Post by hydrangea1019 on Apr 14, 2016 9:36:04 GMT -5
I didn't see this yet, so here we go
Cycle/Month CD What are you doing to GKU? Rants/Raves/Chart Stalk GTKY: tell us about your hair. Any fun colors or cuts? Typical shades? Or virgin hair?
Post by ladytiffany24 on Apr 14, 2016 9:43:34 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: 6/6 (1AL)
CD: 12
What are you doing to GKU? All things
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalk: Opk was darker than yesterday so I'm crossing my fingers that this will mean my body will be somewhat with the program this cycle.
GTKY: tell us about your hair. Any fun colors or cuts? Typical shades? Or virgin hair? I'm pretty boring. I've always had an ugly, dirty blonde hair color but I've gotten lighter blonde highlights in it for a long time now. Once in college I dyed it brunette. It was awful and I couldn't wait for it to grow out. The craziest thing I did was chop off about 7 inches a few years ago.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalk: I'm waiting for my 3D u/s...and really have to pee. I really hate holding in pee. Uhh!
GTKY: tell us about your hair. Any fun colors or cuts? Typical shades? Or virgin hair? I have virgin hair now. I used to dye it alot in my 20's but grew it out for 4 years and now it's my natural hair. I don't think I could ever go back to dying. Too much maintenance for me.
Month: 24/13AL CD: 4 WAYDTGKU: pnv and green tea RRCS: whew! So glad yesterday is over. Cramps subsided by lunch, but yesterday morning was awful. Today is a 'light' day so I'm a happy girl GTKY: I've ALWAYS wanted blue hair, but I work a pretty conservative job and I think my boss would laugh at me and send me home. I go back and forth between dark brunette and blonde. Right now my blonde highlights are growing out into a cheap ombré lol. I'm debating on going dark again
Post by hydrangea1019 on Apr 14, 2016 9:54:41 GMT -5
mikaela20 hope you can get that u/s down fast so you can pee! That can be painful holding it too long. And hair dying/highlights is a lot of maintenance and upkeep. But I can't seem to break out. I'm not a fan of my natural color.
Post by peaseblossom55 on Apr 14, 2016 10:09:32 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: no idea I've lost count
CD: 11
What are you doing to GKU? IUI, PNV, BBT, and OPK starting today
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalk: I had monitoring this morning my lead follicles are 18 1/2, 2 at 17 1/2, 1 at 17 and another at 16. so trigger is tonight and IUI is tomorrow. I am feeling pretty good about this so I am hoping it helps.
GTKY: tell us about your hair. Any fun colors or cuts? Typical shades? Or virgin hair? About 3 weeks ago, I trimmed my hair got some new layers, and dyed it dark brown. My hair is typically light brown. I love my new look.
hydrangea1019, thanks for starting. I too wanted to have blue hair, but as a teen my mom never let me (and i guess i wasn't rebellious enough) and now I don't think it would let people take me serious as the boss lady.
mikaela20, I hope they get you out of there quickly so you can pee!
peaseblossom55, forgive my ignorance to IUI, are those good follicles? I hope so!! All things crossed for you and a successful IUI.
AFM Cycle/Month: 14/2AL CD: 11 What are you doing to GKU?: BBT & CM, PNV, zinc, B6, EPO, looked into Vitex and started that yesterday. Rants/Raves/Chart Stalk: EOD started this morning so I'm a happy camper. GTKY: tell us about your hair. Any fun colors or cuts? Typical shades? Or virgin hair?:
My hair is boring. Med/Dark brown. I do get comments that it's "So nice and thick!" but those people don't have to deal with it. It's wavy and frizzy on its best days, used to be down to my waist but I thought it might curl if I cut it short to my shoulders. It just got wavier and frizzier. It is very shiny from all the vitamins i've been taking though! I haven't dyed it since I was 16.
GTKY: tell us about your hair. Any fun colors or cuts? Typical shades? Or virgin hair? I have really dark, almost black hair. I alternate between bob-length and just growing it out as long as I can stand it, but I usually feel better with a shorter cut. I am a complete virgin when it comes to hair dye - I have never ever dyed it and don't intend to start. It's just too much maintenance for me.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalk: Once I get back from my vacation I'm going to get back in the swing of things, but right now I'm mostly just ignoring everything. I may even get a fertility monitor just to feel like I'm doing something.
GTKY: tell us about your hair. Any fun colors or cuts? Typical shades? Or virgin hair?: I prefer my hair short, but H likes it long. So I go through super short phases, and then I'll let it go long but get color to entertain myself. Right now it just has some high/lowlights. I want to give an unconventional color another shot. I work from home so I can get away with a lot.
CD: 2, I think. I'm not sure whether to count last night as 1, but I think I will.
