Waiting to do something - 3/16 Edition

[TheEleventhHour]

lemoncupcake I feel you on the 70s kitchen! We need to start saving because ours needs a full reno. Ugh.

physiomeg Yay for ovulating on your own! That is great!

cabgirl I am new to this board/thread but I just wanted to say I am sorry for your loss. FX your period starts soon.

KatieEl How old is your DS? Mine is 26 months and is usually an amazing sleeper but every few months he will have a really bad week or so when his sleep is just the worst. He is currently deciding he doesn't need to nap and I want to pull my hair out!

[pbandj714]

Numbers: Cycle 2/Month 4, CD73

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): TTC #1

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ: Well I saw my midwife last week about this stupid cycle. She basically said that my spotting for 3+ weeks now sorta/kinda counts as a period. She said that at least I'm shedding SOMETHING, even if it isn't a full-blown period. They ran blood tests on my FSH, thyroid, and prolactin. All came back normal. So she said that if I go 90 days without any bleeding (even spotting) to call. Ugh. I'm just frustrated. Still spotting, not really sure what the heck my body is doing, and it seems like my only option right now is to just wait it out.

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be? My basement. Partial basements are for the birds. If it made financial sense, I'd be digging out that stupid-huge crawlspace portion so that we could have a big, functional full basement.

[nuggetrn]

physiomeg Yay for ovulating again before CD30! Hopefully your body keeps this up for you!!

bl1210 The list of reputable wondfo sellers in in the newbie blog, I don't remember exactly where but I know it is on there.

3houlagirl So sad about the goats and your friend's barn. It is wonderful to hear though that she has already rebuilt and is getting help with more goats!

moutonrouge Sorry you are feeling sad about not getting that thing done. Hopefully it is something you can remedy! I totally feel your pain on being a procrastinator though, I have that problem pretty badly most days!

lazyreader Yay for potential crosshairs!!

wanderingheart ((hugs)) to you. Stupid FF, shouldn't mess with people like that.

britterrss Yayyyy! For new bathroom and kitchen stuff. That will be so so nice to have. Hopefully your docs get some things figured out for you soon and the levo helps!

cheshie6 Sorry you are without DH this month. Have fun at Zumba!!

TheEleventhHour Welcome to Waiting to Do Something!!! We love new people I did an intro on the main board over on TD, but I also didn't discover WTDS until the exodus....Intros are generally well accepted here so if you wanted to I think it would be fine to intro even if you are TTA

[wanderingheart]

Welcome TheEleventhHour!

[nuggetrn]

Numbers: Cycle 4/Month 3 CD19 5DPO?!?

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): TTA until ~September

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ: So apparently all I need to do is come on here and complain about my body and it will kick itself into gear. Which kind of makes me feel like a giant idiot, but... According to FF I ovulated last Thursday. This morning's temp dropped below coverline though and is a lot lower than my last three temps. I will just have to see what happens tomorrow I guess.

I also just want to gush about DH for a moment because he is adorable. He is so so ready to start TTC. Whenever we are out and about if we see a little baby someplace he gets so excited and just gives me this look. It's really sweet. He would be 100% on board with starting right now but we have a lot of reasons why it doesn't make sense to start right away. I keep having to remind myself of this when he looks at me like that, lol.

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be? We are in the middle (I might even be able to say, close to the end!!) of a kitchen remodel right now so I need a break from housework!! Lol. The next smaller project we might take on is switching out the sink and vanity in the half bath off of our master bedroom. I would like a little more counter space and some better storage solutions. Maybe next year...

[ckmom71]

Numbers: CD 16 month 1( 1 AL)

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): TTA for now until we decide the future.

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ:I know I ovulated yesterday based on my temperature and my opks. So now I get to wait it out until the end of the cycle to start the fun again. It was weird my SO bought condoms the other night and it actually made me sad to use them. To know that there is no chance we will be pregnant and from what I am getting from him, no chance in trying again. The back to back losses were hard on him and he seems to want to wait. But my age is telling me we can't wait. So it is sad for me to think that it won't happen.

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be? I would remodel my kitchen. I hate that it is outdated and small. I will be buying a new stove soon so that is exciting to me.

[Rama]

Numbers: CD16/Cycle 6/Month 11
Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): PCOS, ogliomenorrhea, anovulation
Rants/Raves/NFNSQ: I'm pretty certain that last cycle was just a fluke and I'm in for another long one. I was so happy and excited to maybe have normal cycles that this conclusion is bumming me out pretty hardcore. Also, my software is practically locked up this morning, I already have a headache, and I'm ready for today to be over. *crawls under desk and curls into a ball*
GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be? Can I pick "ground floor"? It's really not that bad, our house was built in 2007, so it doesn't need updating, but I would love to expand the living room and dining room for more space. Also, maybe add a laundry room that isn't so inconveniently placed between the kitchen and the garage.

