It has been kind of slow on here today...
1. Where are you?
2. What are you doing?
3. What's for dinner tonight?
4. What's the weather like where you are?
5. What are you drinking?
6. How has your week been going?
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow?
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives?
9. What are your plans for tonight?
TI, IUIs, IVF = c/ps and BFNs
Re: Poll!
1. Where are you? At home, on the couch.
2. What are you doing? Watching DH's games..they are playing a conference double header OOT but they are on TV.
3. What's for dinner tonight? I'm probably just going to snack/graze..I'm thinking maybe nachos.
4. What's the weather like where you are? Gorgeous! 70s, sunny...awesome!
5. What are you drinking? Diet coke..but his game is stressing me out so I may switch to wine..
6. How has your week been going? Ok. Monday was busy and flew by but yesterday and today were pretty quiet and went on forever. DH has been home all week (except for today but he'll be back tonight), though, so that's nice.
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? No. I don't eat any of that food and I don't drink beer.
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? LOVE pickles! Love green olives...like black olives in/on things but not alone.
9. What are your plans for tonight? Watch DH's games, work out, catch up on my DVRed shows (ATFR, Sister Wives, RHOM) and wait on DH to get home.TI, IUIs, IVF = c/ps and BFNs
1. Where are you? Just got home. Work has been crazy and it's the first time I've been able to check in since early this morning.
2. What are you doing? Just bumping and waiting for dinner to be done.
3. What's for dinner tonight? Roasted red pepper chicken and sauted spinach
4. What's the weather like where you are? In the 50s and just a little cloudy.
5. What are you drinking? water
6. How has your week been going? hectic. Work has been crazy and then cycling fun.
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? Maybe I'll get a Shamrock shake lol
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? Love all of them.
9. What are your plans for tonight? I'm so tired. I just want to lay on the couch and watch tv with DH.
1. Where are you? Sitting on our couch in the great room
2. What are you doing? Half watching a recorded Glee episode, half deciding that I'm over this show
3. What's for dinner tonight? Not sure...maybe hot dogs or sandwiches. We haven't been to the store since coming back in town.
4. What's the weather like where you are? BEAUTIFUL! 65 and sunny!
5. What are you drinking? Wait, how did you know I was drinking something? Water
6. How has your week been going? Pretty good, but I don't want it to end bc I don't want to go back to work!
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? Probably not. I'm not a big St. Patty's day fan.
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? I like pickles, I don't like green olives, I LOVE black olives.
9. What are your plans for tonight? Probably about to go workout, then eat dinner, then watching Modern Family!
We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And HOPE does not dissappoint.
Romans 5:3-5
~Matt and Jen~
Married August 26, 2006
TTC since June 2008
Severe MFI
IVF #1 Feb. 2011 = BFN
IVF #2 (Long Lupron) May 2011 = BFP!!!
Our sweet little girl, born January 26, 2012
Time for #2!
IVF #1 (Long Lupron) July 2013 = BFP!!!
Beta #1 (8/1) 203! Beta #2 (8/8) 3,677! 1st u/s scheduled for 8/15!
1. Where are you? Sitting in the living room
2. What are you doing? Watching Paula Dean
3. What's for dinner tonight? Chicken cordon blue and sweet potato
4. What's the weather like where you are? Sunny in the low 60's
5. What are you drinking? water
6. How has your week been going? Too fast! DH is going OOT tomorrow so it went by fast
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? No
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? I only like bread & butter pickles and fried pickles. I do not like green olives. Black olives are ok if they are on something.
9. What are your plans for tonight? Relax w/ DH before he goes OOTForever our's October 17th 2012
2. What are you doing? Not working
3. What's for dinner tonight? Good question. I didn't take anything to cook, so probably going out.
4. What's the weather like where you are? Cloudy, but warm
5. What are you drinking? Water
6. How has your week been going? Still waiting on AF so I can start my cycle, finally...she's a day late. Of course.
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? I hope so!
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? Holy crap i love love love love all 3. soooooo much.
9. What are your plans for tonight? dinner then tv. I do love TV.
TTC#1 since 2004
LGBT
4 cycles @ home with known donor - BFN
RE un-medicated IUI cycles # 1-7= BFN
NEW RE Clomid 50mg/ Ovidrel/ IUI #8 BFN
Took long break
Nov 2009 - Clomid 50mg/ Ovidrel/IUI #9 = BFP
Beta 12/4 - 10...Beta #2 12/7- 28 Beta #3 12/9 - 80!
1st sonogram 12/28 - slow hb and growth
m/c 1/1/2010 Courtland 8w0d
Nov 2010 cycle cancelled - polyp removal/hysteroscopy
April 4 2011 - IUI #10 BFFN
July 5, 2011 - #11 BFFN AMH .62 Boo
1. Where are you?
work
2. What are you doing?
working. leaving to go grocery shopping.
