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R/R: Going to my cousins wedding today! It’s our first family wedding since mine 4 years ago so I’m looking forward to it. We are staying in a hotel and there’s a shuttle so I’m excited to have some drinks carefree - the silver lining of AF
R/R: Had an early morning coffee and donut date with SO after a crazy busy week for him and barely seeing each other! And the sun came out for a second which was a nice change after sooo much gray lately. Possibly seeing a movie tonight, doing a day trip to Boston tomorrow and generally having a good weekend.
@kbrown2385 Aw I hope you also have a great weekend. I am pretty sure our farmer's market is open, but it's also festival weekend, so we probably won't go, though I have wanted to go every weekend since we started trying to eat all organic etc. Anyway, hope you find some good finds.
@brookert615 I ALSO want/neeeed to be productive this weekend, but it's festival weekend! So just relax and then we can both be behind together?! ^_~* JK--GL being productiveee and then relaxing bc you deserve it. Also, check out my chartttt--I am guessing from today's low temp I won't be far behind you in the TWW! We'll see how fast FF is to predict CH though...
@bows22 Have fun at the wedding! I love a wedding.
@whitealbum29 Oooh please tell us all about yr Boston day trip if it happens and have a great weekend overall!
Month/Cycle: 7/3AL
CD: 13
WAYDTGKU: bbt, ff, pnv, green tea, coq10, healthy eats & living, opk, cm, hio, rlt.
R/R: Choosing festivaling over grading = seems like a great choice now! Highlights from yesterday: I ran into one of the new grad students whose mom is in town at the festival & we chatted a while, and we saw this awesome band: Tank and the Bangas (go chk out yr new fave band). They were so good & the lead singer had on this amazing cardigan/cape that my Aries self covets.
CS/Q: Hoping today's dip was a pre-O dip & not a wonky temp fluctuation. Totally tried to spell that word with an "x" just now---
@kagesstarshroom - I had to post and run in WTO yesterday but thx for the thoughts re: OPK's! I might rely on CM rather than temping this month...but we'll see. Hoping I get some signs around day 19, whichever I'm doing! Hopefully your temp dip was pre-O. Your weekend sounds great! Just listened a little to that band on Spotify and they do sound cool! I LOVE a cape/cardigan combo or any cape really...need to get one next fall.
@bows22 I appreciate the procrastination support haha. Yes, we are festivaling all weekend! Good note: it's just as fun sans alcohol. I hope DH feels the same haha. We are home on a break from the fest to let the doggies out and eat dinner. I also went to college in Boston & had friends like you who came to visit a bunch bc it was a cool college town.
@brookert615 I feel like there should be a "friends' comments" section in the analysis part of FF where yr friends, like, cheer on your chart and offer compliments about it haha.
@whitealbum29 Oh yes, glad you dug the band. They were so much fun. The music has been good today so far but nothing to write home about--yet.
Sorry I totally ghosted yesterday! We ended up skipping the farmers market and helped some friends with gardening. Then we came home and I spent the rest of the day sitting on the deck reading the book @marebear15 recommended. Probably doing the same today haha.
R/R: got home at 4:30am from our competition. 6 hour bus rides are exhausting after a 15 hour day of competition. Whew. DH is still laying in bed. I'm trying to at least get him out of bed but I may just leave him be even though it's 1:30pm at this point. I'm not ready to go back to work tomorrow.
I need to call the clinic because I got notified of my IVF meds being on order. Problem is my clinic sent it to the other online pharmacy that I haven't used (they typically use 2). I don't want to have to go through the BS of providing all my information again. It does look like she's having me use generic versions so I think the meds are going to be not too expensive for us. Lupron was going to cost $2k+ but the stuff on order my prescription insurance says will be around $980.
On another good note I think tear down of our old deck will start in the next week! They're getting the materials on order. I will have to do before and afters!
