WTDS 3/7

[teachermomtobe]

The Waiting to Do Something Thread is posted once a week (usually on Mondays) for those of us that experience long, extended cycles. Whether it's medicated cycles, long (45ish+ days) cycles, postpartum/breastfeeding, TTA, on the bench, or something else, this is the place we gather throughout the week to discuss and vent about our slightly unique situation.


Numbers:



Circumstances:



R/R/NSNFQ:



GTKY: What TV show is your guilty pleasure?

[teachermomtobe]

Numbers: CD 24

Circumstances: TTA until recovered from surgery

R/R/NSNFQ: I was hoping I'd O on my own this month just for the hell of it but I should have known better after needing months of meds to make me O. My surgery went well last week and I'm home recovering. Recovery is going well. In a few weeks I'll contact RE to discuss when we can get back to TTC.

GTKY: What TV show is your guilty pleasure? Teen Mom (all of them). It's like a train wreck, I just can't stop.

[JoBub]

Good morning! I'm going to try and spend more time here this week. I feel like I intro'ed and then went MIA.

Numbers: In my first month temping to TTA, 4 months until we TTC.


Circumstances: I am just trying to get a handle on my cycle lengths so I know what the heck is going on when we TTC. Won't start trying for a few months because I need my EDD to be after 2017 College Board AP Exams.


R/R/NSNFQ: I suck at remembering to temp in the morning. I have 5 temps so far this cycle, and I'm on CD11. I think I'm need to use my phone alarm and set my thermometer on top of it. I've been using my FitBit, so I never even look at my night stand until it's too late.


GTKY: What TV show is your guilty pleasure?
Everything on Bravo. Everything.

[teachermomtobe]

JoBub, I use my alarm on my phone as my morning alarm and put my thermometer on top of it like you thought of. It works for me! Also, once it becomes a habit it's definitely easier to remember.

[JoBub]

Mar 7, 2016 10:20:09 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

JoBub , I use my alarm on my phone as my morning alarm and put my thermometer on top of it like you thought of. It works for me! Also, once it becomes a habit it's definitely easier to remember.

I'm glad I started early in case this first month of temping ends up being worthless. I don't remember it being this hard last time. I'm horrible in the morning in general, though. It takes me a long time to start thinking clearly.

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Numbers: cycle 4/month 8 TFAS. CD 49/no ovulation in sight.

Circumstances: TFAS with hypothyroid. Possible PCOS dx last time, which required metformin. Dr wants us to try for a year before doing the metformin, since the hypo dx is new this time.

R/R/NSNFQ: I got ff to use my lomgest cycle as my average. It was really bugging me that it kept telling me I should've ovulated already, and that my period was overdue.

GTKY: What TV show is your guilty pleasure?

I really like girl meets world. It's supper cheesy, but it's nice to have a feel good show every once in a while.

[amandamh2]

Numbers: unknown

Circumstances: TFAS/NTNP, no PP AF yet due to BFing

R/R/NSNFQ: DS has already scared the crap out of me twice today. I was getting dressed with him playing on the floor when I looked over to see our vent covered in blood. He cut his finger and while it wasn't deep it bled so much. I then put him on the bed for a second and he launched himself off (he's 10 months so no ability to catch himself). Settle down little one.

GTKY: Survivor. My dad and I always watched it together and discussed the episodes and what we would have done.

[BabyStandish]

Numbers: n/a


Circumstances: waiting on 1st pp AF, BF'ing almost 14 month old


R/R/NSNFQ: Just trying not to think about TTC since my body isn't up to speed yet. I had to delete FB from my phone last week because I just couldn't handle all of the pregnancy announcements. I go through periods when I try to limit BF'ing, but it never lasts more than a day or two. I just need to relax and not try to force anything on my son. If he's not ready to share the boobs then I need to just chill. It's just so hard somedays though.



GTKY: What TV show is your guilty pleasure? We only have Netflix so I'm limited. I went through Jane the Virgin recently and loved it! I wouldn't call it a total guilty pleasure though since I actually think it's a great show. I think if we paid for TV I'd watch a lot more guilt inducing stuff

[gabride2010]

teachermomtobe I'm glad you're recovering well! I'm watching Teen Mom right now!

JoBub It was hard to remember to temp too in the beginning. I use my phone as an alarm to temp.

alwayscheese Are you going to start temping? I started when I was TTA for 6 more months. It really helped me figure out my cycles before TTC.

@sparky85 If Metformin helped you last time, why would you wait to use it this time? That seems weird to me not to use Metformin just because of the hypothyroid dx.

amandamh2 I'm sorry your DS scared you. I hope his finger feels better soon. I hope your cycles come back soon.

BabyStandish I'm sorry for all the feels. Giant hugs!

Numbers: Cycle 2, Month 4, CD 32

Circumstances: TTC #1 with long cycles and PCOS

RRNFNSQ: I got a + OPK on Friday at CD 29! I was super happy about ovulating so early, but H was OOT. It might just be a surge that won't result in ovulation. Today's temp was noncommittal.

GTKY: I love The Bachelor/Bachelorette. Something about it just gets me sucked in to it.

