A lot of us are rollovers, so I figured I'd make a board for January POASers. A lot of people will be peeing on OPK sticks soon :)
Roll call!
Current Cycle Day: CD7
Ovulation Date: Between December 23-27th
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: Around 28 days, so I'll POAS around January 7th depending on when I ovulate
Cycles trying: 3
BD timing: I'm hoping for every day from December 22nd until the day after I ovulate
Link to Chart: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/glittermoon
Favorite Moment from 2012: My daughter's 5th birthday yesterday was pretty amazing. She was so happy all day :) It was super cute.
Resolutions for POAS: That I will not POAS until my period is late!
I'm in, on my iPhone so I will do my role call tomorrow!
i'm in!
Current Cycle Day: CD6
Ovulation Date: Between December 22-24
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: January 10
Cycles trying: This is our 2nd!
BD timing: It will be hard to do around the Holiday since we'll be at my DH's families house for 5 days, but hopefully at least every other day from December 20-27
Favorite Moment from 2012: Our one year anniversary trip to Sedona, Arizona! So romantic.
Resolutions for POAS: To not get crazy about it!
@Lyndzo: Awesome opossum! :) Sorry about shark week, btw. :(
@KateByDesign: Hello almost cycle buddy :)
I'll work on updating the list, so make sure to post your POAS dates everyone!
Yay! January will be my first POAS! :D
Current Cycle Day: CD11
Ovulation Date: Between December 27-31
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: Mid Jan, cycle is usually 32-36 days.
Cycles trying: First!
BD timing: Will be on honeymoon on Wednesday which will slightly overlap into my fertile window. So BD everyday until I O!
Link to Chart: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3b4907/
Favorite Moment from 2012: June 30th, 2012, my wedding! :)
Resolutions for POAS: That I will stick to dollar store sticks and only use my expensive ones to confirm!
Current Cycle Day: CD38
Ovulation Date: I originally thought it was CD17 but now I'm pretty sure it's gonna be tomorrow or the next day....been getting positive OPKs for the last two days :)
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: I have only been off BCP for a few months. First cycle was 33 days, the next was 46 days. When I thought I O'd on CD17, I went a little crazy with the pee sticks lol...this time I'm viewing it as a second chance this cycle and I really want to wait till the new year to POAS. Hoping to just enjoy the holidays without worrying about it!
Cycles trying: One!
BD timing: Every other day
Favorite Moment from 2012: Definitely my wedding!
Resolutions for POAS: I will NOT POAS until the new year!
@glittermoon: Thanks for creating a January board! :)
Current Cycle Day: CD6
Ovulation Date: Between December 25-28th
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: Going to try SO hard to wait it out until the actual day I am supposed to get AF, my last 2 cycles have been 27 days, so that would put me at January 7 for POAS date.
Cycles trying: 2nd actively trying, but I am calling it 3 because I was trying the first..even though DH was a little unaware lol :P
BD timing: We are going to try the "Sperm Meets Egg Plan" thing this month and try to do at least EOD starting CD 8 and 3 days in a row once I get positive OPK, skip a day, and do one more. We will probably BD every day of fertile CM though, but last month I don't even think I had EWCM. Booooo.
Link to Chart: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/cowgirlace
Favorite Moment from 2012: Marrying the man of my dreams :)
Resolutions for POAS: I am going to try to expect AF instead of a BFP to try to counteract the disappointment (ha...wishful thinking). I am also going to try to be more relaxed about everything and not analyze every single thing my body does and freak out about it. Ohhhh, and not POAS early because in the 2 cycles of no goalie I have already invested too much anxiety and $$ into tests.
This is my first month taking VitB complex, so I am hoping it will help extend my luteal phase. Excited to get to know you all better and see some more people graduate POAS boards, even if it's not me! :)
Our list is short so far, but I'll keep adding and post it soon!
