You know you're TTC when...
- the Big 'O' no longer refers to orgasm, but instead to ovulation
- you show everyone who will look at your bbt charts
- every twinge is a potential sign: ovulation pain OR perhaps implantation
- it no longer strikes you as the least bit odd to check out at the pharmacy with both HPTs and tampons in your cart.
- you schedule your social events around your ovulation day
- if your OPK comes up +, you cancel all social engagements that night so you can BD & lie with your legs elevated and butt up in the air afterwards
- you talk using mysterious acronymns that only your ttc buddies understand: ttc, BD, ewcm, bbt, opk, 2ww
- your morning motto is: "Don't talk to me until I've taken my temperature"
- you take your temperature more than once a day (committed TTCer)
- you refuse to finish decorating that 3rd bedroom in your new house, because you can't stand the thought of getting it just the way you want it only to have to tear it apart next month in order to make room for the nursery you'll be needing.
- you put off buying any fall/winter clothes, because you hope they won't fit by the time the weather gets cooler.
- you clip coupons for OPKs and HPTs
- your doctor says, "Now take these home and inject this needle into your stomach every day" and you don't even flinch.
- you spend more on OPKs, HPTs, and fertility supplements than you do on clothes
- the thought of nausea makes your heart skip a beat!
- you make a mental note of what day of your cycle it is before you say "ok" to a drink
- you get sick but make sure you can take the medicine in case you are pregnant...and would rather stay sick if you can't take the medicine..
- you finally look forward to mornings! Another opportunity to take and record your temp!
- you refer (and think) of your husband, not as his real name, but as the letters "DH" in real life
- you suffer silently from Infertility Vision (IV) - defined as the ability to see pink lines that nobody else can see. It's a very common condition among POASers during the days leading up to
NOW---
that you've had a good laugh, let me bring you right back down to my anger--right after I read this, I also read something that made me ANGRY AS ALL HELL! I read that there is a link to Depo Provera (birth control shot) and PCOS... are you kidding me? I am soooo angry that I took that (only a couple of times six years ago) but it is well known for causing many infertility problems. I wish I was more educated back then!!!! I'm fuming!
Ok, time to force myself into bed.
Goodness that is funny...I always thought that I was a little neurotic about all of this stuff but when you put it down on paper and say yep did that, yep doin that now, you see how crazy you really get. LOL.
ReplyDeleteI hear you about the wishing that you would have been more educated before, now that I look back I realize that I had PCOS for a long time but wasn't diagnosed with it b/c my OB was terrible.
Its so comforting to know that there are people like me out there.. I don't wish this upon anyone, but I couldn't imagine doing this journey alone, not having anyone to relate to... Thanks for reading and following along :)
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