30 yo and TTC #1

[haleiwamama]

Ya'll that is hilarious, b/c I said the same thing to my friend! She gave me this book and told me to read it. Said it was all about temping and stuff. I told her I will go out soon and buy a separate thermometer. She was like why...and I said b/c I didn't want our regular thermometer that we used to go in my Vag otherwise everyone in the house would be tasting my vag and she lost it!

It's actually really good book and I recommend everyone read it! Taking Charge of Your Fertility. It talks a lot about cm and other things I just never had a clue about. I wish this was a course in HS you had to take! Every girl should really learn about these things and their bodies at a young age!

hahaha Im glad I'm not the only one to commit the gaffe! hahahaha which isn't gaffe after all!

 

[MgreenM]

Good luck, lsd. Try not to drive yourself too crazy!

It's shaping up to be a frustrating week here.

DH is still sick. I'm not giving up hope, but I have a feeling I'll be out before I'm even in this month, at the rate he's going. I'm not very happy that we may not even be trying on our first month of trying, but we're not technically in any rush, so I'm being as nice as I can about it. Maybe I'll luck out and he'll improve soon enough for us to catch ovulation after all...

It may be for the best, though. I've been working on losing weight so I'd be closer to where I want to be during pregnancy, and to make sure that I'm not at risk of disqualifying myself from trying waterbirth if I gain a lot during pregnancy. I've lost over 50 pounds since August 2012, and between a long vacation and being a total slacker during the rest of December, I've put 9lbs back on. I've slacked off before and I've never put on more than a couple pounds! I'm hoping at least some of it is water weight, because I've gone kind of sodium crazy lately. I fought so hard for those last 9lbs, too. I was just barely over the line between overweight and obese, and I'm tempted to hold off on ttc til I cross that line. I doubt I will, though. Once I decide I want something, I want it NOW.

good for you on the weight loss!

CuriousOwl, if it was just a cold I'd probably just force myself on him He's not sure what's wrong, though. He has a weird mix of symptoms. I'm trying to talk him into going to the doctor, but he's stubborn.

Maybe he's pregnant.

that made me crack up!

So my AF according to two different apps is due two different days...either the 13th or 15th. I've noticed this afternoon a little bit of spotting and cramping so I'm thinking one of two things. I implanted today or my period is coming. I figure with the nausea this morning that I have a great chance it's implantation but I am also prepared for AF to show.

I've decided that if I start my period soon that I am going to start temping. I have a book on all that stuff so hoping this will give me a better idea on what my body does!

So, staying logical but still a slight hopeful!

good luck!

I have a funny story to tell... before we started TTC I decided I wanted to temp, just to learn more about my body so that when I was ready i knew when my ovulation was...

English is not my first language and I tent to do things in a bit of a hurry (I'm terrible at reading instructions and therefore a terrible baker because I cant follow any recipes right - although I'm an amazing cook). Anyways, I researched and it said I had to take the "basal body temperature"... I wasn't familiar with the word "basal but I knew what i was temping for so I figured it meant that i needed to chart my vajayjay's temperature!

I did that for months! and it was super hard because I had to physically hold the thermometer in there and vajayjay didn't like it very much and wanted to kick it out. Not to mention when the thermometer would just turn off or I couldnt hear the beep when it was done and had to do it all over again... ended up giving up the temping thing altogether

Just figured this out the other day! Felt stupid but now I just feel ********! Anyways, thought I'd share my donkey moment with you ladies!

You can temp vaginally though! Some people who get wonky temps orally end up temping vaginally. Both are good methods and work. I think I heard that vaginal temps tend to be higher though in general.

You could also temp anally if you wanted to. Talk about a way to wake up in the morning! lol!

I always assumed that when people were talking about temping that it was orally...Never occurred to me that it would be any other location!

 

[curiousowl]

Haha. Oddly enough, when DH and I were getting ready to get married we had to take this class called pre-cana (DH is Catholic) and one of the lectures was on natural family planning and using BBT to avoid pregnancy. The way it was described in there was tempting vaginally. The couple was telling us that to be "closer" the husband took his wife's temp. DH looked at me and was like "we're close enough and a thermometer is not one of the things I'm willing to put in you." I almost peed myself. One of the reasons I haven't started temping until now was because I only found out when I started on here it could be orally done.

Hahahahaha. That's amazingly hilarious! How awkward.

It's actually really good book and I recommend everyone read it! Taking Charge of Your Fertility. It talks a lot about cm and other things I just never had a clue about. I wish this was a course in HS you had to take! Every girl should really learn about these things and their bodies at a young age!

That book is great, I agree. I definitely recommend it for insight into temping and charting and all of that. The resources on fertility friend are helpful as well.

 

[Miskas mommy]

lol Learn something new everyday!! i guess i always assumed charting your BBT did not happen orally....

 

[Bee Bee]

Ya'll that is hilarious, b/c I said the same thing to my friend! She gave me this book and told me to read it. Said it was all about temping and stuff. I told her I will go out soon and buy a separate thermometer. She was like why...and I said b/c I didn't want our regular thermometer that we used to go in my Vag otherwise everyone in the house would be tasting my vag and she lost it!

