OP & TTC 10/6-10/12

[calgal]

Good morning ladies! Where is everyone? Doesn't anyone want to post on a Monday morning?

Well, I'm all settled into my new office. I got in nice and early to unpack my crates, and my files and books are now neatly on the bookshelves, where they should be (we won't talk about my "desktop" files, though).

It's another beautiful, crisp fall day. My view is not as good as it once was (I'm on the alley side of the building) but I can see the sky, and it looks nice. Yay.

As for TTC, just when I was starting to think charting would not do anything for me, my temps SKYROCKETED - up about a full degree. It was really shocking. I'm hoping I got in the BD at the right time - hadn't fested the 2 days before the temp rose, but did fest on days when I had certain other signs of O. Hope I caught that eggie.

Unfortunately, no time for personals - gotta get some work done now that I've spent 4 hours unpacking.

O and baby dust to all!

[aprilk]

I was just about to start the thread myself. ;)
Slipped & fell down the stairs on Saturday, so I'm a little swollen & bruised. :eek:
I think I probably O'd on Sunday and we really made it a bd fest this month, so I'm hopeful for the 2ww. Figured we'd get in a couple more bd just in case.

Calgal~Glad to hear you've gotten unpacked. Hope you caught that eggie.

Mom2skyler~Hope we'll see you on our TTC thread soon. smile.gif

How's everyone else doing?

Chart (http://circles2.fertilityfriend.com/home/2e5d6)

[ October 06, 2003, 01:33 PM: Message edited by: aprilk ]

[elmirady]

Good morning! I'm feeling a little sluggish this morning, but this too shall pass! Well I had some signs of Oing and I think maybe just maybe we timed the BDing right, but who knows! So now I am in the waiting phase!

Calgal - Good for you with the unpacking! I'm glad your move is done now for you.

April - We were posting at the same time. I'm sorry to hear you slipped and fell. What is bruised? Hope you heal quickly!

Jenn/Fiona/MrsA925/June/Dune and anyone else I may have missed - graemlins/wave.gif How are you all doing today?

Shellys - How's our mommy to be feeling?

[ October 06, 2003, 10:37 AM: Message edited by: elmirady ]

[jenn42302]

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a good weekend. I had a nice day off, cut my hair relatively short (so, does that count as extra weight loss, I have very heavy hair :D ) The weather is a little better and looks to go into the 60s this week. And the Bills eeked out a win. So Monday doesn't suck too much!!

I am getting anxious with all this waiting! I have been sort of, kind of, temping. When I bought my thermometer, I took my temp, like, in the middle of the day, and it was 97.2. About 4 days ago, I decided, what the heck, maybe I'd see some sort of pattern this month, and then start in earnest next month (if there was a next month). So my temps have been 97.70, 97.85, 97.75, and 98.10 today. AF is due Friday. Does any of this mean anything?? I took my temp in bed, never got up to get the thermometer (it's in my nightstand) or even turned off my alarm (I woke up before the alarm every day. The only thing I probably did "wrong" was get up to go to the bathroom about 3 hours before taking my temp (except for today, I never got out of bed the entire night). We timed everything well, I think, and i really do think I Oed on Sat or Sun, not Monday. And (here come the real or imagined symptoms!! ;) ) I have super sore BBs since Oing (the discomfort is steadily increasing) and I have been tired, still, that's all I seem to say! SO, cross your fingers and say your prayers, I hope this is my month!! (as I always hope it's everyone else's month too, I don't want to be selfish!!)

That is all for me, some quick personals because I have had a very unproductive morning!

Becki ~ Sorry that you missed your lab!! I'm sure it won't hurt you that much. Maybe you can make it up?? My biggest fear in college was forgetting that I registered for a class and missing it entirely!! (I used to have this reoccurring dream about this...)

calgal ~ I hope you caught that eggie too!! And I'm happy you're all settled in now to your new office. It is such a relief, isn't it?

April ~ OHHH!!!! I hope you are OK!!!!! Are you feeling alright?? And I hope you had a productive BDfest this month too. Babydust!!

Elmirady ~ Looks like we all had good BDfests this month. I am hoping you have success this month too.

