*****TTCAL Check-in Week of October 24*****

RiverSong15

@laeberge3 Fingers crossed for good bloodwork results! What were your last TSH numbers like?

laeberge3

@RiverSong15 Thanks! Last draw 6 weeks ago was 2.78, down from 4.something about six weeks before that.  I've been on a low dose of Levothryoxine (25 mg), so hoping to move into that good 1-2 level.

laeberge3

Womp, womp.  Both my TSH (3.2) and prolactin levels increased, so up will go my dosage of Levothyroxine.  Not the news I was hoping for today, but it is what it is. 

NewMommyCoop

@laeberge3 Sorry for the not so great news. Hopefully this dosage will be right and you will be on track for TTC. 

RiverSong15

@laeberge3 I'm so sorry. I know how frustrating thyroid regulation can be. Did your doc bench you? I know some doctors are OK with women TTC with TSH below 4 as long as they are on Levothyroxine and being treated appropriately. I'm not familiar with prolactin at all though. Hugs. 

laeberge3

Thanks, @NewMommyCoop and @RiverSong15 .  My OB didn't bench me, though I'm admittedly fearful of trying and having another loss because of a thyroid-related issue.  Going to discuss with H and see what he thinks.  The prolactin, I think, is related to the higher TSH.  I'm not entirely sure, either, but will meet with the doctor next week and hopefully get some answers and/or a referral to an endocrinologist. 

amberruka

Hope you get some answers @laeberge3. My endo wasn't concerned with my TSH being so low as undetectable as long as my T3 and T4 went back to normal (from being high, so i have the opposite problem). 

Edit: I was benched for...7 months I think it was. 

MooFish2364

So I finally got my CD3 FSH results in (which was actually done on CD4 because of CD3 being a Sunday). The MA said that my results were 8.3 which she said was great because they like to see anything under 10. I'm 33...is this still on the higher end? I asked the MA and she didn't seem concerned at all. Going on 8 cycles TTCAL and I'm worried this might be why. Anyone familiar with all of this FSH business?

SP128

@flipflopped  I used the Easy @ Home I got off of Amazon and it seemed to be accurate.  It comes with both OPKs and HPTs.  I had success with them, but I only used them for one cycle and I got KU, so I cannot speak to the consistency of it.  

@TScalei  Answers are great news : )

@reneeannemm  Will definitely need to try the pumpkin risotto. Never cooked pumpkin before (gasp) besides pumpkin bread.  

Intro - accidentally intro myself from last weeks. To sum it up... diag with mmc last Thursday.  Miso Friday afternoon.  First pregnancy.  

Status:  Waiting to get the ok to be able to BD again.  Doc said Nov 5th since I passed the sac last Thursday. 

Rants- I had my follow up apt today with my doctor.  The secretaries forgot to book an u/s for me!  So I need to go back on Monday to see if everything is clear. Also, my doctor said she would like my levels to go to 0 and wait a cycle before TTC again.  I mentioned that the NP last week said that I didn't have to wait.... She cautioned that if my levels do not go to 0 then they would not know if it is a new pregnancy or the leftovers from this existing one.  Ummmm, can't they do an u/s?  Also she threw out something about a molar pregnancy.  Was she trying to scare me into taking her advice instead of the NPs?  

Raves - Love having this community : )  Don't know how I would manage otherwise since only 3 people besides DH knew about the pregnancy.  I only told them after I knew the pregnancy was not going to last for some good girlfriend support.  

I am going to a conference tomorrow and this conference feeds us verrrry well.  I look forward to it every year. 

Favorite fall activity - This would have to be baking with pumpkin and apples.  I love me some good apple crisp with extra topping and an apple pie with a lattice topping with coarse sugar : )

Hope everyone has a good rest of the week.  Yay for Friday tomorrow.  

jwg9101

1.) Hi Ladies! I'm Jennifer, fairly newish. I've been lurking and popping in here and there but now that we are finally cleared and have done the first IUI I feel like I have more to contribute. 

2.) Currently in TWW following 1st IUI. I can POAS on 11/5 so just hanging in there until then. 

3.) Rants - this freaking cold. I'm nervous about taking anything but I'm miserable. Raves - let me find a way to be positive here - that the TWW is only 2 weeks. Any longer and I would give up. Not even sure how I'll make it through these 14 days!

4.) GTKY: Tell me about your favorite fall activities? I love making caramel apples, carving pumpkins, decorating and dressing up for Halloween, and throwing parties! Hosting one tomorrow night for our local teen center and looking forward to it!

mylittleversailles

@SP128 Do it! I've made a million things with pumpkin in the past couple of days and my life is so much better for it. 

@jwg9101 Ah, great idea! I think I'm going to make caramel apples this weekend. 

@MooFish2364 As far as I understand, that's true - anything under ten is what they want to see, ideally. I'm 32 and FSH was 7. However, that may not be so reassuring, I realize since we are in very similar boats at the moment. 

NewMommyCoop

@SP128 I am sorry for your loss. Welcome to the group. I hope your stay here is short. It is hard to really say about the waiting. I just had a MMC and took misoprostol as well. My doctor said to wait one cycle before trying again. She said the idea is that your lining has time to heal, shed once, dating can be done with u/s. She did say if I got PG again then I did, there is not really scientific proof, it just seems like it is better to wait one cycle, so we did.

@jwg9101 FX for you this cycle. I plan to POAS about the same time, so FX for us.