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NeonNoonNeonNoon member
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Hey y'all :)


I'm very excited because DH and I decided to TTC #1 last month.  I'm a couple of months away from turning 35 and I wish I had started trying sooner, but life just didn't turn out that way.  I love my new adopted city, Houston, TX, but don't really have a social network here.  My closest friends live far away and don't have kids/aren't having any. So, I am very happy to have found this forum!


DH is 42 and we've been married for 5 years.  We both went Paleo/Primal a couple of years ago due to some intestinal problems.  I've been temping and recently started an exercise program after, ahem, a fitness lull.  My biggest challenge right now is coming to grips with the emotional roller coasters of the TWW cycles.  I am also trying to quit coffee and have managed to go down to 1/2 a cup a day.. but I'm not sure the world can handle me sans coffee.


Your posts are very valuable to me even when I'm just reading/not posting. So, thank you :)


NeonNoon

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  • lgsdesignerlgsdesigner member
    Hi Neon, and welcome to the board! I am also 34 (will be 35 on July 2nd), and we aren't going to be TTC officially until the first week of September (the week of our wedding), but I am charting and taking advice for now. :)

    Good luck to you!
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  • CaraHCaraH member
    Welcome. I hope your stay is short!
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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    Hello and welcome :)

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • hooligans4hooligans4 member
    Welcome and good luck. I feel your pain on quitting the coffee. I switched to decaf but I'm not willing to give it up completely.

      Me:39, DH:40

    DD born 8/96, DS born 8/04

    TTC#3

    NTNP since 2006, active trying 1/13

    Natural M/C 3/13 at 7 weeks

    CP 2/14

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  • URMySunshine77URMySunshine77 member
    Greetings! Your name reminds me of the Brooks and Dunn song "Neon Moon." Did that inspire your name? 

    I also sympathize with your coffee issue. I drink two mugs of half-caf each morning. However, I really feel that I should go to one or none, even before a BFP. Argh, it's so hard to give up. I mean, I need at least one vice in my life!  ;;)

    Please post! We love new contributors. I hope that your stay on here is short. Take care.

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  • tlc35tlc35 member
    Welcome to the board!  I lived in Houston for a year and enjoyed it there.
    Me: 37                                               
    DH: 45
    BFP #1 3/19/14  EDD 11/29/14 MMC D&C 4/24/14
    BFP #2  12/4/14 Beta #1 218 at 12dpo Beta #2 1055 at 16dpo
    Saw heartbeat 12/29.  Please be a rainbow.
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  • NeonNoonNeonNoon member
    Thank you all for the warm welcome.

    @URMySunshine77 It is after a song.. but a very different one.  It's called Neon Noon by Kasabian.

    I'll do my best to contribute :)
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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    @URMySunshine77‌ ha that was my first thought!! The N should be an M lol. Love that song :)

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • TAT2MAMITAT2MAMI member
    Welcome to the board! I hope your stay is short! ;)
    Me: 38 ~  DH: 38 ~   DD: 8
    TTC #2 since March/April 2014.
     
     
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  • KateLouiseKateLouise member
    Welcome to the board, and best wishes TTC. The ladies here are great!
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  • meredithcarolemeredithcarole member
    Welcome to the board. I am a displaced Texan (I am in FL). Glad you are liking your new home!
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    AMA 35 :  DH 33
    BFP#1 1/26/14 (EDD: 10/7/14).  MMC 3/10/14 D&C 3/14/14
    RE Consult 11/3/14 - AMH 2.25 "great" . FSH 7.10 . Low Vitamin D
    Myomectomy 12/17/14.  Benched until March.

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  • kelley72kelley72 member
    NeonNoon !  Hope your stay is short and sweet!  I cut back on coffee while ttc mostly to prepare for a further reduction while pg but DO NOT cut it out completely... that's just me though I encourage and support ladies to do what makes them feel most positive!
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  • AustrogermokeeAustrogermokee member
    Welcome! I had to give up caffeine last year due to migraines, and it was BRUTAL. I was irritable, tired, and cranky. But now I'm down to just one cup of Darjeeling tea a day, or sometimes a small glass of Coke as a treat. 

    The best part is that now when I need caffeine to work, it WORKS. One cup of coffee and I'm wired for hours.
    Me: 38 DH: 40 TTC#1 (and likely only) since 9/13. Saw RE 5/14, SA good, AMH 2.36, FSH 7.2, estradiol 69.6 indicating good egg reserve. Using OPKs. First Letrozole cycle 6/14, a burst cyst and a BFN. Second Letrozole cycle 7/14, BFN. 

    Update 11/14 - had laparoscopy 10/28, good news is that my uterus and left tube look good, and they were able to drain the cyst on my left ovary. Bad news is that right tube and ovary have endo and scar tissue, so they're pretty useless.. Best news is that we finally have some answers and a path forward. Taking 7.5 mg letrozole CD 2-6 to put that good left ovary through its paces. 

