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*~*TTC Check In!*~*
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FireChiefsBride OrangeFelt Mainer-in-Texas NoeliaV shanwalk2 Huge Congrats to Christym0606, AustinBride on your positive tests!! Tons of sticky dust to you both! QOTW- So, let's be honest. How has the BFP-splosion affected you? Any/all updates are welcome! GL to everyone!
JMM1004 kimbiebride AustinMimi Kiarox2002 KristinD3 sandieleeann AustinAggie01 amycory2008 a-c-d katattack Risa-4-11-09 agran Audra_Torrey Persa Tiffany5412 brideonjuly8
IVF/IUI/Meds 10-4LilBuddy cristiej MrsBorton
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FireChiefsBride OrangeFelt Mainer-in-Texas NoeliaV shanwalk2 Huge Congrats to Christym0606, AustinBride on your positive tests!! Tons of sticky dust to you both! QOTW- So, let's be honest. How has the BFP-splosion affected you? Any/all updates are welcome! GL to everyone!
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Re: *~*TTC Check In!*~*
QOTW- I'm not going to lie, the BFP-splosion has me really down.
I would love to say I know my time will come, but I'm just not so sure anymore. It's been hard for me to be on the boards because of it. I'm rounding on 2 years this spring, and it just SUCKS.
UPDATE- 6 DPO and who am I kidding, I'm going to start testing Friday evening. Don't even try to talk me down, it's happening. I temped some this cycle, but then figured out that my thermometer wasn't working right (my temp went DOWN preO after getting out of bed, WTF?) so I'm going to go get another one tonight.
GL to everyone!
AustinBride I'm so so excited for you! Congrats to all the other ladies too.
QOTW: right there with you Bride... it was tough to read the surprise and super quick bfp announcements. I'm happy for them I am just sad it's not me. I'm getting to the end of my rope on thinking my time will come. I mean my time did come... IVF worked... and then we were in the it happens to less than one percent of pregnancies we're sorry for your stillbirth camp. It sucks... it just so so sucks. I don't think I will ever get to have another exciting bfp and if I do I know I won't be excited about it because then... scared to death... I have to be pregnant. I'm sad this is the one thing in my life that I can't seem to overcome no matter how hard I try.
Update: I'm in the middle of multiple ultrasounds for lining checks and should go in for my frozen embryo transfer next Tuesday. Then I will be knocked up until proven otherwise. I'm so nervous. I'm praying our embryo thaws and we have something to transfer, I'm praying it sticks, I don't know how I'll react to a negative beta.... I have so many hopes pinned on this cycle I think I will be crushed and I just don't know how much more I can take. Plusalso I'm on a lot of estrogen right now... a lot... so I have permanent pms and I'm pretty sure my husband wants to chuck me out a window.
I'll be looking for our big fat positive-splosion in the next month ladies!! Good luck.
Married October 28, 2006, TTC since March 2009 IUI #1-8 w/ clomid = BFN
IVF # 1 May, 2011 = BFP!!! Stillbirth at 26 weeks (placental failure/severe IUGR)
FET #1 February, 2012-- BFP! Beta #1=84 Beta #2= 207 Beta #3= 3,526
Our Rainbow Baby is on the Way!
Bride & agran: (((hugs))))
QOTW: I've been happy for the BFPs and it made me a little baby crazy.
Update: Well, I may have a HUUUUUUUGE change coming soon, but it's very still up in the air. There is a new drug that just came out that is close to a cure for certain people with CF. The drug is not approved for me, but they are going to be doing clinical trials for people with my genotype this year. I figured I wouldn't be able to take the drug while pregnant, so I didn't even bother looking into the trials and decided to just wait with baited breath and lots of hope that I could start taking the drug in a couple of years.
However, just this morning I discovered the drug is a pregnancy category B! That means it should be safe to take while pregnant. I put in a call to my doctor this morning to see what's up with the trials - if I decide to participate, it will put TTC on hold for a little longer (as I'm sure I won't be allowed to get PG while in the trial), but then I would have access to the drug after that, and I might be able to take the drug while PG and potentially be pretty much cured of CF. Oh.My.Freaking.God.
Other than that, not much going on....still taking Synthroid and waiting to have my blood drawn in two weeks.
QOTW: Well, you know how these things come in waves? It seems the wave is riding high, and while I'd love to think that we can ride the wave into next month, my superstitious side thinks not. It really forced me to take a step back and ask myself a couple of hard questions:
1) Do I really want this now? Answer: yes
2) Seeing that I've been off BC for almost 2 years - and sure, we actively avoided here and there - but lets face it, we're not that careful. Are we having issues? I think its safe to say yes, and its not going to be easy. Sigh.
DH and I did have a chat about it yesterday, and it was good. Way more positive than I thought that talk would go. Net net, we're likely going to look for fertility specialist when we get back to Austin. No clue where to even start on that one.
I swear, you spend your entire life working your ass off not to be a statistic, and take the time to set yourself up to be as successful as possible, and where does that get you? I don't regret it, its just... ironic.
Wow, that is CRAZY good news! Definitely keep us updated on that! It would be really, truly amazing to see progress with a drug like that.
This!! I get really angry thinking about all the money I spent on birth control!
I highly recomend anyone at Texas Fertility Center-- Dr. Vaughn is my doctor but I've been impressed with them all.
