@Saralee797 - Yep I am totally interested in what is going to happen tomorrow. I may go to bed early tonight just to make the time pass quicker. LOL @KirstinH88 - On "average" (laughs hysterically) I O anywhere from CD17 - 22. More times O is on CD19. So this is just weird. My mom thinks that since we triggered last month, my body is not cooperating this month without it. (she knows not what she says - sigh - she means well) I have cleaned up my diet tremendously this past month though. I have cut out all sugar and carbs (most of the time) and have eaten as clean as possible. (80/20 - honestly) I hear that can throw things off... but dang. You are right though, the temps I have now are so similar before that big dip. *Shrug* @housewifehobbyist - I am totally routing for you, love. I surely hope they can give you some answers and get to the bottom of all this. I cannot imagine all that you are going through. If you need extra outlet to vent, feel free to PM me any time. *HUGS*
R/R/CS: Trying out OPK's. I think I saw the faintest of a second line yesterday, but who knows.
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around? The only thing I do differently when DH isn't around is clean. I cannot seem to clean much when he is home!
Me 29 I Him 26 Married 4/22/16
TTC 9/2015 **TW** BFP 2/1/16 I MC 3/21/16 (11w) TTCAL 6/15/16 BFP 3/23/2017 Team pink! Quinn Leigh EDD December 1, 2017
@ktcakes87 - man oh man I hear you on the cleaning. I wish he would go away when I am off just so I can clean. He is a SAHH and when the weekend comes and I am ready to give everything a good scrub, he decides he wants to help. Like "BRUH! Where have you been ALLLLL WEEK???"
@mrsdaddario Awesome news from your appointment! That rocks!! @housewifehobbyist I am so sad seeing this news. I'm glad your doctor is going to start the RPL testing for you. Hopefully you will get something to work off of. Really big creepy internet stranger hugs to you. I know how hard being in the RPL bucket is.
Month/Cycle: 19/2 TTCAL
CD: 6
WATDTGKU: Clomid 100mg CD2-6, OPK, PNV, CM, Mucinex, possible IUI w/o trigger TBD
R/R/CS: AF is totally gone as of yesterday!! My folicular phase has been so short the last 2 cycles that I'm already almost in FW!! DH & I are binge watching GOT. We watched the season 4 finale last night. Only 20 more episodes to go. I am happy S6 is over because I have to divert my eyes CONSTANTLY to avoid spoilers! I wish I could take 3 days of vacation and do nothing but watch GOT and then OITNB.
GTKY: I enjoy it when DH travels for work because I can let the puppy boys sleep in bed with me & eat all the things I love that DH won't touch like salmon, shrimp, and mushrooms. I informed me today that he will be away the first week of August. I'm already dreaming about plank salmon and chicken marsala......
@GrabberBlue2010 Hmmm...ya this cycle doesn't fit that "average" at all. Hopfully you will experience a climb in temps and FF can put some CHs on there for you. More excuse to keep HIO!
R/R/CS: Another job interview this week! I've really been needing some black pants, but I've had the hardest time finding any I really like, I prefer to buy petite ones so I don't have to get them hemmed. I finally found some last night online and now I'm waiting to see if they'll arrive before my interview or hours after it... fingers crossed the tracking will say they'll be here Thursday and not Friday.
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around? I'm either super lazy and lounge around watching TV and cuddling with the dogs or I'm all over the place shopping and as he likes to say, spending all the money he's at work making, ha!
WAYDTGKU: BBT, CBDA OPKs, PNV+DHA, Vitamin D, fish oil, CoQ10, EPO, Fertilitea, green tea, grapefruit juice, fertility foods, baby aspirin, Mucinex, preseed, HIO when we're in the same town, drinking so much freaking water that my eyeballs are constantly floating
R/R/CS: Well. CD 19 and still no positive OPK or a temp rise. Did have some EW sooo...maybe we're working on it? I'm getting frustrated and now the this will never work side of BSC has decided that my eggs are definitely going to be overripe and since next cycle won't work (travel), nothing will work and I'm totally defeated. And the Wondfo this morning also looked lighter than yesterday. Soooooo.
Then again, perhaps logical side of me thinks that maybe part of the issue is that I'm drinking so much water that even FMU is pretty diluted. I went before bed last night and had to get up again at 12:30 sooooo maybe I'll wake up tomorrow to a temp rise. Which would be awesome because I'm supposed to go for CD 21 blood work, theoretically to confirm ovulation. Ha.
GTKY: I'll go to the taco truck to get tacos or a torta, bring it home, haul a chair over to be a table and sit on the living room floor and stuff my face while watching shows that H does/would make fun of. Like Grimm and Chicago Fire.
Me: 34 DH: 38 Married: June 2011 TTC since Feb 2016 BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16 BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
@housewifehobbyist I am so sorry to hear that. I'm glad you were able to get that confirmed with a blood test so it's on your record; I was already too far past it by the time I was able to get a test to show it with mine last cycle, and I'm hoping my specialist doesn't think I'm mistaken when I see her next month. My CP officially ended at work, and boy did I wish I could do what your gif is showing. So many creepy internet hugs to you today. I hope you and your specialist find answers very soon.
@mrsdaddario FX so hard for you! That sounds so promising, and last month was so tough. I think your positive outlook is amazing. Cycle/Month: 6/7 1AL
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: Charting, PNV, EPO, B6, CoQ10, RRL and green tea, Mucinex and OPKs, probably done FWP since I won't see OH until Thursday evening.
R/R/CS: We managed EOD in what I think is the FW. I'm guessing O is today or tomorrow based on my trend. We'll see how much my body is cooperating after the CP last month...so far, so good, which surprises me a bit.
GTKY: I have way more time without OH than I would like, with him gone all week. But my consolation is indulging in guiltypleasures. I eat sandwiches and salad or veggies for dinner more often than not, which he would hate and I love. I binge watch things he's not into on Netflix. Right now it's West Wing. I will also catch up on the first 3 seasons of GoT, which he's seen and I haven't. I also love HGTV, especially Fixer Upper. He's coming around about that, but I like to binge watch that, too. LOL, and I love that I can leave my BBT wherever and temp with abandon. I think he's aware that's part of what I'm tracking, but I try to be discrete about things that may take the fun out of TTC.
Me: 45 OH: 42 Beloved SS: born 12/2011 TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016 **TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW** August 2016 - dx with DOR Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T May 2017 - began freezing sperm June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
@mrsdaddario SOO happy for your on your scan! That's great and so exciting! @Schumerator Yay for O! See you in TWW @housewifehobbyist I'm so sorry for your loss. So incredibly sorry I really hope you got a straightforward plan at the doctors today.
