TWW 10/17-10/23

[charliefox]

I don't think this has been posted yet? Come wait with me!

Cycle/Month:

CD/DPO:

Timing:

Testing Plans:

Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks:

GTKY: Best (and/or worst) date you've ever been on?

[JoBub]

Cycle/Month: 2/2

CD/DPO: 24/3

Timing: -3,-1. FF says "good"

Testing Plans: FF says I can test next Wednesday. I'll try to hold out til then, but it probably won't happen.

Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: nothing really today. I've been too busy to obsess over my chart these last few weeks, thank goodness!

GTKY: Best (and/or worst) date you've ever been on? I don't think I've been on any exceptionally good or bad dates. If I have, I've blocked it from memory by now. But I love exploring new local restaurants in our city with my H.

[savigirl]

Cycle/month: 9/9

Cd: 27.

DPO: debatable:
FF says 13, but per the WTO thred last week most people thought O was actually 2 days later than FF said so it'd be DPO 11.

So we'll say somewhere between DPO 11-13.

Timing: good to great depending on when O actually occurred.

Testing plans: bfn x 2 yesterday and today but still no AF so just waiting day to day. Ran out of cheap tests so I'll probably wait til Wednesday to test again.

RRCS: just waiting

Gtky: worst date was running into a college ex with current H. It was super awkward.

ETA for typos

[charliefox]

Cycle/Month: 1/1 TFAS

CD/DPO: 26/9 or 11

Timing: -3 or O

Testing Plans: Meh, Thursday if no AF.

Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I disagree with FF on O date but it probably doesn't matter, currently crampy and feeling out.

GTKY: Best (and/or worst) date you've ever been on? Best was back when H and I had only been dating a few months, it was the last time I'd see him before he was deployed and he took me to get my nails done, then shopping to pick out a new dress, then he surprised me with a necklace before we went out to dinner. Came home to a rose petal covered bed. It was the perfect last date.

[charliefox]

@yaga, that's super weird about FF. I'd definitely test before 20dpo!
savigirl, I remember your chart and still vote for cd16, so Wednesday you'll be 13dpo (at the least), pee on all the things!!

[euphony]

Cycle/Month:2

CD/DPO: 22/5

Timing: -3,-2,0

Testing Plans: Will wait for missed period.

Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: None, currently.

GTKY: Best (and/or worst) date you've ever been on? My first date with my husband was the best. He asked me out spontaneously when he was getting off work at the gym I attended. We went for tea and sushi and we talked for hours.


Regarding testing dates, FF always recommends 5 days after a missed period because it is when you are most likely to get a strong positive and avoid a false negative. I can barely turn a test 1 day after a missed period and it is useless for me to test any earlier, so I get the caution.

[jax1182014]

Month/Cycle: 12
CD/DPO: 20/5
Timing: -1, I think
Testing plans: none until missed period
RRCS: well today was my EDD for my loss in February, so naturally feeling a bit down
GTKY: i had a fun date at the melting pot with my husband a few years back.

[saltandvinegar]

Cycle/Month: 7

CD/DPO: 18/4

Timing: -2,O, +1

Testing Plans: I usually wait for missed period but I will test next Tuesday (11 dpo) before DH and I go on our trip. If it's a bfn I'm going to drink all the drinks.

Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: Just happy that FF gave me CH this month.

GTKY: Best (and/or worst) date you've ever been on? Worst - I went on a date in college where he took me out to dinner... but he had eaten dinner before we left and he wasn't hungry. So I ate while he he watched me eat. Oh well. Best date - DH took me on a date to a glass blowing session. That was pretty fun.

[charliefox]

jax1182014, I am so sorry for you loss and offer many creepy internet hugs and wine.
euphony, 5 days AFTER your period is supposed to start? FF has always told me to test on the day it assumes I'll start AF based on previous LPs.

[euphony]

Oct 18, 2016 10:36:53 GMT -5 charliefox said:

jax1182014, I am so sorry for you loss and offer many creepy internet hugs and wine.
euphony, 5 days AFTER your period is supposed to start? FF has always told me to test on the day it assumes I'll start AF based on previous LPs.

Not for me. Always 5 days after. It circles my expected CD1 in pink and 5 days later I have a day circled in pink with white background which is the testing date. You don't have two different dates circled on yours? Interesting.

[euphony]

Follow up question: do you get solid crosshairs or dotted? Maybe solid gets a different test date the dotted. I never get solid because I only temp.

[amyface813]

Hello!!
Cycle/Month: 5/5

CD/DPO: 24/6?

Timing: -3,-2 not great.

Testing Plans: I'll probably test on Sunday because I have a million cheepos. Not feeling great about it though.

Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I had + OPK on -2 and a +on -1 in the morning but - that evening and the suspected O date (based on temp). I feel like the +OPK would be closer to the actual O and DH wasn't feeling very frisky so we may have missed out. I'm new to OPK.