3. What's for dinner tonight?
dunno quite yet.
4. What's the weather like where you are?
rainy.
5. What are you drinking?
water.
6. How has your week been going?
stressful.
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow?
Hubs is half Irish, so we do soda bread, corned beef, and cabbage every year. Probably over the weekend this time.
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives?
9. What are your plans for tonight?yes, yes, yes. we got wasabi pickles from the farmer's market and they're the best thing ever!
do nothing at all, but I'll probably end up organizing my medical receipts to date.
2. What are you doing? Sitting at my desk in our office, bumping, emailing, texting, listening to the news and talking to Dh
3. What's for dinner tonight? We had steak on the grill, mashed potatoes and corn.....yummy!
4. What's the weather like where you are? Damp, 41 out
5. What are you drinking? Powerade Zero
6. How has your week been going? Good so far, went back to work today, so it's going to be a short week
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? No, might be going to my parents over the weekend to have corned beef n' cabbage
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? YES, ALL of them!!!!
9. What are your plans for tonight? Having a few ppl stop by to check out our camper that is for sale and I think we just sold it!!!! Yay!!!
7 IUIs = All BFNs
2011: March IVF #1.2 = e/p @ 6w: May IVF #2 = BFN: July sFET #1 = BFN
2012: Jan We're Certified FC/A Parents
May IVF #3 = c/p
June-Nov Foster Mommy to M (Toddler)
July FET #2 = BFN
Aug FET #3 = BFN
Sept-Nov Foster Mommy to Baby Bella (Newborn)
Nov HSG/Sono = Clear!
Dec FET #4 = BFN
2013: Feb FET #5 = m/c @ 6.5w
May-July Foster Mom to H (8 yr old girl)
June/July/Aug IVF #4 = Freeze All
July = Unofficially Adopting T (10 yr old boy)
Sept FET #6 = TBD
**PAIF/SAIF Welcome**
1. Where are you? Huntsville, AL...exact location, still at work...
2. What are you doing? I am still at school while a student is finishing working on a mannequin...
3. What's for dinner tonight? Terry's Pizza! Yum! It is an old Huntsville favorite...
4. What's the weather like where you are? 60 degrees
5. What are you drinking? Hah! I wish I was...
6. How has your week been going? ok, a little nervous about starting clomid, but today, has been fine...looking forward to the d-iui next week!
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? ooooh mmm... If I could find some in town, yes!
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? yes, yes and yes! I like SALT! and vinegar!
9. What are your plans for tonight? get pizza, and relax!
The Conception Craze
1/2009- TTTC
After 7 rounds of clomid and HcG, Three failed IUI's with an ectopic pregnancy, two shots of methotrextate, ER visits, breaks, low (3%) morphology One IVF cycle (lupron, gonal-F) that ended in another ectopic, more methotrexate, A Lap to disconnect both tubes, remove endo and a hydrosalphinx, . . .we are finally expecting TWINS from FET#1!
1.11. 2011: Beginning FET cycle!
3.11.11- FET! (DH's birthday!) 2 blasts transfered!
3.20.11- BETA #1 BFP!!! 272! (9dp5dt)
3.23.11- BETA #2 1346!!! (12dp5dt)
4.8.11- U/S #1. . TWINS!!! . . .TWO BOYS!
9.10.11-My beautiful Boys arrive unexpectedly at 28 weeks, 6 days.
1. Where are you? work
2. What are you doing? my experiment is in an incubation step, so I'm checking in here really quickly then off to finish up some other things so I can hopefully leave before 7 tonight!
3. What's for dinner tonight? no clue, probably take-out, I have no energy
4. What's the weather like where you are? sunny and 60s
5. What are you drinking? water
6. How has your week been going? okay, very busy, looking forward to another u/s on Friday
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? probably not, someone said to stay away from the nitrates in corned beef sandwiches, and I'm not wild about them anyway
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? I like pickles, but only when the mood strikes, not regularly. Same with green olives. I love black olives, but only in small doses... love them on my pizza or in salads!
9. What are your plans for tonight? hopefully finish up work, leave before 7, DH is going to order pizza, get home, eat, watch American Idol, do my PIO, go to bed.1. Where are you? I am in LA for work
2. What are you doing? Trying not to work....
3. What's for dinner tonight? Going to a yummy looking restaurant with my co-worker and then getting Pinkberry after!!!!!!!!!!!
4. What's the weather like where you are? Beautiful here (70)!
5. What are you drinking? Nothing, and dying of heartburn and ready to be done with work.....
6. How has your week been going? A little emotional about whether this cycle worked or not and POAS obsessively...
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? No, I will be travelling home....
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? Yes, yes and yes!
