WTO 9/12 - 9/18

[saltandvinegar]

penguin, - Welcome!

[saltandvinegar]

caitost21 Sorry for CD 1. I had cramps & headache this cycle too. It's not fun.

[marshian]

caitost21 - Boo for CD 1. Right there with you on the cramps and headache. Though the cramps aren't as bad as they've been before. Hoping it stays that way.

Welcome, penguin!

[ironbaby]

cheezee, so glad you finally got your FMLA approved!

penguin, Welcome!!

caitost21, good luck with temping/charting this cycle. Your yard work sounds amazing!!

CD 6 now, and I am pretty much going batshit insane. Has anyone else on letrozole ever had mood swings? I feel constantly on edge and cry at the drop of a hat.

My body and I are just not getting along. I feel so out of control. And now I have a toothache to pile on top of the other brokenness.

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CD 16 and still here for now. The last few months I've felt like I've really seen the temp shift, and just had to wait for FF to confirm. And my O day had been moving up by one day per cycle, until CD 14 last time. I've had a pretty wonky schedule this month, plus some travel, so I know it's not out of the ordinary for O to be later but man I'm feeling impatient!

[honda13]

Still hanging out in here. My OPK was noticeably darker today. I plan on doing another this afternoon and hoping I get a positive.

[marshian]

@bonzo2012 & honda13 - Hope you O soon!

[honda13]

Sept 15, 2016 9:18:15 GMT -5 marshian said:

@bonzo2012 & honda13 - Hope you O soon!

I just went to the bathroom and was greeted by lovely EWCM.  So I'm excited!

[marshian]

CD 2 here and feeling better about life than yesterday. Way too many emotions on CD 1, but that's typical for me.

Vent: Super ragey this morning at our building property manager. She cannot seem to do the bare minimum required of her job. The latest thing she dropped the ball on had me completely not purposely make the life our of building handyman guy more difficult. I talked to him about it this morning so he knows it's her and not me, but I'm still ticked. Oh, and I'm on the board and we are all so over her right now.

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marshian, I totally get the CD1 emotional thing. I'm glad you're feeling better today.

[agm04]

Cycle/Month: 4 actively TTC, + 2 NTNP (with unintentional very well-timed sex)

CD: 1

What are you doing to GKU? PNV and hoping my period is only a few days this month.

Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: CD1 sucks. I'm starting to worry a little bit, but I know that's probably premature. Also does anyone do vaginal temps? I'm considering that this month.

GTKY: We did a few things when we first bought our house; planted lemon and lime trees, cut down an ugly tree in the front yard, and redid the flagstone patio (an obnoxiously expensive endeavor that was necessary bc the last owners built a beautiful patio too high that resulted in flooding in the kitchen). The backyard has this ENORMOUS oak tree that's awesome. DH waters things bc we are too lazy to figure out our sprinkler system, I do nothing. It's 4 million degrees here so someone else mows our lawn.

[ironbaby]

Sept 15, 2016 10:06:06 GMT -5 agm04 said:

Cycle/Month: 4 actively TTC, + 2 NTNP (with unintentional very well-timed sex)

CD: 1

What are you doing to GKU? PNV and hoping my period is only a few days this month.

Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: CD1 sucks. I'm starting to worry a little bit, but I know that's probably premature. Also does anyone do vaginal temps? I'm considering that this month.

GTKY: We did a few things when we first bought our house; planted lemon and lime trees, cut down an ugly tree in the front yard, and redid the flagstone patio (an obnoxiously expensive endeavor that was necessary bc the last owners built a beautiful patio too high that resulted in flooding in the kitchen). The backyard has this ENORMOUS oak tree that's awesome. DH waters things bc we are too lazy to figure out our sprinkler system, I do nothing. It's 4 million degrees here so someone else mows our lawn.

How old are you?

4 months is early to start worrying, yes. If you're AMA (>35), though, they suggest seeing an RE after 6 months. Otherwise, it can take a normal, healthy couple up to a year with no cause for concern.

[agm04]

ironbaby I'm 34.

[ironbaby]

Sept 15, 2016 10:26:36 GMT -5 agm04 said:

ironbaby I'm 34.

Well, then, patience grasshopper.

[jax1182014]

@amg04 I'd personally say you've been trying for 6 months. The 2 months that you were NTNP still counts because there's still a chance of pregnancy no matter if you are charting or not.

