Weekly WTO ~ 8/29 - 9/4 ~

[diamondsndaisies]

Cycle/Month:

CD:

What are you doing to GKU?

RRCS:

GTKY: What would be your ideal dream job? (career, location, hours. etc) 

[icedtea]

Cycle/Month: 13/14

CD: 15

What are you doing to GKU? Sex, temping, cm, all the vitamins

RRCS: I'm really just half-assing the temping, in an effort not to be stressed out all the time about my crappy sleep habits. Thus, my temps are pretty random. I'm just hoping I O before cd30 this month. Next month is IUI.

GTKY: What would be your ideal dream job? (career, location, hours. etc): Hmm...I'd really like to eventually do non-profit work for women's health. I'd like to keep working from home and have the flexible hours I have now. To be fair, the job I have is also pretty great and I enjoy it a lot.

[marshian]

icedtea - I haven't been able to temp at a consistent time yet and haven't slept well at least half the nights in the past couple weeks either. Some people have said it might not matter. Fingers crossed we can still see a temp shift.

Cycle/Month: 3/3

CD: 14

What are you doing to GKU? EOD, Preseed, BBT, PNV

RRCS: Hoping to see a temp shift but it's my first month temping and I haven't been consistent in temp time, sleep, etc, so setting expectations low. TMI: CM is very EW yesterday and today, so I'm hopeful I'm close to O'ing because then we had good timing.

GTKY: What would be your ideal dream job? (career, location, hours. etc) This is a tough one because I still feel like I don't know what I want to be "when I grow up". Realistically, I could change careers and be a portrait/wedding photographer (I already do this on the side). Maybe also becoming a travel agent (I LOVE travel and planning and have helped people plan trips). I've been pondering going back to school someday and doing something maybe in mental health. So I have no idea. But pie-in-the-sky, I would have flexible work hours so I could be home a fair amount with the theoretical kids while they are young. Location would be a short commute. I'm not a fun person when I have to drive far in traffic.

[icedtea]

marshian, sorry you're dealing with it too. Hope you're about to O! Being a photographer sounds fun

[vancitygirl]

icedtea I also have been half-assing the temping--summer vacation is a kick in my routine's ass

Cycle/Month: 19/16AL (I honestly have lost count)

CD: 9

What are you doing to GKU? half-ass temping at this point

RRCS: Nothing for once. Waiting on the clinic to call me and tell me when my specialist appointment is. 

GTKY: What would be your ideal dream job? (career, location, hours. etc)

Oh boy if I could just do my job as a teacher without some of the helicopter parents. LOL. I love teaching but sometimes dealing with parents is really hard! 

[BabyStandish]

Cycle/Month: 5/6

CD: 11

What are you doing to GKU? Pnv, BBT, cm, cp, sex

RRCS: hoping I ovulate sometime this weekend

GTKY: What would be your ideal dream job? (career, location, hours. etc) I'd love to own my own cafe in Europe. I love coffee and I love baking.

[girlonabike]

Cycle/Month: 2

CD: 2

What are you doing to GKU? BBT, OPKs.

RRCS: So much bleeding.

GTKY: What would be your ideal dream job? (career, location, hours. etc). I like the career I have now. It stresses me out to no end, and sometimes I just want to up & quit, but I really can't imagine doing anything else.

[marshian]

vancitygirl - My sister is a teacher and says the same thing. She says if she could not have to deal with the parents and also could ditch the insane amount of testing, she would be in her happy place.

****** - Those do not sound like normal period cramps. Hope you get some answers from a new ob/gyn. I'd also love to do travel photography; at one point a long time ago I thought National Geographic photographers had it made! Now it would be difficult to travel as my H would not appreciate it very much.

BabyStandish - I would come to your cafe. Yum.


ETA: A word I missed.

[PirateCat]

Cycle/Month: 10/12

CD: 10

What are you doing to GKU? BBT, OPKs

RRCS: I'm not sure what to expect this cycle. I think we'll wait to confirm O for H to get his SA done but I have no idea when that might be.

GTKY: What would be your ideal dream job? (career, location, hours. etc) I wish I knew. I like what I do for the most part but wish I had more flexibility. I like helping out/managing H's business but there is not quite enough work for me to do there for us to both make a living.

[PirateCat]

******, that sounds awful. I hope you can find a new doctor that will address the issue.

[agm04]

Cycle/Month: 3

CD: 15

What are you doing to GKU? BBT, CP, CM, OPKs, PNV, extra B6/B complex/C, hounding DH for sex

RRCS: I think OPKs are making me crazy. All these fertile signs and no positive OPK. I'm sure it's coming.

GTKY: What would be your ideal dream job? (career, location, hours. etc) Probably a cake decorator. 20-30 hours a week at someone else's shop, but with complete creative license. I don't want my own shop because I want to be able to go on vacation/maternity leave!

[icedtea]

******, definitely need a new doctor. I hope your pain stops!

[jax1182014]

Cycle/month: 10
CD:18
What are you doing to GKU?: BBT
RRCS: just trying to stay positive and relaxed. I'm honestly getting a bit tired of temps and opks especially when my charts don't really make sense. I ran out of test strips for my opks so I stopped testing before it could detect the LH surge.
GTKY: I'm think I'm finally in my ideal job but if nursing didn't work out, I've always said I'd be a chef.

