2IF Weekly Update - 10/28/11
JMay
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2IF Weekly Update - 10/28/11
Hi Ladies!
Welcome to the ?updated? UPDATE! We hope everyone has had a good week. This is such a great place to meet other women in similar circumstances to share experiences, cheer each other on, get info and offer support.
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A BIG WELCOME to DORI, Our New 2IF Board MASCOT!
"May we have her never-ending positivity and ability to forget the bad and only remember the good." - Lillinzlou
Just Keep Swimming Ladies! (Thanks Amanda, Lillinzlou & Hoping4More!)
2IFers
AmandaMacD... IVF cycle (Thanks for sharing Dori wisdom!)
Bronxite
byrne15... break (vacation!)
Choirgirl... Natural / Alternative
Coxity... 2WW
Cynthia7461
Electricdoctor83... Clomid cycle
EmmysMom1213... break
Frankie? Welcome Back for #3!
gina&dave07
golfbride11... WELCOME!
hoping4more? break (Thank you for posting directions for Dori!)
Hnysckl426 - IUI cycle - WELCOME!
jennykg1477... Adoption! J
JenMaz
JessMike07
JMay... Natural / Alternative... waiting for AF
JMenna - WELCOME!
Jtorgersen
KateMW
KelliLynee... break
kellyjg123
kimbee009
kipprob... 2WW
LeahB12
lillinzlou... Natural / Alternative (Thank you for finding the perfect Dori jpg!)
Manderlin923
mikey&amie... IVF 2WW
misslb02 - WELCOME!
MySweetBaboo... 2WW
PaigeC1981... 2WW - WELCOME!
QueenBone? Back Soon for #3!
RMR13... waiting...
RNMommy08
ryeleeandrori - WELCOME!
SB524... 2WW - FINGERS CROSSED!
Sept1006Bride... FET prep
sgrobste... natural FET cycle prep
smalltownmama... Trying & Adoption! J
Stacy092306... break
Twizzle... Natural / Alternative
Valerie54
CONGRATULATIONS to our BFP's!
(most recent EDD first, descending)
Melis-n-Mike ? EDD: 6/24/12
Saraevh ? EDD: ???
Karencz ? EDD: 6/6/12
lena0210 - EDD: 5/30/12
TamTam624 - EDD: 5/30/12
Barbilis ? EDD: ???
DSU98 ? EDD: 5/14/12
Smacb ? EDD: 5/10/12
Akabride30 - EDD: 5/05/12
MrsJaimebeth ? EDD: 5/03/11
Becketts ? EDD: 5/1/12
Jen-Dale ? EDD: 2/20/12 Girl!
munequita2006 ? EDD: 2/16/12
MrsTeejer ? EDD: 2/14/12 w/#3!
Cvillecouple ? EDD: 2/2/12 Girl!
Pharmacygirl ? EDD: 1/7/12 Team Green!
Hope4us ? EDD: 1/4/12
teresadrew17 ? EDD: 12/11/12 Twins!! Boy and Girl! (Just 3 weeks left til c/s!)
Tosh24 ? EDD: 12/08/11 Team Green!
RyansMTCowGirl ? EDD: 11/30/11 Girl!
kellykg123 ? EDD: 11/23/11 Twins! Boy and Girl! (Just 10 days left til c/s!)
Cairolio ? EDD: 11/5/11
Janimal ? EDD: 11/5/11
Soon2Bmrs.AGEE ? EDD: 10/27/11?Twins!!
2IF NURSERY
Welcome to the world little Miracles!
Soon2Bmrs.AGEE ? EDD: 10/27/11?Twins!!
Ready2bMommy ? EDD: 10/13/11
Pixiestx - Welcome Cora & congrats on the VBAC!
Amer19 - Welcome Little Evangeline!
Amamommy - Welcome to the Amamommy Triplets!
Alchris ? Baby Girl, Elena
DSU98 - Baby Girl, Ashley
Francisca - Baby Boy, Callum and Baby Girl Rachel
Shaunie ? Baby Boy, Shiloh Zion
NOTE: Please feel free to update if you were once a member of this board but haven?t check in for a while ? we?re always to know of the success that has come to those before us! 
STILL MISSING! MaybeMore, sbg, volleymommy, pumpkinhead4, amandanurse, Sept30Madison, rs_bride, aly401, and many more! Please let me know if you are still here! 
QOTW: Easy ones this week - What are your Halloween Plans? Are you dressing up? What will your DC be?
"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."
Miracle DD born 12.2005
TTC #2 since Dec 2008 w/ PCOS
***P/SAIF Always Welcome***
Keep it Natural, Baby!
