AL Check-in (Sept 18)

tigerlynx31413

 *BFP Warning* There's a BFP announcement at the end of this post. Please skip it if you are having a bad day.

Welcome to the TTFAS AL check-in. This check-in is for TTCAL-ers with living children to talk about the issues about TTCAL while you have a living child. Living children and pictures of living children are welcome here, however if your pictured child is an infant (< a year old), please do place a warning at the beginning of your post to alert ladies who are having a hard day.  Please remember to post an intro on the main board as we are all here to TTC a sibling!

All are welcome to join us!  Please give us an intro with the following information if you wish: name(s)/age(s) of your child(ren), EDD(s) and where you are in your TTC journey.

If you get a BFP please send @Nieko0423 a private PM so I can add you to our graduates list.

Current Member List:

@ambmama – Taylor: almost 2; EDDs: 10/25/14, 2/17/15

@angie9661 – Charlee: almost 3;

@BethAndBen – DD: 2 years; EDDs: 4/1/15                                                                         

@BLuvsE – DS: 2 years; EDDs: 12/8/2014

@BookishMomma – Liam: 3 years; EDDs: 7/29/14, 9/7/14, 12/5/14

@CheesyPeas – DS: almost 3; EDDs: 6/15/11, 10/23/14

@Cheetara2 – Z: almost 2; EDDs: 3/11/14

@ellebelle2384 – Sophia: 2.5 years; EDDs: 10/21/11, 10/13/14, 1/9/15, 3/8/15

@Frenteachermama – DD: 6 years, DD: 3 years; EDDs: 3/30/2014

@gothefawktosleep – Evelyn: 2 years; 4/2/12, 3/26/15

@ksimo6 – Matilda: almost 2; EDDs: July 2013, Sept 2014

@LauraO11 – DD: 2 years; EDDs: 9/29/14, 3/28/15

@Missa_g - Twin DSs: 2 years; EDDs: 9/10/11, 8/8/14

@mrandmrsk91011 – DD: 16 months; EDDs: 1/22/2014

@Nieko0423 – Harley: 18 months; EDDs: 9/15/14, 3/11/15

@PGwithNo3 – Twins DD/DS: 5 years;

@PrincessPetunias – DD: 2 years; EDDs: 11/3/14

@sarcaztic10 - DS: 4 years; EDDS: 11/28/13, 2/8/14, 11/17/14

@SassFrass – DD: 5 years; EDDs 6/18/14

@squirmworms – DD: 14 months;                                                                           

@sunflwra – Brynn: 2.5 years; EDDS: 4/2/14, 11/28/14                                                                   

@TMaggie0424 – DD: 2 years; EDDs: 4/26/10, 3/28/15

 

Just as a side note, those who do not have an EDD listed it is because it was not posted in your intro or on your siggy. As each of our angels dates are important to each of us I did not want to “guesstimate” and post inaccurate information. If you wish to keep it unlisted that is fine, just keep us updated if a particular anniversary is coming up so we can all send extra love your way.

 

How are all you ladies doing this week?

QOTW: With new fall shows starting in the next couple of weeks, what TV show would you cast yourself in?

 

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**BFP WARNING**

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Congratulations to @kj808 and @Littlecookieon their BFPs! Have a very happy and healthy 9 months! If you wish to congratulate them please send a PM.

ETA as we have another graduate!

BookishMomma

Hi Nieko! I'm just waiting for AF so I can get some final testing done and, assuming all goes OK, start my first medicated cycle. 

QOTW: in another life, I'd love to be a contestant on Project Runway! I love fashion, but I can't sew worth a lick. It's one of those skills I wish I had.

tigerlynx31413

Good morning ladies! We're really growing! I hope you are all well, if not here's a hug!

AFM: Harley has a head cold and now I have a sore throat. I'm also feeling pretty dumb with this last cycle of TTA. I usually have 45 day cycles and thought DH and I would be good to go with the mood until CD 25 before we'd take a break until my temps indicated I O'd. Well it looks like I may have O'd on CD 20. I still think it could be wrong because my past temp shifts are usually much higher. So I am either in my TWW or waiting to prove FF wrong. Either way DH is not getting any for a while. ;-)

ETA forgot my own question, although from my GIFs this morning I guess you have probably assumed I would cast myself in Sons of Anarchy (I'd like to be someone's Old Lady! lol)

tigerlynx31413

mrandmrsk91011 said:

Hi ladies!!! 

@bookishmomma - Hope AF gets here soon so you can get to work on the testing/medicated cycle FX all goes well when you do get to testing. 

@Nieko0423 - Hope you all get to feeling better soon!!!  