CS/Q: nope
*TW* History:
Me: 34 DH: 36 | Together since 2007 | Married July 2016
TTC #1 since 7.2017 Dx: low morph (1%), ANA positive, low decidualization score, high TSH and testosterone, histone antibodies
IUI #1-3| all BFN IVF #1 | 6.11.19 | 24R, 17M, 15F, 6B, PGT-A tested - 5 normal, 3 girls & 2 boys FET #1 | 9.10.19 | BFN "I know you, but we've never met. I'm with you, but I don't know your name" RPL, Receptiva, & ERA testing | all normal/negative, recommended going on gluten and dairy free diet for next FET FET #2 | 3.31.20 | Opted to cancelled due to pandemic, continued diet and tried naturally over the summer 2nd Opinion with another RE | 8.20.20 | Not immune to measles (received 1 dose); SA results similar to 2 years ago; decided to move forward with FET #2 redo at start of next cycle Surprise natural BFP! | 9.22.20 | MC 10.23.20 at 8 weeks TTCAL naturally | starting 11.22.20 Initial consultation with Reproductive Immunologist | 9.14.21 Decidualization score biopsy | 10.1.21 | abnormal - low score of 1; endometrial scratch recommended and progesterone supplementation Saline sono | 10.15.21 | normal Bloodwork | 10.21.21 | high TSH, high testosterone, positive for anti-nuclear antibodies and histone antibodies, high protein S, multiple genetic mutations BFP! | 11.3.21 | EDD 7.14.22 | biopsy provided same effect as endometrial scratch; added supplemental progesterone and estrogen, prednisone, levothyroxine, and MTX Support to maintain pregnancy DS born 7.19.22 after induction
TTC #2 begins 6.2023 Consultation with RI | 6.6.23 Saline sono, endometritis biopsy, skin & eye check | all normal Labs | high TSH, Factor XIII mutation, high %CD56 Follow up | 8.8.23 | prescribed metformin, prednisone, plaquenil, and levothyroxine Repeat labs after 3 weeks on meds Follow up | 11.9.23 | Green light!, increase in prednisone, added lovenox Repeat labs in 8 weeks Follow up | 1.16.24 | Green light continues TTC put on pause
@whitealbum29 Boston lady here for the last 13 years, woot woot. I hope you are having a good trip. Let me know if you found any cool new spots, I am always looking for new recs.
@kagesstarshroom I am loving your festival posts! I hope grading goes smoothly today and tomorrow.
Me: 35 Husband: 40 TTC #2: Jan 2019 DS: 2.5 yo EDD: 12/2/16 DOB: 10/22/16 (Previously MBS2016 Dec 2016 board
Re: WTO Weekend 4/27-4/28
Month/Cycle: 29/3 AL
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: metformin, clomid w/monitoring, TI, progesterone after o, Tempdrop, opk, pnv, ubiquinol, vit c,d,e, methylfolate, baby aspirin, ww, low carb
R/R: Heading to the farmers market this morning, otherwise it’ll be a low key day/weekend.
CS/Q:
Month/Cycle: 9/9
CD: 16
WAYDTGKU: All the pills, charting, temping, OPKs (I’m on TB mobile)
R/R: So happy the weekend is upon us! I need to be productive but to be honest I just want to chill out lol.
CS/Q: I thiiiink today is O day lol.
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
Month/Cycle: 5/6
CD: 5
WAYDTGKU: Sex EOD and tracking CM
R/R: Going to my cousins wedding today! It’s our first family wedding since mine 4 years ago so I’m looking forward to it. We are staying in a hotel and there’s a shuttle so I’m excited to have some drinks carefree - the silver lining of AF
@kbrown2385 low key weekends are the best. Enjoy!
@brookert615 sure looks like O day to me!
@brookert615 - yay for O day! It seems like it...
@bows22 - have fun at the wedding!
Month/Cycle: 9/9
CD: 3
WAYDTGKU: Ovia app, prenatals, evening primrose oil, CM, EOD (this month)
R/R: Had an early morning coffee and donut date with SO after a crazy busy week for him and barely seeing each other! And the sun came out for a second which was a nice change after sooo much gray lately. Possibly seeing a movie tonight, doing a day trip to Boston tomorrow and generally having a good weekend.
CS/Q: nope
@brookert615 yay O day! Let's go, ovaries, let's go!
@brookert615 I ALSO want/neeeed to be productive this weekend, but it's festival weekend! So just relax and then we can both be behind together?! ^_~* JK--GL being productiveee and then relaxing bc you deserve it. Also, check out my chartttt--I am guessing from today's low temp I won't be far behind you in the TWW! We'll see how fast FF is to predict CH though...
@bows22 Have fun at the wedding! I love a wedding.
@whitealbum29 Oooh please tell us all about yr Boston day trip if it happens and have a great weekend overall!
Month/Cycle: 7/3AL
CD: 13
WAYDTGKU: bbt, ff, pnv, green tea, coq10, healthy eats & living, opk, cm, hio, rlt.
R/R: Choosing festivaling over grading = seems like a great choice now! Highlights from yesterday: I ran into one of the new grad students whose mom is in town at the festival & we chatted a while, and we saw this awesome band: Tank and the Bangas (go chk out yr new fave band). They were so good & the lead singer had on this amazing cardigan/cape that my Aries self covets.
