**TTC Check-in**

HSartteach

Trying

kimbiebride

ktwdw129

purpletulip

kirknsarah

Tiffany5412

MnMShaw

HSArtTeach

angelaggie

AustinMimi

brideonjuly8

Michelleaxo

Kiarox2002

KristinD3

FoxyHoff

sandieleeann

AustinAggie01

funkymonkeyohyeahhh

OrangeFelt

amycory2008

thethomps

a-c-d

IVF/IUI/Meds?

texasbeachbride

10-4LilBuddy

cristiej

On Hold?

FireChiefsBride?

katattack

SareBear30

Kellenickle

EMTX

AustinBride?

 

Give us an update.

QOTW:  What are some things you would like to get done before you have your baby? (either before you get pregnant or before the actual birth)

kiarox2002

Update:  I took my first test on Sunday.  Unsurprisingly, it was negative.  Also unsurprisingly, it sucks just as bad as I remembered.  I have 2 more weeks before I start meds to induce a period.  

QOTW:  I would like to win the lottery.    Realistically, I would like to declutter the house and perhaps do something with our yard. 

SareBear30

So, we've officially decided to "remove the goalie" for the next cycle, then actively TTC the cycle after that! Squeee! I am so excited and scared, and it's hard not to tell people when they ask when we are thinking about trying. And people are asking. Constantly.

QOTW:  What are some things you would like to get done before you have your baby? (either before you get pregnant or before the actual birth)
I had really hoped to have more money saved and to be in better physical health, but we aren't getting any younger, and I worry that the longer we wait, the more chance we will have problems, and that certainly wouldn't be cheap. (Run on sentence anyone?) We'll just do the best we can and hope for the best. I keep telling myself that lots of people have babies that are in much worse health and have much less resources and are fine.

AustinBride06

Would you please move me to "on-hold"?  Thanks.

HSartteach

AustiBride: Done.  Again  {{hugs}}

HSartteach

Update:  No real update.  I am using opks everyday to hopefully catch my surge.  My temping isn't going well.  I missed yesterday due to a surprise wake-up by Logan at 4am and knew I wouldn't get the rec 3 hours.  (he cut 3 of his 4 canine teeth--2 up, 1 down).  And today, I heard the alarm go off, but I didn't register it and temped a half hour late.  Hopefully the opk will work for me this month. 

QOTW: not sure what I want to get done.  I would like to get L PT'd and get his big boy room ready.  (I've not had the desire to start on his room because of all the bfn's I've been getting.  It seems pointless at the moment.)  I would also like to get our front patio finished before a new baby arrived so I have some where to sit while L plays out front.  Other than that...just want to get some mental things in check.  But that's a story for another day.

GL to everyone this week!

OrangeFelt

Update: I'm in the 2ww. I got nothin' but phantom symptoms.

QOTW: I've hit most of my to-do list - get out of debt, travel, races, etc - but I guess if I had to choose something, I could stand to lose 7 more lbs to get back down to my 'racing weight'. Which is lame, because even though I'm slightly fatter (that is not muscle on my belly), I'm definitely faster.

kirknsarah

Hugs to AustinBride. 

Also in the 2WW. 7DPO. Phantom symptoms? Crazy lotiony CF (sorry TMI), and I've had two distinct bbt dips. The first one was the first time I've ever gone below the coverline. It was too soon for an "implantation dip" at 5dpo, so I'm hoping that it was a severe estrogen surge dip made worse from the Clomid. if that makes sense. anyway we will see. I have a lot of hope for this cycle, probably too much.

ETA: I just started spotting. Fffffffffffff. My hope for this cycle just went way down. 

QOTW: We wanted to save a certain amount of money, which we did. We wanted to go on a cool trip, which we did. I would like to lose a little more weight but I'm not stressing about that at this point. I would also like to finish a few house projects.

funkymonkeyohyeahhh

Update: Cycle 10 was a BFN.  I thought I was ready to come back in to it after the ectopic break, but I took the BFN really hard and a lot of fears/anxiety came back. We'll see how I'm feeling around O time, but for now I'm leaning towards taking this cycle off. My husband is taking a few summer classes and is really busy right now so I don't want to put added stress on him. Next cycle will fall in line with a vacation we are planning so we'll be much less stressed and maybe that will help take my mind off my fears/anxiety.

