TTC Now/This Year Chat - July!

Kate, it sounds like you would be excited about a sooner rather than later baby.

E -- FF seems to be messing with ya. I charted for years, and I didn't use FF. Just paper and pencil. (To be fair, I had a FF account with baby #1, but I only plugged in a couple of temps.) I think it was Christine who said to focus on the big picture rather than the day-to-day, and I would add to not let a computer program freak you out. You know more than it does about your fertility signs! When I look at the FF chart, I wonder how anyone makes sense of them.

My MIL is driving me nuts!! We are trying to find DH a better job more stable with benefits and she keeps emailing him and I links to jobs that are part time and unreliable (restaurants mainly). She is even emailing links to sports bars which are unlikely to hire DH for a bartending position because they cater to men an want big boob woman making the drinks. It drives me nuts that she thinks that part time work is okay for a married father. No wonder he has always set the bar so low for himself in the past.... If his mother doesn't care why should he.

I told him he should thank her for the help but tell her that he is looking for only full time positions and if she sees any of those to email him.

Yeah ITA Amy! I plan to teahc all my children how to be self sulf sufficient and self supporting. But I expecially plan to teach my boys how to be MEN who can support a family and hold a woman as a prized possession. I think my DH saw his strong mom doing everything with a 'men dont matter' and a 'i dont need a man' attitude that now he has that very same attitude and often has taken me for granite in a way... and expected that I will always have that attitude his mom had. Not saying that woman are weak but dang a man should be able to take care of his wife and kids. He should want to have a stable and reliable job and provide for his family always,. I am glad that my DH is FINALLY getting it (and it only took him 5 years lmao!!) But at least he is trying. It was a hard raod and it still is sometimes but he is making the effort and that means a lot to me.

Anywho. No more IPS for me over here. Guessing I am probably out this cycle. Which totally leaves me feeling mixed emotions. I was finally starting to feel comfy with the idea that I might be preggo and I was excited to get the show on the road so to speak. But I am also relieved that we have more time to plan and prepare and time to still get that May or June Due Date that I was hoping for. Only time wil tell but I guess I am okay either way. :-)

Kate - boo AF.

Erica - want to know what's funny? .... It was ME who told Mandy to look at the big picture of charting, lol Guess I could take my own advice. FF drives my DH crazy so I can only obsess over it here on the boards.

Mandy - my chart awaits your stalking, hehe Don't worry about no IPS, or even the dips below coverline - you can still be pregnant!

AFM - feeling a little under the weather today. Just super tired even though I feel like I slept well. Maybe a tiny cold or allergies, tummy is a little off. So I survived my work day and am just being incredibly lazy at home now.
RE: In-laws, I'm pretty lucky and got some good ones. We just wish they were closer and we could see them more often, especially as they age. I hope I have many more years of getting to know them.