TFAS Check-in 12/19

[euphony]

This check in is for those of us who are or will be trying for a sibling soon.

Age of LO(s):
Cycle/Month:
CD/DPO:
RRCS:
GTKY: Choose your power: flight versus invisibility. (Stolen from This American Life.)

[euphony]

Age of LO(s): 15 months
Cycle/Month: 4/4
CD/DPO: 28/15 or 16

RRCS: I disappeared for a couple of weeks because our timing was god awful this month because my husband and I were fighting about childcare responsibilities. We are still feeling some reverbs from that one, and our 15 month old is regularly up for hours at night and only wants to sleep while being held, so it is making things tense. Well... I got a squinter on Saturday, then 2 BFN yesterday, then another squinter today. I guess he has some very patient sperm laying in wait? I don't know. I had a CP three months ago, so I am not trusting this yoyo-ing of squinters and BFN. I will give it a couple of days I guess and see how it shapes up.

GTKY: So I listened to this on This American Life and it struck me as an interesting indicator of personality. I would choose flight because invisibility would enable me to know and hear things I would rather not know/hear. I think a little bit of benign deception keeps relationships/society intact.

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Age of LO(s): 4 yrs old ds

Cycle/Month: 9/17

CD/DPO: 2

RRCS: only 3 more work days until Christmas, and I don't go back until January 2nd.

GTKY: Choose your power: flight versus invisibility. (Stolen from This American Life.)
I would choose flight. It would be nice to avoid the traffic getting to work, especially in the winter.

[saltandvinegar]

euphony, My fingers are crossed so hard for you!! I hope you and DH have been able to work things out too.

[saltandvinegar]

Age of LO(s): 20ish months
Cycle/Month: 8/9
CD/DPO: 26/9
RRCS: My chart looks beautiful this cycle. + OPKs, good timing, a dip at 7 dpo. Now I just have to wait. The patience is killing me. I'm trying not to get my hopes up but it's so hard.
GTKY: Choose your power: definitely flight!

[jax1182014]

Hi guys!
Age of LO: 2 years
Cycle/Month: on our 15th cycle of trying
RRCS: this one was a tough one this month. But I'm happy that my luteal phases are more normal and I really thought this was the month :/ I'm actually looking into acupuncture for fertility, which I'm excited about
GTKY: totally flight

[saltandvinegar]

jax1182014, You will have to let us know how the acupuncture goes if you end up trying it. It is definitely something that I would try too.

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jax1182014 I've been doing acupuncture, and it is really nice feeling like I'm doing something. This was our first cycle doing it, and it seems to have helped with the crazy irregularities. Time when tell if it continues. Best of luck with it

[jax1182014]

Sorry to post and run! DD just had a mental breakdown in Khols which was great. Everyone was looking at me and most were saying they've been there. Just left my cart full of stuff lol

euphony good luck! Crossing everything for you!
saltandvinegar hoping this is your cycle! I'll let you guys know how acupuncture goes! Actually I thought about it after seeing @sparky85 was doing it I have a consult and possibly my first treatment tomorrow

[saltandvinegar]

jax1182014, - At least everyone was understanding. I dealt with my first ever tantrum in the store last week. DS threw a fit because I wouldn't let him ride in the basket part of the cart. I had to get the stuff I went in for so I just ignored him. He luckily calmed down quickly but it was still a bad experience.

[jax1182014]

Ugh.. the public breakdowns are bad saltandvinegar.. DD is usually pretty good about calming down if I let her do something small like carry an item, but this got intense. She was like rolling around on the floor and kept trying to run away. And I already lost her once and a girl had to help me find her so I wasn't letting her run this time. Not sure if she was hungry, tired or both :/

[saltandvinegar]

Dec 19, 2016 13:29:48 GMT -5 jax1182014 said:

Ugh.. the public breakdowns are bad saltandvinegar .. DD is usually pretty good about calming down if I let her do something small like carry an item, but this got intense. She was like rolling around on the floor and kept trying to run away. And I already lost her once and a girl had to help me find her so I wasn't letting her run this time. Not sure if she was hungry, tired or both :/

Ugh that sounds rough. Tired and hungry can make a bad combination.  I'm actually taking a half day tomorrow so that I can meet a friend for lunch and then finish buying my last few gifts kid free (and husband free!). 

[jax1182014]

I'm wondering if I should go back once DH comes home and try to buy everything again kid free

[obscurereference]

euphony, and saltandvinegar, FX for you guys!

jax1182014, public melt downs are the worst. We were traveling with my oldest once and basically had to strap her in the stroller while screaming and push her through the airport so we could catch a plane. Got a lot of looks for that one!

Age of LO(s): 4, 2, 1(!)

Cycle/Month: 6/6

CD/DPO: 11

RRCS: My baby turned 1 on Saturday! And now she's sick, poor thing. I've been super sick this past week and remembered that I didn't get a flu shot. Ugh. Glad I can take cold meds! All the kids are sort of sick, so I hope their flu shots prevent the horrible fever, coughing, snot, that I had. Or at least lessen it. Starting EOD today. Joy.

GTKY: Choose your power: flight versus invisibility. (Stolen from This American Life.) Hmm. This is a good question! I think I would go with flight even though invisibility sounds like it would come in handy. Not to spy so much as avoid things lol.

