[Lash]

I know there are still other TTC'ers but it feels like such an isolating place to be, to keep going for so long. Fi, Michelle (all "the michelles") you know what I'm talking about

I"ve learned:

-Life is a bell curve. Some get pregnant quickly, some take awhile, there is no set time limit
-You can try every method out there and still not get pregnant
-You waste alot of money each month
-Progesterone is a bgitch and causes every possible problem in the book from being too low, to all PMS and "possible pregnancy" signs
- Its very isolating to be one of the ones "taking awhile"
-You start to just think "its really not going to happen, or it will be years before it does".
-charting makes me sick sometimes

[~Caroline~]

Well I'm still new at this and I don't know yet if it'll take a long time for me or if I'll be lucky and get pregnant quickly. But there's already one thing I've learned:

TTC is just waiting, waiting, waiting!

Waiting to O sucks. It's boring. Then you have a couple of fertile days and then you wait again for two weeks. Then if AF shows up you go back to waiting to O.

I'm usually a very patient woman, but not with TTC!

Time truly slows when you are TTC.

Baby fever is a torturous thing.

Just when you think it might never happen, it does Someday, you'll look back and remember this journey and it will feel so far away. You WILL get your baby, one way or another, and although it feels horrible to wait, it won't last forever.

[IamMom]

Oh Lauren this post makes me sad and I know the feeling, however getting preggo on my 5th cycle each time I tried would qualify me as one of the lucky ones I guess so that doesn't help probably. However, I do have diagnosed fertility issues so I can kind of relate. I wish there was more I could say. I can tell you that this last cycle, DH and I were having scuffles and not really into each other that much and I had given up this cycle because I didn't want to DTD with him anyway....but he seduced me that one night and then the next day I took an OPK and it was positive and then wam bam preggo. So it will happen girl.....but it does suck balls waiting and I wish there was something someone could do.

[Lash]

Yeah I'm out this month..we did it on day 9 and 10 and I'm pretty sure I didnt ovulate till day 13. Long shot I know, but its ok

[Oriyan]

I've learned not to sit on FF all day and analyze symptoms and charts. Because that truely drives one insane!

[Lash]

^ Yeah I quit charting. I'm sure I'll start back up because I find it highly valuable but I'm extremely confident when I ovulated this month because I know the signs

I can't tell you how much more relaxed I am without charting this month. Next month I'll freak out I'm sure if I dont chart

Yeah I'm out this month..we did it on day 9 and 10 and I'm pretty sure I didnt ovulate till day 13. Long shot I know, but its ok[/b]

Are you kidding me? If you BD 3 days before O, you are SO in with a chance!!!



TTC made me realise all the things you posted Lauren. And feeling the "it's never going to happen" feeling, is soooo horrible.

[alicenwonderland]

Things I've learned.

Don't test before AF is due.
AF can make you cry easier than anything.
Your "perfect" cycle can and will turn out to be anovulatory.
I hate waiting.
TTC is giving me worse acne than puberty

This fricken sucks

[Mars]

I would tell you what I have learned, but I would probably get banned for it. Ha!

TTC is hard, hang in there.

[ShannonMVT]

Oooh, Michelle, I wanna hear your uncensored thoughts though, post on your blog!

I learned:

-Life is NOT fair. Not even close.
-The phrase "just relax" can induce homicidal urges.
-I couldn't make myself not want a baby.
-That when you are struggling, it seems like everyone around you is pregnant or has a baby.
-Even if others are there for you, it can still feel really lonely.
-It truly does feel like it will never happen.

[petalfuzz]

- Its very isolating to be one of the ones "taking awhile"[/b]

I'm right there with you! When I think that I'm on my 13th cycle, I get depressed.

-But then I get excited because 14 is my lucky number!
-I learned that we could have been trying a lot sooner and saved me from using icky hormones that made me gain 10 lbs (which I've since lost)
-Planning to BD is so hard when DH gets too tired after two nights in a row and I want to go for three...
-I learned that there's no point in getting all wound up cause it's just going to come or not in its own sweet time
-There's no perfect time for a baby
-Relying on God helps curb my anxieties--he'll provide in his time, not ours.

[soImarriedAnerd]

I have learned that.....
That for some reason TTC has made me more earth friendly for the future generations.
That my marriage is even stronger then I thought.
That my husband is more wonderful then I thought
That I am in awww of the human body (even more so now), what an amazing piece of work it is, and how it has its own way to tell us things (even before medicine can tell us).
That being prepared for TTC was one of the smartest things I have ever done and it gives me joy to know I did make it the most perfect situation I could.

AND...

That TTC can bring women who would normally have nothing in common or wouldn't even hang out normally together to form a sisterhood of love and support that has made an impact in my life/who I am/my future. (this is you guys hehehe)


Hugs to all, belly rubs for all the preggers, and dust to all my fellow TTCers!