TGIF Check-In 4/22

mylittleversailles

What's happening? How is everyone? Anyone doing anything fun? Anyone taking it real easy? 

BornReady

Happy Friday everyone! I have a weekend of visiting family in store. My sister is visiting from Texas, so I am going to hang with her this weekend. I'm sure that will include taking some walks outside, eating out, cooking etc. Other than that not much. I started clomid yesterday for my first IUI cycle. I kind of feel like the Hulk, not knowing what it's going to do to me! I don't put much medication into my body, so I'm always a little afraid of what will happen next. Hopefully, just some healthy egg growing

Hope you all have a nice weekend!

fivetimesnoluck

I took another HPT this morning with DH before we left for work and it was also a BFN, so if that is confirmed by a call from my RE... then DH and I will likely enjoy some Mexican food and a margarita this evening. I am trying to not be too bummed. We have not typically had trouble conceiving, but it takes plenty of people more than one cycle. And, while it is another cycle of expense and another cycle of waiting, I will keep looking for the positives... I will finish my tattoo. I can keep working on my health and weight. I can get back to yoga for a couple of weeks.

@BornReady, my RE mentioned that he may add Clomid to my next cycle, so I am curious about the Hulk-like side effects! Do you feel big and bloated? Or are you wanting to go all angry Hulk-Smash on everything?

What are you up to, @reneeannemm? What's on your menu for the weekend?

I hope each of you have a wonderful weekend!

MooFish2364

Still having a rough time dealing with the impending death of my kitty. Having lots of anxiety and I'm not used to it. Just not enough time to heal between traumatic events. Sorry to be such a Debby Downer. 

I am am looking forward to trying to relax this weekend and spend some time with my sweet kitty even though it's hard to even look at her. 

@BornReady Happy egg growing thoughts to you!! 

SnobunnieMel

This weekend I am taking care of me! Short day at the hospital so mani pedi and then finally getting my memorial tattoo since I am benched right now. 

Tomorrow involves the dog park, rounds on patients, my first acupuncture appointment and the the annual Junior League White Party which I can drink all I want at now. 

Sunday is yoga, laundry, more work and I think trying to car shop to get rid of this beast of a truck I hate. 

@BornReady hope he clinic treats you and your eggs nice 

mylittleversailles

@fivetimesnoluck Ah, I'm sorry. Whatever comes next, you got this.

I'm thinking a new kind of Indian curry - maybe aloo gobi? I may also do some Ethiopian curry, especially if I can find good collard greens to make this. No baking, my imminent AF means I'll have a couple days of a sweet tooth and I'd rather not have it available when I can eat a half a cake emotionally. DH wants to make poppyseed bagels. I'm gonna search out a yoga routine for cramps, since I feel a little yucky and that might help. 

As for activities, not too sure. I kind of burnt myself out making so many damn perogies. I passed the hell out at around 10 pm last night. DH says I was incoherent. I do remember being very, very sleepy, very, very suddenly. Today, I'm taking it easy: playing Animal Crossing, talking with my grandma, maybe some reading.

This weekend, we're doing taxes which we didn't do last weekend. We've been playing Pictionary a lot - it is such a blast!

We'll be thrifting around for weird stuff to grow our tomatoes in - the planters that are deep enough at the garden centre are $50 a piece and we've got 16 tomato plants. I mean, I love tomatoes and all but not that much. I see some awesome ideas on You Grow Girl, so we'll be poking around town for some of them. We planted so many expecting half of them not to take, but they're all gorgeous.

I'm also a little socially exhausted, so just DH and I will be hanging out this weekend. My birthday is coming up, so I think I'll start planning the TACO PARTY menu, which is kind of seasonal tradition in our house.

edit: words etc

Spartanrd4

Not too many exciting plans. DH has a wedding tonight (he has a side job as a wedding photographer) so I will probably just lay low at home, do some laundry from his work trip and go to the grocery store. This weekend we will probably do more yard work and hopefully can convince DH to let us go to the zoo...they just opened a new penguin exhibit! I love penguins I like to go to the zoo early in the year when its not too hot and overcrowded- hope to avoid babies, kids and pregnant women as much as I can. 

