Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: my temping is all messed up from the few days of broken sleep, and the weather being all wonky. Fingers crossed a pattern emerges soon.
GTKY: How/when did you and your SO decide to start TTC? Was it a big discussion? Did you wait for a big life event (job, house, marriage)? We were waiting until DS was close to 3. We ideally wanted our kids to be a degree apart so that we can be a help during university/post secondary education.
Post by roofusdoofus on Oct 16, 2015 6:53:20 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: 3/3
Cycle Day: 14
What are you doing to GKU? OPKs, EOD
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks:
GTKY: How/when did you and your SO decide to start TTC? Was it a big discussion? Did you wait for a big life event (job, house, marriage)? it was sort of a big life decision because we knew we couldn't wait any longer because of my health history, but we waited until we had a house and were more financially stable.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: OPK was pos yesterday so I am going to assume today is O day. I'm not temping so I won't be able to confirm. I'm just going to probably keep sexing for a few more days lol
GTKY: How/when did you and your SO decide to start TTC? Was it a big discussion? Did you wait for a big life event (job, house, marriage)?
We bought our house before we were married and had a plan in place. With our first we started sooner than we originally planned. I thought I'd want to be married for a few years first but I got baby fever so we went for it. We sat down and did a budget to make sure we could afford daycare since I wanted to work. With our second I was ready before DH so I waited until he felt ready. Again with the budget lol. This time was a bit tougher. We had to wait until our oldest was in K so we wouldn't have to pay for daycare for 3 at once. (2 at once is a mortgage payment as it is!)
Post by sleepymonkey on Oct 16, 2015 7:36:18 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: 5
Cycle Day: 9
What are you doing to GKU? BBT, pom juice, OPKs and preseed starting Monday
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I have only temped 5 days this cycle and I have an almost perfect "W" pattern. Odd for me.
GTKY: How/when did you and your SO decide to start TTC? Was it a big discussion? Did you wait for a big life event (job, house, marriage)? All during my pregnancy with DD and for the first few months after she was born, we were convinced we were OAD. Then when she was 3 months old, we started thinking about the possibility of TFAS sometime in the future. We sold our smaller house and bought a bigger house for more room. We closed on our house (much bigger mortgage) and a few months later we put DD in daycare part time, which really stressed the budget so we started thinking maybe we shouldn't have another child. But in the end, we know we can make it work, though it will be super-tight for a few years. I have a cutoff of having a second baby before I'm 40 so we started trying in June, which would give me a year to conceive in time to have a baby before 40.
What are you doing to GKU? Everything. Entering fertile week riiiiiiight....now.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: No.
GTKY: How/when did you and your SO decide to start TTC? Was it a big discussion? Did you wait for a big life event (job, house, marriage)? We dated for 8 years before getting married so we knew we wanted to start trying right away. We ended up waiting until about 6 months after getting married just to make sure our budget was stable with our new mortgage payment. This time we began talking about it when DS was about 1.5. We finally felt like we were hitting a groove with DS and could manage two busy jobs, a toddler, and me being pregnant. We knew we didn't want to wait but it took awhile for both of us to be ready to try again.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: Opk was negative yesterday morning, but I started feeling a few cramps in the afternoon and so I tested again on a whim before bed and got a clear positive. Hooray for O soon! Also, tried preseed last night. I only used a small amount. I found the applicator cumbersome to fill and use. Not sure we'll use it again.
GTKY: I always thought about having kids in some abstract future when I was younger. DH and I got married in 2010 and kept saying "eh, maybe we'll have kids in like 5 years". 2013 hit and we bought a house, DH got a great stable job and so we both had a moment of "yeah, you know what? Now would probably be a great time to start a family".
Post by kayladawn91 on Oct 16, 2015 8:29:10 GMT -5
Cycle: 9 (6 AL)
CD: 3
What are you doing to GKU? Nothing right now.
RRCS: This period can ease up anytime now. It's CD3 and I think it's the heaviest day yet and I have horrible cramps.
GTKY: I was ready as soon as we got married and moved into our home together. However, I was still finishing up my degree so H wanted to wait. I graduated in April 2014 and he agreed to start trying that summer.
Post by LadyNymeria on Oct 16, 2015 9:55:36 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: Cycle 3 (2 AL)
Cycle Day: 14
What are you doing to GKU? Temping, CM, CP, OPK, Sex
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: Got a + OPK yesterday evening and I've been feeling O pains all morning so looks like I should be seeing that temp spike in the next couple days.
GTKY: How/when did you and your SO decide to start TTC? Was it a big discussion? Did you wait for a big life event (job, house, marriage)? For a while I was ready and MH wasn't. Every so often we'd chat about it and there was always things he wanted to do first. Last October (2014) we had a big conversation where he realized a lot of what he wanted to do was still doable with kids. As a middle ground to me being ready then and him needing some more time, we picked September '15 as our TTC start date. By the time May came around he decided he was ready too and didn't want to wait anymore. We had missed O in May, so we officially started trying in June.