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gabride2010 my dr believes that the synthroid will help regulate my cycles, and since i have been ovulating i chose to believe her. Now that its been 8 months, and my cycles seem to be getting really bad again, i may have to make an appoinment sooner than later.

[gabride2010]

Sorry that your cycles have been getting bad @sparky85. That sucks

[Deleted]

Numbers: CD4

Circumstances: TTA until May or June

RRNFNSQ: I've been temping since I got off the pill in Dec, and I've now had 3 super short luteal phases (5 or 6 days). At first I thought it was just part of my body reregulating after years on the pill, but now that I'm starting Cycle 4 I'm starting to get concerned. I feel like it would be premature to call my doctor about since we aren't actually TTC yet, but it's definitely making me nervous.

GTKY: guilty pleasure TV...I recently watched Fuller House on Netflix which I'm a little ashamed of. It was just really bad, especially all the digs at the Olsen twins for not being there. But once I started I ended up watching all the episodes!

[wilmaroo]

Numbers: Day 90 I think? I finally decided to take provera and just finished it so just waiting for cd1

Circumstances: TFAS - super long cycles with no ovulation, husband currently working in another state

R/R/NSNFQ: hey guise. I'm gonna hang with you here for a bit if that's cool. After my clomid cycle bust I went into a sad lurker phase so I'm working on getting out of that.

GTKY: What TV show is your guilty pleasure? ** nerd alert** how it's made lol. I could sit (sometimes do) and watch it for hours. Also Maury if I'm home during the day bc you know - you ARE the father is always entertaining.

[gabride2010]

@bonzo2012 LPs that short are definitely a cause for concern. I would put a call in to your doc because your periods are starting before a implantation could/would occur. If you don't feel comfortable calling just yet, then I would see what cycle 4 does and then call if your LP is still short.

Welcome to WTDS wilmaroo. I'm sorry your Clomid cycle was a bust. I love the Maury show too!

[teachermomtobe]

@sparky85, How do you feel about the doctor wanting you to wait a year for the Metformin? It makes sense to give the Snythroid a chance but a year seems so long when you have a previously known condition.
BabyStandish, sorry your body isn't on your brain's TTC timeline
gabride2010, I can't stand Farrah and Maci's 3rd unplanned pregnancy really gets my IF feels going and yet I can't tear away from it
@bonzo2012, Your short LP could be part of regulating after birth control. Keep an eye on it for sure but don't worry just yet.
wilmaroo, *hugs* hang out here as long as you want

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teachermomtobe I was really optimistic at first, last spring, but now I'm planning to call for an appointment once this cycle is over in a few weeks.

Last time we did testing for PCOS, and didn't see anything with an ultrasound and the labs looked normal, so it was more of a dx based on the cycle length, irregularity and heaviness. At first the sythroid seemed to be helping all of those things, but now it's going back to the old "normal" (70 plus day cycles followed by a week of really heavy bleeds - at least one super+ tampon per hour for the first few days)

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teachermomtobe, I'm hoping the short LP will fix itself -- I know some women are back to "normal" after only a month off BCP, and for others it can take much longer. I figure if it hasn't gotten longer by my physical this summer, then I'll bring it up and I'll have months of data to back me up!

[teachermomtobe]

Mar 8, 2016 11:41:18 GMT -5 @bonzo2012 said:

teachermomtobe, I'm hoping the short LP will fix itself -- I know some women are back to "normal" after only a month off BCP, and for others it can take much longer. I figure if it hasn't gotten longer by my physical this summer, then I'll bring it up and I'll have months of data to back me up!

I am in full support of having data to share when you think there is a concern. Charting is what showed me I hadn't O'ed once in the 7 months off BCP when I went to my annual. It made my dr run tests and refer me to a RE. Without that data I probably would have had to wait a year and not be as far along in the process to get KU that I am.

[Deleted]

Numbers: Cycle 24, Month 20 since start of TTC, Month 4 or 5 since TTA.

Circumstances: TTA for FMLA eligibility until April. Then moving to NTNP indefinitely because MH is not interested in treatments. Yay me!

R/R/NSNFQ: I still temp since we are TTA and not using a backup methods. (Not that i'm even a little bit worried).

To address the pre-ttc temping and charting ---I wish that I had gone off birth control longer before starting TTC. I also wish I had done a little more research and started temping right away. We were just eager to jump in and my first two cycles off BCP gave the illusion that my cycles had regulated again. I had issues with midcycle spotting for several years while on birth control. Since we weren't TTC, doctors never thought to do more testing, and instead just kept changing my birth control.

I wish I had known then, what I know now. It might have saved me alot of heartache.

ETA: When we finally move out of my MIL's I am going back to using OPKs. My charts are being weird and I don't trust them. Over the past few months I have gone from havimg consistently short LPs to early Oing. My cycle lengths have stayed about the same, so I don't know if it's user error or my cycles have really changed.

GTKY: What TV show is your guilty pleasure? I think it would have to be the entire lineup on the ID channel.

