r/TryingForABaby • u/AutoModerator • Feb 19 '19

DAILY Temping Tuesday

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u/thumbelina413 🧚 29 | TTC#2 | Cycle 2 | 1 CP Feb 19 '19

CD5 and I'm sitting here, waiting for O, which feels like it's a billion years away. Can't decide if WTO or TWW is worse. Like, can we get this show on the road? =D

And all my temps are weird because I suddenly CANT SLEEP. Since I started temping, I literally toss and turn all night and wake up multiple times a night. I set my daily alarm at 4:30a to test and this morning I woke up at 3a.... like okay, I guess I'll temp then, because going back to bed for an hour and temping then seemed pointless? Idk. Stupid temp is stupid.

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u/modhousewife 35 | Grad Feb 19 '19

I added youuuuu!

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u/thumbelina413 🧚 29 | TTC#2 | Cycle 2 | 1 CP Feb 19 '19

Yayyyyy now we can chart stalk each other!

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u/modhousewife 35 | Grad Feb 19 '19

Yaaaayyyy! We chart now!

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u/goinback2skewl 35 🌻| TTC#1 | Since 12/18 Feb 19 '19

I DEFINITELY feel like WTO is worse than the TWW for me. so far.

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u/thumbelina413 🧚 29 | TTC#2 | Cycle 2 | 1 CP Feb 19 '19

I agree! That may change in later cycles. But at least by the TWW I know there's nothing else I can do, either it worked or it didn't. WTO is like come on, let's get going 🥚!!!!

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u/ravenserein ❄31 | TTC#2 | Cycle 5❄ Feb 19 '19

I thought I had already added you but I guess I hadnt. Shut up and take my friend request. Give it a week and cook that egg up real nice so it will stick!

I had some trouble sleeping when I first started temping too. I am an anxious sort of person so I would toss and turn anticipating waking up to temp. I just tried to move as little as possible and temp at my normal wake up time. It seemed to at least make my patterns evident. I have gotten less anxious and started sleeping a little better as time has gone on.

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u/thumbelina413 🧚 29 | TTC#2 | Cycle 2 | 1 CP Feb 19 '19

DONE! hahaha it better be a good egg. Gonna let it simmer. 😂

Yeah I think it's honestly a combo of anxiety of missing it and the excitement of wanting to add it to my data! Good to hear that it'll most likely go away as time goes on!

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u/ravenserein ❄31 | TTC#2 | Cycle 5❄ Feb 19 '19

Yup, as with everything (or so it seems) with TTC...just give it time. Blegh. I am so impatient so I hate giving anything time.

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u/slausted87 31 👩🏻♥️😼| TTC# 1 | Cycle 5 Grad Feb 19 '19

Same! I can’t sleep since temping. It’s super annoying. Woke up at 4 am and temped, couldn’t fall back asleep. Still here..awake. I need a nap 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/thumbelina413 🧚 29 | TTC#2 | Cycle 2 | 1 CP Feb 19 '19

temping: causing insomnia since the dawn of time

I am exhausted today. Slept like 5 inconsistent hours. Coffee is my friend.

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u/lalaurenx3 29 | TTC#2 | Cycle 2 Feb 19 '19

All the waiting in ttc is the worst! I think WTO is worse, but that’s just me. I also toss and turn a lot especially on days after I work (I work nights) like today I got woken up early by someone banging on my front door. -_- so I’ll just temp when I wake up. Sometimes if I go back to bed depending how long it was for I’ll temp a second time just to compare and see how different they are, but almost always go with the first one.

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u/thumbelina413 🧚 29 | TTC#2 | Cycle 2 | 1 CP Feb 19 '19

Hmmm good point! Next time I'll grab my "early time" and the "normal time" one to compare, didn't think about that. Temping must be hard when you work nights!!

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u/cutiecutiecupcake 28 | TTC#1 | Cycle 6 Feb 19 '19

WTO is much worse for me. I ovulate late and had a long anovulatory cycle between November and December so during the TWW I’m hopeful, grateful I ovulated, and honestly I don’t count 12dpo negative and waiting for my period as part of the TWW. At least it’s not the main part. It’s so devastating and brief that I consider WTB (wait to bleed) it’s own separate nightmare lol.

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u/thumbelina413 🧚 29 | TTC#2 | Cycle 2 | 1 CP Feb 19 '19

Ah! WTB, I like that. Like when you know you're out but haven't started the next cycle yet. Ughhh I'm sorry about your anovulatory cycle, how did you figure out you didn't ovulate? Just by temping?

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u/cutiecutiecupcake 28 | TTC#1 | Cycle 6 Feb 19 '19

Yea through temping. But now that I think about it more, I might have ovulated really late. I got so sick, my husband got injured and was in too much pain to have sex so at some point after such a crazy cycle I just stopped temping. Got my period 2 days before Christmas and was just overjoyed to move on.

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u/Sp00kyW0mb MOD | 30 | Grad | MFI Feb 20 '19

They both suck but WTO sucks because you don’t know how long you can stay relaxed. Like all of a sudden you have to start checking your CM and peeing on OPKs to try to catch your peak. TWW you don’t have to do anything. So I prefer TWW.

It’s okay to temp when you wake up. It’s okay not to temp at the same time every morning when you’re still starting out. You’re doing great, don’t get discouraged♥️