Testing Plans: Saturday or Sunday I think at 14/15 dpo unless AF arrives.
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: I felt a little nauseous this morning and I ate like total shit yesterday. I feel off my game. I'm breaking out though. Ugh. I'm not sure. I would love for this to be the month, esp bc based on my O date my EDD would be my birthday! but something tells me it's not the month for me.
GTKU: Do you have any superstitions? Throwing salt over my shoulder, knocking on wood to not make bad things inadvertently happen, and that bad things happen in threes.
Edit: Missed one!
Whoa, quoting is so much easier on mobile to play TWW!
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Lurking from WTO... Do you temp orally? You may want to try switching to vaginally next cycle. I'm pretty sure your CH's are accurate due to the positive OPK, but more accurate temps might cut back on the huge temp swings on your chart and make things easier to interpret. Good luck!
I do temp orally- I'll try vaginally next month- thanks! It's so all over the place and driving me crazy!
+1 on kellybenelly83's feedback. I think you O'd on CD 18 too.
Thanks for the feedback. I thought I did too but I had a very clear shift from EWCM to Creamy for one day then dry on CD18 and also cervical position from high soft to medium then hard. So I'm kind of stumped between the 2.
Ahh okay. Well good luck either way! Your temps are great!
Post by shadesofgold on Jan 28, 2015 11:02:56 GMT -5
becwheat - I'm no expert on this, but I can see why you think you didn't O - not a very strong thermal shift. Could your rocky temps be related to drinking or not sleeping?
Also, your siggy gif makes me swoon. I love you, young Colin Firth.
Post by easilyunamused on Jan 28, 2015 11:05:23 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: 5
CD/DPO: 25/12
Timing: Not great
Testing Plans: today, BFN of course.
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: I knew I was out since I had started spotting, but apparently I'm a glutton for punishment so I tested anyways.
GTKU: Do you have any superstitions? I throw salt over my left shoulder if the shaker falls, I knock on wood, I also lift my feet when driving over railroad tracks. I don't know why, just something I've been doing since a kid.
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: Waiting out AF. I know we are out this month and of course this makes it feel like the longest cycle ever. I know 31 days is not long, and I'm sure AF will be here soon. Just waiting it out. It is tempting to POAS because I've never done it before, but I don't want to waste a wondfo on nothing.
GTKU: A little bit. I knock on wood, and don't cross under ladders. I also have a weird thing about calling in sick when I'm not, because I feel like I always then get actually sick as pay back right afterwards.
Post by diamondsndaisies on Jan 28, 2015 11:23:46 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: 3/3
CD/DPO: CD30/DPO9
Timing: -2 & -3
Testing Plans: Friday, tomorrow if I cave
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: My boobs are on fire today, so I hope that is a good sign. Tomorrow I am gonna try really hard to not test. Friday AF should be here so I am trying to wait until then.
GTKU: Do you have any superstitions? Not really. Nothing that I seriously stick to anyways. Just whenever it suits me.
becwheat - I'm no expert on this, but I can see why you think you didn't O - not a very strong thermal shift. Could your rocky temps be related to drinking or not sleeping?
Also, your siggy gif makes me swoon. I love you, young Colin Firth.
No drinking, normal sleep. I am temping orally and I have felt cold a few nights... that is about it.
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: My temp went up today, but it's probably because I stayed up late last night, drank two glasses of sauvignon blanc and watched the movie Gone Girl. I had read the book - I am delighted that the movie stayed true to the book - what a thriller!!
And I am so excited for Friday - looks like there will be some folks testing and *hopefully* this thread will be blowing up with BFPs!!
GTKU: Do you have any superstitions? LMAO - I'm Catholic so I have a ton. If you die while wearing a scapular, you can get out of purgatory and go to heaven on the Saturday after you die (if you die on a Saturday, it's a direct flight), if you go to a church where you've never been before and say certain prayers, it releases a soul from purgatory, etc. It's a lot of get out of jail free card type stuff.
I am catholic as well and I have never heard of any of these! Maybe its a geographical thing?
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: I'm not convinced that I o'ed (or perhaps it was today?). I've only ever had obvious EWCM one day a month, and it has always been one - two days before I ovulate. I had it yesterday. This month was looking weird for me because I normally have sustained low temperatures for at least five days before I get a temperature spike, and I only had a few low temperatures this time. The husband is out of town all week, so there is nothing I can do but wait and see. The whole thing is making me feel a bit blue though.
GTKU: Do you have any superstitions? I believe if you don't want it to rain, you just need to carry an umbrella around. Along those lines, I totally thought I'd get knocked up my first month because I bought the mega box of tampons from Costco. I bet that I finish that box before I turn a test though...
Post by squeakyduck on Jan 28, 2015 12:02:38 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: 9
CD/DPO: 26/8
Timing: good
Testing Plans: Saturday or Sunday.
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: I thought I did, and now I can't remember it.
GTKU: Do you have any superstitions? Not really. I respect theatre and camp ones when I'm around those people, but I don't really bother with most. I do grab my umbrella if it looks like rain and I don't want it to rain, but I've never thought of that as superstitions.