Re: 2IF Weekly Update - 10/28/11
Update: Just waiting for AF so I can start a testing cycle - reluctantly looking forward to my HSG.
QOTW: Mostly hangng out this weekend, will try to get to a few community activities. Looking forward to DD party at school on Monday. She'll be a veterinarian... I'm going as a cat.
"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."
Miracle DD born 12.2005
TTC #2 since Dec 2008 w/ PCOS
***P/SAIF Always Welcome***
Keep it Natural, Baby!
QOTW: I am not dressing up. I'm not big on Halloween for me, but love it for DD. She is going to be Little Red Riding Hood. We have her Halloween parade at school today and then on Monday I am taking her and my niece to my mom's school for their parade. After that, we are having friends over to go ToT in our neighborhood and then have pizza after.
"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."
Update: Nothing much to update. Ovulation should be a week from tomorrow.
QOTW: It's DH's birthday today and we are having a family gathering for that. We are going to a Halloween party tomorrow. We will go trick or treating on Monday. DD is going to be a monster. She looks like Sully from Monster's Inc. Have a great weekend everyone!
---------Game Over---------
Moving on as a family of 3
Lou's Infertility News
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Update: Had my ER yesterday and they retrieved 13 eggs. Anxiously waiting on the fert report today. I start my PIO injections tonight, which scare the crap out of me. Hopefully they won't be as bad as I anticipate.
QOTW: Saturday I will do laundry and grocery shopping in case I have a 3dt on Sunday. I plan on making a couple of meals that DH can just pop in the oven. The plan is a 5dt if everything works out, so hopefully I'll be good but will meal plan either way. I plan on working from home for 2 days after the transfer. DD is going to be Rapunzel, and we will ToT on Monday with her cousin (who is dressing up as Dorothy).
update- I am 12 weeks today and still panic everyday. At last appt. they could not hear heartbeat so they sent me to u/s and they found! Phewww!!!
My DUE DATE was changed to May 11th! I always like getting moved up instead of backwards.
QOTW: No I do not dress up. DD#1 is going to be Cinderella and DD#2 is going to be a kitty cat!
We had 2 years of IF trying to conceive #2 and one loss during that time. We are currently trying for #3! had another loss the end of June
Update: Got AF on Tues. This will be the last cycle we try on our own before moving on to IUI with injectables.
QOTW: DS will be spiderman and I will be a vampire. I am looking foward to his halloween parade/party at school on Mon and an adult Halloween party for DH and I this Sat. Haven't been to one of those in ages, should be fun!!!
Update: Just truckin' along. Nothing new
QOTW: I love Halloween more than any adult should. We usually go all out for Halloween and it's my goal to be that house on the block that all the kids wait all year for and want to come to. I am a witch every single year....only the best costume ever! DD is a tiger this year and had her Halloween-themed 5th birthday party last weekend. All the kids came in their costumes and it was super cute. Our friend cancelled his annual Halloween party this year so I don't think we're doing anything adult-wise, but my work has a dress up day and I'm being a sunny-side up egg (I made my own costume lol). Too bad I'm allergic to cocoa and can't partake in eating all that yummy candy (or maybe that's a good thing......)
*TW loss and children mentioned*
Apr 17: IUI #1 = BFN
May 17: IUI #2 = BFN
Jun 17: IUI #3 = Late BFP (18 DPO) | NMC 17Jul17 @ ~6w
Aug 17: IUI #4 = Cancelled due to premature ovulation | TI = BFN
Sep 17: IUI #5 = Cancelled due to overstimulation (10+ follies)
Nov 17: IVF #1 = Cancelled due to non-IF related health issue | TI = BFN
Dec 17: IVF #1 = Puregon 200, Menopur 75, Orgalutran, Suprefact trigger due to OHSS risk | 22R, 18M, 16F, 10B frozen
Feb 18: FET #1 (medicated) = BFN
Mar 18: FET #2 (natural cycle) = CP (beta 1: 54; beta 2: 0)
EDD: 07Jan2019 Team Green
My Rainbow Baby Boy born 03Jan2019
Update: I have been having all the signs of ovulation for a few days, but I haven't had a temp rise yet. It's kind of odd and frustrating because this is the 3rd day in a row that I have been expecting one but not yet gotten it. Hopefully it's not a sign that something's not right.
QOTW: I have always loved Halloween, and now even more since it's also DS's birthday. We have a fun, busy weekend ahead with DS's birthday party tomorrow, Boo at the Zoo on Sunday, and ToT on Monday. I'm also taking the day off on Monday to celebrate his birthday by taking him out for pancakes, and we may go to DH's work for afternoon ToT also. I'm not dressing up in costume but I have fun Halloween t-shirts. DS is going as Ironman, he has no idea who Ironman is but it's the costume he liked the best. I'm so excited for this weekend!
