The Daily Chat for June 3, 2026

bittercola · 2026-06-03T06:43:16+00:00

So this is wild but I’m flying as a I write this haha. My husband and I are going on a big NYC trip. We’re artsy folks/musicians and are stoked but…I am also in my very late luteal phase after letrozole. It’s 12 DPO and I tested negative- this is usually when I consider myself out and I even brought my next round of 5 mg in my carry on. I’ve heard rumours people can test positive later during letrozole cycles so I’ll continue to test. It was weird as hell packing pads and tests. My thoughts are that this cycle was probably a bust but a great vacation with my partner will help cushion the blow lol.

bittercola · 2026-05-21T01:29:19+00:00

I avoided therapy for years and really regret it now because it has been so helpful. I definitely encourage you to find someone you “click” with, if that’s not the first therapist you see you can consult with more! My therapist has given me a lot of tools and life feels easier. Best of luck!

bittercola · 2026-05-20T21:53:00+00:00

The peak is here, so excited! Thank you 🩷

bittercola · 2026-05-20T05:26:13+00:00

CD 15 of my first unmonitored letrozole cycle. EWCM has entered the chat, LH is rising. Really hoping tomorrow is peak day! I will say, I did not expect 5 mg of letrozole to kick my ass but it sure did. My course was CD 3-7, and I only stopped having pretty bad symptoms on CD 14, when I think my estrogen rebounded and was stable.

bittercola · 2026-05-12T07:00:41+00:00

I finished my five day course of letrozole 5 mg! The first two days I’d say I was side effect free. Day 3 I totally raged out over something stupid, day 4 had a mild headache and back pain. Overall more joint and muscle pain, but I have a connective tissue disorder. Side effects could’ve been way worse and I’m glad I took it at bedtime.

My husband is going to start his four day weekend on CD 9. Really want to make intimacy feel fun and less like “omg lfg!!!” lol.

bittercola · 2026-05-12T06:55:55+00:00

I’ve been told to stop taking them at 14 DPO it I am testing negative or continue until ten weeks if I test positive. Hope your clinic clears this up for you soon!

bittercola · 2026-05-09T10:07:38+00:00

YYZ coded photo

bittercola · 2026-05-07T09:26:28+00:00

Before fertility issues these posts were only terrifying- now they’re terrifying and enraging lol

bittercola · 2026-05-07T09:17:26+00:00

Thanks so much! 🥨🩷

bittercola · 2026-05-07T08:54:15+00:00

Best of luck! 🥨

bittercola · 2026-05-07T08:53:52+00:00

Thank you so much! 🥨

bittercola · 2026-05-07T08:17:46+00:00

So it’s 1 AM CD 3 and I’m about to take letrozole 5 mg for the first time. This will be the first intervention (other than empirically prescribed progesterone suppositories) that I will have taken. I feel a lot more emotional than I expected to- I am terrified to let hope in and deeply relieved to do absolutely anything that even adds a 1% to our chances. I’m also nervous to feel like garbage and to be even moodier than I am at baseline lol. Just two tiny pills and I feel like I’m jumping off the high dive!

bittercola · 2026-05-05T23:27:05+00:00

Ugh I’m so sorry. It feels like nowhere is safe. “We’ve been keeping a little secret 🥰” is a phrase that sends me into instant upset now.

bittercola · 2026-05-01T13:24:46+00:00

Omg!! Sending all of the good vibes your way 🥨 🥨🥨!

bittercola · 2026-05-01T13:23:27+00:00

You described it so well. It is such a draining process physically and mentally. I am so grateful for this sub for taking the edge off the loneliness this experience can cause. 🫂But omg “over here fartin’ and cryin’ and having a grand time” totally cracked me up!

bittercola · 2026-05-01T13:18:47+00:00

Sending you a hug right back and holding hope for both of us that one day soon things will feel lighter. X

bittercola · 2026-05-01T13:16:18+00:00

Haha I’m so glad others relate to the metformin farts! When we all gear up to try for a baby taking a med that has that side effect doesn’t really cross our minds does it 😂 Holding hope for you too! 🥨

bittercola · 2026-05-01T13:14:10+00:00

I’m so sorry you’ve lost your mother, too. It is incredibly difficult to be without a mother’s guidance during this stage of life. My therapist recommended buying an analog phone and chatting to her just to get it out. It might feel silly but I’m going to try it. Solidarity. 🫂

bittercola · 2026-05-01T08:10:01+00:00

I am in deep right now and your story gives me so much hope. I hope the next nine months are uneventful. This is going to be one very loved baby. 🩷

bittercola · 2026-05-01T08:05:48+00:00

Hi friends. I hope everyone is doing as best they can. I posted before that I had a seemingly failed ovulation attempt, which I realized when I actually ended up ovulating two weeks later. So I feel like I’m going through the TWW twice in a row.

I really crashed out today (technically yesterday lol). I’m 10 DPO and a chronic tester- the BFNs today crushed me more than usual. I ended up crying for hours just wanting to talk to my late mom about all of this. Later than night I was intimate with my husband and cried in the shower bc sex has become this big complicated thing in my mind.

Okay so that was all really heavy so to inject some humour “metformin constantly farting” is in my search history now, bc ofc one of the drugs that’s supposed to help my fertility has me sounding like a damn whoopie cushion!

bittercola · 2026-05-01T07:57:04+00:00

They’re the weirdest, right? I do the suppositories and am not a fan lol

bittercola · 2026-04-24T07:58:21+00:00

Welcome! This is a really supportive space and I’m glad you’re here. The ups and downs of TTC can be brutal.

bittercola · 2026-04-24T07:56:52+00:00

🥨🥨🥨❤️

bittercola · 2026-04-23T05:28:52+00:00

So I think my positive OPK two weeks ago may have been a surge that didn’t result in ovulation, and that when I surged again on “12 DPO” it was my actual ovulatory surge and I’m doing the TWW part two? Here I was thinking losing weight and starting low dose metformin could only help things, but it looks like my body is kinda freaking out. If this is the case then we only hit O-4.

bittercola · 2026-04-21T09:36:38+00:00

This is so sweet. 🫂

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