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The Official TTC Thread!
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Congrats CDT! Hope you have a happy, healthy and sticky *ewish* 9 mos!
Nothing much here, CD27, waiting for AFF to show her ghastly red head tomorrow. Our office was getting it''s carpets cleaned this am- guess which 5 footer had to move all the furniture by HERSELF? Sons of bitches, all of em. When the guys spent the hour+ cleaning, I just took a chair outside and read about 4 chapters of my book.
On another, slightly baby-related note: I''m doing small book reviews for a blog that promotes well-read children. I don''t think it''s been posted yet, but yay for me!
Nothing much here, CD27, waiting for AFF to show her ghastly red head tomorrow. Our office was getting it''s carpets cleaned this am- guess which 5 footer had to move all the furniture by HERSELF? Sons of bitches, all of em. When the guys spent the hour+ cleaning, I just took a chair outside and read about 4 chapters of my book.
On another, slightly baby-related note: I''m doing small book reviews for a blog that promotes well-read children. I don''t think it''s been posted yet, but yay for me!
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Ahhh! I am so flustered right now. It is almost the end of my cycle and I had to get a few things at the drugstore so I decided to run out during lunch. Since I work nowhere near where DH and I or any of our friends live, I decided to pick up a few pregnancy tests while I was there (we are not telling anyone we are TTC). As I am walking up the aisle with nothing but a bright pink box of pregnancy tests in my hand, I bump into one of DH''s friends. I freeze like a deer in headlights because I am sure sees what I am holding. I had a quick conversation with him and literally ran away as quick as I could. I know that there is anything embarassing about buing a pregnancy test - DH and I have been married a year and are 30, I am sure it won''t be much of a surprise to our friends that we are trying, but I am very private and cringe at the thought of all of DH''s friends talking about us being pregnant (which we probably aren''t!). There isn''t much point to this post other than to share my embarassment, which I would usually do with my mom or girlfriends, but since they don''t know we are TTC I can''t tell them and I had to tell someone. My face is still bright red (I am very easily embarassed and it shows!).
Oh, and I also did not tell D I was picking up the tests (it''s our first month TTC and I was not planning to test unless AF was late, but I have no patience and decided to buy a test now. So now I feel like I should tell him before his friends call him and ask him if we are KTFU.
Oh, and I also did not tell D I was picking up the tests (it''s our first month TTC and I was not planning to test unless AF was late, but I have no patience and decided to buy a test now. So now I feel like I should tell him before his friends call him and ask him if we are KTFU.
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Same here, LL- I just couldn't wait the entire 40 weeks. ~16 weeks is going to be torture enough. It's a surprise either way!
Robbie (and Peony), I agree with DD- Every other day should keep your bases pretty well covered until you see EWCM. TMI alert, but the first time DH and I had an eight day marathon (second cycle TTC), I got a UTI! Plus, we were exhausted. I've since learned from my mistakes (more water and cranberry juice), but we've moved to DTD every other day on "high" readings and every day (maybe twice a day) on the "peak" reading.
Amber- Yay for the reviews! And a big
NovemberBride- Fingers crossed you get a BFP!
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November, don't feel bad. I left out a bottle of prenatals and some of the preseeds on our table when my dad was housesitting. WHOOPS. Nothing to make you cringe more than letting your dad know A.) You're having sex and B.) It's for a reason. Ew.
ETA: And C.) that you use lube to HELP you get pregnant. It's so different from the good ol' days (his days) of a bottle of whiskey and the backseat of the family Chevy.
ETA: And C.) that you use lube to HELP you get pregnant. It's so different from the good ol' days (his days) of a bottle of whiskey and the backseat of the family Chevy.
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Oh god, that reminds me of a certain occasion in which my Dad was helping me move out of my college apartment I shared with DH (then boyfriend). I'd moved/cleaned everything else out of the apartment, but he and a friend of his agreed to help move the bed.
Apparently, I didn't clean well enough under the bed, because when I returned to my apartment, an empty can of whipped cream was laying on the floor where my bed had been.
I'm so thankful I wasn't there when my Dad and his friend saw it.
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Hi ladies.
I''m afraid I have some bad news to report. Last week I had my hcg levels checked, they were 45 and 116 drawn 48 hours apart. Fairly low but they did double so our plan was to check again today and then go from there. Well, I was at a conference in San Francisco this week (with a coworker who did not know I was pregnant) and started spotting which progressed to light bleeding. Spoke with my doctor and decided to just check a level when I got back and go from there. It really actually sucked because I pretty much knew at the time I was going to miscarry and very far from home and hubby. Anyway, this morning the level was 77, so on it''s way down. I guess I can expect more bleeding in the next few days. I have an appointment Monday to see my doctor. I don''t really need to see him but the nurse offered so I took the chance, I''m sure by Monday I''ll have some questions for him. And they want to check another HCG level then to make sure it''s still going down. So they don''t really call it a miscarriage, but a chemical pregnancy (I really don''t like that term).