[jax1182014]

agm04 I hear ya on the opks driving you crazy!
******- the tingling and numbness sounds awful! Does Motrin help with the cramps?
icedtea- temping stresses me out too because they are so random. Then I just stare at my chart trying to make sense of it all.

[kayladawn91]

Cycle/Month: 18/15 AL, 25 months since first TTC

CD: 13

What are you doing to GKU? Need to start BBT and EOD soon I guess

RRCS: I just feel so run down in the TTC departement. I have no hope anymore.

GTKY: I don't know. I really like my hours now with summers off and everything. I just need more money. If I could get a full-time teaching job I think I would be happy. Ideally I would love to be a SAHM but since I'm lacking in the children department that's obviously not possible right now.

[teachermomtobe]

vancitygirl, Hope you get a call back soon. And I hear ya on the parents! Also all the state/federal mandates that are just a bunch of paperwork. I love the actual teaching part
******, yeah that level of cramping is not normal. Glad you're researching new OB/GYNs and keep advocating for yourself!
kayladawn91, *hugs* I hope you and your H are able to find some renewed hope soon.

Cycle/Month: 11

CD: 25

What are you doing to GKU? temping, OPKs, sex, vitamins

RRCS: I had a positive OPK yesterday so now I'm just waiting for CHs.

GTKY: What would be your ideal dream job? (career, location, hours. etc) My job teaching 3rd grade is my dream job. It's not always easy but it is so rewarding. The vacations and hours are good too although I bring work home every night at least when I have kids I'll have summers with them and can finish my work when they go to bed.

[jax1182014]

Aug 29, 2016 16:59:53 GMT -5 ****** said:

Aug 29, 2016 16:55:50 GMT -5 jax1182014 said:

agm04 I hear ya on the opks driving you crazy!
******- the tingling and numbness sounds awful! Does Motrin help with the cramps?
icedtea- temping stresses me out too because they are so random. Then I just stare at my chart trying to make sense of it all.

if I take a high enough dose, it makes the pain more tolerable but doesn't eliminate it.

Sounds like you need an ob who listens and takes your concerns seriously. Good luck finding a new one!

[jax1182014]

kayladawn91- I'm sorry you are losing hope. I truly believe you will get everything you hope for soon enough.
Not sure if I'm saying the right thing because your journey has not been easy but I felt like I needed to offer some support. Maybe a hug is enough?

[agm04]

Am I too dumb to read OPKs? If I think it's probably negative, it's negative, right? I should buy the smiley face ones so I can stop this madness.

[marshian]

agm04 - Hope you get a positive soon!
jax1182014 - Sorry things are so confusing. Hope it starts to make sense soon.
kayladawn91 - All the hugs and good thoughts for you. Sorry you're feeling so down.

Question: Does anyone sometimes sleep with a dog or cat? Our dog is up in our bed probably 75% of the time and she likes to be snug between me and H. Do you think she could affect my BBT being that she's like a little 20-pound space heater? I'm not worried about it, especially since this is just my first month charting, but curious.

Along those lines, does anyone's bedroom fluctuate in temperature and does that affect BBT? FF says it could, but I'm wondering if anyone has seen it IRL. I'm not sure the exact temp of our room, but if it's warm/sunny outside it's warmer, and vice-versa when it's cloudy/cool out even when the thermostat is on the same setting.

[PirateCat]

Aug 30, 2016 10:52:35 GMT -5 agm04 said:

Am I too dumb to read OPKs? If I think it's probably negative, it's negative, right? I should buy the smiley face ones so I can stop this madness.

Mine doesn't always turn quite dark enough but after a few months of it I just learned to call it positive. Temping along with OPKs definitely helped me figure out what to count as positive for me. You're definitely not dumb! 

[PirateCat]

marshian, we sleep with two cats. And having temped through the different seasons (and we don't have AC and keep our house pretty cold in the winter so the room temperature swings quite a bit), the temps might be affected but I can always see a shift. I am inclined to say that the day-to-day fluctuations won't affect your chart in any meaningful way, but you'll just have to keep at it to see.

[kayladawn91]

marshian our two 60 lb dogs sleep in our bed for about half the night. Sure, there are days it might affect my BBT but like PirateCat said, I can always see a shift. Except my last chart which I think was a sleep thing. Differences in sleep seem to affect mine more than anything else.

[marshian]

PirateCat & kayladawn91 - Thanks for sharing!

[agm04]

****** PirateCat marshian thank you! if i get a similar result as what i just got this evening, i think i'm counting it positive. i guess i'll get the hang of it in time!

[kayladawn91]

I remembered BBT this morning (CD15). I never temp during the week of my period and then it takes forever for me to get back into the habit of doing it every morning. Lol

[marshian]

CD 16 here. Doing our best to stay on EOD at least until it looks like I O'd. Heard last night another friend is pregnant. This time it's the wife of one of my H's coworkers. The other resident in the same year is planning to start trying in a few months. Hopefully something is in the water around here!

[teachermomtobe]

Still here at CD27. Still waiting for CHs but I'm pretty sure I O'd on Sunday/Monday.

[savigirl]

Hi all!

Cycle: 8

Cd:7

RRCS: nada just yet. Will start temping in a few days.

Ideal dream job: yoga instructor on the beach somewhere.

[jax1182014]

Cycle/Month: 10
CD: 21
RRCS: FF wasn't able to detect ovulation, but if this month is anything like last month I'll get CD 1 in 2 days. I think I have an idea when I could have ovulated, so that would make another luteal phase of 8 days. Hoping all this isn't true.