Gosh, it looks like we're all in some stage of the 2ww. Shelly, look how you inspired us all to get on it and fest because of your success!!!! Here's to another graduate (or hopefully graduateS this month!!!!

graemlins/wave.gif to everyone else!!!

jenn smile.gif

[tringinjune]

Hi there, I'm in the 2ww as well. FF first said I O'd on cd 10 but has now changed it to cd 13, so it was either Thursday or Sunday - BD was well-timed for either. I'm hoping the dip on 6dpo is good, but I'm determined not to get my hopes up. :rolleyes:

Calgal - you're so well-organized, I usually leave all teh boring stuff such as buuks when I've moved offices. Right now I have two huge drawers stuffed with various "useful-might come in handy some day" articles & stuff... I'd need to find the time to unpack/organize those at least. But seems as if the hurry keeps up, I have another two court hearings this week, and one civil case agreement (what are those called in the USA/in English?, when parties reach an agreement and we retract the case from court - oh well) needs to be finalized this week. Well, at least it keeps me from browsing the web and thinking of al this TTC!

April - OUCH!!! I bet you're sore, but happy to hear you're otherwise okay from the fall.

Elmirady - welcome to join the 2ww wait-gang!

I'm off to bed (duh - at 9 pm but the darkness and below freezing temperatures are so boring and nothing is on TV)
June

[shellys]

Hello Buddies graemlins/wave.gif

Jenn- you need to go to www.fertilityfriend.com (http://www.fertilityfriend.com) and set up a chart for yourself. You can begin in the mid cycle if you want to. Its the only way to see your temping pattern and I will help you along- plus its free!!!After about 2 weeks you will do it like going to the bathroom- without even thinking about it. I am actually still addicted and havent stopped yet because my high temp every morning keeps me sane that Im still pregnant ;)

Fiona- how are you doing??

Elmirady- that was really sweet of you- thank you so much again. I hope that DH and I will be as good of parents as you two are w/ your DD.

Calgal- congrats on the new office!!

April- I hope you ok and taking it easy after that fall.

June- good luck this cycle!!!!~~~Babydust to you~~~

[calgal]

Good morning again, ladies! Day 2 in my new office, and I'm hoping it will be as calm and relaxing as Day 1, but the people I work for will be back in today, so methinks that's just a pipe dream. :rolleyes:

Work has not been as crazy for the past few days/weeks as it was for the past few months, and I've actually been getting home in time to prepare a normal (OP) dinner, eat leisurely with DH (at the table, not in front of the tv), still watch tv if we want to, and get to bed at a decent hour (by 10 - I get up at 5:30 a.m. every day). I feel so well rested it's ridiculous. No wonder I'm in a good mood. :D

After that initial big jump, my temps are still up (which is normal, I understand, even if not PG) - but for 3 days, they've actually been increasing, even if just a bit. I'm not going to get my hopes up TOO high, because I'll be way too disappointed if AF flies in, but it's still kinda neat to see how my body reacts to normal hormone fluctuations.

Jenn - Can't hurt to start charting now - it really doesn't take much effort at all, and it's kinda neat to see how your body works. Hoping you don't have to temp for more than 2 weeks, though. ;)

June - you crack me up, thinking I'm organized. I'm just using this office move as a good excuse to GET organized -- new place, new beginning, ya know?

April - you poor thing! How are you feeling today?

Elmirady - good luck with catching that eggie.

Fiona - come out, come out, wherever you are! How are ya doing?

Shellys - can we start calling you "mama"? ;)

To anyone else I might have missed - sorry! and please post to keep us updated!

[aprilk]

Hi everyone. I'm feeling less stiff & sore this morning. I mainly just bruised my shin & my pride. ;)
I'm totally confused about my chart (nothing new there). I still don't have a coverline or O line from fertility friend. The OPK showed a definite line on Saturday morning, so according to that I would've O'd on Sunday or Monday. (April's Chart) (http://circles2.fertilityfriend.com/home/2e5d6) :confused:

Jenn & June~All signs sound pretty promising that it will be your month! Fingers & toes crossed for you both.

