TTC March

[charliefox]

This is a combined TTC thread for EVERYONE currently TTC. Whether you're a first timer, a many timer, or an old timer come on in and pass the time as we struggle through WTO and the dreaded TWW.

As this is a combined thread there will be talk of LC, losses, and IF struggles. If any of these are hard for you please just let us know in your first post and I'm sure the lovely ladies on here will be happy to add TWs to accommodate.




Month/Cycle:


Timing:


CD/DPO:


Symptoms:


RRCS:

[ironcorgi]

Month/Cycle: 3/3


Timing: waiting to O


CD/DPO: CD 8


Symptoms: nada


RRCS: I'm going keto this month, and using OPKs. Hoping between the two, this month will be the one. TTC is really affecting my anxiety in a bad way.

[charliefox]

Month/Cycle: bajillion...err like 2.5 years


Timing: na


CD/DPO: Technically cd 2


Symptoms: na


RRCS: Baseline u/s and bloodwork tomorrow then I start stims for IVF#2 on Friday. My meds should arrive today which is making me anxious. I know I've done this before but the whole thing is just stressful.

[sharebear]

Month/Cycle: 3 ish years

Timing: na


CD/DPO: 22, n/a


Symptoms: I've been having really vivid dreams and increased anxiety, bloating and breast tenderness (I think all from Estrace)


RRCS: Transfer day scheduled for next week! Ready to get this party started.

[sundog]

Hello! Hope it’s okay to jump in here as we’ve decided to TTC #3. I have an almost 5 yr old DS and a 3 yr old DD.

Not sure if this needs a TW, but I had a surprise bfp in January that ended in a loss at 7 weeks (blighted ovum). The NP at my ob gyn wanted to track hormone levels down to 0 and that finally happened. So, here I am!

Month/Cycle: 1/1AL


Timing: we’ll see


CD/DPO: 22/ still wto


Symptoms: none


RRCS: just waiting to see what my body is doing. I got a maybe positive opk 2 days ago, but my temps are a little weird due to sleep issues.

[radiantfate]

Month/Cycle: 26


Timing: None yet


CD/DPO: CD 5


Symptoms: None. AF is just wrapping up.


RRCS: Yesterday was a rough one. Like, really rough. One of my best friends called yesterday, she moved away several years ago and I haven't seen her since before DH & I got married almost 2 years ago. She's coming to town to visit and I'm so excited! So that was definitely an up side. The evening went downhill fast from there though. Last night DS and I were watching TV and some prescription commercial came on and they always list the symptoms and of course, one was "ask your doctor if you're pregnant or planning to be pregnant". DS turns to me and asks, "Hey, aren't you trying to get pregnant?" Not that he knows all the details, but he does reasonably know that marriage leads to babies and he asked when DH & I got married if he'd finally have a sibling and I told him we hoped so, someday. So I said, "Well, these things take time sometimes, it took me 12 months to get you after all, but you were well worth the wait!" And he said "Maybe there's something wrong with you? Like...not that there's something wrong with YOU, but maybe your body is having problems, or maybe [DH's name] is having problems?" This kid, y'all. He's so smart and INCREDIBLY intuitive. Plus, he so desperately wants a sibling.

Then we made the mistake of watching This Is Us last night and if you guys haven't watched this week's episode I won't post spoilers but if you saw it you know why it'd be a tearjerker for someone who is fat, old, and trying to get pregnant.

IDK. I think right now is really the first time since my c/p last year where I've been in a bad place mentally with this. Like I physically ache to have a baby and pregnancy announcements and baby commercials and stuff like that just feel like a punch to the gut. I think I really believed with my whole heart that last cycle was going to be "it".

I'm being a debbie downer so I'm gonna step away now. I should probably just start a blog to vent out these feelings, or something like that.

[piratecat]

Hi! I got my IUD removed in January and am on my second cycle. We have a 21 MO and I am feeling a bit anxious about how trying to conceive this time around will go.

Month/Cycle: 2/2

Timing: none yet

CD/DPO: CD11

Symptoms: N/A

RRCS: My cycles were very long/irregular/wonky the last time around but they seem to be quite regular so far, so I think I'm going to skip temping for now and see how that goes.

[charliefox]

radiantfate, I'm sorry you're having a rough time. Feel free to blog it out here if that helps, it's what we're here for.

[magaroni]

TW- I had a BFP 3 weeks ago but unfortunately miscarried last week so coming back to join you all.

