TTCAL check in

shandorfml2

Welcome to TTCAL CheckIn!

I hope I can find you all well and positive this week! Please don't be shy in asking the PGAL/PAL ladies questions if you have them.

Where are you in your TTCAL journey? 

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming?

QOTW: How many children did you want to have when you were younger? does having an angel baby change that?

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?

shandorfml2

Where are you in your TTCAL journey?  cd 23  1dpo

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? july 21st seeing OB if not pregnant

QOTW: How many children did you want to have when you were younger? does having an angel baby change that?  When I was young, I wanted three. 2 boys and a girl. H just wanted 2 or more cause he was an only child. Then over the years we've upped it, 4 or 5. With Ana passing away...I'm thinking having three on earth, one in heaven. This is of course if I am able to get pregnant and have healthy pregnancies. I've always wanted to adopt as well. If everything went how I want it (aside from having Ana alive) would be to have 2 or 3 more babies, then adopt one.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?Well, I ovulated which is good. We had marathon sex so I'm glad for a break lol. We had good timing so I hope it works. If we do get pregnant, the baby would be born around Ana's birthday. Bitter sweet. I wouldn't want the same day, but a few before would be fine.

GymSpaz26

Where are you in your TTCAL journey?  Cycle 3, CD22 (Thought I was going to ovulate yesterday. I always get a dip in temp. But today it was back to normal instead of higher temp. We moved yesterday, which was stressful and exhausting and I'm thinking maybe that stopped me from ovulating. Soooo... Maybe today or tomorrow.)

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? Not for now.

QOTW: How many children did you want to have when you were younger? does having an angel baby change that?

I've always wanted a large family. I would love to have like 7 kids between biological and adopted (we plan to adopt a sibling group from foster care in the not too distant future). Not sure we will really have that many though, even though I'd like to. I worry that I'll always want to have more because it will always feel like someone is missing.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week? I'm pretty sure I had like a week-long melt down. Marathon sex also, like you said @shandorfml2 . But other than that, I'm pretty sure the only thing I managed to accomplish this week was stare at the way (a lot) and feed myself and my husband... Not much more happened, which was very frustrating! I think the transition of the move has been really stressful to me, even though it was just moving from one apartment to another in the same complex!

gracie5107

Fingers crossed for you @shandorfml2!

Where are you in your TTCAL journey?  Cycle 2, day 15.  I'm not really sure what's going on.  I generally ovulate somewhere around day 21, but it seemed by body geared up to O around day 11 (positive OPK) and then didn't.  I had some ovulation pain 2 days ago and a temp did today, so maybe soon?  Due to the lack of coordination in my signs we're having a lot of sex and hoping we'll catch the egg! 

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming? Not with a doctor, but I just went back to acupuncture and have an appointment later today. 

QOTW: How many children did you want to have when you were younger? does having an angel baby change that? When I was younger I wanted 2, then in my 20s I thought I only wanted one.  After I had DS I went back to wanting 2 and we are still wanting 2.  Ever so often I do wonder if I should just be happy with my one take home baby and stop the stress, pain, and anxiety of TTC and then a stressful pregnancy.  However, I know that if things work out it will have been so worth it. 

kflynn81

Where are you in your TTCAL journey?    cd5, although that really doesn't mean much since I'm on a frozen embryo transfer cycle     I'm officially in the last leg of the prep work and sometime in the next two weeks or so, I should have my transfer.

Do you have any relevant appointments upcoming?  Just a lining check on Saturday morning and bloodwork to check my estrogen levels.

QOTW: How many children did you want to have when you were younger? does having an angel baby change that?    Like you  mentioned @shandorfml2  I always wanted two boys and a girl. Well... I have one boy so far! Since we're still working to bring home our first take home baby I'll have to see how my 2nd pregnancy goes. If we have twins I'm done, if I get sick again but the baby is healthy and comes home I'm done, but if I have a healthy pregnancy we may try again later on down the road.

Open Topic. What is on your mind this week?     My friend who passed away last year....she died 6 days after my birthday last August but July 6th we had a party and that was the last time I saw her. Its getting close to that day and its so strange to think I've now spent a full year without my best friend and 6 months without my son. I always thought she put in a good word for us with the man upstairs to get us Jack since I got pregnant 13 days later. Now I hope she can work her magic again.