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TTC after 35
ToshaGirl
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TTC+35 check in?
ToshaGirl
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Helllllooo girls!
Did Hav2Run stop doing it? She's a busy lady 
But it's very difficult for me to creepily stalk around here, I like all my updates in one place. HA!
Char? Baze? Shyn? Joyful? HollyM? Mah? Hav2run? Everyone?
L-A-D-I-E-S! Ute status?
Muh.
Cat
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Re: TTC+35 check in?
So...quid pro quo....we give you updates in all one place if you give us a belly shot
and stop making me stalk your blog and give us some crumbs of updates here!
First off...I miss you tons! I hope your little kitten is doing fabulous! I also miss Joyful and I hope she is reading this also!
Me: Our first pick for a donor accepted and is currently undergoing all the testing. I just started BCP's and it is looking like we will have a retrieval in late July...eeek! I am so ready for this to work!
Oh Char, how I love you.
But but...I like you stalking my blog! If I post here will you stop reading? Don't you like to be entertained by stories of "Convent Boobs" and the "Over the Fence" saga? LOL.
I need to switch computers to get a belly shot, but I'll do that and come back and post in this thread.
ANYWAY...
OMG I am so excited for you! So if the ER is in late July, that means you'll have all the test results..when?
Ute stat...went in for CD3 b/w. Results will be in Friday, and we shall go from there!
Cat...25 weeks, we need to see that bump!
:::muah:::
I love, love, love the blog! But I have to do something to get you over here more!!
So I am assuming you are talking about the test results for the donor...I am not so sure they will tell me anything as long as her ovaries and such look good. I think the ER will be 8/4 (now that I look at a calendar) her baseline would be 7/21 with stims starting on 7/24...so that means a 3dt on 8/7 or a 5dt on 8/9...1st beta on 8/18. I have another hysteroscopy on 7/9 (yuck) and will get a more detailed outline/calendar then.
Hey I was thinking about you on the way to work yesterday! I was wondering how far along you were..in my head I had you at 24 weeks so I was pretty close. Still waiting for the bump pic!
Update on me~~~ Started IVF#1, had 4 beautiful follies and super uterine lining until the day of retreival where the u/s revealed I had already ovulated through the meds! So my RE did a Hail Mary IUI (not much hope as they say I had ovulated the day before)..We were prepared for a BFN just not this.
Now~~ we are fighting for our money back for procedures not completed, and trying to decide the next step...
CAT!!!! it's freaking good to see you. How is the LO and Jack? I hope he's holding up with all the baby preparations, is he charting your abdominal girth? I too have been stalking the blog
I'll start bcps in Sept for FET in Oct. DH response to the mc is a family trip to Disney in Sept, my 4 yo is excited to say the least (and so are we). We have 6 grade a frosties, so we have 1-2 FETs left and then I'm throwing in the towel on #2.
Good to see you!
Awesome to "see" you, Cat, and thanks for triggering an update! I miss you and all my favs! Love, love, LOVE your blog (and can't wait to see your bump pic)! I'm so glad everything is going well for you... yippee!!!
As for me, I'm just getting going with this TTC thing... I'm 5dpo in Cycle #3. Also, just snagged a CBEFM off of eBay and waiting for it to arrive.
I am disobeying my gyn's orders and still charting... my mind would go nutters without something to calculate and analyze, and it's so much more fun this way... hmmm, is this why I love reading your Jackisodes?
Take care!
photo by Scott Metzger
kikijbird ~ Erica (aka Kiki) & Paul ~ 24 April 2010
The JBirds Bio ~ Updated 03.02.10 - Invites!
Hi Cat! Not sure who's actually doing the updates...we haven't had one in a long while, so thanks for initiating this one!
Ute status = empty; had to skip this cycle due to traveling..so there was no clomid, no needles, no IUI. So, I guess I'm technically in the 2WW..but have no hope at all - thanks to some poorly timed sex.