AFM - After a couple days of little to no productivity at work, I'm finally checking things off of my to do list!!  It feels really good to do that.  Now I might not have to work this weekend!!  MH isn't feeling well and I've had a scratchy throat the past couple days but I think that's all allergy related (my allergies can get so bad they land me in bed for a couple days).  As far as TTC goes, I'm on BCP cycle #2 and we decided that, beginning at the end of December, I will let him know when I am 2 weeks away from beginning a new pack so we can decide whether we want to continue TTA or TTC.  We agreed that this would make sure that we are both on the same page.  But for now, we remain on the bench.  

QOTW: Big Bang Theory or Elementary

I hope you feel better soon too. I think mine might be allergy/sinus related. We'll see in a couple of days if I am right.

tigerlynx31413

BookishMomma said:

Hi Nieko! I'm just waiting for AF so I can get some final testing done and, assuming all goes OK, start my first medicated cycle. 

QOTW: in another life, I'd love to be a contestant on Project Runway! I love fashion, but I can't sew worth a lick. It's one of those skills I wish I had.

I hope AF arrives soon and then we can have a bench burning party for you! 

ellebelle2384

Hi ladies!  This is a bit of a P&R right now but I will come back to respond to everyone later.

I had an appt. with a therapist this morning and started Zoloft.  I will also be setting up therapy with her but hoping this helps with the depression/anxiety I've been having since my third loss this year.  We're also considering burning the bench a month earlier than we initially said and starting TTC next month.  Just waiting to see how I respond to the Zoloft and how repairs are going on our house.  They are finally here and fixing DD's room!  After 5 months of her sleeping in the guest room there is an end in sight and we are hoping to get her back in her room next week!  

QOTW: I've never really thought of this, I'll have to think about it!  Although I think it would be pretty amusing to be in Arrested Development (hoping to get another season out of Netflix sometime!).

tigerlynx31413

@ellebelle2384 I'm glad your therapy session made you feel a little better. I hope the Zoloft works well for you. 

Oh and yay for them finally getting to you DD's room! Do they have an end date for you?

barackollama

@ellebell5678‌ I'm glad you talked to a therapist! I really liked mine when I went. I'vehheard people say it can take a few tries to find a right fit though.

I had my first re appointment Monday. It went really well and I feel so much better with a game plan. I go tomorrow for an ultrasound and HSG. I'm on Femera (and off clomid and progesterone.) Plus after this cycle we're moving forward with IUI.

I was a little flustered because he said it's only been 7 months since I've been pregnant. True, but that was a loss and it took a year to get that pregnancy!

I'm lame and don't have cable. I can tell you what book I want written in. David Sedaris is my imaginary bff.

Edited to add: I referred to the bench at my appointment and my husband looked at me like I was crazy. I hear it so much here that Itthought it was a common term!

bearfootz

You can add me. DS&DD - 5 years old; EDD 6/7/2013

QOTD: Modern Family or The Amazing Race

 

tigerlynx31413

Bearfootz!

Missa_g

Hi everyone. This is a p&r since I just got back to work from taking my boys to get their flu shots. I should probably do some work at some point.

I received my lab results last Friday. My prolactin and Tsh were normal. My AMH is ridiculously low, 0.004. I didn't even realize they went to the third decimal point so I feel like they're just throwing me a bone instead of calling it zero. I started AF yesterday even while taking progesterone. My RE moved my follow up consult to tomorrow afternoon. I'm expecting that we will do CD3 labs and discuss donor eggs. IVF isn't an option for us for monetary and other reasons. But I still really want to do at least one Femara + gonal-f cycle just so I can feel like we have tried everything within our means. I'm praying my RE will be onboard for that.

I'm feeling like our time TTC might be coming to an end soon and it's heartbreaking. Watching my boys grow up is really bittersweet right now.

QOTW: I'm going old school and saying Buffy or Firefly. Such awesome universes with strong, badass females.

tigerlynx31413

@missa_g I love both Buffy and Firefly! I hope your follow-up tomorrow goes well and that you can do your medicated cycle. It worked for your boys right?

barackollama

I'm sorry @Missa_g‌! I hope you get good news at your consult.

purplehaze11

Thanks for the check in @Nieko0423‌ . It's been a crazy week here. In the past two weeks, with DH away, DD has gone through HFM, the flu, and now has diarrhea. I've had weekly blood draws and other medical appointments, and work is crazy. Thankfully I have a supportive employer who knows I'm doing everything I can do be there. TTC wise, I had my betas today and they were 94! Woo hoo- looks like 50 days later, my body is really doing what it's supposed to and no d&c will be necessary- praying it so anyways. They were 490 last week, and 1700 two weeks before that. Ice they drop to zero I will have a snonohysterogram.

lhoweth

Hi, I am new here. I currently have 2 sons. We had a cp in November 2013 (The first cycle ttc #3) got a bpf in March and lost our baby on Mother's day 2014. The process was pretty traumatic and outside of that we had a lot of stuff going on in our family since then. I was cleared to ttc again in June, we have been trying since then to no avail. I thought emotionally I was grieving fine because I was emotionally doing ok... then a few weeks ago it's just gotten horrible. So I thought it may be a good time to find a good group of supportive women who have also walked through this. 