GTKY: Best (and/or worst) date you've ever been on? I had one date with this guy who had evidently been lusting after me for over a year. He stared at the tv behind my head for most of the date. Best? I've never had a big production type of a date but all my dates with DH are nice. 😍

[JoBub]

Oct 18, 2016 10:49:35 GMT -5 euphony said:

Oct 18, 2016 10:36:53 GMT -5 charliefox said:

jax1182014 , I am so sorry for you loss and offer many creepy internet hugs and wine.
euphony , 5 days AFTER your period is supposed to start? FF has always told me to test on the day it assumes I'll start AF based on previous LPs.

Not for me. Always 5 days after. It circles my expected CD1 in pink and 5 days later I have a day circled in pink with white background which is the testing date. You don't have two different dates circled on yours? Interesting.

This is strange. Maybe it depends on your settings somehow? Mine always suggests to test at 12DPO because that's my normal LP length. Same thing whether I have solid or dotted CH.

[JoBub]

Oct 18, 2016 11:19:50 GMT -5 amyface813 said:

Hello!!
Cycle/Month: 5/5

CD/DPO: 24/6?

Timing: -3,-2 not great.

Testing Plans: I'll probably test on Sunday because I have a million cheepos. Not feeling great about it though.

Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I had + OPK on -2 and a +on -1 in the morning but - that evening and the suspected O date (based on temp). I feel like the +OPK would be closer to the actual O and DH wasn't feeling very frisky so we may have missed out. I'm new to OPK.

GTKY: Best (and/or worst) date you've ever been on? I had one date with this guy who had evidently been lusting after me for over a year. He stared at the tv behind my head for most of the date. Best? I've never had a big production type of a date but all my dates with DH are nice. 😍

I've had a few cycles where my positive OPKs were on -2 and -1. You typically O within 24 hours of a positive (ETA maybe even 48 hours?), so it could be the same day, or the day after. 

[amyface813]

Oct 18, 2016 11:59:12 GMT -5 JoBub said:

Oct 18, 2016 11:19:50 GMT -5 amyface813 said:

Hello!!
Cycle/Month: 5/5

CD/DPO: 24/6?

Timing: -3,-2 not great.

Testing Plans: I'll probably test on Sunday because I have a million cheepos. Not feeling great about it though.

Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I had + OPK on -2 and a +on -1 in the morning but - that evening and the suspected O date (based on temp). I feel like the +OPK would be closer to the actual O and DH wasn't feeling very frisky so we may have missed out. I'm new to OPK.

GTKY: Best (and/or worst) date you've ever been on? I had one date with this guy who had evidently been lusting after me for over a year. He stared at the tv behind my head for most of the date. Best? I've never had a big production type of a date but all my dates with DH are nice. 😍

I've had a few cycles where my positive OPKs were on -2 and -1. You typically O within 24 hours of a positive (ETA maybe even 48 hours?), so it could be the same day, or the day after. 

I think the tests say 12-48 hours of something like that. I don't like vagueness. I'm also pissed that DH wasn't wanting all.the.sex. He is in the "just let it happen" boat. I'm in the "make it happen" boat.

Also, I'm also the crazy person who takes every tiny twinge as implantation or possible early signs. Too early amyface! How do I make myself into a calm, go with the flow kind of person?

[JoBub]

Oct 18, 2016 12:50:03 GMT -5 amyface813 said:

Oct 18, 2016 11:59:12 GMT -5 JoBub said:

I've had a few cycles where my positive OPKs were on -2 and -1. You typically O within 24 hours of a positive (ETA maybe even 48 hours?), so it could be the same day, or the day after. 

I think the tests say 12-48 hours of something like that. I don't like vagueness. I'm also pissed that DH wasn't wanting all.the.sex. He is in the "just let it happen" boat. I'm in the "make it happen" boat.

Also, I'm also the crazy person who takes every tiny twinge as implantation or possible early signs. Too early amyface! How do I make myself into a calm, go with the flow kind of person?

LOL when you figure it out, let me know. I swear I'll be on TWW reading about someone else saying they had sore boobs as an early symptom, and all of a sudden my boobs start hurting. I'm normally a pretty easy going person, but TWW makes me crazy.

[JoBub]

Oct 18, 2016 12:59:33 GMT -5 @yaga said:

Oct 18, 2016 12:52:55 GMT -5 JoBub said:

LOL when you figure it out, let me know. I swear I'll be on TWW reading about someone else saying they had sore boobs as an early symptom, and all of a sudden my boobs start hurting. I'm normally a pretty easy going person, but TWW makes me crazy.

I've been poking my boobs aggressively to see if they are sore. That should be my first sign that they aren't, but I'm having some hilarious inner monologue trying to decide. 

I'm afraid someone is going to walk past my door while I'm at my desk groping my breasts. 

[autumn5]

Cycle/Month:
1/1


CD/DPO:
 21/5


Timing:
-1


Testing Plans:
I'll probably start testing with Wondfos Sunday (10 DPO), and every day until AF arrives or I get a BFP.


Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks:
N/A today.


GTKY: Best (and/or worst) date you've ever been on?  It has been a really long time since I've been on a date with someone other than DH!  I once went on a date to a dive comedy club with my ex-fiance. It was the most vulgar, offensive, and hysterical show I've ever seen.  I have been to several comedy shows since, and have yet to laugh quite that hard.  

