Now that Thanksgiving is over... can we do a holiday poll? I need a pick me up this morning!
1. Tree: real or fake?
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate?
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside?
4. Favorite holiday movie?
5. Favorite holiday food?
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year?
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)?
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays?
Re: Holiday Poll
1. Tree: real or fake? Fake...I'm all about saving trees :-)
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? Every single one, except the bedroom
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? Sure do!
4. Favorite holiday movie? A Christmas Story
5. Favorite holiday food? My MIL's Polish food, and my Grandma's sweet potato's
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? Nope-maybe next year
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? A spa day!
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? Relaxing
after anovulatory diagnosis and TTC for 1 1/2yrs with several medicated cycles and one chemical pregnancy, we have our first bundle of joy!
IT'S A GIRL!
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1. Tree: real or fake? real
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? any room i can, lol
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? yup
4. Favorite holiday movie? prancer
5. Favorite holiday food? stuffing!
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? yes
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? a digital slr
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? spending time w/ the fam
1. Tree: real or fake? Real
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? Just the living room
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? Yes, I just did on Sunday
4. Favorite holiday movie? Christmas Vacation
5. Favorite holiday food? Christmas Cookies
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? Yes, soon
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? A new wine fridge
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? All the parties and gatherings
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1. Fake... we tried a real one 2 years ago but we just don't have the room for a really nice one. Last year we found a nice, prelit, skinny tree that fits perfectly.
2. Living room, dining room and kitchen (although for that we usually just change the dish towels to holiday ones!
3. You bet... and with the amount of money we spend at Target each year on lights in about 5 years our house will resemble the Griswald's...
4. I love holiday movies! Hard to pick one....the claymation ones are great, Elf, Christmas Vacation and of course all the Hallmark ones!
5. My family makes these things called Fritz which I think is really just fried bread...soo good! Also I am a sucker for sugar cookies
6. Definitely
7. Nook
8. Spending time with family and hosting our annual Christmas party.
1. Tree: real or fake? real
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? Living room, family room, kitchen and bathroom.
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? sometimes yes, sometimes no
4. Favorite holiday movie? Christmas Story
5. Favorite holiday food? my mom's potato and cheese casserole
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? Not sure, I'm thinking no.
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? A new flat iron.
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? spending time with my family
TTC Since 2/2009
2/2010 - 5/2010 Testing with OBGYN
8/2010 First RE Appointment
11/2010 Second Opinion RE Appointment
12/2010 Clomid + IUI #1 = BFN
1/2011 Clomid + IUI #2 = BFN
2/2011 Clomid + IUI #3 = BFN
5/2011 IVF #1, ET 6/2, Beta 6/15 = BFN
8/2011 FET ET 9/12 = BFN :0(
On a break to save money.
1/2012 IVF #2 ER 1/12, ET 1/15, Beta 1/27 = BFFN
4/2012 FET ET ??/?? =
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Now that Thanksgiving is over... can we do a holiday poll? I need a pick me up this morning!
1. Tree: real or fake? Fake
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? Living room, dining room
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? Yes
4. Favorite holiday movie? A Christmas Story, The Grinch and Charlie Brown
5. Favorite holiday food? Cookies
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? Yes
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? A digital camera with zoom lens
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? Christmas breakfast
TTC since March 2009 // Me and DH - 28
Testing Summer/Fall 2010 - Unexplained IF
IUIs #1-4 ~ Clomid/Ovidrel/TI/IUI ~ all BFNs
IUI #5 ~ Femara/Ovidrel/TI/IUI ~ BFN
IUIs #6-9 ~ Research Study Meds/Pregnyl/TI/IUI ~ all BFNs
IVF Consultation, More Testing
Diagnostic Cycle ~ Mucinex/Progesterone/TI ~ BFN
IVF #1 ~ Menopur/Bravelle/Ganirelix/Novarel/Progesterone/Lupron
7R, 6F // 2 transferred // 3 frosties ~ BFN
FET #1 ~ Estrace/PIO/Lupron
3 thawed // 2 transferred // 1 lost // no more frosties ~ BFP!!
Beta #1 - 456 // Beta #2 - 1176 // Beta #3 - 2933 // Beta #4 - 6753
EDD: May 16, 2013
Bedrest for SCH // 6w2d through 10w1d
Elevated TSH and Lazy Thyroid DX @ 10w - Started Synthroid
Finally released from RE at 13w
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1. Tree: real or fake? Fake - it's just easier.
