[CLOSED GROUP] TTC to 1st diaper - Welcome Freya! Congrats to fezzle!

[txbiscuit]

Me too, I wait as long as possible. 3rd day after peak I think it's safe to say I ovulated hopefully. I'm not tempting because the dip,in temperature also depresses me. I'm not a good pma person in general.

That's OK lamago. You can help keep the rest of us a little more grounded so we don't get too rainbows-and-unicorns in here.

 

[lamago]

Lol, thanks. I much prefer being around you positive ladies than finding others to join my pity party. It snaps me out of it!

 

[ClandestineTX]

@lamago - medical data says ovulation can be as late as three days after first positive OPK (that day being day 0), so for you - could be today even! Also take temps if you want, but don't give them much weight - turns out temps are only 30-40% accurate for predicting ovulation and the biphasic shift can occur anywhere from 8 days BEFORE ovulation to 3 days AFTER. Just be like and try not to bring yourself down over a single temp.

 

[MIZZYD]

Here I am.. =)

 

[ClandestineTX]

Hola, MIZZYD!

@Lilly - does the thread actually get 'closed' somehow?

 

[ClandestineTX]

Hope you allergies have calmed down, Mrs. Biscuit! I see you on here under user's viewing this thread I think my nap has me wayyyyy to awake for being nearly 3 hours past my bedtime!!!

 

[LillyTame]

Nope...anyone can still join in on the conversation. But I would/will just put [CLOSED GROUP] in our title and an explanation in the first post....some time this weekend My brain is on "OFF - Weekend" mode right now, so I don't feeling like coming up with my nicey nice, PC explanation right now as to not hurt any feelings

(I looked it up under FAQ section and that's what one of the admins said...about it not "really" being closed. Well, it didn't say I had to give any explanation...just that people could still see and post in the thread)

 

[lamago]

Thanks cladie. I'm on day 3. So time to bd again. We're on day 6 of bd. I exhausted!

 

[ClandestineTX]

Good luck, lamago!!! (Go get 'em, tiger!)

I really loved meeting you all last night, I think it made you all more like real people and less like figments of my imagination!

@LillyTame - I didn't get a chance to ask you more about your Naval service, how'd you end up in the Navy/ what'd you do while you were in? I'm an Army brat, so all things military interest me.

 

[Ameli]

Good luck, lamago!!! (Go get 'em, tiger!)

I really loved meeting you all last night, I think it made you all more like real people and less like figments of my imagination!

@LillyTame - I didn't get a chance to ask you more about your Naval service, how'd you end up in the Navy/ what'd you do while you were in? I'm an Army brat, so all things military interest me.

You guys met last night? Skype or in person?

 

[ClandestineTX]

LOL, Google hangout - Skype-like. I would LOVE to meet Lilly in person - in Hawaii, of course!

 

[Ameli]

Ah, makes more sense. I bet it was cool to actually speak to eachother!

 

[LillyTame]

Well, I joined because I really didn't have a whole lot going for myself. I had gone to college for a year and didn't do so well, so I was back home and I wasn't staying there! lol I served 5 yrs as a hospital corpsman which is basically a vocational/practical nurse, which is what I do now. I lived 2 yrs in Okinawa, Japan. 2 yrs San Diego. The other year was spent in training and I did 3 months on the USNS Hope at the beginning of Operation Iraq Freedom.

I visited Hawaii on my way back from Japan for about 10days 10 yrs ago and I just KNEW this is where I wanted to be. So when I got the chance...I transferred to an open position through my job! Although we toy with the idea of moving somewhere else for the sake of raising kids, I can't imagine living anywhere else! (It's a bit sheltered here...definitely don't want my kid growing up thinking it's ok to hitchhike!)

 

[ClandestineTX]

That is such an exciting way to live - and great way to choose where to stay! I don't think you have to worry about kids being sheltered if they ever leave HI - I grew up on very secure military bases and moved stateside when I was 10, it felt different immediately. We keep talking Northwest, but I could see us trying to move to someplace like Hawaii. We want a more laid back/ peaceful existence than we have had. TX has been an improvement over the east coast, but we still just want to be chill. Though you'd never believe that with all the work we do. I think the stories we've heard about HI's cost of living has us a bit nervous. Plus with the animals, I think the rabies issues/ possible quarantine bothers us a little!