[teachermomtobe]

Anyone want to chart stalk me? I think I O'd but I have missing temps and 1 missing OPK right when I probably O'd so FF isn't giving me CHs. Thoughts? www.fertilityfriend.com/home/564e80

[nuggetrn]

teachermomtobe, Thanks for starting this!! I am so so glad to hear your surgery went well! Hopefully you will be back to TTC in no time!

JoBub, Getting into the swing of temping is definitely rough. I am quiteeee a few months in and I definitely do a bad job more than I remember to temp. I have still managed to catch the few times I have O'd even with crappy temping. So there's hope!

@sparky85, Ugh, sorry for the long cycle. That was smart to change your setting on FF! That always really irritated me too.

amandamh2, Your son is really working on keeping you on your toes!! Hope he settles down for you and quits with the death defying stunts!

wilmaroo, Hey there lady! I remember you from before. I am sorry you are dealing with all of this and with your husband being gone. This is  a pretty great place to be in the mean time I think 

@wallflwr926, Hugs friend. I feel guilty when I say this, because I know there are so many people like you who didn't start charting until they started TTC and didn't get a chance to figure out cycles... But I am forever thankful that I was off BCP and charting for as long as I was before we officially started TTC. I so wish that more people got that opportunity, or at least knew that this was an option. Knowing what was up beforehand has helped a lot of things, allowed me to seek out diagnosis and treatment of PCOS... will hopefully help me actually get pregnant. Whereas I might have gone months and months trying for no point when I wasn't ovulating. I am a huge advocate for coming of BCP and temping in advance of TTC. Just ask gabride2010

[nuggetrn]

Mar 9, 2016 8:43:38 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

Anyone want to chart stalk me? I think I O'd but I have missing temps and 1 missing OPK right when I probably O'd so FF isn't giving me CHs. Thoughts? www.fertilityfriend.com/home/564e80

I can definitely see O as a possibility based on that chart. It is a bummer that you have missing temps and no OPK. But the EWCM and the higher temps seem to corroborate it. I wonder why FF has not given you CHs? Wait and see is the best advice I have, as annoying as that is, lol. What happens if you put in a positive OPK for that missing day?

[teachermomtobe]

Mar 9, 2016 9:48:43 GMT -5 nuggetrn said:

Mar 9, 2016 8:43:38 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

Anyone want to chart stalk me? I think I O'd but I have missing temps and 1 missing OPK right when I probably O'd so FF isn't giving me CHs. Thoughts? www.fertilityfriend.com/home/564e80

I can definitely see O as a possibility based on that chart. It is a bummer that you have missing temps and no OPK. But the EWCM and the higher temps seem to corroborate it. I wonder why FF has not given you CHs? Wait and see is the best advice I have, as annoying as that is, lol. What happens if you put in a positive OPK for that missing day?

If I put in a positive OPK it gives me CHs for CD20.  Since we're TTA it doesn't *really* matter but it would be awesome to see I O'd during a non-medicated cycle!

[nuggetrn]

Numbers: Cycle 4/Month 7 CD42/9DPO

Circumstances: PCOS, TTC

R/R/NSNFQ: Just hanging out. Will test Saturday if I make it there before CD1. Happy my CHs changed and it made my timing way better.

GTKY: What TV show is your guilty pleasure? Hmmm, I don't watch a ton of TV right now... back when I actually got channels and had days off during the week I would say it was those court shows that play in the afternoon. I would leave those on while I was doing other things and always get sucked in. The things that people would do just amazes me.

[nuggetrn]

Mar 9, 2016 9:56:57 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

Mar 9, 2016 9:48:43 GMT -5 nuggetrn said:

I can definitely see O as a possibility based on that chart. It is a bummer that you have missing temps and no OPK. But the EWCM and the higher temps seem to corroborate it. I wonder why FF has not given you CHs? Wait and see is the best advice I have, as annoying as that is, lol. What happens if you put in a positive OPK for that missing day?

If I put in a positive OPK it gives me CHs for CD20.  Since we're TTA it doesn't *really* matter but it would be awesome to see I O'd during a non-medicated cycle!

Oh absolutely! I completely get the excitement of that!

[JoBub]

Mar 9, 2016 8:43:38 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

Anyone want to chart stalk me? I think I O'd but I have missing temps and 1 missing OPK right when I probably O'd so FF isn't giving me CHs. Thoughts? www.fertilityfriend.com/home/564e80

I kinda remember reading somewhere that FF needs at least 5 temps above and 5 temps below the coverline to give you CHs. Since you had a slow rise, I think only the last 4 would be above the CL, so you might get crosshairs tomorrow if your temp stays high.

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alwayscheese, I don't know that I would call it "important " exactly, but I am glad that I got off BCP before starting TTC. I had very irregular cycles as a teen, and I had been on the pill for nearly 10 years. After reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility, and understanding the full cycle more, I really wanted to temp before TTC just to understand my own body. And with the issues I'm having with my LP, I'm really glad I took this time before truly TTC, because while I'm nervous about what it means I'm not totally stressed out.

Also, BCP was messing up my sex drive. I hadn't realized how bad it had gotten until I was off it! That alone was worth it for me right now!