Month/Cycle: 4/1 AL


Timing: NA


CD/DPO: CD 7


Symptoms: Just waiting on the bleeding from the MC to end.


RRCS: I hate not knowing what caused the miscarriage for us. After our second loss I had some bloodwork done with no identifiable cause and I know that a lot of times you never do know why it happened.

[twopeas]

Hi! Hope it's ok to jump in here. We have a 3 yo ds, ttc #2!



Month/Cycle: 4/4


Timing: -4 and day of


CD/DPO: CD 22


Symptoms: just a headache the last 3 days. It's pretty typical for me to get headaches the week or so leading up to AF, so nothing new.


RRCS: I'm not hopeful about this cycle. DH was having some health issues during my fertile window so I feel like we missed my best days.

[sundog]

magaroni so sorry for your loss. I think I saw your intro on the sept/oct board as I was leaving. I hope you’re doing okay.

[magaroni]

Mar 14, 2019 12:18:07 GMT -6 sundog said:

magaroni so sorry for your loss. I think I saw your intro on the sept/oct board as I was leaving. I hope you’re doing okay.

Thank you. Sorry for your loss also. I feel like I’ve been through all the stages of grief this week. Unfortunately it’s not my first loss so I’ve been down this road before so I barely even acknowledge that I’m pregnant until I get out of the first trimester.

[trtlcrzy]

Hi all. We are ttc #3 and struggling a bit. I have a 5 year old, 3 year old and have just had 3 chemical pregnancies/early MC in a row. Super frustrating. Earlier today I had a SIS which showed a normal uterus and all the blood tests have come back normal. I’m hoping this cycle proves to be successful. I apologize for not knowing all of the acronyms/lingo so bear with me.

Month/Cycle: 5


Timing: EOD starting CD12


CD/DPO: cd 9


Symptoms: NA


RRCS:


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[lastnamewithheld]

magaroni, so sorry for your loss <3 It never gets any easier, does it?
radiantfate, ugh, that sounds like a rough night--but yay for your friend coming to town! I think we all reach a certain point in this process where it would be odd if there was no debbie-downer-ness surrounding this whole thing. Like literally, you do the same dang thing month in and month out, hoping for different results. It truly is crazy-making.

[lildiamondeyes]

Month/Cycle: 3

Timing: meh, not very well with timing

CD/DPO: CD18/(?)

Symptoms: nada

RRCS:

[sundog]

Fertility friend gave me crosshairs that line up with the +opk, woohoo.

Month/Cycle: 1AL

Timing: -2, -1, +1

CD/DPO: 27/6

Symptoms: not focusing on this yet.

RRCS: I really don’t like the TWW, mostly because patience is not a strength of mine. And the kids have been/are sick so we aren’t getting out of the house and therefore not keeping me busy enough to take my mind off the waiting. If that makes sense.

[ironcorgi]

I need to rant and I have no other place to rant because nobody knows I'm TTC. Feel free to ignore this post (maybe I should have made it a separate thread?)

TW: Another teacher on my team got a surprise BFP today. SO does not understand why I'm upset and we got into an argument about it today (he feels like my feelings are irrational). Also I'm going to O sometime between today and Friday, so not the best time to be arguing. I might as well call this cycle a bust already. I just feel like I'm the one stressing out about everything and he is more in the mindset "it will happen when it happens".

[charliefox]

Mar 20, 2019 19:20:54 GMT -6 ironcorgi said:

I need to rant and I have no other place to rant because nobody knows I'm TTC. Feel free to ignore this post (maybe I should have made it a separate thread?)

TW: Another teacher on my team got a surprise BFP today. SO does not understand why I'm upset and we got into an argument about it today (he feels like my feelings are irrational). Also I'm going to O sometime between today and Friday, so not the best time to be arguing. I might as well call this cycle a bust already. I just feel like I'm the one stressing out about everything and he is more in the mindset "it will happen when it happens".

First, whether your feelings are rational or not they are still your feelings and they are valid. I'm sorry he's not being supportive. 

Second, I always feel like I'm the one stressing. H didn't even ask about my ultrasound yesterday that I had been telling him I was super anxious about for days. I think it's just impossible for our partners to truly get it, it's not their body so it's not on their mind. Plus, thanks to these boards mostly, a lot of us know way more than the average person who is TTC which is also hard for SOs to "get".  This ish is hard, many hugs.