TheEleventhHour Welcome! Feel free to intro on the main board, there are plenty of people in various stages of GKU all over the board; it definitely won't be weird. :)
3houlagirl You know I'll always stalk you. <3

[rablissful]

I'm also new and would love to join you ladies I did a sneaky intro in a thread earlier this week and have been lurking mostly. I may do a main page intro in a few days. I've done so many here since moving from TD (pregnancy loss and CAL).

Numbers: waiting for AF

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): Natural MC last month... waiting for AF. It's been 4 weeks since the start of my MC, so hoping with will come within the next two weeks. If it doesn't I have to call my midwife. Once I get AF I can burn the bench so I am very impatiently waiting for it.

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ:
Non-AF rant: Our bed broke on Saturday. I REALLY wish I could say that it was because we were doing the deed, but it wasn't. It's been semi broken for awhile but now it is just dead. We are mattress/boxspring on the floor people now. Dog and SO are happy about it, I am annoyed. I'd like to get at least a cheapo metal frame for it- but I've already made it clear we aren't buying a new bed until we can upgrade to a king (we're in a king) and that isn't in the budget at the moment. I just hate feeling like a broke college student!

Raves: Crew starts today for our new musical- Beauty and the Beast! I'm a HS teacher and am the crew director/assistant director- it's like my favorite thing (albeit I do the musical at a different school where I was a permanent sub last semester and I'm teaching at a new school now). Either way- I'M PUMPED!

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be?
Put an addition onto our second bedroom to turn it into a master suite. We're currently renting at the moment but SO wants to buy it eventually.

[TheEleventhHour]

rablissful Hi! I am new too I am sorry for your loss. I hope you can burn the bench very soon!

[rablissful]

Mar 16, 2015 11:26:26 GMT -5 TheEleventhHour said:

rablissful Hi! I am new too I am sorry for your loss. I hope you can burn the bench very soon!

Thanks! Me too!

[lazyreader]

Mar 16, 2015 11:03:48 GMT -5 rablissful said:

I'm also new and would love to join you ladies I did a sneaky intro in a thread earlier this week and have been lurking mostly. I may do a main page intro in a few days. I've done so many here since moving from TD (pregnancy loss and CAL).

Numbers: waiting for AF

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): Natural MC last month... waiting for AF. It's been 4 weeks since the start of my MC, so hoping with will come within the next two weeks. If it doesn't I have to call my midwife. Once I get AF I can burn the bench so I am very impatiently waiting for it.

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ:
Non-AF rant: Our bed broke on Saturday. I REALLY wish I could say that it was because we were doing the deed, but it wasn't. It's been semi broken for awhile but now it is just dead. We are mattress/boxspring on the floor people now. Dog and SO are happy about it, I am annoyed. I'd like to get at least a cheapo metal frame for it- but I've already made it clear we aren't buying a new bed until we can upgrade to a king (we're in a king) and that isn't in the budget at the moment. I just hate feeling like a broke college student!

Raves: Crew starts today for our new musical- Beauty and the Beast! I'm a HS teacher and am the crew director/assistant director- it's like my favorite thing (albeit I do the musical at a different school where I was a permanent sub last semester and I'm teaching at a new school now). Either way- I'M PUMPED!

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be?
Put an addition onto our second bedroom to turn it into a master suite. We're currently renting at the moment but SO wants to buy it eventually.

Welcome.
I read your sn as rabble is full. Lol.

[titania]

Hi all! This is my first time posting in this thread - though I have posted occasionally other places. Mostly I am a lurker, but I felt brave enough today to jump in.

Numbers: cycle 4 since going off BCP / CD 3

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): TTA until May

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ: Rants - my periods are getting worse and worse every month since going off BCP. I could barely move on Saturday cause of cramps and general exhaustion. Fortunately my dog seems to sense that I am miserable, so she has been extra cuddly.

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be? My bathrooms - our condo was built in the early 1980's, so we have a weird pink tile covering the floors and walls... ugh!

[rablissful]

Mar 16, 2015 11:33:06 GMT -5 lazyreader said:

Mar 16, 2015 11:03:48 GMT -5 rablissful said:

I'm also new and would love to join you ladies I did a sneaky intro in a thread earlier this week and have been lurking mostly. I may do a main page intro in a few days. I've done so many here since moving from TD (pregnancy loss and CAL).