@NewfieBullet: Welcome!! FX! I averaged out your POAS to Jan 8, but let me know when you have a more for sure date. :)
@jesser1228: I hope you O soon! Then I'll add your exact POAS date :)
@cowgirlace: Hey POAS buddy :) The sperm meets egg plan sounds good...sounds like what I'm gonna try to do this month.
http://www.amandabears.com/faq.html << So it's in post 8 and easy to find/reference. I'd add it to the first post, but it's been over an hour
Current Cycle Day: CD3
Ovulation Date: Dec 28-30th
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: Jan 9th/24 days
Cycles trying: 4
BD timing: We do it every day, this time I think we'll do it O-2 and O if we can.
Favorite Moment from 2012: Our wedding <3
Resolutions for POAS: I have absolutely no hope this month so I'm just going to see how long my cycle lasts and hope it's longer this month.
Ahhh I wish I weren't one of the last December gals. I want to join!
@MrsMaskatoBe: I hope you don't have to! (Although we'd miss you!)
Current Cycle Day: CD7
Ovulation Date: Between December 23-26 (last month my first positive OPK came on CD 15)
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: Exactly 29 days the last two months, so I'll POAS around January 6th (depending on when I ovulate)
Cycles trying: this is our third
BD timing: EOD until I see the smiley face OPK, and then every day for a few days
Favorite Moment from 2012: My wedding day :)
Resolutions for POAS: That I will not POAS until January 6!
Well, I was on the December list but decided to step out since an end of August EDD was not good for us AND I didn't want to spend the Holidays coming up with fake reasons why I'm not having a glass of wine...
So I'm back for January! December was our first cycle, so I guess since we're starting over...
Current Cycle Day: Not done with my December cycle. Period is due tomorrow; so if this is right, December 18 would be CD1
Ovulation Date: Around Jan. 2
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: November was my second period since I gave birth last December... My cycle was 29 days. I am expecting my period tomorrow if I am regular on a 29 days cycle. We'll see.. If this is correct, I would be POAS on Jan. 16 (probably a few days before since I become a POAS addict once I start).
Cycles trying: After "trying" before I got my period back, and our December false start, this will be our first official cycle
BD timing: Keeping it regular, whether in the fertile window or not. My sex drive tends to go through the roof around ovulation anyway so it will be impossible to miss. Will still keep an eye on the fertility calendar
Favorite Moment from 2012: Lots of them, most have to do with my son who turns one on Thursday. Most recently, he started walking, which is so exciting!
Resolutions for POAS: There's no point in taking resolutions of not POAS too often.. I'm a lost cause.
YAY I am in! Thanks for starting this.
Current Cycle Day: CD11
Ovulation Date: Somewhere between the 20th-27th. I O'd earlier than usual last month so I will have to wait and see.
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: 28-36 days. LP is 14 days so I'll have to wait and see when I O
Cycles trying: 3
BD timing: Trying for Every other day when I hit my high day on my CBEFM and every day during my peak and 1 day after O this month.
Link to Chart: = don't temp
Favorite Moment from 2012: My wedding
Resolutions for POAS: That I will wait until 12 DPO to POAS instead of the 10 I have been doing.
Still rooting for the December girls left!
Thanks for starting this! I'm in!
Current Cycle Day: CD9
Ovulation Date: Between December 21-23rd
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: It was 28 days, then went to 26 last month. POAS around 1/1
Cycles trying: 5th
BD timing: ED
Favorite Moment from 2012: My wedding day :)
Resolutions for POAS: not to obsess about the TWW and no symptom spotting
The December board is starting to get lonely, so I'm going to stalk you all here since you've left us behind and started your own board. I'll be a cheerleader.
I'm in!
Current Cycle Day: CD9
Ovulation Date: Between December 22-24th
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: My cycle averages around 27 days, but it will depend on exactly when I end up ovulating. As of now, I'm going to guess Jan. 4.