Calgal~Sounds like you've got the charting thing figured out. I'm still confused as all get out about it.

Fiona~How are you doing? Is your dad still in town?

Dune~How is your aunt doing? Are your classes going well?

Surfergirl, Elmirady & Ginny~Hope you all are well.

Shellys~Sounds like you may have several joining you this month on the preggy thread. smile.gif

Baby Dust & O dust.

[ October 07, 2003, 11:49 AM: Message edited by: aprilk ]

[MrsA925]

Hi Ladies

I am still waiting to O!! But I guess that is the course for me right now.

I have my ultrasound today and DH does his second SA this week also.

I hope everyone is doing ok with the waiting. So many of you are in the 2ww!!! GOOD LUCK!!!

I will keep you all updated
Ginny

[jenn42302]

Hi everyone,

Just a quick note today. I'm fine, but I have been a royal brat to my poor DH, the hormones are a ragin'!! Really, he should dump me for how nasty I have been to him!! (I have been wallpapering our living room, he is offering help, and I'm treating him like a Home Improvement/Tim Allen wannabe!! Bad me!!)

For some reason, I don't feel like this is my month. I don't know why exactly, because usually I can rationalize every twinge, every symptom as being pg, but dor some reason I don't think I am. Oh well, I'll know soon enough, AF is due somewhere between Fri and Sun.

Well, I should go, lots of stuff and an interview candidate due in a few minutes, No time for personals today, I'll catch up tomorrow.

Babydust to all!!! jenn smile.gif

[tringinjune]

Hi there, well I'm back from my aerobics class - it was tough tonight! But I needed it, I've been snacking all day.

April - your chart looks good to me, I bet you'll get a coverline/O-date in the next couple of days. BTW - guess what?! FF once again changed my O-day back to cd10 from 13... because of my change in CM for today (TMI but here it goes: I had it down as creamy then changed to watery) When I have the watery entered it gives O at cd10, and with creamy at cd13!!! Is that odd or what? I guess I'll just have to wait and see....

Ginny - hoping everything looked good at the ultrasound today!

Jenn - LOL, I perfectly understand the feeling. I'm just like that when I do something like wallpapering/wiring etc!

Off to have a glass of water, take care and babydust/Odust
June

http://circles2.fertilityfriend.com/home/27e69

[ October 07, 2003, 02:22 PM: Message edited by: tringinjune ]

[DuneRaiderette]

crap! lost my post. ok- the gist...made up missed lab. anyone know if i can make a graph in excel, then print it out on my non-excel computer, or email it to myself then print it out?

aunt is better--went home today. thanks for prayers/thoughts. shes gonna beat it!!! (i know this, man!)

af due yesterday, today or tomorrow. if not here by tomorrow, imma freak!!!

since i lost my post last time trying to do personals, imma forget about it this time...baby and o dust!!!!

[Fiona]

HI everyone

I have been totally swamped the past few days and last night I came home and was asleep just after 8.

ANd today yet again I have been dragging all day. I think just after this I am off tobed. I don't know what is wrong with me.

MY dad flew home on Sunday, and made it back safely. Whilst it was good to have him visit I am kind of glad for the calm in the house again.

I promist I will write more tomorrow., I am off to bed.

FIona smile.gif

[calgal]

Good morning again ladies! I'm a little grumpy today, but hoping that the feeling will lift in much the same way as they say the morning fog will lift, to reveal a day with temps in the 70s - ahh...fall on the East Coast. I love it. smile.gif

I woke up feeling fat again today. Scale did not say anything different, but for some reason, all of my parts feel flabby. I really need to get back to exercise - this way, at least I feel good about myself. Blech.

This 2ww is torture...

Not much time for personals (that plus my grumpy mood...) but it sounds like everyone has been 'festing away at all the right times. Could it be we'll see lots of BFPs this month??

Baby dust to all!

[jenn42302]

Hi girls,

Calgal, you could have been writing about me! I feel the same way you do! In fact, that "fat" feeling inspired me to fill my gym bag with clothes, so hopefully I head to Curves on the way home instead of, well HOME first!!

