[MountainMomma]

Do you find that as you TTC longer you need to take a break occasionally to keep your sanity? Do you stress out more during "breaks"?

[MountainMomma]

Personally, I occasionally feel like I need a break, and then I end up stressing more during the break than I did before! lol

[MarieJ]

I've taken two breaks this time around, once was when I had to go for an MRI so we were out that month, the 2nd time I was on one month of bcp---those were the two most stressless months of the past 20!

[prayingfor#2]

I found that even when we were trying to take a break I was still paying attention to all the ovulation signs (of lack of them!). We're on a forced break right now because I have an x-ray coming up in July.

[MountainMomma]

I'm the same way. When we have taken a break, it's been a not trying/not preventing break. I found I was still closely watching my fertility signs and stressing about "what if". And generally I was kicking myself during the breaks for not charting. This is one of those cycles where we are NT/NP. And honestly its one of the first cycles I've been relaxed in a long time. I didn't even know for sure what CD I was on until I sat down with my calendar and figured it out. lol

[MamaAnna]

We've basically accepted that it will probably never happen so taking a break would pretty much be the same as what we're doing now. I'm just going to be using OPKs and stuff to try to figure out what's wrong with my hormones so hopefully I don't feel so bad as they fluctuate.