Cycles trying: 5th
BD timing: EOD until I'm closer to my ovulation day, then I'm hoping for ED right around it. But we're heading to my in-laws for the holidays on Friday, so we'll see how that plan works out!
Favorite Moment from 2012: a gondola ride in Venice on our anniversary
Resolutions for POAS: not to obsess about my temperatures during the TWW
I'm so excited to join this next month! I'll do my roll call when I'm at home with my info :)
POAS list
1.1.13: aalliep
1.4.13: angelicwink
1.6.13: PilotsGirl56
1.7.13: Glittermoon & cowgirlace
1.8.13: NewfieBullet
1.9.13: Lyndzo
1.10.13: KateByDesign
1.16.13: mommytobee
TBD: jesser1228 & mrs.stormylove
@MrsMaskatoBe: We'd love you here, but I agree that we hope you don't have to!!!!
@ScottishMrs: Sorry lady. You're welcome to come hang out here :) I'm still gonna be stalking the december board from time to time. :)
I feel bad because I'm one of the only people to not list our wedding as my favorite moment lol. We got married on a different day than our wedding, though lol. And our wedding day was mostly a formality for my family. So alas, being married to my hubs is the best thing ever, but our wedding was mostly just kind of awkward due to complicated family issues. I may change my favorite moment to when my stepdaughter first called me mom, though.
@glittermoon: Ooh, that is much sooner! I hope you're right and I hope I O sooner rather than later this cycle! I'm getting antsy!
I got my first, "Just relax and it will happen," comment. This is why not many people know we are TTC. Especially since it was from one of my friends who has never TRIED to get pregnant and got pregnant on accident and aborted her pregnancy. Oh vell. I'm over it. I have tortured myself a lot today because I found a ZILLION pictures of my stepdaughter when she was a newborn and oh my sweet jesus I want one so bad. So so so bad. More than I've ever wanted anything before. Besides maybe to move out when I was 14.
I posted on another thread that after having been married almost a year and half, we still haven't been asked when we were going to have kids. I guess I take it personally like people don't think we should or that we're not ready, that's why they don't ask.
So we haven't been telling anyone that we're TTC due to my own health reasons that may make it more difficult for us to conceive and carry. But I've been dying to tell my best friend.
She came to stay with us this weekend and in talking about my health I mentioned how hard it would be for us to have kids and how we need to have them sooner rather than later. She asked, "how soon?" I said, "Probably within the year"
She yelled, "A year?!" I nodded my head. She said, "I'm not ready for that." And then dropped it.
It really really upset me. Granted, she's single so I'm sure it's her biological clock ticking...but I feel like now I REALLY don't want to tell anyone, but that leaves me no one to talk to but you guys.
So I'm sure I'll be here a lot the next couple of months (hopefully not years!).
@glittermoon: I've told a few people and I've had several "Just relax it'll happen" comments. It drives me nuts because people who aren't TTC don't understand. I am trying to relax, but being told to relax is annoying.
Also, I suffer from an anxiety disorder and the worst thing to say to someone with anxiety is "relax" and/or "calm down" so it already annoyed me before TTC lol
@KateByDesign: I'm sorry your friend reacted like that :( Maybe she is a little jealous because you are at that point in your life?
@Lyndzo: I could strangle people when they tell me to "relax", even befoe TTC. I also have an anxiety disorder and I totally agree...it's the LAST thing you want to hear.
And it's possible she's jealous, it most likely puts a little more pressure on her. But I also think it's because she thinks she'll see less of me. Which is true.
@KateByDesign: That is true, but I'm sure she will enjoy visits with you and the baby :)
Yay! This is my first time joining one of these :)
Current Cycle Day: CD20
Ovulation Date: Dec. 18th - 20th (first positive OPK today!)
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: My last two have been 60+, but I'm thinking Jan. 6th?
Cycles trying: 1
BD timing: every day/every other now through the 22nd
Link to Chart: http://tcoyf.com/members/rj124/charts/10.aspx
Favorite Moment from 2012: Celebrating our 1 year anniversary!
