General chatter while we wait (and commentary on the "pull out method")

[Flueky88]

I must agree on crate training. It's how I've trained dogs.

Gigs, not much. Had super busy day at work today. Went grocery shopping and picked up a pizza the snow melted the end of last week as it started warming, thank goodness.

Looks like some more snow and freezing rain on Monday. Ugh, I hate driving in that crap. Maybe they will salt roads this time.

Cb, I'm not testing. Other than opks. Waiting to O is very boring for me as the earliest has been CD 26.

Well I hope everyone has a great weekend

 

[JLM73]

Grrr damn delete whe I press backspace!
MrsG I agree take hte water awya at 7/8pm. He'll be fine.
We think crates are cruel. but really they are the equivalent of doggy bedroms.
They love to sleep there, nap there, eat there, and like Dobkins said :
I use Go To Bed as the command to go to the crate.
SOmetimes when we are eating some yummy food at the table, the dog runs to his crate waiting for some scraps lol.

My mom is botching this every day with feeding my nullmastiff at the table grrrr

I keep telling her to stop encouraging bad behaviors!

 

[DobbyForever]

Snow? What is snow?

Awww J! That sucks! My first boyfriend taught my first dog to growl excessively while she played, and I cannot get her to stop. It's annoying af. Or like SO lets the dogs on the couch so now I just have to let them on the couch. Stop undermining my authoritah!

 

[gigglebox]

Ditto...hubs has trained one of ours to bark anytime someone whispers a question. ("Who's here?" "What's that?" "Where?")

Just had de ja vu

 

[DobbyForever]

Ugh my back is killing me x.x. Does it make me an old lady if I go to bed at 8:30?

 

[campn]

Dobby- how are you feeling today!?

Wishing all of you a wonderful weekend ladies!

 

[DobbyForever]

Ok. Had an exhausting day trying to get my kids caught up/assessments graded/psycho parent/annoying cousin. I did walk the dogs for almost an hour. My therapist reminded me that it's just the depression that convinces me I don't have the energy to do anything, and sometimes I have to just start doing something before the motivation comes back. So we made a plan that I have to walk my dogs every day even if just for a little bit and I need to do research on low impact exercise.

 

[campn]

I'm glad you're walking a bit! I'd love to do that but now I'm terrified of that BS zika. Look up on YouTube there are so many free workouts! Tony Horton is my favorite online trainer so maybe see if he has some free videos online!

Are you done with the showers yet!?

 

[DobbyForever]

Sigh. No. Well, I guess my other shower was cancelled. so now I have to see her one on one which us worse imho. As for work, my coworker is trying hard to shield me. It's really sweet. Had a few more priers today asking why I wasn't at ta glorious shower I decorated. Cuz $10 at party city.... Literally baby shower decor in a kit r_r lol

So weird to think you have Mosquitos right now . The California life/struggle is so not real

 

[gigglebox]

Campn, worry not. I did my own research on it, and this is what i found... In the area of Brazil where the population of mosquitos carrying the disease is highest, babies born with the microphaly condition was less than .01%. People who are infected with zika have only 20% chance of showing symptoms. There is also no scientific evidence zika is the reason for the microphaly. They just theorize that because the incidences of cases of both increased at the same time in Brazil. BUT having it does not mean your baby will for sure be screwed.

That said, it is always best to err on the side of caution. I will personally douse myself in spray when mosquito season starts.

Dobs, i'm jealous of your lack of bugs in general. Also your fair weather. You too, J...i can't wait for spring. Anyway what do you mean you'll have to meet one on one with the other pregnant chick?

I once threw a wedding shower at work on, like, a $15-20 budget for decor. People were blown away....pretty much all it was were fake diamonds scattered down the center of the conference room table, some paper bells, and streamers. I'm like...dang, y'all are easy to impress.

Boob update: still don't hurt.

 

[claireybell]

Im guessing you will be awaiting your period Gigs & then testing if nothing shows?..



Lol

 

[TexasRider]

I'm 99% sure I ovulated. Had a great temp rise this morning. We didn't get to BD last night cause I felt like shit. But I got the 2 nights before o and used preseed so I am hoping it did the trick. If not at least it looks like I have ovulated for the last 2 cycles!!

I have no dog so I can't comment on the training. Hubs had one before we got pregnant but after the baby came she went to stay at his moms. Long story.. She's very gentle she just preferred it over there. Probably cause she gets more treats lol. We still watch her all the time though when they go out of town and she does just fine. She's old. Like 12 years old. So she probably won't be around much longer and that's sad. She's been a good dog. Hubs wants another one for our daughter but I said not until summer that way I can have more time to take it outside during the day etc

 

[gigglebox]

Cb, the plan is to test wednesday if my symptons stay away.

What kind of dog(s) does everyone have? I forget. J you have a mastiff and some smaller fluffy dog, right? We have a boston and a frechie boston mix. I love smushed face breeds

 

[claireybell]

No dogs here, 2 Cats

 

[claireybell]

& slightly excited about possible testing on Weds gigs

 

[gigglebox]

Ahhh so jealous! I really want a cat again. Mine passed a couple years back from kidney failure. Hubs despises cats so it's unlikely we'll get another any time soon...i really want a muted calico.

 

[mrs.green2015]

We have two cats. One is an outside cat and the other inside. Although our outside cat comes in occasionally and sleeps. Even though she has a huge house of her own outside lol the other cat is totally my baby probably because she has a huge personality.
Our puppy is half walker hound and half German shorthair pointer but at this point he looks all pointer. I'll see if I have a new pic. He's already 32 pounds and not even 4 months old yet.

Gig- how many dpo will you be Wednesday?

 

[TexasRider]

We have fish... And that's it lol. My husbands dog that went to live with his mother is a pit bull and no home is the sweetest big baby I have ever met. She liked it at mother in laws better since there were other dogs and cats there and she wasn't alone. Plus she had more room to roam.

 

[mrs.green2015]

This was a couple weeks ago but it's the most recent one that shows his whole body.

 

[mrs.green2015]

Also, all you wondfo opk users out there.... I shouldn't be getting a positive I'm only cd 10 but on other test the line gets darker gradually over a few days. Mine are almost completely white. Are they normally super faint and then BOOM positive? I've heard other opks do that. Or how many days before surge do you start to get a second line?