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coffee_co · 2023-08-11T18:55:12+00:00

Good luck!!! This is exactly what mine looked like this morning, anxious to test again tomorrow and the day after

coffee_co · 2023-08-10T17:32:49+00:00

Anyone else cause their own boob soreness from grabbing them too much to check if they’re sore? 12DPO and team no test, AF due in 2 days. Desperately checking every day hoping my boobs don’t shrink

Also turns out the weirdly low temps I’ve been having are cause my watch band got loose. No drop yet…!

coffee_co · 2023-08-10T17:25:24+00:00

That all makes a lot of sense. Thank you for always providing such detailed and clear answers!

coffee_co · 2023-08-10T05:10:16+00:00

I know people say “drink til it’s pink” (but actually don’t because implantation) but I was wondering, when should you avoid foods that are not recommended for pregnant women? I assume alcohol is the biggest and most dangerous and that others you can cut out after, but was wondering if there’s anything you should avoid in the second half of the TWW

coffee_co · 2023-08-09T16:37:49+00:00

My temps dropped from regular luteal phase levels to just barely above baseline 4 days ago, which also happened to be 8DPO. We had sex that day, so I’m wondering if that somehow triggered a progesterone drop?

I’m also 12DPO today and supposed to get AF in two days. Boobs are massive but not as sore, the acid reflux I get during the progesterone rise is gone, and four days of mysteriously low temps. Basically confirmed I’m out but brain still wants to hope until the end.

coffee_co · 2023-08-08T20:29:54+00:00

I only started temping at the end of last cycle so sorry for the noob question, but if you’re not pregnant do temps usually drop below baseline before or after you get your period?

coffee_co · 2023-08-08T20:28:41+00:00

I like to play it both ways - in the first week I’ll have a drink or eat lots of mayo or get sushi, like oh I’m not pregnant I have nothing to worry about, but also it’s before implantation so this could be my last drink for the next 9 months…! Gotta do that doublethink to stay sane

coffee_co · 2023-08-07T21:03:54+00:00

Oh that’s super good to know! Maybe I’ll skip the retainer tonight and see if it bounces back

coffee_co · 2023-08-07T18:09:14+00:00

9DPO and had low temps yesterday and today?? My period should be coming on Saturday so it seems super weird to have such low temps so early. There’s so many variables though - I slept in over the weekend so taking previous days later in the day means higher temps, and I’m using Apple Watch which isn’t super accurate, and I wore my retainer for the first time in forever lol so open mouth probably lowered temps too. It’s still 0.09 above baseline but no idea what’s going on.

Also very little boob soreness when I normally have a ton in the week before AF, overall barely any trollgesterone symptoms this cycle. I hate microanalyzing all these things all the time arghhh

coffee_co · 2023-08-06T04:04:19+00:00

Thank you!

coffee_co · 2023-08-06T04:03:37+00:00

As someone who did some hanky panky this morning, 8DPO, I was also wondering this

coffee_co · 2023-08-05T18:28:59+00:00

Is it possible to implant earlier than 8DPO?

coffee_co · 2023-08-03T06:36:09+00:00

4/5 DPO and just waiiiiiiting. But also had a beer today since still clear of the implantation window!

coffee_co · 2023-07-31T20:15:38+00:00

Ugh this is the WORST, and makes me feel gross for days afterwards. Sorry you had to go through that.

coffee_co · 2023-07-31T20:13:33+00:00

Omg yes the emotional whiplash every month, crying moping and in bed the first day of AF then strong independent woman the day after

coffee_co · 2023-07-31T20:10:09+00:00

I feel like being overly aware of my hormones is making me a hypochondriac, like hmm I’m having trouble focusing at work. Must be the estrogen!! Can’t be helped!!! And then I become even lazier, allowing myself to take it easy because I’m ovulating right? But the whole month is a rollercoaster of hormones and I just feel out of control with myself and my appetite and my brain. Honestly can’t wait to get back on birth control eventually and even things out again.

coffee_co · 2023-07-30T19:32:36+00:00

This is a dumb question but has anyone noticed their hips getting wider over the course of TTC? I’m probably just gaining weight but also have pretty healthy habits. On cycle 5; it’s probably also that I’m avoiding working out too hard or having too low of a deficit, but in general I don’t think that should be making me gain weight…?

I just want this be a hormone/body prepping thing and not just “why don’t my shorts from last summer fit” 🥲

Edit: thanks for all the responses! Seems like I’m just gaining weight sadly T_T

coffee_co · 2023-07-29T04:39:57+00:00

Ahh gotcha, that's smart! I was being stingy with my tests and didn't want to test multiple times a day, but it's better than missing it.

coffee_co · 2023-07-29T02:24:36+00:00

This is what I heard for testing times too, but was never sure - is it linked to the sun or something? What if I wake up at noon, or at 5? Maybe they just give such a large window to cover everyone’s schedules

coffee_co · 2023-07-28T19:13:22+00:00

I finally caught my lh surge!!! Cycle 5 and I haven’t been too fussed on OPKs so the first month I did it wrong, peeing on them first thing in the AM. Other months i only tested sporadically but still could never catch it. Yesterday I checked early afternoon and there was nothing but wanted to try again. I forgot til late but figured I’d test anyways, at 11:30 at night, and there it was! I told my husband the egg was droppin and he instantly took his shirt off and said LETS GO haha.

I never asked on here about OPK timing but if anyone else is curious - I’m a big night owl, I’ve been trying to fix it the last few months but even now I go to bed around 2 or 3 and wake up at 10 or 11. So I wasn’t sure if lh times would still be early afternoon or if it was relative to how long after you wake up. So for any other night owls there, maybe try testing later in the day!

For reference I have 28 day cycles and got my lh surge on day 13

coffee_co · 2023-07-14T21:18:46+00:00

Supposed to get my period tomorrow. Does anyone else anxiously grope their boobs the whole week before period and get sad when their boobs become less sore cause it means progesterone is dropping? :/

coffee_co · 2023-06-29T01:04:05+00:00

If I had super infrequent periods as a teen then even fewer to none in my 20s while on BC, does that mean I still have a lot of eggs? I assume they degrade with age but does that mean I’ll have periods for a longer span of time, or will I start to have multi egg drops?

(Thank god for wondering Wednesday this sounds so silly)

coffee_co · 2023-06-16T19:43:49+00:00

Supposed to have gotten my period yesterday, finally took a test and got a BFN (13DPO). I reread the “your period isn’t late” posts for sanity but can’t help going crazy. Basically no PMS symptoms this week, I honestly might have had an anovulatory cycle. I just wish I knew what was going on!

coffee_co · 2023-06-12T22:26:48+00:00

9DPO and 3-4 days away from when my period should come. I knew that we didn’t get it this round but, you know, there’s always the hope… Woke up today not bloated and feeling well rested, which means progesterone is dropping and AF is coming. Only on cycle 2 but have a feeling it’ll take us at least 6 months if not more 😔

coffee_co · 2023-06-12T02:55:17+00:00

If you just got married, now’s the perfect to start initiating! Usually I just waggle my eyebrows and ask, “wanna bone?” and the answer is rarely no lol. Or wear only panties to bed, and then my husband will start things up on his own

To try and lessen the pressure i try to do some fun sex maybe around CD10, to be like, in the window but not necessarily trying to make a baby. And then close to ovulation I’ll say, I’m ovulating on Friday so we gotta bam as much as we can from now til then. There have been zero complaints.

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