BornReady

@fivetimesnoluck No Hulk side effects yet! So far, I just feel really warm, I wouldn't say hot-flash warm, but generally running warmer than usual. It's only been 1 day though, so I may be Hulk smashing things and doubled in size by day 5, only time will tell! 

yolandamunoz

Hello ladies

I am more often on the MC/Pregnancy Loss board, but this month I feel ready to try again.

i had a D&C for a blighted ovum first days of February. It was really hard for me and my husband to process this loss. I found lots of support and information here, and it has been really helpful to hang out here.

We are TTC starting this cycle, 2 periods after MC. So far I am feeling good and hopeful. My husband and I have faith that we will get our rainbow baby.

Of course I am anxious.. What do you guys do to cope with anxiety during your ovulation days?

hugs!
-Y

MooFish2364

@reneeannemm I love perogies! I've never made them before; are the difficult? I'm a pretty experienced cook/baker. 

@Spartanrd4 the new penguin exhibit is amazing! DH and I went Monday and it blew us away. It's way more then just looking at penguins. We were shocked at how cool it was. 

@yolandamunoz I do yoga. I don't know how much stress it really relieves, but it feels better to get my body moving. 

mylittleversailles

@MooFish2364 Not hard, no! Just a bit of work because there are so many steps. They are definitely something people tend to make a lot of in one day, rather than just making a few for dinner. 

@yolandamunoz Hello, welcome. I'm sorry for your loss. I concentrate on other people to keep the stress down, but try to balance it with lots of work on being the kindest, most gracious person I can personally be. @catiecatp and I are doing a 30 day yoga challenge on youtube, which everyone is always invited to get in on. 

MrsDramaK

So, I had my post-miscarriage follow up with the doctor today, he cleared us to start trying again whenever we want.  He did advise waiting for AF to come again so dating would be easier, but said ultimately the decision was ours.

Our doc is semi-lax which works for us, but he's also in to my charting and asked me to start faxing (I know he's so old school) him my charts every three months (if it takes that long once we start trying again).  DH wants to wait for AF to start trying again even though the doctor cleared us.  I'm letting him win this one cause I ovulated last week according to my temps, so there was no shot for this cycle anyway.

My MIL is an OB as well and both she and my OB recommended trying Clomid next cycle to improve my egg quality, cycle length, and progesterone levels.  I've read some Clomid horror stories on here, but we know my tubes are clear, I've had ultrasounds, and we know DH's swimmers are doing what they need to be doing, so we took the script, but haven't filled it yet.  I know unmonitored clomid cycles are pretty controversial around here and I do understand it's a dramatic first step since we know we can get pregnant, but if I can avoid another loss, I'd do just about anything to avoid that pain.

MWoodside

@fivetimesnoluck, I am sorry.

@Spartanrd4, the penguin exhibit is spectacular! Enjoy!

@yolandamunoz, I run or do yoga. I also up my omegas if I am feeling anxiety.

I am laying low this weekend mostly. Last weekend wore me out so I am still catching up on sleep and hope to go to bed early tonight. I was supposed to have a book club meeting tonight, but I didn't finish the book, which I feel so guilty about. Oh well. I've never done that before.

*TW- children mentioned*

Saturday night, a new-ish friend is having a bunch of us over to hear her naturopath lead a discussion about treating kids homeopathically. I am looking forward to that b/c I really like her and she has had a lot of great things to say about this dr.

Sunday is church and hopefully a run alone.

I hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

fivetimesnoluck

Thanks, ladies. AF just showed up. What a bitch.

