***TTA After A Loss Check-In***

Scout05

This is a check in for those TTCAL ladies who are Trying To Avoid for the time being. We all have different reasons for this, but it presents its own challenges, and I am hoping this is a place to come and talk about it openly. If you need to vent, please do so.

Since this is the first check in, I thought we could just reply and introduce ourselves, including our TTA plan of action.

I am going to suck at QOTD, I can tell that right now. So if anyone ever has a good one, feel free to let me know and I will happily post. For today:

 

TTA Related Question of the Day: Do you have any goals that you want to accomplish right now, while you are on this break?

 

Non-TTA Question of the Day: In honor of the NKOTB glory this morning, who or what was your first pop culture crush?

 

Scout05

I?m Allison, and my DH is Mark. We are TTA for at least three cycles following my second D&C (third loss) this year. We plan to probably take more time, as we are seeking an RE?s counsel, and going for a full genetic screening. Three consecutive losses since May would seem to me to indicate something is wrong, and I am not willing to go forward blindly.

For now, it will be condoms, but I think I am going back on BCP. I was always on the low dose, and really, the weaning off of them last year wasn?t that bad. I hate condoms, quite frankly, and we are really serious about not conceiving right now. I will be talking to our OB and RE about that plan, of course.

 

TTA Related QOTD: We want to take this time to focus on getting healthy. I am starting back on my yoga routine, and DH has gone back to the gym. I am scheduling full physicals, dentist visits and (I think this counts) finally biting the bullet and going to the eye doctor. I know I need glasses, and now is the time to just focus on ourselves and our bodies.

 

Non-TTA QOTD: Luke Skywalker. Not the actor. The character. I was probably six or seven, and it was true love. He's still the one that got away.

Texas77again

i am TTA right now while i'm on said crazy diet.  it's not recommended to get pg on it. 

i think NKOTB was my first crush.  i was like 11 or 12 when they first came out. 

::swoon::

oh and i'm listening to "please don't go girl" right now on youtube. 

PeetiePie

I'm Mary (29) and DH is Ben (30).  Celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary in September.  We are TTA until December or maybe January.  Still waiting on AF.

TTA QOTD: I'd like to finish up some home projects.  We (DH) installed new windows this summer and a few still need trim and there are some walls that need patching/painting. I'd also like to paint our kitchen cabinets white.  We're going to try and sell our house this spring and it would be nice to enjoy the newly painted cabinets this winter.

NonTTA QOTD: Oh boy, first crush?  Joey was my fav on NKOTB, but I'm not sure he was my first crush.

mjz

I'm Melissa. We're waiting to try again until AF. She's taking her sweet time (OK, calendar-wise it's not bad at all, but it feels like so much more time has passed).

TTA QOTD: We're focusing on getting healthy. We both got out of regular exercise and healthy eating right after the 2nd m/c. So far, so good! We both have small weight-loss goals, but I think we'll meet them. I'm also taking Sythroid and we'll do the RPL blood panel the day before Thanksgiving. Even if I get AF before then, we're planning on not TTC until after we get the results of everything.

NonTTA QOTD: First crush was totally NKOTB. I can't remember if there was a specific one, but I just remember being very into the group.

trendymom

Hi! We are TTA until after the first of the year because I want to get through the holidays without worrying about being in my 1st trimester and also I got pg with DS in early November so I  was due in the middle of the summer and had some major issues with the heat here in SE Texas.  I swole up so big I could not walk and got a horrible rash all over my body which was mostly from the heat. 

Goal: to lose at least 10 pounds before TTC again and run a 5k!

QOTD: Kirk Cameron..I thought he was sooo hot and I still think he is cute!

far_more_than_rubies

I'm Rachel, and I think I belong here because we are in limbo.  Sometimes DH says he wants to wait until April when SIL has her baby.... sometimes he says he wants to wait until summer.........  However, we have BD twice since the m/c and he never even mentioned TTA.  I don't want to TTA, but I also want to be working together with DH.  My follow-up is not until next week--- which will be almost 4 weeks post-m/c, so we'll see what the Dr. says to us.  Hopefully then we can come to a compromise.  

Since everything is so fresh, and so undecided, I don't have any real goals.......  I guess my goal is to find some goals.  I"m actually a very goal oriented person--- so feeling like I've got nothing to visualize is killing me.  Maybe my goal will be to finish the scrapbook I've been working on.

My first pop-culture crushes were (I cannot narrow it to one because I can't figure out who came first!)  the Karate Kid, Mark-Paul Gossler (ZACK MORRIS), and Kirk Cameron 

ColindaP

I am Colleen, or Colinda if you are addressing me in Spanish. We just had loss #3 and will be beginning the uterine invasions in December, which I am wholly unexcited for.

1st question: Get more of the house fixer-uppered

2nd question: Duh, look at my sig. Westley. Who else?

tryingforbabyL

Hi There!

We were told after losing Hope to wait at least 6 months (that would be January), even though my Peri would prefer a year.  After the Pre-E I am still getting my blood pressure under control, and was told that could take upto 6 months. 
Also, after we lost Hope our therapist put me on something for anxiety and to help me sleep ... I can not take those while pregnant, so I have to be ready to stop taking them before we try. 
On top of all of this ... we had a scare this month ... still waiting on my period but have had several negative pregnancy test.   This scare made me realize two things, one - how desperately I want a baby I can bring home and two - that I need to wait until I am sure my body is ready because the thought of another bad pregnancy scares me to pieces. 

So goals:  get blood pressure back to normal, get off anxiety meds and sleeping meds, lose some weight, finish working on the house.

So I think we are TTA until atleast February.