@LittleChick2 Fx for you on your interview! @Kiki75 I feel like I need to hang out with you...Tacos on the living room floor sound AMAZING! Fx you get the temp rise you are looking for.
@Aurora1973 I love Fixer Upper! I actually miss it when it is not on!! @jnalexander2 Oh good!! You are lucky they match up. The Shine app is more user friendly I think. @LittleChick2 Where did you find them? I hate wearing heels to work so I am always on the hunt for pants that are not super long. Good luck at your interview!! @GrabberBlue2010 Haha then you'll be wide awake at 3 am if you are anything like me!
@Saralee797 I will agree Shine is more user friendly but FF is more detailed, I was honestly confused about how to use it but the lessons get emailed to me everyday now and I just go through those. @LittleChick2 OMG good luck on your interview!!! My DH had one today I'm waiting to her how it turned out. But I am sure you are going to nail it!! @Kiki75 We could definitely hang out lol I LOVE tacos from the food trucks and in my opinion sometimes a table is overrated lol @ktcakes87 I understand that cleaning thing, for some odd reason I get most (and the best) cleaning done when DH is not around...I have no clue why though...maybe it's just a woman thing lol!
**formerly jnalexander2** Me: 29 DH: 26 Married: March 2016 Jordyn: 7/7/10 Jiselle: 2/22/12 Camille: 6/2/17 Trying for #4
WAYDTGKU: Adv. CB digital OPKs, temping, timing, banging like our life depends on it.
R/R/CS: Just waiting to O. I hate this part of the cycle. it just dragggssss on. I never post in WTO because it's just so boring. But here I am. Anyway, looking forward to our RU appointment on the 12! hoping to get some (very) long-awaited answers! More than that, I am hoping i am KU before we get to that appointment!!!
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around? Eating raw foods. Hubbs gets SO MAD when I eat raw cookie dough or brownie batter. So when he isn't around I whip some up and spoon feed myself like a giant fatty. No regrets.
TTC #1 since September 2014 Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI
(count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low
progesterone Check out my Infertility blog Check out my Infertility Instagram
Loss History (TW):
BFP: 3 May 2015, loss confirmed 4 June 2015 BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015 BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015 BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018 BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
TTC History (TW):
3 losses in 2015 Met with OBGYN in January 2016 Me: all clear, H: OAT November 2016: HSG = All
Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt
#1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17 December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC) Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA) FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018 May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus" FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo. BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019 Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two! Lost Baby A 02 July 2018 Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018 Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
Next Up:
TTC Naturally, possibly IUIs for remainder of 2018. ER#2 ~Jan 2019
@KristoB my husband grew up in a family that was scared of lots of things, so he is anti raw dough/batter as well. he doesn't know what he's missing, really!
DD #1: April 2017 DD #2: May 2020 Baby #3: EDD May 2023; MC October 2022
@GrabberBlue2010 Yessss. I can get on board with that. They sell these mini packages at my local grocery store where they are supposed to only make like 4 brownies. I eat the entire thing in one sitting. No shame. I mean, I could easily eat 4 cooked brownies. So it's not that bad... right?
TTC #1 since September 2014 Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI
(count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low
progesterone Check out my Infertility blog Check out my Infertility Instagram
Loss History (TW):
BFP: 3 May 2015, loss confirmed 4 June 2015 BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015 BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015 BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018 BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
TTC History (TW):
3 losses in 2015 Met with OBGYN in January 2016 Me: all clear, H: OAT November 2016: HSG = All
Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt
#1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17 December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC) Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA) FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018 May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus" FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo. BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019 Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two! Lost Baby A 02 July 2018 Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018 Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
Next Up:
TTC Naturally, possibly IUIs for remainder of 2018. ER#2 ~Jan 2019
@KristoB@GrabberBlue2010 I intentionally make those mini brownie packs minus the eggs and eat it, I don't even care. I think I like it better than the baked brownies!
@housewifehobbyist Is it totally disgusting that I still add the egg....?
TTC #1 since September 2014 Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI
(count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low
progesterone Check out my Infertility blog Check out my Infertility Instagram
Loss History (TW):
BFP: 3 May 2015, loss confirmed 4 June 2015 BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015 BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015 BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018 BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
TTC History (TW):
3 losses in 2015 Met with OBGYN in January 2016 Me: all clear, H: OAT November 2016: HSG = All
Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt
#1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17 December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC) Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA) FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018 May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus" FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo. BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019 Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two! Lost Baby A 02 July 2018 Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018 Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
Next Up:
TTC Naturally, possibly IUIs for remainder of 2018. ER#2 ~Jan 2019
@BusinessWife While you should certainly do whatever you're most comfortable with, I hope that the consensus is that you don't skip this month just because I would hate to watch a cycle go by and just spend it checking out my CM. But that's just me. @Krys I still have my FX that even though travel doesn't normally delay O for you, it does this time! @pretzel2plus1 I agree that hauling yourself to the dentist is a lame adult thing. Bleh. @mrsdaddario That's awesome news!!! So excited for you! @GrabberBlue2010 I suck at CSes but it kind of looks like CD 28 is definitely a possibility. @Schumerator YAY for temp rise!!! @housewifehobbyist I was worried when I saw you hadn't made any posts this weekend. Dang. So sorry. Hope you have answers soon. @Daisy621 I like just showing H the highlights of the Bachelor/ette. Then we can just laugh at the funny parts. @swimsister Yes to your own pizza! It's great enough when it just means that you get to pick your own toppings. But when it also means that you get regular, all the lactose cheese? Even better! @Dilynne So glad to hear that you two have made up. I hope that this is the beginning of some great things for you two! @clover28 I always feel awkward about when to move over to TWW so you do whatever works for you! @ahrains Dang. I'm really sorry to hear that. FX for next cycle! @KirstinH88 Ha! I just started watching Pretty Little Liars this weekend, definitely when I was home alone! It's so bad but so good! @yaeger07 My temps are usually all over the board during AF. For one thing, alcohol, because I just do whatever I feel like during that week. I wouldn't worry about it or read too much into it until you're closer to O day. @hezzer78 The temp depends. I ended up temping three times last night--when I woke up at 12:30 (97.17) and thought it was morning, when I woke up at 3:20 (97.07), and when I woke up at 5:30 (97.67). As long as I'm at or close to the three hours of continuous sleep, if I wake up early, that's when my temps are always the lowest. Anything that I've had that was under 97 was earrrrly. I love Parks and Rec. It's one of my happy shows that I put on when I'm in a bad mood and need a cheer up. @momtoleo Sorry about CD 1. @jnalexander2 Happy to hear you had such a great weekend! @krisnicole23 Maybe I'll have to start watching some Mob Wives! @Sugargirl1019 Hooray for O! @Saralee797 Yesss to Indian food! I've had a major craving for it for weeks but I haven't gotten any yet because H isn't too into it, either. @jatwal128 Sorry to hear that you and your H had a cruddy weekend. FX you get it all straightened out soon! @MandyBeeSLP You can make things with shrimp and avocado for me any day! @ktcakes87 I agree on the cleaning, too! When he's around, we just want to hang out and have fun. If anything gets done, it's when one of us is at work and the other is home! @MrsBinPA You and I can totally be things to eat friends. I'll eat all of those things with you! Heck yes! @LittleChick2 Good luck on your interview! FX! @Aurora1973 Sounds about like me when H is at work! @KristoB FX soooo hard that you're one of those people who only needs to set the appointment to convince their body to get with it and you end up canceling it! Dang. Now I want a brownie batter bowl to lick.