CS/Q: Hoping today's dip was a pre-O dip & not a wonky temp fluctuation. Totally tried to spell that word with an "x" just now---
@kagesstarshroom I support the procrastination! Will you festival again today?
@whitealbum29 Glad you had a nice morning! Enjoy Boston!!!
@emeraldduchess Bahahah! That gif is perfect!
@kagesstarshroom Hahaha YES! Enjoy the rest of the festival this weekend! So cool about the band! Your chart is looking so promising!
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
@brookert615 I feel like there should be a "friends' comments" section in the analysis part of FF where yr friends, like, cheer on your chart and offer compliments about it haha.
@whitealbum29 Oh yes, glad you dug the band. They were so much fun. The music has been good today so far but nothing to write home about--yet.
Diagnosed with PCOS & Hashimoto's
@bows22 hope you enjoyed the wedding!
@brookert615 enjoy your weekend! Hope
you are able to just relax!
@whitealbum29 enjoy your Boston day trip! I miss being so close and doing day trips there as well.
@kagesstarshroom i support your procrastination and hope you enjoy your festivaling this weekend!
edit because autocorrect is the worst
@bows22 hope the wedding was fun!
@whitealbum29 have fun in Boston today!
Month/Cycle: 22/21
CD: 19
WAYDTGKU: BCP, then BCP again then stims for IVF
R/R: got home at 4:30am from our competition. 6 hour bus rides are exhausting after a 15 hour day of competition. Whew. DH is still laying in bed. I'm trying to at least get him out of bed but I may just leave him be even though it's 1:30pm at this point. I'm not ready to go back to work tomorrow.
I need to call the clinic because I got notified of my IVF meds being on order. Problem is my clinic sent it to the other online pharmacy that I haven't used (they typically use 2). I don't want to have to go through the BS of providing all my information again. It does look like she's having me use generic versions so I think the meds are going to be not too expensive for us. Lupron was going to cost $2k+ but the stuff on order my prescription insurance says will be around $980.
On another good note I think tear down of our old deck will start in the next week! They're getting the materials on order. I will have to do before and afters!
CS/Q: nope
TTC #1 since 7.2017
Dx: low morph (1%), ANA positive, low decidualization score, high TSH and testosterone, histone antibodies
IUI #1-3 | all BFN
IVF #1 | 6.11.19 | 24R, 17M, 15F, 6B, PGT-A tested - 5 normal, 3 girls & 2 boys
FET #1 | 9.10.19 | BFN "I know you, but we've never met. I'm with you, but I don't know your name"
RPL, Receptiva, & ERA testing | all normal/negative, recommended going on gluten and dairy free diet for next FET
FET #2 | 3.31.20 | Opted to cancelled due to pandemic, continued diet and tried naturally over the summer
2nd Opinion with another RE | 8.20.20 | Not immune to measles (received 1 dose); SA results similar to 2 years ago; decided to move forward with FET #2 redo at start of next cycle
Surprise natural BFP! | 9.22.20 | MC 10.23.20 at 8 weeks
TTCAL naturally | starting 11.22.20
Initial consultation with Reproductive Immunologist | 9.14.21
Decidualization score biopsy | 10.1.21 | abnormal - low score of 1; endometrial scratch recommended and progesterone supplementation
Saline sono | 10.15.21 | normal
Bloodwork | 10.21.21 | high TSH, high testosterone, positive for anti-nuclear antibodies and histone antibodies, high protein S, multiple genetic mutations
BFP! | 11.3.21 | EDD 7.14.22 | biopsy provided same effect as endometrial scratch; added supplemental progesterone and estrogen, prednisone, levothyroxine, and MTX Support to maintain pregnancy
DS born 7.19.22 after induction
TTC #2 begins 6.2023
Consultation with RI | 6.6.23
Saline sono, endometritis biopsy, skin & eye check | all normal
Labs | high TSH, Factor XIII mutation, high %CD56
Follow up | 8.8.23 | prescribed metformin, prednisone, plaquenil, and levothyroxine
Repeat labs after 3 weeks on meds
Follow up | 11.9.23 | Green light!, increase in prednisone, added lovenox
Repeat labs in 8 weeks
Follow up | 1.16.24 | Green light continues
TTC put on pause
@kagesstarshroom I am loving your festival posts! I hope grading goes smoothly today and tomorrow.
TTC #2: Jan 2019
DS: 2.5 yo
EDD: 12/2/16 DOB: 10/22/16
(Previously MBS2016 Dec 2016 board