~*~*~*Weekly TTC Check In~*~*~*

MrsMonkey04

Good morning, lovely ladies!

I'm guessing that because of the timing today (day before Thanksgiving), our already small list of check in-ers may shrink even more!  So, today's QOTW won't be TTC-specific (unless you'd like to include that in your answer)--I'll save that for next week.

QOTW: I know we're all thankful for our wonderful husbands, but what else are you thankful for in your life right now?

As always, feel free to share updates, question suggestions, or anything else on your mind.  Take care ladies, and I'm wishing y'all the best!!

MrsMonkey04

QOTW: I'm thankful for my family, who are generally wonderful (but also don't pester us about having a baby).  I'm thankful that DH & I have jobs that we don't hate.  I'm thankful for supportive, helpful, smart & sassy nesties.  And today I am thankful that I can afford to buy myself a delicious chai latte from Starbucks. 

Update: Nada; it's still fairly early in this cycle.  Good luck, ladies!!

rssnlvr

A great and well-timed question!

QOTW: I am thankful for my amazing parents, who seem to be our only sane, healthy, loving examples of what parents should be. I am thankful I am officially past my 1-year cancer anniversary and didn't have any more pop up. I am thankful this crappy economy allowed us to refinance our house at a rate that is close to my student loan rate! I am thankful I have two awesome kitties who are healthy, loving little punk-asses. I am super thankful for all the friends I've made through these boards, who have supported me and made me laugh when all I wanted to do was cry. And I am thankful that my husband and I are TTC, because as stressful and heartbreaking as it gets sometimes, what we are doing is pretty amazing and exciting and mindblowing, and I am lucky that we've gotten to enjoy it for as long as we have. And now K me TFU please. ;-)

Update: in the 2ww. Temps are doing some odd things I haven't seen before. I'm pondering whether I want to bring the therm. with me to San Antonio for the weekend. On the one hand, at this point it doesn't really matter. On the other hand, I love seeing what my temps do.

GL everyone. I know this week is hard for a lot of us, but remember we really do have so much to be thankful for. 

ShernRich

QOTW: I amd thankful for my family, my job, my home, my friends, and health.

Update:  I have my first appointment with Dr. Seeker today.  I'm horrified of paps, but it has to be done.  Hopefully all is healthy and good 'down there' I'm ovulating right now, but DH doesn't get home til late and tomorrow we will be traveling to my parents ....so no 'fun' for us this weekend ...lol

MrsBeckO

This is the best possible question you could have asked today. I am thankful for you doing so!?

QOTW: Earlier in the week, I decided (at the encouragement of rssn) to preemptively make a list of 5 things I was thankful for.. just in case this morning (10 dpo testing) held bad news. Here was my list.... #1, My wonderful, amazing, as-close-to-perfect-as-humanly-possible Husband, #2, A job that I love, taking care of the 2 most amazing toddlers in the world, #3, Our cute little house, #4, My incredible friends who have been such a support to me on this TTC journey (most of whom I met here!), and #5.. I had to dig deep for and didn't realize until this morning's BFN... I get to partake in the Holiday Wine Trail festivities with my husband and not let our $60 ticket go to waste.

Update: Obviously, BFN this morning. This month hit me a lot harder than all 5 before now. It was not pretty, and I was late to work because I could not get myself under control enough to get ready and get out the door. My husband was amazing though, staying behind until I was able to leave (and he usually leaves for work as I'm getting out of bed.. so he was over an hour and a half late!). ?I know that its only 10dpo and there is a low accuracy rate this early.. but every single month we've told ourselves the same thing and that hasn't panned out for us well so far. So as desperately hopeful as I am that it is fact just too early to tell, I am not clinging to that hope this time.

The funny thing about this morning's BFN is that I was sure if I got a BFN I would bring more tests with me to Port A (against my husband's wishes) to keep testing til I get a good one or AF shows.. but now I don't know if I want to bring any with me, and my husband is trying to talk me into it. Funny how the tables have turned.??

Good luck everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving. As crushed as I am right, I really do have a lot to be thankful for. ?

MrsMonkey04

rssnlvr:  Maybe you should go ahead and take the thermometer, just to see, since your temps have been different than usual?

ShernRich: Good luck at your appointment!

MrsBeckO: I'm so sorry for your disappointment this morning--I've been stalking your chart and praying for you!  I'll be thinking about you this weekend; hang in there.

CollieJade

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!  I hope you all have blessed holiday and that you are all able to add to your holiday joy with precious little ones very soon.

QOTW:  I'm thankful for both my family and my husband's family,particularly my MIL and FIL, because I couldn't have asked for more loving and supportive inlaws, and they have accepted me as 100% part of the family from day one.  I'm thankful that I have a fantastic career doing exactly what I love.  I'm thankful that my husband and I have been able to work toward all our dreams, and have achieved everything we have set out to achieve so far. I am beyond words thankful for my stellar husband and I'm amazed every single day by how safe, happy, secure, and loved I feel in our marriage.  Last but not least, I am thankful for all the wonderful friends that surround me, who support me and are there for me no matter what.  Without them I'd be lost.

 Update:  We are in VA for our annual Thanksgiving get together with DH's family and the two other families he grew up with.  I brought a couple of tests with me and started testing at 10dpo.  BFNs.  When AF didn't show any signs right through the day she was due, we ran out to grab a couple more tests. I was going to test the following morning if AF hadn't arrived, but she came later that night.

Facing everyone at Thxgiving is hard.  I wanted to be able to annouce that we were KU to everyone at this gathering, and it is like a slap in the face that I'm not going to be able to do that.  This is cycle #6 and I know it hasn't been that long, but I don't know how much longer I can do this.  I'm handling it okay so far, but it's a lot harder than I expected.  I'm still dealing with a lot of fear and anxiety post-m/c.  I'll be glad to get into the doc next month and be able to get some reassurance that we're on the right path and all is physically well.

AustinBride06

Just wanted to say good luck to everyone!!