Weekly Check-In

ksgsmu

Hope everyone is having a good week!  This check in is for anyone on the board.  There is a new check in for ladies over 40 but you are welcome to post both places if you want.  Please intro on the main board before checking in so we can "meet" you!

1. Your Name or Screen Name ( not full names)  and State you are from

2.   How long have you been TTC? 

3.  Where are you in your cycle? If in the 2ww  when will you test? ( Waiting to O, 2WW etc)

4.  Experiencing any weird  "phantom" symptoms ladies in your 2ww?

5.  How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)


QOTW:
If you could go back 10 years and tell yourself anything what would it be and why?

ksgsmu

1. KSGSMU  ( Katy from Texas)

2.   How long have you been TTC?  ugh 19 months now... 6 since MC

3.  I am in the middle of stims on my first IVF cycle

4.  nope

5.  I am really scared about this cycle.  IVF is so expensive and there are so many point of failure that could happen.  I am trying to stay positive but it is hard.


QOTW:
If you could go back 10 years and tell yourself anything what would it be and why?  honestly I would tell myself to marry my DH sooner and start for a family right away.

latershrader

1. Your Name or Screen Name ( not full names)  and State you are from:

Leanna from Virginia

2.   How long have you been TTC?  

Over a  year.

3.  Where are you in your cycle? If in the 2ww  when will you test? ( Waiting to O, 2WW etc)

Waiting to O. Testing this cycle; HSG was just pushed to Tuesday. I wonder if it's a big deal that it's going to be CD13 when I do the test.

4.  Experiencing any weird  "phantom" symptoms ladies in your 2ww?

N/A

5.  How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
I feel like I'm going to be out since we can't BD before the HSG. But you never know I suppose.

QOTW:
If you could go back 10 years and tell yourself anything what would it be and why?

I really wouldn't change anything. I just wish I could have met my husband sooner than I did...which is funny cause we went to the same high school and he knew my brother back then. Oh well!

jchickiem

1. Your Name or Screen Name ( not full names)  and State you are from: Jennifer from Texas

2.   How long have you been TTC?  TTC#2 since October 2012

3.  Where are you in your cycle? If in the 2ww  when will you test? ( Waiting to O, 2WW etc) I'm technically in the TWW, but my temp dropped below cover this morning.

4.  Experiencing any weird  "phantom" symptoms ladies in your 2ww?  I had many phantom symptoms on 8, 9, and 10 DPO. I really felt like my body was trying to make something happen. (I even got a little shadow of something on 9 DPO, but nothing today, of course.)

5.  How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc) No longer hopeful. I was so very convinced I was pregnant yesterday morning, but by yesterday afternoon, I started cramping and the pregnant feeling started subsiding.  Progesterone is such a goofy hormone.


QOTW:
If you could go back 10 years and tell yourself anything what would it be and why? Wow. First of all, I wouldn't want to do anything to change the fact that me and my husband have our son. I love them both so much.  But just for fun: there are many things. . . .mainly because ten years ago, in 2004, I made some decisions that I regret.  Here are the highlights: 1) Don't bother chasing after the grad school crush. Sure you'll go out on lots of fun, lighthearted dates, but he's not into you. He is only a friend. Really. Waste of time and cause of unwarranted heartache. 2) Don't apply for that doctoral program. It was a waste of money, time, emotion, and you won't use the degree for a damn thing.  3) I wish you would have managed your weight better. Sure, it is a daily struggle, but you don't understand the problems you caused your future self.  4) Your dad is going to die in a couple of years. It will be the worst thing you've ever been through.  (Okay, I knew my dad was sick and spent lots of time with him and enjoyed him. I'm not sure how I could have made this any better except the excessive eating and spending money in the months following his death.  I just couldn't deal.)  5) You know your brother's friend? Notice him, please. He is the real love of your life, and has had a thing for you for a long time. Now THAT's the good thing that is going to work out.

tl:dr: Sorry about the dear diary entry. This is something I've been dealing with a lot emotionally lately and the PMS is making me very emotional and contemplative.

on42

1. Sarah, Washington State
2. 8 cycles +
3. I'm in the TWW. Today is 1 DPO.
4. I don't have symptoms. I do have a nasty reaction from the hCG shot though. I haven't had much of an appetite lately, but I think that's from anxiety.
5. I am feeling hopeful. I was shocked to have any mature eggs, let alone two. I'm also distracted, and this will definitely be the hardest TWW.

