TTTC Checkin: 08/16/2017

GoldenKeys

Hi all, it's checkin time...

Welcome to the checkin, @floridanursegirl!   Congratulations to any BFP's this week, hugs for anybody who needs one.

How is everybody doing?

2017 BFP Hall Fame

BecauseLove dx: amenorrhea, PCOS  Rx: IVF

MandyBeeSLP: dx: low progesterone, borderline PCOS, vitamin D insufficiency Rx:  IUI with letrozole

MountainLady: dx: Unexplained, Rx: Letrozole

kd0202: dx: Unexplained, LPD Rx: Clomid 50mg

pawcall: dx: MFI(morph) + testing Rx: unmedicated IUI

PoeMasque dx: unexplained Rx: IVF

MJDsquared : dx: PCOS Rx:Letrozole

greenange dx: anovulatory PCOS w/insulin resistance Rx: Metformin, Letrozole, trigger + TI

mrswifeytoad:  dx: PCOS  Rx: metformin + Clomid

SunflowerMama428: dx: pcos, blocked fallopian tube Rx: clomid

vintageandrea90: dx:PCOS  Rx:Femara + trigger + TI

PAGING:

@Bababatty: dx:Low Motility  Rx: Letrozole + trigger + IUI

@ChristinaV2015: dx: blocked tubes, PCOS, endo + MFI  Rx: lap, OPKs + TI

@emgem819 dx: PCOS, Rx: provera, femara + Bravelle

@hoffmanr7: dx: unexplained Rx:  Clomid 100mg

@jmr1515: dx: Mild MFI/morph, fibroid  Rx: Surgery + TI

@mackenzie07 dx: PCOS and Endo  Rx: metformin, letrozole, ovidrel

@mandasand: dx: low AMH  Rx:IVF (Lupron, Menopur + Follistim)

@Mlight28: dx Unexplained Rx: Clomid

@MrsM00re87: dx: DOR PCOS, low morph Rx: Femara + TI

@Mythril: dx: PCOS (anovulatory) Rx:levothyroxine, metformin and femara + TI

@rachlee2010: dx: DOR Rx: IUI

@Samanthaarielxo dx: anovulation Rx: still in testing

@sarah0985: dx: PCOS, possible blocked tubes Rx: Lap

@seethosestars:  Dx: DOR + MFI and Rx: letrozole + IUI

@SM746830: dx: PCOS, blocked tubes Rx: Surgery, Clomid

@smokinangel: possible PCOS, MTHFR gene, slight MFI Rx: trying to regulate hormones naturally

@starlitfae dx: MFI & balanced translocation, thyroid  Rx: ivf with pgd testing

@Labluver2 dx: testing

@laurad75 dx: possible DOR  Rx: IVF

@funkykey dx: unexplained Rx: Clomid + IUI

@Worldtravler0522 dx: PCOS/Unexplained Rx: IVF

@notamyrtle: dx: unexplained Rx: IUI + injects

@kyersten: dx: Scar tissue Rx: IVF

@Kim41313: dx: MFI Rx: waiting for testing

@MountainLady: dx: Unexplained Rx: Letrozole + IUI / possible IVF

@Kate437: dx:anovulatory   Rx:Letrozole + trigger

@MooFish2364 fibroid + endo Rx: surgery + TI

@Tops: dx: anovulatory PCOS Rx: Metformin, testing

@SP128: in testing/unexplained

@msstephanielynn: dx:septate uterus, MTHFR  Rx: surgery

@eranvo27: dx: anovulatory PCOS Rx: metformin, progesterone

@brittlefebvre: in testing

@Charligirl28: dx: unexplained Rx: Clomid

@kristimh80: dx: unexplained Rx: Injectables + trigger + IUI

@SoonToBeMommaHowe: dx: Unexplained  Rx: naturally until IVF

@Brooke4131: dx: Secondary unexplained Rx: in testing 

@fluffybookworm: dx: Anovulation + insulin resistance Rx: Metformin + prometrium + testing

@Asampson87: dx: unexplained + MFI  Rx: metformin + testing

@soehlerk: dx: Unexplained Rx: Clomid + IUI

@hannahlce: dx: anovulatory PCOS Rx: metformin + letrozole

@emmasemm: dx: unexplained Rx: testing 

@tinabell8: dx: unexplained, RPL Rx: baby aspirin, testing 

@floridanursegirl: dx: unexplained anovulation Rx:Metformin, IUI+Femara+trigger

NEWCOMERS:To be added to the Weekly Checkin, please answer the following:

1.  How long have you been TTC?

2.  What is your diagnosis?

3.  What is your current Rx plan?

QOTW: Confessional is open, tell us a secret.  (I'll start: there is a coworker who likes to stand over me at my desk everyday to talk my ear off, and bore me to death with minutiae about his life. I recently worked out an arrangement with another coworker to call me at my desk when he comes over - so I can act busy and wave him off).