Me: 34 DH: 38 Married: June 2011 TTC since Feb 2016 BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16 BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
WAYDTGKU: BD, BD, and BD some more, OPKs, PNV, temping and charting with FF and Ovia, CM
R/R/CS: I take the PNVs that come in two different bottles, one is the pink multi-vitamin and the other is the translucent yellow DHA. For the past few months, I've been consistently shorted in the DHA bottle. How rude.
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty
pleasure when your DH/SO is not around? Oh, this is an easy one. I binge watch a disgusting amount of garbage television (Real Housewives, Teen Mom, etc.). I will watch the shows that would typically cause DH to shame me or question my intelligence if he were around. I also indulge in sleeping on the couch if he's away.
@Kiki75 I love PLL. But am so scared to death to watch it at night, or home alone. I don't watch scary movies for this same reasoning, but everyone I know makes fun of me because PLL isn't even "scary." But, if some random person was sending death threats that seem to get more and more severe, ya, sounds scary to me...
@BusinessWife - I'm with you, I really don't think I would be able to sit out a cycle! I'm glad they seem understanding about your desire to keep going. You're clearly a CM expert at this point!
@mrsdaddario - So happy to hear that your follicle scan looked good! I know it's hard to stay positive month after month, but it sounds like things are looking great for you right now.
@housewifehobbyist - I am so, so sorry that you had a third loss. I can only imagine the heartbreak. This, though: "so maybe I'll get some answers and possibly a baby at some point." I hope you get the information you need, and soon, that baby!
Cycle/Month: 10/8
CD: The dreaded day ONE.
WAYDTGKU: Temp, OPK, PNV, Vit D 2000, FertileCM...
R/R/CS: I didn't bawl this time when I realized I was out! I guess that's good. My temps were so gloriously high the past few days, I had some hope even though I had spotting and a BFN on 11DPO. But I'm looking forward to getting my day 3 bloodwork this week, and sort of looking forward to getting my pseudo-HSG next week (can't do the dye due to a severe allergy, so I'm doing the saline version). Okay, I'm actually dreading both, but I'm really looking forward to getting the results. I hate needles/blood, and I'm guessing I also hate catheters going through my cervix to my uterus, but I love getting answers.
GTKY: Reading on the couch for hours at a time, and likely staying up late to do so.
UPDATE: I am so sorry I forgot to mention this in my initial post lol..but I took my first OPK this cycle on Friday afternoon and have been taking them since then and I finally got the YES+ I have been looking for (I use First Response). Honestly it is thanks to you ladies who let me know how important OPKs and temping are.
**formerly jnalexander2** Me: 29 DH: 26 Married: March 2016 Jordyn: 7/7/10 Jiselle: 2/22/12 Camille: 6/2/17 Trying for #4
@KristoB & @housewifehobbyist *gasp* raw brownie batter partay!!! I add the egg too. I live on the edge. If I'm going out, I'm going out in ooey gooey style. No better way.
@Saralee797 I do the same thing with Indian food. DH had an
Indian roommate for a year and can’t stand the smell of it anymore. Now pizza,
Indian food and fro yo sound good… I might be hungry.
@KirstinH88 PLL is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine too!
R/R/CS: *TW* Finally got crosshairs on FF, but I went to my annual gyn appointment and she benched us for 6 months after we return from our honeymoon. I cried the whole way home and FI won't be home from his bachelor party until tonight. I haven't seen him since Thursday and I can't wait for a huge hug. The doc said, "Well enjoy the time together after your wedding before you TTC." I was upset and answered, "We have been enjoying each other for the last 4 years." I am 33 and now this means I can't even try to start until I'm 34. My sister and best friend who both had issues getting pregnant / staying pregnant with their second (each had 2 miscarriages) weren't any better when I talked to them yesterday before the appointment. My friend who had her second via IVF said, "Don't bother temping and charting. It will just make it feel like work." My twin, who had her second through IUI told me, "I don't even know why you're worrying when you haven't even tried yet. You aren't that old." Yeah, it's easy to say that when you have an almost 5 year old and a 1.5 year old and I have no kids yet. You think they'd understand!! I also went to PT today and had a nerve conduction test. I already knew I had a herniated disc and I had some tingling in my legs and toes, but it looks like the damage is affecting another vertebrae. I am trying to stay positive and focus on both exercising / eating healthy and nesting so I don't focus on not trying to be able to TTC, but it is so hard. Nothing seems to be going right. Add to that that my washing machine is making noise, the central air unit is making noise, my car needs brakes, my phone is acting weird, and I have a big wedding bill to pay... I may just clean and exercise literally all day to feel better. I have been spending a lot of time walking around the lake and just staring at the water. Not sure what else to do!
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around?
I'm pretty much the same as everyone else. I get to control the TV and eat as little or as much as I want. I can have cereal or ice cream or Spaghettios or nothing for dinner and no one judges me! Two days a week he works a 24 hour shift, so those days my favorite guilty pleasure is shopping. He used to come home and scan the house for new things. Haha! I also like stealing all of the pillows and sleeping in a super warm room, even if it is summer.
