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TTC After a Loss
lindsayanne14
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2WW Optimism or Insanity?!?
lindsayanne14
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It's so hard to walk the line between optimism and insanity during the 2WW...I feel really good about this month. I had EWCM, we had great timing and I have an underlying feeling of success. I don't know if I'm optimistic because of the EWCM and the timing or if it's an internal thing that I just feel. Generally I'm trying to be optimistic each cycle we are TTC because I think it's better for my mental health and stress level to have a positive attitude. Then there's the insanity...I literally look at my chart/calendar 10 times a day ( I'm not going to be any further from O if I look at my chart more often, I know...but I can't stop myself!). I check out my potential due date, take a gander at the chinese gender predictor, and think about what the next 9mnths will be like if I do get KU this month...also pointless. I'm nearing the "testable" part of my 2WW and just can't wait to see what comes of this cycle...the good or the bad! I would like to wait to test on Sunday (12 DPO) but my mom is going away for 2 weeks on Saturday and will have spotty cell service during her trip so I think I might POAS on Saturday,so if it is my month I can tell her before she leaves.
....anyone else navigating this optimism vs. insanity tightrope???
BFP #1 4/10/12 D&C 6/5/12@ 12.5wks EDD 12/17/12
BFP #2 9/10/12 CP 9/19/12@ 5.5wks EDD 5/21/13
BFP# 3 12/3/12...Lukas James born 8/15/13
BFP# 4 8/4/14 EDD 4/13/15
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Re: 2WW Optimism or Insanity?!?
BFP #1 07/04/10. EDD 03/14/11. Missed m/c 08/09/10. D&C 09/27/10. }Casey & Jaimie{
TTA for 18 months and then TTC for 12 months
TTA for 7 months
Jan-Mar 2014 - RPL, SHG, karotyping: all results normal
TTC Again May 2014
Progesterone & baby aspirin combo for 5 cycles - All BFN's
SA with DNA fragmentation = Perfect results
Diagnostic cycle monitoring = Polycystic ovaries leading to premature egg release
TTA Oct 2014 - Jan 2015
Jan 2015 - Medicated cycle with timed intercourse
My Blog: The Canadian Housewife PGAL/PAL Welcome My Chart
Definitely a mix of both! I unfortunately read into every little possible sign, hoping for a BFP. I tested yesterday (13 dpo) and it was negative. My temps dropped on Monday and Tuesday as well. I'm still holding out hope though! My temp went up a smidge this morning. This cycle isn't over until AF shows, right? Hard to tell if all the "signs" I felt during the 2WW were all in my head!
FX for you!
BFP #2: 6/29/12, EDD: 3/8/13, Natural M/C: 7/16/12 @ 6 weeks 2 days
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, Hypothyroidism
BFP #3: Kendall Grace, born 9/30/13
BFP #4: 9/3/14, EDD: 5/16/15, Missed M/C: 10/6/14 @ 8 weeks 2 days, D&C: 10/8/14
Never in our arms, forever in our hearts
BFP#1 1/31/12, EDD 10/6/12 Harrison Gray born sleeping @ 18w6d. You changed our lives little guy.
BFP#2 EDD 10/29/13, C/P 2/25/13, Bye little Ish, we barely got to know you.
BFP#3 EDD 12/21/13, Baby Boots born 11/23/13 My rainbow baby!
January PAL Siggy Challenge: Good Advice
I am right there with you 100%. I am only 4dpo and I'm going nuts. I even was doing a little browsing on BRU's website today. I think I've gone off the deep end!
ETA: And it doesn't help that FF moved my day to expect AF to 9/12 b/c I O'd early. That is screwing with my head!
100% with you! I must look at my chart 100 times a day! Like the FF gods are going to replace my CH with "LOLZ!!1 UR Tots KTFU!"
I want to remain optimistic, but I feel the need to pepper it with a good solid dose of non-optimism... just in case. As if were I to get too optimistic, I would somehow jinx myself! I feel like a total lunatic!
Welcome to the world Little Girl! Born on her due date! September 8, 2013, 7lb 11.8oz, 19.5" long.
I am 1dpo. Yup, ONE. (my IUI was yesterday, and I triggered the day before) And already going crazy. Ok, not crazy enough for symptoms yet. But crazy enough to be going back and forth between super optimistic, and just assuming we're going to have to move onto something different next cycle.