Married October 28, 2006, TTC since March 2009 IUI #1-8 w/ clomid = BFN
IVF # 1 May, 2011 = BFP!!! Stillbirth at 26 weeks (placental failure/severe IUGR)
FET #1 February, 2012-- BFP! Beta #1=84 Beta #2= 207 Beta #3= 3,526
Our Rainbow Baby is on the Way!
QOTW: I'm a little envious, but I'm ok, especially given what I mentioned last week about coming to terms with maybe being one and done. Congrats to everyone!
Update: still doing acupuncture and this month we're going to supplement with some natural progesterone supplements post O, so we'll see what that does. My birthday is in June, and if I'm not pg by then, I think we'll call it.
Good luck!
Update: I will start testing on Monday if AF hasnt shown up. This will be our 5th cycle, and I think we had really good timing. If no bfp, then Ill start temping/charting. I was really trying to stay away from it but with our ages I dont have a ton of time to just wait to see what happens.
QOTW: Im so excited for everyone, and it doesnt bother me.
Amazing news, Mainer! And fingers crossed, agran, I hope everything goes perfectly.
QOTW: I wouldn't wish what I'm going through on my worst enemy, so I am genuinely happy for all the BFPs lately. That being said, it still sucks a lot and I can't help thinking 'why me?' sometimes. We just passed our 2 years of trying mark at the beginning of the year, and it's definitely getting to me.
No updates here really... I'm in the 2ww, but really we only tried once this cycle since I haven't been feeling well. I think I'm sort of giving up.
QOTW: I'm not going to lie, it might be just about time for me to take a bumpcation. I am, of course, happy for everyone who got their BFP, but we've now been at it for 14 months and I'm not sure how much longer I can put on a happy face. Bride, Amy, Agran- I *know* that you guys are going to get your BFPs soon. That goes for all of you TTC ladies!
Update: I just finished my provera and should get AF in the next day or 2. I have no hope at this point of ovulating without drugs. DH is coming around and I'm really hoping that I can convince him to come with me to my annual at the end of February. I'm working at BV now and we had planned to put the money in savings until August when we have to start paying for preschool, but I think I've just about convinced him to use the money for treatments instead. It should be enough for us to do 3 rounds of treatments, March, May and July. Maybe only 2 depending on when we have to pay the tuition. I really wish that money wasn't such a huge factor in TTC for us.
QOTW- Once upon a (not so long ago) time, when I was very ready and DH was very not, BFPs/babies/moms-to-be bothered me. For a variety of reasons, I felt very sorry for myself. I was happy for my friends, but it was tempered with my little pity party for one. I know that may sound childish, but there it is.
Now that we're so close, it's easier for me to simply feel full of joy and excitement for everyone.
UPDATE- CD2 of our 2nd TTA cycle before TTC. I'm getting more excited and nervous. There was a little girl (almost 2 yrs old) at our house this morning and I just about died over her cuteness.
GOOD LUCK to everyone!
Could you add me to the list...TTC #2 - 2nd cycle
QOTW - this is only our 2nd cycle for TTC #2, but it still makes me wish I was able to announce my BFP. At the same time, so excited for everyone!!
Updates - I are in now in the 2ww of the 2nd cycle for #2! I am due to start tomorrow and have only gotten BFN's so far. If I am late, then I will test on Friday.
Best of luck to all of you ladies.
Thanks, ladies! And thank you for all your support and advice over the past year. I hope this is it, but if it's not, I'm so grateful for such a strong, supportive group of women.
After yesterday's wave of BFPs, I told DH yesterday that if this wasn't our cycle, I didn't know if I could keep trying anymore. TTC is so much harder emotionally, mentally, and physically than I ever thought, especially when I'm surrounded by women IRL that it seems to be so easy for.
Good luck to everyone. Love you guys.
BFP 12.20.2010 :: missed m/c 1/2011 around 8 weeks
BFP @ 9dpo 5.24.2011 :: missed m/c 6/2011 around 7 weeks
positive for ANAs (1:40) with a speckled pattern
MTHFR c677t mutation (heterozygous)
*folic acid, baby asprin, Prometrium, acupuncture, Lovenox*
BFP @ 9dpo 2.1.2012 || HCG = 8 : Progesterone = 19.2
2nd HCG @ 11dpo = 40 || 3rd HCG @ 21dpo = over 5000!
Stick, little one, stick! EDD October 15, 2012
Congats to all of the BFPs!
QOTW: I am so happy for all of the BFPs that everyone has gotten, but of course it does make me feel sad. I've also had a good friend IRL that just got her BFP so right now I'm surrounded by it.
No real updates. Should O in the next couple of days. This is cycle 10 for us, and I feel like the year mark is staring me down. I'm trying to decide whether to go ahead and make an appointment or wait a couple more months and then see what my doctor's next step is. I think we're going to plan a trip to San Fran/Napa Valley in early June so taking a break until then might not be a bad idea.
"The House We Built."
A journey of building the dream.
Got my period today but honestly wasn't expecting this to be the month although it would have been exciting to be able to join the BFP fun. I got a weak promise from the hubs that next month we'll be more diligent, about timing our, ahem, meet-ups.
I'd love to get pregnant in the next couple of months...it would mean I'd get to be off all of the holidays and miss most of the winter, which is the busy time at work.