Pink swayers' December thread

[Jamie86]

Jamie~ First, I think this is a great place to "vent" and I think I can speak for everyone and say that no one would want you to tale it down! 2nd- HUGE CONGRATS..thats quite an exam what a great accomplishment. You should be very proud. I think we all have different tolerance levels and it seems that often DH's need more relaxation and can tolerate more if they get it. That being said I think your needs of wanting celebration, recognition, and consideration are just as important. We are more likely to get our needs met when we meet others needs. But you need to let others know what your needs are!! If that makes sense!

That does make sense and I definitely know I should have told him. I'm just having now of those moments where I wish he showed me he was proud of me without me having to tell him to. A couple weeks ago he tied for 1st place in a golf tournament and gave all his winnings to the charity that sponsored the event and I told everyone who would listen and I was just kind of hoping for a little of the same (although I know it's a little silly).

[dannikins]

HUGE CONGRATS ON YOUR BABY GIRL ZANACAL.......

you must be so thrilled......!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zanacal]

I am dannikins, thank you!

[sweetsister]

That does make sense and I definitely know I should have told him. I'm just having now of those moments where I wish he showed me he was proud of me without me having to tell him to. A couple weeks ago he tied for 1st place in a golf tournament and gave all his winnings to the charity that sponsored the event and I told everyone who would listen and I was just kind of hoping for a little of the same (although I know it's a little silly).

Congrats Jamie that is a huge accomplishment !And i think you have to tell him how u feel and spell it out what and how you want him to react because men need you to do that he probably doesnt even know you are bothered,i think most men like to be told ?IMO but thats just me i always say i am upset if i am ,,probably should keep more in

[rainbowflower]

Congratulations Jamie - I hope you go out and celebrate properly!
Zana - eee!! you lucky thing, does it feel real yet??


AFM - guess I'll be a regular back in here again.... restarting the diet today ready to TTC in Jan, although there are a lot of new babies around lately so I'm feeling broody and we might crumble and have an attempt in a few weeks should I OV around Christmas would only have been on the diet around 3 weeks, but I just have a good feeling.

[amari]

congrats, Jamie!! Wooohooooo! Way to go!!

[Mochagirl]

At what point can you consider spotting af? I'm getting such mixed signals right now and I don't know whether yesterday was CD1 or whether I'm still in the 2WW. As you all know, I've had spotting pretty much through my whole LP - the spotting's always been brown, appears in the morning, and is gone by afternoon. Yesterday I had my normal brown spotting in the morning, then it stopped to be replaced by bright red spotting in the afternoon. There was even a small gush that soaked my liner. It continued red into the evening, then tapered back to brown, and only when I wiped. My cramps were TERRIBLE all day. This morning I woke up to nothing on my pad but very scant brown spotting when I checked my cervix. Then, about an hour later another small gush of bright red - it feels like enough that I need to wear a normal pad. I'm on CD26, which is on the early side for af for me, though not unprecedented.

Here's the weird part - I was hoping my temp would go down today to signal that af had started, but it went UP. Now, it was a strange night where I woke up to pee at 5 thinking it was something more like 2 (otherwise I would have taken my temp then) and ended up waking for the day 45 minutes later and took my temp. Do you think that quick jaunt to the bathroom 45 minutes was enough to raise my temp?

22b67e Ovulation charts on FertilityFriend.com

If this is af, would I consider yesterday or today CD1? As I said, the red blood yesterday tapered off and turned brown before becoming red again this morning.

[Out of the Blue]

Jamie, vent away! That’s what this thread is for…basically everything! Personally, I’d be ticked too, even if I hadn’t just passed my CPA exam! That’s quite an accomplishment on your part! When you’re feeling like you can have a good conversation w/DH, let him know how you feel. I hope he’ll understand. Sometimes guys can be kind of, ummm, let’s just say “thick”. They can’t pick up on the nonverbal (and sometimes verbal) signs we’re giving. My DH leaves at 06:30 and is gone until 7 or later most days. It’s tough and some days, I am just ready to either explode or fall asleep on the couch b/c my days are so exhausting. His days are beyond exhausting too, though. Neither of us get much alone time. 

[Out of the Blue]

sweetsister, I'm loving that ticker... Are you actually going to wait 5 more days to test???

[rainbowflower]

Mocha - for "normal" cycles you need to ask yourself: do you need to use a towel or liner? If you don't, it's just spotting... BUT saying that, if you had retained tissue it might not be AF either, it could be the retained tissue breaking down or coming out. When my AF returned it was definitely heavier and redder than the spotting had been, but was still quite light flow compared to my normal AFs.

you're right that your temp being higher indicates it's not AF, but it is possible to get AF whilst temps are still high above coverline

unfortunately with this being your first cycle it might be nothing like any of your other cycles ever have been and the next few might be very different too.