WTO week of 11/30-12/6

[lennonkdc]

Here's the place to wait out AF, take a break from BDing and hang out till you get those lovely CH!

QOTW: What do you do to try to keep baby making sexy?

[lennonkdc]

Hey ladies, so excited to start a WTO thread! I'm on CD14 and got a spike this morning, so we'll see how long I get to hang out here. We if I O today we will have hit -3 and -1, and might try again today.

We see the RE Thursday and I'm feeling more excited then nervous/sad now. I'm bummed that we didn't have good news for everyone at Thanksgiving and it was hard to see all the little kids. But seeing H with his neice made me feel all warm and fuzzy and strengthened my resolve to do what it takes to have a kid.

QOTW: kinda of at a loss here, but quickies seem to help keep it less awkward....

[beachdreamer]

CD3 here. I think we'll start EOD next Sunday. Thanksgiving was hard because there were no less than 4 pregnancy announcements in my news feed. Then another the next day. Meanwhile I was sitting on my BFN waiting on CD1. But hey....my football team beat MH's Saturday so that gave me something to smile about. Going to be a busy few weeks so I hope that helps this month.

QOTW: I'm going to be following others for suggestions. Not much feels sexy these days.

[sleepymonkey]

CD3 here for me, too. This CD1 hit me harder than the others, probably because it's now cycle 7 and officially time for me to consider seeing an RE. I'm trying to decide whether to call my ob this week and see what he says or just wait until after the holidays. I'm choosing to look on the bright side right now and telling myself that at least I know I won't be incapacitated with pregnancy nausea for Christmas and DD's 2nd birthday so that's good I guess. I just hate this feeling that there is something wrong with me. Pity party, table for one!

QOTW: Ha! There is no sexy baby making in the sleepymonkey house. It is very hard to be spontaneous when we basically have a 2-hour window between when DD goes to sleep and I go to sleep to make things happen. And I feel decidedly unsexy these days since I have put on weight and stopped working out.

[jwinct]

Good luck, lennonkdc! I hope this is your cycle.

I'm sorry about your CD1s this weekend, beachdreamer and sleepymonkey.

I'm on CD15 and should be Oing any time now, if my cycle is anything like my last few.


QOTW:Even when we're not TTC, DH and I usually have sex several times a week. However, there are obviously days that I really don't feel like it when we really should, so on those days I straight out tell DH that we need to do it, and then we giggle about how used he feels. It's not sexy at all, but we have fun with it nonetheless.

[wannabmama]

lennonkdc it is sometimes nice to talk to the RE and get a plan, at a minimum.
beachdreamer ugh sorry for new cycle starting amidst announcements.
sleepymonkey I hear ya on the not feeling so sexy thing, I'm trying to get my weight under control but nothing seems to be working!
jwinct MH always says he's not just a piece of meat when I have to seduce him on a timeline bc of FW or medicated cycle...it's a joke now and helps lighten the mood!
I'm on CD11 and thinking I'll be triggering on Tuesday based on my u/s yesterday, so that means IUI on Thursday if that timing holds.
QOTW: MH is not the most sexual person anyway, so IF has done a number on things there. Plus our schedules and life get in the way. We are, however, becoming very good at quickies. But...TTC has made us talk about it more and even joke and that helps a lot.

[jwinct]

I'm crossing everything for you, wannabmama!

[sleepymonkey]

wannabmama, yeah I am having a very hard time with my weight. I haven't been on a scale in at least 6 months because I have been avoiding it like the plague. I know my eating hasn't been great but I feel like my clothes have become a lot tighter than they should have for the amount I have been eating so I'm not sure whether I'm just in denial or if there is something going on. I'm having a really hard time getting motivated to lose weight and I can't help but feel like maybe my weight (or conditions that can be brought on by weight issues) is hindering my ability to get pregnant. When I got KU almost 3 years ago, I was normal BMI and the healthiest I have been in my life, having lost 70 lbs. Now I'm probably @ 50-60 lbs more and I'm sure my health reflects that. I need a swift kick in the butt to get it in gear!

[mugee]

Hello my lovelies...

lennonkdc - thanks for the check-in!
beachdreamer and sleepymonkey - boo on CD1. I'm sorry...
jwinct - very envious of your sex life.
wannabmama - I'm with you on quickies. I do try to flirt and man handle him often, even if I don't follow through. We can at least laugh about it. When I was on a non-medicated cycle, I wouldn't tell him I was O'ing and just tell him that I'd want sex that night. It usually worked out pretty well.

[wannabmama]

sleepymonkey I totally know the feeling. MH is totally fit and goes to the gym a ton and it makes me feel even worse...but he works way fewer hours and commutes 15 min each way (to my hour and a half). I've been trying to reduce portions and do a class a few times a week but that's all I have time and energy for...and the scale's not moving. It's frustrating to say the least! I know I need to up the exercise and eat better...I sit at a desk all day and am bored so I snack way too much (plus the stress is no good). Sigh. I wish I was back to how I felt when I was 30...I was so happy and healthy and didn't have to watch everything I ate bc I was active just sort of all the time and was happy and I swear that had a lot to do with keeping my weight in check.

[bazinga]

lennonkdc, thanks for starting the new thread! My stay here may also be short.

((Hugs)) beachdreamer and sleepymonkey

Good luck this week wannabmama.

I'm CD15 and usually O on 15 or 16 (as best I can tell based on sporadic temping but predictable length of cycles) so will probably move over to the TWW depending on CM/CP over the next day or so.

QOTW: I typically spot/ bleed for around 12 days during AF, so once that's over sex at least EOD into FW usually isn't a problem However we do sometimes run out of steam leading up to O and on those days a quickly is fine. We've talked about not always being in the mood, but also that we both ready want another LO, so like some of you we just get on with it and joke about it not being the sexiest sex. For me, making sure we keep up sex for fun outside of FW is something I'm more conscious of as I've had a low libido in the past and it put a strain on our relationship...