Numbers: waiting for AF

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): Natural MC last month... waiting for AF. It's been 4 weeks since the start of my MC, so hoping with will come within the next two weeks. If it doesn't I have to call my midwife. Once I get AF I can burn the bench so I am very impatiently waiting for it.

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ:
Non-AF rant: Our bed broke on Saturday. I REALLY wish I could say that it was because we were doing the deed, but it wasn't. It's been semi broken for awhile but now it is just dead. We are mattress/boxspring on the floor people now. Dog and SO are happy about it, I am annoyed. I'd like to get at least a cheapo metal frame for it- but I've already made it clear we aren't buying a new bed until we can upgrade to a king (we're in a king) and that isn't in the budget at the moment. I just hate feeling like a broke college student!

Raves: Crew starts today for our new musical- Beauty and the Beast! I'm a HS teacher and am the crew director/assistant director- it's like my favorite thing (albeit I do the musical at a different school where I was a permanent sub last semester and I'm teaching at a new school now). Either way- I'M PUMPED!

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be?
Put an addition onto our second bedroom to turn it into a master suite. We're currently renting at the moment but SO wants to buy it eventually.

Welcome.
I read your sn as rabble is full. Lol.

HAHAHA this made me snort. I use this sn for so many things and haven't heard that before. But no... "RA" are my first two initials and "Bliss" is my last name.

[KatieEl]

TheEleventhHour welcome! I definitely don't think it'd be weird to intro on the main board, especially if you're going to participate in other threads besides this one. My DS is 16 months. It's week's like this one that I just wish there was a magic sleep solution. That said, he's taking his second nap now, so I"m a happy lady!

rablissful welcome! I'm so sorry for your loss and hope you can burn that bench soon!

titania welcome! There are a lot of us that are TTA until May, looks like we'll have good company while we wait!

ETA: Spelling

[hydrangea1019]

Numbers:

Circumstances: Benched.

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ: still dealing with a body that isn't responding to mmc. I just called in this morning to schedule a follow up before scheduling the d/c. That was a tough phone call for me to make. They still had me in the system as a pregnancy. I had to explain it all again.

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be?
We are in an apartment, but if we had a house, I would definitely want to remodel the kitchen or bathrooms.

[wanderingheart]

The biggest of hugs, hydrangea1019. Bodies can be bitches.

[KatieEl]

All the stranger danger internet hugs hydrangea1019, hopefully your body starts cooperating.

[titania]

KatieEl, Thanks! Yeah, I saw that - hopefully the time will go by fast!

rablissful, I am so sorry for your loss and I hope you can burn the bench soon. DH and I were mattress on the floor people for months after we got married and it annoyed me too. I felt like I was being judged by everyone who came over because I was not a "grown-up". (it was totally in my head - no one was actually judging ) When we finally got a platform, the bed felt so high off the ground it took a while to get used to!

[titania]

I am so sorry hydrangea1019, sending hugs your way.

[TheEleventhHour]

Sending hugs hydrangea1019. I am so sorry for your loss and that you had to explain everything again.

[hydrangea1019]

Welcome TheEleventhHour !! GL TFAS later this year

So sorry for your loss rablissful. FX you can burn that bench soon!!

[ironbaby]

Flitting by to say welcome to TheEleventhHour, titania, and rablissful!

[ellewills618]

Hey ladies! Hope everyone's bodies start cooperating and Monday is treating you all well!

Numbers: ?/ 1dpo?

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): waiting on ppaf after weaning

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ: No idea what my body is doing. Rant- Saturday I got another positive OPK (for those of you keeping score, that's 3 positives each 2 weeks apart and still neg hpts and no period). I have no idea what my body is cooking except I think this time we might have actually dropped an egg because I had very light spotting yesterday morning and nothing since. We have a shot this time but I think it's a long one.

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be? We're renting this place but I'd love to add built in storage everywhere. It's too small for us.

[rablissful]

Thanks for the welcome and condolences KatieEl, hydrangea1019, and ironbaby.

titania, not feeling like a grown up is exactly how I feel! We rarely have people over, so I'm not too worried about the judgey part. Our bed was wicked high which is why SO is so happy it died. Dog is happy because the footboard is gone so he can launch himself onto the bed (so much fun first thing in the morning... passed out then suddenly DOG!). I'm not happy because (a) the adult-ness aspect and (b) it was originally my bed that I've had since middle school (a really nice sleigh bed). Blah. Just means I will get my king sooner!

[Rama]

Mar 16, 2015 16:33:43 GMT -5 gooselover2012 said:

Hey Everyone! I had been hanging out in the WTO and 2WW threads for the last 53 days. This was my first full cycle temping and there has not been much to see. No ovulation and no CD 1 so I am coming to hang out here.