[saltandvinegar]

agm04 - I think it is still too early to worry but have you talked to your dr at all yet? Just so that he/she knows that you are TTC. I'm 30 but I still plan to bring it up with my dr at my next appointment.

Also, I would love to have lemon and lime trees! Do you get a lot of fruit from them?

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Sept 15, 2016 14:40:01 GMT -5 jax1182014 said:

@amg04 I'd personally say you've been trying for 6 months. The 2 months that you were NTNP still counts because there's still a chance of pregnancy no matter if you are charting or not

I agree with this. I only charted/temped/tracked/whatever off and on, but I was having unprotected sex with the intention of getting pregnant for the last 4 years so yeah it counts as TTC time. 

[agm04]

@stormageddon jax1182014 that's how i'm thinking about it and why i'm slightly concerned. i've been charting since february, but not all that carefully (some missed temps, not really tracking CM) until june (when we started actively trying). but looking back at past charts, i see that april/may both had well timed sex. there's not enough data for me to think anything about the months prior - i had a hard time getting into the swing of charting and would forget to temp a lot - but i'm kinda lumping those 2 months in with TTC in my head now. worrying doesn't get me anywhere, but it's good information at least.

saltandvinegar yes; dr actually prescribed progesterone in august. this past cycle was my first time taking it. hopefully that helps. thank you. our lemon and lime trees have grown really nicely, but we haven't gotten much fruit yet. i think we have 2-3 on each tree right now. DH says that it's best to cut them back when they're young, which means you get less fruit but they grow better in the early years. i know nothing. ha.

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agm04, I know it is probably impossible, but I wouldn't start worrying just yet. 6 months is well within the range of normal for healthy couples. I do think it is relevant to count all the time you've been trying though so you aren't waiting longer than necessary to get checked out if it comes to that.

[agm04]

@stormageddon thanks. It's really not impossible - I need to chill the f out. I mean we could potentially be at this for years and I'll exhaust the whole family if I have my panties in a wad every CD1. Breathe in, breathe out.

Thanks for the input - it definitely helps to file the info away as useful and try to move on. Also, drinks help. I'm going to go make a drink.

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Sept 15, 2016 20:40:40 GMT -5 agm04 said:

@stormageddon thanks. It's really not impossible - I need to chill the f out. I mean we could potentially be at this for years and I'll exhaust the whole family if I have my panties in a wad every CD1. Breathe in, breathe out.

Thanks for the input - it definitely helps to file the info away as useful and try to move on. Also, drinks help. I'm going to go make a drink.

Drinks definitely help!

[cheezee]

CD7 here. I guess I've now realized that clomid makes my temps higher. I'll wait a few days till I'm done taking it and see if its any different. I know I should just quit all this since I'm being monitored with RE but I can't seem to give it up quite yet.

[marshian]

CD 3 here. Looks like AF is slowing down, so we'll start EOD as soon as it stops. It's going to be a month of quickies, I think, since H's current rotation is long hours and he's exhausted.

[kayladawn91]

Hi. I go here now. Fuck CD1.

Cycle/Month: 15/18 AL

CD: 1

What are you doing to GKU?

RRCS: I guess the good news is that I had a 30 day cycle. I think that's one of my shortest cycles ever. Hopefully that continues because I'm so over my cycles lasting 45+ days.

GTKY: I love my patio. We had it put in in 2013. We spend so much time sitting outside. I have weeds galore all the time and can't keep anything in a pot alive.

[ironbaby]

I'm so sorry you're here, kayladawn91, but I am hopeful your cycles start getting shorter.

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Sorry for cd1 kayladawn91. FX that your cycles continue to be shorter.

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I'm sitting here at cd 10 and trying to get my shit together. I haven't taken my pnv's since Labor Day weekend and haven't given sex a passing thought with all the stress going on. Idk what is going on with my body, but I'm having what feels like mild cramping today.

[honda13]

Sorry for CD 1 kayladawn91, but short is good news.

[honda13]

I'm sitting here at CD 15 right in the height of sexy times. Then the wait begins....boo.

[daisy818]

Trying to catch up!

caitost21, sorry about CD1

penguin, welcome!

cheezee, yay for FMLA!

kayladawn91, big hugs about CD1 I hope you at least keep up the trend of shorter cycles!