So, it looks like I''ll be with you guys for a bit longer.
I''m afraid I have some bad news to report. Last week I had my hcg levels checked, they were 45 and 116 drawn 48 hours apart. Fairly low but they did double so our plan was to check again today and then go from there. Well, I was at a conference in San Francisco this week (with a coworker who did not know I was pregnant) and started spotting which progressed to light bleeding. Spoke with my doctor and decided to just check a level when I got back and go from there. It really actually sucked because I pretty much knew at the time I was going to miscarry and very far from home and hubby. Anyway, this morning the level was 77, so on it''s way down. I guess I can expect more bleeding in the next few days. I have an appointment Monday to see my doctor. I don''t really need to see him but the nurse offered so I took the chance, I''m sure by Monday I''ll have some questions for him. And they want to check another HCG level then to make sure it''s still going down. So they don''t really call it a miscarriage, but a chemical pregnancy (I really don''t like that term).
So, it looks like I''ll be with you guys for a bit longer.
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Oh gosh Tiffany, I''m SO sorry! It must be terrible to get your hopes up and then have something devasting happen.
I have heard that these are REALLY common though, not that it will necessarily make you feel better. *hugs*
Ebree, are you using the CBE fertility monitor? Someone I know IRL swears by these and thinks that I should get one. But it''s $100 to start out plus $50 for every 10 strips. If I thought that it would help me I''d be all over it though. How do you like yours?
Ebree, are you using the CBE fertility monitor? Someone I know IRL swears by these and thinks that I should get one. But it''s $100 to start out plus $50 for every 10 strips. If I thought that it would help me I''d be all over it though. How do you like yours?
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Just FYI: Those can be really unreliable for some people. The best thing to do is to monitor your CM if you can handle it. For some people they rock, but for some they can be a waste of $. A friend of mine bought one and used it religiously for 8 months, only BDing when they were "supposed to". Finally, she got frustrated and stopped listening to it and BD''d a few days around the window it gave her too and they got pregnant the first month! Seems like it was "off" for her.
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neat,
What a bummer for your friend! I love mine. I think it''s smart to use it in conjunction with temping the first few months to see if they ''agree'' on an ovulation date. I tested them together for two months, and went exclusively CBEFM once they did.
Peony- As for the sticks, mine cost ~$40 for a box of 30 sticks. Since I''m a 12-17 day ovulator (*knocks furiously on wood*), I generally only need to use around 10 a cycle, so a box lasts me three cycles.
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Tiffany, I''m so sorry you''re going through this. I don''t like the term "chemical pregnancy" either. A loss is a loss in my opinion. ::hugs:: We''re all hear for you.
Amber, that''s awesome about the book reviews!
Iwanna, I was hooked too. We used it to TTA for almost a year.
November, I get really embarrassed buying tests and anything TTC related too! We live in my hometown as do 2 of DH''s siblings and my parents. I try to buy stuff when we''re shopping somewhere a bit farther away.
Amber, I totally feel you on cringing knowing that your parents know you have sex. I said something along those lines to DH after we told them I was pregnant. He was like, Robbie, I''m sure they assumed we were having sex; we''ve been married for a year! And I was like, yeah, but now they know for sure! Eeeew! At my bachelorette party my sisters-in-law got me a jar of different flavored lubes. I was soooo embarrassed! And then they thought I didn''t know what it was and decided to explain that it was lube...in front of my MIL
. I wanted to die. Haha.
Ebree, when we moved I was pretty sure that MIL unpacked my prenatals since she and my SILs unpacked a ton of stuff when we pulled in with the moving van. Judging by the surprise when we told her that we were pregnant she either wasn''t paying attention or it was one of my SILs who unpacked it! Hmmm...maybe that''s why they''re always checking to see if I''m drinking at family events...
Amber, that''s awesome about the book reviews!
Iwanna, I was hooked too. We used it to TTA for almost a year.
November, I get really embarrassed buying tests and anything TTC related too! We live in my hometown as do 2 of DH''s siblings and my parents. I try to buy stuff when we''re shopping somewhere a bit farther away.
