To Lighten TTC Up! The thing we have done in our quest for children

[ladders]

Ha ha this thread is great

Have searched for cervical mucus far more than anyone should

Took epo religiously after realised had never had ewcm, when the elusive ewcm arrived did a little dance in the bathroom

Had a full Hollywood wax just prior to ovulation to try to get dh in the mood plenty!

Used softcups and had mini panic attack when I couldn't get it out the first time

Pressed my boobs so often to see if they hurt in the 2wwvi actually made them hurt

Bought extra nice things for people with new baby even though was as jealous as hell as I thought might induce good baby karma!

And all hidden from dh so I can continue to pretend I'm normal and not already emotionally and physically scarred lol

 

[Wish2BMom]

holy crap, this thread is awesome. Dospinkies - you're killing me!

- definitely pulling my shirt up more than is acceptable to check for veins, nipple color and structure
- far too closely inspecting the spotting on a tampon to determine if IB or AF starting
- new step added to shower process - check cervix. Even though I KNOW it's not a solid indicator of anything!!
- stress about not moving around too much if I happen to wake up 30+ mins before my normal temping time
- hiding under covers to take temp so blaringly-loud thermometer beeping doesn't irritate DH
- hiding under covers to research, update FF, read BNB at odd hours of the day/night so bright phone light won't irritate DH
- suspect kitties of 'knowing' I'm preg before I do when they seem to want to snuggle a little bit more during TWW - they can just SENSE it right?
- playing complete mind games with myself even in the middle of AF (maybe I'm still preg and this is some rare bleeding-while-preg thing happening! I'll poas anyway juuuuust to be sure....b/c full-on AF isn't making me sure enough...)

I can't wait to read more of yours, everyone!

 

[ttcbabyisom]

These are all great! Thanks for the laugh ya'll!

 

[clucas1988]

peed allover my hand and loo seat a million times taking countless preg tests & opks lol
led on the bed with my legs in the air almost in a handstand after Bd!
shoved tubes of concieve plus up my lady garden!

ttc is so UN SEXY! lol

 

[Kaychikan]

This thread is amazing!! In my 2 yrs ttc ive done all of the above and then some...
My favourite is preseeding while oh is in the bathroom so by the time he comes to bed Im ready to go and he doesnt suspect a thing!

Sneaking home from work for a well timed quicky

Poking at my cervix more times a week than any one should in a lifetime

Losing sleep with nerves to see what your temp is going to do (which completely ruins your chance of viable temps)

Taking tablets knowing they are making you an emotional wreck

Unsubscribed to half of Facebook so their pregnancies dont send me into depression

Feel my boobs more in the 2ww than oh does all month

Suffered endless migraines, head colds and everything else that I cant take pills for incase its bad for ttc

Looked at more pictures of peoples cm than I care to think about

Squinted at, took apart, held over lamps, and bought too many hpts

Spend too many hours googling!

The list can go on and on

 

[Hollynesss]

OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS!

-went from "charting?? That's so stupid!" To "trust me, I'm a charting expert!"

-read more pregnancy books than 150 pregnant women combined!

-stalked Baby Club, BFP announcements, all pregnancy forums, and L&D for any possible tip for conceiving

-examined my own fluids and cervix in the bathroom at work

-eaten so much pineapple I had mouth sores

-snuck zinc vitamins into DH's omelet

-hid PreSeed from DH

-bought the onesie I will use to tell DH I'm pregnant 8 months ago while we were still WTT

The list goes on!! To the girl that peed in the OPK packet THANK you for the idea!!! I've tried to pee on the strip at work with disastrous results

 

[tuesdaysbaby]

This is great. We are two months in and I have done so many of these things!

- felt my bbs a gazillion times to determine if this tenderness is a sign of pregnancy or normal AF and convinced myself I was definitely pregnant
- POAS even when AF was in full force because I googled and some women get a BFP this way!
- inspected CM
- Google image searched CM and IB
- cried, got really down on myself for 'failing' over and over again
- avoided pregnant friends, and people who could possibly be pregnant
- I've gone from charting? No way! To I'm charting this month!
- peed all over my hands doing three OPKs a day, and HPTs
- looked at my starkly negative HPT all manner of different angles to see if there is a remotely faint line or not
- Googled every single 'symptom' incessantly during TWW
- spent days and hours on every conceivable TTC website looking for answers
- Researched acupuncture for fertility, and fertility testing

X

Nice to see I'm not alone!

 

[Wtbam]

The list goes on!! To the girl that peed in the OPK packet THANK you for the idea!!! I've tried to pee on the strip at work with disastrous results

Haha! That was me! I thought of it one day whilst trying to catch pee in my hand!!! Sorry wayyyy too much info!

 

[Wish2BMom]

I'm still dying at this thread. You, ladies, are AWESOME!

 

[Hayleykins05]

This thread is awesome!!!

- I've groped my boobs far too many times even asked OH to cop a feel just to see if it hurt

- checked my cervix on a daily basis

- hid a stash of hpt's from OH so he doesn't think I'm completely mental

- like a few others I've told people we're not trying because after our first miscarriage we decided not to say anything until we knew we had a sticky bean

- pee'd on my hand and actually spilt pee on my pyjama's (I was nervous)

- OH has also caught on to the fact that I'm only 'horny' when I'm ovulating.