*hugs* You can do it! FX for you!
TTC started Oct '10
Me: AMA w/RSD, atypical PCOS w/IR, LPD and High Prolactin. Controlled HP post-loss.
DH: Low-T and borderline morph
18 cycles, 3 medicated w/RE to get to a BFP!
EDD 9/7/12, Saw HB @7w3d,missed m/c 1/30 @8w3d, d&c 2/8
11 AL cycles, 9 medicated/IUI cycles. All BFFN!
Moving forward with IVF
BFP#2 our little cycle break surprise on AL cycle 12! EDD 10/27/13
Beta #1: 41 Beta #2: 398; perfect u/s 3/11 hb @133bpm
u/s 3/25 one perfect hb @183 bpm, adjusted EDD 10/23/13
MaterniT21 and carrier screens normal. It's a girl!!!
Severe Pre-E, HFpEF, PE, AMA & IF= OAD
All IF/AL Welcome!
This almost exactly. I got a BFN on 13dpo but still no AF. My temp dropped today 14dpo, but is still above the cover line though I'm not sure of its accuracy this time around
This is my first 2ww after our loss. I don't think I was ever on this much of a roller coaster before of being convinced that I am or am not PG. now I just want the wait to be over!
TTC Since 8/2011
BFP #1 5/13/12 * EDD 1/24/13 * MC at 7 wks 4 days on 6/11/12
BFP #2 5/13/13 * Current EDD 1/23/14
Baby N born 2/8/14
I am always insane every 2WW. I have become a pessimist. I know that sounds bad but I pretty much never expect a BFP. But, anytime I feel a cramp or a tingle in my boob, or am the least bit tired my DH and I start thinking crazy thoughts. We literally run for the iPad so we can enter my "symptoms" then we have a good laugh at our paranoia.
That is so sweet! I hope it this is your month.
BFP#1 1/31/12, EDD 10/6/12 Harrison Gray born sleeping @ 18w6d. You changed our lives little guy.
BFP#2 EDD 10/29/13, C/P 2/25/13, Bye little Ish, we barely got to know you.
BFP#3 EDD 12/21/13, Baby Boots born 11/23/13 My rainbow baby!
January PAL Siggy Challenge: Good Advice
This. Mind you, I have found that I collapse after AF arrives whether I was hopeful or if I was just obsessing, so maybe it would be just as well to be hopeful but my optimism is in short supply at times.
BFP#2 09/11/12 beta1=72 @13dpo beta2=160 @14dpo beta3=over 6000 @24dpo U/S @7w2dd hb=146bpm U/S @8w5d hb=159bpm U/S @12w hb=164bpm
EDD 05/20/13
My Ovulation Chart
Lindsay!!!! I am the exact same way. I'm 6 DPO and have probably allready looked at my chart 5 times today and its only 1:45
Last night DH was analyzing my chart and pointing out all the bding we did this cycle. He's so proud of himself lol and trying to be sooo optimistic but I just dont want to get my hopes up for a bfp.
I just can't handle the disapointment I feel every cycle day1. Although I got KU'd on the first cycle when we conceived, I know we were lucky and it can take a healthy couple a year or more to get pregnant. Trying to keep that in the back of my mind so I don't get too disapointed month after month. Although easier said than done. Talk to me next week when I'm 12 DPO and really freaking out!
Good luck honey, I'm rooting for you!!
Lees xx
BFP#1 D&C May 18th 2012 at 9 wks. EDD Dec 17 2012BFP#2 CP Sept 17th 2012 at 4.5 wks. EDD May 23 2013
BFP#3 EDD June 24th 2013 IT'S A GIRL!
BFP#4 EDD March 2 2015
BFP #1 4/10/12 D&C 6/5/12@ 12.5wks EDD 12/17/12
BFP #2 9/10/12 CP 9/19/12@ 5.5wks EDD 5/21/13
BFP# 3 12/3/12...Lukas James born 8/15/13
BFP# 4 8/4/14 EDD 4/13/15
Thanks Boots! Hoping the same for you!
Pretty much this, minus the progesterone and estrogen. I'm just at the second week now, so I'm expecting a slow increase of the crazy over the next several days.
I'm to the point now that I don't even want to POAS until 14dpo just because as long as I don't test, some part of my brain can still believe it actually worked.
This 100%! I have my insane moments too though ;-)
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)