[euphony]

For fuck sake... I just bought a digital to end my misery. Waited for 4 hours to use it.. and got a question mark. A question mark! Ridiculous.

Something must be wrong with my pee...

[esgrunner]

Dec 19, 2016 19:33:07 GMT -5 euphony said:

For fuck sake... I just bought a digital to end my misery. Waited for 4 hours to use it.. and got a question mark. A question mark! Ridiculous.

Something must be wrong with my pee...

I didn't even know that was an option! I'm very much hoping you get a good BFP soon!

[cnf2013]

Dec 19, 2016 20:01:38 GMT -5 esgrunner said:

Dec 19, 2016 19:33:07 GMT -5 euphony said:

For fuck sake... I just bought a digital to end my misery. Waited for 4 hours to use it.. and got a question mark. A question mark! Ridiculous.

Something must be wrong with my pee...

I didn't even know that was an option! I'm very much hoping you get a good BFP soon!

I also did not know that was an option. That's really strange. I'm sorry for the confusion.

[cnf2013]

Age of LO(s): 13 months

Cycle/Month: 1/1

CD/DPO: 16/hopefully something..?

RRCS: I have no idea what my body is doing. Nothing is lining up in terms of signs pointing to O, but I normally O between CD13-15, so I'm just waiting for the heavens to open up and for my ugly as sin chart to make half a lick of sense this cycle.

GTKY: Flight. It would be fun and I think I'd drive myself into a deep hole with invisibility given the ability to see and hear things. I would not like that.

[jax1182014]

Dec 19, 2016 19:33:07 GMT -5 euphony said:

For fuck sake... I just bought a digital to end my misery. Waited for 4 hours to use it.. and got a question mark. A question mark! Ridiculous.

Something must be wrong with my pee...

A question mark??? So strange. What brand?

[hoosiermama76]

Age of LO(s): 28 months
Cycle/Month: 8, 7
CD/DPO: 3
RRCS: just feeling meh and so not looking forward to FW/
GTKY: Choose your power: flight versus invisibility. (Stolen from This American Life.)
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I would do invisibility

[cnf2013]

Guess you're regular until you're not. My typical fertile window has passed and I didn't ovulate. No idea what's going on but I guess I'll take another opk today and see if I can make any sense out of anything.

[euphony]

Dec 19, 2016 21:09:47 GMT -5 jax1182014 said:

Dec 19, 2016 19:33:07 GMT -5 euphony said:

For fuck sake... I just bought a digital to end my misery. Waited for 4 hours to use it.. and got a question mark. A question mark! Ridiculous.

Something must be wrong with my pee...

A question mark??? So strange. What brand?

It is the First Response digital. Don't buy them, people. Apparently a lot of people get ? because the test is faulty. Clear Blue are better digitals. And a question mark is about the most galling thing it could show, honestly. I'm a few days late at this point even without a decent test to my name. Something is up. I just hate paying more money for more tests.

[saltandvinegar]

Dec 20, 2016 7:27:06 GMT -5 euphony said:

Dec 19, 2016 21:09:47 GMT -5 jax1182014 said:

A question mark??? So strange. What brand?

It is the First Response digital. Don't buy them, people. Apparently a lot of people get ? because the test is faulty. Clear Blue are better digitals. And a question mark is about the most galling thing it could show, honestly. I'm a few days late at this point even without a decent test to my name. Something is up. I just hate paying more money for more tests.

a ?... it's like the test is just playing with your mind now. 15 or 16 dpo I would think that it would be definitive either way. I'm still crossing my fingers for you! Keep us posted.

[euphony]

saltandvinegar, I know, right?! It was trolling me.

I took anothe digital just now. It is a positive. I shall remain cautious in my optimism until I get through the first month at least. My hormone levels must be on the low side to get such wishy washy tests. But good news for now!

I hope there are more BFPS this month. I wish you all the best of luck!

[saltandvinegar]

euphony, Awesome news!! Congrats!

I was trying to hold out until Friday to test but I gave in and POAS this morning (10 dpo). It is a major squinter. So much so that I am not even sure if I really saw it or if my brain is just making things up.

[obscurereference]

Congrats euphony!!

saltandvinegar I hope it's the real deal for you as well!!

[kensie5226]

Age of LO(s): 13 months
Cycle/Month: 6/6
CD/DPO: 3DPO, we hit it twice in the fertile period, but honestly it doesn't even matter.
RRCS: I manage the TTCA IF check-in and I'm the only left. I'm going to shut it down, b/c I don't feel the need to check in with myself, but IF can suck it. We have our consult on Thursday and hopefully we'll be able to start treatment on the next cycle.
GTKY: Choose your power: flight versus invisibility. (Stolen from This American Life.) euphony , I love This American Life.....
Flight. I like being seen and heard.

[kensie5226]

Congrats euphony, and saltandvinegar>

[jax1182014]

Crossing my fingers for euphony and saltandvinegar
Oh cnf2013 after DD my cycle went crazy :/ short luteal phases, weird periods. WTF bodies. I wasted so much money on digital OPK's

[savigirl]

euphony congrats!!! Fx for smooth sailing from here.