*** WTDS 11/9***

[dashook]

penguin129, I thought I saw you in WTO the other day! Yay for TFAS!! We will miss you around here but when it's your time, it's your time
rablissful, sorry to see you here...hope the next few months fly by ((hugs))
gabride2010, I hope you had a nice trip, safe travels home!
mosdub, nice use of "dastardly!"

[dashook]

Numbers: 10 months PP, CD8 of my first PP cycle!

Circumstances: PP and still BFing my little guy; we've been NTNP while we wait for my cycle to return, and now that it finally did I'm taking this month to "practice" temping and monitoring fertility signs, and then next month we will start trying for realsies

R/R/NFNSQ: I've started lurking the WTO and TWW threads a lot. I feel like I'm going to have so many questions once I am officially TTC again...

GTKY- What is your favorite holiday to decorate for? Do you decorate for 1 holiday, a few, or ALL of them? I've only ever decorated for Christmas/Chanukah/winter, but when I was a kid my mom used to decorate the house on other holidays (Valentine's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving) with the little art projects my siblings and I had made at school. I could see myself doing a similar thing when DS is a little older.

[gabride2010]

PepperPottsJ What is going on with your CBFM? I hope your cycle isn't out if whack either!

Thanks dashook! Yay for your first PPP.

[RajahMD]

Numbers:
 n/a


Circumstances:
 Finishing up last BC pack, then NTNP while readjusting 


R/R/NFNSQ:
 I AM SO EXCITED. I just got off the phone with my OB-GYN. We had a long talk about my various medications. He's fine with me staying on my anxiety med (category C), and wants me to follow up with my cardiologist to see about switching my heart med (currently a category D, but similar drugs are category C). He was very supportive of our decision and even sounded excited when I mentioned temping. EEK! Now I'm just waiting to hear back from my cardiologist.

Rant: My anxiety is already causing issues though. I've only been tempting two days thus far, but I've managed to dream about taking my temp each night. The closer it gets to the time my alarm is set for, the more paranoid I'll get that I'll sleep through it or forget to temp. Ugg. Someone please tell me it gets better. 


GTKY- What is your favorite holiday to decorate for? Do you decorate for 1 holiday, a few, or ALL of them? I LOVE HALLOWEEN! My parents used to let me go nuts decorating our house for the holiday. Unfortunately, I married a man obsessed with Christmas who thinks Halloween is "meh". So our compromise is that we only decorate as much as the other person can tolerate for those two holidays. We also have to limit our indoor decorations because of our cats- they will mess with anything they can. This will be our first Christmas with our dog, so we're both curious to see how he handles our Christmas tree- it rotates, the lights change, and it plays music! 

[JustJudy]

RajahMD, I totally gets better! I think the first month or so it's exciting and novel, but after a while it just becomes second nature.

[gabride2010]

RajahMD It definitely gets better! I used to be worried that I would sleep through my temping time too, but it gets easier, and it turns into a habit.

Definitely keep your thermometer on the nightstand! That way it is easy to grab in the AM.

I'm so excited for you that y'all get to start NTNP. I am working with a new Heme/Onc doc that had 2 kids during her Fellowship. I hope having kids during Residency will be smooth and easy!

[RajahMD]

Nov 10, 2015 14:14:31 GMT -5 gabride2010 said:

RajahMD It definitely gets better! I used to be worried that I would sleep through my temping time too, but it gets easier, and it turns into a habit.

Definitely keep your thermometer on the nightstand! That way it is easy to grab in the AM.

I'm so excited for you that y'all get to start NTNP. I am working with a new Heme/Onc doc that had 2 kids during her Fellowship. I hope having kids during Residency will be smooth and easy!

Oh God, I hope so too. One of the reasons that I was worried about starting NTNP/TTC earlier this year was staffing. My program has lost a handful of residents over the years, so we are quite understaffed, especially at the senior level. So I was really worried about getting pregnant and being out for a significant length of time. I was essentially putting the needs of the program ahead of what I really wanted and our family's needs. DH and I had a long talk a few months ago about it, where he reminded me that this is one of those times were it's ok to be selfish. 

Speaking of the nightstand, that's where it gets complicated. We have two cats, both of which love to sit on my nightstand while I'm sleeping. So I have to keep the thermometer in the drawer so the cats don't steal it. Unfortunately, I'm also a packrat who has shit galore in my nightstand, so finding the thermometer can get tricky. I'm trying to find a way to store the thermometer on the nightstand without the cats being able to steal it. If anyone has any suggestions, send them my way please!

