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Congrats momwife!!!

Sorry about the AFs and dropped temps ladies. :(

:dust: for everyone left this month and :dust: for January!!!
 
Just wanted to drop a note to say "hi" and let you know I'm still stalking from NTNP-land! The grass is still greener in these parts, so I'm not coming back to TTC any time soon, but will keep up from afar!
 
Hey, Clandestine!:hi:

So AF finally showed for me. I'm done :nope: I'm taking a break from TTC and will be joining Cland over in NTNP.

I really enjoy rooting everyone on and keeping up this thread so that wont change :thumbup: I wanna see all you lovely ladies to the end! So as long as you are here, this thread will be here! :thumbup:

(for a while anyway, I make no guarantees that I won't go bonkers 3 months down the line from seeing all the BFPs but not my own :wacko: But I promise that I'll give a warning before I close shop)
 
Aww so sorry Lilly :hugs: I'm still rooting for you. Maybe a little break is what you need good luck :dust: :dust: :dust:
 
Sorry and hugs to those that AF got. NTNP land landed us a BFP. So much less stressful. I loved the one month we didn't try! Haha.

Also, congrats MomWife! :)
 
LillyTame said:
Hey, Clandestine!:hi:

So AF finally showed for me. I'm done :nope: I'm taking a break from TTC and will be joining Cland over in NTNP.

I really enjoy rooting everyone on and keeping up this thread so that wont change :thumbup: I wanna see all you lovely ladies to the end! So as long as you are here, this thread will be here! :thumbup:

(for a while anyway, I make no guarantees that I won't go bonkers 3 months down the line from seeing all the BFPs but not my own :wacko: But I promise that I'll give a warning before I close shop)
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Are you NTNP, like still having unprotected sex, or are you actually taking a TTC break? I'm only asking because someone else I know is actually NT, but preventing and I'm curious.

I think it's healthy to take a break from it, especially for us hardcore ladies. In my case, I really need to get my body sorted out and in yours, you have a lot of other things (BIG things, like a WEDDING) to focus on right now. Big :hugs: and also huge support coming your way from TX, as I know how hard it is to choose yourself (and your sanity) in the midst of STC (I've coined this, it's "struggling to conceive" for those of us for whom TTC doesn't come easy).
 
We are NTNP. No condoms or any other protection, also no temps, opks or anything else.
 
I wish I could honestly try NTNP, I just can never get my mind to shut off.
 
I wish NTNP didn't have the same likelihood of getting me pregnant as abstinence. Not having to stress and hoping it "just happens" sounds really nice.

I do really like STC, Clandie. Great acronym.
 
So my friend Kristen had been told years ago that there was a less than 1% chance that she'd be able to conceive even if she had assistance, so she just resigned to the idea of not having a baby. She and her husband were NTNP for about 8 or 9 years. She got sick, and needed some medication about a year ago, they asked her "what kind of birth control are you on because this can interfere with it?" She explained her situation. Next month, she was pregnant. Right now she has a baby at home getting ready for Christmas.

Sometimes miracles happen when you least expect them, or when you've been told not to expect them.
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On another note, my chart is all freaking wonky. This was the last week of grad classes for me and I was up late many nights typing up the research I've been doing for the last three months, plus the last week before Christmas for the kiddos in my class is always a busy time (lots of DCF and Intensive care coordiation in my urban public school classroom before breaks).

I can't even tell if my thermometer is working properly, or distinguish between semen and CM. So I have no idea if I've ovulated, or when I'll ovulate, or if I'll ovulate.

This morning I had a brown spot of blood, I couldn't even call it spotting, I had cramping yesterday. I don't know what to make of that, I'm only at CD 20 and it's more likely that I've screwed up ovulation due to stress levels than anything else.

I think I'll still keep my testing date, but I don't think it will be fruitful. No idea where to go from here this cycle.
 
AF arrived bright and early this morning :cry: I didn't even get a full 14 day LP... My Fertilaid and Ovaboost are arriving in the mail today and I plan to take them religiously in order to bring my cycle back under control. While my phone app does have a predicted ovulation and testing date for the month of January, I'm going to hold off asking to be put on the list until I've got O confirmed.

Good luck and :dust: to those still waiting to test. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year. I've already asked DH if we can stock up on the :wine: and :drunk: because if I can't have a baby, I'd rather have a hangover.
 
@Lilly: I think your approach is the way to go. I was serious about NTNP (and proud of myself for swearing off OPKs and temps) - would have stuck with it, seriously, if my doctor hadn't asked me to do it (after I told her I was cutting all that shit out), so she can make sure I'm consistently having late O with on-time cycle starts (with respect to O). I think you might find that you like your life without the constant reminder that there's this elusive goal hovering over you daily. I didn't think I could step back from it, but am so glad that I did.

Interestingly in this house, Hubster is now getting broody! I played with the MorphThing you ladies were posting - swear I'll post my pics in my journal later today - and now that he has a 'visual' of real people, what our kids could (in theory) look like, he suddenly really wants to see what our in real life kids would look like. I'm not interested in renegotiating our NTNP/STC plan. I refuse to have sex because a little peestick or a thermometer told me to, ever again!
 
Sorry Kuawen :hugs::hugs::hugs:


The weird thing is I'm not waiting for it to happen with NTNP. I don't feel like it will happen without intervention. We are basically just living without protection :shrug: I don't know how else to explain it. We are focusing on losing weight and the wedding. NOW....because of a year of TTC I know my fertile signs...I think things are gonna get harder to ignore come 20 days from now lol....but I'm gonna try my best to just let things happen or not happen.:coffee:

I'm still broody as hell though....every time OH catches me looking at a baby in public he goes "no stealing babies" lmao
 
I agree with your OH, stealing babies is definitely ill-advised! Though funny, he teases you like that!

You've only been off Depo a year, right? Unfortunately, it take take up to 31 months for some people to regulate... a little disheartening for me, as I have been off it for 30 months... and look... not a damn thing in BFP land here! But I will continue to have hope for you, even if you aren't trying.

More hope for you, medical data shows even a 10% reduction in body weight (for people who have BMI's above normal), shows a huge increase in conception rates - that too, could work in your favor!

I just hope whatever you decide to do, you have peace with it. I am far beyond letting STC ruin my otherwise pretty awesome life. Starting a bathroom renovation, soon - tile shopping later today, even! And focusing my efforts on being healthy and making sure I don't waste a minute, worrying about things I can't control.
 
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