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? Living/dinign room (this is where the tree is) and the family room mantle.
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? Yes, we have lights on the roof line of the house and a lite-up moose and present in the yard.
4. Favorite holiday movie? Christmas Vacation
5. Favorite holiday food? Hmm... I'm not sure. Cookies I guess
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? Yes, I need to get moving on that asap. I write a letter every year.
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? A small black Coach purse for when we go out to dinner and DH already bought it on sale a couple of weeks ago. I won't get it til Christmas though.
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? Spending time with friends and family. Also, sitting in the living room with the tree lit-up and candles lit, just makes me feel warm and cozy.
1. Tree: real or fake? real...I need that smell
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? living room, dining room, kitchen, family room and main bathroom
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? Absolutely. Also reindeer and a sleigh
4. Favorite holiday movie? Home for the Holidays...hilarious
5. Favorite holiday food? ham and pineapple casserole
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? I have never done Christmas cards, not sure I ever will
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? refridgerator
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? seeing the joy on a child's face when you get them "that" gift
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1. Tree: real or fake? Fake. Living in Colorado it is too much work to keep a real one alive.
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? Living room and DD's bedroom (she has a Disney Princess tree she puts up every year).
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? Yep and they are already up!
4. Favorite holiday movie? A Christmas Story
5. Favorite holiday food? Egg Nog
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? Yes
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? DH and I just bought a new sofa for the family room so that is our present to each other.
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? Baking cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve with DD and making the Reindeer food along with the look on her face when she sees presents under the tree on Christmas morning.
Fun!!
1. Tree: real or fake? Fake. We almost bought a real one this year but we weren't sure how the dogs would do with it. We didn't want it to become their personal in-door potty.
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? The main living area and my scrapbook room. I spend a lot of time up there making presents!
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? We did a few years ago but haven't since. It was so much work!
4. Favorite holiday movie? Home Alone
5. Favorite holiday food? The bacon desserts we make every year
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? Yep! Should be here today so I can start addressing them!
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? A Tiffany necklace.
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? The decorations. I just love how warm and inviting they make the house feel.
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11/10 - Clomid Round 1 = BFN
12/10 - Clomid Round 2 = BFN
1/11 - Voluntary Break = BFN (duh)
2/11 - Clomid Round 3 = BFN
3/11 - Femara + IUI = BFP * Beta#1=56 * Beta#2=266
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1. Tree: real or fake? fake
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? living room, dining room (which is attached to the LR) and some holiday dish towels
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? I'm hoping to. Last year we had just gotten the house at this time so we didn't. but this year we're not working so it's hard to go spend all that money on lights.
4. Favorite holiday movie? Scrooged. and Mickey's Christmas Carol.
5. Favorite holiday food? peppermint bark
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? yep... I better get to work on those.
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? a Nook. (and the different feet for my sewing machine that my MIL is getting me)
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? usually it's knowing when I got the right gift for the right person and seeing their face when they open it. I'm really not feeling it this year though.
1. Tree: real or fake? Fake
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? Living Room and Kitchen. I also put some decorative candles and centerpieces on the the entertainment center and coffee table in the entertainment room/man cave and I also put some smaller things on the bathroom counter.
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? I am trying to convince DH to do that this year. I bought some yesterday to convince him.
4. Favorite holiday movie? I can't remember the name of it but it has the girl in it from Touched by an Angel and some rich guy rents her and her daughter for a few days and they end up falling in love.
5. Favorite holiday food? Dressing.
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? Yep. I'm making them.
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? black diamond and diamond ring
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? Buying gifts for everyone.
**TTC since 10/2009** **BFP 4/15/12- Dx Molar Pregnancy- Surgery 5/15/12 & 5/22/12** **BFP 1/23/14- 1st Beta (1/24/14) 171 2nd Beta (1/28/14) 860**
1. Tree: real or fake? Real
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? living room, dining room and kitchen
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? yes!
4. Favorite holiday movie? It's a Wonderful Life
5. Favorite holiday food? ALL of it!
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? nope
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? Health!!
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? everyone's in a cheeful mood (usually), spending time with family and friends!
