WTDS 1/2

[penguin129]

This is the Waiting to do Something thread posted once a week (usually on Mondays - sometimes not) for those of us that experience long, extended cycles. Whether it's medicated cycles, long (45ish + days) cycles, postpartum/breastfeeding, TTA, on the bench, or something else, this is the place we gather throughout the week to discuss and vent about our slightly unique situation.



Numbers:

Circumstances:

Rants:

Raves:

No Flame No Shame Questions :

QOTW: What is one goal you have for the New Year?

[penguin129]

Numbers: N/A

Circumstances: waiting for First PPP, TTA

Rants: I'm still super mad the family doctor last week told me there was no way my IUD could be causing my migraines and advised me to keep it in another month. It's been almost a week since I had it taken out and I haven't gotten anymore migraines.

Raves: Mr. P encourages me to take breaks and not be so non stop. It is really helpful when he reminds me to takes breaks because I am usually going non stop.

No Flame No Shame Questions: Do any of your SO's not believe in the science behind tracking BBT and FW, etc? Mr. P calls it "black magic".

QOTW: What is one goal you have for the New Year? To start using a planner.

[nuggetrn]

penguin129 lol at your husband... Does he actually not believe in the science of anything or just doesn't care to learn all of the intricacies and therefore writes it off as "black magic?"

[nuggetrn]

Numbers: CD11

Circumstances: TTC, PCOS, losses

Rants: I am tired and I need a break.

Raves: Is it bad that I can't wait to get my wisdom teeth on the 27th because I am taking days off of work and it is a perfectly acceptable excuse to lay on the couch and do nothing. I need about 60 mental health days.

No Flame No Shame Questions: nada

QOTW: What is one goal you have for the New Year? I second the planner... I have mine and when I use it it is seriously helpful and I love it. But there are times I go weeks without touching it and I need to get better at consistency.

[nuggetrn]

I didn't feel like this went in a specific place because it's not a rant/rave but it's a thing. RE appt is next Tuesday... Just printed off my new pt paperwork so I need to look through it and fill that out, and look up things and questions and all that fun stuff. Woo woo. I am feeling kind of numb to it all right now. Maybe it will hit me more next week.

[penguin129]

Jan 2, 2017 11:14:38 GMT -5 nuggetrn said:

penguin129 lol at your husband... Does he actually not believe in the science of anything or just doesn't care to learn all of the intricacies and therefore writes it off as "black magic?"

He is skeptical of the whole thing. He doesn't understand how it can work like that even though I've explained it to him and shown him Fertility Friend.

[penguin129]

Sending you hugs nuggetrn.

[teraiin]

Numbers: 1/1

Circumstances: trying to see how my pp cycles pan out

Rants: I'm annoyed at myself for not doing opks or temping regularly. Oh well, I only have myself to blame.

Raves: nothing really... I survived the holidays?

No Flame No Shame Questions : nothing

QOTW: What is one goal you have for the New Year? Cut down on my phone time!

[teraiin]

penguin129 h doesn't really buy into bbt and stuff either. But his is more of a issue with my cycle being irregular (which makes temping pretty useful for me) because he felt like it was never "right" but he also wouldn't let me explain it fully sooooo....

[penguin129]

teraiin I'm glad my H isn't the only one. It is tricky now too since I haven't gotten my first PPP yet.

[dashook]

Hi ladies! Hope it's okay if I jump in here! I've been lurking for the past few weeks. I'm not quite ready to re-intro on the main board yet but thought this could be a good place to hang until I am.

Quick about me: I'm Dash and I have a son (my rainbow) who will be 2 this Sunday (!!) and a 6 week old daughter. WTDS is actually the first place I ever hung out on GKU I know for sure that I will want a third baby at some point but it's a ways off still. Any pregnancy at any time would be met with nothing but joy, but that said I ideally would like to avoid the 2u2 situation again, so we probably won't start trying again until DD is around 18 months old (unlike last time where we started trying the instant AF returned at 10 months PP!).

Numbers: 6 weeks postpartum

Circumstances: breastfeeding; waiting for cycles to return so I can start temping and we can do NFP until ready to TTC #3

Rants: I'm tired of being unhappy with my body and am looking forward to making some positive changes this year!

Raves: I do love the holidays but man I am not sorry that they're over. Just so much tumult and way too much food!

No Flame No Shame Questions: nada

QOTW: What is one goal you have for the New Year?
I really want to start running again. I basically stopped the second I got KU with DS (3 years ago in April) and never started again, and I miss it.

[teraiin]

Wellllll I'm guessing FF has my O date wrong, given my horrible attempt at temping I'm not surprised. I'm currently "18 dpo" and got a negative test yesterday.

I'm really not upset about not knowing what's going on because first pp cycle and lack of temping. I could have temped better. Sooooo lol

[nuggetrn]

Jan 2, 2017 20:55:48 GMT -5 ****** said:

Jan 2, 2017 11:37:20 GMT -5 nuggetrn said:

I didn't feel like this went in a specific place because it's not a rant/rave but it's a thing. RE appt is next Tuesday... Just printed off my new pt paperwork so I need to look through it and fill that out, and look up things and questions and all that fun stuff. Woo woo. I am feeling kind of numb to it all right now. Maybe it will hit me more next week.

I was that way at first. Then last week when I went to fill it out, I had a meltdown. Full on, pity party meltdown. {hugs} my appointment was today. Feel free to come chat, rant, cry, or whTever with us on the IF checkin.

Thanks, I know that this is probably a pretty common feeling so it's nice to hear it from someone else. I kind of don't know what to do with myself.... I have contemplated going into the IF thread but haven't quite been able to convince myself to do it just yet.