The 2ww is killing me too. I think that that (and PMS or pg hormones) are making me graemlins/crazy.gif I'm crabby, depressed, dragging, tired, think I am fat/ugly, starting to look old (@29!!) I still don't think I'm pg, and if I'm not this has been the WORST EVER PMS I have ever had. My poor DH!!!!!

I forgot to tell you guys! Last weekend, I was out with my mom, and we were in the Xmas shop. Anyway, there was this Irish section (I collect Irish things) and amisdt the ornaments and Xmas items, there were irish baby items!! My mom wanted to buy some, but she said it would be a jinx. I told her, "Well, if I can't make one, I'll buy one (meaning I'd adopt if I can't have my own), so go ahead and buy it!" I think she's under the impression that I have been trying for YEARS or something (it's only been months, but sure feels like years sometimes!) and I can't get pg (I love her, but that's my mom, glass half-empty sort). Anyway, she bought a little shamrock bib and I bought a baby sweater with shamrocks, that matches the bib!!! My first baby purchases!!! But that day I was feeling like maybe I could be pg, but now I feel like I'm not. I hate this roller coaster!!!! :mad:

OK, enough of my pity-party, on to personals.

shellys ~ How's our resident mommy? Thanks for sticking around here in TTC land and posting!!!! I should set up an account w/FertilityFriend, I just haven't had the time. My past 2 temps were 97.9 (yesterday) and 98.01 (today). I've got to get the TCOYF book too. I guess I keep hoping that this is my month (though I don't think so for some reason) and I won't have to worry about that stuff anymore!!

april ~ I am happy you are feeling better after your fall. I hope you got yourself a coverline from FF!

Ginny ~ Nice to hear from you! I hope you O soon and that all those tests go OK!!!

June ~ Good for you for exercising! And I hope you caught the eggie, regardless if O came on cd10 or cd13!!

Becki ~ I am happy that your aunt is better. I have had you and her in my thoughts. I'm sure all will turn out right in the end!!

Fiona ~ Great to have you back!!! I'm sure it was sad to see your dad go, but getting your life back to normal will be good. I hear you on the dragging. If I didn't force myself to be awake, I would have fallen asleep around 8 too! I can't remember, did you BD at the right time this month, so could this tiredness be a symptom???

I am done interviewing my candidates, and I have selected someone. She's AWESOME, a SUPER designer who is going to really raise the bar here. I've got to do some reference checks, and if I get approvals from the higher-ups, I can make her an offer today!!!

Well, that's all from me. I will try to enjoy the beautiful, sunny, 70 degree weather we're supposed to have for the rest of the week!

Babydust to all!!! jenn smile.gif

p.s. I have been seeing and getting in the mail all this BABYSTUFF this week? Is this someone's way of torturing me, or is it a sign??

[ October 08, 2003, 09:20 AM: Message edited by: jenn42302 ]

[MrsA925]

Hi Ladies

I had the ultrasound yesterday and I don't have all the results yet but both ovaries were covered in cysts... I guess PCOS does mean Poly Cystic..
I was a little depressed after seeing them. Knowing that everything is really going to be harder than I thought. I think I can get injectables paid for by my insurance though which was great news to me :0

Jen- Funny story about your baby purchases. I buy for my non existent child all the time. We even have the whole room set up. I have always loved baby stuff so it doesn't depress me at all. It kind of gives me hope. I know one day no matter what that room will be our child's.

No o yet for me but that's ok. DH does his second SA sample tomorrow (although he called at lunch and swears he is getting sick...)

Hello everyone !! and I am keeping my fingers crossed for all those in the 2ww!!

Ginny

[calgal]

Good morning again. I'm far less crabby today than I was yesterday - not sure what THAT was about, but I'm willing to attribute it to people at work making what I perceived as unreasonable demands while only pretending to listen to my "but I'm only one person" speech. :D Today, I'll just sip my latte and stay zen, especially because (1) Must See TV is on tonight, and I HAVE to be in a good mood for that :D and (2) it doesn't help me get the work done if I stew about it all day long.

So. Here I am. I'm going to log into fertility friend and enter my temps to see what they have to say - just out of curiosity. If she comes, AF will be due next Friday, so it's still far to early to tell anything, but I'm curious anyway.