9. What are your plans for tonight? Food, pinkberry and bed. TIRED!Dx PCOS 2003/high fasting insulin/clotting issues DH Dx with low sperm count, motility and morphology. Varicocele repair (11/1/2010)
2/2011 - Confirmed no improvement - On to Donor Sperm
4 failed IUIs in 2010
IUI#5 and 6- with DS, BFN
Final IUI - Lucky #7! IUI with DS - 20.Jun.2011 - 21.5 mil motile! Not so lucky - BFFN and the end of our IF journey....
Waiting for our family to be complete through Adoption - May 2012 - Hoping our baby finds us soon!
After 5.5 years of loss, heartbreak, and empty arms, our dreams were fulfilled through the beautiful, selfless gift of adoption. We are amazingly blessed!
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1. Where are you? at the kitchen table
2. What are you doing? jamming Glee music and eating a salad
3. What's for dinner tonight? I'm on my own so probably this salad and maybe a soup later
4. What's the weather like where you are? Sunny and in the 70's...perfection!
5. What are you drinking? water
6. How has your week been going? pretty good, missing H b/c he's working a lot lately
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? I'm hoping to drink a bunch of beer, does that count?
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? yes to all three
9. What are your plans for tonight? read magazines, watch DVR'd shows and maybe clean my closest
Me: PCOS/Amenorrhea DH: Azoospermia due to Y Chromosome Micro Deletion IVF w/ ICSI on hold until further notice
Hope
1. Where are you? sitting on my couch with my dog
2. What are you doing? reading a book and flipping through the channels on tv
3. What's for dinner tonight? bbq chicken frozen pizza
4. What's the weather like where you are? raining this morning and a little overcast and chilly
5. What are you drinking? lemonade
6. How has your week been going? too fast
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? prob not
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? love all of them
9. What are your plans for tonight? going to try to get DH to watch Harry Potter with me.~Lauren~
**SAIF always welcome.**
After 2+ years, 3 losses, 3 surgeries, 2 IVFs and 1 FET our little girl is here.
my read shelf:
Read in 2011: 56/55
Read in 2012: 31/30
Read in 2013: 1/25
1. Where are you? hotel for work
2. What are you doing? relaxing after a LONG day, watching TV: Housewives now, Survivor next
3. What's for dinner tonight? salad with chicken and red peppers
4. What's the weather like where you are? beautiful, sunny, 60
5. What are you drinking? green tea
6. How has your week been going? good, but would be better if I were home with DH
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? most likely, will have a St. Patty's Day at home with DH this weekend
8. Do you like pickles? Yes...sweet, dill, fried, love them all
What about green olives? Yes
Black olives? not always
9. What are your plans for tonight? sleep (taking up as much of the bed as I can...may as well, right?)
"When the world says, 'Give up,' Hope whispers, 'Try one more time.'" -Anonymous
1. Where are you? in the living room
2. What are you doing? just got done with dinner
3. What's for dinner tonight? we grilled italian sausage
4. What's the weather like where you are? 60 and sunny!!!
5. What are you drinking? water
6. How has your week been going? it's okay nothing great nothing bad
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? probably not
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? love pickles and green olives, but don't like black olives
9. What are your plans for tonight? laying around watching tv
TTC since July 2008
IUI 1,2,3 BFN
IVF #1 C/P, FET 1,2,3 BFN
IVF#2 BFP
it's a girl!!
1. Where are you? I'm hanging out in a hotel.
2. What are you doing? Bumping! And watching Burn Notice.
3. What's for dinner tonight? I ate mozz sticks and a burger.
4. What's the weather like where you are? It's cold, but dry. Not a bad March day.
5. What are you drinking? I was drinking some orange pop, but it's all gone now.
6. How has your week been going? My week has been great. My brother and his girlfriend are visiting, and we're having a blast.
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? I'm looking for a bar with green beer. We'll see about the food.
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? I like pickles and black olives, but not green olives.
9. What are your plans for tonight? It's almost bedtime. I spent the evening exploring the downtown area and then chilling in the hot tub.
It has been kind of slow on here today...
1. Where are you? At work
2. What are you doing? Paying bills
3. What's for dinner tonight? chinese
4. What's the weather like where you are? sunny and gorgeous
5. What are you drinking? coffee with carmel machiatto (sp) cream
6. How has your week been going? kind of fast
7. Will you eat or drink any of the traditional St. Patty's Day foods/beverages tomorrow? Ill have a beer probably when we get home.
8. Do you like pickles? What about green olives? Black olives? i LOVE pickles. Olives. negative.
9. What are your plans for tonight? haircut and out to chinese
TTC #2 since June '08
~*DD 10.21.07*~
dx unexplained
IUI #1-4 BFN
IVF#1 June 2011 BFN
IVF#2 Dec 2011
Beta#1 12/21 : 812 Beta#2 12/23 : 1634
EDD 8/25
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