@LittleChick2 Do you have New York and Company? That's where I get my petite pants. @housewifehobbyist You seem to be taking it so well. Fx for you! @Aurora1973 I could (and sometimes do) watch HGTV all day. @Kiki75 I love Chicago Fire...and PD...and I'm trying to love Med. Good luck with the O. My cycle is all over the place with length, from 26 to 36 days so I feel ya on not knowing when it will happen! @Krys, I think you wanted to know what the gyn says. Here ya go.
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
WAYDTGKU: sex on cd14 & cd16 and just livin on a prayer now
R/R/CS: ^^that's all we get for the next few months. Come on, body!!
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around? Stocking up on all the foods I don't normally buy because he would eat them all.
me . early 30's | h . mid 30's | < 3 . 2013
ntnp #2 . summer 2018
*siggy warning*
ttc#1 . jul 2015
mmc . mar 2016 | 6w2d
dx PCOS (non-IR) / subclinical hypothyroidism . summer 2016
tx metformin, levothyroxine, LP progesterone, femara + trigger + ti . fall/winter 2016 BFP! . jan 2017 DD . oct 2017
@NYTino24 My natural coping mechanism is to "control the controllables", which in this case is laying the groundwork for the testing that might hopefully help me stay pregnant next time. And believe me, when I get home it is going to be all the wine and crying and bad tv shows and raw brownie batter. In the meantime I have to act natural at work. Thank god for awesome bump ladies keeping me company through this rotten day.
R/R/CS: rave: had a dr appointment he liked everything he was seeing. A follicle is there and looks great. My rant is work is so busy I'm not sure I'll find a chance for sexy time
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around.
@NYTino24 I am so sorry that you are not having a good day. I know the feeling. And it definitely doesn't help when the people around you are saying insensitive things. I was just texting a friend of mine who is pregnant with her 2nd and also told me that I shouldn't temp since it puts a lot of stress on TTC and stress isn't good. I went 6+ months without temping and I've still got no luck! So I'm temping!! Hopefully your H can come home and comfort you and give you that big hug!
I was MIA over the weekend because I had a million things to do! Happy to be back for a new week.
Cycle/Month: 2/2
CD: 4
WAYDTGKU: At the moment nothing but charting my temps...
R/R/CS: Temping continues to be a bit of an issue with me. I cannot sleep in the early morning because I'm anticipating getting up to take my temp. So every single morning, I take my temp twice - first time is I wake up early and then again at my set temping time. But then I never know which one to use and it drives me nuts. I wanted to start with a new (earlier) temping time this cycle but I forgot the first 2 nights and so now I feel stuck with the later time. Today or tomorrow will be the last day of my period so I'm thinking of just switching to the earlier temp time this cycle.
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around? I love to just lay around on the couch in my pajamas, eat junk food and watch tv/sit on my computer all day long
H & I: Both 28 Married: June 2015 TTC #1: June 2016 BFP: 11-24-16 ~ EDD 8-9-17 IT'S A BOY!
WAYDTGKU: charting, tempting, vitamins (new DHA to add to my prenatal), diet (just got organic, all natural stuff at the grocery store) and I'm going out an buying some OPK this week. Does anyone have suggestions on a relatively inexpensive brand that works well?
R/R/CS: I need some new reading material. I posted a discussion about it and hopefully I'll get some good suggestions on more books about TTC and pregnancy. TCOYF is like my bible, but I'd like to read up on other information too. GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around?
The Bump is my secret guilty pleasure! Seriously, he'd probably think I was nuts if you knew I was obsessed with talking to random strangers about charting, my CM and getting KU!
@NYTino24 Ugh. You don't know how much I hate hearing that I don't want to say any of the arbitrary sugary stuff that will just end up making it feel worse, so I will just offer you up a dose of creeper hugs and tell you to hang in there. I kind of have a gut feeling I'm going to end up in the same boat (all the more reason to keep putting off my appointment and finding a new obgyn near my new house..) but just ugh. I'm sorry.
@swanbrooner I didn't know they had PNV packs that came in two separate pills. Maybe you've just gotten bonus PNVs? But still! You need them to match! That would make me crazy. @KirstinH88 Yeah, that's why I had to stop watching Criminal Minds at night. It gets me way too creeped out to sleep well! @YesOuiCan Sorry about CD 1. I hope they're able to get you some answers and a plan! @jnalexander2 Glad that you're glad you're doing the OPKs! @GrabberBlue2010 I think your last post about the raw batter party is probably the one post that it has made sense for TB to eat it. 'Cause it sounds so tasty! @NYTino24 Ahhh, girl, I'm so sorry that you're not only dealing with this but that you're home alone for it. Zika blows. For the side of it where I look at people who do not have a lot of the options we do (including birth control and high-level prenatal care) to how this can affect the tourism industry in places where it provides jobs for these same people--from all of that, but also from the side where it's just screwing up the plans of people left and right all over the place. So, when you're done with the wallowing (because, yes, embrace it!) here are some ideas: 1. You could postpone the honeymoon until after you have a baby. I am pretty certain that I will be able to call in my grandma babysitting for free and no complaining chip because we skipped going to Brazil or Costa Rica this year (we had planned to do one last awesome tropical vacation before logistics get harder and those two were my top two choices and have been for YEARS). I'm sure that my parents are glad enough that we skipped it that they'll watch kid(s) to let me go later. 2. You might look into freezing sperm now and then doing IUI with it once you have reached the time period they suggest ladies wait. They have said it can show up in sperm semen for up to six months (because reproduction is kind of protected from our normal immune system, letting Zika continue to do its thing) but I haven't seen anything about it lingering in ladies for that long. So you freeze the sperm, you two just be very careful about safe sex, and then when it looks like you are clear, schedule IUI. It's expensive and sucks but it might be an option that would let you move your timeline up. It just totally sucks when you've carefully waited all of these years and everything else has finally lined up and then Zika, which has been around for 50 years and wasn't the same issue, comes straight outta left field to screw with your carefully laid plans. I'm actually looking into freezing sperm so that we'll have it for later, either for continuing to try for #1 or for #2 due to my H's job and the fact that he won't always be able to avoid affected places and once he goes to one, the six month clock starts all over again? Nope. Don't have time for that. @virginiaham FX so hard for You! @leekat14 I hope that you two are able to make some time! That's great news!
Edit: To be more technically correct on the whole semen/sperm thing. I get confused. I just lump it all in as one thing in my mind, even though it isn't.
