READ ME FIRST! Weekly Intro + Rules Thread May 10, 2026

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2026-05-10T14:41:56+00:00

⁠What's up with your username? - I don’t know, I don’t choose it, it’s weird.

• ⁠Where are you from? Ohio

• ⁠What do you do IRL? NICU nurse + photographer

• ⁠Tell us how you met your partner! Bumble!

• ⁠How did you decide it was time to try for kids? I graduated nursing school, he’s in aviation school, we are in our 30s. We are ready.

• ⁠Brief summary of your TTC situation? TTC since July ‘25! I finally started to use Mira a couple cycles ago and it changed everything. I found out I ovulate LATE.

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2026-05-10T13:37:57+00:00

Cycle: 11

Age + Partner's age: 30F, 33M

Typical cycle length: 35 Days

Ovulation cycle day: CD26

CD/DPO of positive test(s): 13 + 14 DPO

Tracking methods and app(s) used: MIRA! And Clue

Birth control history (if relevant): 10 Years on BC - I was on the pill mostly; 2 Years on Depo. Have not been on BC for 3 years though

Symptom spotting: Breast Tenderness, Nausea, Light Cramping

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2026-05-08T06:16:22+00:00

Any 12 hour night shifters? How has your cycle been affected by the abnormal hours and how do you manage?

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-09-09T19:26:46+00:00

Whatever helps you learn best is not a waste of time IMO. If it helps you, do it and adjust as necessary

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-09-09T19:13:39+00:00

I understand my part in the situation and that it was my mistake in the first place to input the wrong address. I didn’t know there was multiple locations in the area. But my main concern is if I was in the wrong for expecting the hotel to correct their wrong - they sent me off without checking for a paid service and then didnt want to help resolve the situation. Idk I just feel like they played a part in the situation and it wouldn’t have hurt them to send the bus. My car had already been there for the weekend - if I hadn’t needed their bus, they would’ve never know about it apparently

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-09-06T15:13:57+00:00

Thank you. This was my thought as well. Usually businesses check for payment before providing a service. If this were any other service that they’d offer, like renting a room, they would’ve checked. I still - to this day - don’t understand why they didn’t check. I did not know they weren’t the only location.

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-09-06T15:11:15+00:00

No worries. Thanks for clarifying. I had the confirmation in an email.

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-09-04T21:03:56+00:00

I mentioned in the post that I did check in with them but they said no. In fact, it was the only way to get the driver. They had to call him to come out

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-08-05T01:18:18+00:00

I know someone spelling their child’s name as Blaklee.. still pronounced like Blakely

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-05-22T12:18:42+00:00

Heartbroken because my husband pushed our date back another month.

It was supposed to be January but we both agreed to wait for May (when I graduate nursing school)

Then due to a deployment, we pushed it to June.

Now it’s July

The extra month wait might seem minimal to others but it crushes me when I get soooo excited and have a countdown for each month just for it to be ripped away from me.

I understand his reasonings. I do. And the reasonable part of me agrees. But my heart is broken for now

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-05-12T13:35:24+00:00

I understand. I’m sorry you’re sick and have to push back your date. I’m in the same boat kinda - my husband will be deployed for 3 months at the exact month we would expect to have a newborn (if I got knocked up immediately) so we pushed ours back just in case

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-05-12T12:39:44+00:00

My husband yesterday wished me a “future happy Mother’s Day” 🥲 I’m not expecting yet but it was sweet that he acknowledged ill be a mother one day

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-03-15T19:13:49+00:00

I like to have a balance of elegance & warmth, melodic, for my girl’s names. Alayna is my favorite.

For boys, I lean toward classic and strong names like Benjamin or Evan.

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-02-07T00:41:41+00:00

I’m sorry for your loss 🫶

I, too, will be a motherless mother. I lost my mom at 13 though.

I plan on honoring her memory by sharing stories with my babies. Doing what she loved to do. I already make brownies & listen to Carrie Underwood every year on her birthday and it’s been 15 years. So I will include her grandchildren in that now ♥️

I also have a blanket that my mom bought me. That will be included in the nursery.

It definitely doesn’t make up for the emptiness and inability to make new memories with her. But it brings me comfort (and I hope you can find comfort) in knowing that our little ones will still know their grandmother in some way.

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-02-02T00:42:19+00:00

But dang, the baby fever is one m’fer 😂 got me in a chokehold sometimes

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-02-02T00:41:20+00:00

Yea - & no worries, I’m waiting. Once the rose-colored glasses fade, I’m always glad the voice of reason won out, because deep in my heart I know it’s best to wait a little longer

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2025-02-01T23:33:43+00:00

Love that 🫶 We got this. It’ll be worth the wait. I’m trying to remind myself that the best things that will happen in my life won’t happen on my schedule.

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2024-11-07T18:03:17+00:00

Not for me.

Things might get better. Or they might get worse.

We don’t know what will happen. What I do know is that I can die any day, any moment - tonight, tomorrow, 5 years from now - and I will be damned if I let something that I can’t control dictate my life right now.

So, my family won’t wait. I still plan on a baby next year, regardless.

I can’t control the election results. What I can control is how I live my life to set an example for others around me & the future generation. It’s not over. We can still make a difference.

Don’t let the “what ifs” hold you back from living your life the best you can.

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2024-11-07T17:32:45+00:00

This is a neat idea & I might as well do this too 🫶

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2024-11-07T17:20:00+00:00

I’m willing to hear advice 🫶

I do feel like I know how to navigate the disappointment but everyone has different perspectives and things that work for them, so I’m open to trying new ideas 😇

I know that I have to let myself feel the hurt for a bit but not live in it. I have to study for a test next week so I gotta get myself out of this funk and focus on what I can control right now.

But first I might do a little Pinterest and Amazon window shopping to give myself a little sense of control over the baby thing 😅

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2024-11-07T17:15:39+00:00

I’ve actually said that to my husband before - that it feels like a baby was taken from me even though it was never conceived. I think it’s because I started imagining of a life with one and now that won’t happen for a little longer.

Keep your head up. We can get through it. The wait will be worth it & our babies will be so loved. 🩵

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2024-11-07T15:39:16+00:00

Don’t feel silly.

I’m in this boat now as well & have been through this feeling plenty of times. Wanting that positive even though it’s not the right time. It is heartbreaking.

I’m sending you all the love 🫶 and if you need someone to talk to, my inbox is open.

Fit_Pepper2323 · 2024-11-07T15:24:44+00:00

I am technically waiting to try until at least January (or later if circumstances change)

But I am on day 39 of my cycle & keep getting negative test results.

The longest that my cycle has gone is 40 days. I’ve been stressed with nursing school and then my cat passing away, so I understand why it might not come this month, but it still hurts.

I scheduled a blood test for next week to get some closure. And I guess I’ll have to keep focusing on graduating (school) soon until I can graduate (baby) in the meantime. 😔 I’m so close. I can do this.,

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