What are you doing to GKU? My RE's recs: Metformin. PNV. DHA. Vitamin D. Extra Folic acid. No alcohol, low carbs. H is taking Omega 3s and cut alcohol to try to up his numbers.
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalk: My chart looked excellent this month, and my temps were nice and high, so I was super surprised to see bleeding last night at 11 DPO. I usually see a drop and then start AF the next day. This came on with no warning. How disappointing.
Can I ask a question here? FF tells me my LP varies more than normal. It's anywhere from 9-12. It's only been 12 once in the past 8 months though. Mostly 9-10. Does this sound like a luteal phase defect? I don't have anything scheduled with the RE this month because he wants us to try one more month naturally and then do another SA to see if H's numbers are better. But if I have a luteal problem, maybe I can get the ball rolling with that in the meantime.
GTKY: tell us about your hair. Any fun colors or cuts? Typical shades? Or virgin hair?
I'm growing my bob out, and so I look fairly unkempt at the moment. My hair is doing weird flippy things at the end. But my LO is into pulling my hair so I am determined to grow it long enough to be cute pulled back. It's taking forever though!
Colorwise, I have been doing the box dye thang to cover gray, and I can never remember which shade/brand I get, which is unfortunate, because last month I nailed it. It's like this dark mahogany brown. I hope I can find what I used again!
Month: 24/13AL CD: 4 WAYDTGKU: pnv and green tea RRCS: whew! So glad yesterday is over. Cramps subsided by lunch, but yesterday morning was awful. Today is a 'light' day so I'm a happy girl GTKY: I've ALWAYS wanted blue hair, but I work a pretty conservative job and I think my boss would laugh at me and send me home. I go back and forth between dark brunette and blonde. Right now my blonde highlights are growing out into a cheap ombré lol. I'm debating on going dark again
I would love, love, love blue hair, or purple, or some of the other badass hair trends I've seen, but I also work a conservative job. A colleague of mine, who is in her early 50s and has almost completely gray hair, was trying to do the gray-with-hints-of-blue thing and ended up looking like a Smurf! I was dying when I saw the pics! It took several attempts over the course of a few weeks to get it to where it looked work appropriate. Poor thing! But I kinda loved the crazy blue. Punk rock for lyyyyyfee!
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalk: Once I get back from my vacation I'm going to get back in the swing of things, but right now I'm mostly just ignoring everything. I may even get a fertility monitor just to feel like I'm doing something.
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I have a fertility monitor and like using it. However, mine you have to start it over on the morning of CD 1 or 2, and sometimes I don't remember. Like, CD 1 for me started last night, so I missed CD 1 obviously, and this morning I didn't even think about it. So I've missed out on using it for the whole month now.
siouxsieq, is it possible that FF's O date for that month with 12-day LP was off? That would be my first thought as a possibility, especially for me because my temp shift is not always so obvious.
siouxsieq, that is good to know! I have to look into them more when I get back. I was thinking this one so I wouldn't have to buy extra strips afterward.
siouxsieq, is it possible that FF's O date for that month with 12-day LP was off? That would be my first thought as a possibility, especially for me because my temp shift is not always so obvious.
I'll have to go back and look. It's possible. FF changes my O date a lot. I think that's part of the PCOS (I'm still learning).
siouxsieq, that is good to know! I have to look into them more when I get back. I was thinking this one so I wouldn't have to buy extra strips afterward.
This is what I have! It's nice because no sticks. It's a mouthpiece that you do first thing in the morning and a vaginal wand for the evening. Like I said, you have to start it over every CD 1 or 2. And the vaginal wand confirms O for you. I do not understand how exactly that works, but in the months I've used it, it does line up with FF, so I trust it.
siouxsieq, is it possible that FF's O date for that month with 12-day LP was off? That would be my first thought as a possibility, especially for me because my temp shift is not always so obvious.
Okay, I went back and checked my past charts and it turns out I was wayyy off in my rant. It's amazing how off I was now that I've written it out. I actually had several 12-day LPs, but then everything started getting wonky: 12, 12, 12, 9, anovulatory 29-day cycle, 11, 10.
Cycle/Month: 13/12 CD: 12 What are you doing to GKU? Temping, OPKs. Rants/Raves/Chart Stalk: Still a little freaked out that my jerk of a gyn is right and I'm O'ing earlier then I think. I seem to have a fair consistent temp rise around CD 7 and CS 12. Temp was up today, but nothing even close on OPKs. GTKY: tell us about your hair. Any fun colors or cuts? Typical shades? Or virgin hair? Currently have balayage highlights w/ long layers. It doesn't seem to matter how I cut it, it always looks the same. My mom posted a bunch of pics of me for my 30th, and I was appalled to see that my hair is essentially the same since 6th grade... haha. I prefer my hair darker, but DH and my mom aren't fans, so I always end up lightening it back up.
