--- 2if weekly check-in (Jan 12) ---

pdxveg

Since @sailorgal got her BFP (yea! yea! yea!) and moved on I will be taking over the weekly check-ins.  Feel free to make some suggestions for future QOTW or they just might just disappear

Cycle Status:

QOTW:  What's  for dinner tonight?

pettycrocker

Cycle #92304230948 

Chicken and green beans 

fuzzbumble

Stim day 2 IVF #1

Slider burgers. Undetermined sides.

annibes

Pretty sure I'm 5dpo.

DH made tacos for dinner. Chicken and veggies, with fresh guacamole. Yum! I made buffalo chicken dip for the OSU game but I don't think I'll be awake when it starts.

AmyH0807

I'm 5 dpo.

Lasagna and I made homemade vegetable soup for the 1st time ever. It's a ww recipe.

phishgirl29

CD 28. I'm not testing though. Chances are super slim without intervention. I should start AF by Wednesday. QOTW: Italian Pot Pies. An old Martha recipe from her old Food Everyday magazine. It's awesome!

STL34

CD2 since my FET was cancelled last week for ovulating through BCP and lupron.  Now I have to decide if I start BCP again tomorrow to potentially do the transfer in February (although at the end of the month).  Only changes will be a different BCP and upping lupron to 20 iu per day for the entire duration!  Holy heck!  I'm not sure how I will be able to function on that much lupron.  I'm just not getting a good feeling about this at all...

QOTW:  Not sure what's for dinner!  I guess I will see when I get home!  But, I think tonight will be a chilli night!

lilmac2929

CD 1 here. Hysteroscopy scheduled for 20th.

Chili! Whoop whoop!

Jen071407

FF says 6dpo, but that puts O the day of my positive opk :-? It's my first month temping in years, so who knows. Had my genetic consultation for PGS today, then met with the RE business office to get that shit in order before starting stims next week. Walked out hella confused bc apparently PGS adds $6k instead of $2k and oh, also isn't covered by insurance ~X( I've got 50% coverage and a lifetime max of $15k. Needless to say I've got several calls in and am just hoping the lady who was filling in for the regular business office lady just had no fucking idea what she was talking about. Dinner was homemade spaghettios, bc yum, and chicken.

Jodee37

CD: triggered yesterday, IUI in the AM.

QOTW: I made crock pot BBQ shredded beef for DH and DS because I had to work the swing shift, which doesn't end til 11:30. Apparently they instead went to MILs for the game and snacks.

So glad I bent over backward to make them dinner. OR it was shit and they bailed. Which I should forgive. Hmm.

Jodee37

Jen071407 said:

FF says 6dpo, but that puts O the day of my positive opk :-? It's my first month temping in years, so who knows. Had my genetic consultation for PGS today, then met with the RE business office to get that shit in order before starting stims next week. Walked out hella confused bc apparently PGS adds $6k instead of $2k and oh, also isn't covered by insurance ~X( I've got 50% coverage and a lifetime max of $15k. Needless to say I've got several calls in and am just hoping the lady who was filling in for the regular business office lady just had no fucking idea what she was talking about.

Dinner was homemade spaghettios, bc yum, and chicken.

Wow yeah to find out PGS is that much more would be quite a shock. I think my place quoted almost $5K for it. I hope you find a way to make it happen if you decide to pursue it

And holy cow stim next week???? Where da fuq have I been? Under a GD rock apparently. So exciting!!!!!!!

pdxveg

Cycle Status:  Maybe 2, 3, or 4 days DPO.  My temps and symptoms were a bit messy this week.  But at least it looks like I really did O.

QOTW: Pizza and this fabulous kale salad mix from Costco. 

jen4ny

CD 12 on BCP. Seeing RE next Monday for required pre-op visit before my hysteroscopy. Hopefully by then I will be able to book the darn thing if their new OR is finally up and running in the office. 

Dinner tonight is pasta. 

Jen071407

pdxveg said:

Cycle Status:  Maybe 2, 3, or 4 days DPO.  My temps and symptoms were a bit messy this week.  But at least it looks like I really did O.