Resolutions for POAS: Get myself organized and keep in touch with old friends. AND (try) not become TOO obessed with TTC :)
Like I mentioned, I'm VERY new to this, so any input would be appreciated. Good luck to all of you! Let's get those BFPs!
@KateByDesign: Don't feel too bad, when people aren't ready for a baby and they hear their best friend tell them they are it kinda freaks them out. I remember when my best friend told me they were trying I literally got nauseous. Not because I wasn't happy for her but I just couldn't imagine myself wanting a baby at that time. Now a year later she has an adorable baby and I am trying. It just takes time try not and feel bad about it:)
@glittermoon: Yeah I would hate that kind of comment. Thats why I don't want to talk to anyone about it. One of my friends that is pregnant again said the old " he just touches me and I get pregnant" comment and that one is like nails on a chalk board.
@Blue Eyes: Welcome!!
@glittermoon: Ahhh, so cute, but curse you! Hahaha...totally kidding, but every time I see adorable babies and pictures of adorable babies it practically hurts. And, of course, when you really want a baby, EVERYONE and their dog is pregnant, has a newborn, etc. And anytime anyone talks about the bad parts of being a parent (like losing sleep, changing diapers, etc.) you still know you would trade everything for that right now!
I was at an ugly sweater party this last weekend, and there were 2 pregnant gals and 1 with a newborn and they were all just sitting there talking about pregnancy, and labor and delivery, and newborns, and I just look at DH with a sad face and he just pulls me in close and hugs me because he knows :( I am so grateful for such a wonderful DH though, he always knows the right things to do or say to make me feel better!
@KateByDesign: this seems so weird that not a lot of people ask you and you have been married that long! You are right, though, that it matters quite a bit what your peers are doing and if not very many of them are married or have kids, people just tend not to think about it as much. We have only been married for (almost) 6 months, so it is actually kind of nice that no one really asks because no one assumes we would be trying already, but I have a feeling it would be the same story even a year and a half from now since I am in medical school, everyone probably just assumes we would be "smart" and wait until I am finished because heaven forbid I would be trying while in medical school! Most people (including my parents) would think it is pretty foolish, so even if and when I do get KU, we will probably have to play it off as a "whoops" which is pretty sad, but I would totally get looks if people knew we were trying. :( Such a weird world of social taboo that you are either dumb for having a baby or dumb for waiting!
It is practically impossible to please anyone these days, so we just try to stick to doing what's best for us and saying eff everyone and their opinions!
We will all be your cheerleaders if you have none :) I have none either, so I am at least grateful I have all of you!
@KateByDesign: Oh, honey. I know exactly how you feel. All of the in-laws and all of DH's friends have been telling us to wait and that they're not ready for us to have a baby. It's part of the reason we haven't told anyone that we're TTC. I'm afraid to tell them too. His family is very vocal. He told his best friend to shut up about it and back off though because it's not his life. They all go on and on about it and it really hurts. That's what we're all here for, to keep all those mean comments at bay.
I love you @glittermoon: for starting this! I always get too scared to start a new thread! Go girl!
Roll call!
Current Cycle Day: CD10
Ovulation Date: January 22, but I'm hoping I don't ovulate at all for 9 months!
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: I have a perfect 28 day cycle! My POAS date is January 7, but I'm going to try and not POAS until I miss my period!
Cycles trying: This is lucky number 3, and my husband is SO into it this time!
BD timing: We're using the SMEP plan this time! Every other day until +OPK, then 3 days in a row, skip 1 and then 1 more time!
Link to Chart: I don't chart. It would make me cuh-razy!
Favorite Moment from 2012: Buying our farm! I LOVE IT.
Resolutions for POAS: That I will only pee on 1 Pregnancy stick--AFTER AF is due!