    UPDATE 2/2015 - We switched to another fertility clinic, but fortunately we don't have to start all over. We're doing two cycles of Clomid plus IUI, if neither of those take, we'll do IVF in April, potentially with ICSI. (DH's SA has gone downhill, likely due to excessive exercise.) IUI#1 2/25/15....
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  • Lesliem0901Lesliem0901 member
    Welcome to the board! Caffeine withdrawal stinks...I just did it last month. I do sneak an iced coffee every once in awhile, because I love it and that's how I roll. :)
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    TTC#1 since June 2012

    Dx: Unexplained Infertility / AMA

    BFP after 4th IUI cycle with Gonal F + Ovidrel on March 2014 | EDD 12/7/14 | MMC on 4/14/14 

    IUI#5 with Gonal F and Ovidrel trigger on 6/6 - BFN

    On to IVF #1 with a new RE. Started Gonal F and Menopur on 8/15.  Added Ganirelix on 8/24. Trigger on 8/26 for ER on 8/28. 8R 7M 3F.  Transferred all 3 on 8/31. BFP on 9/11 | EDD 5/20/15 - Beta #1: 56.7. Beta #2: 97. Beta #3: 1148. Beta #4: 3559. Beta #4: 7678. MMC confirmed on 10/13. D&C on 10/14 at 9w. Confirmed male with Trisomy 14.

    On to IVF #2 in March. CCS Testing on 2 embies. No go. Waiting to start IVF #3 in July. Surprise BFP on 6/14! EDD - 2/20/16 - Beta #1: 121.4. Beta #2: 236.4. Beta #3: 2014.

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  • latershraderlatershrader member
    Welcome! Good luck cutting out the coffee. Maybe go to half caff? I'm not help because I'm not supposed to drink caffiene but I still have my one small cup each morning. I can't help it!

    Hope your TTC journey is a short one!
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    Me: 40 DH: 38
    TTC since November 2012
    BFP IUI Cycle 2 Dec 2016
    Baby Boy Due Sept 12 2017
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  • Davie813Davie813 member
    Welcome and good luck!
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    Me: 41, DH: 45
    DD, 6/15/2013
    TTC #2 beginning January 2014
    AMH 1.05; FSH range 7-11

    July 2014: IUI #1.  Follistim + Pregnyl.  2 follicles--BFN
    September 2014: IUI #2.  Follistim + Pregnyl + Ganirelix + Crinone.  4(?) follicles--BFN
    October 2014: IUI #3.  More Follistim + More Ganirelix + Pregnyl + Crinone.  4 follicles--BFP!  Beta #1=10 Beta #2=33 Beta #3=97 Beta #4=158.  M/C 11/1/14
    December 2014: IVF #1.  Microdose Lupron protocol.  9R, 9M, 9F.  3 5-day blasts transferred 12/15. BFFN.
    April 2015: IVF #2.  Microdose Lupron protocol.  16R, 15M, 12F. Transferred 2 5-day blasts 4/12 and froze 4--BFP!  M/C 5/25/15
    August 2015: IVF #3.  14R, 13M, 11F.  Froze 5 blasts for CCS testing.  3 normals.  FET planned for 10/2015.



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  • RadiantlyRadiantly member
    Welcome ! I quit coffee too and had some yesterday - I was up till 1:30am! I think the half-life of coffee affects me so strongly even though I had it in the AM.
    TTC#1 since Aug 2013, I'm 37, DH 41.  
    Maya Arvigo Abdominal massage (daily self care), plus TTC meditations.
    I'm very sensitive to diet (gluten, avoid processed foods) and environment. Have a history of inflammation and tendinitis before going off gluten in 2009.  
    July 2014 - RE Visit #1: Eggs look good, Endometrioma on R ovary, HSG showed blocked R tube close to ovary. DH SA normal 
    DX: Endometriosis probably the IF cause and gunking up tubes.  Since egg reserve is high, RE says I can wait a couple months and then get laproscopic surgery to remove endo & clear tube.  If that doesn't help then move to IVF. 
    Dec 2014 - Saw new RE - does not recommend surgery on tube as it isn't likely to help.  Doubts I have endometriosis.  My endometrioma shrunk to neglible size (yay!) 
    Seriously considering IVF in March/April
    12/17/14 - Natural BFP! 
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  • Davie813Davie813 member
    Radiantly said:
    Welcome ! I quit coffee too and had some yesterday - I was up till 1:30am! I think the half-life of coffee affects me so strongly even though I had it in the AM.
    That's me!  DH cuts me off at 1/2 a cup.  Good to know I'm not the only lightweight!
    *****Signature/Ticker Warning******

    Me: 41, DH: 45
    DD, 6/15/2013
    TTC #2 beginning January 2014
    AMH 1.05; FSH range 7-11

    July 2014: IUI #1.  Follistim + Pregnyl.  2 follicles--BFN
    September 2014: IUI #2.  Follistim + Pregnyl + Ganirelix + Crinone.  4(?) follicles--BFN
    October 2014: IUI #3.  More Follistim + More Ganirelix + Pregnyl + Crinone.  4 follicles--BFP!  Beta #1=10 Beta #2=33 Beta #3=97 Beta #4=158.  M/C 11/1/14
    December 2014: IVF #1.  Microdose Lupron protocol.  9R, 9M, 9F.  3 5-day blasts transferred 12/15. BFFN.
    April 2015: IVF #2.  Microdose Lupron protocol.  16R, 15M, 12F. Transferred 2 5-day blasts 4/12 and froze 4--BFP!  M/C 5/25/15
    August 2015: IVF #3.  14R, 13M, 11F.  Froze 5 blasts for CCS testing.  3 normals.  FET planned for 10/2015.



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