1. Tree: real or fake? Fake. We did have a real one a few years ago, but our house is tiny and it's hard to find one to fit
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? The living room mostly
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? Yes, my DH put them up over the weekend
4. Favorite holiday movie? Love Actually
5. Favorite holiday food? Christmas cookies, hands down
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? Yep, just picked out a super cute one!
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? A Louis Vuitton (I think Santa finds a plastic bag just as sufficient)
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? Spending time with family and friends. And of course, the annual cookie exchange I host with my mom.
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2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? Living room & dining room
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? Not this year, we are in an apartment
4. Favorite holiday movie? The Elf
5. Favorite holiday food? Nothing in particular comes to mind
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? Yes
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? A Dyson Vac - our only "gift" to each other. We ordered it Saturday! Yes, I actually wanted a vacuum for Christmas!
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? Christmas Mass, it is so beautiful.
Married my best friend 05.27.06
BFP!!! 2/6/11 Super Bowl Sunday!
Expecting our first, a little boy, somewhere around 10/18/11!
2/7/11 beta #1 212.73
2/11/11 beta #2 1,633
2/15/11 beta #3 7,308 progesterone 12.69
We do that too! I consider it decorating. Well, that plus my Christmas ornament cookie jar!
Married my best friend 05.27.06
BFP!!! 2/6/11 Super Bowl Sunday!
Expecting our first, a little boy, somewhere around 10/18/11!
2/7/11 beta #1 212.73
2/11/11 beta #2 1,633
2/15/11 beta #3 7,308 progesterone 12.69
We do this too! It started as a tradition with my parents, but I do it with ubs now. We also do Christmas pj's every year on Christmas eve - my Dad has always done this and continues even though I'm 28. I love it though.
Married my best friend 05.27.06
BFP!!! 2/6/11 Super Bowl Sunday!
Expecting our first, a little boy, somewhere around 10/18/11!
2/7/11 beta #1 212.73
2/11/11 beta #2 1,633
2/15/11 beta #3 7,308 progesterone 12.69
1. Tree: real or fake? Fake
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? Living and Dining Rooms
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? Yes, thats DH's job.
4. Favorite holiday movie? Christmas Vacation
5. Favorite holiday food? My reverse chocolate chip cookies! YUM!!
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? Yup
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? The Ice Cream attachment for my Kitchenaid mixer
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? Shopping and Christmas Music
We started this last year too! It's fun b/c people in our neighborhood go all out with their lights.
After 2 1/2 years TTC, 3 IUI's, endo, and a lap, a surprise BFP brought us Alexandra Marie!
TTC #1 Since 2/2008
Dx: Hyperprolactinemia and Unexplained
Parlodel 2.5 mg (1 Tab M,W,F; 1/2 tab the other days); Folic Acid; Prenatals
All 5 Clomid cylces resulted in BFN; no more Clomid.
Laparoscopy Scheduled 1/11/11: Path report showed minor inflammation and infection.
3/30/11 Biopsy results: cervial and endometrial pathologies normal; one pathology came back abnormal with 5 rare cells from the endometritis
Cycles 1-5 of Follistim, Novarel, Progesterone = BFN
Surprise BFP 11/18/11
Beta #1 208, p4 7.4; Beta #2 1846.20, p4 16.1
u/s #1 12/2/11 Heart rate 126 bpm measuring at 3mm
Now that Thanksgiving is over... can we do a holiday poll? I need a pick me up this morning!
1. Tree: real or fake? REAL!
2. What rooms of your house do you decorate? Living room, family room
3. Do you put up Christmas lights outside? DH does!
4. Favorite holiday movie? Christmas Vacation
5. Favorite holiday food? All of it and wine
6. Are you sending out a Christmas card this year? always do!
7. What is one thing on your Christmas list this year (besides a BFP of course)? I am not sure.
8. What is your favorite part of the holidays? I love everything - seeing family, the air, the snow, the music, the movies, the coziness, the spiked egg nog, decorating the tree, making memories.
TTC #2 since June '08
~*DD 10.21.07*~
dx unexplained
IUI #1-4 BFN
IVF#1 June 2011 BFN
IVF#2 Dec 2011
Beta#1 12/21 : 812 Beta#2 12/23 : 1634
EDD 8/25
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