QOTW: Pizza and this fabulous kale salad mix from Costco. 

I heart Costco :x

Flamingemu

Cycle Status: Consult with another surgery specialist is Thursday! Hope the next one fixes me once and for all.

QOTW:  What's  for dinner tonight? Tonight I have beef stew in the crockpot. 

cshm11

CD 9 and finished Femara last night. Nothing else happening until Friday.

QOTW: What's for dinner tonight? Homemade pizza, I think. Either that or spaghetti and meatballs. Yummy

BDevereaux

Cycle Status: CD27 or something.  I took a PT yesterday for shits and gigs... negative, if course.  Waiting on AF... not showing my usual pre-AF symptoms yet, getting frustrated... you know, the usual.

QOTW:  I think I'm going to make pork BBQ and cole slaw tonight.

Frenchteachermama

On BCPs

QOTW: fish tacos

efhoping2010

Cycle Status: Awaiting AF around 1/22 and then planned trip for pretesting for IVF/ICSI #4 at the start of February

QOTW:  Pho soup for us homemade macaroni and cheese for the little ones.

cshm11

efhoping2010 said:

Cycle Status: Awaiting AF around 1/22 and then planned trip for pretesting for IVF/ICSI #4 at the start of February

QOTW:  Pho soup for us homemade macaroni and cheese for the little ones.

Omg I love Pho. Do you make it yourself or are you going out? Please tell me you have a recipe!

Davie813

Thanks for doing this, @pdxveg!
I hope the IUI went well, @Jodee37!

On TTC break until IVF prep in March.  CD 21 (or 5--does two days of spotting from the 6 bcps I took while trying to decide whether or not to cycle count as AF?)  I may or may not have ovulated sometime earlier this month--no idea what's going on in there, and even though DH and I are having a lot of sex just in case, I don't really care.

Chicken from Trader Joe's and a salad.  We're generally being good about prepared foods, though.

efhoping2010

cshm11 said:

Cycle Status: Awaiting AF around 1/22 and then planned trip for pretesting for IVF/ICSI #4 at the start of February

QOTW:  Pho soup for us homemade macaroni and cheese for the little ones.

Omg I love Pho. Do you make it yourself or are you going out? Please tell me you have a recipe!

I wish there was a place to get pho out here, but no we have to make it.The easiest way is to take some beef bones and boil them to make an awesome broth.  Then add rice stick noodles, I also get some inexpensive beef and slice it thin and also add bean sprouts and any other desired vegetables such as celery.  To make the brother you need to boil the bones in water and pho spices such as ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, coriander, star anise, cloves some like fennel too, I also add for flavor some sriracha, a dash of soy sauce, and limes and my husband also likes cilantro in his bowl at the end.  If you prefer you can also add a dash of fish sauce or hoisin sauce.  As for the chunkier spices you can put them in large tea ball or mesh bag or you can scoop them out with a ladle though that is tough.  I like to leave the bones, spices and the water boiling for at least a couple of hours.  I get it to a rapid boil and then let it simmer/boil for many hours for the best flavor.  A bone soup base is also excellent if making homemade wonton soup too

Jodee37

Davie813 said:

I hope the IUI went well, @Jodee37!

thanks lady! it was uneventful which i'll consider to be good. LOL. had a good count and we DTD around the right times too so i'm thinking we did everything we could.

ellebelle2384

Thanks for running the check-in @pdxveg‌ !

Cycle Status: CD4. Day 3/7 of doxycycline. My stomach hates life right now.

QOTW: leftover pizza. Very original.

pdxveg

ellebelle2384 said:

Thanks for running the check-in @pdxveg‌ ! Cycle Status: CD4. Day 3/7 of doxycycline. My stomach hates life right now. QOTW: leftover pizza. Very original.