[gabride2010]

RajahMD That is definitely a legitimate thing to be concerned about, but I agree with your H. This is one of those times where your family's needs/wants come before work.

Could you keep your thermometer under your pillow? That way the cats won't get it, but it will still be easily accessible.

[RajahMD]

Nov 10, 2015 15:56:06 GMT -5 gabride2010 said:

RajahMD That is definitely a legitimate thing to be concerned about, but I agree with your H. This is one of those times where your family's needs/wants come before work.

Could you keep your thermometer under your pillow? That way the cats won't get it, but it will still be easily accessible.

Interesting thought. I don't think it would work though because I tend to shove my hands under my pillow. Knowing my luck, I'd probably knock it behind the bed in my sleep. I'm trying to come up with some sort of contraption to either attach it to the bed frame or to my nightstand.

[ourcrazynavylife]

RajahMD a Velcro strap around the bed post or night stand and a piece of sticky Velcro on your thermometer?

[sammysam]

Thanks PepperPottsJ !

BabyStandish yes! I know you're right. And I totally agree with your feelings about being excited and scared at the prospect of a 2nd. Especially now that DD is almost 2 and I've almost got back to being myself...if that makes sense...it is hard to think about starting over and still being able to explore all the new things with DD that she will want to be exploring.

gabride2010 my SO is an architect and the house we bought hasn't been touched since it was built about 60 years ago so his plan is to renovate EVERYTHING. Just most of the outside structure that will stay the same.

[RajahMD]

Nov 10, 2015 16:57:55 GMT -5 ourcrazynavylife said:

RajahMD a Velcro strap around the bed post or night stand and a piece of sticky Velcro on your thermometer?

That could work. Thanks for the idea!

[gabride2010]

Wow! Have fun with all that sammysam.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

SPOILER: Click to show

Best of luck to you, penguin129!! Sorry about the shitty insurance. But like you said, you have a plan and a back-up plan.

rablissful, you know that I hate that you have to wait. you.

gabride2010, what's keeping you from getting Metformin dosage bumped up?

JustJudy, I hope your meeting with the RE is better than what you've recently had with OB/GYN.

RajahMD, so glad you decided to start to NTNP. And super happy you had a good convo with your OB/GYN! As far as the thermometer, I have heard that the velcro idea works well!

As for me:

Numbers: CD12

Circumstances: TTC since 2/15. PCOS.

R/R/NFNSQ: Trying for EOD sex, and since I know what CD I am on, I called Dr. to let them know I had an actual period and to ask if I could do another CD21 test. Going in next Thursday for that. I hope I ovulate. :/

GTKY- What is your favorite holiday to decorate for? Do you decorate for 1 holiday, a few, or ALL of them? It's a toss-up between Halloween and Christmas for my favorite; I think they are both so fun! I also do a little bit for Independence Day and Thanksgiving.

[rablissful]

Nov 10, 2015 17:19:34 GMT -5 RajahMD said:

Nov 10, 2015 16:57:55 GMT -5 ourcrazynavylife said:

RajahMD a Velcro strap around the bed post or night stand and a piece of sticky Velcro on your thermometer?

That could work. Thanks for the idea!

nuggetrn does this and it works great for her!

[gabride2010]

♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ The GI side effects are keeping me from increasing my dose. I have taken 1500mg before, and even after 3 solid months on 1500mg I was still having a good bit of GI troubles.

[penguin129]

ourcrazynavylife Sorry for the feelz you are having. Good luck with your IUD removal.
hurricanerek December is only 21 days away!!! So close!
gabride2010 Sorry you are still waiting to O. I'm glad you had a good time on your trip though.
JustJudy Good luck with the RE! December is close.
amandamh2 I hope everyone in your house is feeling better.
sammysam I totally get where you are coming from with worrying about having another. I'm worried about the logistics of it too. DD will be such a great big sister.
@sparky85 I hope it doesn't take you as long to O as normal. Sorry for the long cycles.
BabyStandish I hope your cycle starts again soon so you can move on to actively TFAS. I get your feelz too.
mosdub FX all your upcoming draws remain negative. Handing the reigns over to you.

[penguin129]

PepperPottsJ December is so close. It looks like a lot of you are leaving then.
dashook CD 8?!!! WHAT??!!!! WOOO HOO!!!!! I don't blame you for lurking ALL the threads!
RajahMD I'm glad you were given the green light. When I temp I keep my thermometer under my pillow. I hope you have less stress about temping in the future. I temp off and on. ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ FX you O and your CD 21 tests go well.

