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AshDahlia
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To drink or not to drink?
AshDahlia
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That is my question. Since we're trying, I've switched to half-caff coffee, really cut down on pop, and tried not to drink alcohol between when I think I may have ovulated (still a mystery) and the start of my next cycle. Have you ladies cut down, too? Quit caffeine and alcohol altogether? Thoughts?
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Re: To drink or not to drink?
G born 10/25/12 | H born 3/25/14
TTC#3 since 7/2015
Early loss 12/2015 most likely due to low progesterone
Began medicated cycles (Femara/Ovidrel/Endometrin) with TI 1/2016
BFP 3/22, EDD 12/4/16 ~ It's a GIRL!
It's not necessary to cut out all caffeine and alcohol when TTC, it's a personal choice.
Also, if you're having trouble knowing when you ovulate, I HIGHLY suggest charting your temp (click on my shamrock ticker) to check out how to start. It's the only way for you to know when you O. Good luck.
Darling Little Sydney born 12.22.12
Two Babies in Heaven
My Babe, More Precious is to Me
~A ridiculous amount of love to all my Golden Girls!~
I drank coffee and soda during my pregnancy
, so no I didn't cut down when we were TTC.
I will continue to drink alchohol until I see that BFP. You don't share a blood supply until 6 weeks. If I had stopped drinking when we started TTC, it would be almost 6 months since I had a drink...not gonna happen.
There have been many posts on this topic and the consensus has been that there is no consensus. Some people do and some people don't.
Personally, I don't drink caffeine or alcohol but I used to before I started spending tons of money each cycle on fertility tx. Now I am afraid to do anything at all that could even remotely effect our chances.
TX: IUI #1-4 = BFN + 1 c/p
IUI #5: Clomid 100mg + Bravelle + Trigger + B2B IUIs + 800mg Progesterone = BFP!
Beta #1 (14dpiui): 460 Beta #2 (16dpiui): 998 Beta #3 (23dpiui): 21,832 Beta #4 (29dpiui): 129,771
I only cut back on soda. I still have my 1-2 cups of coffee in the morning, and have a glass of wine about 2-3 times a week. I've heard the saying here "drink til it's pink!" And that is what I am doing.
ETA: left out the word heard
I'm just starting to chart. I've read the important chapters of Taking Charge of Your Fertility and bought the basal therm. Waiting to chart everything- CM, etc.- til start of next cycle. Thanks!
Wedding date 10/8/10
EDD 5/9/13
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TTC #1 since October 2010 | Began Testing in January 2012
DH SA - low motility with 0% morph; varicocele (repaired); low T (on Clomid)
IVF w/ICSI (long Lupron w/ Repronex and Follistim) in September 2012
DD1 EDD 08/18/01, born 08/03/2001 ~ 9lbs 10oz, 21.5 in
DS1 EDD 4/30/2004, born 05/04/2004 ~ 10lbs, 22 in
mc 02/14/12 @ 5 weeks
DD2 EDD 12/25/12, born 12/30/12 ~ 10lbs 11oz, 21.25 in
mc 12/05/15 @ 12 weeks
Cautiously expecting 12/02/16
This. 9 months is long enough to without a drink.
The only Easter Bunny I can get behind.
Maxwell Joseph 4/09 Lucy Violet 10/12
I drink till it's pink, I wouldn't get drunk during 2ww but I'll have a glass of wine or two.
TTC since July 2011
BFP #1: 2/15/12-Ectopic/Mtx at 6 wks
BFP #2: 10/12/12-m/c at 5 wks.
Me: MTHFR, Low AMH (1.1), High NK cells and Antiphospholipid Antibodies.
IVF with ICSI in August 2013 brought us our babies. ER-9R, 7M, 4F w/ICSI ET of 2-Grade 2 blasts.
Dx shortened cervix, PTL, and preeclampsia during pregnancy. Lots of medications and 13 weeks of bedrest, babies were born healthy at 34w4d!
I stand corrected. Just read this on the American Pregnancy Association...
The placenta is responsible for working as a trading post between the mother's and the baby's blood supply. Small blood vessels carrying the fetal blood run through the placenta, which is full of maternal blood. Nutrients and oxygen from the mother's blood are transferred to the fetal blood, while waste products are transferred from the fetal blood to the maternal blood, without the two blood supplies mixing.
https://www.americanpregnancy.org/duringpregnancy/fetallifesupportsystem.html
I never realized this... I feel like I've always heard people (not necessarily here) saying the blood supplies mixed. Glad to know the real answer!
TTC #1 since October 2010 | Began Testing in January 2012
DH SA - low motility with 0% morph; varicocele (repaired); low T (on Clomid)
IVF w/ICSI (long Lupron w/ Repronex and Follistim) in September 2012
My Ovulation Chart BFP-11/10/11 ectopic. Methotrexate on 12/1/11. BFP #2-08/17/2012 FX for a ute-baby! 15DPO beta-387 HCG; 36 progesterone
Me: 37, DH: 36
Started TTC #1: 9/2015
Preliminary labs/testing @ 6 months: TSH, A1c, progesterone, prolactin, SA, HSG all normal
BFP: 5/19/2016, M/C: 5/29/2016
BFP: 6/22/2016 EDD 3//6/2017
9/26/10 stopped BCP and started TTC.
9/2011 referred to RE. All blood work normal and DH's SA=normal results
11/2011 HSG=both tubes clear
One natural (monitored) cycle of Clomid, 50mg 2/2012= BFN
Getting ready for first IUI, 3/2012 received orders to Japan! (postponed IUI)
5/2012 Moved to Japan, fought Tricare for months over referral (no fertility treatment on our military base) for Japanese RE out in town!
8/2012 Started seeing new RE
9/2012, post coital test= hostile cervical fluid, (finally) moving on with first IUI!
9/29/2012 IUI #1+trigger= BFN
10/27/2012 IUI #2+100mg Clomid CD5-9+trigger= BFN
11/28/2012 IUI #3+100mg Clomid CD5-9+trigger= BFN
12/28/2012 IUI#4+100mg Clomid CD5-9+trigger=BFN
2/1/2013 IUI#5+injectables+trigger=BFN
3/2013 IUI#6+injectables+trigger=???
Since nobody can give you a definite answer on how much alcohol and caffeine is okay to have and when to have it, I have cut down on both, not entirely, while TTC. One cup of coffee a day and a couple of drinks here and there. I have found that the two weeks leading up to ovulation are even harder for me than the dreaded TWW so I don't want to make them even more miserable without caffeine and alcohol the whole time. After ovulation I pretty much lay off both but I'm not always perfect and I think that's okay too.
I'm Britt. Me 29 | MH 29