Mrs. A - sorry to hear of the cysts. But knowledge is half the battle, right? It's pretty amazing what medicine can do nowadays.

Jenn - your posts amaze me - we are so frequently on the same wavelength, esp. mood-wise. I haven't bought any baby things yet, because I'm a superstitious freak, but I can't wait to get them. I also definitely plan to adopt if I can't bear a child myself (and it's WAY too early to tell on that one!) - but for me (and for my mom, for that matter) that prospect carries all sorts of other issues, because I was adopted myself - it's kinda weird for me to feel like adoption is a "last resort" or somehow a second-best option when I know my parents are so lucky to have me. :D

Fiona - in bed around 8 p.m.? Could it be???

To everyone else - big HI and hope you're doing well.

Baby dust to all!

Okay - I'm back - logged all my info into fertility friend - and basically guaranteed that I will obsess about it all day! Their chart shows "O" as being between Friday and Saturday (Sat a.m. is when my temp went way up), when I'm convinced (because of the lower-right-quadrant "twinge" I felt for several hours on Wed, plus CM on Wed) that it was on Wed. And I've also read that the temp rises anywhere from 12-36 hours AFTER ovulation, which would confirm my theory. So, of course, now I'm wondering whether I timed BD right. :confused: And I'm wondering whether I should have charted the days that I was absolutely exhausted (Thu I was asleep by 9:30, Fri I was asleep by 8 p.m., and Sun. I took a 2-hour nap in the middle of the day and still went to bed by 9), or the days I've had so much energy I don't know what to do with it all.

I think this is one of those instances where ignorance is bliss.

Fortunately, I'm still in a good mood. smile.gif

[ October 09, 2003, 08:05 AM: Message edited by: calgal ]

[Fiona]

Hi everyone

Well I guess you could say I am in a relatively good mood considering the visitor who showed up this morning. Even though we can seem to get the timing right it never works. But this month it is on to better things. I am on clomid for 5 days this month and I am waiting till 9 so I can schedule my appointment for my ultrasounds and IUI. So fingers crossed that we get some success this month.

Things are a little calmer these days. I think that I was so tired just from having the skids around and my Dad going home. I am feeling better for the rest that I have had over the past couple of days.

Calgal: I am with you about must see tv. I have to watch friends and ER. Its a Thursday night staple for me. Now if only I could stay awake. OH and about fertility friend. It sometimes can be tricky on O dates. I have had it change mine a number of times. Have you read the book taking charge of your fertility?

Jenn: SOunds like you and your mum had fun shpopping. I Haven't bought any baby stuff yet. But maybe next month might be my time.

Sorry I got interupted by IT wanting to fix something and I had to post or lose what I had written. UGH

Anyway I called and I have my appointments set up with the fertility specialist for the 20th. SO maybe by the beginning of Novemeber I might just have some good news. Well I can hope right.

Becki: I am glad to hear that your Aunt is doing well. It will take some time to recover from all that she has been through (I speak here from the experience of seeing my mum go through it).

Baby dust to everyone else.

Fiona smile.gif

[ October 09, 2003, 09:15 AM: Message edited by: Fiona ]

[jenn42302]

Hi girls,

This temping stuff is interesting. I haven't put anything into FF yet, but I'm keeping a mental tally of my temps, and this morning it went down, way down (yesterday 98.01, today 97.6, but I took my temp about an hour early, because the cat decided to wake me up at 5:30 am, even after taking it again at 6:45am after getting up out of bed at 5:30, it was 97.72) I also had a little spotting this morning AND the formerly sore BBs are no longer sore. I expected AF to show between tomorrow and Sunday, and it looks/feels like she indeed is coming. So I guess my feeling was right?!? Or could I be misjudging the temp thing? I don't know enough about it, I REALLY guess I should start reading up!!!!

I decided on a woman for my job opening, I called her at work and at home asking her to call me at home so I could give her some "good news." But I have not yet heard from her. I hope that is not a bad sign???

