--- 2IF Weekly Check-in (August 17) ---

ellebelle2384

Cycle Status: QOTW: What is the longest road trip you've ever taken?

ellebelle2384

Cycle Status: Two more days of BCPs. I've been on Lupron since last Wednesday and will continue taking that. Once AF shows up I call the RE to get my FET calendar. It's looking like an early September FET if all goes well. QOTW: It's a tie. We drove from Philly to outside Toronto once which took almost 10 hours altogether with the border crossing. It also takes almost 10 hours to get from my grandparents' house in Maine to Philly. It feels like a whole waste of a day in the car!

NB817

CD 31 and 14dp IUI. I took a test yesterday and got a BFN. Now I'm waiting for AF so I can call RE.

QOTW: I've done the drive from CT to FL a few times which is 24 hours. I don't really recommend it cause it's exhausting! LOL.

1983Lindsey2

@ellebelle2384 yay!!! It's finally getting close! It's been a long road..... Majorly crossing everything for you!!!

@NB817 hugs!!! BFNs never get any easier.... Hang in there.

I am on my last week of birth control. I have my suppression check Friday and then will take my last bcp on Sunday! The stims begin Thursday the 27th.....FINALLY!!!!

QOTW: Longest road trip is probably from Seattle area to the Bend, OR area. We are actually going there on Saturday with my little guy who will be almost a year old for vacation for 5-6 nights (Depending on when we want to come home). Wish me luck on the 6 hour drive, which will probably be more like 8 hours with all our stops

Flamingemu

Follow up with the RE on Thursday afternoon.

QOTW: WV to Key West. I think it is 20 hours straight through. We took a break in DC and stopped for a few days in Ft Lauderdale. So it wasn't the full 20.

ellebelle2384

Hugs @NB817 and @Flamingemu. And wow, that is a long drive!

ErikaMG

@NB817 - big hugs. Continuing to root for you!

Cycle Status: DH goes in for tests this week. I started synthoid and if DH's results are good and my TSH level goes down below 2.5 in a few weeks then we'll do our first IUI (unmedicated) in late September.

QOTW: New York to California when I was a preteen. And then a few years later, California to New York. As an adult, NY to Florida and vice versa. The last road trip from Florida to NY was with my husband in 2010 and we made lots of fun stops. It was in May, and we stopped in Savannah, GA and I absolutely fell in love with it! The moss making canopies over the trees, the beautiful old cemeteries, the Victorian architecture... just breathtaking!

Davie813

@ellebelle2384, getting close--so excited for you!
@NB817, hugs.  I'm so sorry.
@1983Linsdey2, so glad you can finally get started!
@flamingemu, hugs.  I hope the appointment is helpful to you.
@ErikaMG, I hope everything checks out and you can go ahead with the IUI.  Good luck!

AFM, just got the call from my RE.  We have 3 normal embryos to work with, so we're planning on a September FET.  Gulp.

Frenchteachermama

Cycle Status:  Day 11 of stims today and I only have 2 follies growing (and 2 smaller that probably won't catch up).  After a lot of discussion between me, DH, and my awesome RE, we've decided to go through with the cycle because between my poor response and my broken uterus this will be my last IVF cycle so we might as well follow through until the end.  Feeling mostly numb....He wants me to continue to stim until Wed, trigger, and egg retrieval will be on Friday.  If you can spare some T&Ps, pray that my 2 make it to the end!

QOTW:  I've done Chicago to NYC and Chicago to Rochester NY many many times

Davie813

@Frenchteachermama, all the T&P for your follies (and for the stragglers to catch up).

Bperkun

T&P's for your 2 follies @frenchteachermama

GL @erikaMG

Hugs @NB817 and @Flamingemu.

You all don't mess around with your road trips. Those are some crazy long car rides!

Bperkun

Nothing new here. Still on BCPs waiting to start Lupron next week. 

Usually we drive from Chicago to Denver to visit family. Its around 14 hours. It's an easy drive but so boring through Iowa and Nebraska!

1983Lindsey2

@Frenchteachermama I have everything crossed that 2 is all you need

GK2009

FX for everyone waiting for results and prayers to everyone on the board!  Wishing you all strength and success!

My cycle status is that I am waiting for AF to arrive (it feels like any second!) and then I will go to my RE on CD2 to hopefully start injections-- this will be my 3rd IVF attempt.  I hope I can make it all the way through this time... but I'll take it one step at a time.  Of course, this is the week that my nurse is on vacation so I will be dealing with other nurses if I get the green light which is slightly annoying.

QOTW:  I am from NY and my family used to drive to Florida every year for winter break when we were growing up.  We had a cramped little car with parents, 2 kids and a dog all in the back seat for 2 days.  Surprisingly, it only brings back good memories of a fun trip!

AprilDrew04

I am mid cycle. Starting estrogen patches next week to gear up for this last IVF attempt.

QOTW: We spent our honeymoon on a road trip from Iowa to Salt Lake City, Utah then to Arizona then back to Iowa. We have also done the 20+ hours from Arizona to Iowa and back a few times when we lived in Arizona. Now our longest trips are 6 (or more depending on traffic) hours to visit my MIL in Michigan.