Timing: okay I guess, I thought I had O'ed one or two days before FF says I did
Testing Plans: possibly Saturday at 11DPO because we will be visiting friends and I'm sure drinking will be going on
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: One of my very best friends just had her gender ultrasound yesterday and found out they are having a boy. We are so over the moon ecstatic for them, but a small part of me can't help but be jealous too. Next month we will be in a cabin in the mountains during my fertile week so I'm really hoping for some good timing then!
GTKU: Do you have any superstitions?: I knock on wood sometimes, but that's about it I think.
diamondsndaisies - I think it just means that my parents are old school! LOL! They tell me about all the Pre-Vatican II stuff that nobody talks about any more.
diamondsndaisies - I think it just means that my parents are old school! LOL! They tell me about all the Pre-Vatican II stuff that nobody talks about any more.
Post by libbyjanes on Jan 28, 2015 12:47:51 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: 1
CD/DPO: CD29/12DPO
Timing: high
Testing Plans: tested this morning, BFN
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: temp is still highish/haven't had a drop yet. Had very lightly pink tinged CM once yesterday and once this morning. I'm not sure if I'm starting to cramp or not. Bleh. Any insight welcome. Still have time, I guess.
GTKU: Do you have any superstitions?
Touch the ceiling in the car if you go under a yellow light to "hold" it so it doesn't turn red.
Post by wowcheezits on Jan 28, 2015 13:06:55 GMT -5
That awkward moment when you're trekking across a long building at work and your period starts in the hallway and all the bathrooms' vending machines are empty. CD1 started for me. Good luck to everyone.
Testing Plans:14dpo if af or signs of her coming aren't here
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: nada
GTKU: Do you have any superstitions? Yup. I will knock on wood also I will wear the same clothing items/accessories for my Packers on game day. They do get washed though. Because you know wearing my cheesehead means they win or lose of course
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Post by carolinaheart on Jan 28, 2015 14:31:51 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: 1
CD/DPO: 23/11
Timing: Good.
Testing Plans: If by some chance there's still no AF by the 5th, I guess...
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: I'm trying so hard to stay off the crazy train but I think I'm already on the caboose. Symptom spotting like crazy. My temps have yet to go below the cover line and it went back up today. I'm trying not to be pessimistic but I'm also trying to stay grounded. It's hard.
Also, if I could poop, that'd be fucking fantastic.
GTKU: Do you have any superstitions? A few. The person who opens a pocket knife has to be the one to close it. If you're walking with someone and you come across a pole or something, you both have to walk around the same side. Spilled salt over the left shoulder. Okay, actually the list goes on so it's more that a few.
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: since I changed setting to FAM it moved my crosshairs earlier. So I am either 12 DPO or 7 DPO. 12 days is with FAM. Usually I have spotting before AF and nothing yet so fingers crossed the earlier O date is right.
GTKU: Do you have any superstitions? No not really.
Post by housecarder on Jan 28, 2015 19:12:45 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: 3
CD/DPO: 17/3
Timing: -3, -1, 0, +1
Testing Plans: I can't resist POAS so I bought the $0.88 ones from Walmart to feed my addiction and will prob start 10PO
Rants/Raves/Chartstalks: Still having the pain that I normally get with ovulation, even though my temps confirmed ovulation on the 25th. Anyone else have this?
GTKU: Do you have any superstitions? Not personally, but my step dad is Mexican and has tons that he does. He will lick a small piece of paper and stick it on a baby's head when they get hiccups, roll an egg across the head of a baby that has a fever to remove the fever, etc.
If you are worried about it, test at 10 DPO (knowing the accuracy probability is low) which would give you time to cancel if you get a BFP. (Most places have a 24 hour cancellation policy - you don't want to pay for something you don't get!) WebMD essentially says "maybe, but probably not" on massage in early pregnancy: www.webmd.com/baby/pregnancy-and-massage?page=2 You could also just call the therapist or studio and straight up ask what they think you should do.
Thanks for the link! Luckily, I go every few weeks so they know me well and wouldn't charge me if I rescheduled the morning of. So at least I could test at 11DPO which is a little better. I toyed with the idea of asking what they thought, but since I do go so often I don't want them to know we are TTC. Just don't want to deal with them asking about it every time, etc. Maybe I should just move it to the week after just in case.
I never ever would have thought about massage being a concern. My old OB actually had a massage therapist on staff that exclusively did prenatal massage. Never thought to even question it, but that is why I'm here and not in that "other place".
Thanks for the link! Luckily, I go every few weeks so they know me well and wouldn't charge me if I rescheduled the morning of. So at least I could test at 11DPO which is a little better. I toyed with the idea of asking what they thought, but since I do go so often I don't want them to know we are TTC. Just don't want to deal with them asking about it every time, etc. Maybe I should just move it to the week after just in case.
I never ever would have thought about massage being a concern. My old OB actually had a massage therapist on staff that exclusively did prenatal massage. Never thought to even question it, but that is why I'm here and not in that "other place".
Massage can be really helpful and relieving during pregnancy if done correctly! But apparently there can be concerns that massage is stimulating circulation and could dislodge blood clots, and some practitioners do energy work that could be disruptive to shakras (or something?). There is specialization in prenatal massage for these reasons. Also, it sounds like a big reason they avoid it is that women might get litigious if they have a miscarriage after a massage, so practitioners just avoid the time that could most commonly happen (first tri).
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