Ginny ~ I sorry to hear that things will be harder for you. Harder, but not impossible!!!! Fingers crossed for you!!

calgal ~ yeah, isn't it amazing, that are wavelengths are so similar??? (poor you ;) !!) I am TOTALLY addicted to Friends, too. I thought I'd die laughing at Chandler spilling the beans to the kid about being adopted. You see, my DH reminds me an awful lot of Chandler, but as DH would say, you are so NOT Monica (because I am not a neat freak and rarely cook!! But I once was fat, and now I'm not!!) If I can only stay awake for ALL of ER...

Fiona ~ I'm sorry the witch showed up. But in your case she'll be gone by, like, 2pm today??? ;) Hopefully the fertility drugs will work for you as quickly as they did for shelly!!!!!

Well, I should go get some work done! Take care and babydust to all!!!

jenn smile.gif

[elmirady]

Good morning ladies. Sorry I was MIA for a bit. I worked from home yesterday and dial up stinks! I worked from home because we had our driveway put in, YEAH! We had a stone driveway but not any more! I am sooo happy!

Fiona - Sorry the ole witch flew on in, I honestly thought maybe you were pregnant with the tiredness! Onto next month!

Jenn - It ain't over til the ole witch shows up! I am feeling kind of on the fence about whether I feel like this is my month or not. I feel like we timed the Bding good, but I hate to get my hopes up. AF is due by end of next week so I guess we'll wait and see.

Calgal - glad to hear you're in a better mood today. I bowl tonight but have to hussle to get home to watch ER! I love that show.

MrsA925 - Sorry to hear about the cysts, but at least you know what you are dealing with and can take steps to hopefully remedy it.

Dune: So glad to hear your Aunt is on her way home! Yeah!

Well, gotta run, so sorry if I missed anyone. I have to install my new monitor that just arrived. Baby and "O" Dust to all!

[aprilk]

Hi all. Well, according to FF I'm still waiting to O (and it's now cd17). According to the OPK I would've O'd on cd13 or cd14. :confused: I really hope it was cd13 or 14 since dh is out of town for the next few days!
My shin is finally less black & blue from my fall. I went to yoga last night to try to relieve some of the ttc stress.

Elmirady~Your new driveway sounds beautiful.

Jenn~I love Irish things too. We came back from there with a lot of souveniers. Not sure what to tell you about the temping thing, last month when af showed, all of my temps were above the coverline on FF. The only one that went below the line was on the next cycle. Still have my fingers crossed for you. Stay away from Jenn, af!

Fiona~I'm sorry to hear af showed. The treatments for next month sound really promising.

Calgal~I'm completely confused about the O timing as well. I've only had a chance to watch Thursday night TV once, since I almost always end up working Thursday evenings.

Ginny~Sorry to hear about the cysts. Glad to hear your insurance will cover the treatments.

Dune~I'm so glad your aunt was able to go home. She sounds like an amazing person! Did you figure out the excel problem?

June~Thanks for letting me know about FF changing your O date. I was beginning to think the software was just trying to torment me. ;)

Surfergirl~How are you doing?

Shellys~How is our mom-to-be doing?

Baby dust & O dust!
April smile.gif

http://circles2.fertilityfriend.com/home/2e5d6

[tringinjune]

Hi there, as usual I am very busy at work so I only have time to quickly stop by and say hi. I still don't know wether I O'd on cd 10 or 13, FF has changed it a few times - again today back to cd10. So I'm either 12 or 15 dpo, but my temperatures have been dropping, so I guess AF is on her way. I've actually started checking up fertility-clinics in the nearby cities - I'm thinking we'll try on our own a a few more months, but with my age approaching 35 I do want to start checking things up if things don't happen soon. I figure with a 10-15% chance each cycle with perfectly timed BD at my age, starting treatments when the "sum of percentages" reaches 90-100% and nothing has happened is reasonable.

Jenn - welcome to the club (buying baby items)! I already have a few boxes full of stuff, not to mention all the pregnancy & baby books... The shamrock bib & sweater sound so cute. Did you hire the candidate you mentioned, did she call back yet? Sorry to hear AF might be on her way, but as you know it isn't over until AF actually shows.

Fiona - I'm sorry to hear AF showed, but now that the treatments are beginning I'm sure things will start to happen. Try to relax and get your rest, it must have been a hectic time lately.