Bababatty

Hi all, I POAS as proposed since I'm 7dp5dt and DH is going out of town tonight and we wanted to know beforehand. Anyway, BFN. This morning I was feeling really depressed about it but I've since been cheered up and I'm hopeful that it's just too soon. I won't test again until my beta on Friday. On the plus side, definitely know there's no trigger left in my system, haha.

@worldtravler0522 What about you?! Good news, I hope!!

QOTW Oh God, I'll have to come back to this one. I'm drawing a blank!

tinabell8

Hi ladies,

Unfortunately, I got AF last week two days before beta testing with RE. I was really hopeful since I started daily baby aspirin and got my progesterone checked a week after ovulation. Level was good so my RE did not give additional progesterone so we were kind of hoping for the best, but good old AF arrived. ****TW**** To make things a even harder, I got AF the same day as my due date for my first pregnancy. UGH! It was a shitty week!

I met with RE Monday and she wants us to keep trying and if we don't have success by November, we will try IUI next. Trying to stay positive and hoping for some success soon, not only for me but for you ladies as well! Hope we see some BFPs this month!

QOTW: DH and I are going to Maine this weekend with our group of 6 friends/couples- two of which are pregnant. I love them and am truly very happy for them, but I'm really hoping their pregnancies are not the topic of conversation the entire weekend. It's hard! Also, I know it's difficult for people to ask how we are doing because it's a sensitive topic, but I find it really frustrating that neither of them are asking how I am given that they knew about our first pregnancy back in December, and got pregnant after us. 

@Bababatty Hope you get a BFP, it's still early & so hard to wait!

soehlerk

I got AF on Sunday, and I had a really rough morning.  Lots of babies at church.  Started second medicated cycle yesterday--150mg Clomid, then BD naturally (no IUI).  One of the women in my (small) office just announced she's pregnant, and I'm trying to be happy for her and not bummed out or bitter.

@tinabell8, I'm sorry you got AF--that timing really sucks.

QOTW: Confessional...here's a scary one.  I'm feeling super overwhelmed about how to pay for childcare if/when we are successful.  We've been TTC for over a year, but the financial reality is still in the "we'll figure it out when we have to" stage.  We both have good jobs, but we've got 2 car payments, student loan payments, and a mortgage.  I've got a budget drafted, but we've never been great at actually following the budget all month, so I'm kind of terrified that we'll end up having to sell a car or beg my parents to help look after the kid.  Bleh.  Money.

Worldtravler0522

My update for the week and in response to @Bababatty *TW* I tested this morning because I have ZERO self control and I get the smallest and faintest 2nd line but it's there.  Happy it seems to be progressing but hard to get too excited given my history.  I will see what the dreaded stick tells me on Friday and if it's getting even a little darker.  Also, my first beta is on Sunday so we will see what's really going on in there.  Thank you so much for asking!  Also don't worry too much yet because it is still early and for the record I am super jealous of your Friday beta.  


QOTW: Geez just one?  I think we need a weekly thread for this haha.  I judge my SIL for being married to someone who is the biggest tool and super controlling.  Example, when she was pregnant with her first he wouldn't let her have a male OBGYN because he didn't feel comfortable with it and also she couldn't deliver vaginally because he didn't want it to mess her up down there.  F THAT!!!    

funkykey

@tinabell8 - I'm sorry for AF and the passing of the old due date. Those days are really hard, from what I hear! Ugh. I hope you have a great weekend in Maine though, and that the couples are sensitive and supportive of you. I know it's uncomfortable for people and that sometimes they're unsure what to say, but I'm with you - a little show of consideration, once in a while, for the ordeal you're struggling with - really wouldn't kill anyone.

@soehlerk - Don't worry - I have faith that you will pull through with the budget and stick to it when you have to.  

Obviously, IF has been a huge drain on our finances. In addition to the cost of IVF and IUIs themselves, I've gained some weight with the stress and have bought new clothes. I've also been too tired to cook or grocery shop, so we've been eating out more. And then other stuff has gone wrong too - car troubles, needing to take a pet to the vet, etc. Right now, I'm feeling pretty stressed about finances too. But I'm hoping that we'll be able to cut back over the next couple of months and that I'll be able to right the slightly-tilting ship.