We have 2 boys, Jack is 4.5 (must remember the .5, duh) and Reid is 2.5 (don't for one second think he doesn't care about that .5 either!) lol, I was on TB with Jack and then joined a spinoff board shortly after. I was on my bmb, obvs until the loss. I know most of the abbreviations, but bare with me as I am reading the blog on rules and such. 

QOTW: Oh lordy. Right now I am aching for Walking Dead to start. But as far as casting myself I would totally be in Parenthood or I love me some blacklist action.

[Deleted User]

Add me to the bench burning party!  And sorry to the others who have received not so great news. 

AF came a bit early and I was really hoping it would and not end up a BFP (I did not want two losses in a row).  We meet our RE next week for the test results and see where we go from there.

I don't know what TV show I would want to be in but maybe a period piece like Downton Abbey.  We don't have cable so I don't know what shows are out there but that will change on Sunday.

lhoweth

squirmworms said:

Add me to the bench burning party!  And sorry to the others who have received not so great news. 

AF came a bit early and I was really hoping it would and not end up a BFP (I did not want two losses in a row).  We meet our RE next week for the test results and see where we go from there.

I don't know what TV show I would want to be in but maybe a period piece like Downton Abbey.  We don't have cable so I don't know what shows are out there but that will change on Sunday.

Oh totally this, I forgot all about that show. DARN you PBS for such a freakin long off season. 

tigerlynx31413

@LauraO11 I am so glad your betas are finally dropping significantly! I hope your daughter feels better soon! I can't imagine dealing with all of this alone.

@lhoweth Welcome to the check-in! I am so sorry for your loss, but you do have two very cute boys!

@squirmworms Yay! Burn that bench good! 

@angie9661 Hugs! I hope you O in the next day or so. Maybe try BD today just to be sure of timing. I hope you and your DH don't get the head cold. After waking up more stuffy today I think Harley's head cold is being passed along. :-(

@TMaggie0424 Good luck with the new trainer. I hope you can drop those last lbs. Oh and I love the biggest loser!

ambmama

Hey all! I'm doing ok - not doing too well with my diet and exercise which has had me down. But otherwise my life has been consumed with the big boy bed switchover, so not much else on my mind.

QOTW: I would love to be a judge on The Voice! haha

tigerlynx31413

@ambmama when do you officially make the switch?

ambmama

@Nieko0423 We did it Wed night. He did great that night and last night with going to bed - put him down around 7:30 both nights and he was asleep before 8. The first night he wouldn't even get off of the bed and fell asleep, last night he ran around a little, grabbed his stuffed animals from a little playmat I have in his room and then went back to bed and fell asleep. So sweet! He's been waking up early though - he normally sleeps until 7 but yesterday was up at 6 and today 5:30. I couldn't get him back down in his bed so I brought him to our bed...but as soon as he sees daddy it's playtime so we were up. We did get extra cuddles in, though!

Are you feeling any better?

tigerlynx31413

That is so sweet! Unfortunately no. My throat is better, but now I have a head cold. :-( I'm just hoping to feel better for my nephew's birthday party tomorrow.

ambmama

Oh no! Hope you feel better soon!

centralperk

Waving Hi

Brief history and intro:
 I have been ttc since June 2011. We got our 1st bfp in June 2013 but sadly it ended in an ectopic. We were very lucky and got pregnant right away and I had my son via c-section on May 22 2013. We have been ttc a sibling since April 2014.

  I got my 3rd bfp on August 28.14  We found out it was twins at the second ultrasound but one was measuring behind and basically were told it was vanishing twin syndrome. Other baby had a nice strong heartbeat last Thursday. Sadly I started miscarrying this past Sunday on 9.21. I have an ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow and then will be followed with betas until I am a down to 10 hcg. I am feeling okay. The physical aspect of naturally miscarrying has been kind of awful and I wish it on no one. I feel guilty as well because I can't pick up my son or really get on the floor to play with him because i\m quite sore. 

DS 16 months  EDD 2.16.13 and 5.1.15

QOTD> I would want to be on parenthood. I love all the different dynamics and would love to be a part of a big family that lives close.

centralperk

mrandmrsk91011 said:

squirmworms said:

Add me to the bench burning party!  And sorry to the others who have received not so great news. 

AF came a bit early and I was really hoping it would and not end up a BFP (I did not want two losses in a row).  We meet our RE next week for the test results and see where we go from there.

I don't know what TV show I would want to be in but maybe a period piece like Downton Abbey.  We don't have cable so I don't know what shows are out there but that will change on Sunday.

Oh totally this, I forgot all about that show. DARN you PBS for such a freakin long off season. 

Right?? Im totally jealous of my friends in Europe for getting to see Downton starting this week.

This saved me and brought a little joy on Monday when I was stuck on the couch all day. I wonder why it takes so long to air in the states.