Hello Ms. Cat! I miss you! Hope you are doing well. Please post a belly pic. I know there is one in your blog, but it is from a long time ago now.
My ute is hopefully no longer empty as I am in the 2ww after IVF #2.1. Since we only transferred two embryos, one of which was good and one crappy, it is likely that the ute is still empty, but I promised my mom and acupuncturist I would be positive. So, here goes . . . hoping to get a BFP in a week or so. Ok, that is about as positive as I can get.
Does anyone know what happened to Joyful?
OMG I LOVE these updates! Here I am, this was a couple of weeks ago. At midnight, so I am bloated to all bejeesuz. And I am slouching, geez.
GL with that, I'll be creeping around reading updates
Stella I hope the IUI does the trick..took a few but it worked for us!
WHAT? Oh geez Baze I am so sorry to hear that, gah. That sucks. They'd bettter given you your money back/sort that shiit out. You say the word and I'll be down there to back you up, ha.
LO and Jack are both just fine. He's charting everything in sight. Now he's onto his reading list, "Baby Whisper" this week. Hum. Must blog about that!
Disney! That will be fun. I really really hope October works out, fingers crossed very tight.
Ah, you kept up the charting. Jack would be proud of you
GL with the CBEFM as well!
Glad you like the blog. I like writing it, though I was a bit slack with the updates lately. But back at it.
Hi Cat and everyone!
It's good to see you again - it's been a long time.
You are going to be a mama before you know it, Cat! My goodness, time flies.
Char - I'm so excited for you! I haven't been on to even lurk in awhile - I didn't know they found you a donor! WOOOHOOO!
EVERYTHING is crossed for you, Baze and Holly! And for everyone else. A rash of pregnancies upon you all!
As for me: We are not actively TTC. Well, we are having sex and not using protection, and of course I notice when my cm is fertile. But I'm not tracking days or temps. I have no idea what CD this is, for example.
Hey, DH and I just took a fabulous long weekend trip for our fourth anniversary, and hey, I had ewcm, and we partied like it was our honeymoon, so you never know!
But I am trying to accept that, given our Rx and our decision not to pursue any more ART given those things, we are not likely to have a bio child. It is against my nature to give up hope, and yet, I feel like I have to move on in some way, because only after we process this can we make a sound decision regarding adoption. We just can't focus on TTC and figure out the adoption question at the same time.
That last graph sounds sad! But I swear, I'm not sad 98 percent of the time. (Early June was hard, because that's when I would have given birth had I not lost the pregnancy. And it is also when a friend gave birth). There has been a lot of relief in this part of the process. Somehow, I think I had been putting pressure on myself, or maybe on us, every month to get everything just right. And some months, AF felt like a personal failure, even though I know that's completely ridiculous!
The weirdest thing was once I got my head around shifting from TTC to thinking more about adoption, all of my fence-sitter doubts about parenting that I thought we worked through before deciding to TTC came back. This is another reason why I think we need more time to process: Are the little doubts really about childrearing, or is it the fear of starting another long, potentially painful process? I dunno yet.
Whew! That got long. Sorry.
I hope this cycle surprises you! But if not, onwards as they say. I just posted a bump pic
HOLLY! OMG that's exciting, and I'm with your mom and acupuncturist on the postive side of the fence. I can't wait to see your update.
I am going to email Joyful and see if I can track her down.
Joyful! There you are. I have been thinking lots about you.
So great to hear how you are doing. As usual, you are wonderful at expressing yourself
Sounds like you've had a lot on your mind, while at the same time being able to work though some things, and start to give some thought to others.
I'm glad early June is behind you. And sounds like your anniversary trip was fun!
Thanks, Cat! I'm hoping the CBEFM will help relax our "schedule" a bit, because I'm finding that, even with charting, it's kind of nerve wracking wondering when O will show up.
GREAT bump pic! I always enjoy your updates, whether on the blog or here. Cheers!
photo by Scott Metzger
kikijbird ~ Erica (aka Kiki) & Paul ~ 24 April 2010
The JBirds Bio ~ Updated 03.02.10 - Invites!
