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GTKY: What is your favorite New Year memory?
Re: WTO New Year Long Weekend 2021!
Month/Cycle: 12 months (I think I calculated this wrong before, January is month 13)
CD: 5
WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPKs, PNV
R/R: I’m sad I have to work today, but at least it is a half day. I have no plans for tonight, and it is supposed to be storming so there will not likely be the usual neighborhood fireworks. Seems fitting for 2020. For a rave, we finally got our compensation letters for next year and apparently all the extra work I have been doing translated to a significant raise for next year, so that is nice!
CS/Q: Nothing but low period temps, but I actually remembered to temp for the last 2 days!
GTKY: What is your favorite New Year memory? Back in my irresponsible younger days (and in the before times when crowds were still a thing) I used to always go to big parties downtown for NYE and do some rather heavy drinking. My favorite year I went to a rooftop party in New Orleans and I just remember drunkenly watching fireworks off a barge in the river. Good times.
That's a fun NYE memory!
TTC#2
TTC #2 ... preparing as of March 2024
TTC #1
TTC #1 02/2020 - 07/2022
2009 | Dx PCOS; likely a misdiagnosis
07/14/20 | Dx Hashimoto's Thyroditis
07/21/20 | 1st RE appointment
07/2120 - 08/20/20 | so much testing; no signs of PCOS
08/20/20 | Dx Unexplained; AMA
09/08/20 | IUI #1 Clomid + Trigger + Prometrium | BFN
09/30/20 | Urology consult; more testing required
10/2020 | Clomid + OPK + TI + Prometrium | BFN
10/26/2020 | Starting 2nd IUI cycle, with Letrazole and with a new RE / different clinic
11/03/2020 | New Dx "poor egg quality"; IUI cancelled in favor of Trigger + TI + Prometrium | BFN
11/26/2020 | Combo IUI (Clomid + Menopur) + Trigger + Prometrium | BFN
12/20/2020 | Combo IUI (Clomid + Gonal-F) + Trigger | IUI Cancelled due to thin lining; TI only | BFN
01/14/2021 | Combo IUI (Letrazole + Menopur) + Trigger | BFN
02/06/2021 | Switched to a new RE (TEW) ; trying naturally until we complete additional testing
03/14/2021 | Hybrid Double IUI, with Zymot (Letrazole, Gonal-F) + Trigger + Endometrin | Ovulated 4 mature eggs but still a BFN ☹️
04/07/2021 | Natural cycle while we regroup | BFN
04/09/2021 | Employer announces fertility benefits starting 05/01/2021! | Search for a new doctor who accepts insurance
05/10/2021 | New RE consult & plan for IVF
05/13/2021 | Mid-luteal IVF cycle #1 interrupted; had to get cancer genetic screening done to make sure I didn't have the same SDHA gene mutation as MH.
06/10/2021 | Aygestin priming IVF cycle #1; opted to Cx after 9 days of stims since only 5-6/12 follicles responded
07/26/2021 | Attempt #2 at IVF cycle #1 (mid-luteal start): 8 retrieved, 8 MII, 6 fert (1 PN3), 3 Day 5 & 6 blasts: 3AA, 3AA, 6AB; 3 euploid
08/09/2021 | Rest cycle / unmedicated TTC | Shockingly, a BFP! EDD: 5/25/202 | CP at 4w4d
09/23/2021 | IVF cycle #2 (mid-luteal start): 14 retrieved, 13 MII, 11 fert, 5 Day 5 & 6 blasts: 2 x 3AA, 2 x 3AB, 3BB; 2 euploid
11/12/2021 | IVF cycle #3 (mid-luteal start): cancelled due to ovaries being on vacation
12/20/2021 | Rest cycle / unmedicated TTC + Pregmune Immunology Testing; BFN
01/22/2022 | Rest cycle / unmedicated TTC + understanding uncovered immunological issues; BFN
02/18/2022 | Mock transfer cycle! ERA, ReceptivaDx, EMMA/ALICE; start Prednisone to address NK activity
03/16/2022 | Final, "Hail Mary" super-ovulation + TI cycle before FET; BFP! EDD: 12/21/2022 | MMC 05/08/2022
05/20/2022 | D&C; recovering...
06/21/2022 | Trying naturally until October 2022
07/21/2022 | BFP! EDD 04/02/2023; 👦🏼 born on 4/5/2023
@fitzfizz congrats on the raise!
Month/Cycle: 2/3
CD: 1
WAYDTGKU: the usual
R/R: cramps, headache, CD1. Feels like a fitting end to the dumpster fire that was 2020.
CS/Q: nope
GTKY: What is your favorite New Year memory? I don't really have a specific memory, new year's wasn't a huge deal aside from getting to stay up as a kid. We do have the tradition of eating appetizers instead of an actual dinner (we have stuff for pigs in a blanket and mozzarella sticks this year). Probably my favorite single memory is the time a few years ago when DH and I went in for the new year's kiss and our dog popped up between us and stole the kiss - he squirmed his way in and licked my husband right in the mouth.
Month/Cycle: 7/8
CD: 9
WAYDTGKU: BBT, OPKs, Preseed, HIO EOD, all the vitamins
R/R: I cannot seem to catch up on sleep. No matter how early I go to bed, I’m still waking up exhausted. So that’s fun.
CS/Q: just boring temps
GTKY: What is your favorite New Year memory? One year in high school, my best friend and I threw a NYE party with a bunch of our friends. It was nothing special but we stayed up all night gossiping and playing games and watching movies.
Me: 26 DH: 27
TTC #1 | June '18-August '18 | DD | Born April 21, 2019 | Due May 10, 2019
TTC#2 | June '20-February '21 | DS | Due October 27, 2021
@fitzfizz Congratulations on the raise! Yay!
@fantasyflyte That memory about the pup is hilarious!
@chindimples04 I hope you can get refreshing rest soon
Month/Cycle: 3/3
CD: 11
WAYDTGKU: trying Ava this cycle
R/R: I made an easy breakfast casserole this weekend (crescent roll dough, eggs, sausage, cheese) and it was delish!
GTKY: What is your favorite New Year memory? Growing up we would stay at my grandparents’ house, play games late at night with cousins, and set off fireworks at midnight.
TTC#1 - 2 IVF cycles, 4 transfers, 2 miscarriages (LC age 4)
TTC#2 - a very welcome surprise without intervention (LC age 2)