This concludes part 2 of tagging as I posted the other tag list too soon. LOL!

[penguin129]

Thank all you so much for all your well wishes! This has been a great thread to hang out in for the past 9 months or so. Any newcomers are going to be in such wonderful hands. I saw this gif when I was searching for burning the bench gifs and thought I'd put it here.

[penguin129]

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[gabride2010]

Thank you penguin129. I'm so happy you are burning the bench!

[dashook]

Nov 10, 2015 21:29:34 GMT -5 gabride2010 said:

Thank you penguin129. I'm so happy you are burning the bench!

+1! So excited for you penguin129!!

[gabride2010]

Shameless AW post below...

So H and I were at a friend's house for dinner, and there were a lot of other people there too (standard every Sunday gathering). My friend told me that she was talking to H about kids (they have a 2.5 week old and an almost 4 year old). H told her that he is ready to have a baby!

It is crazy to me that he told a friend because he tends to be very private about those sorts of things. We have had a TTC set for about a year now, but I have always told him that we would not move forward with TTC unless he was absolutely on board. Guise, I think this is really going to happen in February. Finally, after 4.5 years of baby fever for me, we will hopefully get to start TTC!

[sammysam]

penguin129 thanks and good luck with TTC! Hopefully by the time some of us are burning the bench you'll already be in the grad thread!

gabride2010 Yay! I remember how hard it was waiting for SO to be ready to TTC DD. I can't believe you made it 4.5 years! It was only about 2.5 for me and I remember how hard it was seeing pregnant people. I wanted to cry and scream at the same time. It's great to hear he's ready. Hopefully we'll both be burning the bench around the same time.

[penguin129]

That is such wonderful news gabride2010! AW away!!!!

[RajahMD]

Nov 11, 2015 6:27:49 GMT -5 gabride2010 said:

Shameless AW post below...

So H and I were at a friend's house for dinner, and there were a lot of other people there too (standard every Sunday gathering). My friend told me that she was talking to H about kids (they have a 2.5 week old and an almost 4 year old). H told her that he is ready to have a baby!

It is crazy to me that he told a friend because he tends to be very private about those sorts of things. We have had a TTC set for about a year now, but I have always told him that we would not move forward with TTC unless he was absolutely on board. Guise, I think this is really going to happen in February. Finally, after 4.5 years of baby fever for me, we will hopefully get to start TTC!

Yay! That's super exciting. Woohoo!

[dashook]

gabride2010, that's awesome--so excited for you two!!

[hurricanerek]

Nov 11, 2015 16:38:38 GMT -5 @iheartmyshiba said:

New lurker jumping in! I read the sticky and I think I go here. Please kick me out if I am wrong.

Numbers: CD 5, ugh

Circumstances: On the bench with hopefully TFAS starting in February. If I can reach my January weight goal, I will schedule my IUD to come out.

R/R/NFNSQ: someone help me out with those abbreviations?!

Aren't currently doing much except practicing and charting. I've had irregular cycles most of my adult life and was diagnosed with PCOS. I'm on 500 mg ER x2 daily Metformin and that makes a world of difference. I BF my DD until she was about 8-9 months and AF came back in March. My longest cycle was 45 days but I seem to have leveled out to something between 28-30 days.

We've both been dieting and trying to lose weight and get healthy over the last two months. So far I'm down around 13 lbs and have 39 more to go by the middle of February. It's aggressive but I think I can do it. My goal is 210-215 by end of January to make my doc appointment.

It took us a little over a year and a half to conceive DD but I'm hoping since I have a better grasp on my cycle and know a bit about charting and temping that it will be faster this time around. We shall see. If H had his way, I'd be at the doctor tomorrow. His baby fever is off the hook.

GTKY- What is your favorite holiday to decorate for? Do you decorate for 1 holiday, a few, or ALL of them? I suck at decorating. We move a lot so I have a very small bin of decorations. Since we will be at home for Christmas this year, I'd like to do a little more.

Purchase goals:
Fabric to sew stockings
Wreath for the door
Tree
Lights
Star for tree

Woo woo! Welcome shibes! That section stands for rants/raves/no flame no shame questions.

[dashook]

@iheartmyshiba, welcome! So cute about your H's baby fever. He'd get along with mine.

[gabride2010]

Welcome @iheartmysheba. H and I will start TTC in February too!