Your story sounds a lot like how my mom ended up in the Army - and nearly the same for me. I wasn't having a lot of luck after getting my BA and was working with a recruiter for 6 months before opting to go to graduate school part 1, instead. My bestie from high school was in Okinawa with her Air Force husband and it's definitely on my list of places to go before I die! I still worry that I'll regret not serving, but the stuff I do now is handled by civilians even in military facilities.

Do you work in a hospital setting? My friend's mom was an L&D nurse, and I always thought it would be super weird to have your coworkers delivering your baby! She seemed really unaffected by it - like they saw so much lady parts that no one's were special!

 

[LillyTame]

I work at the Veterans Clinic so my coworkers are also my providers/caregivers lol, but for the actual annual exam I do get a consult to OB/GYN.

I wasn't aware of the quarantine issue until a few months before I came here. So since my girls are indoor only I don't get the regularly scheduled shots and such, just regular visits to make sure they are healthy. So basically it took about 1.5 yrs for me to get them up to speed and get everything hawaii requests. During that time they stayed with a family member in Cali that took them back and forth to their appts. So when they were flown here it was an immediate release to me at the airport There was no way I was leaving them in actual caged quarantine. So basically, you can complete everything before they come over, it will just take time. If I remember correctly its a 4month "quarantine" from their last rabies shot or when you submit the labs...I forget. But you can google it.

 

[ClandestineTX]

I'd looked into it before, A LOT actually. Sometimes it's moments like these I hate that all of these forums are searchable via Google... erm... for the longest time, I wanted to work here: https://www.jpac.pacom.mil/ I can't really describe what it is that I do, because it's a small, small world. But if you really want to know - send me a PM/ Google e-mail, friend me on Facebook, or ask at the next Potluck!

I think at the moment, we actually have too many animals to move them all to place with animal restrictions... LOL... but someday - maybe! Talked to hubster at lunch, because we're both dying for a beach trip. Bora Bora is our dream vacation, but he's worried if we go once we'll love it so much that we'll never go to another beach. Have tentatively planned Bora Bora for our 10 year anniversary (2022) and Hawaii as a reward when the second of us graduates, as a graduation present to self (HOPEFULLY, next year... maybe 2015). If we have a child by then, this is assuming my mom would be willing to take our kid for a week or we'd have to wait until it's old enough that we were comfortable flying that far with them.

 

[ClandestineTX]

And good call on your office letting you get a referral out to the OB/GYN. I really would be so weird about my co-workers examining my stuff... speaking of... I'm 8 months overdue for mine. I was due right after my wedding last year, when we started TTC, but no longer needed the birth control and figured I'd be examined plenty when I got my BFP... didn't plan on this delay and thinking I should probably go have one at some point. May put it off until the 12-month mark at this point, as it's only 4 months away and just maybe, I'll get a BFP by then.

 

[LillyTame]

When I was in the Navy the same people that I worked with and was friends with did my exams (doc plus a standby) or gave me my depo (in the hip/butt), and I was there for people I knew....you just gotta keep it professional and keep on going

4-5 more months I'll be getting my annual too, unless they do it early with this referral or something....ooooor I get that elusive BFP

 

[ClandestineTX]

I guess that makes sense, especially when you were out on the ship! When did you stop Depo? I had my last shot in July of 2011 (after nearly 10 years on it), knowing we'd be TTC after we got married in late 2012 - takes an average of 10 months to fully wear off, but can be as long as 31 months! I still worry that Depo is part of the explanation as to why my BFP has been so elusive!

 

[LillyTame]

Only took it twice this last time...I've taken it on and off for the last 12yrs depending on my relationship status. I was due for my next shot last Nov. Didn't get it and started taking my prenatals. I think every cycle since then there has been a little something different each time that makes me think...oh maybe the depo is wearing off more. So I'm always aware that maybe the depo just hasn't worn completely off yet. I wish there was a way to flush it from your system or at least get a blood test to see if it IS still in your system.