Update: I've learned a bit this cycle... that I have a thin lining, low progesterone and that I ovulated on CD18 like I have in the past (unfortunately, I will probably still get AF on CD29, which leaves me with a short luteal phase). Determining how to proceed, and leaning towards a monitored cycle next month and possible trying depending how things look. Considering asking to do estrace to improve my lining (without clomid for now... the dr suggested clomid + estrace, but I want to do a monitored cycle first), and would also want to add progesterone after O if we did decide to try.
QOTW: No plans this weekend (DH is playing in a football game with some friends, so looking for something fun for DD and I to do). Monday we will go trick or treating with the same group we always go with. This year there are 2 new babies... I remember when I found out I was pregnant (my first miscarriage) I was so excited that there would be THREE new babies for halloween... so I'm going to be a bit bummed that DD will still be an only child this year. In any case, she is dressing up as Smurfette & will be totally adorable. : )
Trying for #2 since July 2010
BFP 8/1/10, missed m/c, D&C 9/15/10.
BFP 1/8/11, chemical pregnancy.
BFP 3/4/11, measured behind all along, no more HB 4/18/11. D&C 4/29/11. HCG didn't drop, Repeat D&C 6/17/11; confirmed molar pregnancy 6/23/11.
Forced break, including two Hysteroscopies in October to remove retained tissue.
BFP 12/29/11! Betas @ 10 dpo = 85, 14 dpo= 498, 22 dpo = 7242
Heard HB 1/24/12. 144 bpm!
Luca Rose born 9/9/12! More than worth the wait!
UPDATE: My 4WW is finally over! I'm cd5 today, and hope to start peeing on sticks for my fertility monitor on Sunday (just gives me something to do, haha). I'd love an early O this month, in trade for my 23 day luteal phase.
QOTW: We don't have party plans, but the little shopping district 4 blocks north of us has a party every year and we'll go up with a neighbor family who has a boy just 9 mos older than DS. DS will be an elephant. He lives for elephants. He knows they are pachyderms and can name most of the rest of the pachyderm family. I can't believe I spent $40 plus shipping for his costume, but it's an awesome costume and they are his favorite thing in the world right now. I'll just go as a somewhat chubby mom, I think.
UPDATE: We're ttc the old fashioned way for now. I'm getting ready to ovulate......hopefully this weekend since DH is going out of town next Tuesday.
QOTW: DD's 4th bday is on Sunday so we're looking forward to spending the day with her. Both girls will be dressing up and going around the neighborhood a bit for some trick-or-treating - A is Rapunzel and H is a kitty. Even though Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, I won't be dressing up this year.
Have a great weekend everyone!!
Update: I've been MIA for a couple weeks...been busy getting things ready for baby (picked up car seat yesterday) and trying to decide on nursery colors. We also are in the midst of doing a kitchen and bath remodel. Had an OB appt yesterday and I can't believe I only have 5 more appts and then my c-sec is scheduled for Dec 28th.. My OB said I am measuring 31 weeks (so a week ahead). Hoping baby girl doesn't come early or on Christmas.
QOTW: We are going to a friends house after we trick or treat in our neighborhood for a little bit and then do some more over there. I am probably not going to dress up, even though I've had a couple of ideas of what to be. DS is going to be a doctor, we'll actually a surgeon. He liked the green scrubs better than the white lab coat.
TTC #2 since Nov '07
Tried 4 cycles of Clomid, TI, Gonal-f, and IUI's - all BFFN's
Both tubes removed Nov '09
Low AMH = 0.3
IVF #1 for Feb '10 - cancelled due to poor response - Gonal-f and Repronex
IVF #1.2 for June '10 - Gonal-f, Menopur, and micro Lupron
ER - 6/19 (2 retrieved), ET - 6/22 (1 transferred with ICSI), Beta 7/5 = BFFN
IVF #2 for Nov '10 was cancelled due to poor response - Follistim, Repronex, and micro Lupron
IVF #2.2 for Feb '11 - Gonal-f, Repronex, and Ganirelix
ER - 2/24 (8 retrieved), ET - 3/1 (2 transferred with ICSI), froze 3, Beta 3/11 = BFFN
FET - 4/19 (3 transferred), Beta 4/28 = BFP, EDD 1/4/12
Update - IUI #2 tentatively Tuesday, monitoring appointment Monday and if all looks good trigger and IUI next morning. In the meantime I have an appointment with an RE for November 28th. The OBGYN I an seeing is a fertility specialist in the area but not an RE. More of an insurance formality for them to keep paying for the IUI as my doctor is hopeful with the IUI's.
