{"id":228,"date":"2016-10-30T20:46:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T02:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iamhalfhope.com\/content\/?p=228"},"modified":"2025-12-11T22:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T05:28:28","slug":"sunday-funnies-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iamhalfhope.com\/content\/2016\/10\/30\/sunday-funnies-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Funnies: Cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 735px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www-static.weddingbee.com\/pics\/258880\/meme.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[228]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www-static.weddingbee.com\/pics\/258880\/meme.jpg?resize=665%2C394\" alt=\"image source: http:\/\/www-static.weddingbee.com\/pics\/258880\/meme.jpg\" width=\"665\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">image source: http:\/\/www-static.weddingbee.com\/pics\/258880\/meme.jpg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CD: cycle day<br \/>\nDPO: days past ovulation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; CD: cycle day DPO: days past ovulation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7UmuL-3G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":418,"url":"http:\/\/www.iamhalfhope.com\/content\/2017\/05\/18\/grief\/","url_meta":{"origin":228,"position":0},"title":"Grief","author":"Jenna","date":"May 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"My infertility is profound grief. 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