Dune - happy to hear that your aunt is home alrealy. How are you settling in in your new home?

Elmirady - a new driveway, nice! I read that you were planning on bowling yesterday - how is your wrist?

Off to do some work,
June
http://circles2.fertilityfriend.com/home/27e69

[calgal]

Wow - can't believe I'm not the first poster this a.m. :D I also can't believe it's already Friday again. Not quite sure where this week went, but it truly FLEW by (not sure whether that's good because of all the work I have to do before the end of the month, but I'll take it).

Forgot to take my temp this a.m. after DH hit "snooze" on the alarm, so I had to get up and turn it off before climbing back into bed for temping. Temp is up another .1 above yesterday - and now about 1.2 - 1.5 degrees higher than my normal "pre-o" temps. I'm hoping getting out of bed didn't affect the reading (it didn't the only other time this month I did so), but who really knows. Methinks I'm becoming obsessed.

So, not much new here. I managed to watch Must See TV last night (Friends and Scrubs, followed by nap, followed by ER, thanks to DH waking me up to watch it...). I swear, sometimes I feel like I'm 50 with how early I fall asleep. odear.gif

Insurance guy going to inspect my house (finally) to view the hurricane damage so we can finally get the tree out of our yard, and get the screens, gutters, and roof fixed. Thank goodness we haven't had heavy rains again, or my poor drywall would be suffering.

June - Thanks for starting today's posts! I looked at your chart, and I don't think one dip is enough to say your temps are "dropping" - keep that positive attitude that it can happen this month!

Fiona - well, let's get AF on outta there so this month can be yours! Good luck with the treatments.

Elmirady - congrats on the new driveway! We had ours "topped off" several months ago, and it made a world of difference - before that, DH's car would scrape the concrete every time we left the driveway - not fun, I tells ya!

Dune - so, how are those new digs?

Surfergirl - where are ya? Come out and post!

April - glad I'm not the only one perplexed by this FF charting thing. Just goes to show you the only thing we can do is fest constantly from day 10 to day 20...

Ginny - hope you're hanging in there.

Jenn - so, did that woman ever call back? I hope she's enthusiastic about the job and was just out or something.

[jenn42302]

Hi girls,

Quick post this morning as yesterday was a completely unproductive day so I've got a lot to catch up on and we're off Monday for the holiday (got to love higher ed!)

The woman did call me back, she was out of town yesterday and couldn't get back to me right away. I offered her the position, but she still had some questions, so we met for lunch. One of her questions was salary-related, so I took that question back to my higher-ups, so they will let me know hopefully by Tuesday so I can let her know. I think she wants it, but it's a big adjustment in terms of climate, and it's a pay cut for her (we don't have that type of budget, but we also don't make people work until 2 in the morning and most weekends like where she is now!!). I'll know by Tuesday, I guess!

I do SO much like this temping thing! (not that I like WHAT it's telling me, but I like that it tells me SOMETHING!) My temps took a dive this morning. 97.26 (down from 97.6) I keep noting these numbers here until I get around to signing up with FF, which I will do over this long weekend when I am off. So, I know that AF must be on her way, she is due between today and Sun anyway. I am happy because my cycles are back in the 28-day timeframe verses that 25 day variety a couple of months back. But I'm :mad: because BD was perfectly timed this month. Oh well, back to the drawing board!

I will use these next two weeks well, because I feel like I am totally slipping in the OP dept. No whining out of me, I know what I'm doing wrong, and here are my own graemlins/bcbkick.gif graemlins/bcbkick.gif graemlins/bcbkick.gif But I heard the "click" this morning, as I was driving into work, of all things. I DO NOT want to go back to the way I was before. I say that publically because I need to see these words written. I have to WI tomorrow morning, and I know it won't be pretty. I won't be over goal or anything because I had built a really big cushion, but I vowed I'd never weigh in the 170s again (except for pg, of course!) but I fear I might be there in tomorrow's WI, with no one to blame but myself. So, send me your graemlins/bcbkick.gif girls, I deserve them.

Well, this turned out to be not-so-brief, but I really have to go and I ran out of time for personals. I hope to get back on later today for them. In the meantime, ) and babydust to all!!!!

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[ October 10, 2003, 08:38 AM: Message edited by: jenn42302 ]

[MrsA925]

Hi Ladies

Just checking in to see how you all are doing.

I hope everyone has a really restful weekend. Work has been keeping me SO BUSY!!!

My temps are doing some crazy things but maybe I will o' this month... who knows?? My chart is linked at the bottom.

Take Care and I will check in Monday

Ginny

[aprilk]

No time for personals today, but I wanted to check in. I finally decided to discard my really low temp which allowed FF to finally give me a O & coverline right where the OPK said it should be. :D

http://circles2.fertilityfriend.com/home/2e5d6

[shellys]

Jenn- Im glad you are liking the temp thing!! Just wait until you set up a chart- I still find myself looking at all different charts.

Fiona- Im so sorry that the Hag showed up. So this cycle will be an IUI??

Ginny- how are you??

April- I agree with taking out the low temp as long as your temps stay up I think you did "O"!! Good Luck This Cycle!!

Calgal-I love Friends and Scrubs too!!

June-I hope your temps go back up.

surfergirl- How is your new horse doing??

Elmirady- How are u doing??

Dune- How is your new place?? How is your workouts and diet going??

[SurferGirl]

Good God where has the week gone!!!!!

I've been swamped. Absolutely swamped. I've had no time for posting or cruising through any website except my organization's site. I'm getting ready for a conference in Iowa next week and I've been training the AA temp. Plus my sup has been running around putting out fires left and right so I've been carrying the buckets to her. And since I'm going to be out of the office for 4 days next week I've also been trying to do all my own work and some "premptive" work for next week. But wait, that's not all! I'm going to Austria on vacation from Oct 22-Nov 2!!! So I'm also trying to teach my sup and the temp what I do. Remember, I've been here for 2 years. They've been here for 2 months and 2 weeks, respectively. GAHHHHH!!

I had a flash about temping this month, but with all the craziness I've decided that it would be pointless. The temping will have to start next month. And just a small question - I have a thermometer that measures in tenths, is that all I need or do I have to buy a special one?

I'm so glad to see that you all are doing well and that we have a couple "potentials" out there. I'm so hoping that by the time I get back we will have oodles of new MTBs (Mommies to be). Did you see the moon last night? That was quite the fertile looking moon. I take it as a good omen.

BTW - the horse is doing great! DH calls him my new boy toy. tongue.gif I think it's love. And no sign of lameness. I'm going to get some new shoes on him next week (maybe, if I'm not insane by then), get some x-rays of his feet to confirm my instinct, and then tell the owner that it's a match. Yippee!

Kisses and hugs to all!

[DuneRaiderette]

hi guys, im here quick, cuz i know most of you wont be here this weekend. still no af, sore bbs (semi-unusual), but im thinking this weekend she will show. im tired of her screwing around with me, though. school is good, the room is good (i actually really like living at home again--i truly love my family--most of the time). the worst part is the bathroom situation. four people sharing one bathroom is kinda hard. well, hope you all have a good weekend. graemlins/wave.gif

[jenn42302]

Hi girls,

A quick check in from home (on crappy dial up). AF showed this morning :mad: Well, actually, not so bad, because now I am a big, big believer in charting. What the temps tell you is amazing! I feel like at least all my "plumbing" is working, and now we actually got all the timing right for once, now it's just odds!

I had my WI, and I gained, but not as bad as I thought. Up one pound, to 169.4. I vowed to never hit 170, and I didn't, but boy I came close! So, I thought maybe, if anyone here wants to, let's have a (US) thanksgiving challenge. I always did really well on losing points when I joined a challenge, and I thought maybe there is anyone here in TTC, or even new mothers, who needs a little extra OP motivation. Give me some feedback, and if anyone wants to, I'll start a weekly New Mothers/TTC challenge thread.

Well, my dial up sucks, and I still need to go to FF to set up my chart, so I will go. Hope you all have a great weekend, and I will see you later!! graemlins/wave.gif

O and babydust to all!!! Hope to see some BFPs soon!!!!

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