@Worldtravler0522 - keeping FX for you!!! OMG, I would have a seriously hard time with my BIL if he were like that about the vaginal deliveries, etc.

AFM: Waiting to have this fibroid removed. Or maybe polyp. I dunno - at the hysteroscopy they told me fibroid, but I went in again for another U/S with the surgeon who will be removing it, and she seems to think polyp. Regardless, I won't be going under the knife for a couple of months. So yeah, just a lot of waiting...

QOTW: Just one?! I have big ones and little ones, and some that aren't secrets so much as just passing whims - like moments where I think about quitting my job or quitting IF treatments or my marriage or whatever - and I can't always tell if they're just moods/bad days or premonitions...

Maybe that's my secret? Sometimes I think about quitting everything and walking away - despite how hard I've worked at this, and how dedicated I've been and all the time and money I've put in. Like, I think: "Maybe if I don't have kids, it won't be so bad." 

And I'm also pretty sure that once I have kids, I'm going to think: "Am I meant to do this?" LOL!

MooFish2364

@Bababatty I hope it's just too soon. FX for you. 

@tinabell8 sorry for AF. I'll be visiting my RE in November to discuss a new plan if I don't get a BFP before then. 

@soehlerk sorry for AF. I worry about the cost of children, childcare, etc. we don't have much of a plan about what we will do financially either, I'm just taking things one day at a time. 

@Worldtravler0522 OMG! I'm so happy for you!! Hopefully you get. Ice strong betas! 

@funkykey I think about quitting everything and waking away into the sunset too. I am really happy with my life, but sometimes when I'm really down of feeling really frustrated I just want to walk away and never come back. Of course I would never do that but sometimes it's fun to pretend. 

As far as me, not much is new. AF started Monday night so that's crappy. We are just continuing to try naturally until November when I meet with my RE again if not KU. 

soehlerk

Thanks all for the encouragement.  It helps hearing I'm not the only one who doesn't have the whole financial thing figured out.

@Worldtravler0522 Congrats!  FX everything continues to progress well.

@funkykey I definitely have those moments.  DH and I are incredibly happy w/ each other, but I still have moments (or longer) when I think about being single and starting over in a new place, fewer commitments.  Sometimes wearing a skirt that's too short for my age and going out with a girl friend for a drink help me let loose and regain my sanity.  

limeburst

@Bababatty sorry for the BFN  I really hope it's just too early! Keeping my FX for your beta! 

@tinabell8  sorry for AF

@Worldtravler0522  I have everything crossed for a good beta and that this is it for you!!

@funkykey  I'm sorry you have such a long wait for the fibroid/polyp removal, that really sucks! Why will it take so long?

AFM, I had a follicle check yesterday. I have 4, possibly 5 mature follicles (the 5th one was 14mm but he thinks it could catch up). My RE gave us the option to cancel but left it up to us and we decided to move forward. I figure that we haven't been able to get anything to fertilize yet, so the odds of all 5 fertilizing are very low. My RE said "anything is possible." I figure if we end up with multiples then maybe we won't have to go through this again in a few years  Our hopes are high with this one, with 5 mature follicles if something doesn't take then we both feel like IUI isn't going to do the trick for us. So, trigger tonight, IUI Monday morning, beta on 9/4. 

Worldtravler0522

*TW* Got my first beta back and it was 50.  Not as high as I would have liked but I'll take it because they could have said it was 10.  I go back on Tuesday to see if the number is going up.  Still keeping everything I have crossed that this is it.  

@Bababatty how did your first beta go??  Fingers crossed you got good news! 
 

tops-2

@Worldtravler0522 - congrats! **TW** my first beta was only 40, and 2 days later it had only risen to 68. We have our first u/s tomorrow though so stay positive!

Worldtravler0522

@tops-2 good luck!  

tops-2

**TW**
Update from me.. had my first u/s today, and should have been at 7w3d. The embryo was measuring too small (less than 6 weeks), couldn't see a heartbeat and they found some bleeding in my uterus.
The Dr said it still could be ok so scheduled me for another u/s next Wednesday, but he thinks there's much higher chance of it not being good. He's basically told me to expect to mc.
I'm really hoping he's wrong, and that we'll be ok, but I'm really feeling quite hopeless right now.

Worldtravler0522

@tops-2 I'm so sorry the ultrasound didn't go well.  Sending lots of good thoughts your way that your little one has a crazy growth spurt by next Wednesday!  

limeburst

@tops-2 I'm so sorry. Hoping for some good news for you next week!

tinabell8

@tops-2 praying that things turn around & you get good news next time!