 

[Mrs Dragonfly]

"oh look...I'm back from the bathroom and somehow have come back horny...weeeeiiiird.....Now take your pants off."

I've done it!

- hiding under covers to research, update FF, read BNB at odd hours of the day/night so bright phone light won't irritate DH

So glad I'm not online at hiding under blankets to update FF! I always feel so silly quietly updating my temp on my phone early in the morning. Pretty sure DH wakes up and knows I'm doing it too

I've done so many of these things!! Omg this thread cracks me up

*Checked cm more than should be allowed
*Felt boobs in public to see if they were still sore during the tww
*Compared my cm to pictures of other ladies cm
*Went from thinking charting was crazy to wanting to go to bed early just so I could temp in the morning
*Stalk the parenting boards
*Spend far too much time in baby aisle.
*Going overboard shopping for friends babies while wishing I was shopping for our own.
*Recently went to a consignment shop and bought an adorable onesie and fleece for our someday baby
*DH tells his best friend that we're struggling to conceive and I got mad because I don't tell anyone but BnB how hard it's been.

 

[Wtbam]

Just thought of another one!

Made promises to myself SO MANY TIMES that I will never complain during pregnancy and childbirth regardless of how bad it gets!

 

[ttcbabyisom]

"oh look...I'm back from the bathroom and somehow have come back horny...weeeeiiiird.....Now take your pants off."

I've done it!

- hiding under covers to research, update FF, read BNB at odd hours of the day/night so bright phone light won't irritate DH

So glad I'm not online at hiding under blankets to update FF! I always feel so silly quietly updating my temp on my phone early in the morning. Pretty sure DH wakes up and knows I'm doing it too

I've done so many of these things!! Omg this thread cracks me up

*Checked cm more than should be allowed
*Felt boobs in public to see if they were still sore during the tww
*Compared my cm to pictures of other ladies cm
*Went from thinking charting was crazy to wanting to go to bed early just so I could temp in the morning
*Stalk the parenting boards
*Spend far too much time in baby aisle.
*Going overboard shopping for friends babies while wishing I was shopping for our own.
*Recently went to a consignment shop and bought an adorable onesie and fleece for our someday baby
*DH tells his best friend that we're struggling to conceive and I got mad because I don't tell anyone but BnB how hard it's been.

I've TOTALLY done this one too that DosPinkies talks about above. Hilarious!
I'm actually jealous of your last bullet point, I'm the sharer in my family, DH keeps everything to himself. He JUST RECENTLY started opening up to a couple of friends about it...it's been 3 years now going through our journey.

 

[twinkie2]

Just thought of another one!

Made promises to myself SO MANY TIMES that I will never complain during pregnancy and childbirth regardless of how bad it gets!

Same here!

 

[Kallie3000]

Oh my goodness, where to start?

- Bought 2 custom-made onsies and a baby sling while WTT, assuming it would take 2 months, max.
- The ONLY exception to my vegetarianism is the krill oil (with gelatin) supplements, for which 'vegetable based really isn't a good enough substitute'
- I've taken Materna for over a year, even though it makes me nauseous, and I'm back on B6+B12 even though I overdosed the first time and got the niacin rushes, not to mention also taking progressence plus essential oil, vitamin D3, decongestant syrup one cycle, green tea, a bunch of 'fertility' teas, oils, and relaxation techniques
- Started eating super clean food to the point of extreme-healthy-ridiculousness
- Check my temperatures up my hooha, and check my cervical mucous and cervix constantly, even though I had NO IDEA what that stuff was doing if you'd asked me a year ago
- Cried when I had to travel on an ovulation day
- Cried harder when I passed the 6 month trying mark
- Barely drank anything on my birthday, my accounting designation marks day, or my graduation ball day "just in case.."
- Spend probably 1 hour a day (averaged... some days it probably 10, others 0) of research, reading, listening to podcasts, comparing information on pregnacny, TTC, and childrearing

And so, so much more.... Agh!

 

[Mrs Dragonfly]

I browse cloth diapers online more than I should... I already have two stashed away in a closet and I want to just keep buying them!

 

[Wtbam]

I deliberately don't go on the 1st Trimester Forum of B&B because I'm saving it for when I get my BFP and know how excited I will be to click on it!

 

[mrshan]

I bought a dress at Salvo because it'll look totally cute with a baby bump. It's kind of a babydoll dress, so wearing it now makes me look pregnant, but when I am pregnant, it'll be adorable.

 

[Loo89]

Oh my gosh I love this thread. I'm only on my first TTC cycle, but am checking cervix & cm & spending forever googling things. I don't think it will take me long to get as many things on my list as some of you (and some of them are amazing!) Thank you ladies

 

[2moms2be]

This is fantastic!!

* Waiting while our donor did his thing in his car in a dark parking lot
* Waiting while our donor did his thing in a dark, NOT EMPTY parking lot
* Drove the whole way with my legs up on the dashboard and my hips in the air
* Gone spelunking in my ladybits looking for my cervix. On the regular.
* Spilled man-juice out of a tiny cup and almost cried!
* Put a plastic cup full of yuck up in my bits
* Cried when AF showed up
* Regularly texted with my wife about my cervix
* Spent way too much time with my own pee.... so much so that I have a regular "pee mug" in the bathroom
* Peed in a cup at work