She has also been far more unpleasant in recent cycles than ever before. Like today, I have had sharp lower back pain and cramps before I even started. Have never felt that back pain before, or if I have, it was so long ago that I don't remember it. I just want to go home so badly. If I had a car here today, I would be gone. But in another shitty turn, DH's car is still not fixed so we are sharing and I have to wait for him to come pick me up.

So that I don't just sound like the biggest whiner ever, I will say the positive is I texted my tattoo shop and asked if they had any cancellations/opening before I was scheduled for the end of next week. They did! I am going in tomorrow at 1:30 to finish my back and I am so excited. It will be cathartic.

MWoodside

@fivetimesnoluck, I cannot wait to see the finished product! It's so beautiful so far.

roxgibbons

@fivetimesnoluck I'm so sorry about the BFN and AF showing up. Enjoy that margarita tonight
@BornReady good luck with the upcoming IUI- hope you respond well and this is your month
@SnobunnieMel your weekend sounds nice an relaxing and accupunture is amazing. I love it!
@yolandamunoz nice to see you here. I workout to battle stress but am thinking of adding yoga to the mix

I hope the rest of your have a great weekend. 

AFM: This weekend should be pretty chilled out and I am looking forward to trying out some new recipes in my Whole 30 cookbook. I have a couple workouts planned and I'm also meeting up with some girlfriends this weekend for a dinner, so it will be nice to catch up.  

emmaleighbug

I have a very productive weekend planned for myself, to keep my mind off of the 'am-i-or-not' game. I did take a test this morning (and on my lunch hour which was stupid, but I'm obsessed), which was negative. I am 9 DPO, and I think I'll keep testing every day until AF shows up, which is supposed to be Tuesday. I've suddenly found myself in possession of an obnoxious amount of HPTs

edit:: not sure why my comment cut off in the middle... Frustrating. Basically I'll be gardening and DIYing house projects all weekend. 

I also mentioned that I just have a feeling about this month...which is probably because this is the first cycle since our loss in September that I have really jumped in with both feet and with my heart on the line. But if it ends up being a BFN through next week, I'll be fine too. I know there are things I should be doing to better prepare my body for a pregnancy, so if I'm not pregnant, I'll have another chance to focus on that. Optimism.

catiecatp

Plans? well today I met with my naturopath - we've made some changes to my vitamins that will take effect CD13 (I'm CD9 today) so I'm glad I bumped my appointment up - though CD14 wouldn't have made much of a difference. 

Tomorrow I have to give another 8am exam - seriously 2 Saturdays in the whole exam period - I have 2 classes, so 2 exams and I get both freakin' Saturday 8am slots?! Oh well - not much I can do about it.

I need to research Universal City TX because I have an interview next week and need to be prepared, and also mentally start to figure out if we'd actually want to move there - if anyone knows anything about it I'd love to hear more - politics, news etc included - good or bad. It is located near San Antonio (according to google it is about 20-30 minutes away I think).

A short run tonight - yoga continues (completed day 14 today - @reneeannemm mentioned we're doing a yoga thing on youtube - yoga with Adriene 30 day challenge - some days are short (12 minutes) and none have been much over 33 minutes). 

Knottie1459524222

DH and I have plans for a much needed date night tomorrow! I'm so excited to do something fun for a change, other than sitting at home watching TV on a Saturday night. Dinner and off to see The Jungle Book  
I'm half way thru my TWW (plan on testing next Friday if no AF) and I've decided to continue to live my life until I see that BFP. I'm so tired of restricting myself, so I'm definitely looking forward to a glass of wine (or two) tomorrow night! 
Heres to hoping the next week flies by!!

cjs260

@emmaleighbug What a great outlook. I feel like I'm going to *try* adopt that. 

@fivetimesnoluck I'm sorry about the bad day. You enjoy your session tomorrow. 

I'm having a treat yo'self day tomorrow. Shopping, pedicure, and date night. Baking cookies for my referees of my grant on Sunday!