GTKY: How/when did you and your SO decide to start TTC? Was it a big discussion? Did you wait for a big life event (job, house, marriage)? We were waiting a few years after we got married. About the time we were going to before I got fired, my ex-boss accused me of things and then was unemployed and dealing with court and everything there. I then got my current job where I have health insurance, would be covered under FMLA after a year, etc so we decided while we aren't where we want exactly due to being unemployed or only working part-time for about a year that we would start trying.
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Post by notagoddess on Oct 16, 2015 11:32:03 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: 7 AL
Cycle Day: 20
What are you doing to GKU? BBT, CM, OPKs, EOD sex, Pre-Seed
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: So I think I've figured out my problem with the OPKs, and it's kind of embarrassing! The CVS OPKs come in a sealed package that says use within 30 days of opening. My friend bought them in July and got pregnant the first cycle using them, so she gave them to me. I promptly dismissed the 30 day thing as a ploy to get people to spend more and forgot about it. But this morning, I turned another one positive, and then I remembered about it. I think the package having gone bad is more likely than 8 positive OPKs.
Anyway, my temp was much higher today. I hope I ovulated!
GTKY: I had a job with low pay and no benefits, so we waited until H finished his PhD and found a job with benefits. It took a while. After he found his job, we had to move states and I had to wean off a medication that is bad for TTC, which delayed things another few months. We started trying right after our 3rd wedding anniversary.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: My period seems to have stopped already. Haven't had a trace all morning. I feel like it will come back but I really hope it just stays away!
GTKY: How/when did you and your SO decide to start TTC? Was it a big discussion? Did you wait for a big life event (job, house, marriage)? With DS1 we waited until we had both finished our schooling and had bought a house. We were married for 5 years before we started trying so I was definitely ready! We decided to start TFAS so that were would be ~ a 2 year age gap...so much for that.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: my temps have been really high still for pre-O so adding OPKs to help.
GTKY: How/when did you and your SO decide to start TTC? Was it a big discussion? Did you wait for a big life event (job, house, marriage)? We were going to start after I finished grad school and wanted to try for an August baby since both of us have August birthdays. After a few months of non-grad school time we decided to wait a year because I was enjoying the break, so we officially started in September 2014 while on vacation. Now we'll be happy with any baby with any due date.
Post by requiressnacks on Oct 16, 2015 11:54:50 GMT -5
ellabee, I gave up on the pre-seed applicator. It was so cumbersome and uncomfortable to use! But I like the lube itself.
notagoddess, i think you may be correct about the OPKs. LOL
Cycle/Month: 12
Cycle Day: 11
What are you doing to GKU? All the things! Just waiting on a +OPk to do my IUI.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: Not much.
GTKY: How/when did you and your SO decide to start TTC? Was it a big discussion? Did you wait for a big life event (job, house, marriage)?
We both knew we wanted kids ASAP. So we got married last October and immediately started trying. We were actually NTNP since last summer. Plus, mid-30's ya'll. Can't wait around forever. haha
What are you doing to GKU? Femara and lots of vitamins
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalks: I think the Femara is giving me a bit of a headache. Other than that feeling good!
GTKY: We've been together for 10 years and basically 2 years into our relationship we discussed that we wanted to start trying at age 30. So we started the process of picking out a donor and getting blood work done last year, I turned 30 in Jan and I started IUIs then. Now I wish we had started earlier, but we were not in a financial position to do so before now.
Me: 31 Wife: 30. Legally married 2008, thanks CA! TTC #1 since 11/14 using donor sperm. IUIs Jan-Aug 2015 BFN Sept & OCT 2015 added Femara. BFN Saw RE December 2015. IUI with Clomid & Trigger Jan 2016 BFN IUI #13 with Follistim April 2016 BFFN IVF #1 July 2016. 14R, 10F, 6 Day 5 embryos. 4 PGS normal embabies!
Me: 31 Wife: 30. Legally married 2008, thanks CA! TTC #1 since 11/14 using donor sperm. IUIs Jan-Aug 2015 BFN Sept & OCT 2015 added Femara. BFN Saw RE December 2015. IUI with Clomid & Trigger Jan 2016 BFN IUI #13 with Follistim April 2016 BFFN IVF #1 July 2016. 14R, 10F, 6 Day 5 embryos. 4 PGS normal embabies!
Omg notagoddess, 8 days! Glad you figured out the issue and it does look like you got a good temp spike this AM.
Also hugs to all of us who thought that we could time getting pregnant! Damn bodies doing whatever the hell they want.
Yeah we foolishly thought starting in June would mean we would have a Spring baby and I could be 9 months pregnant during a comfortable time of year here in Florida. After all, I got KU with DD in month 2 (1st month with good timing) when I was 36 so I would totally get KU quickly again. Now I'm like "9 months pregnant in July, August, Sept, whenever? Awesome! I'll take it!"
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