For anyone obsessively checking the TTC forums....

[lbkw]

So this is my first thread, pardon me if I make a mistake.

I am a WOHM of 2, TTC baby #3 (m/c betw 1 &2, so technically TTC #4)

I am at a desk all day and since I've discovered these forums, I've been lurking everywhere. I'm hoping others who are online all the time will post here, too.

As obsessed as I am with every imagined symptom and tingle, it makes me feel so much better to read that all of you are just as obsessive and ridiculous as I am. And it's very encouraging to hear everyone's success stories.

Please feel free to vent here if you are going to be checking and replying frequently.

[maxwill129]

I LOVE it! I am SO checking these forums multiple times a day!!! DH starts back to work tomorrow and will be taking the laptop with him and so I won't be able to check as often, so I'm getting my fill now! I'm in the 2ww right now and I feel like I NEED to be here because my DH doesn't understand the obsession and I can't tell anyone IRL.

[lbkw]

Awesome! I'm taking the day off tomorrow so I shouldn't be on the computer too much. I'm expecting anytime tomorrow or after. I anxiously took two tests already and got BFN both times. I'm trying to use restraint. I have 4 tests left and i'm leaving on vacation Saturday morning. I refuse to buy tests while we are away. Fortunately, I have one friend IRL I can obsess with. She wants me to drop my kids at school and test at her house tomorrow morning. I can't decide if I want to do it. I mean if I wake up with AF, clearly I won't. My husband doesn't really care to discuss anything, i think it makes him uncomfortable b/c he doesn't know all the itty bitty details we obsess over or that other women obsess, too. I cannot tell anyone else, OMG. And I can't test when we are at my parents' house before our trip Sat a.m. My mom would freak out! She thinks it's impractical. (She also thinks having a birth doula is ridiculous, but that's a story for another day.)

[Sourire]

I am totally obsessive. I start freaking out if I haven't been on MDC in over 4 hours hehe.

[kay99]

I don't post much but I'm on here all the time. I'm learning a lot about charting and supplements...and lots of abbreviations It gives me something to do while waiting to O...

[tourist.]

I'm on here constantly. It's shameful actually - I *really* ought to be working. Oh well.

Anyway, yea I check here all day. I'm not sure what I'm "check" for, but that doesn't seem to bother me. haha I find myself reading some of the most random posts that have absolutely nothing to do with me but I just can't stop. I think I have a problem.

[lbkw]

I can totally relate to all of you. I have so much work to do...yet I am posting on MDC??? Really? My priorities are so messed up.

[lbkw]

seriously, guys, I'm refreshing the forum menu regularly. I wish these pages were blocked or something.

[mayakas]

I'm obsessed with checking too. But I wish people posted more. Come on lurking ladies, we'd love to hear from you!

[tourist.]

hmm...What can I talk about to waste more of my day? I think that time moves entirely too slowly. It's only because I'm waiting so many things that time is moving painfully slow. I know that when said "things" finally get here time will move crazy fast. Ugh!

[Sourire]

I know my company monitors internet usage. I keep telling myself that eventually I'm going to get busted, or at least my boss will figure out how little work I'm actually doing because I spend so much time on this forum.

Unfortunately, the lesson I have learned so far in life is that the less you work, the more you are rewarded... I got offered a promotion this afternoon!!!! At one point in my life I was working my butt off and didn't get any recognition at all, not even a thank you, and now I spend half my time (if not more) on MDC and I get a promotion?!?!?!

The world is bananas....

[maxwill129]

Originally Posted by Sourire

I know my company monitors internet usage. I keep telling myself that eventually I'm going to get busted, or at least my boss will figure out how little work I'm actually doing because I spend so much time on this forum.

Unfortunately, the lesson I have learned so far in life is that the less you work, the more you are rewarded... I got offered a promotion this afternoon!!!! At one point in my life I was working my butt off and didn't get any recognition at all, not even a thank you, and now I spend half my time (if not more) on MDC and I get a promotion?!?!?!

The world is bananas....

Congratulations on your promotion!

[lbkw]

Congrats on the promotion, Heidi! May it be the first of many good things coming your way :-)

[Sourire]

Well I haven't decided if I wanna accept the promotion. Having people reporting to me could be stressful, which may not be good for TTC/pregnancy. I will have to think about this...

[tourist.]

Heidi - I feel exactly the same way! I spend a ridiculous amount of time online and always expect to get "caught" but never do. I'm next in line for a promotion to manager (and it sounds like it's going to happen soon). So weird. Good luck to you on your decision. I'm not sure if I'd want to be a people leader at this time in my life either, lucky for me the job I'm up for is an independent contributor. Tough choice for you though. Good luck!

[Naturallove]

I am on these forums a ton also! We are going into our first full cycle TTC#3 (#1 for my husband, DS1 and 2 are from a previous marriage). I am so beyond obsessed, it's ridiculous. I am afraid if I keep talking about it my DH is going to regret ever agreeing to this.

Reading on here makes me feel relieved to know that I am not the only "baby crazy" lady out there

[lbkw]

Glad to get some of the other lurkers posting!

@ tourist: do you work for a large travel/credit card company? That's the only place I've heard managers referred to as "People Leaders"

@ Heidi: bummer on the mixed blessing. Managing people is not fun, IMHO. But I had recently been promoted to a manager of a team of annoying people shortly before conceiving #1. I think if you can turn work off, you'll be ok. If you can't...practice :-)

AFM: My craziness for the day has already started. Since I said I would test at my friend's place later, I considered saving my FMU in a ziploc cup. I decided against that plan...my first two BFP's were *not* FMU.

[jeslynn]

I'm here at least 2 times a day! I'm a lurker though.

[Sourire]

The manager position they offered me would only have 1 direct report so it may not be so bad, and I would be doing most of the same work I'm doing now.

On the other hand if I don't take it then I will be moved to a different position at my current level (because the new manager and their direct report would replace me) and I would get to work on some projects that sound like they would be much more interesting than what I am doing now.

Its a tough choice. I told myself that if I get a BFP next week I will decline the position because I am planning to take a 1 year maternity leave when I have my baby and working part time afterwards, so it would seem silly to move up if I am already pregnant.

However if I don't get that BFP this month, I still don't know what I will choose... DH and I want to buy a house soon, and more money certainly can't hurt!

[Mommy2b4]

I check the forums a lot, sometimes just random forums but I don't post much because I'm still waiting for dh's VR on 12/1 before we can TTC# 3. It helps me get through this waiting period that seems to be taking forever.