Me: 34 DH: 38 Married: June 2011 TTC since Feb 2016 BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16 BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
@Kiki75 I have tried and changing / cancelling isn't an option for FI. I feel so selfish for feeling this way about a 2 week vacation people would kill for. It still doesn't change how I feel though. I am okay being around kids - I am a teacher and we have 12 nieces and nephews, so they are inescapable. I just don't know how to keep myself from going nuts! I don't know how you ladies who have been trying forever are doing it, but anyone who wants to be a mom is my hero.
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
@TheMrs Temping is kind of hard to get into. Since it should be close to O for me, I was awake in the night thinking about it. I wouldn't worry about going with the later time this month, since you're only on CD 4. Just switch to that earlier time. For me, I just temp when I first wake up. That one is going to be more accurate than one with less than three hours of sleep preceding it. It may still be lower than normal but, for example, I woke up this morning at 3:20 and temped - 97.09 and then when I woke up at 5:30 it was 97.67 or so. I know that 97.09 is more in line with my usual pre-O so even though the time was wrong, I went with that one.
@krys I was thinking about you and your travel, too, being glad that so far most of what you've mentioned is 'safe'. Affecting careers is another beautiful side effect of Zika. Whereas before you would probably be able to keep a pregnancy quiet at least for the first trimester or until you were comfortable sharing (or obviously showing), now you've got people who have to say that they're trying or to announce a pregnancy much earlier than they would otherwise. Ugh. The one thing about going to the doctor now is that you might be able to get them on board with being a bit more aggressive. I think we would typically fall into the 'try for a year' category (they say couples under 35 but what if H is 35+ and the lady is under 35?), but because of H's job, even though I'm only on cycle five, we're making a more aggressive plan now.
Me: 34 DH: 38 Married: June 2011 TTC since Feb 2016 BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16 BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
Re: WTO Monday
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
@KirstinH88 - On "average" (laughs hysterically) I O anywhere from CD17 - 22. More times O is on CD19. So this is just weird. My mom thinks that since we triggered last month, my body is not cooperating this month without it. (she knows not what she says - sigh - she means well) I have cleaned up my diet tremendously this past month though. I have cut out all sugar and carbs (most of the time) and have eaten as clean as possible. (80/20 - honestly) I hear that can throw things off... but dang. You are right though, the temps I have now are so similar before that big dip. *Shrug*
@housewifehobbyist - I am totally routing for you, love. I surely hope they can give you some answers and get to the bottom of all this. I cannot imagine all that you are going through. If you need extra outlet to vent, feel free to PM me any time. *HUGS*
Me: 31 / DH: 37
Married: November 2015
TTC #1 Since March 2014
MC: New Years Eve 2014
Mommy to 4 furbabies
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3f14a1
CD: 13
WAYDTGKU: HIO ED today-Thursday, PNV, OPK
R/R/CS: Trying out OPK's. I think I saw the faintest of a second line yesterday, but who knows.
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around?
The only thing I do differently when DH isn't around is clean. I cannot seem to clean much when he is home!
Married 4/22/16
**TW**
BFP 2/1/16 I MC 3/21/16 (11w)
TTCAL 6/15/16
BFP 3/23/2017 Team pink! Quinn Leigh EDD December 1, 2017
Me: 31 / DH: 37
Married: November 2015
TTC #1 Since March 2014
MC: New Years Eve 2014
Mommy to 4 furbabies
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3f14a1
@housewifehobbyist I am so sad seeing this news. I'm glad your doctor is going to start the RPL testing for you. Hopefully you will get something to work off of. Really big creepy internet stranger hugs to you. I know how hard being in the RPL bucket is.
Month/Cycle: 19/2 TTCAL
CD: 6
WATDTGKU: Clomid 100mg CD2-6, OPK, PNV, CM, Mucinex, possible IUI w/o trigger TBD
R/R/CS: AF is totally gone as of yesterday!! My folicular phase has been so short the last 2 cycles that I'm already almost in FW!! DH & I are binge watching GOT. We watched the season 4 finale last night. Only 20 more episodes to go. I am happy S6 is over because I have to divert my eyes CONSTANTLY to avoid spoilers! I wish I could take 3 days of vacation and do nothing but watch GOT and then OITNB.
GTKY: I enjoy it when DH travels for work because I can let the puppy boys sleep in bed with me & eat all the things I love that DH won't touch like salmon, shrimp, and mushrooms. I informed me today that he will be away the first week of August. I'm already dreaming about plank salmon and chicken marsala......
Me: 39 DH: 40
Married: 12/6/2014
BFP#2: 10/28/15 MC: 11/24/15
BFP#3: 3/20/16 MC: 4/26/16
BFP#4: 7/15/16 DD: 3/18/17
BFP#5: 5/1/18 EDD: 1/12/19
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
Me: 31 / DH: 37
Married: November 2015
TTC #1 Since March 2014
MC: New Years Eve 2014
Mommy to 4 furbabies
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3f14a1
CD: 14
WAYDTGKU: PNV + DHA, OPK, CM
R/R/CS: Another job interview this week! I've really been needing some black pants, but I've had the hardest time finding any I really like, I prefer to buy petite ones so I don't have to get them hemmed. I finally found some last night online and now I'm waiting to see if they'll arrive before my interview or hours after it... fingers crossed the tracking will say they'll be here Thursday and not Friday.
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around?
I'm either super lazy and lounge around watching TV and cuddling with the dogs or I'm all over the place shopping and as he likes to say, spending all the money he's at work making, ha!
CD: 19
WAYDTGKU: BBT, CBDA OPKs, PNV+DHA, Vitamin D, fish oil, CoQ10, EPO, Fertilitea, green tea, grapefruit juice, fertility foods, baby aspirin, Mucinex, preseed, HIO when we're in the same town, drinking so much freaking water that my eyeballs are constantly floating
R/R/CS: Well. CD 19 and still no positive OPK or a temp rise. Did have some EW sooo...maybe we're working on it? I'm getting frustrated and now the this will never work side of BSC has decided that my eggs are definitely going to be overripe and since next cycle won't work (travel), nothing will work and I'm totally defeated. And the Wondfo this morning also looked lighter than yesterday. Soooooo.
Then again, perhaps logical side of me thinks that maybe part of the issue is that I'm drinking so much water that even FMU is pretty diluted. I went before bed last night and had to get up again at 12:30 sooooo maybe I'll wake up tomorrow to a temp rise. Which would be awesome because I'm supposed to go for CD 21 blood work, theoretically to confirm ovulation. Ha.
GTKY: I'll go to the taco truck to get tacos or a torta, bring it home, haul a chair over to be a table and sit on the living room floor and stuff my face while watching shows that H does/would make fun of. Like Grimm and Chicago Fire.