Numbers: 5 months/3 cycles NTNP + 4 months/2 cycles post loss. Currently CD 53-- No symptoms to indicate that the end of this cycle is near

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): Long cycles post BCP and post MC

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ: FF gave me dotted CH's forever ago. Wish it would just take them away since clearly I did not ovulate. Thinking I should just make an appointment now to end this cycle since it seems like I am going to make it to CD 60. I really wish I had been temping when I got my BFP in November so I could be sure that I got pregnant when I think I did. We were NTNP and I know when we had sex so I can kind of narrow it down but I don't fully trust that I ovulated on CD 14 like a "normal" person. My positive test was CD 39 because I was still thinking my cycles were regulating after13 years on BCP. Just ready for this cycle to be over so I can start using the ovulation tests I bought and hope to make more sense of my cycles.

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be? Basement bathroom for sure. We have been in our home for about a year and a half and have never used that shower down there. Not gonna happen anytime soon.

Just wanted to throw out that ovulating at CD14 is not "normal".  It's average.  It's "normal" to ovulate as early as CD8 or as late as CD45 -- or any point in between or after; cycles are almost never textbook, so don't let ovulating off of cycle day 14 ever make you feel less than normal.

[juliern]

Numbers: month 5 of being benched, CD14( first month charting)

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): TTA until June

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ:I'm hoping these last 3 months go by fast.  The last 5 month have flown by, but things are slowing gown.  I'm really itching to get back on the TTC wagon.  

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be? My kitchen.  I would love to do a backsplash, new cabinets, new floors and new furniture!

[twocents6708]

I am new on this board but introed this weekend.

Numbers: CD5

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): Benched until mid April

Rave and Rant - The spring weather is finally here! It was 80 degrees today but I was stuck inside all day in a building without windows.

GTKY: We remodeled a lot of our house last year before selling, so I really do not wish to do anything to our new house. If I did complete just one project, it would be to add a larger patio and install an outdoor kitchen.

[britts22]

Hi everyone! Another n00b lurker over here

I intro'd on the main board a few weeks back and figured out this was the place for me to be right now. I've been learning so much from ya'll!

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): cycle 1/month 1, CD28. First month off BCP. TTA until April/May for timing reasons and also because waiting results of U/S last week. I've been taking my PNVs but that's about it. No signs of AF yet so who knows how long this cycle is going to be.

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ: I'm using FF but really only as an idea for CD (and even then I know it's wildly inaccurate). I'm not temping or anything else for right now. DH and I decided to just "see what happens" while targeting what we think is approx O date. Anyone else taking this approach who is just starting TTC? Seems like I may be the only one lol. If it doesn't happen in 3-6 months then I'll likely start temping as you ladies do. It would be helpful but DH wants to take a laid back approach for right now.

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be?
The kitchen!! It's our next project. I'm excited but a little daunted by the cost/size of the project.

[physiomeg]

Welcome to all the newcomers!!

nuggetrn, it seems that whenever I bitch about something on these boards in general, it tends to rectify itself within days. Weird. Yay for hopefully ovulating though!

Rama, sorry this cycle seems to be long again. Bodies can really suck sometimes.

hydrangea1019, sending you creepy Internet hugs. I'm sorry you're going through all of this.

titania, my periods have become more and more hellish since getting off bcp too. I keep hoping now that I know it's going to be awful, I can mentally prepare but it surprises the shit out of me every time how awful they are.

[Rama]

Mar 16, 2015 20:57:23 GMT -5 britts22 said:

Hi everyone! Another n00b lurker over here :)

I intro'd on the main board a few weeks back and figured out this was the place for me to be right now. I've been learning so much from ya'll!

Circumstances (PP/BF, Meds, TTA): cycle 1/month 1, CD28. First month off BCP. TTA until April/May for timing reasons and also because waiting results of U/S last week. I've been taking my PNVs but that's about it. No signs of AF yet so who knows how long this cycle is going to be.

Rants/Raves/NFNSQ: I'm using FF but really only as an idea for CD (and even then I know it's wildly inaccurate). I'm not temping or anything else for right now. DH and I decided to just "see what happens" while targeting what we think is approx O date. Anyone else taking this approach who is just starting TTC? Seems like I may be the only one lol. If it doesn't happen in 3-6 months then I'll likely start temping as you ladies do. It would be helpful but DH wants to take a laid back approach for right now.

GTKY: If you could remodel just one thing about your home, what would it be?
The kitchen!! It's our next project. I'm excited but a little daunted by the cost/size of the project.

This was MrRama and me when we started.  There's nothing wrong with not temping, just be aware that you can't know if you've ovulated or you're late or anything. :)