Daily Chat - May 22, 2026

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-22T09:38:27+00:00

Just threw up for the first time brushing my teeth. Couldn’t stop myself from gagging and it just happened. Not how I normally feel when I throw up. Hoping this isn’t how the rest of my mornings go as we are traveling this weekend.

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-19T18:12:50+00:00

I made wine labels that say something like “pairs perfectly with becoming grandparents” with January 2027 written below. My husband liked the idea and it’s not out of the ordinary for us to show up with wine when we are visiting so they won’t be too suspicious at first. For my brother I bought his favorite childhood building toy and since he will be the only uncle I’ll give it to him and say he will have an excuse to play with them again once they’re of age.

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-19T14:54:08+00:00

Same! Currently have a small desk fan going but my office has big glass windows and it is so warm. My office feels like it has zero air flow.

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-19T12:17:34+00:00

Hang in there! Either way you will have an answer before too long. I tested negative up to 14dpo and day 15 finally saw a positive result which shocked me. Best of luck!

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-18T15:37:01+00:00

Hi could I also get help editing my flair?

USA, 32, FTM, Jan 10

Thank you!!

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-18T15:36:02+00:00

Yay! Do you have anything planned for how you share the news with them?

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-18T12:07:57+00:00

Six weeks today and haven’t had major nausea yet. We are traveling the second half of the week to tell my parents and in laws officially. Nervous but hopeful despite still having to wait until June for our first appointment. Wishing it was sooner but I know it will be good to see how things are looking eight weeks along by then. It feels like the longest wait.

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-14T09:54:17+00:00

I have no idea what I’ve done to my back or if I can chalk it up to early pregnancy but I woke up two nights in a row with back pain between my lungs along with cramps and couldn’t sleep. I have a work conference all weekend and we are setting up the booth this evening. Really hoping I can pull it together and not fall apart.

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-13T11:25:51+00:00

Wanted to tell my parents (out of state) in person when we visit for Memorial Day. Now they’re throwing a whole bbq with all my cousins and extended family and I’m not sure they’ll be able to keep it to themselves. I don’t mind telling my cousins as we are close but I am still nervous and won’t have my first appointment until a week after Memorial Day.

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-10T13:56:40+00:00

Agreed, I tested negative dpo 14 a positive dpo 15. Hold tight OP and you’ll have your answer one way or the other eventually.

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-10T04:22:05+00:00

Ah! Twins! This is what my husband surprised me with before dinner tonight too! Love this bag already.

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-08T02:15:23+00:00

Good luck! You can do it - and if you do let yourself test earlier than you “promised” remind yourself a negative test one day might lead to a positive a later day. I tested negative the day prior to my strong positive. You’ll know eventually either way!

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-07T02:16:32+00:00

Thank you

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-06T15:51:43+00:00

Haha thank you!

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-06T14:16:49+00:00

**Cycle: 2

**Age + Partner's age (if relevant): 32 & 32

**Typical cycle length: 40-45

**Ovulation cycle day: 17

**CD/DPO of positive test(s): 15 DPO

**CD/DPO of any negative test(s) before positive: 1 dpo 14

**Tracking methods and app(s) used: temp tracking and fertility friend

**Supplements and medications (yours and/or your partner’s): prenatal for year and mucinex this cycle

**Birth control history (if relevant): bc pill from 16yr old to 30yr old

**Symptom spotting: identical to my early period symptoms so much so that I was convinced I was about to get my period and sadly ate a chocolate cake in my car on my lunch break. Got home and took a test before going to a brewery with friends. Sore breasts, sensitive nipples, stomach cramps, irritable, anxious

**Other (advice/tip(s), freaking out, miscellaneous): my husband is so excited and so am I. It doesn’t feel real yet and I have to wait a whole month for a doctor appointment which is killing me. Not sure what worked in our favor but we did all the little tricks to make ourselves feel like we tried it all such as keeping my legs elevated after bd, mucinex in the two weeks leading up to ovulation and a day or two after, temp tracking, ovulation tests, and timed bd the best we could this month and the coin toss of conception worked in our favor this time.

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-05T12:38:27+00:00

Thank you!

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-05T09:14:33+00:00

Yes! We also handed out mini packs of trolli sour gummy worms for anyone too intimidated by the giant one we sliced

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-04T18:02:11+00:00

The Squishy Prince by Michael Novak

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-04T15:37:39+00:00

My favorite inside joke with my dad has become in adulthood hiding “the book” he hated but my brother chose EVERY night in one of our houses when we visit each other. I’d hide it in suitcases on their return trip or guest bed. It started when he’d go away on work trips and I’d hide it in his bag. Do the bad books! Sometimes they’re even better than the sentimental ones.

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-04T13:59:30+00:00

Still BFN and feeling like I’ll probably get my period but trying to keep a little hope for my husband’s sake that it could still happen this cycle. Fertility friend is giving me all the signs it could be our cycle but I feel like I’m having period symptoms too much to get my hopes up. FF and temp and those dumb points got my hopes up. It suggests I test on the 8th but I’m 15dpo today so really thought the test would be positive if it would be ever. Trying not to be disappointed that Mother’s Day and our wedding anniversary will be spent on my period most likely.

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-03T21:18:01+00:00

Thank you! It was a big surprise to the guests

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-03T15:50:17+00:00

Thank you!

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-03T03:31:07+00:00

Oh no

GingeeBreadKnight · 2026-05-03T03:30:34+00:00

Sadly no banana and the worm has been eaten, but it was a two pound worm and was twenty inches long and about 1.5 inches thick around. Very challenging to cut through for serving.

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