[nuggetrn]

Hi dashook! It blows my mind that you are back here but hiiiii! I am happy you have come back to play! You have been missed. I hope everything is going well for you guys!

[rosey06]

Hi ladies, just dipping my toes back into GKU. I've been around since may. But currently just had my second loss since then. Pathology results aren't back for definite answers but I think my dr is thinking molar pregnancy. Which would have us on the bench for atleast 6 months.. per her recommendations. I'll have a better idea in a few weeks.
So I'm really just looking for where I belong on the boards. I was in the after a loss thread and tfas thread before this, but not sure if that's a good place yet. We'll see how I feel as days go on.

Numbers: -

Circumstances: recurrent losses. TTA/benched

Rants: any rants I do right now would be pretty obvious

Raves: I actually welcome the bench alittle. I'm surprised I do want a break. But I don't like being 'told' how long I need to wait.. if that makes sense

No Flame No Shame Questions : -

QOTW: What is one goal you have for the New Year? I have to lose weight since I'm not going to spend half of it pregnant.

[penguin129]

rosey06 The like is for you finding your way to our little spot of GKU. Sending you many hugs for your losses. mosdub had a partial molar pregnancy if I remember right. She could be a good place to get information. She posted here for a while.

While I'm have you tagged mosdub have you heard any news on True Detective?? I haven't looked into it.

[mosdub]

Thanks for the tag penguin129! It made me so happy to see a tag from you! Hope the girls are doing well and that you're doing well too!!! I haven't heard anything about True Detective... last season was so...not good...compared to season 1. I wonder if they will even bring it back?

rosey06 I'm so sorry for your losses. I had a partial molar pregnancy in 2015. I'm a crazy researcher and am still active in some facebook groups too, so if you have any questions or just want to vent feel free to send me a message I'm so sorry for your loss and the confusion and fear that comes with a suspected molar pregnancy. I hope pathology gives you definitive answers so that you and your doctor know how to proceed. Make sure they track your hCG levels down to negative (many consider this 5 or less). Some doctors aren't knowledgeable about molars and don't do the proper follow-up. I had a lot more typed up but deleted it, ha. I don't want to throw a bunch at you in case it proves not to be a molar. I'm sorry, please reach out if you have any questions! I hung around WTDS for quite some time as I waited for my hCG to drop and finish my bench period. These ladies are so so so so wonderful! Penguin even correctly predicted when I would reach negative hCG

[teraiin]

So sorry for your losses rosey06 😢

[rosey06]

Thank you so much teraiin and penguin129

mosdub thank you also. I'm a crazy researcher also and I'm trying to not start yet.. lol. But it's hard. My doctor is leaving the country for a couple weeks. So She told me for now she just wants weekly hcg checks. Then come see her in a few weeks. By then she'll have all the results back and my numbers and she'll go over it all with me. Does that sound like enough follow up for now? I only had my d&c this past Tuesday.

But She mentioned something about 3 indicators they look at for molars? The one was swelling and my placenta or something? That's what they saw so far. The other 2 indicators, she won't know if I have them till the path results come back.
I love having all the information I can. But I won't ask you to go through all that till I know for sure. If it's ok though, I'd love to reach out in a few weeks if this ends up being what happened. Only person I know that had one is my sister and I don't think she'll have much info to share.

[gabride2010]

rosey06 I'm so sorry for your losses and the possible partial molar. Big giant hugs!

HAIII mosdub! How are you doing! Good to see you!

[mosdub]

Hi gabride2010! Doing really well

rosey06 that sounds like appropriate follow up for the next couple weeks! She will be able to tell a lot based off of how your hCG behaves too, along with pathology. Sounds like she's on top of it. I hope it's not molar so your bench time is reduced, but if it is and you do have questions you can always ask me! It's unusual that your sister had one- they are considered fairly rare. I haven't met anyone in person who had one.

[TheEleventhHour]

Super late up in here but HIIIIIII mosdub HIIIIIIIIIIIII!

[mosdub]

HIIII TheEleventhHour! I'm positively smiley thinking of all you WTDS ladies. I miss youuuuuu.

[penguin129]

Jan 7, 2017 18:13:53 GMT -5 mosdub said:

HIIII TheEleventhHour ! I'm positively smiley thinking of all you WTDS ladies. I miss youuuuuu.

Awww.... I miss you

[rosey06]

Jan 6, 2017 21:34:06 GMT -5 mosdub said:

Hi gabride2010! Doing really well

rosey06 that sounds like appropriate follow up for the next couple weeks! She will be able to tell a lot based off of how your hCG behaves too, along with pathology. Sounds like she's on top of it. I hope it's not molar so your bench time is reduced, but if it is and you do have questions you can always ask me! It's unusual that your sister had one- they are considered fairly rare. I haven't met anyone in person who had one.

Oh good, Thank you! Glad this follow up sounds routine then.
I hope results come back differently also. But I have a feeling she'll still bench us atleast that long still. I have hypothyroidism also. Which actually went to super hypERthyroidism after my first loss in sept. And didn't correct itself before we got pregnant this time (my endo dr wasn't concerned... annnd now I kinda wanna change endo doctors). So she wants that 'normal' before we try again also.

[dashook]

Aww hi mosdub!! I miss you, lady! And just saw in your siggy that it's a boy--congrats!! Hope you're feeling well

[dashook]

rosey06, I'm so sorry for your losses and for the current uncertainty you're facing. I hope the path results come back swiftly. This is a great place to hang out and hopefully we can offer you some support during any time you may have to be on the bench.

[nuggetrn]

rosey06 Welcome to WTDS! I am sorry you find yourself here but this is a pretty good place to be while you do wait. Hoping for you that these next few weeks go quickly while you wait for results.

Hai mosdub!!!! I miss your face ❤❤