It's actually really good book and I recommend everyone read it! Taking Charge of Your Fertility. It talks a lot about cm and other things I just never had a clue about. I wish this was a course in HS you had to take! Every girl should really learn about these things and their bodies at a young age!

I just picked it up the other day actually! It comes highly recommended.

 

[MgreenM]

lol Learn something new everyday!! i guess i always assumed charting your BBT did not happen orally....

The charting should be happening on paper not in your body To be fair, I have only read about BBT here on the forums, I haven't really looked into it. I think using OPKs and BBT would stress me way out. So I haven't really looked into it that much.

 

[PDReggie]

So speaking of stressed out....I just looked at my period tracker and the last 3 months went 30, 31, 32 days. Do we think I'm actually not due for AD until tomorrow? I was getting kind of hopeful because shark week hadn't started yet. Now I'm thinking maybe I'm just a day early.

 

[PDReggie]

Wow that last post was strange....AF not AD and AD instead of shark week. Apologies, my coworkers and I call AF shark week.

 

[MrsKChicago]

Wow that last post was strange....AF not AD and AD instead of shark week. Apologies, my coworkers and I call AF shark week.

I like Shark Week better.

 

[PDReggie]

I think I attached the picture. If so this is what started the shark week theme. Then, of course, there is the there will be blood line.

 

[curiousowl]

LOL. I like that too. I feel like my DH would agree that that that's an accurate term.

 

[DosPinkies]

Yes, my husband likes to call it shark week, too. Haha.

PDReggie - My cycles range between 24-29 days, but it averages 25. If I've gotten to 25 or 26 and haven't started yet, that's pretty late for me, but I can't assume anything. Unfortunately I have to wait until 29 to really count it as "late." It sounds like you've got the same deal going on. So when are you going to test?

 

[PDReggie]

Probably test Sat. Today is day 32. Since stopping BC in April, my longest cycle has been 32. So tomorrow would mark my longest cycle. (And make me nuts since it would be while TTC). So I figure if it doesn't start tomorrow then Sat would be 2 days past my longest cycle. Of course this is making me bat sh** crazy because at least with 32 I had one that was 32 prior to TTC so I was okay. Argh! Going to bed to try and put it out of my mind.

 

[haleiwamama]

Probably test Sat. Today is day 32. Since stopping BC in April, my longest cycle has been 32. So tomorrow would mark my longest cycle. (And make me nuts since it would be while TTC). So I figure if it doesn't start tomorrow then Sat would be 2 days past my longest cycle. Of course this is making me bat sh** crazy because at least with 32 I had one that was 32 prior to TTC so I was okay. Argh! Going to bed to try and put it out of my mind.

Good luck PDreggie!! Baby dust to you and come back tomorrow with a BFP! FX'ed!

 

[lsd2721]

Probably test Sat. Today is day 32. Since stopping BC in April, my longest cycle has been 32. So tomorrow would mark my longest cycle. (And make me nuts since it would be while TTC). So I figure if it doesn't start tomorrow then Sat would be 2 days past my longest cycle. Of course this is making me bat sh** crazy because at least with 32 I had one that was 32 prior to TTC so I was okay. Argh! Going to bed to try and put it out of my mind.

I'm right there with you! I hope the stays away for you!

 

[curiousowl]

Probably test Sat. Today is day 32. Since stopping BC in April, my longest cycle has been 32. So tomorrow would mark my longest cycle. (And make me nuts since it would be while TTC). So I figure if it doesn't start tomorrow then Sat would be 2 days past my longest cycle. Of course this is making me bat sh** crazy because at least with 32 I had one that was 32 prior to TTC so I was okay. Argh! Going to bed to try and put it out of my mind.

Fingers crossed!

 

[DosPinkies]

Fingers crossed for both of you!

 

[trumpetbeth]

Well howdy, state-neighbor! Are you still in NM? I'm currently in Houston, just moved back here after several years in Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Tryingintexas!!! I'm in Houston too!! Today is CD6 fo me. Still just waiting to O.

I have 3 really good friends that just found out they are preggers...

Hope everyone had a great day!

 

[MgreenM]

Wow that last post was strange....AF not AD and AD instead of shark week. Apologies, my coworkers and I call AF shark week.

I like Shark Week better.

My brain auto-corrected...did not notice AD until you said something!

I think I attached the picture. If so this is what started the shark week theme. Then, of course, there is the there will be blood line.

I love it!

 

[MgreenM]

Probably test Sat. Today is day 32. Since stopping BC in April, my longest cycle has been 32. So tomorrow would mark my longest cycle. (And make me nuts since it would be while TTC). So I figure if it doesn't start tomorrow then Sat would be 2 days past my longest cycle. Of course this is making me bat sh** crazy because at least with 32 I had one that was 32 prior to TTC so I was okay. Argh! Going to bed to try and put it out of my mind.

Good luck PDReggie!