Current Cycle Day: CD6
Ovulation Date: Between January 1st-5th
POAS date/Usual Cycle Length: January 17th
Cycles trying: 2
BD timing: Every other day from January 1st till a week before I test
Link to Chart: I don't have one yet. Still learning
Favorite Moment from 2012: My daughter saying I love you to me in sign language (: She is barley turning two!
Resolutions for POAS: I will be patient and wait to POAS till AF is near due or late
@KateByDesign: She's not ready? Awkward. I'm sorry she didn't give you a more positive reaction. I'm sure that when the time comes, she'll be more excited, it might have just taken her a bit to get used to the idea since she's not in the same place in her life as you.
@Lyndzo: Yea I have GAD, PTSD, BPD, and OCPD so relaxing is much easier said than done, and the fact that I'm not angry anymore is my biggest accomplishment. I freaked out (on the inside) when my husband gave our address to my stepdaughter's mom (she isn't in the picture, but wanted to send christmas/birthday cards to her) instead of just telling her to send stuff to his mom's house because now I'm afraid she'll call CPS or something. This is of course ridiculous, so I dropped it but ugggggh. What helps is knowing things, so charting helps me a lot to at least know that I've ovulated.
@mrs.stormylove: Yea, if I get another post on facebook from my friend who has 3 kids saying "Oh thank god my test this morning was negative" I may delete her lol.
@cowgirlace: You have no idea how much I was crying last night looking at those pictures...it's even harder because her biological mom just had another baby at the end of September. I want it so so so bad. I'm sorry about your christmas party!!! Seeing babies and pregnant people is so hard!!! I give hubs the look and he knows too haha. He's always telling me "well we'll try harder next month" and then we don't, so we'll see how this weekend goes. This whole process is just so....out of my control that it's even more frustrating. I can do literally nothing except sit there and hope that the egg will pick a spermy and get moving. It's just annoying lol. I know how you feel about having to play it off as a 'whoops'. I'm 21 and my family wasn't over the moon about me getting married, and they've all told me to not have babies soon, but my husband is 30 and my daughter is 5 (stepdaughter, but I'm her primary caregiver) so everyone in our house has baby fever!!
@Wed2Attn: Hello again ttc buddy! On to cycle 3!
@KateByDesign: As someone who has been on the other side of the comment, I'm guessing she didn't mean any harm by it. But now that I'm TTC, I definitely know how insensitive of a thing it is to say.
A few years ago, the topic of babies came up, and I adamantly told by best friend that I was not ready for her to have a kid. Little did I know she was already pregnant at the time! I felt terrible about it later when I realized my mistake, but she luckily wasn't offended.
I'm guessing your friend is just at a different place in her life, and is worried about having less time with you, less in common, etc. once you are a mother. But I'm sure she'll come around and love your child when it does happen.
Hi All,
So one of my best friends told me she is pregnant today. I am so happy for her, really I am but it makes me want it to be my turn that much more. It was their first month trying.. my other best friend who is pregnant right now also was an oopsy. Then my other best friend with a newborn got pregnant her 2nd month trying. I know it is normal for it to take up to a year but my friends are SO super fertile it really puts a lot of pressure on me.. I also feel like statistically I am going to have the problems getting preggers since everyone around me hasn't had any troubles, and not EVERYONE can get KU so easily. I know I am being ridiculous because it is only our 3rd cycle trying (although I do have endo, so my fears aren't compeletly out nuts) I have been really good about not stressing I just really thought it would take my friend a little longer to get KU so it just came a little as a shock and made me feel like I am getting left behinde or something..
Any one else get little waves of panic when everyone else around you in getting pregnant? Sorry done blabbing!
Popping in early from the December board to say Good Luck to everyone and Happy BD!
@mrs.stormylove - hugs to you....I know that feeling when everyone around you is pg... While I did get pg the 3rd month trying, I am the only female in my family to miscarry. All my sisters never had a problem so of course when it happened I heard "I never had one" over and over.... Hang in there and hugs to you
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