TTCAL weekly check-in 11/2

AL_TwinCities

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1. Introduce yourself

2. Status (ex: Months/Cycles TTCAL and WTO or TWW, benched or currently going through a loss)

3. GTKY: what did you do for Halloween?

linnea625

2. TWW 9 dpo. Bfn this morning, but I know it's early.

3. I live in France, so nothing special for Halloween although I did see a few trick or treaters out!

ceclarlinetlo

2. Waiting for AF. Also waiting 10 more days for my first RE appointment! I've been waiting since September 16th so it feels good to finally be in November.

3. Went hiking

fairygirl86

5 cycles since miscarriage currently wto cd 10

We took my daughter out to trick or treat, then me and my hubby went to a bar and I got drunk. Since I'm hoping I won't be able to drink after this cycle (trying to stay positive)

carrieandr

Starting 11th month of TTC, 2 losses.  CD7 and planning to get progesterone checked one week after ovulation.

DH and I just stayed in and watched movies.  I did dress up to go to the gym, though.  It was the last day of Hell Week -- lots of extra hard workouts.

piccprincess

2. Our first TWW after our loss. Currently 7 DPO so I am trying to hold off as long as I can before testing

3. Hung out with some friends and their kids and went out to dinner with DH

crob5685

Also my first TWW since my loss @piccprincess, and also 7 DPO. We can try to keep each other sane. Also going to try and wait as long as possible.

We went zombie hunting Friday (shooting people dressed up as zombies with paintballs) and had people over Saturday. I was trying to decide whether to drink, I did, but took it pretty easy which made my Sunday a lot better and will give me less worry if this does end up being my month.

R0824H

2. 4 more days of prometrium left then it's waiting for AF to make an appearance so I can get the CD3&CD21 testing done! I did some reading through old threads on how long it could take for AF to start after finishing the meds and it's very 'to each their own" kind of thing...I'm secretly hoping it takes a week or so (like I have read) for it to start because I never noticed until after I went to mark it on the calendar that I will be out of the country on CD21...oops 

3. GTKY: what did you do for Halloween? Handed out candy and made my Christmas baking list (I go all out betty crocker every year making goodie trays for coworkers and family)

carrieandr

@R0824H I wish I worked with you!  =P~

PeggyOlsonFTW

CD 12, first cycle post- d&c. Still WTO, but I have a feeling it's soon. Just wish I could get the hang of CM. I'm going to try to drink more water in hopes that that helps.

I had a fun, costumed race on Halloween morning, followed by brunch with my bestie and her family. In the early evening, we all got back together and went trick or treating in my neighborhood, then we handed candy out til we ran out. (Which was only 90 min later! So many kids!)

MamaBish

2. Status (ex: Months/Cycles TTCAL and WTO or TWW, benched or currently going through a loss)
Month 5 this go round. WTO but think I o'd sat. We'll see tomorrow.

3. GTKY: what did you do for Halloween
Went to the pizza place and went home to watch hocus Pocus.

cgilles87

2. Status (ex: Months/Cycles TTCAL and WTO or TWW, benched or currently going through a loss)

still currently benched from D&C on 10/20. I'm glad it's November and I do have a follow up appointment on Friday, so I'm looking forward to that as well. 

3. GTKY: what did you do for Halloween

We passed out candy to over 200 trick or treaters (we live in a big neighborhood). Our neighbors down the street then had a huge halloween party, so DH and I enjoyed a few drinks and tons of food!  

reesaXden

- 1st cycle TTC after 12 week MMC and d&c.
I'm 9dpo and waiting until Friday at 13dpo to test!

-We went to a Halloween party and to dinner with my husbands family. It was delicious.

jsassy

2. Status (ex: Months/Cycles TTCAL and WTO or TWW, benched or currently going through a loss)

21 months total TTC, 2 months TTCAL, currently WTO on CD 11.

3. GTKY: what did you do for Halloween?

We took DS to trick or treat with his preschool friends. The adults drank and carved pumpkins before we headed out. It was fun.

crob5685

@lgem4 when are you planning to test? @reesaXden FX for you!

mrsmommya

1) 1st cycle post MMC @12w.  I am WTO - normally between CD16-CD18 but not getting my hopes up since things can be wonky after a miscarriage...trying to BD as much as possible though!

2) We did a hayride Friday, trick-or-treating with our 3 yr old, and then my nephew's 2nd birthday Sunday!

Sarafuss

2. Status:  Month/Cycle: 6/5, CD4 of our second medicated cycle.  Upped my meds to 7.5mg of Femara (taken along with Metformin and Ovidrel).  My first monitoring u/s is next Tuesday the 10th.  I'm hoping to have a couple good follicles this time.

****************TW: Children mentioned**************************
3. GTKY: what did you do for Halloween?  We took our kids trick or treating.  My son was a ninja turtle (4yo) and my daughter (2yo) was Buzz Lightyear.  They had a blast!

lilyaster

1. Hi, I'm new here. I was on this board about 4 years ago after our first loss, and we had our rainbow baby.  We were excitedly expecting another child last week, when there was no heartbeat at almost 12 weeks. Praying for another rainbow.

2. I'm waiting on my follow-up appointment after my d&c. I anticipate waiting for one cycle before we start trying again.

3. Mostly spent Halloween recovering from the d&c, my mom came to help out and I took our kids to trick-or-treat at a few houses.

crob5685

@lilyaster sorry for both your losses and that you have to be back here. I'm sure you can offer the women here a ton of comfort having been through this before and having gone on to have a successful pregnancy. How great that your mom was able to come help out for Halloween so you could rest. Wishing for another rainbow baby for you soon!

Steelerfan78

2. Stilled benched and waiting for AF

3. Nothing special, dinner and scary movies at home 

loveinak

2. AF started today! I was finally able to schedule my appointments for the septum removal!
3. We ate Chinese and caught up on Big Bang Theory.

AL_TwinCities

crob5685 said:

Also my first TWW since my loss @piccprincess, and also 7 DPO. We can try to keep each other sane. Also going to try and wait as long as possible.

We went zombie hunting Friday (shooting people dressed up as zombies with paintballs) and had people over Saturday. I was trying to decide whether to drink, I did, but took it pretty easy which made my Sunday a lot better and will give me less worry if this does end up being my month.

Um, zombie hunting? Sounds amazing! And hilarious and terrifying. Was it a paintball place that set it up? Or did you and your friends just decide to dress up while paintballing?

I want to hang out with you guys!

kmmharrison

2. In my first cycle after being cleared to TTC again. On CD6 and WTO which should be around CD12-14. The wait is killing me!

3. AF showed up Halloween morning. So we celebrated that a little!
During the day, I decorated our house for Halloween while DH and his dad put the finishing touches on the new deck they just built us.
That night, we had family over to help pass out candy and eat chili. All of our nephews who are in town visited us so we could see their costumes. I made special goody bags for all the nieces and nephews and bought way too much candy for the trick-or-treaters. Trick-or-treat got rained out for the most part here, but we still had fun watching old (not scary) Halloween movies, eating good food, and drinking some fall brews.

crob5685

AL_TwinCities said:

crob5685 said:

Also my first TWW since my loss @piccprincess, and also 7 DPO. We can try to keep each other sane. Also going to try and wait as long as possible.

We went zombie hunting Friday (shooting people dressed up as zombies with paintballs) and had people over Saturday. I was trying to decide whether to drink, I did, but took it pretty easy which made my Sunday a lot better and will give me less worry if this does end up being my month.

Um, zombie hunting? Sounds amazing! And hilarious and terrifying. Was it a paintball place that set it up? Or did you and your friends just decide to dress up while paintballing?

I want to hang out with you guys!

Haha! It was put on up at Running Aces near Forest Lake, they do a haunted house, hayride, and zombie hunting. Highly recommend.

AL_TwinCities

crob5685 said:

AL_TwinCities said:

crob5685 said:

Also my first TWW since my loss @piccprincess, and also 7 DPO. We can try to keep each other sane. Also going to try and wait as long as possible.

We went zombie hunting Friday (shooting people dressed up as zombies with paintballs) and had people over Saturday. I was trying to decide whether to drink, I did, but took it pretty easy which made my Sunday a lot better and will give me less worry if this does end up being my month.

Um, zombie hunting? Sounds amazing! And hilarious and terrifying. Was it a paintball place that set it up? Or did you and your friends just decide to dress up while paintballing?

I want to hang out with you guys!

Haha! It was put on up at Running Aces near Forest Lake, they do a haunted house, hayride, and zombie hunting. Highly recommend.

Noted for next year! I forgot you are also in MN

AL_TwinCities

My own update: month 18 TTC (15 AL). Had an amazing first acupuncture appointment today - will be trying that for a while. Also having some testing done from my GI doctor to see if anything related to my Celiac might impact my fertility. And infertility consult is in early Dec! Today or tomorrow is O day this cycle probably, though my BBT thermometer is on the fritz so I'm worried I might not be able to confirm with temping this cycle.

GTKY: we continued our annual Halloween tradition of turning off all the lights to hide from trick or treaters and watching a scary movie. This year we binge watched several episodes of American Horror Story Coven.