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
@mrsdaddario FX so hard for you! That sounds so promising, and last month was so tough. I think your positive outlook is amazing.
Cycle/Month: 6/7 1AL
CD: 15
WAYDTGKU: Charting, PNV, EPO, B6, CoQ10, RRL and green tea, Mucinex and OPKs, probably done FWP since I won't see OH until Thursday evening.
R/R/CS: We managed EOD in what I think is the FW. I'm guessing O is today or tomorrow based on my trend. We'll see how much my body is cooperating after the CP last month...so far, so good, which surprises me a bit.
GTKY: I have way more time without OH than I would like, with him gone all week. But my consolation is indulging in guilty pleasures. I eat sandwiches and salad or veggies for dinner more often than not, which he would hate and I love. I binge watch things he's not into on Netflix. Right now it's West Wing. I will also catch up on the first 3 seasons of GoT, which he's seen and I haven't. I also love HGTV, especially Fixer Upper. He's coming around about that, but I like to binge watch that, too. LOL, and I love that I can leave my BBT wherever and temp with abandon. I think he's aware that's part of what I'm tracking, but I try to be discrete about things that may take the fun out of TTC.
Beloved SS: born 12/2011
TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016
**TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW**
August 2016 - dx with DOR
Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T
May 2017 - began freezing sperm
June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T
July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba
July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
@mrsdaddario SOO happy for your on your scan! That's great and so exciting!
@Schumerator Yay for O! See you in TWW
@housewifehobbyist I'm so sorry for your loss. So incredibly sorry
@Kiki75 I feel like I need to hang out with you...Tacos on the living room floor sound AMAZING! Fx you get the temp rise you are looking for.
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
@jnalexander2 Oh good!! You are lucky they match up. The Shine app is more user friendly I think.
@LittleChick2 Where did you find them? I hate wearing heels to work so I am always on the hunt for pants that are not super long. Good luck at your interview!!
@GrabberBlue2010 Haha then you'll be wide awake at 3 am if you are anything like me!
@LittleChick2 OMG good luck on your interview!!! My DH had one today I'm waiting to her how it turned out. But I am sure you are going to nail it!!
@Kiki75 We could definitely hang out lol I LOVE tacos from the food trucks and in my opinion sometimes a table is overrated lol
@ktcakes87 I understand that cleaning thing, for some odd reason I get most (and the best) cleaning done when DH is not around...I have no clue why though...maybe it's just a woman thing lol!
Me: 29
DH: 26
Married: March 2016
Jordyn: 7/7/10
Jiselle: 2/22/12
Camille: 6/2/17
Trying for #4
CD: CD15
WAYDTGKU: Adv. CB digital OPKs, temping, timing, banging like our life depends on it.
R/R/CS: Just waiting to O. I hate this part of the cycle. it just dragggssss on. I never post in WTO because it's just so boring. But here I am. Anyway, looking forward to our RU appointment on the 12! hoping to get some (very) long-awaited answers! More than that, I am hoping i am KU before we get to that appointment!!!
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around?
Eating raw foods. Hubbs gets SO MAD when I eat raw cookie dough or brownie batter. So when he isn't around I whip some up and spoon feed myself like a giant fatty. No regrets.
Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI (count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low progesterone
Check out my Infertility blog
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BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015
BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015
BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day
BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018
BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
Met with OBGYN in January 2016
Me: all clear, H: OAT
November 2016: HSG = All Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt #1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17
December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization
January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC)
Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA)
FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018
May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus"
FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo.
BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019
Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two!
Lost Baby A 02 July 2018
Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018
Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
ER#2 ~Jan 2019
DD #2: May 2020
Baby #3: EDD May 2023; MC October 2022
Me: 31 / DH: 37
Married: November 2015
TTC #1 Since March 2014
MC: New Years Eve 2014
Mommy to 4 furbabies
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3f14a1
Yessss. I can get on board with that. They sell these mini packages at my local grocery store where they are supposed to only make like 4 brownies. I eat the entire thing in one sitting. No shame. I mean, I could easily eat 4 cooked brownies. So it's not that bad... right?
Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI (count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low progesterone
Check out my Infertility blog
Check out my Infertility Instagram
BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015
BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015
BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day
BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018
BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
Met with OBGYN in January 2016
Me: all clear, H: OAT
November 2016: HSG = All Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt #1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17
December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization
January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC)
Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA)
FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018
May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus"
FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo.
BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019
Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two!
Lost Baby A 02 July 2018
Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018
Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
ER#2 ~Jan 2019
Is it totally disgusting that I still add the egg....?
Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI (count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low progesterone
Check out my Infertility blog
Check out my Infertility Instagram
BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015
BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015
BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day
BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018
BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
Met with OBGYN in January 2016
Me: all clear, H: OAT
November 2016: HSG = All Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt #1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17
December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization
January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC)
Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA)
FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018
May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus"
FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo.
BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019
Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two!
Lost Baby A 02 July 2018
Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018
Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
ER#2 ~Jan 2019
@Krys I still have my FX that even though travel doesn't normally delay O for you, it does this time!
@pretzel2plus1 I agree that hauling yourself to the dentist is a lame adult thing. Bleh.
@mrsdaddario That's awesome news!!! So excited for you!
@GrabberBlue2010 I suck at CSes but it kind of looks like CD 28 is definitely a possibility.
@Schumerator YAY for temp rise!!!
@housewifehobbyist I was worried when I saw you hadn't made any posts this weekend. Dang. So sorry. Hope you have answers soon.
@Daisy621 I like just showing H the highlights of the Bachelor/ette. Then we can just laugh at the funny parts.
@swimsister Yes to your own pizza! It's great enough when it just means that you get to pick your own toppings. But when it also means that you get regular, all the lactose cheese? Even better!
@Dilynne So glad to hear that you two have made up. I hope that this is the beginning of some great things for you two!
@clover28 I always feel awkward about when to move over to TWW so you do whatever works for you!
@ahrains Dang. I'm really sorry to hear that. FX for next cycle!
@KirstinH88 Ha! I just started watching Pretty Little Liars this weekend, definitely when I was home alone! It's so bad but so good!
@yaeger07 My temps are usually all over the board during AF. For one thing, alcohol, because I just do whatever I feel like during that week. I wouldn't worry about it or read too much into it until you're closer to O day.