[lupincat]

ironcorgi I’m sorry. Your feelings are valid and you’re allowed to feel them and express them to the people close to you.



Month/Cycle: 2


Timing: Eh. Only twice in my fertile window. We’ll see.


CD/DPO: Currently in my fertile window (according to my tracker app 🤷🏻‍♀️)


Symptoms: NA


RRCS: Just...trying...to...make...it...to...warm...weather...

[ironcorgi]

Mar 21, 2019 10:02:38 GMT -6 charliefox said:

Mar 20, 2019 19:20:54 GMT -6 ironcorgi said:

I need to rant and I have no other place to rant because nobody knows I'm TTC. Feel free to ignore this post (maybe I should have made it a separate thread?)

TW: Another teacher on my team got a surprise BFP today. SO does not understand why I'm upset and we got into an argument about it today (he feels like my feelings are irrational). Also I'm going to O sometime between today and Friday, so not the best time to be arguing. I might as well call this cycle a bust already. I just feel like I'm the one stressing out about everything and he is more in the mindset "it will happen when it happens".

First, whether your feelings are rational or not they are still your feelings and they are valid. I'm sorry he's not being supportive. 

Second, I always feel like I'm the one stressing. H didn't even ask about my ultrasound yesterday that I had been telling him I was super anxious about for days. I think it's just impossible for our partners to truly get it, it's not their body so it's not on their mind. Plus, thanks to these boards mostly, a lot of us know way more than the average person who is TTC which is also hard for SOs to "get".  This ish is hard, many hugs.

Hugs to you too. SO thinks just because the first conception was an happy surprise, the second conception is guaranteed to happen. He doesn't understand it at all. Because of all my TTC research, I know that a second pregnancy is actually not guaranteed. I also agree that because it isn't their body, they are not the ones obsessing over it. Our body gives us so many symptoms that could be pregnancy or could be AF. We are literally mind fucked every month just waiting for AF 😠

[ironcorgi]

Mar 21, 2019 13:40:43 GMT -6 lupincat said:

ironcorgi I’m sorry. Your feelings are valid and you’re allowed to feel them and express them to the people close to you.



Month/Cycle: 2


Timing: Eh. Only twice in my fertile window. We’ll see.


CD/DPO: Currently in my fertile window (according to my tracker app 🤷🏻‍♀️)


Symptoms: NA


RRCS: Just...trying...to...make...it...to...warm...weather...

It has been in the 70s all week and I am loving this warm weather. I hope it reaches you soon!

[sundog]

Well, I will (nervously) update that I got a faint bfp a few days ago and the lines have gotten darker. We are trying to be optimistic about this one sticking, but it’s been hard for me. I didn’t even want to tell MH right away, just in case.

Anyway, I hope to see more of you over on the December board!

[notblanche]

Congratulations, sundog! Best wishes for a H&H pregnancy!!

[notblanche]

I'm popping in here.

Month/Cycle: 2

Timing: n/a

CD: 2

Symptoms: n/a

RRCS: I've been tracking cycle start/ end dates for several months to get ready for TTC; these cycles have all been 29–31 days. The cycle I finished yesterday was 37 days. This frustrates me. My cycles were somewhat unpredictable prior to getting pregnant with M (He's almost 3.) and it seemed like I had left that in the past. By yesterday morning, after multiple negatives, I knew I wasn't pregnant and I was okay with that — but the uncertainty and waiting for CD1 took a negative toll. I have anxiety that can make me obsessive and I was a hormonal mess. I burst into tears in my office and I feel super thankful for two good friends who talked me down.

Now, on to the next.

[sharebear]

Congratulations sundog!

[lildiamondeyes]

Cd2 over here. Blurg. I should have figured this month was a miss due to getting a stomach bug that passed through the whole fam damily and that last the whole FW.

[Speedy]

Hello! I know we're about to start a new month, but I figured I'd intro at least. H and I have been together for almost 14 years, and married for 8. We had 2 first trimester losses a couple of years into our marriage, and then waited a few more years to try again. We got lucky and got pregnant with DS the first month we were trying. I was followed by a high risk doctor, and ended up developing cholestasis. DS is 9 months, and we talked about it and for a few reasons we decided not to wait to TFAS. We just started NTNP this month, so I don't have much info besides my usual cycle length (28-29 days). If this month is a bust I'll probably start tracking more closely next month.

Month/Cycle: 1


Timing: n/a


CD/DPO: CD13


Symptoms: Just really hungry for some reason lol


RRCS: