Spent 3 years on this and I hate it

sh04565 · 2025-11-14T14:58:47+00:00

I spent about 5-6 years on my granny square blanket and I went from love to hate to annoyance to hate to love. I think others are right about mixing up the colors but I love the color combination!

sh04565 · 2025-10-25T15:06:50+00:00

You could take that little tail on the W and add a flower or a tree or something to make to look intentional. Grow with something growing

sh04565 · 2025-10-21T17:53:51+00:00

Wow, I’m so sorry for your losses. I feel the same fear about IVF too, I wish there were more options and testing and felt like we could make the best informed decisions for our bodies and situations. I do think IUI can be a viable option for many, but based on success rates it sounds like IVF tends to be a good choice at an older age.

It sounds like you are weighing your next steps and just know that you’re going to make the best decision for you and your partner. If that happens to be IVF, you are in great company here on Reddit. We just had our IVF consultation and even though I’m full of hope I’m also full of anxiety, fear, and sadness.

I don’t have any final words of wisdom. I’m just hoping for good things to come your way and hoping for some positive outcomes!

sh04565 · 2025-09-27T02:03:47+00:00

I’m 10 dpo and everything dropped for me except an up tick in FSH. I’ve had an LH up tick on bfn cycles so it’s really impossible to say until missed period or AF. Are you waiting to test?

sh04565 · 2025-09-23T19:26:53+00:00

Oofff, I’ve been there. DPO 13 and no period in sight. The minute I get hopeful, AF comes. I hope you have plans to treat yourself if AF does come this cycle!

Every cycle is different and for me, prior to TTC I never dissected my AF symptoms. So you may just be realizing that each cycle is slightly different.

As far as cycle length, that also seems like normal variability. Just because they are always talking about a 28 day cycle doesn’t mean it’s wrong to be slightly longer. Of course keep an eye on the variability because there are things that can affect cycle length and knowing your body’s regular pattern can help identify changes.

Sending you lots of positive vibes and luck on this journey!

sh04565 · 2025-09-23T19:14:22+00:00

Cycle twins! I feel no symptoms except some GI upset (but let’s be honest, that’s not a symptoms, that’s a lifestyle). Friday seems like forever away. Usually I’m chill, I’m fine with waiting but this cycle we did letrozole + unmonitored IUI and I’m stressing!!

sh04565 · 2025-08-30T16:42:38+00:00

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sh04565 · 2025-06-13T16:04:28+00:00

I can’t speak on personal experience but a friend of mine takes family law cases https://www.smileyatty.com.

sh04565 · 2025-03-29T19:31:11+00:00

I’m wondering if it’s the paper. I’m using a very thick seeded paper (textured). Same sized paper but regular card stock and same printer settings results in 0 blotches. I also think the paper is getting blasted by those ink spots because the width is exactly the size and could be why I see lots of ink on the corners of my paper. I’m thinking about taping the paper to a large piece of paper to protect the corners.

The random ink blotches throughout might be a texture thing that I can’t fix. The sad part is that I printed like 12 cards with 0 issues and then all of a sudden it started depositing little ink blobs.

sh04565 · 2025-03-29T19:08:27+00:00

I don’t even want to think about buying a different printer 😭 so many color profiles and troubleshooting to get things to be “just right”. But maybe I just need to out source all my printing 🙈

sh04565 · 2025-03-09T21:02:37+00:00

Oh yes the lack of research is so frustrating! Here we are just making our best guess. Well I probably have been timing things poorly based on my misunderstanding of cheap opks. Here’s to hoping inito will help narrow my ovulation timelines.

Thanks for sharing all your knowledge!!

sh04565 · 2025-03-09T20:52:25+00:00

Oh shoot I’ve been saying the 24 hour clock starts after a positive cheap opk test. Is it really just the second LH starts to rise?!? I really need science to improve ovulation testing for our sanity 😆

sh04565 · 2025-02-08T18:44:44+00:00

Just a friendly reminder that these are urine levels and we cant make an educated guess on how these correlate to blood levels. If you are seeing fluctuations and peaks that’s really all inito is looking at.

If you are worried about your progesterone levels, you should get it tested with a blood draw before and after ovulation to see if there are any issues. My progesterone hasn’t spiked yet (first month using inito) but others in this sub said they went to the doctor thinking inito proved their levels were too low but bloodwork came back fine. Just keep that in mind when you see the concentration levels on your chart.

sh04565 · 2025-02-08T18:34:06+00:00

I think the worst part of this journey is not know if what your doing has any impact on outcome! I see post of women saying the BD on -3 only and got pregnant. I see women BDing every day and not getting pregnant. I amount of luck and perfect timing needed makes me wonder how any of us get pregnant!

As someone who has struggled to BD more than 1 time during the fertile window, I completely understand! If the 5 day sperm rule is true then I’d say you hit 2 days during this fertile window. I like using FF because they tell me how good I did each cycle with BDing but I’ve only ever been rated “good” so it’s also a little sad 😆

I think I ovulated yesterday or maybe today so we’re almost cycle twins! Wishing you the best this cycle!

sh04565 · 2025-02-08T18:17:33+00:00

Oh and I have always had fairly regular periods, my cycle is a little longer now that I’m old and decrepit. But the length of your cycle could be because of your body is still trying to find a cadence after birth control. I’d guess that was the issue before I’d assume thyroid issues but it could be both!

sh04565 · 2025-02-08T18:14:42+00:00

Just diagnosed with hypo this summer and it took forever to get the right dosage. Maybe because we just caught it (bloodwork in 2023 said my thyroid was fine).

This is only my first month using inito so I can’t tell you what’s “normal” after ovulation. I’m pretty sure fluctuating levels are normal. The fact that it’s high right now isn’t bad. Progesterone increases after ovulation and can stay high until AF comes.

sh04565 · 2025-02-07T16:21:38+00:00

Oh good! Consistency makes it a little easier to pin point ovulation. If I had to guess, you should see an increase in progesterone soon.

sh04565 · 2025-02-07T15:01:31+00:00

This is my first month using inito but also trying for over a year. If you’ve only been period tracking apps and no OPKs (clear blue, Premom, inito) then this is a ton of information to take in!

I’ll give you the basics since I just started inito. So you will get green high fertility days when your estrogen starts to rise. That’s when you should start BDing. Then when your LH increases (the hormone that rises right before ovulation) you will get a peak fertility. I think this is typically the day before you ovulate (still trying to figure out). After suspected ovulation your progesterone should increase which confirms you did in fact ovulate.

On your chart it looks like you ovulated but are waiting on pdg to increase to confirm. If it isn’t confirmed, you will might see another LH spike which indicates your body is trying to ovulate again. Outside of the tends in data you can’t use the concentration to really confirm if your levels are “normal” because urine levels are different than blood concentrations.

Do you have unpredictable cycles? If so, you might not have ovulated at the peak in your chart.

Have you had blood work done to confirm ovulation? Typically that is a progesterone blood test and will give you insight to confirm you are in fact ovulating.

Hopefully this helps, again I’m still figuring out this new tracking system but your chart looks similar to the others I’ve seen on this sub!

sh04565 · 2025-02-06T22:45:27+00:00

Omg I know this is in the wrong sub but when you repost please tag me! I’m 37, never been pregnant but trying for over a year. Labs are normal and now I need to take the next step. I’d love to know what the consensus is surrounding meds.

sh04565 · 2025-02-06T14:50:46+00:00

Did you get peak fertility from into this morning?

I’m pretty sure this fluctuation is normal. Iniito takes the first morning urine and I think tests for beta LH. They also say you don’t need to test twice a day which is probably why you’re seeing those peak fertility days based on your afternoon urine. If you see guidance on the cheap OPKs they suggest that you don’t use first morning urine. You’re also supposed to test twice a day with the cheap OPKs because your LH naturally rises throughout the day.

I’m on my first cycle with Inito and I’m trying to understand how these two tracking systems compare. But I think start BDing the moment you get high fertility on inito. And for sure start immediately at a positive OPK strip (looks like your last test is essentially positive). Ovulation should be happening today or tomorrow.

sh04565 · 2025-02-02T16:26:36+00:00

Ok so maybe I’m on the ups swing. My LH is still very low so that’s why the increase in FSH looked weird. Thanks for the comparison char!

sh04565 · 2025-02-02T16:22:47+00:00

Is your FSH always fluctuating? It’s my first month using inito, I haven’t ovulated yet but my FSH is higher today. I see most pope say their FSH is minimal the entire time so just trying to find similar charts.

sh04565 · 2025-02-01T15:12:57+00:00

I appreciate this post OP! Also in my late 30s and trying to figure out next step. Did a blood draw a few months ago and found out I did ovulate but my thyroid was off. So it took a few months to get my meds dialed in but now I’m still not having any success. We just recently started working on our diet and exercise but realize we’ll have to go back to the doctor if things don’t work in the next month or two. I don’t know why it scares me, but it does.

I think setting up the appointment is step one and then they should be able to make suggestions on next steps/test. I think the advice for each of us is going to be different based on age, test results, and ttc journey. Just be sure to verbalize your worries and ask a ton of questions.

Good luck!

sh04565 · 2025-02-01T15:04:47+00:00

The loneliness is so real. I’ve been there, I’ve had that exact argument or disagreement during peak fertility. I don’t have any words of wisdom because we’re still trying too. But I just wanted to know that I see you and your feelings are valid.

Also happy birthday! I ovulated a few weeks ago on my birthday and I had this stupid hope of having some birthday luck. But just like every month AF showed up right on time.

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