@hezzer78 The temp depends. I ended up temping three times last night--when I woke up at 12:30 (97.17) and thought it was morning, when I woke up at 3:20 (97.07), and when I woke up at 5:30 (97.67). As long as I'm at or close to the three hours of continuous sleep, if I wake up early, that's when my temps are always the lowest. Anything that I've had that was under 97 was earrrrly. I love Parks and Rec. It's one of my happy shows that I put on when I'm in a bad mood and need a cheer up.
@momtoleo Sorry about CD 1.
@jnalexander2 Happy to hear you had such a great weekend!
@krisnicole23 Maybe I'll have to start watching some Mob Wives!
@Sugargirl1019 Hooray for O!
@Saralee797 Yesss to Indian food! I've had a major craving for it for weeks but I haven't gotten any yet because H isn't too into it, either.
@jatwal128 Sorry to hear that you and your H had a cruddy weekend. FX you get it all straightened out soon!
@MandyBeeSLP You can make things with shrimp and avocado for me any day!
@ktcakes87 I agree on the cleaning, too! When he's around, we just want to hang out and have fun. If anything gets done, it's when one of us is at work and the other is home!
@MrsBinPA You and I can totally be things to eat friends. I'll eat all of those things with you! Heck yes!
@LittleChick2 Good luck on your interview! FX!
@Aurora1973 Sounds about like me when H is at work!
@KristoB FX soooo hard that you're one of those people who only needs to set the appointment to convince their body to get with it and you end up canceling it! Dang. Now I want a brownie batter bowl to lick.
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
CD: 17 (I "should" O tomorrow or Wednesday.)
WAYDTGKU: BD, BD, and BD some more, OPKs, PNV, temping and charting with FF and Ovia, CM
R/R/CS: I take the PNVs that come in two different bottles, one is the pink multi-vitamin and the other is the translucent yellow DHA. For the past few months, I've been consistently shorted in the DHA bottle. How rude.
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around? Oh, this is an easy one. I binge watch a disgusting amount of garbage television (Real Housewives, Teen Mom, etc.). I will watch the shows that would typically cause DH to shame me or question my intelligence if he were around. I also indulge in sleeping on the couch if he's away.
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
@BusinessWife - I'm with you, I really don't think I would be able to sit out a cycle! I'm glad they seem understanding about your desire to keep going. You're clearly a CM expert at this point!
@mrsdaddario - So happy to hear that your follicle scan looked good! I know it's hard to stay positive month after month, but it sounds like things are looking great for you right now.
@housewifehobbyist - I am so, so sorry that you had a third loss. I can only imagine the heartbreak. This, though: "so maybe I'll get some answers and possibly a baby at some point." I hope you get the information you need, and soon, that baby!
Cycle/Month: 10/8
CD: The dreaded day ONE.
WAYDTGKU: Temp, OPK, PNV, Vit D 2000, FertileCM...
R/R/CS: I didn't bawl this time when I realized I was out! I guess that's good. My temps were so gloriously high the past few days, I had some hope even though I had spotting and a BFN on 11DPO. But I'm looking forward to getting my day 3 bloodwork this week, and sort of looking forward to getting my pseudo-HSG next week (can't do the dye due to a severe allergy, so I'm doing the saline version). Okay, I'm actually dreading both, but I'm really looking forward to getting the results. I hate needles/blood, and I'm guessing I also hate catheters going through my cervix to my uterus, but I love getting answers.
GTKY: Reading on the couch for hours at a time, and likely staying up late to do so.
Me: 29
DH: 26
Married: March 2016
Jordyn: 7/7/10
Jiselle: 2/22/12
Camille: 6/2/17
Trying for #4
Eta - bump ate half my post
Me: 31 / DH: 37
Married: November 2015
TTC #1 Since March 2014
MC: New Years Eve 2014
Mommy to 4 furbabies
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/3f14a1
@KirstinH88 PLL is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine too!
@Kiki75 FX for your temp rise tomorrow!
And because @hezzer78brought up Parks and Rec, I hope everyone does the following when their DH’s are out:
CD: 25
WATDTGKU: SSDD
R/R/CS: *TW* Finally got crosshairs on FF, but I went to my annual gyn appointment and she benched us for 6 months after we return from our honeymoon. I cried the whole way home and FI won't be home from his bachelor party until tonight. I haven't seen him since Thursday and I can't wait for a huge hug. The doc said, "Well enjoy the time together after your wedding before you TTC." I was upset and answered, "We have been enjoying each other for the last 4 years." I am 33 and now this means I can't even try to start until I'm 34. My sister and best friend who both had issues getting pregnant / staying pregnant with their second (each had 2 miscarriages) weren't any better when I talked to them yesterday before the appointment. My friend who had her second via IVF said, "Don't bother temping and charting. It will just make it feel like work." My twin, who had her second through IUI told me, "I don't even know why you're worrying when you haven't even tried yet. You aren't that old." Yeah, it's easy to say that when you have an almost 5 year old and a 1.5 year old and I have no kids yet. You think they'd understand!!
I also went to PT today and had a nerve conduction test. I already knew I had a herniated disc and I had some tingling in my legs and toes, but it looks like the damage is affecting another vertebrae. I am trying to stay positive and focus on both exercising / eating healthy and nesting so I don't focus on not trying to be able to TTC, but it is so hard. Nothing seems to be going right. Add to that that my washing machine is making noise, the central air unit is making noise, my car needs brakes, my phone is acting weird, and I have a big wedding bill to pay... I may just clean and exercise literally all day to feel better. I have been spending a lot of time walking around the lake and just staring at the water. Not sure what else to do!
GTKY: What is your favorite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around?
I'm pretty much the same as everyone else. I get to control the TV and eat as little or as much as I want. I can have cereal or ice cream or Spaghettios or nothing for dinner and no one judges me! Two days a week he works a 24 hour shift, so those days my favorite guilty pleasure is shopping. He used to come home and scan the house for new things. Haha! I also like stealing all of the pillows and sleeping in a super warm room, even if it is summer.
@LittleChick2 Do you have New York and Company? That's where I get my petite pants.
@housewifehobbyist You seem to be taking it so well. Fx for you!
@Aurora1973 I could (and sometimes do) watch HGTV all day.
@Kiki75 I love Chicago Fire...and PD...and I'm trying to love Med. Good luck with the O. My cycle is all over the place with length, from 26 to 36 days so I feel ya on not knowing when it will happen!
@Krys, I think you wanted to know what the gyn says. Here ya go.
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
Mo/C: 11/8(2AL)
CD: 17
WAYDTGKU: sex on cd14 & cd16 and just livin on a prayer now
R/R/CS: ^^that's all we get for the next few months. Come on, body!!