If you could go back 10 years and tell yourself anything what would it be and why?
I needed to go through what I went through 10+ years ago, and I would tell myself to just keep pushing through. That lead me to where I am today, and it lead me to meeting my fella, and I wouldn't change any of that.

Lady2010

1. Your Name or Screen Name ( not full names)  and State you are from:

Lady2010 from Boston

2.   How long have you been TTC?  

Since Mar 2012

3.  Where are you in your cycle? If in the 2ww  when will you test? ( Waiting to O, 2WW etc)

I believe today is Ovulation since the OPK was high Monday and peak Tues/Weds.  

4.  Experiencing any weird  "phantom" symptoms ladies in your 2ww?

N/A

5.  How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc)
We are on our own this cycle as I had a failed IVF last cycle and have to take a month 'off'.  Not overly optimistic since we haven't had any success thus far but you never know.

QOTW:
If you could go back 10 years and tell yourself anything what would it be and why?

Not sure I would change anything... if anything just not to wait several years before trying to start a family.  We got married in 2010 and didn't start trying until 2012.  (but that is more recent than 10 years ago)

KateLouise

1. Your Name or Screen Name ( not full names)  and State you are from Kate from NZ

2.   How long have you been TTC?  Around 4 cycles. Took a month off for religious reasons. Starting back into this cycle.

3.  Where are you in your cycle? If in the 2ww  when will you test? ( Waiting to O, 2WW etc) Period is due tomorrow.

4.  Experiencing any weird  "phantom" symptoms ladies in your 2ww? NA

5.  How do you feel about this cycle? (Are you hopeful, anxious... etc) Super excited to get started TTC again. Hopeful, but also very relaxed about whatever happens.


QOTW:
If you could go back 10 years and tell yourself anything what would it be and why? That  all that time spent having "me time" and "couple time" and doing whatever waste of time stuff I was doing, will bring you nothing compared to the joy your children will bring you. Don't put off starting a family for so long. (In no way suggesting that other people who delay starting a family are wasting their time, but in MY case I wasted years and achieved very little)

Davie813

@jchickiem, I was about to post some very similar stuff about grad school in my "do-over" section--too funny. Ah, well, at least I'll always have my massive student loans. . Hope you avoided those, at least!

What was your field, if you don't mind my asking?

Davie813

1. Davie813, Chicago

2. First cycle actively TTC #2; waited a few months for cycle to regulate.

3. Just got + opk today. Woo!

4. NA

5. Hopeful, but not expecting too much (it's the first cycle, after all.)

6. Oh, several things. Mostly, I wish I had studied something more practical. It would be great to have in-demand career skills, to compensate for my personality :P

kindershlitz

1. Kindershlitz-MI
2. August '13. Hitting the dr office if this doesn't work
3. We are in 'the zone'
4. NA
5. Hopeful and looking forward to seeking interventions if this isn't our month.
6. Don't buy a house! The bubble is about to burst! *also still paying student loans

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jchickiem

@jchickiem, I was about to post some very similar stuff about grad school in my "do-over" section--too funny. Ah, well, at least I'll always have my massive student loans. . Hope you avoided those, at least! What was your field, if you don't mind my asking?</ It was an EdD program, and I applied for it and really didn't expect to get in, but I did. I did the work. I graduated. I paid for most of it myself and had a loan or two, which are paid off. I just had no money in savings when all was said and done, and I really regret that. I also shopped to cope with the stress, so there was also the credit card debt. . . .I guess I didn't make any life altering stupid decisions, I just used moderately poor judgement a few too many times. Uhg.

PrivateOne

1. PrivateOne - CT

2. TTC #1 since 2009.

3. Prepping for IVF #2 with 3 weeks of bcps.

4. NA

5.  Hopeful, but scared in the back of my mind because of the outcome I had with IVF#1

QOTW:  I started dating my DH early in 2004 (he is hubby #2 after a divorcing #1 in 2002).  I never gave fertility a thought back then.  This would be my advice to that 34 yo version of myself.....Don't wait to TTC. Don't wait to see an RE. Don't wait to start IVF.