Oh, Holly, just had to say, this is terrific news! I have EVERYTHING crossed for you!!!
photo by Scott Metzger
kikijbird ~ Erica (aka Kiki) & Paul ~ 24 April 2010
The JBirds Bio ~ Updated 03.02.10 - Invites!
Thanks!!
25 weeks! Wow!!! I swear you just got your BFP. Your bump is so cute!
We are TTC again, in the 2WW. =(
I will have to see the lovely Cat bump when I go home tonight...can't see from work.
I'm keeping my eye on you girls too...hoping to hear some great news from all of you! Lots of exciting things going on at this board.
Joyful...so good to see you...miss you! It sounds like you guys are getting to a better place. And whatever decision you make, it will be the right one.
Hi Cat. I hope your preganacy is going well and that you survived the gross GD drink. Also you are 25 weeks are you going to find out or did you find our the gender of your little one. Just curious. My little Rachel is in my siggy.
She is keeping me pretty busy I can't believe she is already 5.5 weeks.
And to all of you other ladies still TTC ::hugs:: I miss all of you bumpies. I hope your utes are full soon.
Holly- stay positive - it only takes one. I have my fingers crossed for you. Char - good luck with your donor eggs. That is so stinking exciting! Baze- WTF? I'm sorry to hear that you O'd - I hope you get KU from the hail mary IUI and can recoup your expenses for the parts of the process that were never completed. Are you going to try IVF again? Sel Stella - good luck with your IUI!!! I hope you get your BFP.
OMG look at you all coming out of the woodwork! I'll be sending up the bat signal once a week if it means this will keep up
Soooo great to hear all the updates!
Sniffs. What a beautiful bump! I'm so happy for you!
Sniffs again.
eta: Those were sniffs of joy
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Hi Cat! What a beautiful baby bump!!!
Im starting IVF #2, this time it will be a Microdose Lupon, whatever that means LOL ?I hope it works!!?
Loving to see the pg old timers here! I am so glad for all of you! I love seeing your preg belly Cat! And Xine - Rachel is precious! We have had a lot of successes here which should make all the new TTC 35ers hopeful!
As for our TTC journey, we are pretty much done. I did start acupuncture so you never know! We are almost certainly not doing any ART procedures. I have had unused Follistim in the fridge since December (will probably donate it to the OOP girls).
As for Joyful, I PMed her a few months ago and she never replied so I think she is really done here. I still lurk and respond/post very infrequently.
Holly - my fingers and toes are crossed for your two to make it!
Joyful! good to hear from you, we all miss you at the bar! Seriously though, the adoption decision can be very daunting, Take some time and you guys will make the right decision. You'll look back and wonder why you even second guessed yourselves.
Strunella - good to see that all is well with you
Cat - Wow, half of your pregnancy is already over. It seems like is went by fast. Does it seem fast to you?
As for me - Lap done and not so bad. RE says that we should be good to go so...onward to July, seeing how "pelvic rest" took me out for June.
Holly! I have been wondering how you have been doing! I agree - stay positive! I was so negative at the begining of this cycle and was absolutely 100% sure that it didn't work. I couldn't have been more wrong!! I've got my fingers and toes crossed for you that this is it.
IUI #1: December 2008 - BFN
IVF #1: Microdose Lupron - July 2009; only got 1 egg; BFN
IVF #2: Natural IVF - Sept 2009; BFP!; D&C Nov. 2009
IVF #3: Natural IVF - ER: Feb 4, 2010 - 1 "M2" egg retrieved; ET: Feb 9; Beta#1 (19dpo): 2567; Beta #2: 6933; BFP w/ singleton w/strong hrtbt! DS born October 2010
TTC#2
IVF #4: Natural IVF - ER: Nov. 20, 2011; ET: Nov. 25, 2011; BFP! Beta#1 (19dpo): 1918; Saw hrtbt on 12/28/11!