QOTW: Hm, if there was anything on that list, it's been checked off in the past 10 months of trying. We could always have more in savings, but I think we spend more money around BFN time each month to cheer up so once I'm pregnant that will solve itself, haha.

thethomps

Update:  Not much.  Still charting.  We want to give it a couple cycles to make sure I'm still Oing when I'm supposed to, etc.

What would I like to get done?  Lose the last 9 lbs. of baby weight so I can at least be at my pp weight before getting pg again.  I also wish I could read the future and know the sex of the next child b/c PBK has all their cute bedding on sale and I would LOVE to buy a bedding set from them.  Oh well!

michelleaxo

Update: Still in the 2ww. I am having a crazy amount of phantom symptoms and I an dying to know if they are real or if this is all in my head. AF is due next tuesday, so I will test sometime around then.

QOTW: I reeeeally wanted to lose more weight. ::sigh:: oh well.

GL to all of you!

sandieleeann

I still don't know what my cycles will be like off of BC, but today is day 28.  If nothing happens by Saturday I'm gonna take me first test just to see.

QOTW:   I'm not sure, there is nothing that I'm DYING to do that I can't do with a baby.

amycory2008

Tomorrow marks 2 weeks since our IUI, but my OB recommended testing Monday if AF doesn't show.  I have way too much hope for this to work, so I'm really scared that I'm going to be very disappointed.  I'm trying not to overanalyze any symptoms and just hoping for the best.

The only thing I really wanted to do before getting pregnant this time was to get in better shape and establish a little bit of an exercise routine so I can keep it going, which I've sort of done.  Although, biking with E is part of that routine, and I'm not so sure I should keep that up.

Good luck to everyone! 

AustinMimi

No update here. Good luck to everyone! Lots of hugs to AustinBride.

QOTW: I just want to finish my Ph.D. Everything else is just a bonus. I've been working hard to get in better shape.

brideonjuly8

Update- nothing major going on here, just waiting to ovulate.

QOTW- I just want to lose some weight.  I've been doing a lot more exercise, but I haven't been watching what I eat.    Exercising makes me SO hungry!!

Hugs, T&P to AustinBride. 

texasbeachbride

Not much to update, I'm on CD 10, hopefully O next week. 

QOTW:  We have already done all the major stuff we wanted to do.  I wouldn't mind losing about 10 lbs before though

angelaggie

Update: AF is late, but I tested and BFN.  So I don't know what's up with that.  Only month 2 off bcp though, so maybe my body is still figuring it out. 

QOTW: I've lost nearly 20 pounds, still 10-15 to go, but if it doesn't happen no biggy.  Everything else we've done, including pay off my car!  And we're going to the Bahamas next week

a-c-d

You can add me to TTC.

This weekend is our weekend to make sure we actively try to make a baby. Then I guess we wait and see!

QOTW: There are still some more trips we want to take. We are scared to make any BIG plans in case I do get pregnant soon but we also don't want to wait in case it takes us a while. So, we are looking closely at out "top 5" trips and making some decisions. 

MnMShaw

Update: Just waiting to test this month.  For some reason I'm just not feeling hopeful this cycle so it is what it is.  Then next month we really need to TTA because that would put my due date next April and I'm supposed to be in a wedding then for a very, very dear friend and I don't want to miss her wedding.  So I guess that's out.  I always said August would be a good time to get pregnant so maybe that's my month.  Who knows.

 

QOTW:  I would really like to replace our floor in the house and put in either wood or tile before a baby comes but considering I have to pay $2800 for my dog to have ear surgery next week, I don't know if that will happen.  I also wanted to take another vacation but not sure where or if we will.