QOTW - DD is going to be a cupcake, we will TOT tomorrow for a special downtown trick or treat and then of course on Monday.
Update- After 4 months of being on a forced break due to an ectpoic pregnancy we are trying again. I just met with RE again this week and will begin a new IVF cycle. I had CD 21 bloddwork yesterday but did not ovulate yet so I can't start meds yet and have to go back on Monday for bloodwork. Hopefully I O over the weekend so we can start
QOTW- I will not be dressing up. DD has a couple Halloween parties this weekend and is going to Ariel from the Little Mermaid.
UPDATE: Today marks the official start of my first FET cycle. Just got the call to start my lupron tonight. I will be taking the lupron for two weeks and then go back to the RE for a suppression check. After that its loads of estrogen in conjunction with Vitamin E, Red Raspberry Leaf Tea, Pom Juice, and acupuncture. Fingers crossed!
QOTW: Tonight my husband is making me go to an adults only costume party. Let me just say that I loathe dressing up for Halloween unless its with DD. So I will find something to throw together in my closet, drink my allotted one drink and hope the lupron side effects take until tomorrow to kick in
We will be carving our pumpkins on Sunday so MH can help out, and then decorating more pumpkins Halloween morning with my DD's classmates from last year. DD is dressing up as an "age appropriate" pirate for a parade and TOT on Halloween night.
"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."
Update: been sick for a week and my ob prescribed a zpac so praying that will help get me better faster so I can get more rest (barely getting any sleep at all right now). I made it to 36 weeks which was a big milestone for me since my dear friend who has twins delivered hers at exactly 36 weeks. I have no room left in my abdomen for anything (including eating and breathing like a normal person) but am very thankful these babies are so healthy.
QOTW: DS is a construction worker this year and I will be waddling around behind him, no costume for me!
Just got AF yesterday. Hoping for better luck this month.
I don't ever dress up anymore, we will take DD trick or treating to see family, and she is going as Merleah Summers from Barbie in a Mermaid tale.
UPDATE: I am waiting for AF to show her face and I am getting REALLY frustrated that she is not here yet. But, hopefully I will have more answers on Monday.
QOTW: I am taking my DS trick-or-treating
I am a teacher so I have to dress up this year (entire building is) and my team is dressing up as spelling Bee's. DS is going to be a Doctor 
Update: CD17 and already no hope for this cycle as DH has been working a ton and this has lead to really bad timing. I did check out the Infertility Cure and already read a lot. It has intrigued me for sure! My 1st acupuncture appt is on Friday.
QOTW: DD is a strawberry this year! No dressing up for me.
Update: I'm on CD27, 11 DPO. I usually get a visit on CD28 so I know I'm coming to the bitter end of the 2WW. I tested yesterday and got a BFN. I did not test today and promised myself I'd wait until at least tomorrow, if not Halloween before trying again.
QOTW: We'll ToT on Monday with some friends. DD will be an elephant. Pretty low key event for us.
QOTD: We are just going to go trick ot treating around the neighborhood on Monday. We are going to a neighborhood costume parade tomorrow morning at a friend's house. Ds is a T-Rex this year.
Update: Cycle 33, 1st one since Lap & going unmedicated this cycle.
~after 34 cycles we finally got our 2nd little bundle of joy~
My IF blog
Update: Started injectables this cycle. My body responded too well to the Follistim, so my RE canceled this cycle yesterday : ( Now just waiting for AF to show and we are going to try Follistim again at a lower dose.
QOTW: I love Halloween, however, my husband hates it. He never wants to dress up or do anything! So boring!
LO is going to be a vampire!
Update- DH has his SA and the results were good/decent. Volume is low apparently, at 1.0 with a normal range of 1.5-5.0? I haven't had a chance to call my doctor, does anybody know what she might recommend? His count was 60mil and everything else was right in the middle of the "normal" range it seems.
QOTW~ We are going to a huge parade and party in our soon-to-be neighborhood. Apparently it's quite the Halloween area with 100s if not 1000s of trick or treaters and parties everywhere. We're all looking forward to it, though Lil isn't feeling great today. I am almost to the point of letting her go sick {she isn't contagious, it's sinus issues} and then dealing with the fall out the rest of the week. I remember how bad it sucks to be sick on Hween. I was sick 4 years in a row as a child.
She's going as a flapper. I'm going as a soccer mom...cardigan, skinny jeans and ballet flats. 
Ha!
Still here. Just started week 2 of the 2 WW.
QOTW: Trick or Treating and ots of parties -- library, gym, preschool. She is a peacock this year. No costume for me.
Update: Spotting.
QOTW: My mom is coming over tonight and we are having spaghetti and copius amounts of wine. DD is dressing as Jessie from Toy Story.