Amber, I totally feel you on cringing knowing that your parents know you have sex. I said something along those lines to DH after we told them I was pregnant. He was like, Robbie, I''m sure they assumed we were having sex; we''ve been married for a year! And I was like, yeah, but now they know for sure! Eeeew! At my bachelorette party my sisters-in-law got me a jar of different flavored lubes. I was soooo embarrassed! And then they thought I didn''t know what it was and decided to explain that it was lube...in front of my MIL
Ebree, when we moved I was pretty sure that MIL unpacked my prenatals since she and my SILs unpacked a ton of stuff when we pulled in with the moving van. Judging by the surprise when we told her that we were pregnant she either wasn''t paying attention or it was one of my SILs who unpacked it! Hmmm...maybe that''s why they''re always checking to see if I''m drinking at family events...
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Thanks for the support. You guys are great. It''s awesome to have support like this. We haven''t told anyone IRL and I don''t know that we will. The whole TTC process is a roller coaster ride for sure. Although the pregnancy thread seems to have the same ups and downs!
Peony- I had been using the clearblue fertility monitor and loved it. Mine quit working a few months ago. I''m kind of to the point that my ovulation is pretty predictable, so I haven''t decided whether to get a new one or not. (although maybe mine could be fixed, I don''t know.) I got the strips at walgreens and they were $49.95 for 30 strips, and I was using between 7-10 strips per month. In the beginning it makes you test more while it "learns" your cycles.
Peony- I had been using the clearblue fertility monitor and loved it. Mine quit working a few months ago. I''m kind of to the point that my ovulation is pretty predictable, so I haven''t decided whether to get a new one or not. (although maybe mine could be fixed, I don''t know.) I got the strips at walgreens and they were $49.95 for 30 strips, and I was using between 7-10 strips per month. In the beginning it makes you test more while it "learns" your cycles.
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Tiffany,
I''m so sorry, sweetie.
I don''t like the term "chemical pregnancy," either. Makes it sound like it wasn''t quite real, when it *is* real and there are *real* emotional connections involved. Dumb science.
I hope you and your hubby rely on one another and draw support from one another right now....
I''m so sorry, sweetie.
I don''t like the term "chemical pregnancy," either. Makes it sound like it wasn''t quite real, when it *is* real and there are *real* emotional connections involved. Dumb science.
I hope you and your hubby rely on one another and draw support from one another right now....
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Tiffany ugh there''s 2 little we can say but sorry ...there seems to be bad news all over ps today and I hope there is a major turnaround soon and I hope u will have some good news next time around..we are all rooting for u. Im glad u are also strong n u just keep on moving forward..don''t look back..everything good is still ahead once u pass the hardships..as indy says "such is life"...b positive.
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Ya know, if I had known TTC would take so long, I would have just stopped using BC while DH and I were going at it like rabbits and just moved up the wedding. Partially kidding.
I''m so tired of temping and peeing and calculating and marking and begging. Ahhhhhh. I swear, one of these days I''m just going to go insane and start peeing on my BBT, and sticking my Osticks under my tongue..
Tiffany, I hope you and DH find some kind of peace and keep coming back here. When I have my really down days (and not the ones that I stay away completely, although I understand that), I know it feels good to be part of a group that really does care about you, and understand what you''re going through.
I''m so tired of temping and peeing and calculating and marking and begging. Ahhhhhh. I swear, one of these days I''m just going to go insane and start peeing on my BBT, and sticking my Osticks under my tongue..
Tiffany, I hope you and DH find some kind of peace and keep coming back here. When I have my really down days (and not the ones that I stay away completely, although I understand that), I know it feels good to be part of a group that really does care about you, and understand what you''re going through.
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Haha, Amber, that''s hilarious! Sometimes when I wake up really early in the night (like midnight), I sit up bolt straight thinking I need to temp. It definitely gets to you after a while. I''m sorry AFF is around the corner for you. And congrats on writing the reviews, that sounds fun! I''d love to hear more about that or even read them if it''s possible...
November, I felt almost like I was buying condoms for the first time the first time I bought a hpt. I don''t know why, but it was just awkward. Hopefully your friend is just as clueless as most guys, or at least tactful enough to not mention anything unless the news is good!
Ebree, how embarrassing! Although I am one of the unfortunate few who actually got caught by my mom, not quite doing the deed, but at least right after it! Just thinking about it still makes me cringe to this day!
I think I''m getting ready to O! I''ve had 2 days of EW, and my temp is starting to rise, and I have a feeling tomorrow will be the big temp rise! Hopefully we can get in one more round of bding before it does!
November, I felt almost like I was buying condoms for the first time the first time I bought a hpt. I don''t know why, but it was just awkward. Hopefully your friend is just as clueless as most guys, or at least tactful enough to not mention anything unless the news is good!
Ebree, how embarrassing! Although I am one of the unfortunate few who actually got caught by my mom, not quite doing the deed, but at least right after it! Just thinking about it still makes me cringe to this day!
I think I''m getting ready to O! I''ve had 2 days of EW, and my temp is starting to rise, and I have a feeling tomorrow will be the big temp rise! Hopefully we can get in one more round of bding before it does!
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Okay, for the next installment of the ever dramatic "As the TTC Chart Turns" here we go:
Day 16 temp was high, super close to 98 degrees, only .01 degree away, to be exact (my post ovulation temp range area is in the 98s), day 17 plunged down to 97.4. I thought O was no where near.
Well, last night I had a dream about Mr. Clean (long story, but I''m a softy for a baldy with a white t-shirt and Paul was teasing me about it last night because when he takes off his overshirt and is only wearing the whitey underneath, I just adore it, he calls me a Mr. Clean freak because I think bald is hot, too... silly, long story, but there it is in its shortened version) and all these people kept looking like younger, stud earrings instead of hoop earrings hotties. It was a really funny dream because Paul was taking me up to each one of them to ask if they were Mr. Clean''s son. Nuts.
Anyway, I digress. So, it was a really good dream and it was funny and I didn''t want to wake up, but when I did wake up, I had, I mean *had* to go potty, so I shot up, ran to the bathroom, and came back to bed. This isn''t uncommon. What is uncommon is that I usually wake up around 12 or 1, not messing up my BBT, but today it was 4:20 when I got up, only an hour before my temp time. So, I was in such a rush to potty because I would have wet the bed otherwise, that I didn''t take my temp. til I got back in bed, after running to the potty and tripping on one of Paul''s shoes. It was 97.78. So, I went back to bed and decided to re-temp when I woke up for good, knowing that we''d sleep in because it''s Saturday. I woke up again at 8:45am (over three hours past my regular temp time) and it was 98.27.
So now, I don''t know what to chart.
I know what DD (my beloved TTC heroine) would say, to temp the lowest temp, but I''m just so tempted to put in the temp that''s in the 98 zone.
Decisions, decisions.
This totally could be a soap opera, with all these different families trying all these different ways to get preggo, all the drama of reading tests wrong (or wanting to see something that''s not there), the symptoms we make up as we go along, the BD sessions that just go on and on (because you know, on each episod of a soap,there is someone in bed... it''s been statistically proven).
Day 16 temp was high, super close to 98 degrees, only .01 degree away, to be exact (my post ovulation temp range area is in the 98s), day 17 plunged down to 97.4. I thought O was no where near.
Well, last night I had a dream about Mr. Clean (long story, but I''m a softy for a baldy with a white t-shirt and Paul was teasing me about it last night because when he takes off his overshirt and is only wearing the whitey underneath, I just adore it, he calls me a Mr. Clean freak because I think bald is hot, too... silly, long story, but there it is in its shortened version) and all these people kept looking like younger, stud earrings instead of hoop earrings hotties. It was a really funny dream because Paul was taking me up to each one of them to ask if they were Mr. Clean''s son. Nuts.
Anyway, I digress. So, it was a really good dream and it was funny and I didn''t want to wake up, but when I did wake up, I had, I mean *had* to go potty, so I shot up, ran to the bathroom, and came back to bed. This isn''t uncommon. What is uncommon is that I usually wake up around 12 or 1, not messing up my BBT, but today it was 4:20 when I got up, only an hour before my temp time. So, I was in such a rush to potty because I would have wet the bed otherwise, that I didn''t take my temp. til I got back in bed, after running to the potty and tripping on one of Paul''s shoes. It was 97.78. So, I went back to bed and decided to re-temp when I woke up for good, knowing that we''d sleep in because it''s Saturday. I woke up again at 8:45am (over three hours past my regular temp time) and it was 98.27.
So now, I don''t know what to chart.
I know what DD (my beloved TTC heroine) would say, to temp the lowest temp, but I''m just so tempted to put in the temp that''s in the 98 zone.
Decisions, decisions.
This totally could be a soap opera, with all these different families trying all these different ways to get preggo, all the drama of reading tests wrong (or wanting to see something that''s not there), the symptoms we make up as we go along, the BD sessions that just go on and on (because you know, on each episod of a soap,there is someone in bed... it''s been statistically proven).
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