icedtea, EPO is Evening Primrose Oil. It's supposed to help produce more fertile and sperm friendly CM. It definitely helps produce more, and the first month we used it was the first time I ever got a BFP, but that doesn't mean that it did anything since it was month 12, buuuut, I don't think it can hurt. I do stop it after confirm O.
siouxsieq, I also have a short LP, shortest of 8 days, median 10, longest is about 12. I did some research and that is why I've started Vit B6 and Vitex this month. Supposedly combined they gradually help increase progesterone naturally. Not sure if its true, but again I don't think it can hurt. I may not see a difference for a few months, but hoping that I do.
icedtea, EPO is Evening Primrose Oil. It's supposed to help produce more fertile and sperm friendly CM. It definitely helps produce more, and the first month we used it was the first time I ever got a BFP, but that doesn't mean that it did anything since it was month 12, buuuut, I don't think it can hurt. I do stop it after confirm O.
siouxsieq, I also have a short LP, shortest of 8 days, median 10, longest is about 12. I did some research and that is why I've started Vit B6 and Vitex this month. Supposedly combined they gradually help increase progesterone naturally. Not sure if its true, but again I don't think it can hurt. I may not see a difference for a few months, but hoping that I do.
I actually bought B6 and Vitex but have never taken it because I've read some things about Vitex having potential to do some damage. I think I may call the RE to ask about it. I just need to adult-up and figure out how to phrase my questions before I call. Why is calling so hard?!
icedtea , EPO is Evening Primrose Oil. It's supposed to help produce more fertile and sperm friendly CM. It definitely helps produce more, and the first month we used it was the first time I ever got a BFP, but that doesn't mean that it did anything since it was month 12, buuuut, I don't think it can hurt. I do stop it after confirm O.
siouxsieq , I also have a short LP, shortest of 8 days, median 10, longest is about 12. I did some research and that is why I've started Vit B6 and Vitex this month. Supposedly combined they gradually help increase progesterone naturally. Not sure if its true, but again I don't think it can hurt. I may not see a difference for a few months, but hoping that I do.
I actually bought B6 and Vitex but have never taken it because I've read some things about Vitex having potential to do some damage. I think I may call the RE to ask about it. I just need to adult-up and figure out how to phrase my questions before I call. Why is calling so hard?!
Curious about where you read Vitex can do some damage and what kind of damage? Everything I've read across many sites mention no major side effects other than maybe a headache or a breakout. My crazy came out when I was searching so I'm surprised I didn't see the same thing you did.
I actually bought B6 and Vitex but have never taken it because I've read some things about Vitex having potential to do some damage. I think I may call the RE to ask about it. I just need to adult-up and figure out how to phrase my questions before I call. Why is calling so hard?!
Curious about where you read Vitex can do some damage and what kind of damage? Everything I've read across many sites mention no major side effects other than maybe a headache or a breakout. My crazy came out when I was searching so I'm surprised I didn't see the same thing you did.
pibblemom, actually, I could have sworn I originally read it either here or on TTGP on TB back in the day (I was a lurker there when I was trying for kid one) and then probably some Dr. Googling to follow up. I don't mean to panic you! I've been known to be wrong. If my doc says anything about it, I will certainly let you know!
Post by thelittleredm on Apr 14, 2016 12:24:41 GMT -5
Cycle/Month: 15/15 CD: 8
What are you doing to GKU: Temping, sex, CM, vitamin D supplements
RRCS: Nothing really. Today is boring but fine.
GTKY: I have light-medium brown hair with some natural red lowlights. I currently have blonde highlights in but I'm thinking of doing an all over color.
Post by thelittleredm on Apr 14, 2016 12:26:56 GMT -5
hydrangea1019, I've always wanted to dye my hair that mermaid hair or whatever it's called with various shades of blue and green. But my job is the same way.
hydrangea1019, I've always wanted to dye my hair that mermaid hair or whatever it's called with various shades of blue and green. But my job is the same way.
Ooooooooo yessss!!! It's so pretty! DH always sends me videos or pictures of mermaid or unicorn hair. I love it! Most are probably photoshopped, but I can still dream lol
What are you doing to GKU? Nothing yet. BBT OPK PNV preseed
Rants/Raves/Chart Stalk: 9 day luteal phase last cycle. Wtf. And the one before that I think was 7 (I didn't temp that cycle but had a positive OPK). Last cycle was 21 days and the one before was 58. I officially hate my body.
Anyone know how concerning a short luteal phase like that can be for TTC? I had pretty normal length luteal phase when I was TTC my first two.
GTKY: tell us about your hair. Any fun colors or cuts? Typical shades? Or virgin hair? Def not Virgin. I've had every cut from long to pixie and I've had blonde brown black and red. Red is my fav but so much upkeep. Right now it's long-ish and brown. Boring
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