I think pizza usually tastes better the next day, but I prefer my leftover pizza for breakfast.  

xraymommy2007

@pdxveg‌ left over pizza is my FAVORITE! breakfast yummy

xraymommy2007

So I'm a few days late on my check in but I was holding out waiting to see if the multiple triggers worked..... Well the triggers extended my LP but this cycle was still a bust :-( cd 1 for me today.
I will be taking a cycle off since this was my 6th medicated cycle in a row and I really just need a breather. Stupid uterus why can't you work right?!?

cshm11

CD 12 and follie scan this morning showed nice thick lining, a 27mm follie on the left and 22mm on the right. IUI tomorrow morning, our first one. So nervous. This is after finding out from my OB that our chances at natural conception and a sticky baby are 12-15% with ovulation induction and IUI. The low numbers are due to my ovulatory dysfunction, and my history. But our chances with IVF are estimated at 70% so we are just doing IUIs until we have our finances ready to move forward with IVF.

Jodee37

cshm11 said:

But our chances with IVF are estimated at 70% so we are just doing IUIs until we have our finances ready to move forward with IVF.

who told you that statistic? your RE? whoever did should be tarred and feathered. the average success fate of IVF is 33% per cycle. period. money-grubbing REs that spout these insane statistics make my blood boil. and undoubtedly will only make you feel like shit when it doesn't work the first time. because you think "wow, i am the 30% failure rate" when in fact you are the majority. 

cshm11

Jodee37 said:

cshm11 said:

But our chances with IVF are estimated at 70% so we are just doing IUIs until we have our finances ready to move forward with IVF.

who told you that statistic? your RE? whoever did should be tarred and feathered. the average success fate of IVF is 33% per cycle. period. money-grubbing REs that spout these insane statistics make my blood boil. and undoubtedly will only make you feel like shit when it doesn't work the first time. because you think "wow, i am the 30% failure rate" when in fact you are the majority. 

I think their clinical data says 47% chance of success per cycle for all their patients under 35 for a SET, and 70-75% for transferring two embryos. My AMH is 6.84, LH 6.1 and FSH 6.4, and antral follicle count of 20. They said those were really good numbers and that I have a high chance of success. Where is the 33% per cycle data? I want to read up on it and figure out what's going on.

cshm11

This is the information another one of my IVF buddies sent me: https://www.acfs2000.com/pgs-ivf-success-rates.html

efhoping2010

You do have a higher rate of success with PGS/CCS tested embryos and a FET.

The high numbers in the article you sent are from the clinical pregnancy rate, the actual implantation rate is lower and I would be interested in the live birth or take home baby rate?  Those are not listed in the link you sent?

Plus sadly someone recently said they have transferred genetically tested embryos and still not had success.  So nothing is absolute.

That being said I am very envious of your CD 3 numbers!  WOW!

Good luck with everything

cshm11

efhoping2010 said:

You do have a higher rate of success with PGS/CCS tested embryos and a FET.

The high numbers in the article you sent are from the clinical pregnancy rate, the actual implantation rate is lower and I would be interested in the live birth or take home baby rate?  Those are not listed in the link you sent?

Plus sadly someone recently said they have transferred genetically tested embryos and still not had success.  So nothing is absolute.

That being said I am very envious of your CD 3 numbers!  WOW!

Good luck with everything

I know it's not a done deal, for sure. But I have to maintain hope because this is our only shot unless I can convince DH to spend $2700 for a FET if this fails and he has already said one shot only. So I may end up heartbroken, but I have to have hope or there's no point in trying. As for my CD 3 numbers, I hope they're a good sign because that's about all I've got going for me lol

sweetkendall

I'm a little late checking in but I've been enjoying the relative quiet of suppression on BC pills.  I'm on cycle day14 and day 12 of BC.  I should be starting Lupron on Tuesday.

Dinner tonight will probably be a grazing scrounge kind of meal as we have church from 4:15-7:30 and it's always a little crazy.  Eat what you can, when you can.

tortuga47

I'm way late on the check in, and I'm a newbie to this thread. I had been doing the KUWMO. I'm month 17 here. I had some wonky "cycles" some as long as 6 months, so I gave up and started going by months. Good news is I had a period in a somewhat normal time frame, so I'm optimistic this cycle

Dinner - Loaded baked potatoes