SheilAnneSmith Member

This may be the first day the hormones bite my husband's head-off...... I'm waiting for him to get into town to help him shuttle rigs from the repair shop and am taking a long lunch break to help him out, it's 20-25 minutes to the repair shop, so I have no time but to eat in the car. I've told him several times this…

@Kirstie155 I envy the cleaning projects you're getting done, we are going to try and slam out a round of cleaning and de-cluttering this weekend. Anxious to have things back in order, it feels so much nicer! @pezhed Sorry AF arrived. Here's to cycle 4 being the magic number! Baby dust and hugs to everyone!!

I didn't tell that story! It wasn't anything real planned out and pretty silly/awkward...lol... He goes to bed way later than me, so we have a routine of him coming to bed with me to talk and cuddle until I fall asleep. So, as we were cuddling and talking about the next day he eventually groped my chest, so I asked him,…

@WifiresGettingFit I don't know how long I can contain myself...I think I'll do the onsie project this weekend...they might get sent out early next week and pray all continues to go well. I fear mailing it and then miscarrying the day it arrives to them or something crazy like that. Having a hard time being super positive…

I feel even more anxious now then I did before getting a BFP! I called the local OBGYN office today and they scheduled my first appointments. They said they'll have a nurse call me on Sept 21st to go over my history and then a confirmation appointment on Oct 6th. I should be 7w+6 then. It seems so far away! Overall, I feel…

Yep, May 19th! Thanks @WifiresGettingFit and @pezhed!

So, after 3 mornings of positive tests including a digital one this morning I suppose I should adjust my September goals: 1. Maintain weight 2. Schedule a doctors appointment 3. Incessantly research all the best nutrition advice 4. Still work on most of the fall projects, except hay. This is a good excuse to get out of it!…

@Kirstie155 Is there any way to change the battery in it or is it a sealed unit? I say spring for a new on that you know if working correctly and accurately! Maybe it being on the fritz contributed to some of the erratic temps last cycle?? Good luck this cycle! It all sounds like a great plan of attack and have fun! Good…

My ability to actually stick to my goals recently hasn't been too stellar! Hopefully September will be different. 1. Lose 10-12 pounds (including several I'm sure is water weight from vacation) 3. Start cracking on fall projects--hay, cleaning sheds, building chicken coop, ect. 4. Reduce stress, be happy 5. Begin 2 month…

Ugh, I left town for my class reunion and forgot my thermometer. Oops. So, my chart is going to be missing Friday, Sat and Sunday.

@pezhed It did rise a bit, but it's interesting how much lower my temps are this month than last month both before and after ovulation.

So sorry @Kirstie155. I hope that you can find a balance to help with the stress of TTC. I wish we all had the answers to how to cope and keep our spirits up along the way. We'll all be here for you when you're ready to jump back into the community. Do what is best for you. I was kind of sheltering my husband from all my…

@Pezhed how frustrating! Am I the only one that puts in hypothetical temps a day ahead just to see what FF will do when you're close to getting cross-hairs like a crazy person!? I hoped for an obvious temp increase this morning, but not yet. I'm up about 0.3 degrees, but it was a sharper rise last month. Hopefully…

I found this the other day, not sure how accurate it is but might help with slight differences in temping times. For peace of mind even if you don't use "adjusted" temperatures in your actual charting. http://www.whenmybaby.com/basalbodytemperature.php

Congrats @CursedDiamond !

What a jackwagon....it's sad and frustrating when it feels like you have to do everyone's job for them anymore! I worked for a equine breed association for a couple of years and yea, if you didn't know the rule interpretation 100%, you better just say I need to double check that and get back to you, because you can not…

Wow @Kirstie155! If fertility testing is covered on your policy that is pretty awesome, even if you're not ready to do it quite yet, it's sure nice to know that's an option.

We did get a chance to get away on Sunday, it was a nice drive and quiet, found some blackberry patches and chilled near the water for a bit. We are still going to try this month including temping and OPKs just so I have a couple month of information to understand my cycle better, then we are going to put it all that away…

@VeryKatie I'm good at pulling that stunt at work too! Everyone else in the office at least has a door they can close...I don't! It's the pits sometimes. Our day to take off is pushed back to Sunday now...we have a bunch of dressers, desks, ect we put on up Craigslist as the two colleges start back-up and Marlin's cell…

@Alioth The 100 pounds bales are a killer. We picked up a load of 50 pound ones this summer and they were like throwing pillows in comparison. I like the post about the emotions during each cycle of TTC. Moving towards cycle 4 is certainly daunting and thoughts of what if we can't get pregnant have been creeping in for…

It's the middle of August already and I feel like I've made no progress on the goals I set. I have never been so unable to get things going in the right direction as I have been recently. Hormones got me good the day before AF showed on Monday, I knew she was on her was thanks to that. I often keep a lot of it to myself,…

Looks like I'm out. We are thinking we'll try one more cycle here and if we aren't successful we'll take 2-3 cycles break from such involved TTC efforts so I can focus on losing some more weight and to get some pretty strenuous fall projects done, like stacking 15 tons of hay that's in 100 pound bales. Not something I want…

@Pezhed I'm at 10 dpo and about to go batty. I tested this morning with a Wondofo and it was a BFN. I feel like I go from thinking we've got a shot and feeling good about chances to thinking there is no way in heck numerous times a day. :# As I was getting ready for work this morning I felt like one of my bbs was…

Oh, so sorry to hear that @krizaten33. I hope you are doing okay. Thanks for coming back to join us.

Enjoy your very much deserved R&R @Kirstie155!

@daneejela I haven't quiet figured it out yet myself. We're on our 3rd month actually trying and I have stalled out on weight loss since we started trying. There is certainly a balance I haven't yet figured out. I feel like I'm starting to get there, a couple of unsuccessful TTC attempts helped me start thinking long term…

Baby dust your way @Pezhed! Our O dates must have been pretty close together this month. Good luck in the 2WW! Looks like your attempts were pretty well timed also.

@pezhed - No doubt, I'm convinced our bodies screw with us intentionally. That's super cool about influencing the babies tastes after 20 weeks. I think we have pretty well pinned down O this month. I never got a 100% blazing obvious positive OPK but it was darn close on Sunday night/Monday before fading yesterday. I…

Great idea Katie! I look forward to following the discussion and hopefully there are many of us that'll also get to join in the conversation in the next 10-12 months :)

August Goals* Get pregnant * Goal Wt: 249.9 (for the second month in a row) * Walk, walk, walk * Limit candy and sweets, eat fruit instead