TFAS Tuesday~4/7

[dke2010]

Good morning ladies!!

Age if LO(s):

Cycle/Month:

CD/DPO:

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks:

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago?

[Deleted]

No way I'm one of the firsts? ok thanks for starting us dke2010, !

Age if LO(s): 16, 14, 13, 12, 1!

Cycle/Month: ugh hate writing this (ya'll remember I'm an older gal) cycle 10 of ttc month 13

CD/DPO: 7dpo

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: We had good timing but I'm not confident, I believe my dh's health has affected his sperm (no we haven't had a sa so this is conjecture)

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? A lot different! I was coming to the end of a horrific nightmare of a marriage and barely holding on to my sanity. My older boys' father was in Afghanistan and things were very difficult financially, physically, but most of all emotionally. Or I could look at it like I was soon to meet a wonderful man who would be a great stepfather to the boys, and go on to have another beautiful son with him.

[singingsea]

Age of LO(s): 2

Cycle/Month: 6

CD/DPO: CD5

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: Nada.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? I was 26 and partying hard going to shows and parties. H and I had been married two years. We still lived in our condo and hadn't started house hunting yet. Although my 20's were a blast I love my life now.

[dke2010]

Age if LO(s): 2.5 yrs

Cycle/Month: 12/11

CD/DPO: CD 7

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: Just hanging out until my FW.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? I was finishing up my senior year of college with a degree in Early Childhood at the age of 20. I was also working part-time in a daycare and planning our wedding. Life was crazy, but it settled down once I graduated and got married. Babies were always on my mind since I took care of 5 infants at the daycare.
ETA: I was also living at home until we got married, which caused a lot of stress in my life (parent's drama).

[babyzebra]

Good morning ladies!


Age if LO(s): 13 months

Cycle/Month:

CD/DPO: waiting on CD1

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: I'm benched after a loss and am waiting on AF to arrive.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago?
My life was a lot different 5 years ago. I was still in grad school and DH was deployed. I have a job in the "real world" now and DH is no longer in the military. I feel like I'm living a completely different life. DS has been the biggest and best change to my life.

[mrsgbmack]

Age of LO(s): 4

Cycle/Month:10/10

CD/DPO:15

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: For some odd reason I'm very hopeful for this cycle- I'm going to enjoy my bubble for now

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? I had just found out I was pregnant in March of 2010 so DH and I started the whirlwind "OMG, Yay, I hope we're ready!!" of what was coming. Other than that not much, we were just working and living.

I'm sorry for the nightmare @kellbell but glad you met an awesome guy!

[thelittleredm]

Age of LO (s): 20 months
Cycle/Month: 2/3
CD/DPO: CD 21
RRCS: Nothing really. Have to start figuring out travel plans to get the new puppy here in May.
GTKY: I was in college. Having fun but not too much since I refused to drink before I turned 21. I was also spending my free time figuring out what I wanted for a wedding theme.

[Lollipop]

Age if LO(s): 3.5

Cycle/Month: 1/1

CD/DPO: CD20

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: I seriously SUCK at charting. I fail at taking my temp. And even without charting, I'm pretty sure we had crappy timing. But I'm not overly concerned.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago?
Five years ago DH and I weren't together (we started dating a month later). I was finishing up my year of school. Now I'm working (not doing what I went to school for), and we have the munchkin.

[trutru127]

Good morning ladies!!

Age if LO(s): 22 months

Cycle/Month: Month 11

CD/DPO: CD 19..FF says 6 DPO, I think but I don't think that's right...my temping was off last week because LO was not sleeping well due to ear infections

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: Rant would be the same as above, LOs ear infections and other illnesses are really getting in the way of TTCAS...maybe it's a conspiracy to remain an only child.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? 5 years ago I had just started talking to DH and was living the single life in DFW. I loved being in the big city when I was single and free, but love being back in a small town to raise my family. I do at times miss the freedom and opportunity that I had while I was there. I went to concerts, baseball games, out to eat at fun places, etc. I love DH and LO, but there are times I do miss those times in life. Definitely no regrets for how I lived life in my 20s.

[Sparkly]

Age of LO(s): 15 months

Cycle/Month: 3/5 actively TTC, plus 1 TTA in between, and some NTNP (but no PP period) before that.

CD/DPO: CD 6

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: Most likely won't O for another 2-3 weeks, so this is the boring part of my cycle. Period is basically over, so yay! We'll start having some sex this week just in case I do O earlier this cycle.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? 2010, let's see. That was the year I turned 25 and we got engaged, so overall it was a great year! Honestly, other than being 5 years younger, life wasn't that different. I was working in my store... things were different here and I was newer/less experienced. We started having some shake up with the staff that spring, so I would say that was kind of a career turning point for me as I took on more responsibility and started stepping into more of a management/future owner type role. DH & I were pretty typical 25-year-olds. Work, play, go out on weekends, making ends meet as best we could. We had great condo we were renting and that's the year he bought his truck (I know because it will be paid off in a couple months!) All in all a good and fun time in life, and kind of the beginning of where we are now.

[Unknown]

Age if LO(s):19m

Cycle/Month: 5/6

CD/DPO: CD25/6DPO

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: My chart looks pretty good so far which is a nice change. I usually have weak ovulation, so I often have low and slow rising temps.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? Aside from having our LO, not much. Married, living in the same house, working the same job.

ETA: danib, ((HUGS)) So glad you have your LO after such a hard road!

[crinita]

Age of LO(s): 18 mos

Cycle/Month: 2/2

CD/DPO: 27/11

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: This month's chart has been all over the place. My temp went up this morning though, so that's today's optimism.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? Not that dissimilar to now, although instead of taking care of a toddler 24/7 I had a 9-5 job. We still do similar-type things on the weekends/evenings though with DH. Things are more stable now, which is nice.

[fozziebear]

Age of LO(s): Just turned 9 and about to turn 7

Cycle/Month: We'll start trying next cycle.

CD/DPO: CD 15, no sign of O

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: Nada

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? Not that much different, but also different. DD1 was in preschool and DD2 was a toddler. Life with elementary aged kids has some much easier aspects. We lived here, still happily married. Things with my parents and siblings have taken a really sad turn, but ILs, our church family, and school family have shown us support through that that I cannot express my gratitude in words.

[housecarder]

Age if LO(s): 5&3

Cycle/Month: 6 since break/19 total

CD/DPO: 5

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: Switched to femara this cycle and will be doing a trigger and IUI so hopefully that helps.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? My daughter was only about 5 months old, I was a single mom and working in childcare and finishing my early childhood education degree.

[Sammich_Cat]

Age of LO: 1.25

Cycle:5

CD: 26

R/R/C: Having a wonderful time bike riding with LO. I feel so good when I'm active so I'm thrilled that he's old enough to go.

GTKY:Five years ago I was struggling through college and the damned chem labs. Life is loads better now!

[valie]

Good evening!

Age if LO: 10mos

Cycle/Month: 0/0

CD/DPO: 6dpo

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: Rantish - I'm "stuck" at my parents. DH went home Sunday and I was supposed to go home Monday with DS, but DH is sick and now we're hiding out here.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? Holy heck... I was in my 3rd year of my undergrad and rocking it and DH (BF at the time) and I were living together for the first time. It was a really good time!

ETA words

[peanutmuse]

Age of LO: Almost 15 months

Cycle/Month: 4 charting after 7 NTNP

CD/DPO: 21/7

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: Nothing today.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? Um. I wasn't married or engaged yet (that happened later in 2010). Ummm... we bought our house. I don't know. I was pissed off at my then-boyfriend for dragging his feet so long. I guess?

[jtizzay]

12.5 months
3/3
Trying to forget the days so I'm not nuts. I'm in the tww. It makes me nutty.
Our timing was -2 and then i ovulated earlier than any temping etc would think so we did -2 and 0. So we shall see.

5 years ago was my first summer dating dh. We spent it at the beach every weekend. It was fun!!! I also worked less. I had so much free time!

[icequeen]

@kellbell, I'm so glad you got a happy ending!
danib, so many hugs. I know it's not fun to look back at that.

Age of LO: 17 months

Cycle/Month: 9/8

CD/DPO: CD 5

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: Almost done with AF, going to start oral meds tomorrow if bloodwork is all good.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? A nightmare. Probably the worst in my whole life. I was in the middle of grad school, very sick with an eating disorder, and right before a 6 week stay in a inpatient unit that left me worse than I initially went in. Little did I know I would meet DH 5 months later and he would literally save my life.

[lazyreader]

Age if LO(s): 1

Cycle/Month: -1

CD/DPO: 12

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago?
Such an interesting thought. I was almost 24... It was 2010. We just got Ollie-dog. husband was ins Iraq. Worked at Abercrombie and Fitch. Finishing my AA. Participating in flash mobs. Always working on my fixer upper.

[BrewGirl]

Age if LO(s): DD 4 years

Cycle/Month: 13

CD/DPO: CD11

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: Not much.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? I was pregnant with DD. We lived in another city, not too far from where we are now. I was working (I stay at home now) and H was at his old job.

[wineoclock]

Apr 7, 2015 7:26:02 GMT -5 dke2010 said:

Good morning ladies!!
I feel like a bit of a noob getting post crazy. I've been lurking WTDS threads and just intro'd. We are TFAS so it would be great if I could "go here" too!

Age if LO(s): 15 mo

Cycle/Month: 1st cycle ppd

CD/DPO: CD 14

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: First cycle ppd so just getting my sea legs back.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago?

. I was about to meet DH. Nannying for a family, partying like it was my job. Studying to be a teacher and probably doing to many shots!

[scatterbug]

Good morning :-). (I have been a dirty lurker for a while after being active previously - glad to be joining in again).

Age of LO: 5

Cycle/month: 8/8 I think

CD/DPO: 24/10

Rants/raves/chartstalks: timing wasn't great this month. It's been a stressful one. DH is being made redundant. Oddly the redundancy isn't the stressful part as such lol. He has another job lined up, it's that the company he works for have set his redundancy date for almost 12 months in the future. Meaning he can't take the other job without walking away from a very large redundancy payment. So some big decisions on the horizon I think.

GTKY: 5 years ago I was just going back to work after having my daughter. I hated it! I was working 40 miles away from home. I think I started looking for a new job closer within 1 week ha.

Good luck this cycle everyone. Keeping my fingers crossed for a lot more BFPs on the board xxx.

[14joa31]

This is an AWESOME GTKY question, dke2010!

Age of LO(s): 20 months

Cycle/Month: 8

CD/DPO: 16/5

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: DS out of nowhere suddenly needs to be sleep trained again. We have already been through this twice - arggghhh!!!

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? I was dating DH, and had been out of grad school for one year. I was working in a job that I hated - but thankfully, my current awesome job was right around the corner! I was living downtown in a really great city, going to baseball games, partying, and generally loving life Good times!

[roastytoasty]

Age if LO(s): threenager

Cycle/Month: 10

CD/DPO: 1

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: hoping these cramps don't stick around! Yuck!!

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? Of course we did not have DD, but otherwise life wasn't so different. We were saving saving for a house and daycare, and had been married for almost a year. Having DD was life changing, but not necessarily lifestyle changing for us.

[Deleted]

Age if LO(s): Adalee is 15 months today.

Cycle/Month: 4

CD/DPO: I really have no clue this cycle, TBH.

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: My body is a hot mess right now. I suspect my thyroid is off again, I am not sleeping, having hot flashes again, and am spotting a week before AF is due. I got my blood drawn yesterday to check on it, so hopefully I will find something out today. I need more energy, I can't stay up past 9pm anymore! Ugh.

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? It was two months before our wedding, so it was pretty exciting yet stressful! By my status on timehop I think this was the weekend of our shower. Hard to believe that was all five years ago already!

[Deleted]

icequeen, You too have had similar experiences it seems! Coming out on the other side of an awful situation is every bit as good as the bad was bad. continued best wishes for you!

[kelle017]

Age if LO(s): 18 months

Cycle/Month: first cycle

CD/DPO: 20

Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: this is my first post partum cycle so expectations are low. When trying for my first I ovulated between day 17-24. I know every cycle is different but nothing yet is frustrating me. And my bbt is favoring temps

GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? Working in childcare, dating h and living with my parents. II was a homebody than and still am so other than having dd not much is different.

[diamondsndaisies]

Age if LO(s):
5


Cycle/Month:
5/6


CD/DPO:
CD31/DPO11


Rants/Raves/Chartstalks:
BFN today


GTKY: What was your life like 5 years ago? 5yrs ago seems like another lifetime. I was still married to my XH and DD was 8months old. I was unhappy but hadn't let myself actually think it. A year later I would file for divorce, move back home, reconnect with future DH that next fall and the rest is part of a new love story.