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

[Flueky88]

Dobby, I've went to bed a couple of times at 830 after a really hard day. I'm not a night owl anyways though.

Campn, hope you are well today.

Texas, good luck. I think you had your bases covered

Greenie, wow so big for so young. I actually haven't delta with puppy in a long time.

Afm, we just have our one spoiled rotten Chihuahua. She is perfect though. Only has about 3 barks when door bell goes off just to let you know. She doesn't bark at people or tries to bite them. When I first met DH and he said he had one, I felt a little hesitant. She is wonderful though. She smiles when we come home too. Okay sorry for bragging on my fur baby. Oh and she weighs 6lbs

 

[TexasRider]

My Wondfos this month weren't very dark at all until I got my positive. Then it was very positive. I only had a few this cycle and waited for a high on my monitor to start testing so I only did 2 opks. On on cd 12 that was negative and one on 13 which was positive.

 

[DobbyForever]

Greenie, my opks do that. They are all over the place: line, no line, almost positive then totally negative... Then one day BOOM SHAKA LAKA

Gigs, she cancelled the shower for some mystery reason and told people to meet her one on one. Honestly, if I hadn't bought her gifts I would just go to her registry and send it to her house and call it a day. Although it is right next to party city and I do have to go so I could return what I have.... Also excited to see some tests!

Tex, that definitely looks like an O spike to me! FXed!

Flueky, do you take your dog everywhere? I always wanted to be Max from 2 Broke Girls and pretend to be that girl who "brings her tiny dog everywhere, so what?" Lol

Here is my 40lbs of trouble.

 

[DobbyForever]

I am down to my two dogs and three GLOveFish. Stupid HOA. SO bought my glofish for Christmas lol. The original 7 all died but one green one so we call it our love fish

 

[FutureMrs]

Omg I just have to say how cute all your puppies are!!! We also have three, a German shepherd, golden retriever and mini schnauzer. If we didn't want children I'd probably get a few more! Lol

 

[gigglebox]

Awww the doggies are so cute!!!

Dobs, yeah those fish have to be added gradually...you have to cycle the tank first or the filter gets overwhelmed and everything dies. I love keeping fish but not all the scientificcy parts of it.

Hmm, weird about the coworker...maybe something bad is happening with the pregnancy. I hope not though...how far along is she?

Mrs, i think you asked, but i'll be 11dpo on Wednesday. I'm already debating if i should test tuesday instead lol

 

[DobbyForever]

OMG Future, that was SO's thing for trying to get me off the kid train before we were TTC. He was like... just think, the less kids we have the more dogs we can have lmfao he was joking but not joking hahaha

Gigs, test on Tuesday!!!

I just messaged her to check in so we'll see if/when she talks. She was my high school color guard coach. She listened me and all of my suicidal thoughts in high school, and many times talked me off a ledge. So I hope if something happened she would let me know. She is at 31 Weeks and 3 days.

And I hate the science behind fish. I usually have good luck overloading the tank at first, especially with danios (which GloFish technically are). I'm too impatient to cycle (unless it's salt water) but with freshwater I just dumped them in lol. I do use special conditioners and moss balls and things like that, but I read that GloFish are not hardy so my bad.

Side note... Blue Apron is delish. Eating my Sage Biscuit pot pie leftovers right now and yum.

And thanks! I kind of have a rule that if I'm taking care of it then it has to be cute. I'm shallow I was between her and a male Sheltie puppy, but I don't know. There was just something about her that I knew instantly she was the sister my dog needed.

 

[claireybell]

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.

Ah im sorry its devastating losing pets.. My SO wasnt fussed on cats until he saw my friends cat litter of kittens.. Awww he was kitten broody then haha! We have a black short hair & a Bengal cross tabby

 

[claireybell]

Aww MrsG is your puppy a Dalmation?

 

[DobbyForever]

CB!!! You're an orange!!!!

 

[claireybell]

Heres my girls

The tabby/bengal cross is 'Missy' & the sleek black ninja looking on is 'Molly'

https://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb416/claireybell81/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps7mkab9hr.jpeg

 

[claireybell]

I know arhhhh 15wks today omg!! Freaking scary lol

 

[mrs.green2015]

An orange!!! How exciting. Can't believe it's going buy soooo fast. Your kitties are adorable.

He's not Dalmatian. But everyone asked us that lol. People stop is constantly at pet co. He's half walker hound (bottom pic) and half German shorthair pointer (top pic)

 

[campn]

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?

Greenie- Sometimes when I tested nothing was there at all and a day later much darker then hours later it was positive. The LH surge sometimes isn't strong until a point when estrogen is at the peak. Keep BDing cause things change fast!

 

[mrs.green2015]

Thanks for all the opk advice ladies. I've only ever used one brand (except when I tried the digital) and there's always a line and these were blank and I was confused!

 

[campn]

Awww I love all the pet pictures!! They're all so gorgeous. I miss my dog a lot maybe we'll get another in a few years.

Tex- Yay for ovulation!

Clairey- 15 weeks!! How!? Just 5 more weeks and you'll be half way there, that's so crazy. I think you mentioned you'll find out the gender right!? Eeeeek!

 

[gigglebox]

I tried 3 males guppies as my first fish at home (i had a betta on my work desk) and two of them ganged up and killed one, and there was a bacterial bloom and my whole tank got cloudy all in 25 hours....i returned them and got another betta lol

And OMG KITTIES! They are so cute!!!

Dobs good call on the mix. Shelties are sweet and smart but they age very poorly...

And, yeah, i'll be testing tuesday. I have my therapy thingy tuesday night so if it's positive, maybe she can help me digest this news...i have no idea what my reaction will be haha. Plus that'll be 10dpo.

 

[gigglebox]

Ok, already trying to now talk myself into a 9 dpo test lol...no patience here. No self control.

Heres my current WIP

 

[claireybell]

But gigs.. 8dpo tomorrow... Hahaa!! Wow look at that canvas painting already! I love the colours aswell

I agree with Campn, opks can change from neg to positive over like a day or so, mine did the cycle i got my bfp it was only a good positive for 1 day, all the rest were blank & really light.. Keep baby jigging hehe even if ya tired or annoyed at hubs Lol! Your puppy is adorable though MrsG

4 weeks & 3 days u til scan day Campn ahhhhh! Its gonna be here & gone before i know it eek! Yes def finding out the sex Whens your next scan Camps?

 

[DobbyForever]

CB, your kitties are gorgeous! And the time is going by so quickly. Can't wait for your next scan/sex reveal.

Gigs, that piece is looking killer so far! Testing Tuesday would be good especially if you have an appointment later that day to help process whatever the outcome.

Campn, any thoughts on what breed or would you just head to the shelter? I always use online shelter profiles because I'm picky lol.

Gigs again, yeah my 6 year old shelter has GI problems at least once a year. Honestly, we're at the point where if she poops blood for one day I don't even bother rushing her to the vet. Just switch her to the GI food for a week and all is well. And she is cray. She is quiet for a Shellie which is saying something Lolol. But she is curled up with me right now