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around? Stocking up on all the foods I don't normally buy because he would eat them all.
ntnp #2 . summer 2018
*siggy warning*
ttc#1 . jul 2015
mmc . mar 2016 | 6w2d
dx PCOS (non-IR) / subclinical hypothyroidism . summer 2016
tx metformin, levothyroxine, LP progesterone, femara + trigger + ti . fall/winter 2016
BFP! . jan 2017
DD . oct 2017
CD:12
WAYDTGKU: all of it
R/R/CS: rave: had a dr appointment he liked everything he was seeing. A follicle is there and looks great. My rant is work is so busy I'm not sure I'll find a chance for sexy time
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around.
Random food combos and real housewives of OC
Married: 5/30/2013
DSS #1: 5/25/2007
DSS #2: 1/22/2011
DS #3: 7/8/2012
BFP: 3/14/2016 ~ MC: 3/19/2016
DS #4: 4/21/17
@NYTino24 You are in my thoughts and prayers, honey. ((Big ole creepy Internet hugs))
ETA bump got hungry and ate my post.
Me: 42 | DH: 45
TTC since Dec. 2014
BFP #1 Oct. 2015 | MC Nov. 2015
Sept. 2016: FSH, AMH, E2, TSH, etc. all normal. | Oct. 2016: HSG all clear! | Nov. 2016: Hysteroscopy & H's SA both great results
Dec. 2016 - Follistim + TI
BFP #2 12/25/16 | Natural MC 2/13/17 | False BFP leads to D&C 4/20/17 | Emergency D&C + hysteroscopy 5/16/17
Cycle/Month: 2/2
CD: 4
WAYDTGKU: At the moment nothing but charting my temps...
R/R/CS: Temping continues to be a bit of an issue with me. I cannot sleep in the early morning because I'm anticipating getting up to take my temp. So every single morning, I take my temp twice - first time is I wake up early and then again at my set temping time. But then I never know which one to use and it drives me nuts. I wanted to start with a new (earlier) temping time this cycle but I forgot the first 2 nights and so now I feel stuck with the later time. Today or tomorrow will be the last day of my period so I'm thinking of just switching to the earlier temp time this cycle.
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around?
I love to just lay around on the couch in my pajamas, eat junk food and watch tv/sit on my computer all day long
Married: June 2015
TTC #1: June 2016
BFP: 11-24-16 ~ EDD 8-9-17
IT'S A BOY!
CD: 4
WAYDTGKU: charting, tempting, vitamins (new DHA to add to my prenatal), diet (just got organic, all natural stuff at the grocery store) and I'm going out an buying some OPK this week. Does anyone have suggestions on a relatively inexpensive brand that works well?
R/R/CS: I need some new reading material. I posted a discussion about it and hopefully I'll get some good suggestions on more books about TTC and pregnancy. TCOYF is like my bible, but I'd like to read up on other information too.
GTKY: What is your favourite guilty pleasure when your DH/SO is not around?
The Bump is my secret guilty pleasure! Seriously, he'd probably think I was nuts if you knew I was obsessed with talking to random strangers about charting, my CM and getting KU!
Met: 2003
Married: 2005
TTC #1: May 2016
@KirstinH88 Yeah, that's why I had to stop watching Criminal Minds at night. It gets me way too creeped out to sleep well!
@YesOuiCan Sorry about CD 1. I hope they're able to get you some answers and a plan!
@jnalexander2 Glad that you're glad you're doing the OPKs!
@GrabberBlue2010 I think your last post about the raw batter party is probably the one post that it has made sense for TB to eat it. 'Cause it sounds so tasty!
@NYTino24 Ahhh, girl, I'm so sorry that you're not only dealing with this but that you're home alone for it. Zika blows. For the side of it where I look at people who do not have a lot of the options we do (including birth control and high-level prenatal care) to how this can affect the tourism industry in places where it provides jobs for these same people--from all of that, but also from the side where it's just screwing up the plans of people left and right all over the place. So, when you're done with the wallowing (because, yes, embrace it!) here are some ideas: 1. You could postpone the honeymoon until after you have a baby. I am pretty certain that I will be able to call in my grandma babysitting for free and no complaining chip because we skipped going to Brazil or Costa Rica this year (we had planned to do one last awesome tropical vacation before logistics get harder and those two were my top two choices and have been for YEARS). I'm sure that my parents are glad enough that we skipped it that they'll watch kid(s) to let me go later. 2. You might look into freezing sperm now and then doing IUI with it once you have reached the time period they suggest ladies wait. They have said it can show up in sperm semen for up to six months (because reproduction is kind of protected from our normal immune system, letting Zika continue to do its thing) but I haven't seen anything about it lingering in ladies for that long. So you freeze the sperm, you two just be very careful about safe sex, and then when it looks like you are clear, schedule IUI. It's expensive and sucks but it might be an option that would let you move your timeline up. It just totally sucks when you've carefully waited all of these years and everything else has finally lined up and then Zika, which has been around for 50 years and wasn't the same issue, comes straight outta left field to screw with your carefully laid plans. I'm actually looking into freezing sperm so that we'll have it for later, either for continuing to try for #1 or for #2 due to my H's job and the fact that he won't always be able to avoid affected places and once he goes to one, the six month clock starts all over again? Nope. Don't have time for that.
@virginiaham FX so hard for You!
@leekat14 I hope that you two are able to make some time! That's great news!
Edit: To be more technically correct on the whole semen/sperm thing. I get confused. I just lump it all in as one thing in my mind, even though it isn't.
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
@krys I was thinking about you and your travel, too, being glad that so far most of what you've mentioned is 'safe'. Affecting careers is another beautiful side effect of Zika. Whereas before you would probably be able to keep a pregnancy quiet at least for the first trimester or until you were comfortable sharing (or obviously showing), now you've got people who have to say that they're trying or to announce a pregnancy much earlier than they would otherwise. Ugh. The one thing about going to the doctor now is that you might be able to get them on board with being a bit more aggressive. I think we would typically fall into the 'try for a year' category (they say couples under 35 but what if H is 35+ and the lady is under 35?), but because of H's job, even though I'm only on cycle five, we're making a more aggressive plan now.
Married: June 2011
TTC since Feb 2016
BFP#1: 7/7/16 MMC: 8/16/16
BFP#2: 5/8/17 - CP
BFP#3: 6/27/17 EDD: 3/10/18