[savigirl]

charliefox thanks for the encouragement! Caved and another bfn today and now I'm out of tests. I'll grab another. Fx it's just too early and O was cd 16 like you predicted.

With everyone's tales of FF being crazy, I blame the full moon!

I'm joining the need to chill out group that MH is also a part of with your significant others!

[charliefox]

Oct 18, 2016 11:56:46 GMT -5 JoBub said:

Oct 18, 2016 10:49:35 GMT -5 euphony said:

Not for me. Always 5 days after. It circles my expected CD1 in pink and 5 days later I have a day circled in pink with white background which is the testing date. You don't have two different dates circled on yours? Interesting.

This is strange. Maybe it depends on your settings somehow? Mine always suggests to test at 12DPO because that's my normal LP length. Same thing whether I have solid or dotted CH.

What JoBub said. 

[savigirl]

I'm out for this cycle ladies. Cd 1 again. Thanks for the support and input this cycle. I'll be lurking for bfp's!

[saltandvinegar]

savigirl, Sorry for CD 1. FX for a bfp for you next cycle!

[Deleted]

I have had the week from hell, so I'm finally getting in here.

Cycle/month: 6/5

CD/DPO: 24/8

Timing: -1 and +1

Testing: maybe next weekend

RRCS: between waking up super early some days and coming down with the stomach flu over the weekend, it's taken FF until today to finally give me CH. O date is right about where I suspected based on some minimal CM monitoring and temps though, so not too frustrated with FF there.

GTKY: best or worst date. Hm, I think my first Valentine's Day with H qualifies as both. We were in college, and he planned this sweet date. Sushi, movie, etc. very romantic. But we were sitting next to this 21st birthday party at the sushi place, and the birthday guy was so drunk and kept hitting on me all night. His buddies kept pulling him back to their table saying "cmon man, it's Valentine's Day, they're on a date!" But then he'd be back! It was awkward, and H was so flustered. Drunk guy clearly didn't ruin our prospects though, since here we are nearly 11 years later!

[jax1182014]

Lol @bonzo2012 that must have been a sight for your H! He probably wanted to smack the guy but didn't want to look crazy

Cycle/Month:12
CD/DPO:23/8
Timing:-1
Testing plans: none till missed period
RRCS: I'm pretty sure I'm out this month. Already having symptoms of my period so I'm expecting it in a few days.

[daisy818]

Oct 21, 2016 13:04:27 GMT -5 MsG said:

Sorry to be the dumb newbie here...but can someone explain to me what all the categories mean? I know some of them, but not all. Is there a key for all the acronyms and everything someone can point me to? 
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There's a post pinned at the top of the board that says Welcome to GKU. It has a link to the Newbie Blog, which has an acronym glossary as well as lots of other information that is useful to review when you first start posting.

[MsG]

Oct 21, 2016 14:00:45 GMT -5 daisy818 said:

Oct 21, 2016 13:04:27 GMT -5 MsG said:

Sorry to be the dumb newbie here...but can someone explain to me what all the categories mean? I know some of them, but not all. Is there a key for all the acronyms and everything someone can point me to? 
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There's a post pinned at the top of the board that says Welcome to GKU. It has a link to the Newbie Blog, which has an acronym glossary as well as lots of other information that is useful to review when you first start posting.

Thank you! I kept looking at the newbie stuff for the whole blog. Guess that's where I went wrong. 

[MsG]

Cycle/Month:
6


CD/DPO:
36/11


Timing:
-1, 0 


Testing Plans:
Tomorrow 


Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks:
I was really being so completely more relaxed about all of this and then in September, I had a CP. My crazy level skyrocketed after that, and this tww is feeling so much damn longer than the first few ones. It's been a rough month.


GTKY: Best (and/or worst) date you've ever been on? Every year my husband and I celebrate our anniversary at Disney World. Seems silly, but we love it and it's always amazing. Probably won't be able to consider it a date after we add a little to the mix  .

[Deleted]

@yaga, that's rough being in the waiting game and not being able to make plans. That would drive me crazy!

[girlonabike]

Cycle/Month: 3

CD/DPO: 29/10

Timing: -2, -1, O

Testing Plans: I started today because I can't help myself.

Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: So I think I saw the squintiest of squinters maybe possibly. It was so faint, quite possible my eyes were playing tricks. Nothing to do but wait. Until its confirmed though, I'm just counting it as a negative.

GTKY: Best (and/or worst) date you've ever been on? Good lord. Back in college, I went out to dinner with a guy from another college. He picked me up and took me to some chain restaurant. He was ok, just typical awkward first date conversation. He invited me to a party afterward, "back on campus". The party turned out to be in his dorm room. And I was the only guest. I made my excuses and left. The only problem was that the jackass had picked me up! I had no idea where I was or how to get back to my college. I was furious. I finally managed to get back to the street and hail a cab. I've hated students from that college ever since.

(Edited to remove extraneous line).

[JoBub]

girlonabike FX for you!