:14:16 GMT -5 @wineandcupcakes said:

Jan 19, 2015 11:07:03 GMT -5 gdaisy09 said:

I have to say participating in this board has made me so much more aware of how posts like that on facebook could unintentionally cause trauma for other people. it has definitely made me think twice about whether or not H and I will announce or post anything on FB. In the past 2 or 3 months I've experienced negative reactions to several people's news (of course I'm happy for my friends....but that doesn't mean that I can't also be upset), I would hate to cause those kinds of feelings for others. 

This exactly. I have no plans to ever announce on FB. There was a poster on here months ago who I realized I knew IRL. She said the same thing and said how she would never, ever even mention baby, etc. yet, several months later, she is KU and mentions her baby/shows her bump, etc constantly. I'm hoping my excitement doesn't get the best of me like that because it's a little stab whenever she or anyone else does it. Especially her since I saw her on here and saw what she said. I guess excitement gets the best of you, which is fine. Thank goodness for unfollow.

MH has already stated he wants our future kids to have no Internet presence (for safety reasons rather than the upsetting those who are TTC). I think I will be very mindful who gets to see certain things, but I know my parents will be sad if we don't have regular pictures while I'm pregnant and when a baby comes.

(warning, loss mentioned below)
Speaking of, MH and I have been talking about what we'll do when I get pregnant (hopefully not putting cart before the horse) in terms of telling parents. When my brother and sister-in-law where trying they had a lot of issues and my parents knew about every MC and they helped fund their IVF (eventually both my niece and nephew were conceived naturally when they were taking a break from IF treatments). I think I want my mom to know right away, but not my in-laws, my brother, or even my Dad. Is this weird? Anyone else thought about if they're going to tell their parents early?

[Deleted]

@spicymama I am not sure about that too. DH wants to tell family as soon as we can in person. I want to tell my parents and sisters as soon as possible, but in-laws and grandparents I am not sure about.